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SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Quinn Thomas scored 18 points but her efforts went for naught as the Santa Clara University women's basketball team dropped its 2003-2004 season opener to Wisconsin-Green Bay Sunday afternoon by a score of 67-53 in the Leavey Center.
The Broncos came out early and hung with the Phoenix, who improved to 2-0 on the season, as two Jennie Rondel free throws knotted the score at 13 apiece after the first six minutes of play. From there UWGB would go on a 24-9 run that pushed their lead to a 37-22 with less than three minutes to play in the first half.
Santa Clara answered with an 8-0 run of their own sparked by back-to-back jumpers from transfer Michelle Cozad, closing the gap to 37-30, but a three pointer from Mary Kulenkamp with only 53 seconds remaining at the half put the Phoenix up by 10 at the break.
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There was a time when a fitness facility could survive — even thrive — as a box with some equipment. But in today's climate, facilities have to offer more than four walls and some equipment.
Following are five facilities that are unique, innovative and part of their communities.
Aggieland Fitness Dome
It's not often that a health club takes on the status of a landmark in a city, but that's what has happened with Aggieland Fitness Dome in College Station, TX. Members often say they are going to "the Dome" to workout, and everyone in this town of 68,000 people knows where they mean.
"We've become the dome people," says Steve Lumpee, owner of Aggieland Fitness Dome.
It's no wonder. Lumpee's club, which opened in January, has a distinctive design. It sits under a 124-foot diameter dome constructed of concrete. Lumpee discovered the dome design while surfing the Internet for an unusual look for his new club. After deciding on the dome design, he enlisted the aid of his architect, R. L. Payne & Associates Inc.; his contractor, Panattoni Construction; and Dome Technologies of Idaho Falls, ID, a company that has built dome-structured high schools, churches and other public buildings but never a health club. The dome is made of concrete in a complex process that involves plywood, spraying on concrete, attaching a tarp with a metal ring and expanding it with air pressure before spraying in insulation, attaching rebar and spraying another layer of concrete to create the structure.
Lumpee has owned two larger clubs but wanted to scale down with this club. Because he knew he wouldn't be the largest club in town, he wanted to be unique as a way to attract members and receive free advertising. So far, his plan seems to have worked.
"Before we opened, people knew what we were and where we were," says Lumpee. The unique-looking structure, which is actually twice as big inside as it appears on the outside, attracted a lot of questions during construction, and the local paper even ran a story about the club, helping to build the buzz.
People often tell Lumpee that his gym is great even though they haven't stepped inside it.
"So [people] are promoting [the club] without even coming in," says Lumpee.
The dome design is so distinctive that Lumpee has been approached about opening other clubs with this design and possibly franchising.
"It was a good decision to get the uniqueness," says Lumpee.
Not only does the dome offer members a unique atmosphere, but it also offers them the pride of knowing that they are making history as the first members of the first monolithic dome fitness center.
"The attention to detail and the experience makes it a workout that they can't get anywhere else," says Lumpee. The club not only offers exercise equipment from 14 companies, but the center of the dome offers a 24-foot diameter ceiling fan that is reversed to pull air up.
The only downside to the dome design is that the shape makes for fantastic acoustics, which may be great in a performance hall but can be loud in a gym. To tone down the sounds of equipment clanking, music playing and people talking, Lumpee had an acoustic panel installed that drops down six feet to eight feet from the ceiling.
"I would do it again in a minute," Lumpee says about opening the dome facility. "These buildings…their life spans are measured in centuries not years. It's cool to know that something that you built will last a lifetime."
Club: Aggieland Fitness Dome
Location: College Station, TX
Web site: www.aggielandfitness.com
Owner: Steve Lumpee
Square footage: 14,500
Number of members: 1,200
Architect: R. L. Payne & Associates Inc.
Date of club opening: Jan. 15, 2004
Cost of construction: $1.74 million
SIDE NOTE: Members at Aggieland Fitness Dome don't come here for group fitness because that's one thing that Lumpee didn't make room for under the dome — and that was on purpose.
His research had shown him that — unlike many parts of the country if not all of it — group fitness was trending out in his area, which is filled with upper middle class people ranging from stay-at-home moms, business people and retirees.
"It looks like we've made the right decision because we haven't had a handful of people who haven't joined because they want to do group fitness," says Lumpee. "You explain that the aerobics classes don't always give them what they want. Strength and cardio will do the same and allows them to do it on their own time."
The Gym of the Rockies
Sometimes Mother Nature saves the day. Take The Gym of the Rockies for instance. The owner had purchased this former tennis club housed in two separate Quonset hut-style buildings and had turned it into a health club. In March 2003, renovations to one of the buildings came to a grinding halt when a late winter snowstorm dumped too much snow on the roof, collapsing it. No one was hurt, which was one blessing, but another was that the collapse actually allowed the owner, Cliff Buchholz, to design a completely different club — one more to his liking, says Chris Ramers, general manager at The Gym of the Rockies.
The original metal structure didn't allow for a second story in the renovation. Once Mother Nature took care of demolition, Buchholz and his architects rethought the layout and the architects got busy designing a whole new second structure that allowed for a second story and more space for members.
The new, 25,000-square-foot space includes three new aerobics rooms (cycling, mind/body and group fitness), an elevated running track, a cardio area and a child care area. The multiple exercise rooms addressed a member need for more fitness classes and the childcare area helped the club attract and serve family memberships. In addition, the renovation allowed the club to double its cardio equipment area.
The old portion of the facility houses a cardio area, locker rooms, all the free weights, machine weights, offices and a coffee shop. It also houses a rock climbing wall, but not just any climbing wall. The 6,000-square-foot wall is annually ranked in the top three in Colorado. The wall was designed with no separation between it and the workout area so members can lift weights, run and do other cardio while watching climbers on the wall.
Ramers counts the rock climbing wall and the glu laminate (tongue and groove cedar planks) roof as the two most unique design elements of the club. The rock-climbing wall sits below the arched glu laminate roof in one area.
While the facility was originally two buildings, a new entrance designed with a barn or shed look (complete with red paint, cedar wood and the appearance of a tin roof) unifies the old Quonset hut-style building with the new, state-of-the-art building. The blended look fits well in the industrial park where the facility is located amidst warehouse-style buildings.
The interior of the old side is decorated with the glu lam. Colors are deep rust and black to give it a darker, warmer feeling, Ramers says. The color theme in the new half is the same, but the glu lam isn't there because the cost to do so today would be prohibitive. The interior design is open and free spirited, which sits well with the outdoor-minded members of the club.
The club also has a raised cardio area of about 4,000 square feet that appears to be suspended in the gym. It sits about mid way up the climbing wall so members are raised from the floor and have a direct view of the climbers.
Other items of interest are little touches that come with a new design, such as rounded corners that give the gym a more home-like and less industrial feel, large cut-out viewing areas to watch court sports and minimize excess traffic while games are being played and a padded indoor running track.
Many of those touches — little or big — may not have been there had it not been for the havoc wrought by Mother Nature. It may not be good to mess around with Mother Nature, but sometimes it's good when she messes around with you.
Club: The Gym of the Rockies
Location: Ft. Collins, CO
Web site: www.thegymoftherockies.com
Owner: Cliff Buchholz
Square footage: 50,000
Number of members: 2,700
Architect: Vaught Frye
Date expansion/rebuilt section opened: Feb. 2, 2004.
Cost of the expansion: $1.38 million
Lakeshore Athletic Club-Flatiron
In a 150,000-square-foot facility, one might think that space is abundant and perhaps wasted here or there, but that's far from the truth at Lakeshore Athletic Club-Flatiron where even the roof serves multiple purposes.
The facility, opened in affluent and family-oriented Broomfield, CO (between Boulder and Denver) in November, already has attracted 5,000 members.
"Whatever they want to do, they can do here," says David Coffey, general manager at Lakeshore Athletic Club-Flatiron. "The pinnacle we have is very challenging. The group classes are second to none. The instructors in the area are fabulous. Our food and beverage is very heart-healthy, organic food. The kids program is marvelous."
It does seem that the club owners and architect thought of everything. The designer used every bit of space in the facility — including the roof, which houses a children's playground and three tennis courts.
One of the more spectacular parts of the club is the three-story vaulted entry area with a curved metal ceiling. This area includes a pinnacle or rock climbing wall and a waterfall. The climbing pinnacle includes an 8-foot-high bouldering area where users can move side to side instead of up and down. These features are important in this part of the country where rock climbing and cycling are popular, especially since many world-class athletes including triathletes live and train in the area.
To get into the club, members can choose one of three entry points — the main entrance, the Kidshore entrance and the outdoor pool/water park entrance, which is only used in the summer.
Because Broomfield is a family-oriented city, Lakeshore dedicated 10,000 square feet to the Kidshore area, which includes a gym with a unique floor that allows for roller skating. Children in the Kidshore program have access to their own pathway to the family locker rooms so they don't have to go through the club. Parents can keep an eye on their children in the Kidshore area from individual televisions on the cardio equipment.
Lakeshore offers four group exercise rooms — cycling, yoga, Pilates, and large group exercise — that are individually climate controlled. The yoga room has shelves for candles and a rock feature, which is made of the same material as the pinnacle. The cycling room design is circular with fans and projection televisions on the wall so members can cycle while images are projected on the wall. The aerobics room includes a large area for equipment storage.
The two indoor pools are kept at different temperatures. One of the pools is sloped from side to side making 25 meters of slope instead of five lanes of slope. The other indoor pool has a rock-climbing feature that is a waterfall. The outdoor pool has a concession area and a water park with a slide (and an option for a second slide in the future). The outdoor pool also has zero depth entry and an outdoor Jacuzzi with a gas fire pit next to it.
The club has other special touches, such as curved walls, glass blocks in the Jacuzzi area, direct access from the locker rooms to the spa, a couple's treatment room in the spa, natural material and a Zen water feature in the spa, a relaxation area and an enclosed changing room in the locker room, digital locks on the lockers, a television in the sauna, and a shower in the steam room.
"I've traveled the country," says Coffey. "There isn't anything as beautiful as this club. I opened up a club in the 1970s that was similar to this, but that was a club of the 1970s. This is a club of the 2000s."
Club: Lakeshore Athletic Club-Flatiron
Location: Broomfield, CO
Web site: www.lsacflatiron.com
Owner: Lakeshore Management Group (George and Walter Kaiser)
Square footage: 150,000
Number of members: 1,900 memberships (about 5,000 members)
Architect: Ohlson-Lavoie
Date of club opening: November 2003
Cost of construction: $30 million
Club One
What do you get when you take the best of the outdoors and bring it inside? Well, if you are Club One, you get Club One at Santana Row, the company's new model for all of its existing and future clubs.
Located on the third floor of its San Jose, CA building, Club One at Santana Row was designed to bring the beauty and sensation of the local outdoors inside the club, according to the company.
The 30,000-square-foot facility, which was designed by Gensler and built by Principal Builders of San Francisco in less than six months — construction was completed two weeks ahead of schedule and 2 percent under budget — uses natural light and other elements. Furthermore, throughout the facility Club One and Gensler make ample use of natural slate floors, bamboo wall coverings, river rock accents and a custom trail map highlighting cycling, hiking and horseback riding trails from Half Moon Bay to Monterey Bay to highlight the outside-in design.
"This club represents our new model site and combines high-end architecture and interiors with cutting-edge fitness. We've combined beautiful aesthetics with top-notch fitness programs that we believe will offer a truly unique fitness club environment for our members," says Jill Kinney, co-founder and director of new business development for Club One, which is headquartered in nearby San Francisco. "We are in the process of renovating our existing clubs to match this model and are also developing two new model sites this year and expect to add two to three new clubs per year going forward."
The company says that members can even enjoy a view of the Santa Cruz Mountains while relaxing in the spa lounge or take an early morning yoga class on an open-air roof deck. The secondary Circular Skyline Lounge comes replete with overstuffed leather chairs and aromatherapy. Meanwhile, the oversized treatment rooms have natural hardwood floors, Bolon matting rugs, walls and window coverings and Asian art.
Topping off the club, literally, is a 1,000-square-foot, glass-enclosed deck that offers a 360-degree view of the coastal range and downtown San Jose.
"We designed a comfortable space with plenty of natural light, colors and textures while incorporating state-of-the-art technology into the air ventilation system, spa treatment area and locker rooms," says Charlie Kridler, vice president of Gensler of the elememts that went into the design of the club. "We are pleased to team up with Club One and are very proud of the outcome."
Club: Club One, Santana
Row Location: San Jose, CA
Web site: www.clubone.com
Owner: Club One
Square footage: 30,000
Number of members: 4,200
Architect: Gensler San Francisco; lead architect, Zsofia Kondor; interior designer, Alison Carr
Date of club opening: Jan. 7, 2004
Cost of construction: $6.3 million
The Paseo Club
Located on eight acres of land set aside for a tennis and swim club, The Paseo Club opened recently in Valencia, CA, a suburb north of Los Angeles. As a newer and fast-growing master-planned community, Valencia is filled with new residents looking for fun and family-oriented recreation activities. Even more important, these young families are looking to strengthen existing friendships and build new social connections.
Accented with beautiful gardens, a covered loggia and a fireplace creating a picturesque setting for parties and other social happenings, The Paseo Club strives to be at the center of its members' social lives. Additionally, Valencia offers a unique 25-mile "paseo" pedestrian pathway system connecting business centers, parks, schools, shopping and recreation centers. The club is adjacent to the Paseo, which helps it tie into the community even further.
Owners Steve McAvoy and Desi McBride were awarded the project and although this is their first shot at building a facility from the ground up, the owners were excited to develop a family-oriented facility that blended the community with the rich history of the area.
"We were determined to build a beautiful club to take advantage of our unique location along the San Francisquito Creek; we didn't want a cookie-cutter design," says McAvoy of the club's decision to utilize the designs it did. "The concept of a Spanish-style hacienda seemed to bring together the history of Valencia, the physical location, the desired relaxed resort atmosphere, and the high design look we wanted to achieve."
The Paseo Club is located along the western bank of the San Francisquito Creek, which is dry for the most part but has beautiful natural trees and landscape. This serves as a scenic backdrop and focal point for the club and its various amenities including tennis, swimming and traditional fitness areas.
The main clubhouse features a gallery, which leads to an exercise room with a dramatic, 20-foot-high ceiling. Directly to the south is a covered loggia with an outdoor fireplace. Along the western side of the building is a covered, tiled veranda, which leads to the Kids Corner.
Despite these architectural highlights, the architect for the project, EBTA Architects, felt that using a center court aspect among the 15 tennis courts was vital to the success of the design.
"We decided to go away from the traditional box that so many facilities are focused around [and instead designed] the historic hacienda feel to The Paseo Club right down to the covered loggia, which serves as an outside living room," says Amat Tajudi a principal at EBTA, which has had some experience in the health club industry. "But building a true center court with food, a garden setting and other attributes helps to turn the Paseo Club from just another tennis and health facility to a place where the community can gather for meetings, events, tournaments, even weddings."
Just to prove that point, McAvoy is getting married there later this year.
Club: The Paseo Club
Location: Valencia, CA
Web site: www.thepaseoclub.com
Owner: Steve McAvoy and Desi McBride
Square footage: 8 acres (indoor fitness facility is 12, 500 square feet)
Number of members: 670
Architect: EBTA Architects
Date of club opening: Nov. 18, 2003
Cost of construction: $7 million


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Texas judge posts on Facebook about Manziel's speeding ticket
A municipal court judge in Texas muddied the waters of legal ethics by posting on his Facebook account details about a speeding ticket earned in the area of Ennis, Texas, by a "certain unnamed (very) recent Heisman Trophy winner."
That would be Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel, of course.
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As Chris Huston of CBSSports.com writes, Lee Johnson, a judge in Ennis, went on the social media service and gave out some oh-so-clever details about Manziel. While not mentioning the Aggies' star by name, Johnson was transparent enough ("recent Heisman Trophy winner," "college down south") to allow those following his account to easily connect the dots.
Wrote Johnson:
"Too funny. So it seems that a certain unnamed (very) recent Heisman Trophy winner from a certain unnamed 'college' down south of here got a gift from the Ennis P.D. while he was speeding on the 287 bypass yesterday. It appears that even though the OU defense couldn't stop him, the City of Ennis P.D. is a different story altogether. Time to grow up/slow down young 'un. You got your whole life/career ahead of you. Gig Em indeed."
He then added: "I meant to say 'allegedly' speeding, my bad." Yeah, oops.
As Huston notes, Johnson is a graduate of Baylor, one of A&M's former Big 12 rivals. (There was a great deal of animosity between the two schools surrounding A&M's departure for the SEC for the 2012 season.)
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Writes Huston: "At the very least (according to legal experts we consulted) his commentary is unethical and could result in some disciplinary action, or force him to recuse himself from the case. Also, his actions probably won't go over well with some Aggie partisans in that football-crazy part of the state."
You can't help but feel a little bad for Manziel — at least a little bit, right? He's the face of his sport and the Heisman winner, but imagine: Manziel can't even get a speeding ticket without a judge (a judge!) chatting about it online. So long, privacy.


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Ryan Stevens scored four goals for Harvard against the sixth-ranked Big Red (Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Ryan Stevens tallied a career-high four goals, and Harry Krieger recorded 14 saves, but the Harvard men's lacrosse team fell to No. 6 Cornell by a score of 13-12 before 2,742 fans at Harvard Stadium Saturday afternoon. Kevin Vaughan added a hat trick and five ground balls for the Crimson, while Dean Gibbons handed out three assists.
Harvard, which falls to 6-4 overall and 1-2 in the Ivy League, outscored the Big Red, 9-8 in the second half after trailing 5-3 at the break. The Big Red sees its record improve to 8-2 overall and 4-0 in the Ancient Eight.
Cornell led, 2-0, after the first quarter, outshooting the Crimson 19-7, including a 7-3 margin on net, in the opening frame. In the second, Cornell extended its advantage to 4-0 until Vaughan got the Crimson on the scoreboard with an unassisted tally at 12:13. Less than two minutes later, Peter Schwartz sent a pass to Stevens who cut the deficit to two, 4-2. Vaughan netted his second goal at 6:12, pulling Harvard back within two scores, 5-3.
Early on in the third, Stevens found the back of the net at 12:43, getting the Crimson within a single goal, 5-4. Only 48 seconds later, Daniel Eipp tallied an unassisted goal, knotting the game 5-5. Vaughan scored for the third time at 7:20, tying the game at 6, as the Crimson netted six of the last eight goals to that point.
Dean Gibbons assisted on Steven's third goal at 6:45, which gave Harvard its first lead of the afternoon, 7-6. With 4:17 left in the third, Jack Doyle put Harvard up by two and then Stevens followed with his fourth goal at 4:07, which made it a 9-6 game in favor of the Crimson.
The Big Red tallied the next three goals to tie it up early in the fourth on a score by Steve Mock at 13:07. Matt Hull put Harvard back on top, 10-9, as he accepted a pass from Gibbons right in front of the goal and fired it home at 10:49. Only 55 seconds later, Alex White scored unassisted to give Harvard a two-goal edge, 11-9. The Crimson's lead was short-lived, however, as Rob Pannell knotted the contest, 11-11, at 8:26.
With 5:03 remaining, Gibbons dished out his third assist of the day, as he found Hull for a score, giving Harvard a 12-11 lead. The Big Red answered with a score by David Lau with 4:20 left and then Lau scored again with just 1:18 remaining to put Cornell back on top, 13-12.
Following Cornell's go-ahead goal, Stevens grabbed a ground ball of the ensuing faceoff, giving Harvard possession. The Crimson held possession until 40 second remaining when an errant pass from Terry White was grabbed by Cornell's Max Feely. Cornell remained in control of the ball for the remainder of regulation, preserving the win.
Cornell outshot Harvard, 48-35, while the Crimson controlled ground balls, 37-25. Daniel DiMaria led Harvard with six ground balls, while Gabriel Mendola had three ground balls and won 10-of-17 faceoffs. Andrew West, who replaced A.J. Fiore in net for Cornell in the third quarter, stopped three shots, while Fiore recorded eight saves.
Harvard was 2-of-4 on man-up opportunities and cleared the ball successfully 15-of-20 attempts.
The Crimson will close out its non-conference schedule at Quinnipiac Tuesday, April 12 at 4 p.m.


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Recent record-setting auction house sales prices—$83 million for the Pink Star diamond and $142 million for Francis Bacon's "Three Studies of Lucien Freud"—have returned attention to valuable collections as a potentially rewarding asset class. In recent years, these tangible assets, such as fine art, wine, jewelry, antiques, sports memorabilia and classic cars have finally been recognized as an asset class in their own right.
Yet high-net-worth individuals rarely apply to these items the same rigor they have when making financial investments or business decisions. Homeowners can only sufficiently protect their wealth and understand the financial options available to them if they and their wealth advisors have access to a comprehensive view of their tangible assets.
Here are seven steps that wealth advisors can help their clients take to manage the complex and evolving set of risks associated with this increasingly important asset class.
Step 1: Assemble the Right Team of Experts
To most effectively manage the risks involved with investing in tangible assets, families and their wealth advisors should select a qualified team of experts to assist with documenting, valuing, insuring and protecting their prized possessions. First, the team should include an independent insurance agent or broker who specializes in serving HNW clients. To identify these agents, check to see that they have a well-defined process for assessing personal risks and have access to carriers that also specialize in serving HNW clients. Other experts to engage include a loss prevention specialist, estate and tax planners, a CPA and an attorney.
Step 2: Secure an Accurate Appraisal
The appraisal is the foundation for almost every decision made with tangible assets. Picking the right expert is essential. Appraisal industry associations, such as the American Society of Appraisers, can provide guidance in this regard for insurance purposes. The IRS provides and requires additional rules for appraisers and appraisal reports for income, gift and estate tax purposes.
For especially valuable items, consider two or three appraisals by different appraisers at the same time to guarantee your assets are valued accurately.
Step 3: Track New Transactions at the Point of Sale; Monitor Price Changes
Consider cloud-based software to help manage the records of your assets. These systems should store important details about each item along with its value, proof of authenticity and a schedule to update valuation. The most robust solutions will be able to accept information about transactions at the point of sale, eliminating the tedium of manually entering new items. They will also be able to automatically adjust valuations, or notify the owner about the need for an updated appraisal, as related sales occur at retail and auction houses.
Step 4: Schedule Highly Valuable Items on Valuables Policy
Proper insurance coverage represents a critical component of any wealth protection plan. Yet a 2011 ACE study found that nearly 40% of wealthy collectors did not have all of their precious items insured with a valuables policy.
For the best protection, families should seek the added protection of a valuables policy, which allows the family to declare the value of each piece, or group of pieces, on the policy. This coverage is not restricted by specific coverage limits for certain items in homeowners policies, and it applies to a broad array of risks, including those excluded by homeowners policies, such as flood.
The best policies will also guard against price fluctuations by providing coverage for the market value of an item at the time just prior to loss up to 50% more than the value listed on the policy.
Step 5: Engage the Services of a Risk Consultant
Wealthy families often fail to work with a professional risk consultant, leaving themselves and their assets exposed to serious risks. Even if a property is adequately insured, virtually all owners would prefer to prevent loss in the first place over having to make a claim.
A risk consultant can recommend and help owners implement key loss prevention strategies, including an updated inventory of property, evacuation planning for precious collections as well as family members, background screening of domestic staff and contractors to help prevent theft, and backup power supplies for environmental controls and security systems.
Step 6: Determine a Succession Plan
Too many families wait to develop a strategy for their valuables until it is too late to make a rational decision about a succession plan. It is never too early to begin planning and discuss the various methods with your key advisors.
If you're planning on leaving your assets in a will or trust, donating pieces to a museum or writing an estate planning letter, you will need professionals who have experience dealing with these assets and their unique tax and financial opportunities and consequences. Proper documentation enables proper planning and ensures that the proper tax basis is reflected, which can save family members thousands of dollars.
Step 7: Regularly Discuss Your Tangible Assets With Your Advisors
In every wealth planning consultation, devote sufficient time to discuss the tangible assets in your portfolio. Families may not consider themselves to be collectors, but anyone who owns jewelry, watches, memorabilia, antique furniture or other luxury items must ensure those valuable items are properly accounted for.
Unless advisors are kept up to date about your tangible assets, they will be unable to help you minimize risk or capitalize on opportunities, such as being able to secure a loan on favorable terms by using the assets as collateral.
Today's investors have the opportunity to reap significant benefits by investing in tangible assets, but these investments pose unique challenges. The challenges include: determining value and authenticity, documentation, estate and tax planning as well as insurance. Owners of tangible assets should embrace the new technology tools that dramatically improve the management of their tangible wealth. By regularly discussing these critical issues with clients, wealth advisors will be uniquely positioned to deliver a comprehensive picture of wealth.


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By: Rachel Goodman
This past Sunday, May 20th 2012, marked 23 years since the passing of one of the most unique and funniest comediennes to have ever lived.
After landing many leads in comic roles at the University of Michigan, Gilda Radner landed her first professional theatre role as part of the legendary cast of Godspell at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto in 1972. Gilda then went on to become one of the founding members of the Second City Toronto under Andrew Alexander, along with Dan Aykroyd, Eugene Levy and Valri Bromfield.
Here in Toronto, Gilda made a name for herself as a comedienne. A reviewer once correctly projected that she would go on to be the "toast" of comedy in London and New York. Fulfilling this prophecy, a year and a half later, Gilda went on to New York City where she worked on the National Lampoon Show as a writer and performer, before becoming the first Not Ready For Prime Time Player to be hired for Saturday Night Live. Her characters such as Roseanne Roseannadanna, Emily Litella, Baba Wawa and Judy Miller still have not been forgotten in pop culture or to her fans. With these characters she has inspired people such as Tina Fey, Emma Stone, Tracey Ullman, Cheri Oteri, and countless others who have gone on to do great things in their lives and performances.
But what really makes Gilda so incredibly different is that the world truly loved her – and practically anyone that ever met her has said that she was the nicest person ever.
"When Gilda came out on stage," said the late Joyce Sloane, who was considered to be the mother of Second City, "the whole audience just wanted to put its arms around her."
"People who met her for the first time, they felt like they were her best friend and she theirs, and what I just told you with that story is not an unusual story," says Alan Zweibel [one of the original writers on Saturday Night Live] in an interview with Peter Anthony Holder, "you'd go to a restaurant and if you passed a homeless person on the way to restaurant, at the restaurant she would order a couple of extra desserts or an extra sandwich and come back and give it to the guy."
Many were devastated to hear of the loss of Gilda back in 1989, including Steve Martin, who was hosting Saturday Night Live that day that she died. Holding back tears, Martin introduced the famous Dancing in the Dark sketch where he and Gilda danced to their own rendition of the song of the same name from the movie The Band Wagon (with Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse).
Even after death, Gilda's legacy lives on. During her illness, Gilda was able to go to a cancer support group in Santa Monica, California and her hope was that people could have this same help no matter where they live. Gilda's Club was established by her husband Gene Wilder and her cancer psychotherapist Joanna Bull. Cancer patients can go to Gilda's Club to be with other people who are going through the same thing as Gilda during her battle with cancer. After opening the first Gilda's Club in NYC in 1995, it was so successful that in 2000 Gilda's Club Worldwide formed with the goal of bringing cancer support groups worldwide.
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The photographer was hired to take pictures of corpses of Syrian soldiers and political opponents who died due to torture, diseases, malnutrition or excecutions. Shocked by what he saw, he managed, with the help of supporters, to smuggle 28.000 pictures out of Syria and published them in the internet in January 2014. The world was shocked about the proof of the brutality of the Assad regime but it hasn't been possible to charge Syria at the International Court of Justice, because of the veto of Russia and China at the United Nations Security Council.
In order to protect him and his family, the photographer's face and place of residence remain secret. The award winner is only known under the code name "Caesar". The French journalist Garance Le Caisne, who interviewed "Caesar" and published a book about him, accepted the award on his behalf at the award ceremony at the Opera House of Nuremberg on the 24th of September 2017.
History of the International Nuremberg Human Rights Award and special program
Since the year 1995 the International Nuremberg Human Rights Award has been the answer to the dark history of the city and the involvement in the crimes against the human rights during World War II. Inspired by the construction of The Way of Human Rights, the city took the decision to make a contribution to the respect of the human rights by establishing an international award.
Today Nuremberg vouches for human rights, peace, reconciliation and respect. After the award ceremony the citizens of Nuremberg come together to meet for the Nuremberg Peace Banquet in order to raise awareness and funds.
Hollywood actress and Oscar winner Vanessa Redgrave opened this year the Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival at the 27th of September. Until the 4th of October, visitors had the choice between different movies and documentaries from Turkey, Chile and Myanmar.
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Grain and oilseed markets continue to slide lower. March corn closed 6 ½ cents lower at $6.96 ½ March soybeans 26 ¼ cents lower at $14.04 ¾, and March wheat 15 ¼ cents lower at $7.90 ½.
The USDA announced more soybean cancellations this morning. China cancelled 540,000 MTs of 2012 - 2013 soybeans which is on top of the 420,000 cancelled yesterday. That's over 35 million bushels of soybeans cancelled in 2 days! This is a significant amount on any year let alone when we were only expected to have a 130 million bushel carryout (December WASDE Estimate). Exactly why we are seeing cancellations after such strong sales in the last few weeks is still unknown. It could be for a number of reasons such as switching to South American beans or cancelling previous sales that were well above current levels. Gulf basis was down 10-18 cents today. With soybeans selling off and another poor corn export number this morning corn didn't have much trouble breaking below the crucial $7 support level. Corn looks poised to fill the gap it made over the 4th of July (see chart).
Front Month Corn
Wheat sales were strong but that market has been negatively affected by the residual selling from the corn and soybean markets. We are once again competitively priced in the world market but from a technical standpoint wheat still looks negative. The next downside target would be at the 68.2% Fibonacci retracement of $7.58 (see chart).
March Wheat
Friday will be the last trading day for January grain and oilseed options. There are still over 10,000 January $14.00 soybean puts as of this morning's open interest report so watch for breaks toward this level!
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A blog to compile what I have learned (and what I am learning) about Mandriva (and GNU/Linux in general) since 2009, when I migrated. Current distros I'm using: OpenMandriva Lx 3.1 /3.0 Mageia 6, PCLinuxOS 2017.03, Fedora Workstation 27 (KDE spin), PicarOS, Pisi Linux 1, Elive beta, and AntiX 13.
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Google sued for reading emails
What I do not understand is if the legal action has legs... After all, Gmail users have been informed previously about the practice and must consent to it in order to open a Gmail account.
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There is no such thing as privacy when using a free service. No complaint here, got nothing to hide I guess...ResponderEliminarRespuestas
Thanks for dropping by.
I understand your point. The person who agrees to the TOS of a free service must face the consequences. However, I believe that privacy is far more complex than having something to hide. Disregarding the fact that all people have parts of their lives that they do not want to go public (what you do outside the work sphere should not be the concern of your boss, for instance), online privacy is analogous to the reason why we keep our houses locked: we want to protect that which we value from outsiders who want to take it and profit from it easily.
I see your point. Although I don't know how exactly Gmail reads the mail the article says that Google states that the reading is done by code and not by actual people.... but then the problem comes when it was leaked that Google (and Facebook, Yahoo and Microsoft) shared info with the NSA, which probably includes such mails. So the real issue might lie in that the info that Gmail has access is readable and not encrypted even from themselves... albeit I don't think you can encrypt something without being able to decrypt it later yourself, which would be a must so that it can be readable on the other side?? I don't know yet!Eliminar
I think my real opinion is that today's technologies aren't ready for such privacy. Sure it's unethical, but probably all we can do about it is be careful with what we share on-line.
Your point is, of course, well-taken.Eliminar
Encryption is of little use if the party receiving the message lacks the tools or the knowledge to access the message (99% of the cases).
We can use steganography, but email providers will suspect soon.
In the end, as you said it, the best counteraction is not to put online what you don't want the whole world to see. The problem is when your friends put it there (as in Facebook pictures).


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Roads. We all use local roads to get to and from work, to and from entertainment and eating options, and of course to get to the beach.
Bluffton residents lately have a piqued interest in two projects. The first is the Bluffton Parkway Phase 5B which is a realignment of the parkway.
An information "open house" was held Thursday at the high school.
Full disclosure: I have an interest in the parkway because I live in a development off S.C. 170 and use it to come into town and to avoid U.S. 278. I take any and every opportunity to stay off U.S. 278 for a lot of reasons.
For those new to the greater Bluffton area or who have not stayed up to speed on the 5B project, here's what we know. The project has been in development since about spring of 2006. That's about seven years.
Part of the reason for the realignment is to improve the existing roadway and specifically the one-mile stretch of Bluffton/Buckwalter parkways. Another reason is alleviate some of the traffic on U.S. 278 and S.C. 46. The Beaufort County Council in 2008 approved the project.
This brings us to current day and why the realignment is being revised and the reason for last week's meeting.
Beaufort County and the town of Bluffton decided a modification of the plan was necessary, and mostly this change affects the Buckwalter intersection. The county proposes shifting the alignment about 350 feet north to accommodate improvements along Buckwalter Parkway.
Some proponents of the revision say it will open the door for economic development.
But why is it that the topic of road projects in Beaufort County brings such angst and turmoil?
The only people I saw and heard talking at the meeting last week were those in opposition. About 40 people took time out to come see the proposed revision and ask questions about it.
That is the way it is sometimes when you ask for feedback. The people who support a project obviously don't think they need to attend a public meeting.
All this being said and done, the $25 million project has no funding and in reality even if it is blessed again by County Council, you won't see dirt moved for 18 months or even two years.
The one criticism of last week's meeting I have is that there was no formal presentation and that would have allowed people to ask questions and get an answer that someone else in the room might also have been seeking. While the open house format was informal and provided a lot of one-on-one time with town and county officials, I would have been in favor of a short presentation by Florence & Hutcheson since they are being paid about $100,000 to facilitate the proposal and navigate the appropriate channels to get approvals from the state and other entities to bring it to fruition.
There is no doubt that planning is key to a community's growth and development. And while I am not here today to say if the proposed revision to the realignment is one that I think is good or bad, it is good that both the county and town is planning for the future.
The other road project that took center stage last week continues this week. The U.S. U.S. 278 flyover project would connect Bluffton with Hilton Head Island. This one appears to be a scuffle between Hilton Head Island and Beaufort County. With Bluffton sitting in the middle playing the stepchild.
The Hilton Head Town Council last week reversed its unanimous support from last year and took back a pledge of $1 million in aesthetic improvements.
The current $45 million project design includes an elevated roadway from Bluffton Parkway at Buckingham Plantation Drive through the marsh to the foot of the bridge to Hilton Head. Flyover bridges connect with U.S. 278's eastbound and westbound lanes.
This little battle could get ugly and could jeopardize about $15 million in funding from the State Infrastructure Bank.
County Council is expected on Monday to take action.
Stay tuned. And who said roads aren't interesting and fun to write about.
Editor Kathy Nelson may be reached at email@example.com or 843-815-0800, Ext. 19. Her column runs every other week.


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Philadelphia Phillies – Awards: Singles Champions.
In 126-years as a member of the National League, the Phillies have won twenty singles titles. Eleven Phils have won the title, with five of them doing it multiple times.
The first Phil to win the singles title was Hall of Famer Billy Hamilton, who, in 1890, ended up in a tie for first place with Cliff Carroll of the Chicago Colts (now the Cubs), with each men hitting 137 singles. Hamilton then won the title outright in 1891-92 and 1894 with 147 (1891), 152 (1892) and 176 (1894) singles each. The second Phillie player to win the title, the fifth to be won by a Phil, was Eddie Grant, who won it with 147 singles in 1909. In 1910, Grant won his second straight singles title by hitting 134 of them that season. The next Phil to win the singles title was Beals Becker, who hit 128 singles in 1914. The fourth Phillies player to win the tile was Lefty O'Doul, winning it in 1929, in a tie with Hall of Famer Lloyd 'Little Poison' Waner of the Pittsburgh Pirates, with each man getting 181 singles, presently the Phillies' record for the most singles hit in a season. The fifth Phil to become the singles champ was Chick Fullis, doing it in 1933 with 161 singles. Eddie Waitkus became the sixth Phil to win the singles title, helping to lead the Phils to their second National League title in 1950, by hitting 143 of them. The following year, 1951, Hall of Famer Richie Ashburn won the first of his four singles championships, as he hit 181 singles, in the process tying Lefty O'Doul's record. He won his second singles title, hitting 169 singles in 1953, then won his third title in 1957 with 152 and then his fourth and final title the following season, 1958, with 176. The next Phil to win the title was Dave Cash, who won it with 167 singles in 1974, then won it for the second straight year with 166 singles in 1975. Three years later, Larry Bowa became the ninth Phil to win the title as he hit 153 singles in 1978, the year the Phils won their third straight National League Eastern Division title. Pete Rose, the following season, became the tenth Phils to win the title, as he hit 159 singles in 1979. Rose won his second singles title as a Phillie player by hitting 117 singles in the strike-shortened season of 1981. The eleventh and final Phil to win the singles title was Doug Glanville, doing it in 1999 with 149 singles. No Phillie player has won the title since then.
Of the twenty singles titles won by the Phils, almost half of them, eight, has been won by two Hall of Famers, Billy Hamilton (4) and Richie Ashburn (also 4). Three other Phils have won two titles each, Eddie Grant, Dave Cash and Pete Rose. Two Phils have won the title tied with another player, Hamilton in 1890 and Lefty O'Doul in 1929. The Phils to have hit the most singles to win the title were O'Doul (1929) and Ashburn (1951) with 181, which is still the Phillies' record for most singles in a season. The Phil to have won the title with the least number of singles was Pete Rose with only 117 in the strike-shortened season of 1981. The Phillies have won four singles titles in the 19th Century, sixteen in the 20th, and, so far, none in the 21st Century.
Who will be the next Phils to win the single titles? At this time, I really have no clue who might win it.


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Damn! Sent my complaint, whatever good it will do.
Thanks amdatiFOSHO for nailing this guy before he got others. New it was too good, but live and learn i guess.
Hey _dangtx_, sent you a pm.
i can't take all the credit, xjustmex21 informed me, then searched all over for info on this guy... the real guy who owns that heatware use to be pretty active over at anandtech forums... i also sent a pm to the real owner of the heatware, waiting to hear back if he knows anything about this guy
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At least i didn't lose any money and no harm done. However when you read this Cybergamefan know that you will get yours, you may not think so but when your life goes down the shi##er you remember this post, what comes around goes around-and its coming back to you!
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my cc company did recieve the bill yet, so they can;t put in dispute yet... cgc im getting a bunch of info on him... i don;t want to say too much until i get something solid on him... i think that if paypal doesn;t give the money to your cc company after the investigation, they might take the credit back... thats why im trying to get more info on this guy, so i can press charges
cho.thomas AT GMAIL DOT COM
I got lucky.....
I was about to trade my UNiden Police scanner for that RAm.
The deal was too good to be true....
AMD x2 3800+
2*1GB OCZ Platinum EB DDR500
Evga 7800GTX 256mb
74GB Raptor 0NLR1
Lian Li v1000B
cyberfanman still has an active trade going at AT. Selling a HDD.
....i'm much too young to be this damn old....
....My Mail....
....My Heatware....
hey pops,
that is the real cybergamefan... the cybergamefan that sign up at this forum is faking his heat
cho.thomas AT GMAIL DOT COM
I can say from personal experience that PayPal's "supposed" buyer protection plan is worthless. I got burned on a $450 laptop on eBay, and they did about jack shit to correct the situation. So I basically got left high and dry.
Conclusion: Don't even bother with PayPal, focus all your attention on getting your CC company to refund the money.
k thanks going to call them and bug them again
cho.thomas AT GMAIL DOT COM
anyone have any updates on this guy?
cho.thomas AT GMAIL DOT COM
supposed to have sent my ram....if true then should be here tomorrow.......we'll see....hope for the best
he has at least kept contact up....so maybe just got some problems getting it to me???
lol... do you know how many others have paid for the exact same ram? did he show you proof that he sent? did u pay in full.... did you not read the previous posts?
cho.thomas AT GMAIL DOT COM
...ok did you not read the previous posts?....i was one of the first to try and get this ram...(try page one...)the move to the bad traders section happened LONG after the deal went down.
so like i said 1-11-05 i pm'd him and he replied in general...that the ram was mailed on 1-10-05...and no there was no confirmation.....i did what everyone else does when they get burned....file complaint,dispute charge,contact local police on both ends of the deal,ect...
i just really held out a little hope for this to be some lazy,disrespectful,and generally all around worthless teenager who was not stealing but just a piss-poor excuse for a trader.....i have seen deals much larger go on much longer til one day the seller(who looked a lot worse than this )finally grew a spine and made good on all his deals.At least this guy contacted me before i became concerned and told me he was having some troubles with shipping......so with the holiday mail load still not over,another one happening and the desperate need to come down from a hang over ...i cut him some slack.....but the first full week goes by and no ram...i pm'd him....thus the post on 1-11-05...with regular first class mail it can take 4-5 days to get across the state let alone the country...so yea once again...i'm still hoping (if you don't mind)
and just out of curiosity....you seemed like you had the answers so.....exactly how many people did buy this ram anyway????exact numbers please.
and some how this is not even in the right thread....gotten some screwy stuff going here...oh well should be over in..... "cygenx=CyberGameFan?"........but what i said is still the way it is right now on that one


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The issue: Sheriff qualifications
Stark County seems destined to endure legal wrangling over who's qualified to be sheriff for some time to come.
But if state Rep. Kirk Schuring, R-Jackson Township, has his way, the state will soon have a better law on the books.
Schuring told us Friday that he's working with the Buckeye State Sheriffs' Association to propose legislation that brings "clarity and common sense" to the convoluted law.
Schuring agrees with a recent Rep editorial that sees no sense in the law's requirement that candidates for county sheriff have boots-on-the-ground experience within the previous four years.
As the editorial pointed out, the sheriff is an administrator. George T. Maier, who was just ousted as sheriff by the Ohio Supreme Court for not meeting this narrow requirement, is eminently qualified for the job because of his considerable administrative experience as well as his many years earlier as an Ohio Highway Patrol trooper.
The kind of legislative fix that Schuring and The Rep's editorial board see a need for may seem small, but it obviously has an enormous impact.
Meanwhile, we won't miss the opportunity to point out that this is yet another painful, frustrating example of county government being controlled by the state Legislature.
Stark Countians could write their own charter for county government, instead of being stuck with what Columbus thinks is best. And if that were to happen, you can bet that the sections on qualifications for sheriff and treasurer would be models of clarity.


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- We continue to struggle with an unabated HIV epidemic in the United States
- Communities of color are disproportionately affected by the virus
- We must fight the disease -- not the people who have it, say amfAR representatives
Last year on December 1 -- World AIDS Day -- President Barack Obama said that creating an "AIDS-free generation" around the world was finally within our grasp.
This World AIDS Day, let's help him achieve that goal. And let's start in the United States.
While the AIDS research and activist communities continue to celebrate some major breakthroughs during the past few years, we continue to struggle with an epidemic in the United States that grows unabated. Each year, 50,000 Americans become newly infected with HIV -- the virus that causes AIDS -- and more than 1.1 million people are living with the virus.
And while everyone is at risk and should know their status, data tell us that communities of color -- particularly black women and young, black gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men -- are disproportionately affected by the virus. If we're going to create an AIDS-free generation here at home, we need to start investing in resources that will curb the epidemic among these populations.
According to a Fenway Institute study released at this year's International AIDS Conference, nearly 6% of black men under the age of 30 who have sex with men are newly infected with HIV every year in six cities across the United States. That's three times the rate among white men who have sex with men. Perhaps most alarming, a Black AIDS Institute study claims that 60% of black men who have sex with men will have HIV by age 40.
Among black women, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that nearly 1 in 32 black women will become infected with HIV in their lifetime. And despite representing 14% of the female U.S. population, black women make up 66% of all new HIV infections among women, according to the HIV Prevention Trials Network.
When statistics are this shocking, we must take action.
In his World AIDS Day address last year, Obama said, "When new infections among young, black, gay men increase by nearly 50% in three years, we need to do more to show them that their lives matter. When Latinos are dying sooner than other groups; when black women feel forgotten even though they account for most of the new cases among women, we need to do more."
So: What can we do to make people feel like they matter, and feel like we haven't forgotten them?
One thing we can all do right now is go get tested -- and encourage our friends and neighbors to get tested, too. Knowing your status is the first step to curbing the epidemic. Go to hivtest.cdc.gov to find out where to get tested in your neighborhood. If you test negative, learn how to stay that way. If you test positive, learn your treatment options and take control of your health.
Second, we must fight the disease -- not the people who have it. We need an open dialogue among families, schools, and churches about the risks of HIV, and we need to recognize the role stigma plays in pushing the epidemic underground and unchecked. Stigma against people living with this disease, or who are particularly vulnerable to it, has no place in our evidence-based quest to stop the spread of AIDS. We must hate this disease; we must never hate our fellow human beings.
Third, we must educate everyone -- particularly black women and young black men -- about their vulnerability to the virus. Everyone has a right to feel empowered to take control of their sexual lives and the health of themselves and their families.
Finally, we need to realize that AIDS will remain with us as long as we keep our guard down. The dialogue we start this week needs to take place every day, not just World AIDS Day. Talk to your kids about the importance of safe sex and abstinence. Talk to your partners about the importance of monogamy.
Thirty years into the AIDS epidemic, we can finally see, in the distance, an end. We finally possess the ability to change this region's, and the world's, future. Will you join us in helping us create a truly AIDS-free generation by first creating one here at home?


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Giving birth on the shoulder of a tollway isn't unheard of in Illinois, but Beth Farina took it a step further.
En route to Advocate Sherman Hospital in suburban Elgin early Tuesday, Farina felt the baby coming about a mile from the emergency room. Instead of pulling over, though, she told her husband, Trevor Farina, to keep going.
"When we got on the Tollway, I knew we were not going to make it to the hospital. I was like, 'This baby is coming, you better driver faster,'" Beth Farina said.
"She told me she feels like we need to push, and I said, 'The best I can do right now is pull over and call 911,' and she told me to keep going," Trevor Farina said.
Farina delivered her third child, a son named Tobias, in the couple's moving car. It all happened so fast that the next thing he knew, Trevor Farina looked over and saw his wife holding the crying baby.
"I waited for the next contraction, pushed him out, pulled him up onto my chest," Beth Farina said. "My husband was on the phone with 911 and they said, 'Do you have something to wrap him in?' We found something to wrap him in and wrapped him up."
Before Farina's contractions started Monday night, the family had gone to their basement because of a tornado warning. Trevor Farina said he fell asleep after the storm, but his wife didn't.
That's when the contractions began.
Farina was in labor for about five hours and assumed the delivery would go quickly as it had with her first two children. As they drove to the hospital, she said she could tell they wouldn't make it.
The couple arrived at the hospital with three in the car instead of two, and both the mom and her baby are doing well.
Farina said she attributes her calmness during the delivery to her training to become certified as a nurse-midwife -- and the fact that she's given birth twice before.
"It wasn't planned, but I'm glad it happened the way it did, because it will be a story for the rest of our lives," she said.


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Wayne McGregor's new ballet Raven Girl, created in collaboration with the author and artist Audrey Niffenegger (The Time Traveler's Wife, Her Fearful Symmetry), is the latest in a remarkable line-up of bird-woman to grace the stage at Covent Garden. But what about its music? To follow in the wake of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and Stravinsky's The Firebird is no small ask.
McGregor awarded the commission to Gabriel Yared, the distinguished Lebanese-born composer best known for his film scores – more than 70 of them, including Betty Blue, The English Patient (for which he won an Oscar) and The Lives of Others. He has previously written the music for several ballets, including two collaborations with the choreographer Roland Petit in Le Diable Amoureux (Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, 1989), and Clavigo (Paris Opera, 1999). Brought together by his publisher, Yared says he and McGregor clicked at once.
'For a composer, ballet music is a unique opportunity to express oneself in the most complete way – eclectic, rhythmic and symphonic,' Yared suggests.
As a composer, I reckon that there is no challenge as exciting, no art more complete. Writing for a ballet drives one to give the best of one's musical and orchestral knowledge and the best of one's inspiration.
'Compared to film music, though I work on the score even before any images are shot, ballet music needs a real breadth, great thematic cohesion. It needs to keep the dance in mind at all times. Each piece, as well as the ballet as a whole, needs to have a well thought-out architecture.'
Raven Girl's story spoke to him from the start. 'First, the love story between a Raven and a Postman; then the birth of this "human" raven girl, uncomfortable in her own skin and looking for her true nature. And at the end, her meeting with the Raven Prince. I like its poetic nature; its fantastic, often bizarre but also dark and dreamlike qualities, its strong sense of loneliness. There are many symbols and lessons, all covered by a tale that could at first seem trivial. It is the mix of simplicity, emotion, and depth that inspired me and accompanied me while I was composing. It was as if the richness of my musical world was allowed to express itself freely, to let itself go to any crazy idea and any intense emotion, to follow the path of this imaginative and colourful fairy tale.'
Although he explored Niffenegger's abbreviated story and artwork in depth, he chose a different path into the compositional process: 'I asked Wayne to send me a few simple words, which inspired me a great deal. I started to compose with these few elements in mind.' After about ten weeks, from September last year, he had 'almost miraculously' written and demoed about an hour of music. 'I worked frenetically with enthusiasm, almost possessed by the spirit of the story and with an intense need to write music. It was quite an exhilarating process.'
In November Yared and McGregor met to go through what Yared had written. 'From the eight pieces I showed him, he kept seven and asked me to focus my attention on the ballet's final tableau. Everything had been so easy before, but that last piece took me a lot of time to write. Wayne was looking for something very simple and lyrical, in a style very different from the rest of the music, as if this was a new story altogether.'
The result? A major new score, in which symphonic music for full orchestra blends with specially created electronic samples. 'Wayne was immediately supportive of this idea, which really shows how open-minded and bold he is artistically,' says Yared. 'It is a first for me – and apparently for the orchestra as well.'
Raven Girl will be performed in a Mixed Programme with George Balanchine's Symphony in C. The production opens on 24 May and runs until 8 June. Tickets are still available.
Generous philanthropic support has been provided for the production from The Taylor Family Foundation, Mr and Mrs Brian Capstick, David Hancock, Linda and Philip Harley, one anonymous donor and The New Ballet Works Syndicate.


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Lyrics:First verseThere's a sweet little maiden I've loved many years, But my love I have never yet told, Tho' charming her manner, I've often had fears, She is tender and then at times cold; So I made up my mind that my fate I would know, And I sent her a Valentine, Breathing words of affection and love all a-glow, In the simple old fashioned rhyme:RefrainIf of me you sometimes think, Send me back my bow of pink; If for me all hope is fled, Send me back my bow of red, You know that I would give my life Just to claim you for my wife; So, would you say your love is true, Send me back my bow of blue.Second verseThere's a neat cozy cot that was just built for two, And tho' plain, it's a real happy home, For I am the one and the other is Sue, Who was sweetheart but now is my own. For the answer she sent me to that Valentine, Told me plainly her love was true, Not in words, bear in mind, for there wasn't a line, But a plain ribbon bow of blue.(Refrain)
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The First Amendment protects people's right to say hateful things - including hurtful and false words about minorities, religious groups, men, women and more. We call that freedom of speech.
As long as such incendiary words aren't spoken in a setting that evokes violence, just about anything goes, as courts have confirmed over the years.
But just because someone has the right to say something doesn't mean that person has a right to have those thoughts published on this page.
The First Amendment also gives newspapers the right to refuse letters to the editor and advertisements. We call that freedom of the press.
As the U.S. Supreme Court said in 1974, "A newspaper is more than a passive receptacle or conduit for news, comment, and advertising. The choice of material to go into a newspaper, and the decisions made as to limitations on the size and content of the paper, and treatment of public issues and public officials - whether fair or unfair - constitute the exercise of editorial control and judgment."
We believe that the First Amendment comes with certain responsibilities. One of those is promoting an atmosphere of respectful disagreement and dialogue. Another is bringing to light the hateful thoughts and attitudes in our community.
Sometimes those responsibilities are at odds. Does explicit expression of Islamophobia, for example, perpetuate and promote prejudice? If people aren't forced to face racism, bigotry and hate, how can they combat them?
Across the country and unfortunately close to home, there is a growing movement to cultivate fear and hate - and not public discourse. Targets include Muslims, undocumented workers and immigrants. These people are not the root of all America's troubles, just as Jews were not the threat that Adolf Hitler made them out to be.
This news organization does its job when the letters published here - and the counter responses they provoke - prompt communitywide scrutiny and promote thoughtful discussion.
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from frozen bread dough
There is nothing quite like homemade cinnamon rolls. My mom is famous for her homemade cinnamon rolls - she makes the dough from scratch and tops them with cream cheese icing (recipe here). For those of us that don't have the patience (or time) to make homemade dough like my Mom, I have a great shortcut for you : frozen bread dough.
Frozen bread dough and I go back a long time. At our first "supper club" back in 2006 (?) I made "homemade" bread from frozen bread dough. The guys (including my future husband, who I hadn't started dating yet...) went crazy. They said they had never tasted anything so amazing - it was soft, moist, light, chewy... they went on and on. Mike still talks about that bread to this day - maybe that was what attracted him to me! Sadly, I don't think I've ever made it for him since that night - oops! Guess I'll have to put that on our list. His birthday is coming up!
Stop by my Everyday Occasions, The Store for more of my baking essentials for making really easy "homemade" desserts.
3 loaves of frozen bread dough, thawed (it comes 3 to a bag)
8 tablespoons of butter, softened
1 1/2 cup of brown sugar
4 tablespoons of cinnamon
butter icing glaze (recipe below)
Thaw three loaves of frozen bread dough in the refrigerator or on the counter (there are directions for thawing on the bag). Allow the thaw dough to rise for 1-2 hours in a warm area covered with a damp cloth. Roll the dough out into a rectangle onto a floured surface. Spread softened butter on the rolled out dough. Sprinkle sugar, brown sugar and cinnamon over the dough. Roll up the dough into a log. Slice into 2-inch thick rolls. Place into a buttered pan, or one lined with parchment paper.
Cover with a warm damp towel and allow to rise 1-2 hours in a warm area. If you are preparing the night before and baking in the morning, keep them in the refrigerator and let them rise about 1 hour before baking. When the rolls have doubled in size, bake them at 350 degrees for 15-18 minutes until they begin to brown. Top with Butter Icing Glaze.
Rhodes frozen bread dough can be found everywhere. There are 3 loafs in each package.
I made a large batch and used all three loafs. This is what they'll look like when they've risen.
I rolled them out 1 at a time. This has the butter and sugar on it.
Now the brown sugar.
And the cinnamon. Then roll up the dough into one long roll.
Your roll can be longer or shorter - it doesn't really matter.
I made different sized batches in different pans. I plan to bake them and put them in the freezer for various occasions. This one has 5 large rolls.
I like how to rolls bake in muffin pans - they are very pretty and more individual.
This is what the rolls look like when they have risen overnight - doubled in size.
When I first started my catering business I wrote all of my favorite recipes in a little blue journal book so I'd have them with me all of the time. Over the years I've shared a couple of recipes from this little journal, but not all. Truthfully, when I started this blog (forever ago...?) I was a burnt out on all of those recipes I'd made hundreds of times.
Now, after a four year break from the catering business, I am ready to dive back in to some of those old favorites, because after all, they were really great recipes for entertaining. This Chocolate Molten Cake recipe was one of my first and best go-to's as a caterer. I always served it at dinner parties - with great success. The ingredients and supplies are humble - chocolate chips and a cupcake pan! They work great for parties because the batter is made in advance, then baked right before dessert and served warm.
I made these last year for a friends dinner. While the recipe makes 6-12, they work great in the freezer. Just bake all of them together, then freeze the leftovers. You can reheat in the microwave for just 30-60 seconds.
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2 tablespoons of butter, melted
2 tablespoons of cocoa
3/4 cup of butter
12 ounce of chocolate chips
1/2 cup of heavy cream
5 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
2/3 cup of flour
Prepare cupcake pans by coating the inside of each with melted butter by swirling it around. Then sprinkle the insides with cocoa, coating completely.
To make the batter, place chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl, then top it with butter and cream. Microwave for 30 seconds at a time, stirring in between, until the chocolate is smooth. When chocolate has cooled slightly, stir in eggs, sugar and flour. Pour into prepared cupcake pans. Refrigerate for 1 hour (at least) and up to a couple of days.
Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes for regular 12/pan size and 15-18 for jumbo 6/pan size, just until the outsides and most of the top have set, and the centers are still slightly runny. You can insert the tip of a knife to test. You just want a bit of the very center to be a thick pudding like texture. Let them cool for 5 minutes, then place a sheet pan on top of the muffin pan and invert them.
Serve with whipped cream, ice cream and dusted with chocolate or cinnamon.
Melting chocolate with the butter and cream this way is so easy - microwave!
The pans buttered and cocoa-ed while the chocolate is in the microwave.
Perfectly melted.
You can fill them almost all the way to the top - they don't puff too much.
Cooling for 5 minutes to help them continue to set.
Ready for the flip...
So, so good. You really must try them.
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Silent Partner is a paranormal mystery, a police procedure novel with a female detective that will remind you of Harry Bosch, a ghost story that suggests what lies beyond death, and a comic look at a tabloid where the "truth" is whatever sells.
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Frankie glared at Landry. His neck turned red, but he didn't say anything.
"How could I live without her? I was addicted to her. Once you had her in your system, you never wanted her to leave. When I was away from her, I thought of her constantly. It wasn't just the sex. She was the smartest, wittiest woman I've ever known. She was the most interesting and exciting woman I've ever met. She was also the most manipulative woman I've ever met. I hated myself for not throwing her out, but I just couldn't. Love is a horrible thing, and not the wonderful things poets say."
"Did she leave a note?" Frankie was trying to develop a timeline.
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