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For much of my life, I was the fat girl in the room, and during those years I tried every diet known to womankind. I even invented my own diets. My favorite was the Snickers Diet: I would eat two bars a day with as much coffee and diet soda as I could guzzle down. I lost 10 pounds in two weeks and had a face full of pimples.
I've done it all: attended the group meetings, eaten the prepackaged food, gone on weeklong diet retreats, taken up juicing, hired exercise trainers and weight-loss coaches, swallowed antihunger pills, written copious food diaries and journaled about my feelings.
Just listing all this is exhausting.
But what finally did the diet trick was when my accountant called on December 31, 2010, and asked if I was making any New Year's resolutions. I expected her to launch into a speech about getting my tax documents better organized, but instead I got a different pep talk. She'd just lost 40 pounds on what she called a cockamamie diet, and since she assumed I'd be making my annual resolution to lose weight, she wanted to steer me toward her successful path. "You trust me with your money—trust me on this," she said.
A week later, I received the Accu Weight-Loss starter kit I'd ordered. Tiny ball bearings were enclosed with instructions that showed where they should be taped behind my ears. Rubbing these little beads on acupressure points would diminish my hunger, the diet promised. I was worried about the low-calorie aspect of the regimen, but within three days, I was shockingly hunger free. And within five months, I went from 172 pounds to 122.
People ask me all the time, what made this diet different? Why, when I failed on every other program, was I able to stick with this one? At first, I credited the diet itself. After all, once you take hunger and cravings out of the equation, the only weight-loss demon you're really fighting is temptation.
But what I realized is that I had changed what was in my head. My accountant told me an apocryphal story that I'd heard before, but not in the context of dieting. Michelangelo supposedly once said his famous sculpture of David was always there in the marble; he'd just had to chip away the excess. In other words, I was already a thin and healthy person, just waiting to be revealed.
For some reason, that clicked, and from then on I lived as if I were a thin person, even though I was still 50 pounds overweight. I told all the people I knew, and they joined in. For example, at the office, and with permission, an intern put up pictures around my desk of Jersey Shore's JWoww wearing a bikini—and my face; she also posted signs that said no retreat, no surrender, in homage to my personal hero, Bruce Springsteen.
And that's how I plowed through the diet. In my head, I was walking around as Stella Stunning, as my 78-year-old mom referred to me. Call it a conscious hallucination, but it worked. That shift in my brain completely freed me from the fat anguish that had consumed my entire life. And Stella Stunning refused to give in to temptation. I didn't stop myself from socializing either; I just said "No thanks" when offered food that wasn't part of my diet. For the first time in my life, losing weight was effortless.
Maintenance, however, was not.
After I reached my goal weight, I had the chance to meet Valerie Bertinelli at a press event for her TV show Hot in Cleveland. Since she had dropped about the same number of pounds I'd lost, I shared my fat-shedding success with her. But instead of enjoying a skinny-girl bonding moment, the actress suddenly got deadly serious.
"Listen to me," she said, stepping up almost nose to nose. "The toughest part is keeping it off. Do what you have to do to stay at your goal weight but know that it's hard."
She was right. The first time I found myself a few pounds up, I freaked out and became hyperaware of the thoughts in my head telling me I was a big fat failure. My Stella Stunning self-image was turning back into that fat girl, and I had to put a stop to it.
So, being a journalist, I went on a fact-finding expedition and interviewed my civilian friends—those without a weight issue. It shocked me to learn that they, too, sometimes go up a few pounds.
Turns out, it's normal! I'm normal! This was another first. I was able to let go of the ongoing tape in my head that was so quick to label me a failure.
Next question to my respondents was, how do you maintain?
Over and over I got a variation on this answer: "When my pants feel tight, I cut back until they fit properly again."
No drama, no fuss. It's that easy.
So now, almost three years after I started the diet, I've found a happy gray area. No longer is my life about dieting or cheating on a diet. It's about eating. I have vegetarian days, and animal protein days, and sometimes, like yesterday, I have ribs-biscuits-butter-and-ice-cream days. And that just might be breakfast.
All I know is that it works. My body is thin, which is fabulous, but equally fabulous is that I really see myself that way. Because of my new image of myself, I have peace and quiet in my brain, which is the most fabulous of all. To quote my accountant, trust me on this.
SUSAN AVERY is a freelance writer based in New York City.
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OverviewExample of Gold Bonding Wire in an Integrated CircuitHow Gold Bonding Wire is UsedInsulated Bonding WireX-Wire from Microbonds
Gold bonding wire is the single most important use of gold in terms of tonnage of gold used per year.
Wire bonding is the method used to attach very fine gold wire (typically thinner than a human hair at 10-200microns) from one connection pad to another, completing the electrical connection in an electronic device. The process was developed as long ago as 1957 in the Bell Labs in the US. Nowadays literally billions of wires are bonded every year in the world and most are used in the integrated circuits (ICs) we take for granted in all manner of electronic goods.
Gold has many advantages as the material of choice for bonding wire including good corrosion resistance, high electrical conductivity and the ability to be bonded into position in an ambient environment. It remains the most popular material for bonding wire and is specially refined to high purity (999.99% gold). For suppliers of gold bonding wire please see the UtiliseGold Directory.
There are basically two forms of wire bonds; wedge bonds and ball bonds. Gold wire can be bonded in the shape of a wedge or a ball making it extremely versatile. The basic process for making a gold wire bond is shown below:
A spark or small flame is used to locally melt the end of the gold wire so as to form a spherical ball that is approximately twice the diameter of the wire.
The ball is thermosonically welded to a metallised pad on the semiconductor
A loop of wire is formed as the bonding capillary moves across to the contact pad of the device package or circuit board
The wire is thermosonically welded to the metallised pad of the package
The sharp edge on the tool is used to cut the wire, leaving a length protruding to form the next ball
The continuing drive for smaller components, increasing system functionality and cost reduction are all competing demands in the electronics industry. To help chip designers and manufacturers address these competing demands, insulated wire bonding technology may be used in the future. This consists of insulation applied to bare gold bonding wires, so avoiding short circuits and allowing for previously impossible chip designs to be realised. See www.microbonds.com more information.
This new advanced form of gold bonding wire offers the opportunity for improvements in microchip design and packaging.
The drive for smaller components, increasing system functionality and cost reduction are all competing demands in the electronics industry. To help chip designers and manufacturers address these competing demands, an insulated wire bonding technology known as X-Wire™ has been developed by a Canadian company, Microbonds Inc in cooperation with several leading gold bonding wire companies around the world.
Microbonds' X-Wire™ Technology consists of a proprietary insulation applied to bare bonding wires. The technology overcomes the inherent limitations of bare wire bonding interconnections which have to be designed to ensure that the bare wires do not touch, so avoiding short circuits. In contrast when using insulated wire, chip designers can reduce the criticality of wire clearance, allowing for previously impossible chip designs to be realised. Insulated bonding wires have been added to the electronic industry's technology roadmap (2006 ITRS Roadmap.)
X-Wire™ has been successfully tested by industry participants for bond integrity, intermetallic formation, wire bonding yield and reliability. Tanaka Denshi Kogyo K.K., the leading global supplier of gold bonding wire have just certified the technology readiness of Tanaka to manufacture X-Wire™ from its Saga, Japan production facilities.
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Anodyne is an action adventure indie game created by Sean Hogan and Jonathan Kittaka of Analgesic Productions. Winner of an honourable mention at the Independent Games Festival for student competition the game pays homage to the top down 16-bit games of the past with a strange and unnerving tale through a dream world.
The game starts with the main character, Young, being greeted by a sage and told that he is the chosen one who must save the world, known simply as the Land, from the darkness. While this all seems typical and childish the game opens into something much more unsettling pretty quickly. The plot is full of themes surrounding growing up and has metaphors at every turn. From the first dungeon and beyond the world is accompanied by a disturbing and haunting soundtrack which add a sombre emotion to the often colour visuals of the world. I will speak personally for a moment by saying that the game had hit a few nails for me. It certainly made me stop and think for a moment about my own adolescence, and more than once did I feel a bit of genuine sadness over something it seemed the game was trying to tell me.
Anodyne's play-style is familiar to that of the old top down Zelda games. You move Young through a series of screens which contain puzzles and enemies to fight. As you explore the Land you will inevitably encounter various themed dungeons to battle your way through. Each one has its own boss at the end. The different areas range from peaceful forests to city apartments and strange cyber worlds. The visuals take an classic 16-bit style, which managed to invoke feelings of awe and mystery at times.
Collecting cards is a significant part of the game. These can be found all the world and inside dungeons containing pictures of characters and enemies with an accompanying message you can read in the menu. Obtaining these cards usually requires you to navigate a bit of a maze or solve a puzzle that is slightly off the beaten track.
Certain gates will block your progress unless you have acquired enough cards. Fortunately you have access to a hub world which makes backtracking between different locations much easier. The hub also has a helpful indicator above each teleporter to tell you whether you have found all the cards in a said area in the form a gem that lights up upon completion.
Despite this however, the task of collecting cards often feels like it was added to artificially lengthen the game. At first, the required number of cards needed to pass some gates seems reasonable, but eventually you will run into a gate which demands a much higher toll than the previous ones, and then you will begin your search across the Land. In typical fashion for this style of game, talking to NPCs – which there are not too many of – may provide you with extra direction whenever you are stuck. The fact that you can always find the old sage at the hub area means someone you might be able to point you in the right direction is easily accessible.
Young's main weapon is the broom, which has two functions. Firstly it acts as his sword, slaying most enemies with a couple of attacks. The game also features a dust sweeping mechanic which is used to solve puzzles and shield yourself against certain enemy attacks. The dust has an impressive amount of variety in the different ways it is used to work through the puzzles. These include sailing, activating moving platforms. The broom can be upgraded, but otherwise it is pretty basic in its usage.
Enemies come in a decent variety starting out with few blobs and bats and working up to enemies with some nasty tricks up their sleeves. A lot of enemies however are just cannon fodder, though they sometimes feature in puzzles there you are required to manipulate their movements or keep them alive. You may also run into areas where the enemy placement seems rather unfair and taking a bit of damage in unavoidable. The somewhat slippery controls can also result in you accidentally walking into an enemy while attacking it as well. Health drops however, are plentiful and taking the odd bit of damage is easy to recover from.
The platforming however can be very frustrating and difficult. These usually involve jumping over small chasms or over objects. The movement has a rather slippery feel and at the start it is rather easy to overshoot a jump and fall down another pit. The somewhat odd choice for default controls does not help you to master these puzzles either, though fortunately the keys can be remapped in the in-game config menu. The challenge is ramped up when more when the game puts enemies between the jumps to try and knock you off and then again when you encounter jump boosters and crumbling floors. As the jump puzzles become more complex and punishing they become even more frustrating.
On the more forgiving side of things, the game is full of checkpoints, with a good handful to be found in every location. These allow you save your progress and recover all your health. Making liberal use of these checkpoints should mean that even if you die you should never take you too long to get back in there.
Anodyne is a game that is full of feelings and may have you thinking for a while after you put it down. The gameplay is simple and sometimes seems unrefined and frustrating. Given its retro graphics and sound the atmosphere is rather impressive. Those wishing the revisit the adventure games of yesteryear might be interested in taking a look at this title. For a small price the game offers up a good amount of content, a shortish action adventure game with plenty of bosses and puzzles to work through.
Anodyne can be purchased from Steam and GoG.com at the price of around $9.99. You can also visit the developer's website at http://www.anodynegame.com/. For $12.00 a Soundtrack Edition is available from the website which includes over seventy minutes of soundtrack music.


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NBC announced today in a press release that "America's Got Talent" will begin their twice a week live episodes July 29 from Radio City Music Hall, one of the nation's most historic venues. The ninth season taped episodes premiere May 27.
"America's Got Talent" was the top show of the summer last year, but NBC's President of Alternative and Late Night Programming, Paul Telegdy, hopes the show finds even greater success this summer.
"We are delighted to return to the legendary stage of Radio City Music Hall," he said in the release. "With the best performers we've ever had, and the expert guidance of judges Howie Mandel, Mel B, Heidi Klum and Howard Stern, the show will reach new heights of talent and excitement this season."
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was happy to see the series come back to New York and Radio City Music Hall, home of the legendary Rockettes.
"I am happy to welcome 'America's Got Talent,' one of the country's most popular interactive variety TV shows, back to New York for another season," said Cuomo. "I especially look forward to building on the success of last year when 'AGT' relocated to the Empire State and attracted over 86,000 visitors from around the world, as well as created hundreds of jobs and generated millions of dollars for local hotels, neighborhood restaurants and other community vendors. This exciting news is the latest example of how the film and television industry is thriving in our state and how New Yorkers are benefiting from its business, culminating in hundreds of projects and injecting billions of dollars into New York's economy."
The final round of auditions will also be held in New York for the first time, known as "AGT" Boot Camp. That will also be in front of a live audience May 14-17.
You still have a chance to audition in Los Angeles (April 21-26) at the Dolby Theatre. For taping times and ticket information, visit the NBC tickets website.
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She is a three-year letter winner for the Warriors and pitched for head coach Season James.
Cain also played her travel softball for the KC Titans, where she shined for head coach Kevin Maher.
"Bailey is a solid pitcher that will add another level to our pitching staff," said Windle. "Everyone I have talked to about her says that she is an amazing person and a great player. Just another great find for the Baker softball team."
The Wildcats will begin the 2013 season on Feb. 9 in a home doubleheader against Ottawa University.


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Wall Street climbed overnight bolstered by better-than-expected corporate earnings including from Facebook and upbeat US economic data.
American GDP expanded at a 3.2 per cent annual pace in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to Commerce Department data, following a 4.1 per cent gain in the third quarter. Consumer spending climbed 3.3 per cent.
"The economy was firing on almost all cylinders as 2013 came to a close. For today, the sun is out and shining," Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ in New York, told Reuters.
Some believe the US Federal Reserve might have to consider accelerating the tapering of its bond-buying program because of the economy's strength. Yesterday the Fed announced it would downgrade its monthly bond purchases by US$10 billion to US$65 billion, as was widely expected.
Still, not all US economic data were rock solid.
Separately, jobless claims rose more than expected, rising 19,000 to 348,000 in the period ended January 25.
The National Association of Realtors' gauge of pending home sales sank 8.7 per cent in December, following a revised 0.3 per cent slide in November that was initially reported as a gain.
"Unusually disruptive weather across large stretches of the country in December forced people indoors and prevented some buyers from looking at homes or making offers," Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said in a statement.
"Home prices rising faster than income is also giving pause to some potential buyers, while at the same time a lack of inventory means insufficient choice. Although it could take several months for us to get a clearer read on market momentum, job growth and pent-up demand are positive factors," Yun said.
In afternoon trading in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 1.03 per cent, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index added 1.24 per cent, while the Nasdaq Composite Index rallied 1.98 per cent.
Advances in shares of Walt Disney, last up 3.1 per cent, those of Nike, last up 3 per cent, led the gain in the Dow.
Shares of Facebook soared, last up 15.7 per cent, after the company posted stronger-than-expected revenue in the latest quarter as mobile advertising accounted for more than half of its advertising revenue.
"Mobile is so key for them," Laurence Balter, an analyst at Oracle Investment Research who has a hold rating on the stock, told Bloomberg News. "It's going to be a big battle between Facebook and Twitter, and it's Facebook's game to lose."
Shares of Visa rose, last up 2.6 per cent, as the company reported quarterly profit that surpassed expectations.
Shares of Google gained, last up 2.9 per cent, after Lenovo Group agreed to buy its Motorola Mobility phone unit for US$2.91 billion.
In Europe, the Stoxx 600 Index ended the session with a 0.3 per cent increase from the previous close. Germany's DAX gained 0.4 per cent and France's CAC 40 rose 0.6 per cent. The UK's FTSE 100 fell 0.1 per cent.


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- Determining how past or potential pitfalls experienced by the non-profit partner may harm your company brand
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- Crafting a philanthropic strategy that supports your overall brand marketing and communications
Done right, corporate philanthropy will reinforce your brand significantly, but it needs to be grounded in your business strategy. With connections to hundreds of the world's most powerful causes and non-profit organizations and a track record of making logical, relevant philantropic connections with corporate America, Gavin/Solmonese will help your company build a philanthropy strategy that gives unlimited power to your overall brand.


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In one of the most highly regarded works of intellectual history of the past decade, Jaroslav Pelikan reveals how the image of Jesus created by each successive epoch--from rabbi in the first century to liberator in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries--is a key to understanding the temper and values of that age.
Jaroslav Jan Pelikan was Sterling Professor of History at Yale University. He was an accomplished Christian historian and a prolific author who published both scholarly works, such as The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine and The Riddle of Roman Catholicism, and books for lay readers, including The Illustrated Jesus Through the Centuries and Mary Through the Centuries: Her Place in the History of Culture.


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Chicago—November 19, 2009—If you missed the boat on the Cash for Clunkers program, Cars.com reminds consumers that they can still deduct local sales tax on new-car purchases made before the end of the year.
The deduction is limited to the state and local sales and excise taxes paid on a new-car purchase of $49,500 or less and is phased out for taxpayers whose modified adjusted gross income is between $125,000 and $135,000 for individual filers and between $250,000 and $260,000 for joint filers.
"The tax deduction was launched prior to the Cash for Clunkers deal; However, for many consumers, the news of the tax incentive was lost among the Cash for Clunkers hysteria," said Cars.com Editor in Chief Patrick Olsen. "With just 6 weeks on the tax incentive program, we want to remind consumers who were not aware of the credit that now may be a good time to buy, especially when you combine the credits with all of the year-end sales offers from manufacturers"
Olsen notes that shoppers in the market for hybrid vehicles can also take advantage of special incentives from the government if they act fast. In addition to the sales tax deduction, time is running out for consumers to take advantage of remaining tax credits offered on certain hybrid-car purchases. Once a manufacturer sells 60,000 hybrid-vehicles, government tax credits begin to phase out and the credit begins to decrease. Once the 60,000 sales threshold is met, the credit drops by 50 percent of its full amount for 6 months, then 25 percent for 6 months and then it is gone completely. Credits for Toyota and Honda are already gone, but some incentives still remain on certain Ford, GM and Nissan hybrids.
Ford sold its 60,000th hybrid vehicle in the 4th quarter of 2008, so the credits have started to phase out. Buyers have until March 31, 2010 to receive any credit for the purchase of a Ford hybrid.
"If you combine the sales deductions and tax credits for the remaining hybrid cars that qualify, there are some great government incentives that can help get you into a new car this year," added Olsen.
For more information about the tax incentives, visit Cars.com's blog -- KickingTires.
Cars.com is the leading destination for online car shoppers, offering credible, easy-to-understand information from consumers and experts to help buyers formulate opinions on what to buy, where to buy and how much to pay for a car. With comprehensive pricing information, side-by-side comparison tools, photo galleries, videos, unbiased editorial content and a large selection of new- and used-car inventory, Cars.com puts millions of car buyers in control of their shopping process with the information they need to make confident buying decisions.
Launched in June 1998, Cars.com is a division of Classified Ventures, LLC, which is owned by leading media companies, including Belo (NYSE: BLC), Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI), The McClatchy Company (NYSE: MNI), Tribune Company and The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO).
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A company that makes great food and donates to non-profit organizations. Sounds like a win-win to me.
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If you're living on planet earth, which I'm hoping you are, you know all about Paula Deen. She's a fun, vivacious woman that loves her butter and can cook her way into your heart. I've followed Paula's recipe for years and I love her down home cooking styles and recipes. We don't do fancy, smancy cooking in my family, so Paula's recipes and products fit us perfectly! Enter below for your chance to win this huge Paula Deen prize package! [Read more...]
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Flirty Aprons is an awesome place to get aprons. The aprons they sells are really cute and sassy. They will bring a little more excitement to cooking. Aprons are not the only product Flirty Aprons have, they now also sell bibs. Yes you heard me, bibs. The same cute and chic design for aprons can also be found on bibs. Now your child can also look good while eating and be kept clean.
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With Christmas just around the corner Real Mom Reviews, myself and a bunch of other bloggers have teamed up to bring you one of this years hottest gifts! The Step2 LifeStyle Legacy Kitchen is a fun-size kitchen that is perfect for any space with loads of value packed into a fun, multi-level kitchen great for any age boy of girl!
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A timelapse video of the Northern Lights. All sequences are shot in or close to Tromsø in Northern Norway.
Ole C. Salomonsen spent over 6 months collecting footage for this timelapse, and shot approx 50.000 stills to choose from. A goal has been to try to preserve the real-time speed of the northern lights, or come as close as possible, for with the northern lights, they should be presented in it's true speed to reflect her beauty. Included here is a coronal outbreak, in which he is particularly happy to present, since it is very difficult to get on stills, even worse on "film". facebook.com/arcticlightphoto
Soundtrack made for the video by local musical talent in Tromsø; Per Wollen. The audio track "Aurora in the sky" can be found on iTunes.
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Bill Connors: Out by Twelve
Out by Twelve
Bill Connors (electric guitar)
Double-Up (Pathfinder Records PTF 8620-CD)
Bill Connors (electric guitar),
Tom Kennedy (bass), Kin Plainfield (drums).
Composed by Bill Connors.
Recorded: New York; released 1986
Rating: 85/100 (learn more)
The final cut on Bill Connors's Double-Up is the blatant "Out by Twelve." It is a rollicking fusion number dominated by a heavy dose of bass thunder from Tom Kennedy. There is not much of a melody heard. This piece was written to serve as first-class shredding material. Subtlety is entirely absent as Connors rips through one screeching run after another. There is a rough edge to his guitar sound. This is in contradiction to the rest of the album, on which his sound is well oiled. Drummer Plainfield is given a power turn to show his mighty chops. This was one killing power jazz-rock trio. I rate "Out by Twelve" a 0 for nuance, 50 for melody and 205 for over-the-top burning. Divide the total by 3 and we conveniently come up with 85. It is good for the musical soul to revel in some bombastic excess from time to time.
Reviewer: Walter Kolosky
Tags: 1980s jazz · fusion · guitar
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PR # 70 October 28, 2008
The public is invited to attend a series of free Biotechnology Seminars sponsored by Raritan Valley Community College?s Science and Engineering Department. All seminars will be held Wednesdays, at 6 p.m., in the Science Building (Room 101), at the College?s North Branch Campus.
To register for any of the seminars, e-mail Wilma Bassista, email@example.com . For additional information, contact Derek Weber, firstname.lastname@example.com .
The following seminars will be held:
Wednesday, November 5
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College Hockey:Wentworth returns offensive firepower
The Leopards lost the schools all-time winningest goalie, Justin Marriot, to graduation. Also gone is Jeff Olitch (21-21), but Wentworth returns a cache of talent led by Skylur Jameson (18-25), the ECAC Northeast Player of the Year.
Shaun Jameson returns on the blue line after a freshman season that saw him earn First Team All-ECAC Northeast honors, along with a spot on the All-Rookie team. Sophomore Michael Jarboe played well in a complementary role last year, posting a 2.32 goals-against-average and a .917 save percentage in 10 games.
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For centuries, red wine has been associated with romantic evenings. However, not all reds are Cupid-worthy. So just what makes a red wine romantic? Typically, Old World wineries (France, Italy and Spain) are attributed with crafting sexy wines through the use of age-old techniques that add richness and overall "romantic appeal." Take, for example, the passito method in Italy, in which grapes are partially dried on straw mats for four months to concentrate the sugars and flavors. If the winemaker stops the fermentation of the dried grapes early, the wine will have a bit of residual sugar and is labeled a Recioto. If fermentation continues, the wine will be dry and labeled an Amarone. Either way, wines made in the passito method will develop luscious ripeness with lots of lip-smacking cherry and plum flavors.
A similar process, called Ripasso, is sometimes used to add body and richness to the Italian red wine Valpolicella. In this case, the wine is added to a vat that contains lees from a lot of Amarone. The Valpolicella is essentially allowed to "re-pass" through the leftover skins of the Amarone, giving the wine added color, tannins and passion.
Whether from Portugal's medieval city of Porto, Spain's prestigious town of Rioja or France's Rhône Valley, sometimes it's simply the romance of the region that makes the wine a seductive sipper. Rioja reds made from the native Tempranillo grape are concentrated and fruity with a cherry-spiced character that pairs famously with winter comfort foods. Rhône Valley reds aged in large wood casks reveal earthy spiciness with complex flavors and an inherent warmth.
If you're looking for something a little sweet, try turning to Portugal's Duoro region for a sip of port. Blended from five indigenous grapes, port gets its hallmark flavors when winemakers add brandy to the fermenting wine to stop the yeast from consuming sugar. The result is a high-alcohol wine with lots of sexy sweetness that makes it a perfect partner for chocolate desserts.
Although glowing candlelight, a crackling fire and the savory flavors of winter comfort foods all come into play, in the end it's the red in the glass that melts hearts and puts the "R" in romance.
Marianne Frantz, founder of the Cleveland Wine School, is joined by John Poggemeyer from Hyde Park Grille and Gary Twining, certified wine educator from The Hammer Co., in selecting wines for this month's Cellar Notes.
2000 Perrin Reserve Côtes du Rhône, Orange, France ($11): Black cherry, cassis jam with earthy, black-pepper spice. Old World charm and complexity of flavor makes this a perfect partner for a romantic dinner.
2001 Secco-Bertani Valpolicella Valpantena Ripasso, Vernoa, Italy ($16): Ripe, rich flavors of cherry fruit made in the Ripasso style. Good acidity, warmth and elegance make it a perfect date wine.
2002 Château de la Chaize, Brouilly, France ($15): Ripe, supple fruit and crisp acidity. Soft tannins make this a delight to sip. The uniquely shaped bottle is a romantic throwback to the past.
2000 Marqués de Caceres, Rioja, Spain ($13): Cherry, raspberry fruit with oak-driven vanilla and spice. Supple tannins you do not have to fight to drink — now that's romantic!
2000 Capitel De' Roari Amarone della Valpolicella, Marano, Italy ($28): Full-bodied, ripe and rich. Hints of sweet tobacco, silky cherry flavors and lots of alcohol. This wine screams passion.
Warre's Otima 10-Year-Old Tawny Porto, Duoro, Portugal ($25): Tawny rose color with a nutty, toasted caramel aroma and smooth, velvety mouth feel. The alluring flavors are extremely romantic with chocolates.
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You guessed it. It is picture time again. My Hunter is 5 months and going!
I love his full body smile in this one.
This one is too cute. I wish I could get them all.
I did get this one! I love his expression!
I should've got this one.
I did get this one. I love how it has all of his expressions.
I wanted to get this one really bad, but my coupon wouldn't go towards it. *Tear*
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He is the MOST photogenic little guy. Every picture session gets better and better. I can't believe that is possible! HUG!
- June 12, 2008 at 4:04 PM
- Chelley N said...
These pictures are SO good! I wish I could see him in person... his personality must fill the room!
- June 13, 2008 at 12:05 PM
- Earl Gearl said...
Sooooooo cute! He is completely photogenic...does that drive Tony crazy??? He's always the one complaining about the family pictures when everyone is together! HA!
- June 13, 2008 at 12:55 PM
- Mercedes said...
Tony says he is fine with it as long as he doesn't have to go. Course I am making him go next month cause I wan't some family pix. Yes he is already whinning his butt off.
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Tiger Woods was almost ready to sit out this week's golf tournament at Trump National Doral, but the golfer is ready to play. On March 5, ESPN Golf reported that Woods was headed down to Doral for the tournament. Mark Steinberg said the following about Woods and his readiness to play:
He wouldn't be coming down here if he didn't intend to compete at the highest level. He intends to play and wants to play well.
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Why the concern? Tiger Woods backed out of the Honda Classic on Sunday during the final round due to a new back injury. Woods had not even hit a golf ball since the tournament on Sunday, and this is only the third tournament he left in this manner during the final round. He will go out for a practice round today, and he revealed that he did hit a few golf balls today.
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The San Francisco Art Exchange's newly released 1963 photo of the Beatles at the Cavern taken by Shahrokh Hatami is a rare look at the Beatles before Beatlemania, Jim Hartley of the SFAE told us in an email March 29.
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This is the same for Miller Light, Budweiser, Coors, Coors Light, Corona, Corona Light, Corona Extra, Heineken, Natural Light, Busch, Busch Light, Michelob, Michelob Light, Michelob Ultra, Miller High Life, Guinness, Becks, Labatt Blue, Sam Adams, Fat Tire, Pabst, Stella Artois, Molson, Dos Equis, Sol, Tecate, Bass, Newcastle, O'Douls, Keystone, Milwaukee's Best, many more, & BUD LIGHT!
Please see my article on Gluten Free Beers and leave a comment about the ones you have tried. Some examples of gluten free beer: Redbridge, Bard's Tale, Green's, New Grist, Messagere, Sprecher, & Woodchuck.
I have been asked this question a lot, and never covered it specifically, because I thought it was pretty self-explanatory. After getting the question twice today in my live chat feature, I figured it was time to set the record straight. NO, Bud Light is not gluten free.
Being freshly out of college and my old business catering to the summer vacation crowd, beer was one of the hardest things for me to give up. On a daily basis, I was offered beer by customers and friends. It was always hard to turn it down, led to lengthy conversations about celiac, and left them feeling very sorry for me.
Today, almost a year of 100% gluten free, I still miss normal beer only a little, I'd be lying if I said I didn't. It was very hard in the beginning, but the desire is much less now. Now, I choose something different and don't sweat over it. The gluten free beers taste much better now than they used to, probably because I am forgetting the taste of Bud Light.
I have gluten beer in my fridge that has been there from before I switched to gluten free. It has helped to have it in there, so that I can pass the willpower test every day. I even threw some gluten free awareness wristbands around a few to always remind me. It has worked.
Here is a before and after photo… of the beer I am drinking, not my weight, hahaha.
Before: In college drinking a Bud Light.
After: Recently holding a Woodchuck.
I think that everyone confuses gluten and wheat. If your on the Wheat Free program, you shouldnt need to be overly concerned with Gluten, so bud light can be drinkin. If your doing the Gluten Free program, yes it absolutely contains gluten, and should be avoided. Thats my 2 cents Happy drinking, whatever it may be!!
So, if you are on a wheat-free program, beer made with barley malt is ok?
bill, the short answer is maybe.
The long answer is that it depends. Depending on the level of your sensitivity and if there is contamination in the handling of the barley it might not be. If you truly can consume gluten just not wheat then you probably are ok, but I think many people end up on what free when they need gluten free.
Yes Tricia is correct. In the Wheat Belly book Dr. Wm Davis says the same thing. Ok to go with Bud Light if you are avoiding wheat but not gluten sensitive. I am buying Bud Light today.
@Diane, You are lucky people with only a wheat allergy and not celiac(gluten intolerance)!
I just started reading Wheat Belly.
Firstly anybody who wants the truth about gluten intolerances can educate yourself by reading "Wheat belly", is a must read for anybody, intolerant or not.
Now I have been gluten intolerant, NOT CELIAC, for 18 months and like others I really miss beer. During that time I've listened to many differing opinions by both doctors and fellow sufferers but at the end of the day we are suffering, sometimes due to poor and inaccurate information.
It is only my opinion but I believe that this repeated figure "1 in 133″ people are gluten intolerant is somewhat out dated based on the fact i meet new people almost everyday that are suffering. Perhaps somewhat sadly the newest "fashion" diet coming out of Tinseltown seems to be "gluten free". This means that so many others will be jumping on the bandwagon and joining the genuine sufferers for totally the wrong reasons. However, this does have some positives in that it should further increase the market for gluten free products making it more attractive for manufacturers to produce additional products.
Based on this information I have a challenge to all mainstream beer companies; Put more of your excessive annual profits into R&D for a consistent quality gluten free beer because there is a very big market out there and it's getting bigger by the day. Remember if you don't, others will.
My brother has celiac and is an avid beer drinker. He drinks Bud Light and Corona and has never had an issue. Apparently there is something about the Bud Light brewing process that counters the affect of gleuten. As for Corona – it is rice based so he is fine with that as well.
Anthony, just because he does not have a noticed reaction does not mean he is not having issues from it. Especially if he has continued to drink it while he was cutting out the other sources of gluten his body could still be at the point where his outward reactions are reduced to the fact that he is still consuming gluten.
We have discussed it a lot here but there is some pretty solid reasoning to believe that just while the amino acid chains of the gluten get broken down in a way that the tests cannot detect gluten they still cause an effect (as is seen with other reactions to other proteins).
basically from what i have aread so far, it depends on your sensitivity. i have been celiac for a year now and thought i had a pretty bad sensitivity since any cross cantamination would set me off. i had budwiser for the first time last night, it went down smooth and with no issues. so happy i have finally found a beer a can drink again.
no outward response does not equal safe. you can have plenty of damage an internal body responses that do not manifest in a clear way.
I've tried a few gluten free beers since I was diagonsed with Celiac disease last year. New Grist is by far the greatest tasting beer I have enjoyed to date. I have tried Bard's; St.Peters, L'Messagere & Nickel Brook (yech!!). I was a diehard Lager drinker & the only beemr that comes close to my prerential taste buds is New Grist. Thanks Lakefront Brewery!!
For all those that need a head-suds up….. Gluten Free and Wheat Sensitivity are not the same! If you maintain a gluten free diet you may able to drink a few Light beers according to taste, however if you experience an issue with your gut, or stomach villi, which can sense the gluten, you should switch to a gluten free beer to your liking or taste. There are many new gluten free beers on the market, however a higher price comes with the new beer. And that's the Fact Jack!
Celiacs all have a different sensitivity, I myself am a celiac and can tolerate a gluten product few and far between with little side effect. If I were to drink bud ligh, my old beer of choice, my guts run rampid two days later. A Mikes hard lemonade which claims gluten free destroys my belly. But I can eat a slice of rye toast and be okay, if i limit to just that. A co worker of mine eats whatever she wants and ust makes several trips to the restroom dialy. Its all in the person.
karen, last i checked mikes is not listed as GF as it is a malt beverage.
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sorry to rain on your parade but bud light is gluten free. the company has said so themselves, so those of us that are gluten sensitive its ok. For the others I guess you will have to try it out yourself and see how you feel.
I have had bad brake outs for years before i found out i needed to be gluten free but i drink every beer you named and have a book that says those beers are safe u must be bothered by somethen els in thebeer
I'm gluten intolerant and Heineken doesn't bother me at all
I'm sensitive to gluten, but am not Celiac. At one point, I went gluten free and I had such bad reactions, when I had just a little gluten. Bad headaches, running to the bathroom and just exhausted. Then I started allowing myself to have small amounts a few times a week. Now, I am doing much better. That being said, Bud Light bothers me, but I can drink regular Bud. I do get a slight headache from Bud and would probably only have one. I'm fine with Stella Artois and Guinness. Heineken is okay too, I just am not that fond of it. I actually really like Estrella Daura Damm, but it's so expensive. The cheapest I've found is $6.99 a four pack. I do not like sorghum beers and have not found an American gluten free beer that I like. So I stick to the ones that work for me. I would like to find a light beer that doesn't bother me.
Does anyone happen to know if Natural Light is wheat free? I do not have a gluten intolerance, but I try to avoid it anyways just cause its an easier way out i believe.
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Can't believe some of the comments. Gluten is found in wheat! It's a protein. You have to avoid both.
You guys should try a 6 pack of "angry orchard." It's a cider, with amazing taste, and gluten free.
Has anyone else had the experience of going to a microbrewery to eat and getting an instant headache from the smell of the beer being made? I use to have this happen, when my husband was making his own beer at home, too! I couldn't be in the house, while it was on the stove. It actually started bothering that way first and then I started noticing the problems after having gluten. I went on an elimination diet and it became quite clear that both lactose and gluten bothered me. Lactose is worse and if it's combined with gluten, I can get really sick. I hope beer companies and small microbrews, keep making different GF beers, because we need a bigger selection. I don't like fruity beers and ciders aren't for me. If I can't have a beer, then I'll have a glass of pinot noir, but that doesn't cut it on a hot summer day.
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I am celiac and am extremely sensitive. I found one crouton in my salad at a restaurant recently and I was sick for 3 weeks literally on my back. Even though I of course did not eat the salad once I spotted the crouton. I have been drinking bud light for the last 15 months with no issue. Before that I would only drink new grist. I drank the bud light for ten straight weeks and then had my gi dr test my blood to see if there was any gluten in my blood and there was none! Just a few months ago u gave up the bud light and went back to new grist for 3 weeks and there was absolutely no change in how I felt. Being able to drink bud light has. Hanged my life!!
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I'm always looking for good wines to go with Chinese food. Especially around the holidays, when we eat with my Chinese in-laws. I like to drink wine with meals, and so does Ruth, but we haven't yet found the perfect wine for her country's cuisine. We enjoy Gewurztraminer with certain dishes, or Verdelho with others, an occasional Austrian Riesling or Gruner Veltliner, but we haven't quite hit on one that is consistently a good match with the wide variety of flavors that can be found in a proper Chinese meal. Hence, we're constantly experimenting with different wines.
We're visiting Ruth's parents' for Christmas, and consequently getting quite a lot of good Chinese food courtesy of Ruth's mother.
I suppose I should insert a brief word here about good Chinese food to avoid any confusion: unless you've got Chinese in-laws who cook, or you have spent some time in China, there's an incredibly high likelihood that you've never had it.
I know that sounds snotty and may be hard to believe. I had eaten an awful lot of Chinese meals before I met Ruth. Take out. Eat in. Cantonese. Szechuan. Dim sum. Chinatown in San Francisco. Chinatown in Yokohama, Japan. Chinatown in New York. Maybe hundreds of times, especially with my Jewish relatives who didn't feel like cooking. But then Ruth took me to a really great Chinese restaurant and I realized that I had been eating at the culinary level of Denny's all my life.
I don't mention this to make anyone feel bad about their favorite Chinese take-out place, or to try and elevate myself above that sort of thing. I mention it because when I'm talking about pairing wine with good Chinese food, I'm not talking about finding a wine that matches Mongolian Beef, Sweet and Sour Pork, General's Chicken or Pot Stickers. I'm talking about a wine that matches halved fresh prawns with garlic and vermicelli, whole steamed fish with ginger, cilantro and scallions, handmade Shanghai style soup-filled dumplings, pea shoots with garlic, curried whole fresh crab, and dozens of dishes whose ingredients don't have any English translation, let alone an English name for the dish itself.
Knowing that Ruth's mom was going to cook up a storm this holiday season, I brought down this wine that I picked up on a whim one day while passing through one of my local wine stores. With a bottle of good sake as backup, we pulled it out last night over an 8 course dinner and it was a major hit for all of us. Ruth's dad, who never drinks more than a sip of wine, had three glasses and was asking for more. The low alcohol content, nice acidity, and slight sweetness to the wine made it a perfect match for quite a number of dishes, which ranged in tone from salty to spicy, to slightly sweet.
The La Yunta winery is a project between an Argentinean winegrower and winemaker, Norberto Moreno and an as-of-yet-undiscovered-by-me Argentinean wine lover in Graton, CA whose address, but not name, graces the back of the bottle. La Yunta means loosely, "the duo," or a pair pulling together for their common good. The grapes are grown in the Famatina Valley of the La Rioja region of Northwest Argentina.
This wine is made from the Torrontés Riojana varietal, one of three variations of the Torrontés grape variety (the other two being Torrontés Sanjuanino and Torrontés Mendocino) found in Argentina, and is named after the region in which it grows. No one knows for sure the origins of this varietal, though some have theorized that it is a cross between Muscat and a local Argentinean varietal Criolla Chica. This would certainly fit in with the flavors of this wine, which have a little bit of Muscat's cool melon-like aspect.
The wine is fermented in stainless steel, though 10% of it is aged in French Oak for some time before being blended back in to the final wine. 10,000 cases are produced.
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Near colorless in the glass with a slight straw tinge, this wine has a spring-like nose of fresh pears, green apple, green melon and minerals. In the mouth it is crisp with a moderate acidity and bright primary flavors of pears, apple, star fruit, and rainwater. It also seems to have just a touch of residual sugar as it finishes crisp but a little sweet.
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This is the first wine I've found that I think is a perfect match to Chinese curried crab.
Overall Score: 8.5/9
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TUCSON, Ariz. ?- USC's Ian Kennedy struck out 14 Arizona batters over eight innings and the No. 10-ranked Wildcats matched their season low for hits at four in a 13-0 loss to the No. 21-ranked Trojans at Kindall Field at Sancet Stadium on Friday.
The loss was Arizona's fourth straight and dropped the Wildcats to 27-15 overall and into a tie for first with Oregon State, which defeated Arizona State 6-5 on Friday, in the Pac-10 at 10-3. USC improved to 27-13 overall and moved one game behind the Wildcats and Beavers in the conference standings at 9-4.
Kennedy kept the Wildcat hitters off balance all night, retiring UA in order in five of his eight innings on the mound. He gave up just three hits on the night and finished with just two walks to improve to 8-1 for the year.
The Trojan offense meanwhile scored eight runs on nine hits in six innings off of Arizona starter John Meloan (7-1). The Wildcat right-hander was charged with his first loss of the year and saw his 17-game winning streak come to an end. Meloan finished the game with a five walks and a season-low one strikeout.
Aided by four ninth-inning walks, the USC tacked on five more runs in the final frame to win going away.
Individually, No. 8 hitter Hector Estrealla led the offensive change, finishing the game 4 for 5 with a triple, three RBI and three runs scored. SC's Matt Cusick (3 for 6, 2 RBI, R) and Billy Hart (2 for 4, RBI, R) each tallied multiple hits in the game. Daring Vieira hit his fourth home run of the year for the Trojans and finished the contest with three runs scored.
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By Philip W. Sandstrom
Copyright 2005 Philip W. Sandstrom
NEW YORK -- On Thursday
at Danspace Project at St. Mark's Church, the Christopher Caines
Dance Company premieres Caines's "Tenebrae," with 10 dancers joined
by 40 singers and one conductor, Kristina Boerger, leading the singers
in 16th-century composer Thomas Tallis's magnum opus "Spem in Alium." The evening will
also include "Can't Sleep," a work for eight dancers, to selections
from William Bolcom's "Cabaret Songs." I interviewed Caines June
6 in New York City.
Philip W. Sandstrom: How did this "Tenebrae" project begin?
What drives you to make this particular kind of work?
Christopher Caines:
All of my pieces really start in exactly the same way: I fall in
love with a particular piece of music and become completely obsessed
with it. Often the falling in love with a piece of music has something
to do with the specific musicians involved but not in this case.
I belong to the Columbia House Record Club and eight or ten years
ago, just on a lark, I bought the CD of the Tallis Scholars singing
"Spem in Alium" and other works by Tallis. I've always loved choral
music and vocal music generally and my core relationship to music
is to vocal music. I became instantly obsessed with this extraordinary
piece of music, which really is one of a kind. I immediately began
dreaming of choreographing a dance to this music. But it seemed
an insane idea to choreograph to a piece of music that requires
40 singers.
PWS: Okay, so
you bought the CD, so use the CD; do you prefer to work with live
CC: My company
has never once performed to recorded music.
PWS: Never, never?
CC: No, never,
even my very early solos were with live musicians. It actually never
occurred to me to work with recorded music, although now it has
become a very self-conscious principle.
PWS: Are you
trained as a musician or singer?
CC: I sang in
choirs when I was a child and I had four years of very adult piano
lessons. There was a phase, years ago, where I studied North Indian
classical drumming and North Indian classical singing as well, a
tradition called Dhrupad; it's an ancient tradition of sacred singing.
I've taken normal singing lessons and I've taken bel canto lessons.
So, I have a lot of musical training but what I know about harmony
and counterpoint and theory is entirely self-taught. If I had the
leisure and the money I would like nothing better than to find someone
to apprentice myself to and really systematically study counterpoint
-- especially modal counterpoint because it obsesses me so much.
PWS: So to recap
your process, you fall in love with the music, you always work with
live music; what happened next?
CC: This particular
piece of music so obsessed me that I'd listen to it hundreds of
times in a week. Whenever and wherever I'd listen to it, it would
always make me cry. I had to get over that before rehearsals started!
Through a project I
did with Kristina Boerger, the conductor, I met Rob Moss, who had
produced the only live presentation of "Spem in Alium" that I had
ever heard. He has all 41 scores necessary to do the piece; 40 for
the singers and one for the conductor. The score itself is an amazing
object; it's 40-part counterpoint, 40 independent parts! I've spread
the entire score out on the wall; it's quite amazing visually. It
appears, in a very abstract way, to be a man with his arms on a
cross or spread upwards to Heaven.
PWS: Do you choreograph
exactly to the music?
CC: I can't choreograph
without the score; I really have to have the score. I read music
and studying the score helps me. If I only have recordings, then
I feelI'm only choreographing to given performances of the music.
If I don't have a score I don't know what the music is.
PWS: Because
you don't see what's coming next?
CC: You have
to see the score to understand what the composer intends. When I'm
choreographing, I normally keep the score on a music stand and race
back and forth between the dancers and the score.
PWS: How about
the speed of the piece -- doesn't it depend on the tempo set by
the conductor?
CC: I've heard
a variety of tempi, some fast, some slow. I think the tempo needs
to be like that of a resting heartbeat.
PWS: What's that
-- about 80?
CC: It's about
82 to 86 beats per minute.
PWS: Okay, it
sounds like I shouldn't say that you choreograph to the music; what
should I say?
CC: I'm a very
contrapuntal person, that's my musical disposition.
PWS: Please define
CC: Counterpoint
and harmony are two ways of looking at the same thing. Harmony emphasizes
the vertical (chordal) relationships among the lines of music, and
counterpoint emphasizes the horizontal lines and their relations
to each other. Bach's music is predominately very contrapuntal;
he's a great contrapuntist.
PWS: So what
does it mean when you say you're a contrapuntal choreographer?
CC: My response
to all music, of whatever period, is I'm not ever trying to mimic
the music. I'm trying to build an intact freestanding structure
that responds to and embeds (itself) in (the music).
PWS: Do you feel
you're trying to reveal the character of the music?
CC: I feel I'm
trying to honor the music, to be true to what it essentially is.
I've worked with music from anonymous polyphony to 20th-century
music in a new score by an American composer. I think it's better
to explain by example: For "Spem in Alium," I could have choreographed
40 dancers mimicking the 40 lines of music; that would be an insane
thing to do. I've actually choreographed the harmonic structure.
I've choreographed the chord progression.
At this point in
the interview, Caines pulls out the printed score to show me examples.
He appears to understand what he is talking about completely and
absolutely; I get lost.
CC: The music
is like a huge machine turning in space. I've made eight simultaneous
solos that are all based on the opening duets. So when I say I'm
a contrapuntal choreographer, I mean I devise my own structures
that I hope will complement music. In this case I've devised a complicated
structure for an unbelievably complicated piece of music. It's a
real experiment!
PWS: Now isn't
"Spem in Alium" only a portion of the whole program?
CC: Yes, it's
the big climax of the new piece, "Tenebrae." (The piece) starts
with a beautiful little jewel-like motet called "If you love me"
sung by five singers, continues with the first set of Tallis's "Lamentations,"
the other one of his big masterpieces, then "If you love me" again,
this time sung by the whole choir, then "Spem in Alium." There is
going to be a very ceremonial aspect to the staging of the singers:
every time we have a new piece of music more singers come onstage.
"Tenebrae" will be performed by the Christopher Caines Dance
Company Thursday through Sunday at Danspace Project at St. Mark's
Philip W. Sandstrom
is a theater consultant who has worked in production and lighting
design, management, and producing, as well as a consulting editor
for 2wice Magazine.
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