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Tuesday, August 14
Turner Field
Attendance: 16,427
Game Leaders
L: Richard
(9-12) 3.91 era
W: Hudson
(12-4) 3.59 era
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Atlanta, GA (Sports Network) - Tim Hudson tossed 6 1/3 scoreless innings and the Atlanta Braves blanked the San Diego Padres, 6-0, in the second installment of a four-game series at Turner Field.
Hudson (12-4) allowed just two hits and a walk with four strikeouts to win his sixth straight decision. Jonny Venters, Luis Avilan and Craig Kimbrel shut down the Padres the rest of the way.
Martin Prado clubbed a three-run home run and Dan Uggla launched a solo shot. Chipper Jones and Freddie Freeman knocked in a run for the Braves, who avoided losing three straight games for the first time since July 21-23.
"It was one of his best performances," Uggla said. "They really didn't have a chance all night. He went out there and battled, and just kept getting me and Freddie ground balls. That's what we like to see from him."
Clayton Richard (9-12) was saddled with the loss after yielding five runs on nine hits over 6 1/3 frames. His three-start unbeaten streak was broken. He's 0-5 lifetime against the Braves.
Yonder Alonso registered two hits for the Padres, who had won seven of their previous eight games.
Michael Bourn got things rolling for the Braves in the first inning with a leadoff triple and scored on a groundout by Freeman.
Mark Kotsay got the first hit of the night for the Padres in the fifth, but Hudson retired the next three hitters to keep the lead intact.
The Braves extended their lead in the home portion of the inning when Uggla got a middle-in fastball from Richard leading off the frame and yanked it over the wall down the left-field line.
Prado and Freeman began the Atlanta sixth with back-to-back singles before Jones ripped an RBI single up the middle.
Hudson allowed a one-out single to Alonso in the seventh and Venters walked pinch-hitter Logan Forsythe with two outs to bring the tying run to the plate. Venters escaped unscathed after fanning Cameron Maybin for the final out of the inning.
Prado put the game away for the Braves in the home half of the seventh after he got a fastball down and in from Padres reliever Brad Boxberger and clobbered it over the wall in center field.
Padres pitcher Tom Layne was called up from Double-A San Antonio prior to the game and made his major league debut out of the bullpen in the eighth inning.
He's made 11 starts in the minors this season, posting an 0-10 mark with a 6.37 ERA, but for one inning Tuesday he was perfect as he fanned Brian McCann, Uggla and pinch-hitter Tyler Pastornicky.
"I threw in last night's game in Double-A, and got a call last night that I was coming here. It was surreal," Layne said. "I don't know that I've ever struck out the side before. It was a cool night, a night I'll never forget, that's for sure."
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Forest Park World's Fair Pavilion - St. Louis, MO - PRESS RELEASE
Engage your friends, family and co-workers in support of "Glow Up The Night" Walking & Biking to end Veterans Homelessness in St. Louis by 2015. We invite you to help raise funds for those who sacrificed for our freedoms.
Friends & family, children & seniors, neighbors & co-workers all are welcome! This is a casual fundraising walk with no fitness requirements. During the day you will find all kinds of fun activities, and after a sunset cermony walkers & cyclist will "Glow Up The Night". Click here for vendor info or reserved picnic space
Saturday - August, 16th - 7:00pm
Pops Concert Venue - Sauget, IL
Singer, Songwriter, Performer and Producer John Elefantes international career began in earnest when he auditioned as the new lead singer and keyboardist for super-group, Kansas, in 1981. That year, the band was one of the top-grossing concert acts in the world and John had never been in a band apart from his family. Although several of the top vocalists of the day applied for the job (e.g. Sammy Hagar, Doug Pinnick), John received the part.
His credits include writing and singing lead vocals on three multi-platinum albums; as producer, his albums have earned numerous Dove Awards, 4 Grammy Awards (most recently in 2000) and 10 Grammy nominations.
Also featuring "Shooting Star". The first American group to sign with Virgin Records. www.shootingstarmaniacs.com
Saturday - October, 11th - 10:30am - 10:30pm
Chesterfield Amphitheater, Chesterfield, MO
The Veterans Benefits Music Festival takes place at the Chesterfield Amphitheater located within Chesterfield's 38 acre Central Park.
We invite all Veterans, their families and the community to a very special event that includes Music, Food, Arts Merchants, An Assortment of Bounce Houses For Kids, Hiking Trails, and relaxing by a beautiful lake.
This is a day to show appreciation to our heroes, and raise money for Move-in Kits for Veterans that have recently been removed from a homeless situation. Artist line up to be announced.

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[[WMG:The franchises Telltale will do next are...]]
* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'', possibly [[BroadStrokes implementing ideas from various incarnations]], most of which from ''Mystery Inc''. The story would probably be from the perspectives of the members of Mystery Inc, and starts out as a normal Mystery, but gets more occult as it goes on.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''.
** Yes! Telltale, Hasbro, Lauren Faust, whoever! If you're reading this, please make it happen!
* ''Franchise/EvilDead'', due to the character of Ash appearing in ''VideoGame/PokerNight2''.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', see above.
* ''Series/TwinPeaks'', because aside from ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition'' and ''ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'', we have no actual ''Twin Peaks'' games or continuations.
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', because they need to make a kids game based on a property [[PeripheryDemographic both children and adults love]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'', because it would be awesome!
* ''Franchise/{{Scream}}'', because boredom and having Roger L. Jackson among their common voice actors.
* ''Franchise/IndianaJones''. Since Disney seems to be parting out the LucasArts properties, why not bring Indy back to the adventure gaming genre?
* ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'', because it SugarWiki/NeedsMoreLove and seems like it would transition well into an adventure game (a LampshadeHanging, [[SelfDeprecation Self Deprecating]] one, of course).
* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', parodying all kinds of bad adventure game cliches (and, of course, making fun of them).
[[WMG:Eventually, because the fans will demand it...]]
* Telltale will make a ''Series/DoctorWho'' game. AND IT WILL BE AWESOME.
** They've actually expressed interest in it, if that helps.
*** Doesn't that involve a bit too much [[RunningGag running]] for a point and click adventure game?
* Telltale will make a series of episodic games based on ''VideoGame/DayOfTheTentacle'', and as well as an HD remake of the original game.
[[WMG:Poker Night 3 will include...]]
* [[Film/HotFuzz Nick Angel]], [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Eric Cartman]], [[VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland Guybrush Threepwood]], and ComicBook/{{Spawn}}.
* [[Film/TheRoom Tommy Wiseau]], [[ComicBook/JudgeDredd Joe Dredd]], [[Franchise/MassEffect Garrus Vakarian]], and [[Film/PacificRim Mako Mori]]
* [[VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland Elaine Marley]], [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Marzipan]], [[Franchise/CarmenSandiego Carmen Sandiego]] and [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Helen]]. [[DistaffCounterpart Ladies night, baby.]]
* [[VideoGame/DayOfTheTentacle Lavern]], [[Comicbook/VForVendetta V]], [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Tom Servo]] and [[Film/LordOfTheRings Gollum]].
* [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Pinkie Pie]], [[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]], [[Webcomic/PennyArcade Gabe]], and [[VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}} Peacock]].
* Webcomic/AxeCop, [[WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty Rick Sanchez]], Franchise/SlyCooper, and [[VideoGame/TheWolfAmongUs Bigby Wolf]]


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Lady Gaga shoots video at Hearst Castle in Calif.
SAN SIMEON, Calif. (AP) - Tourists are giving way to dancers as a production crew takes over Hearst Castle on the California coast, where Lady Gaga is shooting a big-budget music video.
The San Luis Obispo Tribune ( http://bit.ly/1bMDNJj) says filming is taking place this week at the indoor blue-and-gold tiled Roman Pool and the outdoor Neptune Pool.
The pop diva had yet to be seen as crewmembers carried in bags full of fake flowers and a giant plaster seashell Tuesday.
Shoots at the state historical site are extremely rare. Gaga is donating $250,000 to the Hearst Castle foundation in addition to underwriting a $25,000 water supply study and paying special fees.
She will also make a water conservation public service announcement and a short feature on the castle built by newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst.
Information from: The Tribune, http://www.sanluisobispo.com
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- CBS Sports analyst: Arizona Wildcats coach Rich Rodriguez will be Pac-12 Coach of the Year
- AD Greg Byrne: Arizona Wildcats will schedule tougher non-conference foes in future
- Report: Class of 2016 quarterback Shea Patterson decommits from Arizona
- Arizona coach Rodriguez on starting QB: 'The truth is I don't really know'
- Arizona Wildcats picked fourth in Pac-12 preseason media poll
- Greg Byrne, University of Arizona Athletic Director - Friday August 8Greg Byrne talks about the new ruling that gives autonomy to the Power 5 conferences.
- Bucky Brooks, NFL Network draft analyst - Friday May 2Bucky Brooks discusses what the Cardinals should do with the 20th overall pick.
- Bearing Down with Adam and Jarrett - Tuesday April 15Adam and Jarrett talk about UA's early departures.
- Bearing Down with Adam and Jarrett - Thursday April 3Adam and Jarrett recap a tough loss as well as the season itself.
- Bearing Down with Adam and Jarrett - Friday March 28Adam and Jarrett talk about Arizona's run to the Elite 8.


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I hope everybody had a great weekend! I thought I was going to have a relaxing weekend at home with the kiddos, but that usually never happens. Saturday was pretty quiet though even with all of the laundry I had to fold and put away. I even got to watch a classic Tom Hanks movie, "Big". I know....guilty pleasure! Well the quiet didn't last long when my husband brought home a dirt bike for my 3 year-old son. It came with training wheels and one gear that we could turn way down so that he couldn't speed too much. My husband had so much fun teaching him to ride and I just sat back trying to calm my nerves. I can see this is going to be my future...worrying, praying, and hoping he doesn't do anything crazy! I am not looking forward to the day he turns 16!!!
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No matter the technological advancement, we are still animals with a need to feel connected to someone real, not just someone behind a screen. My question is, can robots, however far in the future, fill this need of face-to-face interaction?
The growth of mediated interaction renders it unnecessary for ethnography to be thought of as located in particular places, or even as multi-sited. The investigation of the making and remaking of space through mediated interactions is a major opportunity for the ethnographic approach. We can usefully think of the ethnography of mediated interaction as mobile rather than multi-sited.
As a consequence, the concept of the ®eld site is brought into question. If culture and community are not self-evidently located in place, then neither is ethnography. The object of ethnographic enquiry can usefully be reshaped by concentrating on ¯ow and connectivity rather than location and boundary as the organizing principle."
Virtual Ethnography - Christine Hine
Ethnography is a fascinating tool. It has the power to really change the way that businesses approach and understand the people they serve, but also their own employees. Sure, there are still formal, written ethnographies out there and they are incredibly useful. However, they need to become more fluid. Anthropology and its methods have historically been very closely tied to place and time, examining a group of humans in that specific context.
That is the bit that needs to change. We are not interacting and living in permanent place anymore. Online exchanges have transformed perception of place. Digital space and physical space are equally relevant and play off one another. A physical space is never simply that and a digital space is never simply that.
How do we broaden our thinking and methods to include these new ways of thinking and acting?
There's a privileged notion that the next generation of technology should become an unavoidable path to self-improvement — and that efficiency and errorlessness are always inherently good. As one respondent notes, "The Internet of Things will help more things go right and help more dumb things do smarter things. Anywhere there's currently a human in the loop, there's an opportunity for failure, as well as an opportunity for a device to make sure things go right."
The problem with this is that those that don't want to adhere to this world view may face new forms of economic discrimination. "Every part of our life will be quantifiable, and eternal, and we will answer to the community for our decisions. For example, skipping the gym will have your gym shoes auto tweet (equivalent) to the peer-to-peer health insurance network that will decide to degrade your premiums," as another respondent cautions.
Those not buying into the system would need to create new forms of retreat from an everyday life characterized by these activities. Respondents note the emergent need for "Google Glass-free zones," "personal anti video firewalls around our bodies," and "technology shabbats" — a day of the week where we figure out a place that's off the grid."
Above all else, sociology helps us learn to ask critical questions about both individuals and their broader context. What factors shape an individual's life chances? How do changes in policies and laws impact people's daily lives? Is this person's experience typical, or anomalous?
Learning about sociology not only enhances a writer's ability to tell interesting stories, it also helps us tell stories that will have a powerful impact on those who read them."
As a pseudo-sociologist, the skills I learned, namely the importance of the social context of, well, pretty much everything, changes everything.
"Big data is a term describing the storage and analysis of large and or complex data sets using a series of techniques including, but not limited to: NoSQL, MapReduce and machine learning.
The Method for an Integrated Knowledge Environment open source project. The MIKE project argues that big data is not a function of the size of a dataset but its complexity. Consequently, it is the high degree of permutations and interactions within a dataset that defines big data.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology. NIST argues that big data is data which: "exceed(s) the capacity or capability of current or conventional methods and systems". In other words, the notion of "big" is relative to the current standard of computation.""
The new definition of Big Data.
We are truly betwixt worlds, and as editor of a web-based journal, I've again and again felt the truth of William Gibson's familiar observation: "The future is already here. It's just unevenly distributed." In my experience the distribution — contrary to popular perception — is less generational than temperamental.
the focus on the hard copy — on the object — is natural enough. You can hold it in your hand and admire the design, feel its weight, appreciate what Nicholson Baker has called "a beautifully browsable invention that needs no electricity and exists in readable form no matter what happens." But in the contemplation of the object, you do not necessarily consider the many systems — the intricate and overlapping networks of publishers, editors and proofreaders, of designers and typographers and printers, of marketers and distributors and transporters, of booksellers, libraries and archives — that have been activated in its service.
All of which is to underscore that the heart of the matter is not the printed page versus the electronic screen; that what is being revolutionized is not simply the print publication but more broadly the larger systems within which it has played such a central and glorious part."
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The IPO is the symptom of a larger shift that has been happening within Twitter for years now. They are no longer a social network. That is not a plausible business option for them. Yes, Twitter is inherently social, but it is not Facebook. It's currency is information, news. That is Twitter's business now. It is a smart business decision to keep the news about their IPO under wraps because of that shift.
The digital butler is a useful metaphor for how interactive systems can make our complicated lives easier to navigate. But recently the metaphor of conversation has begun to guide interaction designers as they develop systems and define how they should behave as we are using them. In the conversation metaphor, the system is interpreting and responding to our speech and gestures in real time, the way an engaged friend would—anticipating what we are about to say or do and responding in kind, sometimes knowing where we are headed in the interaction before we do ourselves, but also guiding the conversation based upon its own knowledge of our past together and the world we mutually inhabit.
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VILONIA, Ark. -- Sunday marks one week since the deadly EF-4 tornado tore through Central Arkansas.
When disaster struck, volunteers from the Northwest Arkansas chapter of the American Red Cross hit the road to help.
"Wherever that disaster occurs is where we are going to be. People start getting in emergency response vehicles and headed to the scene. There's hundreds down there, and 29 are from our region."
Providing meals and makeshift shelters, executive director, Les Kimbrough says it was an automatic response. "That's what we are here for. That's why we support and that's what we do."
Now, the organization is asking for some help from folks in The Natural State.
Kimbrough said, "The American Red Cross is supported by private donations and when you have these large disasters, that becomes an issue. We're actively encouraging people to support us in any way that they can. When you make a donation to the American Red Cross, it would be beneficial if you would simply make that to disaster relief, and not necessarily specify that to a certain geographical area."
Kimbrough said it's important for the organization to help neighbors in need. This tornado went all across the southeast. It affected Mississippi, it affected Alabama, and when you serve your neighbor you want to consider those people in adjoining states to be your neighbor as well.
Amidst the aftermath, he hopes folks realize the importance of being prepared.
"You need to have a plan. You need to communicate with your family, and you need to communicate with your friends. "What are we going to do in the event of an emergency, where are we going to meet, and where is our hide out spot?"
To find out how you can donate, visit www.redcross.org.
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In horror these days, there are two types of indies: movies you can tell were made on the very definition of a "shoestring budget" that are usually riddled with effects and performances so bad you can't help but smile, and movies made by those who either had more money or just knew how to use it better along with a serious story to tell. The Dead Outside looks to, refreshingly, be of the latter category. Dig some plot:
Severance Director to Helm Black Death
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First Poster for Aftermath!
We just got the first look at a teaser poster for the upcoming post-apocalyptic film Aftermath, which is on its way from Canadian director Laurent Piche. Along with the poster, which you can see below, there's also word that some pretty big names are circling Aftermath right now in terms of studios, so keep your fingers crossed!
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Over the weekend the guys behind the upcoming Canuck post-apocalyptic film Aftermath, which we gave you guys the first word on a few days back, updated us with a series of behind-the-scenes stills from the trailer's shoot, as well as a higher quality version of the trailer itself! Both are featured below so scroll down to check them out, then hit the official Aftermath site to learn more!
Fallout 3 (Video Game)
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Official Terminator Salvation Poster!
Not much more to say. Warner Bros. sent out the official teaser poster for Terminator Salvation today after it made its world premiere at last weekend's Comic Con. Simple, yet badass; I like it! The fourth Terminatorfilm hits theaters on May 9th, 2009, so expect plenty of stuff for it between now and then!
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Doomsday (Blu-ray / DVD)
Reviewed by Uncle Creepy Starring Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, Alexander Siddig, Caryn Peterson, Malcolm McDowell Directed by Neil Marshall Distributed by Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Dear Beautiful, the Apocalypse is Coming!
We got word in today that Quiet Earth is the first to view our post-apocalyptic world via an exclusive trailer of Roland Becerra's full length version of Dear Beautiful.
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Alex Proyas is bringing down the apocalypse and just like I always suspected, Nicolas Cage is front and center. Though I never suspected he was one of the four horsemen, more of a stable boy...
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Marvel Confirms The Stand Adaptation
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Corfu, worth a visit!
... Platia.
We toured the streets of Corfu Town and then wandered for a few hours more, finally settling in for a lunch of Gyros, ice-cold Mythos and good conversation.
After lunch we walked through the Open Air Market we we saw fresh produce and merchandise for sale by local merchants. The seafood and meat market wasn't open but the lingering scent told us that we just missed it. ...
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Toga party
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We missed the bus and instead of waiting an ...
Ionian dinner
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2 days in Corfu
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- Lovely views
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Hotel AritiNaufikas 41, Kanoni | 4 star hotelfrom $56
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Aqualand ResortAgios Ioannis Parelion, Agios Ioannis | 4 star hotelfrom $128
Pantokrator HotelBarbati, Barbati | 3 star hotelfrom $50
PotamakiBenitses | 3 star hotelfrom $53
Arion HotelSxerias 6 Mon Repo, Corfu | 3 star hotelfrom $82
Corfu Palace Hotel2, Leoforos Democratias, Corfu Town | 5 star hotelfrom $199
SENTIDO Apollo PalaceMesoggi settlement, Messonghi | 4 star hotelfrom $107
Corfu VillageAgios Ioannis Peristeron, Corfu Town | 3 star hotelfrom $63


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Few other markets have embodied the notion of "hope springs eternal" more than mortgage securities, which were among the leading causes of the financial crisis.
But this year, many participants in the mortgage securitization business seem to be taking a more optimistic view on the return of "private label" mortgage bonds than at any time since their issuance ground to a halt in 2008. These players are among the rising number of attendees at the annual conference of the American Securitization Forum, where over the years speakers complained of a "Groundhog Day" effect, where constraints ranging from a soft housing market to regulatory uncertainty were continuously stunting a recovery.
To be sure, projections of issuance of as much as $25 billion this year are paltry compared with a peak above $1 trillion in 2006. But the projected issuance is up from $4 billion last year, and has some momentum as the value of the U.S. housing stock stabilizes and regulatory hurdles are now known, even if they aren't loved.
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That stability, as marked partly by rising home prices and declining inventory of homes in 2012, was also highlighted at the conference by U.S. Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry. Housing today is adding to economic growth, instead of sapping it, and that is a major prerequisite to boosting credit availability in the sector, Mr. Curry said.
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The battle among scholars over an American anthropologist's research on an Amazon tribe has spread to the National Academy of Sciences, the nation's most prestigious scientific body.
Marshall D. Sahlins, a social anthropologist at the University of Chicago, resigned from the academy on Saturday to protest its decision to admit the researcher, Napoleon A. Chagnon. "Noble Savages," Dr. Chagnon's widely reviewed new memoir about his 35 years of work with the Yanomamö tribe, takes an unsparing view of his fellow anthropologists.
In a statement, Dr. Sahlins called Dr. Chagnon's election last April "a large moral and intellectual blunder on the part of members of the academy" and added, "so much so that my own participation in the academy has become an embarrassment."
The two men have been at odds for decades over the validity of sociobiology, the idea that human social behavior is shaped by evolution and culture, not culture alone. Dr. Sahlins's 1977 book "The Use and Abuse of Biology" says sociobiology is "completely unable to specify the cultural properties of human behavior."
Dr. Sahlins's principal criticism of Dr. Chagnon concerns a well-known article published in Science in 1988 in which Dr. Chagnon reported that the men of the Yanomamö tribe who have killed others in battle father three times as many children as those who have not. This claim has "proven to be shallow and baseless, much to the discredit of the anthropological discipline," Dr. Sahlins said in his statement.
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Nov 26 2005
big dealPosted by Lawrence Dillon in Uncategorized
Last week, we performed Beethoven's 9th here. Afterwards, I was talking with two choreographers – intelligent, well-educated artists, who know a whole lot more about music than I'll ever know about dance – who expressed how exciting it was to see so many people on the stage making music together.
I feel like I'm missing the gene that finds enormous groups of musicians amazing. I have nothing against orchestras or choruses, but the sheer size of performing forces means very little to me. In many ways, a single musician – if it's the right musician — can wield far more power over my sensibilities.
Some people are at home with enormous forces to a degree that makes it difficult for them to express themselves otherwise – John Adams, for example, from the evidence of his output, would seem to feel uninspired by the idea of writing chamber music (somebody correct me if I'm making a presumptuous leap there). Bernard Rands (I seem to be quoting him a lot lately, by some strange coincidence) told me that he found writing for string quartet much harder than writing for orchestra, because you have so few options. I must be looking at it through a very different lens, because I see limitless possibilities in a string quartet – every nuance can be rehearsed, reconsidered and refined to a degree even the best orchestras can't approach. It's like the difference between sculpting with metal fibers and sculpting with chunks of granite.
For me, there is a trade-off in intimacy when writing for orchestra that I accept as part of the deal. But I can't imagine living solely on the advantages I gain for what I've given up.
Make no mistake, Beethoven 9 is great stuff – I have no desire to do without it. But the late quartets and sonatas absolutely kill me. I just can't see what is more magical about a couple hundred people following somebody with a stick than a small group of musicians feeling the push and pull of an elegant phrase as one.
Nov 22 2005
on with the dreamPosted by Lawrence Dillon in Uncategorized
Earlier, I reported that the Open Dream Ensemble was giving free performances around the region for schools that couldn't afford to pay the $5/seat price of admission. Unfortunately, in the current economy, free is too expensive: because of soaring gas prices, some of these schools have had to cancel their field trips this fall, because they couldn't afford to fill up the gas tanks in their buses.
So what do artists do when they can't get the audience to come to their performance space?
Hit the classrooms, of course.
Photos below: dancers, musicians, actors and designers getting kids involved in the arts.
Nov 18 2005
ReportsPosted by Lawrence Dillon in Uncategorized
We had a helluva Composition Seminar here on Friday. Students spent the last month visiting classes in other art forms – Dance, Sculpture, Film and Drama — and reported back to the rest of us about how these classes are organized. The results were provocative: I'm curious to know what S21 readers will think of them.
At the beginning of the year, students in the Dance Choreography class were given an ordinary seashell to ponder. Their first assignment was to draw it. Next they had to write a poem about it. In the third class, they were asked to create still poses that expressed something about the shell. Then they had to develop movements from the poses they had devised. These movements in turn became the themes of the dances they were going to create for the class.
(Notice that these choreographers are devising their movement "themes" without listening to a note of music.)
At that point, they were given a form, which went something like this: theme – traveling variation – climax – transition – theme – chaos – traveling recap. In the chaos part, they were required to exchange feet and hands, ie, their feet had to do whatever their hands were doing in the theme, and vice versa.
Then they were given a Bach Partita – I don't know which one, and neither did they – to adapt their movements and form to.
Combining free-ranging whimsy and strict structure, this process struck me as odd but potentially very effective.
Next up: a pair of students gave a presentation on their visit to the Sculpture class. The first and most important thing about it, they said, was acoustical: the class took place in an immense, blaring room, and the radio was pumped up with modern punk throughout the entire session. For our composition students, the effect was completely disorienting – they couldn't imagine having to work in that kind of chaotic atmosphere.
Everyone in the sculpture class (@20 students) was working on an identical project: trying to make something exciting but nonrepresentational using only balsa wood and paper. Unlike typical composers, students in the sculpture class shared ideas and materials freely – if someone needed an extra chunk of balsa, there was always someone nearby willing to hand some over. Again, the din was constant. The work was very physical – it was common for students' hands to be bloodied and bandaged.
The course follows a recurring three-day process. Day One: discussion/introduction (usually involving slides) of project. Day Two: free work time. Day Three: critique from instructor and peers.
In addition, each student was required to keep a sketchbook, and fill 50 pages with sketches every term. I'm thinking of requiring this for my composition students: aimless doodling is such an important part of the creative process, and should take place daily.
The composition students made an effort to recreate the atmosphere of the sculpture class in their presentation, simultaneously speaking without any reference to one another, so we had to pick out bits and pieces of what was being said from the general chaos. It was a mini-Cage-happening in our Composition Seminar.
One of the students shared an epiphany he had about the different ways we experience different art forms: with visual arts, we usually take in the whole object first, then focus in on details, while with music we are given a series of details from which to construct a concept of the whole.
The third presentation was on a Film Editing class. This class is divided into three groups of four people each. Every weekend the groups shoot new material. During the week, each group edits its material down into a five-minute sequence. The editing process involves taking 20-30 minutes of film and cutting a sequence in which the various segments connect into a convincing narrative – even if that process requires altering the original chronology of shots.
The class sessions are organized very much like a music masterclass: each group screens its edited sequence, classmates critique the results, and then the professor gives his suggestions. In this case, though, the technology allows the professor to instantly demonstrate alternatives, eg, how about if we cut from here to here, or insert this shot, or prolong this one? A few points and clicks, and the sequence is completely changed.
The focus is on creating logic and mood with both the chronology and the pacing of the edits. The artistry comes in matching the mood of the edits to the character of the material.
The final presentation was on Drama Fundamentals – an acting class. An entire session was spent on one scene; the class was broken up into couples who had to perform this scene for their peers. Every breath, every eye flicker, every vocal inflection means something to an audience, so the actors are trained to be very aware of their bodies. The very physicality is a bit foreign to most composers: our students were given a quick lesson on how uncomfortable it can be to stare at a couple making out ten feet away from them.
Not something we are likely to try in Composition Seminar anytime soon.
But the most powerful lesson for young composers is the degree to which actors must surrender to their work – maintaining aesthetic or intellectualized distance results in a stiff performance.
All of these reports gave our students – and me – a lot to think about. In this brief summary, I have, of course, left out a lot of what was said, some of which was really compelling. I'd be curious to know if S21 readers have had similar, or dissimilar experiences involving other art forms besides music composition. Seems there's a lot to learn from our peers in other disciplines.
Nov 14 2005
Keeping ScorePosted by Lawrence Dillon in Uncategorized
Caught two new music concerts this week. Well, actually, neither of them was billed or thought of as a new music concert, and yet both of them were.
Heard clarinetist Igor Begelman perform with his long-time collaborator Tatiana Goncharova on Saturday night. Anyone who has heard him play should now expect a long line of superlatives – there really isn't anyone who can do more with that instrument. He is a consummate virtuoso, not just in the number of notes he can pack into one hour of music (which is more than most clarinetists play in a week) but in his ability to instantly adjust his sound and the character of his playing in response to an immense range of styles.
The concert opened with Lutoslawski's Dance Preludes, a set of charming compositions based on Polish folk dances. I'm finding that I appreciate Lutoslawski most in his least monumental works. Another highlight was the premiere of David Winkler's Begelmania, a virtuosic showpiece well-tailored for the instrument and the instrumentalist, including a polyphonic passage of nasty low trills pocked by pristine melody notes in the top register.
But my favorite piece of the evening was the North Carolina premiere of Alexander Krasotov's Rhapsody on Hebrew Themes. Krasotov is a Ukrainian composer I haven't heard before, and he seems to be ungooglable, but he's someone I'd like to hear more of. Apparently he teaches at the Odessa Conservatory and wrote this piece around 1990. The title didn't promise much – I can't normally get very excited over yet another virtuosic medley – but it was potent stuff, very surprising and engrossing.
The other concert (which I had to leave at intermission to put out an administrative fire) was a performance by the NC School of the Arts Percussion Ensembles. All of the music was from the last 35 years, including two parts of a 1974 James Tenney triptych: Crystal Canon for Edgard Varese and Wake for Charles Ives. The third part of the triptych – Hocket for Henry Cowell – will be played here in February.
These pieces afford a snapshot of minimalism in the pervasive form it took in the early 1970s: composer sets a process in motion, then adopts a Voltairish perspective, standing back and watching the music unfold. It was a time when minimalism was still under the powerful influence of Cage, with his interest in limiting the composer's impact on how the music sounds. Crystal Canon treats the main theme of Ionisation to a four-part canon for snare drums. The canonic writing is strict, the piece unfolds without any surprises, and concludes without much fanfare. The music manages, like much minimalism of the time, to be both ultra-rational and anti-intellectual.
Wake is for four toms, beginning with a very long, simple solo that is simultaneously rigid and curiously plaintive. As the other drums enter one by one, we are treated to a dirge of sorts, which is all the more solemn for being completely unembellished.
I've been struck by how much recent music I've been hearing live lately, so I tabulated the works that have been performed here so far this season by century, with some interesting results:
Eleven performances in five weeks: six faculty concerts, three student ensemble concerts, two guest artist concerts. The number of works per century score as follows:
18th century: 8
The twenty-first century seems grossly over-represented, considering the other centuries were twenty times longer.
Or, another way to look at it: Smallish city, conservatory trained musicians – looks like it's time to start complaining about the stranglehold 20th-century music has on the repertoire.
Nov 10 2005
note to aggressive bloggersPosted by Lawrence Dillon in Uncategorized
"Elinor agreed with it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition."
– Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
Nov 06 2005
MonophonomaniaPosted by Lawrence Dillon in Uncategorized
For all of you stereophonic listeners out there, you don't know what you're not missing.
I'm deaf in my left ear. Have been for as long as I can remember. I regard it as a social inconvenience more than a musical one – there have been times when I've discovered that people were upset with me because they thought I was snottily ignoring them, when I actually had no idea they were speaking to me. Might be a good idea to hang a sign from my earlobe, or better yet a tattoo that says, "meet me on the other side."
When I was a kid, oneearedness gave me a great way to drift off during a boring class: I would put my right elbow on the desk, cover my good ear with my palm, and affect a look of deep concentration while spinning my thoughts out the window. I sometimes do the same thing in committee meetings to this day.
Biggest aggravation: someone in the room talking to me while I'm on the phone.
Us monophonics feel an instant kinship. When I first met Marcy Rosen, the cellist of the Mendelssohn String Quartet, we were attempting to have a conversation with one another while walking across a parking lot, but we kept circling each other, trying to get on our good sides, before we finally realized we were both trying to solve the same problem. We became fast confidants after that. But now, whenever we have a conversation, one of us has to walk backwards.
(When the Mendelssohn was first looking for a name for their group, one of the proposals was Four Scores and Seven Ears.)
One-eared wonders can't locate sound. When a lot of people are talking in a large room, I have a helluva time trying to make out anything specific. I often give up and assume a vacant smile, as if I know what's going on. I usually come across as either tremendously wise or incredibly dense.
The biggest musical problem for a solo auricle is dealing with headphones. I've always mistrusted them, because I know while one side is communicating just fine, the other side is just talking to a wall. So, no thanks to Walkman or Ipod – I'm not even that crazy about speakers, which have all the musical presence of a sofa. I prefer my music live.
But Henry Brant's music? Fuggedaboutit.
Nov 02 2005
Arvo VirusPosted by Lawrence Dillon in Uncategorized
We had the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio here Saturday night playing, among other things, a piece written for them by Arvo Pärt entitled Mozart – Adagio, billed by the composer as a "commentary" on the slow movement from Mozart's F Major Piano Sonata, K. 280. Pärt extracted some of the dissonances from Mozart's composition and used them as framing devices for the original work. In effect, 90% of what you heard was what Mozart wrote, with a few interpolations, (using a word I hate, but it fits here) decontextualized.
I was eager to hear the result, because my experience with Pärt is two-sided, with very little in between: I find his works either intensely moving or sadly empty – which I suppose is the risk he takes in striving for utter simplicity. When it doesn't work, there's not much there to care about.
For me, this was a piece that fell squarely on the wrong side of the tracks. It was decomposed Mozart, except that description makes it sound a lot more interesting than it was.
The original version of Pärt's "commentary" dates from 1992, although he's been revising it continually ever since, even giving the musicians some new adjustments this past week. And therein lies a sad irony – 13 years spent futilely attempting to adorn a piece Mozart probably wrote between lunch and supper.
Disclaimer: I've written my own commentary piece on Mozart, which is called Amadeus ex machina, a distillation of the 40th symphony into a 10-minute soundbyte. You can hear an excerpt here (sorry I don't have a soundfile of the entire piece).
So it would perfectly logical for you to conclude that I can't hear the value of Pärt's commentary because I'm too close to my own, which is significantly different in character and purpose.
But when you factor in Pärt's disinclination to write a piano trio in the first place, the fact that he composed the piece more or less unwillingly, and has spent much of the ensuing years trying to rework it to his satisfaction — I think there's good reason to believe that he's not particularly enthused by the results either.


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A research team at the University of California, Riverside, has received a five-year $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the molecular basis of hormonal regulation of mosquito reproduction.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Female mosquitoes require energy for their egg development, which they acquire from vertebrate blood. But by sucking on blood, they become vectors of numerous disease pathogens of human and domestic animals. If the mechanisms that govern their egg production are better understood, novel approaches to controlling the reproduction and population of mosquitoes can be devised.
Now a research team led by Alexander Raikhel, a distinguished professor of entomology at the University of California, Riverside, has received a five-year $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the molecular basis of hormonal regulation of mosquito reproduction.
The researchers will focus on deciphering the genes involved in mediating the action of hormones involved during egg production in mosquitoes — specifically, Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that spreads dengue and yellow fever.
"What we are setting out to do is introduce birth control, based on hormones, in mosquitoes," said Raikhel, an expert in the molecular biology of mosquitoes and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. "Our task is to find a way to interrupt the host-seeking behavior of mosquitoes by manipulating their hormones and thus interrupting their egg development. With egg development halted, the population of mosquitoes would eventually collapse."
Nearly 2.5 billion people are at risk for contracting dengue fever. Each year, there are 100 million cases of dengue in the world. Yellow fever results in 30,000 deaths per year; about 200,000 cases are reported each year.
Raikhel explained that a hormone unique to insects, called the "juvenile hormone," plays a key role in transforming a young female adult to a mature one that is capable of blood feeding, egg development, and thus spreading pathogens. The absence of this hormone in the body of the female mosquito impedes the growth of the mosquito to the adult stage. For the mosquito to reach the adult stage, levels of this hormone must first rise and then drop.
"This hormone is crucial for egg development," Raikhel said. "If we can figure out how its levels can be manipulated so that egg development is prevented, we can reduce the number of mosquitoes."
Each mosquito cell has a receptor for the juvenile hormone. The exact nature of this receptor, however, has eluded researchers for many years.
"In this project, we plan also to understand the structure and function of this receptor," Raikhel said. "One reason this receptor has been very difficult to study is that, unlike other receptors like it, it does not lie on the surface of the cell. Instead it lies inside the cell."
Raikhel's lab will attempt to block the action of the juvenile hormone's receptors.
"Several levels of interception can be designed in the lab so that no egg development in mosquitoes results," he said.
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There's a great website called Flights From Hell, wherein people list their horrible flights. I have to fly quite a bit, and can say I have had a flight I believe worthy of the site, although I would rather use it for content here.
Basically I was coming back from Little Rock (I think). We had a layover in Dallas, and it looked like I was going to get the entire row all to myself. Then at the very last minute a Hispanic rap band with the unlikely name of "Beer Loving M-F-ers" comes on board and sits next to me. I know their name because they all had matching BLMF tattoos on their arms, I know they were a rap band because they insisted on practicing for the entire flight, and I know they loved beer because they proceeded to drink their asses off.
I think the flight attendants were a little afraid of them, as the didn't cut them off when they really should have. Also, at least one of them was an aging MILF and spent most of the flight flirting with the lead singer. The guy right next to me was a nice enough guy for an obnoxious drunk, but I spent most of the flight wishing I was in an emergency exit row so I could bail on that flight.
Then, just to prove that god does nothing halfway, we landed and I found I had lost the paper I wrote my car parking lot area on. I got to spend 45 minutes in a chilly drizzle looking for my car.
Actually, recounting that story has reminded me of a number of other bad flight stories I could regale you with, but in the name of basic humanity I will refrain. I would link the band if I could find anything, but I'm not really finding much so I guess they broke up (or never got a site together).
I found this article about a near mid air collision with a UFO. You would think that any race capable of traveling to our planet would have the technology to avoid planes. Maybe the pilot was doing the alien equivalent of drinking and driving.
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FORT WAYNE, Ind., Nov. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ/GS: STLD), one of the largest domestic steel producers and metals recyclers in the United States, announced today that its management will present at Goldman Sachs Annual Global Metals & Mining, Steel Conference, being held at the Goldman Sachs Conference Center, New York, New York, on November 27-28, 2012. Mark Millett, Chief Executive Officer and President of Steel Dynamics, Inc., is scheduled to present on November 28, 2012, at 7:30 a.m. Eastern Time. A copy of the presentation slides can be accessed on the company's web site via this link.
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Prince George, B.C. – The Prince George Cougars have shared some honours with key players of the regular season.
The team has handed out the awards for Scholastic Player of the Year, Most Dedicated Player, Rookie of the Year, and Most Valuable Player.
The Cougars also recognized three players who are graduating from their junior hockey careers this season, in addition to naming this year's Volunteer of the Year.
"The Cougars are very proud of all of our players, both in their effort and contributions made to our team, but also how they represent our organization and the community of Prince George, both at home and away," says Brandi Brodsky Cougars Vice-President. "We thank all our players, including those three players who are now graduating from the league, our volunteers and everyone who made a contribution to our 2013-14 season."
Scholastic Player of the Year: #12 Jansen Harkins
16 year-old rookie forward Jansen Harkins has managed to balance his schoolwork with his on ice duties. The product of North Vancouver, B.C. currently leads all Cougar rookies in scoring with 10 goals and 34 points in 64 games this season while tackling a full course-load at College Heights Secondary School. Harkins' teachers have all commended him for his professionalism and hard work both on the ice and in the classroom. Great stats, strong grades and excellent behavior make Harkins a well-deserved recipient of the Prince George Cougars Scholastic Player of the Year Award.
Rookie of the Year: #35 Ty Edmonds
Ty Edmonds' WHL career kicked off with a bang in 2013-2014. Edmonds allowed just two goals over the span of his first four career starts and earned WHL and CHL Goaltender of the Week honors for his early efforts. This season, Edmonds has compiled a record of 18-19-2-4 and has appeared in a staggering 53 games this season for the Cougars. In addition to that, Edmonds was the lone WHL goaltender representative during the CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game which was held in Mid-January in Calgary. Edmonds suited up for Team Cherry and stopped 16 of the 17 shots he faced. Edmonds achievements in goal make him a worthy recipient of the Prince George Cougars Rookie of the Year Award.
Most Dedicated Player: #20 Troy Bourke
Troy Bourke first suited up for the Prince George Cougars as an under-ager in 2009-2010, and ever since has become both a model player and a model citizen for the Prince George Cougars. The Colorado Avalanche prospect has dressed in 274 WHL regular season games, all with the Cougars. In that span he has recorded 82 goals, and 231 points and now sits just three points shy of becoming the Prince George Cougars all-time scoring leader. In 2013-2014, the Cougars captain has established new career highs for goals (27) and assists (53). Bourke's potential in hockey knows no bounds, and the Cougars sure are grateful to award Bourke with the Prince George Cougars Most Dedicated Player award for 2013-2014.
Most Valuable Player: #14 Todd Fiddler
Despite his league-wide reputation for highlight reel goals and terrific offense, nobody could have predicted just how incredible Todd Fiddler's impact would be for the Prince George Cougars in 2013-2014. Acquired in late October 2013 in a trade with the Moose Jaw Warriors, Fiddler arrived in Prince George eager to prove some of his doubters wrong, and that's precisely what he has done. In 50 games with the Cougars, he has scored 44 goals and added 39 assists for 83 points. Some of his many season highlights include: January WHL Player of the Month honors, five hat-tricks, a 19-game point streak and after Saturday's announcement, team MVP honours.
In addition to the awards listed above, the Prince George Cougars also presented the three graduating 20-year-olds (Peter Kosterman, Klarc Wilson and Todd Fiddler) with their jerseys, and also recognized Norm Poitras as the 2013-2014 Volunteer of the Year.
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One of Mexico's best-known poets, Javier Sicilia, laid down his pen last year after his 24-year-old son was murdered by drug traffickers in Cuernavaca, Mexico. In his son's memory, Sicilia created the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity to urge an end to the drug violence — violence that has left an estimated 60,000 dead, 10,000 disappeared, and more than 160,000 Mexicans displaced from their homes over the past six years....May 10, 2012 | Story
We end the week with part two of our interview with renowned Mexican poet Javier Sicilia. Last year, Sicilia's 24-year-old son, Juan Francisco, was murdered by drug traffickers in Cuernavaca, Mexico. In his son's memory, Sicilia created the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity to urge an end to the drug war. Sicilia is now in the United States to launch a month-long peace caravan this August after leading a similar caravan across...May 11, 2012 | Story
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U.S. Grains Council and National Corn Growers Association officers traveled to Colombia and Mexico last week to meet with key customers and end-users and express appreciation for their business - reaffirming their commitment to the export market. USGC Chairman Julius Schaaf says simply being there sent a strong message to U.S. customers in those key markets that the U.S. cares and wishes to continue to enjoy mutually beneficial trade relationships. Mexico leads the world as the top U.S. corn export customer this year with total exports of more than 216-million bushels from September 2013 to March 20th. Also - Colombia is making a comeback with total exports of U.S. corn at more than 59-million bushels in that same time period. NCGA President Martin Barbre says the simple comeback of the Colombian market after the free trade agreement is a true success story for the Council and NCGA - highlighting the fact that when trade works - the world wins. Meetings in both countries highlighted economic strength and demand growth for livestock products. However - importers expressed concern about the increasing delay in shipping times from the U.S. - making them feel like U.S. infrastructure and logistics may not be keeping up with the pace of production and increased worldwide demand.
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Claudia Puig USA Today
Populaire takes an intrinsically boring activity — typing — and makes it unusually entertaining. show more
Steven Rea Philadelphia Inquirer
Populaire plays like a musical - you expect anyone, at any time, to break into song. show more
Joe Neumaier New York Daily News
This frisky late-'50s-set French comedy about a competitive typing contest hunts and pecks a bit for fun after its story gets rolling, but it's visually vibrant throughout. show more
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For all the earnestness with which the filmmakers replicate the muted colors and attitudes of the post-war era, they ultimately fail to say anything truly interesting about either the past or the present, resulting in a work that feels as superficial as it does slick. show more
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While Populaire would still have suffered from being overlong and overfamiliar, a smoother leading man could have done much to boost the intended Cary Grant vibe. show more
Bruce Ingram Chicago Sun-Times
Populaire has no interest in rewriting the rules of romantic comedy, but it does run through the expected paces with admirable style. show more
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Peter Keough Boston Globe
Despite hard-working performances and the occasional sexual frisson from ingénue Déborah François (a kind of French Renée Zellweger) and seductive Romain Duris (who looks like Tom Hanks by way of Montgomery Clift), Populaire hits mostly wrong keys. show more
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Candy-colored to a potentially cavity-causing degree, the film is a bubbly regurgitation of retrograde romantic comedy tropes and reactionary sexual politics. show more
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