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Steve King loses a bishop
Steve King, the Iowa congressman with a fondness for citing dogs, (drug) mules, and cantaloupes in making illustrative points about immigrants, has earned the ire not only of immigrant advocacy groups but also of fellow Republicans like House Speaker John Boehner, Paul Ryan, and Eric Cantor. For contending that for every undocumented high school valedictorian there are a hundred drug smugglers, he's won four Pinocchios from the Washington Post's Fact Checker page. Now he's also incurred the disapproval of Sioux City, Iowa, Bishop R. Walker Nickless:
I am disappointed by Rep. King's remarks, which speak of migrants in a way that undermines their human dignity and the respect owed them as children of God. While Catholics may disagree on the specific approach to reforming the immigration system, they should agree that the immigration debate should be conducted in a civil and humane manner. I urge the U.S. House of Representatives to address the immigration issue on its merits. I support common sense reform that provides a reasonable path to citizenship for the undocumented and promotes family unity.
Not quite the "slamming" that some news sites seem to wish—but good, sensible remarks nonetheless. King, quick to pivot, sees a fund-raising opportunity in what he claims is willful misunderstanding by those inclined to disagree with him. Many of the "dozens of messages from Hispanics" he says he's received are supportive--and "declare disgust for the way the left has tried to twist my words. If you also agree, I hope you'll make a generous donation to my campaign. Every single dollar you're able to give will help me fight back against these baseless attacks."
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How bad is this guy. He even goes beyond Limbaugh and Hannity, both of whom are being dropped by many local stations. Even Falwell and Robertson drew back when the right went against them.
I am disappointed by Rep. King's remarks...
The bishop is disappointed? Well, that's better than being delighted, no doubt. But disappointed is what you are when you expected a person to do or say something better. Not the most charitable of persons, not a saint, not even a bishop could expect that of King.
If ever there were hate words the words of this monster King fit exactly. It is important that a civil society does not tolerate such hateful words.
Bishop Nickless should have said, I am dissapointed by Rep. King's remarks, whick speak of illegal imigrants in a way that undermines their human dignity and...
It is also true that illegal immigrants, who initiate their careers as residents of the United States of America by undermining their own human dignity by disrespecting and violating our immigration laws, and then in many cases committing social security fraud and collectng welfare benefits, etc... And into the bargain, some of them show up at demonstrations demanding amnesty, and ultimately, citizenship.
I'm not bying it, and the good Bishop ought not to be selling it.
Bob - the word "migrant" and the word "immigrant" have slightly different meanings and connotations. "Migrant" might encompass a broader swath of situations.
But I think it's the omission of the word "illegal" that you're really objecting to. Certainly it's true that many migrants have broken the law. But are our current immigration laws just? I believe they're not. The bishops (not just Bishop Nickless) may have this in mind in refusing to emphasize that they are here illegally. Catholic social teaching has a less absolute approach to many aspects of the law than we are accustomed to. Thus, even though a migrant may have broken a law by coming here to work, he may have had to do this in order to support his family, and that need supersedes the law.
As a follow-on to my previous comment: this two-side piece of collateral is a good primer on the bishops' views on immigration reform. Would that this advice were followed in Congress.
Are our immigration laws just? Who gets to define that? And in the meantime, we don't want to have folks from other countries deciding to define it for us. We as a nation have a right to control our borders. Now, if the Bishop is saying that, no, we Catholic Bishops have the absolute right to tell all American citizens what is just, that is their right as American citizens and their obligation as Bishops. But they ought to be very specific about why the laws are unjust, and stop trying to demonize and marginalize anyone who disagrees with them.
Even here, on a Catholic website, we see posters demonizing immigrants. I wouldn't hold it against someone who entered illegally to seek a better life for their families;I would do the same for me and mine.
Bob S. --
It seems to me we have to be concerned with the original injustices suffered by the immigrants, and those injustices are found in the immigrants' homelands, not here. In Mexico and the other Latin American countries the economic systems have been unjust for many, many generations. For generations, even hundreds of years, the top 1% have been taking most of the economic profits -- you know, the way the top 1% have started to do in this country.
So it seems to me that our bishops and politicians should be exerting their brotherly influence on the bishops and politicians of those countries so that there is no need for the immigrants to leave their home countries and families and friends.
But the basic moral question for you and me is: do we have obligations to our neighbors from, say, Mexico? I say that if we call ourselves Christians we cannot avoid helping them. "Love thy neighbor as thyself" is not an option, it's a necessity. Take it up with Jesus if you disagree.
I read Jim's link and the first thing that the bishops suggest is as part of comprehensive immigration reform which has been all over the press in recent months is:
Global anti-poverty efforts
Many migrants are compelled to leave their homes out of economic necessity in
order to provide even the most basic of needs for themselves and their families.
The bishops call for international efforts designed to create conditions in which
people do not have to leave their homes out of necessity. Trade, international
economic aid, debt relief, and other types of economic policies should be pursued
that result in people not having to migrate in desperation in order to survive
I have not seen this discussed in any of the comprehensive immigration reforms. All I hear about are paths to citizenships and border security. The fundamental issue, however, is imbalances in economies and social and political structures. There should be far more attention paid to the impact of NAFTA and GATT on local economies. It frustrates me to no end to hear politicians rattle on about free trade but fail to inlcude labour and environmental standards and equity within the agreements so that the trade is not just free but is, in fact, fair as well. I try to support as much as I can fair trade products between co-operatives here and in Latin American countries. But overwhelmingly, free trade does not include these other elements as the bureaucrats argue that the agreement is about trade and not these other issues such as environment and labour (as if these, in reality, can be separated).
It is discouraging because whether the party in charge is Liberal or Conservative, Democratic or Republican, the result when it comes to trade is always the same!
The above element should be a key component because the US needs to ask why all these people are flooding in to begin with. You don't see similar issues on the northern border!!
I think, too, before we can seriously weigh in on economic justice in other countries, we need to look in the mirror. The poor may be better off here than in many places, but we still have quite a way to go ourselves.
Are our immigration laws just? Who gets to define that?
Of course, our legislators make the laws, and courts may get an opportunity to decide whether or not they are just or at least constitutional. But ultimately, we the citizens get to decide whether the work of our lawmakers is just, and to hold our leaders accountable.
The Republican Congressional leadership has pretty much univocally distanced themselves as far from Rep. King as they could. That's a big step forward for the GOP. Imagine if a presidential primary were in full swing, and a member of the media in a televised debate asked Republican presidential candidates to comment on King's dopy words. If this was 2012, I'd think we'd have been fed a depressing bushel basket full of equivocations and evasions by the candidates.
As always "Who is my neighbor?" The Samaritan was not only an immigrant but a hated group. We are citizens of heaven before we are of our country.
In your example, an individual human person, the Samaritan, decides to help out a suffering person by binding his wounds and checking him into an inn, and paying the innkeeper with his own resources. The Samaritan didn't demand resources from anyone else, but used his own. He didn't demand instant legal immigrant status (or instant citizenship) from whatever government entity had oversight, if there was any government entity extant. But you get my point (I hope).
Incidentally Bill, nice to hear from you again.
Millions of immigrants come to the United States because of the lure of massive numbers of jobs. If the jobs didn't exist, they wouldn't come. (The image of immigrants sneaking over the border to live off of American welfare is a figment of the Right's paranoid imagination.)
Like other Americans, some of these immigrants pay taxes and some are paid cash under the table. Their "illegal" status doesn't mean that they are somehow ripping off the American public. It means that they themselves have few or no rights and that by and large they are exploited by the same middle and upper classes who hypocritically complain about them.
The fact is, the Right wants them to remain undocumented so they can continue to exploit them. But there's no question whatsoever that they play an essential role in the American economy.
I wonder what our immigrant ancestors had to go through to come to, and become citizens of, this country? Mine came from Ireland, Prussia and Holland (the country names in play at that time).
I know that the ones from Ireland and Germany pretty much went to the local county clerk, signed up and were granted citizenship within a couple of years. This was in the mid 1800s, before the Civil War. I doubt if they had to know much about the US outside of the fact that they were here, were married and raising scads of kids, and wanted to buy land and farm that land.
"Legal" immigration wasn't much of an issue in those days. The more the merrier.
You are quite right about the drawing power of jobs. And, there may be some conclusions to draw from that fact.
In the old Soviet Union, one needed an internal passport to travel around the country. For many decades, it was illegal to migrate, especially to Moscow. Nevertheless, Moscow's population never stopped growing, and that was not the result of a high birthrate. Russians simply observed that a) there was very little opportunity for advancement in the hinterlands, and b) that the prospects seemed a lot better in the big city. So they found a way to move and settle there, passport or no passport. Even a completely totalitarian state was unable to stop this flow to the major cities.
That illustrates why all the talk about "secure borders" is just so much blather. We don't generally worry about "secure borders" with Canada, because Canadians generally find enough opportunity north of the border. Some of us seem to worry about Mexico and Central America precisely for the reason you cite: the attraction of jobs. That attraction is essentially irresistible.
Instead of wasting money building walls and fences, we would do better to use that money to invest in the economies of the countries we fear (and NOT just in maquiladoras near our border!). Then, the citizens of those countries might be able to see opportunity in their own lands, and not have to separate from home and family just to make a halfway decent living.
Is this crazy? Consider that when the recession hit and jobs dried up, so did the flow of new immigrants from Latin America. And some who had come earlier decided to go home, at least until things improved.
Evidence-based decision making is always better than prejudice.


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I was browsing around, and came across the little exercise that elements of finite order in an abelian group form a subgroup. This was easy enough, but now I'm wondering, are there cases of groups where this is not true?
I'm thinking that if there are, these groups are necessarily nonabelian and infinite, since if the group is finite the elements of finite order would be the whole group anyway. I also noticed that if an element $a$ has order $n$, then so does $a^{-1}$, so to find such a group I would need to two elements of finite order whose composition does not have finite order. The two infinite nonabelian groups I could think of off the top of my head were $\textbf{GL}_n(R)$ and $\textbf{SL}_n(R)$, but I had trouble finding a pair of elements satisfying the above property.
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I am interested to find out the original motivation for introducing the concept. That is, whether group action was first introduced in its own right as a binary operation, which is a generalisation of the action of a permutation on a set, or whether the representation of an abstract group by a permutation group was considered first, and then the action defined later as an axiomatisation. (I realise these are equivalent concepts, but I am more interested in precisely which came first - of course this may be a 'chicken and egg' situation, but I just thought I would ask.) Many thanks
Just to clarify, the 'picture' I have in mind when explaining the possible origin of the notion is this: someone looked at the behaviour of a permutation $\sigma$ acting in the natural way on an element $x$ in a set $X$ to give $\sigma(x)$, with its properties such as $\sigma_1(\sigma_2(x))=(\sigma_1\sigma_2)(x)$, and then decided to generalise this to an arbitrary group by inventing a binary operation and forcing the group elements to obey the same sort of relations as the permutations, i.e. for the 'composition of maps' property $g.(h.x) = (gh).x $.


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I know four people that would give their eye teeth to have those jobs at Walmart. One was homeless, she had to move away to live with a friends mother and get a job through the friend. Two of them live right up there in SLC, they are living in a van and hardly have anything. The fourth is a father of four small children who has been going to school and works ten hours a week, his wife quit work to finally be at home after her fourth baby was born. It is good that Walmart is there so that those families who are living on lower incomes have a place to get items and food at a discount price. I would suggest to those who are not happy to get more education and find a job that pays more, or that they work hard and move up. But realize that for your one job, there are probably 100 who would gladly take that job for the pay rate and hours that your getting. So instead of being selfish and protesting, do the kind thing, quit and let someone else have your job.
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If basically "shut up and be grateful" is all we can tell people who have $10 jobs then maybe capitalism is truly running its course. Or maybe we can expect a bit more from Wal-Mart?
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Howard - you said it all! Thank you.
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I worked for Wal-mart for almost 5 years and i never got mistreated,i had full benefits,sick leave vacation and paid bereavement leave i have no idea what these people are complaining about, if i had not gotten deathly ill i would still be working there,i enjoyed helping the customers when they came in,and they would come to me because i knew exactly where everything was in my store,and when i had to quit many of them were very upset.In my store we would have bar-b-q,s or mgt would bring in pizza or sandwiches if we had a good month,so i,m not going to support any employee or anybody else who thinks Wal-mart is unfair because i know differently.
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They should be grateful that they have a job at all, $10 an hour is a far site better than $0 an hour,it might not pay all the bills but it pays a lot more than nothing would,with the unemployment rate at over 8% i,ll bet there are a number of people who would gladly take a $10 an hour job,especially at this time of year.
- 7:33 p.m. Nov. 23, 2012
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considering real unemployment is more than 20% I'd say these people are
lucky. Also, if Walmart raised their wages then how would they sell such cheap
items to the poor. It doesn't work both ways. We have the best economic
system in the world. If you don't like it then get a job somewhere else or
go get more education or pull up your pants, tuck your shirt in and learn to
speak good, work your butt of don't complain/be entitled and you'd be
surprised maybe you could get paid more.
These are generalization, sure but my point is that these people probably voted for Obama, whose administration is only making it harder for big companies to make money, which means they will hold wages down and won't hire more people. You got what you wanted by voting for him, now live with the consequences.
- 8:00 p.m. Nov. 23, 2012
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You guys are missing the point. The taxpayer subidizes Walmart employees with medicare and other benefits because the company is too cheap to pay decent healthcare and wages. The heirs of Walmart net worth combined is worth over 100 billion. If smaller companies like In and Out, who operate on smaller margins can pay a higher wage and health insurance, Walmart can.
- 8:04 p.m. Nov. 23, 2012
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No one misses the "point," Shaun. Wal*Mart isn't the sort of career people with skills should aspire to. As pointed out, Wal*Mart does offer healthcare, as well as other benefits. These strikers are just greedy. Rather than improve themselves and their skills, they want Wal*Mart to shell out more on jobs any entry level applicant could fill. If they want better benefits, it's on them to become more valuable as employees to companies offering better paying jobs.
- 8:23 p.m. Nov. 23, 2012
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sad to see the henry ford depression era mentality alive and well on the DN news threads.
- 8:47 p.m. Nov. 23, 2012
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Ett, first there isn't enough good paying skilled jobs in America for
everyone to move up. Just ask any law graduate or MBA graduate. Second you did
miss the point. The taxpayer shouldn't subidize Walmart. The jobs at Costco
are entry level but they pay a great starting wage, bonuses, and have health
insurance that their employees can actually afford.
The CEO and founder of Costco has upset investors because they want him to pay his employees less so they can make more money. He values his employees. Walmart can do the same. Costco operates on less margins than Walmart.
- 9:02 p.m. Nov. 23, 2012
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My husband has worked at walmart for the past several years. He has had some hospitalizations due to asthma and pneumonia. They have been very good to him. He works full time. We take the insurance at my place of work because it is cheaper and better. I cant find fault with the local walmart in our town. He was unemployment for almost 2 years because tysons closed up the plant and laid everyone off. I know people think walmart is a bad place to work but if we didn't have one here there would be a lot of unemployed people and our town us not that big.
- 9:25 p.m. Nov. 23, 2012
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This is what workers rights are all about and no one has the right to tell
friends and neighbors how much earning they are limited to earn. Prosperity and
wages have no limits and those worker have the right to expect and deserve the
respect and honorable incomes creating wealthy employers.
Workers have more of an investment in their jobs and company than owners will ever match, they have invested their personal lives, fortunes, and health and their families in these companies. You can't sacrifice much more than your life to keep a job and help these company's make their millions. I think that millions of those now with out a job or allowed their companies to desert them to go seek slavery in other countries would have welcomed more government support to keep these companies from deserting their own country for greed and slave labor.
- 3:17 a.m. Nov. 24, 2012
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These kinds of labor and benefit demonstrations are the only path to economic
growth and getting people off of welfare and unemployment. Workers wages are why
the economy has not recovered. The lies that labor has cost america its
industries is a hoax and manufactured lie. Hostess is an example of the lie,
they have been failing for years by mismanagement, excessive debt, and corporate
greed not willing to invest in its future and skilled employees. They took it
for granted they could run their skilled workforce into the ground with half
wages and no benefits.
If the majority wishes to work as slaves, they are welcome to it, and they deserve every miserable day of their life living day to day on a pittance of what Republican corporation are willing to hand them. BTW, $10/hr will not sustain poverty let alone a family so they get $60,000 welfare bonus paid by the other workers making $15-$70hr.
- 3:18 a.m. Nov. 24, 2012
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But cornhusker, there is one vital phrase in your post. "He works full time." The majority of Walmart employees are kept just below the threshold at which they will qualify for benefits.
- 7:03 a.m. Nov. 24, 2012
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If they don't like working for Walmart they should leave and let someone who WANTS to work have their job!
- 7:52 a.m. Nov. 24, 2012
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There are two simple facts in this story. The first is that no one is forcing to work at Walmart. The second u is that the unions are not in this for better wages, they are in this simply for the dues that would have to be . There is a reason why unions are just about finished in this country.
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Quit pulling facts out of the air...
Wal Marts employees are subsidized by Medicare? Medicare is for th elderly. I tied to insert Medicaid but that didn't work either??
I read on, only to see that you referred to the founder and CEO of Costco....but they are two separate people??? Do you mean the founder! Who is now retired? Or the CEO who doesn't support your position.
Next you may tell us that Superman could beat Might Mouse in a race...
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I'm sure there are plenty of people who will willingly take those
'terrible jobs'. Perhaps they are not aware that many people are
being laid off because of our current President's policies.
Many others are being moved to part time work so businesses can stay in business. If they think they can start a business, pay the kind of wages they demand, go to it. It's still a free country for now.
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"It's still a free country". Only if you don't mind starving
to death in many cases. Otherwise you have to take the one job that 10 people
are after and do what you're told and say what you're told to say, or
you're finished. Economics is a tool that can be used to shut the majority
of the opposition up as effectively as any police state.
The reason unions are on the decline is because their leadership hasn't been doing their job. The unions that brought about the minimum wage and OSHA don't seem to be today's unions. I'm not in favor of making the majority of the country exist on $1 an hour and dead within 10 years because of no safety in the workplace.
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Love that people are basically saying, "take the low wages and be
greatful." This is the mentality that is killing our economy. While
profits for these large companies are the highest in the history of our country,
the middle class is dying. Why? Because blue collar workers are treated like
peons that "are just lucky to have a job".
When unions started dying, so did the quality of life for most Americans. Yeah, some union leaders are just looking out for their bottom line and not their members. But unions also give power to the workers. With those going away, workers have no voice in their wages, and either have to take pay cut while board members get 300% raises, or deal with food stamps and Medicaid while working more hours for less pay.
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Ivan's rule was full of contradiction, success and failure. Was his rule bloody? How many Russian people were killed by him?
According to this site: http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2042196 Ivan the Terrible killed at least 60,000 people during his reign, but only publicly admitted to 3,750 people. Doing further research at this (http://www.guidetorussia.com/ivan-the-terrible.asp) website shows that the 60,000 killed was during a single event, so there was quite possibly many more people killed.
However, this website seems to be the most comprehensive and reliable, and claims that a total of anywhere from 60,000 to 220,000 people could have been killed, depending on the source.
Significant Events/Groups of People that led to people dying
1. Novgorod Massacre: at least 15,000 killed (the low figure is from Kurbsky)./ The massacre at Veliky Vovgorod, where Ivan the Terrible approximately 18,000 people
2. When Ivan the Terrible took control over the city of Pskov, he was responsible for 60,000 deaths.
3. The Oprichnina, an organization founded by Ivan the Terrible, was probably responsible for at least 40,000 deaths (although this number is debatable).
No one will give you the exact number. Some historians, for example, tells about 200,000 or even 700,000 killed in Novgorod, but at that time the entire population of the city was about 40,000.
Historian Ruslan G. Skrynnikov (1931-2009) in his books «Начало опричнины» (1966), «Опричный террор» (1969), «Иван Грозный» (1975) gives the number of 3,000-4,000 repressed.
According to data table http://hist1.narod.ru/Science/Russia/Crisis.htm#_edn7 for one community in NW Rissia, the main reason of population decrease in the catastrophe of 1570-1571 were taxes ( together with road works 50 cases of an owner disappearing/death), oprichnina as direct reason - 11%, hunger - 20, epydemies - 11.
So, minimally 2/3 cases of owners death/disappearing were due to the Czar politics. Even if we are not counting hunger into it.
In such safe (out of war zones) areas the total losts was about 1/3.
The areas in center and further to the south had more than 50% losts.
But people who remained got wages larger about 2 times.
So, the time of Ivan the Terrible was extremely bloody. What is the measure of his own guilt - is another question and I am afraid, out of the scope of this site - it hasn't one answer.


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Mariinsky Ballet in Amsterdam22nd July - 1st August
Posted 08 May 2009 - 01:50 PM
I suppose it is possible that Alina Somova will make her debut as Juliet in Amsterdam.. But, I just can't seem to find out the cast. If anyone could help; I would like to know before ordering any tickets. (I know the Mariinsky's castings have last-minute changes quite often, but still..)
Thank you
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Posted 09 May 2009 - 01:15 PM
Perhaps that will be Ms XXX's "try-out" as Juliet,
Posted 12 May 2009 - 07:49 AM
No, they wouldn't dare. They may believe that an Amsterdam debut isn't "big" enough for her. My bet is either June 6, or August 3 at Covent Garden - sight unseen, no test drive.
Perhaps that will be Ms XXX's "try-out" as Juliet.
. . . They wouldn't dare wait until Amsterdam to try her out before unleashing her to the London public, would they?
Posted 15 May 2009 - 06:36 PM
The Mariinsky has one more R&J -- on June 6 -- before the sets leave St. Petersburg for the European tour. Cast is yet to be named. Perhaps that will be Ms XXX's "try-out" as Juliet
Well, for now June 6th will be Viktoria Tereshkina (her debut?) with Yevgeny Ivanchenko. But you never know...
Posted 18 May 2009 - 08:16 AM
If it happens, yes. To date, she's only danced Juliet's Friend.
. . . for now June 6th will be Viktoria Tereshkina (her debut?)
True. Since Novikova and Vishneva won't be coming, Vicky may be "Plan B" for August 3. My guess
But you never know...
is that Vicky is Novikova's sub for August 4, with Osmolkina as "Plan C" and Obratzova as "Plan D," as cast.
Fateev should seriously consider reversing order, from D - A, and pair V. Shklyarov with Obratzova.
Posted 18 May 2009 - 09:09 AM
Other interesting casting news for June:
Maya Dumchenko's debut as Zarema -- yes, you read correctly; not as Maria -- in Fountains of Bakhshiserai:
Obraztsova in 1st mvt of In the Night (her 2nd perf in the role) & 'Big Red' in Symph in C-2nd mvt:
Daria Pavlenko returns to Emeralds; Denis Matvienko debuts in Rubies:
Oksana Skorik debuts as Queen of Dryads in Don Q!
***EXTRA! EXTRA! The return of Sleeping Beauty 1890 production, with a bunch of debuts, incl the Matvienkos as Aurora/Desire and young, tall beauty Lilia Lischuk as Lilac Fairy:
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Posted 24 July 2009 - 08:53 AM
I'm very excited! Will Ulyana Lopatkina be dancing as well? It's really bad, the website of the venue (Carré Amsterdam) won't show any more information like the casting list.
Hi 'hydraulix' ! Lopatkina isn't in Amsterdam; she's scheduled to dance Giselle July 27 in Petersburg. She'll join the company at Covent Garden starting August 3. The Carré site is wonderful - except for cast omissions. According to my source, the (most current) Amsterdam lineup is as follows. *(Siegfrieds "TBA")
July 22, Romeo & Juliet - Obratzova/Shklyarov
July 23, Romeo & Juliet - Tereshkina/Matvienko
July 24, Romeo & Juliet - Vishneva/Kolb
July 25, Swan Lake - Somova/*
July 26, Swan Lake - Kondaurova/*
July 28, Sleeping Beauty - Tereshkina/Sarafanov
July 29, Sleeping Beauty - Kolegova/Ivanchenko
July 30, Sleeping Beauty - Matvienko/Shklyarov
July 31, Don Quixote - Somova/Ivanchenko
August 1m, Don Quixote - Kolegova/Lobhukin
August 1e Don Quixote - Matvienko/Matvienko
Posted 24 July 2009 - 10:58 AM
Too bad Obraztsova won't dance Aurora in Amsterdam, but then I don't have to be dissappointed to miss her, since I know I can't go to any evening performances..
Well, I'll tell you guys all about it on Monday.
Posted 27 July 2009 - 05:34 AM
I'll just tell you in short what I thought about the performance.
Ekaterina Kondaurova and Igor Kolb brought a Swan Lake as it should be, in my opinion. Odette was gorgeous and still had some personality (unlike Lopatkina's, imo), and her Odile was fierce! Her only flaw was that her fouettés were a bit wobbly, but that is easily forgiven seeing what a great overall performance she gave. The soloists were very fine as well, especially Tatiana Tkachenko as pas de trois girl and one of the big swans.
One dancer also caught my eye: a tiny, thin blonde girl I saw many times in the corps de ballet, and as one of the little swans; could this perhaps be Valeria Martynyuk? (the other little swans on the cast list were Elena Chmil, Elizaveta Cheprasova and Elena Vasyukovich..)
Forgive me my (perhaps a bit overdone) enthousiasm, but it was my first time to see the Mariinsky.
edited to add: And her gorgeous red hair!!
Posted 27 July 2009 - 06:36 AM
Thanks for the report, Lidewij!
The "tiny thin blonde" among the named Cygnets must be Elena Vasyukovich. It is hard to believe that she graduated in 1995 -- same class as Vishneva, Dumchenko, Gumerova, Iosifidi, etc.
Posted 27 July 2009 - 08:26 AM
I forgot to mention that I crossed Viktoria Terioshkina on the street when I was walking to the theatre. I wouldn't dare to bother her, though. And I was almost late for the performance already..
Posted 27 July 2009 - 08:40 AM
Kondaurova and Kolb as the leads I'm especially glad to hear that Tatiana Tkachenko
was showcased in the pdt and big swans, and that Elena Chmil was brought forward in the little swans dance.
Chmil was an outstanding young pupil. She was filmed while she was a 3rd year student in the "Nutcracker" pdt
in both the 1994 Vainonen dvd with Lezhnina as Masha, and the 1992 "Welcome Back St. Petersburg" dvd filmed
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Success! Renae of I Eat Food (awesome blog name!) suggested this recipe. I realize now that the recipe I was using made a dough that was far to dry for a successful ciabatta. This recipe relies on a stand mixer to make a very wet dough, and I was hesitant to try it because it did not seem authentic. I mean, I can hardly see some Italian momma using her trusty KitchenAid to make some time-honoured family ciabatta recipe. But I can't argue with the results. Light and airy with a very crispy yet chewy crust. If you start this early in the morning you can be eating fresh bread for lunch. The measurements for this recipe are odd (who measures water in grams?) so I am going to make this again tomorrow and post a recipe that uses more normal measurements (and for those who don't have a kitchen scale). I also thought the bread was a touch salty so I am going to reduce that a bit.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
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- Debbie said...
I'll bet that Italian momma would use a KitchenAid mixer if she had one. Italian mommas are no fools.
Your bread looks great!
- May 17, 2008 at 6:10 PM
- Sharon R said...
I wouldn't mind having a slice of this bread! The texture looks quite nice, too.
- May 18, 2008 at 6:52 AM
- Veg-a-Nut said...
I so happy that you finally had success! I am sure to try this recipe soon. Look at your garden grow! Everything looks wonderful. The blaste earwigs keep trying to destroy my brussels sprouts and they complete devoured all our melon plants. We are grateful that they do not like squash or swiss chard. :o)
- May 18, 2008 at 12:20 PM
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I'm glad the recipe worked out for you! It looks great.
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Congratulations on finally getting it just the way you wanted!
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A Critical Response to the Shanker Institute Manifesto and the U.S. Department of Education's Initiative to Develop a National Curriculum and National Assessments Based on National Standards
We, the undersigned, representing viewpoints from across the political and educational spectrum, oppose the call for a nationalized curriculum in the Albert Shanker Institute Manifesto "A Call for Common Content." We also oppose the ongoing effort by the U.S. Department of Education to have two federally funded testing consortia develop national curriculum guidelines, national curriculum models, national instructional materials, and national assessments using Common Core's national standards as a basis for these efforts.
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My two month old daughter has sharp nails. Please suggest some safe way of cutting her nails so that she doesnt scratch herself. We bought a supposedly baby nail clipper but it is no different from a normal nail cutter (just has some cute drawings) and baby doesnt hold still to allow us to cut her nails
Your pediatrician can actually advise on this matter; ours told us that baby scissors are safer than nail clippers.
Also, we never cut her nails while she is awake - she moves too much and well, she has better things to do. I always cut them when she is sleeping.
For the first few months we used to just bite our kids nails. I know it sounds weird, but one midwife and two aunties suggested this and it seems to be fairly well recognised way to do it.
If you do want to use clippers, get the ones with a buffer - this stops you accidentally cutting into the baby's skin - which is quite easy to do if they are wriggling. Also use two people - one to hold their arm still, and the one wielding the clippers should hold the finger still - or do as @Swati said and wait for baby to fall asleep.
Actually we didn't like the baby clippers (the ones with the buffers) because it made it harder to see what you're cutting. We just use a regular (small) nail clipper.
Doing it while they sleep works, but risks waking them. That's not an option for my poor sleep-deprived wife.
What we find works best is to do it during or after feedings. The child is occupied and generally contented due to the food. When the kids were infants my wife would often clip the nails while I was holding them and feeding with a bottle. Once they got older she did while they're strapped into the high chair and occupied with dry finger foods.
With my son graduated from the high chair (and liable to tantrum if forced into anything), my wife has to negotiate clippings with him. Generally he can be bribed into compliance with TV and a bottle.
You can try cutting the nails when they are asleep. I found that worked well on both my kids. Regarding what to use, that is up to you as long as you just be careful. I just used one of those infant nail clippers and it worked well.
I bought baby nail clippers but i'm afraid to use them since my 2 month old moves too much I wouldn't wanna cut him so when he's asleep I bite his nails. It works perfectly! It's fast and safer than nail clippers
I found baby clippers easier to use and less harmful than sciccors
Use scissors (they are much easier than nail clippers).
Really hold each finger so that she can't push or pull it.
Try to associate (even she's just 2 months) something with it. Like wearing glasses, holding her in a certain position in your lap, etc. That way she'll associate things and it'll make your life easier in the future.
Didn't like to do it while my little one was sleeping, because she would move anyway and would wake up crying.


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Stock car races, drag races and demolition derbies are regular events at this speedway.
The Belleville campus at SWIC has two gymnasiums: the Varsity and Intramural (IM), which can accommodate up to three basketball or volleyball courts at one time. Outdoors, the property features one baseball and one softball diamond, along with a full-size soccer field.
This sports club offers resistance training, aerobics classes, cycling, tennis courts and aquatics.
Town Hall provides archery supplies and training to athletes.
The Orchards offers an 18-hole golf course.
Designed by golf legends Pete Dye and Bob Goalby, Yorktown offers an 18-hole lit par 3 golf course.
Belle-Clair Fairgrounds & Exposition Center
Home to the annual St. Clair County Fair, several craft shows and monthly flea markets, the complex also includes the Belle-Clair Speedway, with stock car races and demolition derbies.
Family Sportsplex is known throughout Southern Illinois as a great soccer complex, boasting seven outdoor fields that support league games and several club tournaments each year. The facility can be configured to accommodate four basketball/volleyball courts and an indoor soccer field for year round competition.
Citizens Park's 45 acres are home to some of the area's best ball diamonds. Whitey Herzog Field features a lighted baseball complex with batting cages, concessions, and grandstand seating for 300.
The largest laser tag arena in the region also includes mini-golf, a big video arcade with the coolest games on the market, and food at D.S.Vespers Sports Pub and Eatery.
This par 9 course is located in Breese.
This nine-hole golf course was designed by John Kueper.
Governors Run Golf and Country Club
This championship 18-hole course has 13 lakes scattered throughout the par 72 layout. It boasts five sets of tees to accommodate all skill levels on exquisitely manicured greens.
This public nine-hole, 32 par course also offers a driving range, rental carts and clubs. Miniature golf, camping and fishing are also available for a fee.
This public 18-hole, 72 par course offers rental clubs and carts, and a pro on site.
Located in downtown Centralia, this 60,000-sq.-ft. building features an Olympic-size, six-lane competition pool with spectator seating. The main gymnasium has room for two full-size basketball or three volleyball courts with seating for 400.
Kaskaskia College's Blue Devil Gymnasium has hosted NJCAA tournaments, as well as many youth and all-star events. This full-size college floor can handle a pair of basketball or volleyball courts. On the exterior, the complex features a baseball field with batting cages, two softball diamonds and a full-size soccer field.
Coyote ATV Trail Riders & Junkyard International Raceway
Fifty to 60 trucks carrying ATVs pull in every weekend to ride through the 10 miles of trails. You can also race go-karts on the track.
The Glik Complex features four baseball/softball diamonds, five soccer fields and two football fields. The park also has a basketball court, skate park, concession stand, and a 2.7-mile walking trail spread over 50 acres.
This great building, operated by the city of Highland, offers a cardio/weight room, indoor walking track, indoor aquatic center and full-size gymnasium. The gym can accommodate two basketball or volleyball courts.
This 18-hole golf course was built in 1933.
The McKendree University campus houses two gyms: the Melvin Price Convocation Center and the attached IM gym, which can be configured to produce a total of four basketball or volleyball courts. Leemon Field, an artificial turf surface with the look and feel of natural grass, is home to several programs, including the nationally ranked football team, men's/women's soccer, and track & field.
This nine-hole golf course opened in 1954.
This nine-hole golf course was designed by Darryl Stein.
Nashville Municipal Golf Course
This nine-hole golf course opened in 1967.
Spend the day tackling go-karts, miniature golf, batting cages, bumper boats and a video arcade.
This world-class facility sits on 200 acres, and features four lighted baseball/softball diamonds, 12 ball diamonds and soccer fields.
Spring Valley offers a par 18 golf course.
Roland Barkau Memorial Golf Course
This 18-hole golf course was designed by Robert Garard and Gary Hoelcher.
This 18-hole golf course was designed by Pete Dye.
World Shooting & Recreational Complex
The World Shooting & Recreational Complex was designed for shooters, built for recreation. The complex has 120 trap houses stretching 3.5 miles, 2 sporting clays courses, 24 combination trap/skeet fields, and cowboy action shooting. The complex has 7,000 square foot event center, conference rooms, restaurant, gift shop, 1,001 campsites, multiple fishing lakes, and much more!
This nine-hole golf course opened in 1910.
Boasting some of the largest greens in the Midwest, the 18-hole Clinton Hill has matured into one of the finest public golf courses around, with a great blend of par 3s, 4s and 5s.
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Actor Alec Baldwin will moderate a December 8 symposium hosted by the Environmental Law Clinic at Rutgers School of Law–Newark on the safety, health, and environmental threats posed by the Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant, located in Lacey Township. Exelon, owner and operator of the facility, has applied to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a 20-year extension of its operating license. The Rutgers clinic represents the Stop Relicensing of Oyster Creek Coalition in legal action opposing the relicensing.
"Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant: The Truth Revealed: A Symposium and Call to Action" will feature experts on Oyster Creek and on nuclear power who will give presentations on problems with the plant in five areas: safety, terrorism, environment, health, and Exelon's operation of the facility. The symposium will conclude with a discussion moderated by Alec Baldwin on actions citizens can take to prevent the relicensing of Oyster Creek.
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Can anyone please explain the term 'duality argument', or the difference between this term and the weak formulation in PDE analysis? Or give some references?
Occasionally I see this term appears in papers on PDE(existence, uniqueness, continuity proofs of pdes), but I never found a detailed description of it. I hope to get a clear picture on this thing.
Here I am concerned with theoretical analysis in pde, not about numerical schemes (of cos please let me know if they are essentially connected).


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Dorothy A. (Durr) Sullivan, 79, of Lincoln, formerly of Nebraska City, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 at Bryan Medical Center in Lincoln.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at St. Joseph's Catholic Church southwest of Nebraska City with Fr. Thomas Bush celebrating the Mass. Burial will follow in St. Joseph's Cemetery.
A rosary will be recited Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m. at Gude Mortuary in Nebraska City.
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Well, I wrote up a solution on it, but according to the place I found the problem, it isn't quite correct. Ah, I'm simply hoping someone will point out where I got wrong.
Now, let, $n^4+4^n = p^k$, where $p$ is an odd prime and $k$ is a positive integer.
Further, $p^k \equiv 1 \pmod 2$. Therefore, $n^4 + 4^n \equiv n^4 \equiv 1 \pmod 2$, and so $n \equiv 1 \pmod 2$. $n$ must be odd.
Okay, now let, $n = 2m +1$. Substituting it in $n^4+4^n$ and using the Sophie Germain inequality, we have,
$$n^4+4\cdot4^{2m} = n^4 + 4(2^m)^4 = (n^2 + 2^n+2^{m+1}\,n)(n^2 + 2^n-2^{m+1}\,n) = p^k$$
Now, as $p^k$ can only be factorized into smaller powers of $p$, let $n^2 + 2^n+2^{m+1}\,n = p^i$, and let $n^2 + 2^n-2^{m+1}\,n = p^j$ where $i+j= k$, obviously, and $i>j$.
Now consider this:
$$\begin{align} p^i - p^j & \equiv 0\\ 2\cdot2^{m+1}\,n = 2^{m+2}\,n &\equiv 0 \pmod p \end{align}$$
But, as $p$ is odd, $\gcd(p, 2) = 1$, so $n \equiv 0 \pmod p$.
Now look at this:
$$\begin{align} p^i + p^j &\equiv 0 \\ 2(n^2 + 2^n) &\equiv 0 \\ n^2 + 2^n &\equiv 0 \pmod p \end{align}$$
But we just established that $n \equiv 0 \pmod p$, so $2^n \equiv 0 \pmod p$.
Therefore, let $2^n = jp$ for some integer $j$.
Now, $2^n$ is its own prime factorization, which is unique according to the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic and does not include $p$. Therefore, the above statement is an impossibility! There exist no such $p$ and $n$, and no odd prime powers can be written as $n^4+4^n$.
Ah, well, that's it. Sorry for the tediousness of it. I've still no clue how to use $\LaTeX$.
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99% of resumes divide their information into two sections: Education and Work Experience. There's a reason for this. Potential employers want to know about your education to see what your interests are, what your talents are, if you're generally pretty smart, and if you have a nice looking institution to put next to your name. They want to know about your work experience so they can tell how you're able to handle the day-to-day responsibilities of a workplace and if you can meet the minimum requirements of the job.
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LONDON � A genetic variant commonly found in Chinese may help explain why some got seriously ill with swine flu, a discovery scientists say could help pinpoint why flu viruses hit some populations particularly hard and change how they are treated.
Fewer than 1 percent of Caucasians are thought to have the gene alteration, which has previously been linked to severe influenza. Yet about 25 percent of Chinese have the gene variant, which also is common in Japanese and Koreans.
British and Chinese researchers analyzed 83 patients admitted to a Beijing hospital during the 2009-0 swine flu pandemic. Of those with serious complications such as pneumonia, respiratory or kidney failure, 69 percent had the genetic alteration. Among patients with mild illness, only 25 percent did.
�It doesn�t mean you should panic if you have this gene variant,� said Andrew McMichael, director of the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine at Oxford University, one of the study�s authors. �Most people who have it won�t run into any trouble at all.�
He suggested people with this genetic predisposition to severe flu should be treated earlier and more aggressively than others.
McMichael estimated that people with the genetic variant were five to six times more likely to get severely ill once they�re infected. The gene alteration doesn�t make people more likely to catch the flu, because that depends on other factors such as environmental exposure and previous immunity.
McMichael said the gene variant might give people the same susceptibility to get severely ill from other ailments including dengue fever, SARS and other flus.
But it also could provide them with better immunity if they recover.
The research was published online Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications.
Some experts said it was an intriguing finding that shows a patient�s response to a virus may determine how sick they will become.
�The bug in someone who gets severely ill is not any different than the one that infects someone who has mild illness,� said Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, who did not participate in the study. �It�s the host that does all the damage to themselves.�
If people carried the genetic variant, Osterholm said, their immune systems were more likely to kick into overdrive if they caught the flu, causing problems like organ damage or blocking their airways.
Scientists have long recognized that diseases don�t strike all populations equally. Caucasian people are more likely to get the crippling Guillain-Barre syndrome after vaccinations and flu epidemics are often more fatal in indigenous populations in Australia and Canada. Records are too limited to know if previous flu outbreaks have been more lethal in Asia.
Osterholm warned that the genetic variant wasn�t limited to people of Chinese descent. �A lot of other populations have the same genes that respond immunologically like this,� he said.
Osterholm thought that different flu strains would likely trigger different responses in people and just because Chinese may have been more vulnerable to severe illness with swine flu doesn�t mean they would have the same reaction with other flus.
Others said genetic screening might one day be included in national flu plans.
�Further work needs to be done to justify that, but maybe in the future we would be able to say that if you�re of a certain ethnicity, you are more at risk and should be prioritized for vaccination or antivirals,� said Peter Openshaw, director of the Centre for Respiratory Infection at Imperial College London. �It�s possible we could one day do a genetic test before treating someone with flu to see what the best treatment would be.�


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April is marathon month, with a number of major marathons occurring within quick succession. Many of you may be preparing for the upcoming Paris, Milan, Vienna, Madrid or London marathons, several of which are held on the same day.
Running a marathon is tough enough, but even greater challenges are out there, should you be seeking something more. Here's ten of the most extreme marathons on earth, most of which are notorious Ultra Marathons:
1. UVU North Pole Marathon
The UVU North Pole Marathon is definitely the world's most northerly marathon. This race is run over a 4.22km course marked on moving ice floes in the Arctic Ocean. Running on 6th April this year, competitors completed 10 laps and were guarded by armed security on the watch for polar bears. Extreme? No doubt.
2. Le Marathon des Chateaux du Medoc
The 4 fundamental pillars of the Medoc Marathon are health, sport, conviviality and fun. En route there are 21 food stands including special gourmet sections that serve oysters, steak, cheese, ice cream and other gastronomical delights. Heading through the famed wine region of Medoc, this run also offers plenty of opportunity to sample some of France's finest. Cheers!
3. 4 Deserts
The Gobi March, the Atacama Crossing, the Sahara Race and The Last Desert constitute what might be one of the toughest physical challenges devised by mankind. Each of these separate races is a multi-day affair crossing difficult terrain in formidable conditions. The driest place on Earth, the hottest place in China, and the world's hottest desert are all visited. The grand finale is a 250km footrace in Antarctica through gale force winds in sub-zero temperatures.
4. Al Andalus Ultimate Trail
Perhaps a beautiful yet deadly way to see southern Spain is to follow the Al Andalus trail through the province of Granada. Most of the 230km trail covers off-road mountain and desert terrain, and includes a great number of difficult inclines. Five stages take runners through severe challenges in searing heat, but all end with a wonderful opportunity to relax and soak up some Andalucian ambience.
5. Everest Ultra
Running from Gorak Shep, near Everest Base Camp, at an elevation of 5184m above sea level, the Everest Ultra is the highest ultra marathon in the world. The course crosses 65km worth of Himalayan foothills before winding up in Lukla, one of the world's most dangerous airports. When you consider that many people don't even manage the walk up to Everest Base Camp, you may get an idea of how tough this run is.
6. 6633 Extreme Winter Ultra
The 6633 Extreme Winter Ultra Marathon stretches from Eagle Plains, Yukon, to the Arctic Ocean at Tuktoyaktuk. The race organisers believe that this is the toughest, coldest and windiest extreme ultra marathon on Earth. Contestants can choose to cover either 120 or 350 miles – non-stop. All provisions (cooking equipment, clothes, safety gear) need to be either carried or dragged on a sled.
7. Jungle Marathon
100km is the lighter option in the Jungle Marathon. More ambitious contestants can opt to run 240km through the Amazon, to be completed in stages over a week. Though bottled water is provided at checkpoints, runners otherwise need to be self-sufficient, carrying equipment that includes a hammock, mosquito net and rain cover.
8. Spartathlon
This is a non-stop 246km race from Athens to Sparta. Spartathlon replicates the distance covered by Athenian messenger Pheidippides, on a mission to request Spartan support against the Persians in the Battle of Marathon. The race is run amidst extremely challenging climatic conditions, with crippling heat and humidity during the day and severe cold at night.
9. Bear 100 Endurance Race
Taking in the Wasatch and Bear River mountain ranges, the Bear 100 runs 100 miles from Logan in Utah to Fish Haven in Idaho. The average elevation is 2300m and contains almost 7km of incline combined across its route. The Bear 100 is the final section of the Rocky Mountain Slam, which also includes the Hardrock 100, the Leadville Trail 100, the Bighorn 100 and the Wasatch Front 100.
10. Canadian Death Race
This 24hr race is held in and around Grande Cache in Alberta, Canada. Covering 125km, contestants hike and run over three mountain summits as part of the course. The race can be run individually or in relay teams, as competitors discover whether they are tough enough to complete the challenge. Following the Greek myth of Charon, the ferryman on the River Styx, each contestant carries a gold coin through the race in order to cross the river at Hell's Gate canyon.
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Based on the witty, cult U.K. series of the same name, "Free Agents" is a crooked, romantic comedy from creator John Enbom ("Party Down") and Emmy Award-winning director Todd Holland ("Malcolm in the Middle") that explores the trials and tribulations of finding love and companionship - the second time around.
Hank Azaria ("The Simpsons," "Huff") stars as newly divorced Alex, who is missing his kids and trying to keep himself together. Alex's co-worker Helen (Kathryn Hahn, "Our Idiot Brother") thinks she has it together, but she drinks too much in order to cope with her fiance's untimely death. It's no surprise then when these two overworked public relations executives share an ill-fated night of passion and are forced to cope with the awkward aftermath.
Thus begins the journey of two lost and emotionally damaged souls in search of happiness. Joining the cause is an array of co-workers who are both helpful and meddling at the same time. Stephen (Anthony Head, "Merlin," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") is the office boss who is concerned about Alex's emotional stability, yet needs him to focus on his work; Dan (Mo Mandel, "Love Bites," "Modern Family") is a bachelor in search of a wingman; and Gregg (Al Madrigal, "Wizards of Waverly Place," "The Daily Show") is the nerdy, lone husband of the group. Despite their valiant and well-intentioned efforts, they are failing in their attempts to help Alex get back into the dating scene. In addition, Emma (Natasha Leggero, "Ugly Americans") is Alex's spitfire assistant, who is always ready with a quick comeback, and Joe Lo Truglio ("Backwash," "Mad Love") is the building security guard who is always ready to share a little advice. Together, this motley, and often dysfunctional, group takes on a new level of damage control.
"Free Agents" is a production of Universal Media Studios in association with Dark Toy and Big Talk Productions. Enbom is executive producer/creator along with executive producer/director Holland. Ira Ungerleider and Karey Burke ("Miss Guided") executive produce, along with Big Talk Productions' Kenton Allen ("Free Agents," BBC Network) and Nira Park, as well as Chris Niel.
Hank Azaria, Kathryn Hahn, Mo Mandel, Al Madrigal, Natasha Leggero, Anthony Head, Joe Lo Truglio
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Todd Holland (pilot), Karey Burke, John Enbom, Ira Ungerleider, Kenton Allen, Nira Park, Chris Niel
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Alexa Junge, Matthew Justice
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Diane Ruggiero
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Emily Cutler, Jill Cargerman
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Story Editor
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Line Producer
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Casting Director
Brett Greenstein, Collin Daniel
Production Designer
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Peter Lattman was named deputy business editor in November 2014. He joined The Times in 2010 as a reporter for Business Day and DealBook, covering Wall Street with a focus on white-collar crime and law firms. He helped lead the paper's reporting on insider trading scandals, including the trials of Raj Rajaratnam and Rajat Gupta, and the case against the hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors. He also served as the The Times's media editor in 2013.
Mr. Lattman previously spent five years as a reporter with The Wall Street Journal, where he covered legal affairs and then the private equity industry. He also served as the first lead writer of The Journal's Law Blog. In 2009, he shared a Gerald Loeb Award in the breaking news category for coverage of the financial crisis.
Born in New York City, Mr. Lattman grew up in Roslyn, on Long Island. He earned his undergraduate degree in history and literature from Harvard, and a law degree from Fordham. Before pursuing a journalism career, he practiced law at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel and worked in the investment management division at Goldman Sachs.
He lives on the Upper West Side with his wife, Isabel Gillies, and their three children.
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Kdenlive 0.7.4 is now released.
With this new release, we encourage all users to participate to the project by using our different services: bug tracker, forum, content sharing, etc.
We also want to launch a new icon contest. Several users expressed the fact that a film strip as icon is a bit outdated for a digital video application, so we would like to open a contest, more on that soon.
We also would like to ask for help in the translation department, so if you feel like giving some help to translate Kdenlive, please contact us.
You can download Kdenlive source code from our Sourceforge page, and see the compilation instructions. As usual, binary packages should be available soon from your distribution, check our binary packages for infos.
Kdenlive uses the MLT framework for all video processing. You need MLT >= 0.4.0.
Thanks to everyone who contributed to that release by testing, giving feedback and providing patches.
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If you want to build this using the wizard, please download the new version (0.9.90) from http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Kdenlive+Builder+Wizard?content...
Earlier versions of the wizard are *not* able to build Kdenlive 0.7.4.
My apologies for not releasing earlier.
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Thanks for another great release. The building with the Wizard was even easier this time and the little additions all around are very pleasant!
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Ryan Marx, owner/head Instructor at Carmi Taekwondo Center, recently attended a tournament in Erlanger, KY. The tournament was hosted by Tri-State ATA of Florence, KY.
Marx competed in the Men's Fourth & Fifth Degree Black Belt division placing first in Forms, second in Sparring and second in Combat Weapons Sparring. Marx advanced to the final round of sparring with a 5-0 victory. In the final match Marx drew #1 ranked Adam Hess of Indianapolis, IN. The match went the full time with Hess edging Marx out by a score of 2-1. In the combat weapons sparring finals Marx again drew Adam Hess. The match went back and forth with Hess earning a 7-5 victory over Marx.
American Taekwondo Association tournaments are controlled competitive environments that allow practitioners to display and improve their skills in a safe environment. Although some may think it is all about "who is better", that is only a part of their purpose in Songahm Taekwondo.
Tournaments are not just for a trophy. They allow members to meet new people, make new friends, put nerves to the test, and display skills. By focusing on these purposes, it is very possible to be happy whether one wins or loses.
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