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Every week the number of rumors regarding the Galaxy Note 4 is increasing and the final shape of our flagship is still months away. In the month of Feb, as per the latest reveals Samsung might show the Galaxy S5 flagship and later on in the month of later July 2014, we might see Galaxy Note 4.
Every day we are getting thousands of readers from all over the globe and few of them are telling their expectations and need. Here we have created a separate section / post and below you can comment and tell what's your expectations and need that should be fulfilled by our flagship Galaxy Note 4.
Till now we have created this list as per the expectations of our readers and present Galaxy Note 4 rumors:
- 5.9 inches native 2K resolution Super AMOLED display (however, leaks shows LCD display instead of Super AMOLED, but expectations are still in favor of Super AMOLED
- 16-core big.LITTLE or true 8-core processor clocked at 2.5 to 3 GHz
- Internal storage variants – 16GB, 32GB, 64GB & 128GB
- Battery 3700 to 4000 mAh
- 21MP ISOCELL primary sensor and front full HD sensor
- New TouchWiz interface and better scope for S-PEN. In short, new interaction and interface
- Better sound through stereo speakers
- All new design – the alloy body at least (there is very less possibility for diamond coated alloy)
- No buttons in the front panel. Glass touch expected!
- Slim & light profile
- Waterproof, dust-proof and shockproof
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So tonight features the official return of CM Punk after a mind-numbing, stunning, amazing TWO WEEKS away from WWE. Of course, all the Internet WWE fanboys are trying to pass this off as a great decision but, of course, those people are wrong as usual. WWE doesn't know how to do the "slow build" anymore and tonight's episode is going to be proof of that.
Adding to the Punk issue, we are going to get more fun from COO HHH (that's way too many initials right there) and get to party like it's 2004 all over again with him in every segment.
Not to be cynical or anything.
Anyway, my column is, as always, your one-stop for everything Raw related and provides the fastest (and most correct) opinions on the web. Unless you have the IQ of a sock, you should know you need to refresh the page in order to get the latest from Monday's show.
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"I love wildlife, but this is getting ridiculous," Pete laughs, after a coyote wail scares the bull moose we've been watching just outside of camp. He has a point. We'd only hiked a half mile from the trailhead near Hacking Lake on a warm August day when we stopped to ogle a herd of 35 mountain goats. Minutes later, a weasel darted upon our track with a mouse hanging in its mouth. Another half mile, and Pete stumbled two spotted elk calves lounging near timberline. Then, two more goat herds on the five-mile climb to 11,700-foot Gabbro Pass, from which we flush 100 elk on the far side. After just 10 miles of hiking, we've had about one animal encounter per mile. And that's just counting the obvious ones. We surely missed more, with 100-mile vistas hogging our attention nearly every step of the way.
Views of every kind—distant horizons, nearby wildlife, isolated lake basins—are better on ridgeline hikes. And the king of the hill is the Highline Trail, which runs 78 east-west miles through the 456,705-acre High Uintas Wilderness of northeast Utah. The often-bouldery track crosses nine major passes and seldom dips below 10,500 feet. It's the perfect aerie to spy the wilderness's 26 summits above 13,000 feet, an estimated 1,000 lakes and ponds, 36 major streams, and megafauna galore. My partner, Pete Rives, an Appalachian Trail thru-hiker from North Carolina, brought a fly rod, and I've packed my camera, the tools of our stop-and-play hobbies. This is not a recipe for ticking off miles, but with these surroundings, we'd be fools to rush it.
You'd think all of this unobstructed beauty would attract a crowd, but fewer than 50 people a year thru-hike the ridge-hugging track—it's overshadowed on a regional menu that includes the Tetons, Sawtooths, Wind Rivers, and Colorado's Fourteeners. The Uintas' long, brick-red ridgelines of billion-year-old quartzite, gradually being swallowed by their own talus, have a powerful majesty that 19th-century explorer Ferdinand Hayden singled out among all the mountain ranges he'd seen. Compared to others, he wrote, the Uintas stands alone for its "contrast so pleasing to the eye."
Of course, treeless alpine grandeur doesn't come without some risk. The next night, we camp at Fox Lake in a bowl not far below 12,710-foot Anderson Pass, at mile 33, the trail's highest point. Clouds appear and gusts swirl. We get ready to run for it, but fortunately no lightning appears.
We drop packs atop Anderson Pass the next morning to side hike to Kings Peak, Utah's 13,528-foot highpoint. There's no summit register, just another world's-end vista of lake-dotted tundra, spiked pine forests, and mazes of snow-banked ridgeline. On lesser treks, this would be the highlight moment. Here, such views are routine.


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A California native, Harijiwan Khalsa studied for almost 30 years with Yogi Bhajan, one of the key figures responsible for popularizing kundalini yoga in the west. This lengthy tenure with a great master makes Khalsa uniquely qualified to bring us Kundalini Meditations, a two-disc set of mystical instruction for activating, using, speaking from, and reacting with the chakras, the body's seven energy centers. "Kundalini is the movement of the energy up the spine that opens up the chakras and allows you to connect with another being," he says in the first disc, which is an introductory lecture on chakras, channels, and the moving of energy through the body. "Let all indecision and insecurity leave as part of a distant past," Khalsa says, embodying the spirit of activation and initiative toward the higher self. "Now, hearing the gong, let your psychic and intuitive powers awaken."
In the exercises of the second disc, Khalsa lays out the info as simple as can be, but is not averse to trying any tactic if it will get us to crack open our hard shell and reimagine ourselves as pure energy, which is what we truly are. Khalsa declares that "you're easily manipulated" if you try to communicate from the lower-level chakras. He urges us to go through the day and notice which chakra you're speaking from; "this will open a vast area of awareness," he says. "Good communication makes for a good life," and he should know, as you can feel his chakras reaching out to activate your untapped energies like a magic key for a room long locked at the center of your self.
"Infinite energy and information is available—it's just a matter of tuning in," Khalsa notes calmly and elastically against the pulsing background of a hemisphere-syncing gong effect. "Tune in to what you need, and express that flow of energy in each thought, each action. Feel your perspective of possibility expanding...possibility infinitely expanding." With thousands of years of research, practice, and refinement at his disposal (considering the 30-odd years he spent studying with Yogi Bhajan), you couldn't ask for a better guide in developing kundalini energy within yourself. When that serpent of energy awakens and starts climbing toward your third eye, Kundalini Meditations will help you charm it with your clear intentions and open heart; all you need is the sound of Khalsa's gong, his mystical voice, and the courage to not get in the way of your own expansion.
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Babe Ruth Vintage Memorabilia Collection Including Photos Signed by Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, and Dizzy Dean
Starting Bid - $500.00 , Sold For - $2,350.00
This diverse collection of Babe Ruth memorabilia is comprised of various Quaker Puffed Wheat/ Rice premiums, a Babe Ruth Underwear box and related material, and ten photos (most of which capture Ruth posing with another player), eight of which have been signed by the player pictured with Ruth, including Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, and Dizzy Dean. 1) Framed display consisting of a vintage Quaker Puffed Wheat/Rice newspaper advertisement (featuring illustrations of the many prizes that could be had just by sending in a box top from either breakfast cereal), a Babe Ruth Baseball Club Member pin (featuring Ruth's portrait), and an envelope addressed to the Babe Ruth Baseball Club that is postmarked May 17, 1934. All of the items are in Excellent condition and the display measures 20.5 x 16.5 inches. Ideally, included with the display are a number of the premiums pictured in the advertisement: a complete set of Babe Ruth's Famous Series on "How to Play Baseball" (four small instructional manuals, each measuring 3.25 x 4.5 inches, together with a 1934 envelope addressed to the Babe Ruth Baseball Club, Ex); a Babe Ruth Baseball Scorer (3.25 x 2 inches, Ex); and twenty "Ask Me" Baseball Game Cards with original mailing envelope (missing six cards for completion, the cards are Ex overall, while the envelope displays numerous tears and is in Fair condition. Together with an instruction panel cut from a box). 2) Babe Ruth Underwear box complete with a pair of the original underwear. The box (10 x 13 x 3 inches) displays tears along the flaps, a few of which have been repaired with clear tape, and few light stains on the cover. Vg. The underwear is Ex. Accompanying the box are three original 8 x 10-inch photos that were acquired directly from the family of Christy Walsh, who was Ruth's longtime agent. Two of the photos, dating from August 15, 1927, picture Ruth at the McLoughlin Manufacturing Company, the company that made Babe Ruth Underwear. In one photo Ruth is seen inspecting the underwear patterns on the fabric; the other captures him inspecting the retail box. The third photo, which is a news photo taken by the American Photo Service, Inc., captures Ruth, Herb Pennock and another Yankee player (unidentified) in the locker room modeling their Babe Ruth underwear. This lot of three is "the mother lode" of rare Babe Ruth Underwear original promo photos! These are really something, and obviously ideal for display. Each of the photos is in Very Good to Excellent condition, with the news photo displaying editorial marks and shading. Also included is a vintage, cut magazine advertisement for Babe Ruth Underwear (2.5 x 12.75 inches, Ex). 3) Eleven Babe Ruth photos. Eight of the photos are non-vintage 8 x 10-inch photos that have been signed in blue Sharpie by the player/individual pictured with Ruth: Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Mel Allen, Yogi Berra, Frank Crosetti, Bill Terry, Leo Durocher, and Bob Feller (Feller is not pictured with Ruth, but this is a copy of the famous Nat Fein photo of Ruth's final appearance at Yankee Stadium. Ruth was leaning on Feller's bat during the ceremony). All of the signatures grade "10" and the photos are in overall Excellent condition. The remaining three photos are wire photos: The first (7.5 x 9.75 inches) pictures Ruth with Dizzy Dean and has been inscribed by Dean in black fountain pen, "To my good friend Joe A Breu - A great guy - from your pal Dizzy Dean." Vg. The second (9.5 x 8 inches) pictures Ruth on the golf course with Babe Didrickson and two other players. Vg. The third is particularly interesting as it captures Ruth signing a ball for future basketball Hall of Famer George Mikan at Comiskey Park in 1937. Mikan was just thirteen years old at the time. Vg-Ex with editorial notations along the base. LOA from James Spence/JSA. Reserve $500. Estimate $1,000+. SOLD FOR $2,350.00
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Ruth Madoff was at home in Boca Raton, Fla., when, on Dec. 11-two years to the day after her husband Bernie's arrest-she got a phone call from her son Andy. The news was shocking: Mark, 46, her other son with Madoff, had hanged himself in his Manhattan apartment. Still shattered by the events that destroyed her family and now devastated anew, Ruth, 69, packed a bag and flew to New York to say a last goodbye to her son. But, according to sources, she was not welcome at a memorial for Mark in his widow Stephanie's Greenwich, Conn., home. Instead she sat shivah at a friend's house nearby. Ruth was "sad and angry" about missing the memorial, says a family source close to her. "But she's come to accept she is carrying the burden of shame and disgrace for Bernie. She knows she is wearing a scarlet letter."
In the two years since Bernie Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme collapsed and landed him in jail, his wife, Ruth, has become a prisoner of a different sort. She's been kicked out of her houses, cast out of her social circles, cut off by some relatives, and forced to live, says the family source, like "a pariah." The source, who speaks to Ruth regularly and provided exclusive details of her life since the scandal broke, says that while she has not exhibited enough remorse to satisfy many people, she is "filled with pain over the scope of the wreckage her husband has caused"-to the point where she despairs of ever living an even remotely normal life again. "She told me, 'During the days, I'm okay,'" says the source. "'But at night, it gets to me-the shame, the disgrace, all the stuff that killed Mark.'"
The investigators trying to untangle Bernie Madoff's web of deceit have not charged Ruth, his wife of 51 years, with any crime (she and her attorney Peter Chavkin declined to comment for this article; in the past Chavkin has said his client knew nothing about the fraud). But the investigation is ongoing, as Irving Picard, the pit bull trustee for thousands of scammed investors, tries to claw back billions in illegal profits; one recent lawsuit is seeking $1 billion from, among others, Madoff pal and investor Fred Wilpon, an owner of the New York Mets.
As part of an agreement with Picard, Ruth was allowed to keep $2.5 million of her personal fortune-most of which will likely be used for attorneys fees-in exchange for forfeiting her luxury homes in Manhattan, Long Island and Palm Beach and more than $60 million in family assets. At that same time, she was handed another ultimatum by her sons Mark and Andy, who turned Madoff in. "They told her to sever all ties with Bernie," says the family source. "They said you can't have him in your life and us. Look what that son of a bitch did to us and to everyone else. You need to walk away from him." Ruth was ready to do that until Madoff reportedly suffered serious injuries while in prison in late 2009. After that, says the family source, "she could not walk away" from Madoff. "She didn't feel her sons were in the position to make her choose."
That decision made Ruth's isolation even worse; she had virtually no contact with Andrew, 44, and Mark for the last two years. And while she made several trips to see Madoff in Butner Federal Correctional Complex (see box), since Mark's suicide she has stopped going. Now, says the source, "she has no contact with Bernie."
She lost other things as well. Early on Ruth believed she might be able to stay in New York City and maintain "some semblance of life as it had been," says a source. But the media frenzy and hatred of her husband drove her out of the city. Without a home of her own, she embarked on a nomadic existence, staying with the few friends and relatives who have not cut her off. She is close to her sister Joan Roman, 73, who lives in Boca Raton with her husband (the couple lost millions with Madoff and now operate a car service to make ends meet). Ruth sometimes stays in their condo or in a home owned by friends, who let her live there rent-free. "We've heard she's here," says a neighbor. "But we never see her."
That's because Ruth "takes precautions when she's out," says the family source. "She avoids places where she might run into people she knows." She will occasionally use her maiden name, Alpern, and she has dyed her blonde hair red. One of her primary activities these days is volunteering with the elderly. "The people she is helping don't seem to know who she is, or if they do, they don't seem to care," says the source. "She's not doing it to get good grades in the public eye. She enjoys it."
Ruth also cooks for friends, reads books from the library (she recently finished Eat, Pray, Love) and watches DVDs she rents for a dollar from local kiosks. "She lives very frugally," says the source. "She spends virtually nothing." Ruth drives around in a 14-year-old four-door clunker, a car "she loves to death. She plugs an address in the GPS and away she goes. She says it makes her feel full of freedom, just like when she got her license."
The car is also a symbol of how far she's fallen since the days she and her high school sweetheart seemed to have it all. When they met in Queens, where they were raised, Ruth-the daughter of an accountant-was petite and preppy and "a good networker," says high school classmate Millie Tirado, who remembers Bernie as "big and sulky." They married in 1959 and became inseparable, playing golf and eating their customary early dinner at Manhattan's Primola. "Ruth worshipped Bernie," says one friend.
That closeness has led many to wonder how Ruth could possibly have been unaware of her husband's activities, while others feel she's never adequately renounced him for his crimes. In her only public statement about the scandal, she said, "I feel devastated.... Nothing I can say seems sufficient regarding the daily suffering that all those innocent people are enduring because of [Madoff]." Her actions, however, haven't always matched her words. "She had delusions of grandeur," says a former employee whom Ruth contacted a month after her husband's arrest to order kitchen supplies from an office vendor for her house. "She called like nothing was wrong."
But Ruth's silence about her husband, and her decision to go underground, is not a sign of arrogance, says the family source, but rather a survival mechanism. Ruth is "numb" to the reality of what happened to her life in the last two years-including her son's suicide. "She is still in some kind of shock. I think if Ruth were able to feel that pain right now, in the magnitude that it's actually there, I don't know if she wouldn't do what Mark wound up doing."
Her saving grace are the family members who have not abandoned her. She recently started trying to mend her relationship with her son Andy, and they occasionally speak on the phone. She also spends time with Andy's two children and "meets them for lunch in New York City," says the source. "They love her very much, and that's one of the things that keeps her going, that gives her a reason to continue to survive."
Still, there seems no end in sight to the Bernie Madoff scandal, no limit to the anguish and suffering he has caused. From the perspective of those who know her, at least, his wife is doomed to suffer as much as anyone else. "She thought Bernie was an absolute genius," says the family source. "Now she's paying a price, and she's paying it dearly."
The Trials of Ruth Madoff
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Ernest MacMillan
Sir Ernest Alexander Campbell MacMillan, CC (August 18, 1893 – May 6, 1973) was an internationally renowned Canadian orchestral conductor and composer, and Canada's only "Musical Knight". He is widely regarded as being Canada's pre-eminent musician, from the 1920s through the 1950s. His extraordinary contributions to the development of music in Canada, as conductor, performer, composer, administrator, lecturer, adjudicator, writer, humourist, and statesman, are unparalleled.
Furthermore, he has remained "one of the most influential Canadian musicians of his time, having devoted his life and energies to the service and advancement of music in our country."[1]
- 1 Biography
- 2 Career
- 3 The Sir Ernest MacMillan Collection at Library and Archives Canada
- 4 The Sir Ernest MacMillan Memorial Foundation
- 5 Examples of MacMillan's Recordings and Music
- 6 Notes
- 7 References
- 8 Bibliography
- 9 Further reading
- 10 External links
Early Life and Education (1893-1914)[edit]
Ernest Alexander Campbell MacMillan was born in Mimico, Ontario. His first musical influences were his parents. From a very young age, he became fascinated while watching his mother play piano and decided to learn music.[2] His father, who was a minister at St. Enoch's Presbyterian Church, bought an organ for a new house the family moved to in 1898. The house had an adjoined drawing room and study room, with enough space for both an organ and piano.Thereafter, Macmillan was officially hooked. Macmillan started studying the organ at the age of 8 with Arthur Blakely.[3] A child prodigy, he gave his first organ recital at the age of ten. His talents astonished the public and critics alike in 1904 when he performed in the "Festival of Lillies," which "firmly established him a prodigy."[4] 4000 people were known to attend. Moreover, he was the appointed organist at St. Enoch's,[4] which gave him a sense of importance and great experience in accompanying singers. Between 1908-1910, MacMillan held his first professional appointment as an organist and choirmaster in Toronto at Knox (Presbyterian) Church.[4] In 1910 he had his first "official" organ recital. After that, he performed elsewhere in Toronto until 1914. He earned the Associateship and Fellowship diplomas of the Royal College of Organists, and from 1911 to 1914 studied modern history at the University of Toronto, earning a BA. He was a member of the Canadian fraternity, Phi Kappa Pi. [1]
Internment in Germany (1914-1919)[edit]
MacMillan traveled to Paris in the spring of 1914 and began to study piano privately with Thérèse Chaigneau. He was visiting Bayreuth, Germany, to attend performances of the Bayreuth Festival, when the First World War began in August, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria on June 28. MacMillan was initially detained by the German Police, and then imprisoned as an enemy alien, as Canada had declared war on Imperial Germany on August 5. MacMillan was subsequently interned for the duration of the War at Ruhleben, a British civilian detention camp, located on the site of a former horse racing track, on the outskirts of Berlin. During this period, he became a prominent member of the Ruhleben Musical Society and directed performances of The Mikado (with orchestra) and a pantomime version of Cinderella.[5] MacMillan transcribed the music for the former from memory with the help of four other musicians, including Benjamin Dale.[6] Among those attending these performances was James W. Gerard, the United States Ambassador to Germany. MacMillan was also a member of the Ruhleben Drama Society and acted in productions of Othello, Twelfth Night, and The Importance of Being Earnest.[7] MacMillan gave lectures on each of the nine symphonies of Beethoven; at the end of each lecture, MacMillan and Dale would perform a four hand piano arrangement of the symphony under discussion.[8] MacMillan was later interviewed about his experiences as an internee at Ruhleben, as part of a series of CBC interviews with Canadian First World War veterans.[9]
As a Conductor[edit]
Upon return to Canada in 1919, MacMillan was appointed organist and choirmaster in Toronto at the Timothy Eaton Memorial Church. He was especially known there for his performances of Handel's Messiah and Brahms' Requiem[10] His career as a conductor truly began when he conducted a performance of Bach's St. Matthew Passion in the Timothy Eaton Memorial Church in 1923.[10] MacMillan conducted annual performances of this work for the next 30 years. Another annual tradition Macmillan initiated during his career includes the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir's Christmas-time performance of Handel's Messiah.
Throughout his time with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, MacMillan accomplished many of the major achievements of his conducting career. His authority as a composer influenced some major changes within the orchestra. During the Depression, he changed the concert times from 5pm to a more "evening hour."[11] As many theatre musicians were out of work during the Depression era, MacMillan hired them to play in these evening concerts on a regular basis. As a result, MacMillan was able to select much more ambitious repertoire for this stronger performing force, as well as lengthening its season, and increased their number of concerts.[11]
MacMillan tried to make concerts fun and entertaining. The Christmas Box Symphony Concerts were a great example of this. Not only did MacMillan conduct, but he dressed up as Santa Claus and had the audience participate by singing along.[11] He also "appeared in overalls with a monkey wrench for a baton to conduct Alexander Mossolov's Iron Foundry."[11]
The entry of Canada into WWII proved to be "a difficult period,"[12] but it was during the post-war years that his conducting was regaled as being "the most successful in the Toronto Symphony Orchestra's history."[12] MacMillan innovations in his repertoire changed yet again. He included Canadian music, as well as works by Western composers Béla Bartók, and Smitri Shostakovich.[12]
During WWII he also gained fame as a guest conductor in the United States. He conducted many Hollywood Bowl concerts, and the National Broadcasting Company Symphony Orchestra in NYC.[12] In Canada, he guest conducted the Orchestre symphoniques de Montreal and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.[12] By the end of the 40's, he conducted the Vancouver Symphony on 45 different occasions, and 25 different occasions in Montreal.[13] MacMillan also toured Australia for three months and conducted 30 concerts in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.[13]
Later in his career (1948-1953), MacMillan introduced Canada to entirely new prospects of recording and broadcasting. A good number of performances he conducted were recorded for Beaver Records, and were also broadcast nationally by CBC Radio.[14] However, his silence over the Symphony Six issue prompted criticism.[15]
As a Composer[edit]
While a prisoner in Ruhleben, MacMillan wrote what is seen to be his most significant composition, titled String Quartet in C Minor.[16] Influenced by the "war-time style and themes,"[16] the first performance of this piece was heard on February 8, 1925, by the Hart House String Quartet,[17] and was conducted by MacMillan himself. Although MacMillan's composing abilities were much praised during this performance, he stated composition was not his main preoccupation;[17] he preferred conducting to composing.
Nevertheless, not only did the musical language influence MacMillan in the 19th century romantic period, but he was also interested in Folklore music.[18] In 1927, he traveled alongside Marius Barbeau to the Nass River region of British Columbia to "hear, record and notate music of the Tsimshian People."[18] As a result, he composed Three Songs of the West Coast, arranged for voice and piano.
MacMillan composed less during his commitment to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Still, he managed to compose Scottish and French songs for the ballad opera "Prince Charming."[19] In addition, he composed Te Deum Landamus in E Minor (1936) and Song of Deliverance (1944), both choral works.[19]
His only work composed strictly for the organ was named Cortege academique. In 1953, he was asked to both compose and perform it at the University College in Toronto.[20]
Apart from composing his own works, MacMillan made arrangements of works by composers such as Bach, Beethoven, Handel, and Tchaikovsky, all of whom he said had great influence on his style.[20] Both Canadian and US orchestras have performed his orchestra arrangement of Bach's Prelude and Fugue in C Minor.[20]
As a Performer[edit]
MacMillan became well known in Toronto music circles after he first started giving performances in his earlier career. Upon returning to Canada after the war, MacMillan started off his later career as a performer by giving 5 organ recitals commissioned by the Canadian Academy of Music from November 1919 to March 1920.[21] In addition, he gave recitals at the Timothy Eaton Memorial Church after each Sunday service.[21] MacMillan also gave "all Bach recitals" which attracted members of the congregation and Toronto musicians.[21]
CBC Radio in the 1920s helped to heighten MacMillan's talent as a performer. Thus, he became acknowledged as far west as Vancouver. He was frequently asked to perform there, as well in the United States.[22] at the 1935 Convention of the Royal College of Organists in Toronto.[22]
In the early 1940s, MacMillan formed "The Canadian Trio."[23] Alongside musicians Zara Nelsova (cellist) and Kathleen Parlow (violinist), MacMillan often performed in Toronto and occasionally "elsewhere."[23] Amazingly, they once performed Beethoven's Triple Concerto in C Major with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra at Massey Hall.[23] In addition, MacMillan started "The Canadian Duo"[23] with Kathleen Parlow; their performances were broadcast on CBC Radio as well.
MacMillan gave 100 concerts and recitals between the 1920s and 1950s.[23] He eventually stopped performing due to his other responsibilities as a conductor, composer and an educator.
As an Educator[edit]
Throughout his professional life, MacMillan put a strong emphasis on music education, and "contributed to the foundations of the development of music in Canada."[24] In the year 1919, MacMillan was selected for a staff position at the Canadian Academy of Music, even though he had little training in teaching.[25] Regardless, he taught theory, harmony, counterpoint, piano and organ. Furthermore, MacMillan was sent to lead examination tours at McGill University in Southern Ontario, and in various parts of the west coast on the Academy's behalf.[26]
Eventually, MacMillan was appointed the Dean of the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto.[27] He made many valuable contributions and innovations during his tenure with their music department. MacMillan then established a conservatory choir in 1927,[27] because he felt that the vocal students "needed experience in choral singing."[27] MacMillan also started the first opera classes at the conservatory in 1920, with performances of Hansel and Gretl, The Sorcerer, Dido and Aeneas and Hugh the Drover.[28] Amazingly enough, MacMillan also improved the library, made improvements to the colleges' sight reading/ear tests,[29] and prepared teaching materials which include "The Modern Piano Student" in 1931 and "On the Preparation of Ear Tests" in 1938.[29]
MacMillan was also very interested in the education of young people. He worked in Children's concerts and Secondary School concerts,[30] which were presented by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. In order to enrich children's musical experience, MacMillan introduced a series called "Music for Young Folk" in 1942.[31] Focusing on all primary, junior and senior levels, the program ran for 45 minutes with soloists accompanied by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.[31]
Alongside composing, conducting and performing, MacMillan additionally became recognized internationally as an adjudicator starting in 1924, when he participated as an adjudicator for the Ottawa Music Festival.[32] Forward to 1937, MacMillan became the first Canadian to adjudicate at the National Eisteddfod of Wales. Furthermore, he adjudicated at various festivals in Jamaica and the United States.[32]
Honours and Awards[edit]
For his 'services to music in Canada', MacMillan was knighted in 1935 by King George V on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Canada, R.B. Bennett.[33]
He became an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music in 1938, and was also a recipient of the University of Alberta National Award in Music (1952).[33] MacMillan also received the Canada Council Medal twice (1964 and 1973) for "outstanding achievements in the arts, humanities or social sciences."[34]
The University of Toronto's Faculty of Music received a new facility in 1964, in which they named their new theatre "The MacMillan Theatre." It holds up to 815 people, and the orchestra pit is large enough to fit 60 musicians.[35]
MacMillan's sons, Keith and Ross MacMillan, established the Sir Ernest MacMillan Memorial Foundation. To this day, the annual awards grow up to 10,000 dollars for "advanced education at a graduate level."[35]
Ernest MacMillan died in Toronto in 1973.[35]
The Sir Ernest MacMillan Collection at Library and Archives Canada[edit]
The collection of Sir Ernest MacMillan's personal papers and music was established in the Music Archives, of the National Library of Canada, in Ottawa, Ontario, in 1984. The Sir Ernest MacMillan Collection is now included as part of the overall collections of Library and Archives Canada (LAC). This new organization which was created May 21, 2004, by Order of the Governor in Council, through the merger of the National Library of Canada and the National Archives of Canada.
The Sir Ernest MacMillan Collection at Library and Archives Canada consists of 21.7 linear metres of material.
A Finding aid for the Collection written by Curator Maureen Nevins, is available:. -- "Numerical List of the Sir Ernest MacMillan Fonds". -- Ottawa: National Library of Canada. -- November 1992. 435 p. (unpublished).
Sir Ernest MacMillan (1893-1973): Portrait of a Canadian Musician[edit]
A special Exhibition,Sir Ernest MacMillan (1893-1973): Portrait of a Canadian Musician was mounted by the former National Library of Canada from October 17, 1994 to March 12, 1995. The Exhibition's Curator, Maureen Nevins, wrote that "...His (Sir Ernest MacMillan's) story should be known by all aspiring Canadian musicians and students of Canadian culture as a model of personal achievement and service to profession and country...".[36]
The Sir Ernest MacMillan Memorial Foundation[edit]
The Sir Ernest MacMillan Memorial Foundation (Fondation commémorative Sir Ernest MacMillan) was founded in 1984 by Sir Ernest's sons, Keith and Ross MacMillan, with a donation from the MacMillan family. Additional funds have been obtained through the generosity of other donors.
The principal goal of the Foundation is to assist young musicians in their advanced education at the graduate level and in so doing commemorate a great Canadian and his unique career.
In 1993, the Foundation played a major role in celebrating the centenary of Sir Ernest's birth. The Foundation encouraged many commemorative activities throughout the country, and collaborated with the Music Division of the former National Library of Canada in presenting at Roy Thompson Hall part of the Library's comprehensive MacMillan exhibit.
The Foundation accepts donations from individuals and organizations interested in furthering the musical arts in Canada through its awards program.
Examples of MacMillan's Recordings and Music[edit]
MacMillan conducted the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in two films produced by the National Film Board of Canada in 1945. In the first film, Toronto Symphony No. 1 the TSO performed Jamaican Rhumba, À St. Malo (one of MacMillan's own compositions), and the overture to the opera Colas Breugnon. The film is 12 minutes in length. In the second film, Toronto Symphony No. 2, the TSO performed the third movement of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony in B Minor. The film is 9 minutes in length. In 1942, MacMillan conducted the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) in a recording of the orchestral suite The Planets, by Gustav Holst, recorded on 78 RPM phonograph records, for RCA Victor. During the Second World War, MacMillan conducted the TSO in a recording of Pomp and Circumstance March No. 2, by Sir Edward Elgar, recorded on 78 RPM phonograph records, for RCA Victor. This was reportedly the first recording of this work made outside of the United Kingdom. MacMillan conducted the TSO in a number of recordings with Canadian pianist Glenn Gould as soloist, playing works by various composers, including Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven.
- ^ Nevins 1994, p. 31.
- ^ Schabas 1994, p. 7.
- ^ Schabas 1994, p. 11.
- ^ a b c Schabas 1994, p. 12.
- ^ MacMillan, Keith (1988). The Rubleben Years. Toronto: Dundurn Press. p. 29.
- ^ MacMillan 1997, pp. 25–29.
- ^ Hart, Harold B. "Life in Ruhleben – Stories of Returned Civil Prisoners", The Scotsman, 9 January 1918, pp. 5 and 11.
- ^ Nevins, Maureen (1994). Sir Ernest MacMillan (1893–1973): Portrait of a Canadian Musician, Ruhleben. Library and Archives Canada (electronic collection). Retrieved 2011-09-12.
- ^ "Sir Ernest MacMillan Recalls Being a POW", CBC Radio
- ^ a b Nevins 1994, p. 21.
- ^ a b c d Schabas 1994, p. 103.
- ^ a b c d e Nevins 1994, p. 27.
- ^ a b McCready 1957, p. 42.
- ^ McCready 1957, p. 54.
- ^ Hannon, Gerald (29 February 1992). "The Big Chill". The Globe and Mail. p. D5.
- ^ a b MacMillan 1955, p. 55.
- ^ a b MacMillan 1955, p. 56.
- ^ a b Nevins 1994, p. 29.
- ^ a b Nevins 1994, p. 32.
- ^ a b c Nevins 1994, p. 33.
- ^ a b c Nevins 1994, p. 35.
- ^ a b Nevins 1994, p. 36.
- ^ a b c d e McCready 1957, p. 71.
- ^ MacMillan 1955, p. 133.
- ^ MacMillan 1955, p. 134.
- ^ MacMillan 1955, p. 136.
- ^ a b c Schabas 1994, p. 71.
- ^ Schabas 1994, p. 75.
- ^ a b Schabas 1994, p. 79.
- ^ MacMillan 1997, p. 148.
- ^ a b MacMillan 1997, p. 149.
- ^ a b MacMillan 1997, p. 153.
- ^ a b Nevins 1994, p. 51.
- ^ Nevins 1994, p. 62.
- ^ a b c Nevins 1994, p. 53.
- ^ Nevins, Maureen (1994). Sir Ernest MacMillan (1893–1973): Portrait of a Canadian Musician, Overview. Library and Archives Canada (electronic collection). Retrieved 2012-06-17.
- Bach-cantatas.com Sir Ernest MacMillan biography
- Encyclopedia of Music in Canada - MacMillan, Sir Ernest
- Encyclopedia of Music in Canada - Sir Ernest MacMillan Memorial Foundation
- Schabas, Ezra (1994). Sir Ernest MacMillan: The Importance of Being Canadian. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-2849-5.
- MacMillan, Sir Ernest (1997). MacMillan on Music: Essays on Music. Dundurn. ISBN 978-1-55002-285-8.
- Nevins, Maureens (1994). Sir Ernest MacMillan: Portrait of A Canadian Musician. National Library of Canada. ISBN 0-662-61311-2.
- McCready, Louise G. (1957). Famous Musicians: MacMillan, Johnson, Pelletier, Willan. Clarke, Irwin.
- MacMillan, Ernest (1955). Music in Canada. Toronto: Toronto University Press.
Further reading[edit]
- McCready, Louise G. "Sir Ernest Campbell MacMillan", in her Famous Musicians, in series, Canadian Portraits (Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Co., 1957), p. [1]-28, ill. with sketched ports.
External links[edit]
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- Toronto Symphony Orchestra
- Toronto Symphony Orchestra/About/History ["...Following the death of Luigi von Kunits in 1931, Sir Ernest MacMillan was appointed Music Director and would become the Orchestra's longest-standing Music Director, presiding from 1931 until 1956. During MacMillan's 25 seasons on the podium, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra soared in stature and scope, introducing Toronto audiences to then-contemporary composers such as Holst, Sibelius, and Stravinsky, who conducted the Orchestra in performances of his own music in 1937...."]
- Heritage Toronto Moment: Sir Ernest MacMillan [November 28, 2011 11:05 am | by Editor]
- CBC Concert Hour - The opening show of the regular season (l4 October 1954) featured Sir Ernest MacMillan [The CBC Concert Hour originated in Montreal, and concentrated on serious and classical music, with an emphasis on chamber music.]
- Sir Ernest MacMillan 1967 by Yousuf Karsh. Photo by Yousuf Karsh 8x10, Shelton Chen Collection [Flickr - Photo Sharing!]
115 Park Road, Toronto, Ontario. Located in South Rosedale Heritage Conservation District 6, (enacted 2003): City of Toronto, Heritage Preservation Services
- Historic property listing for 115 Park Road, Toronto, constructed c. 1931-1932 for Sir Ernest and Lady MacMillan. [Located in City of Toronto, South Rosedale Heritage Conservation District, (enacted 2003)]. Source: City of Toronto, Heritage Preservation Services.
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Newly anointed Mets closer Kyle Farnsworth was spotted "hunched over in the tunnel to the clubhouse and shaking his forearm" following Monday's night's save. The Mets say Farnsworth is "fine," and the 38-year-old said he's just "old." True, but this is just one more reason to doubt Farnsworth can hold onto the closer job. If he misses time, Carlos Torres and/or Gonzalez Germen would likely see the save chances.
Cardinals prospect Oscar Taveras left Monday's game at Triple-A with an apparent left ankle issue. The good news is that it's not his surgically repaired right ankle; the bad news is that it's yet another injury for the fragile outfielder. Keep these injuries in mind when deciding how long to hold onto Taveras.
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Under Fire: Does the District of Columbias Gun Ban Help or Hurt the Fight Against Crime?
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In 1973, Congress passed the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act (Home Rule Act), giving the District the right to elect a Mayor and a Council and authorizing the District to legislate and manage its affairs. The Home Rule Act gives the District Council broad authority, subject to the approval of Congress, to regulate firearms.
On June 26, 1976, the District of Columbia Council passed the Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975, a law prohibiting the possession of unregistered firearms, and banned the registration of all handguns, automatic firearms, and high-capacity semi-automatic firearms. The District's ban on handguns makes it illegal for anyone to own a handgun unless he or she is a police officer or has owned a gun registered prior to 1976. Sales of firearms are similarly restricted. Many observers view the District's gun laws among the strictest of any jurisdiction in the nation. Various lawsuits have been filed in recent years questioning the constitutionality of the D.C. gun law under the Second Amendment. So far, the Courts have upheld the ban.
During the 108th Congress, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill that would repeal the Districts gun laws. The Senate did not take up the measure. At the beginning of the 109th Congress, bills repealing the ban are currently before Congress. Congressman Mark Souder (R-IN) introduced H.R. 1288 in the House and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX) introduced S. 1082 in the Senate. The identical bills, known as the District of Columbia Personal Protection Act, would limit the authority of the D.C. Council and Mayor to regulate the possession of firearms in the city.
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He's the Sexiest Man Alive, but Adam Levine proved he still knows how to keep things humble.
The Voice coach poked fun at his smoldering title on the finale Tuesday night and happily let his fellow coaches get in on the action during a comical segment before the winner was crowned.
"Adam might be the Sexiest Man Alive, but they don't know him like I know him," declared fellow coach Cee Lo Green as (what else?) "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred played in the background.
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BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) — Don't ever, ever return to the scene of the crime. Just don't do it. It doesn't take watching seasons worth of Law and Order, NYPD Blue, NCIS or other police shows to know this. It's just common sense. Something Adriana Torres of Miami is allegedly lacking.
Torres, police say, stole a significant quantity of cologne from Abercrombie and Fitch at Boca's Town Center Mall several weeks ago. The loss prevention officer at A&F provided the security tape to Boca PD.
Then, Wednesday night, Torres attempted to do it again. But this time loss prevention saw the theft in progress and nabbed her — calling Boca PD for the cuffing.
Adriana Torres, according to a police report, admitted to driving up from Miami and using a blue and white bag "lined with tin foil" to evade loss prevention sensors. She stole nearly $2000 worth of cologne — and was paid $100 by another person to do it. The takedown caused enough of a commotion in the mall that readers asked us what was going on.
Now we know.
Torres was booked into the Palm Beach County Jai where she remains. Bond is set at $20,000.
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BOSTON — This year's edition of New England's largest indoor boat show runs through Saturday, Feb. 23. Shoppers will find a wealth of powered craft from heavy cruisers to personal watercraft as well as the latest in affordable mass-produced sailboats.
{gallery}boat{/gallery} Featured at this year's show are several Maine boatbuilders, as well as several Maine-based retailers and marina operators.
Near the entrance is a prominent display for Southport Boats, built in Augusta. These center console boats feature twin and triple outboard Yamaha power and come in lengths varying from 27 to 34 feet. The 29-CC uses twin 300-hp engines and carries 10 feet, 6 inches of beam while holding over 230 gallons of fuel and 45 gallons of live-well space for a heavy day of deep-sea fishing. Handsome boats, these Southport CCs are appearing more and more off the coast of Maine.
Tucked into the corner of the show is the Mitchell Cove 20, another center console model with 9 feet of beam plus outboard power. Built in Rockland, the Mitchell Cove is available from Journey's End Marina next to O'Hara Corp. on the waterfront.
Also from Rockland is the Back Cove 30-footer, a heavy cruiser in the Downeast tradition. The smallest cruiser from a family of three, the Back Cove uses Yanmar diesel power complemented by a handsome interior and a host of overnight amenities. Situated with a larger Sabre Cruiser (built in Casco, Maine) as well as an MJM cruiser (built in Boston) these three impressive boats had one of the largest waiting crowds to board of the whole show.
As is common, SeaRay has an oversize display this year featuring its new Venture 370. The Venture is unique among larger overnighters; it uses twin Mercury 300-hp Verado outboard engines hidden under stern covers just ahead of the extended swim platform. Instead of two in-board motors under the deck, the Venture's rear-mounted outboard motors give more deck space, plus provide ample room below for a true second sleeping area amid-ship. The Venture 370 (37 feet long) starts at $379,900 and weighs 15,432 pounds.
Not everybody wants or needs this much boat and for those boaters, Zodiac has its largest display ever at the Boston Show.
From boat-in-a-bag roll-up inflatables to rigid-inflatables and rigid bottom models, Zodiac covers the whole spectrum. My favorite is the Yachtline 380. It is a 12-foot-6-inch RIB that can carry five passengers or 1,620 pounds of gear powered by up to a 50-hp outboard engine. As shown, the Yachtline lists for $21,300 with a Yamaha 40-hp four-stroke engine.
Both Grady White and Boston Whaler have almost their full lineup of center and dual console boats on display at Boston. The most inviting sample was the sleek new GW Canyon 271. This center console wore attractive sky-blue paint and packed twin Yamaha V-6 engines outback. A show special at $195,900, this new Grady White was $17,000 off suggested list price.
If you are looking for a new pontoon boat — there are dozens on display, some large enough to spend all weekend on the water — or the latest in small trailerable sailboats, the New England Boat Show should be your destination.
The Boat Show is at the Boston Convention Center on Summer Street. Take Exit 20 from I-93 to access parking.


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Santa got me a Note 2 already. Guess he used the S-Pen to write his naughty and nice list.
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Brynn Carman and Christopher Knierim
Brynn Carman and Christopher Knierim won a pewter medal at U. S. Nationals in novice pairs in their first visit to a national-level competition. "Our goal was just to make it to Nationals," Knierim said. Carman will still be ineligible for the Junior Grand Prix circuit net season, but they hope to compete there in 2008-09. The skaters plan to stay together and compete for a long time to come. "I'd like to skate all of my life because of the joy I have in it," Carman said.
Carman, who is 12, first went skating when she was five. "My mom used to watch skating on television and I liked watching it too," she said. Among her other interests were ballet, tap dancing, skiing and singing, but she has discontinued those activities, except for ballet. Carman has landed a double axel and is working on her first triple jump, the triple salchow. She placed fifth at Regionals in juvenile girls, but she wanted to try pairs. "I watched the pairs skaters at our rink and I looked up to them," she said. "I like doing throws and twists and lifts." She plans to continue competing in singles for a year or two.
Knierim didn't start skating until he was 12. "I didn't do any sports," he said, "but my mom use to skate so I tried it." He landed his first triple salchow when he was 17. Knierim has competed in singles for the past two seasons, finishing as high as sixth in intermediate men at Regionals, but noted, "I always wanted to do pairs, but I hadn't had the opportunity so I asked Dalilah Sappenfield if I could do pairs. It's harder but more fun. I like doing the lifts and twists."
The two teamed up in the summer of 2006. "Brynn is energetic and a very hard worker," Knierim said. "And she's small and light and good looking." Carman noted that Knierim was "trustworthy. I feel safe when he's lifting me. We get along really well and don't fight."
Dalilah Sappenfield coaches the team, which trains at the World Ice Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Knierim traveled back and forth between his hometown of San Diego, California and Colorado Springs for two years before settling down in the city last summer. They usually skate two 45-minute pairs sessions a day, six days a week and one or two singles sessions. Carman also does Pilates and yoga for off ice training.
The skaters included a side-by-side double lutz, double salchow sequence and double flip, a level 4 back outside death spiral, level 4 lasso and star lifts, a throw double loop and double salchow, and a double twist in their program. "We do a triple twist, but we had to leave it out because it's illegal in novice," Knierim said. They have landed a throw double axel and will be working on a throw triple salchow during the summer.
Sappenfield choreographed both programs for the pair. They used " Nightmare" by Brain Bug for their short and "City Slickers" for the long. "We downloaded most of the music from the Internet and then Dalilah put it together for us," Knierim said. "We're planning to keep the long but get a new short for next season. We may use 'Chopsticks' by Mozart." The team is planning to use "Great Balls of Fire" for their exhibition program. Off ice Carman listens to pop and jazz, while Knierim listens to all kinds of music.
Off ice, Knierim likes to hang out with friends and go fishing. "I'll catch anything that bites," he said. Carman likes going out with friends, shopping, and hunting. "I go hunting with my father all the time," she said. "My brothers and sisters go too. We hunt deer, elk and moose. I'm not old enough to shoot yet but I help stalk them. I shoot a .22 at the range. She also collects stuffed cows and has about forty.
Knierim has graduated from high school and works at Sears repairing cars. The 19-year-old plans to study automotive technology in college. Carman will be in seventh grade at West Middle School in the fall. "I like science and have always wanted to be a doctor," she said.


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Stuff Happens
Stuff Happens is a play by David Hare, written in response to the Iraq War. Hare describes it as "a history play" that deals with recent history.
The title is inspired by Donald Rumsfeld's response to widespread looting in Baghdad:
- "Stuff happens and it's untidy, and freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things." (April 11, 2003)
The play presents a mix of viewpoints, including arguments for and against the attack on Iraq, mixing verbatim re-creations of real speeches, meetings and press conferences and fictionalized versions of private meetings between members of the Bush and Blair administrations, and international figures such as Hans Blix and Dominique de Villepin.
An ensemble cast plays over 40 roles during the 3 hour play, although the actors playing the principals—Bush, Rice, Powell—play only one role.
Plot and style[edit]
David Hare's Stuff Happens is a play about the events that led up to the 2003 Iraq War, beginning at about the time of George W. Bush's election in America in 2000. Parts of the dialogue are direct quotes from the characters' real-world counterparts. The author has stated that the dialogue is not "knowingly untrue" but he had to sometimes "use his imagination" to cover events that were not recorded verbatim, admitting that his play is not a documentary as such.[1]
Production history[edit]
The world premiere of Stuff Happens opened at the Olivier Theatre at the National Theatre in London on September 1, 2004 [1] and has subsequently been performed at Los Angeles' Mark Taper Forum (with Keith Carradine and Julian Sands) in June 2005 and at Sydney's Seymour Center (with Rhys Muldoon and Greg Stone) in July 2005. Greg Stone won a Helpmann for Best Male Actor in a Play in 2006. It has also been performed at Western Washington University under the direction of Mark Kuntz in November 2007.
It debuted in New York City in March 2006 at the Public Theater.[2] Director Daniel Sullivan chose a small venue at the Newman Theater at the Public. This created an atmosphere such "as if the audience too is participating in this re-creation of recent events".[2]
By 2008, Stuff Happens had been showcased across the globe.
On February 23, 2008, Stuff Happens opened in the Theatre in Katowice, Poland, directed by Andrew S. Paul, of Pittsburgh, Pa, USA.[3]
The Canadian premiere was on March 4, 2008, at the Berkeley St. Theatre in Toronto produced by Studio 180 Theatre, directed by Joel Greenberg.[4]
The play's New England premiere was performed by the Zeitgeist Stage Company in October 2008 - December 2008 and went on to win the Elliott Norton Award for Outstanding Fringe Theatre Production. It was performed by Boston University's School of Theatre in April 2008.[5] The District of Columbia premiere was performed by Georgetown University's undergraduate theatre program.[6]
A one-off revival of the play took place as a rehearsed reading at the National Theatre to mark the release of the Chilcot inquiry on July 6, 2016.[7] Directed by David Hare, the production featured Alex Jennings returning to the role of George W. Bush, Julian Sands returning as Tony Blair and Bill Nighy as the Narrator.[8]
- ^ a b Hare, David. Stuff Happens. New York. Faber and Faber, Inc., 2004. author's note.
- ^ a b Brantley, Ben. David Hare's 'Stuff Happens': All the President's Men in 'On the Road to Baghdad'. The New York Times. 14 Apr 2006 http://theater2.nytimes.com/2006/04/14/theater/reviews/14stuf.html
- ^ Rawson, Christopher. Katowice Journal: Andrew Paul in Poland. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 2 Mar 2008 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08063/859649-325.stm
- ^ Ouzounian, Richard. Stuff Happens stirs Iraq debate. TheStar.com 2 Mar 2008 http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/Theatre/article/308527
- ^ http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/calendar/event.php?id=31193&cid=20&oid=0&template=7
- ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/03/AR2008040303364.html
- ^ https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/stuff-happens-2016-reading
- ^ https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2016/bill-nighy-joins-cast-of-stuff-happens-at-the-national-theatre/
External links[edit]
- Stuff Happens – original London production at the Olivier Theatre of the National Theatre (September–December 2004)
- Stuff Happens – New York production by The Public Theater (March 28, 2006 – June 25, 2006).
- 'Known Knowns', review in the Oxonian Review
- Stuff Happens - revival reading at the Lyttleton Theatre of the National Theatre


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Kids Comics This Week – Twilight Action FiguresBrett Singer
Yes, there are comics this week, but there are also Twilight action figures. As a public service, I will provide you information about 7-inch tall versions of Bella, Alice, Edward and Jacob.
But first — comics!
Billy Batson And The Magic Of SHAZAM #8: fun book, made even better because of the team of Baltazar and Franco of Tiny Titans fame.
Super Friends Vol 2 #19: Strictly for younger kids. Nothing wrong with that of course. But there's no crossover appeal here.
Pet Avengers Classic: I guess the recent Pet Avengers mini-series was a hit. This is a collection of reprints featuring superheroes and their pet sidekicks. A bit a stretch, but hey, whatever works.
Spider-Man Magazine Vol 2 #8: At $6.99, this is a bit overpriced but it does offer a lot of pages. Mostly reprints, but kids don't care. Pick this up and save it for a long plane ride.
Wolverine First Class #19: I realized this week that one of my favorite writers, Peter David, is doing this series. I'll have to borrow it from my son.
Disney Pixars Monsters Inc Laugh Factory #2
DC Comics Classics Library Batman A Death In The Family HC: This was a very controversial series when it was originally published. Readers were asked to vote on whether or not the new Robin, Jason Todd, should be killed. He was annoying, so voters gave him the thumbs down. The story involves the Joker teaming up with the Ayatollah Khomeini. No, really. (Who says comics aren't topical?) Since these are comic books, he has since come back to life via an alternate universe, or something like that. Not for younger readers, but teen and even some pre-teen comic fans might be interested in this one. You may have to explain who Khomeini is, however.
Classics Illustrated Vol 6 The Scarlet Letter: Again, probably best for a slightly older crowd. If this had been around when I was in high school, I would have read it rather than just avoiding reading the real thing.
Archie Double Digest #202: Features a story in the "New Look Archie" style, which I hate but whatever.
Jughead #197
Sonic Universe #8: It's amazing to me how much mileage they've gotten out of Sonic. It was a video game. A popular one, but not as popular as Mario. But Mario didn't generate multiple long-running comic book series. So there.
Hardy Boys Vol 18 D.A.N.G.E.R. Spells The Hangman TP: These are interesting books — graphic novels featuring the Hardy Boys. I think these are new stories rather than adaptations of the classics.
Wacky title of the week – Spider Judgement Knight #2: No offense meant to the creators of this comic, which I haven't read. But doesn't the title look like a combination of keywords designed to drive sales? "OK, let's see. What can we call this thing and not get sued? Not Spider-Man, but… Spider! OK. And not Judge Dredd, let's go with Judgement. Batman, Dark Knight… Knight! Spider Judgement Knight! Yeah! That's the ticket!"
Grown-up title of the week – Star Trek Spock Reflections #3: I love me some Star Trek and this book has been a fun read. It offers some background into how Spock came to be living among Romulans and the events that preceded the recent Star Trek movie. My only complaint is that each issue is too short. I'll buy it anyway, but for the price ($2.99) there should be more pages. I'm buying it anyway. Here's a preview if you want to check it out.
Toys of the Week – Twilight New Moon Action Figures
OK Twi-hards, or Cullenists, or whatever. Here's the moment you've all been waiting for. You already have Twilight Barbie, but now you can re-enact all of New Moon with your very own Twilight Action Figures.
Here is a gallery of new 7-inch Twilight Action Figures, including 3 versions of Edward Cullen, one of which costs almost $300 ("Hungry Edward" — it's a collectible). Enjoy.


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12 Things That Make You a Lazy (and Happier) ParentLori Garcia
Are lazy parents lesser parents?
Nope, if anything they're happier parents.
Before I go any further, allow me to clarify for the purpose of this post that the term "lazy" is not meant to imply anything related to child neglect. We're talking the harmless brand of lazy here.
We all bum it sometimes. Yes, even you, Mr. and Mrs. "We parent by the book just to make the rest of you feel bad".
For whatever reason, sometimes we just wake up and find ourselves operating at 30% capacity (at best). We go through the parenting motions grasping at every imaginable shortcut either because we have to, or just because we can.
But lazy isn't all bad. In DisneyFamily.com's article, How Lazy Parents Make Happier Kids and Stronger Marriages, Carol Ummel Lindquist, Ph.D. discusses the marital and developmental benefits to lazy parenting. Happier children and a stronger marriage? Sign me up!
Dr. Lindquist suggests:
"Encouraging your child's independence to create time for yourself and your partner is an art that can start very early and evolves with the ages and stages of your child."
Last week I wrote about the 10 Things That Don't Make You Lazy Parent because so much of what parents get judged for is pretty stupid. If we're going to be judged, let it be for things that actually warrant gold member slacker status. If we've figured out a way to lazily ensure our kids are well-loved and well-cared for, perhaps we've discovered the parenting Holy Grail.
Whether you're a sometimes lazy parent or one who's perfected the art of just getting by, check out these 12 things that make you a lazy (and happier) parent.
Your kids sleep in their clothes… 1 of 12more often than not. Laundry: 0, Mom: 1.
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The pizza guy has become part of your family 2 of 12You can't get pizza delivered every Friday night and not expect pizza guy Andy to become part of your family. When your kids dubbed him "Uncle Andy", his place on your family tree was solidified.
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Your kids asked you… 3 of 12"What are those metal things with handles?" Well Honey, those are pots and pans; we only have them because we're supposed to.
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Your kids don't own a lunch box… 4 of 12and likely never will.
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Cereal for dinner 5 of 12Fortified with vitamins and minerals, cereal is a quick and easy dinner. Hey, it's 8 o'clock somewhere.
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You gift gently used toys 6 of 12Oh no, you forgot all that birthday party tomorrow! Quick, wrap up a gently used toy from the boring pile. Problem solved.
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You paid your kid to leave you alone… 7 of 12and clean his room, but mostly just leave you alone.
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You've allowed a good hand and face wash… 8 of 12in place of a bath. Go ahead, justify it with the fact that your kid didn't get that dirty today. And oh yeah, that water conservation thing too.
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You ignore sibling squabbles… 9 of 12and justify doing so as a valuable lesson in self-discipline. How conveniently admirable.
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You put your eldest to work 10 of 12Want in on the perfect parenting crime? Have your eldest read to your youngest. Doing so gives you a break, encourages sibling bonding, and is educational for both of them.
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Your child doesn't recognize you… 11 of 12with combed hair, makeup, and matching clothing. "No really Johnny, it's Mommy. Don't be scared."
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You put the kids to bed early… 12 of 12just so you can finally have some alone time together.
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My final statement: Happy parents make happy kids. The defense rests. Literally.
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