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"When I first heard about the campaign to get me to host Saturday Night Live, I didn't know what Facebook was," White said. "And now that I do know what it is, I have to say it sounds like a huge waste of time."
The jokes continued – "When I was young we didn't have Facebook, we had phone book," she said, "but you wouldn't waste an afternoon with it" – but White's Facebook fans can rest assured their online effort wasn't a waste. In fact, the actress, who appeared in every skit, is getting rave reviews.
"All it took to reinvigorate a 35-year-old comedy show was the presence of an 88-year-old woman," writes Dave Itzoff of the New York Times. "The only real disappointment of the night was when the clock struck 1 a.m. and Ms. White and the cast had to step on stage to wave their goodbyes."
Whether singing her muffins' praises on NPR or donning a black ski mask for a hardcore version of The Golden Girls theme song, White shined on a night when SNL welcomed back many of its female heavy hitters, including Molly Shannon, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Rachel Dratch and Ana Gasteyer.
"Her comic delivery is still formidable," says the Chicago Tribune's Maureen Ryan. "The show would be smart to extend an open invitation to White to return as host any time, but given how in demand she is, who knows if she'd be able to make it back?"
And even musical guest Jay-Z seemed in awe of White. After his second song, "Young Forever," he dedicated the performance to "the most incredible Betty White."
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Interview with Cape Kidnappers & Kauri Cliffs Director of Golf
Ryan Brandeburg is director of golf at both the Lodge at Kauri Cliffs and the Farm at Cape Kidnappers, two highly ranked courses on New Zealand's North Island.
Ryan Brandeburg
In the May issue of Golf Digest, Cape Kidnappers GC in Napier was ranked No. 6 on its list of Top 100 Courses Outside the U.S. Kauri Cliffs GC in Bay of Islands was ranked 19th.
Brandeburg, an American and a member of the PGA of America, has been at the helm of both clubs since 2009. In helping him oversee the daily operations and strategic directions for each course he travels extensively throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
Mandarin Media managing director Hal Phillips sat with Brandeburg in late April to discuss the recent rankings, the state of world golf travel, and New Zealand's unique place in the golf resort firmament. Here's how that Q&A went.
Hal Phillips: Both Cape Kidnappers and Kauri Cliffs have been mainstays on world top-100 lists since Cape opened in 2004. What struck you about the most recent rankings?
Ryan Brandeburg: Well, it never gets old. We're always pleased to see the quality of each course so recognized. But I was struck by the number of Asian courses on this new list.
HP: I count 29 Asia-Pacific courses among this "Top 100 Outside the U.S." When this ranking was last issued, in 2009, there were only 17.
RB: Exactly. This makes sense on a couple levels. Asia-Pacific is where all the new courses are being built, so it follows that more would make the list eventually. But I think there have always been more top-quality courses in Asia than North Americans and Europeans have recognized. All the new course development here, the rise of Asian tours and Asian tour pros, and the increasingly global outlook of North American and European golfers, has shed new light on all the great golf to be played here.
Looking Down on the Spectacular Cape Kidnappers
HP: Many of those Asia-Pacific courses on the list are private, of course.
RB: Yes. There are so many courses in Asia-Pacific rightly considered "world class," but on some level we must ask ourselves, "What good is learning that a club is ranked so highly if it's private - and traveling golfers cannot play it?"
HP: Cape Kidnappers and Kauri Cliffs are true resort courses. Barnbougle Dunes in Tasmania and the Kawana Hotel's Fuji Course in Japan are ranked No. 14 and No. 15 on the new list. That's progress.
RB: And if you look at St. Andrews [No. 3] and Royal Dornoch [4] and Turnberry [7], they are all accessible, too - even if they aren't "resort" courses per se. People may not be able to just show up and get a tee time, but they can get a game there. It's just my personal view that accessibility should be of primary importance to anyone who pays close attention to these rankings. It's important that golfers in Australia, in China, in Japan and Korea and across Southeast Asia recognize that Cape Kidnappers and Kauri Cliffs are special, the highest ranked, most celebrated courses in the region they can play. New Zealand can represent a significant journey to some, but here is more proof that the golf - along with our accommodations, cuisine and natural surroundings - makes that journey worthwhile.
HP: Rankings are fun because they're subjective. But these listings are even more fun when they tweak the criteria - like excluding U.S. courses, featuring only courses you can play, etc.
RB: We are frankly eager for the various golf publications to assemble a top 100 that simply takes into account course accessibility, course merit and the quality of onsite lodgings. These are the factors traveling golfers most strongly consider. The course cannot be private, naturally, and who wants to shape a golf holiday around a great course that doesn't have a hotel on site, or doesn't provide world-class food and wine?
HP: That list would certainly be in your wheelhouse. Golfers may well recognize Cape Kidnappers and Kauri Cliffs as perennial top 100 courses, but the lodges attached to these courses are something else.
RB: To describe them as five-star would be to sell them short. The Lodge at Kauri Cliffs was named the sixth best hotel in the world, according to the 2011 Condé Nast Traveller readers' poll. In 2010, the Farm at Cape Kidnappers was named to Travel+Leisure's "World's Top 50 Hotels." Some day that golf/onsite-lodging combo list will be compiled, and we are confident that both Cape and Kauri will rank among the top five in the world.
Kauri Cliff
HP: The last time Golf Digest issued this Top 100 Outside the U.S. list, in 2009, Cape Kidnappers ranked 13th and Kauri Cliffs ranked 25th. So Cape and Kauri both moved up.
RB: That was great to see, and interesting to see. I think the reputation of Tom Doak, who designed Cape Kidnappers, continues to grow. He designed Barnbougle and Lost Farm, which are both new to that list, I believe. As for Kauri Cliffs, I think the more people actually come and play it - as opposed to just reading about it, or ogling pictures of it -- the more they appreciate just how amazingly beautiful it is, and what a great golf course it continues to be. The architect at Kauri, David Harman, doesn't get the credit he deserves, in my opinion.
HP: It's hard to name two other courses that trade so successfully on their natural settings. It doesn't hurt that each course is situated in the middle of properties that are several thousand acres in size, right on the ocean.
RB: It's clear that a major part of our appeal is the extraordinary natural landscape of New Zealand. No one can take credit for that, and it's such an integral part of the experience at all of our properties - on the golf courses, in the lodges, at cliff-top or down on the beaches. But it's something we do work hard to protect and foster. At Cape Kidnappers, for example, the Robertson family [owners and operators of both resorts] has assembled one of the largest nature preserves in New Zealand, enabling and protecting a thriving community of endangered species, including kiwi birds. By the end of June, we should finish a new aviary we intend to use for holding pairs of kaka and red-crowned kakariki. These birds will breed and their offspring will be released into the sanctuary to support establishing populations of these species.
HP: You travel a great deal around Asia-Pacific, establishing travel and tour relationships on behalf of Cape and Kauri. Were there courses you expected to see on this new list but did not?
RB: Well, I don't want to name any names - and I wish I had the opportunity to play more golf on these trips. But it was interesting to me that so few courses from the Chinese mainland were included. Some unbelievable courses have been built there in the last five years, and the same can be said of South Korea. Of course, most of the new courses in Korea are quite private. In China, there is a better mix of resort courses that people can play.
HP: Many of the "private" courses on this new list, in Asia or otherwise, aren't really so private. You can call ahead and arrange a game, on the British model . . .
RB: That's true, but where do you stay? What if you want to dine on site? What if you want to play the course again, the next day? In my book, the resort model is still the ideal for traveling golfers.
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Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society
After listening to Jackson's music for a while (this is his sixth album), you can't help wondering, "What's he mean, Decoding Society?" If anything, the way he takes pop-and-jazz genres and twists them together like so many sausage-shaped balloons, what he seems to be doing is encoding. In such a typical Decoding Society piece as Behind Plastic Faces, a slow, stately, often Oriental-sounding melody is carried like a sedan chair above the busy, bustling feet of the rhythm section. In Thieves Market the key element is Jackson's spare, hard drum crack on the first and third beats, an elongated ticktock. In Behind Plastic Faces it's Jackson again, this time with a mincing rhythm played on what sounds like a drum with a loosened snare or some kind of rattle—like many sounds Jackson gets, you feel you've never heard its exact like before. The mystery of Jackson's ideas is well understood by his sidemen. Akbar Ali's violin solo in Thieves Market is avant-garde fiddling with a hoedown heart; Vernon Reid's comically archaic fuzz guitar solo enlivens Decoding. Snake Alley should be mandatory listening for all rappers; nobody's done more with the redundant hip-hop beat than this, and that includes Herbie Hancock. Now has Jackson decoded rap music, liberating it from its hermetically sealed cylinder of genre? Or has he encoded it into his own tantalizing, visceral, irreverent and highly personal language? To say you're encoding is to admit you're on your own little island. To say you're decoding is to say you're creating something universal. Listeners will make up their own minds. More than any of Jackson's other albums, Decode Yourself will repay that effort handsomely. (Island)
Picks and Pans Review: Decode Yourself
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Mike Cornell (R), national sales manager for Sunbrella
Awnings and Marine Fabrics, and Mark Simonian of partner 3M demonstrate
the applications of the Sunbrella Graphics System.
By Devin Steele
CHARLOTTE, NC Strolling the floor of the recent IFAI Expo 2002 at the Charlotte Convention Center, you were hard-pressed to find someone who didnt have good things to say about the industrial fabrics trade show.
This is my first time attending the show in several years, but were going to start promoting this show and also exhibiting here every year, said first-time exhibitor Jimmy Herndon, business manager of Charlotte-based Rolling Brook Textiles, a manufacturer of woven and knitted fabrics for all types of applications. One thing is for sure: When we go out, we raise all kinds of possibilities, but when we stay in our plant, nothing is going to happen. This show gives us a chance to mingle with people and meet people, which is the name of the game.
As far as interest in our products and services, on a scale of 1 to 10, I would give it a 10 because the show is that good.
For three days, Oct. 24-26, a record number of exhibitors (490) showed their goods and services to a total of 7,356 professionals representing every market of the specialty fabrics industry. This years exhibitor count surpassed the previous record of 482 set in 2000.
The show, organized by the Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI), drew participants from 54 countries.
Rolling Brook was among a number of new exhibitors, many of them headquartered in the nations Textile Belt, the Carolinas.
Thats why an annual show like ours is successful, because we move it around, said IFAI President Stephen M. Warner, CAE, whose association is planning the 2003 event in Las Vegas. No matter where we are, we get a lot of exhibitors from the local area, so were pretty pleased with that. And about half of our attendance is from within about a six-hour drive of the location of where we are.
Being local was advantageous for narrow fabric weaving and warp knitting machine manufacturer Jakob Müller of America, Inc., whose offices, show room and warehouse are located only minutes from the Charlotte Convention Center.
We had customers from Mexico who wanted to see the machines, so we brought them over to our facility and showed them the equipment there, said Rene Frei, executive vice president. Its nice, not having to bring the equipment to the show.
Staged in conjunction with the show were the third International Conference on Safety & Protective Fabrics and the annual Textile Technology Forum. Those pre-show events were very successful and served as a great introduction to IFAI Expo 2002, Warner said. I think we surprised a lot of people with the expansion of the scope of the show this year.
In addition to those events, IFAI Expo featured more than 100 speakers, including keynote addresses by Tom Morris and Gary Heil. The keynote presentations instructed participants on how to strengthen their businesses and on the importance of leading inspired teams within the workplace.
Among other vendors, Allen Barwick, president and CEO of third-time IFAI exhibitor Shuford Mills, Hickory, NC, said he couldnt be happier with the show.
Weve had excellent traffic, said Barwick, whose company highlighted its Outdura fabric. Weve had decision-makers here and we are delighted that were now a destination as opposed to just the new guy on the block. Folks came here to see us specifically, as opposed to just recognizing the Outdura name from seeing it in advertising.
Ron McCoy, sales manager of Duncan Technologies, Inc., Spartanburg, SC, said that walking the show floor in Nashville last year led him to encourage his parent company, Erhardt + Leimer, to reserve a small booth at this years show.
It was such a good show last year and this year is shaping up to be, as well, McCoy said. There were a lot of what I call shakers and doers there (last year). And everybody I talked to said how much of a good show it was and one thing led to another and here we are. The success of this show will dictate our plans for next year.
A representative of another longtime IFAI vendor, thread maker American & Efird, Mount Holly, NC, added that the quantity and quality of visitors were encouraging.
Weve had people a lot of companies from the New England area and all the way down to the Carolinas, said Robert Bergeron, director of product service. A lot of decision-makers are here, which is important when youre at these shows.
Scott Leatherman, sales manager of the Carolina Specialty Fabrics Division of Carolina Mills, Maiden, NC, also put a feather in the shows cap.
The textile industry has been sort of lackluster right now, of course, he said. I go to several shows a year and this is one of the few, it seems, that has really grown rather than diminished from year to year.
Sam M. Chip Butler III, president of Service Thread, Inc., Charlotte, NC, added that this was the best IFAI show in which he had exhibited in recent years.
Its a lot better attended than last year and the year before, he said. The people coming to our booth seem to be more quality buyers than weve had in the past.
Chuck Holmes of first-time exhibitor Hubtex of North America, Inc., Spartanburg, SC, said on the convention center floor that IFAI Expo already had exceeded his expectations.
Weve had a lot of visitors, said Holmes, whose company makes textile material handling equipment, batching units and traveling cleaning systems. Its a different market for us. Were used to selling to textile mills. Now were showing to the textile mills customers here. I think its going to give us some opportunities down the road.
In a post-show communiqué, Hubtex of North America President Markus Heinis added that equipment was sold on the floor and delivered directly after the show.
Fifty to 60 additional very promising leads were generated and are being followed up on, he said. Hubtex was very pleased with the quality of the people attending and consider its first experience with the IFAI show to be very successful.
Finally, Robert Poterala of Mascoe Systems called the event fantastic.
Were very pleased to see the positive attitude of people in such a negative market, he said. Everybody is looking for new industrial products here. Its been extremely good for us, from the standpoint that people are looking at new products and new ideas.
Its been the best IFAI show that Ive seen and weve been participating in them for about 20 years. This one is just outstanding so much so that were in the process of joining IFAI. This show has been 10 times better for us than all the money that weve spent at other shows. The right people are here at the right time.
Meanwhile, winners of the International Achievement Awards were announced during the Chairmans Annual Breakfast. The 55th annual competition received 293 entries from companies in 12 countries in 26 categories.
GREENSBORO, NC Burlington Industries said it will shut its trucking and transportation unit and lay off 130 employees here as it climbs its way out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
The company plans to use United Parcel Service Inc.s Supply Chain Solutions unit to handle worldwide distribution of its products.
GREENSBORO, NC Cone Mills Corp. announced that on Dec. 2, it amended agreements with its lenders extending the maturity date of its existing revolving credit facility and senior note obligation through May 30, 2003.
The commitment is $58 million and the outstanding balance of the senior note is $22 million. As of the date of closing, the company had availability under its credit facility in excess of $30 million.
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC Polymer Group, Inc. (PGI) announced Dec. 9 that the companys Modified Disclosure Statement has been approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Columbia, SC.
The court has set the date for the plan confirmation hearing on Dec. 27.
AIKEN, SC Advanced Glassfiber Yarns LLC (AGY), one of the largest global suppliers of glassfiber yarns used in a variety of applications, and its wholly-owned subsidiary AGY Capital Corp. filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 last week.
The companys international operations are excluded from the filing. The company also announced that it has received a commitment for up to $15 million of debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing, subject to court approval, from Wachovia bank.
WASHINGTON, DC Larry Liebenow, president and CEO of Quaker Fabric Corp., Fall River, MA, is among 32 people expected to be appointed by President Bush to serve on the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations (ACTPN).
The purpose of ACTPN is to provide the U.S. Trade Representative with overall policy advice on matters concerning objectives and bargaining positions before entering into a trade agreement, the operation of any trade agreement once entered into and other matters arising in connection with trade policy of the U.S.
BOSTON The National Textile Association (NTA) said Thursday that it is concerned that the establishment of significant Tariff Preference Levels (TPLs) under the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA) reached last week could undermine deal.
We are pleased that the U.S. government acted on several specific concerns of NTA members in drafting the rules for textile products, said NTA president Karl Spilhaus.
NTAs consistent position with regard to FTAs has been that qualifying goods be made from components formed in the countries that are partners to the agreement. We have strongly opposed derogations from the rules of origin that undermine the value to U.S. textile manufacturers of FTAs.
Spilhaus added that NTA is troubled by the large exemption from the rules of origin for cotton and manmade fiber textiles. This TPL would permit 2 million square meters of cotton or manmade fiber apparel made of third-country fabrics while getting the duty-free benefit of the FTA.
This TPL, which is actually higher than the current level of trade, is hardly a limit at all, he said.
We note, however, that the TPL is a transitional arrangement that expires at the end of 10 years, Spilhaus said.
FINALLY, SOME good news. About a trade show. In the industry. Yep, the textile industry. Uh-huh, the U.S. textile industry, smart aleck.
While such industry events have shrunk in attendance and exhibitors in recent times, the recent IFAI Expo 2002 enjoyed a fruitful three-day run at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, NC. A record 490 vendors were registered for the show, and a milestone-flirting 7,356 visitors crossed the turnstiles. Given such figures, you can officially call the specialty fabrics sector a growth area or, dare we say in hackneyed industry-speak, a niche.
And this expansion, ladies and gents, is occurring during a static time in general for industrial fabrics, according to Stephen Warner, president of show organizer Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI). He said that a few markets are growing for industrial fabrics, which essentially, are materials created for specific applications where the performance characteristic not fashion appeal is the primary criterion for selection. But other markets are suffering.
The reasons some are thriving and some are suffering vary, Warner said. Historically during a recession, manufacturing or otherwise, pockets of the industrial fabrics industry grow because consumers change their spending habits. For instance, instead of buying a new boat during a stagnant economy, a person is more likely to choose to fix up the old one, which includes buying a new cover, he said. The same goes for a house (awnings) and a truck (a tarp), et al, he added. Meanwhile, some specialty fabrics producers and suppliers are hurting because foreign companies are cherry-picking the best lines of their U.S. competitors rather than offering the entire program, Warner said.
THE GOOD NEWS/BAD NEWS paradox is what makes specialty fabrics the funny part of the textile industry, Warner said. Theres the apparel industry, theres the home furnishings industry and then theres the other industry, he said during the trade show, explaining his reasoning. Thats what we are, were the other industry.
As recently as last summer, Warner began to wonder if his segment wasnt headed south with its compadres, he said, if interest in the IFAI Expo was an indicator. After all, 95 percent of vendors are typically registered before the discount deadline, which this year was June 1st. But sluggish sales to that point would not serve as an accurate measuring stick for the industrial fabrics trade show. It was very slow in exhibit sales for the first six months, much slower than any other year that I can recall, he said. We really struggled and we were getting a little concerned about it, but we then noticed that it started to build up a little bit. A steady stream of sign-ups, all the way through to the week before the show, enabled organizers to announce a record roster of exhibitors, which certainly had Warner in good spirits during the event.
SEVERAL OF those exhibitors have stepped out of their traditional market and are flourishing, as a result. Glen Raven Custom Fabrics LLC, a division of Glen Raven, Inc., is one of them. The company has made Sunbrella® fabrics since 1958 and now, through a partnership with 3M and a third party, has embarked on a profitable venture. The company is serving as administrator of the Sunbrella Graphics System, a machine that bonds 3M films to Sunbrella fabrics and supports multicolored artwork and fine details of intricate logos.
Call that innovation and keeping your ears open, said Allen Gant Jr. president and CEO of Glen Raven. Listening to the customer, along with innovation and operating within the right cost-structure, are three elements that are important today, he said. By restructuring, shifting its focus, becoming leaner and developing new markets with top brands, Glen Raven is now enjoying a vibrancy it hasnt experienced in recent years. But it is a different company than it was even a year ago, Gant said.
Glen Raven is but one longtime textile manufacturer that is finding a way to survive in this ruthless environment.
And thats the kind of news we all can use.
Mike Cornell (R), national sales manager for Sunbrella Awnings and Marine Fabrics, and Mark Simonian of partner 3M demonstrate the applications of the Sunbrella Graphics System.
By Devin Steele
CHARLOTTE, NC Of the record 490 exhibitors at IFAI Expo 2002, Glen Raven Custom Fabrics LLC certainly garnered its share of attention among the 7,356 visitors.
Thats because one of the stars of the show, the Sunbrella Graphics System (SGS), was demonstrated at its booth. Making its public debut at the expo, the SGS 100 graphics machine turns applying graphics to fabrics from an art into a science, according to Glen Raven officials.
The machine is a compact unit that employs heat lamps and vacuum pumps to create a secure bond between 3M Scotchal ElectroCut Graphic films and Sunbrella or Dickson® fabrics. It supports multicolored artwork and fine details of intricate logos.
SGS allows awning shops to create digital versions of logos and lettering, which are then cut from 3M film using a plotter. The film is positioned on the fabric and placed in the SGS 100 graphics machine, which is programmed to provide the exact amount of heat and vacuum pressure to create a secure bond of the film to the fabric. Once they see the graphics, people are totally impressed with this system, said Doug Dubay, the companys commercial market manager who has been involved since the early stages of the project. Its like the saying a picture is worth 1,000 words. They look at these graphics up close and that says it all. In the past, Sunbrella fabric had to be either hand painted, with random results, or sprayed or rolled using a mask or template as a guide. Ever since Sunbrella came on the market, people have liked the nice textural look of the woven acrylic, the rich colors, the durability of it, Dubay said. It lasts longer than just about any awning fabric on the market, but theres never been a good way to decorate it for commercial applications, until now.
Glen Raven Custom Fabrics of Glen Raven, NC, joined forces with high-performance graphics films producer 3M, along with a Gary Childres to bring the concept to market. Childres, owner of Childres Canvas Products of Dallas, designed the machine and made the initial contact with Glen Raven about partnering on the project. Since being quietly introduced earlier this year, more than 5,000 applications using SGS machines have been made, according to Allen Gant Jr., president and CEO of Glen Raven, Inc.
Mascoe Systems Corp.
Mascoe, of Mauldin, SC, showed coating and drying equipment available for use in the companys recently upgraded research and development center. Samples of various coated products were available and personnel were on hand to discuss customer product development or equipment needs. Mascoe also had in its booth a representative of General Electric Silicones (GES), with whom it has teamed up to attempt to solve chemical coating application problems, according to Mascoes Robert Poterala.
Its been a very good arrangement for both of us, he said. Added his son, Joe Poterala: GES has a lot of different applications for industrial fabrics. The biggest issue they have is having a place to test their new products with customers fabrics, so theyre bringing them to us and were able to do the testing, run the fabrics and then provide the customer with either a place to run the material or provide them with equipment. Its worked very well. The show helped GES in its strategy to focus on segments of the industrial fabric market where silicone can provide a clear value proposition as a problem solver or performance enhancer, according to the GES representative, Rob Hennessy, RTV marketing manager.
We initiated programs with several companies that were interested in the types of performance our materials can provide, he said. To that end, the partnership with Mascoe Systems has enhanced our ability to answer both current and potential customer needs, by offering a turnkey system whereby the customer can see the entire process from start to finish, whether it is only a coating need or a complete manufacturing system.
Mascoes ability to provide contract coating, lab trials and finished capital equipment fills the gaps that GE Silicones, as a material-only supplier, generally cant handle, Hennessy added. Many companies offer one or two of these services, but Mascoe has taken it to the next level with its integration of the complete coating process, he said. As a result, I believe that our symbiotic approach to the show was very successful, and will be repeating the effort next year in Las Vegas.
Shuford Mills, Inc.
Shuford Mills Outdura® fabrics, introduced in 2000, sends the 122-year-old company in a new direction and has helped brighten its prospects for the future, according to Allen Barwick, president and CEO.
We historically have woven filtration fabrics, substrates and acrylic print cloth, which has been a good program for us, and now medical products, as well as Outdura, he sa and were pleased to be participating in the growth of it. Its certainly an upper-end product line. Its not a middle-of-the-road or commodity-type product like so many products that are out there.
At IFAI Expo 2002, the company was quite pleased with the interest and traffic generated by Outdura, according to Steve Bowman, vice president of sales and marketing. We saw a continued growth of interest in our Outdura premium, 100-percent solution-dyed acrylic fabrics for marine, furniture, awning, canopy and umbrella use, he said. We introduced new designs and colors to bring availability up to 25 styles in the 9-ounce marine fabric and up to 21 styles in the 8-ounce furniture fabric.
The company, with U.S. offices in Charlotte, spotlighted its titanium nitride-coated Special Application Needles (SAN®). These needles were developed just for industrial textile fabrics, like the heavier fabrics for tents and awnings, said the companys Tom Graham. He added that visitors have shown great interest in the product. The quality of the customer seems to be better here than at standard apparel shows, he said.
KoSa showed its complete line of technical polyester filament yarns for a wide range of industrial applications. We have been in the process in the last six to 12 months of making incremental improvements to a number of our products, said Larry Q. Williams, global business director, technical fabrics and sewing thread, Charlotte. In particular, weve introduced a slightly lower shrinkage variant to our stalwart 787 product family for the substrate applications. We believe that this product enhancement offers improved value to our customers and performance to our customers.
Carolina Specialty Fabrics
A division of Carolina Mills, Inc., Maiden, NC, Carolina Specialty Fabrics weaves cloth of cotton, cotton blends and synthetic fibers for a wide array of end uses. Carolina is a licensee of Cargill Dows NatureWorks fiber, derived entirely from annually renewable resources such as corn. The company also weaves Wellmans Fortrel EcoSpun®, made from post consumer PET packaging. Besides these, the company featured its Genesis II line of environmentally friendly fabrics. Over the last five years, we have really started to concentrate on expanding our product line from 100 percent cotton and cotton-poly blends to some other fibers and end-uses, said Scott Leatherman, sales manager. Niche is an overused word, but were really trying to pick up some programs that allow us to service a certain market and service it well.
American & Efird
The Mount Holly, NC, company, which makes sewing thread, touted its Anefil® and Anecord® lines, according to William K. Langley, Eastern Region sales manager. Anefil is a twisted, multifilament thread construction made from continuous filaments of polyester or nylon that have been twisted together and then plied to hold the fibers together. Anecord, a monocord thread construction, is made from continuous filaments of nylon that have been slightly twisted and then bonded together.
Erhardt + Leimer
Among web control devices, Erhardt + Leimer highlighted its stretch-wrap machine for large rolls, along with related products from subsidiary Duncan Technologies, Inc. as well as Roach Conveyors and Mechadyne Machine, for whom it distributes. Weve had a lot of interest in all of this equipment, said Ron McCoy, sales manager for Duncan, based in Spartanburg, SC.
Coats N. America
At the show, Coats let visitors know that it has broken ground in Orizaba, Mexico for a new industrial thread-manufacturing plant. Construction is expected to be complete by the end of next year, officials said. Among products it showed was Coats dabond, a bonded, twisted continuous filament polyester thread. The thread combines superior sewability with excellent UV and abrasion protection, the company said. Staffers also provided information about the Coats Technology Center in Hendersonville, NC, where such activities as research and development, analytical analysis, process engineering, custom quality analysis and training seminars are conducted.
Vicar International
The Union, NJ-based firm exhibited its Sun & Sea awning and canopy laminate; its Aqualon polyester thread line; its Crystal Clear double-polished, roller clear vinyl; its V-Line swap fasteners; and its Solvay Draka pressed, polished sheets.
Sterling Fibers
Sterling Performance Fibers representatives provided information about WeatherBloc® Plus, its newest in flame-retardant, solution-dyed modacrylic fibers. In conjunction with Kanebo Goshen of Japan, Sterling is offering WeatherBloc Plus to help meet the growing needs and demand for flame-retardant fabrics in the outdoor contract furniture and awning market.
Avondale Mills Specialty Fabrics Division representatives include (L-R) Chase Caldwell, Keith Hull, Grice Keel, Bernice Mathis and Doug johnson. The company showed coating for all types of fabrics, including nonwovens, with acrylic, vinyl, urethane and silicone.
On hand in the American Dornier booth are (L-R) Ernest Atchley, Gunter Marquardt and Dick Deahl of L.P. Batson, which represents Dornier.
Van Cooper and Jenni Gregory of Pierret show recycled materials from a size-reduction guillotine cutter.
Franklin Braid/Conventry Narrow Fabrics/Wayne Mills team members include (L-R) James Woodruff, Maria Cozzo, Julie Allen and Lynn Bachman.
Kevin Channell of Global-Pak, Inc., East Liverpool, OH, is welcomed in the Jakob Müller of America, Inc. booth by Rene Frei (L) and Albert Hess. The company manufactures narrow fabric weaving and warp knitting machines; inspection, making-up and festooning machines; and warping and shedding machines.
Neuenhauser staffers are (L-R) Paul Ledford, Jess Vergara, Robert Loftis and Daryl Downen. Featured in the booth was robotics and process automation equipment, including palletizers, yarn can and yarn package transport systems, automatic warper systems and more.
Chuck Holmes of Hubtex, Inc. demonstrated the companys sales and handling equipment, batching units and traveling cleaner systems.
Milliken & Co. exhibited textile fabrics for industrial applications. Staff members include (L-R) George C. McLarty, John Murphy, Debbie Powell, Eric Knauss and Nishad Chikhliker.
(L-R) Joseph Hamilton and Diane Hamilton, both of Apex Canvas Co., Loudon, TN, visit the Shuford Mills booth, staffed by Jeff Jimison (third from left) and Allen Barwick.
Bob Moran works the Belton Industries stand, where woven polypropylene industrial fabrics were featured.
Allen Gant Jr. (L), CEO of exhibitor Glen Raven, Inc., talks with Mike Catapano of GMAC Commercial Credit.
Staffing the host Industrial Fabrics Association International booth are (L-R) Julia Yach, Jean Hedren, Betsy Taylor and Sarah Hyland. They offered information on membership services, publications and advertising.
Jimmy Herndon, business manager of Rolling Brook Textiles, and his weave room manager Flossie Hardin are on hand in the companys stand.
Celanese Advanced Materials exhibited its Vectran fiber, a high-performance, thermoplastic, multi-filament yarn. Diane Hess and Scott Goshams staff the booth.
Kevin Kim (L) and Eric Stewart are among staff members in the Hyosung stand. Hyosung produces spandex, nylon and polyester at its facility in Rock Hill, SC.
(L-R) Andy Ball, Joe Morgan and Stephen Ball are present in the Eastern Plastics Co. booth.
John Napoli (L) and John Carroll of Zimmer Machinery Corp., Spartanburg, SC, are on hand to enlighten customers about the companys equipment for printing, coating, laminating and lacquering.
Left: Paul Saunders, president, and Barbara Montz, consultant, work the Sterling Performance Fibers booth. The Pace, FL, company spotlighted its WeatherBloc® modacrylic fiber.
Barmag/Saurer Group staff members include (L-R) Klaus Hufschmidt, Andreas Frisch and Ken Dunphy.
Mascoe Systems Corp., Mauldin, SC, has in its booth (L-R) Robert Poterala, Robert Oaks, Robert Hennessy of GE Silicone and Joe Poterala.
J.H. Moreland (L) and Mike Alber work for Martin Color-Fi, Inc., Edgefield, SC.
James Rhee (L) and Daniel Kwon are with Alkenz,
Representing Groz-Beckert, a manufacturer of industrial sewing needles, are (L-R) Manny Rojas, Tom Graham, Ron Russell and Tony Amores.
American & Efird, which makes high-performance sewing threads, had W.K. Langley (L) and Robert Bergeron in its booth.
Cedric Gaskin (L) of Defense Supply Center (DSC) greets Gengo Kurokoshi and Shig Kimara (R), both of Takashima, as Susan Pinto of the military clothing and equipment supplier looks on.


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Fins: I think he misspelled it, it should have been vaquero chapuza that translates to "botched job peon".
Makes sense to me.
Jim Long and calm
Sentiment: Strong Buy
LOL Jim!
Cowboy, don't you think if you had said --- Money flow was negative yesterday (people selling into the rally), could not hold the .60/.61 sma's, butting up against resitance, setting up a down gap to support at around .56/.54, while above avg volume it was nothing to write home about, etc. your post would have sounded more reasonable. You know as well as I that Z is a fickled stock and any thing can happen in the short term. Hold pps and consolidate, sell off, or continue to run.. it is a #$%$ shoot today, but history of Z favors it to retrace and not hold the all the gains from yesterday. That being said .. .54 to .64 is the range I'm looking for today. If it can break the trend of selling off, we maybe in for a nice little run.
slug, that 20 MA is one tough SOB the past ~80 days
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SAN JOSE – Sharks forward Ryane Clowe confirmed to CSNCalifornia.com an ESPN report that he's had preliminary discussions with the club about a contract extension, but nothing is imminent.
Clowe is in the final season of a four-year, $14.5 million contract, and is due to become an unrestricted free agent this summer.
On Friday, Clowe said: "We talked a little bit before the lockout there, just touching bases and a feeling out process. Nothing too serious. At some point here I'm sure we'll talk again, but I can't say there's been anything really serious."
Could something get done before the end of the season?
"Sure. I think more or less whenever both sides get together and agree on working towards a deal, you'd like to get it done quickly. You don't want it to drag out. But, it just hasn't gotten to the point where it's been enough serious talks to say that.
"I kind of told my agent, during the season, whatever happens happens, but I'm just trying to focus on hockey. If we talk, we talk, if we don't, I'm fine with that too. After last year, I just want to focus on having a good year."
Clowe, 30, was brought up through the organization since he was drafted in the sixth round of the 2001 draft, and would prefer to remain a Shark past this season.
"Obviously, this is where I've been my whole career, and I'd like to stay here for awhile," he said. "Hopefully something gets done sooner rather than later, but we all know how that works."
The Sharks already have $53.7 million tied up in 13 players next season according to CapGeek.com, with the NHL's salary cap set at $64.3 million. It could be tricky for them to keep Clowe without shedding salary elsewhere, either by trade or using a compliance buyout. Each club is allowed two buyouts this offseason, as part of the recent CBA agreement.
Clowe had 45 points (17g, 28a) in 76 games last season, a decline of 17 points from 2010-11. He battled a concussion that was only revealed by the club after the season.
In the first three games this season, Clowe has one assist while playing on the Sharks' second line with Logan Couture and Marty Havlat.
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Foundry Serves Both Engineering and Art
By Adam Jones and Kelli Wright
The University of Alabama has opened a new foundry meant to encourage creative collaboration between engineering and art students.
Located between Hardaway Hall and the old Bureau of Mines building, the foundry will provide space and facilities for teaching, research and service to metal-casting and processing industries for students in the College of Engineering. The facility also adjoins a foundry used by the College of Arts and Sciences, and students from both colleges will share the expanded and renovated collaborative space.
"I am excited about the opportunities the new joint-use foundry will present our students," said Dr. Charles L. Karr, dean of the College of Engineering. "I strongly believe students from the arts and engineering can learn from each other. This space allows our students to enhance their creativity, and it is a plus for the College."
There are also consolidated workshop facilities used by both colleges. The new building is located in the Bureau of Mines complex in close proximity to the new and renovated foundries. It houses a machine and construction shop used by many departments in the College of Arts and Sciences, as well as a workshop used by the College of Engineering.
Not only will there be opportunities for collaborative work, but also the close proximity of the new facilities enhances resource sharing. Students and faculty in both colleges will learn from one another about the different kinds of investment, or mold-making, processes, as well as how to work with additional kinds of metals and alloys for different purposes.
"The Bureau of Mines art and engineering complex will be a space where any student can come create something," said Dr. Robert Olin, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. "This space is meant to provide a place for inspiration and encourage our students to develop their great ideas and turn them into reality. We want them to have somewhere they can get their hands dirty and experience the enjoyment of seeing a project come to fruition."
At its heart, the foundry serves the needs of the metallurgical and materials engineering department's mission. It replaces a foundry in a part of H.M. Comer Hall razed to make way for the North Engineering Research Center, set to open for the fall 2013 semester.
"I am pleased we were able to construct our new facility because our students get a leg up on other graduates from across the country due to their experiences in our foundry," Karr said.
The UA metallurgical and materials engineering department is one of just eight metallurgical engineering programs accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, and one of only 20 Foundry Educational Foundation Certified Schools in North America.
"Having a fully functional modern foundry is vital to us being able to maintain our ABET accreditation as a metallurgical engineering program," said department head Dr. Viola Acoff.
Additionally, Acoff said an FEF board certification team visited the facility in January, and it will recommend UA be re-certified for another five-year term to the FEF board of directors later this month at a meeting on campus.
With about 5,000 gross square feet, the new foundry incorporates all basic types of equipment used in operating foundries, and it permits demonstration to students of most of the practices encountered in making cast iron, steel and nonferrous alloys.
Equipment highlights include:
- Three Inductotherm melting furnaces for melting cast iron, steel,brass, bronze and aluminum-based alloys
- A NASA withdrawal furnace for melting and casting super-alloys under vacuum that can produce up to 25-kilogram turbine components cast into ceramic-shell molds
- Molding equipment and a core machine for making green sand and pepset-based molds and cores
- Finishing equipment
- Spectrometer by Spectro Analytical Instruments
- An investment casting lab with a 3-D printer "Thermoset" by 3D Systems for making investment patterns
- A sand-testing lab and a dedicated computer lab where students can perform mold and casting design using advanced casting and ingot simulation software tools
The withdrawal furnace was acquired by the department a few years ago from the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, but it could not be installed in the old foundry. The state-of-the-art furnace is used by aerospace companies to make aircraft engine components typical on commercial passenger jets.
"With this additional capability, students will be exposed to every major type of casting process, ranging from traditional casting of cast iron to the casting of nickel-based superalloys used in various aerospace applications," Acoff said.


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Mr. Speaker, I ask for the House's attention today to honor Mr. James Richardson on the occasion of his 110th birthday.
Mr. Richardson was born January 2, 1904, in Eufaula, Alabama. He is the oldest of 11 siblings. Mr. Richardson spent his early years behind a plow on his father's farm. As he got older, he learned to drive a tractor to plow the fields.
He currently lives at Parkwood Health Care Facility in Phenix City, where he remains happy and healthy. He takes no medications, and he even has a daily exercise regimen. He states attitude is everything, and he tells everyone around him to treat everybody right.
Mr. Speaker, please join me in celebrating Mr. James Richardson's 110th birthday. 110 years of life is something we all can aspire to, and I am so honored to have Mr. Richardson residing in Alabama's Third Congressional District.
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Donald A. "Donny" Lofay, 58, of Tiffin, died Monday, July 1, 2013, at his home.
His Mass of Christian burial will be 10 a.m. Monday, July 8, 2013, at St. Mary Catholic Church, Tiffin, with the Rev. Kishore Kottani officiating. Burial will follow at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, Tiffin. A rosary will be prayed 20 minutes prior to Mass.
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Robyn Estrada's biggest concern is getting back with teammates on the soccer field.
For The Master's College's junior forward, her teammates always come first, even while she tries to recover from a debilitating stomach virus.
"I love my team," Estrada says. "A lot of them are my sisters and some of my best friends are on that team."
The infection, which she discovered shortly after returning from a summer mission trip to Haiti, has already cost her valuable playing time this year.
Just four games into the 2010 season, she's played an average of about 30 minutes per contest, well below normal for the team's leading scorer two seasons ago.
Estrada was the second-leading scorer for the team last year despite playing half the minutes she did the previous year due to groin problems and pneumonia. Add in the fact that she contracted bronchitis her freshman year and she has yet to stay healthy through an entire season.
"It's been a bit of a roller coaster for her," says TMC head coach Curtis Lewis.
During the Mustangs' most recent match against William Jessup University on Sept. 4, Estrada played part of the game, but didn't perform like her usual self. She left the game in tears because of a mixture of stomach pain and frustration.
"If you typically do something very well and now you can't, that's got to be difficult," Lewis says. "We're just trying to keep her encouraged and keep her healthy."
Regardless of the inconveniences, Estrada remains focused on helping her team defend its 2009 National Christian College Athletic Association National Tournament championship. She says this team has developed a strong chemistry in the years she's been there, especially since TMC lost only one player to graduation last year.
Things began to turn around for the program in 2008, Estrada's freshman year. The Mustangs went 2-12-2 in 2007, but Lewis recruited top-notch local talents like Estrada, defender Bobbie Roberts and midfielder Andrea Reyes the next year.
"My dream was always to go play (Division) I," Estrada recalls. "I just saw the way (Lewis) ran his program and I just really wanted to be a part of it."
Once a standout player at Desert Christian High School in Lancaster and OJSC Barcelona Soccer Club, Estrada received interest from Division I schools like UCLA.
She liked the atmosphere and low-pressure environment offered at The Master's College. The school made it easy for her to play her own game, continue her religious endeavors and remain close to her family living in nearby Palmdale.
"I don't know if I would have been playing right now because I would have been burnt out," she says.
"I didn't want to get burned out from soccer," she added.
The team's new look in 2008 showed results right away, going 13-9-1 and losing in the National Tournament final. Estrada scored 11 goals and recorded 28 points that season, both team highs.
"She's the type of person that you don't want to take off the field because you know something special is going to happen," Lewis says.
In 2009, the Mustangs finished what they started in 2008 and won the championship, finishing with a 15-5-2 record. Lewis said with his coaching style that emphasizes strong Christian values and relationships more than simply winning and losing, it frees up players to use their own techniques, even if they're a bit unorthodox.
"Half the time when I'm dribbling the ball, I don't really know where I'm going, but I go." Estrada says. "And it works."
It isn't that the Mustangs aren't competitive, Lewis explains, they just play how they want to play. For a team that hasn't traditionally been a powerhouse at the NAIA level, TMC has to show possible recruits it has a unique approach.
"It's kind of like the story of Boise State because you're not necessarily a big-time school, but you start getting that recognition," Lewis says of the changes after winning a championship.
Estrada, who is considering sitting out a few games to fully recover from her ailment, still has visions of playing her way into TMC record books. When her career is all said and done at the school, she wants to be known as a leader and a hard worker for her teammates.
"If I broke some school records, it wouldn't mean as much to me as some of the stuff off the field," she says.


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NoSQL Benchmark Compares Aerospike, Cassandra, Couchbase and MongoDB
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CouchDB 1.3.0 Adds New Features and Algorithm Enhancements
Apache Software Foundation has released CouchDB 1.3.0 with support for Fix _session, Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) including additional features and algorithm enhancements.
MongoDB Gets Better Security, Text Search, Performance Improvements – What's Next?
MongoDB 2.4 was recently released with new features such as Text Search, hash-based sharding, better geo-spatial capabilities with GeoJSON support and several performance and tooling improvements. We also discussed with 10gen about what's next on the roadmap.
10gen: MongoDB's Fault Tolerance Is Not Broken
A Cornell University professor claims MongoDB's fault tolerance system is "broken by design". 10gen responds through its Technical Director, rejecting the claims.
MoSQL: Synchronizing MongoDB and PostgreSQL Made Easy
San Francisco based Stripe has announced MoSQL, a tool for making reporting from MongoDB much easier via a live-replicating PostgreSQL database. MoSQL is based on MongoRiver, their companion product for monitoring MongoDB data updates in near-realtime.
Riak Gets Better Reliability, Improved IPv6 Support
Riak 1.3.0 RC was recently released, with improved IPv6 support and some interesting features that improve reliability – Active Anti-Entropy and Health Check.
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At its heart, SQL is a domain specific language designed to allow non-professional programmers to query databases and write ad hock reports. When a company moves from a relational database to a NoSQL offering the need for ad hock reporting doesn't go away, it just becomes harder. Simba's ODBC drivers shift the power back into the hands of the users.
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CouchDB versus Couchbase: What are the differences, and what happened to Membase?
Recently Couchbase published a comparison of Couchbase and CouchDB to denote the differences and simlarities between the two. This document addresses a common question: "What is the difference between CouchDB and Couchbase?", and what happened to Membase? InfoQ caught up with James Phillips, a Couchbase founder, to discuss the comparison and the merger of the two products Membase and CouchDB.
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Through a clerical error, the obituary notice of Dr. Joseph Rosenbaum of Canoga Park, Calif, was erroneously published in The Journal June 5, p 912. This notice should have referred to Dr. Rosenbaum's father, Dr. Jacob Rosenbaum of Canoga Park.
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Joshua Novak, MD
Emory Division of Digestive Diseases
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About Dr. Novak
- Medical School: University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
- Residency: Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH
- Fellowship: Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Dr. Joshua Novak is board certified in gastroenterology and internal medicine. He specializes in clinical nutrition and manages advanced therapies for patients with nutritional needs.
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Net income, revenue fall at Commercial Metals
Irving-based Commercial Metals Co. reported Tuesday that it had net income of $45.9 million on revenue of $1.68 billion in its first fiscal quarter, ended Nov. 30.
Compared to the year-earlier period, that equaled a 7.6 percent decline in net earnings and a 3.8 percent decline in revenue for the steel maker and scrap merchant.
In trading, the company's stock closed at $19.99 a share, up 21 cents, about 1 percent.
"All five of our reporting segments were profitable and we continue to see improvement in the results of our International Mill segment," chairman, president and CEO Joe Alvarado said in a statement.


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The Investigators are contacted by a small-time chiseler named Kevin Robinson, who wants to sell them a curious stone box. He stole the box from a local mobster named Alfonzo Toletti.
Investigators meet with Professor Lischka, who tells them that the box is antique Inca from Peru. Kevin appears, badly beaten up, delivering a message from Toletti. He wants to meet the investigators for dinner at Hunans Restaurant. After an outward show of pleasantness and guarded negotiations over the box, both sides leave unsatisfied. In an alley outside the restaurant, the investigators are beaten up by Tolettis goons.
The next morning, Al Neville finds Kevin shot through the head on his doorstep.
After staking out Tolettis posh home, the Investigators observe Toletti and his friend Dumont killing the members of a rival mob with guns and magic. Dumont makes cryptic gestures with his hands, which leave the rival mobsters writhing in agony. It becomes clear that Dumont is assisting Toletti with his criminal activities, in exchange for Toletti obtaining rare magical items for Dumont.
Al Neville finds Tolettis girlfriend Lynn shot through the head.
Trailing Dumont in the hope of getting some answers, the Investigators observe him outside a library. Dumont appears to go crazy, wandering around looking at objects as though seeing them all for the first time. Rather than rush up to question Dumont, the Investigators simply observe his behavior from a distance.
The investigators break into Dumont apartment and take some odd metal plates and some figurines. The metal plates bear some kind of strange designs, and what might be writing.
Investigators meet with Professor Lischka again, hoping he can help them understand the plates they found at Dumonts. He gives them a journal article which shows a picture of writing like that on the plates. The article talks about a program called TAMIPS, The Arts Meet Insane People. The writing shown in the article was done, according to the caption, by a mental patient named Theodore Hubbard. He made the writing as part of an art therapy program.
Tracking down the leads from the article, the Investigators meet with Professor Cridlowe. He is Hubbards psychiatrist. He tells them about Hubbard and his condition and where he is kept.
Investigators break into the University Asylum and free Theodore Hubbard: Ex-Yithian. He is quite a handful. Friendly and likable, but prone to fits of panic in which he attempts to flee. They take him to Nevilles home and cajole him with cookies and other inducements, and eventually he explains to them his memories of the hideous nightmare of Yithian captivity. Finally they show him the plates they found at Dumonts, and he is able to translate them. It seems Dumont is planning to summon Shub Niggurath, and needs the various magical items Toletti has been accumulating to pull it off.
With Hubbards help, the Investigators plan their attack. They obtain an obsidian knife, which is the only thing that can harm Dumont in his Yithian state. Going to a local cemetery one night, where they know Dumont plans to perform his ritual, they encounter the mobsters and the Yithian. Hubbard attempts to defeat the Yithian with magic, and dies in the attempt. But he gives the Investigators the opportunity they need to strike with the obsidian knife. The Yithian is dispatched, the real Dumont is restored to his now wounded and bleeding body, and the mobsters scatter.


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Turns out, when Piper Chapman is away, her lovers will play. PEOPLE sat down with Jason Biggs and Laura Prepon, who both portray exes of OITNB's protagonist Piper (Taylor Schilling), to chat about life on the prison set.
While they share a convict in common on the Netflix hit, we asked these stars about a different prisoner making the news: hottie thug Jeremy Meeks.
"Of course, we heard about that!" Prepon exclaimed when handed Meeks's mugshot.
"Did you see the other picture that was posted of him, though?" Biggs interjected, referring to a less than flattering photo of the alleged criminal. "That one sort of debunked this picture. But this is a pretty damn good photo. I'm just saying."
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So, what is it about the 30-year-old con that is so striking?
"It's his eyes," said Prepon, without hesitation. Biggs quickly chimed in as well, and he was even more enthusiastic with his praise.
"Look at the jawline! I mean, wowza!" he said. Then, making light of the situation, he added: "If I was his victim, and that was the last face I looked at in my life ... could be worse. Could be Charles Manson, or it could be this guy."
Meeks's looks don't just work on celebrities – the actors are certain these qualities will serve him well in jail too.
"I think he'll do just fine in prison with that teardrop on his eye," Prepon suggested.
"They're going to see the teardrop and be like, 'Never mind, if you come to me that's good, but otherwise, it's look don't touch,' " Biggs added.
"Just a little prison eye candy," Prepon agreed.
However, when given the chance to choose one of OITNB's fierce female characters to bunk with, Prepon wasn't as quick to respond.
"Every time someone asks me, 'Who would you want to be your prison wife?' I don't know how you choose, because all the girls are so awesome in their own individual ways."
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August 1- Where is the album?
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R. Ignace (U of Wisconsin), L. M. Oskinova (University of Potsdam), A. M. T. Pollock (ESA/Vilspa), J. C. Brown (University of Glasgow), W.-R. Hamann (University of Potsdam)
We describe observations of several apparently single Wolf-Rayet stars that have now been observed with the XMM-Newton instrument. Prior to this, the X-ray data of Wolf-Rayet stars consisted primarily of ROSAT passband detections (many of which were marginal). Data for the nitrogen-rich stars WR 6 (EZ CMa; HD50896) and WR 110 have been described by Skinner etal, who unexpectedly found a hard component in the spectra. We report on a third WN star, WR 1, which also shows the hint of a hard tail. In our program we also observed the carbon-rich star WR 114. Even after 19000 seconds of integration, we were unable to detect this star, which places a 1-sigma upper limit to the ratio of X-ray to Bolometric luminosity of 10-8.4, about 25 times smaller than typical O stars.
(This research has been supported by NASA grant NAG5-12557.)
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COLUMBIA — The president of a major development firm in South Carolina has filed for personal bankruptcy.
Documents filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Columbia show that Alan Bruce Kahn sought protection from creditors on Monday.
Kahn, 73, is chairman of M.B. Kahn Construction Co. Inc. He is also president of the Kahn Development Co. Those companies are not named as debtors.
Kahn said in a statement his financial problems were caused by a drop in property values in recent years. The construction business is still strong, and his decision to file for bankruptcy was made to ensure all creditors were treated fairly, he said.
The filings said Kahn has fewer than 50 creditors and liabilities valued between $50 million and $100 million. His assets are estimated between $1 million and $10 million.
Since 1968, the Columbia businessman has served as president of the Kahn Development, according to the firm's website. M.B. Kahn says on its website that it is the 106th largest U.S. building firm that specializes in industrial, commercial and institutional construction.
Kahn's companies have developed schools, shopping centers and other properties throughout the state and the Southeast. The 300-acre Columbia-area development, Village at Sandhill, was named as one of the world's top nine large mixed-used centers in 2007 by the International Council of Shopping Centers.
Also filing for bankruptcy Monday were two companies closely affiliated with Kahn: Kahn Family LLC and Kahn Properties South LLC. Charleston County records show Kahn Properties South owns a strip of retail properties at 915, 923 and 931 Folly Road on James Island.
M.B. Kahn is well known in the Charleston building trade. It's a primary contractor on the Buist Academy renovation and expansion project in downtown Charleston, and is also working on James Simons Elementary and Charleston Progressive Academy.
The company has built a number of other district schools, such as West Ashley High, Burke High and Stall High, as well the Medical University of South Carolina's College of Dental Medicine.
Bill Lewis, Charleston County School District's chief operating officer, said Kahn's bankruptcy is a personal issue and M.B. Kahn's local projects would be unaffected by that.
"They're one of the state's top general contractors for K-12," Lewis said.
Diette Courrege Casey and John McDermott of The Post and Courier contributed to this report.


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- Vol. 43
- No. 24
A Cry for Action
A Vehement Critic of U.s. Bosnia Policy Says Clinton Should Get Tougher with the Serbs
Suddenly, it seemed the bloody Balkan conflict in what used to be Yugoslavia had become more dangerous than ever. Indeed, President Clinton promised to consider sending ground troops on a temporary basis, then amended his words after a congressional uproar. Calling the use of American soldiers "remote, indeed highly unlikely," Clinton promised to deploy them only for the "emergency evacuation" of U.N. troops.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia Warren Zimmermann, who resigned from the State Department in 1994 in part over frustration with U.S. Bosnian policy, thinks almost any action would be better than continued inaction. "The U.S. failure to move led the Serbs to believe they could get away with practically anything they tried," says Zimmermann, 60, now a teacher and senior consultant with the RAND think tank. "And so they tried any-thing, including some of the worst atrocities that have been committed since World War II." At his Great Falls, Va., home, Zimmermann sat down with correspondent Mary Esselman to explain the roots of the conflict and what he thinks should be done.
Why should Americans care what happens in Bosnia? Why not let the various factions fight it out among themselves?
If we do nothing, then the Europeans do nothing, and the Serbs will win. They will take over almost all of Bosnia and make the city of Sarajevo—a city which has stood for ethnic harmony for 500 years—the capital of Serbian Bosnia. They will drive out all the Muslims and Croats in Sarajevo. They will probably execute many of the Serbs they find there, because they consider them traitors. This would be a major defeat for the West, a humiliation for NATO and the U.S.
There's another issue as well. Bosnia, like the U.S., has tried to define itself as a place where people of different ethnic roots can live together. For us to completely stand aside would be to betray our own traditions.
What exactly is the fighting about?
You can capture it in one word: nationalism. In the late 1980s, as the Cold War was ending, Slobodan Milosevic came to power in Serbia on a platform which would have given the Serbs—only 40 percent of the population of Yugoslavia—dominance over the whole country. That was unacceptable to many in four of the five other republics which made up Yugoslavia in 1991. Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia declared independence. Claiming that all Serbs had the right to live in one state, Milosevic, with the help of the Yugoslav Army, used force against all three breakaway republics.
Is it clear that there are good and bad guys?
There are two clear bad guys: Milosevic and Radovan Karadzic, the civilian leader of the Bosnian Serbs. Nobody needs to worry about moral shadings with them. They are the authors of the policy of "ethnic cleansing" in Bosnia, among other war crimes. The Muslims are the white hats. The hats may have a few smudges on them—they've committed some atrocities of their own—but nothing on the scale of the Serbs. The Croats, led by Franjo Tudjman, are more of a mixture of white and black. They have shown an enormous appetite for breaking up Bosnia so that areas where Croats lived could be annexed to Croatia.
Both the Bush and Clinton Administrations have avoided involvement in Bosnia for fear it could become a Vietnam-like quagmire. Isn't that a legitimate concern?
I think the Vietnam experience is the wrong analogy. The Serbs are not North Vietnamese. For the most part, they're not fanatical fighters who believe very strongly that they're fighting for their homeland. The Serbs embarked on a land grab, and they know that. They comprise less than one-third of the population of Bosnia, and yet they have already taken over two-thirds of the territory. Furthermore, we're not asking the Serbs to get out of Bosnia as we were asking the North Vietnamese to get out of South Vietnam. We're asking them to accept 49 percent of Bosnia. Milosevic has already agreed to the deal. It's the Bosnian Serbs who want more.
Would lifting the arms embargo against the Muslims—as Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole advocates—help even the battlefield?
Lifting the arms embargo would help the Bosnians in the long run, but in the short run the Serbs might be tempted to launch an all-out attack before the Bosnians are trained on the new weapons.
What should the U.S. do?
If we can get the hostages released, then I think a minimal amount of force against Serb military installations could produce an early end to the war and a negotiated settlement. What I have in mind is a strategy of concerted NATO air strikes, not just the one-shot affairs which have gotten us into trouble before. I recognize that to do this would require the U.N. forces either to be better protected than they have been so far or to leave Bosnia. I'm afraid the only language the Bosnian Serbs understand is force.
Will the air strikes be enough?
We don't know for sure. But it seems much worse to do nothing. If the West drops the ball now, with the challenge of the hostages, with the challenge of the American plane being shot down, that will be seen as a major failure. But if the West can find a way to press the Serbs militarily, then I think this testing period could be the key to ending the war.
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The church met at the bar. Its baptistry was a livestock trough that had held iced-down beer the night before. And the real action, said minister Jimmy Seibert, happens not on Sunday but during the week, when members gather in homes for cell-group meetings.
The story, from a copy of the Waco Tribune-Herald given to me by my friend Jim Ashlock, was about Antioch Community Church, an outgrowth of Highland Baptist in Waco. Antioch Community had bought its own building, but it wasn't yet renovated for their needs. So the church used the Melody Ranch club and other facilities as temporary meeting places.
Church in a bar? What's wrong with this scene? Nothing at all, in my view. To me, it's a much healthier example of relating the sacred to the secular than all those books about "The Secular Meaning of the Gospel" written in the 1960s and '70s. Paul M. van Buren fired one of the first shots in a 1963 book by that title. Then the "death of God" theologians like Thomas J. J. Altizer took up the call.
"Jesus directed his ministry away from the pious and the religious," Altizer said. And his insistence that "the Kingdom of God is among you" calls for "a dissolution of the mystery of God." When this "secular theology" was translated into practical terms, the sanctuary was exchanged for the streets, Communion became distributing food to the hungry, and the evening news was transformed into the benediction of the day.
Whatever happened to this brand of secularism? Although it had some influence in relating the church to the real world, it foundered as a movement precisely because it tried to dissolve the mystery, as Altizer advised. Hundreds of clergy who had exchanged their pulpits for a job as a social worker found, a decade later, that their work was hollow on the inside. It was long on human concern but short on reminders that the reason for it was not human sentiment but because "God so loved the world that he gave . . ."
In healthy churches, something happens in the sanctuary on Sunday that is important for life in the secular realm. Some kind of supernatural fuel is ignited that is essential to keep believers' running during the week, in service to others.
The world of work can proceed at such a frenetic pace and with so many calls for compromised morals that we can't keep up or keep the faith without a meal of spiritual food that reminds us of the reason we work. Everyday life can demand so much analytical thought that we long for a time "away," however brief, when mere analysis can be dissolved in the mysteries of faith.
As Antioch Community Church reminds us, these times "away" must not cause us to abandon the secular world. Meeting at the bar can be a healthy "real time" reminder that the church is to be salt and light and leavening in the world.
Altizer liked to talk about the incarnation, but not the resurrection. Christ's coming to Earth was a "descent into hell," but the secular theologians were embarrassed to speak of ascending to heaven. The Waco congregation has a better idea. Believers can best relate the sacred to the secular not by abandoning either one, but by occasionally meeting at the bar.
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Hi experts
I am running the SAPInst program from downloaded file 51033511_11 NW 7.0/BS2005 SR3 Inst. Master Windows Server on IA32 32bit .
However, I can't find the right components in there: I need to install the AS ABAP and the AS Java first (I think).
What I see is the following folder structure:
+ SAP CRM 5.0 Support Release 3
+ SAP ERP 6.0 Support Release 3
+ SAP SCM 5.0 Support Release 3
+ SAP SRM 5.0 Support Release 3
SAP NetWeaver 7.0 Support Release 3
+ Standalone Engines
+ Optional Standalone Units
+ Software Life-Cycle Options
The SAP NetWeaver folder should contain the parts that I need but I can't find them...
Any idea? please help me out
I'm not sure I understand the question so please forgive me if the answer doesn't make sense.
I think all you really need to worry about is installing the application. The application server installation comes along with that and the install asks you about what you are trying to do as you go.
Start out using the sapinst program under the ERP 6.0 folder. (ERP is easiest install.)
I'm not a Windows guy but here are two parameters that have bitten me before (on HPUX installs) and maybe they will help. You need to make sure sapinst_use_hostname is set to the name of the server. You also need to make sure the java_home is set.
Good luck.
Hi Deepak
Is your system 32 bit if yes ? then you cannot install NW SR3 on 32 bit.SR3 is not supported on 32 bit system.
For your reference check this note:1145779
If your sytem is 32 bit then download relevant 32 bit NW SR2 software.
Let me know if needed more information
I wonder whether installation on x86 32bit is supported.
Form SAP CD, I don't find the one for "Windows Server on x86 32bit" but one for "Windows Server on IA32 32bit". May I use this CD to install 32bit NW7.0 SR2 on x86 32bit windows server 2003?
Thanks & regards,
"May I use this CD to install 32bit NW7.0 SR2 on x86 32bit windows server 2003"
Yes offcourse you can do it
hi Uday,
To install NetWeaver 7.0 SR2, is it a must to use these 3 Cds?
SAP NETWEAVER 2004S SR2 Installation Export
SAP NETWEAVER 2004S SR2 Upgrade Export
SAP NETWEAVER 2004S SR2 Language
I had the CDs fro ECC6.0 SR2 but didn't find these 3.
> To install NetWeaver 7.0 SR2, is it a must to use these 3 Cds?
> SAP NETWEAVER 2004S SR2 Installation Export
> SAP NETWEAVER 2004S SR2 Upgrade Export
> SAP NETWEAVER 2004S SR2 Language
installation you dont require Upgrade export CDs if you want additional language to install you need language cd
else inst master, kernal and inst export and java comp DVD are required
All SAP products release SR3 will not support 32 bit envroinment. EHP1 for NW also will not support 32 bit. You can use the SR2 instead of SR3 and apply the patches.
Required medias
jce file
Database and patches
Installation Master
Installation export
Java software components.
Hi Deepak,
Try to check with SAP Support because we are having 32bit and 64bit I think your SAP Software is for 64bit might be that is the reason it is not installing. (or) other wise you can check your cd's pouch in that you can see software is for which bit 32 or 64 bit.
If your software is 64bit and ur trying to install in 32bit It will not install and installation error will come.
Same way
If your software is 32bit and ur trying to install in 64bit It will not install and installation error will come.
As well as u must check ur Operating System is supporting 32 or 64bit. then check the Operating System Patch level. some times Operating System Patch level will also gives the SAP Installation error.
If your software is 32bit and ur trying to install in 64bit It will not install and installation error will come
I disagree with this i have 64 bit system and i have installed 32 SAP software on it and its working fine i dint got any issues during installation.
Note: Its on my personal deskoptop i tried this installation
HI Uday,
I want to install ECC 6 IDES version on the laptop
can you send me the details.
what is your OS, database
I am facing the same issue. I am planning to install Net Weaver 7.0 as distributed systems with Central Services Instance, Database Instance and central instance on different machines. Each of these machine is a 32 bit machine with Windows Server 2008.
Could someone guide me how to install it. I cannot see any of these installations when I insert the Master DVD. I can see these instances only under system copy. Should I perform system copy for a brand new installation?
Any help would be really useful.


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September 4, 2012
The electric green tetra, a genetically modified black tetra (Gymnocorymbus ternetzi) fish that is fluorescent green in color, has become cause for concern by scientists who say that if released, the fish could upset the ecological balance in South America or Florida, according to a report in the Washington Post. The scientists say that if released into the wild in their native South America, the electric green tetra could start interbreeding with the black tetra and cause the spread of a fluorescent coral gene in the native black tetra populations.
My worry is that they'll be such a novelty that they will be imported back to South America and kids will let them go and they'll start interbreeding with fish whose genomes are very similar, Barry Chernoff, a freshwater fish biologist and chair of the environmental studies program at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT told the Post. We would see the spreading of the fluorescent coral gene in the native fish.
Yorktown CEO Alan Blake, who markets the fish under the GloFish brand name, said that the black tetra was chosen specifically because it is nonaggressive and apparently does not show any tendency to be an invasive species. He cites the 60 years in which the black tetra has been sold in the aquarium hobby and says that there has never been a concern with the fish ecologically. He also says that there have been reports of black tetras found in Florida but says there is no evidence that the fish has become established in Florida waters, in spite of some 30 types of invasive fish that now thrive in the Sunshine State.
In spite of Blake's assertions, scientists are still at a disagreement with regard to this genetically modified tropical fish. Paulo Petry a Nature Conservancy freshwater fish specialist in Latin America told the Post that fish behavior can't be predicted in labs and the fish should not be sold in regions where there is even a remote chance that it could become established in the wild.
The electric green tetra, which is identical to the black tetra except for its fluorescent green color that comes from genes of a fluorescent coral, glows in the dark under black light. In addition to the electric green tetra, Yorktown has also genetically modified the zebra danio. The fish can be purchased in all states except California. California requires an ecological review that the company did not want to pay for to determine if the fish would be allowed into the state. These fish are also banned in Canada Europe, New Zealand, and other countries.
Levi Jacksonville, FL
they are just fish!
scott san tan valley, AZ
would never own any genetically modified species! mother nature gives us enough beauty, should not mess with her.
Angelo San Leandro, CA
The neon tetras are pretty cool though...
Aaron Calgary, AB
I was just about to say that! If you think of it black skirt tetras are black making them hard to see in the water so that = safe from predetors. But add a neon green skirt tetra and they would get eaten up by any predator that sees them. SO IF these fish did get relesed into the wild they wouldnt survive from predators! I thought I saw these fish up here in Canada but they were labled as fruit fish and came in pink, blue and green....
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As Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein reportedly agreed to become the GM of the Chicago Cubs today, the Yankees' Brian Cashman was curt about whether he'd consider taking the open spot in Boston.
"I have a job," Cashman told ESPNNewYork.com today.
Cashman's contract as the Yankees' GM is up, but it's expected he'll resign with New York.
Meanwhile, Epstein agreed to a five-year contract with the Cubs, according to multiple reports.
The 37-year-old Epstein would leave the Red Sox with a year remaining on his contract as general manager and take over what is expected to be an expanded role with the Cubs, who have gone 103 years without a World Series championship.
Radio station WEEI in Boston, ESPN the Magazine and SI.com all cited unidentified sources in reporting that Epstein has agreed to a deal. Details, which could include compensation to the Red Sox, were still being worked out.
The Cubs declined comment today and Red Sox officials could not be reached by The Associated Press. On Tuesday, a person familiar with the situation told the AP that Epstein was likely to join the Cubs within 48 hours.With Epstein at the helm, the Red Sox ended an 86-year World Series championship drought in 2004 and won the title again in 2007.
Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts fired GM Jim Hendry in July.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.


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This is the second call for papers. The panel now has two participants and a commentator and we are looking for 1 or 2 more panelists. Submissions from a variety of time periods and geographic locations are encouraged.
Contact me (preferably by email) as soon as possible if you are interested. The BHC deadline for submissions is Oct. 1.


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Mountain Dulcimer: "Aura Lee" an Easy Jamming Tune!
Mountain dulcimer players love to play together and with other instruments in "jam sessions." This takes some individual practice at home before you join in the jamming. It's always easier to learn a piece of music if you have heard it before. Here's an easy tune that might sound familiar to your ears if you remember Elvis Presley's "Love Me Tender." That hit song was written to the traditional melody of this old Civil War tune, "Aura Lee," presented below. People usually play it in the key of G major. To get to that key you use the "DGD" tuning:
- The dulcimer's bass string is tuned to D below middle c.
- The middle string is tuned to the note G that is 4 notes higher than the D on the bass string.
- You may have 1 or 2 "melody" strings closest to you, tuned to D an octave above the D on your bass string. The tuning is called "DGD."
DGD tuning is close to the currently-popular DAD tuning. (The middle string is just tuned one note lower.) In DGD tuning your G major scale starts on the melody string (sometimes 2 strings close together and tuned alike to D) at the 3rd fret. Then you play up to the 10th fret, omitting the 6-1/2 fret note.
Listen to the simple melody of "Aura Lee." It has the simple melody picked on the dulcimer's melody string(s), along with some guitar accompaniment:
Here is the tablature for "Aura Lee" in DGD tuning. You can either pick the notes on the melody string(s), as in the recording, or strum across all strings. After you feel comfortable playing it, try playing along with the above sound file.
After you have played along with the above sound file, it's your turn to play melody ('lead') with your dulcimer while the guitar plays chords behind you! Try this with the following sound file. Practice and enjoy!
Here is the first verse of this traditional song for additional help learning the melody. More verses can be found on the internet.
As the blackbird in the spring, 'neath the willow tree,
Sat and piped, I heard him sing; sing of Aura Lee.
Aura Lee, Aura Lee, maid of golden hair.
Sunshine came along with thee, and swallows in the air.
The FIRST JAM series of Mel Bay books was created to give beginners of all ages a book of simple, common tunes to learn. Many are standard "Jam" tunes in the Bluegrass/Old Time music styles. All the books in this series are written in the same keys; they can all be played together without any problems. So get your friends or family who play guitar, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, mountain dulcimer or Dobro together, grab these books and start jamming!
About the Author
Lee "Drew" Andrews began playing guitar at age 14. His first years of college were spent studying Physics. When he found himself skipping many of his core classes in order to spend more time playing guitar, he decided it may be better to change majors.
Drew then studied Guitar Performance at Utah State University, where he also minored in Technical and Professional Writing. In 2002 he took a position with Mel Bay Publications as a guitar editor and since has authored several best selling publications.
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The Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinee broadcasts return this Saturday with Verdi's Rigoletto, starring Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Here's the complete schedule!
Metropolitan Opera Returns!
- Posted by Daniel Gilliam on December 5
The Met's Elixir
Catch Anna Netrebko and Matthew Polenzani in Donizetti's The Elixir of Love, Saturday at 1pm, live from the Metropolitan Opera. The same opera opened the Met's 2012-2013 season with a gala and broadcasts of the performance all over New York City. Have a look…
- Posted by Daniel Gilliam on February 6
Liudmyla Monastyrska sings Aida
Liudmyla Monastyrska made her debut last month as Aida, which the New York Times called a "triumphant house debut." You can hear her tomorrow at 1pm on the live, Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinee broadcast.
- Posted by Daniel Gilliam on December 14