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At Mills-Peninsula, we recognize that health care is local. We are committed to creating a new health care system for our community that places the patient and their family at the center of everything we do. Our transformational vision for 2020 is in place and we invite you to collaborate with us in creating healthier communities. The generosity of those who give to Mills-Peninsula makes a crucial difference in our ability to fulfill our mission to the community we serve.
We seek support from donors in areas that need improvement, to establish and continue innovative programs, and to acquire the latest technologies.
Getting funding for our critical needs will help us transform the delivery of health care and support the organization's mission to be a community health resource that is a leader in patient care, research and education.
Our current funding priorities, in alphabetical order, are:
Cardiovascular Outcomes Research
Developing a world class cardiovascular program is an essential component of achieving Mills-Peninsula's vision for a healthier community. As we develop new treatments to help patients live longer we also want to provide transparency for patients to know the outcomes physicians receive as well as what those results mean. Learn more about the cardiovascular outcomes research or make a donation to this important program.
Mills-Peninsula Center for Innovation and Research
The Mills-Peninsula Center for Innovation and Research will be a living laboratory for new care models, promising technologies, therapeutic products, services and treatments. It will be the umbrella organization for clinical research, an innovation incubator for collaboration with biotech partners and start-ups for new technologies, and a simulation center for training and piloting new surgical and medical technologies. Learn more about the Center or make a donation to become partners in this vision of health care innovation.
Diabetes Center of Excellence
Nearly every medical specialty must be involved to create and sustain an effective diabetes program. Our goal is to develop a Diabetes Center of Excellence that will work with the community to reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes and provide excellent care to improve the quality of life for people who have the disease. Learn more about the Diabetes Center of Excellence or make a donation to the Center.
Digital Tomosynthesis: Innovation Digital 3D Technology
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in San Mateo County. The county was identified as a new area of concern in a recent Public Health Institute study, with invasive breast cancer rates reaching 10-20% higher than the statewide rate. The Mills Peninsula Women's Center is dedicated to providing high-quality breast health services to the community by securing the most advanced digital technologies. Learn more about the Digital Tomosynthesis or make a donation to support the acquisition of this equipment.
Heart and Vascular Institute
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in San Mateo County, accounting for one in four deaths. Mills-Peninsula plans to develop a Heart and Vascular Institute dedicated to prevention, treatment, intervention, rehabilitation, continuous quality improvement and education. Learn more about the Heart and Vascular Institute or make a donation to the development of a program that will provide an integrated continuum of cardiothoracic care.
Hybrid Surgical Suite
Every year, Mills-Peninsula surgeons perform approximately 1,000 interventional procedures, many of which are endovascular surgeries. While our surgeons are able to offer many advantages to patients, there is still room for better patient outcomes. With the acquisition of a hybrid surgical suite, patients will experience a shorter recovery period, less discomfort, local or regional anesthesia, smaller incisions, less stress on the heart, and fewer risks. Learn more about the innovative hybrid surgical suite or make a donation to support the acquisition of this equipment.
Institute for Cancer Care, Research and Healing
Cancer continues to be the leading cause of death in San Mateo County. The total number of cases is expected to double in the next 20 years. Mills-Peninsula plans to develop an Institute for Cancer Care, Research and Healing, where our multi-disciplinary team of physicians develop will develop personalized treatments and prevention measures, improve outcomes and enhance the patient experience. Learn more about the Institute or make a donation to help support our vision.
Medical Technology Fund
Mills-Peninsula has made a commitment to keep pace with medical technology, recruit and retain the finest medical professionals, and exceed our current rating in the top five percent of hospitals in the U.S. for clinical outcomes. In order to fulfill this commitment, we need to continually upgrade to the latest generation of diagnostic and treatment technologies as they are developed. Learn more about the Medical Technology Fund or make a donation to assist us in acquiring the latest state-of-the-art equipment.
Mental Health Program for Adolescents
Despite our reputation for providing high-quality care, the Peninsula lacks an integrated mental health program for adolescents. With your help, we can build upon a solid foundation of quality care, continue our efforts to overcome the stigma of mental health services and tailor mental health treatments to diverse age, gender, racial and cultural needs. Learn more about this region-wide integrated mental health program or make a donation to the Mental Health Program for Adolescents.
Nursing Center of Excellence
Mills-Peninsula nurses are actively engaged in a variety of clinical quality improvement initiatives including multidisciplinary teams working on overall patient safety and a variety of targeted projects to improve the outcomes of care. Our proposed Nursing Center of Excellence will bring greater focus to improving quality and safety, patient- and family-centered care and research to bring innovations to every care setting. Learn more about the Nursing Center of Excellence or make a donation to the Center.
Cancer continues to be one of the leading causes of death in San Mateo County and we know that early detection of cancer leads to better treatment options. This is the reason for our second cancer related fundraising priority for 2014 to purchase and install a state-of-the art diagnostic imaging system called the PET/CT. The PET/CT is designed to provide more accurate diagnoses and targeted treatments while reducing radiation of non-cancerous tissue. Learn more PET/CT or make a donation to support this campaign.
Sutter Health System-Wide Initiatives
Biobanks that store biological samples, such as blood and tissue, for future research are becoming increasingly important in understanding the genetic and molecular contributions to disease, health outcomes and treatment. We have a unique opportunity to leverage the diverse patient population of this Mills-Peninsula and Palo Alto Medical Foundation organizations. Learn more about the Sutter BioBank or make a donation to this revolutionary program.
Perioperative Nurse Training Initiative
Our health system is facing a staggering demand for operating room nurses—now referred to as perioperative nurses—because of their duties before, during and after surgery. Nursing schools will not keep pace with demand over the next five years as the patient population requiring surgery grows and existing nurses leave the workforce. This pilot initiative attempts to standardize, strengthen and shorten the training program for perioperative nursing to ensure patient safety and quality while helping to meet the future health care needs of patients across the Sutter Health network. Learn more about the program or make a donation to this novel program.


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A Profile of the World Bank's Presidents
Debra Efroymson
Dhaka, 2011
A friend commented recently that a colleague's new job "demonizing the oil industry" is too easy; one should choose tougher targets. So perhaps it is inappropriate to write about the World Bank, when so many have already said so much about its destructive policies. Nevertheless, I couldn't help but be amused at the realization that the architects of the two most unpopular wars the US has fought in recent history (Vietnam and Iraq) both went on to become presidents of the World Bank.
The Bank's slogan is "Working for a world free of poverty." If leadership has any influence on action, it would seem interesting that those expert at designing wars are set loose in the world to fight poverty. Is that the key qualification, or just a random coincidence? I thought it might be interesting to see what the profiles of some of the presidents of the World Bank tell us about the its apparent approach to ending poverty.
To date, there have been ten presidents, not counting the current one. Here are very brief bios of each one, focused not on what they did as president, but whether (to test my hypothesis) they had some experience in war-mongering to help them out in the job of addressing poverty.
Going back to its early days, we have Eugene Meyer, briefly President from June 1946 to December 1946. Among other things, he was the head of the War Finance Corporation.
We then have John Jay McCloy, who served from March 1947 to June 1949, who "started up the Bank's business and lifted its vision from reconstruction to development." McCloy served as Assistant Secretary of War where, admittedly, he opposed the atomic bombing of Japan--but also refused to endorse compensation to Japanese-Americans held in internment camps, or bombing raids on the rail approaches to Auschwitz concentration camp. He also pardoned convicted Nazi war criminals when he served as High Commissioner for Germany.
Immediately following McCloy was Eugene Robert Black, from July 1949 to December 1962. Admittedly his war experience was limited to having been in the Navy; he did share with others corporate experience, becoming the vice-president of Chase National Bank and the senior vice-president of Chase National's investment portfolio. (Corporate ties are fine, even essential; after all, the Bank's mission includes "forging partnerships in the public and private sectors." You know, "partnership," that relationship between a giant corporation and a typically weak government....)
Next comes George David Woods, January 1963 to March 1968. Apparently Woods, unusually for a World Bank president, had no military background; he was simply vice president and later chairman of the board of First Boston Corporation, a newly formed securities company, which became one of the largest investment banking firms in the US.
Then comes a man with whose name we are familiar, and who had a long term at the Bank: Robert Strange McNamara, President from April 1968 to June 1981. The Bank describes him as an "expansionist with a social consciousness...indefatigable builder and wielder of influence on behalf of the Bank and the development cause." McNamara had been President of Ford Motor Company, and as Secretary of Defense (1961-1968) was the prime architect of the Vietnam war. Now see if this sounds familiar: US troop involvement in Vietnam leapt from 900 to 16,000 following the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, in August 1964, "when North Vietnamese naval vessels were falsely reported as firing on two U.S. destroyers. McNamara was instrumental in presenting this event to Congress and the public as a pretext for escalation. The Vietnam conflict came to claim most of McNamara's time and energy." Hmm, distorting evidence in order to justify US involvement in a war...where else have we heard that one?
Not much to say about Alden Winship Clausen, who was president from July 1981 to June 1986. His main activities seem to involve climbing the ranks of BankAmerica.
Clausen was followed by Barber Conable, July 1986 to August 1991. He "spurred on the greening of the Bank...became effective spokesman for the Bank and persuasively advanced the institution's reform agenda." His activities actually would appear to be positive: "He diverted the bank from its previous fascination with glitzy prestige projects towards schemes more clearly designed to relieve poverty. He encouraged far wider education in birth control, without which few Third World women could ever hope to improve their lot. He also insisted that the bank pay greater attention to the environmental impact of the large engineering schemes it decided to support.
Sounds even better when we read that "This shift of focus did not make him popular with President Reagan's successor, George Bush Sr. Conable commented after his retirement that Bush had wanted him to support an American agenda, while 'I thought I was there to help poor people'."
Conable apparently knew how to speak out: "He noted that most Americans assumed their country was a major player in the world's aid programmes when, in fact, it made the smallest proportional contribution of any industrial nation. 'In reality, large amounts of USAID money only go to countries where we have special strategic, political or military concerns, like Israel and Egypt,' he said."
Next in power was Lewis Preston, September 1991 to May 1995. A "distinguished commercial banker," he "created a client-oriented vision for the Bank as it celebrated its 50th anniversary." Before joining the Bank, he served as CEO of JP Morgan. His military record is limited: he served as a US Marine in the Pacific during World War II. Among other credentials, he considered Argentina's disastrous water privatization program an "example for all of Latin America." Well, yes...but perhaps not in the way he meant.
Following Preston, we begin the reign of the wolves. James D. Wolfensohn served from June 1995 to May 2005. According to the Bank's eulogy, Wolfensohn was "known as the Renaissance Banker. Pushed through reforms that have made the Bank more inclusive, with a renewed focus on poverty reduction." He apparently put his time at the Bank to good use: in 2005, "upon stepping down as president of the World Bank, he founded Wolfensohn & Company, LLC, a privately held firm that invests, and provides strategic consulting advice to governments and large corporations doing business, in emerging market economies." "Since 2006, Wolfensohn has also been the chairman of the International Advisory Board of Citigroup", and "In 2009, he became a member of the International Advisory Council of the Chinese sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corporation." Exactly whose poverty is he keen to reduce?
And finally we come to our favourite wolf, Paul Wolfowitz, June 2005 to June 2007. (Hmm, why so short a time, Mr. Wolfowitz?) Again quoting the Bank, Wolfowitz was "known as good governance banker who pushed through controversial governance and anti-corruption strategy after extensive global consultations. Placed Africa at the heart of the Bank's poverty reduction agenda."
Wolfowitz is also famously known as "a major architect of President Bush's Iraq policy and...its most hawkish advocate." After serving two years, he resigned as president of the World Bank Group "ending a protracted and tumultuous battle over his stewardship, sparked by a promotion he arranged for his companion." Wolfowitz, during his tenure as ambassador of Indonesia (1986-1989) also happened to be a good friend of Suharto despite his rather notoriously corrupt rule in Indonesia; all this during a time in which Wolfowitz was supposed to be fighting corruption. Apparently he saw no contradiction in his friendship and his anti-corruption stance, nor any need to challenge Suharto on the issue. That wouldn't be very chummy, now would it? Wolfowitz was also US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense in 1977, and Deputy Secretary of Defense from 2001 to 2005.
The currently reigning president is Robert Zoellick, who took office on July 1, 2007. Among other credentials, Zoellick signed the January 26, 1998 letter to President Bill Clinton from PNAC that advocated war against Iraq; served on a panel that offered Enron executives briefings on economic and political issues; and "in the 2000 U.S. presidential election campaign, Zoellick served as a foreign policy advisor to George W. Bush as part of a group, led by Condoleezza Rice, that called itself The Vulcans. James Baker designated him as his second-in-command--"a sort of chief operating officer or chief of staff"--in the 36-day battle over recounting the vote in Florida."
Reading on about this interesting man, we learn that "Zoellick was named U.S. Trade Representative at the beginning of the younger Bush's first term; he was a member of the Executive Office, with the rank of Ambassador. He also heavily promoted the Central American Free Trade Agreement over the objections of labor, environmental, and human rights groups."
And a bit more: "Zoellick played a key role in the U.S.-W.T.O. dispute against the European Union over genetically modified foods. The move sought to require that the European Union comply with international obligations to use science-based methods in continuing its moratorium on the approval of new genetically modified crops within the E.U."
The record, admittedly, is not 100%; not all World Bank presidents have had the opportunity to be an architect of a war, though various ones have had the chance to promote it. Nor is it really surprising that the Bank's leaders should have strong corporate ties; their vision of poverty is clearly more corporate than many would seem fitting. In the end, it all makes sense. According to the Bank's website, "Our mission is to fight poverty with passion and professionalism". What better people to fight than those who have led wars?
Sources: The World Bank website, Wikipedia

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Hank Lawson
Mark Feuerstein as Hank Lawson from Royal Pains.
Bigger, detailed images in my Portfolio Gallery.
Mark Feuerstein as Hank Lawson from Royal Pains.
Bigger, detailed images in my Portfolio Gallery.
Here's Ron Swanson from Parks And Recreation starring in his own spin-off series, "Swanson, p.i." Obviously a mashup with "Magnum, p.i.", the iconic 1980s series starring Tom Selleck.
Ron Swanson is my favorite character on TV right now. The writers of the show and actor Nick Offerman have given him such depth that I can see Ron Swanson deal with any situation. It would be great if they actually did this series, where Ron quits the government, moves to Hawaii and becomes a private investigator, fighting bad guys with his trusty golden gun.
Another TV show character, this time it's a remix of two characters from two different shows: Tattoo from Fantasy Island (played by Hervé Villechaize) as The Man From Another Place from Twin Peaks (originally played by Michael J. Anderson).
I thought it would have been funny if the guy who'd played a dwarf on one show had played a dwarf on another show too, hence the "TV mashup."
Here's a short breakdown of the process behind the painting.
I started with a clean sketch, no crosshatching and no shading.
I chose a medium dark color for the background to set the mood for the image and I started blocking in the main shapes to check that the composition was working.
Next I quickly painted the character in black and white to ensure the values were correct and the image read as three-dimensional.
The main color areas were blocked in as big, flat shapes on a separate layer in Color blending mode. This had the result of tinting the underlying b&w value study.
Jump to several hours later when the skin tones have been found (see the palette in the top right corner) and enough shape and volume have been blocked in to render the line sketch superfluous.
The face is completed with the addition of strong highlights and the rest of the painting is brought up to the same level of detail.
All the details are in, the lighting is enhanced and the painting is done.
See a couple of close ups in my Portfolio Gallery.
There are several things I should improve but given that this is only my second ever digital painting I'm satisfied with the result and I'm moving on. One can only do so much in a single image and I know the next one will be better.
Digital painting of Jerry Stiller as Frank Costanza from Seinfeld.
The first in a series of portraits of TV show characters.
My tribute to legendary composer, actor, painter and fisherman John Lurie.
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Outcome of RDR rules still unclear
Six years after its launch, the Retail Distribution Review may be in sight of the home stretch. This is an exercise whose intentions are welcome, indeed overdue: to bring all professional financial advice up to that of the best and to remove the conflicts of interest inherent in commission-driven sales of financial products.
Some of the detail is still to be finalised, but the FSA's latest consultation closed this week. IMA's response reflects some of our frustration with the process.
While much of the political debate has focused on financial advisers' qualifications, the most far-reaching proposals concern the way that financial advice will be paid for in future. Many IFAs have already moved well beyond a pure commission model. But the FSA was right to address the issue.
Unfortunately a concession to industry lobbying (not by the fund management industry, I hasten to add) has put that at risk. Very early on, the FSA announced that it was going to allow product providers to "facilitate adviser charging". This meant that financial products could continue to make payments to advisers for their advice, with customer consent.
The scope for circumventing the new rules is obvious. If the terms and conditions contain a clause about payment of something that looks like, but is not actually called, commission, then it will be paid. For technical reasons with which I will not bore you, it is not open to fund managers to make such payments. But it is available to many other participants – insurance products, distribution platforms and the like.
In order to make bending the rules more difficult, the regulator has introduced a series of ever more elaborate complications to the rules. They introduce further complexity and how they will play out in practice is still unclear. So long as "facilitation" of adviser payments remains possible, there will be scope for unscrupulous gaming by some and the regulator will have to be vigilant if it is to avoid seeing the objectives of the Review undermined.
These arguments are also being heard at EU level, as the inelegantly-named Markets in Financial Instruments Directive is debated between the European Commission, the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament. The future of commission payments (or "inducements" as they are rather pleasingly know in euro-speak) is up for discussion. The Commission wants to ban them only for independent advisers, which is a thoroughly retrograde step since it would foster the non-independent sector over the independent advice that works best for consumers. The relevant parliamentary committee has voted to allow them provided they are transparent and consumers understand what they are for. This still has a way to go and it remains unclear where it will end up.
These are not easy choices. I, for one, am not convinced the FSA has yet got it right in the UK. And the game has only just begun in Europe as a whole. But there is still a possibility of ending up with UK rules at odds with EU regulations.
Richard Saunders
Chief Executive, IMA
1 October 2012
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Mark Duffy is convinced that he made the right choice in joining Birmingham City and can fulfil his ambitions at St Andrew's.
The 27-year-old has opted to move on this summer after activating a relegation release clause in his contract at Doncaster Rovers.
It appeared at one stage as though Birmingham would slip through the Championship trapdoor in 2013/14, but they survived on the final day to preserve their second tier status.
Duffy is convinced that the club will fare considerably better next season, with Lee Clark setting much loftier targets.
The ultimate aim is to secure a return to the Premier League, and Duffy believes it will not be long before Birmingham are pushing for promotion.
He said: \"I'm absolutely over the moon, it's a massive club.
\"When I spoke to the gaffer, he was telling me about his plans and the players he's going to be bringing in, there were positive vibes.
\"I've spent quite a few weeks going around teams and listening to what they have to say and their plans.
\"I went away with my agent and we agreed on Birmingham because it was a massive club with the ground, the facilities, the training complex but also the gaffer - the way he spoke and his passion.\"
Duffy added: \"I'm really appreciative for what Doncaster have done for me. John Ryan played a massive part in me going to Doncaster.
\"I didn't want them to get relegated. For me to come to the team that effectively got them relegated, the fans are going to be disappointed but I just think, at this moment in time, Birmingham are the right team for me.
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Never Forget: 9/11 Tribute at Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts in Storrs
Few string quartets have household-name cachet in this country, and the Kronos is one of them. They've premiered more works by important contemporary composers than any other chamber music group over the course of more than 30 years of playing together and racked up numerous awards. Tuesday's performance at the Jorgensen Center is a meditation on 9/11 that includes a guest performance by Mansfield Middle School Chorus.
Kronos Quartet: Awakening — A Meditation on 9/11, Sept. 27, 7:30 p.m., $7-$30, Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, 2132 Hillside Road, Unit 3104, Storrs, (860) 486-4226, jorgensen.uconn.edu.
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Global equities recovered their losses from earlier in the week as shown in the EMI Global Equity Index table below. The EMI Index is now showing a slight gain for the week and a widening of the year to date gain to 0.5%. Brazil continues to fall deeper into negative territory for 2013 and is now showing a loss of 6% for the year to date. On the other hand Japan's bourse is now showing a double digit gain for the year as a weak Yen continues to support this export oriented economy. Germany is only showing a gain of 2%. So maybe there are no official currency wars, but as it stands at the moment interrelationships among various currencies are providing an advantage for some and not for others. The balance is a bit out of sync at the moment.
This week's round of oil inventory reports will be delayed by one day (due to the U.S. holiday) with the API data being released on Wednesday afternoon followed by the EIA report hitting the media airwaves at 11 a.m. on Thursday. My projections for this week's inventory report are summarized in the following table. I am expecting the U.S. refining sector to decrease marginally. I am expecting a modest build in crude oil inventories, a modest decline in distillate fuel... as the weather was very winter like over the east coast... and a small build in gasoline stocks during the report period even as refinery runs continue to decline ahead of U.S. maintenance season. I am expecting crude oil stocks to increase by about 1.5 million barrels. If the actual numbers are in sync with my projections, the year-over-year comparison for crude oil will now show a surplus of 33 million barrels while the overhang versus the five-year average for the same week will come in around 57.4 million barrels.
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"For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope—the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good." (Titus 2:11-14)
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"The greatest danger for most of us is not that we aim too high and we miss it, but we aim too low and reach it." (Michelangelo)
"We can't microwave people into maturity. They need to be marinated and often slow-roasted in the truth. After all, Jesus used the mustard seed to talk about the kingdom advancement." (Erik Raymond)
"Aristotle said that some people were only fit to be slaves, but I reject slavery because I see no men fit to be masters." (C. S. Lewis)
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Conductor Alan Gilbert will officially take over as music director of the New York Philharmonic in September, fulfilling a lifelong dream that has been more than a decade in the making. NY1's Budd Mishkin filed the following "One On 1" report.
Alan Gilbert is about to become the first native New Yorker to be the conductor for the New York Philharmonic.
He has conducted orchestras all over the world, and yet maintains an almost childlike stance toward the idea of practicing.
"I still don't like to study. I'd rather do nothing, or go outside and play," says Gilbert.
No doubt it's sweet music to every New York kid who doesn't like to practice.
"When I first open a new score, it's intimidating every time, every time," says Gilbert. "The only thing greater than my natural sort of laziness is the absolutely pathological, it's not fear, but just the sense that I never want to show up unprepared. "
Watching Alan Gilbert conduct, in rehearsal or concert, is like watching a quarterback surveying the field while dropping back to pass. Ideally, he knows what each musician is playing and going to play.
"If I said that I said that I knew every note in every piece that I conduct, that would be an exaggeration at the very least," says Gilbert. "What I look for when I prepare a piece is the sense that I have a point of view about every moment in the piece, and what, every musician, more or less, should be doing."
Gilbert calls programming the music for the Philharmonic "a privilege." He says choosing either contemporary classical pieces versus classic like Beethoven or Tchaikovsky oversimplifies the issue of trying to get the right mixture. What he warns against, however, is something he calls "protective, defensive programming -- the Bolero approach."
"Unknown 'X' piece is on the program. Oh, that's probably gonna scare people away; we better put Bolero on at the end," says Gilbert. "And it might work in the short run to get people to say 'Okay I can live through that place; at least there's Bolero on the program.' But the message actually is pretty clear -- 'We don't really believe in this piece, so we have to neutralize it by putting in something we know people are going to want to come hear.'"
Gilbert is hardly new to the New York Philharmonic. For the past decade, he's often served as guest conductor while away from his main gig -- chief conductor of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. He says an orchestra should have a unanimity of approach, which then creates the possibility for individual expression.
"I try to set it up that when they're playing the way they feel that they're being allowed to play, they're actually going along with, sort of what I wanted in the first place," says Gilbert. "It's not that I'm tricking anybody, but there's a constant balance."
Gilbert's connection to the Philharmonic go all the way back to his birth. Both of his parents played in the orchestra. His father has since retired, but his mother, Yoko Takebe, still plays violin.
"We have a great, great professional relationship and it is very professional on stage," says Gilbert. "Honestly, I can really tell you that I've gotten to the point where I'm not thinking about the fact that my mother is sitting over to my left during the rehearsals."
Their dynamics off stage is a different story.
"She tells me things that no other conductor gets from an orchestra member like, 'Iron your shirt' and 'Your button was undone' and things like that," says Gilbert.
Even with all of the renovations, Alan Gilbert's new digs at Lincoln Center look familiar.
At Juilliard, where he met one of his predecessors, Leonard Bernstein, he earned his masters in conducting. Years earlier, in high school, he was a violinist in the pre college program. "I remember the first recital I gave in Paul Hall," says Gilbert. "That was a big deal to give a recital in a hall and to be backstage and know that there was an audience out there waiting to hear you and now I'm just getting this kind of memory of of nerves that I had in this room."
At the time, Gilbert attended Fieldston High School in the Bronx during the week, and Juilliard on Saturdays.
"When I was in high school I always told my teachers that I was the serious music student to try to give myself room when I didn't do my homework and things," says Gilbert. "When I was here, I always told them that I was the serious academic student to give myself room over here when I wasn't prepared for my lessons."
Growing up, Gilbert's house was filled with music. Both parents played in the Philharmonic and gave lessons. Both he and his sister eventually followed the same path, but that was not always a given. In fact, Gilbert says his parents encouraged a wide range of activities.
"The fact is that they never really made us practice," says Gilbert. "I actually have, believe it or not, wished that they had been more demanding on us, to make us work, you know, practice more."
Gilbert went to Harvard, where he says he spent most of his time organizing classical music concerts.
"I would always joke, actually it was really a joke, I always talked about my classes as being my extracurriculars, I was not a very serious student there," says Gilbert. "Even though I always did okay, but sort of just okay."
Gilbert briefly considered becoming a doctor. But he chose music, and studied conducting at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. While there, he had a pretty steady gig as a substitute violinist for the Philadelphia Orchestra, which paid well in more ways than one.
"Playing in the Philadelphia Orchestra as a violinist suddenly opened my eyes to, to a whole world of what it means to play in an orchestra, what it means to conduct an orchestra that I hadn't been able to imagine until that point," says Gilbert.
Gilbert says that early in his career, he hid the fact that he was a violinist in order to be taken seriously as a conductor. But now, he's playing more, and hoping his experience as a violinist benefits the Philharmonic.
"The strings make up, you know, a huge percentage of the orchestra," says Gilbert. "So you know an identity and an understanding of the feelings, the physical feelings that the string players have as they draw their bow across the string I think it really does make a difference in the overall sound of the orchestra."
After positions in Cleveland and Stockholm and guest conductor stints all over the world, Gilbert now steps into shoes once filled by classical music icons, most notably Leonard Bernstein. He says he wants the Philharmonic to perform in all five boroughs, but says making a connection between the orchestra and all New Yorkers is easier said than done.
"While the orchestra has continued to be great and has meant a lot and is a cultural and civic icon, there has been a little bit of distance that I think people have, have sensed and legitimately picked up on," says Gilbert. "What I really feel is a very sincere hope that we can make connections to the city and mean something for individuals in the city."
Between preparation for the new job and moving his wife and two children from Stockholm to New York, Alan Gilbert hasn't had much time lately to think about the big picture. But it's always there with the capacity to influence a life through music.
"We remind ourselves, that even if we have played Beethoven's 5th symphony a hundred times, there is almost always somebody who has never heard it and its possible it can effect that person in a way that is truly life changing," says Gilbert.
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- 1 cup ice cold water
- 1 teaspoon salt
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- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
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Prepare dumpling pastry. Roll the pastry into a rectangle, 10 by 8 inches. Cut into 4 (4-inch squares) with pastry cutter or knife. Place apple on each square. Spoon 1 tablespoon brown sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon into the center of each apple. Moisten corners, pinching edges of pastry to seal. Brush with slightly beaten egg and sprinkle with additional sugar. Bake 30 minutes or until crust is golden and apples are tender.
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A younger generation knows him from movies and television. Now former U.S. senator Fred Thompson from Tennessee is being seriously wooed for president by some old friends.
They made that evident with the official "Draft Fred Thompson" committee co-chaired by congressmen Zach Wamp and Jimmy Duncan. They say Thompson's appeal, goes way beyond his on-screen persona.
"When he comes into a room, he just takes over the room without even trying," Congressman Jimmy Duncan says.
"His leadership qualities, the characteristics, he brings are just unparalleled and unmatched anywhere," Dean Rice says.
So far, Thompson has not made any commitment one way or another. The issue here is support. The newly formed committee admits the goal is to recruit and organize citizens from both the public and private sectors into one leadership group, and in due time, that should help determine the final answer of running or not.
"From conversations I've had with him, I think he's very interested in this, and I think he wants to see if there's support out there for him to make a serious effort in running for president," Congressman Duncan continues.
And there's a lot of optimism the movement will pick up steam.
"I think it's a movement that could take off, but we will just have to see," Duncan continues.
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Q: I've updated to iOS 7 and now whenever I delete a picture in my Photos app, it actually removes it from my Photo Stream as well. I'm certain iOS 6 didn't do this, and I definitely preferred it that way, as I don't think there's any point in keeping two copies of every picture around, and Photo Stream seems to be the better place to keep them so they show up on my iPad also. Am I missing something here or is this just how it is now in iOS 7?
- Gene
A: The primary view in the new Photos app in iOS 7 is actually now a unified view that collects all of the photos from your Camera Roll and Photo Stream, as well as any photos you've synced onto your device via iTunes.
As this is a unified view, the Photos app tries to reconcile duplicate images and show them as a single image, even if they appear in both Photo Stream and the Camera Roll. Since this single image represents both photos, when you delete that photo, the Photos app assumes that you want to remove it in both places. In this case, you will actually see text above the "Delete" option indicating that the photo(s) will "also be deleted from Photo Stream on all your devices."
This is actually a handy feature when you're trying to remove photos you no longer want at all, such as bad camera shots; new pictures are uploaded to Photo Stream very quickly if you're on Wi-Fi, and prior iOS versions would have required you to manually delete the photo from both your Camera Roll and the Photo Stream separately.
However, if like you the goal is to free up space on your device by removing the Camera Roll copies in favour of the Photo Stream, this can be a bit of a hassle. Fortunately, the old method actually does still work, but you'll have to switch over to the "Albums" view in the Photos app to access it.
The Albums view displays your photos organized in much the same way as they were by default in iOS 6, with your Camera Roll and Photo Stream presented at the top as two separate albums. As in iOS 6, if you go into one of these sections specifically, you'll be viewing photos from only that section.
Hence, deleting a photo while in the "Camera Roll" album will remove it solely from the Camera Roll, leaving the Photo Stream version intact. The opposite here is also the case in the event you want to remove a photo from the Photo Stream by leave it in your Camera Roll.
In either case, the photo will continue to appear in the unified "Photos" view unless you delete both versions.
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I am having problems removing photos from my iphone 5 running IOS7 when I open my photos the option at the bottom says photos or albums. I want to delete photos from the photos when I select the option photos it comes up with collection and years when I select a year it asked me to select when I select a photo it only gives me the option of add to or airdrop and the trash can is not able to be selected so is it possible to still delete these photos I need to delete so I have more memory on the phone and these photos are all saved on my PC would love to hear if you can help thanks Linda
Posted by inda connell on November 3, 2013 at 3:48 PM (CST)
I just upgraded to IOS 7 and was looking forward to being able to delete duplicate photos to free up space. But this does not work. When I go into Camera Roll, click on a photo, then hit delete, it tells me it will also be deleted from an album. Do you have any idea why this doesn't work on my iphone?
Posted by Suzanne on November 4, 2013 at 11:02 AM (CST)
I have iOS 7.0.3 and this does not work for me. If I delete a photo from "Camera Roll", it will be removed from the unified "Photos" also even though it is still in "My Photo Stream." Is this a bug with the new version?
Posted by Richard Lang on November 9, 2013 at 1:16 PM (CST)
It does seem to be a bug in iOS 7.0.3, but it's more of a refresh issue. If you reboot your iPhone or in some cases even just force-close and restart the Photos app, the Photo Stream photos will usually reappear.
Similarly strange things happen when you delete photos from your Mac or PC, such as after importing them into iPhoto or Aperture.
Posted by Jesse Hollington in Toronto on November 13, 2013 at 4:02 PM (CST)
Help needed. I have NO remove button what so ever.
In 'Album' view, I see NO remove button.
In 'Phots' view the remove button is ALLWAYS grayed.
I have no way of deleting my photos… that's kind of anoying…
Please HELP.
Posted by Francois on November 29, 2013 at 3:29 PM (CST)
I have the active trash can in my Unified view but my friend does not…can't figure out why he can't delete photos like I can.
Posted by J Meldrim Florida on December 3, 2013 at 11:57 AM (CST)
I am trying to free up space in iCloud. The iCloud overview tells me that most space is occupied by my Camera Roll (apprx 12 GB).
However, when I delete photos from my iPhone it does not seem to affect the space in iCloud. When I see the space photos occupy on my iPhone (apprx 4 GB) it is much smaller than in iCloud. How can this be and how can I reduce the size of Camera Roll in iCloud?
Posted by Fredrick Støa on January 6, 2014 at 2:18 AM (CST)
I am trying to delete some pics from my 5c to free up space as I can't even update the phone. My pics are backed up on iCloud on my MacBook including contact pictures. My question is if I delete a picture from the phone that I used as a contact pic will that pic remain in contacts or once it's deleted is it gone from the contact list as well?
Posted by Tiffanie on March 18, 2014 at 1:04 PM (CDT)
Help! I was attempting to delete groups of pics in moments view and some how got to a "years" view and cannot get back to the original screen to delete groups of picturEs. So frustrating.
Posted by Chris on May 4, 2014 at 12:57 PM (CDT)
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I can't tell you the number of times I've been asked to "make the logo bigger." Each time, I sigh. And I don't sigh because I dislike the logo, or the brand, or anything about the company I'm doing work for. I sigh because bigger logos often go against basic user-centered principles. People don't come to your site to look in awe at your spiffy logo. Chances are they know who you are, or they've heard of you before, and they're visiting your website to find out more about who you are and what you do. Their goal is to find information. And like you and I, these visitors have other things to do in their day, and would rather get in, get what they want, and get out, rather than sift through a horde of information to maybe find something useful.
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