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Valentino designers Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli want to deliver beauty with their designs.
The design duo have been at the helm of Valentino since 2008, helping the Italian label retain its status as one of the most opulent brands in fashion. Talking about their approach to style, Pierpaolo explains it all comes from the heart.
"Fashion is about emotion," he told WWD. "Our job is about delivering an idea of beauty of our time, and our time is about individuality, beauty and emotion for sure. Everybody is looking for emotion. You don't really need clothes, you need emotions.
"When we work on a collection, we first try to focus on the message we want to deliver with the collection, then we make the collection. It's like creating a movie in a way. You want people to leave with a dream in their minds. That's what fashion is."
When they were appointed creative directors they were stepping directly into Valentino Garavani's shoes. However the legendary designer still remains a vital part of the company and often gives his opinion on the new collections as well as attending almost all of their shows. The pair knew the brand inside and out though, having spent 10 years as Valentino's accessory designers.
For Maria, taking up the mantel was merely a case of carrying on the label's legacy.
"It's a culture of couture," she smiled. "It's very close with craftsmanship and quality, but also the tradition that's part of our past, like Italian. In Rome, you feel that really strongly. In any case, it's very close with the heart with the idea that the profession is something artistic, something has a human touch and we really believe that has made a difference in our brand."
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Networks of hippocampal interneurons, with pyramidal neuronspharmacologically disconnected, can generate gamma-frequency(20 Hz and above) oscillations. Experiments and models have shownhow the network frequency depends on excitation of the interneurons,and on the parameters of GABA{\rm A}-mediated IPSCs betweenthe interneurons (conductance and time course). Herewe use network simulations to investigate how pyramidal cells, connected tothe interneurons and to each other throughAMPA-type and/or NMDA-type glutamatereceptors, might modify the interneuron network oscillation. With orwithout AMPA-receptor mediated excitation of the interneurons, the pyramidal cells and interneurons fired in phaseduring the gamma oscillation. Synaptic excitation of the interneuronsby pyramidal cellscaused them to fire spike doublets or short bursts at gammafrequencies, thereby slowing the population rhythm.Rhythmic synchronized IPSPs allowed the pyramidal cells toencode their mean excitation by their phase of firing relativeto the population waves.Recurrent excitation between the pyramidal cells couldmodify the phase of firing relative to the population waves.Our model suggests that pools of synaptically interconnectedinhibitory cells are sufficient to produce gamma frequency rhythms,but the network behavior can be modified by participation ofpyramidal cells.
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Music Track Title: Xmas Pop - 60 Sec
Catalog ID: 357141 ISRC: US5UL0913465
Description: Antique sleigh bells, real bass guitar, electric rhythm, drums and string samples accompany melodic electric lead guitar hook in up-tempo MOR pop/rock instrumental. Suggested for happy, light-hearted, sentimental Xmas scenes, energetic seasonal classic rock soundtracks. Key of D, 120 beats/min
Social Media Link: https://www.audiosparx.com/sa/archive/Christmas/Christmas-Rock/Xmas-Pop-60-Sec/357141
Artist or Group: Rick Dickert
Keywords: Christmas Eve Hanukkah Winter Holidays Xmas Noel Yuletide Snowy Scene Fireplace Mistletoe Waiting for Santa Traditional Warm Heartwarming Vibrant Joyful Joyous
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Christmas Music
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Duration: 1:01 Tempo: Medium BPM: 120
Arrangement: Band / Ensemble
Instruments: Bells, Drums, Bass, Electric Guitar, Sleigh Bells, Strings
Vocal Mix: Instrumental
Moods: Animated, Bouncy, Bright, Carefree, Celebratory, Cheerful, Comforting, Delighted, Energetic, Excited, Festive, Friendly, Happy, Heartwarming, Honest, Hopeful, Inspiring, Joyful, Light, Simple
Styles: Christmas, Film Instrumental, Flash Animation, Industrial, New Year's Eve, Phone On-Hold, Radio Production, Romantic Comedy, Section / Credits, TV Instrumental
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Depeche Mode Headed For iTunes Season Pass
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The iTunes Season Pass, which has proven to be a popular option for TV shows offered via the store, is being brought to music. Depeche Mode will be the first music artist to offer content through the Season Pass model. In advance of the band's upcoming "Sounds of the Universe," set for a April 21 release, fans can begin buying a $19 "subscription" today.
Those who sign up immediately get the new single "Wrong" as well as a remixed version of "Oh Well." Subscribers will also get a variety of new music and exclusive videos between now and the release date, the full digital album and additional content released afterwards.
The move is the latest example of the music industry experimenting with album subscriptions; artists are upselling loyal fans to higher-priced bundles paid for upfront, and subsequently trickling out content over the course of weeks, months, or even an entire year.
Bringing the model to iTunes, the world's largest music retailer, is a significant step. For the most part, subscriptions to this point have been offered through artist Web sites, which exposes the offer to only the most hardcore fans. Additionally, the iTunes Season Pass service offers artists a turnkey technical platform for releasing a steady stream of content over time. The process of charging for album subscriptions and managing the offered content has been a significant hurdle holding back the model to date. While there are several technologies out there than can handle it, none are as widespread or familiar to the music industry as iTunes.
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of Bernardsville Literature Department will meet at 1 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 10 at the home of Pat Mowton, Basking Ridge. Fran Wonsowski will present the program. New members from the Somerset Hills are are always welcome. For more information, call Dot Woodenschek at (908) 766-6727.
l The Chester Garden Club will meet with the Long Valley Garden Club at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 10 at the Church of the Messiah in Chester. A local gardener and retired landscape consultant, Lois Poinier of Chester, will present 60 Years in the Garden, a slide lecture. Poinier is on the board of the Greater Newark Conservancy, an environmental group. For more information, call (908) 879-6859.
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meet Friday, Jan. 11 at the First Presbyterian Church of Bernardsville, Route 202. A social time with refreshments will start at 9:30 a.m., followed by a meeting at 10 a.m. Members will discuss trips planned for 2002. Hostesses will be Jane Hendershot, Rose Gentile, Jean Buck and Janet McGahey. For more information, call (908) 766-6727.
l The Peapack-Gladstone Woman's Club will meet at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 14 at the Sara Kay Memorial Building, 5 Willow Ave., Peapack. Painter caps will be decorated for children receiving chemotherapy at Robert Wood Hospital. Each member is asked to bring craft materials for one hat. For more information, call (908) 234-1090.
l The Woman's Club of Bernardsville will hold its general meeting at noon, Wednesday, Jan. 16 at the First Presbyterian Church of Bernardsville. Gerry Lewis, Claire Dale and Birgit Perry will serve as hostesses. The program will be "Fun and Games." For more information, call (908) 766-6727.
l The Welcome Wagon's "Social Club of the Chesters" will meet at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 16 at the home of Lisa Roberts of Chester. Mia Lubicz-Lubinska, owner of The Amber Tree and It's In the Bag shops on Main Street in Chester will discuss how amber is mined in her native Poland and provide insight into the process of creating this gemstone. The Social Group of the Chesters is a non-profit organization that offers a wide variety of networking events and activities throughout the year. Call Berit Stover at (908) 879-3860.
l The New Vernon Garden Club will meet at 9 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 17 at the First Presbyterian Church of New Vernon. Mary Liz Lewis will present "Creative Shade Gardening," a lecture on unusual shade plants with emphasis on combinations of plants and their culture. For more information, call (973) 425-0878.
l The New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners, Somerset Chapter Marketing Club, will hold a marketing seminar from 8 to 10 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 22 at the Arbor Glen Conference Center, 100 Monroe St., Bridgewater Township. The cost is $20 members; $30 non-members. For information or to register, call (732) 356-0880.
l The Long Hill Woman's Club Literature Department will meet at 1 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 24 at the home of Marian Ward, Basking Ridge. "Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant" by Anne Tyler will be reviewed and discussed. For more information, call (908) 647-2652.
l The Somerset Naturalists will meet at 8 p.m., Monday, Jan. 28 at the Congregational Church of Bound Brook, located on the corner of Church and High Street, Bound Brook. Chris Aquitar, ornithologist, will present a program on birding in China. The Somerset Naturalists is a club open to anyone interested in flora, fauna and natural resources. For more information, call (732) 356-2428.
l The Junior Woman's Club of Somerset Hills will meet at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 5 in Felmeth Hall, Ridge Oak Senior Center, located on Manchester Drive in Basking Ridge. Members will discuss the club's major fundraising event, the annual art auction scheduled for Friday, Feb. 8 at the Olde Mill Inn. Plans will also be discussed for the club's Breakfast with the Easter Bunny to be held in March. New members are welcome. For more information, call (908) 696-1618.
l The MOMS Club of the Warren area meets at 10 a.m., the first Friday of each month at the Washington Valley Firehouse on Washington Valley Road, Warren Township. The MOMS Club is a national support group for mothers who stay at home with their children, including those who have home-based businesses and those who work part time but are home with their children during the day. The club serves residents of Warren Township, Watchung, Green Brook and Long Hill Township. For information, call Wendy Nitsos at (732) 764-9064.
l The Washington Township Newcomers Club meets at 7:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month from September through June at the Schooley's Mountain Firehouse, Schooley's Mountain Road, Long Valley. The club is a non-profit organization that promotes fellowship and civic awareness. Activities include arts and crafts, couples dinners, "Bunko," "Coffee Crowd," book groups, babysitting co-op, bowling and cards club. For information, call (908) 876-9640 or (908) 876-3776.
l Newcomers and Neighbors of Somerset Hills, formerly the Newcomers Club of Somerset Hills, is an active group of more than 300 families. Activities include socials, day trips, coffees and interest groups. Annual membership dues are $30 per family. New members are always welcome. For more information, call Martina Coker at (908) 221-0781.


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My husband's maternal grandfather was Houston Lillard Davis, born 1857 at Sweetwater, Monroe Co., TN to Pleasant Verbin Davis and his first wife, Amanda Akins. Amanda died when Houston was 2 weeks old, his father married a second time to Sarah Forkner, they moved after 1880 to what is now Love County, Oklahoma. Several of Sarah's Forkner family came with them, and there are still Forkners in Love County, Oklahoma. I feel quite sure your family and Sarah's are related. Pleasant and Sarah lived in Loudon County, Tennessee, moving there from Monroe County. Loudon was created in 1870. They lived at Philadelphia, Tennessee, which was in Monroe County until the new county of Loudon was created, Philadelphia is just 4 miles from Sweetwater, which was the Tennessee Cherokee Capitol of ECHOTA until the Indians were remoned, then the white settlers changed the name to SWEETWATER, Monroe County, Tennessee.


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Jervis Bay Airport
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Jervis Bay Territory Airport (ICAO: YJBY) is the only airport of the Jervis Bay Territory, Australia. It is located about 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Sussex Inlet and about 2 km (1.2 mi) south of Jervis Bay Village and HMAS Creswell.
It was opened in 1941 as a satellite airfield of Royal Australian Air Force Station, Nowra (now HMAS Albatross). It was primarily used to support torpedo training by No. 6 Operational Training Unit RAAF and search and rescue operations during World War II. During 1945 it was home to the Royal Navy Mobile Naval Air Base MONAB V (HMS Nabswick) and several Fleet Air Arm squadrons of the British Pacific Fleet.
The airfield was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1948. It continued to be used as a base for the RAN's GAF Jindivik pilotless target aircraft. Today the RAN's British Aerospace MQM-107E Kalkara Flight is based at the airfield, along with the RAN School of Ship Survivability and Safety that has fire and damage control (flooding) training facilities.
The airfield was made available to civil aviation from 1950.[citation needed]
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With this album, Entombed made their most solid, unconditionally riff-loaded and groove based recording to date, and thus suffered mewling cries of selling out from the death metal masses that had previously hailed the band. Why? Well, the gothic, melodic, but also quite arch and regal towers of riff and construct the band had previously performed are largely gone. What replaces them is more Autopsy than At The Gates, that is to say, rougher and dirtier rather than composed and tuneful. The plus is that the cuts ROCK, employing a locked in rhythm that death metal (and extreme metal in general) rarely makes a viable musical tool.
But I can understand, even if I really don't agree, with why death metal purists hate this album. They did not get what they expected when Entombed embraced this new, odd and unfamiliar "death and roll" style, and born again fans of a musical style as generally shunned as death metal is, usually get very twitchy when their expectations are fuddled around with. But the truth is that Entombed realized that their set path was leading them towards a stylistic dead end, and changed their style accordingly. While many, many death metal bands went artistically bankrupt around this time, Entombed had enough vision to appropriate some new genetic materials to elongate their life span.
So who's smarter, then? The band that adapts and reconfigures, or the one that dies screaming Luddite curses as their own head sinks under the tar of time?
As I mentioned earlier the groove and the new sense of rocking tempos is the key thing that sent shivers up my spine here. And when those parts lock in, Entombed reveal themselves as masters of melding death metal grit and venom with swaggering pulse. The title cut alone reveals not only a very palpable sense of compact but deft riff writing, but hammers those riffs home with clever tempo changes and a vicious lyric that somewhat casts off the poetry of albums past in favor of more real-world concerns. "Hollowman," which is altogether doomier also makes great use of this configuration, whilst "Heavens Die" is just prime Entombed all over, whether viewed from the old or new perspective. And what a shock, producer Tomas Skogsberg, who usually seems to recoil in horror from low frequencies actually turns up the bass here, which helps to round out the Entombed sound in ways not previously heard.
Another curious note regarding this album's general position of scorn among the death metal fundamentalists: Earache records had signed into a distribution deal with Columbia records at this point, and without consulting the band, it was assumed that the album's title invoked the Marvel comics character of the same name. It did not, but the character was nevertheless licensed for use in the media that promoted the album, without the band's approval or involvement. This mass-media faux pas was all the underground needed to lock arms and march in self-righteous protest against the band and their newfound capitalist pals.
The real story in the history of Entombed is how the path this album set them on would be anything but steady or artistically consistent. A wonderfully executed album on it's own, Wolverine Blues perhaps posed as many questions for the band as answers.


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* The Obama administration hopes to encourage new lending by effectively subsidizing the profits of hedge funds and private equity firms that serve as bankers to the banks.
* In another assault on Swiss banking secrecy, the Justice Department is seeking more names of Americans suspected of dodging taxes.
* Two days after he was accused of running an $8 billion financial fraud, Texas financier Robert Allen Stanford was located by federal agents and served with civil papers in the case.
* University agricultural scientists are protesting what they say are unreasonable restrictions on the industry's genetically modified crops.
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* Wholesale prices rose 0.8 percent in January, but inflation remained a remote concern amid a deepening recession.
* While stocks have been trading in a broad range over the last three months, analysts said that the indexes might be carving out a new, deeper trench.
* The New York Times Co (NYT.N) suspended dividend payments to shareholders for the first time in four decades as a publicly traded company, another in a series of concessions because of sharply lower newspaper revenue.
* Facing Japan's worst recession in decades, the Bank of Japan said it would buy 1 trillion yen, or $10.7 billion, in corporate bonds, extend its purchases of commercial paper and maintain its near-zero interest rate to ease a crippling credit squeeze.
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At its core, Umbra is a C++ SDK that consists of two components – geometry processing and runtime.
The geometry processing component takes the 3D scene or model as input and processes it into a spatially organized and optimised representation, namely – the Umbra 3D database. The runtime component can be used to issue queries into the 3D database which then help in the rendering, streaming and spatial reasoning of the 3D data.
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The next recruit from the Class of 2018 is someone that we already introduced you to earlier in the year. He has some Michigan State green and white running through his veins - his dad, Ed, was the Linebackers and Secondary Coach at MSU from 1985-1986. While coaching in East Lansing, his dad met his mom, Mary Beth, who attended Michigan State. Although his dad has had many other stops on his coaching journey, including Ohio State and currently Minnesota, the Spartans have always been special to this young man and his family. From Powell, OH, let's reintroduce Edward Warinner.
"I will say that my mom does have a little bias for MSU, but if you really want to know the truth, my dad doesn't push Minnesota very hard to me," Warinner told Spartan Nation of whether or not his mom is trying to sway his decision towards the Spartans, even though his dad is currently on the coaching staff of the Golden Gophers. "Our family understands that I'm going to go to whatever school I want to go to and whichever is best for me. Only going to a school because my dad works there would be a stupid bet because, in my lifetime, he's only coached somewhere for five years once (Ohio State), so that really has no impact on my decision at all, and I wouldn't even really consider Minnesota to be one of my top choices."
As a matter of fact, according to Edward, he currently has five "top choices" - three he has offers from (Rutgers, Cincinnati and West Virginia) and two he only has interest from as of right now (Michigan State and Iowa).
Overall though, he has 13 scholarship offers – Rutgers, Cincinnati, West Virginia, UCF, Ohio, Toledo, Army Air Force, Central Michigan, Buffalo, Ball State, Bowling Green and Colorado State. He's also drawn interest from five other schools – MSU, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, and his dad's current employer, Minnesota.
As Edward mentioned before, just because his father, Ed, works at a particular school, doesn't mean it's a place he wants to attend. Luckily, his dad has made this process solely about his son.
"My dad's the most important person in my life, besides my mom," Edward admitted. "The relationship I have with my dad is as tight as it can get. I can't thank him enough for everything – for the life I live and everything that's been provided for me. I'm going to be an early enrollee, so I decided I'm going to stay in Ohio, so it sucks because he's been in Minnesota since January and my mom, sister and I are staying in Ohio until I graduate. That's probably the worst thing right now, but other than that, my dad and I are as tightly-knit as you could possibly be."
He went on to explain that this "separation" has happened before in his family when his dad went from coaching at Kansas to Notre Dame. "It comes with the business," Edward stated.
However, Edward and Ed were able to spend some time together two weeks ago when they made a recruiting trip to see West Virginia (Minnesota was on spring break, so Ed was able to make the trip with his son). "I really liked West Virginia – they're right up there," Edward said.
As for the Spartans, he admitted that getting an offer from Michigan State wouldn't change what he thought about them. Part of the reason he feels that way is because MSU has stood by him through a difficult last few months.
"I'm in a really good spot with Michigan State. I got some good news this past week from Coach [Mike] Tressel. I got hurt this year – eight games in, I tore my ACL, so that's kind of slowed down my recruiting process a little bit. For example, a lot of schools are coming in May to watch me work out at school because they all tell me, 'You're not a camp guy…we just want to make sure you're healthy.' But MSU's stayed in contact with me and made me feel like a priority through it all."
Of course, inquiring minds want to know…what was that good news Mike Tressel gave him?
"That I'm in a good spot on the board, that anytime I can visit, they want me to, and that I'm going to be one of the first guys, if not the first guy, they're going to come look at when the recruiting period opens again," he said.
Yeah, I'd say that counts as "good news."
However, despite being in a select group of schools that he is highly interested in, Edward does not consider Michigan State to be in his "top 3" just yet (he says those schools are Rutgers, Cincinnati and West Virginia). When asked if there's anything Michigan State could do to get into the top 3, he admitted, "I think more has to go into recruiting and committing somewhere than just the football aspect of it. I have to go somewhere that I'll love to go, even if I didn't play football – I want to get a good education. Other than that, really nothing – MSU's always going to be up at the top."
Hopefully by now, you've gotten a pretty good idea of why Edward Warinner is in such high demand. This kid is wise and mature beyond his years. He's humble and respectful. Not to mention, he's also a pretty stellar football player.
Warinner is a 3-star recruit. He's the 26th-ranked inside linebacker from the Class of 2018, the 5th-ranked ILB in the Midwest, and the 3rd-ranked ILB in Ohio. Despite being sidelined with a bad injury, it's never derailed him.
"As a recruit, tearing your ACL eight games into your junior year sucked," Edward admitted. "But I was Second Team All-State, I was junior captain, I was First Team All-District. I had a really good season and then I had to miss the playoffs, so that sucked. I did my surgery at Ohio State and my rehab is going awesome and I'm ahead and all set to be cleared [will be cleared for May 1st]. With the new surgery, I honestly feel like I'm in better shape because I've had to work out so much."
You just have this gut feeling that, no matter where Edward Warinner ends up playing college football, he will be so much more than just an athlete. He's in high demand, he has a list of top schools, and luckily for Michigan State, the Spartans are on it. Who knows…maybe within a few months we'll know whether or not Edward will mark another generation of Warinner to call East Lansing home.


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Author's (very long – sorry!) Note: Things to know about this story:
1 – It somewhat follows the events of "Laws of Science" (please read and review! : LINK ), but if you don't read that story, you'll still be able to read this without confusion. While I will reference the first story from time to time, I intend for this story to be able to stand on its own. Also, the last one was very drama heavy with a lot of stuff going on in the lab, etc. This one is slightly fluffier and focuses more on the characters than the actual case they're working, if that makes sense.
2 – A lot has changed in the Bones TV world since I wrote the last story. So in this story, some time has passed since "Laws of Science," and in that time everything that's happened on the show has happened in the story world – everyone took a year off to do their own thing, Angela/Hodgins are married and pregnant, Daisy/Sweets have a thing going on, Clark is suddenly sharing his thoughts out loud. ONLY DIFFERENCE: Hannah doesn't exist. So both Bones and Booth are single. The reason for this is simple: I think the next few episodes are REALLY going to change things around with Booth/Hannah and I have no idea where the writers are going to take their relationship, so I thought it best just to stay away. I wouldn't want to start writing assuming one thing and then halfway through my story their TV relationship is totally different.
One last thing: PLEASE REVIEW! I LOVE THE FEEDBACK AND IT ENCOURAGES ME TO WRITE FASTER!
Maybe he was just tired. He had stayed up watching that Die Hard marathon last night. Booth yawned and rubbed a hand over his eyes, trying unsuccessfully to wake up. Even though it was a Friday and he had plenty of work to do, Booth's workday was dragging by at a glacial pace. He yawned again, glancing at his empty coffee mug. He had already drunk two full cups of coffee, which was usually enough to wake him out of any post-movie marathon coma.
Booth looked at the clock. 11:45 a.m. He yawned again, then forced himself to stand up and walk to the vending machines down the hall. Maybe he was just hungry. He pulled out his wallet as he eyed the selection of candy bars before finally selecting Snickers and inserting his bill. Maybe the chocolate would give him that final nudge to wake up, and the day would go by faster.
Making his way slowly back to his office, he stuck his head in to speak to several of his coworkers, each of whom were up to their elbows in paperwork, intently focused on the tasks at hand. Booth shot a couple hoops in the Nerf basket hanging off the back of his door before finally sitting down again, crumpling the Snickers wrapper in the trash can, and looking at his own stack of work. Maybe it was just that he had so much paperwork to do, he was overwhelmed. He didn't know where to start.
The agent groaned in frustration, leaning back in his seat and rolling his head from side to side, trying to release the tension in his shoulders. He checked the time again 11:49 a.m. "Aw, c'mon…" He muttered under his breath, willing the time to move faster. Whatever the reason he was out of sorts today, it was supremely frustrating.
"Fine. You win," Booth said to himself. He could admit it. He wasn't exceptionally tired, or particularly hungry, or even overwhelmed with work… He just missed Bones.
He was surfing the internet for news of Brennan, who was currently in the second week of her three-week book tour to promote her most recent book, when Sweets knocked on his door, sticking his head in to address the agent.
"Hey, Agent Booth. Do you have a minute?" Sweets asked, walking in and sitting in one of the seats in front of Booth's desk without waiting for a response.
Booth ignored him for a moment, finishing the story he was reading regarding Brennan's most recent stop in Manhattan, where she had been asked to be the guest speaker at a class for Columbia before continuing her book tour, before addressing the psychologist.
"Whaddya want, Sweets?" Booth asked, careful to sound as annoyed as usual, but secretly grateful for someone to talk to to pass the time.
"Agent Booth, how are you this morning?" Sweets asked cheerfully, in a tone that instantly set off warning bells in Booth's head. This was Sweets' 'digging for answers' voice. He and Bones already treaded very carefully when Sweets started using that tone in their sessions.
"Just dandy, Sweets, why?" The agent responded, unwilling to show any emotion.
The psychologist nodded as though he expected that response, "No reason. I just wanted to check on you. Angela had mentioned something to me the other night at Founding Fathers that she hadn't seen you in a while, so I was just making sure everything is alright."
Booth rolled his eyes. "Really, Sweets? Of course Angela's going to say she's worried, Angela worries about everything. A couple weeks ago she had Hodgins take the FedEx delivery guy out for lunch because she was worried he had been a few minutes later than usual on his delivery rounds and looked like he was tired. She just worries. About evyerhting."
Sweets nodded again, but continued his interrogation, "But if you're fine, then why haven't you been down to the lab in nearly a month?"
Booth stared at the psychologist, confused. "Uh, really, Sweets? Bones isn't here right now, remember? She's out of town for the month. On tour, across the country. What's the point of going to the lab if I have no reason to go to the lab?"
"So you don't deny that the only reason you go to the lab is to visit with Dr. Brennan?" Sweets prodded, face serious.
"Wha – you …. You know what, Sweets? I am just not in the mood for this right now. Don't try to twist a completely normal thing into some weird evidence of my secret love for Bones or something, ok? Bones is my partner. When we are working a case together, I go visit her in the lab. She is not here right now, therefore we are not working a case together. Therefore," Booth collected some of the files on his desk and stacked them together with each point he made, "I don't need to go to the lab. Next question?"
Sweets smiled in the way Booth found particularly annoying – he acted like he had just gotten Booth to admit something huge when really he hadn't said anything.
"Ok, fine, I believe you, Agent Booth," Sweets said. "I was just trying to politely inform you that the rest of Dr. Brennan's team is a little hurt you only visit when she's around. They consider you their friend too, you know."
Booth turned his gaze to the screen, pretending to read an e-mail as he considered Sweets' last statement. As much as he hated to admit it, it was true. He should have at least gone out for drinks with Bones' team once or twice in the last two weeks. It's what Bones would want him to do, and as much as he really, really hated to admit it, he had grown rather fond of his little ragtag squint squad.
"Point made, Sweets." Booth said, clearing his throat and glancing purposefully at the door. "Now, if you don't mind, I have some work to do."
"Yes, well…" Sweets said, not rising to leave, making Booth turn his attention back from the screen to the young man. "That's not actually the reason I came down here. I have been receiving some complaints from your fellow agents that you've been particularly…" Sweets paused, considering his next word as he felt Booth's gaze boring into his. "Aggravating… in Dr. Brennan's absence."
Booth raised his eyebrows. "Aggravating?" He challenged.
"Well, yes. Aggravating, challenging… The one I've heard most is needy or annoying." The psychiatrist confirmed, quickly rushing through the list as Booth looked on. "Stopping by to chat, interrupting their work, taking long lunches, just in general being… Kind of needy."
Booth, fully awake now, leaned back in his chair and crossed his arms across his chest, leveling his gaze at Sweets. "Sweets, I am not amused."
"Well, you're not supposed to be, I just wanted to point it out to you," Sweets said, rising to leave. "There's nothing I'm going to say or do to change your behavior, I just wanted to make you aware that during Dr. Brennan's absences, it is painfully aware to everyone around you that your attitude shifts greatly. It's just something worth considering in case the bureau ever wants to disband your partnership."
"Why would they-" Booth started, standing in surprise.
"No, no, Agent Booth, I'm not saying they would, I'm just saying if they ever did… This kind of emotional detachment when your partner isn't around is… unusual," Sweets said, raising an eyebrow at Booth. "Of course, maybe if you and Dr. Brennan were actually willing to discuss the emotional connection you share…"
"That's it, out!" Booth said loudly, pointing at the door. "I've had enough psychobabble for one day. Go!" He ordered, falling back into his chair as the psychiatrist quickly left the room, closing the door after him.
Booth reached over and turned up the speakers on his computer to blare his favorite radio station as he confronted the pile of paperwork sitting before him. "Aggravating?" He muttered, grabbing the first file and opening the cover as a rock song with a heavy bass beat came on, "I'll show you aggravating…"
After what seemed like lifetimes, Booth finally reached a stopping point in his work and allowed himself to look at the clock once more. 12:54 p.m. "You have got to be kidding me!" He exclaimed, throwing his pen halfway across the room in frustration.
Ignoring the inquiring eyes of his colleagues staring through the windows of his office, Booth grabbed his jacket and stalked out of the room, leaving his music blaring and door open. He headed to the lab, swinging by his favorite deli on the way over to pick up a sandwich. He figured he could kill two birds with one stone – go visit the squints and take an intentionally extra long lunch.
After making the rounds with Cam and the squint du jour on the platform, he poked his head in to say hello to Angela and Hodgins, who were in the midst of discussing baby names. After listening to the couple argue between Hodgins' suggestion of Jack or Catherine and Angela's suggestion of Star and River, Booth finally made his way into Bones' office, snuggled into a comfortable position on the couch, unwrapped his sandwich, and pulled out his copy of Brennan's latest book from inside the coffee table drawer.
He was surprised how at home he felt in Bones' office, even when she wasn't there. He looked around the room, realizing that he probably felt comfortable there because he had made his own dent in its organization and decoration. There were pictures of the two of them she had hung, artwork and postcards he had gotten her on display. After his remark that he was uncomfortable in her office since it was constantly filled with skulls, he had noticed that she had gradually, quietly, moved all the bones into easily-accessible storage containers directly behind her desk and on the far wall. The shelves now stored much more pleasant-looking artifacts and books.
There was an extra blanket hanging over the side of the couch, specifically placed there for him since he was too tall to fit under just the one she originally had. Booth had a couple graphic novels stashed in one of the drawers of her desk, as well as some cash in the drawer of the coffee table for tipping delivery guys – a duty he always insisted on doing, despite Bones' many, almost routine protests. He also had stashed one of his guns under the seat cushion, which only he and Bones knew about, and insisted she keep pepper spray in her desk drawer. After the kidnapping, Booth had gone a little hyper-protective, never letting Bones out of his sight for any extending periods of time. This book tour was the longest they'd been apart since the incident. Which, for his own selfish reasons, he had really enjoyed. Bones had seemed to grasp the enormity of what he had gone through during her absence – he suspected Angela had helped clue her in – and had noticeably lessened her protests when he went alpha male on her.
He chuckled to himself, realizing that if he were able to discern how much of an impact he had made on Bones' office, how much Sweets must have a field day every time he walked in. Relaxing, he turned to focus on the book. He flipped about halfway through, picking up where he had left off. He had been careful not to read too much press about Bones' new book because he knew a big surprise was waiting at the end and he didn't want to spoil it… And judging from the glances of those in the lab and the bureau anytime the book was mentioned, he suspected the surprise involved Rook, his fictitious counterpart, in a major way.
As it stood right now, he wasn't a fan of Bones' latest creation, although he'd never tell her that. In the story, Bones' main character was kidnapped while her FBI partner was sent vague clues detailing her fate. He thought he would be able to handle it, but at times when he read it he felt like he was reliving her disappearance all over again.
After some time, Booth was deeply engrossed in the book, only the crumbs of his sandwich left on the table. Rook was about to unearth the remains of his partner's mother when his phone rang – BONES flashed on the screen.
Grinning broadly, Booth lay the book on the table and flipped his phone open. "Bones! Hey! How's the tour? How are you?"
"The tour has gone… Well so far, I suppose," Brennan's hesitant voice responded.
"Wait, why the hesitation? What's wrong? Are you ok?" Booth asked quickly, sitting up and wiping a hand over his mouth, clearing it of crumbs.
"Yeah, I'm fine. It's just… Well, I think something's going to happen. Something bad."


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To The Editor:
There are no words to capture the Tram Day this year.
It was the 10th anniversary of the Rotary Club Tram Day and it surpassed all others.
The community did it again. Everyone pulled together to make this event a huge success at the Swine Pavilion at Lions Lake, the Parks Department, Washington Chamber, city of Washington, Police Department, the Honor Guard, Washington Fire Department, Washington Rotary Club and many volunteers.
To the local businesses for their continued support, who help make this day possible and also to the students at Borgia High School and the interns from Parker Hannifin, what a difference you made in so many lives. The gratitude we have for all of you surpasses all.
For everyone who attended, you are the ones who make this event so special. You bring so much joy to so many with your presence. This day is to honor you and to thank you for all you have contributed to our community, for making it what it is today. Your smiles remind us why we are doing this event; you leave us with so many wonderful memories year after year.
Sharon and I are honored by the bench that the Rotary Club donated to the 10th anniversary of the Rotary Tram ride. We both were lost for words, our hearts are filled with gratitude and joy that this bench will be displayed in remembrance of this wonderful day.


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Saturday Night
For this Saturday night, we need to have as much fun as Bobby Grich did when pouring beer on Richard Nixon's head after the California Angels won the 1979 AL West title.
For this Saturday night, we need to have as much fun as Bobby Grich did when pouring beer on Richard Nixon's head after the California Angels won the 1979 AL West title.
Breitbart evidently now has a sports page, where its writers provide the same acumen for terrible analysis that they do on the political side. Because you see advanced statistics and math is for liberals. Instead, conservatives need numbers that reinforce their already existing beliefs against reality. Like all that matters in understanding pitchers is if the pitcher's team racks up a win:
In this article, columnist John Pudner introduces a new, proprietary metric, called Value Add Baseball. The idea behind it is to evaluate starting pitchers based not on how well they pitch, but how well they pitch in specific game situations. If a starting pitcher's team scores six runs, he can give up five runs and still maintain a lead; by contrast, if a starting pitcher's team scores only two runs, then he can give up three runs but still fall behind. The point of Value Add Baseball is to adjust for this: To make it clear that the pitcher who allows five runs when his team has scored six has done better than the pitcher who has allowed three runs when his team has scored two.
Sound crazy? It should! "The starting pitcher is the one player who has responsibility each game for getting his team the win," Pudner writes. But, actually, it is not the pitcher's job to get his team the win. It is the team's job to get the team the win. Baseball is a team sport! The starting pitcher contributes to the win—typically, I agree, more than any other individual player does—by helping, along with his defense and catcher, limit the other team's runs. But this metric holds the pitcher completely responsible. And it subscribes to the myth of "pitching to the score," which is just plain wrong.
Consider: It is generally agreed that the best baseball game ever pitched came on May 29, 1959, when the Pittsburgh Pirates' Harvey Haddix was perfect through 12 innings before he gave up a run to the Milwaukee Braves in the bottom of the 13th. (Hank Aaron was on base at the time.) Because the Pirates themselves had scored no runs through 13, Haddix "lost" the game. If I understand Value Add Baseball correctly, his "rating" for that game is worse than that of a starting pitcher who gave up five runs through seven innings while his own team scored nine. That is, plainly, ludicrous.
Look, Harvey Haddix sucked that day, OK. And the greatest pitcher of all time is obviously Jack Morris, he of the 5-run win. Felix Hernandez winning the Cy Young in 2010 was the greatest travesty of all time except for the Kenyan Usurper's two presidential wins and of course that evil George H.W. Bush stealing the 1988 Republican nomination from godly Pat Robertson. And how dare those liberal sportsnerds create a statistic called WAR, taking away from what war is supposed to do, kill brown people.
Bill Barnwell lists some bad NFL contracts, but of course his definition of "bad contract" is one in which the team loses value, not one in which the player is dramatically underpaid relative to his contribution. Given labor agreements that substantially restrict rookie and early year player compensation, a list of underpaid players is naturally going to be headed by guys like Mike Trout. Excluding those, what would a list of long-term contracts (NFL, NBA, or MLB) that were very "bad" from the perspective of the player look like?
The Yankees' acquisition of Alfonso Soriano is another sign that the team's ownership really has had trouble adjusting to the new reality that you have to develop from within in order to compete. Half-heartedly trying to get below the luxury tax, the Yankees decided to pass on resigning players like Nick Swisher in the offseason, instead choosing to rely on a bunch of ancient and oft-injured players. That's gone as well as expected, meaning that the Yankees arguably have the worst right-handed hitting team of all time, according to Ben Lindbergh at Baseball Prospectus (sub required to read the whole thing):
As a team, the Yankees have hit .221/.283/.311 from the right side of the plate. That's 30 points of OPS worse than the Marlins, who rank 29th in that category (and who play in a pitcher's park and don't have a DH). The Yankees haven't hit a right-handed homer in over a month (Jayson Nix, June 25th), and they went three weeks without one before that (Mark Teixeira, June 4th). It's like the whole team has turned into Pete Kozma.
This is historic offensive futility, and the fact that the Yankees had the highest payroll in baseball before trading for Soriano adds insult to impotence. The Yankees' .594 OPS from the right side is the 17th-lowest ever (or since 1916, which is as far back as Baseball-Reference goes when searching for that split). None of the entries on the list below them is from the last 30 seasons; most are from low-offense eras and pitcher's parks. In fact, considering the context, the 2013 Yankees have a real claim to the title of worst right-handed-hitting team of all time.
Let's just say that again. The Yankees do not have a right-handed home run since June 25. Today is July 26. Among the teams worse than the Yankees in that list referred to above are the mighty 81 Blue Jays and the legendary 02 and 03 Tigers. Actually every team since 1950 is better than the Yankees at right-handed hitting.
Acquiring Soriano in itself is probably fine if you need an ancient slugger having a surprisingly good season but who is a major liability on the basepaths and in the field. That doesn't help the Yankees much; the reality is that there isn't anything out there short of the Marlins trading Giancarlo Stanton for a bag of balls that is going to help them much. They need to be sellers, not buyers. It's amazing that the Yankees' record is as good as it is since they have vastly outperformed what their statistics suggest their record should be. In other words, the Yankees are by far the luckiest team in baseball this year and that's unlikely to continue in the last 2 months. But they are the Yankees and they only buy.
Given that the Yankees are utterly bereft of decent hitting prospects in the upper echelons of the system and the increased age and long-term contracts of their players, it's likely the Yankees will be a lot worse next year.
If anyone needs to puke, reading Lanny Davis appropriating the Washington Nationals to push his dream of a purple America where everyone in the Beltway can just get along by the Democratic Party moving to the right should accomplish it.
….A reminder of the all-time greatest take down of Lanny Davis.
I've always dreamed of starting a grassroots campaign for Toronto Blue Jays reliever Steve Delabar for one reason or another. And now I have my chance. Of course, fans get to choose the final all-star. For some reason, all the attention this year is whether Yasiel Puig will be the choice in the NL. Not much about the AL. Maybe that's because fans have the joy of deciding between 5 right-handed middle relievers for that spot, a situation I am sure really excites Bud Selig and the marketing team of MLB. The candidates are actually quite good–Delabar, Joaquin Benoit, David Robertson, Tanner Scheppers, and Koji Uehara. Who would I vote for? Who cares. Certainly not Tanner Scheppers because of his terrible first name, not that it is his fault. I mean really, shouldn't there be national counseling to expectant parents on the names they give their children.* Maybe Koji Uehara as a reminder to all Rangers fans what a great trade their team made in giving up a washed-up first baseman named Chris Davis for him a couple of years ago. Wonder what happened to that guy?
In other baseball news, I will be attending a Mexican League game tonight. I look forward to extreme awesomeness. I understand there are cheerleaders.
* This reminds me of a Rangers game I was at a few years ago. These racists behind me were making fun of the names black and Latino people give their children. It was very eye-rolling, very Texas. I remember especially them really laughing at the name of offensive linemen D'Brickashaw Ferguson. In these situations, I tend to hold my tongue and just keep listening for future story fodder, but my brother was getting really agitated. Then these racists called out to their daughter who was running around. Her name? Shiloh. I about doubled over laughing. You named your girl after a Civil War battle and you are making fun of black people? Then I remembered that they were racists and I was in Dallas. Good times. Good times.
After yet another pitcher, this time Alex Cobb of Tampa Bay, goes down from a liner to the head, it's hardly unreasonable to say that pitchers need to wear helmets on the mound. I suppose a full face guard is ideal, but even a batting helmet would be tremendously helpful. Or does a pitcher have to die on the mound to create the necessary change?
With respect to this…
I guess what I don't understand is why extremely successful players like A-Rod and Ryan Braun would take the risks associated with further connections to an organization like Biogenesis. Acknowledging all that is wrong with MLB's approach to steroid usage (uneven enforcement, unclear metrics, invasive procedures, excessive moralism, etc.) it's nevertheless true that MLB is waging a war on steroid usage, and that this war is broadly supported by the journalistic commentariat. Even if A-Rod, Braun, and the rest are innocent, they're running serious risks. I can appreciate why marginal players would seek the risks as worth it, given the huge financial difference between marginal- and marginal+ careers. But A-Rod and Braun, already under suspicion and with Hall of Fame credentials in question? Barry Bonds, an elite player, made the decision to move to PEDs in the 1990s, and it paid off for him. Now, however, we're operating under a much different administrative and normative framework; it's hard to imagine how A-Rod, Braun, and the people around them saw this as a winning long-term strategy.
Pierce is right on the money. The experience of going to PNC Park, including just being in downtown Pittsburgh and walking around the ballpark neighborhood, is second to none in all of baseball. I've been to Fenway and while I respect the history there, PNC is a more enjoyable experience all around.
A fight over health care benefits between unionized workers and management at a factory in Pennsylvania has gotten the attention of Major League Baseball's players, who are urging the workers to "stick together" against an effort to double health premiums without increasing benefits.
The dispute is centered at a VF Majestic factory in Pennsylvania, where all of Major League Baseball's jerseys are manufactured, and it set to heat up when a three-year labor agreement expires Friday. The workers, affiliated with the Service Employees International Union, haven't authorized a strike and are hoping to avoid one as they push back against Majestic in upcoming negotiating sessions. Heading into those negotiations, the workers received advice and support from Michael Weiner, the executive director of the Major League Baseball Player's Association.
But remember, Justin Verlander is objectively anti-worker for some reason.
[Erik]: Allow me to also mention the one-day strike of the concession workers at AT&T Park last week.
Jonah Keri tells us something very exciting and that makes total sense for anyone who watches baseball:
In fact, the Twins starters' inability to miss bats isn't just bad by 2013 standards — it's spectacularly, historically awful. The last teams' starters to strike out hitters at such an infrequent rate were the K-deficient Royals and Angels staffs of the early '80s. But league-average strikeout rates were much lower 30 years ago than they are this season, when they've reached an all-time high. According to FanGraphs, if you line up the Twins starters' strikeout rate against league average this year, then compare that number to other rotations in previous seasons, you get … the worst strikeout rate by a starting staff in the history of baseball.
It's really amazing to watch major league batters strike out at astounding numbers except when they play the Twins when they never strike out. Can the Twins become the adjusted lowest strikeout team of all time. Only by watching thrilling pitchers like Scott Diamond and Kevin Correia can we find out!


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Twitter Generates More Revenue Than Facebook, Pinterest Combined
Photo of the author, Jennifer Beese by Jennifer Beese on August 29, 2012
Pinterest might be a better source of referral traffic, but its got nothing on Twitter when it comes to revenue.
Zappos Labs found that while consumers were 13 times more likely to share a purchase on Pinterest than Twitter, tweets generated the most revenue.
Using its new PinPointing system — a web tool that recommends products based on Pinterest posts — the company was able to disprove an earlier study claiming that Pinterest users were more likely to buy and spend twice as much as referrals from other social networks.
According to Zappos, Twitter referrals averaged $33.66 per order, more than 10 times those of Facebook ($2.08 per order) and Pinterest ($0.75 per order) combined.
"Even if a person has 100,000 followers on Pinterest and she pins something to a board called 'Stuff I Love,' that's not as big a deal as an endorsement tweeted to 10,000 followers," explained Will Young, director at Zappos Labs.
While this data is not meant to deter you from using Pinterest, it serves as a good reminder not to neglect your strategies on other social media platforms.
[Via: Bloomberg, Image credit: Tom Brandt]
Jennifer Beese: Jennifer Beese has worked as a community manager and social media strategist. When she's not writing, you can find her studying anatomy and physiology—she literally has a skeleton in her closet—or under the stars with her telescope.


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A woman, a telephone and one side of a conversation – it sounds like the train journey to work? Not quite. Instead, it was a situation of measureless dramatic potential for the great French author and artist Jean Cocteau, and the composer Francis Poulenc. The latter's one-act opera for one singer, La Voix Humaine, setting a monologue by Cocteau, is the proof.
This short, searing work forms half of an exceptional cross-genre evening, Cocteau Voices, which takes to the stage this month in the Linbury Studio of the Royal Opera House. The Poulenc opera is the second part of the performance; before the interval there's a new ROH2 commission, a dance work by Aletta Collins, also inspired by a Cocteau monologue, and set to music specially composed by Scott Walker.
Striking a balance between art forms, between intense emotion and a light Gallic touch and between four potentially very different audiences – for dance, opera, literature and Scott Walker – Collins and the director Tom Cairns, who tackles the Poulenc, have set out to share the challenge.
They first worked together on Cocteau's themes of abandonment and possession in a film for Channel 4, The Human Voice; now they are deepening the connection and moving it on to the stage. Although the two halves of the evening are separate works, there's a unity at what Collins terms "bedrock level", evolved through long familiarity with one another's work; they have also laid the foundations by jointly planning the overall look and feel of the evening.
Nevertheless, as Tom Cairns says: "There couldn't be a bigger contrast between Scott Walker and Poulenc." In the 1920s, Cocteau was mentor to the group of composers known as Les Six, which included Poulenc, helping to inspire groundbreaking ideas on the nature of French art. But now his influence has virtually time-travelled. Walker, the legendary singer-songwriter whose recordings with The Walker Brothers first hit British pop charts back in the 1960s, is one of those maverick musicians who are constantly reinventing themselves. In the late 1960s he immersed himself in studying classical music, including Gregorian chant, which substantially affected his compositions afterwards; his kaleidoscopic musical imagination has continued to astonish, and in 2006 he was immortalised in film as 30th Century Man, a documentary by Stephen Kijak for which David Bowie was executive producer.
Collins first worked with Walker in 2008, when songs from his albums Drift and Tilt were presented at the Barbican as Drifting and Tilting: The Songs of Scott Walker. "A great range of performers were involved, from Jarvis Cocker to Damon Albarn," Collins says. "I was asked to choreograph two songs – one was a solo dance and the other was part of a larger piece, Clara (Benito's Dream), about Clara Mussolini. That was the famous piece with pig-punching: the carcass of a pig is punched and the noise of that becomes the percussion sounds. It was just fantastic to get to know Scott through working on that project.
"Then, when Cocteau Voices came up 18 months later, Scott was the most exciting choice. It was a collaboration from the word go. The score he's written is absolutely amazing; though it's in no way related to the Poulenc piece, I think the scale, weight and emotional intensity balances it very strongly."
Duet for One Voice was inspired, says Collins, by an early draft of the 1932 monologue that eventually evolved into Le Bel Indifférent. Cocteau created the latter for Edith Piaf and worked into it many of her own experiences. The earlier version, though, was a radio play, Lis Ton Journal ("Read Your Newspaper") written for Cocteau's male lover, Jean Marais. "That ambiguity, the fact that it can be performed by a man or a woman, was exactly what attracted me to it," says Collins, whose ballet features six dancers – three men and three women.
Both the Cocteau monologues behind this project deal with people desperately trying to get their partners' attention – and the issues are painful and perennial: "We read in magazines every day about the same kind of relationship problems and break-ups," Cairns says.
In La Voix Humaine, the heroine has been dumped by her implicitly younger lover and speaks to him by telephone; we hear only her side as the opera traces her mental breakdown, the question remaining as to whether she ultimately takes her own life. "You really have to write the invisible ex-lover's side of the conversation," Cairns says. "The text is very specific and the drama keeps revolving on virtually 180-degree turns, so it's something that the director and the performer have to figure out – the soprano, in this case the wonderful Nuccia Focile, carries the whole show alone and it's essential that the character evolves from her viewpoint."
Poulenc took Cocteau's monologue exactly as he found it: "I think he set every word, without missing a beat," says Cairns. And the intimate Linbury Studio should enhance its power: "We're putting the set in front of the orchestra, so Nuccia will be only a few feet from the audience."
Could there be a greater future for this type of mixed-genre performance in general? It's an endeavour "fraught with danger," Cairns and Collins admit. "There's always the risk that people will come along for one part and not respond to the other," says Cairns.
Such presentations have become increasingly featured in arts festivals both in Britain and overseas; what's newer is the advantage of the Linbury Studio as a venue that can commission and handle creative experiments year-round. In straitened economic times, though, the chances are that risk-taking will become ever more a luxury for creative artists – and for their audiences. Still, Cairns adds: "You often bump into people in the rehearsal room, but this time it's different: everyone's headed towards the same end-product. We can't wait to see each others' work at close quarters – and that sort of collaboration is rare."
'Cocteau Voices', Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House, London, 17-25 June (020 7304 4000)
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A part of the Samode group, the Samode Haveli is a hidden gem, a heritage hotel situated in a 175 year old Haveli. Located in the streets of Jaipur, this hotel is bursting with history and character having once been a manor house for the royal family.
Focused around the courtyard with balconies above, the Samode Haveli has walls with hand-painted decorations and an elephant ramp at the entrance. The 39 rooms and suites each have their own character, decorated in white marble and rich colours.
At the Samode Haveli, dine in the former dining hall where regional and international cuisine is served. Afternoon tea can also be enjoyed in the veranda lounge. Having visited bustling Jaipur, lie by the pool in the day beds or Jacuzzi, enjoy Ayurvedic massages in the spa or exercise in the fitness centre.
We can honestly say that the service we received from all W&O representatives has been excellent - the best we have ever experienced. All the hotels we stayed in were excellent and our favourite hotel was the Samode Haveli; we loved the room and the whole hotel. We particularly enjoyed Orchha as we experienced rural India which is so different from the cities with so many different sights and experiences to see here.
Excellent holiday! All hotels very high standard & excellent level of care.Guides all very good & informative. All reps punctual & helpful. Very pleased & looking forward to our next trip with W&O!
Hello Nikhil,
To say that we both enjoyed every moment of our holiday adventure in Rajasthan and Kerala is a huge understatement. To compare these regions is impossible as each has its own magic. Each leg of the trip was perfectly executed - cars with drivers thoughtfully supplying bottles of cool water and, in Yogi's case, snacks as well. We felt really cosseted and protected throughout, especially by Mr Biju, whose regular phone calls made us feel the gentle hand of Nikhil from afar.
We adored the Taj Oberoi at Agra with the breathtaking view of the Taj Mahal from our terrace. We would have been very happy to have stayed there a couple of nights, luxuriating in its splendour. We also loved the Samode Haveli, such a different venue, linking back to the past with its little courtyards and beautiful pool area. As for the Lake Palace Hotel - what words can describe it accurately? Unique, beautiful, gracious and utterly delightful may just do so.
In Kerala, as you planned, the pace of our holiday slowed down. We adored the Coconut Lagoon and the day on the kettuvallam, with its attending service, our trip by canoe down narrow waterways were especially magical and memorable. The indulgence of having our own pool at the Marari Beach Resort was such a luxury and we certainly made full use of it. We also used Tuc Tucs to get us around and found such lovely people and were even invited into one driver's home to meet his family - what a privilege!
All in all we had a ball with only one guide whom we could not understand and that was rectified within hours. The only problem we had, both ways, was at Dubai as the distances between gates was enormous. For instance on the return journey from Cochin we arrived at Gate 3 and had to get to gate 230, an impossibility for us to walk. We did ask for assistance when confirming the flight but this was not available until we did a little bit of foot stamping (which we hate to do) and then transport was provided. We feel this assistance should be put in writing so all is clear to ground staff.
However, the foregoing paragraph in no way spoilt the huge enjoyment of our holiday, altogether a lovely experience. We thank you, Nikhil, for your patience with us, your advice on eating (which we followed to the letter), the expert organisation and the clear way in which the itinerary was written. Need to say we are tempted to take a second peek at Western & Oriental India brochure!
With our very sincere thanks
Mrs Joslin & Mrs Sedley
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Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson Romance: 70% of Readers Say the 'Twilight' Couple Should Not Reunite
After Stewart was caught in a tryst with married Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders back in July, the Breaking Dawn twosome moved out of their shared Los Feliz home in Los Angeles, Calif., causing quite the whirlwind of emotions for the Twi-hard nation.
With the global promotional tour for the final installment of the Twilight series in action, the two have appeared to be back on, and were even seen getting close at the Chateau Marmont recently.
How are fans reacting to this reconciliation?
Celebuzz asked our Facebook fans, "Do you think Robert Pattinson should take back Kristen Stewart?"
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Photographs of nude teenagers that prompted police to close a gallery exhibit and launch an obscenity investigation were cleared today as non-pornographic, and police dropped their case against the artist.
Police announced that no charges would be laid in connection to the photographs by leading Australian photographer Bill Henson, who attracted support from celebrities such as Cate Blanchett.
The decision appeared to clear the way for the reopening of the Henson exhibit at Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery.
Police shut down the exhibit hours before it was to open May 22 and confiscated dozens of photographs of naked adolescent boys and girls to investigate whether they violated obscenity laws.
Row: Actress Cate Blanchett with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. The pair fell out after Mr Rudd branded the exhibition 'disgusting'
Hensen and the gallery released a statement welcoming the police decision.
'It has been profoundly humbling to witness the depth of support for my work in these past weeks,' Henson said.
'It is reassuring to see existing laws, having been rigorously tested, still provide a framework in which debate and expression of ideas can occur.'
The statement did not say whether the exhibit would be reopened.
Henson, 52, is a renowned artist whose work is displayed in galleries around the world.
His work, known for its use of light and dark shading, encompasses a wide range of subjects - landscapes, cloudscapes, suburban and rural life, young people and old people.
A spokeswoman for Australia's Classification Board, speaking on condition of anonymity under board policy, said six Henson photos had been referred to them. The board gave five of them a G rating, and one a PG.
Not smutty: Artist Bill Hensen with one of his controversial photographs
The PG photo - of a 13-year-old girl - was used on the cover of the invitation to the exhibit.
It was believed to have caused the initial complaints that led to the police shutdown of the exhibit and investigation into possible obscenity charges against Henson.
The image 'creates a viewing impact that is mild and justified by context ... and is not sexualized to any degree', the board found.
Following the ruling, the New South Wales police said their investigation had concluded.
In a statement the police said they had been advised by the Director of Public Prosecutions that there was 'no reasonable prospect of a successful conviction'.
'Matters involving the law and art are notoriously difficult and that is why police sought this advice,' the statement said, adding that the portraits would be returned to the gallery.
It's nicked: Two Australian policemen remove photographs from a gallery in Sydney last month
The police investigation set off a debate over censorship versus art, with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd calling the photos 'revolting'.
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Rudd said Friday that he stood by his views of the work but that the matter was for independent bodies to decide.
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At least three other art galleries in Australia were contacted by police about their Henson collections, and some took the pieces down from the walls while the case was under investigation.
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