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On the fifth day of Ganpati immersions on Wednesday, noise pollution levels recorded by an NGO, Awaaz Foundation, reveal that while they continue to be high with respect to the permissible levels (see box), they were lower compared to recordings made last year.
The noise levels were recorded in different parts of the city. While in 2013, the highest recorded level of noise pollution was 112 dB, this year's highest on the fifth day of immersion stood at 107.2 dB. Noise from loudspeakers, dhol, DJs and firecrackers were considered while recording the noise pollution level.
While an elaborate data of the previous year recorded by the NGO was not available, members of Awaaz Foundation stated that the route was similar to the one considered this year. The noise recordings were divided into areas of south Mumbai, western suburbs and one place in the eastern suburbs. Pollution recordings were taken after 10pm too, when use of loudspeakers are not allowed.
Unfortunately, during both the years, the highest noise seemed to have happened after 10pm. Last year, the noisiest place was Ranade Road, Dadar, around 10.30pm. This was followed by 110.3 dB at Santa Cruz around 11.15pm. This year 107.2 dB was near Atria Mall and 105.5 dB near Girgaum Chowpatty.
"The noise measurements were recorded as environmental noise on the periphery of the actual processions, and are typically lower than the noise measured from instruments at close quarters, although participants are exposed to significantly higher noise levels," said Sumaira Abdulali of Awaaz Foundation, which measures noise every year. This year, the recordings were done by a volunteer, Dr G Kolhatkar, instead of Abdulali.
"But the real noise pollution will be known only on the last day of the immersion. The pollution level on the fifth day is anyway less," said Abdulali.
This time, noise pollution levels were recorded by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) too. It has recorded pollution levels for the first two days covering a larger area and have put it up on their website. As per their findings, the maximum level for both the days as compared to the previous year was more. While on the first day the maximum and minimum stood between 98 dB and 42 dB this year, it was 89 dB and 49 dB last year. Second day's reading were 103 dB and 57 dB this year and 96 dB and 52 dB last year. However, the average of all the places covered was similar.
Abdulali said, "AS per our findings, political parties are the biggest offenders. They go on with their dhols. The police need to take some action on them."
Abdulali has written a letter to the CM on the issue.
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Silence Zone
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10pm to 6am – 40 dB
6am to 10pm – 55 dB
10pm to 6am – 45 dB
6am to 10pm – 65 dB
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Juhu Tara Road
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Opposite Navneet Motors, Near Atria Mall, Worli
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Discussion on foundation for a successful program:
• Successful programs have a clear mission, cohesive programming across departments, shared values and built on consensus of the community
• Strong leadership is required to get universal participation.
Additional observations for consideration:
• Must establish goals for the whole student body that begin in the first year.
• Develop core courses for first year students that include discussions to develop cohort identity and unity.
• Need something to pull first year elements together (a space or events) to create a more cohesive experience for everyone – to help single identity rather than looking at the first year students as segments of a population.
• What activities, discussion or events can anchor what is happening in the classroom –expectations and outcomes of what students do in the classroom needs to have meaning in a larger context.
• Develop a theme for whole student body – all activities should clearly be connected to the theme or goals established.
• Define and clarify outcomes and expectations for all students. Students need to understand them and why they are doing it.
• What is liberal arts? What is the message we articulate to students; how is it put into practice in courses and activities.
• Intrigued by the concept of a 2 week course prior to start of classes (Eckerd College model) – something like our Gateway program's structure. This acknowledges entire student body's transition to college level learning as well as changing demographics.
• Consider the message and structure of our current FYS course. What is the function of FYS: should it be academic focus or introduction to higher education? What action if any, should be taken?
• UMM appears to have many of the key elements of a successful FYE program but seems to lack cohesiveness and unity.
Race in home neighborhood:
Non white – 42% (n=38)
Mostly white – 32% (n=226)
Religious preference:
Catholic – 29% (n=65)
Lutheran – 32% (n=56)
Other Christian – 29% (n=69)
Other religion – 42% (n=26)
None – 47% (n=59)
Self rated academic ability
Upper 10% - 26% (n=55)
Not upper 10% - 36% (n=216)
Self rated emotional health:
Upper 10% - 28% (n=39)
Not upper 10% - 36% (n=233)
Self rated physical health:
Upper 10% - 45% (n=31)
Not upper 10% - 33% (n=242)
Self rated religiousness:
Upper 10% - 37% (n=27)
Not upper 10% - 34% (n=244)
Time spent partying:
Less than 1 hour – 31% (n=169)
1-5 hours – 41% (n=68)
6 or more hours – 38% (n=31)
Time spent in clubs/groups
Less than 1 hour – 39% (n=109)
1-5 hours – 32% (n=108)
6 or more hours – 31% (n=52)
Time spent watching TV
Less than 1 hour – 47% (n=55)
1-5 hours – 36% (n=138)
6 or more hours – 25% (n=76)
Time spent playing video games
Less than 1 hour – 40% (n=135)
1-5 hours – 30% (n=83)
6 or more hours – 29% (n=51)
This College is my:
First choice – 28% (n=200)
Second choice – 48% (n=54)
Third or lower choice – 66% (n=21)
Number of other colleges applied to:
0-2 – 29% (n=144)
3+ - 42% (n=130)
Reason for coming to UMM: Academic reputation:
Very important – 30% (n=205)
Not important – 49% (n=67)
Reason for coming to UMM: Social Activities/reputation
Very important – 28% (n=75)
Not important – 37% (n=198)
Reason for coming to UMM: could not afford 1st choice:
Very important – 48% (n=42)
Not important – 32% (n=228)
Reason for coming to UMM: size of this school
Very important – 23% (n=145)
Not important – 47% (n=127)
Reason for coming to UMM: ranking in national magazine
Very important – 26% (n=68
Not important – 37% (n=203)
Reason for coming to UMM: campus visit
Very important – 20% (n=110)
Not important – 45% (n=164)
Chance will change major before graduation
Not good chance – 32% (n=226)
Very good chance – 47% (n=49)
Chance will change career choice before graduation
Not good chance – 31% (n=213)
Very good chance – 48% (n=61)
Future goal to be successful in own business
Somewhat important goal – 28% (n=205)
Very important goal – 42% (n=38)
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1. Survey and chronicle current UMM initiatives related to the first year experience.
2. Review and summarize major findings from existing institutional data (from NSSE; from CIRP, for example) relevant to documenting student experience in the first year.
3. Provide an assessment and evaluation of our current and historic successes and challenges in relation to the first year.
4. Research and provide examples of best practice from other institutions in relation to the first year experience and place UMM first year initiatives in this context.
5. Consider the role of first year seminar in relation to the whole first year experience with the specific purpose of recommending the continuation, alteration, or discontinuation of seminar.
6. Make general recommendations regarding continued and changed practice in relation to the first year experience to the Chancellor, the Vice Chancellors for Academic and Student Affairs, the Curriculum Committee and the Student Services Committee.
7. Include in its recommendations those related to administrative structure and leadership for the first year experience and those related to resources.
8. Complete its work by January 30, 2008.
Membership for the DTF
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VC Student Affairs - Sandy Olson-Loy
Associate Director of Residential Life - Julie Phelps
Resident Director – Heather Nicole Christian
Coordinator of Academic Advising - Brenda Boever
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My 12 yr old Canon finally died so I got this model for $60 from Staples during BF. I've been very happy with it! 4x6 pictures are very quick and almost indistinguishable from professional prints IMO. I haven't had to buy new ink yet, but I would be a little leery of the off brand stuff because of fading over time...
BTW... I was also concerned about the "wasting ink" comments, but I haven't had that issue. I am connecting via wireless and the printer stays on 24/7. Maybe if you were turning it on and off each time it would be a problem.
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I picked up this printer on bf and also use a mg5320, although they do an auto clean once in a while I don't think it uses that much ink, generic ink is like 1 dollar per cart so it's very cheap to replace. Also consider that it may help increase the life of the printer, mg5320 moderate to heavy use over 1 1/2 years never had a single problem with print quality.
canon makes some really nice printers which is why I got the 6220 for home use. wifi was pretty easy to set up in my case.
Thanks OP. Do you know what time today the new pricing went into effect? Printed the page off the Amazon website and am going to have BB pricematch the MG6220 I purchased about 3 weeks ago. Up until this, I had the price(match) down to $84.99 plus tax (also against Amazon).
EDIT: Not knowing whether Amazon will change their price by tomorrow (to guarantee my PM@BB), I went ahead and placed an order for Qty.1 of Canon MG6220 AIO Printer and Qty.2 of High Vision Compatible Ink Cartridges (link [amazon.com]) today. I wasn't about to waste $5 on gas (today) when all I could possibly do (today) is head over to BB (and nothing else of interest to me). Repped. Good way of using the Amazon GCs I got on MLK from BB, I suppose.
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Amazon: link #1 [amazon.com] and #2 [amazon.com], as well as eBay: link #1 [ebay.com], #2 [ebay.com], #3 [ebay.com], and #4 [ebay.com].
NOTE: Above linked, there are vendors on eBay selling "bottomless" ink supply units as well as nifty refillable cartridges (no drilling necessary). All above have chips included, with the refillable cartridges/systems having resettable chips.
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P.S. - I am considering going with either the refillable or continuous systems I linked to above and buying 500ml bottles (or larger) of good quality inks should I know where to get it. The same vendors sell their systems with/without ink. BTW, I believe that is where I read the good reviews (on the systems and the ink).
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Last night, my Duffy family and I finally had some free time, and I was able to snap some photos of D.B., Shellie May, and Duffy relaxing.
D.B. decided to enjoy his downtime by reading a book
Well, he wanted to read a book, but when he tried to hold it by himself, the book proved to be far too heavy for him. Maybe I could sit on it, he thought and realizing the brilliance of his idea, he promptly sat on his book.
That plan worked for a while until D.B. realized he couldnt read any of the words on which he was sitting. Ill just scoot back, he reasoned. When I turn a page, Ill scoot forward and when I need to move back, Ill scoot back. And so he didright off the book!
Aaaggghhh! he screamed. Ok, new plan: Ill just kneel on the book.
But in that position, D.B. couldnt keep the book's sides firmly held down. As a result, the book snapped close on him. Oh noooooo! he moaned.
D.B. was on the verge of tears. He really wanted to read his book. What to do? What to do? he pondered.
D.B. tried his original position again, but again, no luck. And just when D.B. was about to give up, his big brother Snowflake came to his rescue and positioned his nose behind the book so that it wouldnt fall.
Thank you so much, Snowflake. Now, I can finally read my book, D.B. gleefully proclaimed.
Meanwhile, Duffy was busy on one of my laptops.
Whatcha doin, Duffy, I inquired.
Watchin The Avengers, he happily replied.
Wait a minuteDuffy, are thoseare those my Skull Candy Uproar headphones?
The Bose are too big, he sheepishly grinned. Well, okay then.
Meanwhile, Shellie was nestled on a pillow busy watching Cougar Town, listening to M83my ear buds!and eating a leftover St. Patricks Day cookie and some of my chocolatesmy chocolates!
Shellie, are those my ear buds?
Theyre the only pair that fit my bear-sized ears, she explained. Nearly all of your over-the-ear headphones are too big. Plus, Duffy has the Skull Candy ones and even those are too big for his ears!
That is true, I concurred.
Plus they squish his head and make him look weird...er, she whispered.
I heard that, said Duffy.
Its true! Shellie May defended. Duffy sulkily returned to his movie knowing she was right. Shellie looked back at me and suggested, You should buy some more ear buds or buy us some bear-sized headphones. Sensing my focus was elsewhere, she finally admitted, And yes, Im eating your chocolate. Look, Jules is getting hit in the head with a dodge ball!
Well, enjoy M83, Cougar Town, the cookie, and the chocolates, I said. Ill just go sit in my moon chair, grab the other laptop, and see if Build-a-Bear has bear-sized headphones. But I dont think they do.
Build-a-Bear has everything. Cmon, girlfriend, dont be ridic! Shellie laughed while quoting Jules Cobb. She ate another piece of chocolate and returned to her show.


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It was about six years ago that I first met Jason Gould at the party of a mutual friend. I remember him as a shy, slightly sullen guy, unassuming and fairly withdrawn. We barely spoke. At the time, he had already costarred with his mother, Barbra Streisand, in the 1991 film The Prince of Tides, which won him critical kudos. And he had already been outed by the tabloids in a silly if fantastical story about his marriage to a male model. Suffice it to say, the Jason I met then seemed a tad shell-shocked. Flash-forward to September 2000: It's a late-summer day in Manhattan, and I'm scheduled to meet Jason again. This time it's for an Advocate interview concerning his film short "Inside Out," one of five movie shorts in Boys Life 3.
After a brief phone conversation, with no mutual mention of our previous meeting, he suggests coming to my small West Village studio. He arrives at my apartment a punctual, polite, and friendly young man, nothing like the skittish colt I remember. During our two-hour interview, he is funny, easygoing, and just a tad guarded. He remains reticent about certain subjects--his mother, his dad, Elliott Gould; and, oddly enough, his age. ("It's not like it's not public record," I jokingly remind him.) Yet even while deflecting a question, he's never defensive or anxious; his apprehension seems more like the measured response of someone raised under the fickle, frenzied spotlight of fame.
Jason Gould is the writer, director, and star of "Inside Out," the story of Aaron, the gay son of two celebrities. During the course of 30 minutes, he is chased by paparazzi, is outed by the tabloids, seeks solace in a support group for kids of famous folks (run by Christina Crawford), and turns to Scientology before he engages in an all-out striptease for the pernicious press. Much of it, of course, is more than a bit autobiographical. Toward the end of our interview I confess to Gould how antisocial he seemed to me during our first and brief meeting. "Well," he admits, "I thought you were very aloof." "Really?" I say. "Yeah," he says with a smile. "It's interesting the assumptions people make about others and how wrong they often are."
In his first feature interview with the gay press, Gould reveals just how wrong some assumptions about him are, the problems of growing up with an icon, and his ambivalence about being called gay.
So when did you come out?
I still haven't. [Laughs] I mean, I don't live a closeted life. I'm not ashamed of who I am. I'm pretty comfortable with my sexuality.
What are you up to? You received such good reviews for The Prince of Tides, yet you haven't acted in much since. Why's that?
I still act. I went to London and did the play The Twilight of the Golds a couple of years ago. And I'm in acting school--one of those classes with a master teacher where you have to audition to audition. I admit I haven't pursued it with the intensity of some young actors, probably because I grew up around the business, which is partly what my film is about. It's about being in the public eye and wanting privacy and what you have to sacrifice if you want to remain in the business.
Do you like acting?
Sometimes. I learn more about myself, and I like that. I learn about taking risks, exposing myself. That is interesting to me. But there are so few roles that come along that I really want to play. I don't want to play stereotypes. And now that basically everybody assumes or knows that I'm gay, I pretty much get offered only gay parts.
But you didn't play a gay character in The Prince of Tides.
No, but I got a lot of tabloid crap after that about being gay.
The tabloids said that you married a male model.
It was a ridiculous story. It was funny in a way.
Where do you think they came up with that?
Oh, I don't know. These people are ingenious with their imaginations. It's disturbing, though. [Sighs] I mean, there are so many legal ramifications to what they did.
Did your withdrawal from the public eye have anything to do with that tabloid story?
At the time, I was so shocked. The tabloid thing happened around the time of The Prince of Tides, which is what those tabloids do. They take advantage of anybody that's getting notoriety and try and make them look like shit or humiliate them to some extent--which is just the fact of how it works. First they called and asked me if it was true that I married a male model. I said, "No, it's ridiculous. It's totally false." And they said, "But we've seen the photo album; we actually had proof." So then I checked into suing them, but you have to prove malicious intent. It would have just drawn more attention to the whole thing, so it wasn't worth it. But it was shocking to me, not only because they could get away with it but in how they used and manipulated me. It was such an ugly part of being in the public eye, to me, that I withdrew.
Your dad, Elliott Gould, appears as your father in "Inside Out." Did you ask him to be in it?
I originally asked another actor to be in the part, but he didn't want to do it.
And your dad said, "Sure"?
Yeah, my dad is very generous with me. He's been in a lot of my movies, and I've made a lot of short films.
How many films have you made so far?
Finished short films? Well, I started making films when I was 7 years old.
And you went to film school, right?
I did, for a very short period of time.
Why's that?
I didn't like it. It wasn't a very supportive department at all, for me anyway.
The faculty or students?
The faculty. I had a teacher who just had it out for me. I don't know why.
And do you think it was because of your background?
Every time I tell someone, that's what they ask me. And I don't know. But it's certainly a possibility.
What happened?
It was interesting, because I was in this class and we had to write a screenplay for a five- or six-minute short film and then read it to the class. So I read mine aloud, and everybody applauded afterward. Then the teacher asked me if I had help writing it. He didn't believe that I wrote it. And when I was about to shoot the film, he didn't give me the authorization. He simply said, "You're not prepared." He was not supportive.
Was it weird to ask your dad to be in it, because it was autobiographical?
No, my father was happy to do it. I wasn't even sure I was going to act in it. But I thought that playing the part would be provocative, and I liked that.
How did the film come to be?
Well, I actually began writing it as a feature-length script several years ago. A friend of mine produced a short film, and that inspired me to retool my own movie as a short since I couldn't find enough feature-length material, it was still a very ambitious short. We shot it in a week, and there were so many actors and so many locations, it was creatively satisfying, but we were filming three to five scenes a day in totally different locations. So it was crazy. We'd have two hours to set up, shoot a scene, and get out.
Are you happy with it?
When I first made it, I wasn't happy with it. I saw all the problems. There were scenes I didn't get to shoot and coverage I needed. I just ran out of time and resources. I focused on that for a long time, so when the film was in Sundance, I felt exposed and nervous because I had never had an audience see it before. Now that it's been finished for a while and I'm not so involved in it, I can appreciate it. It has a lot of meaning for me. It has substance and humor, and I'm proud of it.
The film is so autobiographical, people will assume much of it's true. For instance, Aaron turns to Scientology. Is that something you've tried?
I have no experience with Scientology. I just made that up. I did do a little research and watched one of their films. Not to be judgmental about other people's beliefs, it's just not something I would choose to get involved with, although there are people who obviously get something out of it.
I like the scene in the movie when you're on a date with this closeted guy and he learns who you are. He decides to stop seeing you because he's scared of losing his privacy. Has something like that ever happened to you?
No, it's really all based on my imagination.
So when you watch it, you really see a fictional character?
Totally. It's like Cameron Crowe's latest film, Almost Famous. It's his story, but it's fictionalized. It's not really autobiographical, but it's deeply personal.
Still, in the movie you tell your friend, played by Alexis Arquette, who sets you up with your date not to tell him who your folks are. Do you ever worry when you are out in a bar that guys are interested in you because of who your mother is?
It doesn't happen to me. I don't really cruise in bars. I've always been jealous of people who can. When people look at me, I can't tell whether they recognize me or they are attracted to me. So I get paranoid. That's something that I've always had to deal with.
Do you feel attractive as a person?
More than I used to. I always felt unattractive, actually. I used to walk around practically covering my face. In high school I was so self-conscious. I thought I was hideous, and sometimes I still do.
It's funny--until recently I always took it personally when someone wasn't attracted to me. I thought, Oh, God, I must be hideous. But what I learned is that whether someone is attracted to me has nothing to do with me. It has to do with them and what they are attracted to. And you can't really do anything about that. I mean, we all want everyone to be attracted to us. I want everyone to be attracted to me, but they're not. I'm as insecure as or more than the next guy.
At the same time, you're not a superstar. You're the child of a superstar. There are still a lot of people who probably don't recognize you.
Yeah, but I had no choice in the matter either way. I was just born into it.
Even so, you could have gone into a number of careers, but you decided to follow in your parents' footsteps in the entertainment business.
I wouldn't define myself as an actor or director, because I also write, and not just screenplays but little personal things. They haven't been published yet, and they may never be, but I do other things too that are not about being in the public eye. I mean, of course, that's all I know from both sides of my family, and like a lot of people, I've tended to follow what I know.
It's also a seductive industry.
It may be to some people, but to me, it's not. It's not seductive at all. I don't find adulation and fame appealing. I've paid a big cost for my parents' fame. There were times when, as a kid, I was out with my mom and we were literally stalked and chased by the paparazzi. For a child, it's quite frightening.
Do you think that your being gay makes it more complicated?
You know, the more I understand my own sexuality the more I ... I mean I don't mind being called gay, because I'm certainly attracted to men. But I also think that it's limiting. I think that within the gay community--and as a member of the gay community--it's limiting for us to stereotype ourselves. Attraction is more complex than the terms gay, straight, and bisexual. And I hope that eventually people will evolve into accepting a broader understanding of attraction.
I've always liked Gore Vidal's description of homosexuality as not a noun but a verb. Really, you can't define somebody as "being gay." It doesn't really tell you anything about them as a person.
And that's a big reason why I've never liked politics.
Really? Your mom is very political.
She is very political. And I find it interesting, but I don't like it. I never have. It separates people and creates these polar opposites--Republican, Democrat, liberal, conservative--and it's not realistic. It's not real. What it does is create differences in people who are not really that different. And so do the terms gay and straight. I don't really want to support any of it.
After this film, what kind of work would you like to do?
I don't know; we'll see. I'd like to direct another movie. I'd like to be involved in something that has meaning to me, where I have something to communicate. I'm not interested in just being on a sitcom and making a lot of money.
After seeing your movie, I thought about how you would make a good star of a weekly television series. You have an easygoing and likable screen persona.
I don't think so. I'm interested in reality and honesty and expressing things that are true to myself in my work, whatever that may be. And that's a shift from what I come from.
How's that?
I don't think that reality is the sensibility of entertainment. It's about image.
Have you ever asked your parents or have they ever given you advice about how to manage yourself in the business?
Your mom has somehow been able to manage herself in the public eye and do her work.
Sure, but her work is not her. A lot of people do talk to me about her and make a lot of interesting assumptions about her, but they don't know her. She's got a lot of imagery around her that she has created and that the world has created but that is not necessarily true. I'm more interested in reality.
She is someone who, from an extremely young age, was very ambitious about wanting to be successful and famous. And although your father's career has been less mythologized, he is obviously someone who worked very hard to become a successful actor.
It's interesting. My parents come from a whole other generation and time. I think for them, they came from nothing. They had no money. They wanted to escape their reality. These are people who looked to the movies for escape. But for me, that's not what I want. I don't want to escape reality. I want to live it and express it and use it to connect with people, in my life and in my work.
In terms of your being gay, is that something you've always known?
I had my first gay impulse when I was probably about 8 years old. I had a sleep-over with all these boys, and I kind of rolled over into the guy next to me, hoping he would touch me.
Did you know what that feeling was?
It was some attraction. I wanted him to touch me, but I didn't want to be responsible for it. I don't know about you, but growing up and being gay is very alienating. There's no support. Somehow you know that it's not OK to be who you are. You have this shame and guilt--this fear. It takes years to break through. People are so alienated when they grow up because there are no role models for them. You're growing up in a heterosexual family, and you're not that.
When did you finally come to terms with being gay--high school, college?
I never thought, Oh, I'm gay. I had crushes on girls too. I didn't have my first sexual experience until I was 16. I don't know if that's early or late now. I was afraid for many years, and it took me a while to be comfortable with my sexuality.
Did you sit down and tell your parents?
Yeah, when I was around 21.
Did you tell them together?
No. I don't remember my parents together. They've been separated for as long as I can remember.
But your father has always had an active role in your life?
Yeah. Not as much as my mother. I lived with my mother most of my life. I have maturing relationships with both my parents.
How was it telling your mom that you are gay?
I think at the time I probably said, "I'm not sure about my sexual preference," but I think she probably already knew. I don't think that I was a particularly effeminate boy. I was always in that middle ground. Very sensitive, and I never tried to act macho or get on the baseball team or play sports. My father, however, did not suspect. It was much more difficult for him. I think he thought it was a phase and that I would grow out of it. But he is of another generation. I hope that things are shifting. It seems like they are.
Chastity Bono's mom, Cher, also said that she had no idea her daughter is gay.
I can't imagine that Cher didn't know! To me, that is ridiculous. I've known Chastity since she was young, and this girl was a total tomboy. I just assumed she was gay from when she was 5. I can't imagine Cher could be in that kind of denial. But I guess she should talk to my dad.
Your mom must have been around gay people her whole life, right?
She certainly worked with gay people. But there were very few gay people around while I was a child.
What about David Geffen?
Yeah, I have known David Geffen for a long time. She had some decorators for a while, when I was 7 or 8. I think they were a couple. I remember feeling a little scared around them, like they were going to see through me.
Of course, for many gay boys growing up, and this was especially true years ago, the only visible gay role models are effeminate men.
And I was a very sensitive kid, and I saw that there was a lot of judgment against them. I picked up other people's hate and judgment of those kinds of people. When I was in elementary school, my best friend was an effeminate boy, and I knew people were mocking him and belittling him. He was a strong guy, and I don't think he ever submitted to others' views of him, but I was so sensitive to the fact that it was not cool to be gay. It was not accepted. I couldn't be gay in high school.
As one of the world's biggest gay icons, how did your mom respond?
I think she would love to have a grandchild, and I think that is probably the greatest disappointment to her. But you know, she may still get one. But I want to get a dog first. [Laughs] I love kids, but I know what a huge responsibility it is, and I do not take it lightly. I would also like to do it with a partner.
Do you have a boyfriend now?
As a kid, were you aware your mom was a gay icon?
Did it make you feel weird?
Well, I wasn't part of the gay community as a kid, so it wasn't a problem.
Did that have an impact on your later experience as a gay man?
I'm sure it has in many ways. At one point I was very uncomfortable with it. Now somebody can be a fan of hers and it's not threatening to me. There was a time when I was uncomfortable and not sure whether people liked me for me or liked me because they liked her. But that can be pretty transparent after about 10 minutes. Fortunately, I never really attracted those kinds of people, yet I do have friends that like her work and I know they like me.
And you can separate Barbra the artist from Barbra the person.
Absolutely. But I still think there are a lot of people who are intimidated by me because of it.
It does seem that your coming-out has prompted your mom's political involvement on behalf of gays and lesbians.
I'm sure I've been a positive influence, but she's a pretty liberal person, and she's very passionate about human rights. So I wouldn't take the credit for her support of gay rights, although she certainly got a more inside perspective from me.
Have you ever spoken with her about romantic issues or boyfriends?
[Pauses] I'm working on having a relationship with both my parents that is beyond the parent-child dynamic.
Has she seen your film?
What was her reaction?
[Laughs] Oh, shit, I was afraid you were going to ask that. I don't know, actually. I remember her saying that she thought it was interesting. But I honestly don't know. I wasn't there when she saw it.
How about your dad?
He liked it.
Your mother has a reputation for perfectionism. Has that affected how you view your own work?
I don't know if I blame her, but I know I'm hard on myself. I'm trying to be less so.
Did your mom's desire for perfectionism extend to her relationship with you?
She wasn't a militant mother at all.
Did you ever feel any pressure to live up to your parents' success?
I don't know if I ever felt that kind of pressure, but I was aware of the external expectations of other people, and that has been somewhat intimidating.
Have you resolved that within yourself?
That's another thing about exposing myself in this world. When I went to London to do the play, the media jumped on the fact that I'm Barbra Streisand's son. If that's the most interesting thing to them, then fine, I don't mind, but then they kind of focus on that. It's like they want to compare me. How can you compare us?
Do you internalize other people's expectations of you?
I think I did a little bit, but I don't so much now. I'm certainly aware of it.
Do you feel fortunate in your life?
I do. More so now than ever before. At times I felt like a victim of my circumstances. I'm just coming out of my cocoon.
When you made this film, did you worry that it would amplify people's misperceptions of you?
I just thought it was a character. To me, it's about someone who's alienated and looking for acceptance. The story line is just a metaphor. I've shown it to people, and they all seem to relate to it. And you don't have to be a celebrity's kid. It's about a search that everyone goes through. The film is through my lens, but really, its themes are universal.
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Sober.P, first detected on Monday, now accounts for 77 percent of all viruses detected by Sophos' threat-monitoring stations worldwide, the British security company said on Tuesday. At the same time, Kaspersky Lab, a Russian maker of antivirus software designed to combat such threats, described the worm's spread in Western Europe as an "epidemic."
"This is a pretty significant virus. We usually don't see it spread to 77 percent of all inbound viruses," Gregg Mastoras, a senior security analyst at Sophos, said. "Usually, it spreads much slower, and users have time to update their computers."
Variants of Sober have been circulated since 2003 and have continued to hit corporate and home systems. The mass-mailing worm has continued to spread because people still open attachments in infected e-mail, despite warnings.
The latest Sober offshoot, which has been tagged as Sober.N, Sober.O or Sober.S at other security companies, uses e-mail written in both English and German. One of its lures is a message saying the recipient has won free tickets to the 2006 World Cup soccer tournament. Once victims open the infected attachment, the virus harvests their e-mail addresses. The virus copies itself onto the user's computer and then sends a similar e-mail to the harvested addresses.
The World Cup message could account for the rapid spread of the virus in Europe, Sophos said. "Many people will be eager to attend one of the biggest sporting events in the world next year, and may think it's worth the risk of opening the e-mail attachment just in case the prize is for real," Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos, said in a statement.
Kaspersky Lab claimed that the worm has "broken records in terms of the number of infected messages sent out and speed of propagation throughout Western European segments of the Internet."
Sober.P may end 2005 as one of the worst viruses. Last year, Netsky-P, which accounted for 22.6 percent of all virus incidents, held that title, according to Sophos.
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- More *&@%! Windows-only software
- Dang it! That is one more piece of software that won't run on my
Mac! You darn Windows users have all the luck. Oh well...
Bill Gates said the other day 'You can always tell if you're working
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Now, all the rest of the software Billy was talking about runs on my PC and not your Mac, and I will take that any day of the week.
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Marqus Blakely led the Mixers with 30 points but locals Mark Barroca and James Yap also played a crucial role.
"Must win. It could have gone either way," said San Mig Coffee head coach Tim Cone after his team improved to 3-3. "We more of liked to play with a complete lineup but guys stepped up."
"Mark (Barroca) did a great job in the backcourt. I don't know if you noticed but the best defensive player in the court perhaps is James Yap."
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"He guarded Caguioa tonight and he did a tremendous job tonight. He stepped up on both sides of the court," Cone said of his swingman.
Caguioa, the reigning MVP, missed all of his 11 attempts from the field en route to just a six-point night.
Barroca, who ended up with 10 points, hit big shots in the final two minutes — sinking back-to-back jumpers — to weather a late Kings run. He buried a jumper from the left elbow to extend the Mixers' lead back to four, 85-81, with 1:54 to go then sank another one 28 seconds later for an 87-83 edge.
Dior Lowhorn paced Ginebra, which slipped to 2-4, with 29 points and 18 rebounds. The Kings failed to sustain their strong start as their 12-0 lead quickly vanished. LA Tenorio flirted with a triple-double with 17 points, nine rebounds and nine assists.
PJ Simon had 10 while Allein Maliksi chipped in with eight for the Mixers, who missed the services of Marc Pingris and Joe Devance.
"Allein has really been a real revelation for us. He has been playing at very high level," commended Cone. "Ping really is our energizer. He brings so much energy to the important parts of the game."
The Kings were also shorthanded without Kerby Raymundo and Japeth Aguilar who are both injured.
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In addition to the Virginia ads, Local Voices is running ads in swing counties in Ohio, Colorado, Florida, and North Carolina. The combined national campaign will spend more than $300,000 on cable television and radio ad buys, all targeted to adults 35+.
Keep reading for more Virginia videos, and all the ads can be viewed at www.localvoices.org.
All of the Local Voices ads feature local people in their homes, place of businesses or out in the community engaging in activities that are important to them. In each ad, the featured voter identifies him or herself and explains his or her reasons for voting for the President.
"The filmmakers who volunteer with Local Voices' grassroots campaign care about the election," Hirsch said. "We traveled to swing states and talk to local people - nurses, teachers, firefighters - anyone willing to share their story and explain why they are voting for the president, then we share their stories for their neighbors to see. By doing this, we do our part to get honest information to undecided voters in important states."


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Alan Dickens
|Personal information
|Full name
|Alan William Dickens
|Date of birth
|3 September 1964
|Place of birth
|London, England
|Playing position
|Youth career
|West Ham United
|Senior career*
|West Ham United
|→ West Bromwich Albion (loan)
|→ Brentford (loan)
|Colchester United
|Chesham United
|Collier Row
|Billericay Town
|National team
|England U21[1]
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† Appearances (Goals).
Alan Dickens (born 3 September 1964) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder. He played the majority of his football at West Ham United and Chelsea.
Dickens was born in Plaistow, east London, and played for West Ham United as a youth, winning the FA Youth Cup with his local club in 1981. For England, he gained four caps at Youth level and later played for the Under 21 team.[2]
He signed for the Hammers as an apprentice on 14 July 1981 and as a pro on 2 August 1982. He scored on his debut, a 2–1 win at Notts County on 18 December 1982. Although a central midfielder, Dicko had to play most of the 1987–88 season partnering Tony Cottee as a striker following the departure of Frank McAvennie. He made a total of 231 league and cup appearances for the Hammers, scoring 29 goals, playing his last game for them on 23 May 1989 against Liverpool.
Dickens made the move to Chelsea for £635,000, a fee set by a Football League tribunal that included his former manager John Lyall.[3] He made 22 league appearances for the West London club during the 1989–90 season under Bobby Campbell, with his debut coming in a 1–0 away win against Wimbledon on 19 August 1989, the opening day of the 1989–90 season. He was regularly substituted during the first half of the campaign. He scored his first league goal in a 4–2 defeat at QPR on 9 December 1989, but made just one appearance between January and the end of the season (as a late replacement for Peter Nicholas in the last game of the season away to Millwall).
During his second season at Chelsea, Dickens failed to make a league start until mid-February. He did, however, keep his place in the side for the remainder of that campaign. Campbell's replacement at the end of the 1990–91 season, Ian Porterfield, signed Vinnie Jones and Dickens added just three games to his 1991–92 tally after Jones arrived early in the season. He played his last first-team game in February 1992, a 1–1 draw at Nottingham Forest, after which he appeared only for the reserve team.
After periods on loan to West Bromwich Albion and Brentford during the 1992–93 season, Dickens moved to Colchester United where he made 32 league appearances. In 1994, barely 30 years old, his playing career at senior level was over.
He later played non-league football with Chesham United, Hayes, Collier Row, Billericay Town and Purfleet.[4]
After retirement from football, Dickens went on to live in Barking[5] and work as a black cab (hackney carriage) driver.[6]
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- ^ Hayes, Dean (1998). The Upton Park Encyclopedia. Mainstream Publishing. p. 51. ISBN 1-84018-043-9.
- ^ McDonald, Tony (2007). West Ham United: The Managers. Football World. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-9551176-9-5.
- ^ Official Matchday Magazine Of Brentford Football Club versus Preston North End 25/09/99. Blackheath: Morganprint. 1999. p. 41.
- ^ "The Newham People List". LalAmy. Archived from the original on 10 February 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
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- Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media. pp. 66–67. ISBN 1-903135-50-8.
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I really liked this movie for a couple different reasons. First of all both Damon Wayans and Adam Sandler are two of my favorite comedy actors. Both these guys seem to draw off each other very well and make a great team. I also liked the story and the little twists and turns it takes close to the end. There are also a few scenes that are the funniest stuff I've ever seen Sandler do. If you're in to crime, action, and most of all comedy movies then I definately say buy this movie
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BOSTON -- Unless Red Sox players are dumping celebratory champagne and beer all over one another in October or November it's unusual to see any kind of off-field emotion from them during the long and arduous season.
That's particularly the case with Boston playing in the American League East, which is considered one of the toughest divisions in the majors. Red Sox players try to keep a daily routine and attempt to keep everything in perspective.
When six members of the Red Sox arrived at Fenway Park on Sunday morning in preparation for the series finale against the Baltimore Orioles, Boston manager Terry Francona had the honor of telling those players they had been selected to represent the organization and the American League at the upcoming All-Star Game on July 13 in Anaheim.
Because of all the adversity the Red Sox have faced this season, every player in the clubhouse had a sense of satisfaction for their teammates who will represent the club as David Ortiz, Adrian Beltre, Dustin Pedroia, Victor Martinez, Jon Lester and Clay Buchholz all were selected by their peers on the players' ballot.
There's a chance a seventh Red Sox player will be named with Kevin Youkilis in the running for the final roster spot, which is decided by fan voting at mlb.com.
Despite a 6-1 loss to the Orioles, there was joy in Boston.
"I think it is well deserved by our guys," Francona said. "Those guys are very deserving and I hope Youk, I hope our fans find a way to get Youk on there too, because he's also deserving."
While Pedroia, Ortiz and Martinez have all been All-Stars in the past, it will be the first time for Buchholz, Lester and Beltre.
"Sometimes players may play it off a little bit, but I think they are all genuinely excited," Francona said. "I actually think the last few years, this era of players, there's so much respect for the game, I think it's a good thing for baseball. Our guys were genuinely excited and respectful and humbled by the honor."
In the weeks leading up to the All-Star selections Sunday afternoon, every player in the Red Sox clubhouse said they hoped Beltre was named to the team. This is his first season with Boston, but his 13th in the big leagues, so it's surprising this highly talented third baseman is an All-Star for the first time in his career.
"It feels good. It's my first one and hopefully it's good for me," Beltre said. "I want to see what it's like and hoping for a good experience. It means a lot. It's nice to have those three days off, but for me to be a first-timer I get to see what it's like and I'll take my family and we'll enjoy our time there."
The accolades for Beltre poured in from his teammates.
"If there's one guy in this clubhouse who should be part of the All-Star Game, it's Adrian," Ortiz said. "Adrian's been doing an unbelievable job for this ballclub and he deserves it. He earned it."
"Adrian is very deserving," Youkilis said. "It's a great thing to see Adrian on there."
Beltre's career seemed to be on shaky ground during the offseason. Some wondered if the 31-year-old free agent still had the ability to perform consistently and stay healthy. His agent, Scott Boras, decided it would be best to sign a one-year deal with a club in hopes of resurrecting his career and landing a big payday after this season.
With the way Beltre is performing, that seems pretty likely.
He ranks third in the majors with a .341 average and is tied for the lead among AL third basemen with 12 home runs and 53 RBIs.
"My goal this year was to be healthy and help this team get to the playoffs and see how far we can go," he said. "After that, whatever else comes is extra, but I'm really excited to be in the All-Star Game."
The usually subdued Lester also showed emotion.
The left-handed ace of the Sox's staff was thrilled when he was told the news of his selection. The 26-year-old Lester has held opponents to an AL-best .204 average and has a 10-3 record with a 2.76 ERA.
"It's really exciting and something that hasn't sunk in yet. It probably won't until we get out there," Lester said. "It's really not a focus right now. My focus is the Blue Jays on Friday and to finish out the first half. But it's definitely an honor, and I'll do my best to represent the Red Sox."
What will make this event even more special for Lester is the fact he'll make the trip with friend and fellow hurler Buchholz.
"It'll be fun to experience it together and hopefully it's not the last one," Lester said.
Buchholz, 25, ranks second in the AL with a 2.45 ERA and also has 10 wins this season.
"I'm ecstatic," he said. "There's been a lot of ups and downs getting to this point, and to be able to be named with the guys on this team is awesome. It's something you dream about growing up. I dreamed about just playing in the big leagues, much less making an All-Star team. I'm happy as can be."
Buchholz likely won't be pitching in the game, however, as he is expected to be placed on the disabled list with a nagging hamstring injury.
It was tough to tell whether the first-timers or the repeat customers were happier about the selections.
For the first-timers it meant they have had success in the first half of the season. For the All-Star veterans, it means they continue to succeed.
Ortiz is one of those guys.
As he struggled through a miserable April, a lot of people were doubting Ortiz's abilities and some thought he was at the end of his career. The Sox slugger used that as motivation and is having a big season, making the All-Star team for the sixth time, all as a member of the Red Sox.
"I really appreciate it, man," he said. "The players think about a guy like myself, I'm a guy who tries to respect everyone and play the game the way it's supposed to be played and I think when you get voted in by the players it's because pretty much everybody agrees with what you're doing, so I really appreciate it."
Ortiz's average is down a bit from his heyday, to .259, but he has 17 homers and 54 RBIs in 68 games this season.
"I wasn't really focusing on the All-Star Game," Ortiz said. "We have a lot of things going on around here right now. A lot of injuries and we're trying to win games and we're playing in a tough division as always. To tell you the truth, I really wasn't focusing on that. But the fans really get into this and it's an honor for me to get voted in and to be a part of it. I'll go there and try to put on a good show for the fans because they really appreciate what we do."
Martinez has been named to the AL All-Star team four times (three with the Indians) and this is the third time Pedroia has earned a spot on the club. Because both are on the DL, they will be unable to play.
The Sox second baseman was selected to play in the 2009 Midsummer Classic, but could not attend because of a family matter. Even though he can't play this season because of a fractured left foot, he said he's planning on attending.
"It's a great honor. I'm excited," Pedroia said. "The players voted me in and that's pretty cool, pretty special. It's a great experience and I missed it last year. Hopefully I can go and it'll be fun to hang out and see everybody."
As much as the entire Red Sox clubhouse was elated for the six members of the club to earn spots on the AL All-Star roster, the team has grander goals despite all the adversity and injuries.
"We have a really good team and we feel we have one of the best teams in baseball," Pedroia said. "If we play well enough and get healthy, we can try to win a championship, and hopefully that happens."
Joe McDonald covers the Red Sox and Bruins for ESPNBoston.com.
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Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi, better known by his pseudonym of Metastasio, (January 3, 1698 – April 12, 1782) was an Italian poet and librettist, considered the most important writer of opera seria librettos.
Pietro, while still a child, is said to have attracted crowds by reciting impromptu verses on a given subject. On one such occasion in 1709, two men of distinction stopped to listen: Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, famous for legal and literary erudition as well as his directorship of the Arcadian Academy, and Lorenzini, a critic of some note. Gravina was attracted by the boy's poetic talent and personal charm, and made Pietro his protégé; in the course of a few weeks he adopted him. Felice Trapassi was glad to give his son the chance of a good education and introduction into society.
Gravina hellenized the boy's name Trapassi into Metastasio, and intended his adopted son to be a jurist like himself. He therefore made the boy learn Latin and law. At the same time he cultivated his literary gifts, and displayed the youthful prodigy both at his own house and in the Roman coteries. Metastasio soon found himself competing with the most celebrated improvvisatori of his time in Italy. However, his days full of study and evenings devoted to improvising poetry took a toll on Pietro's health.
Gravina, making a business trip to Calabria, exhibited Metastasio in the literary circles of Naples, then placed him in the care of his kinsman Gregorio Caroprese at Scaléa. In country air and the quiet of the southern seashore Metastasio's health revived. Gravina decided that he should never improvise again, but should be reserved for nobler efforts, when, having completed his education, he might enter into competition with the greatest poets.
Metastasio responded to his patron's wishes. At the age of twelve he translated the Iliad into octave stanzas; and two years later he composed a Senecan tragedy on a subject from Gian Giorgio Trissino's Italia liberata - Gravina's favourite epic. It was called Giustino, and was printed in 1713; forty-two years later, Metastasio told his publisher that he would willingly suppress this juvenilia.
Caroprese died in 1714, leaving Gravina his heir; and in 1718 Gravina also died. Metastasio inherited a fortune of 15,000 scudi. At a meeting of the Arcadian Academy, he recited an elegy to his patron, and then settled down to enjoy his wealth.
Metastasio was now twenty. During the last four years he had worn the costume of abbé, having taken the minor orders without which it was then useless to expect advancement in Rome. His romantic history, personal beauty, charming manners and distinguished talents made him fashionable. Within two years he had spent his money and increased his reputation. He decided to apply himself seriously to the work of his profession. In Naples, he entered the office of an eminent lawyer named Castagnola, who exercised severe control over his time and energies.
While slaving at the law, Metastasio in 1721 composed an epithalamium, and probably also his first musical serenade, Endimione, on the occasion of the marriage of his patroness Donna Anna Francesca Ravaschieri Pinelli di Sangro (later 6th Principessa di Belmonte) to the Marchese Don Antonio Pignatelli (later His Serene Highness Principe di Belmonte). In 1722, the birthday of the empress had to be celebrated with more than ordinary honours, and the viceroy asked Metastasio to compose a serenata for the occasion. Metastasio accepted, but kept his authorship secret. He wrote "Gli orti esperidi," which was set to music by Nicola Porpora, and sung by Porpora's pupil, the castrato Farinelli, making a spectacular debut, it won the most enthusiastic applause. The Roman prima donna, Marianna Bulgarelli, who played Venus in this opera, spared no pains until she had discovered its author.
Bulgarelli persuaded the poet to give up the law, and promised to secure for him fame and independence if he would devote his talents to the musical drama. In her house Metastasio became acquainted with the greatest composers of the day: Johann Adolph Hasse, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Alessandro Scarlatti, Leonardo Vinci, Leonardo Leo, Francesco Durante, and Benedetto Marcello, all of whom would later set his plays to melody. Here too he studied the art of singing, and learned to appreciate the style of such men as Farinelli. Metastasio wrote quickly and his plays were enhanced by being set to music and sung by the greatest singers of the day. On paper, his plots may seem conventional, his situations absurd; he takes liberties with historical fact and is obsessed with the topic of love. Yet the music helps negate these criticisms.
Metastasio lived with Bulgarelli and her husband in Rome. Moved by an affection half maternal, half romantic, and by admiration for his talent, she adopted him more passionately even than Gravina had done. She took the whole Trapassi family - father, mother, brother, sisters - into her own house. She fostered the poet's genius and pampered his caprices. Under her influence he wrote in rapid succession Didone abbandonata, Catone in Utica, Ezio, Alessandro nell' Indie, Semiramide riconosciuta, Siroe and Artaserse. These dramas were set to music by the chief composers of the day, and performed in the chief towns of Italy.
But meanwhile Bulgarelli was growing older; she had ceased to sing in public; and the poet increasingly felt his dependence upon her her kindness irksome. He gained 300 scudi for each opera; this pay, though good, was precarious, and he longed for some fixed engagement. In September 1729 he received the offer of the post of court poet to the theatre at Vienna, with a stipend of 3000 florins. This he at once accepted. Bulgarelli unselfishly sped him on his way to glory. She took the charge of his family in Rome, and he set off for Austria.
In the early summer of 1730 Metastasio settled at Vienna in an apartment in the so-called 'Michaelerhaus'. This date marks a new period in his artistic activity. Between the years 1730 and 1740 his finest dramas, Adriano, Demetrio, Issipile, Demofoonte, Olimpiade, Clemenza di Tito, Achille in Sciro, Temistocle and Attilio Regolo, were produced for the imperial theatre. Some of them had to be composed for special occasions, with almost incredible rapidity: Achille in eighteen days, Ipermestra in nine. Poet, composer, musical copyist and singer did their work together in frantic haste. Metastasio understood the technique of his peculiar art in its minutest details. The experience gained at Naples and Rome, quickened by the excitement of his new career at Vienna, enabled him almost instinctively, and as it were by inspiration, to hit the exact mark aimed at in the opera.
In Vienna Metastasio met with no marked social success. His plebeian birth excluded him from aristocratic circles. To make up in some measure for this comparative failure, he enjoyed the intimacy of the Countess Althann, sister-in-law of his old patroness the Princess Belmonte Pignatelli. She had lost her husband, and had some while occupied the post of chief favourite to the emperor. Metastasio's liaison with her became so close that it was believed they had been privately married.
Bulgarelli tired of his absence, and asked Metastasio to get her an engagement at the court theatre. He was ashamed of her and tired of her, and wrote dissuading her from the projected visit. The tone of his letters alarmed and irritated her. She seems to have set out from Rome, but died suddenly upon the road. All we know is that she left him her fortune after her husband's life interest in it had expired, and that Metastasio, overwhelmed with grief and remorse, immediately renounced the legacy. This disinterested act plunged the Bulgarelli-Metastasio household at Rome into confusion. Bulgarelli's widower married again. Leopoldo Trapassi, and his father and sister, were thrown upon their own resources.
As time advanced, the life which Metastasio led at Vienna, together with the climate, told on his health and spirits. From about the year 1745 onward he wrote little, though the cantatas which belong to this period, and the canzonetta Ecco quel fiero istante, which he sent to his friend Farinelli, rank among the most popular of his productions. It was clear, as Vernon Lee has phrased it, that "what ailed him was mental and moral ennui". In 1755 the Countess Althann died, and Metastasio was reduced to the society which gathered round him in the bourgeois house of the Martinez. He sank rapidly into the habits of old age; and, though he lived till the year 1782, he was very inactive. He bequeathed his whole fortune of some 130,000 florins to the six children of his friend Martinez. He had survived all his Italian relatives.
Throughout the forty years of his career in Vienna, in the course of which Metastasio eventually outlived his own originality and creative powers, his fame went on increasing. In his library he counted as many as forty editions of his own works. They had been translated into French, English, German, Spanish, and modern Greek. They had been set to music over and over again by every composer of distinction. They had been sung by the best virtuosi in every capital, and there was not a literary academy of note which had not conferred on him the honour of membership. Strangers of distinction passing through Vienna made a point of paying their respects to the old poet at his lodgings in the Kohlmarkt Gasse.
But his poetry was intended for a certain style of music - for the music of omnipotent vocalists, of exceedingly skilled sopranos and castrati. When the operas of Christoph Willibald Gluck and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart--focusing more on psychology and less on virtuoso singing--came into vogue, a new style of libretto was needed. (However, Mozart did use an old Metastasio libretto for his renowned opera La Clemenza di Tito.) The demise of castrato singing meant that Metastasio's operas dropped out of the repertory.
Metastasio is known as an emotional, lyrical, and romantic poet. The chief dramatic situations are expressed by lyrics for two or three voices, embodying the several contending passions of the agents brought into conflict by the circumstances of the plot. The total result is not pure literature, but literature fit for musical effect. Language in Metastasio's hands is pure and limpid, perhaps due to his history as an improvisatory poet. He is said to have admired Torquato Tasso, Giambattista Marini, and Ovid.


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OHS boys win third 5A state title in four years
CLINTON — The Oxford High boys opened the cross-country season ranked No. 1 in Mississippi based on returning runners and their best times from last year's Class 5A state championship campaign. The Chargers finished the year where they began as they topped rivals Pearl and Saltillo to successfully defend their state title Saturday morning at Choctaw Trails. (November 9, 2014, Page 4B)
Oxford boys out to defend 5A XC title
The Oxford High boys and girls cross-country teams are in prime position to sweep the MHSAA Class 5A state titles this weekend in Clinton. It's where they thought they would be all season. The boys team will look to defend its state championship from a year ago while the girls are hoping to improve upon a third-place finish. (November 7, 2014, Page 6A)
Oxford, Saltillo split 1-5A cross-country titles
SALTILLO — The Oxford High girls and Saltillo boys posted onepoint wins over their region and state rivals in the Region 1-5A cross-country meet held Saturday afternoon at Saltillo High School. (November 2, 2014, Page 4B)
OHS girls win MC Choctaw XC open
CLINTON — The Oxford Lady Chargers had three of the top five and four of the top seven finishers to win the Mississippi College Choctaw Open high school girls cross-country championship Saturday at Choctaw Trails, the site of the upcoming state meet. (October 20, 2014, Page 6)
Local runners, teams fare well in Saltillo Meet
SALTILLO— The Oxford High School boys and girls claimed top three finishes in individual and team competition in the Saltillo Cross Country Invitational held Saturday at the SHS course. (September 21, 2014, Page 4B)
Oxford High boys top field in Pontotoc cross-country meet
The Oxford High boys picked up right where they left off at the end of last year's cross-country season as they had the second- and third-place finishers and then three more runners in the top 16 en route to the Class 5A championship in the Pontotoc Cross Country Invitational held Saturday morning at the at the Cherry Creek Orchard. (September 14, 2014, Page 5B)
Chargers set pace at Corinth meet
CORINTH — The Oxford High School boys, sparked by a 1-2-3 finish by Tristan Orman, Pruitt Griffin and Kendall Jenkins, topped region rival and defending Class 5A state champion Saltillo to win the Corinth High School Cross Country Invitational held Saturday at The Trails at Crossroads Regional Park. (October 21, 2013, Page 2B)


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Even when it's working well, the Netgear R8000 Nighthawk X6 AC3200 Tri-Band Gigabit Wireless Router has nothing to justify its expensive price tag.
The Netgear X6100's awkward design and frustrating performance make it suitable only for casual networking tasks.
The Actiontec gets the job done for those who want to quickly extend their home network without much concern about performance.
Current power-line users with large homes will benefit from the ZyXel PLA4231's network extension capabilities; however, there are alternatives that offer similar benefits for less.
You plug it into a wall socket within the range of an existing Wi-Fi network to help extend its range.
The Netgear WNDR3800 N600 Wireless Dual-Band Gigabit Router makes an excellent router for any home.
The Netgear WNDR4500 N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router makes a very good investment for those who want to get the most out of a wireless network, especially when they have clients that support the 5GHz band.
The Netgear WNDR4000 makes a very good wireless router for home use, especially with Wi-Fi clients that support the 5GHz band.
The Netgear N600 Wireless Dual Band Router WNDR3400 is a great dual-band router for any home at an affordable price. Its lack of Gigabit Ethernet might steer enthusiasts away, however.
The Netgear Powerline Av 200 Wireless-N Extender Kit XAVNB2001 extends both your wired and wireless networks to the far corners of the house, making it an excellent product for any large property. Get ready to fiddle a little with the setup process in some cases, as its included instructions aren't clear.


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Fish and Seafood
Smoked salmon is a popular breakfast or brunch recipe, but did you know that salmon works well in muffins, stratas, and atop breakfast pizzas? Learn how to use salmon and other seafood staples in your morning meals.
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Breakfast Recipes Featuring Salmon
Smoked Salmon and Goat Cheese Crepes
In place of pancakes, opt for salmon-filled sophisticated crepes stuffed with the seafood and a savory spread. Goat cheese adds tangy creaminess.
20-Minute Salmon-Potato Cakes
These salmon cakes work beautifully atop a plate of mixed salad greens, but they also hold their own as a savory, satisfying breakfast choice.
Bagel-Lox Strata
You'll love the warm, bubbly flavors of smoked salmon and dill. This easy, make-ahead breakfast is perfect for guests. All you have to do in the morning is pop this strata in the oven!
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