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Hollywood Goes to the Dogs for Film
By Aaron Blevins, 4/19/2012
There were plenty of celebrities at the premiere
of "Darling Companion" Tuesday
night, but none of them quite stole the show
like the rescue dogs from The Amanda
Foundation in Beverly Hills.
But, they had some pretty stiff competition
from actress Diane Keaton, actor Kevin
Kline and Kasey the dog, who plays
"Freeway" in the movie and wowed
paparazzi and journalists when he
"answered" their questions by barking on
The premiere was held at the Egyptian
Theatre and benefitted The Amanda
Foundation, which rescues dogs from all six
Los Angeles shelters and serves the majority of the city.
Several of the foundation's dogs were on hand, making a strong point for adoption.
"We've got everything from small and fluffy to big and magnificent," said president
Teri Austin.
The organization was invited to the premiere by Sony Pictures Classics after director
Lawrence Kasden and his wife, Meg, who co-wrote the movie, expressed an interest in
getting a local animal shelter involved. Austin said Keaton had been a supporter of
the foundation in the past.
"It's not too often such an illustrious cast and a famous director do something with a
local organization," she said.
Furthermore, the movie is based on the three-week adventure of a Los Angeles shelter
dog the Kasdens rescued seven years ago. The mutt, Mac, gave the family quite a scare
several years ago, when he became lost in the Rocky Mountains during an outing. Though
he returned three weeks later, the drama that unfolded created the backdrop for "Darling
In the film, Beth Winter (Keaton) rescues a bloodied stray dog she finds on the side of a
busy freeway. After "Freeway", as it comes to be named, becomes a part of the family,
Winter's husband, Joseph (Kline), loses the dog following their daughter's wedding in
the Rocky Mountains. Adventures and misadventures unfold as the couple, along with
friends and family, begins to search for their beloved "Freeway."
Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz, 5th District, an outspoken advocate
for animal rights, attended the premiere. He praised the film's message, and was pleased
that the story originated from a Los Angeles animal shelter adoption.
"It is amazing to think of how Mac being adopted years ago led to a Sony Pictures
Classics film being made, with such magnificently talented participants involved and
countless people in audiences around the world soon to be entertained and enthralled
— yet that extraordinary sequence of events illuminates what happens every single day in
our city shelters: animals are adopted, and then loved, and the caring relationships that
develop end up transforming lives forever," Koretz said.
Austin said she was pleased to partake in the event, as they raise awareness about
adoption services, leading to an influx of adoptions and shelter visits. It also promotes
the necessity of spay and neuter services, she said.
The Amanda Foundation conducted 6,000 such surgeries last year, Austin said.
Considering the litters that those animals may have birthed, those surgeries likely prevented
20,000 additional animals from roaming the streets or winding up in Los Angeles Animal
Services shelters, which are a part of the largest animal shelter system in the U.S., she
"Our problem is so bad, we have our own department of animal services," Austin
She said the organization, which has operated in Beverly Hills while serving Los
Angeles for more than 30 years, has approximately 100 pets up for adoption on any given
day. Its Spaymobile services areas of the city with the largest stray problems. The Amanda
Foundation operates a pet hospital on site. For more information, call (310)278-2935
or visit www.amandafoundation.org. The organization is located at 351 N. Foothill Rd.
in Beverly Hills.
"Darling Companion" opens in Los Angeles on Friday. It is rated PG-13.


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NFL pulls plug on customized face masks
The NFL has banned custom face masks. unless the customization is for medical reasons. The customizations are not necessarily to look cool but also aids players from face-masking especially up on the line, where the rule tends to be more relaxed same thing for helmet to helmet contact.

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How to Wear a Hat 'Academy'
A list of articles that will give you the confidence to wear and care for your dress hats. Topics include how to buy a hat, how to care for your hats, how to wear hats and style advice for wearing ladies dress hats to the races and polo.
Class Six:
Where To Go In Your Hat
Style advice for hat friendly social occasions like the racetrack and an American polo match.
Celine Robert hat, Zara dress, Pimm's cup
Polo Style advice from Style For Hire Stylist Paula O'Neil
Tips on what to wear to an American Polo match.
Racing Fashion
RacingFashion Tips from Australia, New Zealand and Ireland - What to do and what NOT to do when it comes to having winning fashion at the races.
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The euro fell sharply against the dollar on Monday, hit by a spike in eurozone job losses and fresh concerns the credit crunch could stifle tentative signs of recovery, dealers said.
Britain's Telegraph newspaper at the weekend quoted a top German industry group official as saying that a deepening credit crunch in Germany was threatening to slam the brakes on an economic recovery there.
Meanwhile EU data showed a record 1.2 million people lost their jobs across the 16 euro countries in the first three months of the year.
The figure, up sharply from 526,000 in the last quarter of 2008, marked the biggest jump on record, raising fears about the regional outlook
Dealers said there was little new in a Group of Eight statement over the weekend but noted that statements of support for the dollar by Russia seemed to have also helped the US unit.
In late Monday London trade, the euro fell to 1.3786 dollars from 1.4021 dollars in New York late on Friday.
Against the Japanese currency, the dollar slipped to 97.98 yen from 98.40 yen on Friday.
The eurozone "data and survey evidence point to serious weakness in eurozone labour markets in the second quarter," said IHS Global Insight analyst Howard Archer.
Following the unemployment figures, investors were braced for Germany's ZEW business sentiment survey out Tuesday, which measures the confidence of financial market players.
Investors were also awaiting Tuesday's meeting of the world's top emerging economies -- Brazil, Russia, India and China -- which will likely discuss reducing the dollar's role as the world's reserve currency.
It comes after a meeting of G8 finance ministers at the weekend that ended in disarray because of differences among the world's richest economies over how best to handle the weak banking sector.
"The G8 statement ... contained few surprises," Barclays Capital analysts wrote in a note.
Amid concerns that some countries -- especially China -- could be seeking to reduce the role of the dollar in the international financial system, the analysts said Tuesday's meeting will be closely watched.
"While there is unlikely to be explicit calls for a shift away from the (dollar) ... discussion of trade finance in local currencies and the purchase of IMF bonds could keep the issue in focus," they said.
In late trade in London, the euro was changing hands at 1.3786 dollars against 1.4021 dollars late on Friday, at 135.67 yen (137.89), 0.8470 pounds (0.8515) and 1.5097 Swiss francs (1.5124).
The dollar stood at 97.98 yen (98.40) and 1.0902 Swiss francs (1.0789).
The pound was at 1.6394 dollars (1.6442).
On the London Bullion Market, the price of gold fell to 932.25 dollars an ounce from 937.25 dollars an ounce late on Friday.


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No one knows for sure when Santa will be visiting Siouxland on Christmas Eve, but KTIV managed to catch up with the guy in the red suit making an early visit downtown Saturday.Kids lined up inside the Ho-Chunk Center to have breakfast, get their faces painted and decorate cookies.
Afterwards they got a chance to meet Santa and tell him what was on their Christmas list. Some shared with us what they asked St. Nick to bring them this year."Well, one of my items is a Camaro SS. A puzzle. I always wanted a puppy and some Monster High Dolls. A remote controlled helicopter. A Wii U, that's one of my favorite systems, that I want that so bad. Merry Christmas everyone," some of the kids who were in line said.Proceeds from the event went to the Foodbank of Siouxland.


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My #restweek update & Almond Joy™ Protein Pudding with BSN
I've still been working on my #restweek which took on a different meaning for me as I went into in my previous post. I've been doing good. Still allotting time to get some exercise in, but I've been mostly sticking with yoga and stretching this week. My back is starting to feel a little better.
Besides the yoga, I did get in a Turbo Fire workout I hadn't done before. I believe it was sculpt 30, which is a strength routine utilizing resistance bands. There was a part where Chalene was speaking to someone in class and applaudes her "looking good Amanda!". I totally replied. Out loud. Because it's obviously normal for you to talk to your television when you're working out. Am I the only one that does this?
I got recently to try out BSN Lean Dessert Protein™ in the Chocolate Fudge Pudding flavor. Oh you know me. The first thing when I get a new protein powder is lick finger insert into tub then to mouth. Yep it was tasty. My next thought is usally "what can I make with this?". Well it is called "pudding" – so I whipped up this Almond Joy™ Protein Pudding today. I'm so smart sometimes. Just sayin.
- 1/2 Cup Plain Greek Yougurt
- 2 Tbsp BSN Lean Dessert Protein™ in Chocolate Fudge Pudding
- 1/2 Tbsp. Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa Powder (or 1 Tbsp. unsweetened regular cocoa powder)
- 3 Tbsp. Almond Milk (or coconut milk for a richer taste!)
- 5-6 Drops NuNaturals, Pure Alcohol Free Stevia Drops
- 1/4 Tea. Coconut Extract
- 10-12 Rough chopped raw almonds
- Shredded unsweetened coconut
- Combine all ingredients except the chopped almonds. After it's mixed well, combine chopped almonds and stir again. Refrigerate for a few hours (or eat if you're impatient)
- Top with shredded coconut and some ground almonds if you wish.
You can add more cocoa powder, or another Tbsp. of protein powder and omit the stevia if you want a more chocolatey taste. I thought mine was the perfect since Almond Joys are covered with milk chocolate not dark.
The stats on this protein are 150 Calories for 2 scoop with 21g of protein, 8g carbs, and 2g sugar. You can see the full nutritional stats on the website. It's a good chocolate protein. There's less calories (150 vs 200) in comparison to their popular Syntha 6 protein.
I also received some energy products from BSN so keep an eye out for my thoughts on those coming soon!
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Groom Dances To Justin Bieber's "Baby" For Bride
January 14, 2012 10:00 AM
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Getting married is the statistically the minority option these days for long-term couples which is why it always brings a nostalgic tear to our romance-loving eyes when ultra cute wedding couples, like Emily and Brian, get together.
What makes the whole thing even better is Brian's animated wedding dance floor rendition of [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Justin Bieber[/lastfm]'s "Baby."
just got sent this. congrats Emily and Brian. nice song. nice moves. haha. – youtu.be/sF9XBYHrwtk—
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the Eye in the sky
…ever since the planet Neptune has been in the later degrees of the zodiac, the acceleration of novelty (new/mutant information complexification) and science (interconnected by default) have slowly blowing our changing minds.
In the 70′s, Neptune was in the middle to late degrees of Sagittarius. This is where the constellation Ophiuchus resides; it also the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. It is a place where you remember the Divine truth within your soul.
….people who have planets in these degrees of the zodiac will be heavily influenced by the Sag in those planets or angles. It will make them preachy, or 'enlightened.'
Now, Neptune is in the late degrees of Aquarius bringing on billions of blogs, billions of advancements, and billions of new neurons that are being created between all the Minds on the planet. You see, Neptune relates to the Collective Unconscious mind–it connects all of us. (The Internet…oOo…..Indra's net.) Our advancements have us tumbling into the uncertain future, with caffeinated eyes.
The planet Neptune is also about to move into Pisces–its own sign. This Ingress will begin soon and last until 2012. What can be expected?
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|APC gene hypermethylation and prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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|PMID: 23299921 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher
|Prostate cancer (PCa) is a worldwide disease that affects a large number of males. Although prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening is used, the specificity is limited. This study analyzes the sensitivity and specificity of adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) methylation for PCa detection in body fluids and tissues. Combining search results from PubMed and Embase, 19 studies were included, 5 involving body fluids and 14 involving prostate tissue, with 2344 subjects. In body fluid subgroups, the pooled sensitivity and specificity was 0.53 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.28-0.78) and 0.92 (95% CI: 0.86-0.95), respectively. From tissue studies, the results presented as 0.84 (95% CI: 0.70-0.92) and 0.91 (95% CI: 0.77-0.97). To confirm the results, we conducted a further analysis by removing studies which introduced high heterogeneity due to the type of cases and controls. The same degree of sensitivity and specificity was presented in two subgroups (urine: sensitivity 0.46, 95% CI: 0.39-0.53; specificity 0.87, 95% CI: 0.64-0.96; tissue: sensitivity 0.87, 95% CI: 0.72-0.94; specificity 0.89, 95% CI: 0.68-0.97). In addition, analysis of the interaction between APC methylation and PCa showed strong association in the whole data set (odds ratio (OR)=24.91, 95% CI: 12.86-48.24, I(2)=72.5%). Pooling the same two main subgroups (tissue/fluid) gave a pooled OR of 33.54 (95% CI: 14.88-75.59; I(2)=70.7%) and 8.20 (95% CI: 2.84-23.74, I(2)=64.2%), respectively. From this study, the results suggest that APC promoter methylation may be the potential testing for PCa diagnosis and provide a new viewpoint in the treatment of PCa.European Journal of Human Genetics advance online publication, 9 January 2013; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2012.281.
|Yang Chen; Jie Li; Xiaoxiang Yu; Shuai Li; Xuerong Zhang; Zengnan Mo; Yanling Hu
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I'm so glad that companies take stands on social issues
For example, today on Google's home page they are showing support for gay marriage.
For many other companies, they just try to remain neutral on everything, fearing that they will offend people and potentially lose customers. Just take off your damn kiddie gloves, bitches.


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In the world of sprint cars and midget racing, the name "Gaerte" is recognized as one of the innovators. With a history of building winning motors for such names as Jeff Gordon, Ken Schrader, Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, Steve Kinser and Sammy Swindell, it
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Continuing their support for the online portion of Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar Games has today announced a new "Business" update for the multiplayer title, which is set for release on March 4th for both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
This new update will see the introduction of two new weapons, the heavy pistol and special carbine, but also for the first time three all-new, blazing fast sports cars: the Albany Alpha, Dinka Jester and Grotti Turismo R. Though if the roads aren't your kind of deal, the new update also introduces a new Vestra airplane so you can take to the skies while being chased down.
Dress for success with formal and business casual attire options like new suit jackets, slacks, glasses, heels and blouses, or don new all-business hairstyles and currency themed tattoos. There's also a collection of new masks, perfect for disguising yourself during the next hostile takeover.Rockstar is also reminding players to pickup the Albany Roosevelt limousine, the Gusenberg Sweeper machine gun and all the rest of the exclusive items from the Valentine's Day Massacre Special before March 3rd.Once you purchase them in-game, they're yours to keep - but they will no longer be available to purchase.
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April 2, 2012: At the recent Digital Cream event at Emirates Stadium in London, England, B2B marketers engaged in roundtable discussions about best practice, measurement, ROI, recruitment, business processes, budgeting and more, Econsultancy reports.
A few issues were highlighted at the event, such as the lack of acceptance by senior-level executives of current digital practices, the news source notes in a separate article. Because these people tend to be older and more traditionally-minded, they're more conservative and set in their ways, and thus don't feel they need new technology to succeed. They've been successful in the past with trade magazines, brochures, direct mail and courtesy calls, and don't understand how email or social media platforms can help them.
"There was a feeling that perhaps digital marketing was viewed as something of a poor relation within the marketing mix by those in senior management," one member stated at the integrated search roundtable, as quoted by the news source.
Another challenge that needs to be addressed is the potential conflict that arises between sales and marketing sectors. The customer relationship management (CRM) table discussed how sometimes, marketers felt like they "owned" the data, while sales "owned" leads and customers. This disconnect did not allow companies to work proactively together.


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This product is compatible with ISOFIX.
The Maxi-Cosi 2wayFix can be installed in most cars equipped with the ISOFIX system. There are however some exceptions to this. Please consult the Car Fitting List.
Make sure the support leg is totally folded in (as short as possible). Then, place the support leg to the insde onto the base and extend the support leg subsequently a little (±1 cm). Like this, the support leg will remain in this position.
Once installed, the safety performance is not affected by the batteries; the lights and sound serve only to indicate correct or incorrect installation. When the batteries are low in voltage, this will be indicated by the LED light visually and by a sound warning. You can change the batteries easily from the bottom of the 2wayFix base. On average, the batteries will last for approximately 2 years.
Yes the Maxi-Cosi CabrioFix can also be installed on the 2wayFix base.
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Q&A: Mike Jones
Former welterweight contender Mike Jones spoke to RingTV.com about his ring return against Jaime Herrera on Saturday, his two years away from the sport, his take on the red hot 147-pound division and his future goals.
Former welterweight contender Mike Jones spoke to RingTV.com about his ring return against Jaime Herrera on Saturday, his two years away from the sport, his take on the red hot 147-pound division and his future goals.
In Lem Satterfield's latest notebook, we get the details on WBC lightweight titlist Omar Figueroa possibly moving to the junior welterweight division.
Lem Satterfield's latest notebook details the return of welterweight Mike Jones after a two-year-plus absence from the ring and much more.
Former junior welterweight and welterweight titleholder Randall Bailey ended a 13 month ring absence with Saturday's disqualification victory over Humberto Toledo.
Ruslan Provodnikov's mother traveled from Russia for what is both her first trip to the U.S. and the first time she will be ringside to watch her son as he battles Mike Alvarado on Saturday.
Jesus Soto Karass on his fight with Andre Berto: "The bottom line is that I want to win. Yes, I'm going to give a great performance, like I always do. I'm ready to die in the ring like every Mexican."
Unbeaten welterweight Keith Thurman in advance of his fight with Diego Chaves: "I don't know if there is another fighter out there that's hungrier than me. They've been feeding me, but I'm still starving."
Florida welterweight standouts Andre Berto and Keith Thurman are schedueld to fight in separate bouts on a Showtime-televised card in July. Berto will face veteran gatekeeper Jesus Soto-Karass; Thurman will fight fellow unbeaten puncher Diego Chaves.
Referee Tony Weeks on stopping IBF junior welterweight beltholder Lamont Peterson's triumph over ex-titleholder Kendall Holt in the eighth round: "Some fighters just have too much heart, and we have to save them from themselves."
Referee Tony Weeks will make his East Coast debut with Friday night's Lamont Peterson-Kendall Holt fight at The D.C. Armory in Washington, D.C.
Veteran referee Tony Weeks will work Friday night's title bout between IBF junior welterweight beltholder Lamont Peterson and ex-beltholder Kendall Holt.
Amir Khan eyes the Devon Alexander-Kell Brook winner
Knockout artist Randall Bailey: "I want to fight guys that want to fight and guys that feel the same way that I feel. I don't want to go 12 rounds … I want those Marvin Hagler-Tommy Hearns types of fights."
Former WBC/IBF junior welterweight titleholder Devon Alexander challenges knockout artist and current IBF welterweight beltholder Randall Bailey on Saturday night.
Brooklyn's Paulie Malignaggi is part of a championship legacy that includes Mike Tyson, Riddick Bowe, Michael Moorer, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad and Zab Judah.
IBF welterweight beltholder Randall Bailey will defend his crown against southpaw Devin Alexander on Oct. 20 at The Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Devon Alexander's trainer, Kevin Cunningham, called Randall Bailey's back injury "the lamest s–t I've ever heard."
Randall Bailey on Devon Alexander: "Trust me, I'm going to knock him out."
Birthday knockouts have become a tradition for WBC featherweight beltholder Jhonny Gonzalez, and this Sept. 15 — Gonzalez's 31st birthday — he'll be looking to collect a $100,000 bonus against Daniel Ponce de Leon.
Devon Alexander on Randall Bailey: "I'm a natural southpaw who thinks in the ring, so he's in for a rude awakening."


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"My Husband Is a Tightwad"
His Turn"Sometimes I Think I'm Just a Paycheck to Her"
"So Patricia thinks I'm a tightwad," said Michael, 30, in a clipped tone. "Well, I call it being financially responsible. We're investing for our retirement and our daughter's education, but I'd like us to stash away more of my salary. My wife just wants to spend it.
"Patricia goes overboard on everything. She buys too much food -- and she shops at gourmet stores, not supermarkets. She's extravagant when it comes to clothes for herself and Allyson as well as gifts for friends and family. She owns 75 pairs of shoes; her side of our closet is so packed I don't know how she finds anything. Yes, I flew off the handle after she spent $800 on a crib. And yes, I now insist she turn over all her receipts. I got tired of being unpleasantly surprised every month when the bills rolled in. But I'm hardly the cheapskate she makes me out to be: I collect fine wine and pay top dollar for business suits. Like Patricia, I like having a nicely furnished home. But do we need a designer sofa? Won't a moderately priced one do?
"Sometimes I think I'm just a paycheck to Patricia. When I ask her about bills, she ignores me or gets defensive. So then I yell or make hurtful comments, thinking maybe that will get through to her. It doesn't. Patricia hasn't reduced her spending. Our relationship is in shambles. Our sex life is all but nonexistent.
"My cautious attitude about money is rooted in my childhood. Mom was a housewife who doted on her four kids. Dad was a lawyer who squandered his salary on alcohol. My parents ended up getting divorced when I was 18, and at retirement my father had nothing but Social Security to live on. I do not want to end up like him. I worked part-time at a supermarket in high school to earn money for college because Dad wouldn't pay for it. I put myself through law school with loans I'm still paying off. I find it ironic that I'm now the one accused of being 'cheap.'"


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Precisely..........Marcus and Sloan do not view themselves as 'evil'. They believe they are doing what is necessary to protect the Federation. But how they do that, how that manifests, is by choosing courses of action which seem to run contrary to the outward presentation of Federation values and ideals.
It's covert foreign policy.
And the lessons of foreign policy do not get learned (going back decades, centuries even in some cases) and repeat themselves. This is why Kirk's lesson remains of value. His speech may be relatively simple sounding but the simple lessons are the ones that can be easiest to forget and constantly need to be relearned (in drama as in life...........we all forget and have to be reminded). To regain a measure of focus when it's easy to lose sight of it.
This applies retrospectively. Admirals in Trek seem a generally conniving crowd. They don't seem to learn their lessons at all. Dougherty follows Pressman follows Nechyev follows Jameson follows many others. All of whom chose to take a path contrary to what the Federation is supposed to be about. All their actions cost lives in and outwith Starfleet. Not all of them seemed to pay a price and none of their actions deterred other Admirals from their own machinations.
We don't even know what happened in Starfleet when the likes of Pressman and Dougherty were exposed. In fact.......to what degree were they even exposed?
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The golfer discusses winning the British Open, Twitter, and the Bible.
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April 1, 2010
Steve Fennessy
This month Stewart Cink returns to Augusta National Golf Club to play in his thirteenth Masters. At thirty-six, Cink has matured into one of the most consistent performers on the PGA Tour. The Georgia Tech alum boasts career winnings approaching $30 million, but it wasn't until last year's victory over Tom Watson at the British Open at Turnberry, in which Cink squashed Watson in a four-hole playoff, that the Duluth resident won his first major. As Cink himself admits, it was the major he figured he was least likely to win. But with the help of a retooled short game and a focus on routine and not outcome, he not only won, but he also deprived the fifty-nine-year-old Watson (and the media) of what was shaping up to be the greatest sports story of all time. In February, Cink talked with
Steve Fennessy
about how he won the British Open when he was sick, his love of Twitter, and the Bible study group that helps keep him grounded during the long months on the road.
Talk about the first time you saw Augusta National in person.
When I was in college we used to play there every year at Georgia Tech. We had decent connections who would host us. The first time I stepped foot on it was to play it. It was around January or February. We drove over there in the morning. It was the most exciting day—up until then—of my life. The weather was kind of rainy. Everyone was a little nervous. We got there and the weather cleared out. But when we got to the eleventh green, we started hearing little claps of thunder. By the time we got to the twelfth tee, the bottom had fallen out and it was an all-out thunderstorm. As it was a tradition for the older fellas, as soon as it started to rain, they said, "Let's call it a day." So all we could do was look down the twelfth fairway. I never got to play Amen Corner.
How were you playing up until then?
I don't remember. I was in awe of the place. I was surprised how hilly it was, and how much undulation there was on the putting surfaces and off the edges.
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You drive the ball 290 yards on average and hit 77 percent greens in regulation. It seems Augusta should have been your first major, where those kinds of numbers are rewarded.
I've always thought the British Open would be the last major I would win, not the first one. It's not in my style. Conditions can range from like a nor'easter to pretty nice. The Masters—you'd think it would fit into my type of game better. But it hasn't really done that. I think the reason is I haven't been pleased with my short game for a while. To win at Augusta, you really need to be on top of your short game. So I've worked hard on it. About a year ago, I changed my whole approach. It paid off right away. I'm trying to get better. If you look at the best players, Tiger (Woods) and Phil (Mickelson), they have that dramatic type of short game. That's what I'm working for.
When you went to bed on the Saturday night before the final round at Turnberry, you were three shots back. What did you fall asleep thinking about?
The strange thing was how peaceful I was the whole week. I'm a guy that gets nervous. I get nervous before a tournament starts, I get nervous when I'm in contention. But for some reason that week, I wasn't. Lisa [Cink's wife] and the boys [sons Connor and Reagan] were with me. I was just having a good time over there. I was enjoying myself. I was just content. I was also under the weather. After the first round, I had the chills. I had achy joints. They put me on some antibiotics. But every day I would get up and I would feel like crap. But I had adrenaline, and I'd feel fine during the round. So I would just play golf and go back to bed. After Wednesday [of tournament week], I didn't practice one time, except for my normal thirty- to forty-minute warm-up. Not once. I think it lowered my expectations. So when I went to bed that Saturday, I was just calm with everything.
After your win, you went on David Letterman and read off the "Top Ten Surprising Facts about Stewart Cink." The number one fact: "Even I was rooting for Tom Watson." Obviously it's a joke, but what was it like facing off against someone you watched play when you were growing up?
I'd played with him over the years, so we know each other a little bit. But when you're in the battle at the moment, you don't think about it. I was aware of the big story, but I had a job to do myself, and that preoccupied my thoughts.
So how did winning change things for you?
I had a lot more media requests, which was fine. It really hasn't changed my life. Or, I guess I could say I've settled back into the same thing I always was. My priorities are not moveable. They're where I want them to be. I have my faith and my family, and my career's down there somewhere. I feel if I had been a new kind of player coming on the scene it would have changed things.
Where do you keep the Claret Jug (the trophy awarded to the British Open winner)?
It's just around the house. Sometimes it stays in the closet, sometimes it's on the bureau. It's spent some time in my trunk. You get it for the year.
Don't they ever worry it'll get lost?
I'm sure it's been lost or misplaced. Tom told me about taking it on a fishing trip and it got damaged.
We're still a few months away from the Ryder Cup, but you're ranked fourth right now in the standings. How different is it playing for a team as opposed to just for yourself?
It's different because you've got a lot of other guys to lean on for support, but really the difference is playing for the flag. It's such an honor to play for the country. When the gun goes off, there's no place like that in golf. It still gives chills in my spine when I think about the first tee at Valhalla or my first Ryder Cup at the Belfry. It's mayhem at the first tee.
Leading up to the British Open, you started working with a sports psychologist, Morris Pickens, who works out of Sea Island, Georgia. How did that change how you think?
It's not how you think. Sports psychologists are about how you approach different shots. On the course it's easy to get lackadaisical and let your commitment wane. You have to stay on top of everything or you're going to throw one or two shots away, and one or two shots can mean everything. The way to be most effective with your shots and your putts is to be committed to what you're trying to do, to be prepared—which is where practice comes in—but not get too much into results. If you try to force a ball to go into the hole from twenty feet, you're not going to have a good success rate. So you need a preshot routine. You're thinking about what you're doing, you're not thinking about where the ball's going. Even though as a machine the brain is a great thing, you can only think of one thing at a time cognitively. So if you're focusing on your preshot routine, you're not thinking about results. Watch a good free throw shooter and you'll see the routine is the same every time. A free throw is about as close as you can get to a golf shot. Same as a tennis serve or a baseball pitch. A preshot routine settles your nerves. That's what I worked on with Morris, and it got to where I could rely on it. The British Open was the first big test. It was unbelievable how calm I felt.
I saw from your
Twitter feed
that you attend the Tour's Bible study group on Wednesday nights. Can you talk about that?
I spend over half my year out traveling. I go to church here in Duluth, but if I go to church twelve times a year I'm doing pretty good. We have four or five players, but in Los Angeles a few weeks ago we had fifty people there. It's not just players. We have caddies, spouses, TV people. It's open to anybody. It helps us keep that balance. If you're alone out there it's hard to keep up with studying and your worship. Being around other people helps me grow. I'm so thankful for that because it keeps me grounded.
Tiger Woods's case does bring up family issues. You and Lisa got married in college and had your first child while you were still at Georgia Tech. Your family is still together. Is it tough when your work keeps you on the road so many days?
My kids are sixteen and twelve. They don't travel that much anymore. They're fully entrenched. What's hardest now is on the marriage. When I'm gone, my wife is a single parent. I can pick up the phone and talk, but I can't take the dogs for a walk or drop the kids off at the dentist's office. It's tough on the marriage. But we just make it work. We've been blessed. We got married when we were twenty. That was some really tough times early on. We didn't have a penny. We relied on our parents. They didn't have anything either, and it pretty much drained them. We just got through it. We just scratched what we could out of it, and that laid a great foundation.
What is it with you and Twitter? As of today you have 1,225,825 followers.
I wish I could explain it. It's been phenomenal to see that thing grow. I started a year ago. Someone sent me a message last week in Tucson congratulating me on my one-year anniversary. I was one of the first [golfers] to start. I just try to be honest and respect all my followers. They don't care how far I hit my eight-iron. They can find that anywhere. But they can't always get a picture from inside the locker room. Or what the course looks like early in the morning. They can't see that otherwise. I consider myself sort of a roving observationist in this world. The things I see around that entertain me I put out there, and that entertains them.
What comes across after reading your tweets is that golf is important to you, but it's not everything. You talk just as much about skiing and about hockey and movies. I think the impression people have about pro golfers is that it's all golf all the time. You seem to have struck a balance.
That's important to me. I love to play golf and practice golf. But I also get tired of it. I saw myself going down that road in the mid-nineties when I got out of college. I was pretty much all golf, getting my career started. But I remember talking to my wife about how I didn't want to be a one-track person. I want to do other things. I want to make sure I have a getaway, a way to set golf aside. Back in 1998 we bought a lake house in Alabama. I grew up in an area there where a lot of people had lake houses but we didn't. So the green seemed greener.
Because it was.
Yeah, it was. So that became my escape. Now we still have a lake house, but it's in South Carolina. That was sort of my escape. I try to balance everything. I'm diligent about practicing golf when the weather cooperates, but you have to strike that balance.
You're a big Thrashers fan. So how bad is it that they lost Ilya Kovalchuk?
I don't think there's a good way to paint that picture. He's one of the top six players in the league. He's explosive, he's fast, he's physical. It's tough to lose a guy like that. But [new Thrasher] Niclas Bergfors is going to be a special player in the league. It's going to be an interesting transition. I hope the fanbase has the patience to stick around, even though they're fickle already.
You love hockey and snow skiing, yet you grew up in Alabama. How did that all come about?
I had a best friend who went skiing all the time, and he'd come back with a trail map. His parents' basement was full of trail maps. My dad is from Colorado, so I had it in my blood anyway. I used to stare at the trail maps, but we never could afford to go skiing. Then an old manager told me that Beaver Creek [Ski Resort in Colorado] is a nice place to ski, so I said, "OK, twist my arm."
You've got like twelve pairs of skis. You must be pretty good.
Don't let that fool you. You can also buy five sets of golf clubs and not be any good. The kids are really good. Lisa and I are getting there. We're no Ted Ligety.
You live in Duluth near TPC Sugarloaf. But you're also a member at East Lake, Berkeley Hills, and River Club in Suwanee. Which do you consider your home course?
I would say East Lake, even though I don't play there as often. It's my home course, because of the Georgia Tech connection. They were also the first to give me an honorary membership. They took a chance on me before I even won one dollar. It's the crown jewel of Atlanta golf.
What is the best single golf hole in metro Atlanta?
Number nine at East Lake. It's my favorite par 5. It's got everything. It's a difficult hole but can reward you with birdies or eagle. It's got a great backdrop with the beautiful clubhouse. It's elevated with a great view of the lake. Yeah, the city of Atlanta is a great place to live for a golfer.
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Welcome, guest, to a game guide for one of my favourite games on Neopets: Ice Cream Machine (Hey! It rhymes, Neo are poets, and they do not, do not even know it!)
Before we go on with the guide, let's start with introductions. My name is Mike and my username is sheepmad4eva -shameful plug to userlookup-, there is nothing more that I like than spending hours playing Neopets games. It's brilliant fun, and very rewarding in the neopoints stakes.
Just a little note before I begin, this guide is simply a place which contains tips and techniques to maximise your performance in Neopets' Ice Cream Machine. This guide is not here to help you to cheat, or do anything wrong that may be frowned upon in Neopia.
Ice Cream Machine is a wonderfully simple game that doesn't take much to play. It is based entirely on how good you can control your mouse, a little bit of skill and a tiny amount of luck.
It follows Adee the Chia who has eaten far too much ice cream. For breakfast, dinner and tea apparently! Unfortunately, she's started having strange dreams about ice cream. This one happens to be set in a giant Ice Cream Machine! It's rather ironic, because after you play the game excessively, you may have the same sort of dreams.
The instructions according to Neopets are:
So, to put it simply, you just have to dodge the ice cream scoops that are being blasted at you!
There are 13 rounds to the game, and each level has a different colour and flavour of ice cream. The scoops are as follows:
V/C/C=Vanilla Chocolate Chip
S/V/C=Strawberry, Chocolate and Vanilla
There are also the delicious strawberry, chocolate and caramel covered scoops:
NOTE: Do NOT eat these ice cream scoops. These have to go off the top of the screen in order for you to receive the points. Each of these scoops is worth x2 the amount of points of a regular scoop.
Finally, the game contains SPECIAL scoops which you are allowed to digest, but not all of them do wonderful things.
Okay, so we've gotten the basics out of the way. There is just one thing to do before you go onto play the game. GO AND DO YOUR THINGS. Go let your hamster out of his cage, or wash the dishes, or anything that may interfere with your game. I had the wonderful luck of playing with TEN lives on Double Chocolate and then the phone rang and I had to leave the game. So unplug that phone and let's get going!
There are several things you can do that will improve your game. Here is a bulleted list on what you should do to improve. (Note: All of these will come with practise, and will not guarantee you the top scores)
There is also the code that TNT have implemented into the game. If you type in strawberryvanillachocolate into one of the level screens, it will give you an extra life. I tend to do this later in the game, but it's fine if you want to do it at the beginning.
There is also the apparent Orange T-Shirt Guy. I'm not going to go into great depth, because I haven't experienced the wonderful Orange T-Shirt Guy scoop yet. But, when on the level-up screen, wait a couple of minutes and Adee will be replaced with the Orange T-Shirt Guy. This is said to bring lots of luck, and may earn you an extra 1,000np. I'm not so sure, as I'm yet to see this scoop, but I do know it exists. Although, I'm not entirely sure whether it will appear if you didn't wait for the Orange T-Shirt Guy to appear. Still, until I experience it... I cannot comment.
If you have anymore tips or techniques for Ice Cream Machine, feel free to Neomail me at sheepmad4eva.
So you want step-by-step guides for each individual level? Well, it'll take up a lot of space, but I'm prepared to do it. Besides, I've seen longer petpages! Plus, you want the help right, or you wouldn't be here!
Scoop flavour: Strawberry
Scoop colour: Pink
Number of scoops to dodge: 25
Difficulty: Easy peasy, pudding and pie, kissed the girls and made them cry!
Comments: The easiest level. Go for the green plus scoops to speed up, because let's face it, the scoops are coming at you slow. Don't bother with shields, small Adees, or anything like that. The only special scoops you should go for are cherry, fish and extra life! Oh, and make sure you don't lose any lives please.
Scoop flavour: Vanilla
Scoop colour: Creamy yellow
Number of scoops to dodge: 50
Difficulty: Simple!
Comments: Okay, so this is another easy level! Just keep out of the way of the scoops and you'll be fine. Treat this as a second go at level one! Get the fish, cherry and extra lives. Don't bother with the other kinds, unless it's a speed up scoop. You can get that one.
Scoop flavour: Chocolate
Scoop colour: Brown
Number of scoops to dodge: 75
Difficulty: Getting harder, but you should still be able to do it.
Comments: This level is still very easy, albeit a few more scoops. If you want, you can now go for the minus speed scoops. Still go for the bonuses, they'll give you more points! Get used to making good moves, because you'll need to use them in later rounds.
Scoop flavour: Mint
Scoop colour: Mint green
Number of scoops to dodge: 100
Difficulty: Not that hard, but you have to be careful
Comments: Be careful with this round, you can think you're doing good so far, but boom... you've lost a life! Start taking the game seriously from this round, because it can catch you out, especially if you're playing for the first time.
Scoop flavour: Blueberry
Scoop colour: Blue
Number of scoops to dodge: 125
Difficulty: Again, reasonably intermediate, but you should have no problems.
Comments: This is one of my favourite rounds, next to peach. I dunno, it's just a pretty colour. This level, in my opinion, is easier than Mint. Mainly because you're used to the speeds of Mint, and so you play this level. It isn't hugely difficult. You still don't want to have dropped a life by this point. This is still a level that if you lose a life, you quit... unless you have lots of lives acquired from the extra life scoops.
Scoop flavour: Vanilla Chocolate Chip
Scoop colour: Creamy yellow with brown spots
Number of scoops to dodge: 150
Difficulty: This is a toughie, it took me a while to get past this level.
Comments: If you haven't played before, you might get stuck on this level for a while. The key is perseverance. You'll most likely lose a life on this round if you're not used to it. It's okay, you can still go on, but be confident! Eventually, you'll get the hang of it, and be able to get through this level without losing a life.
Scoop flavour: Strawberry, Vanilla and Chocolate
Scoop colour: Classic Italian Neapolitan - Pink, Creamy Yellow and Brown!
Number of scoops to dodge: 175
Difficulty: Tricky
Comments: This level still catches me out now and again. Again, if you're playing first time, keep practising, you'll get past it, and eventually will get the hang of it. Hopefully, you'll have went through the game without losing a life, or you may have lost only one or two. That's good, and keep trying!
Scoop flavour: Peach
Scoop colour: Orange
Number of scoops to dodge: 200
Difficulty: Very tough
Comments: This is the last round where I expect you to keep all your lives. It's great if you do, and I've done it a few times before. By this round, I'm praying for purple Adees to crop up, if you can get two or three down-sizing scoops, you'll make it out of this level unscarred. That goes for all future levels. By this point, if the bonuses are out of reach, don't get them. If they're a tricky move away, give them a go. But don't risk anything you don't think you can do. Just leave them and go on.
Scoop flavour: Vanilla Chocolate Swirl
Scoop colour: Brown with creamy yellow swirls running throughout
Number of scoops to dodge: 225
Difficulty: VERY HARD! But you'll do fine.. I'm sure!
Comments: This is always where I have a break, a bit of a pit-stop, and use the strawberryvanillachocolate game code. It'll give you an extra life, because sometimes I can slip up on this level and lose a few lives. You're doing brilliantly if you can get this far! Just remember to keep looking at Adee!
Scoop flavour: Double Chocolate
Scoop colour: Brown with dark brown spots
Number of scoops to dodge: 250
Difficulty: To quote Velma, "YIKES!
Comments: Ah, the dreaded Double Chocolate Level. I'm totally rubbish at this one. I think it's even harder than Tigersquash. All I can say, is get the size-reducing scoop, and as many bonuses and lives that are within reach, and go for it. Keep on practising. It'll come eventually, I'm even starting to make my way past it!
Scoop flavour: Tigersquash
Scoop colour: Purple with the typical Neopets Orange zigzagging throughout
Number of scoops to dodge: 275(!)
Difficulty: Giving that it's the 3rd to last level: Very, very hard indeed.
Comments: Keep composure. Be confident. Let loose. Hopefully you'll have salvaged as many lives as possible from the dreaded Double Chocolate round. Just stay calm, and try and practise as much as you possibly can. I know I've said it before, but it's important to play lots of games. Hopefully the tips will help.
Scoop flavour: Rainbowberry
Scoop colour: RAINBOW (Red, Yellow, Orange, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet)
Number of scoops to dodge: 300 (!!)
Difficulty: Intense!!!
Comments: Having only reached this level a handful of times, I can say that it's very hard to do. The scoops are flying thick and fast. Just try your best. I don't have many things to say about the later levels except that they're hard and practise makes perfect. Remember to keep looking at Adee and not the scoops coming out!
Scoop flavour: Garlicy Bratwurst
Scoop colour: Blood red
Number of scoops to dodge: A whopping 325
Difficulty: Intense, but not as difficult as Rainbowberry
Comments: I've only ever gotten onto Garlicy Bratwurst once (which happened to be the time I got the avatar) and it was very tricky. Although, personally, I didn't think it was hard as Rainbowberry. Still, it's very tough but if you've got at least three lives, you should be able to get past this no bother. Good luck!
Remember to stay absolutely calm, and collected whilst playing. I, myself, got the avatar after perseverance, patience and practise. My current top score is 15,540 but you only need 14,500+ by the end of the game, to get the avatar:
Plus, look at the wonderful trophies you can win:
Good Luck, and get playing!!
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The Cats return 13 starters from last year's 6 - 4 team, and feel bigger size and increased strength will help them compete with the likes of Muleshoe, Brownfield, and Lubbock Cooper, not to mention the rest of the 2-3A field. It seems there's been an attitude adjustment in Littlefield that should come into play this season as well.
"We all get along pretty good. Last year, we didn't get along, and we all messed around. This year, we're not jacking around. The seniors are taking it pretty seriously since it's their last year," says Wildcat quarterback Eric Mendez.
Littlefield DE Clayton Swan agrees. "We didn't work very hard last year. We kind of lollygaged around in practices, but this year's different," says Swan.
"We're talking a lot more serious. We've got a lot more senior leadership. We're just trying to win a district championship. It's been six years," adds Wildcat DB Jonathan Peel.
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The past year has seen an unprecedented number of new American operas, including A Streetcar Named Desire at San Francisco Opera [ED January 99], Central Park, co-produced by Glimmerglass and New York City Opera, and The Great Gatsby, which premiered last month at New York's Metropolitan Opera. Of them all, perhaps the most attention was paid to A View From the Bridge, produced in October by Lyric Opera of Chicago. Featuring a score by William Bolcom and a libretto by Arnold Weinstein and Arthur Miller, from Miller's 1955 play, A View From the Bridge faced high expectations from audiences and critics alike.
It's not unusual for a new opera to open to great fanfare, then make a nosedive into deep obscurity. Fortunately, things look better for A View >From the Bridge, which opened to tumultuous applause and critical approval. One reason for this, perhaps, lies in the source material; with its dark family secrets, tragic betrayals, and a protagonist who self-destructs in public, Miller's play always felt like an opera. (Michael Mayer's recent Broadway staging, with its imaginative use of supernumeraries, further emphasized the resemblance). Indeed, Bolcom's opera follows the original play very closely. The stripped-for-action libretto clocks in at a whirlwind two-and-a-half hours. There is no wasted movement, no pauses for gratuitously beautiful music or star-stroking arias.
Set in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn in the 1950s, A View From the Bridge follows the tragic case of Eddie Carbone, a dock worker who lives, apparently happily, with his wife Bea, and Bea's 17-year-old niece, Catherine. Their life together is permanently disrupted when Eddie agrees to take in Bea's two cousins, Marco and Rodolpho, a pair of illegal immigrants, driven from the poverty of postwar Italy to seek their fortunes on the Brooklyn waterfront. Marco is desperate to raise money for his wife and children, one of whom is seriously ill; the handsome and naive Rodolpho wants to strike it rich in America.
It's not long before Catherine and Rodolpho fall in love, much to the horror of Eddie, who harbors a deep, unspoken passion for his niece. This tense situation gradually becomes more and more untenable as Eddie loses his grip on Catherine, his torment climaxing in a shocking betrayal that forever destroys his family and leads to his death.
With or without music, A View From the Bridge is a complex treatment of a melodramatic subject. It is a 20th-century drama that deliberately evokes the structure of Greek tragedy--the character of Alfieri, the lawyer, acts essentially as chorus leader, commenting on the action. It is a deeply personal story, about one man's psychosexual obsessions, whose actions also have a devastating impact on the larger community. For these reasons, A View From the Bridge demands both a clear-eyed director and a strong design statement.
Which is exactly what the Lyric Opera of Chicago production has. Director Frank Galati has pulled together two of his colleagues from Ragtime, Santo Loquasto (scenery and costumes) and Wendall K. Harrington (projections), along with Lyric Opera's resident lighting designer Duane Schuler; this team has created a remarkably unified look that is not only starkly beautiful but which also gives the opera's action a cinematic ease of movement.
Loquasto and Harrington are, in their individual ways, uniquely equipped to evoke the world of Red Hook onstage. Loquasto has patrolled the streets of New York for many years, seeking out locations as the production designer on more than a dozen Woody Allen pictures, not to mention such New York-set films as Desperately Seeking Susan; Bright Lights, Big City; and Big. Speaking of Miller's characters, Harrington, who is of Italian ancestry, says, "These are my people. I grew up in Queens, but my grandmother settled in Red Hook, and much of my family still remains on President Street. I understood the politics of the neighborhood, how everybody there knows everything."
Loquasto's design features interior and exterior locations in a tightly packed unit that strongly evokes the industrial, utilitarian look of waterfront Brooklyn. Located stage right is the Carbone apartment and Catherine's bedroom. Located rear stage right is a section of the Brooklyn Bridge, where the chorus is often seen, staring down at Eddie in judgment. Further downstage right is another bridge-style balcony, where Alfieri appears to comment on the action. The entire set is black, angular, defined by rough textures, including brickwork on the bridge and a deck made to resemble cobblestone. Loquasto is sparing with natural details, but each one counts: A statue of the Blessed Virgin, placed prominently on a pillar in the apartment, serves as a reminder of the Italian-Catholic attitudes that have shaped Eddie's ideas about women. A carefully placed pay phone is barely noticeable until Eddie makes his fateful call to the Immigration police.
John David Peters, head of the San Diego Opera Scene Shop, notes that the cobblestone deck is fiberglass sheeting, which was purchased from Warner Bros.Studio Facilities. "They use this stuff on location all the time," he adds. "Everything Santo resourced was spot-on, including the vacuform brick and the light fixtures. He's so detail-oriented. You should see the model--it's gorgeous. It was as strong or stronger than the actual scenery." (This sense of detail included the right pipe fittings for the set's bridge unit. Peters and his crew searched for the correct fittings; when the fittings arrived, they were covered in chrome, which would never do on Loquasto's black set. Having made a substantial investment in the items, Peters sent them to a nearby metal shop, where the chrome was removed via an acid bath.)
Behind the set are two rear-projection screens, each approximately 35' x 35', on which Harrington unleashes a stately cascade of haunting, black-and-white imagery, evoking Brooklyn, its tenements, the waterfront, the Brooklyn Bridge. When, in the prologue, the chorus sings of the community's roots in Sicily, the screens feature a stunning view of the Amalfi coast. Later, Rodolpho sings an aria about his dream of "the New York lights," which climaxes in a gorgeous panorama of Manhattan after dark. When Eddie, in a fit of rage, kisses Rodolpho on the mouth, in a misguided attempt to expose him as a homosexual, the projected image of a Brooklyn tenement, suddenly turns into a negative, as if to show that Eddie has crossed a line into territory from which he may not return.
Loquasto says that his decision to use projections in the design came "instantly." He adds, "There are two issues: One is to maintain the intimacy of the play, the other is to fill the space with a visual dynamic that is as fluid as possible since the set is static. Also, there are so many images one has of that period--the late 40s and 50s--including the film On the Waterfront and the neorealist Italian films, all of which was in the research that I put together. The use of projections seemed the most natural direction to take."
Harrington says she and her associate designer, Chelsea Pennebaker, spent time in Red Hook, taking in the local atmosphere, then "I went and took a bath in all these pictures." She's referring to the hundreds of images pulled from her usual sources, which includes the Library of Congress and various newspaper archives. Many of them were then manipulated using Adobe Photoshop. (One building exterior was photographed from the vantage point of Harrington's East Village kitchen.) Many of the images are sharply angled--brownstones and bridges that often loom menacingly over the characters--a decision that works well with the jagged contours of Loquasto's scenery. (Another screen, made of scrim wrapped about a metal tube structure and placed at a tilt above the Carbone apartment, is also used occasionally. When Eddie turns to Alfieri for advice, the lawyer's office door is projected there. For this screen, the 4k Pani projector is located up in the flies; the image is bounced off a mirror and onto the back of the scrim).
At this point, the designers began to cope with the challenge of working on an unproduced opera. Harrington worked out her storyboards armed with only a tape of the piano score, which reduced the complex music to a bowl of audio mush. "It was so horrible to listen to," says the designer, who adds she loves the finished musical product. "I got this tinny, bad tape of music that you positively don't want to hear, and I had to determine what was going to happen moment to moment in this opera."
The next challenge was the summer tech, a technical run-through which, amazingly, took place before the opera was staged. According to Peters, who has built many productions for the Lyric Opera, "The summer tech is specific to Chicago and other companies, like San Francisco Opera and the Met. They perform in rep, so once they get into the season, they don't have time to do a lot of production work. They start loading into the theatre in June, putting up the rep lighting. Then they take the last show they'll perform in rep, put it in the theatre, assemble it completely, bring in the director and designers, and spend about a week doing all of the lighting and establishing the looks. At the end of the week, they load that show out, then bring the next to last show in. They work backwards through the whole season so, by September, they have the season's first show onstage." At that point, rehearsals with the actors begin.
Loquasto notes that the summer tech for View was particularly challenging because of the projections. "It was very difficult," he says, "because Wendall was designing the transitions and we were not certain of the counts or what the impact would be, vocally or musically. [At this point, the team was still working with that piano score.] But," he adds, "we went at it anyway." The summer tech revealed what changes needed to be made, both to the projections and to RP screens. Typically, Harrington covers them with bobbinette to cut down on bounce light; for this production, an extra layer of scrim was added as well. The designer used four in-house Pani projectors with PIGI scrollers for the RP screens supplied by Production Arts.
After the summer tech, Loquasto turned his full attention to the production's costumes, which consisted almost entirely of period working-class wear (along with a single handsome suit for Alfieri. Although the opera's time frame is the 1950s, the designer says, "I kept the community more in the late 1940s," noting that Brooklyn laborers don't wear the latest fashions. Also, he says, "Even today, when you visit communities like that, with a strong European centrality to them, the women still wear similar housedresses. Even though they're not exactly like the 1940s, they still have very simple lines. I showed Catherine Malfitano [who plays Bea] pictures of Anna Magnani and Sophia Loren--I wanted the look of a real Italian woman of a certain age, in a tight housedress, with a real sexuality and vitality, even though she's not a kid." The principal characters had a touch of color in their clothing, "which not only gave them some warmth and also allowed them to emerge from the chorus, which is very dark." The chorus is mostly dressed in outerwear--the action takes place in fall and winter--much of which is actual vintage clothing. ("Outerwear holds up," adds the designer).
Costumes for the production were built in a variety of shops. Catherine Malfitano's dresses were constructed by Euro Co in New York. The costumes for Juliana Rambaldi and Isabel Bayrakdarian, who alternated as Catherine, were built by DLCC, also in New York. The principal men's costumes were built by Malabar Limited, in Toronto, and the chorus women's outfits were built by Carelli Costumes, Inc., in New York. Costumes for Kim Josephson, who played Eddie, and Dale Travis, who played one of Eddie's chums, as well as the entire chorus and understudies, were coordinated by the Lyric Opera of Chicago costume department (Hugh Pruett is the costume director).
For his part, Stan Dufford, the Lyric Opera's wigmaster and makeup designer, says, "We used very little makeup. It's not theatrical in the usual sense, like if we were doing Turandot." The hair work on the production was relatively minor, as well. Timothy Nolen, who plays Alfieri, has long hair, which was disguised with a wig; Gregory Turay, who plays Rodolpho, had his hair lightened (the character's blonde hair is a key plot point). There are also some wigs on members of the chorus.
Other key personnel on the project included associate set designer Emily Beck, associate costume designer Mitchell Bloom, projection programmer Paul Vershbow, projection coordinator Michael Clark, and rights and reproduction coordinator Pamela Steuedemann. Drew Landmesser is the company's technical director.
All the designers speak happily about the project. "It was a great collaboration," says Loquasto, "with Frank and Duane and Wendall and myself. The give and take was very open and reasonably without neurosis"--he adds, laughing, "I'm speaking for myself, of course!" Harrington says, "This is the kind of project that makes me say, okay, this is the standard to which all other projects are held." DB
The monochromatic environment created by Loquasto's unit set and the black-and-white imagery of Harrington's projections provided an interesting, yet challenging, canvas for lighting designer Duane Schuler to work with. "The set is shiny, yet heavily textured so the light doesn't bounce around too much," says Schuler, resident lighting designer at the Chicago Lyric Opera.
"Design-wise, the play serves as the reference. It takes place in a real time, in a real place that has been abstracted for the stage," says Schuler who discovered that Loquasto's abstract of Brooklyn, with its large projection screens, precluded using most of the usual repertory plot hung in the house. "The screens blocked the standard pipes," explains Schuler, who added lights in every possible nook and cranny to compensate for an opera that has very few cues scenically but a great number of lighting cues, yet not much color.
"We added some specials overhead and re-focused the front-of-house positions to be able to pull in tightly on certain areas of the stage," he notes. An example of this is when the Sicilian cousins walk down the ramp off of the ship onto the dock, and the lighting follows them closely.
The overall design of the set left space for just one lighting boom position stage right. This holds 26 ETC Source Four ellipsoidals, both 19-degree and 26-degree units gelled with Lee 201, 203, 204, and 205. Stage left, where there is more room, Schuler was able to squeeze in four additional boom positions. Each boom has eight instruments, a combination of 19-degree and 10-degree Source Four ellipsoidals and standard PAR-64s with Wybron Forerunner scrollers. "The PARs are focused on the floor to change the color of the shiny faux brick surface," Schuler explains. "I wanted to give the floor a variety of colors that change with the exterior locations."
The use of four 2.5k Altman fresnels with Wybron scrollers, hung overhead on the third, fourth, and fifth electrics, provides strong backlight. The fresnel hung on the fifth electric adds diagonal light into the apartment interior, while the others are used for the various multiple-level exteriors.
"The scrollers provided options," says Schuler, who defined his Brooklyn nights with cool shades of blue and green. His use of linear breakup patterns helped texture the light and boost the levels without a flat look. "I needed to keep the ambient light levels low and the focus very specific to work well with the projections," Schuler says. "Yet I wanted to add an edge and keep it from getting gloomy."
Various specials are used to help pick performers out of the dark environment. For example, the lawyer Alfieri is lit with two 10-degree Source Four ellipsoidals as he stands on a downstage left catwalk. Schuler also used 10-degree Source Fours as followspots with a close, controlled beam. Additional 10-degree Source Fours serve as specials within the apartment itself to frame the easy chair that is Eddie's favorite spot.
At the center of the interior is a large column that helps support the large angled screen behind the apartment. The lower part of the column serves as a focal point in the apartment, with practicals providing a steady glow on a statue of the Virgin Mary. In addition, six 3" Arri fresnels are built into the set behind the column to provide light in the upper corners.
To light large warehouse doors on rollers, Schuler used a pair of Strand 2k fresnels, one angled and one shining straight through, as a powerful backlight tinted with Lee 201. This provides dramatic moments with the singers caught standing in silhouette against the dark background. At other moments, the chorus is also caught in silhouette as they begin to sing.
Practicals include a series of street lights on poles on the bridge above the warehouse arches, and hanging downlights with PAR-38 lamps. On occasion, these street lights look as if they are actually part of the scenes projected behind them, in this seamless juxtaposition of two- and three-dimensional imagery. "At the top of the show, there is an industrial projection upstage and a scrim downstage. One of the warehouse pole lights is centered perfectly on the image and you don't even realize it's there," says Schuler.
At the end of the opera, the hot white light of a low-voltage Pani beam projector serves as a death special, giving an almost religious glow to the tableau of a grieving family. "The final cue is an eight-second fade to black, but the low-voltage filament takes a full 10 seconds to go out. This gives a two-second delay on Eddie and Catherine," Schuler explains. "This is a great look due to the long fade time on the low-voltage lamp, which is a beautiful source with an exquisite beam."
Schuler's lighting recalls the chiaroscuro technique of classical painting. "Some exterior scenes are quite bright actually, but it is a very black world," he says. "The people are etched out of the dark. I wanted to make sure you could see their faces and hear their words. The story and the words are very important in this opera. Their faces also stay very clear so you can see their major emotional shifts. This was crucial."
With such a powerful libretto, Schuler was aware that the story must be the primary objective. "It had to be visually believable," he says. "The lighting needed to stay fluid and make the dramatic moments work on a unit set. It also needed enough variety during the exterior scenes to keep it interesting."


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A talk on "Using the Framework of Human Energy Fields and Energy Work to Prevent Child Abuse," featuring Geoffrey Leigh of the University of Nevada and Dottie Graham, founder and director of the Virginia Center for Healing Touch, will be from 7:30-9 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, in room 224 of Kaufman Hall.
The talk is sponsored by the group In Support of Children.
The framework of human energy fields has been the subject of intense interest among medical and social science researchers particularly in the implications for health. The talk promotes examination the implications of this research and clinical work for preventing child abuse and for keeping children safe.
Geoffrey Leigh, co-author of the book "Adolescents in Families," is the author of numerous articles and chapters on families, sexuality and energy fields. Graham, a licensed health care professional for more than 40 years, is a registered nurse, a certified hypnotherapist and an ordained minister.
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White Chocolate Bark
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Chocolate bark is fast & simple to make at home and can be customized with a variety of toppings. Pick your favorite chocolate — milk, semi-sweet, bittersweet, and even white . . . Dress it up with dried fruits, nuts, or other toppings such as pretzels, crumbled cookies, mints, cereals, or even sprinkles. This festive treat will wow your guests and would also make a great hostess gift!
This recipe for White Chocolate Bark combines dried fruits and nuts to make an elegant treat. It is not only colorful, but also delicious. The white chocolate is taken to new heights with these additional flavors and textures. The salty pistachio adds some crunch and compliments the tart cranberries and the sweet, chewy apricots.
• Adapted from Barefoot Contessa: How Easy is That, Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, New York, 2010.


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Harrods has opened its doors to eager bargain hunters as the summer sale was launched by supermodel Lily Donaldson
Harrods has opened its doors to eager bargain hunters as the summer sale was launched by supermodel Lily Donaldson.
People queued outside the department store in central London and were treated to an eruption of sparkles and confetti as the sale was declared open at 9am.
Donaldson, from London, who has graced the cover of Vogue, emerged from a horse-drawn carriage and made her way up the red carpet in a dress by Lanvin.
She said: "It's a big honour. I've been coming here since I was a kid for the toys."
Having fronted campaigns for brands such as Burberry, Gucci and Chanel, Donaldson's face is emblazoned on posters around Harrods.
She said: "It's always a bit weird to be honest, but it's nice I guess."
She posed for pictures with the Harrods door men in a scene created to resemble a "girl's dream".
The Harrods sale runs until the evening of July 8.