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The Cunning Little Vixen[Prihody lisky Bystrousky]
Leos Janacek (1854 – 1928)
Opera in 3 acts; Libretto by Leos Janacek based on a novel by Rudolf Tesnohlídek; German text by Peter Brenner based on Max Brod's translation; First performed on 6th November, 1924 in Brunn; Premiered at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on 30th June, 2000
In German with surtitles
|Tomas Hanus
|Katharina Thalbach
|Stage-design, Costume-design
|Ezio Toffolutti
|Thomas Richter
|Children's Chorus
|Christian Lindhorst
|Darie Cardyn
|Stephen Bronk
|Foresters wife
|Dana Beth Miller
|Maja Siebenschuh
|Sabine Dieckmann (23.12.2012)
|Schoolmaster and sausage dog
|Clemens Bieber
|Priest and badger
|Jörn Schümann
|Krzysztof Szumanski
|Pasek and chanticleer
|Paul Kaufmann
|Cunning Little Vixen
|Martina Welschenbach
|Fionnuala McCarthy (02.12.2012)
|Innkeeper, Woodpecker
|Nadine Secunde
|Jana Kurucová
|Frantik, grasshopper
|Annie Rosen
|Pepik, grasshopper and jaybird
|Hila Fahima
|Rosemarie Arzt
|Kristina Clemenz (23.12.2012 | 28.12.2012)
|Matthew Peña
|Richard Deichen
|Jan Cedric Petersen (23.12.2012 | 28.12.2012)
|The little Vixen
|Dascha Schuster
|Kinderchor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
|The little Vixen
|Dascha Schuster (02.12.2012 | 23.12.2012)
|Selina Isi (23.12.2012 | 28.12.2012)
|Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
|Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
|Opernballett der Deutschen Oper Berlin
The opera gives us scenes from the life of Bystrouska, a young fox. The forester, who has never lost his desire for freedom and love, catches her in the forest one day and takes her home; to him she seems the embodiment of his desire. But Bystrouska manages to escape. In the woods she drives the badger from his set. In her new home she also meets the love of her life: a charming fox courts her and the lovers spend their first night together in the den. They finally wed, surrounded by the animals of the forest. Soon we see the vixen as the proud mother of a crowd of children. But their happiness is shortlived: Bystrouska is shot by the poacher Harasta. Meanwhile the forester and schoolmaster sit in the inn lamenting the onset of old age. The forester reflects bitterly on the death of the vixen. He cannot forget her uninhibited nature, her youthfulness, her urge to be free. In the forest he is enveloped by a quaintly magical atmosphere and falls asleep. As in a vision, a young fox appears to him, the very image of his mother. Life has triumphed over mortality. The wheel has come full circle.
"I am creating the Little Fox the way the Devil catches flies – when he has nothing better to do. I wrote the Little Fox for the forest and for the sorrow of my later years." Leos Janacek wrote. But his opera THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN is certainly not the melancholic retrospective of an old man who feels himself closer to death than to life. Although the composer was in his late sixties, he created a work full of comic and poetic moments. Offsetting the "sorrow of his later years" we are given a merry and melancholic fable embracing both death and the comforting knowledge that death leads on to new life. The story is taken from a serialised novel by Rudolf Tesnohlídek illustrated by Stanislav Lolek and published in the Brno daily "Lidové noviny" from 1920 onwards. The composer wrote the libretto himself and the opera was completed by January 1924. It resembles an impressionistic composition of short, subtly instrumentalised scenes and episodes that are linked by a total of nine orchestral preludes and scene changes that provide the musical and dramaturgical structure of the work. Despite his affinity for impressionism and the music of Debussy, whom he admired, Janacek's musical language remains unique. He was one of very few composers who could develop music from the melody of language. Sequences resembling leitmotifs but lacking a stringent structural urgency can be detected throughout the opera. Characteristic of this opera are also the popular, albeit never folkloric, elements within the music and its decidedly rhythmic structure, which gives an added dimension to already beguiling melodies.
"Katharina Thalbach's production teems with ideas as the undergrowth teems with animal life. At times we're at a loss where to look first, and afterwards the temptation is to tell everyone about the snail or the grumpy badger with his pipe, but we don't, because we don't want to spoil the delight for others. Added to this there is Ezio Toffolutti's stage set, which recalls the woodland scenery or moonlit night of a lovingly illustrated children's book. " (Berliner Zeitung)
Kindly supported by Foerderkreis der Deutschen Oper Berlin e. V.
The Children's Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin is supported by Berliner Volksbank and Berliner Morgenpost.
Accompanying Programme
Accompanying Programme
Introduction (in German language): 45 minutes before beginning; Rang-Foyer


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Headlines for Tuesday:
- Another day, another sunrise (39 words)
- Slowly but surely making progress (40 words)
- From the Freeciv AI documentation (128 words)
- Ay, my sister (39 words)
- I keep forgetting that I'm on vacation (46 words)
- A year in review: Emacs (279 words)
- Thoughts on life (178 words)
- My favorite blog posts (269 words)
- Back from wakeboarding (328 words)
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1. Another day, another sunrise: 05:50
This time from a watersports resort said to be the best in the world for wakeboarding. I'll give it a shot, although I haven't worn my swimsuit in ages...
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2. Slowly but surely making progress: 06:18
Goal: inbox zero by New Year!
This will be somewhat easier if I don't check mail between now and then, of course... ;)
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3. From the Freeciv AI documentation: 07:54
The code base used to be in a bad shape but it has gotten a lot better. The reason for this is that the developer (Syela) who in a few months put together a working AI had suddenly disappeared. His bright ideas could only be matched by his inability to name variables and to comment the code. Subsequent AI developers were not brave (or stupid?) enough to start from scratch, taking instead a small bite here and there, trying hard not to break much, to understand Syela's original design and only then to throw it away. Or perfect it.
Heh. You gotta love open source docs. They tell it like it is.
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4. Ay, my sister: 08:14
So my sister's drafting a letter to this guy she really likes, and she ends up explaining her feelings in terms of croissants - plain or with jam. ;)
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5. I keep forgetting that I'm on vacation: 11:15
Me: "So, what are we doing today?"
Mom: "Nothing."
<brain implodes>
Hmm. Maybe I should meditate a little bit before going to the next item on my TODO list... ;)
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6. A year in review: Emacs: 12:55
Over the last five months, I've added all sorts of code to my Emacs to make it a contact relationship management system that fills the salespeople I know with envy. =)
- 2006.07.20#1: Emacs BBDB magic: Greeting people with nicknames
- 2006.07.24#1: Emacs: Automating the insertion of text
- 2006.08.10#3: Sharing the link love
- 2006.08.30#3: My Big Brother Database and social networking sites
- 2006.09.01#2: Emacs: Keep track of messages sent
- 2006.09.01#3: More Emacs coolness: List of contacts
- 2006.09.01#4: More Emacs fun: Composing mail to everyone with notes
- 2006.09.02#1: More Emacs goodness: Refresh your memory when you e-mail using notes from BBDB
- 2006.09.15#2: Emacs: Changing the font size on the fly
- 2006.09.15#3: Emacs clinic at the Linux Caffe
- 2006.09.28#2: Emacs + LinkedIn: Another totally idiosyncratic bit of code
- 2006.09.28#3: Emacs: Show only people whom I haven't pinged since...
- 2006.09.28#4: Emacs: BBDB rapid serial visualization
- 2006.09.28#5: Emacs: Animation in presentations
- 2006.09.29#2: Emacs BBDB: Filtering tags with the power of lambda expressions
- 2006.09.29#8: Emacs BBDB: Prioritize exact matches
- 2006.10.02#10: Crazy idea for Emacs: Random Emacs taglines
- 2006.10.02#11: Crazy Emacs: Personalized signatures with random taglines
- 2006.10.04#1: Developing a better sense of time
- 2006.10.04#2: Emacs Gnus hack: Prioritize based on the number of recipients
- 2006.10.11#4: Emacs: Hideshow
- 2006.10.12#3: Emacs: Quick way to collect references
- 2006.10.12#4: Emacs and a British voice
- 2006.10.23#1: Excited about my DemoCamp presentation!
- 2006.10.27#4: Keeping track of the age of messages
- 2006.11.02#2: Contact report
- 2006.12.12#2: Personal contact relationship management
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7. Thoughts on life: 12:59
I've thought a fair bit about life this year, and I'm getting a better idea of what I want to do. My short-term focus is research, and technology evangelism seems like a good medium-term thing.
- 2006.05.24#10: More thoughts about what I want to do with my life
- 2006.05.27#4: My goal in life: sales and marketing?
- 2006.06.25#8: What I want to do with my life: tell stories
- 2006.07.02#1: Purposeful interaction
- 2006.07.03#1: Thinking and not thinking
- 2006.07.08#1: Imagining the future
- 2006.07.24#2: Remembering my purpose; hooray for writing!
- 2006.08.21#6: Living with others and living alone
- 2006.09.02#4: A passion for social systems - clues to my next short-term step?
- 2006.09.05#4: More thoughts on what I want to do with my life
- 2006.09.07#3: The Secret
- 2006.09.13#2: What makes a good life?
- 2006.10.02#5: Life!
- 2006.10.27#1: Looking for a personal board of directors
- 2006.11.02#1: Microsoft evangelism - tempting!
- 2006.12.12#3: Found my vertical: HR
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8. My favorite blog posts: 13:00
Here are my other favorite blog posts:
- 2006.01.07#2: Things every geek should know
- 2006.02.05#2: Why I like the Emacs editor
- 2006.03.18#3: Upon reflection
- 2006.03.26#1: Forks - breaking up with Dominique
- 2006.03.27#2: I love my life!
- 2006.04.13#3: Reflections
- 2006.04.18#1: How to wear a malong
- 2006.05.02#1: Linux Caffe - first date with Simon
- 2006.05.17#1: Aftermesh
- 2006.05.24#6: Microsoft Word in schools
- 2006.05.30#2: Networking with Moleskines
- 2006.06.23#1: First taste of the Canadian medical system
- 2006.06.25#4: What's the value proposition of a student?
- 2006.06.25#6: Listening
- 2006.07.10#1: Finally on a phone plan
- 2006.07.16#1: Barbecue
- 2006.07.22#4: The best birthday gifts
- 2006.07.30#1: Simon
- 2006.08.15#1: Rock-climbing
- 2006.08.22#1: Networking for Geeks: Advertise with your laptop!
- 2006.08.30#2: Backlog: A great weekend
- 2006.08.31#9: The power of proactively networking
- 2006.09.02#2: Networking tips: Bring your own nametag
- 2006.09.05#2: Sometimes I just get homesick
- 2006.09.06#2: Break glass in case of emergency: For homesickness
- 2006.09.28#6: Conference Commando: Networking with Nametags
- 2006.09.29#4: Networking: Create value with your business cards
- 2006.09.30#2: Capsule summary
- 2006.10.13#1: Wow.
- 2006.10.20#2: Notes from CASCON2006: Passion is the key to Web 2.0
- 2006.10.24#1: Democamp a blast! Blew their brains to bits
- 2006.10.30#2: Activity ideas, or Spending-time-with-Sacha-HOWTO
- 2006.11.19#3: Nov 13 to Nov 19
- 2006.11.21#1: Dinner with a technology evangelist
- 2006.11.25#2: Woohoo! Global organization for technology evangelists!
- 2006.12.14#1: Kudos to Kevin Magee: sales and networking tips
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9. Back from wakeboarding: 19:16
We spent the afternoon at the Camsur Watersports Complex. My sisters and I tried wakeboarding. Now I can barely raise my arms, and it's such a good thing that I brought my Twiddler one-handed keyboard...
Wakeboarding was tons of fun. We started with kneeboards, kowtowing close to the water. I found it a bit difficult to navigate the cable course without eyeglasses or contact lenses. I nearly made it first time around, but I wiped out on the last leg of the circuit because I couldn't see the buoys. I swam to the side and waited for the golf cart to pick me up. Then I was back in line for another try. After several tries, I finally got the hang of the course. I learned where I needed to brace myself for the sudden slack and jerk as the cable changed directions. My sister Ching teased me about the fact that I stuck with the kneeboard instead of trying the waterskis as soon as I could, but I figured that becoming familiar with the course and the feeling of gliding over water was a good idea--and it was.
I eventually graduated to the water skis. After two faceplants right in front of the launching pad, I figured out how to crouch. I even made it all the way around, coming in almost standing. Yay!
I couldn't get the hang of starting on the wakeboard, though. I always plowed into the water. Maybe tomorrow.
I remember coasting along on my skateboard behind Jed's bike, pulled by a power cord we scavenged from discarded electronics on the street. That was tons of fun, too. And picking myself up after faceplanting on that hill... Yup, that's me, getting back in line after clearing the water from my nose!
Wish my usual adventure buddies were here. I know they'd love it too!
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One apartment in a four-unit structure was severely damaged when a fire broke out in the complex at 750 Malvern Manor Dr. Sunday morning.
A man, who was discovered outside the complex, was injured and transported in ambulance for medical treatment.
The Great Trail Fire District responded to the blaze at about 10:37 a.m. Sunday, Attempts to contact Chief Ralph Castellucci were not successful,
"The apartment was pretty much gutted," said Chief Aaron Stoller of the Sandy Creek Fire District which responded through mutual aid.
The complex contains four apartments. The other units sustained minor damage, according to an e-mail report from the Great Trail Fire District.
The e-mail from Great Trail Fire District did not identity the injured man.
The local American Red Cross chapter was called to provide assistance to the residents. The complex is owned by Belmont Properties of Cadiz.
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Carna, Connemara - When you are looking for a gathering to spend a May bank holiday weekend there are some wonderful choices along the Wild Atlantic Way, especially when your interests veer towards traditional music and dance festivals.
At the newly resurgent Shannon Airport I ran into people from Boston and Maryland at the car rental counter who were heading to the Cuckoo Festival in Kinvarra, Co. Galway and Féile Chois Cuain in Louisbourg, Co. Mayo. But I set my own sights on sampling the Féile Chomórtha Joe Einniu (Joe Heaney Commemorative Festival) in the village of Carna in Connemara where the iconic sean nos singer was born and buried.
For 28 years Heaney, here in Carna, has been remembered annually through this wonderful boutique festival hosted on the southern flank of the inspirational landscape that defines this part of Ireland. It recognizes his accomplishments and furthers the important work and attention he brought to the native culture of the Connemara Gaelthacht throughout his life.
Heaney's extraordinary story and life's journey took him through the British Isles and eventually to America where I first became aware of him back in the 1970s when he was still living in Brooklyn while working as a doorman in New York City. He was recorded by both Topic Records in England and Gael-Linn records in Ireland as one of the pre-eminent bilingual sean nos singers of any era.
Wherever he went he carried an intense love and dedication to his native language, Irish, and its songs and stories. Eventually folk music enthusiasts and ethnomusicologists qualified him as an authentic original source recreating "history's page" for Ireland's Gaelic heritage.
He immigrated to America in 1965 after receiving an invitation to the Newport Folk Festival in the height of the revival years for folk music. In his later years both Wesleyan University and the University of Washington in Seattle validated the knowledge he carried by bringing him on staff to teach and inform their students and research in Irish studies.
Heaney's legacy was further burnished in 1982 when he received a National Heritage Award from the National Endowment for the Arts for the massive contributions he made towards the propagation of Irish culture in the U.S.
After Heaney's passing in 1984 at the age of 64, his burial in his native Carna was so well attended and remembered even a year later on the anniversary, the local school principal Michael O Cuaig decided that an annual festival dedicated to the celebration of the Gaelic heritage that Heaney epitomized would be very much in order.
With his own passion for the rich culture that defines the value of Ireland's Gaelthacht, O Cuaig designed an annual program that while rooted in preserving the past, trumpets its present day vitality and important focus on passing along these traditions to younger people as well.
O Cuaig's easy-going approach to presenting artists and the audiences who gather each year into an entertaining and informative mix helps sustain Gaelic culture at a time when that support is necessary even within Ireland.
Irish may be the principle medium for his introductions and for the singing and speaking elements over the weekend, but the positive and welcoming atmosphere present here knows no linguistic bounds.
And even multiculturalism can come very much into play as this year a performance group from Norway attended and performed, and a number of Europeans (and Americans) also were enticed to attend the festival which has a very firm grasp on what it is about.
The weekend got off to a good start when a local artist with nationwide recognition as an actor, poet and playwright, Joe Steve O Neachtain offered the opening address and told the audience about the importance of Irish culture in the national identity looking forward for the 1916 centenary.
A special ceremony and presentation was made to the widow and family of the late Tom Davis, a noted archivist and recorder of many historic Irish music events for decades who passed away last year.
In a poignant moment and reflective of the ethos of the Heaney festival in general, a rare recording made by Davis of Heaney singing "My Own Native Land" was shared with the audience, many hearing it for the first time since it doesn't appear on any commercial recordings.
Though I wasn't present for that occasion, the sheer depth of the song and the gra for Ireland reflected in the lyrics makes for a very fitting anthem from the Heaney repertoire that sends chills up the spines of all those who share its sentiments.
Many folks who follow the music and dance scene know that Connemara has long been both a reservoir and bastion for the sean nos tradition for singing, dancing and, of course, the Irish language, so this particular festival holds a pride of place in doing so.
Along with presenting wonderful Irish singers like Treasa Ni Cheannabhain, Padraic O Ceannabhain and Roisin Elsafty (and the Donegal singer Rita Gallagher who taught and sang in English), the solo dance tradition was well represented by Roisin Ni Mhainin and Patricia Ni Fhathata and Proinsias and Breandan Hernon, all part of the marvelous revival we have seen in recent years in the sean nos singing and dance traditions at the Oireachtas.


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THE Batemans Bay Youth Foundation held its 19th annual grants presentation dinner on Thursday night, with almost 120 people sitting down to dinner and fine presentations from young people.
Grants were given to 11 deserving students. Musical presentations were given by Sean Douglas, (classical guitar), and Holly Sweeney, (piano). A grantee from last year, Molly Rodwell, gave an informative speech about her first year at university.
In his welcome speech, Foundation chairman Peter Wood noted that since the first dinner in 1995, 131 students had received grants totalling more than $350,000. Of that amount, more than 63 per cent was given in the past eight years, signifying the growth of the Foundation to match the ever-increasing need of students hoping to go on to tertiary education.
"Although there may be other educational charities in south-east NSW, the Batemans Bay Youth Foundation is by far the most significant and probably the oldest," Mr Wood said.
"This gives great credit to the community, because the Foundation is, above all else, a charitable instrument of the community."
However Mr Wood said pledges by large companies had now dried up, and the Foundation was appealing to all businesses in the community to show some generosity to a very worthy cause.
"Cash donations from $200 per year upwards will be most welcome," he said.
"The second point is that students who intend to pursue tertiary education, but first take a gap year to earn some money, may still apply for a grant by downloading the application form from www.bbyf.org.au.
To be meaningful in today's environment, grants have been increased from $2500 to $3000, a useful sum for the first year of study."
This year's successful 11 were:
Maggie Aylmore, UTS, Sydney - B Global Studies
Nicholas Broad-McGregor, Wollongong - B Int Studies/B Arts
Frankie Coen, Sydney - B English
David Feletto, Notre Dame, Sydney - B Primary Education
Daniel Hogg, Newcastle - B English (Mining)
Jonathan Hynes, Wollongong - B English
Jacob Ingram, ANU - BA/B Laws
Taylah Pye, Wollongong - B Law/B Creative Arts
Georgia Smith, Melbourne - BSc
Emily Watson, Canberra Inst Tech - Laboratory/Animal Tech.
Elen Welch, Sydney - BSc


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Photographer Cody Downard embodies the axiom that there's no time like the present to make a dream come true.
"My dream was to have a photo studio some day and then I decided that some day needed to be now," he said.
This week, his dream became reality with Cody Downard Photography Gallery opening in downtown Eagle. The cozy studio is tucked in between Red Canyon Cafe and Mountain Pedaler at 132 Broadway.
The gallery showcases Downard's work, which he describes as "Rocky Mountain Fine Art." For people familiar with Downard's photography for Beaver Creek and Vail, as well as several ski and outdoor magazines, the gallery images may provide a surprise. They include Western landscapes, wildlife, horses, barns and people.
"I really love shooting beautiful nature scenes and capturing that one special moment to share with others," said Downard. He pointed to a striking photograph of a horse in a pasture as an example, saying he loved capturing that second when the horse looked directly at him and his shutter clicked - seizing an image of the wind and the light and the animal all in harmony.
A native of Eureka, Kan., Downard began his shooting career when he was just a kid. His dad was a runner, and he handed over the family camera and asked his son to shoot at races.
Downard graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in park and natural resource management in 1996. His degree interest took him to Yellowstone where he worked as a park ranger for a number of years. The shear beauty of his surroundings rekindled his interest in photography.
Eventually Downard found his way to Colorado, where he worked at Keystone and then for Vail Resorts.
"I started taking more photography, working with Jack Affleck," he said. In the spring of 2002, Downard opened his own photography business.
Like any commercial photographer, Downard shoots weddings and portraits. He also books corporate events. The bread and butter aspect of his business has been ski and outdoor photography, which he notes can be a stressful undertaking. When the money shot is getting a great photo of Lindsay Vonn at a race gate, Downard said there is no margin for error.
"When she is hitting a gate at 60 to 70 mph, you have to be ready," he said.
While that part of his business is exhilarating, Downard said he relishes the opportunity the new gallery affords him to share his more contemplative work.
"People don't know about the western fine art part of what I do. I hope to pleasantly surprise the people who come visit."
Initial business hours for Cody Downard Photography Studio will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Otherwise the gallery will be open by appointment. "I am a working photographer, so I am often out on assignment. I don't want to disappoint people who want to come to the gallery, so I ask that they call me and set up a time to visit," Downard said.
To reach Downard, call (970) 471-4416 or visit www.codydownard.com.


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your companion animal's skin healthy and coat shiny can prove
challenging. Even though you might already feed a quality food, and
brush and shampoo regularly, there's more to this area of pet care than
you might think. Veterinarians will tell you that the condition of the
skin can be a good indicator of a pet's overall health and nutrition
status. That's why wise pet parents should monitor their companion
animal for any of these tell-tale signs …
• Dry, flaky skin or a dull, brittle coat
• Oily, foul smelling skin or a matted coat
• Thin coat, excessive hair loss or red, blotchy skin
• Excessive scratching (especially, seasonally)
The skin is the largest organ in the body and requires proteins and
other nutrients. It's not surprising that subtle changes in the amount
of nutrients supplied to the skin can have a noticeable affect on its
overall condition.
Fortunately, many pets eat complete-and-balanced pet foods that meet the
nutrient profiles specified by expert panels and regulatory bodies.
However, there are other factors that can lead to nutrient deficiencies.
Pet foods that are improperly stored in the home, or in warehouses for
many months without climate control prior to entering your home, can
have reduced nutrient availability. Deficiencies may also arise when an
animal is unable to digest, absorb or utilize nutrients as a result of
genetic, environmental or stress factors, or some diseases. Even if your
companion animal eats a nutritious diet, her skin takes a backseat to
the rest of her organs … in essence, only receiving the "leftovers".
Therefore, I believe it's important to supplement with additional
nutrients, to help your furry one achieve skin and coat health. More...
While underappreciated or even unrecognized as an organ, skin has amazing
properties. For starters, it's the largest organ of the body. Both tough and
pliable, skin has many functions, including regulating body temperature, helping
to prevent dehydration and protecting against injury and disease. Without skin,
our pets couldn't have hair, and everything that was on the inside would be
exposed, making snuggle sessions a little on the icky side!
Canine and feline skin shares many similarities with human skin, but there
are significant differences. They do have three layers of their skin, with the
same nerves and blood vessels running throughout. Even though the pigmented skin
in dogs contains melanin, dogs do not have the ability to tan like humans do.
Also, they have apocrine glands (similar to human sweat glands), however, dogs
do not sweat like we do. Instead, dogs have eccrine glands in their paws, which
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It's the ninth leg of "The Amazing Race" and the final five are racing from Moscow to Amsterdam -- or Paris, if you've misread the colors on the flag clue, which most of the teams do at first. The Chippendales are racing in the hopes of winning that million to help blond James' dad, a cancer patient, pay his bills. The Sri Lankan twins are racing for "brownie power." And the divorcees are hoping to collect the two million dollar prize that goes to the last team standing, who also won the first leg, i.e., them, they hope.
But everything rests on those Moscow-Amsterdam flights and every team is taking a different one. Abbie and Ryan are nervous about their Frankfurt connection, because that's the airport that sunk them last time and ... sure enough, "we got franked," Abbie moans, when they miss their connecting flight and the next one has mechanical difficulties.
In Amsterdam, the twins are the first on, talking in unison and saying, "This is awesome balls." Not a phrase we've heard much, but OK. They opt to do the fast forward, which involves a sprint for the Van Gogh cafe and a ride on the Flying Dutchman bus, an amphibious bus that plows straight into the canal -- as the twins holler, in their signature nasal whine, "Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my gawwwwwd."
They must each eat five herring in the seven minutes before the bus/boat returns to shore, a task they complete with maximum gagging and whining. Then, it's straight to the pit stop at Rembrandt's mistress' home in Ransdorp. They win $5,000 each but there's a bonus for us viewers too: no twins for 45 minutes of this hour.
The detour
The rest of the teams must take a boat to find the Poffertjesboot, where they're making little puffy, powdered sugar things -- similar to ebelskevers -- that look delicious. They get the snacks and a clue that gives them a choice: Back in Time or Organ Grind. The Chippendales head off to a very cool hand-cranked organ wagon on a street corner, where they must make music and collect 30 euros in tips.
"We must take all necessary steps," they tell each other, stripping out of their shirts and donning their signature Chippendale cuffs and bow ties. They are, understandably, very popular. Blond James explains, "I'd been getting two cents, five cents and a little grandma with her little grandkids, she gives us 10 euros. We're done!"
They head off on foot to the Museum Geelvinck to search the gardens for the next stop, a double U-turn that causes considerable angst. The agreement the Chippies had reached with the Texans and twins was that the first team to arrive at the U-turn would turn the biggest threats, the dating divorcees, and the second team to arrive would turn the first, thereby throwing the advantage away but depriving the divorcees of any chance to turn anyone else. Only thing was, the distressed Chippendales say, they'd agreed because they'd expected the twins to arrive first. Now it's them.
"We're going to lose two friends!" they tell each other. "I feel terrible. They're going to hate us!"
The Texans finish off the organ grinder task and U-turn the Chippendales, as agreed. Meanwhile the last two teams, the Beekmans and divorcees arrive at Amsterdam airport at the same time. Hugs! They head off to the Back in Time task, where they must recreate Rembrandt's famous Night Watch painting as a tableau vivant, with living models and real props. "All red with a gun! All red with a gun!" Ryan says, grabbing a costumed model by the hand. "Turquoise girl!" Abbie calls. Rembrandt gives everyone a thumbs up.
At the double U-turn station, the divorcees discover their misfortune and they're devastated by who turned them. "If it was Trey and Lexie or the sisters, OK," Abbie says. "But the Chippendales?"
The Beekmans are nearly as distraught. Josh actually considers throwing the lead that's landed so neatly in their lap, but the pair eventually heads off to the next task, leaving the divorcees to go grind that organ in the rain. Abbie dances in the street with a particularly sweet passer-by, who tells her, "I'm gonna make it so you're done," and hands over the remaining euros. Hugs all around. Abbie cries in the woman's arms. More hugs. It's very, very sweet.
Ohhh, remember a few season ago when they had to do the hilarious ditch-vaulting challenge? Everybody got extremely wet and muddy, and fell down a lot. A. Lot. Either this ditch is a lot narrower or the teams have been practicing their ditch vaulting on the side, because it's a piece of cake for the Chippendales, Texan Trey does it first try, and even Josh, who trips in the grass on the way to the ditch, gets over the little canal without much trouble. Poor Ryan, though, goes sploosh. Twice.
The pit stop
OK, we've got the twins in first, the Chippendales second and the Texans third. The distraught Beekmans snag fourth place, looking so despondent that Phil asks, in all seriousness, if they'd like to cede their spot to the divorcees. Well, no, they don't.
Abbie and Ryan are the last to arrive and they're headed home, but only after a bitter Ryan says the experience was not just a once-in-a-lifetime experience, but a once-in-a hundred-lifetimes. "I don't feel like we accomplished what we set out to accomplish," he tells Phil. "It feels wrong."
Oh puh-leeze. It wasn't a total loss. Your team coined an excellent new phrase -- "we got franked" -- to describe air travel woes.
Next time: The final four head to Majorca for challenges involving lethal flying tennis balls and toreadors.


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Tuesday, January 02, 2007
The Catcher in the Rye and Unread Writers
Most writers only have read what they were forced to read in school and what is called "the new IT book."
This is why I get called Holden Caulfield. Even though i only read that book once and thought it sucked.
Because in The Catcher in the Rye nothing happens. There is a guy who is rich and does nothing, nothing bad happens in that whole book, there is no conflict, there is nothing existential said, he is sad why? nobody knows.
These are my lit protagonist heroes:
Nikolai Stavrogin
Arkady Dolgoruky
Antoine Roquentin
Cross Damon
Sean Bateman
Okay, read those names, none of them is Holden Caulfield
Also the people who shit on my thing on Tao's blog.
This is why you argued?
Because you are in fact part of the problem and don't even know it.
You are so stuck in your type of literature and don't read anything else you don't even know there are different kinds of literature going on in America. You read these certain books and only these certain books. You were just confused, you were like, "I don't know what he is talking about." And you wrote a reply based on not knowing what you were talking about but wanting to be part of a conversation, but really it was yourself talking to yourself.
No one is battling for supremacy in the lit world, the movie books won if you haven't noticed.
To Kristin and Tao, I'm not talking about innovation or experiments, i'm talking about you two asses. Both of you are original, you write from yourself. You are innovative because you work hard and try desperately to express yourselves. Gene Morgan's Bear Parade is innovative because it has taken ebooks to a new level, they are free, they have cool layouts, he is doing something new with literature. Instead of just making people pay three dollars for a PDF file. You have unique voices and personalities. And THERE IS ALWAYS MORE BE DONE WITH LITERATURE, PEOPLE WERE SAYING THAT IN LIKE 1850. THERE IS ALWAYS MORE TO BE DONE, AND YOU TWO ASSES ARE DOING IT, QUIT BEING MODEST. SPIKE THE BALL AND DO A LITTLE DANCE.
23 comments:
Is he mentally ill? Does he know it? Yes and yes. The end.
- Mike Young said...
Though I don't really think I shit on your thing, I did find it sort of funny, and I didn't really think you were being as serious as you seem to be here.
Noah: "You are so stuck in your type of literature and don't read anything else you don't even know there are different kinds of literature going on in America. You read these certain books and only these certain books."
But only three or maybe five different kinds, right?
Also: I don't understand how you "know" that people have only ever read Catcher in the Rye if they disagree with "cram-everything-into-two-giant-asscheeks" style arguments. I mean, I just think that style of sorting is categorically fucked up. Whether it's literature or football offenses.
Also: if writers even get as far as blogs, e-zines, etc, wouldn't it be fair to think they probably are at least looking for writing outside of "what they were forced to read in high school?" I mean, maybe I know some young fantasy and sci-fi writers who think "serious literature" begins and ends with Salinger and Vonnegut and Neil Gaiman, but they certainly aren't around these sorts of blogs bothering to wise up or absorb any cranky comments.
In conclusion: I think your argument is sort of unfair to people who aren't your enemy but who think the world is fundamentally complicated. For instance: should I feel insulted because I like Denis Johnson's stuff? He went to Iowa, after all. And while I apologize for picking such a radically popular example, it's sort of fundamentally true that he doesn't write like John Updike or a ton of other MFA grads. Yet there he is with his MFA.
In other words, you said when you read modern books you can usually put them into three categories without problems. Dude: just because I can't really do that without plenty of problems doesn't mean 1) I'm an idiot or 2) I don't read books.
- Chief said...
I hang around here because I'm deeply curious about Noah--I can't quite figure him out. One minute he seems really unguarded and frank, a plainspeaking voice of the people, the next he's sort of cynical and insincere, A la Rimbaud.
Sometimes Noah seems to write like he's completely out of control, others, like he's firmly in charge of his material. Is it raw or is it calculated? I really can't tell.
I gave The Condemned to my brother-in law over Christmas, and like 30 minutes later he came back to me with this consternated expression, and asked, "Dude, what's up with this guy (meaning Noah)? Is he retarded or is he a genius?"
"Beats me," I answered, and we started laughing.
Part of me sees Noah as Ed Wood (infamous director of "Plan 9 from Outer Space") another part of me sees Noah as Johnny Depp playing Ed Wood in Tim Burton's excellent biopic. Whichever way you slice it, Ed Wood is still extremely entertaining.
The only time Noah ever bores me is when he posts long passages of Sartre. But guys like you, Mike Young (and on some level, I am a guy like you, so...) with your insistence upon having considered opinions and your milquetoast idealism, you bore me to tears. I'll bet my life savings that your favorite band is Yo La Tengo and that you're into photography--you guys are goddamn dime a dozen.
AT least Noah's brand of Outsider Writing has the ability to hurt my sinuses. Who've you ever hurt? Huh? Mike Young, you poster-boy for affable shoegazers--name a single feather that you've ruffled in your lifetime.
- Mike Young said...
Mr. Chief:
I'm not sure I have a favorite band. I think I've heard maybe one Yo La Tengo song that I like. Most of their music is boring wanky sigh-shit. Most of what I like is country music or hmm, bouncy folk-pop.
I enjoy Noah's writing and have bought his books.
I'm sorry I haven't hurt you.
Did you read what I wrote in Tao's comment section?
Thank you for using my first name and my last name.
- Mike Young said...
Oh shit. I used the word "fundamentally" twice in my comment. Bummer. My delicate argument is assfucked.
- Chief said...
Argh!!! My life-savings!
(reaches in front-trouser pocket, pulls out a lint-covered packet of cinammon gum)
- Chief said...
Sorry, let's pray for renewable resources.
- trevor johnson said...
I'm battling for a little success in the lit world.
And I like Bright Eyes a lot.
- Mike Young said...
Thanks for reading my interview, Chief. Most of it is pretty ridiculous.
I did this other interview you can read with a person named Erica who works for NASA in Texas.
I would link to it, but that would be rude to do in Noah's blog.
You can find the link on my blog thing, though.
Thank you.
- MadisonGlass said...
Noah, I had no idea there was so much Tao Lin bashing in your comments sections. I never bothered to read your comments sections. Huh. And chief's here.
When I read "Arkady" I was thinking Turgenev. That book is great. Hilarious. I haven't read that much Dostoevsky. It sounds like I should. I read the one, the famous one, and then I didn't feel like I needed more. That's the point. You read things you're going to like, or that will inform your own writing. I don't have time to read things I don't think I'm going to get anything out of. But I'm trying to read all the classics. Because I want to be an upper-class snob, and upper-class snobs need to have read such things. And I'm always open to suggestions by people who know my taste. I'm reading "Good Morning, Midnight" on Tao's suggestion right now. I've only read a chapter, but I think it's going to be one of my favorite books, up there with some of the Duras stuff.
On the other hand. I know, it's uncool to like Salinger. It's uncool to like a lot of things I like. And I've read everything he's ever published (even the stuff you can't find anymore, the under-published, via a small and now defunct anarchist publisher). But I liked Catcher in the Rye. I read it twice in junior high. It's the true "coming of age novel" that everything is always supposed to be but isn't. I haven't read it in over a decade but things do go on. It's a character piece. Caulfield is depressed and ornery. He doesn't know why and it's mostly because he's an adolescent (even if he's supposed to be, I don't know, seventeen or whatever). Anyway we assume that's what it is. But his brother died as a child. His parents no longer seem affected by it and he hates them for it (because he's young and he deals with everything like a petulant child). But by the end of the novel, he's realizing that all he's doing is trying to fight off adulthood, because he feels like he's losing something, and he's losing his brother all over again. And he wants his little sister to stay a child forever, and never to have to go through what he's going through. He wants her to stay like his little brother, innocent and good, because he loves her, but in the end it's too late, because it happens to everybody, if they are going to live that long, and so he has to let her and his brother go. He is on the brink of adulthood. He realizes he needs to grow up. Perfect novel for teenagers. So, even if you don't like it, which I understand, things do go on. Dislike it for the right reasons.
Did I shit on your thing on Tao Lin's blog? I don't even know. I do things and then immediately forget. I'm sorry if I said something, and you felt that way. I like you.
- Kristen Iskandrian said...
Hi Noah, you called me and Tao asses. It made me laugh. Thank you. I AM in a constant desperate state of trying to express myself, even when I am alone, even when I'm not writing. I am looking at my brain and sick over what it's doing or not doing, which is I think 'expressing' onself. The more closely what I say or what I write resembles the sickness in my brain, the happier (?) I feel. I've spent some time thinking about these ideas and I think I figured something out; it's probably more elementary than it seems to me. But it occurred to me that true innovation happens more for the reader than for the writer; that is, it is, or should be, a 'readerly' construct, and not necessarily a writerly goal. It is maybe not so much 'newness' as it is an encounter, a moment of truth. So, certain things will always seem innovative, regardless of trend or style or pedigree. Truth, I think it is a lasting thing. But 'relating' to or 'identifying' with, say, a character or a certain milieu--these things maybe are subject to change. Truthfulness is innovation maybe for writer and reader. I was thinking this stuff, and then I read this quote from Blanchot and felt smug, followed immediately by feeling like an asshole:
"That is why the work is a work only when it becomes the intimacy shared by someone who writes it and someone who reads it, a space violently opened up by the contest between the power to speak and the power to hear."
In another part he says that a person has to BE fascinated in order for a thing to be fascinating--that fascination isn't merely intrinsic to the thing. Similarly, I guess, I have to recognize the truth when I read it.
I am nervous this doesn't make as much sense here as it does in my head, and that there is an 'a-ha!' part of this I can't articulate clearly. I'm going to eat a sandwich now.
I want to read your books, Noah, I will do that.
- Tao Lin said...
this comments section is nice now, it became nice and calm, and i like it
I was a homeschooler. I wasn't forced to read anything. I still picked up "Catcher In The Rye," and I didn't like it.
I guess the problem I have with Mike's interpretation is that it's a bit too close to a happy ending for me-- it sounds like he's going to change, and entirely for the better, if you buy that he's crazy. It's missing the mental illness Salinger's describing as fueling Holden's behavior, and Salinger himself misses the implications of that illness.
It's weird that he fumbles there, if you ask me, because in other stories of his, like "A Perfect Day For Bananafish," he's willing to show someone who, like most people in real life, loses their sanity and never gets it back. It's like he liked Holden too much to really hurt him and became a caring God to the protagonist.
Or, the alternative: Holden's not ill, he just wants to pretend he is and screw around in New York City before someone cleans up his messes. That actually seems more likely to me, and to be fair to Salinger, there's plenty of rich kids who do this kind of thing. So I'm putting my interpretive vote into the "fake crazy" bin.
But in that case, Noah's right. Pretty much nothing interesting or deep is happening. If Salinger was honest about the shallowness of the story, that'd be cool, but Holden's narration is a mix between things no teenager would ever say or think and kindly, thoughtful advice from all the adults. The first is a lie for obvious reasons; the second, an overstatement of the wisdom of adults.
And Kristin and Tao:
Sup, you're cool.
tao lin, you should be promoting yourself
please return to your blog and promote yourself
- MadisonGlass said...
I feel rejected. I am sensitive. I won't post here anymore.
Hey Rouse this is Clint and Kyle
I think Holden represents the weaknesses of American society and how too many people take things for granted and go through life without caring about what really matters, and concentrating all their energy on just trying to look good for other people. I think he is more of a symbol than an actual protaganist, because as stated above, he doesn't actually "do anything" of importance throughout the entire book.
I think you are not a very good writer because a good writer would not call Catcher in the Rye a bad book. I am a writer and I think the book is funny and has a mix of different genres in it. Also you don't even have good proff of your opinion and why you think it is so bad......Your ridiculous!
wow...u are obbsessed with hating that book...arent u? who cares anyway..u are ridiculous!
if you don't think Catcher in the Rye is a good book than you obviously don't know a good book.
And at least they read that book in High School because I'd seriously doubt that not 1 High School student otherwise would read that book.
And if you would have got that book, you would have understood al the things going on in the story, like the fear of growing up leaving childhood behind. It has so many relevant things in it, I think you can read that book 100 years from now and it wouldn't be out of date.
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PHOENIX -- Manager Bob Melvin says second-year right-hander Sonny Gray will start Saturday's Cactus League game against the Texas Rangers.
With probable opening-day starter Jarrod Parker throwing Friday against the Giants, also at Phoenix Municipal Stadium, that suggests that Gray, who has only half a season's worth of big league experience, will start the second game of the season against Cleveland on April 1 in Oakland.
Gray has been the No. 2 man before. In the playoffs last year, he pitched in the second game of the American League Division Series against the Tigers, and his eight shutout innings helped give the A's their first win of the series.
It could happen like that again come April, but there are no guarantees.
"It would be wrong to read too much into that," Melvin said. "There's a whole spring left. There are plenty of ways we could readjust the rotation between now and then."
All things being equal, A.J. Griffin probably would have gotten Saturday's start, and the subject of Gray's positioning in the rotation come April wouldn't have come up before the first Cactus League game had even been played.
But Griffin is being held back until he's faced hitters in live batting practice twice, so he likely won't make a Cactus League start until the second time through the rotation. In Griffin's place, Gray is getting the start against Texas, a team he did not face in 10 starts after being promoted from Triple-A Sacramento.
Once he's up and in the mix, Griffin could very well wind up as the No. 2 man behind Parker, based on Griffin's team-best 200 innings pitched and 14 wins a year ago.
If it happened that Gray was to be the No. 2 man, however, Melvin wouldn't have a problem with either his youth (24) or inexperience (12 major league games, 10 of them starts).
"If that's the way it happens, I think he'd do a good job there," Melvin said. "The only thing he hasn't done has been here a full year. Based on where he was at the end of last season, it felt like he'd been here for the whole season."
Gray turned in one of the most impressive A's pitching performances of the season in Game 2 of the playoffs. Pitching at the Coliseum, he limited the Tigers to four hits and no runs. He took the loss in Game 5, giving up three runs in five innings, but generally stepped up as if he had the maturity of a six-year veteran.
"The stuff he has and the way he pitched at the end of the season marks him as someone who could pitch anywhere in the rotation," pitching coach Curt Young said. "He's a top of the rotation guy."
"Last year was all about getting him some experience, then getting him confident," Melvin said. "He hit the ground running once he got here. He's looking forward to getting a full season in and doing the best he can to help his team win."
Scott Kazmir is likely to get Sunday's start, and that indicates that he'd be the team's No. 3 starter. If so, his first start with the Athletics would be against Cleveland, the team for which he pitched last year.
For more on the A's, see John Hickey's Insider at blogs.ibabuzz.com/athletics. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/JHickey3.


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SAN FRANCISCO -- Tim Lincecum vowed not throw a tantrum.
Instead, he threw strikes.
The two-time Cy Young Award winner delivered two scoreless innings of relief Sunday just hours after the Giants announced that their one-time ace would be relegated to the bullpen during their National League Division Series against the Cincinnati Reds.
Lincecum had been a candidate to start Game 3 in Cincinnati but the assignment instead went to Ryan Vogelsong.
"I'm not going to be the guy throwing a tantrum because I'm not getting what I want," Lincecum said Sunday, shortly after the news broke. "It's not about what you've done, it's about what you've done lately."
Lincecum made the best of his diminished role during Sunday's Game 2. Summoned for the sixth inning with the Giants trailing 4-0, the mere sight of The Freak electrified what had been a humdrum sellout crowd.
It was awkward: Lincecum barely warmed up and television cameras caught him looking confused in the dugout before taking the field.
But once he was on the mound, he looked vaguely like the Lincecum of old. The right-hander hit 91 mph on the radar gun, threw 17 of his 25 pitches for strikes and allowed only one hit, a double to Brandon Phillips.
For the Giants, this was a relief in more ways than one. During the regular season, Lincecum went 10-15 and his 5.18 ERA was the highest of any qualifying National League starter. He led the N.L. in losses, runs allowed and wild pitches.
That's why he took his postseason demotion in stride.
"It's about earning it," Lincecum said.
Manager Bruce Bochy said he chose Vogelsong largely on the strength of the right-hander's final three starts.
Still, it was difficult to break the news to Lincecum, a four-time All-Star. Such a move would have been unfathomable two years ago when The Freak was among the Giants' World Series heroes.
"It's not easy to tell a pitcher that's accomplished what he has, and we know what he's done for us,'' Bochy said. "But you have to look at what's happening today. ... Timmy understands that."
The tipoff came earlier in the day when Lincecum joined the rest of the relievers for some pregame running in the outfield.
The Giants have yet to name their Game 4 starter. Lincecum's outing, though brief, almost certainly rules him out. Bochy hinted Sunday that Barry Zito has the inside track. It's also possible that Game 1 starter Matt Cain could come back on short rest.
Bochy said he was holding off on a decision because Zito was among the pitchers who would be available out of the bullpen for Game 2.
"You saw what happened on (the Reds') side last night,'' Bochy said, referring to Cincinnati Game 1 starter Johnny Cueto, who lasted just eight pitches before leaving with back spasms. Cueto's injury resulted in Mat Latos, the Reds' scheduled Game 3 starter, pitching four innings of relief.
Vogelsong, at age 35, will be making his first career postseason appearance after going 14-9 with 3.37 ERA during the regular season. He had a mostly rocky August and September but was sharp over his final three outings.
In his final start, Oct. 3 against the Dodgers, Vogelsong allowed only an unearned run and struck out seven in five innings.
"His been on with his stuff and his command, and we like where he's at right now,'' Bochy said. "We feel like he's the guy we should have out there."


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DETROIT -- His name is engraved on the Stanley Cup nine times and that alone is enough to get any hockey player's attention.
These days, that's exactly what Larry Robinson wants. Because among his roles as an associate coach on the Sharks bench, Robinson likes the one of teacher enough to put it on his list of reasons for not wanting another stint as an NHL head coach.
"I enjoy the teaching part of it," he said. "I found that as a head coach you weren't given time to do that because there were so many more things you had to worry about."
His students are learning their lessons.
"It's the little things that he's very clever with," rookie defenseman Matt Irwin said. "For example, if you're boxing someone out at the net, if you let him know you're there by touching him, he can spin the other way. If you're in the same spot but you don't have a hand on him, he doesn't know which way to go."
Positioning makes up much of Robinson's curriculum. And it's not only the rookies benefiting from access to a Hall of Fame defenseman who won six titles as a player with the Montreal Canadiens and three more as a coach or consultant with the New Jersey Devils.
"When you're taking pointers from a guy who's pretty much seen everything in the game, it's not hard to know that he probably knows what he's talking about -- even for a guy like myself who's played a lot," said Brad Stuart, whose 914 NHL games are a long way from the 1,324 that Robinson played with Montreal and the Los Angeles Kings. "You think you know everything, but you don't."
Robinson knew he wouldn't be returning to the Devils this season as an assistant coach, primarily because his wife wanted to be closer to their grandchildren in Southern California. His family's needs ended up meshing with general manager Doug Wilson's interest in finding someone to help reconstruct a penalty kill that had fallen to 29th in the NHL.
While there was a brief flirtation with the head coaching job in Montreal, Robinson has made it clear he isn't looking for that title in San Jose or anywhere else. He spent four years as bench boss for the Los Angeles Kings and two different stints in that role for New Jersey. The last one with the Devils ended in 2005 with Robinson citing stress-related insomnia and headaches.
One rung down the ladder suits him well. Beyond the reduced stress and added time for teaching, he explained, there's also less need to maintain "that little bit of a barrier" between coach and the players.
"As an assistant, you're kind of the buffer," he said. "You can still have that closeness and be the shoulder for them to cry on."
Robinson can draw on four decades of NHL experience when problems come up with the Sharks, who will try to get back on track Thursday night against the Detroit Red Wings after being outworked in a 4-0 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night.
But he doesn't have to reach far back into his past to find a season that reminds him of this inconsistent one in San Jose.
Last year in New Jersey, he said, the Devils spent most of the season without any production from their third and fourth lines -- the same problem that has plagued the Sharks.
"Yeah, I've had a little bit of 'Groundhog Day,' " he said. "At times we were playing 13 or 14 guys because they were the only ones scoring goals."
Eventually, the Devils did find a fourth line -- Steve Bernier, Ryan Carter, Stephen Gionta -- that kicked in 21 points during the postseason as New Jersey reached the Stanley Cup finals as a sixth seed.
"I don't like coming in and preaching on the past," Robinson said, "but the thing we can take out of last year is that the two teams in the finals struggled just to get into the playoffs."
Ah, another lesson.
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This year's series looks at the stories we live out of in our personal lives. To live is to be a pilgrim in time and as we journey into mystery, we discover we are constantly entering into one story and leaving another. We live our lives in stories. They shape our lives, our responses to life, and even our expectations about life. Conversion changes the stories of our lives. As we lean into the darkness of the mystery that surrounds us and try discern how to walk through that darkness, or how to wait in it, we find ourselves re-evaluating those stories. These stories come from our personal experience, from our family circumstances, from the society we find ourselves in, and from the cultural senses of time and place which establish our identity. But the stories we live out of also come from the way God sees and knows and loves us. Sometimes the stories we live out of are supported and reinforced by the story that is God's story for us. At other times those two stories conflict. As we journey into mystery, this conflict becomes more apparent, and we find ourselves caught up in a life or death struggle to embrace the path to the fullness of life we are offered daily. Then we are asked to abandon the limiting stories we have lived by and to enter more fully the story that God creates for and with us.
Nowhere is that tension most clearly available to us than when we consider our past, our present and our future. These are not three separate aspects of our life in time: our past shapes our present and our future; our present shapes our past and our future; and our future shapes our present and our past. Each shapes the way we read the others. All together they give us some awareness of how we understand ourselves and how we value what we are given. But my self-understanding is not me. I am more than how I see and understand myself. I am more than a construction of time. I am a construction of God in time. I am still being created, still subject to forces, both benign and malignant, that affect my life.
It is our Christian belief that all of time—itself a creation—is held in God's care, and that creation finds its fulfilment only in relationship to the Creator who loves it into being. Each of us is held in time, but each of us is also held in the timelessness of God's love. Our journey through timelessness is often one that we do not pay overt attention to, caught as we are in our daily living. But that does not mean that Mystery is equally indifferent to us. The Desire who loves us and invites us to the fullness of life is always attentive to us. We, in turn, can become attentive to God, as a lover is attentive to the beloved, when we start noticing how our stories of our past, our present and our future are in constant dialogue with God. Such awareness brings us to the intersection between time and eternity where, with a sense of wonder, humility and gratitude, we perceive how we are being loved into being.
Our dialogue with God allows a moment of Incarnation to happen in our very own lives.. God enters into our felt narratives, however they are constructed, to change those aspects that are life-denying and to affirm those that bring us closer to our true nature. These narratives might be perceived to be just intellectual constructs, but in fact they are rooted more basically in our lived and felt experience. Often our learned theologies and catechisms present us with an image of God that we give intellectual assent to, but our felt experience of God—and the one we operate out of spontaneously—does not coincide with that image. So, when we are at prayer, what our image of God changes. The encounter is personal and mysterious, and does not subscribe to any ideologies. Indeed, if the energies of God enter any situation, it would be to restore the situation to a right relationship with God and allow it to be open to mystery, rather than to trap that relationship in circumscribed formulas. In prayer we allow ourselves to be touched and opened by God, at times beyond even the boundaries of our imagination.
Prayer allows us to know ourselves the way God knows us; as we discover this, we discover that our feelings towards God change. We open ourselves to wonder and awe, gratitude and humility. We discover we are loved even when we sin. We discover a God who desires to heal our hurts, celebrate our joys, and cover us with a transforming love. Only by resting in this love do we find the affirmation of our life that allows us to look at the dark sides of our human existence and to offer them up for transformation.
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EPA TO UNVEIL CLIMATE PROPOSAL: The Obama administration is planning to unveil next week a cornerstone of its climate-change initiative: a rule that would allow states to use cap-and-trade systems, renewable energy and other measures to reduce carbon emissions by existing power plants. The proposal, which would affect hundreds of power plants nationwide and will likely be challenging for utilities with many coal-fired generators, is designed to allow states the flexibility to meet the benchmarks, instead of placing emissions limits on individual plants.
The June 2 release is likely to echo across the political, legal and environmental policy landscape as competing interests debate the economic cost and science of climate change. The EPA is scheduled to complete the rule by June 2015, with states submitting their plans the following year. But the likely slew of lawsuits and political opposition could easily upend that timeline. Amy Harder reports.
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Amid all tensions and disputes that suddenly seem to be breaking out around the globe, one encouraging sign President Barack Obama might point Wednesday in his big foreign-policy address at West Point is the spate of elections being staged in countries important to the U.S. The list of places where the core function of democracy—citizens choosing leaders—has been exercised in recent weeks is an impressive one. Read Washington Bureau Chief Jerry Seib's full post in Washington Wire.
HEALTH COSTS SNARL UNION TALKS: Unions and employers are disputing who has to pay for new costs associated with the health law, roiling labor talks nationwide. The costs in question include coverage for dependent children to age 26, as well as future costs, like a tax on premium health plans starting in 2018. As tens of thousands of labor contracts expire in the next several years, those costs will become a significant point of tension. Kris Maher and Melanie Trottman report.
HOPES RISE IN UKRAINE: Ukraine, its Western allies and Russia are signaling that they are taking a step back from their standoff, even as fighting flared Monday between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists. The change followed a pro-Europe chocolate baron's victory in Ukraine's fraught presidential election, as well as Russia's increasingly conciliatory overtures toward its neighbor. Chances of new sanctions on Russia appear slimmer, as a result. Lukas I. Alpert, James Marson and Ian Talley report.
RACE SHOWS TEA-PARTY MUSCLE IN TEXAS: A tea-party-backed politician is threatening to defeat the incumbent Republican lieutenant governor in a runoff primary election today, highlighting antiestablishment candidates' continued strength in Texas. State Sen. Dan Patrick of Houston, who has vowed to stop the "illegal invasion" of Mexican immigrants, significantly outpolled Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in the March primary, forcing the runoff. But his success comes as Republican voters elsewhere are largely rejecting tea-party candidates. Nathan Koppel reports.
ALSO IN THE NEWS: Alleged killer Elliot Rodger's parents had worried about their isolated son and reached out for help after seeing some of his disturbing online posts … Advertisers can be tricked into paying for spots on bogus sites with fake traffic … Veterans' groups traded furious charges with a senior Republican senator over the weekend on how to fix veterans' health-care system … Securities regulators are embracing a plan designed to shift more trading onto exchanges and away from private trading venues operated by banks and other firms.
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President Obama's commencement address Wednesday at West Point is an important event for the last stages of his presidency. He will attempt to start having a conversation with the country about his approach to foreign policy. Washington Bureau Chief Jerry Seib explains why in this video.
–SUPREME COURT: The court will announce decisions. After today, five decision days remain on the court's calendar this term.
–TEXAS RUNOFF: Rep. Ralph Hall (R., Texas) makes his last stand trying to keep the House seat he's held for 34 years, facing a stiff challenge from John Ratcliffe, who was a U.S. attorney under George W. Bush, in a runoff primary election. In the election, voters will also choose lieutenant governor and attorney general in races that have shown that the tea party remains a substantial force in the state.
Reza Sayah, writing for CNN, offers a list of five things to know about this week's elections in Egypt, notably that the almost certain outcome—the election of former army leader Abdel Fattah el-Sisi—will bolster Egypt's relations with key Persian Gulf States while leading to continued tensions with Qatar and Turkey, supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood government that el-Sisi overthrew.
Former FDIC chairman Sheila Bair says she doesn't plan to read former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's new book and, as expected of someone who clashed with him, criticizes his handling of the financial crisis: "Geithner & Co. took the easy way out. It's no wonder we still suffer from the hangover of those decisions."
The Malaysian government's attempt to shed more light on the fate of a missing airliner by releasing a raft of raw satellite data used to determine the plane's likely flight path isn't likely to quell questions, report Eileen Ng and Chris Brummitt of the Associated Press. Experts say the data is missing some key elements and isn't present in a form easy to analyze.
Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu's core strategy for winning re-election is simple, writes Philip Rucker of The Washington Post: Relentlessly remind voters that after nearly two decades in Washington she now is the new chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, "which is no small thing for a poor state that pins its economic future to the booming oil and gas industry."
In the WSJ Think Tank, Stephen Sestanovich, who was an international observer of the Ukrainian election over the weekend, reports that one of the parties that is part of what Russian officials call a neo-fascist surge in the country actually turns out to be a pretty tame organization.
In 2013, entrepreneurs and consumers filed a record 53,833 complaints about advance-fee loans and credit arrangers to the Federal Trade Commission, up from 43,070 in 2012 and 44,504 in 2011.
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As oil and gas companies continue the push to locate and extract natural gas and oil from local Marcellus and Utica shale beds, will it lead this area into an 1800s-style "boom and bust?" Dave......
The oil/gas companies should be taxed till they squeal it's not like they can go someplace else to drill.
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First Look: Samsung's Un-Samsung Approach With Galaxy S5
What? No eye-popping Ultra HD display? No retina scanner? But the rumors suggested the Galaxy S5 was going to be a life-changing phone!
No, the Galaxy S5, unveiled in Barcelona Monday, isn't chock full of radical new hardware components or fancy-sounding software features, which require you to hold one arm over your head and tilt the phone towards the equator to work properly.
The Galaxy S5 feels different for Samsung. Literally.
Instead of the slimy, glossy plastic rear cover that has plagued previous Galaxy S generation, the fifth edition has a higher quality matte plastic adorned with what can best be described as inverted braille dots. It feels nicer than previous models, though it's still not as good looking or feeling as the iPhone 5S or the various flavors of Moto X. The GS5's black, blue and white versions are much more handsome than the gaudy gold, which we all agree looks a lot like a Band-Aid.
Speaking of Band-Aids, the GS5 probably won't sustain as many boo-boos as its predecessors, either. The phone is water-resistant and dust-proof. That means you can drop the phone into a meter of water for 30 minutes and, as long as the MicroUSB port cover is sealed, it should be just fine. But it's not drop proof, and traditionally, Samsung's phones haven't worn all that well over time or scored the best on breakability. Just ask gadget insurer SquareTrade, which ranks Samsung devices among the most breakable.
I'm most excited about the changes made to the camera. With a 16-megapixel camera and real-time HDR processing, Samsung is now promising better-looking photos and some neat tricks, including a "selective focus" option which lets you focus on the subject and better blur out the background, as an expensive lens on a DSLR would. It took some playing with to get it working, but when it did, it worked quite well. It will take more testing though to see if the new camera can rival the iPhone 5S's.
Underneath the camera is a heart rate sensor. Place your finger on the sensor, launch the S Health app and you can see your heart rate within a few seconds. It took about seven seconds to read my 86 beats per minute.
This neat feature is also built into Samsung's new family of wearables. The Gear Fit, which has a curved AMOLED screen, was more comfortable and stylish than the big-screened Gear smartwatches.
The Galaxy S5 also has a fingerprint sensor for unlocking the phone and making "safe mobile payments." PayPal has already signed up to take advantage of it. Unlike the iPhone 5S's sensor, it requires you to slide your finger across it, which could take some practice. (The unit I was shown didn't have the functionality enabled, so I couldn't give it a try.)
The nice thing about this new Galaxy, to me, is that Samsung hasn't completely flooded the phone with loads of new homespun software features on top of Android 4.4.2. Don't get me wrong, there are still distracting widgets and Samsung's unfortunate looking app icons but generally things have been tidied up. Of course, I didn't see the carrier models, which will likely be mucked up with additional carrier-chosen apps.
The phone will arrive in April at U.S. carriers, and though Samsung isn't naming the price, we anticipate it will initially sell for $200 to $250 with a two-year contract. We'll have a full review of the phone closer until then, but for now, Samsung seems to be polishing up rather than just reinventing at a frenetic pace. It's different for them, and I like it.
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Fannie Mae to Sell Headquarters
Fannie Mae officials told employees on Wednesday that the company plans to sell its mansion-like headquarters in Washington, D.C., as part of a consolidation of its five, D.C.-area offices into a single, leased office building. The company hasn't yet decided on a new location but prefers that it be in downtown D.C., said a company spokesperson. The move would happen within the next two to three years, she said.
The spokesperson said that the move is in preparation of the expiration of the leases on two of its D.C. offices. The company has also lately had to deal with aging infrastructure in some locations, including at the main building, she said.
"We are focused on making responsible real estate decisions to ensure the wise use of resources, the safety and soundness of operations, and flexibility to adapt to changes in our future workplace needs," the spokesperson wrote in a statement.
The Wall Street Journal, and many other news organizations, have long relied on photos of Fannie Mae's iconic headquarters, located at 3900 Wisconsin Ave., with its picturesque facade and landscaping, to illustrate stories on the mortgage-finance giant.
Fannie Mae and McLean, Va.-based Freddie Mac don't make mortgages, but buy loans from lenders, package them into securities and provide guarantees to make investors whole in case of default. The companies were placed into conservatorship in 2008 and received $188 billion in government aid. After a September dividend payment, the companies will have paid $218.7 billion to the U.S. Treasury.
Worth remembering: Fannie's purchase of the building around four decades ago was met with some controversy, notes The Fateful History of Fannie Mae by the Journal's James R. Hagerty.
Oakley Hunter, a former FBI agent and Republican congressman, decided to acquire the building in the 1970s. Hunter had been named president of Fannie Mae by President Richard Nixon shortly before Fannie became a shareholder-owned company.
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Despite Hunter's general policy of keeping a low profile, he decided the company needed a grander headquarters than the rented space it occupied in downtown Washington. There was debate between two choices. One was the site of a former creamery near the Georgetown district that could be converted into offices. The second was a three-story red brick building on Wisconsin Avenue, built in the colonial style of the governor's palace in Williamsburg, Virginia. The Wisconsin Avenue building had previously housed an insurance company. Robert Bennett, the chief financial officer, considered the Wisconsin Avenue building impractical and believed it would be too expensive to convert the "rabbit warren" of offices inside.
But Hunter chose the Wisconsin Avenue building. "He bought his Taj Mahal," commented Carl A.S. Coan Jr., who served as an assistant general counsel at HUD in the 1960s and later as a lobbyist for the National Association of Home Builders. Bennett, the CFO, mocked the new headquarters as "Versailles West." In what he considered another extravagance, Bennett was sent out with a decorator to choose posh furniture for his office; he also recalled a "very attractive woman" hired by Hunter as an "art consultant" for the new headquarters. Lawrence Simons, then a senior HUD official, quipped, "It's what Versailles would have looked like if the French king had more money."


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- 49ers stars Joe Montana and Steve Young meet again
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- How Kaepernick is paid among Bay Area athletes
- 49ers' Colin Kaepernick second-highest paid NFL QB
- Thompson: New deal for 49ers' Kaepernick comes with new expectations
- 49ers' Kaepernick agrees to 6-year deal for $126 million
- No Roman numerals for Super Bowl 50
SANTA CLARA -- Colin Kaepernick, the 49ers' freshly minted $126 Million Man, picked the right day to wear socks featuring the image of dollar bills and hands.
Kaepernick said a friend gave him the navy-colored crew socks, apparently called "Make It Rain" from the company "40s and Shorties."
"I had these on before I found out. So, luck of the draw," said Kaepernick, who signed a six-year, $126 million extension worth a NFL-record $61 million guaranteed.
Team-issued gear accounted for the quarterback's remaining attire: red 49ers cap, black T-shirt, grey shorts and grey sneakers. Meanwhile, those socks were, well, money.
"To be honest, one of my friends gave them to me," Kaepernick said. "He gave me a box of socks. No idea what brand or what company, but they were in my drawer."
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The Transition "roadable" aircraft-which can be converted from a car to an airplane or vice versa in less than 30 seconds-made its debut flight on March 5. The trip aloft was the first of several exercises in which the vehicle will be flown only over a runway, according to manufacturer Terrafugia, a Woburn, Mass. startup firm.
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One seemingly enticing opportunity for business jet owners presented by the Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) is the interchange agreement. The rule lets you "interchange" your jet with someone else's, allowing you, in the FAA's words, "to augment or more fully utilize" your aircraft.
June 1, 2009
CitationShares, Cessna's fractional ownership, membership card and aircraft management services division, has announced a three-year, 100-percent residual-value guarantee on new purchases of preowned shares. The guarantee applies to one-sixteenth shares (50 hours a year of flying time) or larger and may be exercised in months 13 through 36 of the contract.
June 1, 2009
Manufacturers delivered 191 business jets in the first quarter of this year, according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association. The figure represents a large decline from the record-setting 297 deliveries in the same period last year. In the turboprop segment, first-quarter deliveries rose slightly from 85 last year to 87 in 2009.
June 1, 2009
PremiAir helicopter service has announced the London Heliport Shuttle to provide transportation between London Heliport in Battersea and the UK's business aviation airports. According to the company, the launch recognizes that "some 40 percent of PremiAir's helicopter traffic now connects with private jet arrivals into UK airports."
April 7, 2009
Listen to Suze Orman's entire interview with Business Jet Traveler's Jeff Burger, as recorded at the CNBC studio in New Jersey. The audio file includes considerable material that we didn't have room for in the published article.
April 1, 2009
Business aviation has been taking it on the chin ever since Congress began pummeling the Big Three auto CEOs in December. Now any company that has taken bailout money is fair game for similar direct hits, if there is even a hint that it might be using business aviation to make itself more efficient. Citigroup unintentionally grabbed the spotlight with its order for a Dassault Falcon 7X.
April 1, 2009
You don't need the daring verve of Richard Branson to feel the exhilaration of being lifted into the sky by balloon. In the winter of 1991, you may recall, Sir Richard and Per Lindstrand completed the longest all-time flight in a hot-air balloon by navigating their Virgin Pacific Flyer 4,767 miles from Japan to Canada via the North Pacific jet stream.
April 1, 2009
Lavatories on corporate and privately owned airplanes run the gamut from none at all to luxuriously appointed throne rooms fit for royalty. If you take nothing else away from this little essay, please remember: When flying on an unfamiliar airplane, you need to ask ahead of time what facilities, if any, will be available. Then plan your meal and drink schedule accordingly.
April 1, 2009
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Rumors are rife that Apple is gearing to unveil its two iPads soon.
The dates are not known yet, but Apple could unveil its new iPads in mid-January, or Feb. 24, which is Steve Jobs' birthday, or in March, the month when Apple rolled out its iPad 2.
According to the reports, Apple's new iPads will feature faster processors to offer faster browsing.
Also, iPads will come with sharper screens with better resolution of 1536x2048.
They are expected to be priced around $200 to help Apple competes with the Amazon Kindle Fire which is priced $199.
The devices might be identical in many areas but, the basic difference between the two iPads will be camera. One model will be fixed with 8-megapixel camera and the other with 5-megapixel camera.
It is rumored that Apple has also added a virtual assistance voice control feature to its iPads.
Expected price
If rumors are to be believed, both the tablets will be priced differently.
They are expected to be priced around $200 to help Apple competes with the Amazon Kindle Fire which is priced $199.
Effect on rivals
With its new iPads Apple may offer strong competition to the Amazon Kindle, which could be a concern for Amazon.
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Random Japanese sentence: 犬はその特性が猫とは異なる。 A dog is distinct from a cat in physical characteristics.
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One of my odd diversions.
Random Japanese sentence: ジャックはこわきに子猫をかかえている。 Jack has a cat under his arm.
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And yes, I know, my fountain pen is one of my guilty pleasures - what luxury when everyone gets by on ballpens and pencils! - but it has an old-school charm about it, and I loved using it...
I'll turn my room upside down later, after my paper. If not, I wonder where I'll be able to find a nice, slim, piston converter pen, preferably a broad-nibbed pen with a burgundy case and some heft...
(And yes, Mark, I'll get back to work on my paper as soon as I get this thing out of my head...)
Random Japanese sentence: その子は猫をボール箱の中へ閉じ込めた。 The child shut up a cat in the carton.
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—Marian Keyes, author of This Charming Man
She brought us Elegance, Innocence, and The Flirt—and now the exceptional Kathleen Tessaro takes contemporary women's fiction to new heights with The Debutante. The story of a troubled New York artist transplanted to London, where she gets drawn into the strange, secret history of a notorious debutante from the previous century, Tessaro's novel is a mystery combined with a love story within a poignant tale of a modern young woman's self-discovery—and readers of Jane Green, Anna Maxted, and Marian Keyes will take it deep into their hearts.
Can the secrets of one woman's past change another woman's future?
A gifted artist, Cate has come to London from New York to escape her recent past. Working for her aunt's auction house, she is sent down to Devon to value the contents of Endsleigh House, the once gracious but now crumbling estate of a former socialite. There, hidden in the back of a dusty bookshelf, Cate discovers an old shoebox. Inside is a strange assortment of objects: an exquisite pair of dancing shoes circa 1930; a diamond brooch; a photograph of a young sailor; a dance card; and a pearl and emerald Tiffanys bracelet.
Intrigued by her find, Cate sets out to solve the mystery of the box, becoming immersed in the story of its owner, Baby Blythe. Bright, beautiful, and reckless, Baby was the most famous debutante of her generation . . . and the most dangerous. As the clues begin to reveal a shocking tale of destructive, addictive love, Cate finds herself being drawn deeper into Baby's tragic life story—a story that will force Cate to face some dark truths about her own.
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Product Details
- Imprint: William Morrow Paperbacks
- On Sale: 10/05/2010
- Trimsize: 5.313 in (w) x 8 in (h) x 0.901 in (d)
- Pages: 400
- List Price: 13.99 USD
- BISAC1: FICTION / General
- BISAC2: FICTION / Romance / General