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The 7 Creepiest Real-Life Robots
Scientists say they can now build near-perfect replications of a human being, and that they finally have the technology to bring the inanimate to life.
Scientists are liars. Here are seven robots that reached for "life-like," and came up with a big handful of your worst nightmares.
#7. Geminoid
The Geminoid was built by Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro of Osaka University. He's used a mold of his own body for the overall shape of the robot, programmed his body language and voice into it, and even implanted his own hair into the android's skull.
Prof. Ishiguro, in summary, would very much like to be killed and replaced by a robot, stopping just short of sending out beautiful, handwritten invitations to the T-1000, requesting its presence at his upcoming All-Night Knife and Choking Party.
The professor often speaks through the robot, rather than personally attending company board meetings. So, perhaps this is a good time to stop bitching about your boss. At least he's not forcing you to pitch your latest project to a dead-eyed robot clone of himself.
Why It's So, So Creepy
On top of the simple implication that we can all be replaced by robots, the Geminoid is mostly creepy because it's not quite an exact replica of Ishiguro. It's more like Ishiguro built a slightly retarded younger brother for himself, giving it a permanent expression of intense confusion and frustration.
It's like the Geminoid is always trying to figure out just what the fuck it's doing here, much like you probably are right now. It also reacts a little too convincingly when they start repeatedly poking it directly in the face, hard. It seems to grow annoyed--almost enraged--but then they stop just short of provoking a killing spree, and it goes right back to puzzling out what the hell all that was about.
This suggests a level of reasoning and consciousness that is intensely disturbing. You probably don't want that robot figuring out that there are two things in this room that can pass for Professor Ishiguro, and only one of them doesn't have to sit in a folding chair getting poked in the face by research assistants for the next 20 years.
#6. Simroid
Simroid was designed by the Kokoro Company to assist dentists in training--hopefully just with dentistry, and not so much on how to get to third base with an anaesthetized patient. The Simroid has air-controlled muscles for a more fluid, natural movement, soft silicon skin for a more human texture, a limited vocabulary to express her current emotional state, and has been programmed to respond to basic commands. She also has highly sensitive receptors all throughout her mouth, so that she can react to pain in a convincing manner.
In a nutshell: Dentists were sick of causing their fellow human beings even a small amount of pain while training, so they designed a robot that does nothing but feel pain better, and more efficiently.
Why It's So, So Creepy
Even setting aside for a moment the disturbing fact that they've built a robot just to hurt it, Simroid brings to mind some other, seriously creepy possible uses. Let's see if you can guess where we're going with this: She has a lifelike mouth, soft skin, responds in a variety of ways to pressure in her oral cavity ... and has even been equipped with a gag reflex, so she can accurately respond when "instruments are inserted too far into her mouth." In the interest of good taste, we're not even going to say what those "instruments" might be.
(Dicks. It's dicks.)
#5. Albert Hubo
Albert Hubo was built to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity. And what better way to honor such a brilliant and gentle human being than by building a recreation of his head and bolting it to a cartoonish Korean robot in order to impress convention-goers. It was kind of like honoring Gandhi's lifetime of achievements by digging up his corpse and sewing his decomposed face onto a Transformer so it can dance for nickels outside of the arcade.
Why It's So, So Creepy
"The Uncanny Valley" is the term used for the disturbing feeling you get when something is incredibly lifelike and human, but some small aspect or feature of it throws the perception off. Like the jerky way a robot moves that's not quite convincing, the stilting way it talks that's not quite natural or, in this case, the fact that it's only a human head crudely stapled to an anime-style mech. That's not slipping down the Uncanny Valley, that's being jump kicked down the Uncanny Stairwell.
The only thing creepier than building an entire robot to resemble a human being, is only building one small part of a robot to look like a human being--leaving the rest as cold, hard steel. Don't believe us? There's nothing too creepy about C-3PO, right? In fact, meeting him would be pretty neat. Now, imagine that as you shake his hand, your eyes slowly drift downward, and you notice that he's entirely golden--just as usual--except for two tiny, pink human feet. Suddenly it's Horror Camp, and you're staying the whole summer.
It's great that they've chosen Einstein for this unique honor, too. He's one of the few internationally recognized faces. An image so culturally constant that the part of your brain responsible for facial recognition can't help but register him as a friend ... until he comes stomping across the convention floor, his face abruptly bursting into an unsettling facsimile of his trademark grin. His cold, dead eyes locked onto you in a vicious parody of friendly recognition. And then, just when you think it can't get any worse, he reaches out for a hug ...
#4. Jules
Jules is the flagship android for Hanson Robotics, also responsible for Albert Hubo up there. Jules is their most lifelike robot to date, both in physical appearance and artificial intelligence. He comes equipped with some basic servos in his arms and torso, and some seriously advanced animatronics throughout his head and face. He even has hi-res cameras in both eyes so that he can "see, and track people" to help him "lock-on to his conversation partners."
That's ... uh ... that's just a smidge ominous.
Why It's So, So Creepy
At first glance Jules isn't so bad. He's just lifelike enough to put you the littlest bit at ease. You might be a bit uncomfortable interacting with Jules, but nothing unbearable, and everything about him is carefully designed to minimize even that small discomfort. He is specifically built to be androgynous, he speaks with a pleasing pseudo-British accent, and the default state of his facial expression is happily bewildered, like a confused puppy. That is, until Jules turns to profile:
And you see that the back half of his skull has been sheared off, leaving only a mass of twisted wires and whirring motors.
However, it's not until you get into Jules' personality software that things start to get really, truly creepy. You see, because Jules remembers conversations and learns from them, Hanson Robotics insists that "if you treat Jules poorly, it may not be nice to you."
Hold up a minute. Let's get this straight: If you dis Jules, he'll note it, remember it and respond in kind. You know, we have a word for that in the English language:
They have built an android that can almost pass for human, learns from its mistakes, tracks people and actively seeks revenge. There is literally an entire genre of big-budget Hollywood films about how you should not, under any circumstances, do exactly that.
Oh, and one more little aside here in this video: Jules wants to know more about his sexuality. Jules wants you to explain it to him. He wants to explore his sexual nature. With you.
We know that you might be a little creeped out about being hit on by a robot and you probably want nothing more than to get the hell out of there, but just remember: "If you treat Jules poorly, it may not be nice to you."


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All wrapped up?Posted Tuesday, December 20, 2011, at 4:56 PM
Christmas is coming! Christmas is coming!
And it's so much fun getting ready!
I love the decorations, the shopping, the glowing faces when they open just the right gift. I even love the way people graciously smile and say "thank you" when they're really thinking, "What was she thinking?" or "Is someone regifting?"
(Actually, I admit I have regifted. We got four toasters when we got married. What else was I to do?)
Being from a Christian background, I also look forward to live nativity scenes, the story of Joseph and Mary and Baby Jesus. And there's the joy of people everywhere who make a special effort to show kindness to others, to remember family and friends; to take time for sharing and caring.
The decorating is fun, and so is wrapping the presents. But therein lies the challenge. Everyone always knows when the presents are from me without looking at the tag. The paper is never positioned straight, and it's been cut either too large or just a tiny bit too small for the gift it envelops. (When it's too small, I usually cover the offending open strip with ribbon, but I'm pretty sure this doesn't fool anyone.)
I don't know how many times I've heard people pick up my gifts and say "Looks like a man wrapped it." That's silly. I know men who can wrap perfectly awesome-looking gifts. The notion that women are somehow more genetically prepared to wrap gifts is a myth. At least that's what I've heard. It could just be that I am a genetic anomaly.
Anyhow, this year, the shopping and the crafting are done, but I've yet to wrap a single item. Maybe this whole wrapping thing is overrated. Maybe watching them wrestle with the shipping box like my friend suggested would be just as much fun as watching them open a traditionally wrapped gift. Maybe they wouldn't mind getting their gifts in a plastic grocery bag. What do you think?
I think my time's better spent makin' cookies, don't you?
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A childish way to say urinate used for young children espeacily in potty training
come on just do a little tiddle
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Don't forget to put the tiddle on your lower-case i's.
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A term referring to small breasts.
On Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special, Peanut said: "If they're small, they're tiddles."
by Eon the Wolf May 12, 2009
Tiddles is the name of a dog that lives in Rhode Island. People usually laugh at her name, but soon come to adore it.
Stranger: "What a cute dog, what's her name?"
Owner: "Her name is Tiddles"
Stranger: "Ha, no really, what's her name?"
Owner: "It's Tiddles."
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Stranger: "Ha, no really, what's her name?"
Owner: "It's Tiddles."
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by Dakota Oliort August 16, 2010
When someone scratch's your behind with their pinky finger. (Yes it has to be the pinky.)
"Do you think you could TIDDLE my dairy aire please?" In which your friend, girlfriend, wife, colleague, boss, brother, room-mate, mother, grandma, grandmama, grandpa, grandpapa, or grandpapapa, (grandmamama can't do this because she has lost feeling in her Pinky finger), Strangers, team-mates, famous athletes, cousins, Witches, tutors, teachers, principals, pastors, deans, the popes, store clerks, the mailman, maids, the farm hands, the pool boy, the lawn carer, the butler, adopted children, Hamburglar, and camp counselors, have to do it.
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(n. Proper) - Referring to the renowned hero of Indiana. The people's champion. Recognized for various skills, an esteemed position amongst the conventions of the High Counsel, and smashing things sometimes. That's why we call it shpoople. Can use beastial wrath.
Also known as: Tiddul
Also known as: Tiddul
"He's that guy with The Talent. What's his name?"
by Riversdale_McBoggis June 30, 2011
adjective: it is a cross between a tad and a little, meanning a bit.
"ah man its chilly outside"
"yeah, just a tiddle"
"yeah, just a tiddle"
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Ace Hardware - Quart of Paint on March 10 (printable voucher) for $0
FREE Quart of Clark + Kensington paint
This is NOT a facebook posting.
the website is ACE HARDWARE - you do not need a Facebook account. Just click the link and print the coupon.
Valid March 10, 2012 only. While supplies last. Average availability 40 quarts per store.
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They had this deal last week as well. If you forget to print off the coupon, they had 2 or 3 stacks of coupons at the store when I got mine. They also included a coupon for 20% off 2 gallons of the same brand paint.
I also took advantage of this deal last week and they had a heckuva lot more than 40 quarts....
Thank you! I could not get the coupon to print from their facebook site, so I gave up. I really appreciate your including the link for the coupon


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July 22, 2013
Cape Town traditional food: take a bite out of history
An example of a Cape Malay culinary feast. Photo courtesy The Cellars-Hohenort
If Cape Town was a meal, what would it be? A smaaklike Dutch potjiekos? A spicy Cape Malay chicken curry? Perhaps a mouthwatering African chakalaka?
The answer is quite simple: Cape Town is all of these meals and much, much more. With a culinary history that is as delicious as it is extensive, the Mother City continues to delight palates.
The fairest Cape has found cooking inspiration in her residents for centuries, since the arrival of Jan van Riebeeck in April 1652 adding to the diversity. When the Dutch first arrived on our shores in the 17th century, they brought with them their farming expertise, planting and harvesting succulent vegetable crops and aromatic herb gardens that helped to feed many a starving sailor of the Dutch East India Company.
We can also be thankful for their delectable melktert (milk tart) and potjiekos (a meat, veggie and rice dish, flavoured with wine or stock, cooked over a fire) which continues to be popular celebratory meal choice.
A darker side to this burgeoning food trade was the forced arrival of Javanese slaves in the 18th century. Back then they were often hired as chefs in Dutch households, and their distinctive gourmet influences have survived and can still be tasted in today's Cape Malay dishes.
Like a hearty, tasty stew, Cape Town's flavour has improved with the addition of new and exciting residents. German, Italian, Chinese, French, Portuguese and Flemish populations have added dashes of variety to the Mother City's cultural melting pot.
In the 21st century, there are plenty of talented cooks in the city's diverse kitchens. While you can certainly still enjoy home-cooked meals, particularly of the Cape Malay variety, at many smaller cafés, a walk through any of the bustling streets of Cape Town ensures the discovery of Greek, American, Mediterranean, Moroccan, Nigerian and other African cuisine, served with flourish in superb restaurants and bistros.
Fancy an authentic Cape Malay beef curry and roti, or a filling bobotie? You're sure to find these signature dishes and many more culinary treats at the following establishments:
For koeksisters, samoosas and curries, try
Bo-Kaap Kombuis
7 August Street on Upper Wale Street, Bo-Kaap
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For traditional beer, chakalaka and imfino patties, try
The Africa Café
108 Shortmarket Street, Cape Town
+27(0)21 422 0221
For caviar, champagne and croissants, try
The Roundhouse Restaurant
The Glen, Kloof Road, Camps Bay
+27(0)21 438 4347
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Is it an acceptable usage of Stack Overflow to use it as a sort of Q/A database for extremely specialized topics (still related to programming, albeit very narrow focus)?
I teach workshops on a real-time operating system and often, students have specific questions about certain aspects of our product. We have an internal mailing list we use to disseminate the knowledge, but SO would be a very nice way to capture the information: Pose the question and the provide the answer.
I know that Jeff encourages this, but I don't think he envisioned this scale: we're talking about posing and answering 100 to 200 questions. I would make sure to tag them appropriately just with the specific rtos (vxworks) tag. Those questions would probably have a minuscule audience.
Am I just setting myself up to be down moded as a spammer wannabe?


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Sharon J Fraley, 71, homemaker and foster parent, of Douglass, passed away Monday, Oct. 15, 2012.
Viewing from 2-8 p.m. Thursday, Hilyard-Smith Funeral Home, 507 S. Maple, Douglass. Service at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, 2012, First Baptist Church, Douglass.
She is preceded in death by her son, Curtis, brother, Michael Kaup, grandson, Robert.
Survivors: sons, Randy Fraley (Kim) of Latham, and Mark Fraley of El Dorado; daughters, Kim Morckel of Wichita, and Roxanne Matzen (John) of Round Rock, Texas; 12 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; sisters, Sue McMillan of Douglass and Cindy Cox (Ron) of Wichita.
A memorial is established with Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice.
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Need a stored procedure that will check and then update the rows (with username & email) except the id (auto incremented with a unique one).
For example, if id = 5 has, the username abc and the email is firstname.lastname@example.com and the id is unique. Before it updates that row, it has to check the table to see if the username and email already exists. If anybody already has that username and email the table is not updated.
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Muskego - Jordan Gruettner did not man the ticket desk at Muskego's football games this past season.
He also was not called upon to keep statistics on the sideline or carry water onto the field.
Gruettner did, however, do just about everything else for the Warriors this year, helping them to a 9-2 overall record and second place in the strong Southeast Conference at 6-1.
He was one of the main ingredients in Muskego's powerful rushing attack, which racked up 3,565 yards this season, both as a runner and as a lead blocker for 1,500-yard rusher Brady Simkowski.
On defense, he played at linebacker, totaling 92 solo tackles to lead the Warriors for the third straight season. He also earned all-Southeast first team honors at the position the past two years.
Gruettner also served as the team's placekicker on both kickoffs and extra points.
His best work, though, was done as the punter, where he posted an average of 42.5 yards and continually gave the Warriors good field position, with eight punts inside the 20, five inside the 10 and two inside the 5-yard line. He received first-team all-state honors.
"Jordan Gruettner was the only player to never leave the field on offense and defense for the Warriors for the past two years," coach Ken Krause said. "There was no player who did so much so well for any team in the area."
In recognition of his unique accomplishments as a jack-of-all-trades for the resurgent Warriors, Gruettner is the 2011 NOW Newspapers All-Suburban Player of the Year.
The senior leads a group of five Warriors to make this year's All-Suburban team. The others are Simkowski, guard Collin Smith, center Jeff Bolster and defensive back Josh Breider.
Gruettner, though, was in many ways the leader of this season's Warriors - not the first time that he had taken that role.
"In eighth grade, I did a little bit of everything for the team," he recalled. "In junior year, I was a runner, linebacker and punter, and this year, I added placekicking after our projected kicker was hurt."
He said of all his duties, his favorite spot was linebacker.
"When you score a touchdown, you get a good feeling," Gruettner continued, "but there is nothing like getting a nice hit on defense. That fires you up, and it fires up the team."
Gruettner came into this season with plenty of experience, having played competitive football since the first grade.
"My older brothers, Jason and Jerred, got me into it," he said. "I looked up to them and I wanted to do what they did. They were playing football, so I wanted to start playing football."
The Gruettners lived in Wind Lake, so Jordan played in the Racine Youth Sports program for years - and loved it.
"It's a contact sport," he said. "You can't ask for more."
He continued through the years before finally arriving at Muskego High School, where he helped spearhead the Warriors' recent success.
"He is a unique athlete," Krause said. "He will go down as one of the best Muskego athletes ever."
Jordan is on the Muskego wrestling team, having claimed the WIAA state championship at 215 pounds last season. He will compete at the new weight of 220 pounds this season, and along with fellow state champion Roland Dunlap, should keep the Warriors strong.
He will then attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison, walking on as a punter and a wrestler while majoring in biology. He has plans of becoming a chiropractor.
Josh Breider
He is Muskego's other first-team all-state choice, winning the honor as defensive back.
"We put him on the other team's best wide receiver," Krause said, "and he allowed no touchdowns on passes all year. He had eight interceptions this season, including two against (eventual Division 1 champion) Kenosha Bradford. He is the definition of a shutdown corner."
Breider said, "My first job is to make sure that no one gets behind me, then I need to make sure I make the tackle. I'm a tackle-first guy."
Breider is the only Muskego All-Suburban selection who will return next season, but he feels the team will be successful again.
"I'm looking forward to it," he said. "We should be fine. We have a lot of good guys back."
Jeff Bolster
Krause calls Bolster the best center he has ever coached in his 15 years.
"He got better and better as the year went on," he said. "He had no fumbled snaps the entire season."
Bolster said the offensive line as a whole was particularly cohesive.
"We are all two-year starters, and we've played together since eighth grade," he said. "We are all buddies, too."
Brady Simkowski
He watched - and helped block - as Luke Przybylka turned in a big season in 2010, then took over as the featured back this season.
"Luke was a good runner," Simkowski said, "and I knew (in my senior year), I just had to prove to the coaches that I could be someone to replace Luke."
Point made.
Simkowski went on to collect an area-high 1,539 yards and 21 touchdowns, breaking the 200-yard mark in three games and finishing his career as the third-leading rusher in Muskego football history.
"I'm not the kind of back who plows people over," Simkowski said. "I am shifty and change directions well."
Krause said, "He had good chemistry with the line and a positive attitude, plus a great work ethic."
Collin Smith
He was the leader of the offensive line, which Krause called the heart and soul of the team.
"He was as close as we've had to a coach on the field," he said. "He made all the line calls and checks. Also, to show what a leader he is, he requested game film in the off-season and wrote his own scouting reports."
He also spent plenty of time in the weight room.
"All four years in it," Smith said. "Everybody was in the room. This was really a close, unified team overall."
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"I don't want to feel like I have to fit into a male mode to be this sort of successful industrialist," she told the mag. "I take pride in the fact that I can be all woman in a man's world." -- Lynn Tilton
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Till Ubuntu 11.10 there the context or edit menu had an option to open a specific folder as administrator. This option came with the package nautilus-gksu. Now it vanished. Does anybody know how to get it back?
Are you sure you mean 11.04? In any event the package is still in the repos & should still work as is through 11.04 (the last version built was "nautilus-gksu (2.0.2-5ubuntu2) natty"
In 11.10 it would install but not work, as of the other day it finally was noted in the current 12.04 build
As far as 11.10 & probably 12.04 the extensions will work fine, you can install the package & either copy or link to proper dir.
Ex. of linking after install
To copy just replace ln -s with cp.
You actually don't even need to install the package, just place a copy of libnautilus-gksu.so in /usr/lib/nautilus/extensions-3.0
A bug I had on - at this point just hoping someone with auth will mark "Won't Fix" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gksu/+bug/817383
For 12.04
You can no longer just install the 11.10 package & move or link the .so. -
Easiest way is to download the nautilus-gksu package for your architecture from either of these 2 locations, and save it in your downloads folder
http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/nautilus-gksu pick architecture at bottom of page
32 bit- Direct link from ubuntu.mirror.cambrium.nl
64 bit- Direct link from ubuntu.mirror.cambrium.nl
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gksu/2.0.2-5ubuntu2 pick architecture under "Builds"
As root (To enter root open terminal and enter
On my
On my
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You can accomplish Open as Admin with a Nautilus script placed in ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts. The name you give the file will be placed in the Scripts menu.
1. Right click on desktop, Select > Create New Document > Empty Document. Name the file "Open As Administrator" , Open the file and paste the following text into it,
Click save and close out.
2. Now mark the file as executable, right click > Properties > Permissions > look down for "Execute" and check "Allow executing file as program" -
3. Open the file browser, go to > View > Show Hidden Files, now navigate to you home folder, and Place the file in
4. Now right click on your folder or file of choice and select > Scripts > Open As Administrator , you then will get a screen prompting for your password, and the file/folder will open in their respective program as administrator-
This method shouldn't break from updates to Nautilus, because it is a custom script and will be in the right click menu under Scripts, will work on desktop files, and files and folders in Nautilus, however does not work on the left folder pane in nautilus.
You can open nautilus from the command line as administrator with sudo. For example if you run
It allows you to right-click and create folder where you normally wouldn't be able to.
If you just want to open a nautilus window which has administrator privileges you do not have to specify the folder:
It's been updated for the latest Ubuntu 15
You can run
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Install nautilus-actions, then logoff/login or reboot (whichever you prefer). Run nautilus-actions-config-tool.
Hit the +page icon on the toolbar in the dialog. Give it the name you want.
Under actions tab, enter context label to whatever you want it to show up as in your right-click. If you want it to show up as a tool bar, be sure to check "Display item in the toolbar". This may not work in Unity (it didn't for me).
Under command tab; give it a unique label. Supposedly this appears as the tool tip. In Path, specify 'gksudo' (without quotes). in parameters, supply 'nautilus %b' (without quotes). In Working directory, give '%d'. Click on the Save Icon and rightclick your directory/file.. under Nautilus Actions, you will see your new item.
That's the closest I've found, I think, in what you're looking for.
Try this (whatever version of Ubuntu)
An easy working fix can be found here - http://www.liberiangeek.net/2012/04/add-open-as-administrator-to-the-context-menu-in-ubuntu-12-04-precise-pangolin/
for ubuntu 12.04, which uses dolphin as its folder system, you can use the following command to open a folder under root:
or just:
then browse through your filesystem for the folder your looking for.
open terminal and type
it will ask for password and then
a window will pop up asking for which program to run and to chose user


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KILLEEN (January 17, 2013)—Mourners gathered Thursday afternoon for a graveside service for a newborn infant who was found dead in December in a restroom at the Walmart Supercenter in Killeen.
The infant, named Baby Doe, was laid to rest Thursday afternoon at the Killeen City Cemetery at 2800 East Rancier.
Among the mourners was Brenda Ornelaz, who has seven children and 12 grandchildren.
She said Baby Doe was the community's baby.
"She came in alone, but she didn't have to leave alone," Ornelaz said.
The service was arranged with the help of several local businesses that came forward to give the infant a proper burial, Killeen police said.
"I don't think we even hesitated," said Nadine Bbentivegna of Christell's Flowers.
"This is something that I think the community just has to come together and do what they can to help a scenario like that."
Crawford Bowers Funeral Home handled the arrangements.
"As part of the Killeen community we're honored and humbled to be able to provide services for anyone, but much more so a little tiny one that nobody has claimed," said Deborah Evans of Crawford Bowers.
An employee found the newborn's body just before 2 p.m. on Dec. 7 in a restroom at the rear of the store at 1400 Lowe's Blvd.
Bell County Justice of the Peace Bill Cooke pronounced the infant dead and ordered an autopsy.
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2.dude, seriously, i was soo drunk i gave a cow a dirty hernandez.
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When the man gives oral sex to the female while in her bleedy days, and come out with a "ranchero" looking red scaby mustache
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The act, between two people, in which on person removes the others shoes with his/her mouth, eats his/her socks, defecates on his/her feet, then laps it up. Typically a sexual act.
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On Saturday AM bright and early we did multiples of TV segments with The Weather Channel. I got to work with an amazing Meteorologist Paul Goodloe. He was terrific to work with. Lots of fun!
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In this photo released by CBS Broadcasting, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, left, and late night host David Letterman, right, react with laughter during the Governor's first visit to CBS� �Late Show with David Letterman,� on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 in New York. (AP Photo/CBS Broadcasting, Jeffrey Neira)
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(CNN) -- Can the media get over their collective obsession with weight?
Fat chance.
For some strange reason, here we are again, talking about Michelle Obama's derriere. And, for good measure, Chris Christie's girth.
It's easy, it's fun, it's good for clicks and ratings. It's also kinda cheap.
The Washington Post used a pretty flimsy peg -- Alabama high school football coach Bob Grisham caught on tape -- to run a Style section piece on the weighty issue. "Fat butt Michelle Obama," the coach is heard saying, declaring her overweight. Grisham was suspended by the school (he says he misspoke).
But this is national news? Really?
Of course, the paper dressed it up with highfalutin' sociology. "The focus on this first lady's posterior has historical antecedents," the article says, launching into questions about how black women have long faced scrutiny about their bodies.
Well, maybe. And yes, Rush Limbaugh and Republican Rep. James Sensenbrenner have sounded off about Obama's bottom. And yes, the fact that she has mounted an anti-obesity campaign does sort of put her in the crossfire.
But as the Post acknowledges, Michelle Obama is a 5-foot-11-inch woman with toned arms who is widely viewed as being in good shape. She's not a triathlete; she's a working mother of two. So when the story asks, "What is it with Michelle Obama's critics and the fixation with her derriere?" I would turn that question around. What is the media fixation with publicizing it every time some bozo sounds off about her backside?
This is an uncomfortable reminder that the media business celebrates models bordering on anorexic, making perfectly proportioned young girls and women feel heavy because they don't have superthin (and often airbrushed) celebrity bodies. This may help promote the fashion industry, which considers normal women plus-size, but it bears little relation to real life.
Christie is a different case. Having endured endless jokes about his oversized frame, the New Jersey governor shrewdly decided the best path was to poke fun at himself.
So he appeared on David Letterman's couch this week, one of his chief tormenters, and promptly shoved a doughnut into his mouth. He allowed that he didn't mind fat jokes if they're funny. It was self-deprecating humor that showed Christie to be a real human being.
But the truth is that the teasing does bother Christie. And there is a serious question here beneath the laughter. Christie is grossly overweight, and his health would be a legitimate issue if he runs for president in 2016. Which, as you may have noticed, is four years from now.
Doughnuts aside, Christie treated the matter more seriously at a news conference, saying that he's "remarkably healthy" but that "my doctor continues to warn me that my luck is going to run out relatively soon."
The governor showed he had lost none of his feistiness after Connie Mariano, a former White House physician, said on CNN: "I worry that he may have a heart attack, he may have a stroke. ... I worry about this man dying in office."
Christie upbraided her Wednesday for diagnosing him without an examination: "She must be a genius. She should probably be the surgeon general of the United States." He said she was just another hack "seeking her five minutes on television."
Well, you started it with your doughnut diplomacy, Governor.
If Christie becomes a White House contender, everything is fair game. He can hardly complain about other folks after his "Late Show" shtick. But I can't help but think it is easier for pundits to pontificate about Christie's weight than to examine his record in Trenton.
Everyone who has worried about those extra pounds can relate to the story, but the coverage is out of hand.
If I never read another word about Michelle Obama's behind, I may go celebrate with a Krispy Kreme.
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I had a strange problem when applying pomodoro techniques. In my working environment, it's normal that I will get interrupted accidentally during the pomodoro phase. Hence the pomodoro is hard to complete, and many times I must start over again & again... without finishing a pomodoro. And many times, I realize I finish my task in the middle of a pomodoro ... without any previous complete pomodoro for that task.
So in the end of day, I have only 1 pomodoro for that task, which is simply misleading (because I must throw away all uncomplete pomodoros... even when it nearly rings). What should I do in this situation?
UPDATE: My company is an open workplace, and I enjoy working in it. It encourage people communicating in person, and help others when needed. I also receive helps from others... and I feels it's ok to give help rather frequently, in the break betweens 2 pomodoros.
So I think what I really ask is: Is there any sensible way to only get people come to me in break time, without turning them down/ be distant? I don't think others (seniors) will understand if I'm saying I'm applying a new technique, unless it has already been proved.


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If $f(x)$ and $g(x)$ are two polynomials such that the polynomial $h(x)=xf(x^{3})+x^{2}g(x^{6})$ is divisible by $x^{2}+x+1$, then choose the correct option:
$A. f(1)=g(1)$
$B. f(1) $ is not equal to $g(1)$
$C. f(1)$ and $g(1)$ are non-zero, $f(1)=g(1)$
$D. f(1)=-g(1)$, $f(1)$ and $g(1)$ are non-zero.
What I did: Since $x^{2}+x+1$ divides the $h(x)$, $\omega$ and $\omega^{2}$ are roots of $h(x)$. Therefore, $\omega f(1)+\omega^{2}g(1)=0$ and $\omega^{2} f(1)+\omega g(1)=0$ which gives $f(1)=-g(1)$. But the answer is option $A$. Please help...
NOTE: $\omega$ is $e^{\iota 2\pi /3}$, $\iota =(-1)^{1/2}$


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Archbishop Myers on voting, duty and dishonesty
Tom Moran, a veteran New Jersey political columnist, wrote today on what he said is Archbishop John Myers' politicking for the Republican presidential ticket. He opened his column in the Newark Star-Ledger by telling of his upbringing in a Catholic family of nine children and how he, like many other Catholics, drifted away from the church:
So if I am a refugee, I am walking on a road that is crowded with others who feel the same way.Which brings us to my recent conversation with Newark Archbishop John Myers, and his attempt to sway the election to Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan.He didnt say that, of course. But he wrote a letter last week saying Catholics have a "duty" to cast their vote based on opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion rights.
The quote Moran refers to, contained in a pastoral letter on marriage that Myers released, is: "We must exercise our right to vote in defense of marriage and life. This is our duty as citizens and believers." In an editorial, the Star-Ledger said Myers maintains it was a coincidence that the pastoral letter was issued at this point in the election season. The paper disagreed, saying that "to issue a pastoral letter such as this, at this time, is clearly intended to influence the vote of New Jerseys more than 1 million Catholics. It may not be an explicit endorsement of Romney, but Myers meaning cannot be missed."
It's reasonable and necessary for an archbishop to explain the church's position on marriage and the family. In fact, I think church authorities have stumbled on that somewhat. But Archbishop Myers had to know that reporters would zero in on his reference to the "duty" of Catholic voters in a document issued at the height of the presidential race. For my own part, the most eye-catching passage in the pastoral letter states that if Catholics are "unable to assent to or live the Church's teaching in these matters, they must in all honesty and humility refrain from receiving Holy Communion until they can do so with integrity; to continue to receive Holy Communion while so dissenting would be objectively dishonest."Especially since we are in the midst of a heated and divisive political campaign, this passage serves as an invitation for Catholics to follow Tom Moran's path out the door. This evidently was not lost on the Episcopal Church's bishop of Newark, who responded in an op-ed article: "My hope and prayer is that we can move beyond arguments about unfounded threats to the flourishing of families and focus our attention on the real threats, such as the rising tide of unemployment and poverty, which has left more than 295,000 children in our state including 42 percent of children in Newark living below the federal poverty level. ... Let us use the reach and blessing of our religious traditions to help all families and children flourish housed, clothed, fed and healthy."
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This is not the first time but one of many elections in the past decade where the bishops have blatantly attempted to influence the elections. The difference is that the media is calling the bishops on it. It seems only the loss or serious threat of their tax exemption will stop this obvious electioneering. Above all it brings further disgrace to the bishops and further polarizes too many who are out of control already.
What has happened to conscience and the logic of philosophy and theology among American bishops?At least five of them attended some of the same seminaries near the same time I attended them in St. Louis and we were taught better than to say the sort of things John Myers has published. [1] Civil laws regarding marriage are completely separate from matters of faith and morals. [2] Catholics are required to consult the teachings of the magisteria, both bishops and theologians according to Thomas Aquinas, but must form their own consciences, even if in disagreement with bishops, as Aquinas himself did. [3] Political decisions are prudential decisions in which those who agree with the ends may disagree about and work through different means. Bishops are invited to respond in a logical manner to these points, if they can find a way to discuss rather than dictate.Tom in U City, M.A.P.S.StL Prep Seminary and CGC 1961-68
If I remember, AB Myers is an Opus Dei hierarch. So the good AB "maintains it was a coincidence that [his] pastoral letter was issued at this point in the election season."Bull.I've pretty much concluded it might be good for Uncle Sam to abolish current restrictions imposed on partisan political involvement by tax-exempt organizations. If the hierarchs are having trouble getting their "flocks" to pony up with weekend contributions, one might wonder how much *more* money would be lost when even the pew dwellers get fed up hearing their pastors tell folks for whom to vote.AND TO MY FELLOW CATHOLICS STILL TOSSING THEIR SHEKELS INTO PARISH COLLECTION PLATES:No matter where you live, you enable this kind of paternalistic episcopal behavior wherever it occurs in the USA. Bishops will continue to behave like Myers, Finn (still in office, notwithstanding the fact he is a convicted criminal!!!), ad nauseum as long as they continue to get a financial "vote of confidence" from laity reluctant to withhold funding for whatever reason.Go to church, if you will, but stop the money. Stop the enabling.
The Celibates Campaign for Marriage is a two-edged sword. One edge is further destroying the bishops' shattered credibility through its omissions, exaggerations, and misrepresentation while the other reinforces the convictions of those already committed to or maybe leaning toward favoring same-sex marriage. Myers mention of dishonesty is germane. It comes to mind with his claim of pure coincidence in the timing of his letter. It comes to mind when Bp. Paprocki insists: " My job is not to tell you for whom you should vote. Again, I am not telling you which party or which candidates to vote for or against, but ". (Paprocki then notes that you are morally complicit and risk the eternal salvation of your soul if you vote other than the way he has proven to be the only acceptable way. ) http://ct.dio.org/bishops-column/59-think-and-pray-about-your-vote-in-up... One question arising is which Catholics are paying for the campaign Myers, Paprocki, Lori, Sartain, et al. are carrying on. In a similar situation in 2009, Bishop Malone of Portland, ME sent a request to other bishops for funds to help counter a Maine law on same-sex marriage that had been passed and signed. Reportedly, 50 dioceses responded with contributions according to state records. Are out-of-state Catholics unknowingly, and perhaps unwillingly, supporting these bishops in their current political efforts, thinking that their contributions in their own dioceses had been for the customary Catholic causes their bishop had asked them to support? http://ncronline.org/news/politics/dioceses-major-contributors-repeal-sa...
Is the the "New Evangelization" - the new way to preach the Gospel and facilitate conversion?
The Episcopal Church bishops seems not to realize that metaphysical threats to dogma are taken far more seriously than temporary threats to human welfare in our RC tradition.The trouble with the anti-samesexmarriage rhetoric is that it has no solid arguments. The French bishops have now issued an 8 page documents that claims to be open to dialogue and based on consultation, but with the foregone conclusion that samesexmarriage is a Bad Thing, though piggybacking on that No is an unprecedented level of understanding for samesex couples.Perhaps the millennial plague of homophobia can be reversed only when the churches celebrate sacramental samesex marriage (as is effectively happening in some Christian churches).
I ask this in all seriousness: when is the time when a bishop can publicly teach what the church teaches, on matters with political ramifications, without it being considered politicking?For example: the election this year is November 2nd. Would, say, June 2nd be early enough to not cross the line into politicking? But wait: New Jersey's primary took place in early June. Let's push it back three more months, to March 2nd. But that was the thick of the Republican debate season. There is no time when politics isn't going on. Should the church just shut up about matters of political import, and no longer speak up about war and peace, or poverty, or immigration?
My hope and prayer is that we can move beyond arguments about unfounded threats to the flourishing of families and focus our attention on the real threats, such as the rising tide of unemployment and poverty, which has left more than 295,000 children in our state including 42 percent of children in Newark living below the federal poverty level. Let us use the reach and blessing of our religious traditions to help all families and children flourish housed, clothed, fed and healthy.How is this any different in kind than what Archbishop Myers wrote?
How is this any different in kind than what Archbishop Myers wrote?The most important difference is that those preoccupations mirror the ones of Jesus in the gospels.
Jim,There is a difference between emphasizing a set of values and concerns that Catholics should keep in mind as they weigh their choices and asserting that Catholics have a duty to vote based on a short list of positions. The quoted passage raises the issue of childhood poverty without taking a position about the best policy is or demanding that this issue trump all others. Voters are left to decide for themselves which candidates have the better solution and how that should affect whom to vote for.
Article in today's NYT - In Brooklyn, Lopez's Ties to Bishop Seem Frayed. Sorry, don't know how to do the link. One point in the article: Bishop DiNarzio made political robocalls to voters in support of a city council candidate!
"In Brooklyn, Lopezs Ties to Bishop Seem Frayed"http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/01/nyregion/brooklyn-bishops-close-ties-w...
"The most important difference is that those preoccupations mirror the ones of Jesus in the gospels."Jesus also had pointed things to say about marriage - cf this coming Sunday's Gospel.
"There is a difference between emphasizing a set of values and concerns that Catholics should keep in mind as they weigh their choices and asserting that Catholics have a duty to vote based on a short list of positions. "Hi, Cupcake, two points: (1) the Episcopalian quote doesn't seem any more politically neutral than Myers' statement; note that he (she?) writes, "My hope and prayer is that we can move beyond arguments about unfounded threats to the flourishing of families and focus our attention on the real threats, such as the rising tide of unemployment and poverty ..." That is as much as to say, "My pet issues are more important than his pet issues!"(2) Are you familiar with the US bishops' document "Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship"? The Catholic bishops make the connection in that document between possessing a set of values and concerns, and the responsibility of Catholics to vote according to those values and concerns.I expect that Archbishop Myers is genuinely concerned about unemployment and poverty, and that he puts his money where his mouth is on those issues by seeing to it that the Newark Archdiocese supports programs to alleviate unemployment and poverty. But all of that, as good as it is, doesn't absolve Myers from also teaching about marriage and family. Bishops need to teach on all of those issues and many others besides.
"The most important difference is that those preoccupations mirror the ones of Jesus in the gospels."Wow, what un unbelievably arrogant statement.
Ok Carlo, it was not a good statement. Without time to phrase an argument that would have had that assertion as a conclusion, I should have bitten my tongue. It lowered the level of the discussion. Remark, though, that Jim didn't take offense: he and I disagree on almost everything, but he's always a good sport.


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Even if the answer is no, I am interested in a more specific question.
Let $\Sigma$ be a set of operations of finite arity, $E$ be a set of equations over $\Sigma$ and $\mathcal{A}(\Sigma,E)$ be the respective category of algebras and algebra morphisms. Also denote the free algebra functor by $F: \mathsf{Set} \to \mathcal{A}(\Sigma,E)$.
If $f : A \to B$ is a monomorphism in such a category i.e. an injective algebra morphism, and also $X$ is set, does it follow that $FX + f : FX + A \to FX + B$ is also injective?
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After the fifth lizard I missed to kill, I was wondering: there is a weapon which is the best to do this? All blade weapons don't hurt it because is too short and don't hit it. The crossbow is difficult to aim in close quarters. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
You should probably mention your build, so we know which skills you have a your disposal. As I recall, God's Wrath, maybe Firestorm, are quite effective, but you may not have those spells.
The unofficial wiki has a slew of tips for you.
I've been using a few methods:
But since obtaining the Firestorm spell I've been using that with much more success (though still not a perfect record).
Which method I use depends on the circumstances though:
If you don't have the necessary equipment to easily and quickly kill crystal lizards, I recommend avoiding them until you do. Some lizards are not easily avoided, but many are. Don't try killing them with sub-standard equipment - their drops are too valuable to gamble with.
I'd also recommend manipulating the world into Pure Black World Tendency before finally killing the lizards, to give you a better chance of rare drops.
EDIT: One more handy tip I can give you:
Crystal lizards have a spawn count, which is well described here.
If you have just hunted a lizard (successful or not), you can force a respawn of the lizard by reloading your game (using
Be aware though that in the final area of a level (where you fight the archdemon), your load position will be at the archstone, not at your previous position.
If you can get a solid hit, it will usually flip on it's back. You can usually wait until it's just flipping back over and hit it again.


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Today literally anyone can pay $50,000 to have a Sherpa guide drag their ass up to the tippity top of Mount Everest, which you might be aware is the tallest mountain on Earth. We've mentioned that, as a result, Everest is packed with visitors every year, to the point that if you climb it, you'll find yourself joined by 70-year-old Korean tourists sucking on supplemental oxygen and standing triumphant with 100 of their best friends.
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There are lots of extremely tall mountains that remain unclimbed for a number of reasons. The main reason is that, believe it or not, there is a limit to the insanity of die-hard mountaineers -- many tall peaks are so remote that an emergency rescue is completely out of the question.
Also, some countries that are hoarding a bunch of tall-ass mountains simply won't let spandex-clad Europeans in to conquer them. Bhutan, for example, doesn't allow any mountain climbers in and is home to the world's tallest unclimbed mountain, Gangkar Puensum.
If Colorado's taught us anything, it's that mountain climbers are the harbingers of moral decay.
Tibet alone has 255 unclimbed peaks that are at or above 20,000 feet, according the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation. For reference, Mount McKinley is the tallest peak in North America, and the third tallest in the world, at 20,320 feet. China likewise has a shit-ton of mountains well over 18,000 feet that are simply in the bumblefuck middle of nowhere and no one has bothered to climb them yet. It could be you! Although, if we know our audience, it probably won't be.
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There's a reason why scientists are scrambling to develop new technologies to replace our dependence on oil, even apart from the whole "killing the planet" thing. Considering that the Earth isn't making any more dinosaurs, the slimy black byproduct of their violent extinction is a finite resource, and we're constantly being warned that the day we'll have to start killing our neighbors to siphon the last drops out of their gas tanks is terrifyingly near.
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But Actually ...
Occasionally you'll run into somebody claiming that the whole thing is a drummed-up fake crisis, because by some estimates, there are centuries of oil left. They're not wrong. But they're not right, either.
See, the world isn't running out of oil -- it's not even close. What the world is running out of is cheap oil.
The reason it's easy to panic about running out of oil is because we keep conflating "the oil we know about" with "all the oil that exists." Those who say that we're running out of oil are usually pointing to what's left of the oil that we're already extracting. And they're right -- the conventional oil that's in the ground amounts to about 1.3 trillion barrels, which sounds like a lot, but we use more than 30 billion barrels a year now. So quick math says that we'll run out within 40 years, and that's not even accounting for the fact that the number of cars on the road is exploding, as countries like China realize that bicycles are bullshit.
Rickshaw's are OK, because watching someone suffer for your convenience will always be fun.
But then there is the oil we haven't found yet, and more importantly, the "unconventional" sources. Oil shale -- basically, oil embedded in a certain kind of rock that is a huge pain in the ass to extract -- accounts for up to another 3 trillion barrels in the United States alone. There are trillions more in tar sands and other sources that we never extracted before because it was so much easier to drill it out of wells. But, as the price of oil goes up, it becomes profitable to go digging for oil in these increasingly inconvenient places, which is why production keeps booming, despite doomsday predictions.
There are four countries in particular that are experiencing current oil production booms that experts believe will catapult our production capacity to as much as 20 percent more than it is today by 2020. Brazil, the U.S., Canada, and Iraq are all places where previously inaccessible oil sources are now vomiting out the precious black dino-batter like never before. Processes like hydrofracking are so effective at freeing up previously unrecoverable oil that by 2020, it is predicted that the U.S. will be the largest producer of oil in the world.
Yay! Free oil and monster trucks for everybody!
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Imagine this, but with hybrids underneath.
Well, not so fast. This oil is not only expensive, but also dirty. Getting the black gold from tar sands causes a whole host of environmental problems, and busting the oil out of shale takes a shitload of water, releases tons of toxic gases into the air, and uses huge amounts of energy. And this isn't even touching on the elephant in the room: global warming.
In fact, the big problem with fighting global warming is going to be the fact that there is so, so much oil left to burn, and that this oil will be both affordable and actually worse for the environment than the stuff that caused the problem in the first place. The truth is, there will likely be plenty of oil left right up until the moment when we force ourselves to stop drilling for it. After all, the discovery of a previously unknown cake in the back of the refrigerator doesn't mean that we should continue shoveling cake into our mouths. At some point, we've got to show some goddamn restraint.
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Casting for February program/Reviews
Posted 01 February 2006 - 10:49 PM
Posted 02 February 2006 - 06:22 AM
I think parochialism is insisting that what comes from the "big city" must be better than what one has.
Well now I'd probably have to retort that such defensiveness can be construed as a sign of provincialism as well. I don't think that I or anyone else who has posted to this thread has suggested that PNB dancers are not as talented as "big city" dancers or capable of giving star performances.
Why not try out the "big picture" view, as suggested by drb? Perhaps the selective use of guest artists is but one manifestation of a long range plan for audience development that eventually will lead to longer Seattle seasons with more opportunities for PNB dancers.
In the meantime, I feel sure that those who choose to attend those performances will enjoy Weese in 'Ancient Airs & Dances.' She has performed frequently in this ballet, which benefits immensely from her high energy, gracious and generous performing style. And Thomas is likely to do well in 'Red Angels,' another piece that needs to be carefully cast.
I apologize if this commentary is tiresome. I certainly did not intend to go on for this length and I did not really feel that the comment I quoted deserved a reply. However, I am tired of free discussion being stifled by the "definitive" pronouncements of a few. Perhaps that is part of the reason why the PNB forum generates comparatively less discussion than some of the other company forums.
Posted 02 February 2006 - 07:34 AM
That's what a discussion board is for.
I certainly did not intend to go on for this length and I did not really feel that the comment I quoted deserved a reply.
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Posted 02 February 2006 - 05:17 PM
Posted 02 February 2006 - 07:03 PM
Postlewaite is still listed on the website as a member of the Corps, and there's nothing in the Press section on the PNB site that shows a press release with an announcement. If we hear anything official about promotions, we'll be sure to post it in the PNB forum.
Does anyone know if Lucien got promoted??
Posted 03 February 2006 - 07:50 AM
Karel Kruz - His pairing with Patricia Barker in Ancient Airs and Dances was impressive. He matched her poise and grace step-for-step.
Lesley Rausch & Jordan Pacitti - They performed Red Angels at the Season Opening Gala this year, and after a few months hiatus returned to the part with the confidence and athleticism that hit the mark.
James Moore - I was taken with his performance in Mopey earlier this season, and the subtleties he teased out in Kiss were beatiful.
Chalnessa Eames & Anton Pankevitch - Theses two turned in a fantastic performance for "One for My Baby" with a great mix of humor and sexuality.
Josh Spell - Paired with Jodie Thomas, Josh was a pleasure to watch. I can't remeber the last time I've seen two people so happy just to be dancing.
Posted 03 February 2006 - 08:23 AM
Posted 04 February 2006 - 12:38 PM
What a wonderful mixed program. I didn't get "transported" by all of it, but "Nine Sinatra Songs" was brilliant IMHO. I've always loved Tharp. She was certainly there last nite, but I've never seen her choreography so subtly subdued under a style so prosaic as ballroom dancing. I thought "here is a genius at work".
I'm no expert, but I can't imagine too many ballet companies that could field the talent it must take to pull a ballet like Nine Songs off so well. They did humor, elegance, athleticism, sensuality, technique, energy, SPEED all at once nearly all the time. I rose to my feet (something I don't often do).
For me seeing Nakamura and Wevers was breath-taking. Lesley Rausch is someone who I watch and she always blows me away as a corp dancer. The combo of Imler and Porretta was brilliant casting IMO -- so different on the surface, but so alike underneath (just like the work itself).
In addition, I can't say enough about the high calibre of skill shown in Red Angels: Kobres & Maraval, and Nakamura & Porretta.
P.S. I'm brand new here.....just stumbled on this forum. Glad to know it's here.
Posted 04 February 2006 - 01:32 PM
I'm just about to go to this afternoon's performance. Sadly, I'll miss the Nakamura/Poretta pairing in Red Angels; I think they are a wonderful and dynamic pair. But I'm really looking forward to it, and hopefully there won't be any trees down on my way to Seattle Center after the wind storm we've been having.
Posted 05 February 2006 - 07:18 PM
The program opened with Richard Tanner's Ancient Airs and Dances. In the post-performance Q&A for yesterday's matinee, Boal said he chose this opener because it would be familiar to audiences used to Russell/Stowell programming. Originally choreographed for the 1992 Diamond Project (NYCB), it is a gentle, neo-classical work for three principal couples, two demi-soloist couples, and four corps couples, to a familiar score by Respighi, one of those pieces you've heard, but may not know you have. The corps roles are not the super-corps roles like Barocco or Rubies, but there was enough to want to see a lot more of each of the dancers: Eames/Johnston/Kitchens/Zimmerman/Ade/Green/Griffiths/Spell. (I got my wish with Spell.) The demi-roles are more substantial, but what a tease to see Lowenberg, Reid, and Pankevitch only in them. (Pacitti, who partnered Lowenberg, danced in Red Angels and Nine Sinatra Songs as well.)
Patricia Barker and Karel Cruz danced Couple 1. Barker at the end of her career is dancing with a a joy and expanse that's been missing from the last few seasons. I saw her partnered for many years with Jeffrey Stanton and lately with Stanko Milov, but matching her with the tall, elegant Cruz was an inspiration. Normally self-effacing, Cruz danced with a spark and extroversion that I've never seen from him before, and it carried to his role in Sinatra. They have terrific chemistry together. I don't mean to make a temperamental analogy, but I think there might be a parallel to Fonteyn's renewal when Nureyev joined Royal Ballet.
Nadeau and Wevers danced Couple 2. While their dancing looks like a contrast in temperament -- Wevers is very pliant, with a burst of energy or movement or the flick of an eye that can be seen at the back of the house, while Nadeau starts with a serene center -- they both sustain the tension necessary for the long, legato phrases of their pas de deux. The most striking part for me was watching Nadeau's sustained turnout and lift from the thigh and pristine placement with which her legs sang long phrases; I found this mesmerizing. I know PNB isn't an Ashton company, but I wish I could see her in the great neoclassical Ashton roles, and I think she would make a wonderful Sylvia.
Imler and Porretta, who danced Couple 3, seem to see the same finish line in whatever ballets they dance; the way they get there may be different, but it's perfectly complimentary. Porretta will do a virtuoso phrase with crispness and attack, and Imler will counter, but with little visible preparation, which seems to slow time down. (I've watched this over and over in her toughest virtuoso roles, and I'm always astonished at how she does this.)
Kiss is duet, part aerial, that is performed with ropes and harnesses; the dancers wear jeans and tank tops. It was choreographed by modern dance choreographer Susan Marshall in 1987; Guillermo Resto, who danced with Mark Morris for many years, was one of the two men who performed the role. In the Q&A Boal noted that the theater in which it was first performed was very small; the ropes were 27 feet long, as opposed to the 40 foot long ropes used at McCaw Hall. He said that PNB was the first ballet company to perform the work, and the first company to perform the Arvo Part's score to a live orchestra. This was partly necessary because the work takes longer, partly due to the length of the ropes, and the additional time varied by cast. Brunson, who with Herd spoke at the Q&A, noted that she and Herd are taller, and their performance is a minute longer than Vinson and Moore's. Boal said that he cast the piece with the two couples, not knowing which pairing would work; neither has been cast together with any regularity, if ever. He sounded proud of his dancers when the stagers from the Susan Marshall Company, Kristin Hollinworth and Luke Miller, liked both couples.
Kiss is a sensual work with explicitly sexual passages that are never graphic (if that makes any sense), with exquisite airborne sections. For me, it created an emotional wave, and I was engaged for every second. I'll know after seeing it a couple of more times next week whether this was because it was so new, or if it has the same gripping power after repeated viewings, but I'm very much looking forward to finding out. I wish I had seen Kiss after Red Angels. The few minutes between ballets was not enough to regroup. Perhaps a full intermission might not have been, because it felt like a movie I'd think about over and over again for weeks afterwards, but Red Angels was almost like an intrusion. That said, the stellar performances by Wevers, Rausch, and Pacitti forced back my attention; these dancers are such treasures. (For some reason, I kept imagining Rausch in The Cage.) Lallone's performance seemed pale by contrast, in a role I thought she'd eat up, but she took a perplexingly soft approach. I have no question that what I saw was ballet, fully rooted in the classical vocabularity.
Nine Sinatra Songs would have been worth it to see all of those gorgeous women in those beautiful Oscar de la Renta dresses, and all of those beautiful men in black tie, even James Moore, when his character and his clothes (deliberately) looked three sheets to the wind. I really loved the traditional ballroom parts of this suite, but the work itself less so when Tharp got clever and, in my opinion, busy.
This time it was Kari Brunson paired with Karel Cruz, in the opening "Softly As I Leave You," both the picture of elegance. Rachel Foster and Le Yin followed in "Strangers in the Night," another elegant dance. I felt a twinge to see Le Yin, both because he is back, looking great after an injury, but also because with his dark hair combed back, his striking cheekbones, and his ability to wear black tie as if he were born in it, for a moment, I thought Jock Soto was back, too. "My Way" was a striking contrast to the first two dances, and the first of four in which comedic skills were crucial. James Moore played the lush brilliantly and Maria Chapman was equally brilliant as his elegant straight-woman, who was tossed and turned and dropped and turned into a pretzel (from which she elegantly untwisted). After "My Way" for the first three couples, Noelani Pantastico and Jordan Pacitti performed a comedy-driven dance to "Somethin' Stupid." This dance was the first inkling I had of Tharp's theatrical genius; each of the four comedic pieces was entirely different both dynamically and temperamentally.
What followed was for me the first highlight of the dance: Carla Korbes and Jeffrey Stanton in "All the Way." Stanton too looked like he was born to wear black tie, but he conveyed an aura of a different, more elegant era. Stanton has a tendency to be self-effacing as a partner and fade into the background, but not this time: Korbes wouldn't let him. She emitted such a radiance towards him, and held him in an eyelock from which he couldn't retreat, and he met her there. For me, they were as convincing a relationship as Brunson's and Herd's in Kiss. An amazing pairing.
"Forget Domani" was a complete contrast, invigorated by the zany energy of Jodie Thomas, in a ruffled fuscia dress, and Josh Spell, who looked like they were having a ball. It was disconcerting seeing Nadeau pushed around by Herd in "That's Life;" the partnering was incredibly intricate, and the performance was edgy.
The second highlight was the finale, a reprise of "My Way," in which all of the couples danced. Gone were the comedic elements, and it was primarily the comedic couples that were such an eye-opener. I had expected the women to be elegant, and Chapman, Pantastico, Thomas, and Nadeau were elegant and romantic, but the men were a relevation: I had never seen Josh Spell dance with such character-driven verve. (Who knew he could tango or turn into a completely convincing toreador?) James Moore morphed into Fred Astaire. What an afternoon.
We've had a lot of discussion on Ballet Talk about whether ballet companies should be performing modern dance or works by modern dance choreographers. Would PNB have been better off performing Wheeldon, for example? (While Nine Sinatra Songs did not use ballet vocabulary or technique, it was unusual in that it didn't employ much modern dance technique, and Kiss was primarily an aerial work.) I would argue that the way in which the dancers extended themselves dramatically in creating character will reap dividends in the classic story ballets in particular and will make future casting feel inevitable. I think the audience learned a great deal about these dancers from these two works.
I went with a friend with whom I've been attending since a couple of years before the move in to Mercer Arena. She had to take last year off. She commented after the performance that she was very happy with all of the new dancers Boal had hired. I told her that there were only one new apprentice and three new dancers: Korbes, Griffiths, and Pankevitch, and that all of the rest of the dancers were hired by Russell and Stowell, and many had received pre-professional training at the PNB school. She was astonished. Boal has grasped the opening he has at the beginning of his tenure to give the opportunity to the dancers to capture the audience's attention. What a gift to us.
Posted 06 February 2006 - 07:40 AM
I couldn't agree with you more about Karel Kruz. I was truly taken with his performance and thought the pairing with Patricia Barker was brilliant. I don't think I'll be able to make any of the Lallone/Herd performances for comparison.
I am glad to have seen both couples perform Kiss. James Moore and Mara Vinson performed with an urgency that kept me at a distance from the piece. It is interesting about the length of the ropes and weight of the dancers. After seeing Casey Herd and Kari Brunson perform on Saturday I was much more engaged in the piece. The tone was very different and the theme of longing more poignant. I suppose, after reading your comments, this had to do with the timing, mostly the amount of time (although only seconds different) the couples spent apart reaching for one-another. I would like to see Moore & Vinson again to see if my perception has changed.
I love Red angels and hope to see more Dove in the future. Saturday was the third time I had seen this casting of the piece. So, I am excited to see what Friday night's casting will bring.
The is a lot I can say about Nine Sinatra Songs, however I do need to get back to work. I will say that I too was disconcerted by Nadeau's character in the piece. There was a ragdoll quality to the way she was thrown around. I would say that Kaori Nakamura in that part exhibited a different character - one that dished out as much as she received. This certainly made the part a little more palatable.
I am curious, Helene, if you are still concerned about the lack of opportunities for PNB's company after seeing the breadth of what has been offered in this program?
Posted 06 February 2006 - 09:22 AM
What I am is greedy. After spending several decades watching NYCB two-five times a week, I didn't like guest stars there -- with two exceptions -- any more than I like them here, for the very same reason: no matter how many younger dancers were given opportunities, there was a guest taking a slot. The exceptions were first for major celebrations, when the casting showed a tribute to Balanchine from his alma mater and from the "children" who formed their own companies, whose training showed a fidelity to him. The second was when injury and exhaustion had decimated the male contingent, so that partnering became risky, and outside partners were hired. Otherwise, I'd rather have seen an underused soloist (a NYCB issue) or a corps member dance.
I am curious, Helene, if you are still concerned about the lack of opportunities for PNB's company after seeing the breadth of what has been offered in this program?
Just like here, there are a number of dancers that aren't getting a chance for a major role whom I would have been thrilled to see instead of guest stars. It has nothing to do with who they are: I loved Thomas in Apollo, and I saw Weese give a luminous performance of Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 with NYCB during one of my return trips.
I would rather see NYCB come to Seattle, and be a performance in the subscription season, like Russell described in a season before I moved here. (Australian Ballet took the first subscription slot the year I moved; that was the last time this was done.) I would love to see Miranda Weese dancing with her company. Ideally, it would be an exchange, however much a pipe dream this is, with a union compromise so that the orchestras could play for each other.
This is a personal preference.
Posted 06 February 2006 - 09:37 AM
Posted 06 February 2006 - 09:51 AM
I like that idea, too. NYCB came to Seattle in 1986 and presented a number of performances in rotating rep as part of PNB's season.
Thanks for bringing this up -- I remember that season very clearly, particularly the rush to get tickets when they went on sale. It was back before online ticketing, and several of us were dialing and re-dialing the box office phone number that morning, just like we'd do for rock concert tickets!
Posted 07 February 2006 - 09:15 AM
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Wherever I have lived, be it Poland, Arizona or Utah, I have proudly shared my Steubenville roots. Steubenville always has been a symbol of hard work and sacrifice reflecting the American dream of my immigrant ancestors.
My great-grandparents immigrated from Poland to Steubenville in the early 1900s, fleeing their homeland where they could not speak their own language or worship in their own church. In Steubenville, my great-grandfather worked tirelessly in the High Shaft and other mines. When he wasn't working, he donated time to build St. Stanislaus on Polish Hill.
My grandfather, great-uncles and great-aunts, all first-generation Americans born in Steubenville, learned English and obtained elementary education in St. Stanislaus's school. After my great-grandfather died of black lung during the Great Depression, my grandfather, great-uncles and great-aunts left school and worked in bakeries, factories and steel mills in Steubenville.
During World War II, my grandfather and my great-uncles served in the Army. After the war, my grandfather returned to Steubenville, where he worked at Weirton Steel's Steubenville plant. He married my grandmother, also a Steubenville native, and raised my father and uncle there.
I am proud that I was born in Steubenville to a humble, hard-working blue-collar family with Polish roots. I remember visiting my grandmother, great-uncles and great-aunt, who told me how my grandfather worked tirelessly so I would have a chance of pursuing the American dream. My grandfather died a few years before I was born, but my father gave me his middle name so that I would always remember him.
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For me, the recent events in Steubenville do not reflect the lessons and values I learned. I hope the light of the American dream, which once burned brightly in Steubenville and throughout the Ohio Valley, does not become eclipsed and overshadowed by thuggery, brutality, conceit and dishonesty.
What legacy are we creating for our children? Will we pass to our children the bright torch that we received from our ancestors, or will we leave our kids in darkness?
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Gestreckt auf wildes Kraut, an die bemooste See." - Andreas Gryphius, Einsamkeit
Does he mean a lake (dialect?) or is the lake mossy?
Does he mean a lake (dialect?) or is the lake mossy?
Especially in Bavaria, Switzerland and Austria, "Moos" is not only used for moss, but also to designate a boggy/swampy area (see also Grimm and Duden). In modern German, instead, you would use "Moor" in such a case generally. But there are still a lot of examples where "Moos" is used in toponyms, denoting not a mossy area, but a (initially) boggy one that had to be drained.
So, the setting doesn't describe an "old sea", but likely an area that's characterized by water holes and bog. No settler didn't try to drain the land to cultivate it yet, and I assume you wouldn't be very lucky trying to cast for fishes in such a place. This way, the boggy land/water mixture is a "wonderful" setting to describe a scenery far from any civilization.
Gryphius writes "die See", not "der See". In modern German, this would indicate that he talked about "the sea" instead of a lake. But regarding Gryphius' time and language, I think this detail isn't conclusive. According to Grimm (again), the grammatical gender wasn't as clear as in modern language. Grimm:
Subsequently, the Grimm dictionary offers a remarkable number of sources using "die See" for a lake and "der See" for the sea. So I think you can't rule out that Gryphius used "die See" when talking about a lake or - maybe - a pond.
When trying to interpret
Looking for a quotable take,
When going speculative, I'd look at colour and texture of moss as qualities to compare the sea to. Large bodies of water in the northern hemisphere can appear at an almost bottle (or moss) like green in the special lighting when there's dark, nearly violet clouds of a storm overhead and the last rays of sun are still reaching the water. This could also match the reference to
Sources: Barocke Thematik in der Lyrik des Andreas Gryphius gave me a few ideas.
"Die See" is the sea. "Der See" means: the lake.
As Andreas Gryphius lived in the 17th century, some words may have slightly changed their meaning. I would translate
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Poetry is no exact science, though. ;-)