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LOS ANGELES -- Reality set in for the Los Angeles Kings soon after the lights were turned back on at Staples Center.
It's 2013, the Stanley Cup is once again up for grabs, and the Kings need to be much better than they were Saturday if they want the opportunity to play for it again.
The Chicago Blackhawks silenced the previously deafening and delirious sold-out crowd of 18,545 at Staples Center with three goals in the first period and another early in the second before finishing off a 5-2 victory thanks to a three-point afternoon from Marian Hossa and 19 saves from Corey Crawford.
The Kings, perhaps left flat-footed by a stirring pregame ceremony that included receiving championship rings from Tiffany & Co., an appearance by the Stanley Cup and the championship banner being raised up to the rafters, didn't respond until Rob Scuderi scored late in the second period.
By then it was much too late.
Patrick Kane, Hossa and Michael Frolik scored for the Hawks in the first period. Jonathan Toews made it 4-0 just 76 seconds into the second period when he stuffed in a wide-open rebound left by Kings goalie Jonathan Quick, who had just foiled Kane on a breakaway.
Scuderi, who had just one goal all of last season, got the Kings on the board with 1:23 left in the second with a wrist shot through traffic. Jordan Nolan cut the deficit in half with a tip-in goal at 9:20 of the third. However, Hossa scored his second of the afternoon just 15 seconds later to extend Chicago's lead back to three goals. Hossa's slap shot off the rush got past Quick because it changed directions after deflecting off Alec Martinez.
Quick, who made 17 saves, did not allow more than three goals in any of his 20 games during last season's run to the Stanley Cup -- and he only did that twice.
Special teams played a big part in the Hawks' win.
Chicago's power play, which was 26th in the NHL last season, got going early when Kane rifled a one-timer into the short side, under Quick's glove, from the lower right circle for a 5-on-3 goal 3:41 into the game.
Kane set the play up by using the space allowed with the two-man advantage to separate from the defense. He fed Hossa and slid down into shooting position, waiting for the return pass with his stick coiled back. Quick got back across, but left a hole between his glove and pads that Kane found.
It was the first goal of the 2012-13 NHL season.
The Blackhawks' penalty kill, which was 27th in the NHL last season, was perfect against five Kings' power plays.
Hossa made it 2-0 with 7:03 to play in the first period when he feathered what was supposed to be a pass to a cutting Toews off of Drew Doughty's leg and past Quick. Toews knifed through the middle, slicing between Doughty and Dustin Penner, but Hossa's pass never quite got to him -- and it didn't matter.
With the amped-up crowd already quiet, Frolik forced a few fans to the concessions early when he and Marcus Kruger took advantage of a Kings' miscue near the home bench. Kruger collected the puck and found Frolik, whose 40-foot blast beat Quick on the glove side with 5:49 left in the period.
The Kings' flat-footed defense hurt them again early in the second period when Brent Seabrook connected with Kane on an outlet pass from in front of the Hawks' net. Kane broke free down the left side and quickly cut to the middle, but after deking he was stopped by Quick. The problem was none of the Kings' forwards backchecked, leaving Toews all alone in the slot for the juicy rebound. The Hawks' captain stuffed the puck into the net to give Chicago a 4-0 lead 1:16 into the second period.
L.A. had back-to-back power-play opportunities midway through the period, but the Blackhawks held the Kings to just two shots on goal.
The Kings got on the board with just 1:23 to play in the second when Scuderi's wrist shot from the left point breezed past Crawford, who was left blind by a screen from Kyle Clifford. Colin Fraser set it up by working the puck around the rim and moving it to Scuderi at the left point.
Fraser and Clifford again did the work down-low to help create the Kings' second goal -- a tip-in by Nolan off a feed from Matt Greene -- but it was the lack of production from L.A.'s top lines that raised eyebrows.
The top line of Mike Richards, Dustin Brown and Simon Gagne was a combined minus-9, as all three were on the ice for Chicago's final three goals. Jeff Carter, Penner and Justin Williams were on the ice for Hossa's first goal.
Anze Kopitar, the Kings' top scorer last season, was not in the lineup due to a knee injury.


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It's not a perfect storm but a series of back-to-back deluges, possibly starting with a lightning-and-thunder show, assembled to soak the thirsty hills of the Bay Area starting Wednesday morning.
The first blow of the triple whammy was predicted to hit the South Bay sometime "between sunrise and the morning commute Wednesday," said forecaster Bob Benjamin of the National Weather Service. While the brunt is expected to move through farther north, Benjamin said the Santa Clara Valley can expect between a half-inch and an inch of rain, and at least two inches expected on the coastal mountains.
While that's nothing to sneeze at, the South Bay will then say hello to the storm's stronger siblings.
With barely a break between them, the second wet guest is expected late Thursday or early Friday, and the last blast should hit Sunday morning, Benjamin said. He called those storms "more ominous," each dumping an inch or two in San Jose, while the Peninsula will be a mixed bag, with the coastside taking the brunt of rainfall as the mountains squeeze out the juice.
And there will be wind -- gale warnings over coastal waters, and gusts reaching 50 mph in the mountains and coast. In the valley, there's a "shadow effect" due to the surrounding mountains but it could still blow 35 to 40 mph, he said.
Jan Null, a meteorologist with Golden Gate Weather Services in Saratoga, said meteorologists call what's going on an "atmospheric river" -- conditions conducive to letting storms move into the area, one after the other. He said that's common, but this system is unusual in where it hails from.
"The media jargon is 'pineapple express,'" he said. "It is tapping into subtropical moistures, coming in from the southwest roughly in the direction of Hawaii. You can have greater rain potentials, and higher snow levels."
Storm temperatures are expected to range from the low 50s to the low 60s throughout the Bay Area, Benjamin said.
For water officials, the storms mean the possibility that this season's lower-than-average rainfall could get bumped up to speed. As of Tuesday evening, San Jose rainfall totals were 55 percent of normal, while Santa Clara County reservoirs were at 35 percent of capacity.
"It's always a double-edged sword," said Marty Grimes, spokesman for the Santa Clara Valley Water District. "We absolutely need the water, but for it to all come down at once can cause problems."
Those problems include ponding on roadways and small stream flooding, Benjamin said, and also power outages, downed trees and landslides for people who live in prone areas. "They know who they are," he said.
Grimes said water district crews have been doing prep work, clearing 57,000 cubic yards of sediment out of creeks since summer. They've made a circuit of local waterways looking for blockages as a pre-emptive strike against flooding, and set up webcams to monitor three notorious problem spots -- the El Camino storm drain in Sunnyvale, and trash racks in West Little Llagas and Almendra creeks in Morgan Hill and Los Gatos.
He said residents can help a lot by checking on the storm drains near their home.
"They're real susceptible, especially with all the leaves falling," he said. "They get clogged with the leaves, branches and debris, and that's when you're going to get street flooding."
Null said that while the early system is beneficial, it doesn't portend how wet the season will get.
"We can have one big November and then it stops," he said. "There's no good indicator of what the rest of winter will bring."
Contact Eric Kurhi at 408-920-5852. Follow him at Twitter.com/erickurhi.

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Shirley Ann Gordon, 52, of Smithsburg, Md., went to be with the Lord on Saturday, June 29, 2013. She was born on Sept. 12, 1960, in Pasadena, Texas, to the late Tarlton and Gertrude Gabriel. She accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior. She was a member of Great Commission Deliverance Ministries, Waynesboro, Pa. She leaves to cherish her memory: her husband of 31 years, Bishop Franklin Gordon; one daughter, Marla Michelle Gordon of White Plains, Md.; and five surviving siblings, Vinson Hubbard, Charles O'Neal, Curlie Hubbard, Tarlton Gabriel III and Sherry "Cookie" Gabriel. She also leaves a host of nieces, nephews and friends that loved her dearly. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her son, Joshua G. Gordon, and brothers, Isaac O'Neal and Leroy Gabriel. Funeral services will be held on Friday, July 5, 2013, at 11 a.m. with the family receiving friends at 10 a.m. in Greater Campher Temple, 125 Bethel St., Hagerstown, Md. Interment will be at Rest Haven Cemetery in Hagerstown, Md. Online condolences may be expressed at: www.garylrollinsfuneralhome.com
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2001: Shorten, C.V., Galloway, J., Krebs, J.G. and Fleming, R.S. A 12-Year History of Hazardous Materials Incidents in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Journal of Hazardous Materials, In Press.
2000: Shorten, C.V. and Hooven, M.J. Methods of Exposure Assessment: Lead-Contaminated Dust in Philadelphia Schools, Environmental Health Perspectives,108:663-666 .
2000: McGarvey, L.J. and Shorten, C.V. The Effects of Adsorption on the Reusability of Tedlar Air Sampling Bags, American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal.61:375-380.
1995: Shorten, C.V., Glowacki, M.L. and Lynch, M.M. Household Hazardous Waste and Automotive Products: A Pennsylvania Survey, Journal of Environmental Health, 57(7):19-24.
Dr. Shorten joined West Chester University's Health Department in 1989. His teaching includes the following courses with websites:
Dr. Shorten has directed Master's thesis research for several students, the results of which have been both published and presented before national audiences such as the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry and the Environmental Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society. He is currently the Vice-President of the Hudson-Delaware Chapter of SETAC.
Dr. Shorten's primary area of expertise is the assessment of the fate and transport of environmental contaminants. Recent publications in this area have focused on sampling methodologies and artifacts. His computing interests, reflected in the development of this Web Page, have lead to national and international presentations. These have included the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in assessing water quality, the use of spreadsheets as tools in the classroom, the use of multimedia in the classroom, and the use of the Internet in environmental chemistry education. Dr. Shorten integrates the World Wide Web into all his upper division environmental health courses.
Dr. Shorten's hobbies and interests include contemporary band music (he plays tuba in the Chester County Concert Band), bicycling, and caving. You just might find him listening to National Public Radio as he travels around greater West Chester and parts beyond.


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Samson and Dalila[Samson et Dalila]
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 – 1921)
Oper in three acts
Libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire
First performed on 2nd December 1877 in Weimar
Premiered at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on 15th May 2011
In French language with German and English surtitles
|Jacques Lacombe
|Patrick Kinmonth
|Stage design, Costume design
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|Stage design, Costume design
|Darko Petrovic
|Light design
|Manfred Voss
|Chorus master
|William Spaulding
|Jonathan Lunn
|Clémentine Margaine
|Aleksandrs Antonenko
|Endrik Wottrich (26.02.2015)
|High priest of Dagon
|Melih Tepretmez
|Abimelech, the Philistine satrap of Gaza
|Seth Carico
|An old Hebrew
|Ante Jerkunica
|A Philistine messenger
|Clemens Bieber
|First Philistine
|Gideon Poppe
|Second Philistine
|Carlton Ford
|Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
|Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
|Opernballett der Deutschen Oper Berlin
The biblical figure of Samson and the many facets of his personality allow many comparisons, but – it must be said at the outset – none of these holds up. Samson is different. Even though his story is reminiscent of his successors found in the New Testament: Samson is no Jesus. His birth, proclaimed by an angel, heralds the liberation of Israel from the hands of the Philistines. The place: Gaza, Palastine, around 1100 B.C. From his mother's (infertile) womb to one of God's chosen, Samson is the invincible hero, the effective weapon in the Hebrews' struggle to achieve their freedom. The wrathful young man murders and sets fires in the encampments of the enemy. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
From the enemies' encampments, as later with Romeo, he chooses his beloved, sealing his subsequent fate: Delilah, the beautiful Philistine, the object of his passionate desires, is no Juliette, young and faithful. She is the sinister woman, the seductress, a Lilith figure, to whom Samson submits with absolute devotion.
How can you say that you love me when your heart is after all . Thrice you have deceived me and not told me the secret of your great strength. (Judges 16, 15)
Delilah succeeds in eliciting Samson's greatest secret. She cuts his long hair, and his super-human power vanishes. At the mercy of the Philistines, bearing the hopes of Israel, he is blinded and led off to the Dagon temple. Subjected to scorn and derision, Jehova comes to his aid and restores his old strength. Samson rocks the pillars of the temple and buries himself and his enemies under the ruins of the temple. The suicide of an extremist as God's wish that the Jewish people triumph? Hardly.
In this saga of hatred and holy war, of power and desire, there is no victor and no truth. The god-like is diminished, power restricted, taboos are broken, love betrayed. Only the composer can afford uninterrupted pathos in the wonderful duet of Samson and Delilah in the second act, which misleads us to believe in a moving story of love. Perhaps it truly is. The story of Samson is contradictory, it is human. Camille Saint-Saëns completed the work in 1876, but was only able to bring about its first performance in 1877 through the mediation of his friend Franz Liszt – with pre-eminent success – in Weimar. In France, where the elements of oratorio and the influence of Wagner were not well received, the first performance would not follow for another 13 years.
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»There is a moment in the story of Samson –as he falls asleep in Delilah's lap –, which seems to summarise his entire being. Samson lies enraptured in a child-like, nearly embryonic stage of development, completely detached from the dominant violence, helplessness and sexual urges that make his life hell. It is of course just the moment at which his destiny is sealed, as Delilah already clasps his braids and the knife with which she will cut them away and outside the Philistines already celebrate their triumph in front of the door. Soon his might will vanish, and his eyes will be cut out. Before long he will be forsaken – his days are numbered. And it is precisely then that he finds peace, perhaps for the first time in his life. While he is being so brutally betrayed – and fully conscious of this - he achieves a state of absolute peace. Peace with himself and the tragedy of his turbulent life." [David Grossmann: Löwenhonig]
A Coproduction with the Grand Théâtre de Genève
Kindly supported by Förderkreis der Deutschen Oper Berlin e. V.
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The Contra Costa Water District marked a milestone recently. Thanks to an increase in water storage capacity, the Los Vaqueros Reservoir in Brentwood surpassed 100,000 acre-feet.
That's enough to meet the district's needs for a year. It's enough to withstand the nastiest, lip-cracking drought. It's testimony to the farsightedness of an agency that looked beyond its nose more than two decades ago.
"Prior to the construction of Los Vaqueros," said assistant general manager Greg Gartrell, "the district had about two or three days of emergency supply available."
Back then, board President Joe Campbell said, the district dropped its straw in the Delta every hour of every day. It pumped in the spring when the snowpack melted and water was clean. It pumped in the summer when water was brackish. It pumped whatever was there.
"I attended meetings before I was on the board," Campbell said, "and I told them the reason they pumped 24/7 is because they had no storage."
The reservoir is taken for granted now, but it faced long odds in the 1980s. The Peripheral Canal was pushed as a better solution until it was defeated by referendum. The cost of construction was judged prohibitive until Campbell and former state Sen. John Nejedly lobbied for public support of a $450 million bond issue in 1988.
That marked the starting gun for a project 10 years in the making.
Environmental studies, design and permitting took seven years. Construction added three years to that. Twelve miles of Vasco Road were redirected, 20 electrical towers and 12 miles of gas line were relocated, 20 miles of pipeline were laid, 8,000-horsepower pumps were installed, and a 192-foot earthen dam was built.
Project managers overcame political and environmental hurdles. They jumped through regulatory hoops -- more than a dozen agencies, from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to the Water Resources Control Board -- to produce the largest dam on the Delta.
In its original configuration, the reservoir spread across 1,500 acres. With the dam heightened 34 feet and its recent expansion, it now covers 2,000 acres. Its new capacity is 160,000 acre-feet -- more than four times that of San Pablo Reservoir. Six-foot-diameter pipes deliver water harvested near Tracy at 200 cubic feet per second.
Gartrell, with the district for 25 years, says the operating principle is simple: "We fill the reservoir with high-quality water in the late winter and spring, and we use it when the water quality deteriorates so you get a constant quality."
Extensive measures are taken to protect wildlife. Stainless steel screens with 1/8-inch openings prevent smelt and other small fish from being sucked up. Pumping is stopped for two weeks in February and all of April to avoid interference with spawning seasons.
Los Vaqueros Reservoir stands as a rare example of forward-looking minds peering into the future and anticipating needs. It was a victory for proactive thinking. And the story doesn't end here.
"We've expanded to 160,000 acre-feet," Campbell said, "but we're already permitted up to go up to 275,000. We don't need that much, but other agencies do. If they come to us, we could expand and rent them space -- give them a place to park their water.
"That's a good deal for our ratepayers and for theirs. It's a win-win."
It's possible only because someone way back when was looking ahead.
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For guests seeking a satisfying breakfast on the go that is larger and heartier than the typical breakfast sandwich, the Angus Steak Big N' Toasted sandwich features two eggs, Angus steak, and a slice of American cheese, packed between two thick slices of Texas Toast.
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September also marks the return of pumpkin food and beverages to Dunkin' Donuts' menu. The brand announced that fall favorites are back at Dunkin' Donuts, including pumpkin coffees, lattes, donuts, muffins, and more.
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In the Waiting Room
by Elizabeth Bishop
In the Waiting Room Introduction
In A Nutshell
Elizabeth Bishop was one of the most important American poets of the 20th century. She worked almost obsessively on her poems, and would spend years perfecting each one. As a result, she didn't write that many poems, at least not compared to a lot of other 20th-century poets. But, because she labored so intensely, her poems are totally awesome.
Bishop had a long and colorful life. Her father died when she was very young, and her mother was mentally ill and spent most of her life in an institution. Bishop had some long love affairs with women (which were a little scandalous for her time), and was proposed to by a friend of hers, poet Robert Lowell. She refused him, but they still wrote some amazing poems for each other. (If you're interested in their relationship, you might want to check out our guide on Lowell's poem "Skunk Hour.") Bishop had family money, so she didn't have to work much on anything other than her poetry. She loved to travel, and spent much of her life overseas; she lived in Brazil for many years and translated a number of Portuguese poems into English.
Even though she had a really interesting life, Bishop wasn't too interested in writing about it. That's what makes "In the Waiting Room" unique. This poem is one of the few in which Bishop actually talks directly about herself and her emotions, instead of talking about, say, geography, or animals (two of her favorite topics). In "In the Waiting Room," we get a glimpse of Bishop's childhood self, and we find out about her biggest fears. But knowing what we do about Bishop's life and writing, we have to ask ourselves: how much of "In the Waiting Room" is truth? How much is fiction? Is the poem's "Elizabeth" the real Elizabeth Bishop?
Why Should I Care?
Were you ever a kid?
Okay, that was kind of a dumb question. Of course you were – we all started out that way. But this simple fact of our common childhoods is why you should care about this poem.
"In the Waiting Room" is about how growing up can be scary sometimes. When you're just a kid, strange noises at the dentist's office are scary. Naked people in magazines are scary. Wars are really scary. "In the Waiting Room," in some ways, is about how scary it is to not understand the world around you. In other ways, though, it's about how the world becomes even scarier once you do begin to understand it.


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There's apparently a good reason why Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman was so upset at 49ers receiver Michael Crabtree during his TV interview after Sunday's NFC Championship.
According to the Seattle Times, Sherman's game-saving tipped pass in front of Crabtree that sealed the Seahawks' 23-17 victory with 22 seconds left was something that the former Stanford standout envisioned for some time.
Directly from the Seattle Times:
"Sherman has been upset with Crabtree since last summer. Both attended Arizona star receiver Larry Fitzgerald's charity event. While there, Sherman went to shake Crabtree's hand, and Crabtree tried to start a fight, according to Sherman's older brother, Branton.
"I'm going to make a play and embarrass him," Richard Sherman vowed that day.
In an online column he wrote for Sports Illustrated after the game, Sherman made mention of his summer encounter with Crabtree.
"Erin Andrews interviewed me after the game and I yelled what was obvious: If you put a subpar player across from a great one, most of the time you're going to get one result.
"But that's not why I don't like the man. It goes back to something he said to me this offseason in Arizona, but you'd have to ask him about that. A lot of what I said to Andrews was adrenaline talking, and some of that was Crabtree. I just don't like him."
Here are some other insights from the participants in the NFC Championship
49ers coach Jim Harbaugh:
"The way I assess it is that not many people get to be in this competition at this level. I thought our guys had tremendous fight. I think our guys are great football players, and congratulations to the Seattle Seahawks. They were also in this arena, and they won the football game and they're moving on. That's how I assess it."
"It was one drive. One touchdown drive and we move on. That's what our guys believed would happen."
"... the final interception, the ball thrown to Crabtree, could have gone either way. If that goes by an inch or two, Crabtree catches it for a touchdown, and we win.
"But Richard Sherman made a terrific play -- he made a great athletic play batting the ball, getting a hand on it, and deflecting the pass. That's what I saw."
49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick:
"I didn't play good enough to win. I turned the ball over three times. I cost us that game."
49ers receiver Michael Crabtree on Seahawks' Richard Sherman:
"I ain't getting into that. You know what time it is. When you're on the field, he ain't doing nothing. That's one play. He knows it.
"That's probably the only play he made the whole game."
49ers receiver Anquan Boldin on whether the best team won Sunday.
"Nah, I still think we're the best team."
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll:
"This is really special. It would really be a mistake to not remember the connection and the relationship between this football team and the 12th Man and these fans. It's unbelievable."
"The 12s, it's just woven into the fabric of what Seattle is all about. I love the fact that we have the opportunity to go to the Super Bowl and represent the Northwest and our fans ... because they deserve it."
Here's what Carroll had to say to his team in the locker room following their win over the 49ers.
Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson:
"We played so hard. We talked at the beginning of year, `Why not us? Why not us?' That's kind of been our mind-set."
More from Sherman:
"To those who would call me a thug or worse because I show passion on a football field -- don't judge a person's character by what they do between the lines. Judge a man by what he does off the field, what he does for his community, what he does for his family.
"But people find it easy to take shots on Twitter, and to use racial slurs and bullying language far worse than what you'll see from me. It's sad and somewhat unbelievable to me that the world is still this way, but it is. I can handle it."


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National Journal writer Ron Fournier wants President Obama to do something about the government sequestration going into effect today. "I have... faith in him and his off[ice]," he tweets. Fournier's sick of tired Obama excuses like "I'm not a dictator" and "I can't Jedi mind meld" and "I can't send a team of SEALs to murder John Boehner and his wife in their bedroom."
Yes. President Obama handled Osama Bin Laden, who refused to compromise, by sending a team of highly-trained military operatives into his house, at night, with guns. Why won't he do the same with Boehner?


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This year, in the thick of the holiday season, deck your home with festive selections from our Tampa Bay Lightning Christmas decorations. You�ll find hand-blown glass ball ornaments, adult and child-sized stockings, tree skirts, holiday wreaths, and a bevy of other seasonal Lightning merchandise. Our holiday accents are sure to get your team spirit pumping on even the coldest of winter days.


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Recognised internationally as a conductor of the highest calibre, Stéphane Denève took up the post of Music Director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in 2005, and has since attracted attention from audiences and critics alike. This May, the conductor bids a fond farewell to Scotland and the RSNO with a series of 'Au Revoir' concerts, and of course, this disc of orchestral works by Debussy.
After the impact made by the production of Pelléas et Mélisande in 1902, the next orchestral work by Debussy was awaited with intense interest. La Mer did not disappoint, and is today widely considered to have been crucial in its influence on twentieth-century music. After completing this work, Debussy spent no fewer than seven years wrestling with what were to become Images for orchestra. Some critics were puzzled by the work and suggested that Debussy's talent might have dried out. They were promptly put right in an article by Ravel, who accused them of 'slowly closing their eyelids before the rising sun amid loud protestations that night is falling'.
With a sultry flute solo, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune opened an astonishing new world for western music. Debussy based this composition on a poem by Mallarmé, who wrote to the composer: 'I have come from the concert, deeply moved: A miracle! that your illustration of L'Après-midi d'un faune should present no dissonance with my text, other than to venture further, truly, into nostalgia and light…'
The three Nocturnes feature some of Debussy's most imaginative orchestral writing. In the words of the composer, 'the title Nocturnes is… not meant to designate the usual form of a nocturne, but rather all the various impressions and the special effects of light that the word would suggest'. Debussy provided descriptions of the three movements. 'Nuages', for example, depicts 'the slow, melancholy procession of the clouds, ending in a grey agony tinged with white', and also the experience of standing 'on the Pont de Solférino very late at night. Total silence. The Seine without a ripple, like a tarnished mirror'.
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"... I must say, I find Denève's set completely addictive.... It doesn't get much better than this."
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Christopher Breunig - HiFi News 2012 Year book
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Pierre-Jean Tribot - Pizzicato magazine - September 2012
"...It seems that the muse magically landed at these sessions, for they were certainly blessed, and Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall seems to have an equally hallowed acoustic.
It's been no hardship to listen to these discs right through, and to return to them - for these wonderful performances, gloriously captured, of music of infinate variety, confirm the genius of Achille-Claude Debussy."
Colin Anderson - The Classical Source.com - 1 September 2012
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"...During his seven concert seasons in Scotland he [Denève] has instilled in the RSNO an idiomatic sound and attitude for the French repertoire, as is strikingly evident from this two-CD set of Debussy... There is nothing vague about these performances; rather they convey both the dynamism and delicacy of the music with understanding and stimulating freshness..."
Geoffrey Norris – Gramophone magazine – August 2012
Recording of the Month
"...Throughout the set Denève and his team get help from the tremendous quality of the recorded sound, captured with outstanding clarity by Brian Pidgeon and his Chandos engineers, and giving a real sense of space to the sound, allowing each instrument to be picked out and enjoyed in its own right, as well as relishing its contribution to the whole. This sets the seal on an outstanding release, a praiseworthy contribution to the Debussy anniversary year, and a memento of what has become one of the most distinguished musical partnerships of recent years. Invest with confidence."
Simon Thompson - MusicWeb-International.com - 27 July 2012
"...the excellence of the playing of the Scottish orchestra and the splendid Chandos SACD engineering makes this two-disc collection a highly desirable memento of Denéve's tenure."
Mark Pullinger – International Record Review – July/August 2012
**** Excellent
"...an exciting album."
Franck Mallet – Classica magazine – July/August 2012
Performance ***** Recording *****
"...These are especially sensuous accounts, luxuriating in not only Debussy's wondrous orchestral colours, but also his love of sound itself... What makes this set notable is the sense of a coherent vision lighting the music from within, a partnership of conductor and orchestra working intensively to make the whole more than the sum of the parts. Praise should be heaped on Chandos for maintaining its commitment both to fulsome, eloquent booklet notes and to SACD... for a set with essentially all of the completed purely orchestral pieces, including a couple of rarities, this is heard to beat."
Christopher Dingle – BBC Music magazine – August 2012
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"...All are performed with finesse and with a combination of energy, discretion and colour that give them a luminous quality." ****
Geoffrey Norris - The Telegraph - 23 June 2012
Recording of the Month
"Sumptuous sonic bathing: thrillingly superb."
Dominy Clements - Music.web-International.com - 25 June 2012
"...Deneve believes that Debussy, should be played not as a blur, as of Monet, but with clarity and this superbly recorded set brings this out admirably..."
Peter Spaull – Liverpool Daily Post – 7 June 2012
"... These are among the most seductive Debussy performances I have heard in years." ****
Andrew Clark – The Financial Times – 9 June 2012
CD of the Week
"... The RSNO's playing has moved up a notch under his baton, with luscious string sounds an superb wind soloists. Even that symphonic warhorse La Mer sound freshly reimagined by the young Frenchman, whose sense of the music's ebb and flow, with surging climaxes, is unerring. On this two disc-set – an ideal way to aquire Debussy's orchestral masterpieces – even the makeweights are compelling and the rare Marche Ecossaise is an apt souvenir of Denève's Scottish sojourn."
Hugh Canning – The Sunday Times – 3 June 2012
Album Choice
"...this is a marvellous compendium, with performances to equal the classic Debussy recordings ..."
Christopher Breunig – HiFi News – August 2012
Performance ***** Sound *****
"...The superb playing of the RSNO throughout this set is indicative of the affection and respect and respect with which these musicians hold Stéphan Denève, and this outstanding release is a fitting testimony to the completion of this conductor's impressive tenure with the RSNO."
Castor – SA-CD.net – 30 April 2012
"...In each of these performances the RSNO, keenly responsive to Denève after his seven seasons as chief conductor, confirm the absolute precision, transparency and in Jeux as much as anywhere – passion required for these scores. The detail in Images is exquisite (with lovely oboe d'amore solo by Katherine Mackintosh). The Nocturnes, especially Fêtes, achieve a shimmering, decidedly un-Monet-like glaze, and la Mer erupts and glistens."
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I was impressed and humbled by all those who participated in this past weeks pro life activities in DC. Especially the young people who were there and those who took the podium from Ave Maria U. Prayers for them and much admiration.
I'm looking for suggestions on a thoughtful gift or book for my aunt. She lost her husband unexpectedly this past November and her birthday is coming up on Valentine's Day. She's been having a tough time and I know that day will be particularly hard. Thanks!
Kim, does your aunt have a yard? What about giving her a rosebush or other flowering plant that may remind her of her husband? Of course it may not be feasible to plant anything if she lives in a cold climate but if she lives somewhere warm this may work. Or what about a family birthstone rosary? You could design one and have someone make it--you could use the colors of their children's birthstones for the decades and the birthstone from the month your aunt and uncle were married as the "Glory Be" beads, or perhaps use the birthstones from the month they met, the month they became engaged, the month they were married and the months each of them were born for the decades. That would be a very personal gift!
Hi, I am struggling with what to do about middle school for my daughter next year. She currently attends Catholic school and our school does go up to 8th grade. She is in 5th grade now. My problem is I see how mean some of the girls are getting and I fear for my daughter. She is shy and sweet and has a couple of good friends. She is not part of the so-called popular crowd, and that is fine with me. She has discovered so many new interests in the last year or so and I feel like she still has this amazing sense of wonder about the world around her. When she is at school, she is very guarded and very self conscious. She is afraid of being noticed and ridiculed by the popular clique. I don't want her to change, I don't want her to be ashamed of herself - but i feel like that is where all this meanness is leading. It breaks my heart to see her keeping her head down when she walks through the school hallways. I am leaning towards homeschooling her, but I am afraid I might be isolating her if I do that. Has anyone been there/done that? I'd love to hear your experiences..thanks.
E, I personally know several families who pulled their children out of school and homeschooled them for the middle school years for the very same reasons you mentioned. There are many homeschool classes available for middle schoolers that take place in a classroom setting via a homeschool co-op. I would ask other homeschoolers, even if they have younger children they can usually recommend someone else to talk to or know of a local co-op that offers classes for middle schoolers. I have a middle school son (who has always been homeschooled) who sounds like your daugther. He is involved in Boy Scouts, takes piano lessons, a group music theory class, and a pottery class. This allows him to pursue his interests and gives him a chance to practice making friends and being a friend but doesn't require me running a taxi service. In my opinion it is a common misperception that homeschooled children are socially isolated. I find that my three boys are able to talk to anyone about anything because they are used to being around multiple age groups instead of isolated all day with their peers. My husband and I often receive comments from casual acquaintances (this morning the hair dresser) about how much they enjoy talking to my boys because they can actually carry on a converstaion with them that involves more than "yes" and "no". I can hear in your message how concerned you are about this and your daugther's well being. Have you asked her what she thinks about being homeschooled? You can always try to and if it doesn't work out she can go back to school. Don't forget to pray about it and I'll say some prayers for you, too.
Jenny, thank you so much for your kind and thoughtful response. I have spoken to my daughter about her feelings on the subject, sometimes she seems interested but other times she says that she would miss her friends. I have nieces & nephews who have been homeschooled and they are very social and confident, the kind of kids who are not at all afraid to speak to people. We live in a small town and I know of only one Catholic homeschool group. I will take your advice and reach out to them - I think I would feel better if I knew there were some kids her age in that group. Thank you for your prayers. I will continue to pray about it. I'm also very unsure that I would be able to do a good job educating her. I'm not always great at explaining things to her when helping her with her homework. I do feel that teachers have a special gift, I'm not sure if I have it. I might be able to save her innocence for a few more years, but I am worried that her education might suffer. Thank you Jenny for responding and understanding.


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by Chase Moore
For any waterfowl hunter, whether it be the once-a-year guy, the weekend warrior or the seasoned guide, nothing could be more disappointing than having a bird work into your spread and when the time comes to shoot, you miss all three shots.
While this has happened to every waterfowl hunter, whether they admit it or not, often it is not the result of bad shooting. What you thought was a lack of focus or an incorrect mount could be something as simple as a patterning issue caused by your choke tube and your load selections.
These shooting mishaps occur more than you think, and by learning more about how they affect your pattern, you can turn those misses into kill shots.
When referring to shotgun performance and patterning, I've heard the saying, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." While this might hold true for some, many hunters may not realize that what isn't broke in their opinions can still be holding them back from being the best waterfowl hunters they can be.
To better understand the issues of patterning and how one should go about selecting choke tubes and loads, I took my questions to Rob Roberts of Rob Roberts Gunworks. Roberts has dedicated himself to the basic concepts of accuracy, consistency and feel. He has it down to a science when helping hunters customize their shotguns to produce the best patterns in any hunting situation.
"As with all hunting gear on the market today, especially waterfowl hunting gear, companies are always coming out with better and more efficient products to help a hunter get the most out of his or her hunt," says Roberts. "The choke tube, which always seems to get a lot of conversation among waterfowl hunters, has grown over the years into a big market for these hunters trying to improve their gunning abilities and put more birds on the strap."
With such a selection of choke tubes these days, how does one go about finding the right one? Here are some things to consider this season when looking to improve your patterning with a new choke tube.
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We set up for Old Settlers Reunion starting at 5 p.m. Wednesday, August 4 at the Hogg City Park in Quitman. Officially things kick off at 6 p.m. that day.
If you have volunteered to be in the booth, to help setup, etc,. or bring items please bring them in the 5-6 p.m. hour on Wednesday — and the earlier the better.
Also remember to dress for heat and start getting ready by taking in some extra water prior to Wednesday or the days you will be out there. It could still be near 100 degrees at 6 p.m. most days of the reunion.
Dorothy Harbin told me she has the shirts if you ordered one. If she hasn't gotten with you before the Old Settlers, she'll probably do so there. She also says the banner will be ready.
If anyone has had to change plans or can't do something they volunteered for, please contact Deason Hunt (firstname.lastname@example.com or 903-769-0792) as soon a possible.
Again, we want to invite all members and friends to come out to the booth whenever you can either just to visit or to help in any way you can while there. I think it's important for us to be visible and let people how happy were are to (1) be doing genealogy and (2) how we enjoy each other's company.
If you can stay a while, consider bringing a lawn chair. We will have a limited number of chairs for workers in the booth.
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Architects: Frank Goerge
Location: Almere, The Netherlands
Architect In Charge: Frank Goerge, Hamburg
Structural Design : Carola Goerge, Hamburg
Area: 130 sqm
Year: 2013
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Just as the competition to design the official Obama Presidential Library in Chicago was heating up, Arcbazar orchestrated a simultaneous, open-call for ideas competition asking "What sort of Presidential Library would the people design?." Raynaldo Theodore Design Studio (RTDS) responded with a proposal that focuses on Obama's peaceful and inclusive spirit to create a place of welcome and community. Dubbed The V-House, their design is comprised of a series of indoor/outdoor sequences which reference Obama's life and significant points in its Chicago context.
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Japanese architects including Sou Fujimoto, Atelier Bow-Wow, Kengo Kuma and Shigeru Ban have all designed houses of the future for a Tokyo exhibition (+ movie).
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Conçue à l'occasion du cinquantième anniversaire (1965-2015) de la Fondation Calouste-Gulbenkian à Paris, l'exposition « Les Universalistes » propose de jeter un regard sur un demi-siècle de pensée et de production architecturale portugaise. Elle favoriserait « la découverte interdisciplinaire de l'architecture portugaise telle qu'elle a été marquée par, ou qu'elle a elle-même marqué, le contexte culturel et social du Portugal contemporain », apprend-on.
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Polish-Russian artist Kasimir Malevich is mostly known for his paintings that accompanied the artist's evolution from abstract art to suprematism.
The Boston office of Perkins+Will has been selected to design a new mixed-use sports complex in Dubai. The development's centerpiece will be the 60,000-seat Mohammed bin Rashid Stadium, which when completed will become the largest stadium in the UAE. Other facilities will include training facilities, a practice pitch, warm-up areas, a 5,000 space car park, a museum, and a multi-purpose sports hall, as well as retail, restaurant and public plaza areas.
otally lost is an open photographic and video research project that discovers, surveys and maps abandoned architectural heritage sites linked to the totalitarian regimes of the 20th century in europe. photographers, video makers and urban explorers are invited to contribute to the evolving documentation of desolate buildings, in order to generate discussion and bring attention to the form of each historic structure.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation and People for the Pavilion have announced the winners of the New York State Pavilion Ideas Competition in the Queens borough of New York.
Programme : 3 immeubles de logements, commerces, bureaux SNCF, parking
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The second annual Z-Axis Conference, organised by the Charles Correa Foundation, will center on the notion of Buildings As Ideas. Held in the western Indian city of Goa at the Kala Academy, one of Correa's later projects, the conference is a tribute to his memory and belief that "buildings are ideas that manifest and take form." Jean Pierre Crousse, of Lima-based practice Barclay & Crousse, will open the conference with the keynote address; other international speakers include Camilo Rebelo, Ilze Wolff, Yung Ho Chang, Dick van Gameren and ArchDaily's James Taylor-Foster.
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Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava's vast ribbed structure that soars over the World Trade Center Transportation Hub in New York is captured in these images by British photography duo Hufton + Crow (+ slideshow).
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Marseille's Unité d'Habitation is one of Le Corbusier's most recognised building, and is among 17 projects added to UNESCO's World Heritage List
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Graduate shows 2016: Bartlett student Matt Lucraft has proposed an evolving self-built housing co-operative based on a mishmash of English vernacular and historic Japanese architecture as a solution to London's housing crisis (+ movie).
Architects: Crossboundaries
Location: Beijing, China
Architect in Charge: Binke Lenhardt, DONG Hao
Design Team: Maria Francesca Origa, Hayger Chan, LI Zhenyu
Area: 3600.0 sqm
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: YANG Chao Ying
New-York-based studio Architensions has released the design for its shortlisted project, Rising Ryde, for the Ryde Civic Center in Sydney, Australia. In an effort to embrace local communities and contexts, the project is conceived as a hill-shaped building covered in local vegetation and it aims to prioritize people through its complex system of social connections and interactions with nature.
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In anticipation of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus school in 2019, Harvard Art Museums has released an online catalogue of their 32,000-piece Bauhaus Collection, containing rarely seen drawings and photographs from attendees and instructors of the revolutionary German design school.
Demain la Ville a rencontré Philippe Trétiack, urbaniste et écrivain, mais surtout grand reporter infatigable, à l'occasion de la sortie de son dernier livre L'architecture à toute vitesse, 56 règles glanées autour du monde.
On the grounds of the Tripoli International Fair (Rashid Karameh International Exhibition Center) in Lebanon, one finds one of the five largest exhibition centers in the world [1]. The 15 structures, designed by legendary Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer in 1963, remain unfinished due to the project's abandonment during the country's civil war in 1975.
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Construction has started on a human-body-inspired headquarters for Chinese fashion group Xinhee, designed by architecture studio MAD (+ slideshow).
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Designer Lekan Jeyif has created a dystopian vision of shanty-town towers in Lagos, Nigeria, to highlight the poor standard of living in the city's impoverished areas (+ slideshow).
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Geoffrey Bawa's house in Colombo (1959 – 1970) is an exercise in horizontal densification. The result of decades-old process of annexation of four rows of existing bungalows is a labyrinth of rooms and garden courts where the traditional hierarchies of figure-ground or inside-outside relations disappear, while the illusion of a limitless space is created.
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ALAMEDA -- No member of the Kansas City Chiefs was as rough on Terrelle Pryor as he was on himself.
The Raiders quarterback passed erratically during a 24-7 loss at Kansas City, but he wasn't passing the buck Monday in a brutal self-examination of his performance after watching the game film.
"What disappoints me is we lost the game because of me; that's how I look at it," said Pryor, who threw three interceptions and was sacked 10 times Sunday.
"You know what?" he continued. "I deserved them hits, because I didn't get the ball out, and on one play I called the wrong protection. You make mistakes like that, you deserve to get pile-driven into the ground."
Pryor went on bashing himself for nearly 15 minutes. Good thing he didn't have a sword in his locker or he might have fallen on it.
"Defensively we played great, offensively we played great," he said. "It was just No. 2. That's the only way I'm going to get better is taking the blame that's really my blame"
Pryor went into detail about his mishaps Sunday, but one of the most obvious ones was failing to get the play called in the huddle promptly, which resulted in three delay-of-game penalties.
"That's tough, I'll take fault on that," he said. "I've got to get guys in the huddle, and I wasn't calling the plays until about 15 seconds left. I thought we rushed a lot because we were rushing. It starts with me."
Coach Dennis Allen, while conceding Pryor might have had his worst game, was mindful that his inexperienced quarterback is going to take some hard lessons.
"He's still a young player," Allen said. "That was his fifth start of the season, so he's still got a lot of growing to do and a lot of getting better to do. We're going to continue to try to build and grow with him."
Pryor said he was "ashamed" of how he represented the coaches who worked so hard to prepare him and added that if he has more games like he did Sunday, he wouldn't blame them if they gave him the hook.
"I have to be on top of my stuff, because at any moment I could get pulled off my job and I won't be the starter," he said. "I can't play like I played yesterday or I won't be here very long."
"The communications, getting in and out of the huddle, those are the things we have to get cleaned up," Allen said. "That starts with me, and I'll do a better job of getting our guys prepared and understanding exactly what the game plan is and how we have to execute."
"It's obvious something we have to look at, because all the misses have come off the left hash," Allen said. "We have to see if it's the operations or something he's doing in his kicking motion. Obviously, he mis-hit the ball. He kind of toed it a little bit, but that's a kick we normally anticipate him making."
"That was a big momentum swing in the game, that two-minute drive," Allen said. "D.J. is a young player who's out there against Dwayne Bowe, and he kind of panicked a little bit on the play. He was actually in pretty good position."
The Raiders will practice Tuesday and Wednesday but then take four days off to heal their wounds.
"I think the bye is coming at a great time for us," Allen said. "We've got a lot of guys down with injuries right now, and we need them to be able to get some rest, get healed up and get ready to go for Pittsburgh."
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Frequently asked questions about the edTPA
When will the edTPA be required for all candidates?
The Professional Education Standards Board confirmed the edTPA consequential date of January 2014. All preservice teacher candidates must successfully pass this assessment in the following areas: Elementary Literacy, Elementary Math, Secondary Math, Secondary ELA, Secondary Science, Secondary History/Social Studies, K12 Performing Arts, P12 Special Education, K12 Physical Education, and World Language.
Candidates will continue to submit portfolios in all areas so assessments may be scored and institutions will use vendor scores to determine if candidates have satisfactorily met the assessment requirement for program completion. (RCW 28A.410.280)
What is the Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA)?
The Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA) is a subject-area-specific, performance-based portfolio assessment for pre-service teacher candidates, centered on student learning.
edTPA assesses the teaching of real students in actual classrooms. The edTPA will produce a profile of teaching practice to help novices identify relative strengths and weaknesses to guide ongoing professional growth and improvement.
The process requires candidates to actually demonstrate the knowledge and skills required to help all students learn in real classrooms. edTPA is intended to be used for teacher licensure and to support state and national program accreditation. edTPA complements existing entry-level assessments that focus on basic skills or subject-matter knowledge. It is comparable to the licensing exams that demand applications of skills in other professions, such as medical licensing exams, the architecture exam, or the bar exam in law.
edTPA is subject-specific with separate versions for Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle Childhood and Secondary licensure fields. edTPA includes a review of a teacher candidate's authentic teaching materials as the culmination of a teaching and learning process that documents and demonstrates each candidate's ability to effectively teach subject matter to all students.
What are the costs associated with edTPA?
An estimated $300 fee will be charged for the edTPA. That cost covers all edTPA assessment services, including a professional, qualified evaluator who has been trained to edTPA rubrics, expectations of performance, and standardized scoring procedures, and who will be monitored during scoring activities to maintain high quality.
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Your edTPA will be scored by Pearson and reviewed by Gonzaga University. If your submission is not of professional quality (as evidenced by "meeting all deadlines, completing all tasks, and being within the average of the Gonzaga scored for each task") the certification committee has indicated that individuals will be put on a remediation plan/dispositional intervention. In the past, candidates submitting unprofessional work were written up using the dispositional intervention and required to redo the edTPA in order to be considered a program completer.
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When we open an existing drawing in QCAD the layer 'O' is always our starting base, I am wondering whether a new option in our layer set-up dialog to choose which layer an existing drawing starts with the next time we open it and could be changed as often as we need, would be possible!
Being a 'non' programmer I don't know if this would be at all possible with QCAD, but if it was it would sure be a bonus
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Celtics Life reader DH made this mix last night as an ode to 4th quarter clutch time bricker extraordinaire Lebron James. Enjoy.
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Truly enjoyable. I am sure there will more to come.
hahaha alright!!!
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plz lebron ent no match up for the Celtics..................
Bwahahaha!!! Great, DH! Or truly horrendous, if you like basketball...
You know, this video reminds me of that old Bball movie called "WHITE MEN CAN´T JUMP", with Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes. Remember, guys? What a great film indeed!
There was a scene where Woody´s character, Billy, was trashtalking to another player in a tournament. The player throw a LeBrick, and Billy simply snaped and said something like this:
"You still putting up bricks? What is this a masons convention? Clang!! Clang!! I need welding torch to play in this league. Lets stop right now and gather up all these bricks and build a shelter for the homeless so that your mother will have a place to live. I want your Mother and Sister out of my house immediately !!"
Now, I would DIE to watch Delonte screaming that line to LeShit! He had his mother, but I dunno if West moved the bitch to his crib. Remember, it´s an old bitch! Hahaha...
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I'm still pissed about Wade's moving, excuse me, flying screen that went uncalled at the last second of that game.
Thanks for posting JR! Glad you guys enjoyed it. I have never made a video before (I am a still photographer) so I hope it wasn't too choppy. Let me know if you have any good ideas for videos and I'd be happy to help put one together :)
I have already gotten a request for a Kobe missed shots video so that might be in the works. I need to think of a good song to accompany it.
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Over several years of Super Bowl advertising Audi has taken various levels of interest in the on-site aspect of its promotion. This year, with the all-new A8 in the mix, Audi went big by creating the temporary but no less impressive Audi Forum Dallas in which to entertain its guests.
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Simpsonville man charged with taking 3.5 carat ring
Published: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 9:34 p.m.
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A Greenville County man was arrested on several charges after a jeweler told officers a man wearing a woman's wig took a 3.5 carat ring from his store at WestGate Mall Tuesday.
Kirby Jones, 27, of 6 Hidden Palm Court, Simpsonville, was charged with reckless driving, failure to stop for a blue light, no tag and grand larceny more than $10,000, according to online jail records.
An incident report states that officers responded to Queens Jewelers at the mall about 2:30 p.m. and spoke to an employee, who said a man wearing a black and red ladies wig, pink T-shirt and tight jeans asked to try on the ring. The employee said he noticed the man's hands were shaking as he put on the ring, so the employee because suspicious and asked for the ring back, the report states. The man then ran from the store still wearing the ring. The employee ran after him through the mall, yellling for him to just drop the ring but the man would not drop it, according to the report.
The employee said the man got into an older-model Oldsmobile, which Spartanburg County sheriff's deputies stopped on Interstate 85, the report states. Officers did not find the ring, but noted that Jones was wearing the same clothing and wig described by the jewelry store employee, according to the report.
Jones remained at the Spartanburg County Detention Facility Wednesday on a $15,682 bond.
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the android players just show whatver it has buffered to IE I'm at 1:03of 24:03 it will just show the total length as 1:08.
xbox doesn't specify a total length.
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U.S. Secretary of Education Duncan to Join Army Chief of Staff Gen. Casey in Announcing 'Project Pass' in Radcliff, Ky.
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will join U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. in announcing a new student character and leadership development program Friday at North Middle School in Radcliff, Ky.
March 10, 2011
Assistant Deputy Secretary for the Office of Innovation and Improvement Jim Shelton will speak on a panel entitled "Asleep in the Classroom? A Wake-up Call From the Future" at the 25th annual South by Southwest conference Friday, March 11 in Austin, Texas. The panel will address how technology...
March 10, 2011
Department Senior Official to Discuss National Education Technology Plan at Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education 22nd International Conference
The U.S. Department of Education's Director of Educational Technology Karen Cator will conduct a discussion billed as "A Conversation with Karen Cator" around the topics in the National Education Technology Plan.
March 9, 2011
Education Secretary to Discuss White House Conference on Bullying Prevention During National Press Call
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will discuss the White House Conference on Bullying Prevention during a national press call at 12:30 p.m. EST on Thursday, March 10. President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, the U.S. Department of Education, and the U.S.
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Education Secretary Arne Duncan will testify before the House Appropriations Committee about the Department's Fiscal Year 2012 request on Thursday, March 10, at 10 a.m. in Rayburn House Office Building room 2358-B. Duncan will appear before the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,...
March 9, 2011
Department of Education Assistant Secretary to Conduct Listening Session on Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act at Henry Ford Community College
U.S. Assistant Secretary for the Office of Vocational and Adult Education Dr. Brenda Dann-Messier will conduct a listening session at Henry Ford Community College Thursday, March 10 in Dearborn, Mich. Dr. Dann-Messier will host a two-hour meeting to solicit feedback from partners and...
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Lone Star College- University Park to Host U.S. Department of Education's Second Regional Community College Summit
Lone Star College – University Park in Houston, Texas will be the site of the U.S. Department of Education's second regional community college summit on Wednesday, March 9. The all-day meeting will bring together 150 participants from 10 surrounding states to identify promising practices for...
March 8, 2011
U.S. Secretary of Education to Join Foreign and Domestic Educators and Education Leaders at First Ever International Summit on the Teaching Profession in New York City
March 8, 2011
Education Secretary to Discuss Fixing No Child Left Behind with House Education and Workforce Committee
Education Secretary Arne Duncan will highlight the need to fix No Child Left Behind during his testimony before the full House Education and Workforce Committee on Wednesday, March 9, at 2 p.m. The hearing, "The Budget and Policy Proposals of the U.S. Department of Education," will be held in...
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U.S. Department of Education Senior Official to Participate in Forum on STEM Education Hosted by Congresswoman Donna Edwards
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Published: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 9:04 p.m.
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The House Education Committee backed a proposal (House Bill 206) to allow local elections, rather than statewide ones, to decide on the creation of new school districts.
An 11-4 vote for the proposal by Rep. Gene Reynolds, D-Minden, came despite objections from some parent and teacher organizations who said the measure would create segregated school districts. The constitutional change heads to the full House.
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Several gaps in current regulatory guidelines that govern the analytical method life cycle for the testing of biopharmaceuticals are identified. Strategic guidance on how to monitor and control the life cycle of an analytical test method is provided. Analytical method transfer, analytical method component equivalency, and analytical method comparability protocols are discussed in light of risk-based strategies for validation extensions. The use of an analytical method maintenance program is illustrated in relation to the predictable risk to patients and firm.
There are several points to consider when running an AMM programme. Usually, assay control results that are within established limits (e.g., ±3 s.d.), will yield valid assay results for the test sample(s). Whenever possible, the assay control should yield a similar assay response when compared with the test sample. Monitoring the assay control will then indicate when unexpected assay result drifts or spreads may have occurred. Whenever the assay control results are close or over their established limits, there is a high probability that test sample results are also going in the same direction. This is something that should not be ignored because it causes predictable, although not exactly measurable, errors in test results (cases 1B and 2B).1
Furthermore, controlling and fixing process problems could save more batches from rejection. These steps would also be very much in line with the recently published principles for quality and process analytical technology leading to faster licence approvals and reduced inspections.2–6
From the robustness studies performed during analytical method development (AMD) and the intermediate precision results during AMV, the identity of the method component that may be responsible for changing test results when replaced is clarified.


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Sleep disorders are problems with sleeping. These include:
There are more than 100 different sleeping and waking disorders. They can be grouped into four main categories:
Insomnia includes trouble falling asleep or staying asleep. Episodes may come and go, last up to 3 weeks (be short-term), or be long-lasting (chronic).
People with excessive daytime sleepiness feel tired during the day. Symptoms that are not caused by a lack of sleep or interrupted sleep are called hypersomnia.
Causes of this problem include:
When no cause for the sleepiness can be found, it is called idiopathic hypersomnia.
Problems may also occur when you do not stick to a regular sleep and wake schedule. This occurs when people travel between time zones and with shift workers who are on changing schedules, especially nighttime workers.
Disorders that involve a disrupted sleep schedule include:
Abnormal behaviors during sleep are called parasomnias. They are fairly common in children and include:
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How much does your local school district pay its elected trustees for their service?
The answer has nothing to do with how well the students grasp reading, writing and arithmetic. In fact, an analysis by this newspaper of compensation and academic performance data found exactly the opposite.
Districts in the region that pay trustees the most in cash and benefits ranked lowest in student success rates, while districts that pay trustees nothing at all ranked the highest.
Only three of the 15 highest-achieving districts in the region that released compensation data paid their trustees. Those districts -- Palo Alto, Kentfield in Marin County and Cupertino -- averaged $28,716 to compensate their boards last year.
But 24 of the 25 lowest-ranking school districts -- including Oakland, West Contra Costa Unified and Ravenswood in East Palo Alto -- compensated their boards an average of $54,941 in 2012, data shows. Oakland topped all districts in the region, spending $167,348 on pay and benefits for its seven trustees.
Some education experts suggest there may be an underlying reason: Low-scoring districts like those in Richmond, East Palo Alto and on San Jose's east side that give trustees cash and health coverage serve low-income communities where schools have struggled historically and it is sometimes difficult to draw qualified candidates to the posts. Benefits may serve as an incentive to broaden the candidate pool.
In affluent Piedmont, Hillsborough, Orinda and Los Gatos, where trustees aren't paid, the talent pool is larger and people tend to cover health insurance through private employment.
"The concern is people running for school board just for the health benefits and not to serve the school districts," said Lawrence Picus, a University of Southern California education professor who studies school districts. But, he added, "you want people with the time to be able to read and review materials and provide policy guidance." At Jefferson Union High School District in Daly City, board president Thomas Nuris, 60, an attorney, received health benefits that cost $28,000 last year -- more than 10 times his cash pay, and were more expensive than those of any other Jefferson Union employee, data shows. Nuris ranked first in the cost of health benefits among trustees across the region serving at more than 100 school districts that released compensation data for 2012. He did not return repeated messages.
"I don't think anyone runs for school board to get benefits," said Dennis Myers, a spokesman for the California School Boards Association. "It's another way to help some people be able to do the work that goes into the job."
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RIDGECREST — The Div. 5, No. 6-ranked Burroughs girls tennis team continued its undefeated start to the season on Monday by passing a tough nonleague test. The Burros beat Quartz Hill 11-7 at BHS courts, extending their unbeaten streak to nine matches.
"It's been a long time since we've been able to beat Quartz Hill — that was a good win for the girls," Burros head coach Kenold Prince said. "Today was a big test to see where we fit, and they played well."
Stellar singles play helped Burroughs (9-0) remain undefeated. The Burros won seven of nine singles sets against Quartz Hill, with the only losses coming against the Rebels' top singles player.
"I thought they were going to be a big test for us, and I wanted to see how we measured against a better team," Prince said. "For the season, this might be one of the biggest wins for us."
The most surprising singles results on Monday came from the No. 3 singles spot. No. 3 singles player Katie Koch won her first two sets 6-2, 6-2 — the first singles sets she has won this season — before losing the final set 0-6.
"She played very well today, and got her first couple ones in singles — that kind of lifted us up," Prince said. "She's starting to hit more balls in and getting her serves in. She was getting into long rallies and ended up winning the points."
No. 1 singles player Celsea McGrew swept her sets 6-1, 6-0, 6-0 — her first set was a rematch of the championship match at the Quartz Hill Tournament two weekends ago. No. 2 singles player Myisha Edwards won two of her three sets, with scores of 6-1, 0-6 and 6-0.
On the doubles side, the No. 1 doubles team of Lara Luu and Camynn McGrew rebounded from a 4-6 loss in its opening set with victories of 6-0 and 6-1. The No. 2 doubles team of Hayley Weik and Daytona Burks won one set against Quartz Hill, with scores of 3-6, 0-6 and 7-6 (7-4 tiebreaker).
The No. 3 doubles team of Emma Heflin and Amanda Cook split its sets 6-1, 2-6. They were replaced by Miriam Kolar and Kiaundra Ellison, who lost 0-6 in the final round.
Monday's match began a stretch of three matches in four days for Burroughs. The Burros travel to Victor Valley today for a DSL match at 3 p.m., and return home Thursday for a non-league match against Bishop at 3 p.m.
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It's likely going to be a bitter cold weekend in Summit County, but forecasters say there will be some new snow to take the edge off.
After a relatively warm week of daytime temperatures in the mid-30s, a cold snap headed to Colorado is expected to drop the mercury well below zero tonight, with highs only in the single digits Saturday and Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
Wind chill values today could make the temperature feel as low as -31.
"It's going to be cold," meteorologist Jim Kalina said.
But there likely will be some snow paired with the freezing weather. Although the coming storm will largely favor southwestern Colorado, forecasters are calling for up to 6 inches of accumulation at some of the higher elevations in Summit County.
Locations west of Summit will likely get more. Vail could get up to 8 inches by the time the system moves out on Sunday.
"They have more moisture to work with because they're closer to the Pacific, so they do a little better sometimes," Kalina said. "It's not a big storm for snow. It's more cold than snow."
Much of western Colorado is under winter weather advisories or warnings until Saturday morning.
Conditions are expected to dry out again after the coming snowstorm. There is no new powder in the forecast at least through Wednesday and possibly for the next few weeks, forecasters say.
"After this storm passes, it'll stay cold on Sunday and Monday, but the skies will dry out," OpenSnow.com meteorologist and blogger Joel Gratz stated in a recent post. "The models are hinting that we could see a return to stormier weather starting around January 20-23(ish)."
Temperatures are expected to warm back into the 20s during the day Tuesday.
Extra layers, proper gear and regular indoor breaks will help skiers and snowboarders weather the frigid weekend ahead. Local ski areas are offering up not only bars and restaurants on the mountain, but other structures to guests who need a few minutes to thaw out.
"Guests are welcome and encouraged to warm up in Copper Mountain patrol huts throughout the mountain while skiing and riding," Copper spokeswoman Austyn Williams said. "Guests should educate themselves on the beginning stages of frostbite and look out for others in their group."
Signs and symptoms of frostbite can include a vaguely painful, prickly or itching sensation; red, white, pale or grayish-yellow skin; numbness; skin that is hard or waxy-looking and, in severe cases, blistering, according to the Mayo Clinic.
Frostbite usually occurs in small, exposed areas of skin, and begins with frostnip, which may turn skin red, but does not leave any permanent damage, an online report from the Mayo Clinic states.