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San Francisco Ballet: City CenterFall 2008
Posted 10 October 2008 - 08:41 PM
San Francisco Ballet's City Center season began with an ideal curtain-raiser, Mr. B's Divertimento No. 15. Theme was Taras Domitro and Ruben Martin, with Variations, in order, danced by Elizabeth Miner, Frances Chung, Rachel Viselli, Vanessa Zahorian, Gennadi Nedvigin and Tina LeBlanc. As would be expected, having seen this company a couple of summers ago at Lincoln Center, these dancers and the corps were ready and able. There were some high points, and none higher than Ms. Viselli's radiant third variation. It is one where the dancer smiles, and she did, but in a way that should be studied by many a NYCB ballerina. For her smile changed, always the right choice, varying in a completely natural way, as much within the music as Mr. B's steps, which in themselves were beautifully phrased and amplified by the ballerina. Very much artistry (facial and emotional expression) appropriate to Mr. B, from the steps, but understanding that steps are not just for the feet. Gennadi Nedvigin's solo variation was a model of musicality. At Lincoln Center his classicism stood out, not a virtuoso, but with noble style. He was so connected with the music (very ably conducted by Martin West) tonight that the steps seemed inevitable, much as does Mozart's music. Tina LeBlanc was full of light dancing the major variation. Later the third duet was raised above the norm by Ms. Viselli (no smiles here, this dancer just seems to know Mr. B) and Mr. Nedvigin. The same could be said for the grand duet, for him and Ms. LeBlanc. Overall, a very harmonious, company-oriented performance. Not the new wildly daring sort of dancing that has recently come out of the blue at NYCB (please, Mr. B, keep up this magical influence from on high!), but really an impressively whole performance by San Francisco Ballet.
Next came Christopher Wheeldon's Within the Golden Hour. Having just seen his City Center season, I tended to focus on the dancers rather than the choreography. This was our first look at the major new ballerina Maria Kochetkova. The first of the three main PdD's was for Katita Waldo and Damian Smith, but it was pretty much standard Wheeldon. He didn't seem at full creative strength for the third either, though it was not difficult to keep one's eyes glued on brilliant Mashusha Kochetkova, neatly partnered by Joan Boada. Still, we NY'ers can only dream of a Kochetkova/Sylve Giselle/Myrtha. Lucky San Francisco... But there was a PdD between these two, danced by Sarah van Patten and Pierre-Francois Vilanoba, and for me Mr. Wheeldon hit the bulls-eye. The dance and music gave an Eastern effect, erotic and sweet, yet bitter-sweet too, a kind of feeling one might get from an early Satyajit Ray movie. It began like it would be too "Wheeldon" with the woman on the floor being manipulated by the man, but sustained emotional depth soon took control as they weaved an endless strand of dance together. Then he was on the floor, she en pointe between his feet, and he partnered her by holding her ankle as she slowly bent and flowed, with perfect control, till all that was left was to raise her parallel above his body and gently bring her down. Stunningly beautiful and the audience responded accordingly. Mr. Wheeldon can do finales, and this ballet's with 14 dancers swaying side to side among each other brought the house down.
The last ballet didn't stand a chance after this. Yuri Possokhov's Fusion was star-studded. But the obvious lead dancer was Yuan Yuan Tan, as if an angel on a private cloud, almost seeming to be dancing for herself alone, unreal yet for that all the more real. A gift of beauty to end an impressive first night.
From mid-mezzanine the big bucks seats ahead and mid-mezzanine itself looked very full, with just a few seats sold behind.
Posted 13 October 2008 - 04:52 AM
October 12, 2008 - 3 p.m.
Program B
After two days of the mixed blessings of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet in my hometown, it was welcome relief to hop on the Amtrak for an afternoon of world-class ballet in New York, at the City Center Theater, with another SFB...this time, the San Francisco Ballet, dancing its 'Program B' (the stars are my ratings):
****The Fifth Season (Tomasson/Jenkins, 2006) - Lorena Feijoo/Joan Boada, Nutnaree Pipit-Suksun/Tiit Helimets, Sofiane Sylve/Igor Popov and ensemble.
A fabulous ballet to gorgeous music, with tasteful silvery-blue unitards and mood-enhancing lighting and panel-paintings. It was a real treat to see Sylve once again, tearing throgh the Tango section with her explosive jetes. Also fab to see the SFB's newest principal, the wide-eyed-and-gorgeous ex-Kirov soloist, Ivan Popov. However, the greatest kudos of this ballet are reserved for Pipit-Suksun and Helimets, for their lyrically melting Largo, which had everybody around me in center-Orchestra section sighing in delight. As the leading pair, the fabulous Cubans, Feijoo and Boada, did not disappoint...it's just that the others were that more impressive. This seems to be a Golden Era for the SFB, with so many exceptional dancers at all ranks.
*****Concerto Grosso (Tomasson/Geminiani, 2003)
The briefest ballet on view -- 10 minutes -- was Da Hit of the day, thanks to its five incredible interpreters: Gennadi Nevigin as lead, with Diego Cruz, Daniel Deivison, Taras Domingo & Isaac Hernandez. WOW! WOW! WOW! This ballet MUST be added to the Orange Co. and DC tours in November, as it is 100% guaranteed to drive those audiences bananas with joy. A Canto Vital for the new millenium! It is hard to say who, among the five incredible soloists, was the best, as each one drove the audience to a volley of 'bravos' and 'woo-hoos'. From the leader in red, Nedviguin, with his impossibly quick 'cockscrew pirouettes' on a dime...to Isaac Hernandez' (dark blue) high back cabrioles and smooth turns in both directions...to Taras Domitro's (pale grey) finesse, line, balance...to Daniel Deivison (green) explosive jetes renverses....to the real humdinger among these men: an amazing brown-haired lad in teal, Diego Cruz, with textbook-perfect, high double tours. Bravi Tutti!!!! I was exhausted...and ready for an encore, if possible. This ballet alone was well worth the 3-hour Amtrak ride in both directions, in one day.
* intermission *
half-a-star: Joyride (Morris/Adams, 2008) - Martin Garside, Dana Genshaft, Ruben Martin, Elizabeth Miner, Pascal Molat, James Sofranko, Jennifer Stahl and Sarah Van Patten
Where was the "joy" in Joyride? This ballet is a pretentious load of crock with one very cool visual image that got old after about 5 minutes: the eight dancers wear gold or silver spandex bodysuits with little LED screens on their chests, displaying constantly-changing digital numbers. Perpetual motion to a bombastic Adams score. Nothing beautiful, nothing touching, nothing that does justice to a fine group of dancers. There were glimmers of talent among the bombast, especially a sassy blonde in silver, Elizabeth Miner; tall redheaded Sarah Van Patten as the leading girl in gold; and her ultra-handsome partner, Pascal Molat, who we would get to better assess and love in the last ballet on view, Four Ts. Sad, sad waste of fabulous dancers' talents. By the time that the final freeze-tableau came about, I could hear a couple of snores among my neighbors. Time just went on and on and on....zzzzzz.....
* intermission *
**** Four Temperaments (Balanchine/Hindemith, 1946)
Theme 1 - Lily Rogers/Daniel Deivison
Theme 2 - Jennifer Stahl/Brett Bauer
Theme 3 - Dana Genshaft/Mateo Klemmayer
Melancholic - Pascal Molat
Sanguinic - Vanessa Zahorian/Joan Boada
Phlegmatic - Damian Smith...and four out-of-this-world corps ladies...best ever!
Choleric - Elana Altman
and ensemble
Where to begin on Four Ts by the SFB? It was without a doubt the best performance of this ballet that I've seen, live or on film...NYCB, Kirov, DTHarlem, Miami, you name 'em. The SFB rendition is so clear, so crystaline, so pure and spot-on. Everything that Nancy Goldner writes about this ballet in her insightful book, Balanchine Variations , was presented on the stage of the City Center yesterday afternoon - clear as a bell and a total delight. It also included some extraordinary performances -- namely Molat's Melancholic, Altman's sharp Choleric and -- surprise! -- four flirty-perfect corps ladies 'teasing' Smith's Phlegmatic, collectively brining back memories of the NYCB 1970s corps gal, Nina Fedorova, who was a standout in this quartet. [For the record - SFB's FabFour are Ludmilla Campos, Courtney Clarkson, Kristina Lind and Mariellen Olson, according to the Playbill...assuming no substitutes.] There was a volley of 'bravos' at the end of this ballet, with partial standing-o in my section. A spirited ending to a nearly-perfect program.
I am looking forward to seeing the other two programs next weekend. Diego Cruz and the rest of the amazing dancers of the San Francisco Ballet are absolutely worth another ride on the ol' Amtrak.
p.s. - For all of you who, like me, follow the trends in up-and-coming-dancers around the world much like sports fans follow rookies on teams...San Francisco's Diego Cruz very much resembles the Stuttgart Ballet's current male star, Friedeman Vogel, in both looks and style. In other words, Cruz could be the Toast of Tokyo (and beyond), someday.
Posted 13 October 2008 - 08:37 AM
best that that NYCB has done, both in the recent past, and further back (I only go back 30 years). Pascal Molat was the one exception -- he was truly superb. I also attended Friday night and found this the more outstanding program. The men in SFB are in a class of their own: the best I have seen in one company in
a long time. The women, however, in my opinion -- and with a few exceptions (especially Yuan Yuan Tan who is most breathtaking) -- are not
as stunning (witness the clunky soloists in one section of yesterday's 4 T's). I am also looking forward to program #3.
Posted 13 October 2008 - 11:01 AM
Each of the three lead couples was certainly entertaining. Lorena Feijoo (Joan Boada) danced with sizzling virtuosity, and if I agree with Natalia that they placed third, that is no disrespect to them, just a measure of the others' exceptional dancing. And, in part, surely a measure of my joy in seeing Sofiane Sylve back in NYC. She just came out on that stage with a knowing confidence and smile that said "New Yorkers, I still own you!" And what a contrast/match with Ivan Popov: has any of her NYCB partners ever displayed her better? Just before she left the stage: that wiggling of her left leg from the knee, ahhhh, that's our sexy Sofiane! Immediately following came the perfection of Feijoo/Boada's Romance. Then back came high-flying La Sylve in Tango. I'm not sure whether she was turning three boys into men, or melting three men into boys. But that is the "La" in Sylve...
Nutnaree Pipit-Suksun followed in Largo, with Tiit Helimets. She was a major "discovery" during that Lincoln Center summer, and I've been kind of surprised to not read glowing reviews flowing out of San Francisco since. Well, that lyrical magic is still there. And at the end, secure in her perfect partner's arms, the music stretching, breathing, sighing up her body and through her melting arms.... Technical perfection, overpowering charisma, the ineffable. Three ballerinas, suggesting San Francisco Ballet isn't only men.
Tomasson's Concerto Grosso was only men. To me, Isaac Hernandez, the 18-year old from Mexico, was the story. There seems to be some "Bolshoi" power there, a kind of Spartak potential.
I usually like Mark Morris, but just could not get involved in Joyride, that just seemed a frenetic ride to nowhere. However, Mr. Macaulay of the Times liked it toward the end, by which time I'd faded out.
David Briskin conducted Mr. B's The Four Temperaments. While I was very disappointed at not getting to see two of my favorite San Francisco ballerinas (they danced Saturday night's 4 T's) Sarah van Patten and Sofiane Sylve, this still turned out to be the highlight of Program B. The choreography, of course, but also the quality of the company. Pascal Molat justly drew a prolonged and loud response from the audience for his intense Melancholic. And quality continued through Vanessa Zahorian/Joan Boada's Sanquinic and Damian Smith's Phlegmatic. I was sure to be let down by Sofiane Sylve's absence from Choleric. But Elena Altman defied the odds, came on with great authority, full amplitude, and delivered a powerful lead into the ballet's ultimately grand finale. While I missed the freedom of NYCB's Corps, this was a truly fine performance.
Posted 13 October 2008 - 12:25 PM
Reiter saw the Oct. 10 program -- the same one that drb talks aobut above, and Macaulay in the Times.
There seems to be quite a lot of disagreement about the Wheeldon. Anyone else want to weigh in on this?
Posted 13 October 2008 - 05:23 PM
But it seemed to be disconcertingly and distractingly packed with quotes from Balanchine. In one place there was Apollo and Orpheus, in another a quote from Somnabula with the ballerina fluttered back out on point as she would in Somnabula, while the man was rolling on all fours quoting Bart Cook in Stravinksy Violin Concerto. The ending seemed to be a reference to the 4 Ts tomato red ending except the group was smaller--they were planted at the center of the stage and their movement was limited to a back and forth of upper bodies.
I found it all brilliant--like a jabbery whiz-kid with a cigar out of Gaddis or somewhere--but in doing this, it preempts or masks the dancers vulnerability to each other and the music (which is already pretty prickly).
As far as the real Four Temperaments and San Francisco's Balanchines in general, I find Alastair Macaulay's comment about SFB lack of "attack and momentum" and their "demureness and containment" to be key. They need a Stanley Williams spiritual advisor somewhere in the background.
In case they haven't been posted lately, here are some links to clips and short documentaries on New Yorks, and interviews with Wheeldon and Mark Morris.
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Posted 13 October 2008 - 05:24 PM
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Posted 14 October 2008 - 09:50 AM
Sofiane Sylve, as always, was very impressive in 4Ts (Choleric). Strong, solid, tall, gorgeous, big with movement quality, she dominates the stage whenever she enters. She is missed sorely at NYCB, and I wonder if SFB will be enough for her, as there seems to be no male-match partner there yet at SFB.
Sarah Van Patten was also excellent in 4Ts Sanguinic with sharp attack and a hypnotic presence. She danced a sexy, sensuous part in Golden Hour too. Van Patten is fair, beautiful, strong, a more delicate version of a Sylve-type dancer. Fine technique is only the beginning in enjoying these two womanly dancers. And to see them both in the same ballet (4Ts), dancing next to each other, was a huge delight.
Of the many fine men at SFB, I was completely thrilled with the debut of Taras Domitro in Melancholic of 4Ts. A young, very flexible, wirey, long-limbed man, he was so daring and full of passion for this role. Not one step was done safely without full extreme. Domitro has some rough edges to smooth, but I am so happy I'll be seeing him again in 4Ts on the 16th. This time, I might just skip the other three ballets preceding 4Ts though..... especially Morris' not-at-all Joyride. What poor programing. I'm sure many in the audience left before the best (4Ts) arrived, just because it was really getting boring/repetitive....
Divert #15, on opening night was a bit of a disappointment too for me, except for Ruben Martin who was a handsome presence with sexy, elegant, musically-sensitive, manly-full movements. But Divert is about women and they were just ok, a nice dress rehearsal for the most part... They all danced very well, but not beautifully.
There was one girl in the corps of Divert, who has danced in nearly everything I've seen so far including Wheeldon's Golden Hour. Dark, petite, very pretty. I wish I knew her name, as I had a hard time taking my eyes off of her. Very musical, gorgeously feminine, as well as strong in whatever speed or technique was required. I hope she's learning lots of soloist parts.
Posted 14 October 2008 - 12:56 PM
After seeing Sarah Van Patten and Tiit Helimits do Diamonds in the spring, I was looking forward to see them do Sanguinic. I thought they were terrific, and the 4Ts was the highlight of the evening for me. Sofiane Sylvie was great - and with amazing presence. She grabbed my attention the whole time she was on stage.
My biggest surprise of the evening was the performance of the orchestra. I don't know who they are (or perhaps they are contracted for this run only?) but they were together, in tune, and musical. I wasn't expecting to hear much for the 4Ts - it's a tough piece - but they gave a first-rate performance. I'm glad Martin West, San Francisco Ballet music director was conducting so he could push his home team a little harder.
I'm sorry I won't get to see the other programs in New York. I was hoping to see New Yorker's reactions to the new Jorma Elo piece. It was much more controversial than the Wheeldon or Morris pieces at its premiere in San Francisco - it almost caused fistfights in Jardiniere afterwards.
Posted 14 October 2008 - 02:06 PM
Great to hear that Taritas is doing fine just initiated as a Principal. I hope for the best future to this graceful young dancer, and I applaud him for putting-(or keeping)- the Cuban Style one more time on the American balletic map. BRAVO!
Of the many fine men at SFB, I was completely thrilled with the debut of Taras Domitro in Melancholic of 4Ts. A young, very flexible, wirey, long-limbed man, he was so daring and full of passion for this role. Not one step was done safely without full extreme.
Posted 14 October 2008 - 06:42 PM
I'm not sure I'll ever be able to take either ballet or lawn furniture seriously again!
I saw the "Within the Golden Hour" ... with lots of striking silhouettes of women in frozen X shapes being lifted and carried horizontally off stage. (A bit like lawn furniture being put away for the winter.)
I'm curious about the reaction too. I was among the few who absolutely loathed it (although I managed to avoid getting involved in any fist fights).
I was hoping to see New Yorker's reactions to the new Jorma Elo piece. It was much more controversial than the Wheeldon or Morris pieces at its premiere in San Francisco - it almost caused fistfights in Jardiniere afterwards.
Thanks for all the reviews. It's always interesting to hear what the rest of the world thinks about my 'home team'.
Posted 15 October 2008 - 05:14 AM
Posted 15 October 2008 - 07:56 AM
I'm afraid that I can't agree with Natalia. I thought...."Concerto Grosso" ....was all jumps and footwork and not much else.
Ah but what dancers we saw! To heck with the choreography!!! How can one separate the Dancer from The Dance? Concerto Grosso as performed by those five SFB virtuosi guys IS a five-star ballet. The audience around me, going bananas as they cheered, seemed to agree. I'm only sorry that I can't be in NY tomorrow night, to see the final performance of the piece on this tour.
Posted 15 October 2008 - 11:12 AM
In a perfect world they are both on the same level. However, as in the case of "Concerto Gross," the dancers were wonderful but the
choreography was not.
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To date my wife and I share one Apple ID for all Apple purchases and devices. We currently own a first and third generation iPod, iPhone 4, and will own an iPad 2 in the morning. Thus far having the one account has not been an issue, but with more Apple purchases to follow at what point does it make sense to have more than one Apple ID? What are the advantages and disadvantages of having one or multiple accounts? If we each had an iPhone would multiple Apple IDs be required? What's the relation to iCloud?
There is no limit and having more is not necessarily better. Having all your devices registered under one Apple ID has the benefit of having all your purchases pushed to them without having to manage multiple accounts. So your wife can enjoy an app on her iPhone 4 just the same as you can enjoy the same app on your iPad 2, without needing to purchase the app a second time (once for reach device), or constantly logging in and out of various Apple IDs to install and update.
I find it is always better to pool your purchases to one account and register your devices under that single account. Having multiple Apple IDs requires that one micro-manage each account (iTunes will only check for updates for the current Apple ID), which can be bothersome at the best of times and a nightmare at the worst of times.
One advantage of having separate Apple IDs, however, is that each account belongs to its respective owner and can be registered to their own payment methods. But if you share your finances, that is of little value to you.
iCloud is bound to its respective Apple ID, so if you have just the one, all the features of iCloud would permeate through any device registered to that account. That means if you downloaded an app on your iPad 2, it would appear on your wife's iPhone 4. You would also share documents, pictures, music, etc. (anything supported by iCloud and expressly enabled by you) across all your devices as well—email as well. iCloud would essentially unify them and their content.
Multiple Apple IDs are not required. You may also find this article on managing multiple devices (although somewhat dated when iCloud launches).
FaceTime can't be used to call each other on the same iTunes account, for this reason alone you must have a separate apple ID to make use of this great tool.
Check out this excellent FAQ from Apple on Apple IDs and iCloud: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4895
Of particular interest are the sections:
I actually think multiple ids are a good idea. I too assumed that if I bought an app from one account the other account would not be able to use the app. But if you sync the app from the same iTunes installation (Windows7 for me). The paid app works on all the iOS devices. Facetime & Messages are also a great reason to have multiple accounts.
You can use one Apple ID for FaceTime across multiple devices that have distinct Apple ID for app purchase. I can contact my son's iPod Touch with my iPhone using the same ID, all I did was change what email I can contact him on because it's not a phone (gmail). Works perfect for us with no confusion.
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Currently, there are only a handful of games to the xbox360 that supports 3D, these games are:
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holiday season. Whatever the challenges we all face in 2012, we can
have a peaceful New Year, and continue to work, as I know each and
every one of you do, to improve the quality of mental health
services for our users and carers.
Results of last month's
Do you think too many psychiatrists are being
referred to the General Medical Council and the National Clinical
Assessment Service? 60% agreed vs. 40% disagreed.
month's poll:
Christmas a positive experience for most of your
Appointment of an
Associate-Registrar for Revalidation
A vacancy has arisen for a new
Associate-Registrar. The post is voluntary and the appointee should
expect, with the agreement of his/her employer, to spend an average
of 1 p.a./session per week. Associate-Registrars are Trustees of
the College and full members of the Council. They are also expected
to attend the Education, Training and Standards Committee. The
primary role will be to lead and develop College revalidation and
appraisal guidance and support. The post will appeal to consultant
psychiatrists in any specialty who have an interest in, and
commitment to, the process of Revalidation and ensuring we meet the
highest standards. Any College member who would like to be
considered for this post should submit a CV and a statement [no
more than one A4 side] indicating expertise and interest in this
area of work to the Registrar, Dr Laurence Mynors-Wallis.
Closing date: 5pm on 20 January 2012.
New: Invited Review
We are seeking
review teams to assist us in developing the Invited Review
Mechanism. For the past ten years the College has provided an
External Clinical Advisory Service (ECAS) where a review team is
invited by an NHS Trust or Independent hospital at the request of
the Chief Executive or Medical Director to comment on, and prepare
a report on the issues of concern which could be related to
services, team functioning, or clinical practice. The new Invited
Review Mechanism will replace ECAS and will be further developed by
the Specialist Adviser for Remediation Services, Dr Pete
Examination Paper Writing
Panels – Senior Trainee vacancies
We wish to appoint Senior Trainees (SpR
in at least 2nd year of training or ST5-6) to join the
Examination Paper Writing Panels. A maximum of two Senior Trainee
panel members will be appointed per panel. The MRCPsych
Examinations consists of three written papers (Paper 1, 2 & 3)
and a Clinical Assessment of Skills and Competencies examination.
Paper 3 is divided between two separate panels, responsible for the
Critical Review and Clinical Topics components respectively. They
are responsible for producing questions for the examinations
question bank, from which the questions are selected for the
examination papers. The panels meet after the examination to review
statistics. An application form and associated documents can
be obtained from Dawn Marshall-Fannon.
Closing date for applications: 17 February 2012; interviews
to be held in April 2012.
Specialist Adviser for
Social Care (England & Wales)
The College wishes to appoint a Specialist
Adviser and Coordinator for Social Care with expertise in either
Rehabilitation, General and Community, Old Age, Liaison, Child and
Adolescent or Learning Disability Psychiatry to provide leadership
and advice on social care (England and Wales) in their area of
specialism and to co-ordinate/secure such advice from identified
social care link members for each of the other Faculties and
Sections of the College. For a job description, contact Claire Churchill. Closing
date for applications 20 January 2012, with interviews in February
In 2011, the Psychiatric Trainees Committee established
'Medfest', the UKs first national medical film festival. Its
purpose is to encourage medical students to choose a career in
psychiatry. MedFest is running again at 16 university venues,
throughout February/March 2012, supported by the RCPsych Public
Education Committee. This year's theme is HealthScreen: Understanding Illness
through Film. We aim to provoke debate on the social,
political and ethical implications of depictions of health and
illness on our screens, not only in the form of Hollywood film, but
also public health campaigns and advertisements.
Dr Bohdan Solomka, our Specialist Adviser on Payment by Results,
writes about the implications of
PbR for mental health services. "It is perhaps worth stating
that PbR, in one form or another, will be implemented over the
coming years. It is not going away; there is political will on all
sides for an end to block contracts and to bring in a form of PbR
in mental health."
Dr Pete Snowden on mentoring: "I have been
appointed to a role in the College which has responsibility for
developing mentoring. I am particularly interested in developing
mentoring for new consultants. I am looking for ideas from the
Membership as to how this can be embedded through College
divisions. If you have any ideas and suggestions, contact me." Dr Pete
Snowden, Specialist Adviser for Remediation Services.
Significant improvements
needed to care for people with dementia in hospital
The first
full report of the National Audit of Dementia has identified a
need for significant improvements in hospital ward environments,
staff training and the overall approach to care delivery for
patients with dementia. Although the majority of wards meet basic
safety requirements, the audit shows that many had not addressed
simple measures that could lessen the distress caused to dementia
patients by an unfamiliar and confusing hospital environment.
Adopt a book this Christmas as a gift to family, friends or
colleagues. The College would like to thank members who have
already donated generously towards the restoration of this
invaluable collection of books on the early history of psychiatry.
36 books have been adopted since this scheme was established in
full list of books awaiting adoption is available on the
New and improved member
Expert Psychiatric Evidence by Dr Keith Rix
A guide to what a
psychiatrist needs to know in order to prepare medico-legal reports
and become an expert witness.
OP81: Prison transfers
A survey from the Royal College of
OP82: The Equality Act 2010 and adult mental health
Achieving non-discriminatory
age-appropriate services. Joint guidance from the Royal College of
Psychiatrists' Faculties of Old Age and General and Community
year's Annual Review showcases some of the activities pursued
by the Royal College of Psychiatrists during 2011.
The commission launched by Rethink Mental Illness, chaired by
Professor Sir Robin Murray, is tasked with:
Any comments should be sent to Claire Churchill by
15 February 2012.
News from
other organisations and the
Induced abortion and mental health: a
systematic review
A systematic review looking at induced abortion and mental
health has been published, developed for the Academy of Medical
Royal Colleges by the National
Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, funded by the
Department of Health. The purpose of the review was to examine the
relationship between induced abortion and mental health problems.
It concluded that having an abortion does not increase the risk
of mental health problems. The best current evidence suggests that
it makes no difference to a woman's mental health whether she
chooses to have an abortion or to continue with the pregnancy. Dr
Kate Guthrie, RCOG spokesperson, said: "We welcome this new review
which includes the latest evidence. The RCOG recently revised its
own guidelines on the
care of women requesting induced abortion, which reflected the
above findings.
Transforming sickness support will
boost productivity and the economy
NHS Evidence: recruiting External
NHS Evidence, the web-based
portal to clinical and non clinical evidence and best practice
provided by the National Institute for Health and Clinical
Excellence, is seeking to recruit new External Advisers for its
accreditation scheme. The accreditation programme recognises
sources of guidance with robust processes for guideline production.
The aim being to give users confidence in the information available
and to help drive up standards. A key step in the accreditation
process is external adviser's independent scrutiny of our own
technical assessment of guideline production processes. The
decision to accredit a guidance producer is then made by an
independent Accreditation Advisory Committee, based on our
technical assessment, external adviser input and feedback from the
guidance producer. If you have expertise in guidance development
and are interested in applying please email for further
information or go to the website.
Invitation to apply: NICE Psychosis
and Schizophrenia in adults Development Group
The National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health is currently
recruiting guideline development
group members for the NICE Psychosis and Schizophrenia in
Adults (partial update) guideline. The application deadline is
Monday 9 January 2012 at 5pm.
Quality standard and guidance on
service user experience in mental health
NICE has published a new quality standard and clinical
guidance on service user experience in adult mental health. It
contains a number of statements which include ensuring that people
can access mental health services when they need them.
Clinical Guideline- Self-harm:
longer-term management
The NICE clinical guideline
offers evidence-based advice on the longer-term treatment and
management of self-harm.
Home Office - Missing children and
adults: a cross Government strategy
The Home Office has published a report Missing
children and adults: a cross Government strategy to
provide better protection and support for missing people and their
families. The report outlines the roles and responsibilities for
government and local agencies including police, local authorities
and health services in tackling the issue.
Parliamentary update
Lords Second Reading - Mental
Health (Discrimination) Bill
The Government has supported the
Mental Health (Discrimination) Bill. The Bill aims to
repeal four areas of discrimination against mental health in UK
laws and regulations. These relate to MPs, School Governors,
Jurors, and Company Directors.
Department of Health
Care Quality Commission: review of
services for people with learning disabilities
second annual report on the use of the Mental Health Act covers
findings from April 2010 to March 2011 and includes information
about the use of the Act and the areas where the CQC believes
improvement is needed.
Review of services
for people with learning disabilities
The CQC has published the first of five
reports from
a programme of 150 unannounced inspections of hospitals and care
homes that look after people with learning disabilities.
Integrated care between health and social
services can improve
Audit Commission briefing has found significant differences in
the types of care received by people aged 65 and over across the
country. It shows that despite the strong focus for many years on
improving joint working across the NHS and social care, progress
remains patchy.
Report sheds light on violence and
trauma in young people's lives
Young people convicted of serious acts of violence during
their childhoods talk about their experiences of trauma and
violence in a new report from the Centre for Crime and Justice.
My Story: Young
people talk about trauma and violence in their lives
offers a unique insight into the kind of severe, multiple and
prolonged trauma experienced by many who while still children go on
to perpetrate serious, violent acts.
Better Mental Health in a Bigger
A report from the Mental Health Providers Forum explores and
identifies the overlaps between Big Society ideas and changes that
many people with mental health difficulties have long argued
News from the General Medical
This is the first time the
annual fee paid by all
doctors has been cut since it was introduced in
New guidance on
dealing with complaints about assisting suicide
The GMC is developing
guidance for case examiners and the Investigation Committee to
help them decide what action to take if a doctor is alleged to have
assisted in a suicide. There will be a public consultation on the
draft guidance in early 2012.
2012 Hippocrates Awards for Poetry and
Entries are now open for the 2012 Hippocrates Prize for
poetry and medicine for unpublished poems in English. There
are two categories: one for UK health professionals, the other an
open international category. With a 1st prize for the winning
poem in each category of £5,000, there is also a 2nd prize of
£1,000, 3rd prize of £500, and 20 commendations each of £50. The
deadline for entries is 31 January 2012, awards to be presented at
the Wellcome Collection in London on 12 May
NHS Confederation: Social media and
mental health services
Joining in the conversation - social media and mental health
services looks at social media innovations underway in
healthcare as a whole and highlights case studies from Mental
Health Network member organisations.
World Psychiatric Association: New
report on antidepressants for acute depression
An international group of clinicians have produced an
executive report for the WPA which looks at how well
antidepressants work in the acute treatment of
World Association of Cultural
Psychiatry (WACP): Trainee Day 2012
World Association of Cultural Psychiatry Conference Trainee Day
2012 will be held at Queen Mary, University of London on 7 March
2012. The WACP 2012 Trainee day will
include a 'Trainee Research Competition'. Delegates are invited to
submit poster abstracts of no
more than 250 words by 16 January
2012. All posters will
be displayed on the day and during the main conference. The best
abstracts, including those that have been submitted through the
conference registration page will be selected for oral presentation
in the Trainee Research Competition.
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Training with Intervals
There are so many ways to create interval rides, and here are some of my favorites! Establish a recovery time; I use 45 or 60 seconds most often. Then start
with the work effort twice as long as the recovery. For example, 90 seconds work followed by 45 seconds recovery. I like to repeat the intervals four or five times. I think it's hard to gage how much effort to
exert relative to how much time you have.
So by repeating the interval a couple times, riders can have an opportunity to experiment with how hard to push the effort, and really improve their performance. Then take one song to bring the intensity down to 75-80% of max heart rate and encourage them to keep
a steady state.
Repeat the intervals again, this time shortening the work effort by half, so its 45 seconds work followed by 45 seconds recovery. Do four to six intervals according to the music. Repeat one song at 78-80% MHR.
The final interval set should be half of the work effort again, taking the work effort to just 20 seconds followed by 45 second recovery. Allow enough intervals for everyone to practice and perfect their work efforts!
This interval ladder can be done in reverse too! Start with the shortest efforts and end with the longest. Always explain the goals of the class before you start. They may choose to make the efforts all aerobic or anaerobic. Think about what movements would be effective and what options you can give them to
customize their work!
The basic principle of this type of interval training is
the shorter the work effort, the higher the intensity will be. For example, the 90 second efforts will be at
75% MHR, then the 45 second efforts at 85% and finish with 92% efforts. Good luck! Let me know what you think, and how everyone did! What's your favorite
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I almost hesitate to ask this, because it is hard to believe no one else asked it; but it isn't showing up in the "similar titles" list.
What is special about 'C' that switches the 'IE' immediately following it?
I almost hesitate to ask this, because it is hard to believe no one else asked it; but it isn't showing up in the "similar titles" list.
What is special about 'C' that switches the 'IE' immediately following it?
Basically, English vocabulary is a mix of mostly proto-Germanic and proto-French, the languages in use by the Saxons and Normans respectively during the Norman invasion and occupation of the British isles. To this was added hefty dashes of classical Latin and Greek, and then Romanizations of words from all over as words were borrowed from British colonies and from American immigrants.
Anyway, in German, the rule (when explained to native English speakers) is that when I meets E, the second vowel is the sound of the pair, and is sounded long. So, EI is sounded like "aye", and IE is "ee".
In French, it's not so simple, but usually, IE is "ee" and EI is "ey" (long a). It's really closer in most cases to "eh", but that's far more open than the "eu" or schwa sound that is an unattended "e".
So, from both these languages, when "ie" is a monopthong (or "digraph"; two letters making one sound), it's usually "ee", and then "ei" is normally given its French pronunciation of long "a" or similar (as in "neighbor" or "weigh"), with a few exceptions usually given the Germanic long I.
The mixing in of C also appears French; the word "deceive", for instance, is rooted in the old French deceivre, identical in meaning. The French would use their normal long "a" pronunciation for "ei", but in the transition to modern English it became "ee". Words such as "receive" and "ceiling" also have ties to French, though sometimes, as with "ceiling", the spelling in the other language isn't anywhere close.
So, that's the origin of the rule; when I and E meet to say "ee", both of English's parent languages usually indicate "ie". The "except after c" is because we Anglos butcher the French contribution so badly, and the "or when sounded as 'ay'" is for the rare occasions we get it right.
Now for why it's not such a great rule:
The largest section of exceptions to the full rule, "I before E, except after C, or when sounded like 'ay', as in 'neighbor' or 'weigh'", is when "ie" or "ei" is not a digraph, but instead a diphthong. The word "science", and its various derived words, do not have their "ie" pronounced as long "e" OR long a; it's two elisioned sounds, "eye-eh". Same with "conscience". Similarly, words like "deity" are pronounced "ey-ih", again pronouncing each letter. Most of these are from base Latin or Greek roots instead of French/German.
The second biggest group of exceptions are words that have evolved multiple acceptable pronunciations: "either" can be pronounced "ee-ther" or "eye-ther" depending on dialect. Similarly, "neither", "geisha", "leisure", "weird", etc. all have multiple acceptable pronunciations of the digraph.
Recent additions to the English language, borrowed from other languages, are likely to also be exceptions to the rule; "gneiss" for instance.
Finally, the plural form of a word ending in "cy" such as "fancy" or fluency" is always spelled with "cie" ("fancies", "fluencies").
Well, the rule isn't true at all. There are more exceptions to the rule than that follow it.
According to QI, 923 words have cie (against the rule), 23 times more than cei (following the rule).
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Photoshop Elements 10 tutorials
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Elements Basics
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In-depth looks at the tools inside Elements Editor, as well as the different features found in the menus.
Elements Add-Ons: Brushes, Actions, Plug-ins and More
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Organizing your Photos
How to import, sort, and organize your photo library with Elements (including the Organizer, Bridge, and iPhoto, among others).
Making Selections and Blending Images Together
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The Post 224 team had a great start to the District 24 tournament, knocking off Fairfield and Carrier Mills to start 2-0. But the team met its match on Monday, falling 11-2 to Louisville.
Trenton Veach got the start and put in five hard innings, allowing two earned runs on two hits with six walks and two strikeouts. Wesley Cutchin was in next. Cutchin went two innings and allowed four runs, three earned on five hits, with two walks and a strikeout. Drew Lucas and Tyler Cushman also pitched in the game. Lucas went for a short time and allowed five runs, two earned on two hits with two walks and Cushman went an inning and allowed no runs on a hit with two strikeouts.
Post 224 picked up nine hits in the game, with Garrison Hathaway leading the way with three. Hathaway and Cushman drove in the team's two runs. Hathaway and Brodie Brown scored the two runs.
Carmi will now face a must win elimination game Tuesday night at 6 p.m. against either Carrier Mills or Albion at Grayville.
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When I solve limits I often convert a block in a notable limit multiplying and dividing it by the same quantity. For example: $$ \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{e^{\sin(x)}-1}{x} = \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{e^{\frac{\sin(x)}{x}x}-1}{x} = \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{e^{x}-1}{x} = 1 $$
I've noticed that I can't always apply this. For example: $$ \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{x^3+9x-9 \tan(x)}{-8x^3} = \frac{1}{4}\neq \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{x^3+9x-9 \frac{\tan(x)}{x}x}{-8x^3} = \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{x^3+9x-9x}{-8x^3}= -\frac{1}{8} $$
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PASS Online and Blended Tutoring
Panther Academic Support Services holds online and blended review sessions as a way to supplement classroom learning. Use this page for online tutoring resources, to request online tutoring, and to learn about NetTutor evening and weekend tutoring.
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Types of Online Sessions
PASS offers both online and blended (online and in person) review sessions. PASS online sessions are held as Online Exam Review Sessions or Weekly Online Tutoring Sessions.
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TORONTO - TIMET will be laying off 77 workers beginning next week, according to a union official.
TIMET, which is now referred to as TIMET of Precision Castparts Corp., will lay off 77 of 527 workers because of a slowdown in business, according to Greg Herrick, president of the United Steel Workers Local 5644/5644-01. "(The layoffs will occur) basically because order books are really soft for the first and second (fiscal) quarters," said Herrick. "It's mostly junior (union) members being laid off."
Herrick said it wasn't clear when workers could be recalled because of the slowdown in demand for titanium alloy.
"I'm not sure what's going on at Boeing Corp.," Herrick continued, adding the airplane manufacturer is one of TIMETS's biggest customers. "I just know our orders are down."
Herrick said the union's contract with the company will enable more veteran workers to retain their health care benefits for a time.
"Any of the employees that have at least two years (employment at TIMET) will get six months of health insurance," Herrick continued, adding those with less than two years with the company won't see the benefits continuing after next week.
Herrick said he's hoping orders pick up and workers won't be laid off for long.
"Obviously, we want to do everything possible to get these guys back to work," Herrick said. "We're hoping with PCC taking over, (the company) can get us more work."
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Throwing a ball to someone is difficult, but even more difficult is using visual information of a ball in flight to put your hand in the right place within a few hundred milliseconds, and then actually -close- that hand within a few tens of milliseconds.There is no information on their website about how this throwing/catching process works, or whether or not the robot is capable of tracking a subject, say carrying groceries, and hurling a ball in their direction. More info on that development as we get it.
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This volume would stand on its own as a text, but the phenomenal collection of historical images throughout the book transported me on a journey across time right along with the author. The rich visuals make the story accessible and wholly satisfying.
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Subject to regulatory and other approvals, Marathon Petroleum will purchase the 475,000 bpd Texas City refinery, associated natural gas liquids pipelines and four marketing terminals in the southeast US.
By RAZAK MUSAH BABA
LONDON -- Oil major BP on Monday announced an agreement to
sell its refinery in Texas City, Texas, and a
portion of its retail and logistics network in the southeast US
to Marathon Petroleum for $2.5 billion.
The sale amount includes $600 million of cash at closing, an
estimated value of $1.2 billion for hydrocarbon inventories and a $700
million six-year earn-out arrangement based on future margins
and refinery throughput.
With Monday's agreement, the total value of the divestments
that BP has agreed since the beginning of 2010 is more than $35
billion. BP expects this total to reach $38 billion by the end
of 2013.
Subject to regulatory and other approvals, Marathon
Petroleum will purchase the 475,000 bpd refinery, associated
natural gas liquids pipelines and four marketing terminals in
the southeast US.
BP will also assign certain branded jobber contracts
supplying 1,200 retail sites in Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama
and Florida that could be supplied by the refinery.
BP will remain a significant retailer of fuels in the US,
with 8,000 BP and ARCO-branded sites in the Midwest, Pacific
Northwest and along the East Coast. BP anticipates the
transaction will close by early 2013.
BP continues to invest heavily in its three northern US
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By Kim Harriger
The Wellington Daily News
The Wellington Public Library is heading in some exciting directions. According to new director Sara Dixon, we can expect some changes and movement forward. "I feel like a lot of time people feel that the library is just about books, and it's not. We learn in every single interaction that we have, whether it's a Wii game or the person down the street that we haven't talked to."
Dixon is passionate about getting the community involved in this interactive learning process. "We're starting a book club, starting in November. We will meet on every third Wednesday of the month, holidays excluded."
The first book chosen is The Center of Everything by Laura Moriarty, a local Kansas author. Dixon feels this is a good choice to gauge how a book club will work, and the preferences of those who would like to be involved. There are several copies of the book available for check-out at the library for those interested in joining the book club.
Dixon doesn't want to set an age limit for the book club. It is geared toward older teens through adults.
Another area being developed is teen involvement. A teen advisory council assists in many ways, including choosing books to include in the library selection. They even recently hosted an Art Reception and Poetry Slam, in which entries from Wellington and Oxford were submitted. Dixon hopes to make these a more regular occurrence.
One challenge Dixon is facing is getting more teens involved. "I'm not sure how many would want to read for fun, and they are
so busy. They have volleyball, and cheerleading, and jobs. Trying to find a place for the library in the midst of all of that."
Dixon is looking for suggestions from the community. "It's a community place, so it should have community input. Maybe we need technology classes. I would love to teach a class on Word, Facebook, or Twitter. I want to make this place a community hub. Wellington is a very close knit community and I feel like this could be so much more than just a place to come get your books."
Dixon says that people can ask for help with whatever they might need, whether it be computer programs, apps for different devices, eBooks or Web sites. If the library personnel don't know about something, they will learn with you.
Dixon is fired up about the possibilities in store for the Wellington community through the library and is looking forward to changing the reputation of libraries in general.
Openly enthusiastic about her role in Wellington, Dixon says "My mom always wanted me to be in the medical field. It wasn't for me, but in the same vein, I'm helping people. I just help people with information instead of stitches."
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The 8 Most Embarrassing Musical Performances by Non-Musicians
The line between love and hate may be thin, but it's not as thin as the one between ridiculously embarrassing and awesomely watchable. We've tirelessly sifted through clip after agonizing clip of every second-rate celebrity who's ever strapped on a guitar or tickled the ivories or rapped about butts and found eight musical performances that skate that razor-thin line, managing to make you mortified for everyone involved and jealous of their place in baffling music video history (And, before you think you know where this list is going, we will have you know "The Super Bowl Shuffle" failed to make the cut, though the '85 Super Bowl Champs do not go unrepresented).
#8. Ron Jeremy - "Freak Of The Week"
Behind The Music
After teaching special education in New York for a little while, Ron Jeremy decided to make a slight career change by ... err ... becoming the most famous porn star in the world. With more than 1,600 film credits to his name, Ron Jeremy has porked a small city's worth of women despite being one of the most hideous wretches in all of Long Island (which is another accomplishment in and of itself).
The Music
Perhaps crippled by the "been there, done that" ennui that so many people associate with their jobs, Jeremy decided to take a break from fucking porn stars in 1996 to record a rap track with DJ Polo called "Freak of the Week." The video features cameos by Corey Feldman, John Bobbitt, Joey Buttafuoco, Grandpa Munster and a whole lot of women in thongs who hate their fathers.
The song itself reached No. 22 on the Billboard rap charts, encouraging scads of overweight, washed-up porn stars with rap aspirations to keep reaching for that rainbow and writing down those sick rhymes. Also awesome for the inescapable feeling you get that Jeremy, at one point, pulled a Reed Rothchild and told someone, "I'm a rapper now, I can fuck on my own time."
The Highlight
Are you as angry that Ron Jeremy recorded a rap song because he was sick of fucking porn stars as we are? Then stick with the video to around the 3:20 mark for the "boom-boom" portion, where a shirtless boxer punches Jeremy much harder than was probably necessary for the video.
#7. Steven Seagal - "Girl It's Alright"
Behind The Music
Although most well known for his role as a Navy SEAL-turned-chef in 1992's Under Siege, Seagal is too complex, too multifaceted to spend the entirety of his career pretending to kill terrorists on a boat. After Siege, Seagal tried his hand at directing in 1994's On Deadly Ground. In it, Seagal played an EPA agent hell bent on rescuing the Alaskan wilderness (and all the Eskimos within it) from an evil oil company ... with extreme prejudice. Bafflingly, the film tanked and lost the studio more than $10 million. Seagal has managed a handful of box office semi-successes since then, but the bulk of his films have gone straight to video.
The Music
With that in mind, cut him some slack when you listen to "Girl It's Alright"-the guy's been having a rough decade. According to his website, Seagal "got his first guitar at the age of 12 ... but it was not until Steven's mother influenced him to 'let the world hear his music' that he released his first album, Songs from the Crystal Cave, in 2004."
In "Girl It's Alright," Seagal rasps generic pop lyrics while fondling Asian women half his age in front of Buddhist temples. Remember, you have Seagal's mother to thank for that. If that isn't enough to convince you that Steven Seagal rules, maybe the fact that he has his own energy drink called Lightning Bolt will seal the deal.
The Highlight
At 1:20, Seagal takes a break from awkwardly singing blues music to spar with an 8-year-old boy that he found. The boy is playfully throwing punches, while The Glimmer Man is in a full-on karate position and taking himself way too seriously. It's like he made this music video to show that he wasn't just an action star, but at the last minute realized he couldn't help himself. It just goes to show you; you can take the fat guy out of the cheesy Kung Fu movie, but you can't take the cheesy Kung Fu out of the fat guy.
#6. John Cena - "An 'Impromptu' Freestyle Battle"
Behind The Music
We had always been under the impression that the lowest point in the current WWE champ's career was being placed in a storyline with, and defeated by, K-Fed. The highest point was of course when Cena grabbed the cornrowed fuckabout from the announcer's booth, pulled him into the ring and administered massive amounts of theatrical pain. Another possible high point was his film The Marine, which although awful, was at least known as the most effortlessly titled movie until this year's War came along. However, the high/low water-marks of the Cena era all have to be recalibrated in light of this battle rap with a child.
The Music
This clearly staged (but hopefully not actually rehearsed) freestyle battle begins with an irate WWE fan insulting Cena where it hurts-his not having a wife. You know it's an authentic street battle when a dude's dissed for choosing not to settle down and start a family. Of course this is the WWE, so it's pretty safe to assume that the planted battle rapper was only there to tee Cena up for a big win. Which makes it all the more embarrassing when Cena bombs.
With each passing rhyme, the crowd seems to grow more and more embarrassed for the champ. And it's not like he's rapping on stage at the Apollo; the audience is packed with 12 year old John Cena fans. Not exactly a tough audience. Also seemingly 12 years old-the kid who Cena angrily insults for two straight minutes, making the overall effect of the performance less "throw ya hands in the air" and more "hey man, why don't you ease up, he's just a kid." Or at least you would feel sorry for the kid if Cena weren't doing such an effective job embarrassing himself with gems like: "I'm real, you're phony/ My style's phat, like Siragusa (awkwardly long pause) Tony."
The Highlight
At 1:42 someone tells the kids, watching in stunned silence up to that point, to start cheering. Cena is so surprised by the noise that he loses his train of thought, and looks back at whomever told the crowd to make noise, apparently annoyed that they've broken his concentration.
#5. Leonard Nimoy - "The Ballad Of Bilbo Baggins"
Behind The Music
Before he was Mr. Spock, the half-Vulcan was already a well-known actor in television, film and theater. Although he is obviously best known for his role on the original Star Trek series, Nimoy is a veritable Jack-of-all-trades, dabbling in nude photography, penning volumes of poetry, and releasing five popular records in the '60s and '70s. He also wrote two autobiographies, 1977's I Am Not Spock, and 1995's seemingly contradictory I Am Spock. Nimoy's publicist has also confirmed that 2008 will see the release of Nimoy's third autobiography, I Did Not Write a Ridiculous Song About Bilbo Baggins, followed by a fourth in 2009, Okay, Fine, I Did.
The Music
What can we say? It was a different era? A purer, simpler time? Pundits are always blathering about how exposure to television violence warps childrens' minds, but when it comes to the lasting effects of exposure to Leonard Nimoy eskimo-kissing some chick wearing a "Hobbits Unite!" button, they're conspicuously silent.
We're not sure which one is more damaging; can't we just have a little of both and call it even? We're talking to you, FOX.
The Highlight
At around 1:10, Mr. Spock sings about fighting goblins and battling trolls, which is visually represented by an extra hiding behind a rock and waving a branch while someone throws a man's shirt into the air. He must have run out of funding for this video pretty damn early.


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The 5 Stupidest Decisions You Didn't Notice in Famous Movies
There are countless movies that hinge on an obsessively detailed master plot, whether it be the ultimate bank heist or a plan to make Chris Rock president. But sometimes the characters responsible for that plot throw caution to the wind for no apparent reason, endangering (or flat-out ruining) the plans they had so intricately laid and leaving the rest of us to wonder what the hell they were thinking about. It makes for great drama, but baffling logic.
#5. Inception -- Cobb Blows the Mission for No Reason
Inception is about international fugitive Dom Cobb (Leo DiCaprio) hacking into other people's dreams in order to steal and/or implant information, which the movie explains by finding hilarious ways for Cobb and his team to lie down and sleep next to their targets while connected to a forest of complicated electrodes and somehow still be incognito.
"Just having a nice sleep EKG, nothing strange here."
The movie focuses on Cobb's big final heist, wherein he and his operatives must reach the deepest level of a tycoon's subconscious and implant an idea. This is actually the least complicated part of the film.
Throughout the movie, the big problem lurking below the surface is that Cobb is haunted by the memories of his dead wife, Mal, which threatens to screw up the whole operation. To make sure this doesn't happen, much of the final plan is hidden from Cobb himself. So Ellen Page's character, Adriadne, knows a way into the mind fortress of the tycoon, but Cobb doesn't. It's for their own protection -- if Cobb knows, his memories of Mal will fuck everything up.
Phantom dream women, right?
The Scene:
Once Cobb and his Dream Bandits make it inside the tycoon's subconscious, they get intercepted by a bunch of dudes on snowmobiles trying to keep them out of the mountain bunker where the tycoon's innermost secrets are stored (because without question, this is how everyone's mind is organized). With everything going to hell, Cobb demands that Adriadne tell him the one thing he can't be allowed to know: the way into the complex. This exchange happens:
ARIADNE: I don't think I should tell you. If Mal finds out ...
COBB: We don't have time for this! Did he add anything?
ARIADNE: He added an air duct system that can cut through the maze.
COBB: Good. [points to her radio] Explain it to them.
"Don't explain anything to the audience, though. They like being kept in the dark."
The Problem:
First, Cobb silences her entirely justified objections by shout-screaming "There's no time for this!" Maybe you could justify this if, in fact, they were in a position where they had no way of succeeding unless Cobb knew. But then he doesn't even use that information. He immediately has her tell it to the other members of the team so they can do all that air-duct-scuttling bullshit while he watches through binoculars.
Predictably, Mal appears and shoots one of Cobb's team members, effectively ruining the mission (or at least making it a lot more difficult and confusing). Had Cobb not insisted that Ariadne tell him about the secret way into the base, Mal would never have shown up (because Mal is Cobb's evil subconscious, so she only knows what he knows). There wasn't even any reason to tell him about it, either -- Cobb could've just asked, "Hey, is there another way into the base? There is? Good, tell them about it while I plug my ears and sing 'Black Hole Sun' to myself for a minute."
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"Black Hole Sun, dreams are dumb, dreams are duuuuuumb ..."
His "There's no time for this!" outburst is especially ridiculous because he's asking Ariadne to take an extra step explaining everything to him, making the whole thing take longer. She could've just relayed the information directly to the rest of the team in less time than it took to unnecessarily involve Cobb, and they would've avoided the "murderous wife ghost" factor in the process.
#4. Die Hard With a Vengeance -- Simon Gruber Involves the One Man He Knows Can Ruin His Plan
Die Hard pitted shoeless New York detective John McClane against bearded German murder-thief Hans Gruber. Hans had a delicately intricate plan to steal millions of dollars of bearer bonds and fake his own death via skyscraper explosion, but McClane foils it step by step before ultimately shooting Hans out of a window. Die Hard With a Vengeance continues the saga by throwing John McClane against Hans' younger brother, Simon, who is similarly engaged in an epic super-robbery. However, this time it's personal, and Simon goes out of his way to drag McClane into the plot so he can send him on pointless riddle-infused errands around New York City before ultimately killing him in some spectacularly hilarious fashion.
"Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the ... ah, shit, you've already killed me."
The Scene:
By using McClane to stage a citywide distraction, Simon is able to tie up the resources of the entire NYPD and literally steal a boatload of gold from the Federal Reserve Bank. In fact, his plan was so good that the FBI questioned the film's writers to see if they were actually planning to rob the joint, because the FBI evidently had very little to do in 1995.
"Bruce Willis wearing flannel represents a clear and present danger to our national security."
So, the robbery is obviously brilliant and very carefully orchestrated. Simon then meticulously covers his tracks by blowing up a decoy boat in the middle of the harbor, staging it to look like an international terrorist attack on the wealth of America by burying all of the gold at the bottom of the sea. Only the gold wasn't blown up -- it was on a different ship with Simon. He is a Gruber, after all. Disguising thievery as a terrorist explosion is pretty much what they do.
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"We're a German family. Compared to their grandparents, Hans and Simon are angels."
The Problem:
Does Simon's plan seem a little familiar? It should, because it is the exact same plan Hans had in the first film: steal a bunch of money, pretend to blow it up, escape with aforementioned money to Rum-and-Sex Island.
Now, what went wrong with Hans' plan?
And what does Simon deliberately introduce into his plan?
That's right -- Simon executes a slightly jazzier version of the same scheme his brother pulled, and then goes out of his way to bring in the exact same man who systematically dismantled that plan and made Simon an only child. This also happens to be the one man likely to recognize what's really going on. Because, you know, he was there the first time around.
We understand that Simon wants revenge for Hans, but why did both killing McClane and robbing the bank have to be done at the same time? Was Simon only in town for the weekend? Did he have a bus transfer ticket that was about to expire? He could've spread that agenda out over at least a year if he wanted to. Rob the bank, dye your hair and wait for your beard to grow in, then go back and kill McClane. Or do the killing first, whatever. You've got time, Simon.
As a wise man once said, buying a yacht full of prostitutes is the best revenge.
Instead, he mashes them both together, which to the surprise of absolutely no one results in McClane foiling the robbery and cheerfully executing Simon in public. We assume subsequent generations of Grubers will spend their formative years looking under their beds for John McClane.
On a similar note ...
#3. Aliens -- The Evil Corporation Hires Alien-Killing Ripley to Not Kill Their Aliens
We've previously discussed how ridiculous it was for Ripley to accept another job from Weyland-Yutani despite all of the bullshit they pulled on her in the first Alien (you know, what with them intentionally sending her down to a planet to get eaten by space monsters).
"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times, shame on the whole damn franchise."
But now look at it from the company's point of view. Why in the possible hell did they want to involve her a second time?
In Aliens, Ripley wakes up from hypersleep after half a century, and her bosses say they don't believe a goddamn word of her frenzied babbling about a murderous space creature. Moreover, the flight computer from her original ship (the one she set to self-destruct in the first film in an attempt to kill the alien) claims that she blew the whole thing up for no apparent reason. She spends her hearing with the Weyland-Yutani board members shouting and flinging papers around like a lunatic.
"How could you botch a suicide mission this badly?!"
The Scene:
In the very next scene, Weyland-Yutani sends Mad About You's Paul Reiser to convince Ripley to escort a team of marines down to one of their colonies, which they think may be overrun with the same aliens that they refused to acknowledge even existed in the previous scene. Ripley agrees to accompany the marines as an adviser, because she's having trouble adjusting to civilian life due in large part to the PTSD we mentioned earlier, and because marines apparently need advice on how to shoot monsters.
"We point the barrel at them? Sacred Dancing Moses, that's genius."
The Problem:
Let's go over what happened the last time Weyland-Yutani sent Ripley into outer space with a bunch of expensive equipment and an alien -- she blew everything up, all of it, and floated around in the stars for six decades.
Seriously, Ripley's personnel file must just be a list of things she has done in direct opposition to the Weyland-Yutani business model. Also, they already know she's crazy -- they spent an entire board meeting telling her so. But the moment they find out that their colonists may have come into contact with some aliens, they trip over themselves in their rush to put Ripley back on the payroll so she can oversee another operation involving billion-dollar equipment and nightmare space creatures. And guess what happens this time:
That's right -- the same fucking thing. Ripley's entire testimony (containing every piece of knowledge that would have been useful to the marines) was available in a written report, which the marine lieutenant specifically mentions as being available for the entire team to read. They already have everything she could possibly tell them safely written down in a folder that can't blow anything up. There is literally no reason to send her along on the mission, yet Weyland-Yutani does so anyway, presumably as an exercise to keep their insurance division on their toes.


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STEUBENVILLE - Clint Hill's desperate dash to the presidential limousine in Dallas nearly 50 years ago will remain forever in the memories of millions of Americans who saw the newspaper photos and television coverage that documented the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963.
Area residents will have the chance to hear the retired secret service agent who was assigned to protect first lady Jacqueline Kennedy when Hill and journalist Lisa McCubbin speak Wednesday in the Steubenville High School auditorium during the initial lecture in the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Concert and Lecture Series.
Hill will discuss the time he spent on the first lady's protective detail.
After nearly 50 years of personal silence, Hill collaborated with journalist Lisa McCubbin to write the best-selling book "Mrs. Kennedy and Me" about the four years he was assigned by the Secret Service to protect the first lady.
Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. lecture are still available at the Herald-Star and the Jefferson County Chamber office, 630 Market St. Doors to the auditorium will open at 6:30 p.m.
According to Chamber President Sue Hershey, reserved seat tickets are $20 while general admission seats are $15.
"We have tried to make this initial lecture as affordable as possible for the public. There really isn't a bad seat in the high school auditorium. Audience members will have an opportunity to submit questions to Hill at the conclusion of the multi-media presentation that will include humor and drama with a backdrop of rarely seen photos and videos. Our audience will have an insight into the day-to-day workings of the Secret Service with answers to the conspiracy theories. And the audience will be inspired by the powerful message of an unlikely hero," Hershey said.
"This historical lecture is fulfilling the promise we made to the community in May 2011 when we announced a lecture and concert series for the community. The first Stars and Stripes concert was held in July 2011 followed by a second successful concert in July 2012. Those concerts put us in a position to go forward with the inaugural lecture this week. The community support we have realized for this event has been absolutely great and we feel confident we can continue the lecture series with another outstanding lecture in April 2013," stated Hershey.
"We are coming up on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Everyone who was alive on that day will always remember where they were and what they were doing when they heard the news that the president of the United States had been shot. And we will always remember the news footage of the secret service agent running to the president's limousine and scrambling across the back of the vehicle to reach Jackie Kennedy," Herald-Star Publisher Alex Marshall said.
Ann Koon will always remember the November day when her sixth-grade teacher held a hushed conversation with a school secretary and then turned to her students in a Weston, W.Va., Central Elementary classroom to announce President Kennedy had been shot. Koon, director of public information at Eastern Gateway Community College, later described the day as "a defining moment"for the rest of her life.
"That significant moment in time was captured by photographers and eyewitness accounts. But Clint Hill was there and witnessed firsthand what was happening. He has obviously gotten past the pain he felt for so many years and has written a book about his Secret Service duties while he was assigned to Jacqueline Kennedy. He was a witness to history. I think the talk will be very moving, especially for those people who remember those days and still have the image of Agent Hill climbing onto the back of the limousine in Dallas to protect Mrs. Kennedy and President Kennedy," said Koon.
City resident Anthony Violi also will be attending the lecture Wednesday evening.
Violi was director of the Steubenville High School Band that was chosen to represent Ohio at Kennedy's inauguration in 1961
"Kennedy was in the viewing stand," said Violi, adding the band was playing "Beautiful Ohio" as it passed the president's view. "I saluted him as we passed by. I thought it was appropriate. There were also some other politicians from this area there, and they applauded as we passed."
Violi said the day he learned of Kennedy's death was one he would never forget.
"I was leading band practice at the school," he said. "Someone came down and said that Kennedy had been killed. We all just stopped right there. I was crying, and all the students were crying, too. We all had that connection to Kennedy."
Claudia Musick Flowers was a proofreader at the Herald-Star on Nov. 22, 1963.
"I was sitting at my desk at the Steubenville Herald-Star, where I was employed as a proofreader. The daily paper had already been put to bed, so I was at a slow period of a normal day."
But that changed, Flowers recalled, when her boss, an editor at the paper "was running toward us, frantically waving copy off a wire service story and yelling, 'The president has been shot, stop the press. There were gasps from everyone that turned to a deadly silence as we quickly collected our thoughts so we could function and do our jobs," she said.
According to Flowers, who was 19 years old, "There were people running back and forth and shouting. It was very tense. I proofread the short first copy that said very little other than the president was shot at 12:30 p.m. while riding in a motorcade in Dallas.
"Copy kept coming, each with more details. Typesetters set the story and reset the story many times as new updates came through. Then at 1 p.m., I proofread the heartbreaking news that a priest had announced the death of President Kennedy. Our grief enveloped us as we put the final update into type and sent it to the press. In the short span of 30 minutes, a story had a beginning and an ending that stopped the world," Flowers said.
"The Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce partnered with the Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times to arrange the lecture. Our sponsors include Eastern Gateway Community College, the Franciscan University of Steubenville, Bayberry House Bed and Breakfast, Apollo Pro Cleaning, Piergallini Catering, Steubenville City Schools, Thrifty Car Rental, D'Anniballe and Co. CPAs and McCauslen's Florist," said Hershey.