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John Neumeier
Posted 09 December 2007 - 12:31 PM
For me Neumeier's choreography expresses beautifully and sensitively the human condition with its many, often conflicting, emotional and psychological levels.
Does anyone else feel this way? I find it interesting that on BT there really isn't much discussion of his choreography and works.
Posted 23 May 2009 - 11:31 AM
And he is so connected to the music. I wondered if dancers feel that when they perform his ballets.
For me Neumeier's choreography expresses beautifully and sensitively the human condition with its many, often conflicting, emotional and psychological levels.
Does anyone else feel this way? I find it interesting that on BT there really isn't much discussion of his choreography and works.
Last evening I watched Neumeier's Romeo & Juliet by The Royal Danish Ballet at Ueno, Tokyo, and I was really disappointed.
The sets were unique and silhouettes were beautiful, but his use of music was simply that of the plotless contemporary dances; the ballet was far from persuasive compared with R&J of John Cranko. Having also watched his Die Kleine Meerjungfrau, I've come up with the conclusion that Neumeier simply doesn't understand music as Ashton and MacMillan (and maybe Bintley) did. I hope somebody tells him that fine sets and bunch of "contemporary dances" wouldn't make good ballets. The right selection and correct intrepretation of music does.
Posted 23 May 2009 - 11:46 AM
I hope somebody tells him that fine sets and bunch of "contemporary dances" wouldn't make good ballets. The right selection and correct intrepretation of music does.
After 36 years as the Artistic Director at Hamburg Ballet, I can't imagine there is a whole lot any of us good "tell" Mr. Neumeier. The man has a huge repertoire of choreography and a devoted following in Hamburg.
Posted 27 May 2009 - 01:27 AM
"I've come up with the conclusion that Neumier simply doesn't understand music as Ashton and MacMillan (and maybe Bintley) did."
I'm not a great fan of Neumier's Sylvia and I haven't seen his Romeo, though I have enjoyed many of his other ballets. But I'm intrigued by Kahoyo's comment, quoted above, as it's always seemed to me that Ashton and MacMillan have a very different musicality. I would never have put them together so perhaps Kahoyo can explain further.
Posted 27 May 2009 - 03:39 AM
Posted 31 May 2009 - 11:01 AM
But I'm intrigued by Kahoyo's comment, quoted above, as it's always seemed to me that Ashton and MacMillan have a very different musicality. I would never have put them together so perhaps Kahoyo can explain further.
It's just that they knew what constituted good ballets, what moved the audience, even with diffrerent musicalities. I can at least say MacMillan's Manon, performed by the Royal Ballet in 2005 at Tokyo was fairly impressive. The girl sitting next me was shedding tears when Manon died in Act 3.
The question I want to ask is, for instance, did Ashton or MacMillan ever allow thier company to perform with recorded music, as Neumeier frequently does with his Hamburg Ballet? Does Neumeier really know the good from the bad concerning music?
For the record here is why I didn't like his R&J (performed by the Royal Danish Ballet, May 23 2009, at Tokyo):
1. Group dances of Act 1 and Act 2 were too "contemporary" (and thus became easily obsolete 38 years after the production), and their contributions to the narration of the story were almost none.
2. Neumeier altered Prokofiev's music Dance of the Knights of Act1, the most famous part of R&J, with its ending meaninglessly prolonged. He was audacious enough to challenge the Prokofiev's original score and the result was just a disaster.
3. Neumeier loves to open the stage curtain with no music at all, and did again in Act 3 of his R&J. He may claim it is based on his study of Noh, but it wasn't impressive to me. It is, after all, a denial of the role of the music.
4. (This may be a fault of Nikolaj Hübbe, the director of RDB) In Act 2, the orchestra stopped playing and the Dance of the mandolins was performed with recorded music. Hübbe might have thought that the audience of Tokyo were deaf and they would not realize such trick.
5. (also likely to be a fault of Hübbe) They dropped confetti and hand-clapped (to self-applause) in Napoli a week ago, and they did the same in Remeo and Juliets. I wonder if such procedures were commonly used in the good tradition of ballet. Once might be tolerable, but when it came twice, it just stinked.
So it looks to me as if Neumeier were attempting to become Hegel or Marx of the ballet history, and Hübbe delightfully played his role as Lenin. (Napoli was fine, though.)
Posted 31 May 2009 - 03:39 PM
Posted 01 June 2009 - 12:59 AM
I don't think either Ashton or MacMillan used recordings - but then they didin't have to as they worked largely within an opera house with a resident orchestra. During the war the then Sadler's Wells ballet danced to two pianos.
However, I have on occasion been at performances of Romeo and Juliet by smaller companies where the Mandolin Dance was recorded and always assumed that this was because there were no experienced mandolin players available.
Kahoyo, with regard to your final point about the dancers appearing to applaud themselves; I think you may find that the dancers were applauding the audience and that this is traditional in Denmark and some other countries. My memory is hazey and I'm sure someone on this board will correct me if I'm wrong, but I suspect it was a politesse on their part. And I do remember often seeing showers of confetti at the end of Napoli, so this too is a tradition.
Posted 19 December 2009 - 02:53 PM
Posted 20 December 2009 - 06:37 AM
His Le dame aux Camellia's, originally created with Marcia Heydee, is truly wonderful, I saw it in Paris, with Agnes Letestu and Stephane Builon, and I was so touched it made me cry. However, the best portrayal was by Aorelie Dupont, and there were some clips on YouTube with her and Manuel Legris. There are some equistite Pas der deux's, with lifts that almost take your breath away. The final meeting when Marguerite comes back momentarily to Armand, known as "The Black Dress Pas de Deux" which some of the dancerfs call "Pas de Trois or Dance for Three !!!" is very passionate, full of emotion and quite explicit, it shows fully the love of the two characters, their despair, their longing. And it fits perfectly with the music, as does the whole ballet.
I consider John Neumeier to be equal to John Cranko, Kenneth MacMillan, Sir Fred Ashton and Graeme Murphy, taking each of their methods and productions at their own value. Their styles are different, but they have made a great contribution to the repertoire of Ballet.
Posted 20 December 2009 - 08:27 AM
Posted 20 December 2009 - 08:40 AM
I enjoyed the La dame aux camellias POB DVD, although I thought the story could have been told with more economy (an opinion based on only one viewing). On the other hand, there were so many beautiful moments in the choreography it was easy just to let yourself be swept along.
Posted 20 December 2009 - 07:05 PM
His Nutcracker is not at all weird or bizarre, so no need to worry on that score. It isn't set at Christmas but at the heroine's birthday party. (Nonetheless, the Hamburg Ballet performs it nearly every Christmas.) Drosselmeier is a Petipa-like figure, and the second act is essentially a tribute to the history of ballet.
I will be watching a Neumeier production of Nutcracker by the Dresden SempOper Ballet on Christmas Day. The storyline is very different than what I have seen in the past and I don't really know what to expect.
Posted 20 December 2009 - 07:15 PM
Posted 20 December 2009 - 07:36 PM
For the last few years in Hamburg the Christmas-free Nutcracker has been running concurrently with Neumeier's more explicitly seasonal ballet to Bach's Christmas Oratorio.
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Caapi root contains a variety of powerful MAOIs (chemicals like you find in antidepressants), which heightens the animal's senses as well as causing them to trip balls.
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Yes, both capuchin monkeys in South America and lemurs in Madagascar have learned how to get high off of passing insects. Apparently, several species of millipedes squirt out a poisonous compound when agitated. By covering themselves with the poison, lemurs and monkeys are able to ward off parasitic insects and get a delightful narcotic buzz.
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You can use NUnit with Microsoft's unit test framework for both web and desktop applications. I don't know the mechanics of it, only that it can be done.
With CodedUI - which works for both web and desktop - Microsoft abstracts a lot of the grunt work from you. Based on a quick Google, CodedUI doesn't support NUnit because it build on the MSTest framework. I've personally found CodedUI limited when dealing large applications with a lot of internal dependencies and ended up building myself a hybridized custom framework on top of the CodedUI dlls (still very much a work in progress).
In terms of GUI testing, I know for a fact that SmartBear's TestComplete handles web and desktop and can use a script flavor of C# (I'm not on their staff - I just used the tool for close to 7 years), with the level of control over your tests that you're looking for. It's also the cheapest of the big box tools (but still not precisely cheap). I know you said you've decided on tools, but I thought I'd throw the option out there in case you're open to changes because of the differing frameworks.
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ORANGE PARK, Florida (CNN) -- Slim Whitman, the high-pitched yodeling county music singer whose productive career spanned decades, died Wednesday, his son-in-law told CNN. He was 90.
The singer-songwriter, born Ottis Dewey Whitman Jr., died of heart failure at Orange Park Medical Center just outside Jacksonville, Florida, according to Roy Beagle.
Whitman gained fame in Europe as well as the United States. "Love Song of the Waterfall," which a Country Music Television biography calls his "breakthrough" hit, was released in the early '50s.
His next single "Indian Love Call" brought him stardom, according to the bio.
"Whitman joined the Grand Ole Opry, and then went to Britain in 1956 as the first country singer to play the London Palladium. Throughout the late '50s and early '60s, he had a string of British hits, including 'Tumbling Tumbleweeds,' 'Unchain My Heart,' and 'I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen," the bio said.
He gained cult status after he filmed a TV commercial that touted a released of his top greatest hits, a compilation that was a great success.
"Between 1980 and 1984, Whitman had a small run of minor hits, highlighted by 1980's number 15 hit 'When.' In the late '80s, he returned to television-marketed albums, releasing Slim Whitman: Best Loved Favorites in 1989 and 20 Precious Memories in 1991. During the '90s, Whitman recorded infrequently but continued to tour successfully, particularly in Europe and Australia," CMT said.
His music was featured in the 1996 film "Mars Attacks!" In the film, the sound of Whitman's "Indian Love Call" made the heads of invading Martians explode.


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I need to create a Google Spreadsheet and share it with a set of computers connected to each other via a local network. Those computers are not connected to the internet. Is it possible to share a Google Spreadsheet between computers with no internet?
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Although I cringe every time I hear my voice on tape (it reminds me of the Far Side joke showing a bunch of nerds playing with a voice recorder and wondering if their voices really sound that funny), I am providing the link to my recent podcast interview with the Toronto Vegetarian Association. It is podcast 143, and I am on in the final half. Many thanks to Lisa for a great interview.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Vegan Dad on the TVA Podcast
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- Binx said...
Your voice is totally normal! But I know what you mean-- esp. as a singer, I hear my singing voice all the time, so my speaking voice also makes me cringe. I think we're all like that.
Great interview!
- June 1, 2009 at 4:17 PM
- Emily said...
I have frequented your blog for a long time. I was listening to Toronto Veg. Podcast..and hadn't read the preview. Definitely was surprised to hear you on it! Good interview! Is there a place in Toronto I can pick up your book as opposed to the internet?
- June 1, 2009 at 5:29 PM
- Mary said...
I just listened to the podcast. I liked learning that this fantastic blog had such modest beginnings... maybe there's hope for the rest of us. Thanks for all your great posts. I make the hot wings at least monthly!
- June 1, 2009 at 5:32 PM
- Kristine said...
What a great interview! Thanks Vegan Dad! You sound great!
- June 1, 2009 at 6:28 PM
- Jennifer Schmohe said...
I listened :]
- June 1, 2009 at 7:51 PM
- Lisa -- Cravin' Veggies said...
Awww... that was great! Congrats!! (I hate hearing my voice too. I have to hear it at work quite often, and it drives me crazy!)
I can't imagine what I would have done without the vegan blog community. I honestly don't think I could have made the leap from vegetarianism to veganism.
- June 1, 2009 at 9:04 PM
- Michelle said...
Great interview! I will now be able to read your blog with your "real voice" in my head! :)
And yes... EVERY ONE hates the sound of their own voice on the radio or wherever...
Thanks for continuing to inspire us and provide such wonderful recipes!
- June 2, 2009 at 8:35 AM
- Shawna said...
I loved your interview and being able to put a voice (if not a picture, I tried googling that ;) to your blog. Being an expatriate of Canada and now living in the US, your newly discovered and much loved blog is also a nice link to home with the occasional Canadian references. Of course with my raising veg*n kids, I truly appreciate your posting the kids responses and your family friendly and honest approach to the vegan lifestyle. Thanks so much!!
Shawna, Maryland
- June 2, 2009 at 12:21 PM
- Barry said...
I'll have to listen to that. Having recently been diagnosed with esophageal cancer I've been looking to see what I can eat from the limited list of foods available to me.
Although I can't eat most of what's on your page, it all looks delicious!
- June 2, 2009 at 1:08 PM
- Tiana said...
Great interview VeganDad! I enjoyed it very much. Thanks for posting!
- June 3, 2009 at 11:38 AM
- Carolyn said...
Great interview and for heaven's sake you don't sound funny at all! Wish we had a vegan/veggie radio program down here in the Mid-A. (Maybe we do, and I just haven't found it yet...)
You're obviously reaching young people with your blog, and we should all aspire to be this influential.
- June 3, 2009 at 10:27 PM
- Angela said...
Hi--just wanted to say that I enjoyed the interview (and of course your blog). I really appreciate your do-it-yourself approach to the faux meats and also your willingness to share recipes without 'hoarding' or making them exclusive to a cookbook. You're taking things that are generally only available to vegans at considerable cost (not to mention wasteful packaging and preservatives) and making them accessible. I hope others follow your generous, power-to-the-people approach!
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I am interested in studying History. I'm interested in post-Victorian history and ancient history. What books would you suggest for me to gain some starter knowledge? Are you aware of any good schemes/events that may give me valuable experience? I am 16 and go onto study History next year in sixth form studies. I live in the UK. Thank you.
I remember being a high school reader in history. I suggest relating to some of the following sources:
For those interests, I would highly suggest picking up a set of Colin McEvedy's Penguin Historical Atlases. The ones covering the periods you seem to care about are The New Penguin Atlas of Ancient History, The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History (perhaps less so this one), and The Penguin Atlas of Modern History: to 1815.
He has his quirks, biases, and places where he is flat out wrong. However, I am unaware of any other work out there nearly so useful as a reference, or as readable. Learn them, and you will all but know the history of the period. Also, they are only about $10 each, so they shouldn't break your budget.
If you were an American, I'd warn you here about the author's dry British wit. As a Brit yourself though, I'll just warn you to not neglect your other studies while reading these through the first time. It happened to me...
Volunteer, volunteer, volunteer
Seriously, I would highly recommend that you try and volunteer a little bit of your time with a local historical society, or history museum. I'm sure that you can find an organization that takes young students like yourself and that experience will give you an idea of how some organizations handle the presentation of history to the general public.
History is a matter of interpretation, and always deals with the "who, what, where, and why" of an event that happened in the past. I know from experience volunteering with a state historical society, and a state history museum that you can gain a great understanding of a particular area of history relevant to where you are living through this process.
Lastly, I would read every single history thing that you can get your hands on. If you have a question about something google it, or ask your parents. I remember one of the first things that really turned me on to history was the original "Civilization" computer game. In it they had little history snippets about the new technologies you would discover in the game.
Slightly off topic but in thinking about which university to go to, you should look at the professors teaching there: what are their fields? What are they publishing? Do you see yourself doing post-graduate work there? Once you have found the right place, it is trivial to see what entry level criterion there are. Then, make sure you exceed those to get in.


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Great Moments in Science The Guinea worm's days of using the human body as an incubator for its one-metre uterus are numbered. Dr Karl tells the tale of this gory parasite's path of destruction - and how we are on the path of destroying it.
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Great Moments in Science We can't see dark matter, but we know it exists by how it affects galaxies. In the last part of this series, Dr Karl gets in a spin about rotation.
Milky Way cannibalises neighbour
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These are all digital downloads (Games on Demand) from the Xbox Market Place.
Skyrim $29.99
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Dawnguard 800 Points ($10)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Hearthfire 200 Points ($2.50)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion $9.99
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Does this require that I have a paid Xbox live account?
@takenforgranite: I don't believe so, they usually state on them if they are for gold members only.
@segafanalways: Thanks! I did find a bit that would take me out of the running though: It requires that you sign into your Live account (free or not) in order to play. I don't have an internet connection at home, so no bones for me :(
Thanks again, though.
@takenforgranite: That requirement is to download it. After that you shouldn't need an internet connection. I have many Games On Demand and I play them while offline.
Also, you can sign into your XBL account and not be on the internet. It's just like signing into a profile on your computer.
I'll just wait for GOTY edition later thank you very much.
Dangit, I just downloaded Rock Band 3 a few weeks ago at $20 :(
How do I buy Elder Scrolls? Do I have to do it from my Xbox at home? And I can't just buy it online here now while I'm at work?
Following the link takes me to the marketplace page and ultimately presents me with a list of retailers, can't find anywhere to buy through the marketplace site. Is Microsoft being illogical, or am I just being incompetent?
EDIT: OMG figured it out, i had to click the "more info" button and not the "Buy now" button..... go figure.... F*cking Microsoft....


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December 3, 2013 | by Michal Meyer
Food for thought, food for love, even food for life. Food is far more than a list of ingredients on food labels.
Not even CHF can give the whole story of food, but here's some food for conversation. The topic of the month is processed food. So let's jump back in time with Sarah Everts, who begins her story deep in the pyramids of ancient Egypt.
Closer to our own time, Chemical Heritage's Clay Cansler uncovers a 19th century way to process beef that was invented by a famous chemist and a roadbuilder. Even more surprising than its origins is the fact that the method is still in use today. Read on for more tasty morsels!
November 19, 2013 | by Michal Meyer
It's not every day that the FDA proposes a ban on a relatively common ingredient in processed food: trans fats. Is it time to say goodbye to microwave popcorn, frozen pizza, and even margarine?
Those who support the ban, such as the editorial board of the New York Times, base their support on the expected improvement in people's health. Those who oppose the ban see it as government overreach, a nanny state telling people what they can and can't eat.
For opponents it comes down to choice, a position I am sympathetic to. After all, cigarettes are not banned. Why can't those who don't want trans fats in their diets just avoid the stuff?
November 12, 2013 | by Michal Meyer
History doesn't often make the news, but sometimes relevance will sneak up on me.
In our upcoming #HistChem show, "Why the Chicken Became a Nugget and Other Tales of Processed Food," we ask how our food got so processed over the past 50 years.
I think it's a fascinating topic, but not one that would make headlines. Except it did.
November 7, 2013 | by Mariel Waloff
In his new book, Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air, Richard Holmes approaches the history of ballooning as a biographer would—focusing on the balloonists themselves. He uncovers stories of the personalities drawn to ballooning: the exhibitionists, the scientists, and the escapists.
October 25, 2013 | by Jeff Guin
On November 20, 2013, the Chemical Heritage Foundation presents a live #HistChem webcast that takes a historical look at how humanity has shifted its expectations about food, from fresh and flavorful to fast and frugal.
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Crime? It's as old as history. Detecting crime? Only as old as science. And when it comes to poison most foul, the 19th century is when you want to go. Real forensics began during that century, and much of the credit belongs to a transplanted Spaniard. Mateu Orfila created the first work of forensic toxicology, Traité des Poisons, which was first published in 1814 (and is now living a blameless life in CHF's rare books collection). Orfila's pursuit of justice through forensics made corpses of many animals. Orfila fed his lab animals different poisons, watched the often painful results, and then dissected the bodies to find out how the poisons killed
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Agatha Christie fans are well acquainted with the poisonous properties of foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, the pretty, bright-purple plant found on roadsides throughout the United States. Foxglove and its active agent, digitalis, was used for medicinal purposes for centuries, especially as a diuretic in cases of dropsy (oedema). Robert Christison (1797–1882), a professor of medical jurisprudence at the University of Edinburgh, was among the first to provide a systematic account of its properties as a poison.
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The main tribes inhabiting the beautiful Baliem Valley in the central highlands of Papua are the Dani, the Yali and the Lani.
Although now modernized, the Dani still strongly adhere to their traditions and customs, most notably the dress of the men. Even in this cool mountain climate, men wear only a penis gourd, known as koteka, though complemented with elaborate headdress of bird of paradise or cassowary feathers, while the women wear grass or fern fiber skirts (sali or saly) slung around the waist. And to carry pigs or the harvest of sweet potatoes, women carry a string bag, called noken, slung from their forehead.
To defend their villages or to raid others to avenge for tribe members killed, the Dani practiced regular warfare. However, anthropologists note that the "Dani wars" are more a display of prowess and opulence of dress and decoration rather than an all out war to kill the enemy. Dani warfare displays competence and exuberance, rather than the wish to kill. Weapons used are long spears, measuring 4.5 meters, and bows and arrows. Most often, therefore, there are more wounded than killed, and the wounded are quickly carried off the field.
Nowadays, Dani mock battles are held yearly at the Baliem Valley Festival in Wamena during the month of August (see Calendar of Events). At this feast, which has as its highlight the mock battles among the tribes, the Dani, Yali, and Lani send their best warriors to the arena, wearing their best regalia. The festival is complemented with a Pig Feast, Earth cooking and traditional music and dance.
There are also arts and crafts exhibited or for sale.
Each tribe will come with their own identity, and one can see clear differences among them and identify tribes according to their costume especially the penis gourds each wears. The Dani men usually wear only a small koteka (penis gourd / penis cover), while the Lani tribesmen wear larger koteka's, since their bodies are bigger than the average Dani, while the Yali wear long slender kotekas held by a rattan belt, strapped at the waist.
By attending the massive Baliem Valley Festival, visitors will have a rare chance to learn and experience firsthand the different traditions of each tribe participating in the Festival without having to make the difficult trek to their compounds deep in the hinterland of West Papua.
The mock battles can be staged at different venues. Usually it is held at the Kurulu Village or at Wosilimo, some 27 kilometers from Wamena. Since the venue is not very far, you can stay overnight at Wamena. However, it is recommended that you book a package via a tour operator who will arrange your trip and secure definite transportation and accommodation. (Click on: Find Hotel)
It is highly advisable that you stock up on Indonesian Rupiah when travelling outside of Wamena. You can withdraw cash from the ATM at any banks in town. Note that there is nowhere else in the valley that you can change your currency. So, while in Wamena, do exchange your currency at either:
Bank Mandiri (Jalan Trikora 92), which only change US dollars in cash.
Bank Papua (Jalan Trikora 45). The exchange rates and endless lines can be a bit challenging.
Bank BRI (Bank Rakyat Indonesia); Jalan Yos Sudarso & Jalan Trikora.
Take a flight from Jakarta, Makassar or Bali to Jayapura, capital of the province of Irian Jaya/Papua, then, a connecting flight to Wamena will take you to the heart of Baliem Valley within the very same day.
A number of travel agencies regularly organize tours to the Baliem valley. (Click on Find Travel Agents)
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I would need a list of all words that are not capitalized in English titles.
I would also like to make sure if it's true, that all first and last words of a title are capitalized no matter what.
I'd really appreciate your help.
If you are referring to "title case," where some words are capitalized and some aren't, there is no one standard rule.
The AP stylebook says:
But the Chicago Manual of Style says:
Wikipedia has a list of different ways title case can be applied. I tend to follow the second version in that list.
Note that some people prefer using "sentence case" in titles, where you only capitalize words as you would in a normal sentence. This is also known as "Down style." Apparently this is more typical in the UK than the USA, but opinions vary (as you might expect) on which is the correct form, or if there is even one.
It is also often up to the authors/editors discretion, for example if your title was fairly long (such as an essay) it might look very strange if a couple of words are lowercase. Also, of course, it should be consistent throughout, a lot of people seem to forget that!


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If you are feeling suicidal now, please stop long enough to read this. It will only take about five minutes. I do not want to talk you out of your bad feelings. I am not a therapist or other mental health professional - only someone who knows what it is like to be in pain.
I don't know who you are, or why you are reading this page. I only know that for the moment, you're reading it, and that is good. I can assume that you are here because you are troubled and considering ending your life. If it were possible, I would prefer to be there with you at this moment, to sit with you and talk, face to face and heart to heart. But since that is not possible, we will have to make do with this.
I have known a lot of people who have wanted to kill themselves, so I have some small idea of what you might be feeling. I know that you might not be up to reading a long book, so I am going to keep this short. While we are together here for the next five minutes, I have five simple, practical things I would like to share with you. I won't argue with you about whether you should kill yourself. But I assume that if you are thinking about it, you feel pretty bad.
Well, you're still reading, and that's very good. I'd like to ask you to stay with me for the rest of this page. I hope it means that you're at least a tiny bit unsure, somewhere deep inside, about whether or not you really will end your life. Often people feel that, even in the deepest darkness of despair. Being unsure about dying is okay and normal. The fact that you are still alive at this minute means you are still a little bit unsure. It means that even while you want to die, at the same time some part of you still wants to live. So let's hang on to that, and keep going for a few more minutes.
Start by considering this statement:
"Suicide is not chosen; it happens
when pain exceeds
resources for coping with pain."
That's all it's about. You are not a bad person, or crazy, or weak, or flawed, because you feel suicidal. It doesn't even mean that you really want to die - it only means that you have more pain than you can cope with right now. If I start piling weights on your shoulders, you will eventually collapse if I add enough weights... no matter how much you want to remain standing. Willpower has nothing to do with it. Of course you would cheer yourself up, if you could.
Don't accept it if someone tells you, "that's not enough to be suicidal about." There are many kinds of pain that may lead to suicide. Whether or not the pain is bearable may differ from person to person. What might be bearable to someone else, may not be bearable to you. The point at which the pain becomes unbearable depends on what kinds of coping resources you have. Individuals vary greatly in their capacity to withstand pain.
When pain exceeds pain-coping resources, suicidal feelings are the result. Suicide is neither wrong nor right; it is not a defect of character; it is morally neutral. It is simply an imbalance of pain versus coping resources.
You can survive suicidal feelings if you do either of two things: (1) find a way to reduce your pain, or (2) find a way to increase your coping resources. Both are possible.
Now I want to tell you five things to think about.
1 You need to hear that people do get through this -- even people who feel as badly as you are feeling now. Statistically, there is a very good chance that you are going to live. I hope that this information gives you some sense of hope.
2 Give yourself some distance. Say to yourself, "I will wait 24 hours before I do anything." Or a week. Remember that feelings and actions are two different things - just because you feel like killing yourself, doesn't mean that you have to actually do it right this minute. Put some distance between your suicidal feelings and suicidal action. Even if it's just 24 hours. You have already done it for 5 minutes, just by reading this page. You can do it for another 5 minutes by continuing to read this page. Keep going, and realize that while you still feel suicidal, you are not, at this moment, acting on it. That is very encouraging to me, and I hope it is to you.
3 People often turn to suicide because they are seeking relief from pain. Remember that relief is a feeling. And you have to be alive to feel it. You will not feel the relief you so desperately seek, if you are dead.
4 Some people will react badly to your suicidal feelings, either because they are frightened, or angry; they may actually increase your pain instead of helping you, despite their intentions, by saying or doing thoughtless things. You have to understand that their bad reactions are about their fears, not about you.
But there are people out there who can be with you in this horrible time, and will not judge you, or argue with you, or send you to a hospital, or try to talk you out of how badly you feel. They will simply care for you. Find one of them. Now. Use your 24 hours, or your week, and tell someone what's going on with you. It is okay to ask for help. Try:
Send an anonymous e-mail to The Samaritans
Call 1-800-SUICIDE in the U.S.
Teenagers, call Covenant House NineLine, 1-800-999-9999
Look in the front of your phone book for a crisis line
Call a psychotherapist
Carefully choose a friend or a minister or rabbi, someone who is likely to listen
But don't give yourself the additional burden of trying to deal with this alone. Just talking about how you got to where you are, releases an awful lot of the pressure, and it might be just the additional coping resource you need to regain your balance.
5 Suicidal feelings are, in and of themselves, traumatic. After they subside, you need to continue caring for yourself. Therapy is a really good idea. So are the various self-help groups available both in your community and on the Internet.
Well, it's been a few minutes and you're still with me. I'm really glad.
Since you have made it this far, you deserve a reward. I think you should reward yourself by giving yourself a gift. The gift you will give yourself is a coping resource. Remember, back up near the top of the page, I said that the idea is to make sure you have more coping resources than you have pain. So let's give you another coping resource, or two, or ten...! until they outnumber your sources of pain.
Now, while this page may have given you some small relief, the best coping resource we can give you is another human being to talk with. If you find someone who wants to listen, and tell them how you are feeling and how you got to this point, you will have increased your coping resources by one. Hopefully the first person you choose won't be the last. There are a lot of people out there who really want to hear from you. It's time to start looking around for one of them.
Now: I'd like you to call someone.
And while you're at it, you can still stay with me for a bit. Check out these sources of online help.
Additional things to read at this site:
How serious is our condition? ..."he only took 15 pills, he wasn't really serious..." if others are making you feel like you're just trying to get attention... read this.
Why is it so hard for us to recover from being suicidal? ...while most suicidal people recover and go on, others struggle with suicidal thoughts and feelings for months or even years. Suicide and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Recovery from grief and loss ...has anyone significant in your life recently died? You would be in good company... many suicidal people have recently suffered a loss.
The stigma of suicide that prevents suicidal people from recovering: we are not only fighting our own pain, but the pain that others inflict on us... and that we ourselves add to. Stigma is a huge complicating factor in suicidal feelings.
Resources about depression ...if you are suicidal, you are most likely experiencing some form of depression. This is good news, because depression can be treated, helping you feel better.
Do you know someone who is suicidal... or would you like to be able to help, if the situation arises? Learn what to do, so that you can make the situation better, not worse.
Handling a call from a suicidal person ...a very helpful ten-point list that you can print out and keep near your phone or computer.
What can I do to help someone who may be suicidal? ...a helpful guide, includes Suicide Warning Signs.
Other online sources of help:
The Samaritans - trained volunteers are available 24 hours a day to listen and provide emotional support. You can call a volunteer on the phone, or e-mail them. Confidential and non-judgmental. Short of writing to a psychotherapist, the best source of online help.
Talk to a therapist online - Read this page to find out how.
Depression support group online: Walkers in Darkness - Please note: this is a very big group, but amidst all the chatter (and occasional bickering), it is possible to find someone who will hear you and offer support.
Psych Central has a good listing of online resources for suicide and other mental health needs.
Still feel bad? These jokes might relieve the pressure for a minute or two.
If you want help finding a human being to talk with in person, who can help you live through this, try reading this article about how to Choose a Competent Counselor.
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2. Smoking ban: We believe that smoking tobacco causes too many health problems. Not only does it kill those who participate in smoking, but others are strongly affected, such as friends and family. The dangers of secondhand smoke have been proven, and it is inescapable when tobacco smoke is present in restaurants, stores and other public venues. The government is influenced by big business, and they certainly don't want to do anything about this very real problem, because it is far too profitable. They are watching our society die, and reaping the benefits. There are other ways our society can make money with the technology available today. Cigarettes cause too many problems, and should be illegal to buy at any age. Dependency on nicotine only last about four days and the rest is a mental battle. Society today needs to be more educated on these concerns. There should be an act in which tobacco company employees get a job elsewhere, so that unemployment doesn't increase. The federal government should help more people find jobs. Homelessness should not be an option.
3. Education: The government should pay for college. If not totally, then it should support a large portion of education. This enables students to acquire a decent job. In today's society, most well paying jobs demand a higher education. This educational program will also relieve pressure from student loans that take a lifetime to repay. It would also help students get a good start in life, helping with poverty that comes with being forced to work a minimum wage job.
4. Awareness: We also need to educate people on things such as STDs, AIDS, and other health concerns in today's world. For example, the current situation in Darfur is appalling. Thousands and thousands of people are dying, and not enough attention is being given to the crisis. Conditions like these need focus from the nation, and the federal government can help by telling the people what is going on, and what they can do about it.
5. Separation of church and state: We believe in the total separation of church and state. Religion should have no power over the people, especially a single religion. The power of choice resides with the people, and this right should not be obstructed by religious beliefs. Those beliefs are certainly not grounds for laws and amendments concerning civil rights to be passed.
6. Stop animal cruelty: There are other ways to further scientific knowledge than to test on animals. The trials performed on these living, feeling creatures are outdated and rendered unnecessary, and yet they continue. The cruelty those animals have to face day by day is heartbreaking. Animals shouldn't be living test tubes; they have lives too.
7. Organics: We believe in the promotion of organic food. The FDA should regulate the amount of toxins in our foods today. The poisons found in the food consumed by average Americans are unbelievable, and sadly, most are not aware of the volume of chemicals being dumped into food. Food is also genetically modified, and growth hormones can be found in commercial food. Not only should this information be easily available, it should not occur in the first place.
8. Food and Drug Administration: We need to stop them from suppressing natural cures, and making Americans believe it is okay to fill your body full of synthetics. There is a natural cure for almost everything. Of course, there are a few cases, but synthetics prescription and non-prescription drugs are bad for you in the long run. Also, the FDA approves of medicines and other products, without being fully aware of long term affects.
9. End prejudice: We believe that everyone is created equal, and that love is love, no matter which gender. Equality for all is our goal.
10. Immigration: We believe that immigrants who are helping our economy should be allowed to do so. They have every right to live up to "The American Dream" the way they plan to do so.
11. Vegetarianism: We believe that there is no need to eat meat in the 21st century. Of course, we wouldn't ban meat, but we will promote the health benefits involved with being vegetarian. Not only can land be utilized more effectively when used for growing food, not raising meat, but the chances of heart disease dramatically decrease on a vegetarian diet. Heart disease is the number one killer in America, but starvation affects millions worldwide. There is enough food produced in the world to feed everyone... so why are people dying of hunger in the 21st century?
12. Pollution: We believe there should be an end to biological forms of pollution and human health damage via the subsidy of diary farming and the meat industry.
13. Anti-war Act: We shouldn't go to war, unless it is the last option to do so. War is not the best way to resolve solutions. It may actually anger more people and cause more hatred against our country and our government. Sowing resentment against us could lead to future violence.
14. Elders: We believe elders are not always wiser, and that we should let the youth of society have a say. The young people in our country will someday be the generation in charge, so why not change things now when they are more open to change? Change should be accepted as a positive thing, not something to be feared. Don't let anything hold you back. STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN.
15. Electoral College: The Electoral College is no longer functioning. Originally it was instated because the founders of our country were afraid of the common man, and whether they could be trusted to vote. That was also back when the vote was permitted to only white, landholding men. Now, we believe that decision should be made with the popular vote, not the Electoral College. That system has allowed elections to be stolen, and we need to stop this voting chaos.
16. Abortion: You shouldn't kill another human, especially not your own. However, it is still a personal freedom that should not and cannot be taken away by the government.
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In September 2004, the University announced the Partners Plan, which, with donations and other resources, would fund the hiring of 250 faculty in arts and science over five years.The Partners' Plan is an important example of the "first principles" of Framework 2031, in terms of protecting existing strengths and nurturing the arts and science core.
Partners established a fund to increase the size of the Faculty of Arts and Science (FAS), Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, and the Institute of Fine Arts faculty from 625 to 750, or approximately 20%. When normal replacement hiring is added to this increase, the total number of new faculty hires will be approximately 250, which means that one-third of core arts and science faculty will have been hired under the program.
The primary goals of the Partners' Plan are both to ensure that departments that already are outstanding remain so and to identify another set of departments that are poised to become among the best. In selecting units for investment, emphasis was placed on those where advancing the particular unit also would advance other units or schools, where there was significant student interest, and where there was a deep connection between the department's research mission and undergraduate education.
An important strategic tool for the development of science has been cluster hiring. Faculty attracted by the opportunity to work together, in turn, inspired leading researchers to bring work to NYU. And, consistent with the overall strategy of the Partners' Plan, the addition of these senior scholars laid the groundwork for attracting some of the most promising junior and mid-career scholars available.
In support of hiring efforts, the Partners' Initiative has also funded major capital expenditures in science. For instance, NYU has renovated laboratories in all Washington Square science departments, built the Center for Genomics and Systems Biology (a dynamic cross-divisional program constituting the single largest University investment in science over the past six years), Center for Brain Imaging, Center for Soft Matter Research, and Molecular Design Institute. An important next step in building science is to bring back to NYU a major engineering presence. The continued discussions of an affiliation with Polytechnic University in Brooklyn hold the promise of creating the opportunity for productive synergies not only with the arts and science core, but also with other units and schools (such as Medicine, Dentistry, Tisch, and Steinhardt). NYU can be a key engine of economic development for the local, regional, national, and global economies through promoting its capacity for invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
In June 2008, Framework 2031 was released. In it key concerns, issues, and opportunities that NYU would face over the next two decades as it approaches its 200th anniversary in 2031 were addressed.
To date, 163 faculty members have been hired. One-fourth of the new faculty are senior, about one-fourth are mid-career, and about one-half are junior. A key priority of Partners has been enhancement of the Square's core science programs. Given the importance of science in modern society and given that all leading research universities need to have strong science programs, success in science is imperative for NYU.
Yet, building science is expensive, significant investment in every aspect of every discipline is impossible, and the fruits of investment can be lost to better-endowed competitors if the areas chosen do not interconnect naturally and deeply with other areas of strength at NYU.
To bolster science, NYU's strategy has been to continue to support already strong units like mathematics and neural science and to make highly focused additional investments in important and rapidly growing subfields where NYU has the potential to attain and sustain excellence.


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So vr photos for me is a hobby that I mix into work.
work got trashed thanks to a little bitch known as Sandy..
I get to spend insurance money buying a new camera. (and ring for my R1)
I am not looking for a camera that will give me a result that is .0005% better final image.
I'm looking for a camera that will make it easier to shoot..
I'm also tempted to take a stab at being a GTP next fall when my season ends.
Can anyone suggest, with a reasonable argument as to why, which camera will make
taking the shots less error prone/more effective. Given that the work related shots are
mostly inside of motel rooms, some public areas...
I loved my circular fisheye, three shots and done.
I use panoweaver (8) for stitching..
I'm looking to buy a camera that has KNOWN compatibility and settings for shooting.
if I can save time in re-shooting/relearning curve,
that's preferable to something that lets me get that last smidge of detail...
I'm good with cookie cutter-- desire productivity vs. most..
I know there was a big PDF that ran down camera choices, can't find it today on the NN site.
Thanks for constructive comments.


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Can anybody clarify the availability of multitasking on an iPhone 3G?
I went through several documents in Apple's HI guidelines, which state that:
Multitasking is available on certain devices running ios4 and later.
What does it actually mean? I have an iPhone 3G which doesn't support multitasking, so now if I upgrade my iPhone 3G to iOS4 or later, will it support multitasking?


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We all know that Job was ravaged by the Adversary in the first two chapters of Job, but in the end, he died content:
Thus the Lord blessed the latter years of Job's life more than the former. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand she-asses. He also had seven sons and three daughters. The first he named Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch. Nowhere in the land were women as beautiful as Job's daughters to be found. Their father gave them estates together with their brothers. Afterward, Job lived one hundred and forty years to see four generations of sons and grandsons. So Job died old and contented.—Job 42:12-17 (NJPS)
In terms of his possessions, that makes a lot of sense: everything is doubled. But he still lost his first set of children:
This one was still speaking when another came and said, "Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their eldest brother when suddenly a mighty wind came from the wilderness. It struck the four corners of the house so that it collapsed upon the young people and they died; I alone have escaped to tell you."—Job 1:18-19 (NJPS)
What beliefs might Job have held that allowed him to be content after having his children needlessly taken away from him that are consistent with the knowledge he might have had about God keeping in mind the time he lived in? Can we learn anything from Job's story or response that form the basis for any Christian doctrines that would be relevant for somebody today dealing with similar issues of bereavement?


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Former Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Josh Brent has been sentenced to 180 days in jail, two days after he was found guilty of intoxication manslaughter for a December 2012 automobile accident that killed a former teammate.
In addition to the jail term, Brent was also given 10 years of probation. He could have faced a 20-year prison sentence.
On Wednesday, a jury found Brent responsible for the death of Jerry Brown, a linebacker on the Cowboys' practice squad who did not survive injuries sustained when Brent crashed his Mercedes while driving with a blood alcohol level well above the legal limit.
The jury reconvened on Thursday to begin deliberations for sentencing.
Brent, who appeared in 44 games over three seasons with Dallas from 2010-12, has not played in an NFL contest since the accident. He spent the final four weeks of the 2012 season on the reserve/non-football illness list as a result of injuries from the incident and announced his retirement over the summer while awaiting trial on the intoxication manslaughter charges.
The Cowboys selected Brent in the seventh round of the 2010 draft out of Illinois, where the 25-year-old also was a teammate of Brown. He recorded 44 tackles and 1 1/2 sacks while making five starts during his tenure in Dallas.
Brown's mother had pushed for a lenient sentence after publicly forgiving Brent.