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It was gray and cold when I rode past Kluane Lake. I wandered around a bit and took some shots of the ice before gassing up just at the station around the bend. It was pretty expensive there. No matter where you're from it's still painful to watch someone pay $35 for a 12 case of Budweiser. But people seemed to do it a lot, and I almost caught myself doing the same thing on a few occasions above the lower 48. I rode on towards Beaverton and the border as the sun started to set.
A few miles after Kluane lake, everything seemed to change at once. I entered some twilight zone of riding where everything magically decided to become perfect. The clouds disappeared, the temperatures warmed and the sun was setting for hours. The lighting was brilliant and it stayed bright enough to see the landscape in awesome detail. Then, all it once, it seemed like all the animals came out and I had wandered right into the middle of Discovery's Wild Kingdom. I was loving it. The road wasn't bad either.
I went from seeing no moose to 14 in the next 100 miles. I had seen signs all the way through British Columbia warning me about them but had yet to ever see one.
This guy inspired my first slam-the-brakes-Uturn-photoOP. There would be many of those on this stretch.
A little ways on, I spotted another roadside bear. My general plan when I see these guys is to pull onto the opposite shoulder and try and get photos with my Fuji before they take off. This guy was different because he didn't run away. Instead, he wandered up on the road, lowered his head and had a stare down with me as his neck fur bristled. I rolled away a few more yards and looped back for another go as he returned to eating. This time he started loping towards me with a growl and I retreated a few yards down the road again. It was tricky deciding when to commit to pulling the camera out of the tank bag to go for the shot, knowing there might be a difficult choice of putting it back or gunning the bike if he came at me quick. I have bear mace, but antagonizing one and then having to spray it because of me trying to get close isn't something I'm keen on. Also, I was a little weirded out seeing such aggression from a black bear that didn't live around humans. It's normal to see bluff charges from bears in Yosemite after they get in the habit of face off encounters over the camp cooler. A truly wild black bear charging me 100 miles from the nearest gas station was something else completely. During the last photo attempt, he came at me for real with solid intent so I rolled out with my camera hanging around my neck to a safe distance.
Five minutes later I noticed a fuzzy rock by the side of the road start moving as I went by. Brake, U-Turn, Photo shoot.
This guy happily let me get within about ten feet and we sure had a good time hanging out.
A few more miles down I saw yet another bear, this time on the right side shoulder. I slowed down and moved into the oncoming lane as I got closer (there's no traffic out there, ever). As my speed slacked off and I rolled closer, he took notice of me and brought his face up from the ground to look me over.
Hmmmm, that face looks different.
Hmmmm, those ears are sure different.
Hmmm, that body shape is definitely different.
I was almost level with him as he bolted and I watched my first brown bear bound away into the brush. I was fired up at that point. I had been trying to see one for years in person, driving around Montanta and Wyoming with no luck, and now I had seen one from about 25 yards. I turned off at Pickhandle Lake and checked out the view while some beavers improved on their public works projects. Camp was a few miles down near the end of a dirt track at an unknown lake.
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Speaking with the enthusiasm of a carnival barker, Jeff Hiben did his best to persuade students at the Oxnard Union High School District's Career Fair to consider a career in automotive technology.
Small crowds of students constantly formed around Hiben at Wednesday's event as he enthusiastically ticked off the advantages of studying in his department at Oxnard College.
"It's a great career and people really appreciate what you do," said Hiben, an instructional aide and tool room technician at the college. "They'll bring you cookies, cakes, movie tickets because you took care of their baby — their car."
Hiben was one of about 100 presenters at the 25th annual Career Fair, which brought students from seven high schools to the Oxnard Performing Arts Center.
"He's our one-man recruiting show," said Richard Williams, an instructor in the Oxnard College automotive technology program.
Williams said the department classes are now overflowing with students, manyof whom are unemployed.
"We have a plumber and a contractor who have been out of work and are hoping to learn this and make a living," Williams said. "Even if the economy changes, what they learn here will still be of value to them."
Phyllis Throckmorton, director of career and technical education for the school district, estimated 1,000 students would visit the fair to hear about opportunities for continuing education and employment.
Representatives from community colleges, trade schools, the military and local businesses handed out information and promotional items to students, mostly juniors and seniors.
Students said the economy has affected their plans for the future.
"I am going to go to a junior college instead of going straight to Cal Lutheran," said Kourey Parrott, 18, of Camarillo. "Because of the economy, we don't have the money."
Vanessa Lopez, 17, of Oxnard said she was having a hard time finding a job.
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Lopez said she plans to go to a trade school to learn to be a beautician.
Debbie Prentice, a college and career technician at Camarillo High School, said students aren't fazed by the challenges posed by a poor economy.
"Kids are just finding another way of doing what they want to do," she said. "They're smart about finding ways to work the system."
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A public hearing was held regarding a land use change from commercial to residential at a property on the corner of Willett Parkway and Deep Glade Drive.
Longley Jones Management owns the controversial property and is in the process of developing phase one (of two) of their Silverwood Apartments project.
The board previously approved the land use change for the first phase.
The Royal Scarlet Association, a group of residents who reside on Royal Scarlet Drive, the street that backs up to the property, presented the Lysander board with a protest petition regarding the land use change.
"We are not against development, we are against high density development," said Mike O'Shea, the spokesperson for the RSA.
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"Part of the concern is that if you say multi-family, it could mean anything," said Town Attorney David Twichell. He suggested placing covenants to restrict it to senior living. However, residents argued that if the developer was granted the land use change with restricting covenants, the board could eventually overrule the covenants if the developer asked.
One resident said, "What happens if a 55 and older covenant is placed on the property and several years down the road the property is at 20 percent occupancy; the market analysis was wrong and the developer asks to change the covenant or face an abandoned building. Any covenant that is placed on this property can be changed, just like the developer can request a land use change."
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Boil the potatoes and mash them coarsely.
Chop the onions finely.
Mix the onions, potatoes, green chillies, coriander, lemon juice and salt.
Shape into cutlets.
Mix the flour very well in 1 1/2 teacups of water. Dip the cutlets in this paste, roll into bread crumbs and deep fry in oil.
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Cut the tomatoes into big pieces, add 1/2 teacup of water and cook.
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Qiagen May Make Second-Biggest Acquisition This Year, CFO Says
March 15 (Bloomberg) -- Qiagen NV, the Dutch company whose tools are used to predict disease and isolate DNA, may make its second-biggest acquisition to date this year.
Qiagen, based in Venlo, the Netherlands, is in talks with several diagnostics companies and may make a purchase in the "three-digit million dollar" range, Chief Financial Officer Roland Sackers said in a March 8 interview at the company's research and manufacturing site in Hilden, Germany. He declined to be more specific.
An acquisition of that size would be the company's second-largest after the 2007 takeover of Digene Corp. of the U.S. for $1.6 billion. Qiagen bought one company in 2010, compared with three the previous year, as valuations of potential targets began to get "very rich," Sackers said.
"The focus on our acquisitions side is clearly on content, adding more tests to the machines in the field of molecular diagnostics, but also in the field of applied testing," Sackers said. Applied testing involves diagnostics using non-human samples.
Qiagen fell 2.2 percent to close at 14.275 euros yesterday in Frankfurt trading, giving the company a market value of 3.3 billion euros ($4.7 billion). The stock has fallen 13 percent in the past year.
The market for acquisitions has cooled and become "more realistic," he said. Qiagen has about $940 million in cash to help pay for purchases.
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The company also can borrow money because its ratio of net debt to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization is about zero, Sackers said. "We would feel comfortable with a net debt to Ebitda position of up to 2-3 times," he said.
"We clearly see now as a good time for accretive deals and more importantly value-enhancing deals" that boost Qiagen's strategic position, Sackers said.
Last year, Qiagen bought ESE GmbH, a German maker of equipment for testing outside the laboratory, including in hospital emergency rooms. On Jan. 11 it agreed to buy a minority stake in Alacris Theranostics GmbH as well as the right to develop products from biological labels identified by Alacris. The German start-up uses computers to model a patient's response to certain drugs based on genomic information found in clinical samples.
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Qiagen is "in the middle" of its expansion into molecular diagnostics and is eyeing bigger markets, according to Sackers. While many of Qiagen's products in the past were aimed at markets with $5 million to $50 million in potential annual revenue, a new companion test for metastatic colon cancer that may be submitted for approval this year will target a market worth about $100 million, he said.
The company also wants to expand in emerging markets such as Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America, Sackers said.
Qiagen sells equipment and tests to hospitals, laboratories, academic researchers and drugmakers. About half its sales come from molecular diagnostics, which are used in routine screening to detect influenza and identify the human papillomavirus, or HPV, which is linked to cervical cancer. In addition, the kits are used to select the appropriate therapy for ailments.
Switzerland's Roche Holding AG is competing in the HPV market with the cobas test designed to detect the HPV-16 and HPV-18 strains of the virus, which account for about 70 percent of cervical cancer cases. Roche introduced the product in several countries in 2009 and has filed for regulatory approval in the U.S.
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The ability of Qiagen's technology to process more samples will give its HPV test an advantage when both tests are available, Sackers said.
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Qiagen's net income dropped 18 percent to $36.3 million in the fourth quarter, the company said Jan. 31. Adjusted earnings per share this year are expected to rise by about 7 percent to 13 percent, the company said. The company also sees revenue increasing between 5 percent and 7 percent at constant exchange rates, excluding the impact of any acquisitions.
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PRESCOTT, Ariz. -- A wildfire burning seven miles northwest of Prescott now is 70 percent contained with full containment expected by Wednesday.
Investigators said the Doce Fire was human-caused, but haven't determined the source.
The fire began June 18 and has charred dense brush and timber in the Granite Mountain Wilderness and forced evacuation of 465 homes.
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No matter what North Carolinas Giovani Bernard does Saturday vs. Maryland, Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd is the ACCs Player of the Year. Boyd moved into the lead with some amazingly productive performances earlier in the month and sealed the deal last Saturday, accounting for an ACC-record eight touchdowns in the Tigers 62-48 victory over North Carolina State. The previous mark was six by several players, including Boyd. In fact, the junior signal caller tied that mark two weeks earlier in a 56-20 rout at Duke. It was part of a string of performances rivaled by few players in ACC history culminating with Saturdays watershed afternoon. Boyd has passed for nearly 1,500 yards in No. 12 Clemsons last four contests. In that span, hes also tossed 18 touchdown passes and run for four, giving him an edge over Bernard. A redshirt sophomore, who ran for 1,253 yards last season, Bernard has certainly been outstanding. In particular, his 262-yard rushing performance against Virginia Tech...
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by Libby Anne cross posted from her blog Love, Joy, FeminismIf you read my blog, you're probably aware of the Christian homeschooling subculture's patriarchy problem. A variety of prominent Christian homeschool leaders have been promoting patriarchal family structures at homeschool conventions and in homeschool publications for well over a decade, and two of those leaders—Bill Gothard and Doug Phillips—have recently fallen, engulfed in scandal. Michael Farris, another prominent Christian homeschool leader, has since come out criticizing these leaders and the "patriarchy" they taught. Now Farris has openly criticized "patriarchy" as part of a keynote address while keynoting at a homeschool … [Read more...]
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by Adam Gregorin from his blog Minthegap - Fundamentalist Atheists - America's Taliban However, there is a vocal minority of Atheists (I term them Fundamentalist Atheists) that seek to eradicate all religion, and these are the focus of this article.It doesn't take long reading Fundamentalist Atheist's thoughts to find that they believe that Christians are the American version of the Taliban. They trot out the ideas that Christians are behind unequal rights for gays and telling women what to do with their bodies, and compare that to the Taliban telling women that they are of no worth and that they must veil themselves from head to toe. … [Read more...]
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A&M-Corpus Christi to face pros, cons of conference affiliation
It happens maybe once - sometimes a couple of times - if a university's athletic department is fortunate.
Earning conference affiliation. It's the goal for every independent. As Texas A&M-Corpus Christi formally fanned out of the independent ranks to the Southland Conference Saturday, the school can take some advice from those who have been there - including its own men's basketball coach.
Ronnie Arrow coached in the Sun Belt Conference when at South Alabama and has a feel for what it takes to make the most of a conference affiliation.
But there are five other programs in the past 15 years that have made the jump from outright Division I independent to conference membership, not just non-Division I schools serving a probationary stop in the Division I independent ranks on the way to an already-secured conference affiliation.
Coaches and administrators at those schools - Belmont, Cal State-Northridge, Centenary Sacramento State and Southern Utah - imparted thoughts on what the Islanders can expect, from recruiting to travel to scheduling to what everyone mentioned - tough conference games. Another school, Birmingham-Southern, shows that conference moves can backfire terribly.
Unlike schools that serve a two-year transitory independent period and move from the non-Division I ranks to nearly instant conference affiliation - roughly 20 total over the past 15 years - those five schools toiled as independents. They suffered the same problems that A&M-Corpus Christi endured, but have enjoyed the satisfaction of conference affiliation, whether the teams have won or have lost.
However, Arrow said that making the most of the move is of highest importance.
"In most cases, it happens once to a school," Arrow said. "The main thing is to push the interest of this program. Make everyone aware of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. In the past - and I wouldn't have said this when I was an independent - people would see the name and go, 'Oh, ho, an independent. Who cares?' Now, it's different."
Much is different. For starters, rival recruiters can no longer hang that negative independent tag on the Islanders.
Southern Utah men's basketball coach Bill Evans could provide a sympathetic ear to Arrow, who had his team's status as an independent used to scare off recruits. When the Thunderbirds were independent, or playing in the four-team, no-NCAA bid American West, potential recruits would hear the same thing - a trip to Southern Utah means no trip to the NCAAs.
"The first thing it does from a coaching standpoint, is we could actually tell kids that we were in the league, and that it had an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament," Evans said. "That was vital. One of the first things people use against you - you're not in a league, not having a conference tournament, not in the NCAA tournament. And that's pretty accurate."
That changed when Southern Utah latched on to the Mid-Continent Conference in 1997. Four seasons later, Evans' team was in the NCAA Tournament.
Centenary had an odd turn of events that made it, briefly, an independent partner for A&M-Corpus Christi. The school was in the Trans-America until 1999, dropped out anticipating a bid to the Southland, never got the bid, but landed on its feet a few years later with admission to the Mid-Contintent.
It made the school appreciate what it had.
"The transition to being an independent was so hard," said baseball coach Ed McCann, who was with the school during its stays with both conferences and its time out of conference. "I don't think anyone understood the magnitude of being an independent. It became real frustrating after two years."
McCann went through things A&M-Corpus Christi knows well - little postseason reward for taking great risks, little margin for error to make the postseason and season-ending games that meant nothing tangible for a team.
Like McCann, Belmont men's basketball coach Rick Byrd said he kept his schedule difficult since joining a conference, after the school spent four Division I seasons as an independent. Byrd's rationale is that a tough schedule prepares a team for conference play and boosts its profile.
"I believe a lot of people worry about overall record. I don't worry about overall record," said Byrd, whose teams met Arrow's in A&M-Corpus Christi's first two seasons. "At 3-7 (to start the season), we might be better than a team that's 7-3 because of the teams we played, and that's all that counts."
Lois Mattice, the senior women's administrator at Sacramento State, was a basketball trainer when the school was an independent. She said something minor, such as getting to know the towns of conference opponents helped the transition from independent to American West member to a full-fledged Big Sky school in 1996.
So, as the Islanders know Fort Wayne, Ind. from playing IPFW and Edinburg from facing Texas-Pan American, getting to know places such as Nacogdoches, Arlington and Beaumont might benefit A&M-Corpus Christi as far as a comfort zone. The teams can get a routine, a regular hotel, the usual places to go and eat.
It also means fewer flights that stretch from one end of the country to the other, something Arrow welcomes.
The Islanders' name now will carry more weight in Louisiana and Arkansas. It will add an extra impact in locales such as Dallas - near Texas-Arlington - and the Houston area, with Southland schools such as Stephen F. Austin, Sam Houston State and Lamar lining the outlying areas.
"These kids know people at Sam Houston and some of those Southland schools," Arrow said. "When the kids see each other, they can say, 'We beat you.' There are rivalries waiting to be made."
Almost all the coaches and administrators mentioned the same thing, though - that games get tougher in a conference. The intensity, even in early-season contests, can be surprising for an independent.
"Teams you had played in the past in that conference aren't the same because it means something," McCann said. "The level of competition has been upgraded a notch or two. When playing for something, it's not laid back. We went 1-3 our first series (in the Mid-Continent). We realized then it would be a fight to make the conference tournament."
While praising the effects from a higher profile for the school to the excitement generated about athletics, all are aware that conference affiliation is not a cure-all.
Birmingham-Southern once was a powerhouse NAIA school. B-SC moved to Division I in 1999, spent probationary time as an independent and joined the Big South Conference, where it spent a couple of conference-imposed seasons of not being eligible for championships.
But trustees at the school said finances had taken a beating. The conference was not the solution to raising the athletic program's funds. An internal financial review led to a difficult decision.
Earlier this year, the school announced it would drop its athletic programs to Division III, a non-scholarship level, but add football. While B-SC will remain Division I this upcoming season, a rash of transfers shut down the once-powerful men's basketball and baseball programs for at least one season.
That's the bad side of a quick climb. For now, those who have made the gradual transition have no regrets. Conference affiliation worked out quite well for them.
"It offered new challenges," Mattice said. "Our programs had gotten successful, then gotten stagnant. A conference created new possibilities and new horizons for us."
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Kids Bowl Free, a nationwide program designed to have a positive impact on kids during summer vacation, has found its way back to the Rogue Valley's premier Bowling Center at Roxy Ann Lanes.
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Smart grid: where (and how) it fits in the Internet of Things transition
By: SGN Staff
As I mentioned when the series "Silicon, security, the Internet of Things, and the smart grid" was introduced last week, I thought it would be an interesting read because smart grid is often considered the first (and now largest) example of the Internet of Things (IoT). In the introductory article, Kristopher Ardis, executive director of Energy Solutions for Maxim Integrated, discussed the shift from Internet of Things fantasy to reality and its dependence on ROI. In Part 2, he provides insights on the smart grid's role in that transition. Feel free to share your agreements or disagreements in the Comment form at the bottom of the page. - By Jesse Berst
Kristopher Ardis
In our prior article we talked about how the shift from IoT fantasy to reality is dependent on a return on investment (ROI). Now let's see how the smart grid fits in the story.
The smart grid provides the strongest example of a current IoT deployment. It uses advanced sensors and gives us better information for controlling our energy world. It also illustrates the challenges and dangers inherent in an IoT.
The story starts with smart meters. For the last several years, U.S. electric utilities have installed solid-state electricity meters that can report data on consumption at nearly real time. Many other countries are deploying smart-meter technologies as well. Smart meters allow consumers to access their consumption data so they can better manage their electricity usage.
For utilities, the ROI on smart meters is difficult to calculate, but some benefits are clear and tangible: lower cost of data collection, since meters report their data automatically; quicker reaction to outages, leading to less lost-revenue downtime; better monitoring of electricity theft; and better ability to link the actual costs of generation with consumption through time-of-use pricing.
The smart grid promises to go far beyond the benefits that smart meters provide. The smart grid also encompasses technologies that monitor transmission lines; manage substations; integrate microgeneration (such as solar or wind) on the grid; and utilize large-scale batteries. These technologies will allow utilities to identify outage problems quicker, delay capital expenses associated with new power plants, and better manage the power before it is even delivered to the customer. The utilities' ROI in these activities tends to be obvious: more uptime, less capital expenses, and better efficiency. The ROI in solar, wind, and storage technologies is not always as obvious for utilities, but there is mounting political pressure (and regulations) to integrate these technologies. Utilities have little choice but to invest.


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The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)1 is the international body that initiates, develops, and coordinates scientific research in the Antarctic region. In response to growing scientific and public interest over the exploration of subglacial lakes, SCAR established the Subglacial Antarctic Lake Exploration (SALE) group, composed of scientists from SCAR member nations. The SCAR SALE group has provided international organizing and planning for the exploration of subglacial lake environments. The main objectives of the SCAR SALE program are to understand the formation and evolution of subglacial lake processes and environments; determine the origins, evolution, and maintenance of life in subglacial lake environments; and understand the limnology and paleoclimate history recorded in subglacial lake environments.
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Passion Pit plays with childlike enthusiasm
There were more than a few moments during Passion Pit's show Thursday at the Riverside Theater when a jaundiced observer could wonder if the music was actually aimed at children.
Sure, the Massachusetts quintet began its performance around 10 p.m., but frontman Michael Angelakos exuded the manic energy of a kid who, just before bedtime, had gorged on all the candy he got trick-or-treating the previous night. »Read Full Article(2)
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Al Jazeera America, the first all news cable network since Fox News Channel debuted in 1996, begins broadcasting at 2 p.m. Tuesday. But shortly before its debut AT&T U-verse announced it would not carry the channel in a contract dispute, according to The Wrap.
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Soprano Ailyn Pérez Headlines in Moscow Tonight, June 25
Fresh from a triumphant spring crowned by her 2012 Richard Tucker Award win, Ailyn Pérez will spend her summer in the spotlight, headlining major productions with leading companies on both sides of the Atlantic. Her tour begins in Moscow, where she sings the role of Suzel in Mascagni's L'amico Fritz at the Moscow State Philharmonic Society (June 25). A brief stop in New York is highlighted by a special performance at the Greene Space (June 27) celebrating her Tucker Award win. From there, she heads to Ohio to sing Violetta in Verdi's La traviata at Cincinnati Opera (July 25-29), followed by performances as Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte with the Chicago Symphony at Ravinia (Aug 16–18). The summer comes to a peak at the Salzburg Festival (Aug 23), when the lyric soprano reprises her star turn as Mimì in Puccini's La bohème.
Pérez's co-star in both Moscow and Cincinnati will be her husband and frequent collaborator, tenor Stephen Costello. Their June 25 performance in Mascagni's L'amico Fritz with the Moscow Philharmonic will be led by Italian conductor Antonino Fogliani. A Tucker Award-winner himself (2009), Costello also joins Pérez in New York at the Greene Space celebration on June 27; this special event will be transmitted by live video webcast at www.wqxr.org.
At Ravinia, Pérez sings Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, in an all-star cast that includes the Papageno of heartthrob baritone Nathan Gunn; James Conlon will conduct the Chicago Symphony in a concert presentation of Mozart's magnum opus, narrated by English acting legend Michael York.
Pérez's portrayal of Puccini's Mimì is fast becoming one of her signature roles. Earlier this summer, at Zurich Opera, Polish tenor Rodolfo Beczala sang Rodolfo to Pérez's Mimì, as he will again on August 23, in the Salzburg Festival's premiere concert presentation of Puccini's masterpiece with Daniele Gatti – Chief Conductor of the Zurich Opera – leading the Vienna Philharmonic.
Ailyn Pérez: summer 2012 engagements
June 25
Moscow, Russia
Moscow State Philharmonic Society
Mascagni:L'amico Fritz (Suzel)
July 25, 27, & 29
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati Opera
Verdi: La traviata (Violetta)
August 16 & 18
Highland Park, IL
Ravinia Festival
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (Pamina)
August 23
Salzburg, Austria
Salzburg Festival
Puccini: La bohème (Mimì) – concert performance
For more about Pérez, visit ailynperez.com, or find the singer on Twitter and Facebook.
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|Of all the folks in long underwear to be tapped for superhero films, Thor would seem to be the most problematic to properly pull off. (Hypothetical Hollywood conversation: "A guy in a tricked-out, easily merchandisable metal suit? Great! An Asgardian God of Thunder who says stuff like thee and thou? Um, is Moon Knight available?") Thankfully, the resulting film does its source material rather proud, via a committed cast and an approach that doesn't shy away from the over-the-top superheroics. When you're dealing with a flying guy wielding a huge hammer, gritty realism can be overrated, really. Blending elements from the celebrated comic arcs by Walter Simonson and J. Michael Straczynski, the story follows the headstrong Thunder God (Chris Hemsworth) as he is banished to Earth and stripped of his powers by his father Odin (Anthony Hopkins) after inadvertently starting a war with a planet of ticked-off Frost Giants. As his traitorous brother Loki (the terrific Tom Hiddleston) schemes in the wings, Thor must redeem himself and save the universe, with the aid of a beautiful scientist (Natalie Portman). Although director Kenneth Branagh certainly doesn't skimp on the in-jokes and fan-pleasing continuity references (be prepared to stick around after the credits, Marvel fans), his film distinguishes itself by adopting a larger-than-life cosmic Shakespearean air that sets itself apart from both the cerebral, grounded style made fashionable by The Dark Knight and the loose-limbed Rat Packish vibe of the Iron Man series. Glorying in the absolute unreality of its premise, Branagh's film is a swooping, Jack Kirby-inspired saga that brings the big-budget grins on a consistent basis, as well as tying in with the superhero battle royale The Avengers.
Editor's NoteIn this action film from Marvel, Thor, the son of Norse god Odin, watches over both mortals and immortals. Thor will also reign in Marvel's upcoming THE AVENGERS.
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Published on: 9/13/2011 4:00 AM
|Kenneth Branagh's Thor, a handsomely mounted and sufficiently majestic introduction to Marvel Comics' God of Thunder, belongs in the first slot but comes with a caveat that bears mentioning. For while Branagh's picture dutifully lays out the mythological backstory of Odin's arrogant, hammer-wielding son, Thor also serves as yet another appetizer one must consume before bellying up to the superhero smorgasbord that will be Joss Whedon's The Avengers, and this "placeholder" status applied to Thor is both a blessing and a curse....read the full review
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Loved the movie so much I had to add it to my collection.
just ok!!5/7/2012
The story is good. It's good actors and a new super hero. I liked the action scenes and sound effects. However, the movie was just ordinary as a whole and there were not many thrilling moment. Definitely a one time watch kind of movie. I hope its sequels will be better.
good movie5/4/2012
I loved this movie. It has got good story but the script was loose. I think this movie could have been a lot better if some suspense part was added. The plot was simply predictable. However, I think Thor will be loved by kids and teens. I think this is a good movie to watch with family.
a nice action movie5/2/2012
Thor is a good action movie to watch; however not a great movie. The concept is really good. I liked the first half of the movie better. The second half was kinda mundane and not that appealing. Overall, I think the movie is quite interesting and worth a watch.
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