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Saturday, March 27, 2010
Going to my mother-in-law's house for dinner tonight. While it's lovely that I don't have to cook, there are some issues...
She has issues...
Her own with food
In a big way.
My MIL is WAY more than 100 pounds over-weight. And years ago when I was on Weight Watchers, we were at her house for a meal and I made my point-concious choices, and she said...
in the most scathing voice imaginable...
"What are you? On a diet?"
You know, in THAT tone...
That, "Who do you think you're kidding?" tone.
It was such an odd, kind of sickening feeling, hopeless, guilty (?!?).
MIL and I have had our issues over the years and things seem to be pretty cordial right now.
She is dealing with high blood pressure and pre-diabetes as a result of her weight (and really HUGE problems tolerating the meds, and so far as I can tell, has not lost a pound, nor has she tried.)
So here I go, with my new eating habits and my PMS, with my loins girded (and half a xanax on-board).
This should be interesting.
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Hi L Lewis!
That's so funny that I randomly picked your blog---yesterday was my MIL's 85th birthday and she's got the opposite problem---she's TINY! and her poor bones are brittle with osteoarthritis. I planned and cooked her birthday meal with her carefully, using a SPARK recipe for the main course, and peas, brown rice and squash on the side. The only thing I absolutely HAD to do, was have some of her birthday cake--after all, she's 85! BY GOLLY! I used to get impatient with her in the past, because she takes 97 years to do the slightest thing when I take her shopping, but she's been so kind to Steven and I, lending us $ when we needed it, that now I can't complain. She's a love, even though she can be a pain in the butt. This is "Let's forgive our Mother-in-Laws and their foibles" DAY!
Keep up the good work with your points! It's GREAT that your MIL noticed---even though she was sarcastic, she paid you a HUGE backhanded compliment!
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Stay strong! Just remember you are going over there for just a short amount of time in the grand scheme of things. She has made her choices and you have made yours. Be proud that you are living a healthy lifestyle and let how you live be an example to others. If she makes comments, just rise above (and keep that xanax handy...lol). You can do it! :) ~ Jennifer
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Milton Richard Simington
Position: G
Height: 6-2 Weight: 217 lbs.
Born: August 26, 1918 in Wright City, OK
Died: January 17, 1943 in Shreveport, LA
High School: Idabel, Dierks
College: Arkansas (school history)
Drafted by the Cleveland Rams in the 9th round (74th overall) of the 1941 NFL Draft.
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The 'Milkshake Murder' retrial of Nancy Kissel is set to begin in Hong Kong. The Michigan woman was accused of murdering her husband, Robert Kissel, in 2003 by lacing his milkshake with sedatives and then clubbing him in the head to death. She claims innocence and self-defense, saying that he attacked her with a baseball bat. Convicted in 2005, her sentence was overturned by higher courts in China. They contended that the prosecutor improperly cross-examined her and that the judge allowed hearsay evidence.
The crime became the subject of two books and a made-for-TV movie. Robert Kissel was a high-flying investment banker. Formerly of Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch, testimony chronicled his alcoholism, cocaine use, and sexual abuse. His wife Nancy also admitted during the original trial that she, too, had an extramarital sexual affair with an electrician at their vacation home in Vermont.
So with elements like these, the case is an ideal one for crime fans. Sex, drugs and milkshakes! How can you go wrong? Throw in the whole international aspect and one only wishes that Detective Hercule Poirot was around to take the case! This crime was tailor made for Agatha Christie!
Hong Kong, which is now part of China, still maintains it's own autonomous court system. Five men and four women were selected to sit in the jury for the 'Milkshake Murder' retrial on Tuesday during the proceedings. The retrial is expected to last perhaps two months. The prosecutor laid out the details of the case. How Nancy Kissel spiked husband Robert Kissel's milkshake with a cocktail of six drugs. Then beat his head until death. Nancy then covered the body a plastic bag, rolled the corpse up in a carpet and moved it to storage. Nice!
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Row 3: M Rothenberg, J Sherrill, S Hogan, P Abonia
Simon P. Hogan, PhD, Research Director for our Division, identified a new role for the innate inflammatory cell macrophage and NFkB signaling pathway in the regulation of eosinophilic inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Employing a murine model of colitis and mice with NFkB signaling deleted selectively in macrophages, Hogan identified a requirement for NFkB signaling in inflammatory macrophages for secretion of the eosinophil-selective chemokine CCL11, eosinophilic inflammation and the histopathology of experimental colitis (DSS-induced model). Molecular and cellular analyses revealed a link between expression of calprotectin (S100a8/S100a9), Ccl11expression and eosinophil numbers in the DSS-treated colon. The results indicate that myeloid cell–specific NF-kB-dependent pathways play an unexpected role in CCL11 expression and maintenance of eosinophilic inflammation in experimental colitis. These data were published in the Journal of Immunology and indicate that targeting myeloid cells and NFkB-dependent pathways may be of therapeutic benefit for the treatment of eosinophilic inflammation and histopathology in IBD.
Most in vivo studies of granulocytes draw conclusions about their trafficking based on examination of their steady-state tissue/blood levels, which result from a combination of tissue homing, survival and egress rather than direct examination of cellular trafficking. Ting Wen, PhD, and Marc Rothenberg, MD, PhD, Division Director, developed a unique cell transfer system involving the adoptive transfer of a genetically labeled, bone-marrow-derived unique granulocyte population (eosinophils) into an elicited inflammatory site, the allergic lung. As published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a dual polychromatic FACS-based biomarker-labeling system based on the IL4-eGFP transgene (4get) or Cd45.1 allele was used to track IV-transferred eosinophils into the airway following allergen or T(H)2-associated stimuli in the lung in multiple mouse strains. The system was amenable to reverse tagging of recipients, thus allowing transfer of nonlabeled eosinophils and competitive tracking of multiple populations of eosinophils in vivo. This unique eosinophil transfer system provides an unprecedented opportunity to examine airway eosinophil migration without the need for extensive efforts to acquire donor source and time-consuming genetic crossing and has already been used to identify a long eosinophil half-life in the allergic lung and a definite role for ST2 in regulating eosinophil trafficking.
The American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) unanimously voted Amal Assa'ad, MD, the Clinical Director, to receive the ACAAI Woman in Allergy Award for 2013. This prestigious award recognizes her dedication in advancing the specialty by her work in food allergy and science. Recently appointed faculty member Patricia Fulkerson, MD, PhD, was awarded a 2013 ARTrustTM Faculty Development Award by the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) for her eosinophil progenitor research. This is the academy's most prestigious award. The funding supports Fulkerson's research investigating the regulation of eosinophil progenitors by Toll-like receptors, which may support development of therapeutics for eosinophil-associated disorders such as asthma and eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders. Recently appointed faculty member Joseph Sherrill, PhD, was awarded the Thrasher Research Fund Early Career Award in recognition of his promise as an investigator. His work employs a functional genomics approach to understand the genetic etiology of inflammatory diseases such as eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders.
Simon P. Hogan, PhD was recently appointed as the Director of Research of the Division of Allergy/Immunology. He joins the Division Director, Marc E. Rothenberg, MD, PhD, and Amal H. Assa'ad, MD, Associate Division Director and Division Clinical Director, in leading the division to new heights to improve the health of children with allergic and immune conditions through innovative research, outstanding clinical care and education of the current and next generation of leaders in healthcare and research.
Kimberly A. Risma, MD, PhD has assumed the role of Fellowship Director of the Allergy/Immunology Fellowship Program. Risma is dedicated to teaching our future allergists in this combined pediatric and adult fellowship program (via partnership with the University of Cincinnati). This program is an integral part of our division's mission to improve the health of children with allergic and immune conditions through the education of the current and next generation of leaders in healthcare and research.
Nives Zimmermann, MD has assumed the position of Vice Chair of the Mechanism of Allergy and Asthma interest section of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI). In this position, she will provide leadership to the constituents with an interest in mechanistic research and a central role in the planning of the AAAAI annual conference.
University of Cincinnati President Santa J. Ono, PhD, Professor within the Division of Allergy and Immunology, was appointed as the 28th President at the University of Cincinnati. Prior to his presidency, Ono served for two years as the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. In addition to his institutional leadership and service, Ono leads an active research program. His principal research interests focus on transcriptional regulation in the human immune system, mechanisms of mast-cell dependent inflammation on the ocular surface, and the immune component of age-related macular degeneration.
J. Pablo Abonia, MD assesses the clinical biology and regulation of mast cells and their role in diseases, such as eosinophilic esophagitis, eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders and primary mast cell disease. He conducts translational research and clinical trials in conjunction with developing patient databanks and bioinformatic approaches to further understand allergic disease. A member of the Cincinnati Center for Eosinophilic Disorders, Abonia was recently appointed the Director of the Registry for Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders (REGID), a national not-for-profit collaboration of medical centers, professionals, families and individuals dedicated to improving the knowledge, research and outcomes for people living with eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders.
Marc E. Rothenberg, MD, PhD has identified roles for two miRNAs, miR-21 and miR-223, in controlling eosinophilopoiesis, the generation of eosinophils. miR-21 has previously been shown to regulate T-cell polarization and activation in preclinical models and to be dysregulated in an miRNA signature that correlates with disease activity for eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), a severe food allergy. miR-21 is one of the most upregulated miRNAs in multiple allergic diseases associated with eosinophilia and has long been shown to positively correlate with eosinophil levels. Using a murine interleukin-5 (IL-5)-driven eosinophil differentiation model and gene expression microarray analysis, Rothenberg showed that targeted ablation of miR-21 in decreased eosinophil progenitor cell growth. In a related study, Rothenberg demonstrated a similarly important role for miR-223 in regulating eosinophil progenitor growth and differentiation, with miR-223 deficiency increasing eosinophil progenitor proliferation. Identification of the role miRNAs in eosinophilopoiesis and the specific miRNAs involved are critical advancements for the development of biomarkers, therapies and eventual cures for allergic disease.
Simon P. Hogan, PhD identified a role for the mast cell–derived serine protease chymase in the regulation of intestinal epithelial barrier homeostasis. As published in the American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Hogan employed in vitro model systems to delineate the molecular pathways involved in chymase-mediated intestinal epithelial barrier dysfunction and demonstrated that chymase-mediated modulation of intestinal epithelial barrier was characterized by chymase-induced protease-activated receptor (PAR)-2 activation and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 expression and activation. Importantly, pharmacological and small interfering RNA-mediated antagonism of PAR-2 and MMP-2 significantly attenuated chymase-stimulated barrier dysfunction. Collectively, these results suggest that mast cell/chymase-mediated intestinal epithelial barrier function is mediated by PAR-2/MMP-2-dependent pathways.'
Artem Barski, PhD is interested in the epigenetic and transcriptional regulation of gene expression and contributed to the development of ChIP-Seq, a revolutionary method that combines chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) with the next-generation sequencing (Seq). Epigenomics is a cutting-edge field that elucidates the importance of how reversible modifications of DNA or histones can alter expression of genes or genetic variants during homeostasis or disease. Using ChIP-Seq and other sequencing-based genome-wide methods, Barski investigates the role of chromatin modifications in gene regulation, including his recent work with chromatin regulation of genes transcribed by RNA polymerase III and the discovery of gene poising in T cells. He is currently researching the epigenetic basis of T-cell activation, memory and tolerance.
Nives Zimmermann, MD was the senior author for "Mechanism of Siglec-8-mediated cell death in IL-5-activated eosinophils: role for reactive oxygen species-enhanced MEK/ERK activation", which was recently published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. This study, led by Gen Kano, MD, PhD and performed in collaboration with Dr. Bruce Bochner from Johns Hopkins University, discovered a novel mechanism of cell death in activated eosinophils. This finding is significant because eosinophil cell death, accompanied by release of toxic granule content in tissue, contributes to the pathophysiology of multiple diseases, including allergic diseases. The ability to inhibit this novel pathway of regulated necrosis could lead to improved therapies for these diseases. As a result of this study and its potential impact, Zimmermann was awarded a grant from the American Heart Association to study the molecular mechanisms of eosinophil cell death, in collaboration with Dr. Margaret Collins, Department of Pathology.
Kimberly A. Risma, MD, PhD developed and executed the first known microplate assay screen for small-molecule enhancers of natural killer (NK) cell and cytotoxic T lymphocyte function. This study provided critical preliminary data that will permit adaptation and execution of a much larger high-throughput screen this year, in collaboration with the NIH Molecular Libraries Program. Using patient-derived primary NK cells, Risma will screen a library of FDA-approved compounds for cytotoxic enhancers of NK cell function in an attempt to repurpose drugs already in clinical use. This research effort has great potential to ultimately change the outcome for children with inherited defects in cytotoxic function associated with the potentially fatal disorder, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH). More broadly, the results of this research may eventually provide alternative treatments in cancer and/or chronic viral infections.
Michelle B. Lierl, MD is conducting a study investigating the role of outdoor fungal and myxomycete spores as aeroallergens; this study involves allergy skin testing with myxomycete and basidiomycete spore extracts to identify whether they are previously unrecognized aeroallergens. As no extracts of these spores were commercially available, Lierl collects the spores herself and makes the extracts for the allergy skin testing. Having discovered the lack of photographs available of these microscopic spores, she also maintains a website to share photographs of spores of basidiomycetes, ascomycetes, and myxomycetes as a reference source for others for fungal species identification.
Amal H. Assa'ad, MD has exemplified the national and global mission of Cincinnati Children's through her far-reaching dedication and valued efforts to improve child health. She has represented Cincinnati Children's as an invited speaker at plenary sessions and international symposia at four international meetings, in Israel, Italy, Mexico, and India. In addition, she serves as an elected member of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) Board of Directors; chaired and organized the 2012 American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) Food Allergy Symposium; and co-authored a well-received publication in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology about preventing allergic disease through nutritional interventions. Her efforts abroad are coupled with her local leadership in clinical care and clinical research trials, with her work in food allergy being recognized with the prestigious Luisa Businco Lectureship and Award by the ACAAI.
Most in vivo studies of granulocytes draw conclusions about their trafficking based on examination of their steady-state tissue/blood levels, which result from a combination of tissue homing, survival, and egress, rather than direct examination of cellular trafficking. Wen et al. developed a unique cell transfer system involving the adoptive transfer of a genetically labeled, bone marrow–derived unique granulocyte population (eosinophils) into an elicited inflammatory site, the allergic lung. The system was amenable to reverse tagging of recipients, thus allowing transfer of nonlabeled eosinophils and competitive tracking of multiple populations of eosinophils in vivo.
This unique eosinophil transfer system provides an unprecedented opportunity to examine airway eosinophil migration without the need for extensive efforts to acquire donor source and time-consuming genetic crossing and has already been used to identify a long eosinophil half-life in the allergic lung and a definite role for ST2 in regulating eosinophil trafficking.
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Whether you drink it stirred not shaken, with olives or a twist go out and order a martini tomorrow, (Thursday June 19)for National Martini Day. Bartenders around the country, like at Bar Louie in Texas, will be mixing up martini madness menus for fans of the popular adult beverage.
Bar Louie, an eclectic urban "Cheers" like joint, made famous for handcrafted signature martinis in the 1990s pours 15 cutting-edge selections to drink while eanjoying flatbreads, salads, burgers and sandwiches. There's also plenty of beer, wines, mojitos and margaritas on tap.
Bar Louie is open daily for lunch, dinner and late night dining Monday through Sunday with entire menu available until last call. For more information on Bar Louie visit www.barlouieamerica.com.
Martini backstory
According to www.punchbowl.com the exact origin of the martini is unknown. The iconic drink, however, has earned a permanent place in the pantheon of classic cocktails. The first printed recipe for a "Martinez" cocktail appeared in a bartending manual published in San Francisco in 1887. However, historians disagree over whether the beverage actually originated on the West Coast. In 1911, a New York City bartender named Martini di Arma di Taggia began serving a cocktail made with gin, vermouth, orange bitters, and an olive garnish. The martini gained widespread popularity among Manhattan socialites, and has been associated with New York ever since.
Today, 50% of all cocktails are served in a martini glass. Some of the most famous (historical and fictional) martini lovers include: John D. Rockefeller, Humphrey Bogart, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Clark Gable, Ernest Hemingway, and James Bond.
To celebrate National Martini Day, enjoy a refreshing martini in the company of friends. Mix up the classic or try this lemon basil martini recipe. Cheers to that!


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ZF-4657: Zend_Validate_Date('yyyy/MM/dd') returns FALSE but should return TRUE
I understand what you are saying and that is why I insist on this... and posted a new example. I understand changer the timezone after the a Zend_Date object has been instanciated will result in problem as Zend_Date should be based on the default timezone.
In my environement, the default timezone is not set in the php.ini, so I set it ONCE :) in the bootstrap; then I have some problems with the date validator. So in my last example, I tried to reproduce the problem in a simple script (without MVC, forms and so on...). I set the default time zone in the begining of the script (and I won't change it) and I get different result if it is set to the US or China... Same thing if I change the default timezone explicitly in the php.ini and I do not set it in the script...
I get an unexpected result when I define the format 'yyyy/MM/dd' + timezone China but not with the default format.
Sorry it seems I don't have the right to add a comment... That's why I am editing the issue.
About the issue; If this behavior is normal, the documentation at http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/… is ambiguous or wrong then.
About the code I sent, even if I set the default timezone once then instantiate Zend_date
require_once 'Zend/Validate/Date.php';
$date = "1980/06/30";
$vali = new Zend_Validate_Date('yyyy/MM/dd');
print "\n".date_default_timezone_get()."\n";
$result = $vali->isValid($date);
In the documentation it is specified: "When creating Zend_Date instances, their timezone will automatically become the current default timezone!" So is there something I do not get? :)
This is another spooky example:
require_once 'Zend/Validate/Date.php';
$date = "1980/06/30";
$vali = new Zend_Validate_Date('yyyy/MM/dd');
print "\n".date_default_timezone_get()."\n";
$result = $vali->isValid($date);
print "\n".date_default_timezone_get()."\n";
$result = $vali->isValid($date);
For some specific dates, Zend_Validate_Date when defining a specific format does not return an expected result:
Expected behavior $date = "1980-06-30"; $vali = new Zend_Validate_Date(); // $vali->isValid($date) returns TRUE
UNexpected behavior !!! $date = "1980/06/30"; $vali = new Zend_Validate_Date('yyyy/MM/dd'); // $vali->isValid($date) returns FALSE but should be TRUE
Expected behavior $date = "1980/06/29"; $vali = new Zend_Validate_Date('yyyy/MM/dd'); // $vali->isValid($date) returns TRUE
This is a big problem for me as I use a date validator on a form for an order entry tool using this format of date (for China). So in this case the customer born the June 30th 1980 can not by the product we sell... I had to implement a custom validator to treat this issue.
I reworked you example:
require_once 'Zend/Validate/Date.php';
$date = "1980/06/30";
$vali = new Zend_Validate_Date('yyyy/MM/dd');
$result = $vali->isValid($date); // returns FALSE but should be TRUE
But I get a boolean TRUE returned. I can't reproduce your problem.
Please add comments instead of changing the original issue
Your second code is a handling problem...
When you change the base timezone within your code, of course also the returned date object will differ. Changing the timezone can only work when you do this within the object and not within the configuration.
Sorry, but this is not a problem... see setTimezone() for proper changing of timezones for date objects.
When you set Zend_Date to the default timezone and then change this timezone (in php) afterwards, then the default timezone is different from before.
It is logically impossible that the date is not changed in this case. The thing is that you must not change the default timezone multiple times in your script. This is a no-no in every language !!
This note is only to remember users that they must set a default timezone in their bootstrap because in some php environments it is not set, and then unexpected results will occur.
This is a reproducable php bug which can not be solved by ZF.
Try the following code for reproduction:
print "\n1:".date('m.d.Y H:i:s', 331056000);
print "\n2:".date('m.d.Y H:i:s', 331142400);
As you see 1. returns 06.29.2008 00:00:00 But 2. returns 06.30.2008 01:00:00
As one day has 86400 seconds the initial values given to the two dates are correct.
There is one hour more than it should be. This date is no dst change so it seems to be a php bug. There is no way for ZF to fix such a deep bug.


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Chelsea Handler is now taking a lot of backlash for a Hitler parody that she thought was funny. Some people just do not agree with her way of doing things. On Wednesday, New York Daily News shared about what has everyone so upset with her at the moment. In this parody, Chuy, dressed like the Nazi dictator. It all went down on "Chelsea Lately" this week.
Abraham H. Foxman, National Director for the Anti-Defamation League spoke out saying, "This Hitler parody in itself was tasteless, but Chelsea Handler's references to it throughout the program and her connecting it with Germany's World Cup victory took the joke way overboard."
He went on saying, ""While we try to give comedians leeway and do not believe that Nazi jokes should be completely off-limits, this was an instance of taking a Hitler parody to the extreme. It was tasteless, offensive and hurtful both to Holocaust survivors and their families, and to members of the German team and all Germans."
At the very end of the skit, Chuy spoke out and said, ""I am dressed as Hitler as a joke, but I want everyone to know that he was a terrible man. I love Jews."
So far Chelsea Handler is not speaking out at all about the controversy. Some people are really upset about it and they are hoping that she will eventually give an apology or a statement. At this time, Chelsea Handler has decided to just stay quiet and so has her rep. Her show is ending next month and then she will be moving on to a Netflix based show. Handler will be able to get away with saying more on that show than she was able to get away with on E!.


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Standard advice if you are ever involved in a shooting seems to be:
A. Call 911
B. Call a lawyer
Through a series of fortunate events, I'm almost 50 and have never had any dealings with an attorney :biggrin:
How does a person go about finding a GOOD attorney? I'm thinking that looking through the "yellow pages" in the immediate aftermath of a shooting is not the best solution. Having the business card of a good attorney in your wallet sounds like it should be standard equipment for a CCW'er....


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'Cav and Pag' have enjoyed an illustrious career in the recording studios. In 1938 Mascagni conducted a full recording of Cavalleria himself, and the flood has continued unabated. Choosing which version to buy from the available catalogue can be bewildering.
In 1953 and 1954 respectively, an emerging young soprano recorded her interpretations of Santuzza and Nedda, as two of her earliest commitments to a new EMI contract. The singer was Maria Callas, and that record contract would play a major role in placing her at the top of the pantheon of all-time greats.
Under the baton of Tullio Serafin, and supported by high calibre singers Tito Gobbi and Giuseppe di Stefano, Callas is extraordinary in both operas. Her plangent voice lends real tragic stature to Santuzza, her scrupulous musicality clearing away many verismo mannerisms. It is because of Callas's musical sensibility that her Santuzza manages to be both grand and intimate. Di Stefano, perhaps lighter voiced than expected for Turiddu, sings with macho swagger and no little beauty of tone, with Rolando Panerai delivering an incisive Alfio. A year on and Callas' Nedda in Pagliacci is altogether a different creation. The voice is lightened, the drama appropriately coarsened – this Nedda is volatile, utterly contemptuous of Tonio, brittle and frightened as the commedia unravels. Di Stefano is an excellent Canio, Gobbi a malevolent Tonio fully worthy of Nedda's scorn. Remastered from the original tapes by Warner, the transfers are in remarkably clear and present mono sound – a major improvement on previous issues.
Franco Zeffirelli's productions of Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci appeared in many opera houses, including the Royal Opera House. In 1982 he filmed both, shooting Cavalleria on location in Sicily and filming Pagliacci on stage at La Scala. Unashamedly traditional, it is unlikely that these will ever be toppled as the top celluloid recommendation, despite strong competition from von Karajan's films, made more than a decade before. In Zeffirelli's films it is Plácido Domingo who provides the common thread, appearing in both opera and excelling particularly as Canio. Elena Obraztsova is a committed Santuzza and Renato Bruson a deluxe Alfio. In Pagliacci, Domingo is teamed with Teresa Stratas as Nedda. A fascinating and uncompromising actress, the chemistry between them lends real power to the sordid dénouement. Georges Pretre conducts the La Scala Orchestra with style.
Both operas were released as audio recordings as well: they hold up competitively and make an attractive and economical CD pairing. In excellent sound, this is no mere 'soundtrack to the movie', but a first rate studio recording that formed a solid sonic base for the films.
Herbert von Karajan filmed both operas in 1968. Whilst they do look of their era, they are worth having for two central performances. In Cavalleria, Fiorenza Cossotto shows why she was her generations' leading Santuzza, passionate and full voiced. In Pagliacci we have a remarkable document in the Canio of Jon Vickers, his performance frightening in its intensity and thrillingly voiced – Canio was one of his great roles and he leaves us in no doubt why.
Karajan also recorded both operas in the studio: Cossotto repeats her Santuzza opposite Carlo Bergonzi as Turiddu, and in Pagliacci Bergonzi is central as Canio opposite an excellent Nedda in Joan Carlyle. Both operas have superb supporting casts, and von Karajan conducts with a symphonic sweep that elevates them musically – certainly these are the most symphonic recordings of the two operas, though at the expense of some loss of momentum.
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The Story Begins…
The poet Prosdocimo needs inspiration for a play. When local beauty Fiorilla attempts to start a liaison with the handsome Turk Selim (despite the fact she already has both a lover and a husband) he thinks he's found his subject. But are things getting out of hand?
Fellini-esque Comedy
Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier set their production in Italy in the late 1950s/early 1960s: the time of an explosion of glamour and comic romance in Italian cinema. The sets are brightly coloured, the costumes elegant and provocative. Some of the more farcical scenes – Selim chasing Geronio round an Italian café or the ball with male chorus in ballgowns – are reminiscent of Federico Fellini at his most madcap and upbeat.
A Take on the Commedia dell'arte
Rossini and his librettist Romani based Il turco in Italia on an earlier libretto with the same title written by poet Caterino Mazzolà (the librettist for Mozart's La clemenza di Tito). The plot owes much to the Italian tradition of commedia dell'arte, particularly character types (such as the cuckolded husband and the flirtatious young woman). The character of the poet Prosdocimo encourages us to treat the drama with a certain irony.
Musical Brilliance
The hilarious plot of Il turco in Italia inspired some of Rossini's most sparkling music. Highlights include the trio for Prosdocimo, Geronio and Narciso 'Un marito scimunito!' (complete with a quotation from Mozart's Così fan tutte), the lively Act I finale, with its build-up of characters and arguments; and Fiorilla's bravura Act II aria 'Squallida veste e bruna', which she sings when she becomes convinced all her men have deserted her.
A Return to the Repertory
Il turco in Italia all but disappeared from the repertory during the latter part of the 19th century, as Rossini fell out of fashion. It came back to public attention in October 1950, when Luchino Visconti staged a production for Maria Callas, who was keen to play a comic role. The production was so successful that the opera's popularity grew rapidly. Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier's production of Il turco in Italia was The Royal Opera's first; it had its premiere in 2005 and was revived in 2010.
Il turco in Italia runs 11–27 April 2015. Tickets are still available.
The production is given with generous support from Judith Portrait and The Friends of Covent Garden.]]>
Maria Callas - Pure (Warner Classics)
Callas recorded for EMI (now part of the Warner stable) for the best part of her professional life. It remains perhaps the most remarkable discography left by a singer, and huge thanks are due to Warner for returning to the original recording tapes in a gigantic undertaking that has resulted in Callas' entire catalogue being reissued and remastered with sound quality unlike we have heard before. Cleaned up but with their essence not tampered with, her recordings are now more immediate and fresh, instantly arresting and it has become easier to comprehend the genius that Callas unquestionably was. You can invest in the complete works with an awesome box set, or buy recitals and operas individually. But if you want to have a listen to how great the changes are, you could start with Pure, a single-CD release featuring tracks from throughout her career. Many of them were recorded in her prime, with some from the latter years when vocal troubles beset the voice – but not the art. As a CD of favourite soprano arias, it works perfectly. As a sampler of the Callas catalogue, it merely hints at the treasures within.
Buy Pure from the ROH Shop
Antonio Pappano – Rossini Overtures (Warner Classics)
We need hardly pretend we didn't know Antonio Pappano was a great Rossinian, so the spark evident in this disc won't surprise anybody. Pappano 'gets' Rossini – the subtle gradations of colour and tempi that make this music unique - and here he catches the tinta of each overture. It's a great mix of the familiar and the less so – overtures from La Cenerentola and Il barbiere di Siviglia we can all hum along to, alongside lesser-known extracts from Semiramide and Le siege de Corinthe, the latter almost Mozartian in its formal detail. The penultimate track is the opening of Guillaume Tell, which Pappano will conduct later this Season - one of six operas at Covent Garden he's unleashing his baton on in 2014/15. Finally, the disc is rounded off on an unexpected note with a wind quartet, 'Andante e tema con variazione' – a work totally unfamiliar to me but well worth hearing.
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Cecilia Bartoli – St Petersburg (Decca)
It seems that there's no stopping Cecilia Bartoli in her quest for the rare and the valuable. Her latest musical excavation takes her to the Imperial court of St Petersburg, where Italian opera was all the rage with the Tsars. Much of the music though has fallen into obscurity, but on this CD you can enjoy an astoundingly good selection of arias never before recorded - and in many cases - not heard in centuries. The range is astonishing and each work plays to Bartoli's strengths: if the voice is no longer as full as it was, it is still remarkable in its flexibility and range and fully equal to the technical demands of the style. Bartoli has never gives less than her all, and as ever her energy and commitment bursts from the speakers. If Cimarosa is the only familiar composer on the disc, the real discovery for me is Raupach, writing in Russian: full marks to Bartoli for delivering some fiercely challenging music in a language she has not sung previously. This is the best of her recent discs, I think, and a must-have.
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On 24 June 2014 English National Opera hosts Call Me George, a gala celebration of the life of Lord Harewood, in recognition of his incalculable contribution not only to the company but to British opera as a whole.
George Lascelles, seventh Earl of Harewood and grandson of George V, was born in 1923. As a child he displayed a good ear for music and an insatiable interest in its facts and history (much to the bewilderment of his royal relatives, who thought him 'quite normal otherwise'), and a love of cricket and football.
After serving in World War II, where he was imprisoned in Colditz, Harewood began writing opera criticism, and founded the periodical Opera in 1950. After writing a stern review of Kobbé's Guide to Opera Harewood was invited to edit the handbook, and his significantly revised 1954 edition became a bible for opera lovers. Harewood remained as editor and co-author of new editions of Kobbé for 30 years.
Harewood joined the Royal Opera House as a director in 1951 and was an administrative assistant 1953–60, returning again as director 1969–72. Closely involved in casting, he was instrumental in engaging Maria Callas for her Covent Garden performances. He became close friends with Callas and many great musicians, including Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears.
But it is his for his work at ENO that Harewood is best remembered. He became managing director of the then Sadler's Wells Opera in 1972, and campaigned for the company's name change, in recognition of its national significance. During his tenure he invited directors such as Nicholas Hytner and Jonathan Miller, encouraged singers such as Lesley Garrett and Willard White and forged great partnerships with conductors such as Charles Mackerras, with whom he campaigned for the revival of Janáček operas in the UK.
Harewood's goal was to change the way British people thought about opera. His love for the art form and extraordinary knowledge about it ensured his success. He strongly encouraged ENO's policy of renewal towards productions, and while he accepted not every innovation was a success he argued 'If you want the flowers in your garden to be glorious and to smell good, you must risk an occasional stink.'
Harewood resigned as managing director of ENO in 1985 but stayed as chairman of the board until 1995. He was president of the company until his death in 2011. Among his many other roles he was artistic director of Edinburgh Festival 1961–5, managing director of English National Opera North 1978–81 (where he supervised the foundation of a new centre in Leeds and worked towards its change to Opera North in 1981), governor of the BBC 1985–7, president of the British Board of Film Classification 1985–97 and president of the English Football Association 1963–72 (during which time England won the 1966 World Cup).
The proceeds from ENO's celebratory gala will go to the ENO Harewood Artists programme, launched in 1998 in order to enable UK-trained young singers to sing in a world-class opera company.
Find out more about the Call Me George gala celebration and book tickets.]]>
The aria 'Vissi d'arte' from Puccini's Tosca is one of the most famous moments in operatic history. But it almost didn't make it into the final version of the opera, as the composer was worried by its ability to bring the evening to a halt: it is a show-stopper in the most literal sense.
Of course, Puccini's concerns were well-founded. 'Vissi d'arte' always brings a performance of Tosca to a stand-still, not least because of audiences' enthusiastic applause. But opera fans have never seemed to mind. In fact, it has become one of the composer's most popular arias.
It comes mid-way through Act II. Tosca, a famous singer, has been summoned to the apartment of Baron Scarpia, the chief of police, where her lover, the republican Cavaradossi, is being held prisoner. Scarpia tells Tosca that Cavaradossi's life will be spared if she sleeps with him. At which point, Tosca begins to sing her despairing prayer.
'Vissi d'arte' is a heartfelt plea to God, one of a number of operatic prayers: 'I lived for my art, I lived for love, I never harmed a living soul… why, why, o Lord, why do you reward me thus?' For a moment the opera's otherwise relentless forward momentum is paused as we – and Scarpia – are held spellbound by her prayer.
The aria's show-stopping effect is in part due to how Puccini has structured the act. The key, tempo, dynamics and orchestration all change for the opening bar of the aria. After the heated exchange between Scarpia and Tosca immediately before – complete with martial snare drums – there's a huge rallentando and diminuendo, musically signposting the aria as a stand-alone moment. The tempo changes from a nippy allegro to the relative stillness of andante lento appassionato (a slower 'walking' pace).
While the aria has been a hit with audiences from the beginning – it was encored at the premiere performance – critics since have been more undecided. The Italian critic Luigi Torchi called it 'a curious dramatic improbability of no musical significance', but more recently the writer Julian Budden argued that 'at this supreme crisis it is plausible that the singer's past should unroll before her in an expanded moment: a life devoted to art, love and religious observance.'
The fact that the aria stands alone, almost as a performance within a performance, allows star sopranos the chance to experiment – and not just vocally. One of the most acclaimed Toscas was Moravian soprano Maria Jeritza (1887–1982) who, when performing the second act of the opera in the early 1900s, fell during the scuffle with Scarpia and found herself singing 'Vissi d'arte' from the floor. And – with Puccini's approval – that's how she performed it for the rest of her life.
Maria Callas shared Puccini's concerns about the aria's power to bring the opera to a halt and even argued that it should be cut. But thankfully for opera fans past and present, 'Vissi d'arte' remains at the heart of Puccini's Tosca as a show-stopping, heart-stopping paean to the power of art.
Tosca runs 9 January–5 February 2016. Tickets are still available.]]>
Renato Cioni made his professional debut at La Scala, Milan, in 1961, and his Royal Opera debut the following year, singing the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto. His international breakthrough, however, was made three years later when The Royal Opera cast him as Cavaradossi in Franco Zeffirelli's historic 1964 production of Tosca with Maria Callas and Tito Gobbi.
John Tooley, then General Director of the Royal Opera House, recognized that to cast a relative unknown opposite two great stars was a risk. He later remembered, 'We need not have worried: Callas warmed to him, and went out of her way to help him come to terms with the challenge.' Cioni's commanding performances have become part of Royal Opera history.
Cioni returned for the 1965 revival of Tosca, singing opposite Marie Collier and Gobbi and later that year he created the role of Gabriele Adorno in Gobbi's new production of Simon Boccanegra, opposite Gobbi in the title role. In 1966 he returned to sing in revivals of both Tosca, singing with Collier and Gabriel Bacquier, and Simon Boccanegra, with John Shaw.
Cioni's final role creation was Alfredo Germont in Luchino Visconti's 1967 production of La traviata, singing alongside Mirella Freni as Violetta and Piero Cappuccilli as Giorgio Germont. But it was as Cavaradossi that Cioni made his final performance with The Royal Opera in 1969, again singing with Collier and Bacquier.
What are your memories of seeing Renato Cioni perform?]]>
The BFI is to show an Opera on TV season, offering another chance to see iconic stage-to-screen moments such as Act II of Franco Zeffirelli's iconic 1964 Royal Opera production of Tosca, starring Maria Callas and Tito Gobbi.
The season, which runs from late March to the end of April, will also include screenings of The Royal Opera's 1985 production of Don Carlo, ENO's 1987 Jonathan Miller production of The Mikado and John Copley's 1985 Julius Caesar, as well as Glyndebourne's 1978 David Hockney-designed Magic Flute.
Other screenings include Orpheus in the Underground, a 1975 BBC film inspired by Offenbach's opera and based around eight pop songs; and Italian Opera Company, a short documentary directed by John Schlesinger, following a touring company's performance at Drury Lane Theatre in 1958.
A panel discussion debating the future of opera on TV will close the season on 30 April.
The BFI's Opera on TV series runs from 31 March-30 April 2014.]]>
The autumn of 1840 was a difficult season for opera buffa at La Scala, Milan. On 5 September, the audience booed the young Giuseppe Verdi's Un giorno di regno off the stage. The opera was one of the composer's only two comedies - the other being Falstaff. Less than a month later, on 3 October, Gaetano Donizetti's La Fille du régiment received its Italian premiere as La figlia del reggimento, largely with the same cast as Un giorno di regno. Donizetti's piece fared better than Verdi's, but its initial reception in Milan was not enthusiastic – hardly comparable to the French original, which had taken Paris by storm.
A review by the prominent critic Pietro Cominazzi published in the music journal Il Figaro a few days after the premiere explained the disappointing reception:
You must imagine what kind of welcome this little foreign farce, succinct, mindless, could have received, repeating continuously the boldest and most lowbrow songs of the barracks!"
The Italian version of La Fille du régiment, however, went on to be staged widely during the 1840s and beyond. La figlia del reggimento easily outpaced the original French version for much of the 20th century, prevailing not only in Italy but also internationally. Prima donnas from Lina Pagliughi to Maria Callas and Edita Gruberová have performed and recorded selections in Italian. In fact it was only following Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti's legendary 1967 recording that the original French version became the favourite of today's audiences, produced regularly on the world's leading opera stages.
La figlia del reggimento rapidly became assimilated into the Italian opera buffa repertory. This was made possible not only by the nationality of its composer, but also by ways in which it connected to dramatic themes and comedic stereotypes of 19th-century Italian opera. One of those themes is the presence of military characters. In that period the theme resonated not only with the timeless comic trope of the miles gloriosus but also with current historical circumstances; since the Napoleonic wars, foreign troops had become a regular presence in Italy, one that the locals often perceived with resentment and that served as a powerful visual and auditory reminder that no military and political autonomy existed in most Italian states.
Despite the initial reaction of the audience at La Scala and Cominazzi's contempt for this 'little foreign farce', there are important connections between La Fille du régiment and the culture of 19th-century Italian opera. La figlia del reggimento probably struck a familiar chord because of the presence of deeply heartfelt moments, especially in the splendid Act II aria for the protagonist, 'Par le rang et par l'opulence', where the soprano fulfills the task of making many in the audience shed a few tears in the middle of a lighthearted comedy – the female equivalent of L'elisir d'amore's gorgeous 'Una furtiva lagrima'. In an age when Italian opera buffa, thanks also to Donizetti himself, had become prone to sentimental effusiveness, the audience probably expected nothing less.
This is an extract from Francesco Izzo's article 'Border Control', which can be read in full in the red programme book, available in the theatre at performance times and from the ROH Shop.
La Fille du régiment runs 3–18 March. Tickets are still available.
The production is staged with generous support from Judith Portrait.
Today marks 100 years since the birth of the much-admired operatic baritone Tito Gobbi, one of the 20th century's greatest operatic singers and actors.
Gobbi, who made his operatic debut at the age of 22 in the small town of Gubbio (singing the role of Count Rodolfo in Bellini's La sonnambula), performed in opera houses across the globe from 1935 until his retirement in 1979, building up an impressive repertory of over 100 roles.
He was perhaps most famous for his charismatic interpretation of the evil chief of police Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca, and his pairing with the legendary soprano Maria Callas in this opera is commonly regarded as one of the operatic highlights of the post-war era. During one performance at Covent Garden, Gobbi had to remain in character as Scarpia while extinguishing a flame with his bare hands when Tosca's dress caught fire from a nearby candle. A recording of their performance is available from the Royal Opera House Online Shop.
Despite his stellar success as an opera singer, Gobbi's talent was not spotted until he had finished school. 'I was told not to sing in the school's choir concert', he explained in an interview with Roy Plomley on Desert Island Discs. 'I was always out-of-tune and so the choir-master told me to mime - that was my debut in the chorus!'
Gobbi enrolled to study Law at the University of Padua, but soon abandoned his course in order to study singing with renowned Italian tenor Giulio Crimi in Rome. He went on to work with coaches in La Scala. He wryly described his first appearance there (when he was asked to replace a singer in a minor role in Pizzetti's Oreseolo) as a 'disastrous debut': unsure of when he was supposed to enter, he rushed onstage early, interrupting the aria of the lead singer. His many subsequent performances for La Scala were far more successful, and included a much-praised performance as the title role in the Italian premiere of Berg's Wozzeck.
His performances of Italian opera were also acclaimed including appearances as Figaro (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Giorgio Germont (La Traviata), Iago (Otello), Marcello (La bohème), Scarpia, Jack Rance (La fanciulla del West), Michonnet (Adriana Lecouvreur), Carlo Gérard (Andrea Chénier), and the title roles of Verdi's Macbeth, Rigoletto, Simon Boccanegra and Falstaff, and Puccini's Gianni Schicchi. These last two roles made fine use of Gobbi's gifts as a comic actor. Gobbi also created several roles in Italian operas.
In the 1950s and 60s, at the height of his career, Gobbi also turned his hand to producing. His own production of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra, in which he sang the title role, was performed by The Royal Opera in 1965. Gobbi's other roles for The Royal Opera included Rigoletto, Falstaff, Iago, Posa (Don Carlo), Count Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), Don Giovanni and, of course, Scarpia. Both as a singer and as a director, Gobbi was renowned for his professionalism and for his warmth and kindness towards his fellow-singers.
Retiring in 1979, Gobbi left a significant legacy of recorded performances. His recording of Verdi's Nabucco is available from the Royal Opera House Online Shop. He also wrote and published two books: an autobiography, Tito Gobbi: My Life, and Tito Gobbi on His World of Italian Opera.
He passed away in 1984 at the age of 68. His daughter Cecilia runs the Associazione Musicale Tito Gobbie, devoted to celebrating her father's contributions to opera.]]>
Cecilia Bartoli - Norma (Decca)
As summer broke, Cecilia Bartoli's much heralded recording of Bellini's Norma hit the shelves. If, like me, you raised an eyebrow at the prospect of Bartoli taking on this most iconic of bel canto roles, you'll understand why I waited a while to write about it.
You may also, like me, be forced to eat your proverbial hat. This is a fascinating and valid recording. Vincenzo Bellini's Norma must have seemed revelatory in 1831, and it does so again here under Giovanni Antonini's taut and driven performance, free from the lushly Romantic sound we are used to in this opera. It crackles from the off, properly underlining the central conflicts that make Norma such as exceptional opera.
Is Bartoli the Norma we've all been waiting for? In some respects, yes. The vocal grandeur of a Callas or Sutherland is not hers to command, but she matches the former's intensity and sings with much of the latter's tonal beauty. But hers is a far more intimately scaled portrait, and within the context of this recording Bartoli challenges and redefines our expectations. The other role casting helps maintain the lighter vocal balance: Sumi Jo is credibly girlish as Adalgisa against Bartoli's more primal priestess. John Osborn is a lyric tenor with dramatic leanings, and his Pollione too is a perfect fit, as is Michele Pertusi's Oroveso.
This is a Norma Bellini would recognise. It may not topple the already legion and legendary recordings we have, but it is a vital bookend to any bel canto collection and demands to be heard.
Anna Netrebko - Verdi (Deutsche Grammophon)
Signalling a new career path, Anna Netrebko's new all-Verdi CD is a thing of inconsistent beauty. There is clearly repertoire here that she is ripe to sing: the Trovatore exerpts, for example, are stupendously good: the line sustained, colours found, trills executed, drama communicated. Her Lady Macbeth (a role debut as the Lady is already in her diary) is grandly sung with all the right spirit if wayward attack, and her Don Carlo Elisabetta a marvellous creation even in embryonic form. Other passages fare less well – the Vêpres Bolero kept too much in the chest and robbed of brio, the breath too short at times. But put the niggles aside: this is where Anna Netrebko is going, and on the balance, we are in for some very thrilling nights at the opera.
The Royal Opera including Maria Callas - Cherubini's Medea (ICA Classics)
ICA needs an award given to them: they've mined a treasure of vintage ballet footage from the BBC archives, and released, on CD, the Callas Violetta and Tebaldi Tosca, both recorded live at the ROH.
And now comes Callas' Medea, broadcast on 30 June 1959. To all intents and purposes Callas's stage career was virtually over – a handful of performances remained over the next five years, and a string of ill-advised concerts after that. Listening to this Medea makes the loss almost more incredible: Callas is in spectacular voice, biting through the drama, shaping line after line as only a master of their art can, and it is only in a live context that we can fully appreciate the size and thrust of her voice. She shares the stage with her favourite Giasone, Jon Vickers and no less than a young Fiorenza Cossotto as Neris and Nicola Zaccaria as Creonte. Nicola Rescigno is an efficient conductor. The performance is of its time – the orchestra is not entirely at home in this idiom, the chorus sounds willing rather than skilled, and the sound is decent, no more. You will want this above all for Callas and Vickers, whose duet is worth the price of the disc alone.
What recently released recordings would you recommend?
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Hometown favorite Andres "Taylor Made" Taylor (8-0-1, 4 KOs) successfully defended his WBF All Americas cruiserweight title with a convincing seventh round knockout of gritty Philadelphian Simon "One Punch" Carr (5-4-1, 3 KOs) before over 1,200 of his fans at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena on Saturday night.
The exciting seven bout card TKO Promotions appropriately titled "Fists of Thunder 2" also included the successful comeback of junior middleweight contender Anthony "The Messenger" Thompson who annihilated Luis Lopez, dropping him three times en-route to a convincing knockout at one minute and fifty three seconds of the opening round.
The main event was much anticipated in the Johnstown Pennsylvania area, since it was reported that Carr's corner had presented Taylor with a pillow at the press conference, inferring that he would put him to sleep in the ring. Taylor returned jabs at the press conference, stating that Carr's mouth would not be doing the punching, but that he would be getting punched in the mouth.
The crowd rose to their feet as Taylor made a dramatic entrance, seated on the windshield of a Humvee with the his hood over his robe over his face, causing a menacing shadow. The twelve hundred fans in attendance screamed "Taylor Made! Taylor Made!" as he entered the ring.
After a feeling out round, Carr began to land a few leaping left hooks and then holding on in an effort to frustrate the champ. Taylor would not get frustrated as he continued to steadily push the attack with hard right hands that constantly caught Carr on the face as he lunged in. A Taylor right hand in round two temporarily buckled the knees of Carr, but he recovered quickly.
Carr appeared to gain confidence a bit in round three as two left hooks caught the hometown hero as he dropped his hands to unleash right hands. Taylor continued to pound Carr with single right hands behind stiff left jabs which kept him from capitalizing on his two shots. Taylor punctuated the round with a big right hand on the chin.
Taylor stepped up the pace early in round four and appeared to have put down a tiring Carr from a series of combinations, but referee Rick Steigerwald ruled it a slip. It wouldn't matter though as just moments later, a right hand on the button from Taylor put Carr on his knees.
The constant clinches by Carr slowed as Taylor began to find spots for right uppercuts on the inside in rounds five and six. A powerful three-punch combination from Andres pushed Simon into the corner as the round closed.
The crowd went into a frenzy shouting "Taylor Made! Taylor Made!" as Andres stepped up the attack in round six, flooring Simon Carr with a left right combination. Carr rose to his feet at the count of nine, but appeared to be dead tired as the attack continued. Taylor knew the end was near as he landed a double right hand and then a right uppercut which caught Carr on the chin as he lunged to hold, sending him to the canvas for the second time. Carr appeared able to continue and was on one knee, but did not beat the ten count at 1:56 of the seventh round.
Carr who had entered the ring before the fight wearing a crown immediately put it on the head of Andres Taylor afterward and then grabbed the microphone and praised the fans of Johnstown for their hospitality and also congratulated Taylor, stating for the fans to stay behind the hometown heroe because he soon would go all the way to a world title.
Andres Taylor exemplifies what Chet Koerner's TKO Boxing Promotions has become known for in it's "Hometown heroes to world champions" series.
Look for Andres to be showcased on ESPN2 early in the summer.
Thompson annihilates Lopez
In the co-feature of the evening, Philly junior middleweight contender Anthony "The Messenger" Thompson rebounded from a questionable loss to Ishmael Arvin by dropping Luis Lopez three times in en-route to quick, minute and fifty three second knockout victory.
Thompson immediately sent Lopez to the canvas in the opening round with a right on the button. Lopez of Pasco, Washington rose to his feet, but just moments later, he went back to the canvas from a left hand on the jaw. Lopez like a warrior tried to fight back once again, but he was pushed to the ropes from some nice hooks to the body. Thompson saw an opening and unleashed a picture perfect right uppercut that landed under the chin of Lopez and, dropped him to the canvas to the ten count.
"I really have deceptive power," said Thompson. We always know I have the speed, but the power is beginning to show. I am really happy that I have signed with my new promoter of TKO Promotions.
"Talent has never been an issue. It has all been about my mindset. I lost my home to a fire and I turned down several fights. I had lost my love for boxing," said Thompson. "I don't care who you are, but at some time you have to do a soul search and I said to myself this is what I want to do. I have found my love for boxing again."
Thompson raised his record 24-3, with 18 coming by way of knockout, while Luis Lopes slipped to 14-16-1 with 6 KOs.
Blair out-duels Irizarry
Terry "The Road Warrior Blair of Louisville, Kentucky overcame eighteen months of ring rust by pounding out a solid six round unanimous decision victory over hard punch junior welterweight Adelita Irizarry.
Blair who hadn't fought since December of 2007 put constant pressure right from the opening bell that forced "Addie" Irizarry of Hartford, CT to cover and throw counters throughout the opening two rounds
By round four Blair's punches had lost their snap which allowed her opponent to come out of her shell and land several good right hands. Irizarry used a tight defense to keep the early rounds close but just didn't do enough to deter the iron willed Blair who continued to just throw an enormous amount of arm punches.
Blair appeared to gain her second wind in round five and once again put the pressure on Irizarry digging down on her punches to capture the final two rounds. All three judges had the bout in favor of Blair by scores of 59-55 x 2 and 60-54 for the unanimous decision victory.
Giuriceo outworks Anderson
Youngstown Ohio's welterweight prospect Jake Giuriceo looked far more experienced then a fighter in just his second professional bout, scoring a one sided unanimous decision victory over Knoxville, Tennessee's Aaron Anderson.
Giuriceo controlled the fight throughout, using his superior hand speed and heavy combinations that would have felled many other fighters. Anderson was resilient and returned fire when he could.
Anderson though far behind on the scorecards, entertained the audience with his unique boxing antics. In one instance, he touched his ankle with his glove and then threw a punch right from the ankle. He even backed out of a combination, acting like he was dribbling a basketball and putting it behind his back while in punching range. Jake would was not flustered by any of the antics as he continued to pound away with various combinations on his way to a one sided four round unanimous decision victory. All three judges gave Jake Giuriceo every round on the scorecards (40-36 x3)
Jake Giuriceo ups his record to 2-0, 1KO while Aaron Anderson falls to 0-6.
Lubash crushes Lopez in three
Pittsburgh Pa's undefeated welterweight prospect Jesse Lubash (11-0, 7 KOs) scored a devastating third round knockout of veteran gate keeper Chad Greenleaf (11-12-1, 5 KOs) that had many people concerned for several moments afterward.
Lubash appeared to take control of the bout with heavy bodywork in round two that slowed which slowed Greenleaf to only single shots.
Greenleaf, who had fought many of the top fighters including Pawol Wolak, "Irish" James Moore and
Jesse "The Beast" Nicklow, was trying to return fire in the third as both had heated exchanges, but Lubash's power was too much as he was again backed up by mid round from the output. Forced to trade, Greenleaf was caught with a picture perfect right hand on the jaw from Lubash which had him out cold before he hit the canvas with a resounding thud. Eventually, after several tense moments, Greenleaf was able to be lifted to a chair and then was able to walk out of the ring under his own recognizance.
"I saw him drop his hands when I went to his body, and I knew I would catch him. I just didn't think I would catch him that well, " said a confident Lubash afterward.
The time of the knockout occurred at 2:24 of the third round. It was Lubash fourth straight knockout and it appears that he has really begun to find his power as he steps up in competition.
Crawford pounds Delgado
In the opening bout of the evening, undefeated lightweight Terrance Crawford raised his record to 8-0, 5 KOs, with an eight round stoppage of Miguel Delgado, 3-12, 3 KOs. Crawford from Omaha, Nebraska showed immediately his superiority in round one as he put Delgado down with double left hands from the southpaw stance. Delgado rose to his feet and tried to fight him off, but Crawford's hand speed was just too much as he was caught with several crisp combinations as the bell sounded to end the opening round.
Delgado came in round two on the attack, but Crawford's hand speed was just too much. By mid-round, Crawford was again in complete control as he battered the body of Delgado with heavy hooks from the southpaw stance. Delgado's punch output slowed significantly.
Crawford unloaded a big right hook early in round three that had Delgado stumbling back into the corner. Sensing his opponent was hurt, Crawford unleashed five unanswered punches, forcing Delgado's corner to throw in the towel at 1:02 of round three of the scheduled four round affair.
It was just the second time that Miguel Delgado had been stopped in his fifteen bout career. Crawford at 8-0 with five knockouts, looks ready to advance to a higher level of competition and out of the four round bouts.
The matchmaker who put together the entertaining six-bout card was Chris Middendorf
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Fish oil, and its high level of omega-3 fatty acids, has been proven reduce the risk of some forms of cancer, relieve joint pain and other rheumatoid problems, and lessen the effects of depression and other mental disorders. Omega-3 fats can also help with some forms of skin problems and has been reported to ward off Alzheimer's disease. Now there are heart benefits as well.
An omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) study was conducted by Italian researchers to test the benefits of fish oil. They enlisted more than 7,000 people who had been diagnosed with heart failure, a condition in which the heart becomes enlarged and loses its ability to effectively pump blood around the body. Half of the participants were given a daily capsule of omega-3, in addition to their other daily medications, while the other half took a placebo. They were followed for an average of four years, during which 1,981 (27 percent) of the group taking omega-3 died of heart failure or were admitted to the hospital with cardiovascular problems, compared to 2,053 (29 percent) of the placebo group.
In a parallel study, the same team studied heart failure rates of 2,285 patients who were given the statin rosuvastatin, also known as Crestor, while 2,289 were given a placebo. After tracking the patients for an average of four years, the doctors found little difference in the death rate between the two groups. When they compared the results from both studies, the researchers concluded that omega-3 is slightly more effective than the drug because it performed better against a placebo. "Our study shows that the long-term administration of 1g per day of omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acid was effective in reducing both all-cause mortality and admissions to hospital for cardiovascular reasons," said Professor Luigi Tavazzi from the research centre of the of the Italian Association of Hospital Cardiologists based in Florence.
This study confirms the results of previous studies that investigated the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids, but they have largely been observational and have lacked a direct comparison to a placebo. "This study changes the certainty of the evidence we have about fish oils," said Dr. Douglas Weaver, president of the American College of Cardiology. He said that guidelines in the U.S. would likely change to recommend more heart patients take supplements or eat more fish. "This is a low-tech solution and could help all patients with cardiovascular problems," he said.
However, in an editorial accompanying the journal report, Dr. Gregg Fonarow, professor of cardiovascular medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, said the positive trial results doesn't mean that a statin should not be prescribed for someone with heart failure and high cholesterol, but "indicates that heart failure, in and of itself, should not be a reason to start a patient on a statin." He also stressed that people with heart failure should not start taking fish oil supplements on their own. "They used a specific formulation, a prescription formulation. Heart failure is a very high-risk condition. It is absolutely critical for patients, whether it is a prescription medicine or modification of diet or a supplement, that they consult their physician," he said.
Public health organizations recommend eating fish twice a week. Oily fish, such as salmon, mackerel, halibut, herring, sardines, albacore tuna and anchovies are an excellent source of omega-3 fatty acids. However, fish is not the only source. You should also consider other seafood, such as Pacific oysters, shrimp, mollusks and Alaskan king crab. Walnuts and flaxseed can also add substantial amounts of omega-3 to your diet, as can vegetables such as spinach, broccoli, and cauliflower. But the most certain prescription is to take a fish oil supplement, since it has specified doses of EPA and DHA, and can also alleviate concerns about fish being contaminated with mercury or PCBs.


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Nola Faye Perez died Dec. 3, 2012, at the age of 75.
Mrs. Perez was a resident of Oakhurst for nine years.
She was born July 7, 1937 in St. Joseph, Mo.
Mrs. Perez worked in accounting for 10 years.
She enjoyed rescuing cats, quilting, sewing, knitting and reading.
Mrs. Perez was preceded in death by husband Pat Perez; brother Wayne Clark; mother Alice Docker; father Lyle Clark; and grandson Jason Freche.
She is survived by daughters Valencia Black of West Sacramento, Monica Moore of San Luis Obispo and Marina Gallagher of Santa Barbara; son Pat Perez of Elk Grove; sister Lireva Lenz of Colorado; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
No memorial service will be held.
Remembrances may be made to the Humane Society.


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Songs in Stone - a film by John Houston
In this film, John Houston, who was born on Baffin Island, "tells his story: a gripping one of family, community, art and culture set against the sweeping vistas of the Canadian Arctic. It's the story of a family's love affair with the powerful landscape of the Canadian north, the close communities that dwell there and the rich culture that is born of their meeting....Houston uses childhood memories as a prism through which to see the history of the times and the fascinating and complex development of Inuit Art over the last half century." (Songs in Stone)
This film will be shown on September 30 at noon in the Ostermayer Room of the Student Community Center and is open to the entire campus community! Parts 2 and 3 will be shown later this year.
Photo credit: Above the Swirl by Mike Beauregard (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31856336@N03/7847615262/).


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Retained earnings
Retained earnings are the portion of corporate profits that are kept, or "retained" by the business after dividends (if any) are paid to shareholders. Mathematically calculated, retained earnings would be net income minus dividends.
Expanded Definition
There are two sources of capital for a company: debt and equity. Debt is borrowed from a bank or other investors, while equity is what the company itself and its shareholders can provide.
Equity is composed of two major portions: Stock and excess capital on the one hand (where shareholders have purchased shares from the company) and retained earnings on the other.
Retained earnings is the portion of net income that the company has not paid out to its shareholders in the form of dividends and is, instead, keeping it inside the company to reinvest into the growth of the business. When the company is losing money, then retained earnings will shrink and go negative. When the company is making money, then it will grow and be positive.
When the company repurchases shares and does not use debt to do so, it is retained earnings that are tapped. Thus the claim that buying back shares is a return of money to shareholders. However, of course, only if this is done at a discount to the intrinsic value is this a worthwhile use of funds. When stock options are rampant and the company is repurchasing shares to keep dilution under control, then it is, instead, a transfer of earnings to the option holders instead of to outside shareholders.
The retention ratio is the percentage of net income that is retained.
Also known as accumulated earnings.
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Robugtix has been hard at work fulfilling orders for its T8 tarantula robot that debuted earlier this year, as well as showing off its lifelike motion engine in a new video. Now the company has also announced a much cheaper version of the robot called the T8X which can be pre-ordered for a fraction of the cost of the original.Read More
Legged robot kits aren't anything new, but unlike its competition, the T8 octopod comes with a disturbingly realistic 3D-printed exoskeleton that is sure to make an unforgettable first impression. Robugtix (a robotics company based in Hong Kong) is living up to its name with the lifelike robot tarantula, and it can be yours later this year for an introductory price of US$1,350.Read More
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Teenage Cancer Trust patron and The Who frontman, Roger Daltry announced the first of acts in a series of concerts and an evening of comedy at London's Royal Albert Hall, featuring The Cure, Suede, Ed Sheeran, Paolo Nutini, OneRepublic, Jason Manford, John Bishop, Micky Flanagan, Rob Beckett, and Hal Cruttenden.
The14th annual fundraising event will take place from March 24 to 30 and welcome the return of The Cure following their 2011 show. This year marks The Cure's 35th Anniversary of debut album "Three Imaginary Boys," with that the band will perform a special full three hour show.
Every year artists from the rock, pop and comedy world come together to help raise money in cancer care for young people. Past figures included Paul McCartney, Noel Gallagher, Coldplay, Florence and the Machine, Arctic Monkeys, Russell Brand, and Ricky Gervais.
The charity also provides music education and art workshops during the week for teenagers who otherwise might not have the opportunity to work with some of their favorite artists.
Daltry expressed, "Every year Teenage Cancer Trust at the Royal Albert Hall raises essential funds to support the charity's work. I am incredibly proud of what we have already achieved and am inspired about what we will accomplish together."
If you can't swing a trip to London you can get involved with the fundraiser and help a young person through the power of music and who knows maybe it will motivate you to plan for a 2015 trip. For more information on the charity and this year's concert which goes on sale Friday Jan. 31, go here.


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This book documents the last days of the finest bar in San Diego that you never heard of. Keith Allen Phillips(that's me:) sacrificed his liver and lungs to show you a glimpse inside The Happy Hour Sports Bar.
My name is Keith Allen Phillips. I lost the job I've had for 12 years just in time for Christmas. That means I finally have the time to create some books of my work for nice people like you to buy. Not only do you get a nice photo book to show off to your friends, but you get the added bonus of helping me keep food on the table with the profit I make here:) Thanks to everyone who has helped out!
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Electrochemical studies of η5-cyclopentadienyliron hexafluorophosphates of η6-substituted arenes and η6-heterocycles
Polarographic half-wave potentials for two reduction steps of 49 cyclopentadienyliron complexes of substituted arenes or heterocycles in dimethylformamide were determined. A fast cyclic voltammetry (10–40 V/s) was used to study the electron transfer kinetics of some of these complexes. After corre...
Solvent and temperature effects on the electrochemical reduction of some η5-cyclopentadienyliron hexafluorophosphates of η6-polycyclic and η6-heterocyclic complexes
Electrochemical reduction studies of a series of η6-polycyclic and η6-heterocyclie arene-η5-cyclopentadienyliron cations were carried out in different solvents and at different temperatures. The complexes were reduced in two one-electron steps. Stability of the first reduction product was much hi...
The article provides an overview of the synthesis, properties, and applications of metal-containing polymers. The past decade has shown an exponential increase in synthetic methods, resulting in metal-containing polymers, their characterization techniques, and their potential application into a vari...
Metal-containing conducting polymers are a new and interesting class of materials that combine some of the redox properties of conducting polymers and some of those of the metal ions. In metal-containing conjugated polymers, there are several possible arrangements of metal group relative to the back...
Electrochemical studies of η5-cyclopentadienyliron hexafluorophosphates of η6-substituted arenes and η6-heterocycles
Polarographic half-wave potentials for two reduction steps of 49 cyclopentadienyliron complexes of substituted arenes or heterocycles in dimethylformamide were determined. A fast cyclic voltammetry (10–40 V/s) was used to study the electron transfer kinetics of some of these complexes. After corre...
Time-dependent oxidation of η6-alkylaniline-η5-cyclopentadienyliron hexafluorophosphates, 17–32, allows for the preparation of nitrobenzene complexes with alkyl 33–48 or keto 49 substituents. Alkylnitroarene complexes are prepared by the oxidation of their corresponding aniline complexes with ...
A unique route to the synthesis of 2-alkyl-2-arylphenylsulphonylacetonitriles via the nucleophilic aromatic substitution (SNAr) of chloroarene cyclopentadienyliron complexes with 2-alkyl phenylsulphonylacetonitriles has been investigated. Reactions of chloroarene complexes (1a–d) with 2-alkyl phen...
Studies on nucleophilic substitution reactions with η6-o-dichlorobenzene-η5-cyclopentadienyliron hexafluorophosphate
Reaction of η6-o-dichlorobenzene-η5-cyclopentadienyliron hexafluorophosphate (IPF6) with an excess of phenol or p-thiocresol in the presence of K2CO3 could give disubstitution of both chloro groups of I, while a similar reaction with one equivalent of the nucleophile, and under conditions of high ...
Synthesis and structural characterization of dimethyltin(IV) complexes based on functionalized pyridyl ligands
The reaction of dimethyltin dichloride with 1,5-bis(2′-pyridyl)pentane-1,3,5-trione (Htrione) resulted in the formation of the dinuclear complex {[Me2ClSn(μ-trione)SnMe2Cl2]·Htrione} (1) in the solid state. The solid state X-ray determination of the complex {[Me2ClSn(μ-trione)SnMe2Cl2]·Htrione...
Organoiron polymers with azo dyes pendant to the backbone incurred loss of color upon irradiation with UV light (λ = 300 nm) in acetonitrile solution. The loss of color is attributed to the interaction of the cleaved iron moiety with the azo chromophore. Similarly, addition of small amounts (⩽1 m...
Cyclic aryl ethers, thioethers or amines, and methods for synthesis are
disclosed. These cyclic aryl compounds are synthesized by combining a first
dinucleophile with a substituted benzene metallized electron-withdrawing
having halo or nitro substituent groups, to form a li...
Electrochemical studies of η5-cyclopentadienyliron hexafluorophosphates of η6-substituted arenes and η6-heterocycles.
Polarog. half-wave potentials for 2 redn. steps of 49 cyclopentadienyliron complexes of substituted arenes or heterocycles in DMF were detd. A fast cyclic voltammetry (10-40 V/s) was used to study the electron transfer kinetics of some of these complexes. After correction for the double layer effect...
Over the past few decades, there has been tremendous interest in the chemistry of arenes coordinated to transition metal moieties due to their applications in the fields of organic and polymer synthesis. The electrophilicity of coordinated arenes allows for reactions with a number of carbon-, oxygen...
Studies on nucleophilic substitution reactions with cyclopentadienyliron complexes of some chloroarenes and nitroarenes and syntheses of substituted arenes by demetalation of the substitution products.
Nucleophilic substitution reactions with the cyclopentadienyliron (CpFe) complex of m- or p-dichlorobenzene with carbanion nucleophiles derived from ethyl acetoacetate (EAA), dibenzoylmethane (DBM) or diacetylmethane (DAM) were found to give only monosubstitution as previously observed for the CpFe ...
The electrochem. behavior of cyclcopentadienyliron contg. complexes and polymers has given rise to useful materials, such as electrochem. probes for biol. systems, electrocatalysts, and electrochem. switches.The development of new systems contg. cyclopentadienyliron complexes can only improve and in...
Novel polynorbornenes containing cationic cyclopentadienyliron moieties pendent to the polymer side chains were prepared via polymerization of metallated norbornene monomers using Grubbs' catalyst. Thermogravimetric analysis of the organometallic polymers showed two weight loss steps: the first at 2...
Sol. organoiron polyethers, thioethers, and amines were synthesized via nucleophilic arom. substitution reactions. The synthesis of these classes of organometallic polymers involved either the reaction of cyclopentadienyliron complexes of dichloroarenes with various oxygen and sulfur dinucleophiles ...


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Black Sunday is the 1977 thriller. Michael Lander is a bitter former Navy member who loses everything in a court martial. He decides to get even and uses the Palestinian terrorist group Black September as a tool. However, his partner Dahlia wants to do it to get Americans to understand the plight of the Palestinians. They build a bomb that's hidden in a Goodyear blimp and plant to striker during the Steelers-Cowboys game. Mossad and the FBI work together to stop the group. The duo are able to sneak past security and launch the flying bomb. Can they be stopped in time?
This isn't too bad of a movie, although the viewer gets the feeling that Michael doesn't care about politics and is just using Black September to get back at the people he feels "wronged" him. Most of the good guys are okay, but the Mossad agents are willing to use tactics that almost feels similar to the ones the terrorists would use. Luckily, even though the terrorists are Arabs, they don't imply that all of them are like this. The climax is spectacular as they use a slow moving chase to great effect. Honolulu thriller fans may want to watch this film.
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Sept. 21, 2009
UCLA's Pac-10 Conference opener at Stanford on October 3 will be televised by ABC on a regional basis. Kickoff is scheduled for 12:30 pm.
It will be UCLA's first appearance of the year on ABC. The Bruins have already played on Fox Sports Net, ESPN and Fox Sports West.


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Hot Wheels Turbo Racing [September, 1999]
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Andretti Racing [November 17, 1997]
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Eragon [November 14, 2006]
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Apple's Final Cut Pro FAQ Explains Why You've Been Tearing Your Hair Out
Really upset about Final Cut Pro X and wondering what in Jobs' name Apple was thinking? Here's the FAQ that explains it all—or tries to, anyway.
Really upset about Final Cut Pro X and wondering what in Jobs' name Apple was thinking? Here's the FAQ that explains it all—or tries to, anyway.
Final Cut Pro X, a re-imagination of how video editing should be or a botched release beyond any usable recognition, has certainly incensed its share of professional video editors. According to EOSHD, Apple may be refunding copies to placate them.
If you've been waiting for Final Cut Pro X, complete with its fancy new overhaul, you can go and buy it now in Mac App Store. $300. [Apple via 9to5mac]
Matt Toder has been editing video professionally for eight years, and currently works at Gawker.TV. These are his thoughts on Apple's latest Final Cut Pro release.
The next Final Cut Pro, X, is coming out this June for $300. The video editor will be written as a full 64-bit application with support for Grand Central Dispatch (Apple's technology that allows a piece of software to dynamically utilize many processor cores, utilizing a modern CPU more effectively and rendering video…
Totally not the most pro feature in the new Final Cut Studio, but our favorite is that you can share Final Cut video, timelines and more through iChat Theater, even if the other person doesn't have Final Cut.
AppleInsider reports that there will be something "super secret" unveiled at a January 16 Final Cut Pro group, held a day after Steve Jobs' January 15 Macworld keynote. What it is is unknown (obviously, because it's a secret), but will probably not be the next version of Final Cut Studio. It could be an updated Mac…
Apple just announced its new Final Cut Express 4, a "significant upgrade" at a price of $199, that's $100 shaved off of the Final Cut Express 3.5 "HD" edition. I think it's proof that David Pogue was right about iMovie '08.[]