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MacMillan's immediate source of inspiration for a First World War ballet was Vera Brittain's autobiographical Testament of Youth. A poem from it, 'The War Generation: Ave' is quoted in the programme book whenever Gloria is performed. The ballet can also be seen as a testament to MacMillan's Scottish father, who had been gassed in the First World War and who suffered the after-effects for the rest of his life. He never spoke of his experience in the trenches. He died of pneumonia when Kenneth was 17.
Although Poulenc's Gloria in G is in praise of God in the highest, MacMillan intended it to be an elegy for young lives cut short or blighted by war. It could be seen as the third of his works contemplating mortality, set to vocal music: the earlier two are Song of the Earth (1965) and Requiem (1976). This time, unlike the previous occasions, no objections were raised by the board of the Royal Opera House to his choice of sacred music for a ballet.
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MacMillan briefed his young designer, Andy Klunder, to look at photographs and paintings of the Great War, as well as memorial sculpture. The set is sparse, devastated, with entrances and exits over a ramp at the back of the stage. The men resemble soldiers whose uniforms, and flesh, have been torn off; their helmets recall the hats of medieval pilgrims. The women are dressed in silver-grey, with coiled ear-muffs that make them seem ghosts from a far-off past.
The two principal women embody aspects of Vera Brittain and all women who have suffered the loss of loved ones in wartime: one is the fearless girl, the other the woman in mourning. Brittain lost her brother and her lover in the war. The two principal men in the ballet are brothers-in-arms, unknown warriors. One survives the other, only to drop out of sight beneath the ramp on the last notes of the music.
The corps de ballet of women and soldiers serve as ritual celebrants, circling the stage at the beginning and end of the ballet. The four soloists are the personal expression of their anonymous suffering, dancing to the Latin words of the Catholic Mass extolling God's mercy. The leading man who points at the audience during his last, defiant solo accuses passive spectators of acquiescing in death and destruction. The ballet is about the futility of all wars, not just the 1914-1919 Great War, which it was hoped, in vain, would end all wars.
Gloria was taken into the repertoire of the Stuttgart Ballet in 1983, and has since been performed by companies in the United States, Canada and Japan.
First performance: Covent Garden, London, 13 March 1980
Company: The Royal Ballet
Cast: Wayne Eagling, Julian Hosking, Jennifer Penney, Wendy Ellis
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Cristiano Ronaldo has warned Angel de Maria that filling the number seven shirt at Manchester United will be "a big responsibility" but has backed him to rise to the challenge.
Di Maria will be following in the footsteps of Ronaldo in playing in that shirt, after his £59.7million move from Real Madrid, as well as of other United greats including George Best and Bryan Robson.
Ronaldo, speaking at the Champions League draw in Monaco, added that he was relishing the prospect of facing Liverpool in Europe but that Real were determined to hold on to their crown even without the likes of Di Maria, to whom he sent a message of support.
Cristiano Ronaldo is confident Angel di Maria, pictured, can succeed in the Manchester United number seven shirt
"I wish the best to him, he deserves it, he's a fantastic player, he's going to do well at Manchester United," said Ronaldo. "And I said to him 'Number seven is a big responsibility' but I think he will be able to take that shirt because he's a fantastic player.
"Good for him. United is one of the best clubs in the world, and it's going to be good for him and I wish the best of luck to him.
"Personally, it's a shame for me because I liked Di Maria, a very important player for us, as was Xabi Alonso (who is understood to be on the verge of joining Bayern Munich). They are situations that happen in football, players come and players go.
"They are decisions of the club. We have bought very well with players like James [Rodriguez], [Keylor] Navas and [Toni] Kroos and for that reason we are in good condition with a great squad."
Ronaldo admitted he was surprised at United's poor start to the season, saying: "A little bit, yes. But it's still early."
The 29-year-old, named UEFA's European player of the year for 2013/14, believes that Real can still target the treble even after the departures.
He said: "Our target is to win it again - the Champions League, the Cup the League - everything.
"We're going to try to do the same this season, win the Champions League. We know it's a hard competition to win but we will try because Real Madrid are always thinking big - huge.
"Liverpool are a fantastic team. They came very close last year to winning the Premier League. We know it's going to be a very tough game at their home. So it's going to be tough.
"But in general the group is nice and it's going to be good for Real Madrid."
Ronaldo said he was still not at full fitness - a condition that affected him in the World Cup.
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"I still need a bit of time. I didn't have a pre-season like I'd have wanted to have. But little by little I'm gaining confidence and getting better physically and certainly in one or two weeks I will be in top shape."
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Maicon has backed Manchester City to win the Champions League soon, but says the difference between the Premier League and European competition has cost them dear so far.
City have failed to make it past the group stage of the Champions League for two successive seasons leading to question marks over manager Roberto Mancini's tactical approach.
But Maicon, a Champions League winner with Inter Milan in 2010, believes City are making visible progress that will see them keep improving.
"There is nothing missing at City. It is a great club and is working to get better in the Champions League," he said. "You can see us progressing on a monthly basis.
"The club is growing all the time, and sooner or later City will win the Champions League because everyone is working for that. The big difference is that here you have to play in the Premier League as well as trying to do well in the Champions League. It is a very different competition.
"They are great players here, but they need more experience of the Champions League. You have to tune in to playing in Europe, as it is very different to playing in your home league."
City play German champions Borussia Dortmund in their final Champions League Group D game on Tuesday and they have to better Ajax's result against Real Madrid in order to secure a Europa League spot - something Maicon is keen to do.
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After a slow start to life in the Premier League, Maicon has started four of City's last five games and the Brazil international believes his attacking style is well suited to the style employed by his team.
"I am enjoying life in Manchester - everything's fine," he said. "I am a family man so the first thing that is important to me is that my family is okay. When they are settled, as they are now, my mind is only on training.
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Berkeley Swims to Save Its Swimming Pools
Swim to save the swimming pools. That's the unofficial motto of the Berkeley Pools Campaign at least for Friday, when they launch a 24-hour swimathon to raise funds to upgrade and expand the city's pools.
The Berkeley City Council recently voted to approve a $22.6 million pools ballot measure for the June 8 election, paving the way for campaign workers to start raising money for the big day.
Friday's swimathon will start at 6 a.m. and continue until 6 a.m. Saturday.
It's the biggest fundraiser for the campaign, expected to bring in $20,000, said Rob Collier, co-chair of the Berkeley Pools Campaign, which lobbied the City Council to approve the ballot measure.
"We hope to raise more money to take us throughout May," Collier said. "The campaign is going to be very expensive and we expect our opposition to be very well funded."
Campaign organizers will officially learn who their opponents are Friday, the last day to file ballot arguments.
Collier said that the idea of a swimathon was born right after the council's final vote.
"There was so much enthusiasm that we had to do something with all that energy," he said. "The best way to deal with charged up swimmers is to throw them in the pool."
Although the council had initially voted unanimously to approve a $19 million measure to renovate the city's three existing public pools—King, Willard and West Campus—and build a new warm water pool at West Campus, it changed its vote at a Feb. 25 meeting when it agreed to include the construction of a new competition pool at King Middle School.
The principal reason for the council's change of mind was because of the outpouring of support for a new pool at King from the Berkeley Barracudas, a local competitive swim team which complained that the current facility was in dire need of an upgrade. The Masters team, which is mostly made up of older swimmers, also rallied for a new pool.
"A larger pool will allow the Barracudas to train and grow," Collier said. "So they are really gunning to go."
Even though a recent voter poll warned that citizens were not too keen to fund pool expansions in a desperate economy, the council reasoned that a new pool at King would garner wider support.
Despite being popular with public pool users in Berkeley, the pools ballot measure has its share of critics, including councilmember Gordon Wozniak, who cautioned at a recent council meeting that taxing citizens during a difficult economy was probably not the wisest thing to do. Wozniak ultimately voted to support the measure with the rest of the council.
Councilmember Kriss Worthington, who has been known to show up in his swimming trucks for other aquatics-centered fund raisers, said the ballot measure was critical to keep valuable resources alive for people of all age groups.
"It's exciting," Worthington said of the swimathon. "I might be there."
Collier acknowledged that the pool's campaign faced a tough road ahead, including a short window for raising funds, but maintained that it was the only way to save at least two of the city's pools.
"We have no choice," he said. "The warm pool is closing next year and Willard Pool will close this year if the ballot measure doesn't pass. So it's now or never."
The Berkeley High School Old Gym, which houses the warm pool, is scheduled for demolition in 2011 to make room for a new classroom building. Although local preservationists rallied for adaptive reuse of the historic gym, their proposal was shot down.
The City of Berkeley will close Willard Pool after summer unless a voter-approved bond measure can continue to fund it
"Berkeley residents have made far-sighted investments where it counted," Collier said. "In the 60s it was the underground BART, in the 70s it was our parks, in the 80s it was emergency services for the disabled and more recently it was support for our schools and libraries. Berkeley voters realize that pools are our community's future, it's our legacy to our children, our grandchildren an our great grandchildren."
Berkeley Pools Campaign co-chair Shelly Hayden said that each participant would have to pledge to swim for at least an hour for which they get a $100 minimum sponsorship.
"As of tomorrow, when we get our official ballot letter, we need to start printing yard signs and brochures that we will distribute to the community as soon as possible," said Hayden, who will be swimming for an hour and has already raised $300 from her sponsors.
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We've had prog rock. We've had glam rock. We've had perm rock. And now here's T-Roc, a new concept car from Volkswagen sadly lacking in massive hair and gratuitous guitar solos but, despite its sketchy appearance, rather fuller of production intent.
The T-Roc previews a future SUV designed to squeeze into the crispbread-thin crossover gap between the VW Tiguan and upcoming Taigun. It's some 20cm shorter than the Tiguan but 30cm longer than the Taigun concept.
And dinkier than a three-door Range Rover Evoque: the T-Roc is 18cm shorter and 15cm narrower than the best-selling Brit, not to mention 10cm lower too.
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The drivetrain sounds suspiciously sensible, too: no one-cylinder krypto-hybrids here. The T-Roc uses the 181bhp 2.0-litre turbodiesel from the current Golf GTD, driving all four wheels through a seven-speed DSG. VW says the 1420kg T-Roc will get from 0-62mph in 6.9 seconds, manage around 58mpg and emit just 129g/km of CO2. Realistic, no?
The remit is clearly road-biased, but VW reckons a production T-Roc could do the business on mud and snow, too, boasting cameras in its front and rear bumpers that beam info to a dash-mounted 12-inch tablet, allowing the driver to keep an eye on potential sump-clanging boulders.
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It took him a while, but California Chrome co-owner Steve Coburn went on ABC's Good Morning America again Monday and choked up at times as he apologized for the angry, point blank remarks he made after his horse came up short in his try for horse racing's first Triple Crown in 36 years.
"Very ashamed of myself, very ashamed," the 61-year-old Coburn, sitting beside his wife, Carolyn, said in an interview with ABC's Robin Roberts.
"I need to apologize to a lot of people, including my wife. … First of all, I need to apologize to the winner. They run a beautiful race. Their horse won the race. They deserve that. I did not mean to take anything away from them.
"So I want to apologize with everybody associated with Tonalist."
Wearing his signature cowboy hat and a somber expression, Coburn went on to apologize to Tonalist's trainer and owner, the fans who had jumped on board with California Chrome in his try for the first Triple Crown in 36 years and his 77-year-old trainer Art Sherman.
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Immediately after California Chrome tied for fourth place in the Belmont Stakes Saturday in New York behind winning Tonalist, the cowboy hat wearing Coburn blasted the format of the Triple Crown, saying it wasn't fair that a fresh horse like Tonalist was allowed to run in the Belmont after not racing in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness.
He didn't back off Sunday morning at Belmont when he went on Good Morning America and remained irate, likening the format to winning a triathlon by doing just the running (not the swimming and biking) and him, at 6 feet 2, playing basketball against a "kid in a wheelchair."
Coburn argued that the three Triple Crown races should only be open to horses that qualify for and run in the Kentucky Derby. No horse has won the Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978, and Coburn argued that the traditional format has to change if there's ever to be a Triple Crown winner again.
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USA TODAY Sports columnist Christine Brennan says Steve Coburn made a valid point on why the Triple Crown is unreasonably elusive.
Coburn is a press operator for a Nevada firm that makes magnetic strips for credit cards and hotel keys. He was thrust into the national spotlight by a horse that was the product of a $10,000 breeding investment by him and co-owner Perry Martin.
Martin has been the silent partner. He attended the Derby and Belmont but not the Preakness. Martin has been out front all the way at press conference. Before the Derby, he said it was a "done deal" his horse would win. He said the same for the Preakness and Belmont.
His wife was among the many to whom he apologized. "She has literally stood behind me since I started this journey,'' he said.
She said she tried to calm him in the heat of the moment after the race. "I'm going to be honest, I don't remember exactly what I said. … He was very emotional and I was trying to calm him down and remind him that he was speaking loudly," she said.
Roberts was asked Coburn what he would say to fans of Tonalist.
"Congratulations, you've got a fantastic horse. … He won the race fair and square. He deserved to win," said Coburn.
California Chrome, who had won six in a row, had some hide scraped off the back of his right, front foot at the start of the race. "But he'll be alright, he'll be able to race again," said Coburn.
Coburn then singled out the trainer, Sherman for an apology. and "everybody that's been on this trail with us."
He added, "And I need to apologize to the world and America, our fans that have written us, given us so much support. I apologize. I sincerely apologize," said Coburn, choking up. " … This is 'America's horse.' I wanted so much for this horse to win the Triple Crown for the people of America, and I was pretty emotional, very emotional."
Roberts asked him, "Did anything contribute to that emotion? Was there celebrating going on beforehand?"
In essence, she asked him if he was drinking too much on race day.
"It's just the emotions of the whole journey, all coming together at one time," said Coburn.
After the race, Coburn said horses who didn't run in the Derby and Preakness took the "coward's way out" by running in the Belmont.
Sherman addressed that Sunday morning: "The horses aren't cowards and the people aren't cowards. … I think it was a little out (of context) myself. But, hey, he was at the heat of the moment. And don't forget, he's a fairly new owner. Sometimes the emotions get in front of you. … He hasn't been in the game long and hasn't had any bad luck."
Coburn said Monday, "It's a learning process for us, and I'm going to do better," said Coburn. "I promise you I'll do better."
His wife said she was proud of him for apologizing.
"I hope people can see him the way he is because that wasn't the way he normally is. He's a very compassionate man," she said.
"If people could have seen behind the scenes, the children he talked to, the children he embraced, a little, young lady in a wheelchair at the Preakness. He handed her a bouquet of Black-Eyed Susans (flowers), a little boy in Kentucky that was a little mentally challenged that we're going to send a picture to and some of our hats. … If people can see that part of him, they can forgive the other part that happened.
California Chrome flew back to his home state of California Sunday. The plan is to give him some rest and race him in the fall in the Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita in California.
Coburn's bottom line on joining the apology club: "I needed to do this. I needed to do it because I was wrong."
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• Emily Blunt celebrated her bachelorette party at L.A.'s Trousdale Lounge with a group of girlfriends, including Amy Adams. The group took over a big table in the back room, sipped cocktails and "danced the night away," an onlooker tells us. The night before, the engaged actress and fiancé John Krasinski dined with friends at Chateau Marmont. The duo sipped wine, and Krasinski often had his arm around Blunt's shoulder during their meal.
• Just call her a talent scout. Britney Spears, checking out emerging singer Christian TV, who is currently opening for the Backstreet Boys, at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, Calif. According to a source, beau Jason Trawick introduced the pop star to Christian TV's song "When She Turns 18," and she liked it, so the couple headed out for the weekend and enjoyed some dinner before the concert.
• What a sweet mom! While in Paris, Jessica Alba has been spending time with daughter Honor Marie. The actress took her little girl for chocolate at Angelina, stopped by the Tuileries Garden where Honor rode the carousel, and also played in the sandbox at the Luxembourg Gardens. She also bought her tot a necklace at Colette.
• In Montauk, N.Y., to attend an event at Surf Lodge with Vanessa Minnillo, True Blood hottie Ryan Kwanten spent the night before partying at Axe Lounge, where former basketball player Rony Seikaly deejayed.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — President Barack Obama goes before the Democratic National Convention and the nation on Thursday for a capstone speech designed not just to persuade undecided voters to swing his way but to put fire in the belly of his supporters.
Obama senior adviser David Plouffe promised the president would give voters "a very clear sense of where he thinks the country needs to go economically, the path we need to take." But he also cautioned that no one should expect Obama to slingshot out of his convention with a huge boost in polls that have long signaled a close race.
"You're not going to see big bounces in this election," said Plouffe, up early to preview the president's speech on morning talk shows. He added: "For the next 61 days, it's going to remain tight as a tick."
Citing a chance of thunderstorms, convention organizers scrapped plans for Obama to speak to an enormous crowd in a 74,000-seat outdoor stadium and decided to shoehorn the event into the convention arena, which accommodates 15,000.
That means no reprise of the massive show of support, excitement — and on-scene voter registration — from Obama's 2008 acceptance speech before 84,000 in Denver. Republicans said Democrats made the switch because they feared the sight of empty seats.
Obama planned to hold an afternoon conference call with the tens of thousands of supporters bumped from the guest list when the speech was moved indoors, and campaign officials said they would try to arrange for those who had stadium tickets to attend another Obama event before Election Day.
Skies over downtown Charlotte were overcast Thursday afternoon, with small glimpses of sunshine mixed in, leaving a potential opening for second-guessers. The National Weather Service was predicting a 30 percent chance of precipitation and scattered showers and thunderstorms through the evening.
In an election in which the economy is the top issue to voters, the president got some encouraging news from new reports that the number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell by 12,000 last week and that businesses stepped up hiring last month. Next up: The August jobless report, due out Friday.
Among those giving warm-up speeches for the president Thursday night: Vice President Joe Biden and actress Eva Longoria.
Longoria, appearing on NBC's "Today," said she's "been in the trenches" for Obama defending his record and promised her speech will be very different from Clint Eastwood's meandering remarks to the Republicans a week earlier.
"No empty chairs," she promised, a reference to Eastwood's conversation with an empty chair representing Obama.
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., was speaking too, and he gave voice to the Democrats' nervousness about the GOP advantage in fundraising during a morning interview on CNN, citing the dollars pouring in from Republican-leaning super PACs.
"We've got 17 angry, old, white men who are pouring in millions of dollars, carpet bombing every candidate in sight," Durbin said.
First lady Michelle Obama aimed to help the Democrats catch up, appearing at a private meeting of Obama's national finance committee. And former President Bill Clinton popped out his second fundraising email in as many days.
Even as the president asks voters to stick with him, Mitt Romney and the Republicans keep nudging Obama's supporters to rethink their allegiance to a president seeking re-election in a time of weak economic growth.
The party released a new ad Thursday called "The Breakup," in which a woman tells the president: "This just isn't working … You're not the person I thought you were. … I think we should just be friends."
On Obama's big day, Romney was in Vermont preparing for the fall debates. He planned to drive back to his home in New Hampshire in the afternoon.
Underscoring the importance of a turn of phrase, the president said in a TV interview that he had "regrets for my syntax" when he told a campaign crowd last month that people who had a business "didn't build that." Romney turned the president's line into a rallying cry, claiming Obama overstated the importance of government's role.
But Obama said he stands by his point that the government has provided strong support to small businesses. "Everyone who was there watching knows exactly what I was saying," he said in the interview with WWBT in Norfolk, Va.
Ryan, campaigning in Colorado, needled Obama about the phrase anew on Thursday, saying government shouldn't get the credit for business owners' achievements. He lamented "the most partisan president, the most acrimonious climate, the bitter partisan environment."
Clinton set up Obama's speech with a rollicking turn on the stage Wednesday in which he offered a strong defense of the president's economic stewardship.
"He inherited a deeply damaged economy, put a floor under the crash, began the long hard road to recovery and laid the foundation for a more modern, more well-balanced economy that will produce millions of good new jobs," said Clinton — the last president to see sustained growth, in the 1990s. "Conditions are improving and if you'll renew the president's contract, you will feel it."
Clinton also preached bipartisanship and a pullback from politics as "blood sport" — this near the end of back-to-back conventions that feasted on rhetorical red meat and even as he ripped the Republican agenda as a throwback to the past, a "double-down on trickle-down" economics that assumes tax cuts for the wealthy will help everyone down the ladder.
Clinton is expected to campaign for Obama this fall in battleground states.
Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod, also appearing on morning talk shows, said Clinton's speech had set out the economic choices, "so now the president can talk about the future having some of that underbrush out of the way."
Former Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell, a past Democratic Party chairman who appeared on "CBS This Morning," said that for all the excitement of the convention, he's still worried "about the base turning out to the degree they did" for Obama in 2008. He cited the battleground states of North Carolina and Virginia in particular.
Speaking of the convention speeches delivered by the first lady and the former president, Rendell added: "The beauty of Michelle Obama and Bill Clinton is they stoked the base."
Motivation was not an issue in the convention hall, at least not when Clinton spoke.
The hall rocked with cheers as Clinton strode onstage to Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop," his 1992 campaign theme song, and he held the crowd rapt as he drifted off his prepared remarks for about 50 minutes.
He accused Republicans of proposing "the same old policies that got us into trouble in the first place" and led to a near financial meltdown. Those, he said, include efforts to provide "tax cuts for higher-income Americans, more money for defense than the Pentagon wants and … deep cuts on programs that help the middle class and poor children."
Woodward reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Ben Feller, Ken Thomas, Matt Michaels and Jim Kuhnhenn in Charlotte; Jennifer Agiesta, Jack Gillum and Josh Lederman in Washington; Kasie Hunt in Vermont and Thomas Beaumont and Steve Peoples in Iowa contributed to this report.


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EDGERTON, MO. (AP) - The Leavenworth County attorney is weighing whether to file charges after three inmates escaped from a prison in the Kansas county.
Missouri prosecutors previously charged 31-year-old Allen M. Hurst and 49-year-old Scott A. Gilbert with trying to ambush officers who pursued them and of attempting to kidnap the mayor of the small town of Edgerton. They were caught around 5 p.m. Friday, several hours after escaping from the Lansing Correction Facility with 57-year-old Randy Ridens Sr.
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The South African government has indicated its intention to propose for rhino horn trade at CITES CoP17 in 2016. It is in the pro-traders interests to delay any decisions or solutions because they are pursuing the practice of breeding rhinos in captivity. The technology exists to identify Rhinos using RhODIS DNA profiling and this will be used to identify which rhinos were born in captivity. According to the convention, those will be permanently on CITES Appendix II and always subject to trade. This will lead to the loss of rhinos in the wild.
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Miami Hurricanes baseball team unranked, undaunted as season begins
Dale Carey and Chantz Mack recall sitting in the University of Miami clubhouse last May and learning from ESPN that the Hurricanes' baseball regional would encompass Stony Brook, Missouri State and UCF.
"We were like, 'I don't see how any of those teams can beat us,'" Carey said. "We came out of the locker room and were already talking about going to Baton Rouge to play LSU in the next round."
Said Mack: "It taught all of us a lesson."
The four-time national champion Hurricanes went two-and-out in the postseason for the first time since 1993. And now, they open the 2013 season against Rutgers at 7 p.m. Friday a humbled bunch — unranked in any of the major polls.
This season, depending on what this new crop of Canes can deliver, it might be the competition underestimating Miami.
UM coach Jim Morris said this is the first time since 1994, his first year coaching at Miami, that the Canes are not ranked in the Top 25.
"It's a slap in the face as far as I'm concerned," he said. "Needless to say I've talked a little about that."
Mack, the usual right fielder who might be used as the designated hitter Friday but is doubtful to play in the field because of a groin pull, according to Morris, said it is Miami that is "under the radar" now.
"No one is giving us a shot," said Mack, who has consistently strengthened his game, finishing 2012 with UM's third-best batting average (.289) and second-best on-base-percentage (.399).
The Hurricanes were outscored 22-4 at home in their final two games of 2012, and finished 36-23 last season. Except for third baseman Brad Fieger, the UM infield is new.
But those newcomers make up one of the best recruiting classes in the nation according to college baseball publications and websites.
Collegiate Baseball named the Hurricanes' newest class ninth best in the nation, and Baseball America ranked it 10th.
Morris said Thursday that freshman David Thompson — who doubles as a Hurricanes quarterback — will likely begin his UM baseball career Friday as the first baseman. Chris Barr, another freshman, was supposed to start at first, with Thompson as designated hitter, but Mack's injury caused a lineup shuffle.
Palm Beach State transfer Alex Hernandez will start at second, with freshman Brandon Lopez (Plantation American Heritage alum) at short and senior Alex San Juan behind the plate.
Former second baseman Michael Broad has moved to left field, with Carey — UM's highest-rated draft prospect for 2013 — in center.
Should Mack be scratched defensively from Friday's lineup, Morris said Tyler Palmer will replace him in right field.
"Things still could change," the coach said.
Sophomore Chris Diaz, a left-handed middle reliever and spot starter in 2012 with a 2-1 record and 4.18 ERA, will start in the opener.
"I just feel blessed," Diaz said. "All the hard work is paying off now."
Javi Salas (6-3, 3.21), a 6-4, 227-pound junior, will start Saturday, with sophomore Andrew Suarez throwing Sunday. Suarez, who graduated from Miami Columbus in 2011, was drafted in the ninth round by the Toronto Blue Jays out of high school.
UM is missing two of its top pitchers: 6-3, 190-pound right-handed senior Eric Whaley, who said he has a tight throwing shoulder and was expected to get the start had he been healthy; and left-handed junior Bryan Radziewski, who is coming off shoulder surgery.
"Some guys take longer than others to come back," Morris said of Radziewski. "Chris Diaz deserves to start because he has pitched better than anyone else. That's the real deal. He's got a very good fastball and outstanding curveball."
Rutgers announced it will start lefty Rob Smorol (8-4, 3.46 in 2012) on Friday, with righty Tyler Gebler (3-5, 4.54) throwing Saturday and righty Charlie Law (1-3, 5.35) starting Sunday.
Smorol also started in last year's season opener against the Canes. Miami won that game 6-2 and swept the series.
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Driving along the winding roads between Lancashire's rolling green hills on a summer Saturday, I was immediately struck by the area's natural beauty.
After being behind the wheel for nearly three hours, the sudden plethora of picture postcard views temporarily took my mind off my rumbling stomach and the hunger which was building for our weekend 'gourmet' break.
We were slightly late for check-in at The Lawrence Hotel in Padiham, but on arrival we couldn't have been made to feel more welcome by owners Michael and Hannah, who had officially opened their new 15-bed establishment just a week earlier.
A small boutique B&B near the town centre, The Lawrence is a smart grade-two-listed building with a pretty exterior complimented by several perfectly-manicured planters and hanging baskets.
Inside is equally impressive - think understated glamour with some art deco touches - and with the paint still fresh in many of the plush new rooms, it's clear The Lawrence is big on first-impressions.
The desire is for guests to enjoy their stay to the fullest, with several in-room conveniences offered including spa treatments, room service dinners and breakfast in bed. And it's dog-friendly too, which was a big tick from us having pet whippet Snoopy in toe.Our signature room had many aesthetically-pleasing features, including a free-standing 'tub' bath, trendy art deco lamps and a big rainforest shower, as well as a couple of modern amenities like the Samsung tablet and Amazon Echo speaker.
The town and surrounding area is home to some great casual dining spots and award-winning restaurants, none better than The Freemasons in the tiny 'chocolate box' village of Wiswell.
Dogs and fine dining don't usually go hand in hand, but at The Freemasons everyone is welcome. Sitting elegantly on top of a hill, it's the North West's number one gastro-pub and multi-award winner thanks to the exquisite menus created by chef and owner Steve Smith.
From the outside it looks like a local village pub with a regular drinking clientele, and it's exactly that. But once stepping in and clasping eyes on the array of beautiful rustic dining tables, you immediately realise there's much more to it.
By that I mean the fabulous fine dining food and the three-course a la carte experience we enjoyed was quite a treat. Tongue-tingling delights included the freshest of heritage tomatoes with English Mozzarella, melt-in-the-mouth Herdwick rump lamb and spiced kofta and a beautiful Wiswell Moor-inspired Amalfi lemon meringue pie.
There's an impressive drinks offering too, with an excellent selection of cask-conditioned ales and a cellar which boasts more than 250 wines from around the world.
A drizzly Sunday saw us drive into the stunning Ribble Valley. First destination was historic Clitheroe Castle, which has dominated the town's skyline for over 800 years. And not being deterred by the bad weather, we successfully managed to incorporate the daily dog walk while taking a look around the impressive castle grounds.
There's plenty more to see in Clitheroe and you shouldn't leave without a visit to Holmes Mill, the town's popular new gourmet destination.
Holmes Mill houses a brewery, food hall, restaurant and hotel all on one site, offering so many food and drink delights you are spoilt for choice. Half a day could be spent in the food hall alone and it's no surprise the Mill has given a major boost to the town's economy.
There's also a great beer hall where dogs are welcome, so as long as your pooch happy to stick to water, it's worth sticking around to sample some of the fine Bowland brews.
Our final food stop was at The Emporium brasserie, which started life as a modest café 20 years ago but gone on to become one of the area's most sophisticated dining destinations.
There's a great range of food from antipasti and pizzas to a full a la carte menu. Bustling with life, it's the ideal place for a meet and eat stop with friends and is also a popular haunt for celebrities who are often seen enjoying the relaxed, glamorous, but not overstated atmosphere.
In my eyes Lancashire has certainly climbed the foodie league table and I, for one, will definitely be returning for a second course.
The Lawrence Hotel – thelawrencehotel.co.uk Boutique B&B, rooms from £79 to suite £189
The Freemasons at Wiswell - freemasonsatwiswell.com Lunch Wed-Sat 12–2.30pm; Dinner Wed & Thurs 6–9pm; Fri & Sat 6-9.30pm; Sun 12noon–6pm
The Emporium - theemporiumclitheroe.co.uk Mon–Thurs 9am–11pm, Fri & Sat 9am–12am, Sun 10am–9pm
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Seahawks Sink Monarchs, 59-48
February 10, 2001
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WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) (Feb. 10) -- Ed Williams and Brett Blizzard led UNC Wilmington with 13 points each as the Seahawks beat Old Dominion 59-48 Saturday.
The Seahawks' defense held Old Dominion (11-13, 6-5 Colonial Athletic Association) to 22.2 percent shooting in the second half to recover from a 26-22 Monarchs lead at halftime. Old Dominion scored nine of the half's last 11 points.
Old Dominion led 31-30 with 14:02 left before UNC Wilmington (14-9, 7-5) went on a 15-4 run to take the lead. Barron Thelmon's two free throws gave the Seahawks their biggest lead of the game at 53-42.
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Just when you thought you were safe from multiple FarmVille requests for help on a barn or garage on Facebook, you may now be inundated with requests from friends asking for approval for coffee shops or being included on tourism bus routes.
Facebook game developer Zynga only released CityVille Dec. 2, but it now has 69.9 million monthly users, surpassing its own former game leader, FarmVille. FarmVille now has 57.2 million users per month, according to data from AppData.com, an independent application traffic tracking service which reports on Facebook.
The 25-day-old game shows that Zynga knows its Facebook audience well, including what will addict users in only a few weeks of play. Two other Zynga games, Texas HoldEm Poker (ranked No. 4 with 34.9 million monthly users) and FrontierVille (ranked No. 5 with 30.5 million monthly users) round out the top five applications on Facebook. Phrases, a daily quote application by developer Takeoff Monkey, is the only non-Zynga offering.
The San Francisco-based Zynga Inc.recently received $300 million from SoftBank and Google who bought interest in the game developer, adding to Zynga's $180 million in venture capital already raised in 2009. The company is now estimated to be worth $5 billion.


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Work is progressing rapidly on Fairfax Corner — a $150 million, mixed-use entertainment complex being built in Fair Oaks. A pedestrian-oriented center with an urban feel, it will feature shops, restaurants and a 14-screen multiplex cinema.
"At this point, we're focused on development of the first three phases," said Paul Weinschenk, a vice president with The Peterson Cos., developing the project. "We hope to start construction of the movie theater, March 1, as soon as it receives its county permits."
Being built on 48 acres south of I-66 and north of the Fairfax County Government Center's administration building, Fairfax Corner aims to have something for everyone. It will also contain offices, apartments and a hotel, as well as an area designated for a future Metro station.
Built in a traditional, main-street style, Fairfax Corner will have a mix of multi-story office buildings with retail stores on the first floors. Individual builders will construct their own parts of the project, but Peterson will have overall architectural control. Said Weinschenk: "The exteriors will be a mix of brick and precast stone, plus block."
There'll be a town commons — with a grassy area surrounded by buildings — plus a hard-surfaced plaza with a fountain and attractive landscaping in front of the movie theater. And the shops, restaurants and theaters along the sidewalks of the internal streets, will give it an ambiance similar to that of the Reston Town Center.
Fairfax Corner will front on Monument Drive to the south and Random Hills Road to the north, with access mainly from Monument Drive and Random Hills Road. It will be 1.16 million square feet total, when complete, with retail and restaurants accounting for 315,000 square feet.
The project will initially contain 135,000 square feet of office space, with the potential to add another 265,000 in multiple buildings. "We have some flexibility in the zoning," explained Weinschenk. "We can [fill this space with] office, retail or hotel uses — whichever is healthier at the time."
Envisioned as the project's anchor, the 3,600-stadium-seat theater will occupy about 100,000 square feet. It will be run by National Amusements, which operates the theater in the Reston Town Center. It's at the I-66 end of the complex, and its grand opening is projected for November.
Four restaurants are already on board. California Pizza Kitchen (specialty pizzas) and Chipotle (Mexican specialties) are slated to open early this summer. Buca Di Beppo (Italian cuisine) and P. F. Chang's (specialty Asian dishes) are earmarked for late fall openings.
Peterson anticipates having six to eight restaurants total in Fairfax Corner, including Ruth's Chris Steak House. Negotiations with various restaurants are still underway, as Peterson continues working with some high-end restaurants new to this county.
Among the retail stores will be Arhaus (home furnishings and accessories), Organized Living (storage and organizational needs) and Rei (outdoor recreational equipment and apparel). All three are expected to open this summer. There'll also be medical offices. Dentists Chang Yi, Robert Leipzig and Mark Carl will move in this summer.
Rounding out the carefully planned mix of uses will be more than 1,100 luxury residential units. Phase I — comprised of 650 multi-family apartments — was already completed by Lincoln Property Co. And developer Summit Real Estate Investment Trust is building 470 more apartments.
Work on phase II, a five-story office building, is also finished. George Mason Mortgage Corp. is already occupying 20,000 square feet. Other tenants are AAA's Mid-Atlantic office, Intercoastal Mortgage and First Heritage Title Insurance Co. And Peterson is working with other potential tenants to fill up the rest of that building.
Phase III — the one currently under construction — began in August. "When it's done, we'll be really heavy on retail, dining and entertainment," said Weinschenk on Tuesday. "All of it is underway. We've got six buildings — with block and steel going up and roads being paved. It's a very hectic work site, and five more buildings will start over the course of the next several months."
Phase IV will be the addition of a limited-service hotel for a business clientele. However, it's not yet known which hotel will build there.
Looking toward the future, Peterson has given three acres to the county for a Metro rail station and parking to be built someday at the corner of Monument Drive and Government Center Parkway. It'll be within the median of I-66, somewhere along the frontage of Fair Oaks Mall to the north and Fairfax Corner on the south.
And Peterson is doing other transportation improvements, too. The developer has already built a mile-long segment of Monument Drive along the frontage of the entire project, opening up Monument Drive from Route 29 to Government Center Parkway. It provides another way to reach Fairfax Corner, instead of using Route 29 and West Ox Road or taking Random Hills Road.
Last spring, Peterson improved Random Hills Road, flattening out some of its curves and improving its sight distance. And it will eventually change this two-lane, country road into a four-lane, divided roadway from the Monument Drive Bridge to near the existing four-lane section near the Random Hills community.
Peterson has also extended Government Center Parkway from Monument Drive to Random Hills Road. And it's contributing more than $4 million to the Fairfax Center Road Fund, used by the county for more regional roads, such as Routes 50 and 29 and the interchanges.
The hope is that Fairfax Corner — between the Fairfax County Parkway and Route 50 — will become a true town center — complete with a job base, plus retail and entertainment attractions to bring in a goodly amount of the more than 722,000 people who live within a 10-mile radius. When all of its components are up and running, it should quickly earn a reputation as a special place in which to live, shop and work — an appealing destination where people will come and linger.
Meanwhile, there's still work to be done. "We hold our breath every time it snows or rains," said Weinschenk. "Other than that, it's going really well, and we're excited that it's going to be a really nice project, right here in the heart of Fairfax."


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At first blush you might think there is not an overwhelming call for mud SFX is the cannon of film and television. The best memory I have of mud in films of the top of my head is the mud slide scene in "Romancing the Stone" ending with Michael Douglas landing into the mud pool face first between Kathleen Edwards legs (it seemed so edgy in 1984). But this collection is more about possibilities then then its name implies.
The sounds of splats and squishes available through Sound Ideas are both over-used and tired at this point, but Ultimate Mud will reinvigorate you library with more spats, squirts and squishes then you will know what to do with. I recently used this library to cut an animated scene of characters having a wet sponge fight. Although the scene had no mud at all in it, I used the mud splats for all the impacts of the sponges smacking into characters faces and backs and it worked amazingly well. The director had zero notes when the scene was screened. This collection also features a bunch of "mud suction" sounds that have been very helpful. I had to cut a clogged pipe sequence and without this collection I would have been in trouble. I also used "mud pours" to fill out the sound of a man vomiting on a sidewalk. Very gross but also very effective.
One of my favourite things about this collection is the metadata included in the files. Simply drag the files into Soundminer and the metadata all appears and it is well thought out. With 464 different SFX of mud I can see how it would have been difficult to describe the different FX in ways that clearly define individual sounds. This problem is overcome with great words like "goopy", "gloppy", "spooge", "splatty" and "wet poof". Once you dig into the sounds the difference between "splatty" and "squishy" is obvious and the library becomes easy to navigate.
This library goes for $50 US, and for that price is well worth the money, again just to add the fresh "splats" to your library, but there is a lot more worth using as well. 4 Stars!
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July 14, 1982. A young Sicilian doing his military serve in the north sets off on a journey to Palermo to attend to the last concert on the European tour of the legendary Frank Zappa, the eclectic and much loved rock star with Sicilian roots (1940-1993). An unforgettable journey, but one that culminated in a great disappointment: the young man did not arrive in time for his idol's concert. That young man was Salvo Cuccia, who thirty years later picks up again the unused ticket and set out to reassemble the pieces of that particular moment in his life. The memory of his father, who died prematurely, is intertwined with the story of Frank's family, that is now visiting the land of their forebears. And along with Zappa's widow Gail, his children Moon, Diva and Dweezil, and Massimo Bassoli, great friend and biographer of the musician, Salvo Cuccia embarks on a journey/story made up of meetings and returns: a moving and ironic memoir. A story made of music and families, studded with never-before-seen images of the concert in 1982, interrupted by disturbances on the terraces and the reaction of the police, while outside fireworks and the crowd wildly celebrated the feast day of Santa Rosalia. Thus another Italy, another America and quite another music are brought back to life.


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A study out of New Zealand appears to show a link between marijuana use and strokes in young adults.
Researchers tested the urine of 150 patients who'd had ischemic strokes (a cutting off of blood supply) and 10 who'd had transient ischemic attack ("mini-strokes"), all aged between 18 and 55. They found that 16 per cent of these patients tested positive for marijuana use, compared to 8.1 per cent of patients in a control group who'd been hospitalized with other ailments.
Estimates vary as to how long marijuana is detectable in urine. For a one-time high, it could be about a week. For heavy users, it could be a month or more.
"This is the first case-controlled study to show a possible link to the increased risk of stroke from cannabis," said Alan Barber, the study's lead investigator and professor of clinical neurology at the University of Auckland. "Cannabis has been thought by the public to be a relatively safe, although illegal substance. This study shows this might not be the case; it may lead to stroke."
The soundbite-friendly summation is that stroke patients were 2.3 times more likely to be pot smokers, but that's hardly the full story.
"It's a small study, it does suggest that the use of marijuana was greater in the strokes, particularly the younger strokes," said American Stroke Association spokesperson Ralph Sacco. "There are problems however in that there are certain variables that they could not control for in this study."
In particular, the big, smokey elephant in the room is tobacco. All but one of the stroke patients who tested positive for cannabis use were smokers. It's well known that smoking cigarettes doubles stroke risk.
"They were not able to control for tobacco use," said Sacco. He added that other factors such as diet, alcohol use and head injuries were also not accounted for.
"I think we still don't know what the actual relationship is being driven by," he said.
Despite these questions, Barber is convinced that marijuana is to blame.
"We believe it is the cannabis and not tobacco," said Barber. He plans to conduct another study to pinpoint marijuana's potential stroke risks independent of tobacco use, although he adds that, "this may prove difficult given the risks of bias and ethical strictures of studying the use of an illegal substance."
Barber said there have been previous case reports of stroke occurring shortly after marijuana use.
"We know cannabis can cause changes in blood pressure and heart rate that are associated with increased stroke risk. Importantly, it can also cause heart palpitations," Barber told EverydayHeath. He added that heart palpitations can be an indicator of atrial fibrillation (a type of irregular heartbeat) that has a strong association with stroke.
"People need to think twice about using cannabis," because it can affect brain development and result in emphysema, heart attack and now stroke, Barber said.
Marijuana is the most widely-used illicit drug and is used by 9.1 per cent of Canadians over the age of 15, according to 2011 statistics.
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