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The Newman name is a well known and golden legacy throughout Hollywood. Starting with the late legendary Alfred Newman, who was one of the great workhorses of Hollywood's Golden Age writing a plethora of memorable scores. His legacy would soon be passed down for this current generation of soundtrack fans via Thomas and David, sister Maria, a brilliant violinist, their cousin the Oscar winning songwriter and composer Randy Newman and cousin Joey Newman, an up and rising composer in his own right. Their professionalism and musical tradition is what has made their music such unforgettable staples.
David is an exceptionally talented composer who has created great music over the last four decades for films such as "Matilda", "The Phantom", "Heathers", "The Freshman", "War Of The Roses", "Hoffa", "Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure", "Bill And Ted's Bogus Journey", "Anastasia", "Bowfinger" and many special projects in between. A gifted violinist who became a passionate composer and has loaned his great talents to support the efforts of the American Youth Symphony, which is a wonderful cause and one worth making strides for in support of the youth of the today in need of both inspiration and expressing their musical gifts.
For this very special interview with David, he candidly shares his thoughts about working on his latest animated film, "Tarzan", how the music came to be, working on the film and his musical passions. So please feel free and honored as I was to finally meet and do this wonderful interview with the great David Newman!
David, can you please tell the readers about what made you become interested in music and what led you to become a great violinist and composer.
DN: I loved music all my life. My Mom was primarily responsible for us all learning the violin very early and then piano. I was also trained very early in Theory, Counterpoint, Orchestration, etc. Though I never really had any Formal Composition training. Of course, my Father's legacy is a large part of it as well
Let's talk about your latest film the animated version of "Tarzan ". How did you become involved with the project?
DN: I had done Animals United with the same film makers and scored in Berlin. So it was natural for us to work together again as we had SUCH a great time on the last film. I LOVED working on Tarzan though it was extremely difficult to find the right voice for the film. There is very little dialogue so it is a great opportunity for music to take a lead role. However, we struggled a lot trying to come up with the sound. When we hit on it, a month or so into it, it was pretty smooth sailing from there.
Was it difficult or easier for you to find a tone for that music that you wrote for this film right away or did that take some time for you to come up with themes?
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Did the director specifically give you an idea of what he wanted musically for the film?
DN: Rheinhard Kloos (the director) had a VERY specific idea of what he wanted but it was hard for us to communicate at first about it. He knew the sound and harmonic style he was looking for but we were not in the same room so it took a bit of work. Finally, Rheinhard came out here to LA and we went thru the entire film and really discussed it. After that things were much better. In my defense a lot of the movie wasn't finished so it was very difficult to tell what was going on. And as I said, there is very little dialogue. So that didn't help in terms of trying to understand what was going on and why.
What were the recording sessions for the score like?
DN: We recorded in Berlin at Teldex Studio. It was a wonderful experience. It was the same group and studio that we did Animals United with. Top notch musicians and recording engineers.
How much music did you write (in total) for the film?
DN: Around 95 mins.
The soundtrack album featuring your score was released by Milan Records a little over a week ago. Please tell the readers how the album was assembled and what made you decide to put on the CD together the way you did?
DN: I really had nothing to do with the CD as I wasn't even sure it was coming out in the US. I am VERY pleased with the way it turned out. It's actually most of the score kind of in show order so, I love it.
Do you think the album will please your fans and that of the film?
DN: I hope so
Is it hard for you to put together a soundtrack of your work for a specific film?
DN: I usually leave it to others who are more objective. Usually this is done very close to the end of the film and all my objectivity has gone out the window. So I really on my music editor, and the company putting out the Cd to help me put it together.
You also have the upcoming comedy "Behaving Badly" starring Selena Gomez and Elisabeth Shue coming out in August. Can you please share your thoughts on the project and how you scored it?
DN: Completely different animal. Most of this was done on my DAW. Much more contemporary style and way less music.
What is your favorite film that you have scored to date?
DN: Really hard to say. I hold a special place in my heart for all the films I did with Danny Devito.
What makes you so passionate about writing for film and as well as the great concerts that you do?
DN: I have always loved movies and the music the underscores it. But mostly I adore movies and always have. To be able to write scores as well as conduct other peoples scores that I admire and even do full movies, Live with orchestra, is really a dream come true. I think it's a true american art form where anything goes. I love the drama, chaos and passion that is always there in making a film.
Do you have a dream project you would love to do?
DN: Not really. I can't believe what has happened to me. As I said, I never intended to be a composer. I started in my late 20's so it's all a dream for me.
Please tell the readers about your future upcoming projects you may have.
DN: Mostly conducting. You can see on my Web site davidlouisnewman.com. I have some other projects coming up but can't talk about it yet
Thanks so much David for granting me the time for this interview! I really appreciate it and I'm looking forward to your work in the future.
DN: Thanks so much!
Very special and heartfelt thanks to David. I don't know what to say and in doing this interview, I've met one of my favorite composers and one who deserves as much as love as many others have gotten. May your success continue and inspire others. Also very special thanks to Stefan Karrer for pulling the strings to get this very special interview for me. God bless you!
David's excellent soundtrack to "Tarzan" is now available on Milan Records @ http://milanrecords.com/releases/releases.php?release_name=TARZAN and available to order from Amazon @http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KB4947A/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00KB4947A&linkCode=as2&tag=mpdeofthda-20&linkId=XTBHHHXQW4BPP2MW and digitally on iTunes @ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/tarzan-original-motion-picture/id867251088
Please visit David's official site @ http://www.davidnewmancomposer.com/ for latest updates on current and upcoming projects.
Please visit the American Youth Symphony Orchestra site @ http://aysymphony.org/about-ays/david-newman/ for more information on the their critically acclaimed performances as well to make much needed and appreciated donations to fund their great projects for the benefits of young aspiring musicians for a very special cause.
Here's David Newman's Bio:
"David Newman is one of today's most accomplished creators of music for film. In his 25-year career, he has scored over 100 films, ranging from War of the Roses, Matilda, Bowfinger and Heathers, to the more recent The Spirit, Serenity, and Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakuel. Newman's music has brought to life the critically acclaimed dramas Brokedown Palace and Hoffa; top-grossing comedies Norbit, Scooby-Doo, Galaxy Quest, The Nutty Professor, The Flintstones, Throw Mama From the Train; and award-winning animated films Ice Age, The Brave Little Toaster and Anastasia. The recipient of top honors from the music and motion picture industries, he holds an Academy Award® nomination for his score to the animated feature Anastasia, and was the first composer to have his piece, 1001 Nights, performed in the Los Angeles Philharmonic's FILMHARMONIC Series, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Newman is also a highly sought-after conductor and appears with leading orchestras throughout the world, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Score Orchestra, National Orchestra of Belgium, New Japan Philharmonic, Utah Symphony, and the American Symphony. He has led subscription weeks with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall and regularly conducts the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl. The 2011/12 season sees his debuts with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, a return engagement with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, as well as his fifth consecutive annual appearance at the Hollywood Bowl for its acclaimed Movie Night in September 2011.
David Newman conducts the Edward Scissorhands Suite at the final rehearsal for The Elfman Project I
Also an active composer for the concert hall, his works have been performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Indianapolis Symphony, Long Beach Symphony, and at the Ravinia Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, and Chicago's Grant Park Music Festival. Newman has spent considerable time unearthing and restoring film music classics for the concert hall, and headed the Sundance Institute's music preservation program in the late 1980s. During his tenure at Sundance he wrote an original score and conducted the Utah Symphony for the classic silent motion picture, Sunrise, which opened the Sundance Film Festival in 1989. As a tribute to his work in film music preservation, he was elected President of the Film Music Society in 2007, a nonprofit organization formed by entertainment industry professionals to preserve and restore motion picture and television music.
Passionate about nurturing the next generation of musicians, Newman serves as President of the Board of the American Youth Symphony, where he launched the three-year "Jerry Goldsmith Project." In 2007 he wrote the children's melodrama Yoko and the Tooth Fairy for Crossroads School in Santa Monica, CA, and in 2010 he served on the faculty of the Aspen Music Festival in the Film Scoring Program. When his schedule permits, he visits Los Angeles area high schools to speak about film scoring and mentor young composers.
The son of nine-time Oscar-winning composer Alfred Newman, David Newman was born in Los Angeles in 1954. He trained in violin and piano from an early age and earned degrees in orchestral conducting and violin from the University of Southern California. From 1977-1982 he worked extensively in the motion picture and television industry as a violinist, playing on such films as E.T., Twilight Zone – the Movie, and the original Star Trek film. He is married to wife Krystyna, and is the father of two girls, Diana and stepdaughter Brianne. He and Krystyna divide their time between Los Angeles, Carmel-by-the-Sea and New York."


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Ann Coulter thought she was being clever with her parody of "Bring Back Our Girls," but she has just managed to set off a firestorm of anger against her on Twitter. Instead of "Bring Back Our Girls," she held up a photo with "Bring Back Our Country" on Sunday, and now people are poking at the conservative reporter for making light of an issue that has rallied people from around the world. CBC reported on the huge ruckus this one tweet has made for Coulter on May 13.
The "Bring Back Our Girls" campaign is focused on bringing back the girls that have been kidnapped in Nigeria. Michelle Obama even jumped in with her support of that campaign by holding up a selfie with that a paper held in front of her in support of that moment. Obama looks especially somber in that photo selfie. Ann Coulter even tried to mock that sad face of Michelle Obama with a pout in her photo.
Soon after Coulter shared the photo on her Twitter, the mocking began, according to Market Watch. Others on Twitter took her photo and photoshopped in different phrases to mock her. She kicked off her own anti-Coulter meme with this parody. Surely, that was not her intention in any shape or form. However, she is one that manages to bring this unwanted negative attention to herself. This is just the latest instance of this happening to her.
Coulter's parody was an attempt by the conservative at hashtag activism. However, the move on her part clearly backfired. She just managed to create an attack for herself instead of focusing the attention on what she wanted. Was her photo an attack on Michelle Obama? That does seem to be the case, but one can't be sure if that was Coulter's intention. The Obama white house has received a lot of negative attention with all the problems with Obamacare and world affairs.
Christine Sisto spoke out about this new trend of hashtag activism after Michelle Obama joined in with "Bring Back Our Girls." She said the following: "This trend is the perfect blend of the social-media generation's laziness and the need to belong to something. Holding up a sign is the Internet mavens' way of pretending that they care about an issue, but not enough to actually do something about it."
In this day and age where technology makes life easier and easier, it is easy to just jump in and make your voice heard on Twitter or Facebook. Is that really the same as getting out there and doing something about a cause you believe. Back in the 60s, people would go out and march. There would be protests. Now, you can pull out a hashtag and say you've contributed to a cause. That is worse than throwing out a few dollars and being done with it. People are just getting lazier and lazier.
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Jason Haver: A Discussion on Trend Following, Plus a Striking Fractal Comparison
Jason Haver
A look at an interesting analog between the current bull market and the very-long-term SPX chart.
At some point in the bull market, virtually everyone will decide that the only type of trading system that "works" is trend following. Folks will bash systems that try to anticipate the market, and the mantra will finally, irrevocably, become "just buy the fargin' dip, the trend is up." We may have already reached that point. Lately I've begun to encounter more and more bashing of predictive systems by trend followers.
What's interesting is that as recently as November 2012, some people were asking if trend following was dead. This is because trend following is only profitable in certain types of markets; specifically (not to overstate the obvious), it's profitable in trending markets. But not all markets trend. Historically, markets alternate between cyclical grinds and periods of trending.
And, needless to say, trends eventually reverse, at which point many trend followers get caught on the wrong side. (Let me preface here by saying that my intention is
to belittle trend following -- quite the opposite, bear with me a moment.)
To a trader who just started trading in late 2012 or early 2013, trend following will seem like the Holy Grail, end-all answer to everything. But, historically, it actually requires a willingness to endure a high number of losing trades (typically more losers than winners) and a great deal of patience. And by patience, we're talking (at times) enduring months or even
of drawdown.
From 2009 through 2012, many trend-following systems struggled, as evidenced by the performance of the hedge funds, which often employ similar systems. From 2010 through 2012, for example, the
(INDEXSP:.INX) gained nearly 28% -- but meanwhile, the HFRX Equity Hedge Fund Index (a benchmark of the performance of hedge funds) actually
money over those three years. Which is why, near the end of 2012, people were asking if trend following was dead.Â
Of course, as it turned out, this was just when trend following was about to shine again.
The general challenge for traders is that the system that worked best in the recent past may not be the system that works best in the future. As mentioned, the market cycles over months and years -- and it likes to change things up just when you think you have it all figured out. These challenges apply for every trading system on the planet, my own included.
New traders tend to expect too much from a system. This is probably because many new traders decide to begin trading after reading a book, and often it's a book written by someone who tells the story of how they turned $5,000 into $20 million in only 18 seconds (or similar) -- because, let's face it, the books that talk about iron discipline and grinding out small profits over time just don't sell as well. Those are the books traders start reading
they've lost their shirts attempting to emulate the "18-Second Get-Rich-Quick Trading System!"
But I'm getting ahead of myself. Back to our new trader: After reading this get-rich-quick book, the new trader says, "Hey, that sounds easy, and I've got $5,000 to invest! Sure, I probably won't make $20 million in 18 seconds like that author did, but I'd be happy with 10% of that in a month! Why not give trading a try?"
So he starts trading.
Let's imagine he starts trading in 2011 and decides to start with a trend-following system. By 2012, he's dead broke, because he didn't realize that $5,000 isn't nearly enough of a bankroll to get started. So in 2012, he reinvests (maybe with his new tax return) and tries again -- and he's broke again by 2013. At this point he decides, "This trend-following stuff is garbage." So he switches systems -- just as trend following starts working. Which then causes him to miss the big rally of 2013 -- and now he's broke again
really frustrated.
2014 rolls around and he decides to switch back to trend following, since it seems to have been working recently. However, due to his anxiety and frustration (and because he still hasn't read the book about discipline), the trader simply buys the very first little dip that comes along, right at the beginning of 2014. And, of course, then they get creamed again in the ensuing big sell-off. If he's like many new traders, he probably further adds insult to injury by selling all his long positions at the exact bottom in February and reversing short. So now he's broke yet again after the recent recovery rally.
Nobody said it was easy. Well, except for the guy who wanted you to buy his get-rich-quick book.
Personally, as a trader/analyst, my goal isn't perfection (OK, I'll admit that secretly it is, but I realize that's impossible); my goal is to be correct more often than not -- and, more importantly, to manage risk/reward. If I manage my risk properly, then the times I'm correct more than offset the times I'm wrong. And as long as I maintain those two disciplines, I can achieve a positive expectation over time.Â
In the grand scheme of things, trading isn't about being "right" -- it's about making money.
For me, trend following is an important piece of the analytical puzzle. It's not the end-all to everything -- but neither is anything else, really. It's no secret that my analysis is often based on anticipation of the market, and some trend followers would frown upon such an approach. However, when it comes to the bottom line, it's hard to find any system that's infallible. Most honest analysts would be forced to agree that, whatever their particular system. Sometimes it works quite well; other times it doesn't.
And the broader point is this: The market has a way of humbling the proud. If you're feeling invincible in your trading system lately, stay aware that the market is warming up a brand new pitcher in the bullpen (or "bearpen," as the case sometimes is), and he's getting ready to throw you a pitch you've never seen before. No one has figured out the perfect trading system (or, if they have, they certainly aren't sharing it with anyone!).
While Elliott Wave is no more perfect than trend following -- or any other system -- one of the many things I appreciate about Elliott Wave is its ability to quantify the market's cycles through market psychology. We can gain insight into why all systems fail at times by understanding the wave cycles:
First and second waves
exist to foil trend followers: The first wave of the
trend is assumed to be a correction to the old trend, and the second wave is then assumed to be a resumption of the old trend. In reality, the second wave is the first
correction of the new trend
(read that all again if you need to) -- but few recognize that yet, so the majority are positioning the exact reverse of how they should. Trend followers get stopped out and/or reverse as the third wave hits and defines the new trend.
Third waves
can be profitable for everyone -- and they're especially profitable for folks who stick with the trend (this is where we've been in the market recently: a third wave). Third waves are, in fact, what trend followers are waiting for (whether they characterize them as such or not). As an Elliottician, third waves are what I trade for, too, and where the meat of my profits are made. As far as I can tell, one of the main differences is I try to position correctly in advance of the third wave. Yes, you read that right: I sometimes try to predict the market! Do I get them all right? Absolutely not. As noted earlier, the key is risk management.
As just one example of how well anticipation/prediction can work: On July 8, 2013, I suggested
(NASDAQ:AAPL) as a long play (it was trading in the very low 400s -- See:
SPX and Apple: Apple's Worth Taking a Look at Again
), with a preferred target of 510-530 (recall that this was well before Icahn and Soros moved AAPL by announcing their long positions). That trade was one of the most profitable of 2013 for me, and it was anticipatory and predictive --
the intermediate trend. In my view, bashing predictive systems when they fail makes no more sense than asking if trend following is "dead" when it fails.
Everything fails at times
Fourth waves
exist to foil everyone, but ultimately, they're profitable to those who stay nimble over the near term and who stay on the right side of the larger trend over the longer term. For position traders, some drawdown must be endured during fourth waves, regardless of the system employed -- but in the end, the fifth wave comes along and makes the position good. The problem is...
Fifth waves
exist to suck in new trend chasers. The fifth wave rally (or decline) is, in fact, almost solely driven by folks who are showing up late to the party. The smart money begins distributing their positions to these newcomers, who don't realize that most, if not all (or more!), of the profits gained during an average fifth wave will subsequently be lost during the ensuing turn.Â
Return to start
-- but now add this to the mix: For those who are too slow to respond to the trend change after the fifth wave, the third wave will wipe them out.
I think the key with predictive systems is to understand their limitations and not get too far ahead of the market. There's a temptation with predictive systems to overreach. In fact, certain well-known predictive services have all but wiped out their subscribers by overreaching and trying to anticipate the market years in advance
against the prevailing trend
. If one approaches market prediction with the idea that they can see so far down the road, with such amazing clarity, that they don't even need to adjust and respond to changing real-time conditions, then they're ultimately doomed to failure.Â
But they will not fail due to their system -- they will fail due to their arrogance.
Anyway, for those interested in trend following, here's a starting place, via an indicator I've published previously. I believe trend following is a powerful tool that one should add to his or her trading arsenal -- of course, you'll have to decide personally to what degree you wish to employ it (assuming you don't already).
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Next is the current S&P 500 chart, which is materially unchanged since March 5, though I've added a few signals and levels to watch. The market has traded in a narrow price range for about a week and remains paused at the current inflection point. I suspect we've chewed up enough time and price here that the market will break away from this range in short order. Note that the market could stretch wave (5) a little higher here without creating any issues for the bear count: As mentioned previously, if we see sustained trade north of 1895, then we'll start to suspect bulls have found a second wind.
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Finally (as far as I know, anyway) this next chart is wholly original. I'm actually a little surprised I didn't spot this analog sooner: The fractal similarity between the current bull market (linear scale) and the long-term SPX chart (log scale) is somewhat remarkable. Note the very long-term chart I'm using ends in 2008 -- I used it anyway because it was the right scale, and we all know what happens in the missing portion of the chart.Â
Incidentally, the 1929 analog so many were tracking went off course -- possibly because too many people were aware of it.Â
The most interesting part about the fractal below is that the wave counts are basically the same. On the very long-term chart, the massive bull market at the end of the 20th century was an extended fifth wave of Supercycle Wave III. The current market is assumed to be in the fifth wave of Intermediate Wave III. If the current market extends this fifth wave, it could make a similar move as the very long-term chart (relative, of course). However, if the current market's fifth does
extend, then there are already enough waves in place for a large fourth wave correction to begin (the bear market of 2000-2009 was Supercycle Wave IV).
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In conclusion, SPX remains paused at the inflection point I've discussed over the past week. Inflection points are not, of course, "guaranteed" reversal zones; they are zones where trend reversals have higher odds of occurring. Bears still have a solid shot at generating such a reversal here, so stay nimble
and trade safe.
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Dearest Babbie
I must not leave you so good a pretext for not writing to me as doubt about my actual address— Of course a letter addressed to Cheyne Row would be sent after me even to Timbuctoo—but these simple ideas are slow of suggesting themselves to those who find the state of uncertainty favour their natural tendency to sit still, with their hands gracefully crossed in Indian-God-like adoration of the Force of Circumstances— Know then, to leave you without excuse, that I am here—very accessible to letters—and much in want of them—here being—Bay House—a large fantastical looking New Building on the shore of the Sea & belonging to Lord Ashburton but made over for this winter to Lady Harriet— It is not in the Isle of Wight as I had fancied but opposite to it— I dare say it is a charming place in Summer but in winter all that body of cold water which immense ranges of windows look out on makes me feel like William Gibson "rather chilly"—and then the gardens about it have lost their bloom for this year and the woods are as yet prospective—more like nursery-grounds than anything else— Inside, it is warm enough and magnificent as money and taste can make it— Carlyle and I have two rooms which I stipulated for before I would undertake to come at all—and the first principle of living comfortably in another persons house is granted one amply viz: one is "well let alone"—may do as one likes within reasonable limits— But the grand happiness of friendly intercourse—viz: leave to be "as ugly and stupid and disagreeable as one likes" that of course is out of the question here—tanto peggio per me [so much the worse for me]! My cold thanks God was considerably abated before I left home—and is no worse for the "fine change" (as Helen would say)—and I was cut out of my complication with Mrs Paulet in the most unexpected manner— As I had feared just when we were on the eve of setting off they arrived in London for the Operation!—giving me just twelve hours notice— I was in the horriblest quandary; to go away and leave them alone there with their troubles was impossible for me—to renounce the visit here equally impossible—in another sense— I meditated a sort of compromise between the two impossible—to let Carlyle go without me and follow in a week or two—but the following morning in rushed Mrs Paulet fresh and rosy like a lump of coral and told me they were all to go back the road they had come that very day—the eyes were not ready to be operated on. Instead of sympathizing in their provocation I was heartily thankful that all that money had been spent and trouble undertaken for no end—by the time they return I hope that I also shall be returned—in a month or six weeks she said— Lady Harriet insists we are to stay here "all the winter"— to stay "till parliament meets in February"—but I fancy Carlyles need to be ugly and stupid and disagreeable without restraint never to speak of my own, will send us back to London in a month or so—
I feel as if I should get on here in an even, middlingly pleasant sort of a way. I am not in the horribly excitable state I was in when I went to Addiscombe1— I take things now very calmly—almost coolly— Lady Harriet seems a woman of good sense and perfect good breeding—and with a person of that sort one need not, unless one be a fool oneself have any collisions—at the same time she seems to me so systematic and superior to her natural feeling that however long and pleasantly I may live beside her I am sure I shall never feel warm affection for her nor inspire her with warm affection—her intercourse will remain an honour for me never be a heartfelt delight—as it might be if she were as loving as she is charming—and Bay House will consequently not suit me so well as Seaforth House—
Plattnauer returned from Germany some weeks ago—not changed the least in the world—except that he is now entirely in his natural senses— He had in rummaging in a Cabinet of his Brother in law2 come upon all my letters about his madness!! read them—and even "taken a copy of one of them"—his vexation had been considerable—especially over my "excessive eagerness to have him kept in Germany for the rest of his life"—but he spoke even of this contretemps with a courtesy and justness which proved as much as anything his sane state of mind—he brought me a beautifully embroidered card case from his Sister—it might have been done by Titania Queen of the Fairies!
And now it will behoove me to go and dress for dinner—at seven in these days instead of four Lady Harriets usual hour—but after tomorrow thank goodness we are to return to christian habits— A Mr Senior who is here causes the present formalities
Address Mrs Carlyle / Hon. W. B. Baring / Bay House / Alverstoke / Hants
love and kisses to all of them—no—only to my Uncle—the rest are undeserving of remembrance
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Although a couple of scratches are visible, you can read from the backup CD. The question is, for how long? Cdck measures the sector access times to give you an idea. Have you overwritten the bootloader on your disk? Super Grub Disk to the rescue!
CDs and DVDs use optical structures of approximately 100 nanometers to store data. Even tiny scratches can destroy large numbers of data bits, without the user even noticing at first. Data redundancy and error-correcting techniques, such as cross-interleaved Reed-Solomon code, support error-free data reading, despite damage to parts of the disk. Even newly burned media might not be free of errors: depending on how well (or how badly) your burning device supports your choice of media, the disks could have unreadable sectors right from the outset.
It would be nice to know how much of the existing redundancy has already been used up, or how grave the danger of imminent data loss is. The test functions that many burning tools use for media verification are not a big help. The functions only check whether the filesystem is legible after applying error-correction techniques.
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A suggestion made at one of the initial Environmental Justice meetings was to hold regular meetings at which bus users could express their ideas for improving the operation of the local bus service. Thus, the Bus Users Forum was born. The first Bus Users Forum, sponsored by CRCOG and CT Transit, was held October 16, 2003 at Capital Community College and was well attended. Other Bus Users Forums have been held: on March 11, 2004 at the Raymond Public Library in East Hartford, September 29, 2004 at the Albany Avenue Branch Library in Hartford, and on June 28, 2006 at the Parkville Senior Center in Hartford.
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Hi Experts,
I am doing Vendor Payment through T code:F-53
That time following error coming.
1 items have not been activated due to inconsistent withholding tax info
Message no. F5787
The open items display different withholding tax information from the relevant business partner master record. For example, the number of withholding tax types in the open item could differ from the number of withholding tax types in the master record.
System Response
Items are not activated.
Change the withholding tax data for the open item in question.
waiting for reply,
In advance Thanks & Regards,
It is because changes were made to vendor master withholding tax data after invoice posting...
Use transaction SE38 and execute program RFWT0010 is test mode first and then run it realtime..Deselect fileld Delete W/tax codes no longer relv.
Chintan Joshi
Hi Experts,
I had did what ever you told , but when i am executive program that time no data found.
Please guide me.
Edited by: Jemes on May 12, 2010 8:20 AM
Dear Jemes,
the Error message F5 787 normally is displayed when you have
activated withholding tax at time of payment.
If at the moment of positing the invoice the vendor was subject to
withholding tax and afterwards, before the payment, the master data
was changed, there is an inconsistencie between the withholding tax
data in the invoice document and the withholding tax data in the master
You should run report RFWT0010 in order to update withholding tax data
in the invoice according to the new withholding tax data information in
the master record. Please read the note 890111 that can be useful as well.
Please let me know.
I hope this helps You.
Hi Jemes,
This error is due the following reason:
After the entry was posted,the tds codes was changed in the vendor.
To rectify it, go to FB02, enter the document, press enter, go the vendor line item, tick on withholding tax icon, press enter (after the date comes), press enter again , delete any tax code which is appearing in the doc, but not the vendor master....
and then save the document.
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Philbin helped groom Packers backup quarterback Matt Flynn, who is expected to be one of the most coveted free agents this offseason. Although Flynn only played sparingly as Aaron Rodgers' understudy, he's produced when called upon. He had a big game against the Detroit Lions in the regular-season finale, and nearly beat the New England Patriots in a relief appearance last year.
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When our children were small, we always celebrated Christmas at our house. This was one of many recipes I relied on that can be prepared a day in advance, which gave me more time to spend with guests. Everyone expected to see this vegetable dish on the table every year. —Barbara Caserman, Lake Havasu City, Arizona
- 50 pearl onions
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Dash pepper
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 cup half-and-half cream
- 1/4 cup minced fresh parsley
- 3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
- Pimiento strips, optional
- In a Dutch oven, or large kettle, bring 6 cups water to a boil. Add pearl onions; boil for 10-12 minutes or until tender. Drain and rinse in cold water; peel and set aside.
- In a saucepan, melt butter. Stir in the flour, salt and pepper until smooth. Gradually stir in broth and cream. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in the parsley, cheese and onions.
- Pour into an ungreased 1-qt. baking dish. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Remove from the refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Cover and bake at 350° for 15 minutes; stir. Top with pimientos if desired. Bake, uncovered, 10 minutes longer or until bubbly and heated through. Yield: 6 servings.
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Ministry for happiness to make citizens smile
India's notoriously oversized bureaucracy has found a new way to expand - a ministry of happiness, which is dedicated to "putting a smile on every face".
India's notoriously oversized bureaucracy has found a new way to expand - a ministry of happiness, which is dedicated to "putting a smile on every face".
Two officers have been killed by attackers who stormed a restaurant popular with foreigners in a diplomatic zone in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, taking dozens of hostages and exchanging gunfire with security forces, police said.
A Singapore Airlines jetliner caught fire after the plane returned to Changi Airport because of an engine warning, but all the passengers and crew escaped unhurt.
Activists claim to have rescued more than 1,000 dogs due to be slaughtered for food in the controversial Yulin Dog Meat Festival in southern China.
Gunmen have killed one of Pakistan's most famous singers in the southern port city of Karachi.
The United Nations Security Council will most likely meet on Wednesday to discuss North Korea's latest ballistic missile launch, which was an "unacceptable violation" of a U.N. ban, French U.N. Ambassador Francois Delattre told reporters.
A 'sea monster' has been spotted on Google Earth near Antarctica, and it has driven people into a frenzy as they tried to figure out what it is.
A motivational trainer in China, upset at the low scores in a session with rural bank employees, handed out beatings for eight of them, shaved the heads of the men and cut the hair of the women.
A city in southern China has gone ahead with an annual dog-meat eating festival despite heavy criticism and protests from animal rights activists.
Photographs of personal items which may have belonged to passengers of the missing MH370 flight have been released, after objects washed up on a beach in Madagascar.
A 65-year-old man died in a cinema auditorium last week while watching a screening of horror movie The Conjuring 2.
At least 24 people have been killed - and many more were missing - after flooding and landslides in central Java.
It's not something you see on your everyday commute.
A 13-year-old Australian schoolgirl received thousands of signatures on a petition asking for her school to intervene with her bullying.
North Korea's leader has ordered a 'mini Pyongyang' theme park to be dismantled as it reminds him of his uncle, a source has claimed.
An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 jolted Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Thursday, but there was no danger of a tsunami and no immediate report of injuries or major damage.
Australia is considering cancelling the visa of a British-born Islamic cleric who has reportedly condemned homosexuality, prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says.
Japan's first 'naked restaurant' is set to open its doors in Tokyo next month, but only guests within a certain weight range will be welcome inside.
Five Indian men were sentenced to life in prison for raping a Danish tourist in the heart of New Delhi's tourist district in 2014, in a case that reignited worries about sexual violence against women in India.
A Maldives court has convicted the country's former vice president of masterminding a plot to kill the president by exploding a bomb on his speedboat last year and sentenced him to 15 years in prison.
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A mother has personally thanked Apple after voice-activated assistant app Siri helped save the life of her baby girl.
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A woman in Pakistan is suspected of burning her 17-year-old daughter alive to punish her for marrying against the family's wishes.
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Police investigating Thailand's now infamous Tiger Temple found what they believe was a slaughterhouse and tiger holding facility used in a suspected animal trafficking network.
A Japanese boy who was found nearly a week after he was abandoned in a forest by his parents as punishment has been released from a hospital and said he was feeling fine.
The seven-year-old Japanese boy abandoned in a forest by his parents for being naughty meant to follow his parents' car but was crying so hard he went the wrong way, a newspaper said today.
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A diver was killed by a large shark off the west Australian coast yesterday in the country's second fatal attack in less than a week, police said.
A Malaysia Airlines flight from London to Kuala Lumpur experienced severe turbulence on Sunday, causing minor injuries to some passengers and crew, the airline said.
Four vicious thugs who left an elderly British couple and their son in hospital after a savage and unprovoked attack in Thailand have been jailed, it was reported.
The Philippine president-elect has encouraged the public to help him in his war against crime and urged citizens with guns to shoot and kill drug dealers who resisted arrest.
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Chinese authorities have tightened security around Beijing's Tiananmen Square on the 27th anniversary of the bloody military crackdown on student-led pro-democracy protests.
A boy missing for nearly a week in the mountains of northern Japan has been found alive.
This week the German parliament became the latest in Europe to declare the killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in 1915 a genocide, heightening tensions with Turkey at a time when its assistance is key to managing the continent's refugee challenge.
A seven-year-old boy who was abandoned in a forest in Japan by his parents has been found safe.
A Japanese boy who went missing after his parents left him in a forest as a punishment six days ago has been found alive.
The parents who left their young son in bear-infested woods as a "punishment" have finally broken their silence and admitted doing 'an unforgivable thing'
Female drivers are furious at new "women-only" parking spaces in China that help women who "struggle with parking".
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Japan's military today joined the search for a seven-year-old boy abandoned in a dense northern forest by his parents as punishment for being naughty.
A young teacher was thrashed, had petrol poured over her and was set on fire by a group of men after refusing a marriage proposal.
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- I always have a sunny personality. Born and raised in a beautiful country called Philippines. I moved to the United States in 2008 when I married my husband. A CNA by profession. Goofy. Silly sometimes. I think that is my best attributes so I fit in the job as a nurse's aide. The fact that I love all my patients and residents and being around the elders is one of the best thing that I have ever done in my life. By the way, my 14 cats are my stress reliever. =)


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The school's mission statement is, "Hill Classical Middle School, a school of choice, challenges students to master the basics and explore unlimited possibilities in technology, fine arts, and foreign language. The diverse student community is empowered to meet higher standards of character and academic performance in an enriching, supportive environment that prepares them for high school and beyond." The staff articulates this vision through a set of shared beliefs and expectations. It includes the fusion of the basics in literacy and math and the curriculum provided in both core and elective classes. A school-wide writing focus centers the school community.
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Once in some musicians life will they get to play in a four or five guitar jam. With everyone taking their solos and passing the spot light around. If done right, it can be incredible.
During this birthday show, such a jam will occur. At the end of TheRemainders show members of AZUL and maybe some other special guests will be coming up to jam with the band.
Several people are celebrating their birthday there that day. Members of the bands are celebrating and it will be a great night for music. Game Pazzo (2011 63rd street ~ Downers Grove, ILL.) is the setting for greatness on Feb23rd.
Starting promptly at eight o'clock TheRemainders will lead you through to some great music. Great covers from the sixties to the nineties. They finish up their set and are joined by guest guitar players, background singers, and perhaps some extra percussion.
Following up this monster jam is the band AZUL. They bring to the table a rock solid set of original songs. They truly do kick some serious tail in the band business. Finalizing the evening is the incredible Shell Shocked. These guys know how to set a stage for a party. They bring on a show and give a big punch.
Feb 23rd, Game Pazzo is the place to be. Three great bands with so many fantastic musicians in each band. The monster jam is going to be so cool. This show is a must see!!


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Hi to everyone, The ingredients of my problem are the following: I have a probability space $(\Omega, \mathcal{F}, \mathbb{P})$, a set (continuum cardinality) $\mathcal{Q}$ of probability measures on $(\Omega, \mathcal{F})$ and a filtration $(\mathcal{F_n} )_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$
Assumption 1 $\forall P \in \mathcal{Q}$ it holds $P \sim \mathbb{P}$ on $\mathcal{F_n} \ \ \forall n \in \mathbb{N}$
Thanks to this assumption and Radon-Nikodym theorem we can define the likelihood process $$\left( \frac{dP}{d\mathbb{P}}_{|\mathcal{F_n}} \right)_{n \in \mathbb{N}} $$ each of these of course is in $L^1 (\Omega, \mathcal{F_n}, \mathbb{P}) \subset L^1 (\Omega, \mathcal{F}, \mathbb{P})$
Assumption 2 The set $$D_n := \left( \frac{dP}{d\mathbb{P}}_{|\mathcal{F_n}} \middle| \ \ P \in \mathcal{Q} \right) $$ is weakly compact in $L^1 (\Omega, \mathcal{F}, \mathbb{P})$ for all $n \in \mathbb{N}$
This last assumption is my problem. Exactly what mean weakly compactness in $L^1$? How can it be characterized? There is a relation with a sort of compactness of the set $\mathcal{Q}$?
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This morning he shows up with a sort of beat up but still rather sound White Powder Wonder single shot. The best I can tell from info on the net is it is probably about 80 or so years old.
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TC TO HENRY COLE ; 15 October 1839; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18391015-TC-HC-01; CL 11: 203-204
Chelsea, Tuesday [15? October 1839]
My dear Sir,
Every fortnight, I suppose by your means, there comes to me an Anti-Corn Law Circular;1 written in a valiant, resolute, if perhaps rather noisy and tumultuous way. I endeavour to forward my copy to some one likely to profit by it. I wish the cause, as you know, all speed.
On the accompanying piece of paper2 there is a fact jotted down, which my conscience for many years has been urging me to publish abroad, since no one else would. It is true every fibre of it, and less than the truth; a thing known to me by eyesight, and knowable to every one.
If keeping back my name and all allusion to me in the most rigorous manner, your Corn Law people like to publish this note, they are welcome. But my name is not to be alluded to at all; that is a sine qua non.— If the thing on these terms be unsuitable, pray keep it, or keep a copy of it, till you see me.
I rejoice greatly to hear that you are in the New Post office business, with Mr Hill.3 That is right. Universal Prepayment I hope will be insisted on. Look at the Railways; their waiters, servants of every kind are the most perfect in England, and it is not "collecting of money" that makes them so. It is, being well paid;—first of all, being WELL CHOSEN and WELL SUPERINTENDED. The old plan of having a wooden log or hand-mill in the centre of an establishment, must, in the case of this New Post office (as of much else before long) be altogether done away with, and a man put in the centre.
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Flash Review, 2-23: The Heart of the Matter
From the Lake of the Swans to the Stream of the Subconscious
By Alicia Chesser
Copyright 2007 Alicia Chesser
TULSA, Oklahoma -- Tulsa Ballet artistic director Marcello Angelini is full of ideas. Because he believes that the classics remain important, he continues to bring "Giselle," "Swan Lake," "Sleeping Beauty," "La Sylphide," and the like to the public here. At the same time, he is convinced that in order to speak to contemporary dancegoers, these ballets need fresh perspectives. He wants to make them speak to us in the language we speak, to allow an audience to identify with the story and the characters in a personal way, without sacrificing the challenges (both physical and emotional) of classical ballet. As such, he often "internalizes" their librettos and reworks their choreography, so that instead of having to dig significance out of the conventional good guys/bad guys/fairies telling, we can simply put ourselves in the place of the main character and accompany him on an inner journey. In the case of Angelini's version of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake," seen February 9 and 11 at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center, that journey is Prince Siegfried's. The epic tale of the Prince and the evil Rothbart and the Swan Queen is transformed into the story of a man working his way toward understanding love.
Rothbart takes the part of Siegfried's subconscious, while Odette and Odile represent ideal love and temptation (neither of which, of course, adds up to real love). At the ballet's conclusion, Siegfried finds true happiness with just... a woman, in a flowing white tunic, neither queen nor temptress, having realized (in breaking his vow to Odette in Act 3) that there is both light and darkness in all of us. As the program puts it, "Odette is transformed from a vision of impossible perfection to the woman of his dreams, his ideal love. By accepting the dark side of life while rejoicing in the good, Siegfried [sees his] dream... come true." It's an interesting twist on the familiar libretto, intended to make a fairy tale mean something for us, the presumption being that in the conventional telling the meaning is obscured by, well, conventions. (I am not creative enough to gain much from putting myself in the place of a character unless that character is very rich and well-defined; I need something more to sink my imagination into than a somewhat abstract 'man and his subconscious,' and I love the black-and-white-ness, the good-and-bad-ness, of these big classics for that reason. But what is a new production supposed to be if not something that challenges you?) In addition to reworking the libretto, Angelini has also made the choreography his own. Aside from the "core" Marius Petipa/Lev Ivanov elements of the ballet -- the Act 1 pas de trois (reworked here into a pas de quatre), the "white" Act 2, and the Black Swan pas de deux -- all the choreography is his. However much I might pine for the more traditional version, Angelini's take on "Swan Lake" is carefully thought-out and meticulously realized, a successful re-imagining of what the Prince and the Swan might say to us.
The ballet begins with a dream in which Siegfried imagines his true love. Rothbart appears (again, from the program notes: "representing the inner conflicts between the conscious life and the unconscious mind of Siegfried") as Siegfried dances with his dream partner. Rothbart turns the woman into a swan, which symbolizes "the impossibility of Siegfried to be in love." From there we visit Siegfried's 21st birthday party, at which his mother admonishes him to choose a bride sooner rather than later (not to mention to stop drinking so much!) and presents him with a crossbow as a gift. Siegfried wanders to the nearby lake, where Rothbart approaches, mirroring Siegfried at every step, placing the crossbow center stage, and introducing Odette, his half-woman, half-swan creation.
Danced by the 20-year-old Venezuelan Karina Gonzalez in her first go at this ballet, Odette is a tender, gentle creature -- but not without spirit. In rehearsal Gonzalez had the benefit of one-on-one coaching by former Tulsa Ballet principal dancer and current ballet mistress Daniela Buson, who with Angelini danced over 85 performances of "Swan Lake" in several different versions. There was a lot of Buson in Gonzalez's performances: her passion, her emotional richness, and her un-show-offy but rock-solid technique were all evident in the young dancer's interpretation. As is not uncommon in a first Odette/Odile, nerves made Gonzalez's opening night performance somewhat opaque and reserved (though she nailed every step). I'm delighted to have had the chance to see her again on Sunday afternoon, because it was then that she showed what she's really capable of. Her performance Sunday was explosive, intense, fearless, and alive, her Odette both regal and vulnerable, her Odile glittering and gleeful in her seduction of Siegfried (I loved the way she reveled in pulling her hand out of Siegfried's reach). Gonzalez, extremely slim and petite, has tons of power in her turns and a wide-open port de bras. One can see how hard she's worked to soften the movement of her arms and hands and to strengthen her flexible torso. Her huge, commanding attitude comes in rather handy in a ballet in which that position appears repeatedly; Gonzalez can hit one and hold it bigger than big for many seconds. She approached her 32 fouettes with classroom straightforwardness on opening night, but by Sunday she was throwing in doubles at top speed, nailing a triple attitude turn, and hitting balances worthy of Cynthia Gregory. Her Odette was richer, too, controlled and wildly ardent at the same time. One suspects she was dancing like this in rehearsals all along, but the stage is so very different from the studio! It was thrilling to see her gain such authority onstage in such a demanding role in two short days.
Alfonso Martin's Siegfried combined a gorgeous, smooth carriage and a respectful demeanor with boyish delight. So joyously smitten was he with the Swan Queen that even the tragic moments (Odette's disappearance, his realization that he had broken his vow to her) were charged with ardor, which I suspect is how Angelini intended it, since what Siegfried seeks after all is love, not knowing what shape it might take. I cannot speak highly enough of the supple beauty of Martin's leaps and turns, the masculine yet gentle bearing with which he approaches every moment as the Prince.
The role of Rothbart, Siegfried's unconscious/alter ego, was created for Ma Cong at the ballet's premiere in 1998. It's perfect for Cong: dramatic, sexy, and filled to the brim with eye-popping twisty leaps. With his lithe frame, punchy ballon, and theatrical sensibility, he brings exceptional energy and power to this complex role. I was just as impressed, however, with Ricardo Graziano's interpretation on Sunday afternoon. Graziano's Rothbart was elegance personified: nothing showy, nothing wild, just subtle menace, authority, and lines as rich as port wine (and the black velveteen tights were luscious, if it's not too much to say so, on both dancers).
The supporting cast, as always with Tulsa Ballet, was well-rehearsed and up to every challenge. In the Act 1 Pas de Quatre, Alexandra Bergman, Ashley Blade-Martin, Michael Eaton, and Wang Yi did wonders in sustained movement at a slow tempo; on Sunday, Mugen Kazama (in for Yi) had remarkable energy. The swans in Act 2 -- a mere 16 dancers filling the stage as if they were twice that number -- were a marvel of unity; their "flocking" movements and "going under the door" arms in the diagonal hops in arabesque belied the careful attention to detail, especially in port de bras, that defines Tulsa Ballet corps work. I have two nitpicky notes. First, the men tend to exhibit what my beloved teacher and Tulsa Ballet co-founder Moscelyne Larkin used to call "pancake hands." Second, many of the dancers need work on preparations and transitional steps; there were quite a lot of little hops and adjustments before unsupported pirouettes and big jumps. In general, though, the corps was a marvel of cohesion, and the soloists -- in particular the delectably musical Kate Oderkirk as a lead swan in Act 2 -- showed confidence and grace.
I was tremendously impressed with the supplemental choreography Angelini provided -- more than supplemental, in fact, given that he choreographed more than half of this production. Indeed, so well has he attended to the Petipa/Ivanov choreography that at times it was difficult to distinguish what was his from what was theirs. The dances in Act 3 -- Siegfried's birthday celebration -- were especially impressive, beginning with a rousing Mazurka for ten dancers, followed by a sprightly, funny, hugely energetic Neapolitan dance (complete with tambourines) for Serena Chu and an adorably smitten Alberto Montesso, then a dark, fiery, sensual Spanish dance for Oderkirk, Rene Olivier, Eaton, and Graziano. (Remembering the hot-hot-hot red-and-black lace dresses the Spanish dancers wore reminds me to mention that the majestic costumes and sets were provided by Milwaukee Ballet.)
In general, Sunday's performance was superior to Friday's, despite the stellar dancing done by Yi and Cong on Friday. The opening night performance was reserved, almost enervated; it was as though a screen had dropped over the stage, making everything seem small, shadowed, and far away. By Sunday the company had fully risen to the demands of the ballet and to its own capabilities, the dancers sinking their jumps deep into the stage on landing, bringing their eyes and faces into their dancing, letting energy flow all the way to the tips of their fingers. They found the thrill of the ballet, its special energy that's at once ethereal and grounded -- energy Angelini's libretto makes the most of in its exploration of the radiant idealism and deep darkness present in the human heart.
One reason for the odd "lightweight" feeling on Friday was the excruciatingly slow tempi in Tchaikovsky's score from the usually grand Tulsa Symphony Orchestra (especially in Act 2), which exacerbated the already tentative feeling onstage. It was as if the conductor, Tulsa Ballet music director Nathan Fifield, wanted to go for a ghostly, attenuated sensibility; while I can appreciate that desire, I think it's really up to the dancers to make that sensibility happen. Lack of momentum in the orchestra only drags things down onstage. On February 11, the issues of tempo had been addressed and there was significantly more energy from the pit (though out-of-tune strings plagued the performance). To be fair, Fifield is still very new to the job, having come to Tulsa from Houston Ballet, where he was a staff conductor and company pianist (a job he's also filled at New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theatre). As for the orchestra itself, to be fair again, "Swan Lake" is not exactly an easy score to play. Their performance on Sunday showed what a marvelous, hard-working ensemble the TSO really is, and what a gift to the arts in this city.
Tulsa Ballet's final program of this Golden Anniversary season, to be presented March 30 through April 1, features Twyla Tharp's "Nine Sinatra Songs," Robert North's "Troy Game," and the US premiere of Nacho Duato's "Por Vos Muero." Stay tuned!
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Lance Armstrong Caps a Win Over Cancer with Victory in the World's Greatest Bike Race
So obliging that Armstrong, 27, finished the grueling cross-country trek more than 7 minutes ahead of his nearest competitor, becoming only the second American, after three-time champ Greg LeMond, to capture cycling's equivalent of the Super Bowl and take home the famed yellow jersey awarded to winners. Even more remarkable than his victory over 180 of the world's best riders are the odds he overcame just to compete. Three years ago Armstrong was diagnosed with advanced testicular cancer, which had spread to his lungs, abdomen and brain. Doctors gave him only a 40 percent chance of surviving—and few gave him any chance of returning to his sport. "After I got sick," says Armstrong, "the mentality in cycling was, 'He's finished, done, history.' "
Known for his unshakable confidence, Armstrong endured four rounds of chemotherapy, an operation to remove two lesions on his brain and another to remove one testicle. By early 1997 the cancer was gone, and doctors say there is only a 2 percent chance it will ever recur. "It is absolutely miraculous," says Texas urologist James Reeves, one of the doctors who operated on Armstrong. "For him to get back to where he'd been as an athlete and even beyond is almost unheard of." In Armstrong's view, his recovery "sends a message that cancer is not a death sentence. There's no question I'm stronger physically now than I was before."
Armstrong was an uncanny athlete even as a boy growing up in suburban Piano, Texas. "He was fast at everything he did," says his mother, Linda, 45, who raised her only child with husband Terry Armstrong (they're now divorced) after Lance's father left when he was a baby. "He'd go running, and I'd have to be on a bicycle just to keep up." Soon Armstrong was the one on two wheels, excelling at triathlons and taking a U.S. amateur cycling title before becoming World Cycling champion in 1993.
Then, disaster. For several months in 1996, Armstrong felt discomfort in his groin, chalking it up to soreness from his bicycle saddle. By the time he spit up blood and finally saw a doctor, the cancer had spread. Armstrong responded by treating the illness as if it were life's ultimate race. "I went to the best doctors, and I tried to learn as much as possible," he says. "I definitely did my homework." He also started the Lance Armstrong Foundation, a charity dedicated to cancer awareness. "He'll say, 'Cancer is the best thing that ever happened to me,' " says the foundation's program director, Elizabeth Kreutz, adding that Armstrong often visits sick children. "He helps give them a more positive outlook."
Armstrong's courageous win did not come without controversy, as parts of the French press suggested he must have used performance-enhancing drugs, something Armstrong strongly denied. Now that the doubters have given way to true believers, a movie about Armstrong's inspirational battle is in the works (he has also signed a $400,000 book deal). But the biggest change in his life should come this October, when his wife, Kristin—a former public relations executive he met through his foundation and married in 1997—gives birth. "When Lance was sick, he thought he might not live long enough to have a child," says Kristin, who was impregnated in vitro with sperm Armstrong banked just before he started chemotherapy. "Now he's so excited. And I know he's going to be the best dad."
Armstrong—who along with Kristin, their Maltese Boone and their cat Chemo, splits his time between homes in Austin, Texas, and Nice, France—expects he'll do fine as a parent, even though it's not the kind of challenge he's accustomed to facing. "There's no yellow jersey for being a father," he says with a grin. Maybe not, but at least he won't run short of stuffed animals.
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A rediscovered 1915 recipe book is full of meals to fill, if not to thrill
I don't know why it's called "Spanish bake" — and now, of course, I can't ask. The recipe is simple: butter, sugar, eggs, milk, baking powder, flour, cinnamon and nutmeg. It is written in the elegant, slanting cursive handwriting that is absolutely recognisable as my grandmother's — yet I'm startled to discover that she had perfected it by the time she was 12 years old.
"Sylvia Gutterman", she wrote on the inside of the slim school exercise book. "Room 303; Grade 7." On the first page is the date, Feb 3, 1915 — in fact, she was not quite 12.


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If you're still in a shopping stupor from the latest 4th of July super sales, you will be excited to know that SoCal is welcoming two new fab stores to its shores.
The brand new Vilebrequin store, recently opened at the Malibu Lumber Yard. Vilebrequin is a French brand of swimwear for men and boys (with women's and girl's coming this summer for the first time)
Founded in 1971 in Saint-Tropez, France, Vilebrequin has boutiques in Paris, Beverly Hills, Cape Town, Milan, New York Washington DC, and Beirut.
Now open, The Lumber Yard welcomes Vilebrequin to their popular shopping destination.
Known for its matching father-son swimsuits, Vilebrequin joins James Perse, Tory Burch, Maxfield, Intermix, Alice & Olivia and more – bringing you a culmination of the best summer shopping West of Topanga Canyon.
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In related news, Splendid recently set up shop in Pasadena. The LA-based lifestyle brand open its doors on June 27th with a 1,989 square foot space offering the line's colorful, comfortable collections for women, men, kids and babies in an innovative, light-filled environment as happy as the brand itself.
Splendid's comfortable, sophisticated basics, fashionable novelty items and adorable kids collection make the new store in Pasadena the go-to destination for chic, casual dressing in the area.
To fete the new store, Splendid, along with Elizabeth Antonia of the littlest, will be throwing an afternoon of family fun July 26th!
Guests will make friendship bracelets out of colorful Splendid fabrics with little junebugs and enjoy delicious sips and snacks from Urban Palate, Bon Puf will also be on hand with a special sweet treat! During the event, guests will receive 20% of all purchases! Save the date:
Store Opening Event: July 26th, 2014; 3 - 5PM
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Students work with an individualized learning plan. Schools offer core subjects, electives, advanced learner programs, clubs and field trips. Washington families can learn more by signing up for in-person and online information sessions.
• iQ Academy Washington: Full time for grades 6-12. A program of the Evergreen School District, it offers individualized support students need to succeed.
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