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We predict the most popular baby names of 2011.
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In 2009, we predicted vampire mania, feminine names and classic monikers to chart the course of 2010 baby naming trends. Read on to discover what our users searched for most—and what we predict for 2011.
Top Picks
The appeal of the top names of 2009, Aiden (Irish, fiery) and Ella (English, beautiful fairy), continued through 2010. Aiden remained first for boys, while the girl's name Sookie (American, unknown) usurped Ella's position, knocking Ella to second place. Ella has a timeless, elegant flair, but it looks like readers are favoring quirkier names for girls.
Still in the top ten for boys: Wmffre (pronounced OOM-fre, German, variation of Humphrey, peaceful)! We, too, can't get enough of this unique name, which was 2009's reigning champ for boys, but users are now skewing towards names that are easier to pronounce.
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Genevieve Ascending
In 2009 we predicted Genevieve (French, German, white wave), the seventh top name, would become the "it" girl's name, and we were right: In 2010, the name moved up to fifth place. The name has quirk, class and elegance all at once—and we predict that it will take the top spot in 2011.
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British Invasion
For boys' names, one of our 2010 predictions was a move towards classic Irish and English names, like Liam (Irish, short for "William"), Avery (English, elf counselor) and Aiden (Irish, fiery). All three ranked high in 2010, with Aiden at #1, Liam at #4 (up from fifth last year) and Avery maintaining its #8 rank.
We see this trend continuing through 2011, thanks to the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Liam, a nickname for William (English, German, protector), already ranks high, while William made the top 100 overall at 91. Kate (English, short for "Katherine", pure) is currently ranked at 33, while the princess-to-be's formal name, Catherine (Greek, pure), is at 194.
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Feminine Picks
In 2010, celebs dusted off elegant, ultra-feminine names for their daughters: Jennifer Garner's Seraphina (Hebrew, burning, winged angel), Jude Law's Sophia (Greek, wise), and Sarah Michelle Gellar's Charlotte (English, strong) Grace (Latin, graceful). Similar names populated the top-50 list for girls, including Emma (German, universal), Olivia (Latin, olive tree), Ella (English, beautiful fairy), Ava (German, form of Eve) and Lorelei (German, seductress).
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Gender Bender
Unisex names, like Riley (Irish, valiant), Rory (Irish, famous brillance), Jayden (Hebrew, God has heard) and Avery (English, elf counselor), top the lists for both boys and girls. We love the cool vibe of these gender-bending names, and predict the trend's continuing in 2011.
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Vampire Mania
Are you sick of True Blood and Twilight madness? Our readers definitely weren't, as they still looked to vampire lore for baby name inspiration throughout 2010: Sookie (American, unknown), also the main character in True Blood, took the top girl's spot. Twilight's Isabella (Italian, God's oath) and Jacob (Hebrew, supplanter, substitute), perennial faves on the Social Security list, also ruled our readers' searches.
Although the vampire name trend enjoyed wild popularity in 2009 and 2010, it will wane in 2011, as the Twilight movie franchise wraps up.
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Social Security Top Picks
Though many readers dabbled with quirky, funky baby names (Navajo, Fable, Beach, Wmffre and Music were all in the top 100), some stuck with the classics. Names like Jacob (Hebrew, supplanter, substitute), Emma (German, universal), Sophia (Greek, wise), Ethan (Hebrew, strong, firm) and Olivia (Latin, olive tree) all hold timeless appeal, and were ranked in 2010 as top boys' and girls' names in the Social Security Administration's baby names registry.
Readers also searched for other conventionally popular names, like Jennifer (Welsh, white wave), Sarah (Hebrew, princess), Claire (Latin, Irish, clean, Irish place name), Emily (Latin, industrious), Elizabeth (Hebrew, God's oath), Michael (Hebrew, who is like God), Matthew (Hebrew, gift of God) and John (Hebrew, God is gracious).
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Oldies but Goodies
Other parents-to-be looked to the past for inspiration—particularly to names on our "Grandparents' Names That Are Cool Again" list. Max (Latin, short for Maximillian, Maxwell), Abigail (Hebrew, Father's joy), Millie (English, short for Millicent, Amelia, Camilla, Mildred) and Ellie (English, short for Eleanor, Ellen, Elaine) were among the top 100, and Abigail was also in the top 10 Social Security baby names list for girls. Celebs have embraced this trend as well, with Christina Aguilera and J.Lo each naming their sons Max. We see this trend lasting through 2011.
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Cool, But Not-Too-Weird Boys' Names
An emerging trend we found for boys' names in 2010 was a search for cool, slightly offbeat names, like Connor (Scottish, wise), Logan (Irish, meadow), Dylan (Welsh, sea), Caleb (Hebrew, faithful) and Mason (French, stone worker). The names aren't as prevalent as classics like Michael (Hebrew, who is like God) or Jacob (Hebrew, supplanter, substitute), but they're quickly rising in favor. We think these will be new classics for 2011 and beyond.
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Presidential Family Names
Whatever your political leanings, the First Family names are still high in favor. Barack (Hebrew, lightening bolt) was knocked down only a few notches from rank 37 in 2009 to its current place at 46 for boys, while Sasha (Russian, nickname for Alexander or Alexandra) is still favored for girls, ranked 26th (it ranked 16 in 2009). Michelle (French, who is like God) was less popular, at 258, and Malia (Hawaiian, Spanish, peaceful, variation of Maria) checked in at 1,818.
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Celeb-Naming Trends
In 2009 celebs set the ultra-feminine girls' name trend, but 2010 saw no similar theme. John Travolta and Kelly Preston picked conventional but classic Benjamin (Hebrew, son of my right hand) for their new son. Matt Damon and wife Luciana chose the spirited name Stella (Latin, star) for their fourth daughter. Celine Dion named her twins Eddy and Nelson (English, son of Neil), Eddy for one of Dion's record producers and Nelson for former South African leader Nelson Mandela. Alicia Keys looked beyond the common naming conventions and christened her son Egypt.
One emerging trend for 2011: Harper (English, harpist) as the new "it" celeb baby name. Both Tiffani Amber-Thiessen and Neil Patrick Harris used it for their kids. Harris even tied the name with the feminine trend, finishing Harper with the middle name Grace (Latin, graceful).
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Top-Searched Baby Names for Boys
- Aiden (Irish, fiery)
- Max (Latin, short for Maximillian, Maxwell)
- Liam (Irish, short for William)
- Jayden (Hebrew, God has heard)
- Wmffre (pronounced OOM-fre, German, variation of Humphrey, peaceful)
- Jacob (Hebrew, supplanter, substitute)
- Jack (American, nickname for John or Jacob)
- Avery (English, elf counselor)
- Riley (Irish, valiant)
- Ethan (Hebrew, strong, firm)
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Top-Searched Baby Names for Girls
- Sookie (American, unknown)
- Ella (English, beautiful fairy)
- Genevieve (French, German, white wave)
- Ava (German, form of Eve)
- Isabella (Italian, God's oath)
- Emma (German, universal)
- Ellie (English, short for Eleanor, Ellen, Elaine)
- Olivia (Latin, olive tree)
- Charlotte (English, strong)
- Grace (Latin, graceful)


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London School Of Economics Study Shows, Yet Again, That The Music Industry Is Thriving, Not Dying
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It's great to see yet another report make this point, and this one coming from researchers at the prestigious London School of Economics. In many ways, the report covers similar ground, highlighting that the overall music industry continues to grow, that copyright infringement isn't killing the industry, and that policy recommendations -- especially things like the Digital Economy Act -- need to look more closely at what's happening, rather than listening to the moaning and whining of one particular group of special interests in that community. The report includes the following chart:
The report from the LSE goes even further, highlighting what a disaster policies that focus on ratcheting up enforcement have been in terms of actually having an impact on the overall industry. It also points out that the industry tends to rely on studies it created itself. The report also highlights the growth of things like Creative Commons, and how tools like Soundcloud have resulted in massive output in creativity as people build new works. Its key recommendation is as follows:
We recommend a review of the DEA and related legislation that strikes a healthy balance among the interests of a range of stakeholders including those in the creative industries, Internet Service Providers and internet users. Fitting the digital sharing culture and new forms of cultural production into a copyright enforcement model that is out of touch with today's online culture will only suppress innovation and dampen growth.It further suggests "broader fair use/fair dealing provisions, proposals for private copying exceptions" and a focus on targeting businesses, rather than individuals for any enforcement actions.
While there may not be much new in this report compared to other reports (including our own), it's great to see this point being highlighted yet again, and from such a prestigious university. Hopefully the point will finally start to sink in with policy makers.


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Here's another case of cocktails and intellectual property colliding. This time it's Diageo's Pimm's product versus a chain store knock-off called Pitchers. Click through to see the two labels; Pitchers is clearly building off of Pimm's image. I don't know what the legal ramifications of this would be in the UK.
More interestingly, part of Diageo's claim has to do with the use to which the products are put. Specifically, Diageo doesn't like the fact that Pitchers boasts that it mixes well with lemonade and fruit, a traditional pairing for Pimm's often ordered by customers as a Pimm's Cup. Pitchers also boasts that it outperforms Pimm's in taste tests.
This is strikingly similar to the Dark and Stormy controversy. Diageo might have a legitimate claim that the bottle design dilutes their brand, but it's hard to imagine any public good coming from forbidding competitors to tout their superiority in a popular mixed drink.
(For more on the American law regarding trademarks and cocktails, be sure to check this guest post at The Scofflaw's Den by practicing attorney Chris Leger.)


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The move could significantly boost Facebook's advertising revenue.
The company's shares rose $1.05, or 2 percent, to $54.86 in premarket trading.
Facebook says the idea is still very much in the testing phase and that it's not currently selling video advertisements.
As part of its testing, Facebook says it's partnering with Summit Entertainment to show a series of videos related to its upcoming film "Divergent" to some of its users on Thursday.


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Have you ever experienced that terrifying moment when you realize you have to decide what you want to do for the rest of your life? Yes? Me too.
Approaching my senior year as a psychology major, my answer hit me when I discovered my passion for human resources and recruiting after working with the Undergraduate Admissions office and leading recruitment for my sorority. I finally realized what I would be happy doing for the rest of my life. This passion and drive led me to search for additional experience within the field. I wanted to find an organization that was focused on their employees' success, emphasized leadership and provided a great work environment. I found Target.
I heard about the Target intern position through the Smith Career's Center's Job Fair. I immediately became interested in what Target had to offer undergraduates. Target was looking for young people with strong leadership skills, who were eager to learn and willing to work hard. I was immediately up for the challenge.
After countless hours of research on the company and three rounds of intense interviews, I was offered an executive intern position at Target in Streamwood, Illinois, and have been on the fast track to achieving my career goals ever since. Only 43 of the 200-plus applicants were selected as executive interns, where we have a variety of opportunities to strengthen our leadership skills and learn about the business side of Target.
I act as part of the executive team, providing guidance within the store to team members, participating in meetings to further the success of the store and overseeing each department to drive sales. After only three weeks, I have already learned so much. Target culture emphasizes feedback and development within a business setting. I am learning to not only develop personally as a leader, but to also coach others to reach their potential. The purpose of the internship is to allow each intern to preview a position on the executive team of Target as a potential job in the future.
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Will Ferrell was seen on set today for the first time in his patented mustache and blazer as shooting in New Orleans continued for the HIGHLY anticipated movie "Anchorman 2."
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The fourth fundamental circuit element- Memristor, was mathematically predicted by Prof. Leon Chua in his seminal research paper in IEEE Transaction on Circuit Theory on the symmetric background. After four decade in 2008, researchers at the Hewlett–Packard (HP) laboratories reported the development of a new basic circuit element that completes the missing link between charge and flux linkage, which was postulated by Chua. The new roadmap in the field of circuit designing, soft computing, memory technology and neuromorphic applications are emerged out very quickly in scientific community due to memristor. However the commercial device level memristor is not realized and reported in the literature until now. This paper overviews the some of the pioneer and state of art development in the view of memristor. The criticism constrains about memristor in scientific fraternity are also discussed.
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this paper present the an overview of memristor, simulation, criticism and application in general.
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On Sunday, Texas Stadium in Irving will be demolished by implosion. On Monday, the Minnesota Twins will christen Target Field, their new home. Meanwhile, the Cubs are tinkering with Wrigley Field, including plans to place a large Toyota sign in left-center field. Take your seats and cheer for these 10 solid facts:
1. Because of frigid conditions in December 1932, the Chicago Bears played the NFL title game indoors at Chicago Stadium. The circus had performed the week before, leaving a layer of dirt -- and some droppings that created an unpleasant scent by game time. The field was only 80 yards long, including end zones. The teams adjusted by kicking off at the 10-yard line and banning field goals. The Bears, led by Bronko Nagurski and Red Grange, defeated the Portsmouth (Ohio) Spartans 9-0.
2. Wrigley Field was knocked down in 1966. We're not talking about the landmark ballpark at Clark and Addison -- we mean the stadium of the same name in Los Angeles. The California park hosted minor league ball for many years and had a single year of major league glory as the home of the Los Angeles Angels in 1961. In that year, 248 home runs were hit there, setting a major league record.
3. In the Indian city of Mumbai (aka Bombay), "stadium" is slang for a man who is bald on the top of his head, with a fringe of hair all around.
4. Brainiac students at Caltech hacked into the electric scoreboard during the 1984 Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., and changed the UCLA-Illinois score to read Caltech 38, MIT 9.
5. When the San Diego Padres moved to the new Petco Park in 2004, they sold bricks on which sponsors inscribed messages. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals bought a brick reading "Break open your cold ones! Toast the Padres! Enjoy this champion organization!" The subliminal message, based on the first letter of each word, was "Boycott Petco."
6. During halftime of a Jets- Patriots game at New York's Shea Stadium in 1979, a show by a model airplane group went bizarrely wrong. A radio-controlled model plane shaped like a lawnmower flew out of control and plunged into the stands, killing a 20-year-old New Hampshire man.
7. Freak accidents also happen on the field. During the 1951 World Series at Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle tripped on a water sprinkler, leading to the first of his knee surgeries. But no stadium-infrastructure accident was weirder than that suffered by the St. Louis Cardinals' Vince Coleman during the 1985 National League Championship Series. The Busch Stadium grounds crew turned on a machine to roll out the tarp, not realizing that Coleman was warming up nearby. The tarp rolled over his left leg. He missed the rest of the NLCS and the World Series.
8. The Roman Coliseum was not only an architectural wonder, but also a marvel in crowd control. The ancient stadium could seat 50,000 ticketed customers and many thousands more standing. But even packed with 70,000 people, the stadium could empty in as little as 10 minutes.
9. Wilbur Snapp, organist at minor league baseball's Jack Russell Stadium at Clearwater, Fla., in 1985, objected to an umpire's call and played "Three Blind Mice." The umps ejected him from the ballpark.
10. Four different New York arenas have been called Madison Square Garden in the last 136 years. Among the significant historical events there: the first Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier boxing match in 1971; the murder of the building's architect, Stanford White, in a love triangle in 1906; and the least wholesome performance of the song "Happy Birthday" ever, delivered to President John Kennedy in 1962 by Marilyn Monroe, whose dress was so tight she had to be sewn into it.
Sources: "The World Series' Most Wanted" by John Snyder; "Mickey Mantle's Greatest Hits" by David S. Nuttall; "Amazing But True Sports Stories" by Steve Riach; "Red Grange and the Rise of Modern Football" by John M. Carroll; "Architecture of Italy" by Jean Castex; ballparks.com; ballparktour.com; doubletongued.org; snopes.com; Sports Illustrated; Christian Science Monitor; Tribune news services
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On Sunday, Texas Stadium in Irving will be demolished by implosion. On Monday, the Minnesota Twins will christen Target Field, their new home. Meanwhile, the Cubs are tinkering with Wrigley Field, including plans to place a large Toyota sign in left-center field. Take your seats and cheer for these 10 solid facts:


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DeLAND Fla. (May 23, 2013) – Fierce thunderstorms forced another schedule change to the 2013 Atlantic Sun Baseball Championship, resulting in the ETSU/Mercer game being moved to noon on Friday at Stetson's Melching Field.
The Bucs were originally scheduled to play Thursday night at 8:15 p.m., but the heavy rains and lightning forced schedule changes to the evening session.
Florida Gulf Coast and Lipscomb were slated to start at 5 p.m., in an elimination game, but the Eagles and Bisons began at 6:45. However, with Lipscomb leading in the bottom of the second, the storms appeared and the game was suspended with the Bisons leading, 3-0. The game will be picked back up Friday at 9:30 a.m., which forced the ETSU/Mercer game to start approximately 30 minutes following that game.
The loser of Mercer/ETSU will face USC Upstate Friday at 6:30 p.m., in an elimination game.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (April 5, 2012) – With ETSU in front 5-0 in the bottom of the seventh, strong thunderstorms moved through the Johnson City area and suspended play until 5:00 p.m. tomorrow.
Play will pick up with runners on first and third and Zach Waters (Woodstock, Ga.) batting with a 1-0 count and two outs in the inning. Game two of the series will follow at 7:05 p.m. and will be the first game under the lights at Thomas Stadium.
ETSU starting pitcher John Long (Anderson, S.C.) was very impressive as he allowed just three hits and no runs through seven innings, while striking out five.
ETSU struck first in the third inning as Clinton Freeman (Jonesborough, Tenn.) blasted his fifth home run of the season. With two-outs in the inning, Freeman drilled the 2-0 pitch from Organ deep over the right center field wall to give the Bucs an early 1-0 lead.
The Bucs extended their lead in the fourth thanks to a two-run single by Waters. Chris Riopedre (Miami, Fla.) led off the inning with a walk and Kerry Doane (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) followed with a double down the left field line to put runners on second and third with no outs. Waters followed by drilling the 0-1 pitch right up the middle to bring home Riopedre and Doane – putting the Bucs in front 3-0.
ETSU added another run in the fifth with no hits in the inning. Freeman and Dylan Pratt (Johnson City, Tenn.) led off the frame with back-to-back walks before Derek Niesman (Wellington, Fla.) grounded into a double play, which advanced Freeman to third. Riopedre drew a four pitch walk and ball four got past catcher Paul Karmeris – allowing Freeman to scamper home from third to give the Bucs a 4-0 lead.
The Bucs took a 5-0 lead in the seventh on three straight hits to start the inning. Freeman led off the frame with a single and Pratt doubled to right field – putting runners in scoring position with no outs. Niesman drove the first pitch he saw into right field for an RBI single to put the Bucs in front by five. Just a short time later, play was halted due to a lightning strike in the area right before 5:00 p.m. After waiting out the strong storms for roughly two hours, it was decided that play will resume tomorrow.
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Dennis Brochey, a longtime Lewiston business owner and a trustee in the Village of Lewiston, is running for Town of Lewiston supervisor. The Democratic candidate owns Dennis Brochey's Automotive on Center Street.
"My greatest concern for the Town of Lewiston is spending and how to control it," Brochey said. "As a business owner, I understand the need to carefully plan spending projects and make sure all your obligations can be met."
Brochey said he wants a comprehensive review of the proposed town recreation center. "The recreation-civic building is a nice idea, but, as conceived, it will lock up Greenway money for years to come and would prevent the town from pursuing any other projects."
"I hope we can have an open discussion about the site selection, the operating costs, the role of the school district and other issues relating to the project leading up to a public vote on the proposal, with that public vote taking place at more than the one polling location currently planned by the Town Board," Brochey said. "Too much of the planning for the recreation center and other town business is done behind closed doors with little or no public input. I want to change that."
Brochey also questions spending at Joseph Davis State Park and the town's role in its future.
"We've spent hundreds of thousands of dollars so far, and we just have a parking lot and the grass gets cut on property that will never be owned by the town," Brochey said.
He noted his experience as a village trustee has helped him gain insights into how the present leadership in the town has become a political club for the supervisor, and a patronage machine that often fails to serve the interests of the entire town.
Brochey and his wife, Cathy Maksiak Brochey, both graduated from Lewiston-Porter High School. They have a son and daughter and two grandchildren. Brochey has been active in many community and civic organizations. He's a board member of the Kiwanis Club of Lewiston and chaired the club's Block of Dollars for Women and Children's Hospital. He is also "Co"-Co-chair of the 2013 Lewiston Peach Festival, will serve as co-chair in 2014. In 2015, he will be chairman of the Peach Festival. He received the Kiwanis Buster Lombardi Award for Community Service.
Brochey is a member of Lewiston Moose Lodge and the Lions Club and he received the Lions Club Community Service Person of the Year award. Five times he was selected the winner of the NAPA ASE Automobile Technician of the Year for Western New York. He has also received national recognition for his work in automotive technology.
He is an avid weightlifter and has served as a director for several powerlifting organizations. Brochey has received numerous awards from Military Family Support Groups in Western New York. He is the founder and director of the Red Brick Bench Press Championships, which have raised more than $94,000 for military troops and their families over the past nine years.
"I love Lewiston and want to make it a better place to live for all of our families," Brochey said. "I'm new to public service, but for me it's an extension of the service I have always tried to provide to our great community.
"I want to become town supervisor to share my experience and work on behalf of all the people. I have never been a partisan person and am not seeking this office for my gain. I sincerely believe I have much to contribute and now is the time to do that."


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What are the chances this stuff is going to get done today? And what will happen if it doesn't?
As I mentioned last week, I'm very behind on Christmas this year. I'm heading to my sister's tonight for a big Christmas Eve dinner (she's doing the feast of the seven fishes thing despite the fact that we are not even a little bit Italian) and instead of taking a crack at my list, I'm pretty much walking in circles talking about how much I have to get done. Very productive. The good thing is we had a fun morning with the kids and I'm still feeling in the spirit (i.e., I haven't completely lost my shit yet). I'm thinking some of this stuff will have to wait till tomorrow--or never. Here's what's left:
1. Wrap presents. And by presents I mean every single present that was purchased for everyone on my list (apart from those in Michigan who got theirs last week--I hope). It doesn't seem like that many which is why I've left it till the last minute. Also, there's something fun about pulling a late-night Christmas eve with Nick. Right? Or is it that that's not fun at all? I can't remember.
2. Write a heartfelt or clever blog post. Clearly that ain't happening so if you feel like reading something that won't stress you out (like this post is probably doing) check out last year's Christmas Eve post. It's one my faves.
3. Prep all the sides for tomorrow night's Christmas dinner (I'm making my Grandma Del's coleslaw to go with my mom's ham, brussels sprouts with bacon and walnuts, and kale/leek/butternut squash/foccacia stuffing—oh, and a freakin turkey!). Considering I have to be at Christmas Eve dinner in three hours, I'm thinking this cooking won't be happening today, either.
4. Buy stocking stuffers for Nick and the kids. Cut! I will simply stuff a few of their smaller gifts into the stocking to make it look like Santa filled it. Problem solved!
5. Pull carrots from our garden to leave out for the reindeer. How cool is that? I really don't want to forget to do this with the kids but something tells me I'll be running outside in the freezing cold at midnight by myself while Nick tells me I'm crazy. He isn't wrong.
6. Send Christmas gift to my godson in Florida. Not happening. Can't brave the post office today. It will be a New Year's gift!
7. Clean my disaster of a house so that I can actually see and think straight. This will move up to number one because I am a little OCD about my house being clean which is probably why I haven't accomplished anything else on this list because I am always (and I mean always) picking up, cleaning, straightening, organizing and otherwise trying not to live in a pigsty.
8. Have a visit with my high school friend who's home from Japan (I havent seen her in way too long). She's supposed to stop by at some point this afternoon. I'm hoping she knows how to tie bows and curl ribbon!
9. Eat something for lunch. I feel like I may pass out I'm so hungry but if my kitchen gets dirty again I may just lose the Christmas spirit altogether. It's a tough call.
10. Lay out and iron the kid's clothes for church in the morning so that we aren't running around like lunatics (like we were last year and the year before that). Also: Find something for them to wear tonight that is either red or green so that I don't get called out for being un-Christmasy. Also: Find something for me to wear tonight and tomorrow.
OK, clearly I've got to run. I hope all of you are enjoying your day and that you have a merry, merry Christmas. It's certainly a year to be grateful and thankful for the time we get to spend with our families. I think that's part of the reason I've been so laid back about things—because deep down I know that the most important part of Christmas is that I get to be with the people I love most in the world. That and wrapping those %&!#! presents. Merry, Merry!


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1500m 4:04.81
Mile 4:25.36
3000m 8:35.29
5000m 14:29.18
10,000m 30:53.35
XC 8k 24:39.02
XC 10k 31:36.3
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3000m 8:56.25
3200m 9:36.23
2012-2013: Captained the cross country team...Second overall at Fordham...First on the team and fourth overall against Harvard...Third on the team at Paul Short, Wisconson, Heps and Regionals...Set a new PR at the Harvard-Yale meet...Placed first in the 5,000-meters at the Giegengack Invitational, setting a PR...Placed 14th in the 5,000-meters at indoor Heps...Placed 22nd in the 10,000-meters at outdoor Heps.
2011-2012: Named cross country captain for the 2012 season… Paced Elis at each of the season's last three meets… Set cross country PR at the Princeton Invitational… Earned second team All-Ivy honors for a 13th-place finish at Heps (25:25.4)… Finished 68th at Regionals (32:58.2)… Academic All-Ivy in cross country.
2010-2011: Outdoors, specialized in 5000m, competing at Harvard-Yale and Springtime Invitational … Set new personal best in 3000m at Dartmouth-Columbia in indoor … In cross country, competed for Bulldogs at Heps and NCAA Regionals.
2009-2010: Competed in 5000m at Harvard-Yale in outdoor … Was hoping to run among Yale's top 10 in cross country before quad injury sidelined him for the remainder of the season.
High School: Finished third at the Division V California State Cross Country Championships … Captained cross-country team.
Personal: Trumbull College … Humanities major.
Q: Olympic Medal or World Record?
A: Olympic Medal. Records get broken, medals last forever.
Q: Favorite place to run?
A: The mesa trails in Santa Barbara, following along the cliff side overlooking the ocean at sunset. I've yet to find anything better.
Q: Thoughts in your mind with 100m to go?
A: 1) Turn into a sprinter. Go.
2) All the way through the line...
3) Ah man, I'm gonna puke.
Q: Sequence of activities after a Sunday long run?
A: I like to start things off with an ice-bath to recover from the beating known as the long-run pace of @Fake_SamLynch. Then I'll hop in the shower at the Field House and head to brunch with the rest of the team. Afterwards, I'll walk very slowly back to the xc house, watch some of the Bronco's game if they are playing, and relax/procrastinate/play euchre or Cataan on the couch with the rest of the guys for a couple hours before grabbing some books and heading to the Catholic center for some studying. I'll sign in to the center as "Seabiscuit" and check to see if anyone I know has already arrived. Names I'm looking for are "Funny Cide", "War Admiral", or "Secretariat." Then I'll walk around for 15-20 minutes trying to find the perfect spot and/or watch funny videos with Matt Thwaites ("Funny Cide"). Around 6:15 I'll head to Trumbull for dinner with my old roommates, eat an outrageously large ice-cream sundae, and finish up any leftover studying before Core O'Clock with the gentlemen of the xYc house, followed by a viewing of Mad Men, a pajama party, story time, and lights out at 11...


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Laura Mercier's Stickgloss is a sheer lipstick. It comes in 14 colors and costs $20. I tried on Courtisane, a sheer strawberry, and I thought it was pretty, but it didn't seem to have much staying power.
Laura Mercier Stickgloss: Stick Gloss, Courtisane, Courtisan, Courtesan, Baked Earth, Maple, Poppy, Cranberry, Purple Haze, Black Orchid, Peony, Plum, Rosewater


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Three become one in an almost Scriptural development for Horizon Christian School.
The school has purchased the first five acres it needs to build a new campus in the Heights, enabling them to consolidate all students and programs on one site, instead of the three current locations. The 125-student school currently teaches grades K-4 at Valley Christian Church, grades 5-12 at First Baptist Church, and fine arts at Church of the Nazarene.
"Horizon has fully utilized the available space at these locations," said Horizon board chairman Stan Love. "In order for the enrollment to continue to grow, a new consolidated campus was needed."
The school's 8.66-acre property is at the corner of 8th and Pacific in Hood River. Under the current timeline, construction would start in 2003. The school would open in the fall of 2004. The total project cost is $6 million including site acquisition, building permit and other city fees, building construction, and athletic field development. The building itself will cost approximately $3.8 million. Horizon project advisor Don Hoffman said the school will investigate purchasing industrial revenue bonds to be paid off at a staggered three-year, 10-year and 15-year schedule, as well as mount a community fund-raising campaign.
"Our goal is not to raise $6 million in the first year," Hoffman said.
The new school will be a two-story building with a gymnasium and outdoor playfields. It will allow the school to expand from a current enrollment of approximately 170 to a capacity of approximately 550 students. At full capacity, the school would employ 50 people.
The new school will be six times larger than the total space now used. It will have a library, cafeteria, computer room, music and science labs, and full-size classrooms.
"To say this is exciting is an understatement," said Carol Yates, business manager and development director for the school. "In the future we will be able to grow and enhance our teaching and programs and give the school the opportunity to become the kind of school we want it to be."
Love said, "Good facilities create a climate for excellence." Staff and parents had input in the schematic designs last fall, he added. Next, architects will develop working designs for the project.
The purchase is the culmination of a process that began last year with a purchase agreement being signed with the sellers, Sieverkropp Orchards, Inc., according to Hoffman.
The city issued the school's Conditional Use Permit in October 2001. Hoffman said the school will purchase the remaining 3.66 acres by July 2003.
The school entrance will be on Pacific and the building will face south towards the new Hawks Ridge Assisted Living facility. DCA Support Group, a professional architecture firm located in Ogden, Utah, has been working with Horizon to customize one of their "Affordable School" layouts to the needs of the school.
Construction will be a Butler steel building; the outer shell costs approximately one-third less than conventional framing systems, according to Hoffman. Fabrication of the building occurs in a factory, making it less expensive to build than the site-built method.
According to Dan Cook, founder of DCA, "Our designs have been developed so that these would be a great addition to any community. The classrooms are attractive, and special purpose rooms such as the computer labs, the science lab and the library add to the functionality of the building design. The full-size gymnasium also has a stage area that can be used for fine arts performances. In addition, we benefit from the cumulative experience of multiple users of this design."
Shepherd of the Valley Bible Church will be leasing approximately 4,500 square feet of exclusive use space in the new building and will also have access to school facilities during non-school hours. The site has been designed with the community in mind and has extensive landscaping at the south and west entrances to the campus and community access is provided on the north, west and south, according to Hoffman.
The site will accommodate regulation baseball and soccer fields that will be open to the public during non-school use daylight hours. Horizon Christian School is an interdenominational school educating kindergarten through 12th grade, with a staff of 15 and more than 170 students, representing over 25 churches in the Columbia Gorge. Contributions to the new campus fund may be sent to Horizon Christian School, 1889 Belmont Dr., Hood River, OR 97031.
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Chris Brown is probably not too happy with this obvious form of protest against him. According to THG numerous posters were hung around various locations in Stockholm, Sweden to "help" advertise Chris' upcoming concert on November 19th. However, when we say "help" we mean help spread the word to people not to attend the show, but if they do, to just remember that he beat Rihanna badly back in 2009.
The posters show the battered and beaten face of Rihanna during their infamous 2009 incident. Chris' latest album was sold recently in England with stickers on them that read, "Do Not Buy This Album. This Man Beats Women."
It looks like a lot of people overseas aren't too fond of Breezy.
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James Bender Sentenced For Conspiracy To Defraud International Customers Of New Hampshire Business
CONCORD, N.H. – James Bender, 49, of Sharon, Massachusetts, was sentenced in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to 24 months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, announced United States Attorney John P. Kacavas.
Bender, a former Senior Vice President of Trade Finance for Sovereign Bank, was convicted in May of conspiring to defraud foreign customers of more than $200,000.00. He conspired with Paul Wilson, the former Manager of International Trade Finance for Goss International Americas Corporation, to defraud several Latin American customers. Goss manufactures commercial printing presses. One component of Wilson's job was to facilitate international sales by arranging financing for foreign purchasers of Goss's products and working with the Export-Import Bank of the United States to obtain credit insurance for loans extended to Goss's foreign customers. Bender arranged for Sovereign Bank to purchase most of the loans Goss extended to its foreign customers.
Bender and Wilson formed two shell companies called Zephyr Capital LLC and Zephyr Financial LLC, through which they defrauded two Brazilian and two Mexican businesses that purchased presses from Goss. Bender and Wilson used the shell companies to send fraudulent invoices to these businesses charging them for loan underwriting services that were either never rendered or that Wilson performed as part of his job at Goss. The invoices totaled over $200,000 in bogus charges. Most of the victim companies wired payments for the fraudulent invoices to Zephyr bank accounts in the United States, which Bender and Wilson divided between themselves over a four year period.
Bender was also fined $7,500.00, ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $195,457.67 and sentenced to serve three years of supervised release.
Wilson pleaded guilty last year to three counts of wire fraud in connection with this scheme and was later sentenced to one year and one day in prison.This case was investigated by the Office of the Inspector General for the Export-Import Bank of the United States was prosecuted by Assistant United Sates Attorney Mark S. Zuckerman.


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Sherlock - Season 3 - Jan 01, 2014'Sherlock' To Return To BBC One On New Year's Day.In a sly publicity stunt in London this morning, the BBC confirmed the UK airdate for the return of hit detective drama Sherlock. Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman will be back as Sherlock Holmes and John Watson on January 1, 2014 on BBC One; they return to PBS in the States a couple of weeks later on January 19th. The first episode in the new three-part series is titled The Empty Hearse, and this morning (Friday, Nov 29, 2013) just such a vehicle made the rounds of some Sherlock shooting locations in the British capital, sending Twitter wild - and bringing confirmation of the news from the show's producers. The hearse wasn't entirely empty, though, since it contained a funereal floral arrangement spelling out the New Year's return date which sees the series pick up two years after Holmes was last seen plummeting from St Bart's Hospital in the Season 2 finale, The Reichenbach Fall.
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Is there really a mistake in that?
I'm in the process of completing my language awareness task in order to apply for a CELTA course and have got stuck on one of the questions. It does say you can refer to grammar book but I can't find one to buy (I'm in Indonesia) I hope this is not cheating but can someone help me with the following exchange
"Is John ill? He's lost a lot of weight."
"Yes, he's rather slender these days, isn't he?"
I have to identify, correct and explain the mistake. I had no problem with the rest of the task but am having a mental block with this.
Is there really a mistake in that?
I did wonder that, The others are quite straightforward stuff like tense changes, past continuous instead of simple past, difference in meaning of words etc.
If you guys don't know maybe it's a trick question!
'slender' has a positive connotation, and doesn't go with illness. Try thin/underweight
I don't think that it is a trick question. I think that "He's lost a lot of weight."
He's is the shortened version of HE IS. Here the situation is that he has already lost the weight and so should read; "He has lost a lot of weight"
I would be grateful if you could email your other ones to compare as i am also doing this.
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It's possible that the mistake is lexical. I don't think you would say that someone looks slender if they lost weight due to being sick. I think a better word would be thin. One would look slender if they had been going to the gym or dieting.
In any case, good luck!
Positive connotations: slim, slender
Neutral or negative connotations: thin, underweight, anorexic
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OK, so this thread is now close to 4 years old and "trainee" has probably long since moved on to other concerns. Nonetheless, in the interest of putting this one to its final rest, may I suggest the following grammatical correction?
"Is John ill? He's lost a lot of weight."
"Yes, he's rather slender these days. Isn't he?"


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For the fourth year in a row, the world produced a record rice crop. But the increase was due primarily to higher area rather than higher yields. "Yields are virtually flat and we don't see area expanding much more. Yield growth in this century has been very small," said Nathan Childs, senior rice market analyst, USDA's Economic Research Service, speaking at the USA Rice Outlook Conference in Little Rock, Ark.
China, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Thailand and Cambodia are all projected to harvest larger crops. "Bangladesh, India and Sub-Saharan Africa are big importers. They don't want to be dependent on a global market where supplies can be restricted and prices climb to $1,000 a ton. So all of them expanded acreage quite a bit."
Smaller crops are projected for Vietnam, but that should not have an impact on its exports, Childs says. Burma's crop is smaller due to a cyclone which hit around May 1. Smaller crops are also projected for Iran and Iraq due to drought and in the EU due to insufficient water.
Childs does see global trade picking back up again in the long-term. "We don't see the world moving toward self sufficiency."
Among exporters, Vietnam, China, Egypt and Pakistan are projected to boost exports in 2009. "Pakistan's exports will be a record by a large margin. Bangladesh is expected to export 4 million tons in 2009. That's a little below Vietnam. India's exports have declined because of a ban on exports. But India has rice and could move rice into the market."
Among importers, "Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia and the Western Hemisphere will take more rice. Indonesia, once the largest importer of rice in the world, has reduced imports substantially in recent years, but we expect them to increase imports somewhat in 2009. We don't see them as being self-sufficient in rice."
Childs projects global consumption to be the highest on record, due to larger world populations. In addition, due to the global economic slowdown, "consumers could shift away from higher priced foods like meat, fruits and vegetable back to rice."
The idea that there was a shortage of rice in 2008 was not based on solid evidence, according to Childs. "World ending stocks are building, and the 3 percent increase is the largest since 2004-2005."
Prices for U.S. and Thai rice began to rise in the fall of 2007, noted Childs. "No one had any idea of where they were going. By the spring of 2008, they had climbed to the highest on record. By late April, we hit another record. There was panic buying, a decline in the value of the dollar, record oil prices and export bans and restrictions.
"By summer, prices started to come down, the value of the dollar strengthened and the global economy started to weaken. Rice prices continued to decline and we see prices continuing to decline the rest of the marketing year. But we don't see prices going back to pre-2007 levels."
In history, Childs noted that "the rice price spike in 1973-74 was caused by a oil embargo, global economic recession, a weak monsoon in India and turbulence in the Middle East. In the 1980s price spike, South Korea had a weak crop due to cold weather, and they imported a record amount of rice. Prices spiked, but dropped rather quickly. In early 1994, Japan came into the market with record purchases after a weak harvest, but by summer, prices were back where they were before the spike. In 1997-1998, an El Nino devastated crops in Southeast Asia and South America. This coincided with a global financial crisis. Prices spiked but by 1999, they were the lowest they had been since the early 1970s."
Childs projects a slight expansion in world trade in 2009. "The export bans and the very high prices brought world trade down in 2008. Many of the buyers could not afford the $1,000 a ton price and expanded acreage for 2009."


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A line of freezing rain was expected to impact the Shawnee area overnight with an Ice Storm Warning issued at 6 p.m. Friday for most of central Oklahoma.
A line of freezing rain was expected to impact the Shawnee area overnight with an Ice Storm Warning issued at 6 p.m. Friday for most of central Oklahoma.
That Ice Storm Warning includes Lincoln, Pottawatomie and Seminole Counties and remains in effect until 6 a.m. Sunday.
Forrest Mitchell, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Norman, said the Ice Storm Warning was expanded Friday to include Pottawatomie County, which was initially anticipated to be in more of a rain-event area.
But with a close borderline of 32 degree areas, new models from the NWS indicated a widespread freezing rain event was to develop and continue through today in areas including Shawnee, with ice accumulations up to one-half inch possible.
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But until then, icy conditions, especially on bridges and overpasses, were expected as a low of 31 degrees was expected overnight. Ice was already accumulating on windshields and other surfaces Friday night.
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CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - UMass Dartmouth (4-3, 2-2) scored 27 unanswered points to begin the game, and then held off a surging MIT (2-4, 0-3) attack in the fourth quarter en route to a 27-14 victory over the Engineers at Steinbrenner Stadium. The backfield tandem of Jon Tadeau and Jamison Humphries each provided 100 yards rushing for the Corsairs, who prevented a third consecutive loss with its win against the Cardinal Red and Silver Gray.
Dartmouth senior quarterback Valdemeiro Teixeira was right on target when it mattered, completing 12-of-22 for 196 yards and two touchdowns. His first strike for six came with just under three minutes left in the first half. Victor Cruz hauled in a spectacular pass from 28 yards out that gave the Corsairs a 14-0 lead heading into halftime.
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Junior defensive end Kevin Yurkewich enjoyed one of the best defensive efforts in his career, making a game-high 19 tackles for MIT. Eleven of Yurkewich's stops were solo tackles, just one off the Institute record of 12 set by Brian Lacata in 1999.
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— From NBC/NJ's Matthew E. Berger
The McCain campaign reportedly plans to roll out its vice presidential choice throughout the weekend with rallies at sports arenas in Ohio on Friday, Pennsylvania on Saturday, and Missouri on Sunday.
If the plans are to be believed, it may very well rule out the potential for Sen. Joe Lieberman to be McCain's running mate. Lieberman, a religious Jew, does not campaign on Saturdays and most likely would not drive in the bus that is transporting McCain and his new VP. Lieberman was known to even skip his official Senate nomination at the Connecticut Democratic convention because it was held on a Saturday, and he adhered to the Sabbath while running with Al Gore in 2000 as well. He does vote when the Senate is in session on Saturdays, but walks to the Capitol.
Certainly, Lieberman could skip the Saturday event and rejoin McCain on Sunday outside of St. Louis. But it would be an awkward way to roll out an already controversial running mate.
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BAGHDAD – Iraqi authorities have obtained confessions from captured insurgents who claim Al Qaeda is planning suicide attacks in the United States and Europe during the Christmas season, two senior officials said Wednesday 12/15/2010. A senior U.S. intelligence official confirmed the threat as credible.
Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani told The Associated Press that the botched bombing in central Stockholm last weekend was among the alleged plots the insurgents revealed. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, in a telephone interview from New York, called the claims "a critical threat."
Both al-Bolani and Zebari said Iraq has informed Interpol of the alleged plots, and alerted authorities in the U.S. and European countries of the possible danger. Neither official specified which country or countries in Europe are alleged targets.
There was no way to verify the insurgents' claims. But Western counterterrorism officials generally are on high alert during the holiday season, especially since last year's failed attack by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called underwear bomber, who tried to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day.
Al-Bolani said several insurgents claimed to be part of a cell that took its orders directly from Al Qaeda's central leadership. He said at least one of the captured suspects was a foreign fighter from Tunisia. The confessions were the result of recent operations by Iraqi security forces that have netted at least 73 suspected (al-Qaeda) operatives in the last two weeks, al-Bolani said.
An Iraqi intelligence official said threat information appeared to indicate that Denmark might be attacked, but refused to give details. Similarly, a senior U.S. intelligence official in Washington said authorities were closely watching two people in an unspecified European country suspected of being linked to the plot. The people did not appear to be so-called homegrown terrorists, according to the U.S. official who would not say where they were believed to be from.
Links between Al Qaeda's central leadership, which is believed to be hiding in Pakistan, and the terror organization's front group in Iraq are tenuous as the Iraqi branch in recent years has been run by local insurgents. But al-Bolani said the claims — if true — show Al Qaeda remains a presence in Iraq.
"Several members of this terrorist group have direct links with the central leaders of the Al Qaeda organization," al-Bolani said. "Those captured represent the main structure of the Al Qaeda organization in Iraq."
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Our company has excellent programmers however we are looking for input on the front end design.
We have created a website that aims to create a friendly, community feel without any hint of sleaze. The site promotes a fun atmosphere, whilst at the same time, having integrity and sincerity.
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Sunday evening was one of the festival's most successful and memorable season openers. Dinnerstein's appearance was heavily anticipated, and her performance of Beethoven's Second Piano Concerto with the CMF chamber orchestra rewarded that anticipation. The nuance and sensitivity in Dinnerstein's playing, especially given the extremely hot conditions in the auditorium that evening, were incredible to behold, despite the loss of some stamina in the last movement. The long and complex cadenza in the first movement was delivered with apparent effortlessness.
Music director Michael Christie paired the concert with Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 4, the "Italian" Symphony. The choice was an excellent one to re-introduce the orchestra and its skilled musicians. The symphony's buoyant first movement and breathless finale were delivered by Christie with a joyous élan that maintained the exuberant atmosphere of the evening.
The CMF brass were on fine display in the short Fanfare from "La Péri" by Paul Dukas that opened the concert.
Using a fanfare to introduce Dinnerstein proved auspicious. She was one of the most ingratiating, musically intelligent guest artists that the festival has seen in Christie's tenure. Her elegant, flowing dress matched her onstage demeanor and serious approach to the music.
That continued at the Tuesday recital. Conditions were far from ideal. With the concert already moved, a shift back to eTown was out of the question after the fire started. The smoke was oppressive, even with the auditorium completely closed. When Dinnerstein began to play, however, the hushed awe coursing through the auditorium was enough to banish -- at least for a moment -- the care and concern that was on everybody's mind.
The pianist became a star through her interpretation of Bach, and her rendering of the Fifth French Suite was as perfect as could be expected. The faster dances were nimbly handled with an almost impossible speed; the slower ones so deeply felt that she may as well have been weeping with her fingers. In the repetitions, her subtle variations were not overdone, but distinctive enough to prove her great understanding of this music.
The same spirit pervaded Dinnerstein's journey through Robert Schumann's Scenes from Childhood (Kinderszenen). The suite of character pieces is technically not difficult, but she brought layers of profundity that are genuinely uncommon, especially in the introspective pieces such as the famliar "Träumerei" and the final piece, "The Poet Speaks."
Violist Kimberly Sparr and clarinetist Boris Allakhverdyan then joined Dinnerstein onstage for Mozart's "Kegelstatt" Trio, one of that composer's more distinctive chamber works. This was the final leg of Dinnerstein's pianistic odyssey in Boulder. Chamber music, with its intimate interactions between musicians, is marvelously suited to a pianist of Dinnerstein's nature, and the trio's closing "Rondeaux" movement, pervaded by Allakhverdyan's radiantly smooth clarinet tone and Sparr's warm viola sound, was so sublime that it was difficult to face what was going on in the real world afterward.
This is everything a guest artist should be -- a full and complete musician who can deliver such performances in the most adverse conditions, as seen in both concerts. She has set an extremely high standard for the rest of the festival.
The CMF continues with the first festival orchestra concerts on Thursday and Friday. Call 303-440-7666 or visit COMusic.com for tickets and information.