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Wednesday Aug 25 2010
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Places to go, things to do in the Loomis Basin
A book sale will be held by the Friends of the Penryn Library from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, at the library, located at 2215 Rippey Road in Penryn. A large selection of new fiction, children's and toddler books will be available. Dispose of old computers, printers, televisions and other electronic equipment for free at Loomis Self Storage, 5950 Jetton Lane (off Swetzer). The free service is in conjunction with Greenspot Dropoff, which will recycle the e-waste. Loomis Self Storage is open for recycling from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays. The Loomis Farmers' Market is open from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays at the Blue Goose Fruit Shed. Those who have farm or homegrown fruits, vegetables, nuts, value-added products or handcrafted items can get information about a free vendor booth from Mark at Blue Goose Produce. Call 652-8341. Free CPR classes are offered to residents of the Loomis Fire Protection District on Saturdays at the Loomis fire station on Horseshoe Bar Road. For more information or to get on the waiting list, call 652-6858. Reserved seating for Del Oro High School 2010 home football games is being offered to benefit the football program. Packages are $150 for the Golden Eagle Pass, which includes free reserved parking, and $100 for the Eagle Pass. A season ticket pass for all Del Oro athletic sports home games can be added for $50. Applications are due Sept. 3 and are available at the Del Oro front office. Don's Classic Car Show will be held from 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, at the Loomis Depot. Admission is free. The show includes music and raffle prizes. Cars dating from 1974 or older are eligible to participate. For more information, call 652-5433. An informational meeting for families interested in the 8th Grade Washington, D.C. Trip Club has been set for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 14, in the Loomis Grammar School library. The club is also open to seventh-graders who plan to make the 2012 trip. For more information, call 768-3501. The Five Cities Democratic Club will meet from 11:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, at Round Table Pizza in Loomis. For more information, call 663-0174. Past and present military will be honored at the Red White & Blue country western dance, with music by Crossman Connection, at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, at the Blue Goose Fruit Shed. Tickets are $25 per couple or $15 for singles. Proceeds benefit the Wounded Warriors family support division and the Veterans Student Alliance at Sierra College. Special recognition will be given to the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. For more information, call 652-8441. A rummage sale and crafter's fair, open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, at Loomis Grammar School, will benefit the 8th grade student trip to Washington, D.C. and New York City. Donate items for the sale, set up a crafter/vendor table, or shop at the event. For more information, call 768-3501. Bingo games will be held from 2:30 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, at the Blue Goose Fruit Shed. Advance tickets are $20 per session or $25 at the door. Tickets are available at Blue Goose Produce. The event is presented by the Mountain Mandarin Growers Association Joanne K. Neft Scholarship Committee; a portion of proceeds benefit the Assistance League of Greater Placer. For more information, call 652-8341. See Journey Unauthorized, a salute to the music, sights and sounds of Journey, at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, at the Blue Goose Fruit Shed. Tickets are $30 per person and are available at Main Drug Store and Blue Goose Produce. Concert proceeds will benefit the fruit shed.


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Chapter Six:
January 11th: Indoors
I thought of offering to help Dannon over the large hole in the porch, but it seemed wisest not to. He gauged the distance, took in the worm-eaten pet corpse, then carefully found a way around the mess. I waited patiently in the living room, scanning the place for things I might have missed before.
"Say what you want, I do not like this."
"No one expects you to, Joseph. Rather the opposite."
"Easy for you to be glib about it," he snapped. He was too serious, though. Practically
I moved farther into the room, keeping an eye on Dannon, who appeared to be finding his own way into things. He was already heading for the closet. Carefully, like a small child testing his mother's eyesight regarding the cookie jar.
And like said mother, I shook my head and held up a hand. "Wait a minute." You'll spoil your dinner, ha ha. He slumped a bit, but held back, looking around the room with nearly tangible reprehension. I turned back to Joseph. "He isn't going to replace you. You have obvious seniority, you're already my partner"
"And I'm deader than the cat in that hole." He saw me cringe, and grinned smugly. "Closed casket, Hollowmark. Why didn't you tell him that?"
"I did, you heard me."
"Yeah, but you did it nicely. There's no place for nice in any of this."
"Are you two old ladies going to chat all day, or are there things to do?" Dannon's words were a little whiny, but at least it didn't carry into the actual sound. He was standing right in front of the closet now, moving debris around with his cane. "The way you were talking before, I thought"
"Fine." I took long strides over to the closet.
"You did sound like you were in a hurry."
I could have burst out laughing from the reproach in his tone. A smart person would have apologized. Not so, Dannon Hancuff. No wonder Joseph wanted to shake him off, the boy could have been his son.
Well, his nephew, in any case. I opened the door and stepped back to let Joseph in, holding Dannon back with one arm.
He gave me a questioning frown, but I just smiled. "Joseph's been doing this since he was younger than you."
"Can't have been that long, then."
At first, I couldn't think why he'd say that. I watched Joseph trying to coax the child out from behind the pea coat. He looked like himself. Windswept hair and prematurely weathered skin with a few unwanted early wrinkles, an unexplained birthmark or scar on his neck
the same person I'd seen every day for years.
Too many years. His image now showed him as he'd looked when he'd been younger. Ghosts could make choices about those things, in a way. He looked the way he saw himself, the way I saw him. It was a representation, after all, not a body, or even a photograph. He just looked as old as he felt.
The round little face poked out through the bottom of the coat. "Is it okay to come out now?"
Joseph took her hand and pulled, but she didn't move. "It's okay, kid, come out. We're here to"
"I'm supposed to wait for Daddy to come and say it's all okay."
My stomach rolled in an unhappy ellipse, fighting against realization. Dannon pushed my arm aside and stepped into the closet. "I've seen this before. She's stuck in a loop."
"But she can see us!" I'd heard of ghosts getting stuck, even seen a few, but the ones I'd seen had snapped out of it after we'd gotten their attention properly. I looked at Joseph, but he just shrugged.
"Maybe part of her is trying to get out," he said. To my surprise, he turned to Dannon, expression professionally blank. "Have you really seen this before, new guy?"
Dannon nodded, his eyes riveted to the little girl. "She's gotten
fractured, is what I call it. Most of her spirit is living out the moments before her death in an infinite loop, but"
"That's not right. Daddy has to come get me out. He had to get the thingy first." The puzzled fear on the little girl's face made my head ache.
It wasn't helpful to see Dannon take the situation with such calm detachment. "Easiest thing in this case would probably be to find this thingy she's talking about."
"Color me impressed, Prepared Von Student-pants." Joseph didn't look impressed at all, but he probably was, at least a little. "What do you suppose a thingy looks like?"
Dannon avoided the argument and started rifling through the pockets of the girl's coat. I didn't think that would be very helpful, but it kept him from fighting, so I said nothing. The little girl drew forward, her face sliding through Dannon's leg with a rather smoky blurriness tugging at the edges of her image. "Don't tell him I'm hiding. He'll get me!"
I shivered in sympathy, but he didn't seem to notice. "We left after she got to this point," I told him, not sure if it even mattered. The boy had taught himself to be an extractor. He obviously hadn't become a mediator, not the way he moved or spoke.
He slid the coat out of the way. If I'd been planning on saying anything else, it curled up into a hoarse cough. It was difficult to tell through all the shades of varying blue, but the little girl was definitely covered in blood, and she'd wrapped a sweater around the bottom half of her leg. Her image rippled and wavered like a television screen about to go out. She didn't seem aware of anything but the repeating memory.
The half of it we were seeing wasn't very helpful so far. Dannon let go of the coat and took some rather shaky steps back out of the closet. "I remember reading about this a few years ago. Her name is Margaret Hingham."
What happened next was like watching a video repeat itself. Without any natural movement, Margaret was further back, huddling her knees to her chest as though she was hiding. Dannon had moved the coat, but she didn't see that. In her fragmented mind, the coat was where it was supposed to be. Where it would always be.
I didn't put up any resistance as Dannon shuffled me back out into the living room. I didn't want to see that play out again. "How do you know her name?"
"The crazy guy, Abney
He cut her foot off." Dannon shuddered, for a moment looking so vulnerable that I nearly made him leave. "I didn't read the rest of the article."
"Names help," Joseph said, almost kindly. "Except in this case, I think you're right about the 'thingy'. How can we find out what it is?"
Moving like a person underwater, Dannon crossed the room. Occasionally, he would stop and tap a floorboard with his cane. "Abney didn't take anything from the house. From the people who lived here, yes, but not from the house."
"She thought he was here to take something, though."
"Yeah. Something that must have mattered to her dad. Probably with a long name she couldn't pronounce, or maybe she just couldn't remember."
"When we lived in a house, my dad kept his bank records in the crisper drawer," Dannon went on.
"The crispy what?"
He shook his head and waved a hand at Joseph dismissively. "Crisper drawer. The place in the refrigerator where the carrots go."
The idea of Joseph eating a carrot was so unthinkable that the best I could manage was an orange cigar. "So you think Margaret's father kept his whatever-it-was in the fridge."
"Could have."
I found the way into the kitchen first, and the size of it made our little group seem altogether too large. At first it was hard to tell it was a kitchen at all. The room was not just stripped of furniture, it was strip of wall decorations and fixtures, and the cabinets had been gutted by
"A crowbar," I said quietly kneeling to get a better look at it. "That explains the cat, doesn't it."
"Don't touch that."
I shot Dannon a scathing look that actually made him flinch and step away from me. "I know Abney set bits of himself inside it, I'm not completely useless. Besides, you can see his blood on it, there and there." Being able to tell it was Abney's blood was no great trick for someone who'd run into his ghost, but it was impressive to anyone who hadn't.
However, Dannon didn't take the time to look impressed. He headed straight for the fuzzy white refrigerator. It had originally been bright blue, so far as I could tell. The door had smashed in, then been levered out, and whatever food had stored inside had gone violently feral. Mold evolved before our eyes, and I was nearly as sick over it as I had been over the cat. My stomach gurgled, but I didn't turn away.
"Let's hope thingies aren't perishable. Joseph said, a hint of a smile on his face. He always had more fun in situations that made me nauseous. I'd never really figured out if it was just the way he was, or something he didn't on purpose. Possibly an even split between both.
Dannon ignored him, and scrubbed a path through the mold with a plank of wood from the splintered cabinet doors. "It could be financial records, or diagrams of some kind, but those are just paper," he said.
"Paper would have rotted in this mess," I pointed out, searching for a longer bit of wood. That mold looked remarkably sentient, as well as vicious, and I didn't like how it appeared to be creeping closer to Dannon's fingers.
He tossed the plank away and reached into the bottom-most part of the refrigerator. I cringed while Joseph chuckled at me.
A metallic knocking sound broke the silence, shortly after, Dannon tugged out an old-fashioned metal lunchbox. It was so rusted-over, I was surprised there weren't any gaping holes in it. "D'you think this might be a thingy?" His face was pale, I wondered if he was replaying lectures about bacteria in his head.
Of course, not that all the living people present were thoroughly ill, Joseph was all grins. "How old was that kid? She had to be pretty young if she couldn't say 'lunchbox'."
"She was nine," Dannon said, just barely in the range of hearing. "I think it may be more likely that she didn't know what was in the lunchbox." He set it down on the floor.
I dragged him away from the box before he could get rust and mold on his face. "How long ago did you read that article?"
He shrugged. "Dunno. Four, five years ago? Maybe."
How old are you?"
"Dunno. I can check." He was grinning now, like a shark with lockjaw. "Really, it's not important. There are ghosts upstairs, aren't there?"
"Yes, but"
"This may be the key to helping them get
wherever they're supposed to be." He held up the rusty lunchbox, and something buried deep in my chest made me want to slap it out of his hand.
Instead I took off my coat and used it as a sort of glove, or perhaps an oven mitt. So long as no one's skin was touching that thing. I snatched the lunchbox from Dannon, and held it away from both of us. "We'll take it back to the dormitory then, they can open it up and figure things out."
"So you actually live in that place." The expression on Dannon's face was one that invited a good smacking-off, but I stayed stock still. "And I get to go back with you?"
Joseph threw his hands in the air. "That's it, I'm dead all over again! Just point to the nearest gate and I'll make things easy on you."
Reflex came close to jerking my arm to the left. There was a yawning, slow gate just behind him, and it had been bothering me for some time now. I gritted my teeth and glared at him. "Stop. Whining. No one is sending you anywhere so long as I am alive." It was the best promise I had to offer, after I was dead, I'd probably rank lower than the vending machines.
Joseph didn't respond, not in a way that I could work with, anyway. He just smoked up a terrible fog and hid his unoccupied hand in his coat pocket. A full inch of the bottom of his image evaporated. Perhaps my theory about legs was correct.
"Excuse me
" The fearful child-like apology would have been almost funny if I'd been looking at Dannon when he spoke. Disembodied, it was frightening and woke things up. "We can all agree that Margaret didn't know what's inside the lunchbox, right?"
I nodded. Joseph turned away before growling something like a yes.
"So that's probably all we need to get her out of that closet."
I didn't wait for Joseph to decide whether to concur or complain. I strode back to the closet and yanked the door open wide.
"Is it okay to come out now?"
Hearing her say the same thing for the third time in perhaps as many days, somehow helped me detach myself. Whatever the reason, I was grateful for it. I knelt down and held out the lunchbox. "He didn't get it," I tried.
"I'm supposed to wait for Daddy to come and say it's all okay."
Frustration gripped my vocal cords. "It's right here, what your father was hiding! No one stole it
I waited for her to deliver her third line, but it was taking too long. She stared at me like a sleepwalker who had just been shaken back to the world of the waking. Then, after what felt like years, she said, "He didn't take it?"
"No. It's right here, in this box." I had to fight the rising hysteria to stop myself touching my chin to check for a beard. How long had we been trying to help this poor child? "But that's the only good news."
"I kept it secret," she said, back to her own world, but at least creating a present for it. She was beginning to fade.
Behind me, I heard a set of three footsteps come to an angry stop. "Tell her where to go, Hollowmark."
The fact that it was Dannon who had shouted jarred me from wherever I had gone. I set the lunchbox down, determined not to look at my coat/glove. "You need to crawl a little to the left," I said, trying to be gentle, but firm. I just ended up sounding sick.
"This way? Why?"
My brain shut down. Behind me, Joseph said, "It'll make your legs stop itching."
"Will I get my foot back?"
I could have cried then, and I hadn't cried over a case in years. "We'll find it, and you will." That was the worst part of extraction, finding bodies. If I was going to get my waywhich I probably wasn'twe would make a team of extractors do the finding. This was too much for me.
Margaret practically beamed. "And Mom's arm?"
"Everything," I blurted. It was a tall order, 'everything', but we all needed this to peter out into a small ending. It was the only way to move on to the next thing we had to do.
"Okay." She crawled towards the gate, occasionally looking back at me for, I assumed, confirmation. Each time, I nodded and forced the kind of avuncular smile that people expected.
The gate closed after she'd gone through, and the feeling of being crowded in the closet lessened a bit. Dannon stood solidly at my left, then slumped against the wall. A gate opened an inch away from his arm, he scuttled away from it. Despite the weariness in my limbs, I laughed. I'd always avoided gates even before I'd known what they were, but I'd expected Dannon to be the type to examine them carefully, even try to goI stopped laughing. "Sorry," I said. This appeared to be good enough.
"Let's get upstairs." Joseph made a sharp about-face and drifted out of the closet. "Most important thing is to get these spirits started at resting, then we can improve the quality."
Odd way to put it. I tried to catch his eye, but wasted no time speeding halfway up the stairs. One of these days, I was going to have to set aside some time to talk to him
There used to be enough time to set aside for things like that.
"This place is wrong."
"Most haunted houses give you that feeling," I said, pushing past Dannon as politely as I could. He hadn't so much as fidgeted since he'd moved away from the gate.
He shook his head, and even that was peculiar. The movement was short, sharp, even flurried. As though he were shivering, or trying to wake himself out of a doze. "I know that, I've been in plenty," he whispered. Whispered. Who was around to hear him aside from us? "There's something really wrong with this one."
"I'm not surprised." Talking loudly was one way Joseph combated the world, but he was also rather far away from the majority of the conversation, physically. I decided not to call him on it.
With much inward resignation, I declared myself the official peacemaker and took Dannon's arm to lead him to the stairs. At first I thought he might be offended and step on my foot with his cane again, but the 'wrongness' of the place must have had him preoccupied. He let me half-drag him all the way to the second floor before pulling away with a glare.
"I don't need any help."
Extending my role to include annoying peace-keeper, I smiled winsomely and said, "I know that. I'm just impatient."
The upstairs was worse than the below. Holes pockmarked the carpet in a way that made me think of beanbag boards. Five points if you get it in that hole there by the master bedroom. Family photos were slashed and burnt, seemingly by a small flame, like that of a lighter or matches. Someone had dragged a knife along the wall, tearing through the wallpaper and leaving an occasionally bloody wavering line.
"I think I know what you mean about 'wrong', now," I half-whispered. Dannon just nodded.
"Hey, you read about Abney," Joseph said, his own voice only mildly hushed. "What was his deal while he was alive? Drugs or something?"
Dannon sneezed a few times, then shook his head. "Just running on his own natural bug-eyed craziness, I think." He sneezed again, an explosion of thick noise. I winced and gave him a packet of tissues I always carried in the winter.
While he blew his nose and otherwise maintained, I looked around and tried to figure out which direction we should start in. "Joseph, which room is the baby in?"
He closed his eyes, but his face didn't melt away. "At the end of the hall, by the master bedroom. It's probably a nursery."
Right. It would have to be. He hadn't been wrong about the baby. I'd known it, but a couple of days away from the place had been the perfect way to convince myself of the possibility of Joseph being wrong. He always had chosen the worst times to be right, and about the worst things.
At least he didn't do it on purpose.
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Because it's sad and creeepy... Thank you... This is turning out to be very difficult to write.
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I don't know if they even will. I'm halfway through and I still have no idea what's going on.
...Well, something has to happen to.... waiiiiiit. Ok. This would so be ripped off the third Dresden book, but what if it's NOT Abney? Like, they're going on the assumption that it IS, and there seems to be evidence that it is, but it's not. it's someone who wants to use that association to throw the two off balance.
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27 November 2012Statement by Sir Mark Lyall Grant, Permanent Representative of the UK Mission to the UN at the General Assembly debate on Afghanistan
Let me thank the German delegation for the excellent work they've done in steering the negotiations on today's resolution, as well as the Government of Afghanistan for their constructive engagement throughout.
Mr President,
Today, I want to focus on what the United Kingdom considers to be key issues ahead in Afghanistan: firstly, the transition of security from NATO to Afghan forces; secondly, the Afghan-led peace and reconciliation process; thirdly, the 2014 Afghan elections; and fourthly, the long-term international commitment to Afghanistan.
First, on transition: 2014 is drawing near. NATO continues the important work of handing over security to the Afghan National Security Forces. The United Kingdom remains confident in the ability of all parties to get this done within the agreed timescale.
We are confident because the transition is working well and is on track. The Afghan National Security Forces are growing in strength and capability. They are taking responsibility for their own security and doing so with enthusiasm and professionalism.
But we have always recognised that there is no purely military solution to the situation in Afghanistan, which is why peace and reconciliation remain key.
The objective here remains the same. We support the Afghan Government in their attempts to secure a peaceful political settlement, and agree that this should be done in unity with key partners in the region.
The Security Council's renewal of the 1988 sanctions regime next month is an opportunity to contribute further to this process. We must ensure that designated individuals can travel to participate in reconciliation talks. And that the designation criteria focus specifically on those who pose a threat to Afghanistan's security.
It is imperative that we continue to build on the momentum and achievements to date. The United Kingdom welcomes the visit of the Afghan High Peace Council to Pakistan earlier this month. We understand that talks held were very productive and are encouraged by the clear commitment of both parties to the peace and reconciliation process.
We welcome in particular the call to the Taliban and other armed opposition groups to participate in the peace process, and to sever links with Al Qaeda and other international terrorist networks.
The United Kingdom will continue to do all it can to support efforts by Pakistan and Afghanistan to strengthen their cooperation on this important issue.
Thirdly, turning to Afghan elections,
These elections, planned for 5 April 2014, will bring many challenges. But we cannot underestimate their importance.
The United Kingdom looks forward to credible and inclusive elections, delivering a peaceful transition of power to a government decided by the people of Afghanistan. They will demand nothing less, and the international community will strongly support this objective.
To achieve these aspirations, transparency is key. We encourage the Government of Afghanistan to tackle the issues which have overshadowed previous elections, ensuring that the prospects of voter fraud and violent incidents are reduced.
Finally, let me reiterate the long-term commitment of the United Kingdom to Afghanistan.
The United Kingdom will continue to build on our excellent security partnership, to further social and economic ties and to form closer cultural links with Afghanistan. The Enduring Strategic Partnership Document, agreed by the United Kingdom and Afghanistan earlier this year, provides the basis for those ambitions.
The international community as a whole has made clear its enduring commitment to Afghanistan. And we are pleased that today's General Assembly resolution is yet another signal of this.
The NATO Chicago summit, followed by the Tokyo Conference, provided clear evidence of this commitment. The pledges made on both occasions demonstrated the seriousness with which we are approaching post-2014 Afghanistan.
The United Kingdom will continue to meet the obligations into which we have entered, and we are committed to ensuring that all parties do likewise.
In particular, we strongly support the Tokyo Mutual Accountability Framework as an invaluable mechanism to manage commitments of the international community and Afghanistan to each other.
Finally, Mr. President, the United Nations has a crucial and enduring role to play in Afghanistan. We will continue to ensure that it has the right people, the right objectives and appropriate resources to carry out its important work.
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okay i'm right in thinking that there isnt just 9 episodes in this season, does anyone know when the other ones will be coming out ... :D
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Jul 21, 2008 4:10PM EDT
The first season only had 9 episodes due to the writer's strike. More to come in season two in September.
Jul 21, 2008 4:53PM EDT
Nope, only the nine. Its not that strange though, the first season of greys anatomy only had nine i think, and Kyle XY didn't have many either.
Jul 21, 2008 6:09PM EDT
Season 2 starts October 1st which I believe will be a regular full season.


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Penne in Roasted Bell Pepper Sauce...!!!Author: Siddhi Shirsat // Category: Italian Dishes, Pastas N Pizzas
Pasta in roasted bell pepper sauce is one of the most famous pasta. The flavour of roasted peppers give it a nice flavour and taste. I have altered the traditional recipe with few changes.
2 cups penne pasta
2 red bell peppers chopped roughly
1 medium sized carrot sliced
1 big size onion sliced
1 table spoon chopped garlic
1 tea spoon chopped green chillis
1 small onion diced
1/2 cup blanched sweet corns
1/2 cup chopped bell peppers
1/2 cup chopped baby corns
1 cup tomato puree
1 table spoon butter
1/4 cup pimento stuffed green olives
1 tea spoon Italian mixed herbs
1/2 cup grated mozzarella cheese
2 tea spoon chili flakes
1/4 tea spoon crushed peppercorns
2-3 table spoons olive oil
Spread the chopped red bell peppers, carrots and sliced onion on a baking tray and sprinkle olive oil and little salt on them and bake them for 15 mins at 180 degrees.Cool them and then grind them using little water to fine paste.
Boil water in a big vessel and add little salt and oilive oil. Add the pasta and cook for 7-8 mins till its 'al dente'.Drain it and spinkle some olive oil and keep the cooked pasta aside.
Heat little olive oil in a pan and add chopped garlic and green chillis and saute for 2 mins. Then add diced onions and chopped bell peppers.Add the sweet corn kernels, tomato puree and mix it well.Add the roasted pepper sauce to it and cook for 2 mins.
Add salt, peppercorns, olives, and chili flakes.finally add grated cheese and cook till it melts in the sauce. Now add the cooked pasta, mixed herbs and toss for some time. finally add the butter and remove from flame.
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The Terrace was a balcony outside the Viaduct Entrance, leading to a path under the Stone Bridge.
Behind the scenes
- In the first six film adaptations, the Viaduct was outside the Viaduct Entrance instead. This change happened because of the move of the Viaduct in the last film, due to the need to connect the castle to the grounds.
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I like mine. I have the XL strap version and they go nicely with my size 14's. Most toe clips just don't work with my feet.
I liked them a lot when I would be pedaling seated. They can feel very snug and still be easy to get in and out of. However, when really pulling up on the pedals, like skidding or climbing, I would really have to push my heels inward to not have the straps loosen up (they would not get loose at the clip, but would just untwist, if you know what I mean). Also, the metal tabs extended past my pedals, which increased my chances to pedal strike. I actually bent one of the tabs out of shape by striking a pedal. Overall, I liked clips and straps a lot better.
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The Power of Independent Thinking
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Research Fellow Vern McKinley interviewed on MSNBCs The Dylan Ratigan Show on the failure of Federal Regulators and the dysfunctional Mortgage/Banking system from the perspective of his new book, Financing Failure: A Century of Bailouts.
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In 2008 the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its landmark ruling on the Second Amendments individual right to keep and bear arms in Heller v. District of Columbia. Now the question remains whether this right must be recognized by the States and their political subdivisions.
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It was a rare bright day in London, but cold… so I thought I'd do some outfit pics, but inside by the radiator.
At the beginning of the year I resolved to shop more, so in the throes of sale season, I did. Except I choked. I bought this beautiful blue duffle coat, something I've coveted for a long time, except for two things which gave me a brutal case of cognitive dissonance. One, it didn't fit. Two, it was full price. Boxing day fails. So I returned it to the vintage store for a significant amount of store credit (they call it voucher here) which I then had to buy off over the rest of January.
I went back to the shop and tried to be very systematic about how I went through it, just like I do when thrifting. Picking out only the things that seemed really good and eliminating them over the least little objection. This angora sweater, with a nice Nordstrom label, instantly popped off the hanger. It is so soft, it has shorter sleeves which I think suit me well, and it fits. Of course, not on sale. This is what I would consider a date sweater. Its very touchable and it falls coyly off the shoulder.
Next pick in my quest for shopping redemption was a high-quality cotton button-down with a distinctive check. The label says the fabric is Japanese cotton – not sure if that's referring to the textile design or origin – regardless of where it came from it feels substantial and looks terrific. I think this is a shirt for a small boy, the sleeves are short, but they look all right rolled up, which is a signature style for me. Of course, this was not on sale either.
Third, a bit of a departure for me, as I don't have the most girlish sense of style – dainty heels and in a colour, too. I'm always looking out for this type of sandal – even though I don't possess the most ideal ankles, I tend to go for ankle straps anyways, because I like how they keep my shoes on my feet. These won't get any wear until spring but still seemed totally worth it. And they were NOT on sale.
Am I an ace shopper? Hardly. But I'm glad I was able to mitigate my initial failure with three items that I'm confident will be included, guiltlessly, into my regular rotation. And if I ever see the perfect duffle coat, I swear I will grab it, on sale or not.


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As the Brandon Wheat Kings begin main camp today, we take a look at 10 questions for a team clearly on the rise:
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Twenty-six greater Sacramento area museums will be offering free admission for the 13th Annual Sacramento Museum Day. This event is presented by the Sacramento Association of Museums (SAM), and proudly supported by Umpqua Bank. Sacramento Museum Day takes place 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 5. All participating museums close at 5 p.m. with the last guests admitted at 4 p.m. The Folsom History Museum is one of many participating in the event. Museum Day, a Sacramento cultural tradition, invites all members of the community to experience the Capital City's wealth of art, history, science and wildlife at numerous participating museums at no cost. PARTICIPATING MUSEUMS: Aerospace Museum of California California Automobile Museum California Foundry History Museum The California Museum California State Military Museum California State Capitol Museum California State Indian Museum California State Railroad Museum Crocker Art Museum Discovery Museum Science and Space Center The Don and June Salvatori California Pharmacy Museum Fairytale Town Folsom History Museum Governor's Mansion State Historic Park Heidrick Ag History Center (Woodland) Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park Museum of Medical History Old Sacramento Schoolhouse Museum Old Sacramento State Historic Park Sacramento Zoo Sacramento Historic City Cemetery Sacramento History Museum Sojourner Truth Multicultural Arts Museum Sutter's Fort State Historic Park Wells Fargo History Museum (Old Sacramento and Downtown locations).


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The educational modules of CEIP were originally created in 2008 for the inaugural CEIP class, but have steadily evolved since that time to reflect changes in the foodservice industry.Among those attending will be several chefs from colleges and universities, including: University of Southern California Executive Chef Eric Ernest, who oversees menus and training for 40 unique locations on two campuses; and Boston College Associate Director of Food and Beverage Michael Kann, whose pre-culinary school biochemistry background gives him unique insights into food. Attending from the healthcare segment is Christina Bodanza, executive chef at Watermark Retirement Communities, who is also certified as a dementia practitioner by The National Council of Dementia Practitioners; and Justin Johnson, executive chef at the University of Wisconsin Health Partners Watertown Regional Medical Center, who revolutionized foodservice in a local retirement home and is in the process of doing the same at a hospital. Others in the class include Mary Grace Viado Howard, corporate executive chef at the 11-unit Village Tavern restaurants, who was challenged with ensuring the food made with local ingredients at the chain's Philippine location tasted the same as its American counterpart; and Martin Pfefferkorn, executive chef of the Hyatt Regency Atlanta, an Austrian-born chef who had extensive experience working in European hotels before coming to the U.S. to live in the Upper Midwest, Southwest, and Southeast.
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We have to wait until tomorrow to hear the Academy Award nominations for 2009. While we await word on the year's best, we can certainly have fun with the year's worst.
Earlier today, the Razzie Awards announced their nominations. For the uninitiated, the Razzies have "celebrated" the most laughable, horrific, and jawdroppingly awful movies and performances each year since 1980. Past "winning" actors include Pauly Shore, Andrew Dice Clay, Madonna, Sylvester Stallone, and The Spice Girls. Past "winning" pictures include Showgirls, Battlefield Earth, Freddy Got Fingered, Gigli, and Catwoman.
This year, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Land of the Lost were singled out for shame, receiving seven nominations a piece. In the running for acting "honors" are The Jonas Brothers, Megan Fox, Miley Cyrus, and Steve Martin, among others.
Interestingly enough, Sandra Bullock may have a chance to win both an Academy Award and a Razzie in the same year, which no one has ever done. She will more than likely get an Oscar nod for The Blind Side, and she is up for a Razzie for All About Steve. For the latter, she's also nominated with Bradley Cooper for Worst Screen Couple. Their competition includes:
Kristen Stewart & EITHER Robert Pattinson OR Taylor Whatz-His-Fang for The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Cue the Team Edward and Team Jacob outrage.
The Razzies also announced their picks for the decade as well, singling out actors and movies that got multiple awards or received large percentages of votes. Choices included Ben Affleck, Eddie Murphy, Mariah Carey, and Paris Hilton.
You can view the entire history of nominees and recipients here. This year's Razzies will be announced on Saturday, March 6, the night before the Oscars.


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Bruce's Top Ten Modeling Hints #9: All models are abstractions but some are useful
One complaint I hear about models is that they're abstract and therefore not useful. My initial response is "Duh!" to the first but "Huh?" to the second.
Humans cogitate almost exclusively using abstractions, hence the initial response. An abstraction focuses on some properties of an object (not using the term in the OO sense) at the exclusion of others. When we want to reason about some characteristic of a thing - such as its behavior under certain circumstances - we can ignore other aspects as irrelevant to that question, even though those omitted properties may be very relevant to reasoning about other qualities of the object.
Take a chair. If I'm designing the chair, I really need to focus on the parts, how they connect, their structural strength, the stabilty of the base, and so on. If I'm trying to put the chair together, I need the parts list and the order in which those pieces must be assembled. If I'm an interior designer, I care about the chair's style and color. If I'm trying to arrange seating at an event, I care about the physical space it takes up and its capacity. Which model represents the chair?
The answer, of course, is that they all do. Each focuses on some aspects of the chair and elides detail not relevant to the reasoning required of the model.
This does not mean that models, and the abstractions underlying them, are either imprecise or useless. We can, and should, build models for systems and software that are both precise enough and broad enough to support the necessary reasoning. Sometimes, this entails detailed state behavioral modeling; other cases might result in mathematically precise models using languages/tools such as Simulink. In other cases, we'll build detailed architectural structure models to understand what the large scale pieces of the system are and how they connect.
To be generally helpful in systems and software modeling, the models rmust represent precise details about the system but not necessarily all the available detail. For example, I might model a device driver with UML. I precisely specify the structure in a UML class diagram, identifying the set of relevant attributes, their types and subranges, as well as the services that manipulate those attributes. I might also specify the order of the execution of the services within a state machine as the driver responds to various environmental events. I can then generate code using tools such as Rational Rhapsody(tm) and download it to the target, execute it, and visualize that execution using Rhapsody's execution and animation environment. I might very well have elided details about unrelated structural aspects such as links to an event logger implemented as an observer or attributes not related to the device driver manipulation of the hardware. I certainly have omitted specifying the source level language constructs managing the state machine execution. I have certainly not specified which CPU registers should be used. Those details aren't part of the model, but that doesn't mean that the model was imprecise with respect to the behavior and structure relevant to my viewpoint.
There are people who think that source code is the ultimate answer and modeling should - at most - be a very high level vague notional view, scribbled on a napkin and then discarded. I am not among them. I have seen tremendous benefits in the application of models precise enough to support execution/simulation and code generation.
Over the course of an entire project, 10-20 source lines of code (SLOCs) is the norm for software productivity. I understand that when you're actually sitting in front of your computer wielding vi (or Emacs - my wife and I argue about which is best!) to write code, your productivity is higher. Nevertheless, over the lifespan of an entire project, 10-20 SLOCs/day per programmer is typical. Interestingly, this seems to be independent of the abstraction level of the language. This is why source level languages smacked assembly language over the head. You can do a lot more with a line of high level source language than with a single assembly language statement. 10-20 lines of a high level source language might result in between 100 to 300 lines of assembly language. Similarly - properly applied - UML modeling can have a similar magnification of productivity when applied to source level languages. I've seen 200-300 SLOCS/day per programmer for effective modeling teams. It's all about the maturity of the organization with respect to its use of modeling.
I've created a model of modeling maturity for software development teams called the UML Modeling Maturity Index (UMMI), shown below:
The percent benefit is (informally) derived from the observation about the productivity of hundreds of teams using UML and/or SysML with varying degrees of success. As expected, the more mature the modeling an organization applies, the more they benefit from modeling.
To do precise modeling, be sure to specify that is the purpose of the model, and of each diagram. This is the "mission statement" for the diagrams that I talked about in my last blog "Forget 7 +/- 2". Provide all the detail relevant to the purpose of the model and the diagrams. If that purpose is to develop running software, then you'll need to specify the structural elements (classes with attributes and services for OO designs, functions, variables, and data types for structured designs, along with structural relations), state based behavior (with state diagrams) and algorithmic behavior (with activity diagrams or flow charts). This precise modeling of the software structure and behavior takes less effort that writing the equivalent source code and the source code can be generated from it. Further, you get the benefit of automatic design documentation because you know the design represents the actual shipping code.
It's a win-win scenario.
Bruce's Top Ten Modeling Hints: #10 - Forget "7+/- 2". Every diagram should have a singular mission.
Back in the '80s, (yes, I am that old), people used to model software and systems with data flow diagrams. Among the problems with the commonly used approaches to modeling was the notion of "7+/-2" diagram elements per diagram. In order to comply with the goal deeply nested decomposition hierarchies were created, sometimes dozens of levels deep all to ensure that each diagram only had a tiny number of elements on it. The resulting models were virtually impossible to navigate and practically impossible to actually use. Why did people even try?
The reason is that someone, whose identify is lost, decided to apply the results of neuroligusitic research - notably the 1956 paper "The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information" (by George A. Miller, published in Psychological Review) to the application of visual models. The basic outcome of the actual paper is a discussion about the correlation between the limits of of short term memory and out capacity to reason about things. Specifically, if a person is presented with a data set that vary along one dimension (e.g. tones varying in pitch), and asked to perform a value-specific responses, performance drops abruptly around 7 different stimuli discriminates. This correlates, according to Miller, with memory span - the longest list of items that a person can recall correctly 50% or more of the time. Interestingly, Miller recognized that the correlation is actually coincidental, a point ignored by many subsequent readers of the paper.
So there is nothing "magic" about the magic number of 7 +/- 2, and even if there was, Miller's research doesn't apply to visual modeling. In the case of visual modeling, memory span and one-dimensional absolute judgement is irrelevant because the subject elements are right in front of you all the time and don't have to be recalled in order to be used in reasoning. Further, adherence to this rule in visual modeling leads to arbitrarily decomposing collections of directly related elements into distributed aggregated decomposition hierarchies. This means you are converting one-dimensional absolute judgements into multi-dimensional absolute judgements - that is, you are increasing the conceptual distance between directly related elements by introducing unnecessary and arbitrary separation. This makes comprehension of the relations among those elements far more difficult than it would be if the direct relationships were maintained.
So what's the alternative? The Harmony(r) process uses the notion of a "diagram mission statement" - a singular concept or purpose visualized by the diagram. The primary reason that many models are so difficult to navigate and understand is that either the diagrams have no coherent intent or that they have too many. If we create a set of class diagrams each with a specific mission - such as show the collaboration realizing a use case, show a generalization taxonomy, show the contents of a package, show an architectural viewpoint, etc - each diagram becomes a clear statement of that mission. This means that class diagrams are built up around interesting aspects of the model so that the stakeholders can address specific questions. If you have a new question, you can build up a viewpoint (i.e. diagram) around that question. As an aside, I usually explicitly state the mission of the diagram in a comment in a corner of the diagram. For example, such a comment might read "The mission of this diagram is to show the collaboration of high-level elements realizing the 'Track Tactical Objects' Use Case." And the diagram then shows all of the elements that contribute to that mission, even if they number 30 or more.
Another consequence is that the same class will likely show up on many different diagrams. That's ok, because as long as you are using a modeling tool (as opposed to a drawing tool), the model repository maintains all the views in sync. A modeling tool, such as Rational Rhapsody(tm), manages a semantic repository of information that dynamically links the diagrams and their elements to the underlying semantic basis of the model. If the repository is changed - such as happens when an element on a diagram is modified - then all the relevant diagrams are likewise changed. This is because the tooling ensures the elements on the diagrams are dynamically linked to that repository. Similarly, in high fidelity modeling, the source code is simply another view of the semantic repository and is likewise linked dyanmically to it. But that's another hint, for another day.
Bruce's Top Ten Modeling Hints #8: Use Ports to Connect Architectural Elements
Ports are a design pattern
Ports are a design pattern (see my book Real-Time Design Patterns for a more detailed description of the pattern). All design patterns are an attempt to optimize some set of qualities of a system at expense of other aspects. All patterns have both pros (benefits) and cons (costs), just like any other design optimization decision. In the case of ports, they allow the connection points of elements to be identified and characterized, independent of the types of things connecting to them. That means that the class types at either end of the ports need not be known to the port – the only requirement is that the interface (or one of its subtypes) must be supported. Ports therefore support an interface-oriented design strategy pretty well. In fact, their best use arises when the behavior being invoked via a port is actually met by an internal part of a composite class; ports enforce information hiding by not allowing the client of the service to know who delivers the service or how it is done. This greatly improves maintainability of the system since internal changes to a composite element only require changes to the client when the interface changes, not when the implementation strategy changes.
As with all design patterns, there are costs to using ports. The first, and less serious, is that they clutter the diagram by adding more visual elements to the model. In addition, they add a small amount of overhead that is not always easy to optimize away. Thirdly, although multiplicity of ports is provided for by the UML specification, tools generally don't support a multicast to send the same message to all elements connected over a (multi)port and so designers have to fill in means to do that when necessary. Lastly, ports can only be connected via links, not associations. That means that in order to show connected collaborations, only instances of the containing class can be shown on the diagram. Many developers find this limiting.
Technically speaking, a port is a feature of its containing class. Ports can pass both asynchronous (e.g. asynchronous events) and synchronous messages (e.g. function calls). Ports are "typed" by the interfaces they support. An interface is a collection of message specifications. Each port has two sets of interfaces supported, each of which can contain zero or more interfaces. The first are known as "provided" interfaces. These are services provided by the containing element or parts within that element. The second are called "required" interfaces. These refer to sets of services that must be provided by elements (outside the current one) that connect to this port. Ports that can be connected (what is provided by one is required by the other and vice versa) are said to be port conjugate pairs.
Ports may either terminate on the element that actually provides the behavior (in which case, they are called "behavioral ports") or they may delegate to other ports on internal parts of a composite element (in which case, they are "delegation" or "relay" ports).
Delegate and behavioral ports form the core value of the usage paradigm of ports because they strongly enforce implementation hiding. If a service implementation is completely refactored inside a composite element, the client can remain unchanged. Sure information hiding is crucial for the development of large-scale reusable software elements and for product line engineering.
Are Ports for Systems Engineering or Software Development?
Modeling is used in both systems engineering and software development, but how about ports? The output of systems engineering is ultimately specification, not implementation. Within system modeling, done either with UML or SysML, ports are useful in two different cases. First, the Harmony Process (see my book Real-Time Agility for more information) contains a requirements capture practice known as "System Functional Analysis". In this practice, use cases are modeled as blocks (classes) and given state-based behavior that represents the externally visible aspects of the requirements relevant to that use case. These blocks are then linked to actors (also blocks) that represent external elements that interact with the system and this collaboration is then executed. I've used this in many systems projects, from automotive to spacecraft development, and it's always been helpful in finding missing, incorrect, incomplete, and conflicting requirements. These blocks are typically connected with ports. Although system functional analysis is inherently a requirements definition activity, constructing an executable model of the use case is made easier through the use of ports.
Another kind of specification output from systems engineering is the system architecture. The key here is to identify and characterize the subsystems to which we will allocate functionality. These subsystems are typically multi-disciplinary; that is, the implementation will be some combination of engineering disciplines such as pneumatic, hydraulic, mechanical, electronic, and software. Subsystems are most commonly modeled as blocks in SysML (classes in UML) that connect to other subsystems through ports characterized with well-specified interfaces. Ports provide a powerful means to model the connectivity of the subsystems at a "logical interface" definition level without having to specify even the implementation discipline, let alone the specific technology.
Having said all that, ports are still used even more in software. The Port Pattern is very common, especially in large-scale software units, called composite classes. These classes realize their behavior primarily through the orchestration of their internal parts. These parts are themselves typed by classes and may also be composites. This whole-part taxonomy provides a simple means of organizing the most complex software architectures and ports provide message delegation and information hiding throughout the software architecture.
Ports with links or associations between classes?
Of course, ports aren't the only way to connect model elements. Normal associations between classes specify links that exist at run-time. Associations are most commonly implemented as pointers or references and are both lightweight and easy to manage. Non-unary multiplicity can be managed with arrays of pointers or references or more elaborate containers such as those provided by the C++ STL. Although they are lightweight, associations also have a cost; the navigable end must know the type (class) of the element on the other end of the association. This ties the relationship to one between specific types and their subtypes. This is more confining than using ports because ports only require interface compliance not type dependency.
Although ports can be used to connect to part object within a composite from outside that composite, ports provide a cleaner way to do so than with associations. Generally, I recommend that when traversing a link to an internal part object, ports be used if the overhead is acceptable. A common use of ports in this way is to send messages across thread boundaries.
The primary means for thread management in the UML is via active classes. An active class owns its own thread and event queue and its parts typically run inside of that thread. Active classes are typically composites as well and their internal parts perform the semantic functionality of the thread (the active object normally does the thread management and event distribution). Thus, to send an event to an object inside another thread, it is common to connect that object with its client via ports on the boundary of the active class.
Normal or Flow?
Normal ports in UML or SysML support fundamentally discrete communication. This communication can be synchronous (function calls) or asynchronous (asynchronous events) but the message is fundamentally discrete in nature. So, how do you model a continuous flow?
With SysML, a new kind of port was introduced – flow ports. These ports are used in systems engineering as a means to model continuous flows, such as the (continuous) pressure on a brake pedal, the voltage level on a wire, or the energy in a battery. Flow ports are bound to attributes of a block and when linked, the change of an attribute in one block flows along the link to update the value of an attribute bound to the flow port at the other end of the link.
Since UML defines four different kinds of event (asynchronous, synchronous, time, and change), these value changes can induce an event on the receivers state machine via a change event. Flow ports thus provide a simple means for data distribution in systems. Used in this way, you can even think of flow ports are providing a rudimentary publish-subscribe pattern since when the server object's data changes it automatically propagates to the receiver.
Port Recommendations
Ports are a very useful design pattern for requirements analysis, architecture definition, and data propagation. They do have some overhead that may not always be optimized away but they support an interface-based development strategy and as well as simple data distribution. I personally recommend ports be used primarily between architectural or large-scale elements such as subsystems, software components, structured classes, and task threads. However, once you're inside a composite, associations are recommended for inter-class communications.


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This Cliburn Festival entry written by Gregory Allen, Professor of Piano, University of Texas at Austin, exclusively for Performance Today's Fredlines.
As promised, some thoughts on the chamber music portion of the competition...
Schumann's Piano Quintet is really the first great work in the genre, written in 1842. It has always had multiple performances in the Cliburn Semis, and this time around we heard it four times (which is plenty - one year there were seven of them!). Michail Lifits brought his inquiring mind to it, with variable results: along with some beautifully balanced sonorities, there were also some tempo problems, overpedaling, and an unsettled quality of interaction with the quartet. I got the feeling the piece was new to him and hadn't had his full attention. On the other hand, Mariangela Vacatello's performance seemed seasoned and comfortable - maybe a bit too much so, for the quartet didn't seem particularly engaged. A solidly professional effort, then, but unfortunately a bit ho-hum. Then of course there was the unprecedented excitement that came with Nobuyuki Tsujii's appearance - how could he possibly interact with the quartet without eye contact? Well, just fine, thank you... not surprisingly, there weren't any interpretive quirks that would confound the ensemble, but as a middle-of-the-road reading it was perfectly acceptable. Last came Haochen Zhang, and here the question was, how much chamber-music experience could he have, being so young? Well, my guess would be, quite enough to put across a sharply defined, freshly conceived interpretation that made the quartet come alive and play with even more precision than they normally do. (This was especially apparent in the absolutely steady march tempo in the second movement.)
The Brahms Quintet is one that can take a rather wide range of stylistic viewpoints, but of the four performances, I thought only one was really successful in combining the idea with the reality. Ran Dank's was a patently ego-driven approach: too fast in all four movements, it had the feel of an aggressive dare both to the quartet and the audience, as if to say "This is MY TEMPO, take it or leave it." He did, however, judge tonal balances astutely. It seemed to me that Alessandro Deljavan showed more of his Italian heritage here than elsewhere. Tempos flowed, phrases were smoothly linear and the ensemble rapport was good... but I think one can go too far in trying to avoid Teutonic heaviness: this was a bel canto Brahms that lacked gravitas. Kyu Yeon Kim's version was efficient, with firm rhythmic control and good architecture; it was also tonally drab, with uninflected dynamics and little sense of blend between piano and strings. That left Yeol Eum Son, whose strong performance provided a satisfying conclusion to the semifinals; although I found the first movement just a tad routine, the slow movement was lovingly shaped, and the last two gained terrific power by virtue of rock-solid, not-too-fast tempos and inexorable forward momentum.
Dvorak's Quintet has the reputation of being the easiest of these four works (which it is, at least in terms of strictly pianistic challenges), but there's a huge difference between a so-so walk-through and a thoroughly captivating experience; among longtime Cliburn observers like myself, Jeffrey Kahane's performance in 1981 (!!) is still legendary. The piece wasn't so lucky this time around. The three competitors who chose it all seem to have taken its congeniality for granted, although Di Wu did manage to provide a little something more than cheery superficiality. There are those who preferred Andrea Lam's version and that's fine - I found it proficient but glib. And there was Eduard Kunz, who hadn't learned it, didn't demonstrate much in the way of collaborative skills, and delivered more heart-attack moments than any unsuspecting public or string quartet should ever have to endure...
The Franck Quintet is always the odd-man-out among this immutable tetralogy of the Cliburn Semis. It's massive in scope, extremely difficult technically, and requires a quartet with more tonal cohesion and a bigger cumulative sound than the others; and let's face it, its musical language and message are just not so user-friendly. Having said that, I'll happily volunteer to play it if you don't want to! Without actually researching the matter, I think Cliburn history might show some correlation between the eventual winners and those who chose the Franck - I know that was the case with Ioudenitch in 2001. Evgeni Bozhanov gave it his by-now-familiar polished, personal stamp; this man simply commands attention. I would have preferred a richer, more pedaled sonority, better pacing in some sections, and in particular, a more brooding, hypnotic quality in the slow movement - but hey, he's on track to win this competition, so he can do what he likes!
And what about the Takacs Quartet? I was more impressed with them than in the past; in general they seemed to show an interest in making music, rather than just taking up space onstage. OK, I confess I have never found their collective sound very alluring; they tend to use a one-size-fits-all vibrato; and I'm often exasperated by their inelegant phrasing. But they were adaptable and supportive, and displayed real chamber-music camaraderie much of the time. They do a tough job very well, and my hat's off to them!
That's enough for today. I have some further thoughts about the chamber music experience that I'd like to share, but they'll have to wait. Hasta mañana...
I heard the finale of the Franck Quintet on Tuesday's "PT" and was staggered. It's a piece I've heard before, but not until Evgeni Bozhanov and the Takacs Quartet combined virtuosity with unflagging unanimity did it come clear that this is an absolutely terrifying piece of music. The slancio with which they sailed into it, and capped it off, with just enough give in between to make each fresh assault pimple your skin---well, what are the judges waiting for?
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Thanks for the comments Greg! Your insight and commentary is always dead-on. Bravo!
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