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In the hands of a lesser composer, "Aida" might have been a classic potboiler—cheap yard goods written on commission and quickly forgotten. But Verdi was a thoroughgoing man of the theatre with a keen sense of what worked on stage. Moreover, by the time he wrote "Aida" in 1870 he was a mature artist with a string of hits to his credit. The result is a work, in the words of British opera scholar Julian Budden, "in which the various elements—grandeur, exotic pictorialism, and intimate poetry—are held in perfect equilibrium and from which not a single note can be cut."
You might have noticed that there's no Friday performance this weekend of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and Chorus concert version of Verdi's "Aida." That's because Friday is the last of the season's Whitaker Foundation "Music You Know" concerts. David Robertson is on the podium, SLSO cellist Alvin McCall is the soloist, and here's what you can expect.
This is a big weekend for the Principal and Associate Principal players in the St. Louis Symphony (and even a couple of guests). The concerts begin with an orchestral suite from Bizet's massively popular 1875 opera "Carmen" and end with Ravel's even more massively popular "Bolero"—both works packed with solos for individual instruments.
To close out the current season, the St. Louis Symphony has put together three blockbuster concerts of music sure to appeal to just about anyone who loves the classics. It starts this weekend as David Robertson conducts works by Bizet, Debussy, Vaughan Williams, and Ravel.
April has been Big Piano Concerto Month at the St. Louis Symphony. Last week we had Rachmaninoff's daunting "Piano Concerto No. 3" . This week it's the equally intimidating "Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major," Op. 83, written in 1881 by Brahms.
A pair of threes may not be a winning hand at the casino, but it paid off handsomely at Powell Hall Friday night with virtuoso performances by the St. Louis Symphony and guest conductor Vasily Petrenko of Scriabin's "Symphony No. 3," Op. 43 (1902-04) and, with soloist Simon Trpčeski, Rachmaninoff's "Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor," Op. 30 (1909) .
There was something vaguely disconcerting about leaving Powell Hall Friday morning after hearing the SLSO and guest conductor Hannu Lintu perform Shostakovich's harrowing 1943 "Symphony No. 8" in C minor. Walking out into that bright spring morning was a bit like suddenly waking up from a nightmare. For just a moment, the light seemed a little dimmer.
Two of the three works on this past weekend's St. Louis Symphony Orchestra concerts (the ones that aren't by James MacMillan) will also be on the bill when the orchestra performs in Carnegie Hall on Friday, March 20th. If what we heard Sunday afternoon is any indication, they'll be representing their home town proudly.
This weekend's classical "double header" continues as David Robertson conducts the St. Louis Symphony in the music of Tchaikovsky, Debussy, and James MacMillan on Saturday and Sunday, March 14 and 15.
This weekend local classical fans get a double header with two different St. Louis Symphony concerts: a Whitaker Foundation "Music You Know" program on Friday, March 13, and music of Tchaikovsky, Debussy, and James MacMillan on Saturday and Sunday, March 14 and 15. David Robertson is at the podium for both.


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CONCORD, N.C., Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- NHRA Funny Car driver Bob Tasca III has always said he's just an all American kid driving an all American hot rod. During this weekend's NHRA event, his Motorcraft/Quick Lane Shelby Mustang will certainly reflect that statement.
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After six weeks of voting and more than 300 designs submitted, Liam Flanagan, an eight-year-old resident of Williamstown, NJ, was selected as the winning designer in FCSD's Funny Car design contest to support JDRF. Flanagan's winning design will be featured on the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Shelby Mustang Funny Car during the NHRA Carolinas Nationals in Concord, NC, on September 18-20.
"In history class we're learning about the Presidents, and that's why I drew the American Flag on the car," said Flanagan, on the inspiration for his design.
The Flanagan family, along with Tasca and representatives from FCSD, unveiled the 'Take a Walk in Our Shoes' paint scheme Thursday, September 17 at Tasca's race shop in Concord, NC. On Friday, Liam and his family will attend their first NHRA race and watch the JDRF-themed Shelby Mustang qualify for the Second Annual NHRA Carolina Nationals.
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Mo. officer rescues girl, 3, from burning home
Officer Jeff Lanning broke a window and called out to the girl, and pulled her through the window to safety
By Kristin Hoppa
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Heavy smoke and fire did not deter a veteran police officer from rescuing a 3-year-old girl from a house fire Friday afternoon.
Officer Jeff Lanning, who has been on the force 18 years, was nearby when the Buchanan County Communications Center dispatched a structure fire call for 207 Fulkerson St. As he arrived, smoke was pouring out of the windows of the home as a woman stood on the front porch, calling for help.
"There were flames coming out some of the windows, said police Cmdr. Janice Rothganger. "There was a lot of smoke and a mother at the front of the house, telling the officer that her child was inside.
"Officer Lanning was not able to get into the house, due to all of the flames and smoke, but hewas able to break a window to call out to the child."
The mother and child had been on the sofa in the living room when they heard a loud popping sound, Ms. Rothganger said. The girl was frightened and hid behind the couch as the mother went to investigate.
"She first thought it might have been the air conditioner. But when she got to the back of the house, she found the room engulfed in flames and smoke," Ms. Rothganger said.
"The woman was unable to make it back to the living room, so she went out the back door before running back to the front of the house."
It was there that the mother saw Mr. Lanning. He broke out the window and called out to the child before she responded to the sound of his voice and moved toward the front of the house.
"When he saw her, he grabbed hold of her and pulled her out through the broken window," Ms. Rothganger said.
Emergency medical responders attended to the child for smoke inhalation and possible cuts. Fire crews began to extinguish the blaze and Mr. Lanning was also treated at the scene by paramedics.
Ms. Rothganger said the department was exceptionally proud of Mr. Lanning. He left the scene to be checked out by health officials after the fire department had the blaze under control.
The Midland Empire Chapter of the American Red Cross assisted the family, two adults and three children, with emergency needs and provided housing at a local hotel. Karla Long, emergency services director, said the family did not have homeowners insurance.
The cause of the fire remained under investigation Friday afternoon.
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Altman on Nebraska, Washington and, oh, yes, revenge on LSU?
Oregon coach Dana Altman met with the media on Monday at Matthew Knight Arena. Beyond the normal discussion of Tuesday's game with LSU in the first round of the NIT, there were a couple of questions not involving the upcoming game.
On Washington, the Pac-12 regular season champion, being snubbed by the NCAA: "I was surprised and disappointed for Washington. I was hoping they would get in but the (Pac-12) tournament didn't go well for a lot of us and I think that changed (Washington's) position and hurt them."
Altman said he hasn't been contacted by anyone about the opening at Nebraska: "You guys are trying to get rid of me already. I've only been here two years and you're already pushing me out the door. I'm the coach at Oregon. Nebraska is my home state and the only person in Nebraska I've talked to is my brother, and I don't think he counts. My in-laws want (his wife) Reva back but that's about it."
On whether his team can avenge the football team's loss to LSU? "I never thought of it that way. That's a reach. It's a basketball game that our guys are excited about playing. Maybe I'll have Chip (Kelly) come in and talk to them to get them ready to go."
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O Love as fleeting as your kiss,
O Love forever and a day,
To this.
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Whose name was written in the sand,
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When you and I together swore;
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By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
Published: October 6, 1996
BY NOW, MILTON BABBITT IS accustomed to the polemics his work has generated. Yet Mr. Babbitt, an unreconstructed Serialist composer and imposing musical theorist who turned 80 in May, speaks charitably of colleagues who have castigated him. He views the current contentious state of contemporary music with more sadness than anger. Indeed, he is at a loss to explain it. Mr. Babbitt professes unqualified expertise on only two subjects: American show tunes of the 1920's and 30's, and beer.
''What's happened to beer in this country is appalling,'' he said recently in his office at the Juilliard School, where he teaches composition one day a week. ''Of course, what's happened to everything in this country is appalling.'' Mr. Babbitt's itemized list is long, including a dearth of music education in public schools, the slick careerism of composers who pander to ''populism,'' fragmentation within the compositional profession and the backlash from advocates of ''the new accessibility,'' as he calls it, with their pointless proclamations that Serialism is dead.
''At one time people were announcing that tonality was dead,'' he said. ''The concert was dead. Schoenberg was dead. If Serialism is dead, I haven't died with it. As long as it's alive for me and stimulates me, then it doesn't matter.''
Mr. Babbitt is cheered that on Friday evening the indispensable Juilliard String Quartet and the clarinetist Charles Neidich will give the premiere of his Clarinet Quintet at the Juilliard Theater. The occasion is indeed momentous, since the concert commemorates the 50th anniversary of this pioneering quartet's first performance.
''They seem to love the piece, in all truth,'' Mr. Babbitt said. ''Charles Neidich says that they think it's tonal. It ain't. But if it makes them happy to think so, that's fine.''
Mr. Babbitt knows that he has been a polarizing figure in modern music. Colleagues from the academic establishment and adventurous performers of three generations have acknowledged him as a ''distinguished and seminal American composer,'' to quote the citation for his 1992 Pulitzer Prize in music, a special award for lifetime achievement. But he has also been viewed as the de facto commander of the most intimidatingly complex outpost of contemporary music. ''They have much to answer for,'' John Rockwell wrote in ''All American Music'' in 1983, referring to Mr. Babbitt and the legions of arid imitators who had adapted his approach to Serialism.
What frustrates Mr. Babbitt most is the prevalent misunderstanding of the Serial procedures he employs. Even at Juilliard, where he presents seminars open to noncomposers, he encounters apprehensions that he called ''debilitating'' and ''deeply saddening.''
''If a student asks, 'Is this a 12-tone work?,' '' he said, ''my answer is: 'That's for you to decide. How are you going to construe the work?' There are no immaculate perceptions in music. But you must realize that you can now get students who come to Juilliard from very well-known institutions who have never heard a Schoenberg string quartet. This is a performance school, and many of their teachers want them to play pieces that will make them popular.''
To be sure, Mr. Babbitt's music is complex. Not only pitches but also rhythms, dynamics, articulations and tempos are all subject to Serial manipulation. Stephen Sondheim, Mr. Babbitt's most famous student, says he found the music baffling as a youth, but he and nontrained listeners as well have found beguiling attractions in it: mercurial contrasts of mood, impishly jagged lines, constantly shifting surface motion, elegant colors and fine nuances of texture. Most striking, the music has a spiky rhythmic vitality that reflects Mr. Babbitt's background in popular music.
Many composers sound patronizing when they express fondness for pop, jazz and show music, but Mr. Babbitt, who was born in Jackson, Miss., grew up playing clarinet and saxophone in jazz bands and theater pits. In the mid-40's he toyed with the idea of becoming a Broadway composer and wrote a show, ''Fabulous Voyage,'' with a book based on ''The Odyssey.'' Intended as a vehicle for Mary Martin, it never reached her and was never produced.
''At the time she was looking for something high-class,'' Mr. Babbitt said. But maybe not that high.
In describing the new Babbitt work, Robert Mann, the venerable 76-year-old first violinist of the Juilliard String Quartet, who has played throughout its history, cites the jazzy rhythms. ''It's got lots of humor,'' Mr. Mann said. ''But unlike many other Babbitt pieces, there are discernible climaxes and an almost storied structure with a truly triumphant ending.''
This is merely the latest in an incomparable list of new pieces Mr. Mann has helped introduce. On Monday evening, four days before the Babbitt premiere, the Juilliard Quartet will give the premiere of David Diamond's Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra with Gerard Schwarz and the Juilliard Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall.
''It's interesting,'' Mr. Mann said. ''The Diamond is relatively easy rhythmically, but the notes are difficult. It's written in a virtuosic mode, like a traditional concerto. The Babbitt is the reverse. The notes fall right into place, but the rhythms are terribly difficult until you understand and hear them. Then they become quite clear and exciting -- for the audience too, I hope.''
PERHAPS. YET Mr. Babbitt has never expected his music to be popular. And here lies a source of the misunderstanding that has nettled him for almost 40 years.


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Alan Partridge
|Alan Partridge
|First appearance
|Radio: On the Hour
Television: The Day Today
|Created by
|Steve Coogan
Armando Iannucci
|Portrayed by
|Steve Coogan
|Radio and television presenter
|Carol (divorced)
|Significant other(s)
|Sonja (separated)
|Fernando Partridge
Denise Partridge
|Dorothy Partridge (mother)
John Partridge (grandfather)
Alan Gordon Partridge is a fictional character portrayed by English actor and comedian Steve Coogan. Partridge is a tactless and inept television and radio presenter who often insults his guests. He is arrogant, with an inflated sense of celebrity, and often resorts to treachery and shameless self-promotion. Coogan described Partridge as a Little Englander, with right-wing values and poor taste in music and clothes.
Partridge was created by Coogan and Armando Iannucci for the 1991 BBC Radio 4 comedy programme On The Hour, a spoof of British current affairs broadcasting, as the show's sports presenter. In 1992, Partridge hosted a spin-off Radio 4 spoof chat show, Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, which transferred to television in 1994. The character appeared in a two-series BBC sitcom, I'm Alan Partridge, in 1997 and 2003. In 2011, a bestselling fictional autobiography, I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan, was published. A feature-length film, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, was released in August 2013.
Critics have praised the character's complexity, realism and pathos. He has been described as a British "national treasure", and the Guardian described him as "one of the greatest and most beloved comic creations of the last few decades". According to Den of Geek, Partridge has so influenced British culture that "Partridgisms" have become part of everyday vernacular.
Alan Partridge was created for the 1991 BBC Radio 4 comedy programme On The Hour, a spoof of British current affairs broadcasting, as the show's hapless sports presenter.[1] The character is portrayed by Steve Coogan and was created by Coogan and writer Armando Iannucci. The show's other writers Patrick Marber, Richard Herring and Stewart Lee wrote much of Partridge's original material, although Herring credits the creation mostly to Coogan and Iannucci.[2] According to Iannucci, he asked Coogan to do a voice for a "generic sports reporter": "Someone said, 'He's an Alan!' and someone else said, 'He's a Partridge!' Within minutes we knew where he lived, we'd worked out his back story, what his aspirations were."[3] Coogan had performed a similar character for a BBC college radio station at university.[1]
Following On the Hour, Partridge presented six episodes of a spoof Radio 4 chat show, Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, first broadcast on 1 December 1992. In 1993, On the Hour transferred to television as The Day Today.[1] In 1994, Partridge presented a television version of Knowing Me, Knowing You[4] and a Christmas special, Knowing Me, Knowing Yule, in December 1995.[5]
In 1997, Coogan starred as Partridge in a sitcom, I'm Alan Partridge, written by Coogan, Iannucci and Peter Baynham. The sitcom follows Partridge after he has been left by his wife and dropped from the BBC; Partridge lives in a roadside hotel, presents a graveyard slot on local radio, and desperately pitches ideas for new television series to the BBC. A second series of I'm Alan Partridge was broadcast in 2002. Iannucci said the writers used the sitcom as "a kind of social X-ray of male middle-aged Middle England."[1] In March 2003, the BBC broadcast a mockumentary, Anglian Lives: Alan Partridge, about Partridge's life and career.[6]
After I'm Alan Partridge, Iannucci said he had felt the character was "kind of dead".[1] However, in 2010, Partridge returned in a series of YouTube shorts, Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge, with Partridge DJing on a digital radio station. The shorts were written by brothers Neil and Rob Gibbons, who submitted scripts to Coogan's production company. According to Neil Gibbons, Coogan "invited us in, our sensibilities chimed, and before we knew it, Mid Morning Matters was up and running. We wrote it as if it was our baby, and though there was a sense that we were standing on the shoulders of giants, I think we were like two pairs of fresh eyes, and Steve seemed to fall in love with the character all over again."[1] Coogan said they chose the web format because "it was a bit underground, a low-key environment in which to test the character out again. And the response was so good, we realised there was more fuel in the tank."[1] The shorts were later broadcast by Sky Atlantic.[1]
In 2011, a mock autobiography, I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan, written by Coogan, Iannucci and the Gibbons brothers, was published in the UK. An audiobook version recorded by Coogan as Partridge was released on CD and downloadable audio formats. Coogan appeared as Partridge to promote the book on The Jonathan Ross Show show on 1 October 2011.[8] The book received positive reviews and became a bestseller.[1][9] A second autobiography is due in 2016.[9]
On 25 June 2012, Partridge presented a one-hour Sky special, Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life, taking the viewer on a tour of Norfolk.[10] It was followed the next week by Open Books with Martin Bryce, a mock literary programme discussing Partridge's autobiography.[10]
On 7 August 2013, a feature-length film, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, written by Coogan, Iannucci, Baynham and the Gibbons brothers, was released in the UK. The film sees Partridge enlisted as a crisis negotiator during a siege at his radio station.[10] The film was directed by Declan Lowney[11] and co-produced by StudioCanal and Coogan's production company Baby Cow, with support from BBC Films and the BFI Film Fund.[12] It received positive reviews[13] and opened at number one at the box office in the United Kingdom and Ireland.[14]
Alan Partridge is an incompetent and tactless television and radio presenter.[4][15] Though he often offends his guests,[16] Iannucci said he was "the perfect broadcaster for these times, when there are 24 hours to fill and dead time is a crime – he has a unique capacity to fill any vacuum with his own verbal vacuum."[1] The Independent described his voice as having "false urgency", "ringing declarations" and "nasal cadences forever veering between triumph and disaster".[4] For earlier versions of the character, Coogan used a different voice, which he described as a "more nasal" version of his own, imitating sports commentators such as Elton Welsby, John Motson or David Coleman.[17]
Partridge is socially inept; he enjoys correcting others[1] and his relationships with women are dysfunctional.[18] Partridge has an inflated sense of importance and celebrity.[19] According to the Telegraph, he is "utterly convinced of his own superiority, and bewildered by the world's inability to recognise it – qualities that placed him in the line of comedy lineage that runs directly from Hancock, Captain Mainwaring, and Basil Fawlty."[1] His need for public attention drives him to deceit, treachery and shameless self-promotion,[15] and sometimes violence; in the Knowing Me, Knowing Yule Christmas special, he punches a BBC boss and a paralysed former golfer,[5] and in an episode of I'm Alan Partridge he attacks a BBC boss with a cheese.[19]
Coogan described Partridge as being "on the wrong side of cool".[20] According to Forbes, Partridge has "parochial bad taste".[21] He is a fan of the Daily Mail newspaper, James Bond films and Lexus cars.[22] His music taste includes Wings[22] and the Swedish pop group Abba, naming his son Fernando and his talk show Knowing Me, Knowing You after Abba songs. Partridge's catchphrase, "Aha!", also comes from Abba.[23] In earlier incarnations, Partridge's wardrobe includes a blazer, badge and tie, driving gloves, and "too-short" shorts, styles he described as "sports casual" and "imperial leisure".[24] According to Iannucci, by the time of Alpha Papa Partridge's wardrobe had "evolved to the Top Gear Presenter Circa 2005 stage," with sports jackets and a "borderline-foppish" fringe.[1] Coogan began performing the character when he was 26 and used to wear ageing make-up, which became unnecessary as he aged.[1]
Partridge holds right-wing views, and Coogan described him as a Little Englander, with a "myopic, slightly philistine mentality". Earlier versions of the character were more bigoted, but the writers later found there was more humour in having him attempt to be liberal. Coogan said: "He's aware of political correctness but he's playing catch-up. In the same way that the Daily Mail is a bit PC – it wouldn't be openly homophobic now – Alan is the same. He tries to be modern."[25]
Despite Partridge's flaws, his creators and critics see him as an empathetic figure. Baynham told the Guardian that "despite the fact that people say he's awful, a lot of the time we were trying to build empathy: you're watching a man suffer but also at some level identifying with his pain."[18] Guardian critic Alexis Petridis wrote that "one of the reasons audiences find him funny is that they recognise at least a bit of themselves in him."[26] Felicity Montagu, who plays Partridge's assistant Lynn, felt that Alan was a good person "deep down" and was really "vulnerable and lovable".[25]
According to Coogan, Partridge was originally a "one-note, sketchy character"[27] and "freak show", but became "more and more refined as sort of a dysfunctional alter ego."[20] Iannucci said that Partridge stays optimistic because he never sees himself as others see him.[16] Rob and Neil Gibbons felt that by the time of Mid Morning Matters, when Partridge was working for an even smaller radio station, "he was more at peace with himself" and that his lack of self-awareness saved him from misery.[18]
Reception and influence[edit]
Vanity Fair described Alan Partridge as "a national treasure ... a part of British comedy heritage as John Cleese's Basil Fawlty and Rowan Atkinson's Mr. Bean."[28] According to Variety, in Britain "Alan Partridge is a full-on phenomenon, a multiplatform fictional celebrity whose catchphrases, mangled metaphors and social ineptitude are the stuff of legend and good ratings."[29] The character is less well known outside the UK, but according to Anchorman director Adam McKay "every American comic knows who Steve is, whether it's Stiller or Ferrell or Jack Black or me ... and everyone watching those [Partridge] DVDs had the same reaction. How did I not know about this guy?"[28] Indiewire wrote that "few Americans may know, but Partridge is a something of a comic icon across the pond ... Before there was Ron Burgundy for the Yanks, there was Alan Partridge for the Brits."[30] In 2012, the Guardian wrote: "By rights, Alan Partridge should have been dead as a character years ago, the last drops of humour long since wrung out ... but Steve Coogan keeps finding ways to make him feel fresh."[31]
Reviewing Alpha Papa in 2013, the Independent wrote that "Partridge is a disarming creation" and that despite his flaws "we always root for him."[32] In 2014, Guardian writer Stuart Heritage described Partridge as "one of the greatest and most beloved comic creations of the last few decades."[23] In 2015, the entertainment news site Mandatory described Partridge as "a fascinatingly layered and fully realized creation of years of storytelling and a fundamentally contemptible prick — he feels like a living, breathing person, but a living, breathing person that you want to strangle."[15] The Telegraph credited the character with influencing "awkward" sitcoms such as The Inbetweeners, Nighty Night and Peep Show, and wrote: "Never has one actor so completely inhabited a sitcom character. We believe Partridge is real, from his side-parted hair down to his tasseled sports-casual loafers."[33]
According to Den of Geek, the character has so influenced British culture that "Partridgisms" have become part of everyday vernacular.[19] "Monkey Tennis", one of Partridge's television proposals, has become shorthand for absurd television concepts.[34][35][36] Another of his proposals, "Youth Hostelling with Chris Eubank", was used by the hostel booking site Hostelworld as the basis of a 2015 television advert with boxer Chris Eubank.[37] "Accidental Partridge", an unofficial Twitter account which collects quotes reminiscent of Partridge's speech from real media figures, had attracted 144,000 followers by May 2014.[38] In July 2015, an art exhibition inspired by the character opened in Norwich.[39]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Husband, Stuart (5 August 2013). "Alan Partridge: the 'A-ha!' moments". The Telegraph. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Connelly, Brendon (4 January 2013). "Richard Herring On Co-Creating Alan Partridge, His Rasputin TV Show And Dave's New Comedy Competition - Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors". Bleedingcool.com. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Huddleston, Tom (2013-08-01). "Armando Iannucci interview - Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa - Time Out Film". Time Out. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
- ^ a b c Thompson, Ben (4 September 1994). "COMEDY / Knowing him, knowing us, ah-haah: Alan Partridge, smarmy master of the crass interview, is bringing his chat show to television. Ben Thompson meets the gauche celeb's comic creator, Steve Coogan". The Independent. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ a b Rees, Jasper (30 December 1995). "reviews: TELEVISION Knowing Me Knowing Yule... with Alan Partridge (BBC2) It's not easy being incompetent - Alan Partridge is to chat-show interviewing what Rudolf Nureyev was to spot welding. But maybe it's time to get real.". The Independent. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ "BBC - Alan Partridge - Anglian Lives". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ "Steve Coogan returns as self-centered Brit 'Alan Partridge' - HeraldNet.com". Retrieved 2015-06-10.
- ^ Millar, Paul (2 October 2011). "Steve Coogan appears as Alan Partridge on 'Jonathan Ross' - video". Digital Spy. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Alan Partridge 'writes' second autobiography". BBC News. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ a b c Seale, Jack (25 June 2012). "Meet the men who made Alan Partridge funnier than ever". Radio Times. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ de Semlyen, Phil (30 April 2012). "Armando Iannucci On Alan Partridge Movie". Empire. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ "'The Alan Partridge Movie' receives August 2013 release date". NME. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ "BBC News - Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa tops the UK box office". BBC News. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Patrick, Seb (13 August 2013). "'Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa' is the 'Top Daddy' of the UK Box Office | Anglophenia". BBC America. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ^ a b c Currie, Tom (7 May 2014). "Characters We Love To Hate, ALAN PARTRIDGE". Mandatory. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Alan Partridge's top 10 hits - in video". The Guardian. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Coogan, Steve. "Steve Coogan: 'It took me a long time to face up to my addiction'". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
- ^ a b c Virtue, Graeme (27 July 2013). "Alan Partridge: a look inside his mind". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ a b c Keeling, Robert (7 August 2013). "Alan Partridge's top TV moments". Den of Geek. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ a b Coyle, Jake (4 May 2014). "Steve Coogan On 23 Years Of Alan Partridge". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Leaf, Jonathan (25 April 2014). "Review: Steve Coogan Takes Flight In 'Alan Partridge'". Forbes. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Alan Partridge Quotes | I'm Alan Partridge | Gold". Gold UK. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ a b Heritage, Stuart (4 April 2014). "Alan Partridge: a guide for Americans, newcomers and American newcomers". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Reynolds, Simon (24 June 2013). "The Alan Partridge Style Guide | Driving gloves, tie and blazer badge combo - Esquire". Esquire. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ^ a b Barkham, Patrick (1 August 2013). "Steve Coogan: 'There is an overlap between me and Alan Partridge'". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Petridis, Alexis (5 August 2013). "Alan Partridge's music taste: surprisingly great". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ de Semlyen, Nick. "Steve Coogan Talks Alan Partridge | interviews | empireonline.com". Empire. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ a b Kamp, David (March 2012). "Comedian Steve Coogan Goes from Cult to Classic". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Felperin, Leslie (24 July 2013). "Film Review: 'Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa'". Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ^ Drumm, Diana (28 March 2014). "Review: Why 'Alan Partridge' Isn't Just For Steve Coogan Fans". Indiewire. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Crace, John (March 28, 2014). "TV review: Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life; Veep; Walking and Talking". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Macnab, Geoffrey (8 August 2013). "Film review: Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (15)". The Independent. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ "The 10 best TV sitcoms of all time". The Independent. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Fleckney, Paul (29 May 2015). "Quiz: Monkey Tennis, Britain's Hardest Grafters … which are real TV shows?". The Guardian (in en-GB). ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Plunkett, John (24 March 2005). "Is there a place for Monkey Tennis?". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Gill, AA (14 February 2010). "Sir Christopher Meyer makes his move for more telly work". The Sunday Times.
- ^ "Youth Hostelling With Chris Eubank: Alan Partridge's TV dream comes true". The Guardian. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Hooton, Christopher (29 May 2014). "Accidental Partridge: TalkSport's Sam Matterface drops textbook Alan-ism on-air". The Independent. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ "Alan Partridge inspires city art exhibition - BBC News". BBC News. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
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Topics include Survival Skills, Wilderness Medical Kits, Hyperthermia, Water Disinfection, Breaks and Strains in Backcountry, Travel Medicine, Lightning Injuries, Snake Bites, and many others. A total of 45 hours of continuing medical education units is available.
Jay Lemery, MD, President of the Wilderness Medical Society, said, "Wilderness Medicine has never been more relevant. What better place to get together than the resurgent city of Chattanooga and its spectacular surroundings."
The conference is organized under the leadership of Chris Moore, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Erlanger at Hutcheson Hospital and a life member and past board member of the Wilderness Medical Society. "The field of wilderness medicine has evolved and grown, but at its core wilderness medicine continues to be distinct in its disproportionate dependence on basic clinical judgment and unique in its reliance on improvisation."
"The fact that Chattanooga is affordable, easily accessible, and within an hour or less of world famous rivers, rocks and caves, makes this an extremely exciting event," he said.
The faculty includes many of the most prominent names in wilderness medicine.
Attendees can attend the entire conference or register for a half-day of conference sessions/continuing medical education.
Registration information is available at www.SEWM.net or by calling Janice at 505-506-4496.
In conjunction with Wilderness Medicine ConferencePublic Invited to Wilderness Safety and Adventure on Everest ProgramsTwo special programs will be open to the public in conjunction with the June Southeastern Wilderness Medicine Conference targeting medical professionals.
A Wilderness Safety for the Outdoor Enthusiast forum and reception will be offered on Friday, June 21, from 4:30-7pm at The Church on Main. It will feature some of the nationally known experts who are participating in the wilderness medicine conference.
Conference organizer Chris Moore, M.D., and Paul Brock said the talks for this safety session will be aimed more toward the general public involved in hiking, climbing, paddling, caving, mountain biking and other activities that involve the out of doors.
The cost is $20, and it is preferred that tickets be bought online by going to http://www.eventbrite.com/event/6905260821/eac2)
In addition to mini-lectures by world renowned doctors, the price includes two drink tickets for the post meeting reception, where snacks will be served, along with a meet and greet with the faculty.
Adventure and Science on Mt. Everest. The public is also invited to "Adventure and Science on Mt. Everest," an evening presentation by Kris Erickson, a North Face athlete, at the IMAX theater downtown on Tuesday, June 25, 6:30 to 9. A Rock/Creek Pint Nite reception will precede the program. The cost is $10 with a suggested $5 donation to the charity being sponsored by Rock/Creek. The price also includes two drink tickets.The Wilderness Medicine conference will be held June 22-26 at the Convention Center. The conference is designed for physicians and other health care professionals and features educational sessions and opportunities for outdoor activities.Registration information is available at www.SEWM.net or by calling Janice at 505-506-44969th Southeastern Wilderness Medicine Conference June 22-26
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Second, African Americans have been among the most difficult to sway on this issue. While some may indeed change their minds because of President Obama's endorsement, word of mouth around our community indicates that many more no longer feel they can wholeheartedly support the president. They may not become Republicans, but their sentiments may be similar to those of a former president who said famously, "I didn't leave the Democratic Party. The party left me." The Obama endorsement seemed like a slap in the face to grassroots black and Hispanic Christians.
Third, the overwhelming majority of African Americans do not believe that the redefinition of marriage to include homosexual unions is in keeping with the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) activists have repeatedly attempted to hijack the moral authority of racial minorities who suffered under centuries of legalized racial discrimination at the hands of the government. Americans as a whole should know that most black Americans find this deeply offensive. At the core of this new coalition is a commitment to biblical marriage that transcends race, class or culture. The Hispanic community shares the common sense understanding that same-sex marriage is not a civil right.
Both major minorities understand that rights must be granted from some superior source such as the Constitution or the Bible. To make same-sex marriage a 14th amendment issue would desecrate the sacrifices of black and brown champions of yester year. Further the Bible can hardly be seen to endorse either homosexuality or same-sex marriage. Therefore, our group realizes that same-sex marriage is a request for special rights. As a result of this kind of thinking, black and Hispanic Christian leaders have become uniquely aware that they are the last stronghold of protection for traditional, biblical marriage as we know it.
Fourth, many Americans who do not profess religious faith are deeply concerned about the social effects of redefining marriage. Similar legislative decisions in Scandinavian countries in the 1990s have been associated with skyrocketing out-of-wedlock birthrates and an overall decline in marriage. Common sense reminds us that words that mean everything mean nothing. The broader the definition of marriage becomes, the weaker it becomes as an institution.
This new coalition has not yet been given a formal name, but the concept has gripped our hearts. We have agreed to take three immediate steps of action:
1.) join in a 40-day fast through which we will beseech God to heal the soul of our nation,
2.) recruit a diverse group of churches around the nation to affirm traditional marriage on Father's Day (June 17, 2012) – they will do this by preaching an appropriate message on marriage and by reading a declaration of commitment to defend and uphold God's first institution, and
3.) participate with the High Impact Leadership Coalition, City Action Coalition, Renewing American Leadership (ReAL), Charisma Media and the National Hispanic Leadership Conference along with others of faith in a "vertical vote" campaign this election season designed to inform, inspire and register groundswell Christians to vote. (More information to follow.)
In conclusion, if you want to be part of this growing coalition that transcends traditional ethnic boundaries, party lines and denominations, go to www.thetruthinblackandwhite.com. Click on the Stand for Marriage graphic, sign the letter to the president, read the information. Next, you should order the DVDs and CDs (available 6/7/12) and take the important 3 steps listed above. Together, we can make the difference in our communities and nation!
Bishop Harry Jackson is chairman of the High Impact Leadership Coalition and senior pastor of Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, MD, and co-authored, Personal Faith, Public Policy [FrontLine; March 2008] with Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council.


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