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Six Tips From Heart Health Experts That Might Surprise You
Does it matter what time of day we eat? Are e-cigarettes healthier for our hearts than the regular kind? These were just a few of the topics explored at the recent American Heart Associations Scientific Sessions.
Government Committee Warns of "Social Capital" Gap for Seniors
Bipartisan economics advisors say older adults today have fewer family and friends to help them — and that's a problem.
Alzheimer's Disease: What Did We Learn in 2019?
Read about new findings from a recent Alzheimer's disease conference, and learn how home care can help.
An Unconventional Caregiver for a Unique United Nations Visitor to NYC
It's always special when a Right at Home caregiver and client connect like this!
A New Definition of "Healthy Aging"
Not so long ago, the term "healthy aging" was used for those lucky elders who escaped illness and disability. But today, experts are thinking in a different way.
When Family Caregiving Is a Conflict Zone
Caring for senior loved ones is such an important aspect of being human. But things don't always go smoothly between the caregiver and the person receiving care!
Highlights of 2019's "The State of Senior Living Survey"
A major report takes a look at the future of senior housing options. Spoiler alert: In-home care is a growing preference for many baby boomers.
What Do Seniors Need? Transportation!
Polls show that getting a ride to doctor appointments and social activities is a big challenge for older adults today.
Six Ways Family Caregivers Can Practice Self-Compassion
Treating ourselves with kindness and consideration isn't always easy — but it's a life skill worth learning!
In Time for the Fourth of July, a New Look at Senior Independence
All through life, most of us have the desire to feel in control of our own lives. The changes that come with aging can make that a real challenge.
Family Caregivers Need a Vacation, Too!
Are you envious of people who are planning a summer trip? Don't dismiss the possibility of taking your own getaway.
Infographic: 10 Tips for Long-Distance Caregivers
More and more older adults today live far away from their adults children. How can they all stay connected, even as senior loved ones' care needs change?
12 Questions on Discovering and Communicating the Need for Care
A recent Right at Home webinar offered tips for healthcare providers and family caregivers.
May Is National Arthritis Awareness Month
In-home care improves the quality of life and preserves the independence of seniors living with this condition.
Personal Care Assessment vs. Skilled Care Assessment
When a Right at Home office is contacted for service, the first step is to conduct a professional assessment of a client's needs.
Fighting Parkinson's With Boxing
Meet Right at Home Palm Beach owner Bruce Gropper, who is part of an innovative exercise program.
Supporting Family Caregivers Is Everyone's Job!
Not a caregiver? This is an issue that still affects you. Learn how you can be an advocate for these important people.
Caregiver Spouses Need Help!
With the aging of our population, more Americans are providing care for a husband, wife or partner who is living with health problems.
Caregiver Took WWII Veteran on a Trip Down Memory Lane
Meet a Right at Home personal care assistant who recently went on a meaningful road trip with a 90-year-old client.
Infographic: A Safer 2019
Here's fun infographic to remind seniors and their families about the great ways home care can improve their lives.
Dec. 3 – 7, 2018, Is Older Driver Safety Awareness Week
Worried about whether a senior loved one is safe behind the wheel? Check out some tips from the nation's foremost senior driving experts.
Helping Senior Loved Ones Manage Multiple Health Conditions
Remembering to take medications, go to health appointments and follow the doctor's orders can be challenging when a person has one health condition — and, say experts, 80 percent of today's seniors are dealing with many.
Living at Home With COPD
Effective management of this common lung disease can make all the difference in the life of an older loved one. Home care can help!
Caring for Veterans With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Right at Home caregiver Tamisha Taylor shares her experiences.
Spend More Time in the Great Outdoors
When seniors go outdoors — whether it's to a National Park or their own back yard — they gain many health benefits.
Millennials, Welcome to Caregiving!
There's a stereotype that today's young adults are self-centered, but that's not proving to be the case when this generation is called upon to support the well-being of older loved ones! How can we all, in turn, help these younger caregivers?
How Can We Get Mom to Exercise?
A new study links a sedentary lifestyle with 14 fatal conditions. This should motivate us all to get off the couch, and to help senior loved ones do the same.
Caregiver Navigates Through Chaos, Preserves Seniors' Dignity
Angel Benavides doesn't call herself a hero — but survivors of Hurricane Harvey would disagree!
Senior Self-Neglect and What Families Can Do About It
Elder abuse is a serious crime. But what an older adult's choices put their own health and safety at risk?
10 Things to Know Right Away When a Loved One Is Diagnosed With Alzheimer's Disease
After a series of tests, the doctor Mom's behavior and memory changes are most likely due to Alzheimer's disease. What now?
Finding Life's Purpose After the End of Spousal Caregiving
Right at Home caregiver George Mattera found new meaning in life working with clients who have Alzheimer's disease and other memory loss.
Are We Facing a Family Caregiver Shortage?
Changing lifestyles coupled with increased longevity mean that more and more of us will be on our own when we need care as we grow older.
Is Multigenerational Living Right for Our Family?
More households today have two, three and even four generations under the same roof. What's behind this trend, and what can help the arrangement succeed?
Getting Better Sleep When Your Loved One Has Dementia
It's a cycle to avoid: People with Alzheimer's disease experience disturbed sleep, which keeps family caregivers up at night and might raise their own risk of memory loss.
10 Frequently Asked Questions for Registered Dietitians
Right at Home owner Amy Mack is uniquely qualified to provide the answers!
Pain Control Without Opioids: What Are the Options?
Senior patients are finding it much less likely that a doctor will prescribe codeine, oxycontin or hydrocodone, even after surgery. Does this mean their pain will go untreated?
The Other Senior Weight Problem
Today we read so much about the many negative health effects of obesity. But for seniors, being underweight can be just as bad. Why do seniors experience unintended weight loss, and what can be done?
Former Teacher, Now Caregiver Provides Meaningful Alzheimer's Care
Meet caregiver Lawrence Burney, who brought the insights of his teaching career to his new job providing care for clients with memory loss.
Helping Senior Loved Ones Expand Their Social Horizons
Older adults with health challenges may rely more and more on family for social connections. But this may not be ideal for your loved one or for you, say experts.
Common Misconceptions About CNAs and LPNs
A Right at Home owner says many people underestimate the vital role certified nursing assistants and licensed practical nurses play in keeping seniors healthy and safe.
What Did Experts Learn About Senior Falls During 2017?
Research continues to refine our understanding of this health problem, which takes the lives of almost 30,000 older adults in America each year.
We're Three Time Zones Apart. How Can I Take Care of Mom and Dad?
When you live far away from elderly loved ones, the term "long-distance relationship" takes on new meaning!
Seven Great Holiday Gifts for the Family Caregivers in Your Life
Forget the slippers or necktie — here are some things caregivers can really use!
Preserving Your Loved One's Dignity With Home Care
Person-centered care helps seniors feel more independent, and normalizes family relationships.
In-Home Care Helps Seniors Manage Diabetes
Family are often called upon to help an older loved one monitor their blood sugar, take their insulin, and follow a diabetic diet. This can be stressful for everyone!
Coming Home After Joint Replacement Surgery
Recovery in a patient's own home after a hip or knee replacement offers many advantages.
Five Signs a Family Caregiver Needs Help
When should you worry about a friend who is providing care for an elderly loved one?
Should You Quit Your Job to Care for a Loved One?
Before making the decision, consider the pros and cons, and optional solutions.
The Rate of Senior Falls Is Not Falling
Hospitals report a steep uptick in serious head injuries — and seniors, not athletes, accounted for most of the increase, says the CDC.
Five Caregiver Pet Peeves
The brother who never visits … the friend who does, but ignores your loved one … the "swooper" … If you have a friend or family member who is caring for an elderly loved one, you'll want to check out this list of things not to do.
The Right Clothes for Senior Independence
As seniors deal with physical and cognitive challenges, their wardrobes most likely can use some updating.
"I'm Not a Caregiver … Yet!"
Planning ahead for caregiving is an important part of healthy aging.
Veterans Helping Veterans
Meet two Right at Home owners who having served their country during wartime, now devote much of their time to the well-being of fellow veterans.
Men Underestimate Their Risk of Osteoporosis
June 12 – 18, 2017, is National Men's Health Week, a great time to remind the dads, husbands, sons and the other men in our lives to be screened for this potentially debilitating condition.
Benefits of Owning Pets
Our furry friends provide a mood boost and unconditional love—but what if a senior with health challenges has trouble caring for a beloved pet?
Supporting Family Caregivers After a Loved One's Stroke
Rehabilitation helps stroke survivors recover. In-home care helps families help their loved one.
Managing High Blood Pressure With In-Home Care
Does your loved one have "white coat hypertension"? "Masked hypertension"? There are a lot of things to know when a senior has high blood pressure!
Online Buzz: Benefits of Art Therapy
Art is about a lot more than making a beautiful thing!
In-Home Care Supports Good Nutrition for People With Alzheimer's
March Is National Nutrition Month, a good time to focus on the special dietary challenges of seniors who are living with Alzheimer's disease or other dementia.
When the Caregiving Dynamic Is Complicated
What happens when you agree to provide care for an elderly parent, but your relationship with Mom or Dad has been difficult?
Science Organization With 300 Nobel Laureates Confirms: Caregivers Need Help
The leading scientific organization in the U.S. calls for greater recognition and support for family caregivers, the bedrock of our elder care system.
Wintertime Wellness for Senior Loved Ones
Icy sidewalks, power outages, and darker days that can lead to depression … what can we do to help our elderly relatives stay safe and healthy during the winter months?
Seven Myths That Lead to Caregiver Guilt
November is Family Caregivers Month. Learn about a set of "I shoulds" that can make even the most conscientious caregiver feel bad.
Seniors and Medications: The Good, the Bad and the Dangerous
It's a balancing act: The medicines we take help us manage health conditions, but improperly used, they also can imperil our health.
The Complex Family Dynamics of Fall Prevention
September 22 is National Falls Prevention Awareness Day. Have you talked about this topic with senior loved ones? How did the conversation go?
Stepping In, Stepping Up: Legal Issues for Family Caregivers
Durable powers of attorney, guardianship, employee responsibilities—all may come into play when a senior loved one needs help.
Seven Stress-Busting Tips for Alzheimer's Caregivers
Providing care for a loved one with dementia can significantly raise the caregiver's risk of heart disease, depression, even dementia.
Experts Say the Rate of Dementia Is Declining
The number of seniors living with Alzheimer's continues to climb—yet the percentage seems to be trending downward. What's behind this unexpected but welcome news?
Online Buzz: Meet Right at Home's 2016 National Caregiver of the Year
Marie Hargain has been called "the dream caregiver." Find out why and learn more about this inspiring Right at Home team member.
When Family Members Disagree About Elder Care
When "Mom loved you best!" and "What's best for Mom?" collide, putting aside old resentments is a necessary first step.
Preserving Social Connections When a Loved One Has Alzheimer's
The need to spend time with others is a powerful human need, even when a person is living with memory loss.
Baby Boomers Need to Talk About Care
Boomers have a reputation for being health-conscious, but they and their adult children should know they may need more care than their parents did.
Is This Senior Patient Ready to Go Home?
Older patients may overstate their ability to take care of themselves after hospital discharge, say experts.
Alzheimer's Disease Caregivers Ask: "Am I at Risk?"
Families often are confused about whether a loved one's Alzheimer's disease is "in the genes."
Home Care Helps Seniors Who Are Living With Heart Failure
Exercise, diet and ongoing medical monitoring ensure the best quality of life for seniors with heart failure—yet the condition makes it hard to do these things.
Happy New Year, Happier Older Years
Put a few items on your list of New Year's resolutions that will benefit you well beyond 2016.
Many Boomers Want to Age in (a New) Place
A surprising number of baby boomers are moving. Will their new homes be suitable if their care needs change?
When Family Caregiving Is Your Second Job
Today, more than half of family caregivers are also in the workforce. How can they successfully balance their two roles?
Home Care Supports Our Senior Neighbors
New studies reveal the health benefits of living in a neighborhood where we feel connected to others.
When the Time Comes for Home Care: Five Things to Know
Some common concerns you might have while considering professional in-home care for yourself or a loved one.
It Makes Sense
Diminished sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch make it harder for seniors to remain active and engaged. Professional in-home caregivers can help.
Five Brain Health Reminders for Family Caregivers
Family caregivers do so much for their loved ones that they sometimes neglect their own health—and that could put them at higher risk for Alzheimer's disease.
Paying for In-Home Care
Home care helps millions of seniors remain safe and independent in their own homes. Most families pay for home care themselves, but they should be aware of all their options.
In-Home Care Supports Active Independence for Seniors
It's a paradox: Exercise is important for managing health conditions, yet chronic illness and adverse health events make it hard to be physically active.
Include Care Support in Your Retirement Planning
We hope that our later years will be marked by good health. But our goal should be the best quality of life, even if things turn out differently.
Should You Tell a "Fiblet" to a Parent With Dementia?
Is telling the truth always the best policy? Professional geriatric care managers offer advice on a sensitive subject.
The Youngest Caregivers
Few people realize that today millions of children under the age of 18 are providing care for older loved ones.
Eight Tips for New Caregivers
Suddenly, you're a family caregiver! Now what? Experienced caregivers share some of their secrets.
When Your Loved One Comes Home From the Hospital
Maybe you've heard the term "quicker and sicker"? It's true that patients are discharged from the hospital sooner these days after surgery or an illness.
U.S. Census: More Seniors Are Living With Disabilities, Fewer in Nursing Homes
In June 2014, the U.S. Census Bureau released "65+ in the United States: 2010," a major report about our nation's seniors, based on data collected during the most recent census. Said the Census Bureau's Enrique Lamas, "The findings, released with the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Health, provide the most detailed information available on the demographic, economic, and health and wellness characteristics of this rapidly growing dynamic population."
Home Care Agencies vs. Registries: What's the Difference?
Mom has fallen several times. She sometimes forgets to take her medications, the house is obviously not being kept up, and Dad, who has his own health problems, isn't strong enough to help her out of bed or to the bathroom. Family members help out at first, but busy as they are with jobs and other responsibilities, they are quickly overwhelmed by the caregiving and home maintenance tasks. The family realizes that it's time to hire an in-home caregiver.
Seven Great Ways In-Home Care Keeps Seniors Connected
From time to time, the Caring Right at Home newsletter has highlighted the ongoing research of University of Chicago's Dr. John Cacioppo, whose groundbreaking work on the effect of loneliness has changed how we think about how seniors spend their time. Dr. Cacioppo has shown that loneliness is highly stressful for humans, raising the risk of hypertension, sleep disorders, depression and even Alzheimer's disease.
Talking About the Future With Adult Children
Many Caring Right at Home readers are baby boomers who are providing care for their elderly parents. When it comes to planning for their own senior years, you would think these savvy people would have great communication with their own adult children! Yet studies show that even baby boomers often avoid these conversations until a health crisis or other challenge to independence arises.
Is Living at Home a Safe Choice for Your Loved One?
Deciding where to live is an important part of planning for our senior years. Should we stay in our own home? Live with other family members? Move to a retirement community, assisted living or other supportive environment?
Daily Activities for People With Alzheimer's Disease
As reported in the November 2012 issue of the Caring Right at Home e-newsletter, the majority of Americans with Alzheimer's disease and related conditions are living at home with the support of spouses, adult children and others who step in to serve as caregivers. Is living at home the best environment for these patients? And how do families cope with their loved one's increasing needs?
Medication Management Prevents Unnecessary Hospital Trips for Seniors
A recent poll in Caring Right at Home found that more than a third of respondents take five or more medications. Could the medicines we take send us to the hospital? As our population ages, medication management is more important than ever.
In-Home Care Supports Stroke Recovery
Most stroke survivors have the goal of returning to live independently at home. But even with the help of family caregivers, recovery can be a challenge. What support services promote the highest possible level of recovery?
Improving Family Dynamics With In-Home Care
Today's family structure is more diverse than ever before. Families come in all shapes and sizes, from traditional nuclear families to multigenerational households to collections of people who choose to live as a family. Just as families are changing, caregiving also is changing. But one thing never changes: Older adults value their independence. Yet many seniors need help from others to be safe at home. They rely on spouses, adult children and other relatives who provide hands-on assistance and coordinate their care.
Creating Appetizing Meals for Seniors
Good nutrition is vital for the health and well-being of older adults. Yet when it comes to eating well, this time of life brings challenges. Disabilities, chronic health conditions and medications can all affect the appetite. Taste and smell often decline. Missing teeth, uncomfortable dentures and digestive problems can make eating uncomfortable. And for many with Parkinson's disease, arthritis, MS or stroke, eating is more of a challenge than a pleasure.
In-Home Care Supports Senior Fall Prevention
Falls are a serious matter for older adults. Falls send more than 2 million seniors to the hospital every year, and sadly, many of them are subsequently unable to return to independent living. A serious fall resulting in a fractured hip, a dangerous laceration or a brain injury is often the trigger for a move to a nursing home.
Supporting Single Seniors
The latest U.S. Census showed that fewer Americans are marrying, and fewer are having children. The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) recently urged federal, state and local agencies to ensure that all seniors are served, regardless of marital status. This includes attention to the challenges faced by single seniors.


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The brakes grind then release and you're off, squeaking and squealing down a roller-coaster-like track for what might just be the train ride of your life. This is the Flåmsbana, a shiny, pine-green pleasure train that plunges nearly a kilometre in a mere fifty minutes. The unforgettable ride takes you from the heady frozen heights of the Norwegian mountains in Myrdal right down to the edge of the icy-blue waters of the Aurlandsfjord in the picturesque village of Flåm.
On the train, the old-fashioned carriage interior is wood-panelled and fitted with wide, high-backed benches which transport you back to the 1920s when the train was first built; it took over four years to lay the 20km track which spirals and zigzags down around hairpin bends and through twenty hand-dug tunnels during the course of its short journey. As you might imagine the views are spectacular; to accommodate this, enormous, over-sized windows were fitted to ensure you don't miss a thing, regardless of where you happen to be seated.
As it runs all year, the train is a lifeline in the winter months for fjord inhabitants who were previously cut off by the long frozen winters. But for the best views, stick to late spring and summer when the ice and snow-melt create majestic,
crashing waterfalls (don't miss the close-range view of Kjosfossen) that seem to leap and spring from every crevice in the sheer, verdant cliffs.
The Flåmsbana offers an experience that's at the same time glamorous, hair-raising and magical. The dizzy inclines and thunderous soundtrack of crashing waterfalls will give even the most seasoned rider a shiver of excitement, and if you can't help but conjure up images of runaway trains, just remember there are five independent sets of brakes – a necessary precaution and a very reassuring feature.
To get to the Flåmsbana take the train from Bergen to Myrdal (via Voss). You can buy your ticket all the way through to Flåm at the Bergen train station, which means you'll be able to jump right on the train when you arrive in Myrdal. Visit www.flaamsbana.no for more.
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Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Großer Saal
musicAeterna of Perm Opera / Verdi Requiem
Portrait Teodor Currentzis
€ 140.00 | 120.00 | 83.00 | 42.00 | 15.00
An opera disguised as church music, or a work for liturgical use? In the case of the Verdi Requiem, this debate is as old as the composition itself – which in no way belittles this exceptional mass for the dead. It was presumably the dramatic, indeed theatrical, passages from the pen of the brilliant opera composer that contemporaries took exception to. The most vivid example is the turbulent »Dies irae«, where four trumpets heard from afar herald the Last Judgement. Teodor Currentzis knows his way around the dark side of theatre and opera: he was feted for his recordings of Mozart's »Le nozze di Figaro«, »Così fan tutte« and »Don Giovanni«, while the magazine »Opernwelt« voted him Conductor of the Year for his recording of Verdi's »Macbeth«. »Non-conformist, eccentric and talented« – thus one reviewer about the Greek-Russian conductor, who will be making no fewer than seven appearances at the Elbphilharmonie in the 2018/19 season.
In this concert, Varduhi Abrahamyan sings the mezzo-soprano role instead of Hermine May.
musicAeterna orchestra of Perm Opera
musicAeterna chorus of Perm Opera
Zarina Abaeva soprano
Varduhi Abrahamyan mezzo-soprano
René Barbera tenor
Tareq Nazmi bass
conductor Teodor Currentzis
Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem
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Concert Series
Promoter: HamburgMusik
During Your Visit
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Enjoy the View
Between the old Kaispeicher and the new glass structure is the Plaza, a public viewing platform on the 8th floor of the Elbphilharmonie. Tickets for concerts in the Grand and Recital Halls include a visit to the Plaza one hour before the start of the concert or event; all other visitors require a Plaza ticket.More about the Plaza
A Diverse Cuisine
Food & Drink
A total of six bars in the Grand Hall and Recital Hall foyers offer concertgoers a varied cuisine before the start of events and in the intervals. Restaurants, cafés, delis and further bars await visitors in the »Störtebeker Elbphilharmonie« and in »The Westin Hamburg« Hotel.More about Food & Drink
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
Großer Saal
Heart of the Elbphilharmonie: the Grand Hall seats 2,000 guests in the »vineyard« style. The stage for artists and orchestras is situated at the centre of the concert hall and is surrounded by terraced seating.
Finding Your Seat
All visitors enter the building via the main entrance. Admission takes place in the entrance foyer and is by concert ticket only. The »Tube«, an 82-metre-long, curved escalator, leads visitors up to the Plaza following admission.
From the Plaza, access to the concert foyers is via stairs and lifts. The main cloakroom is situated on the 11th floor and the hall entrances are on floors 12, 13, 15 and 16. Please follow signs to the area in which your designated seat is located, as indicated on your ticket.
Seat Preview
Are you curious to find out what kind of view of the stage different seats have? To help select your favourite seat, use your mouse to activate the representative seat views.
Coughing, Clapping, Chatting – Recommendations for Sensitive Acoustics
A concert at the Elbphilharmonie is a unique experience for both audience and artists. Guests and musicians alike rave about the precise acoustics in the Grand Hall. You can hear every note, even from the highest balcony.
Unfortunately, the opposite is also true: even presumably quiet noises from the audience are clearly audible in the entire hall. We therefore ask our visitors to take the following recommendations into consideration, because »Everything Can Be Heard Here«.
The main cloakroom of the Grand Hall is situated on the 11th floor, at the south and north side of the Elbphilharmonie.
Baby carriages, wheeled walkers, walking-stick umbrellas, handbags larger than DIN A3 (42 cm x 30 cm) as well as sport bags, backpacks and suitcases must be checked in at the cloakroom. If required, wheeled walkers can be parked in the immediate vicinity of the hall entrances. Our front of house staff is happy to assist you in this regard.
Cloakroom fee: €1.50
Getting Here
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg
Platz der Deutschen Einheit
20457 Hamburg
The Elbphilharmonie can be easily reached by bus, underground, bicycle and ferry.
Underground line U3: Baumwall (approx. 450 m from the Elbphilharmonie)
Underground line U4: Überseequartier (approx. 950 m from the Elbphilharmonie)
Bus 111: Am Kaiserkai (Elbphilharmonie) (approx. 150 m from the Elbphilharmonie)
City bicycle (Stadtrad) stations: Am Baumwall and Am Kaiserkai / Großer Grasbrook
There are sufficient bicycle stands available in front of the Elbphilharmonie.
Ferry 72 (from Landungsbrücken pier): »Elbphilharmonie« pier
There is limited parking available in the Elbphilharmonie and the HafenCity.
Multistorey car park in the Elbphilharmonie (open 24/7, 435 parking spaces):
Please note that visitors to the Elbphilharmonie should use the entrance marked »Elbphilharmonie«. The entrance »Elbphilharmonie Hotel« is reserved for »The Westin Hamburg« hotel guests.
The car park operator APCOA offers a flat rate of €10.00 for four hours of parking. Every further hour or part thereof costs €5.00 as per the regular parking charge. The flat rate is only valid online and must be booked at least two hours in advance. Book the flat rate online at www.apcoa.de.
APCOA answers frequently asked questions about advance booking here.
Multistorey car park »Speicherstadt«: Am Sandtorkai 6, 20457 Hamburg (722 parking spaces, approx. 750 m from the Elbphilharmonie)
Überseequartier underground car park: Überseeallee 3, 20457 Hamburg (420 parking spaces, approx. 850 m from the Elbphilharmonie)
All halls and spaces are accessible for visitors with disabilities. More information at www.elbphilharmonie.de/en/accessibility.
Arrival Time
The Elbphilharmonie is a special building situated in a special place. Allow for plenty of time for getting to the Elbphilharmonie and the way to the concert area. We suggest first-time Elbphilharmonie visitors arrive at the main entrance 30 minutes before the start of the concert or event. Late seating is not guaranteed and latecomers may not be admitted to the concert hall.
Concert tickets for the Grand and Recital Halls authorise a visit to the Plaza from one hour before the start of the concert or event. Visitors to the Kaistudios require a separate Plaza ticket to visit the Plaza.
New admission times:
In a change from past custom, doors will now open 60 minutes before the start of the event. The foyer and concert hall will be opened at the same time.
Smoking Ban
Smoking is prohibited throughout the entire premises of the Elbphilharmonie.
Photography and Video Recordings
Photography is permitted at the Elbphilharmonie for private purposes only. Please respect the privacy of other visitors and help ensure an undisturbed concert experience for all guests and artists. Employees and artists may not be photographed.
Photography, audio or video recordings of concerts and events are strictly prohibited.
Event-related video recordings or photographs for editorial or commercial purposes must be authorised by the Press Office of the Elbphilharmonie.


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Edgar Gonzalez captured a picture-perfect view of Wednesday's Manhattanhenge sunset from 34th Street.
New Yorkers were wowed on Wednesday by a sunset that was perfectly framed by skyscrapers, thanks to an urban astronomical phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge.
The same planetary tilt that determines the seasons also dictates exactly where the sun will go down each evening — and because of the way that Manhattan's dominant street grid is laid out, killer sunsets are potentially visible from some of the borough's best-known east-west streets in late May and mid-July.
Tuesday's ceremony was rained out, but the skies were clear enough on Wednesday to make for some beautiful postings on photo-sharing sites such as Instagram and Twitter, Flickr and Facebook.
Doing a search for the hashtag #Manhattanhenge on Twitter will bring up a nice selection — including Edgar Gonzalez's view from 34th Street, which you see above.
Another picture from Gonzalez shows the scene just before Manhattanhenge reached its climax at 8:15 p.m. ET. For better or worse, sunset-watching crowds have become a big part of the phenomenon.
"Not sure which was cooler: Manhattanhenge itself or all the people standing in the middle of the street," Courtney Mauk tweeted. "Drivers did not seem amused."
"NYPD could make a fortune tonight giving jaywalking tickets," Scott Wittrock observed.
Edgar Gonzalez
Sun-watchers gather in the middle of Manhattan's 34th Street, waiting for the sun to go down.
Andrew St. Clair
Andrew St. Clair gets "inside the mob" of photographers on the Tudor City overpass, a popular spot for Manhattanhenge views. Check out St. Clair's photos on Twitter.
The traffic issue is of growing concern to Neil deGrasse Tyson, the director of New York's Hayden Planetarium. Tyson is the guy who threw the celestial spotlight on Manhattanhenge more than a decade ago, in a magazine article that was accompanied by his glittering sunset photo.
"Back then, it was just kind of a curiosity, but now it's becoming an annual tradition," Tyson told NBC News. "It started out with tens of people, and then hundreds, and now there are thousands of people who block traffic. I've alerted the police department of this, just as an issue of public safety, that perhaps they should close off streets. We're still trying to resolve that. They're not accustomed to closing off streets for cosmic reasons."
Why is Manhattanhenge such a big deal for New Yorkers? One reason may be that urban residents are starved for cosmic wonders. "They may not receive much of the universe, but when they can, they reach for it. And that's what's going on tonight, and of course for the next one in July," Tyson said Wednesday.
Check out Tyson's guide to Manhattanhenge for more background and a rundown of the times for July's Manhattanhenge events (8:23 p.m. ET on July 12 and 8:24 p.m. ET on July 13). He says the best streets for sun-watching are 14th, 23rd, 34th, 42nd, 57th and several streets adjacent to them. Did you snap some great Manhattanhenge pictures? Share them on the NBC News Science Facebook page, and stay tuned for more in July.
Andrew St. Clair
Skyscrapers frame the sun in Andrew St. Clair's photograph. Check it out in St. Clair's Flickr photostream.
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Colin Jones, social media editor at MSNBC, captured a glorious view of a New York sunset with Radio City Music Hall in the foreground. "Well, here's the end of Manhattanhenge," he wrote on Instagram.
Time-lapse captures a unique sunset above the streets of New York City in July 2012.
More celestial alignments:
- 2012: Manhattanhenge wows New Yorkers
- Astronomical alignment found at Peru pyramid
- Feast your eyes on a new Stonehenge theory
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By BOB AUDETTE / Brattleboro Reformer Staff
BRATTLEBORO — After Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant is closed and when the site is finally cleaned up — perhaps before the end of the next decade — there will still be a lingering reminder of what existed there since 1972.
As at other nuclear power plant sites around the country, spent nuclear fuel — or nuclear waste, as it used to be called prior to a successful rebranding campaign waged by the nuclear industry — might remain in Vernon long after all other reminders of Yankee are gone.
In fact, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission released last year a revised waste confidence rule that stated impacts would be small if spent fuel had to be stored at nuclear sites "indefinitely."
Ernest Moniz, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy, was in Vermont last week. During a phone interview with the Reformer, Moniz said his department is focused on developing a way to take care of the nation's nuclear waste. However, noted Moniz, DOE needs the go-ahead from Congress.
Senate Bill 1240, which has been in the Energy and Natural Resources Committee since 2013, would establish a new organization to manage nuclear waste, provide a consensual process for siting nuclear waste facilities and ensure adequate funding for managing nuclear waste.
"The legislation has been crafted and is totally consistent with administration policy," said Moniz. "We certainly hope to see it marked up in committee and hopefully passed."
In 1983, the Department of Energy entered into contracts with the operators of the nation's nuclear power plants and agreed to take possession of all nuclear waste produced as a result of their operations. The plan was to move the waste to a centralized storage facility for long-term disposal, and after a siting process, Yucca Mountain in Nevada was chosen. But after $9 billion was invested in the project, the Obama administration pulled the plug due to local opposition, environmental concerns and pressure from Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader and democrat from Nevada.
Despite all the money spent on Yucca Mountain, said Moniz, it's not a viable project.
"It certainly did not follow the consent-based process."
In January of 2012, the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future, of which Moniz was a member, released a report concluding a repository needed to be established as quickly as possible, but not without local input.
Currently, all the waste produced by the power plants is being stored onsite in either spent nuclear fuel pools or dry casks.
In late August 2013, Entergy announced it would be closing Yankee at the end of 2014 because it was no longer financially viable due to the fact that natural gas has driven down the costs of producing electricity. Late last week, Entergy announced that it would soon be asking for permission to construct an additional dry cask storage facility at Yankee. The pad will be used for the placement of 100-ton dry casks, which will each contain up to 25 tons of spent nuclear fuel once it has cooled down enough to be removed from the fuel pool located inside the plant's reactor building.
The first storage pad at Vermont Yankee was constructed in 2006 and now holds 13 dry casks, with room for 23 more. Each cask contains 68 fuel assemblies, meaning there are now 884 assemblies in dry cask storage. There are another 2,627 spent fuel assemblies in the pool in the reactor building and another 368 assemblies currently in the reactor vessel. The proposed new pad will be similar in size and storage capacity to the one already on site.
Senate Bill 1240 calls for the construction of a pilot facility for the storage of priority waste; one or more additional storage facilities for the storage of nonpriority nuclear waste; and one or more repositories for the permanent disposal of nuclear waste.
The pilot facility would be used "to demonstrate the safe transportation of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste … (and) to demonstrate the safe storage of spent nuclear and high-level radioactive waste … at the one or more storage facilities, pending the construction and operation of deep geologic disposal capacity for the permanent disposal of the spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste."
If Congress approves Senate Bill 1240, Moniz said it is hoped a pilot facility can be established early in the 2020s. He said a pilot facility should have been part of the nation's waste storage strategy since 1983.
"We should have been pursuing consolidated storage facilities in parallel with repository development," said Moniz.
The bill also calls for the development of the Nuclear Waste Administration, taking the responsibility for moving and storing the nuclear rods and other high-level waste out of the hands of the Department of Energy. The Nuclear Waste Administration would also be responsible for finding a geological repository.
Moniz said that wherever a spent fuel repository is established, it needs to be established with the consent of the hosting community.
"The consent-based approach is very crucial to us," said Moniz. "The hosting community and the state and the federal government must be aligned if we are given Congressional authority to pursue this work with communities that are interested. We fully expect that there will be multiple interested communities."
The process is intended to allow prospective host communities to decide whether, and on what terms they will host a nuclear waste facility; is open to the public and allows interested persons to be heard in a meaningful way; is flexible and allows decisions to be reviewed and modified in response to new information or new technical, social, or political developments; and is based on sound science and meets public health, safety, and environmental standards.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said it's very important that states are involved in all decisions related to decommissioning, and not just the siting of a spent nuclear fuel storage facility.
Under current rules, public hearings can be held to take input, but in the end, the operator and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission are the only entities that have any real say in how a plant is decommissioned, said Sanders.
"We need to make sure that states that are undergoing decommissioning have a real seat at the table so they can participate in the best way to decommission a plant."
Mike Twomey, Entergy's vice president for external affairs, told the Reformer he and other industry executives expect that the federal government will eventually fulfill its obligation to remove the spent fuel from Vermont Yankee and sites around the country.
"Until it does, we are confident that we are storing it safely within the spent fuel pool or in dry cask storage. This has been extensively reviewed by the NRC and we are very confident that both methods provide safe storage until such a time as the federal government removes the spent fuel."
Bob Audette can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com, or at 802-254-2311, ext. 160. Follow Bob on Twitter @audette.reformer.


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This is a series of images of Saturn, as seen at many different wavelengths, when the planet's rings were at a maximum tilt of 27 degrees toward Earth. Saturn experiences seasonal tilts away from and toward the Sun, much the same way Earth does. This happens over the course of its 29.5-year orbit. This means that approximately every 30 years, Earth observers can catch their best glimpse of Saturn's South Pole and the southern side of the planet's rings. Between March and April 2003, researchers took full advantage to study the gas giant at maximum tilt. They used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to capture detailed images of Saturn's Southern Hemisphere and the southern face of its rings.
The telescope's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 used 30 filters to snap these images on March 7, 2003. The filters span a range of wavelengths. "The set of 30 selected filters may be the best spectral coverage of Saturn observations ever obtained," says planetary researcher Erich Karkoschka of the University of Arizona. Various wavelengths of light allow researchers to see important characteristics of Saturn's atmosphere. Particles in Saturn's atmosphere reflect different wavelengths of light in discrete ways, causing some bands of gas in the atmosphere to stand out vividly in an image, while other areas will be very dark or dull. One image cannot stand by itself because one feature may have several interpretations. In fact, only by combining and comparing these different images, in a set such as this one, can researchers interpret the data and better understand the planet.
By examining the hazes and clouds present in these images, researchers can learn about the dynamics of Saturn's atmosphere. Scientists gain insight into the structure and gaseous composition of Saturn's clouds via inspection of images such as these taken by the Hubble telescope. Over several wavelength bands, from infrared to ultraviolet, these images reveal the properties and sizes of aerosols in Saturn's gaseous makeup. For example, smaller aerosols are visible only in the ultraviolet image, because they do not scatter or absorb visible or infrared light, which have longer wavelengths. By determining the characteristics of the atmosphere's constituents, researchers can describe the dynamics of cloud formation. At certain visible and infrared wavelengths, light absorption by methane gas blocks all but the uppermost layers of Saturn's atmosphere, which helps researchers discern clouds at different altitudes. In addition, when compared with images of Saturn from seasons past (1991 and 1995), this view of the planet also offers scientists a better comprehension of Saturn's seasonal changes.
Credit: NASA and E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona)
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Today it was 75 degrees, which doesn't make any sense. A few days ago our pipes froze because it was so cold, and we had 6 inches of snow. I've been thinking about this soup for a few days, and then found this recipe for something called 'butter dips', which are biscuits cooked in a whole mess of butter, then dropped into soup. This sounded like a genius idea. Biscuits? Soup? Butter? I'm there! I know it isn't the best day for soup (although I hear it's a bit chilly out on the west coast), but this is one of my favorites. I've been meaning to write about it forever. This is one of those soups that doesn't cost much to make. A bunch of scallions shouldn't cost you more than 99 cents (and in fact, I got three bunches for that much yesterday at the Asian grocery store), you need a little knob of butter, and a handful of mushrooms. You could stir in some cream, but I don't think its totally necessary.
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Scallion and mushroom soup
Scallion and mushroom soup
From the Joy of Cooking, switched up a bit.
1 T butter (you can use olive oil to make this vegan)
1 bunch scallions, washed and sliced very thin
salt and pepper
1 c sliced mushrooms
3 c chicken (or vegetable) broth
Melt the butter in a small soup pot. Add the scallions, salt and pepper, and then cover and turn heat to low. Cook for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, cook the mushrooms in a small saute pan with a tiny bit of olive oil until they start to brown. Add the broth to the scallions in the pot, and cook 10 more minutes. Take the soup off the heat, and strain into a large bowl. Puree the scallion pieces and half of the mushrooms, then add back to the pot with the broth and the rest of the mushrooms. Heat through, and serve.
Scallion cheddar biscuits for soup
Inspiration from here, but I used my own biscuit recipe, halved, with additions. These are super good, crunchy and cheesey. I will absolutely be making them again, and maybe even without soup!
You can double the recipe. To make these vegan, use Earth Balance or your vegan butter of choice, omit the cheese, and use soymilk or your non-dairy milk of choice.
1 c rice flour mix (plus a Tablespoon or two)
1/4 t xanthan gum
2 t baking powder
1/4 t baking soda
1/4 t salt
1 T butter, cut into small pieces
3 scallions, washed and sliced thin
1/2 c shredded cheddar
1/2 c milk
3-4 T butter
Preheat oven to 400. Mix together rice flour mix, xanthan gum, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Rub in 1 T butter with your fingers, then add the scallions and cheddar. Pour in the milk, and work it in with your hands. If it's too sticky, add flour mix by the tablespoon until dough is still a bit sticky, but stiff enough to work with. With floured hands, roll dough into balls a little smaller than a golf ball. You should have about a dozen. Put a loaf pan in the oven with 3-4 T butter and let it melt. When the butter is melted, roll the dough balls in the butter, then arrange them evenly around the pan. It's ok if they're touching. Bake 25-30 minutes. It will be ok if they are very brown on the bottom, just don't burn them! Serve with soup, such as the scallion mushroom soup above, or maybe tomato soup or anything. Yum.


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Do you like them or not? Those cameras that take your picture if you happen to run a red light at a designated intersection.
If you've ever received a "camera citation" in the mail (and the hefty fine that goes with it), chances are you're not a fan. Then there are those who like the idea of extra eyes keeping motorists in check. Either way, the red light cameras are here to stay.
Or not. All depends on where you live.
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The city of San Diego has decided to keep its red light program in place citing a decrease in the amount of accidents at the intersections controlled by red-light cameras.
Going the way of San Diego, red-light-camera intersections in San Francisco are still alive and clicking. Have been since 1994. But some Orange County cities have already pulled the plug on the cameras and the city of Orange and Westminster are considering doing the same.
Last month, the Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to end the city's red-light-camera program. The reason? For one, officials couldn't get people to cooperate.
Only 60 percent of the 180,000 Angelenos ticketed actually paid their fines. Turns out the way the city had written the law governing red-light cameras made any compliance voluntary. Imagine getting a citation and having the choice to pay the fine, or put the money toward your kid's college tuition. Intersection-camera tickets are anything but cheap, and LA was putting more than $1 million a year into the program just to keep it afloat.
In addition, a study done by the city of Los Angeles showed that its cameras were set up at intersections that were most likely to generate revenue -- a real contradiction to the argument that it's all about safety.
Proponents of the programs cite safety concerns from one of the most deadly type of crashes, the "right-angle" collision. They believe the cameras are an effective tool in reducing the amount of accidents at a given intersection. That's true in many cases.
But in at least two of San Diego's 13 camera locations, rear-end collisions are on the up. The reason for that is simple. Drivers notice they're entering a camera-controlled intersection and, wanting to take every precaution to avoid a very expensive ticket, slam on their brakes. That leaves the car behind them in a compromised position. A split-second decision from someone who wants to avoid a traffic fine of almost $500, gets an ugly greeting from another motorist who didn't get the memo.
In San Diego if you get a ticket for running a red light, the minimum fine is $480. That's some serious scratch. How much does the city get out of such a large fine?
Exactly $152. One third of that goes to American Traffic Solutions. That's the Arizona-based company that supplies the cameras. The courts get the rest of the money. So how much money did the city of San Diego make last year after the dust settled? $264,000.
As long as there are red-light cameras, there will be controversy. Do they make intersections safer or are they just "revenue generators"? It all depends upon which side of the argument you're on.
Economic times are tough and for some a fine of nearly $500 is almost impossible. So what can you do? If you have the time, try going to traffic court and asking to see a judge. Hopefully he or she will reduce the amount of your fine. Judges can do it. Just be sure to ask.


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Virgin Atlantic is investigating allegations that its staff posted rude comments on Facebook about the airline's passengers and its safety standards.
The comments, which as far as we can see have been pulled, were about flights out of Gatwick and referred to passengers as "chavs". Virgin flies five Boeing 747s from Gatwick. The airline said it bought the planes from Boeing in 2001 and they are "among the newest 747s flying worldwide".
Virgin Atlantic said: "Virgin Atlantic has been made aware of some malicious comments that have been made on a social networking site by a small number of its staff. The airline has started an immediate disciplinary investigation. Virgin Atlantic does not tolerate any criticism of its passengers or industry-leading safety standards and is taking this matter very seriously."
The airline added: "Virgin Atlantic can reassure passengers that it maintains very high standards of hygiene onboard its aircraft and that aircraft are cleaned following each flight, as well deep-cleaned on a regular basis." Which should of course remove any chav residue. Not that there should be any.
Virgin staff are just the latest to fail to understand that public websites can be accessed by the public. The news follows yesterday's Aussie genius who failed to realise his boss might just check his Facebook status to see if he was sick or skiving. Fair play to him for taking his punishment with good grace. ®


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Recall that there is an equivalence of categories (Dold-Kan) $$N:\mathrm{s}\mathbf{Ab}\simeq \operatorname{Ch}_{\geq 0}(\mathbf{Ab}):\Gamma$$ between simplicial abelian groups and (connective) chain complexes, where $N$ sends a simplicial abelian group to its associated normalized chain complex.
Using this equivalence of categories, we can, by transport of structure, give an unorthodox tensor product on the category of chain complexes. We may define this by the formula $X\otimes_\Delta Y=N(\Gamma(X)\otimes \Gamma(Y)),$ where the tensor product on the righthand side is the tensor product (taken pointwise) of simplicial abelian groups.
Then my question: Is there an explicit description of this tensor product in terms of the chain complexes themselves?


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Golden Legend – Saint Edmund, King
Here followeth the Life of Saint Edmund, King and martyr.
In the province of England of old time were divers kings, for the land was departed; among whom there was Saint Edmund, king of Norfolk and Suffolk, which took his birth of the noble and ancient lineage of the Saxons, and was from the beginning of his first age a blessed man, soft, virtuous, and full of meekness, and kept truly the very religion of christian faith, and governed his kingdom full well to the pleasure of Almighty God. In his time it happed that two wicked tyrants, that one named Hingvar, and that other Hubba, came out of Denmark and arrived in the country of Northumberland, and robbed and destroyed the country and slew the people without mercy in every place where they came. Then the one of them named Hingvar came into the country where this most christian Saint Edmund reigned, and understood that he was in his flowering age, strong and mighty in battle, and demanded of the people where their king was resident and dwelled, which that was most abiding in a town named then Eglesdon, and now is called Bury. Now the Danes had always custom that they would never fight battle set ne appointed, but ever lie in wait how they might by sleight and deceit prevented, fall on good christian men, and so slay and destroy them, like as thieves lie in await to rob and slay good true men. Wherefore, when he knew where this holy king was, he addressed one of his knights to him for to espy what strength he had, and what people about him. And Hingvar himself followed with all his host to the end that suddenly he should fall upon this king unadvised, and that he might subdue him unto his laws and commandments. Then this said knight came to this holy king Saint Edmund, and made his legation and message in this wise: Our most dread lord by land and by sea, Hingvar, which hath subdued divers countries and lands in this province unto his seigniory by strength of arms, and purposeth with all his ships and army to winter him in these marches, sendeth to thee his commandment that thou incontinent come and make alliance and friendship with him. And that thou depart to him thy paternal treasures and riches in such wise that thou mayst reign under him, or certainly thou shalt die by cruel death. And when the blessed king, Saint Edmund, had heard this message, anon he sighed and called to him one of his bishops and demanded counsel of him, what and how he should answer upon this demand that was asked of him. Which bishop, sore dreading for the king's life, exhorted him by many examples for to consent and agree to this tyrant Hingvar, and the king a while said nothing but remembered him well, and after many devout words at the last, he answered to the messenger in this wise and said: This shalt thou say to thy lord: know thou for truth, that for the love of temporal life, the christian king Edmund shall no subdue him to a paynim duke. Then unnethe was the messenger gone out, but Hingvar met him and bade him use short words and tell him his answer, which message told unto Hingvar, anon the cruel tyrant commanded to slay all the people that were with Saint Edmund and destroy them, but they should hold and keep only the king, whom he knew rebel unto his wicked laws. Then this holy king was taken and bounden, his hands behind him, and is brought tofore the duke, and after many opprobrious words, at the last they led him forth unto a tree which was thereby. To which tree his adversaries bound him, and then shot arrows at him, so thick and many that he was through wounded, and that one arrow smote out another, and always this blessed king ceased not, for all his wounds, to give laud and praising unto Almighty God. Then this wicked tyrant commanded that they should smite off his head, which they so did, he always praying, and saying his orisons to our Lord God.
Then the Danes left the body there Iying, and took the head and bare it into the thick of the wood, and hid it in the thickest place among thorns and briars, to the end that it should not be found of the christian men. But by the purveyance of Almighty God there came a wolf which diligently kept the holy head from devouring of beasts and fowls. And after, when the Danes were departed, the christian men found the body, but they could not find the head, wherefore they sought it in the wood. And as one of them spake to another: Where art thou? Which were in the thick of the wood, and cried: Where art thou? the head answered and said: Here! here! here ! and anon then all they came thither and saw it and also a great wolf sitting and embracing the head between his forelegs, keeping it from all other beasts. And then anon they took the head and brought it unto the body and set it to the place where it was smitten off, and anon they joined together, and then they bare this holy body unto the place where it is now buried. And the wolf followed humbly the body till it was buried, and then he, hurting no body, returned again to the wood. And the blessed body and head be so joined together that there appeareth nothing that it had been smitten off, save as it were a red shining thread in the place of the departing where the head was smitten off. And in that place where he now lieth so buried is a noble monastery made, and therein monks of the order of Saint Benet, which be richly endowed. In which place Almighty God hath showed many miracles for the holy king and martyr.


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O's break out bats to take finale against Rays
Baltimore hangs on for 10-7 win
J.J. Hardy, Adam Jones, Alexi Casilla and Nick Markakis had two RBIs apiece and the Baltimore Orioles hammered eight-game winner Matt Moore in beating the Tampa Bay Rays 10-7 on Sunday.
Baltimore, held to one run and six hits in losing the first two games of the series, had 16 hits Sunday.
Moore (8-2) allowed career highs of nine runs and 12 hits over five innings in his second consecutive loss. The left-hander was coming off a subpar start last Tuesday in which he gave up six runs over two-plus inning in a 10-1 loss at Detroit.
Chris Tillman (6-2) gave up three runs and four hits in six innings. The Baltimore right-hander has won all five of his road decisions this year.
Jim Johnson entered in the ninth with two on and two outs and gave up an RBI single to Jose Labaton that got Tampa Bay to 10-7 -- they trailed 9-1 in the fourth.
The right-hander then retired Kelly Johnson on an infield pop fly to get his 21st save.
Johnson had a run-scoring hit in the sixth for the Rays, who lost for just the fourth time in the last 14 games.
The Orioles took a 2-0 lead in the first on RBI doubles by Hardy and Jones. Manny Machado was hit by a pitch near the knee, but stayed in the game and scored from first on Hardy's hit.
Casilla hit a sacrifice fly, Machado drove in a run with his 27th double this season, and Hardy had a run-scoring double as Baltimore went up 5-0 in the second. Machado has a hit in 24 of his last 26 road games.
Tampa Bay got one run back in the bottom of the second when Evan Longoria doubled and later scored on Desmond Jennings' infield single. Jennings was caught attempting to steal second later in the inning when Machado made a nifty spinning tag.
Casilla had an RBI single and Markakis hit a sacrifice fly during a three-run third to extended the Baltimore advantage to 8-1. Markakis also had a run-scoring double off Cesar Ramos in the seventh.
Jones hit a solo homer to put Baltimore ahead 9-1 in the fourth.
Ben Zobrist hit his first homer since May 1, a solo shot in the fourth off Tillman.
Sam Fuld helped cut the Rays deficit to 10-6 during the eighth on his first homer since May 27, 2011, a two-run shot against Brian Matusz, who gave up three runs and five hits in two-thirds of an inning. Luke Scott also had an RBI single in the inning.


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MURRYSVILLE, Pa. A 16-year-old boy with a "blank expression" flailed away with two kitchen knives, stabbing and slashing 21 students and a security guard in the crowded halls of his suburban Pittsburgh high school before an assistant principal tackled him.
At least five students were critically wounded in the attack Wednesday, including a boy whose liver was pierced by a knife thrust that narrowly missed his heart and aorta, doctors said. Others also suffered deep abdominal puncture wounds.
The rampage - which came after decades in which U.S. schools geared much of their emergency planning toward mass shootings, not stabbings - set off a screaming stampede, left blood on the floor and walls, and brought teachers rushing to help the victims.
Police shed little light on the motive.
The suspect, Alex Hribal, was taken into custody and treated for a minor hand wound, then was brought into court in shackles and a hospital gown and charged with four counts of attempted homicide and 21 counts of aggravated assault. He was jailed without bail, and authorities said he would be prosecuted as an adult.
At the brief hearing, District Attorney John Peck said that after he was seized, Hribal made comments suggesting he wanted to die.
Defence attorney Patrick Thomassey described him as a good student who got along with others, and asked for a psychiatric examination.
The attack unfolded in the morning just minutes before the start of classes at 1,200-student Franklin Regional High School, in an upper-middle-class area 15 miles (24 kilometres) east of Pittsburgh.
It was over in about five minutes, during which the boy ran wildly down about 200 feet (60 metres) of hallway, slashing away with knives about 10 inches (254 millimeters) long, police said.
Nate Moore, 15, said he saw the boy tackle and knife a freshman. He said he was going to try to break it up when the boy got up and slashed Moore's face, opening a wound that required 11 stitches.
"It was really fast. It felt like he hit me with a wet rag because I felt the blood splash on my face. It spurted up on my forehead," Moore said.
The attacker "had the same expression on his face that he has every day, which was the freakiest part," he said. "He wasn't saying anything. He didn't have any anger on his face. It was just a blank expression."
Assistant Principal Sam King finally tackled the boy and disarmed him, and a police officer who is regularly assigned to the school handcuffed him, police said.
King's son told The Associated Press that his father was treated at a hospital, though authorities said he was not knifed.
"He says he's OK. He's a tough cookie and sometimes hides things, but I believe he's OK," Zack King said. He added: "I'm proud of him."
In addition to the 22 stabbed or slashed, two people suffered other injuries, authorities said. The security guard, who was wounded after intervening early in the melee, was not seriouisly hurt.
"There are a number of heroes in this day. Many of them are students," Gov. Tom Corbett said during a visit to the stricken town. "Students who stayed with their friends and didn't leave their friends."
As for what set off the attack, Murrysville Police Chief Thomas Seefeld said investigators were looking into reports of a threatening phone call between the suspect and another student the night before. Seefeld didn't specify whether the suspect received or made the call.
The FBI joined the investigation and went to the boy's house, where authorities said they planned to confiscate and search his computer.
"They are a very, very nice family. A great family. We never saw anything out of the ordinary," said John Kukalis, a next-door neighbour for about 13 years.
While several bloody stabbing rampages at schools in China have made headlines in the past few years, schools in the U.S. have concentrated their emergency preparations on shooting rampages.
Nevertheless, there have been at least two major stabbing attacks at U.S. schools over the past year, one at a community college in Texas last April that wounded at least 14 people, and another, also in Texas, that killed a 17-year-old student and injured three others at a high school in September.
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On Wednesday, Mia Meixner, 16, said the rampage touched off a "stampede of kids" yelling, "Run! Get out of here! Someone has a knife!"
The boy had a "blank look," she said. "He was just kind of looking like he always does, not smiling, not scowling or frowning."
Meixner and Moore called the attacker a shy boy who largely kept to himself, but they said he was not an outcast and they had no reason to think he might be violent.


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Brooke Shields said she once contemplated ending her life by driving her car into a wall, but didn't because her baby was in the back seat.
The legendary model and screen star said a friend talked her down from the suicidal plan. Shields said she couldn't help but resent her young daughter at the time for "ruining this for me."
The former child star — who has spoken before of her struggles with post-partum depression — revealed the full extent of her bleak mental state at her darkest hours when accepting an advocacy award from the Hope for Depression Research Foundation in Manhattan on Monday, People reports.
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Shields said had she been diagnosed with any other disease she "would have run to get help."
Instead, the "stigma" of depression kept her from recognizing the full extent of her problems, she said.
"We think and we feel that we should just be able to handle it on our own," she said, adding that she grew up in an "addictive household."
The depression started when she gave birth to daughter Rowan in 2003 after having had a miscarriage and attempting IVF seven times, Shields said.
"I finally had a healthy beautiful baby girl and I couldn't look at her," she said, according to People. "I couldn't hold her and I couldn't sing to her and I couldn't smile at her...All I wanted to do was disappear and die."
She said she thought the pills she was prescribed at one point were unnecessary so she stopped taking them.
"That was the week I almost did not resist driving my car straight into a wall on the side of the freeway," Shields said.
Eventually, she was diagnosed with a chemical imbalance and realized that she "wasn't doing anything wrong," just depressed.
It was "actually out of my control," she said.


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"I hope they don't think we're a rock 'n' roll outfit," said Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger in a 1962 blurb for their first-ever performance at the Marquee Club in London.
The Rolling Stones celebrated the 50th anniversary of their first live show together this weekend at the London opening of an exhibition featuring photographs of the band.
Jagger intimated at the exhibition that fans could see The Rolling Stones back on tour together as early as this fall, NME reported.
"You will definitely be seeing us all together soon. It's been great fun being back together and there are a lot of memories in here. I can't believe it's been 50 years. We've been hanging out together, seeing quite a bit of each other and we want to do some gigs," Jagger said.
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Shop Cleaning - Up Front Editorial
Looks Like You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks
This past weekend was pretty typical. I got up early, fed the animals, brewed up a pot of high-test, and headed out to the garage to spend a bit of quality time with one of my perpetual projects. With a too full mug o' coffee in one hand I walked through the door into the darkened interior of my much too small two-car garage/workshop and headed to the wall switch to turn on the lights. As I closed the distance and reached out blindly toward the switch, it happened-smack! Before I knew what was happening I was tumbling ass over teakettle, steaming hot coffee flying through the air in an arc, destined to drench anything in its path.
I landed (quite ungracefully, I might add) in a rumpled pile, half draped over an 8-inch Ford rearend housing and a coil of knotted air hose. My shin felt as though it'd been introduced to the business end of an air chisel and the palm of my hand was nearly permanently tattooed with the indentation of the 9/16 open-end that'd been left unceremoniously on the floor. Dazed (I mean even more so than normal) and in what I can only imagine was a less than flattering pose, I laid there cursing the moron that left whatever it was I'd tripped over in the middle of the floor. That is, until I remembered that I'd been the only one that'd worked in the shop for days. After taking a moment to gather my wits (and to give myself a mental tongue lashing for being such a schmuck), I untangled myself from the mess on the floor and finally made it to the switch. Click, on go the lights, and I could at last see what it was that I tripped over as well as survey the mess caused by my flying morning coffee.
Standing there rubbing my bruised and battered shin and looking over the shop, I was amazed at how a garage can be transformed from a fine example of a home shop to 600 square feet of scattered tools, air hoses, extension cords, and truck/car parts in such short notice. Lord knows I don't let it get that way intentionally. But, somehow, during periods of intense thrashing, I find myself making many more trips to my rollaway to fetch tools rather than to return them to their designated places.
Well, needless to say, the rest of that particular day was spent cleaning the shop rather than wrenching. In fact, my housekeeping was so thorough that I surpassed what I would normally have called an extensive cleanup session and crossed over the line into what could (for me anyway) only be called a massive undertaking. I not only moved and picked up everything on the floor, I even went as far as (gasp) pulling things out from underneath the workbenches, out from behind the compressor and sandblasting cabinet, and even into the scrap metal pile. The whole sordid affair took 10 hours. Hours that, if I'd only had the forethought to stay on top of things in the first place, could actually have gone to much better use actually working on a project-not digging through crap just trying to find it!
So, if there is a point to make or lesson a lesson to be learned from this rambling, it's to always allow yourself a bit of time at the end of a long day of thrashing to clean up the shop and put away the tools. I've learned the hard way that a half-hour here and there sure beats an all-day session in the shop that doesn't get the project any closer to completion. And working in an orderly environment actually increases the amount of work you get done, plus it's a heck of a lot easier on the shins, as well.
Well, the editorial you've just read was written 3 years ago, and the situation recently repeated itself nearly exactly as it did the first time. You'd have thought I would have learned my lesson and practiced what I'd preached. Well, I did for a while anyway, and I guess it was just time for a refresher course for me, and a reminder for you. Try and heed this advice a bit better than I, for the body parts you save and the injuries you prevent just well may be those of your spouse or children. -RIZ
P.S. I'm moving the light switch closer to the door.


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Fall is my favorite season but that hasn't always been the case. Growing up in California, we didn't have much in the way of seasons, so I never understood the true glory of autumn until I moved to the East Coast. My first year in New York, I unwittingly took a weekend trip to Swarthmore, Pennsylvania right at the peak of fall foliage. I arrived at night and in the morning, woke up to a breathtaking riot of colors. As I wandered the town, I felt like I was in a kaleidoscope of yellows, oranges, red and pinks. I collected a bunch of my favorite leaves that day, thinking that they would keep their brilliant colors and was so sad when I realized they wouldn't.
Because the beautiful foliage is, in fact, so fleeting, I wanted to make some pretty leaves that would last all year long. I made these Fall Leaves Coasters with our brand new Fall Leaves Felt Bundle, a neutral taupe complemented by four bright autumnal colors. Like my previous Felt Coaster projects (which you can see here and here) these are easy (and addictive!) to make. And with Thanksgiving around the bend, a set of Fall Leaves Coasters will surely make an elegant addition to your festivities!
To make 8 total coasters (four of each version):
- A Fall Leaves Felt Bundle
- DMC in color 422 to match the tan in the felt bundle (you will be separating and using 2 strands to sew with it)
- A Fall Leaves Coasters template, available for free download here, printed and cut out.
Version One
Cut an outer leaf piece from the tan felt and a colored felt.
Using a pencil or an erasable fabric marker draw three straight lines radiating out from the bottom of the leaf, each starting from the same point, a 1/2-inch above the bottom middle curve. The middle line should be at 12:00 with the side lines at 10:00 and 2:00. Stop these lines an inch from the edge of the leaf.
1 1/2-inches from the end of each of your three lines draw two lines branching out.
Mark a curved line, following the curve of the bottom of the leaf, a 1/2-inch from the bottom of the leaf.
For a clearer picture of these markings please see below:
Make sure the markings are clear.
Using sharp scissors cut out away the markings. Do this carefully by just cutting around the marker lines.
The cut out lines should be no wider than 1/8-inch.
Pin the leaf with the markings cut out to one of the colored leaves. Make sure the edges meet up nicely and that the colored felt is showing through the cut out sections of the top leaf.
Using a very small running stitch and two strands of embroidery floss sew the two leaves together along the edge of the cut out section of the top leaf.
Then sew them together along their outer edges.
Snip around the edges so none of the colored felt is poking out along the edges.
You're all done!
Version Two
Cut out an outer leaf piece from the colored felt.
Cut out an inner leaf piece from the tan felt.
Pin the two pieces together, with the tan piece centered on top.
Using a very small running stitch and 2 strands of embroidery thread sew around the perimeter of the inner leaf.
You're all done!