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I'm like a magician. I'm looking at the screen and holding my symphonic magical baton and creating a sound, according to the pictures passing along.Tan Dun
What Tan Dun composes is "world music", music that brings together everything that you had always wanted to hear. The composer Tan Dun is therefore a citizen of the world, a man who can blend all styles.NRC Handelsblad
The Netherlands, 2003
Organic music concerns both matters of everyday life and matters of the heart. These ideas find their origin in the animistic notion that material objects have spirits residing in them, an idea ever-present in the old village where I grew up in China.Tan Dun
Through tradition, technology can be humanized; through technology, tradition can be renewed and passed on. Today, ancient cultural traditions vanish everyday, everywhere. If artists embrace the past and the future within their hearts, miracles will arrive… People always say that human life is finite, but we forget that renewing the cultures and re-inventing the traditions can extend human life infinitely.Tan Dun
regarding The Map, 2004
To me, opera is drama... What is drama? It's not just character and story development. It could also be a dialogue between real and surreal, between past, present and future lives. From an avant-garde point of view, it could come from contrasting different materials. To me, opera has a wider field of meaning than the nineteenth-century definitionTan Dun
[Water Passion's] images are unlike anything that the average Western audience will have encountered in a concert hall before. Yet its world premiere in Stuttgart…was greeted with an ecstatic 15-minute standing ovation. Like its model, Bach's St. Matthew Passion, it transcends language, cultural and religious divides.The Times
London, 2000
A valuable addition to the keyboard literature, Eight Memories in Watercolor is a crystalline set of miniatures that spins traditional Chinese melodies around a core of tonal Western music, to evoke a delicately perfumed, quasi-impressionist sound world. Lang Lang played them with rapt concentration and a kaleidoscopic range of color.Washington Post
United States, 2003
[Yi2] has been described as 'flamenco meets Stravinsky in the Hard Rock Café', which leaves out only the Chinese cultural element that pervades the whole of this astonishing fabric of strange sounds and fluctuating emotions. It is perhaps the most remarkable work yet written for guitar and orchestra.John Duarte
Germany, May 2001
The libretto [of Ghost Opera] merges Shakespeare, folk-song and the singing of monks, but Tan Dun's real mastery lies in the way he juxtaposes his ideas, delicately, dramatically, and alternating tactile sounds with the glow of Bach or the simplicity of folk-song.
Gramophone, July 1997
Tan's imitations of the traditional Chinese fiddle... he himself left behind as a child, this performance has an intensity and magic that stays in the mind long after it is over.Martyn Harry
New York Times, Oct. 1998
[Tan Dun] reveres Cage for his rigorous search for simplicity, his fantastic openness to experiences and ideas. And Tan's music surely reflects this in its yearning to reveal an inner voice, its east/west sound world, and its sense of theatre. His second guru has been Shostakovich, for the sheer power of his expression, and, because, like every true artist "he stood up firmly on his own cultural earth". For Tan Dun, composer and thinker, lover of all countries. still surely has his feet planted in south China's soil.Mary Miller
Scotland, March 1993
Although Tan Dun belongs to the youngest generation of composers, his individuality and depth of musical substance already go beyond his generation. I believe he is one of the most outstanding composers today. I am constantly impressed by the expansion of his musical imagination. With a sense of the avant-garde, his music reveals to us the voice of the human soul.Toru Takemitsu
Tan Dun puts both John Cage and Gustav Mahler into his pocket -- and turns them into Tan Dun.Roland De Beer
The Netherlands, 1996
Superb lighting, magnificent costumes, sumptuous voices and well-developed characters all participate in the sublime presentation of ethereal music [in Tea] that colors both words and phrases. Tan Dun is, indeed, Puccini miraculously reborn into the 21st century."Gérard Corneloup
Forum Opéra, 2002
Atonal Rock n' Roll
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Commissioned By:The 15 year anniversary of the Beijing Musical Festival
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Beijing Music Festival
October 21, 2012
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Tan Dun, conductor
December 13, 2012
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Critical Acclaim:"Eccentric composer Tan Dun pays musical homage to his equally unorthodox late mentor John Cage…It's absolutely the one night in this year's BMF that is not to be missed — the coolest American musician and most controversial Chinese composer, plus an all-premiere program in China. "As one of the most representative contemporary Chinese composers, Tan has taken broad influences from such composers as Philip Glass, Meredith Monk and Steve Reich," says BMF's program director. Tan's Atonal Rock 'n' Roll Overture Of Youth is dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the BMF. Tan writes music for a rock drum kit, which is truly rare for orchestral music. Full Article
--Chen Jie, China Daily, October 18, 2012
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How many musicians are lucky enough to be allowed to spiritually sing and play over the tomb of Bach, Tan Dun will never forget conducting the MDR Radio Choir in the singing of his piece Water Passion after St. Matthew.
Tan Dun returns to Melbourne Symphony for the Lunar New Year celebrating the Spirits
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A federal judge in charge of drawing new Congressional districts released a proposed map Tuesday morning that could dramatically reshape New York's political landscape.
Because of population changes around the country, New York is set to lose two members of Congress this year, going from 29 seats in the House of Representatives to 27.
Just how those districts would get redrawn and which members of Congress might get squeezed out in the process has been a matter of debate.
This morning, the picture got a lot clearer with the release of a draft proposal from federal magistrate Roanne Mann.
Most districts would remain largely the same, but there are some big changes, including a new Queens district that is almost 40 percent Asian and could leave Democrat Gary Ackerman out of a job.
The biggest potential loser is Republican Bob Turner, who won the special election to fill Anthony Weiner's seat.
According to the proposed maps, the freshman congressman's district would be eliminated and absorbed into several other districts.
Nevertheless, Turner is not surrendering.
"I'm intent on running. And I hope I don't have to move, but one way or another, I'm in the fight," said Turner.
There had also been speculation about Democrat Congressman Charles Rangel's seat.
His district would now extend well into the Bronx and become more Hispanic.
Queens-Bronx Congressman Joe Crowley, a Democrat, will also have his district encompass more of western Queens and become 45 percent Hispanic.
"I'm not going to comment on lines until this process and the lines are finalized. And then I'll be happy to come back to you and let you know where I'm running," said Crowley.
The courts took over the process because of inaction from Albany. However, it is possible state leaders could still strike a deal on new congressional lines, which would take precedence over the judge's maps.
Good-government groups say it is for the best that the magistrate has presented a proposal.
"They've drawn maps much more quickly and much more effectively than the official process," said Susan Lerner of Common Cause New York.
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In Maryland The Taxes Just Keep On Coming
Jan 8, 2012 Political
The People's Republic of Maryland is wealthy. It has counties surrounding DC and many of the wealthy folks who do business in DC live in Maryland. The economic impact of job loss has not hurt Maryland as badly as other states for this very reason; a lot of Marylanders are employed by the federal government.
Maryland is also a bastion of liberal lunacy. The State Legislature has a huge Democrat majority and the Congressional delegation is heavily Democrat. At the state level the Democrats continue to push liberal tax and spend policies that hurt the state which has seen its population of millionaires dwindle as these folks leave for states that are more tax friendly.
When Republican Governor Robert Ehrlich was in office (the first Republican in decades) he proposed slots parlors as a way to make money for the state. This was pooh poohed by Democrats as bad policy and not the way to make money. Current Democrat Governor Martin "The Teflon Leprechaun" O'Malley was singing along with the chorus.
When O'Malley defeated Ehrlich the tune changed and suddenly slots was a great idea. The morons in Annapolis placed the issue on the ballot for referendum which stupidly added it to the State Constitution. They were too cowardly to enact it as legislation because they wanted to be able to claim they did not do it when those opposed to slots complained.
Regardless, the measure passed and nearly eight years after Ehrlich proposed slots, they were in Maryland. The state lost slots revenue all that time because of politics.
Now there are two parlors operating (with more to come) and they are bringing in more than 10 million dollars a month (think about all that lost revenue because of politics).
Event though the parlors bring in this revenue the state has still raised taxes. Two years ago there was a special session where taxes were raised across the board. The sales tax went up 20%, the income tax was raised on higher income workers, all kinds of services were taxed or had tax increases and once again the citizens got screwed. Interestingly, people must have found ways to avoid the taxes because revenue decreased or was not what they expected.
The state has a history of misappropriating funds. The Transportation Fund was raped by legislators in order to pay other bills. Transportation projects still needed to be paid for but the money that was dedicated to them was spent on other things like social welfare programs, many of which go to illegal aliens. The state held public meetings about proposed toll increases along Maryland's many toll roads. Despite overwhelming opposition from the public, the state increased the tolls.
Now the state wants to raise the tax on gasoline by 15 cents a gallon (a 65% increase). The state is proposing to phase in a tax increase on a commodity that the state already heavily taxes. They claim they need to increase funds for the transportation projects and they promise the funds will not be used for anything else. The reality is that they already had the funds and they spent them on something else. They are effectively trying to make us pay twice for the same thing. We paid in and they had the money, they spent it on something else and now they want us to pay in again. It is certainly easier for these clowns to misappropriate money from a needed fund to pay for things the public might not favor and to force us to pay again into the necessary fund then it is to sell increasing our taxes to cover things like more social welfare and tuition and health care for illegal aliens.
The state is also considering raising the already ridiculously high cost of registering vehicles, the flush tax (money to help the Chesapeake Bay that we all pay as part of our water bill), and increases in bus and rail fees (the state has also raised the tax on alcoholic beverages). The state has misappropriated money and spent unwisely and now is looking to gouge its citizens.
Where is all the slots money going? Why do we have increases in taxes and fees (fees are taxes) and why do we continue to have a bloated budget each and every year? It is because Maryland is fiscally irresponsible and instead of actually cutting things that have no place in government it chooses to view more money coming in as an excuse to spend even more. Rather than balance the budget based on its current revenue and by cutting unneeded services the state would rather dig into the pockets of those who work for a living.
They continue to spend, spend, spend and they are reckless in how they manage money. There are tons of dollars spent that keep people in poverty and force the rest of us to fund their lives. We pay for their medical care, their welfare, their food stamps, their government provided cell phones (a right you know) and their very existence so that Democrats can continue to rely on a particular block of voters.
When you rob Peter to pay Paul you can always count on Paul's support. That is what Democrats in Maryland (and really across the country) do and this is why Maryland keeps electing corrupt morons to run the state.
People are fed up with tax and spend policies. There are necessary costs associated with government and those expenses should be borne by all people represented by that government. The balance of the things government assumes as a responsibility are not in their lane and should be abolished. Smaller government where everyone has, as Joe Biden called it, skin in the game is the most effective way to run things.
How many people have to shop in tax friendly states or buy their gas across the border before the legislature in Maryland realizes that taxing us to death will not solve the problem of fiscal irresponsibility and misappropriation?
It is time for people to fight back. It is time to let politicians in Annapolis know that they back the proposals of the lame duck Governor at their own peril.
We need fiscal responsibility from people who actually know what they are doing. That would exclude those who have lived their lives off the backs of others, like the very politicians in Annapolis.
We have been Taxed Enough Already and it is time for Marylanders to use every legal method to avoid the taxes imposed by the tyrannical government that is imposing its will on the people. Shop in other states, buy gas in other states, buy alcohol in other states and buy your tobacco in other states (though I don't condone the use it is a legal product) and look to the Internet to buy things and have them delivered.
There are many legal ways to cut the head off the snake.
Time to get a sharp knife and do just that.
WJZ (CBS) Baltimore
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Cave canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
Tags: annapolis, fiscal irresponsibility, gas tax, legislature, lies, malfeasance, Maryland, misappropriation, O'Malley, slots, transportation fund
GM To Taxpayers; Thanks, Now Bend Over
Jun 8, 2011 Political
General Motors received a lot of money from the US taxpayer under both George Bush and Barack Obama. Despite Obama's claims (and his fuzzy math) about car companies paying back the money, they still owe the taxpayer billions of dollars that we will likely never see. GM CEO Dan Akerson said he was grateful that the government rescued GM but wants the government out of the company in the next 6 to 12 months. Newsflash for Mr. Akerson, the government did not rescue your company, the taxpayer did through coercive tax policies that allow the government, under threat of force, to extract money from people who earn it and spend it on companies like yours. Companies that are poorly managed and spend unwisely. The taxpayer was forced to rescue your company because it was mismanaged and we had no say in the matter.
How does Mr. Akerson want to repay the taxpayer who rescued his company? He is in favor of raising the federal gas tax by as much as a dollar a gallon in order to compel people to buy more fuel efficient cars. GM just happens to make a few models of fuel efficient cars so his company will benefit from the tax increase (at least that is what he wants). What we have here is a company that was bailed out by people who are having trouble making ends meet wanting to screw those very people.
No good deed (if anyone would call bailing out a company a good deed) goes unpunished.
How are people who are having trouble making ends meet supposed to buy a new car? How will forcing them to pay more for fuel make their lives any easier when they can't afford a new, fuel efficient car but will be forced to pay the higher fuel tax for the fuel consumed by their older cars? This takes into consideration that people still have cars in the first place. Most who still have them are probably still paying for them so they will be severely underwater if they trade in for a fuel efficient car. Those cars can run about 40,000 dollars. Those who have paid off their cars will likely pay the fuel tax rather than go into debt to save at the pump.
And what about people who have no use for the little boxes of fuel efficiency? What about those who must have SUVs and pick-up trucks? Some of us must report to work no matter what so my Jeep is a better option than a car that will not make it in the snow. When that little car can get me to work in the snow and haul 800 pounds of stuff then I will consider it. The people who must have the larger vehicles will end up paying more at the pump.
This is a fine thank you to the American taxpayer for rescuing GM. Mr. Akerson.
How about the next time you need money we just say no?
Better yet, how about we decide not to buy GM vehicles?
Cave Canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
Maryland Democrats Want Us To Pay For Their Malfeasance
May 1, 2011 Political
Maryland has a transportation trust fund that taxes collected from the sale of gasoline (and other items) go in to and the money is supposed to cover the cost of repairing bridges and roads. Unfortunately, this trust fund has become a slush fund for the Democrats in Maryland. This fund has been raided for years to cover budget shortfalls. Instead of actually doing things in a responsible manner, the Democrats insist on adding more and more programs that give taxpayer money to one social welfare program or another and then use money from other sources (like the transportation fund) to pay for them.
The state is in a financial mess and the Democrats used billions of dollars from the trust fund to pay for stupidity and mismanagement. Now that they have completely screwed up our finances and mismanaged the money they already collected from us, they have a plan on how to make up the trust fund shortfall.
They are Democrats so you know what it is. They want to raise taxes. Maryland imposes a 23.5 cent per gallon tax on gasoline and Democrats want to add 12 more cents to that increasing it to 35.5 cents a gallon. As if Obama's energy policies driving gasoline up to the $4.00 a gallon mark are not bad enough, Maryland wants to add more pain at the pump.
This gas tax increase was introduced during the legislative session but it went nowhere, in large part because of rising gas prices. But now, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley is looking at a special session in order to raise the gas taxes. He promised he would not raise taxes but it looks like that is a promise that will be broken and this broken promise will hurt all the folks who voted for him. The poor folks who live off the taxpayer are still going to have to fork over more money to fill their gas tanks. Hope it feels good folks.
As for the transportation trust fund, it seems to me that it is the height of arrogance for politicians to take our money and direct it to a fund for a specific purpose and then use that money for everything except what it was intended for and then claim it needs to raise taxes to make up for the malfeasance. We paid you once and you had the money. Why should we have to pay more to make up for your mismanagement?
O'Malley says that people generally oppose a tax increase on gasoline but when the roads are bad enough they might not mind paying. I don't care how bad the roads get, I don't want them to raise taxes on gasoline. Get rid of all the programs that the state has to pay our money to illegal aliens and we might have enough to fix the roads.
The legislators are promising that they will not use the new money for anything else. That is what they were supposed to do the last time.
They can change the rules anytime they want and they will do whatever they want regardless of the rules.
If they followed the rules the transportation trust fund would not be out of money.
Cave Canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
Government Mismanages And The People Pay
Feb 7, 2011 Political
The People's Republic of Maryland is run by a bunch of Democrats who only know how to tax and spend. They continue to spend long after the well has run dry and they make up shortfalls by taxing the people who work hard for their money. They are only too eager to take that money and spend it on people who do not work. They especially like to spend it on illegal immigrants.
The Maryland government is much like the federal government. It taxes for a specific purpose and then uses the money for something else. At the federal level there is no bigger example than Social Security. The Social Security tax has been collected for decades and the money has been spent on all kinds of projects. If the politicians had left the money alone there would be plenty but they did not so now it looks like they will eventually have to increase taxes to replace the money that was collected. We are paying for it twice.
A similar situation exists in Maryland with the transportation fund. Money has been collected via gasoline taxes and vehicle registration fees for transportation projects but the politicians have raided that account and used the money to pay other bills. Now, to make up for the shortfall, a politician has a proposal to raise the gasoline tax by 10 cents a gallon.
If this is not bad enough, the same moron wants to increase vehicle registration fees by 50%. It already costs at least $130 dollars (this goes up depending on vehicle type and weight) every 2 years so this would mean an additional $65. How much more will these leeches suck from us?
The proposal would go to referendum so at least the people would be allowed to vote on it.
The proposal would also include language to prevent the transportation fund from being used for any other purpose. In other words, they spent money in a way that was not intended and now there is not enough so they will raise taxes to cover that screw up and promise not to do it again.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
How many more times are taxpayers going to be forced to pay more to cover the bungling ineptitude of those put in office?
Maryland raised taxes to record levels only a few years ago and saw revenues drop because people are finding ways to avoid paying more. People go to nearby states to buy tobacco products and to buy items where there are no sales taxes.
The increase also comes with a 1 cent inflation index starting in 2013. You can bet the taxes will not drop if there is deflation.
Maryland taxes people for everything. We pay state taxes, local taxes, city taxes, sales tax, property tax and if they can figure out how to do it we will pay a tax on the air we breathe.
We get little for our money (except for those who suckle at the welfare teat) and it is high time the people in Annapolis started running the state in a fiscally responsible manner. We need a better return on investment.
I am tired of paying through the nose for the failed policies of pandering career politicians who are inept and too stupid to actually run anything.
These people need to get a clue so let me give them one. You cannot tax your way to prosperity…
Cave Canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
Tags: gas tax, inept politicians, Maryland, referendum
Obama Sounds Like George Bush
May 4, 2008 Political
Barack Obama has made a lot of noise about his opposition to the Iraq war and he has chided Hillary Clinton for her vote on the matter. He has also told America that Clinton (and John McCain for that matter) are part of the old politics in DC and that he was the candidate of change. Obama touts himself as a DC outsider who will do things differently. Today he stated that Hillary Clinton sounded a lot like George Bush because of a statement she made last month.
Hillary Clinton was asked what she would do, as president, if Iran attacked Israel. Clinton stated that the US would attack Iran in retaliation and she stated that they should know we would obliterate them. At the time Iran claimed that her words were a violation of UN charter. Seems that when Iran threatens to wipe Israel off the map that is not a violation but when we threaten to do the same it is. Typical Muslim thinking.
Obama also took a shot at Clinton for her proposal to suspend the gasoline tax for the Summer (it was actually McCain's proposal with which Hillary agrees). Obama said that this was a classic Washington gimmick that would only save people $28.
Now I understand Mr. "I was always against the war" and his platform of non aggression. It took him 20 years to realize his pastor was an aggressive man who hated white people so I can understand how he is slow to recognize threats. However, Obama said that Clinton sounded like George Bush with her statement about obliterating Iran because, of course, it involves aggression.
But if Clinton sounds like George Bush for her statement then who does Obama sound like with this statement?
Obama said if elected in November 2008 he would be willing to attack inside Pakistan with or without approval from the Pakistani government, a move that would likely cause anxiety in the already troubled region.
"If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President Musharraf won't act, we will," Obama said. al Reuters [emphasis mine]
Here is Obama saying that if we have actionable intelligence he would attack inside another nation with or without permission. Sounds a bit like what he accuses the Bush administration of doing in Iraq. Also sounds like what he chastised Clinton for. I would think Iran attacking Israel is "actionable intelligence" and that attacking Iran in that instance is certainly more appropriate than just invading Pakistan.
Therefore, Obama advocates the same policies that he has castigated since he decided to run for office. Using his own standards, Obama sounds just like George Bush.
As for the gimmick of gas taxes. I agree that a suspension of them will hardly make a dent in anything especially since the states will still tax and most tax at a higher rate than the feds. I see that Obama though, has taken issue with his opponents and mentioned that they are engaging in a clasic Washington gimmick. So where was Obama when Nancy Pelosi sponsored the Economic Relief Package that redistributed income in America?
This is the bill that sends out $600 checks to people up to certain incomes in order to stimulate the economy. This is the bill where people who paid absolutely no income taxes whatsoever will get money from the government while those above certain incomes will not get one red cent. This is a typical Washington gimmick. It is an election year and politicians fell all over themselves to send money to people in hopes that it will curry favor at the polls in November. This package will do nothing for the economy.
The economy is not as bad as people are saying it is and many economists said that it would be improving by the time the checks even went out. The only thing that this bill did was get Democrats to admit that it is better if you are allowed to keep your own money and that they tax too much. They were conceding that taking your money amounts to forcing you to work for free for part of the year and that is true. While they were having this epiphany, they seemed to miss the fact that the money will not stimulate the economy. The market should be allowed to run the economy free of government interference. Government is the reason things get broken in the first place.
If they would learn to keep their work confined to running government and let businesses run themselves free of encumbering regulation things would be a hell of a lot better. Cheesy gimmicks like tax rebates will not help the economy any more than a gas tax holiday will (though they could repeal the gas tax all together and I would be happy).
Oh, and how did Obama see the rebate issue? He, like Hillary Clinton, did not vote on it. Both are listed as "not voting." They were probably posturing to play gotcha. However, given Obama's avoidance of controversial votes, he probably just avoided it to keep safe. That is not true leadership.
This guy is a lightweight. The funny thing is he keeps saying he is an outsider but he acts like the rest of them. He, like Clinton, will say anything to get elected. He also seems to ignore his own actions while criticizing others for doing the exact same thing.
Perhaps he should leave the glass house before throwing any more stones?
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When the alert is activated a flashing red button, found on the left of the screen, indicates an alert is in effect.
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There are more than one million pastors and evangelists working in Africa and South America today, and yet many have no formal theological training. Most of these people would love the opportunity to improve their education, but the distances and financial obstacles have simply been too big - until now.
Thanks to an online distance course offered through itslearning, the NET Foundation is helping hundreds of pastors and missionaries in without a developed technological infrastructure get the education they need - in an easily accessible and affordable form.
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To encourage greater interaction from students, teachers set-up topic-based discussions in itslearning's online discussion forums. Students also share their work and assignments with each other using the in-built resource itslearning library, enabling them to get advice and feedback from their peers.
For NET Foundation, the next step is start sharing modules and courses between schools. This will mean teachers can benefit from the work done by other teachers, and will ensure that all schools in the network offer the same high level of education. This approach has already been put into effect in some areas. For example, a number of schools in South America are working together in itslearning to put together a Masters programme designed specifically for South American students.
Based in the Netherlands, NET Foundation's vision is to enable Christian leaders, pastors and members around the world - who, due to social, ministry, financial or geographical circumstances, can't participate in a campus-based education programme - be involved in theological education through distance learning programmes.
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This is an exceptionally ordinary and overpriced eye gel for normal to slightly dry skin. The small amount of algae has no miracle properties for skin, but the horsetail extract can be an irritant due to its tannin content and other constituents (Source: www.naturaldatabase.com). The film-forming agent it contains is possibly what makes skin feel tighter, but the effect is strictly cosmetic, and it lasts for only a few moments.
For skin with a lack of firmness, elasticity and an adhesion of the support tissue. It's a fresh and energizing gel to revitalize the eye contour area. Thanks to its ultra-performing formula, Sothys Active-Contour Tensor Gel, smoothes the skin and has an immediate firming effect that makes it easier to apply the eye make-up.
Water, Propylene Glycol, Glycerin, Chlorella Ferment, D-Panthenol, Glyceryl Polymethacrylate, Allantoin, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Polyquaternium 11, Chlorphenesin, Carbomer, Triethanolamine, Equisetum Arvense (Horsetail) Extract, Methylparaben, Centella Asiatica Extract, Panax Ginseng, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Potassium Sorbate, Propylparaben, Butylparaben, Ethylparaben
We have to admit we weren't looking forward to reviewing this line. We've been aware of Sothys for some time, and over the years many women have asked us what we thought of it. We don't ever mind being asked what we think of a product line, but in this case it was the way we were asked that we found depressing. Somehow this spa-oriented line has developed an almost reverent reputation for being a superior skin-care line.
A question would go like this, "What do you think of Sothys?" We would reply, "Not much, the formulas are either out of date or contain problematic ingredients and the price tag is silly for what you get." Inevitably, the response would be, "Really? I thought it was one of the best lines around … it's French, you know?" Sigh. Yes, we do know. But …
Despite a long French-heritage, dating back to 1946, this spa-oriented brand with a vast array of products doesn't deserve a reputation for being anything other than an overpriced spa brand to avoid.
Most of Sothys skin-care formularies are so far behind the times that using them is akin to using a typewriter instead of a computer—the formulations are as ordinary and mundane as it gets. Almost all their moisturizers lack any reasonable amount of antioxidants, skin-identical ingredients, or cell-communicating ingredients. Also consider that there are no effective products for those struggling with blemishes or blackheads, despite their claims. It is astounding that in a line with dozens of facial moisturizers (most with repetitive formulas), not a single one includes a sunscreen. How can this brand be so incredibly blind to the number one cause of wrinkles and skin aging? If they aren't aware of the critical importance of sun protection, then how much do you want to trust them in any other aspect of helping your skin?
Sothys makes much ado about the training it provides to aestheticians. Not having attended any of their classes, we can't speak specifically to the content of what they teach, but if their products are even vaguely representative of what they inculcate, woe to those aestheticians who rely on Sothys as their source of skin-care education.
When all is said and done, and you've gotten past the smoke and mirrors, nothing else matters if you don't have well-formulated products, sunscreens, exfoliants, acne products, options for rosacea and sensitive skin, and/or reasonable pricing. And that's where Sothys falls flat on its scrubbed, steamed, masked, and spa "purified" face.
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Earlier today I participated in a webinar with VMware in which the subject of Microsoft's Quick Migration functionality came up. I've discussed Quick Migration vs. live migration (VMotion in the VMware world) before, but this time I had the opportunity to see an interesting video demo of Quick Migration.
The video demo of Quick Migration is available here.
Now, I'll grant you that this video was produced by VMware and will quite naturally be slanted against Microsoft in favor of VMware. With that in mind, let me ask this question: Could the problems shown in the demo be eliminated with a correct setup?
Microsoft experts and experienced Hyper-V testers/users, I'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback in the comments below. We all know that it's possible to create a demo environment that doesn't follow vendor best practices and therefore puts that vendor in a bad light; was this the case here? Or are these problems with Quick Migration accurate?
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As far as I can tell, this is exactly how the Quick migration service is sold – it's a pause in service while the migration takes place. If the application you're running can't deal with a pause in service (i.e. the server disppearing for that time) then it will fail. The demo shows exactly expected behaviour. All that really means is that you have to plan for your migrations to take place.
the only way I can see that could avoid this type of behaviour is that Microsoft needs to add something like VMotion.
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Do you remember the last time you had a really great, cold beer at a hotel - and you actually remember the hotel?
Four Points by Sheraton thinks you just might, which is why over the last couple of years, the mid-priced chain has brewed up a serious, beer-based marketing strategy that's surely unique to the hotel industry. So why beer?
To find out, I recently sat down at a local Four Points hotel with Scott Kerkmans (right), the chain's "chief beer officer," for a real microwbrew-beer tasting. (Yes, I'll share my faves later in this post.)
Since it was 10 a.m., we talked over lemon poppy-seed muffins and a flight of craft beers that this particular Four Points hotel sold at its bar.
The micro-brew strategy makes sense for the Starwood Hotels chain because of what beer stands for, he told me.
"What we're striving for at Four Points is that relaxed, uncomplicated stay - and really what exudes that more than a cold glass of beer after a hard day's work? It's not pretentious," Kerkmans told me between sips of light and eventually dark craft beers.
Beer's also a good fit for the times, he said. Beer can offer guests an affordable enjoyment (around $5 to $7 a pint) and an interesting experience that lets travelers who may not have time to leave the hotel learn about local tastes, he said.
"As long as our guests are getting that wonderful experience of craft beer, it's no longer just a stay at a hotel," Kerkmans said.
How the beer strategy got started
The chain's Los Angeles International Airport hotel started the concept. There, the general manager happened to be really into beer and he brought a selection of 100 different beers into the hotel's bar, Kerkmans told me. The selection created a buzz, got people talking and eventually boosted the hotel's guest satisfaction scores, he said.
In 2007, Starwood decided the concept could work on a broader scale, so it sought to hire a beer expert to oversee the beer strategy. It plucked Kerkmans,who brewed beer professionally in Alaska for five years, out of some 7,800 applicants.
Since then, craft beer has taken on a fairly significant role in the roughly 200 Four Points hotels.
Every Four Points has a different beer selection, and each hotel features at least four beers on tap and at least eight bottles. Each hotel tries to focus on local beers, so generally local beers represent about half the selection, with the other half coming from around the country and world, Kerkmans said.
Besides helping hotels shape their beer menus, Kerkmans also trains staff about the beers they sell and/or serve, and hosts beer tasting dinners with hotel guests. Beer aficionados might like to know that Kerkmans also travels to beer festivals to judge beer contests. Last month, for instance, he was at the Toronto's beer festival; Four Points had a booth that gave away free room nights.
Four Points wanted to make sure it had a carefully curated beer selection at its hotels "to make sure it wasn't just a fluff piece, but to make sure it's a real program," Kerkmans said. "And it's turned into one. Anytime I'm at a beer event, I get stopped and recognized. They say, 'Oh, I've stayed at the Four Points in Kansas City.' It's developed a beer cult following."
Readers: Starwood might be smart to push the "experience" angle in Four Points' cut-throat category, considering it competes against the likes of Marriott Courtyard, Hilton Garden Inn and Hyatt Place. But do you think beer is the answer?
What do you think about Four Points chain's beer strategy? Do you buy it? Do you think it makes a difference when you're booking a stay for a business trip?
My favorite craft beers
Here are the beers that we sampled at the Four Points in Washington D.C. (1201 K Street) by first sniffing the aroma to detect scents, holding up the glass to the light to check clarity and then taking a small sip and then - unlike wine tasting - swallowing it.
My two favorites were Clipper City and Rogue brews. Based on my favorites, Kerkmans told me I am a "hop head."


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Swedish specialty refrigerator maker Dometic AB will start trading Dec. 3 on the Stockholm stock exchange, seeking to raise up to 4.3 billion Swedish kronor (U.S. $570 million).
Dometic's initial public offering would provide a quick exit for Nordic buyout firm EQT Partners AB. The flotation is the first in Sweden since heating equipment maker Alfa Laval AB raised Skr5.6 billion in May 2002 and is seen as a key test of a possible revival in the Nordic IPO market. In 2002, there were five Nordic IPOs worth $900 million, a fraction of the 146 such deals throughout all of Europe that raised $16 billion.
Dometic's offering is made up of 15.7 million shares, representing 51.3 percent of the company's capital. EQT is selling 10 million shares, and 5.7 million are new. The per-share price range is between Skr190 and Skr240, which would give the company a market capitalization of Skr5.8 billion to Skr7.3 billion. There is also a greenshoe option that would increase the offer size by 15 percent if demand is adequate.
Enskilda Securities and Merrill Lynch & Co. are joint global coordinators of the share sale, while Deutsche Bank AG and Svenska Handelsbanken AB are co-leads.
EQT acquired Dometic, a market leader in supplying refrigeration units for recreational vehicles, boats, and hotel minibars, from household appliances group Electrolux AB in 2001. At that time, industry sources said EQT probably paid a figure close to the unit's 2002 sales of Skr4.2 billion.
However, EQT partner Hakan Johansson said that the sale price was higher, although he declined to give a specific price.
Mr. Johansson also said that his firm had originally expected to take Dometic public in 3 to 5 years, but, he said: "The development of the company has gone faster than we anticipated from the start. And the advice we were given is that there has been a demand for equities. The company was ready [to list], and we want to support it with a listing of new shares to develop their strategy."
Dometic will use the money raised from the IPO to pay off debt and go for growth following the conclusion of the company's rebranding strategy to separate Dometic from its former parent company.
"This will give the company a healthy balance sheet and the ability to grow organically and through acquisitions," Mr. Johansson said.
Dometic had sales of Skr6.38 billion in 2002, an increase of 12 percent from the previous year. More than one-half of its sales are in North America and South America, with most of the rest in Europe.
Market watchers, however, said the company's IPO is attracting only mild interest because it may be priced on the high side.
"There's not too much talk about it," said Björn Enarson, an analyst with D. Carnegie & Co. AB. "The discount is not as great as you should perhaps expect when you invest in a new company you don't know very much about," he said. "But if it would be in the low range [Skr190 to SKkr210], then it would be valued in line with the sector."
Mr. Enarson said a price of Skr215 would be a premium of 2 percent. Although that is the sector average adjusted for 2004, Enarson observed that Swedish investors may be turned off by the low premium. (The Daily Deal)
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It is possible to develop gout with or without the risk factors listed below. However, the more risk factors you have, the greater your likelihood of developing gout. If you have a number of risk factors, ask your doctor what you can do to reduce your risk.
Gout is more common in men over 30 years, but it can occur in anyone. Gout usually does not affect women until after menopause.
Genetics may also play a role in gout.
In a small number of people, the risk of gout is increased by an enzyme defect that leads to high levels of uric acid in the body.
Hyperuricemia is the biggest risk factor for gout. Hyperuricemia occurs when the body makes too much uric acid, or when the body excretes too little of it in the urine. Keep in mind that it is possible to have hyperuricemia and not have gout. Many factors may increase the risk of gout.
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Gout. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at:
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Gout causes and risk factors.
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Questions and answers about gout.
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases website. Available at:
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What is gout? National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases website. Available at:
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In other news……
We are incredibly pleased to announce that on June 6, 2014 Governor Dannel Malloy signed into law Public Act 14-133 (House Bill 5144), which restores the right of adoptees adopted after October 1, 1983 to access their original birth certificates upon reaching the age of 18. We are completely thrilled and grateful that the Governor signed the bill, which represents years of work on the part of literally thousands of supporters of adoptee rights. To read about the history of the bill and its passage, see this June 14, 2014 update on Public Act 14-133.
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Access Connecticut remains committed to restoring the right of access to ALL Connecticut adoptees! We have a Strategic Plan for the next two legislative sessions which we believe will get us there.
This is going to be a big team building effort and we need your help. We are pursuing a combination of fundraising, publicity and volunteer efforts to ensure we can finish the job. We hope you will join us!
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UPCOMING WORKSHOP OF INTEREST: One of our strongest supporters, the Connecticut Council on Adoption, is sponsoring a workshop on Friday, November 7, 2014 with Dr. Deborah H. Siegel, LCSW, PhD, DCSW entitled "Open Adoption: Lessons From Research and Practice. Panacea or Pandora's Box?" Dr. Siegel is co-author with Susan Livingston Smith, LCSW of a 2012 Donaldson Adoption Institute Report on "Openness in Adoption:From Secrecy and Stigma to Knowledge and Connections." We will be attending and networking there. Click here for the brochure and information on how to attend.
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Access Connecticut is a grassroots organization of adoptees, birth parents, adoptive parents and adoption professionals dedicated to re-establishing the right of adult adoptees to access their original birth certificates, which was taken away in 1975.
Access Connecticut has one goal: We seek to re-establish the right of adult adoptees to access their original birth certificate, a right which the all non-adopted citizens have under Connecticut law. Prior to 1975 all adoptees born in Connecticut had the right to obtain their true, original birth certificates (OBCs) upon reaching the age of majority.
Every adoptee has two birth certificates: A true, original birth certificate (OBC) created the day they are born and a false, amended birth certificate. The false birth certificate is created by the state when their adoption is finalized (up to a year or more after their birth), and says their adoptive parents are their biological parents. The false birth certificate is the adoptee's legal birth certificate.
More than four out of five Connecticut residents (85%) would support a law allowing adult adoptees to obtain copies of their original birth certificate naming their birth parents. (See this 2007 Univ. of Conn. Survey)
Laws in several states now acknowledge the unrestricted right of adult adoptees to access their OBCs. These states include most recently our neighbors in Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
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|After losing a bet with the Trio, most of Sunnydale High school and quite a few adults and faculty are dressed as Clan Wolf from BattleTech/MechWarrior. The hiccup comes when the patches look more like a Hyena and Xander is the one assigned the IlKahn uniform and markings. Magic always goes wonky around the Xan-man and this time it is no different. The next morning the entire town wakes up and everything is different. Thanks to the decorations the trio made the not so sleepy town of Sunnydale is now capital city of Clan Hyena. Every last person wearing the costume, every vehicle, and building bearing the symbol has been transformed into the 31st century equivalent.
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-Xander now has the memories of Ulric Kerensky and the gene modified body of a MechWarrior
-All of Sunnydale is now a Clan city with 31st century level technology.
-The Trio set themselves as Scientist Caste
-The more human like and peaceful demons seem to be part of the clan as well
-The mayor is unchanged and still plans ascension
-Faith, Kendra, and the older potentials were in town with their watchers
-Wesley, Gunn and Fred are in town, oddly enough from the future
-Sam and Dean Winchester are in town and dressed as Mechwarriors
-Buffy and Faith dressed as Elementals and get their increased height but not the muscle mass.
-Willow dressed as a Clan Scientist who actually managed to Test into Warrior Chaste by the skin of her teeth.
-Wolfram and Hart moving into town despite Ilkahn Harris objecting.
Mega Bonus:
-Orbiting above Sunnydale is a small fleet of Warships including at least one McKenna class.
-All the Potential and Slayers dressed as Elementals and got the slayer upgrade.
-Willow from a dark future actually reveals she changed everything to current Xander.
I would like this crossed over with one or more of the following (in order of preference)
-StarGate SG-1
-Babylon 5
-Battle Star Galactica (old or new)
-West Wing
-Fallen Skies
-Independence Day
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The making of Danny Boyle
Seven friends and colleagues explain what makes the director so special
Mon Mar 25 2013
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He's an Olympic hero with a reputation for being an all-round nice bloke. But why is 'Slumdog Millionaire' and Opening Ceremony director Danny Boyle so influential? As his new film 'Trance' hits cinemas, Cath Clarke and Dave Calhoun asked the seven people who know him best.
'If Danny thinks it's okay, you trust him.'
Frank Cottrell Boyce, writer, 'Millions' and the Olympic Opening Ceremony
'Danny's real superpower is to build loyalty. He asks people that he trusts rather than finding the most prestigious person. For the Olympics, he needed someone to write a percussion concerto and he didn't ask Philip Glass or Michael Nyman. He asked Rick from Underworld. That's his magic.'
'When he asked me to do the Olympics, I immediately said yes. That's another thing about Danny. I had no idea what it meant or if I'd get paid, or even if it would be career suicide. I just said 'yeah'. If Danny thinks it's okay, you trust him.'
'He's a bit of an animal when he's shooting.'
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Christian Colson, producer, 'Slumdog Millionaire', '127 Hours' and 'Trance'
'Really, we produce the films together. He'll deny that because he's kind. And he'd flinch at the word auteur. Shooting our new film 'Trance' we were working six-day weeks. We'd schedule the day off to be a Thursday. So when everyone else collapsed Danny could go and do Olympics work. But the thing about him is he thrives on the very cusp of exhaustion.'
'On '127 Hours' he was often working from 6am till midnight, seven days a week, for eight weeks. He was completely fried at the end of it. He tends to lose two stone shooting. He doesn't eat. I think adrenaline keeps him going. He's a bit of an animal when he's shooting. Then, as you go into post-production, the weight comes back on, you see him munching pizzas.'
'He's the brickie of the British film industry.'
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Anthony Dod Mantle, cinematographer, director of photography on '28 Days Later...' 'Millions', 'Slumdog Millionaire', '127 Hours' and 'Trance'
'My introduction to Danny was on my answerphone, this lovely affectionate Manc voice. Within a year we were ripping London apart in "28 Days Later…", turning a double-decker bus upside down at the crack of dawn in the middle of Whitehall. How insane can you get?'
'We were running around trailing newspapers and toilet roll on the pavement, being scolded by the special branch. We had to run around like naughty school kids picking up litter. Of course we picked it up ourselves! Danny is the first person to muck in. That's the way he is. He's the first on set in the morning and usually the last to leave. He's very hard working. He's the brickie of the British film industry.'
'He doesn't suffer fools.'
Seb Coe, chairman of London Organising Committee of the Olympic & Paralympic Games
'When I first met Danny I was on the Simon Mayo show [on BBC Radio 2] one Friday. Danny had just won the Oscar for 'Slumdog Millionaire'. We had a conversation on air about the Games and Danny said he thought they were fantastic. I said he should help. And he said, "Yes, I'll make tea!" A few weeks later, we had a proper conversation. That's how he came on board.'
'One of the memories I will always treasure is Danny at the dress rehearsals for the Opening Ceremony. Remember the weather? London was under water at the time. The volunteers were cold and wet and Danny was among them, talking to them and going round chatting and thanking them. He was Pied Piper-like in that respect.'
'He doesn't suffer fools. I've seen him in full flow when he's not getting what he wants out of a shot or an angle. He doesn't pull his punches. But I like him. He was in it for all the right reasons. Apart from anything else, I just got on with him. He's bloody good company.'
'He never sits down, he just keeps walking.'
Tessa Ross, controller of film and drama at Channel 4, executive producer of 'Slumdog Millionaire' and '127 Hours'
'The minute Danny was on board with 'Slumdog Millionaire' it took on a whole other life. Danny on a film is a motor unlike any motor I've seen. He just has this unbelievable adrenaline, unbelievable leadership, unbelievable inspirational quality. He never sits down, he just keeps walking. He just keeps going. And everybody wants to go with him. And he's very, very honest. When I need to be brave in my job I think of Danny Boyle. What would Danny do?'
'He really trusts people.'
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Ewen Bremner, actor, 'Trainspotting'
'I met Danny when he was doing "Shallow Grave". They wanted see me about a part. And I was a real snob about the script. Then I saw the movie and really kicked myself. What fantastic, sexy filmmaking.'
'They got me back in when they were dong "Trainspotting". It was a fun set, "Trainspotting", it really was. There was a real chemistry between the actors he got to work together. It was a lucky film. Everybody was on this mission. There's always a lot of fear on sets because you've not got much chance to get it right. But with Danny he doesn't worry about that. He really trusts people.'
'He always wants to make something as visceral as possible.'
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Mark Tildesley, production designer, '28 Days Later...', 'Millions', 'Sunshine', 'Trance', 'Frankenstein' and the Olympic Opening Ceremony
'Working with Danny is always fun, but the most fun I had was on "Frankenstein". We were doing it the same time as the Olympics, in this little office in Soho. We just stuck pictures on the wall. One end of the room was the play. The other end we had the Olympics.'
'Danny always wants to make something as visceral as possible. We built a ceiling full of old light bulbs [3,100 in total]. It was very hot, giving this a sense of the force of electricity harnessed by Frankenstein and the discoveries of the nineteenth-century. It wasn't period correct at all! Frankenstein was earlier than that. But we just thought: it doesn't matter. It's what's going to be coming in the new age.'
'It was good to practice on "Frankenstein" for the Olympics. In theatre you've got the sense that there's no way any of this can fail.'
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