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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (1519 votes).
In short: Cracked half of GNR problemIn full: Always had 2 issues with GNRCrowds and starting systemCost/value for moneyThis year , thanks to my wife, I managed to start with fast paced club runners in Zone A, right at the front. The result was a stress free beginning with no pushing, ducking, dodging or diving to stay out of the way of everyone else. On top of that, the chance to run at my pace and enjoy the day. The running side went really well, I felt good all the way round, unlike a lot of people who seemed to suffer badly in the heat.Value for money is a different thing. This event has a very steep entry fee, rakes in cash by getting sponsors to pay for the association. Even with all that, this is one of the poorest goody bags going with a medal, mass produced cotton T shirts and a few other items most likely supplied free ( or even paid for) by manufacturers. 50p off Cif vouchers anyone?Then there are the 'celebrities' many of whom seem to be looking for some free publicity. In contrast, as an example of grass roots commitment, there was Dame Tanni Grey Thompson out on the course helping out at drinks station. Its thanks to people like her that many of us stay inspired to run, train and compete.Date of review: September 21, 2009
In short: Newcastle and the North East did themselves proud....In full: The best part is the atmosphere as the whole of the north east came out to support or so it seemed! Only better atmosphere is the London marathon. Locals were using hosepipes to cool runners down, giving out water, playing music and v supportive.Urinals were a good idea.Also plenty of water at starting pens and even at Metro stations!Downside was far too many runners - no hope of a PB if you have been truthful about your finishing time! The roads at various points are packed particularly at the start and finish.They need to ban ipods etc as saw too many ambulances trying to get to people, but couldn't get through runners listening to music! This is a critical issue and they need to ban them now. Also if you are trying to pass people they are unable to hear you.Take your own toilet roll! Simply not enough toilet roll. Felt sorry for the ladies.The entry fee of £45 is v expensive for a 1/2 marathon. They know they will get enough entries so the price can be as high as they want it to be!Technical t-shirt should be included in the goody bag.The entry fee should include either a day pass on the Metro or free travel on the buses!Left feeling that I got robbed by the organisers at every opportunity!Also if you defer you don't get any of the £45 entry fee and have to pay all over again next year - is this the spirit of running?Great atmosphere, but just too many runners. I expected more from it all!Date of review: September 21, 2009
In short: Amazing dayIn full: I lost my GNR cherry this year and it was well worth it. The atmosphere alone makes it and the sight of the sea just before 12 miles spurs you on. I would recommed this to anyone to do...even just once.Date of review: September 21, 2009
In full: First half marathon I have done since Sheffield 1989 and I thought it was fantastic. I agree with another poster about the BUPA boost at about 10 miles - perhaps they should have one of those sections every mile or so.The best bit though for me was hearing my wife screaming encouragement at me about 400m from the line - god knows why but it brought a tear to me eye. On top of all that I raised about £1500 for Alzheimers. What a day !Date of review: September 21, 2009
In short: unmissable experienceIn full: This is one of the races that's changed the face of running and made it possible for 1000s and 1000s of people like me to choose to run a half marathon - if you're fast you probably won't set a PB but that is missing the point - just enjoy the satisfaction of being one of the 50,000!Date of review: September 21, 2009
In short: Great support - but crowdedIn full: I had a great time, especially giving extra sweaty high fives to the kids. But, the first mile or so was a nightmare. I was in Zone B about 200 metres back from start line. One guy I spoke to cheerfully admitted to lying about his expected time so that he could get over the start line quicker. I bet he wasn't the only one and I even passed a couple running hand in hand. Things got much better after the crowds thinned a bit, but I'm guessing this will never be a run with PB potential.Date of review: September 21, 2009
In short: It's The BestIn full: Every year I do this I enjoy it more! Some people are put off by the size and whinge about not being able to get a PB but there's more to running than simply trying to get a PB every race! There entry price is steep and the goody bag is poor but people of the North East take a bow: once again you have proved you are very special.Date of review: September 21, 2009
Date of review: September 21, 2009
In short: Without doubt "Simply the Best"In full: Twelfth time of running this event in succession and i'll keep coming back year on year (assuming my body can take it!). Yes, it's expensive and yes it is crowded, but the organisers do the best job possible and they just can't please all of the people all of the time. Goodie bags and t-shirts were a little below pair this year so i hope this gets remedied for next time round. Crowd support was immense and all the charities and individual stories behind the people running the GNR really makes this something special and not just a standard half marathon distance that people come to run a time for.Date of review: September 21, 2009
In short: Thanks, but no thanksIn full: It's a shame that the world's largest half marathon suffers from such a terrible course. Boring hardly describes it. The atmosphere and support (in places) makes up for it, and it does have one of the best closing miles in running. But the goody bag? When you're paying £45? Purlease. At least put in a technical tee.Date of review: September 21, 2009
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Twister Mania is an family-friendly Party game exclusive for Xbox 360 that introduces the iconic Twister franchise to video game players using the Kinect Sensor for Xbox 360 (sold separately and required for play). The Kinect Sensor for Xbox 360 allows for controller-free gameplay that is true to the spirit of the original mat-based game. Features include: three main game modes and four high-energy game challenges each with multiple variations, 8-player support, cooperative and competitive play options and the ability to record favorite game moments using the Kinect Sensor's camera functionality.
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In short: Good Half Marathon but was it the correct distance? In full: I cant fault the organisation for this one, park and ride was brilliant (and very quick transfers top and from the race), the use of the toilets at the race course were welcomed, changing and baggage was very handy and seemed to work well. The race was "very busy an narrow" in places, usual problems with runners being a little bit off with their anticipated times so therefore were in the wrong pens!! (nothing new there though) My garmin also made the course alot longer than the 13.1? Other than that great weather and a great supporting crowd. Many Thanks to the volunteers that helped put the event on! Date of review: February 18, 2013
In short: My first ever Marathon and i finished it!! In full: This was first attempt at a marathon and it felt very special being able to run it in Portsmouth my home town. The runners I met before and during the marathon were very supportive and although the terrain consisted of mud, glorious mud and water logged paths it all added to the challenge and made this race memorable for so many reasons! I found it tough, very tough. I took a tumble during the race and survived but the personal satisfaction of finishing the race will live with me for ever! Thanks to all the marshalls and people that supported the race it was very much appreciated. Date of review: December 25, 2012
In short: Good Fast PB CourseIn full: Putting aside the usual problems encounterd with races of this size i.e. runners in the wrong "waves" and walking after two miles (and they were in the "orange" wave?) it is a great PB potential race if you are postioned well in the right "wave". Date of review: October 29, 2012
In full: What is it with the New Forest and the wet weather? Did the John Austin Half earlier in the Year and guess what it was raining then too!! Great race, despite the weather! Hats off to the volunteers who despite the bad weather supported the runners and the event with a smile on their faces! Many Thanks it was appreciated! Thanks go to the brave locals who also came out to support the event too! Well orgnaised event, no problems with parking, signs, toilets, changing area (but as someone has mentioned god help the cleaners who have to clean up the water in the sports hall!!) All in all despite the weather it was a good run and i will be back again next year! Thanks Again to everyone involved in the organisation of the NFHM. Date of review: September 23, 2012
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The South African Local Government Association's (SALGA) National Conference kicked off August 29 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and focused on the theme of "Building Municipal and Social Cohesion for Quality and Sustainable Services: 2011 and Beyond." I attended the conference to witness and support the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between SALGA and the National League of Cities (NLC), the United States' oldest and largest organization devoted to strengthening and promoting cities.
The historic MOU is geared around capacity building with a focus on governance, sustainability, social housing, municipal finance, and economic and community development. Furthermore, the MOU promotes subnational collaboration between these two city organizations, whose leaders see the agreement as a natural partnership given their similar objectives.
SALGA is South Africa's national association for municipalities dedicated to transforming local governance. The association derives its mandate from the Republic of South Africa's 2006 constitution, which defines SALGA as the voice of local government. With a membership of 278 municipalities, the organization is celebrating 10 years of local government this year, and has made great strides towards inclusive, responsive, and effective local governance.
NLC is a U.S. non-profit organization dedicated to helping city leaders build better communities, and advocating for more than 19,000 U.S. cities, towns, and villages. One of its focus areas is developing international relationships that foster increased trade, skills exchange, and capacity building. Representing the NLC delegation at the SALGA conference was former NLC President, James Hunt, who is a Councilmember from Clarksburg, West Virginia, and Alderman Joe Davis from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
While in Durban, which is part of the eThekwini Municipality, I also met with KZN Premier Dr. Zweli Mkhize, Mayor James Nxumalo of eThekwini Municipality, Mayor Parks Tau of Johannesburg, and councilors throughout the country in order to promote subnational engagement between U. S. and South African local leaders. The State Department sees this collaboration as continuing to broaden and deepen the U.S.-South Africa bilateral relationship.
There are many opportunities for subnational partnerships between our two countries at the local level. Cities, municipalities, and universities in the United States are interested in working with their counterparts throughout South Africa. In addition, many U.S. cities and states are interested in opportunities to develop and expand new and existing sister city and sister state relationships. Approximately 15 of these partnerships already exist between the United States and South Africa, which are working to further peer-to-peer relationships around common issues and priorities at the subnational level. We continue to work with Ambassador Donald Gips and our colleagues at the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria and the U.S. Consulate in Durban to promote these relationships.
Subnational cooperation with South Africa is built on an already strong U.S.-South Africa bilateral relationship. This relationship has strengthened over the years as the two countries have cooperated on many important foreign policy goals relating to law enforcement, trade, transportation, health, and agriculture. Secretary Clinton and South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane met last December in Washington, D.C. under the auspices of the U.S.-South Africa Strategic Dialogue, created in April 2010. The two governments signed the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Partnership (PEPFAR) framework, which has been essential in guiding efforts to combat HIV/AIDS in South Africa.
Seeing the close cooperation between Americans and South Africans in Durban was very encouraging to the Department of State. Promoting collaboration between state and local leaders and their counterparts abroad is an important part of meeting our foreign policy objectives. The MOU signed in Durban last week is the type of collaboration that is the true essence of our work -- the promotion of state-to-state, city-to-city, and association-to-association global relationships.
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Duncombe man sentenced to 16 years in prison
A man who conspired to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine was sentenced March 14, 2013, to more than 16 years in federal prison.
Kevin Eugene Peterson, 45, from Duncombe, received the prison term after a Dec. 12, 2012, guilty plea to conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine. Peterson has at least six prior felony drug convictions.
At the guilty plea, Peterson admitted that from January 2010 through August 2012 he conspired with others to manufacture and distribute at least 150 grams of actual (pure) methamphetamine. Peterson also admitted that on Jan. 22, 2012, he manufactured methamphetamine; and on April 23, 2012, he distributed methamphetamine to an individual cooperating with law enforcement.
Peterson was sentenced in Sioux City by United States District Court Judge Mark W. Bennett. Peterson was sentenced to 198 months' imprisonment. A special assessment of $100 was imposed. He must also serve a 10-year term of supervised release after the prison term. There is no parole in the federal system.
Peterson is being held in the United States Marshal's custody until he can be transported to a federal prison.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Shawn S. Wehde and was investigated by the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, Webster City Police Department, Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.


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Community leaders are 'by far the most important attribute in successful co-managed fisheries,' says one expert.Local divers and state officials work together to set limits, and for the most part the divers police themselves. Over the past two decades, co-managed fisheries have emerged as one of the most promising strategies — along with marine reserves and catch shares — to halt the decline of ocean ecosystems worldwide. At least 211 co-managed fisheries now exist worldwide, ranging from Alaska's billion-dollar Bering Sea pollock fishery to smaller artisanal cooperatives like the abalone harvest along the Chilean coast.
Co-management requires lifelong rivals to cooperate and trust one another.and reap the long-term rewards of their sustainable stewardship of common resources.
Rangers patrolled local waters to make sure everyone fished with legal nets in legal spots.Institute for Development and Environment (TIDE). TIDE and the Belizean government became partners in managing the Port Honduras Marine Reserve, a newly created conservation area. Maheia worked with local fishermen to make sure the reserve enhanced their businesses, instead of ending them. TIDE-funded rangers patrolled local waters to make sure everyone fished with legal nets, in legal spots, at legal times.
After a while the whole community started getting involved, realizing the resource was theirs.years," Halmay says. That data has proven invaluable. "The state [the State of California Department of Fish and Game] is being pressured to step up their fishery management, but they've got no money," Halmay says. The urchin fleet's numbers showed that its harvest remained healthy and sustainable. "Without that data, the state might have defaulted to the precautionary principle and just shut us down, not let us fish at all," says Halmay. (This arrangement, of course, still requires some trust-but-verify work on the part of state fisheries managers.)
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Tin Butterfly Tea Set
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Packaged and ready for giving in a miniature valise, this vintage-style set has everything you need for tea, down to the serving tray and spoons.
- Carrying Case: 11.5" wide x 4" deep x 9" high
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- Set includes carrying case, serving tray, teapot, creamer, sugar bowl, four saucers, four teacups and four spoons.
- Ages 3 and up.
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Once a violence-ridden, chaotic, low-expectations school where 75 percent of students never earned a diploma, Locke High is now part of Steve Barr's Green Dot charter school network. New Yorker writer Douglas McGray looks at what's changed.
"Last year, there was graffiti everywhere," Barr said. "You'd see kids everywhere–they'd be out here gambling. You'd smell weed." He recalled hearing movies playing in classroom after classroom: "People called it ghetto cineplex." Barr and (Los Angeles Superintendent Ramon) Cortines walked to the quad, where the riot had started. The cracked pavement had been replaced by a lawn of thick green grass, lined with newly planted olive trees.
"It's night and day," Cortines said.
Green Dot is trying to educate the same kids who went to Locke before.
Old-timers and union loyalists who left Locke after the takeover insisted that Green Dot would find a way to weed out problem kids. Others, such as (Assistant Principal Zeus) Cubias, worried that uniforms and the promise of tougher discipline would simply keep bad kids away. But teachers and administrators went out into the neighborhood to visit hundreds of parents and students and encourage them to reënroll. Eighty-five per cent of Locke students returned. (In a normal year, only seventy per cent would come back from summer break.)
Alexander Russo, who's been reporting on Green Dot's takeover of Locke, calls it a "neighborhood charter school."
Ninth graders go to small schools, some meet in portables or off campus. The upper three grades are split into two academies, one for each wing of the building.
Thirty per cent of the old faculty asked to stay and were rehired. Their Green Dot union contract gives them higher pay than before but no tenure rights.
Dozens of kids told me this — that teachers make them do stuff now, whether they want to or not. Almost immediately, Shannan stopped ditching. For one thing, she couldn't get away with it anymore. ("They don't play," she said.) She stopped fighting, too.
. . . she tries to do the work now. When I asked her why, she thought about it for a long time. "Honestly, it didn't matter how you did before," she said. "Wasn't nobody really looking at Locke kids"–meaning to go to college. That's not true, of course, but it felt true to Shannan. "Now, if I make a bad grade, I'm like, 'Please, can I make it up?' "
Locke's first year of scores as a charter school aren't out yet. If it improves significantly — especially for the ninth graders — Barr's plans to transform other large, low-performing LA high schools will advance. With federal support and money, Green Dot could go national. But it's easy to try to do too much and flop.


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Sasha & Malia Obama's Cutest Fashion Looks Ever
The first daughters are so fashionable like their mom, and we can't wait to see what they're going to wear on their dad's second inauguration on Jan. 21. Check out some our favorite looks they have ever worn!
Sasha Obama and Malia Obama have grown up in front of our eyes during their dad Barack Obama's first term as president, and their fashion has certainly evolved as well!
During the first inaguration in 2009, Sasha and Malia sported specially designed J. Crew wool coats in bright colors — pink for Sasha, royal blue for Malia — and trendy scarves to pair. The coats were made for the clothing company's children's line called "crewcuts."
Ever since, they have followed in their mom First Lady Michelle Obama's footsteps of wearing affordable, yet chic clothing!
We can't wait to see what trends the first daughters bring to the inauguration on Jan. 21 — and if they match their fashionable parents again!
What do YOU think of Sasha and Malia's style HollyMoms? Which look is your favorite? Let us know in the comments below!
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Harrisburg firefighters extinguished a house fire believed caused by an improvised wood burning heating device.
At 3:39 a.m. Sunday firefighters responded to 1307 S. McKinley Ave. to find the back area of the house on fire, according to a fire report.
Firefighter Captain Donnie Wall said the owner, Eddie Owen — who was at the home of family down the street at the time — had a fire in what evidently was a homemade "barrel burner" stove. The stove had a single wall stovepipe. Fire entered the wall and extended into the attic area.
Firefighters were on the scene about an hour and a half.
It was the second structure fire for the department in a week's time. At about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday firefighters responded to 765 Pearson Road to find the back half of a house on fire.
The home was unoccupied and is owned by Gary Evans.
Fire had spread through the house from the lower to upper level.
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the mod i want to work on is to find a outdoor wood fire pit that has the dimensions needed i think 22 inches use the round insert as the cover to the black stone. i would put insulation then some refractory cement. looking today for one.
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Adult Store Operator May Seek New Location
LAKEWOOD – If needed, the proprietor of a proposed adult novelty store will look for a different location.
Jill Laemmerhirt of Jamestown said she will look for another location for her business, Endless Love, if unable to operate from the American Mattress Plaza along Fairmount Avenue in Lakewood.
Earlier this month, Laemmerhirt applied for a special-use permit with the village of Lakewood for the business to be located in the plaza. On April 17, she was heard by the Lakewood Planning Board, who approved the permit application.
However, Charles Smith, Lakewood code enforcement officer and building inspector, said Monday during a Village Board meeting the plaza's owner contacted him to say he would not give Laemmerhirt a lease for the proposed business.
"The issue is off the table," Smith said to the board members.
On Wednesday, Laemmerhirt told The Post-Journal she hasn't been given a definite answer from the plaza's owner about a lease.
"He told me he would get back to me in a couple of weeks. He is out of town," she said. "He didn't say 'yes,' but he didn't say 'no.'"
Laemmerhirt said if she is not allowed to lease space in the American Mattress Plaza, located at 305 E. Fairmount Ave., Lakewood, she will continue to look for a location for the business.
"Yes, we will definitely be looking for another space. As of right now, I'm not sure where. We're limited on where we can go," she said. "(I) don't have another place in mind at this time."
During the Planning Board meeting, members asked Laemmerhirt if she considered other locations for the business, including the Dollar General Plaza next to Lakewood Cinema 8. Laemmerhirt said she didn't look into that location because she thought it was too close to the movie theater, which is a popular area for young children.
"I tried to pick a location away from schools, parks and day care centers," she said during the Planning Board meeting. "I didn't want to be too close, but I didn't want to be too far away."
Laemmerhirt said, despite the naysayers who oppose a sex-related business, she believes enough local residents want a business like Endless Love.
"I mean for one there are a lot of people who go elsewhere to purchase these products," she said. "I feel I can shed a better light on this type of business by making it more secure to prevent people who are underage. I feel I can make a successful business out of it."
Laemmerhirt said her intention is not to upset people by proposing the adult novelty shop.
"I could have started the business without going through the paperwork, but I thought I'd better go through it, to get permission. I'm not trying to make people mad," she said.


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I got Solania Whole Tomatoe cans from costco, it tasted pretty good, just needed a pinch of salt. I paid less than $6 for 4 cans.
The Costco on I10?I saw them at the Costco on Richmond a couple days ago for $9 something.
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I'll call him John. The first time we met, he actually struck me as a bit arrogant. He irritated me enough that I mentioned him to my husband in a "Can you believe this guy?" kind of way. But I interacted with John only occasionally, always through work and mostly over e-mail, so it wasn't a huge deal. He's just one of those people who gets under my skin, I told myself. But a little over a year into our working relationship, something changed. One day, John let down his guard with me and I responded, I suppose in part because I couldn't help but be curious about his mostly hidden soft side. Our conversations turned to easy banter and later — I have a hard time admitting this even now — flirtation. Our e-mails, which could number several in one day, never included outright expressions of affection toward each other. Instead, our notes were mostly business peppered with friendly sparring. We shared a similar sense of humor. I felt that he got me.I told myself I wasn't doing anything wrong. I had to talk with this guy for work, after all. And couldn't I have a friend who happened to be male? I also told my husband about him, even sharing when we'd meet for coffee or lunch (always scheduled with the intention of discussing business). My husband, busy with a demanding job, trusted me completely.In the midst of working part-time and caring for a preschooler, a toddler, and, later, a new baby, e-mailing and talking with John felt like an innocent escape. I never would have said at the time that I was in a bad marriage — my husband and I got along well; we just didn't have a lot of quality alone time together — and I had no intention of crossing any physical line. But I increasingly found myself sharing more and more of my hopes and dreams with John instead of just with my husband. I anticipated my regular interactions with John in a way that was all too consuming. And it was John — not my husband — who was beginning to fill a key emotional need in my life. I was, in fact, unknowingly cheating on my husband; I was having an emotional affair.
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"@Caleb: I kind of think the term IoT will just go away.
I wish ... but I disagree ... once a "meme" has taken hold and started breeding ... it's %^&^ difficult to stop"
Remember when "Office Automation" was the rage that was going to take over the world? Also, "Desktop Publishing"? I haven't heard either of those in a long time
It is difficult for labels like this to go away, but "IoT" is pretty awkward in my opinion. But, I don't have any suggested replacements to offer up.


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Beal Blog on U.S. Women's Team Effort
by Doug Beal, USA Volleyball Chief Executive Officer
"It's always more fun to report after a win, so I'm happy to discuss the USA's 3-2 win over a strong Russia team!!! Not only did we win, but all 12 players got in to the match and each one made a significant contribution to the ultimate victory. This was about as close as it gets. The scores were 16-25, 25-22, 25-19, 24-26 and 15-13; each team scored 105 points and all the categories were almost as close. USA had 1 more attack point, 63-62, service errors were 12-10, attack errors were 10-11. The Russians out blocked us 16-10, but we out aced them 9-2. As I said, a VERY close match. Ultimately the match was tied 13 all in the 5th and the end came with two straight attack errors by the Russians.
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The USA had trouble getting going in most of the sets, falling behind early in every set except the 5th. We were down 2-8 (1st set), 3-8 (2nd set), 7-8 (third set) and 3-8 (4th set) at the first technical time outs of each set, till finally leading 8-7 in the deciding set!! Some great serving runs by Kim Hill in the 2nd and Cass Lichtman in the 3rd helped turn those sets into wins. In the 4th we got 3 aces from Nicole Fawcett to almost end the match 3-1 for the USA.
The starters were the same as against Brazil and Japan; Glass setting, Murphy opposite, Larson-Burbach and Hildebrand outside and Gibbemeyer and Paolini in the middle, and Banwarth as libero. Set 2 saw Cursty Jackson replace Paolini and Fawcett in for Murphy. The tide slowly changed as the USA won sets 2 and 3 with nice late runs triggered by great serving runs. It was great to see Coach Kiraly use the full roster and get terrific performances out of the whole roster for this win. The USA clearly won the serve/receive game and gave the Russia team fits from the end line. Building depth and confidence in this young group is great so early in the quad, and this was a very satisfying win over the European champs.
The other results today saw Brazil top Dominican Republic 3-1 and Japan delight the home crowd with a 3-0 sweep of Thailand (the USA opponent for tomorrow). Yesterday the team had a five-hour bus trip from Nagoya to Tokyo. The weather was beautiful, the countryside was stunning, we were able to get as clear a view of Mt. Fuji as I have ever seen in many visits here, and in Tokyo we are actually fairly close from the hotel to the playing arena (not always the case in Japan).
Playing volleyball in this country is generally a very enjoyable experience; well organized, smoothly run, great facilities, appreciative and respectful crowds. This years' Grand Champions Cup is proving to be no exception to that rule. The USA plays the early match the last two days, against Thailand and then Dominican Republic. The USA men are in Tokyo preparing for their event and will be attending the game tomorrow versus Thailand to support our women. Hopefully the team's good performance continues. More tomorrow.


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March has been a good month for wildlife.
At its annual meeting, held in Bangkok, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) voted to place new trade limits on sharks, mantas, and turtles for the first time in nearly a decade.
This is an important step in countering a fishing trade that claims the lives of 100 million sharks a year. There is also widespread fishing of mantas, in response to strong demand in Asia -- where many believe mantas' gill plates have invigorating medicinal qualities. Turtles have existed for 300 million years but are now in serious trouble around the world as they are frequently used as food and in traditional medicines in Asia, and their use in the pet trade is also a growing challenge.
The global meeting of wildlife enforcement networks also committed to scaling up regional enforcement capacity and coordination to respond to the serious threat posed by wildlife criminal networks that exploit animals for body parts or as trinkets.
For our part, at the State Department, we continue to engage in public education and outreach for all endangered wildlife on land and at sea. And we continue to underscore the many reasons for protecting wildlife, from its moral and environmental implications to the ways that large scale poaching and trafficking support international crime and threaten the livelihoods and economic growth opportunities of local communities in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and elsewhere.
Our efforts include launching initiatives like the Wildlife Conservation Day Pledge, created by the Department and 13 conservation NGOs and international governmental organizations (IGOs), to enlist public support for the fight against wildlife trafficking.
They also include inviting expert speakers to engage global audiences, such as Julie Scardina, a professional animal trainer and educator, as well as a board member of the SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund, which supports conservation education, habitat protection, species research, and animal rescue and rehabilitation around the globe.
This week at the State Department, Scardina hosted two web chats with global audiences and discussed issues pertaining to wildlife trafficking. She also underscored the importance of multilateral treaties such as CITES -- which was created to ensure that international trade in plants and animals does not endanger wild species or biodiversity.
Her visit was a follow-up to our first Wildlife Conservation Day web chat where speakers, including renowned conservationist Jeff Corwin, engaged virtually with more than 20,000 people from 51 countries. We will continue to invite experts to share important information about protecting wildlife and biodiversity with audiences around the world.
It is encouraging to see more and more voices, including private citizens and representatives from the non-governmental (NGO), government, and private sectors, energized about this important issue and encouraging the public to stop buying ivory and rhino horns, shark and manta parts, animal skins, exotic birds, or other endangered plants or animals and their products. The public awareness campaign to build awareness of endangered tigers, cosponsored by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (makers of Life of Pi), is one of many such examples.
Building on our long and proud history in supporting wildlife conservation -- which goes back for more than 100 years -- the Department of State will remain committed to the cause as long as our wildlife and shared environments are at risk.
Aqeel A. in Pakistan writes:
Stop acting as if you don't see us coming. This stage play put up by CITES is unacceptable to us. So we reject the outcome of this nonsense and demand that the cites be dissolved without any delay. Do you have a single sensible person in your ranks?????
Abhi K. in California writes:
CITES CoP 16 in Bangkok was a big failure! Some shark and manta ray species got protection, but the most persecuted ones, elephants and rhinos were left out cold. By the next CITES meeting, an estimated 75,000 elephants would have been killed, and some of that money from illegal ivory trade would go to terror outfits in Africa that we are fighting. Seems State Dept. is forgetting the initiative Sec. Clinton had started last year. It's time to take matters in our own hands and engage African countries one-on-one. It's not just about wildlife; there are important national security concerns here. CITES has been a failed experiment; it's time to replace it with a pro-conservation entity composed of leading NGOs and scientists, not trade groups.
Luane R. in Massachusetts writes:
Praise GOD for all you whom protect the wonderful, beautiful creatures of this world.God Bless You All!


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About the Author: Brian H. Hook serves as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations Affairs.
This weekend millions of people will come to Washington to attend the inauguration of President-elect Obama on Tuesday. Here at the State Department, preparations for a smooth and successful transition began long ago, and very soon a new team will assume responsibility for U.S. foreign policy, building upon the hard work and accomplishments of the last eight years. As I look back over my tenure as Assistant Secretary, I am very proud of our record to advance U.S. foreign policy goals at the United Nations and other international organizations.
The world is a much different place than it was when President Bush took the oath of office eight years ago. September 11th changed not only our nation, but the entire international community and the role of the United Nations. In response, President Bush led an unprecedented effort to put the UN on a counterterrorism footing. He did this by changing the architecture of the UN Security Council, which today has three committees focused on preventing terrorist attacks and making it harder for terrorists to acquire nuclear weapons. We have also encouraged the UN to address the circumstances under which terrorism and lawlessness thrive, with efforts to address failed and failing states through improved governance, state building, and programs for social and economic development.
Beyond terrorism, we have successfully improved cooperation between our government and the UN on a wide variety of other issues. Global health, for example, where the United States leads the world in addressing the global AIDS pandemic as the largest single donor to the UN Global Fund, and, more significantly, establishing the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). PEPFAR, in partnership with UNAIDS, has saved millions of lives, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
We have also improved development assistance, making it more effective. The 2002 Monterrey Consensus, a UN document created with the leadership of this Administration, changed the aid paradigm by emphasizing outcomes rather than inputs. Dollar figure entries into an Excel spreadsheet are no longer the leading indicators of progress in development. Good governance, sound institutions, market-oriented economic policies, and investment friendly climates are the new aid metrics. In November, I traveled with USAID Administrator Fore to Doha to reaffirm the principles of Monterrey, setting in place a solid foundation for the future of international development.
As I conclude my service at the State Department this week, I am proud of the fact that we challenged the United Nations to undertake difficult things, to live up to the high ideals of its Charter. The UN has faced many challenges to peace and security in recent years—Iran, al-Qaeda, Darfur, North Korea, Zimbabwe, Burma, Hamas, and Hezbollah—and we have consistently led efforts to address them early, decisively and collectively. The United States has never been more meaningfully and substantively engaged with its multilateral partners.
It has been a privilege to serve our President at the State Department, and I wish the next President every success as he prepares to lead our great nation.
Joe in Tennessee writes:
What is written is Truth as it exists: The UN prior to this Administration was considered secondary in decision making and did not take on ANY Conflict issues until it seemed to be international News. Give Ms Rice and President Bush some credit...heck a lot of credit.
Even now; while I may be in agreement with Israel on elimination of Hamas, the UN would have not reacted as quickly. The UN would have waited until there was a primary push from another major power to interject itself. Now we have decision making taking place on multiple levels and more instantaneously than prior to 9-11. From famine and health issues to genocide, the reaction time is quicker and more organized.
The UN has more direction, more Power and a more dynamic and consolidated Authority today; which was the purpose to begin with -- the United Nations was the Living Bible of all faiths for Mankind -- to keep the world at Peace and continue the development of human rights and dignity for all peoples.
It is obvious the new United States leadership will continue Americas goal of human rights for all people worldwide. Mrs. Clinton is well known for her compassion and leadership skills as well as President Elect Obama...
God Bless America and may God bless this world....for all.
SNP in Syria writes:
U.S record at the U.N. the last 60 years is shamefully un-American, but the record in the past eight years is nothing short of sadistically criminal, and that befitting a criminal Organization such as the U.N.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Mr. Assistant Secretary,
Folks compare dealing with issues in Congress like "herding cats" I've been told. In the UN's case, it seems to me to be like herding the entire zoo.
UN reform may still be riding on the back of a snail in terms of progress made overall, but you and the good folks as USUN have given it legs due in no small part to a certain Texan often accused of "Cowboy Diplomacy".
Well Brian, as anyone West of the Pecos will tell you, the job description entails the mending of fences and leading the herd to greener pastures, and is fully dependant on the strength and temperament of the horse ridden.
I've been watching the group therapy sessions for this dysfunctional family of nations that occures regularly in the Security Council and committee for the last 8 years, and I do believe the efforts are showing the promise of potential in that the UN can indeed prove to be greater than the sum of its parts.
Now if only state sponsors of terror in the UN were to be doing the "thorazene shuffle" out the door sans membership, the rest of humanity could dance a jig.
The ideological struggle with extremism is a tag team match in my opinion, and if I may be so bold to suggest this, a lot of folks have "tagged up" prior, and it's the same on the international stage....change is inevitable.....peacefull change is desirable.....and democracy R US, sayeth the people.
We've been fortunate as a nation to have a Commander in Chief with the presence of mind to understand that we don't want to give terrorists the war they want nor expect....on their terms. We give them the war they are neither prepared for nor able to fight...on our's.
A President with the guts to stand with both feet firmly on principal and with compassion for the human condition.
A word of thanks is due.
Godspeed and good luck in your next endeavor sir. Please pass my best regards on to Ambassadors and staff alike.


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NUHS Class of '50 63rd reunion coming up
To the editor:
On Sept. 20, a goodly number of the NUHS class of 1950 will celebrate its 63rd reunion.
We run less, have less muscle power, and less other things, but we can still reminisce, tell stories about those of us no longer living or unable to reunion with us, laugh at our foibles, brag about our descendents, exchange symptoms of our infirmities and hope for the best.
And we have wonderful memories of growing up in New Ulm. Even those of us living far away often refer to it as "home." We are grateful to the high school and the taxpayers of that time who provided us with band and football uniforms, music lessons, art classes, a library and a faculty able to deal with teenage rambunctious energy.
We will probably not talk politics or religion, as the way we think has the power to cause us see each other in a less kindly light. On the other hand we still have the energy and vim to have strong feelings and have not withdrawn from life.
If we have any of the major insights that supposedly accompany aging, we will be happy to share them. If we can remember them.
Dorothy Blake
Sebastapol, Calif.


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In short: Great Location - Not ideal for first timersIn full: I can sympathise with some of the comments that have been made regarding this event. But on the whole, I tend to focus on this as a x-country marathon, and as such make sure I carry all the provisions I think I will need (including gels, water etc) - have to admit I have ran this 3 times now (yes the goodie bags are reducing - but for me, its doing the course that counts). Marathons are about the the effort of the competitor and the training done ahead of the day - most of us would have run 20 miles plus (with-out support of drinks stations etc) - so why gamble with the drink station strategy of the organisers?) I even make sure I carry my stuff for the bigger events - by the time I get to some of the latter stages, drinks / gels have gone as well.The Start / Finish / Car-parking will always be problematic and I suspect that with the cold temps and the rain, that waiting for the lift felt like it was too long (Fatfeet should have some thermal blankets for that - all the other years they would not have needed them, but this year it has bit them on the ass! - that is the only real criticism I would add.)What I would say is that the CADETS were FANTASTIC all around the course - and I made sure that I mentioned that to their leading officers at the end of the race. They made me smile, they waved me on and I made sure I said THANK-YOU to all of them that I saw.All in all, it was a tough day (cold, wet and slightly windy) - for most people, marathons are test of endurance and common sense. ALL KUDOS for those completing it, even better for the PB's!! - I was just happy to complete (just under 5 hrs) it, and will be looking to do it again next year.Date of review: November 7, 2012
In short: Terrific EventIn full: 1st time competing at this distance, found the organisation and marshall's to be fantastic. Plenty of encouragement all the way round especially when the second lap of the run became a little isolated. Bike ride was a nice mix of fast roads and country lanes, swim looked good for everyone - plenty of water-borne guidance. Hopefully will do it agin next year.Date of review: September 3, 2012
In short: The Rutland rumbleIn full: 3rd marathon of the year and my 2nd time for this event - so I thought I knew what to expect...Excellent Marshalls & supporters throughout the course (Encouraging everyone that went past). BIG thanks to the Cadets on water stations / road crossings - very smooth and efficient. The run?...ah well, not as good as last year, those little hills on the double loop got the better of me and had to walk mid-race(!), gave me more time to enjoy the views! Will be back, with a little more hill-work (downs) under my belt.Date of review: November 7, 2011
In short: Great organization - Great site - Great organizational supportIn full: Ran the full marathon today - not my quickest (1st half was well protected from the wind, but the second half was breezy to say the least - took all my effort to keep running on the rowing course section).Excellent support from well-wishers and the race team. Did not bring any water & did not need too- All stations well managed, stocked and efficient hand-overs. Have ran other "big races" in the Midlands, this was first class - will be back to do it again (hopefully with less wind eh?_Date of review: September 11, 2011
In short: Enjoyable dayIn full: 2nd time running this marathon and having learned my lessons from last year thoroughly enjoyed myself. It is a busy start, but I guess trying to get 3,000 runners round the course start will always be an issue.The route is a mixture of road and track with a cheeky little hill that you do twice (tis worth doing a little hill work).Loads of support at start and end.Pockets of support dotted along the course (it is mainly rural) but it does hurt when you see them having the cream teas in the old railway carriages as you go by!!!!Excellent finishing stage, finishing in the park, greeted by the Dignatories was great. Refreshment tent right next to the finish as well. Able to sit and watch fellow competitors complete was great. Entered early for this year and will enter early for next year as well!!Great Marshalling, finishing area and route.Lessons I picked up:* Bring your own gels / supplements (only water provided) best to work on your cup strategy.* Be prepared for that last 6 miles on the "greenway" it's long, straight and if hot and sunny - very dusty. (I used sunglasses even though sun is on your back - the path starts to "glare" after a while).Date of review: May 9, 2011
In short: Top route: Great views & enough to make you work!In full: *Excellent parking / cafe facilities.*Great route*Great Marshalls and Organisers*Friendly at the back...*Doing it again, but will train with more hill work - lots of little climbs with a big "un" of undulating at around the 21mile mark.Date of review: November 8, 2010
In short: Some Bad...Loads GoodIn full: PB potential is there: Big field combined with some relatively narrow sections made it difficult to get a "jog on" for most of the mid table runners. Usual issues with "dawdlers" in parts of the roads(but that happens at most places...). Not enough toilets close to start, and I was OK with finish (but had to stop sharpish!!), guessed it would be bad for those behind.Clearer signs for both water stations and MILE MARKERS would help!!Great atmosphere on the route - obvious vocal local support and great Marshalls along whole route. Broad Street is a good start - perhaps move it further up the road to allow for the end funnel? Will do it again - having learnt my own personal lessons from this run (As I do with all the other races I enter!!)Not too bad Brum - not far to go to make this a TOP event.Date of review: October 24, 2010
In short: Marathon comments....In full: Good: Marshalls, Drink squads (all types of groups), Route signs, Traffic control on the Greenway junctions, Atmosphere at the start, toilet provision all round route, course end FANTASTIC (Stratford Park)Not so good: I had read the comments from previous race years about lack of sports drinks etc (so I went prepared - Own bottle, own sweets and own gels - not a picnic but not far off!), shame to say it appeared not too have improved either. Also, as a first time marathoner, I must admit to being a little shocked at the end (Nice medal) but 1 banana, 1 bottle of water...mmm.Might do it again - but would hope that organisers take a little note from the feedback.Date of review: April 26, 2010
In short: Shorter run for the top 3!!!!!!! (why not me!) In the bottom 2,000In full: Fantastic day, good organization, and a very good route; view down the Kenilworth road was inspiring & depressing(was I that far behind!). Great spectators & great weather showed that this was not a "Ghost Town" run and was very "Special" (No not Jose!).Will be back next year to try and run even faster up that last hill (out of the Memorial Park), what a lovely surpise for the 12 mile part!!! Well done Coventry.Date of review: October 21, 2007
In short: Damp day didn't ruin mine!In full: 1st time 1/2 marathon. Well organized with friendly / cheerful marshalls all round. I think the car-park guys did a great job and ensured that everyone was parked up securely and in a timely fashion for the race start. Nice course, with plenty of scenic views. Well done to all.Date of review: May 13, 2007
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Topic: Interactive eLearning and Adobe Captivate 7
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Cindy Briese Passes Away
Late this morning, our dear, inspiring, amazing, Cindy put her boat in the water and started pulling for the far shore. She passed from this life in a bubble of peace, out of pain, surrounded by family. We feel the love from all of you supporting us now and are deeply grateful for it. We feel even more loved ones cheering her on from that far shore. Cindy's family will be keeping a vigil at her condo on sail bay for the next couple of days. During this time we respectfully ask for no visits and no contact. Of course, we will be putting together some gatherings to honor and celebrate her truly inspiring life. In the meantime, if you are so moved, feel free to leave her a message in front of her building on sail bay or, of course, here on her caring bridge site.
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Topic: Setting up Rails Program in subfolder
I have a pretty basic question that I am asking simply because I am not too familiar with the best way to do this. I am putting up my Rail project in a subfolder initially to make sure everything is functioning properly before I make it completely public. I have gotten over the major hurdles with 500 error and now this is all that is left. I copied my project to the following folder.
Currently when I access it I go to http://www.mydomain.com/rails/public. Each page works great, but none of the links work. When I try them they go to http://www.mydomain.com/controller/action instead of http://www.mydomain.com/rails/public/controller/action . What is the best way to configure the project to work from http://www.mydomain.com/rails/ .
Whenever I try to RewriteBase or use an Alias it doesn't seem to work.
Any help would be wonderful.
I should also add that I am in an environment that doesn't let me create vhosts in apache.
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I can't quite put my finger on it, but there's just something about Bancha that is wonderful.
I bought some on the cheap (I assume most of it is) - a whole bag of it, over the weekend. My first Bancha purchase. I expected to see shavings and dust, and leaves that just looked unwholesome in general. Much to my surprise, I was met with a lovely, grassy aroma. The leaves are large and dark green. They look strong and substantial. The aroma of the leaves, when left to sit in a wet shiboridashi, is of a full grassy, toasted sort. Very inviting.
The tea tastes full and bright - this is not a weak tea. Heavy grassiness, but with a little kick, sort of a toasty finish, perhaps due to the twigs.
I felt a little drugged after the first cup. Man, is that grassiness ever pronounced. I have to say, my first Bancha experience was not at all unpleasant.


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Orange Chicken Scaloppine and Sunburst Squash Escabeche with Roasted Pepper Puree
- Squash:
- 4 sunburst or pattypan squash, sliced
- Kosher salt
- Canola oil, for frying
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1 cup lemon juice
- 2 cloves garlic, sliced
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 sprig fresh mint
- 1 sprig fresh basil
- Chicken:
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, pounded thin
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- Pepper puree:
- 1 red pepper, seeded and sliced
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Squash: Put the squash slices in a colander and sprinkle with salt, toss to coat. Put a heavy bowl on top to press down the squash and let sit for 30 minutes. Drain the squash, rinse and dry it completely. Fill a deep saute pan with 1-inch of canola oil. Heat the oil over medium-high heat and deep-fry the squash slices until golden brown. Remove the squash to paper towels to drain. Put the squash into a large jar or bowl and add the citrus juices, garlic, honey, mint sprigs and basil. Set aside.
Chicken: Heat a large saute pan over medium-high heat and add the olive oil. Dredge the chicken breasts in flour and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Brown both sides of the chicken, about 4 minutes on each side. Remove the chicken from the pan then deglaze the pan with wine and reduce until most of wine is cooked off. Add the orange juice, lemon juice and broth and reduce by half. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
Pepper puree: Add the olive oil to a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the red pepper and saute until soft, about 10 minutes. Transfer the pepper to a blender and add the chicken broth. Blend until smooth. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
Arrange 1 chicken breast on each plate with a few slices of the squash. Top with some the red pepper puree and serve.
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Raimund, Ferdinand Jakob
Ferdinand Jakob Raimund 1790-1836
(Born Ferdinand Jakob Raimann) Austrian dramatist, poet, and actor.
Raimund was an outstanding playwright of the golden age of the Alt-Wiener Volkstheater, the Old Viennese popular theater, in the 1820s and 1830s. A well-known actor in his day, Raimund composed a series of Zauberspiele, or "magic plays," ostensibly to create new comedic roles for himself, but which succeeded in elevating the genre of the magical farce by adding a moral dimension to these plays. His greatest stage triumphs came with the humorous, somewhat sentimental, and gently didactic Der Alpenkönig und der Menschenfeind (The King of the Alps and the Misanthrope; originally performed in 1828) and his final drama Der Verschwender (first performed in 1834 and later translated as The Spendthrift in 1949).
Biographical Information
Raimund was born to a craftsman, Jakob Raimann, and his wife in Vienna, Austria, on 1 June 1790. He grew up in Mariahilf, a suburban district of Vienna, and was educated in his youth at the school of St. Anna in that city. The death of his parents when he was fourteen years of age coincided with the beginning of his trade apprenticeship to a confectioner; but, unhappy with this profession and now able to ignore his father's counsel to avoid the life of the theater, Raimund made plans to become an actor. Unable to secure roles in Vienna because of a slight speech impediment that prevented him from pronouncing the letter 'r' correctly, he spent the years 1808 to 1814 touring with provincial theater companies. After gaining valuable acting experience on the road, Raimund returned to Vienna and began playing smaller comedic and villainous roles at the Josefstädter Theater. Exhibiting comic versatility on stage, he eventually made his way to the prestigious Theater in der Leopoldstädt by 1817, where his theatrical virtuosity and penchant for extemporaneous humor made him one of the most admired actors in Vienna. At this time Raimund performed in a variety of productions written by the city's most well-known and respected playwrights: Adolf Bäuerle, Josef Alois Gleich, and Karl Meisl. By late 1822, however, the actor had become increasingly dissatisfied with the roles these authors had provided for him and determined to write plays of his own. His first, Der Barometermacher auf der Zauberinsel (The Barometer-Maker on the Magic Isle), was performed in 1823 and proved to be popular with Viennese theater-goers. He followed this work with the even more successful Der Diamant des Geisterkönigs (The Diamond of the King of Spirits) the next year. Raimund continued to write and perform throughout the 1820s, but his Die gefesselte Phantasie (The Chained Fantasy or The Inhibited Imagination) and Moisasur's Zauberfluch (Moisasur's Magic Curse) had failed to win the same approval from critics and audiences at the Leopoldstädt as had Der Bauer als Millionär; oder, Das Mädchen aus der Feenwelt (The Peasant as Millionaire, or The Maiden from the Fairy World) and his first two plays. Meanwhile, Raimund—who had increasingly been subject to bouts of depression, severe headaches, and fits of hypochondria—began to experience a decline in his personal life. His 1828 production Der Alpenkönig und der Menschenfeind signaled a return to popularity, though it was followed by the critically panned Die unheilbringende Zauberkrone (The Mischief-Making Crown) in 1829. He wrote his final play, Der Verschwender, in 1834, and its success along with that created from many guest performances in Austria and Germany allowed him to purchase a country home in his beloved town of Gutenstein located outside Vienna, and to live there with his lover, Toni Wagner. It was while he was in Gutenstein in late August of 1836 that Raimund, after being bitten by a dog that he suspected was rabid, shot himself in the head with a pistol. He died seven days later on 5 September 1836.
Major Works
Raimund's literary output consists primarily of the eight popular dramas he wrote in the 1820s and 1830s for the Wiener Volkstheater, Der Barometermacher auf der Zauberinsel, his first Zauberposse, or "magic farce," concerns a somewhat inept Viennese barometer-maker, Bartholomäus Quecksilber. Determined to find success outside Vienna, Quecksilber departs by sea only to become shipwrecked on a magical island inhabited by fairies, where he humorously continues to live his life in the manner of a Viennese petit-bourgeois. Der Bauer als Millionär; oder, Das Mädchen aus der Feenwelt features Raimund's comical musings on the fleeting nature of wealth and material possessions. Its hero, Fortunatus Wurzel, a peasant made into a millionaire by the allegorical spirit Envy, loses all of his money and the love of his fairy-daughter when he refuses to let her marry a poor fisherman. Raimund moved further into allegory and began to dramatize the conflict of good versus evil with Die gefesselte Phantasie and Moisasur's Zauberfluch. The first features a chained fairy of inspiration called Fantasy, and the second offers a comic study of avarice set into motion by the demon Moisasur's magical curse. With Der Alpenkönig und der Menschenfeind, Raimund dropped allegorical representation in favor of individual characterization, with much popular and critical success. In this play, Astragalus, the King of the Alps, creates a mirror image of the misanthropic Rappelkopf in order to help the rattle-brained fellow reform his misguided ways. The tight-fisted main character of Raimund's final play, Der Verschwender, is named Julius von Flottwell. Though his beloved, the fairy Cheristane, attempts to cure him of his greed by showing him what he will become by the age of fifty—a destitute beggar—he refuses to alter his path. In addition to his comic and moralistic Zauberspiele, Raimund also composed a handful of verse, including two notable poems entitled "An Gutenstein." In these works Raimund revealed the darker and melancholy qualities of his personality, including his general dislike of society and his desire to escape its confines in exchange for the more peaceful, and well-ordered world of nature.
Critical Reception
As an actor and playwright in early nineteenth-century Vienna, Raimund was immensely popular. His theatrical versatility and comical folk-plays earned him a considerable reputation in German-speaking Europe, until the appeal of his at times sentimental and moralizing pieces was supplanted on the Viennese stage by the witty, satirical, proto-Realist comedies of his chief rival, Johann Nepomuk Nestroy. In the years since, critics have observed that Raimund transfigured the genre of the magical/romantic farce by imbuing it with allegorical and moral significance, and later by more fully exploiting the techniques of individual characterization in his works. The limitation of Raimund's literary contribution to stage comedy in the late Baroque and early Romantic periods, however, has since been questioned by some contemporary scholars, who see in his poetry a capacity to dramatize the tragic dimension of human life. As some critics have maintained, Raimund's talent extended beyond mere local parody and confronted issues of wider concern, such as loneliness, artistic creativity, and pessimistic determinism.
Principal Works
*Sämmtliche Werke. 4 vols. (dramas and poetry) 1837
Dramatische Meisterwerke (dramas) 1869
Ferdinand Raimunds Liebesbriefe (letters) 1914
Sämmtliche Werke: Historisch-kritische Säkularausgabe. 6 vols. (dramas, poetry, and letters) 1924-34
*First publication of Raimund's eight dramas, which were originally performed in the 1820s and early 1830s: Der Barometermacher auf der Zauberinsel [The Barometer-Maker on the Magic Isle]; Der Diamant des Geisterkönigs [The Diamond of the King of Spirits]; Der Bauer als Millionär; oder, Das Mädchen aus der Feenwelt [The Peasant as Millionaire, or The Maiden from the Fairy World]; Die gefesselte Phantasie [The Chained Fantasy or The Inhibited Imagination]; Moisasur's Zauberfluch [Moisasur's Magic Curse]; Der Alpenkönig und der Menschenfeind [The King of the Alps and the Misanthrope]; Die unheilbringende Zauberkrone [The Mischief-Making Crown]; and Der Verschwender [The Spendthrift].
John Firman Coar (essay date 1903)
SOURCE: "Régime Metternich," in Studies in German Literature in the Nineteenth Century, Macmillan, 1903, pp. 79-104.
[In the following excerpt, Coar describes the relationship between Raimund's artistic achievement and the contemporary social and political atmosphere in early nineteenth-century Austria.]
When the Congress of Vienna ushered in the so-called Restoration, princely diplomacy and selfish fear robbed the people of the fruits of their struggle. Patriots like Arndt, Gneisenau, Scharnhorst, Wilhelm von Humboldt, Stein, and so many others were made to feel the heavy hand of royal displeasure for insisting upon the fulfilment of royal promises. The notorious...
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Henry Ten Eyck Perry (essay date 1939)
SOURCE: "Sentimental and Fantastic Comedy: Lessing and Raimund," in Masters of Dramatic Comedy and Their Social Themes, Harvard University Press, 1939, pp. 275-313.
[In the following excerpt, Perry compares Raimund's fairy-world comedies and observes that his last play, Der Verschwender, "is probably his artistic masterpiece. "]
The libretto of Mozart's The Magic Flute, which Tieck had complimented in The Booted Cat, is one of the best-known survivals of the light drama which flourished for many years beside the Danube. With its clownish Hanswurst and its rough horseplay, its supernatural machinery and its incidental music, this kind of comedy...
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Fred Krügel (essay date 1968)
SOURCE: "Ferdinand Raimund's Gutenstein Poems," in Essays on German Literature in Honour of G. Joyce Hallamore, edited by Michael S. Batts and Marketa Goetz Stankiewicz, University of Toronto Press, 1968, pp. 128-51.
[In the following essay, Krügel explores the imagery of Raimund's Gutenstein poems and studies reflections of the tragic quality of the dramatist's life in these works.]
Many critics have shown how the essential optimism of Ferdinand Raimund's dramas is weakened by tragic undertones.1 Politzer suggests that the Baroque theatre, from which Raimund's plays derive their metaphysical framework, may be seen as the expression not only of belief in a...
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Dorothy James Prohaska (essay date 1969)
SOURCE: "Raimund's Contribution to Viennese Popular Comedy," in The German Quarterly, Vol. XLII, No. 3, May, 1969, pp. 352-67.
[In the following essay, Prohaska surveys Raimund's plays, noting that his greatest contribution to popular drama was the creation of convincing comic characters.]
When Ferdinand Raimund the actor was engaged to play major comic roles at the Leopoldstadt theatre in 1817, he joined one of the most successful groups of popular entertainers who have ever trodden the European stage. Night after night, year after year, they played to a full house in this little suburban theater. Tireless local playwrights constantly replenished the vast repertoire...
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Dorothy Prohaska (essay date 1970)
SOURCE: "The Shifting Scene," in Raimund and Vienna: A Critical Study of Raimund's Plays in Their Viennese Setting, Cambridge University Press, 1970, pp. 53-84.
[In the following essay, Prohaska studies Raimund's use of local color in his early dramas. She summarizes, "Raimund was completely the master of local parody but in his search for a form in which he could express his more ambitious concepts, he sometimes allowed his vision to blind him. "]
The popular dramatist in Vienna did not use local colour in his plays in order to present a realistic picture of the society in which he lived. He did, however, use it extensively to create the...
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Laurence V. Harding (essay date 1974)
SOURCE: "Language," in The Dramatic Art of Ferdinand Raimund and Johann Nestroy: A Critical Study, Mouton, 1974, pp. 130-68.
[In the following excerpt, Harding examines Raimund's use of language, imagery, imaginative humor, and sound in his dramas.]
The Local Element
Exceptional variety of technique and a high degree of skill characterize Raimund's language in all his plays. The poet inherited a tendency to mix formalized stage German with the folk language. One finds the Alexandrine, blank verse, the Knittelvers, and the distich in close proximity to prose passages in Viennese dialect. Stately and somber poetry is followed by the rough...
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Roger Crockett (essay date 1985)
SOURCE: "Raimund's Der Verschwender: The Illusion of Freedom," in The German Quarterly, Vol. 58, No. 2, Spring, 1985, pp. 184-93.
[In the following essay, Crockett investigates Raimund's use of fate in Der Verschwender, arguing that the play illustrates the workings of deterministic forces in a manner similar to that of his earlier magic plays.]
It has been a popular contention in Raimund scholarship that Der Verschwender, the author's last play and one of his most successful ones, represents a break with traditional Baroque determinism. While in earlier dramas a hierarchy of supernatural beings intervened repeatedly to rescue mortal...
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Calvin N. Jones (essay date 1991)
SOURCE: "Ferdinand Raimund and Ödön von Horváth: The Volksstück as Negation and Utopia," in The German Quarterly, Vol. 64, No. 3, Summer, 1991, pp. 325-38.
[In the following excerpt, Jones probes the ideological undercurrents of Raimund's Der Alpenkönig und der Menschenfeind, maintaining that the play negates the possibility of social unity in early nineteenth-century Austria and instead strives toward a Utopian solution.]
Plays by a number of different authors of the past two centuries have been treated in literary studies as examples of the Volksstück.1 Although there are many that could be examined in terms of the validity of...
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Further Reading
Branscombe, Peter. "Reflections on Raimund's Artistic Relationships with his Contemporaries." In Viennese Popular Theatre: A Symposium, edited by W. E. Yates and John R. P. McKenzie, pp. 25-40. Exeter: University of Exeter, 1985.
Offers insights into Raimund's working relationships with his contemporaries in Viennese theater.
Holbeche, Yvonne. "Raimund and Romanticism: Ferdinand Raimund's Der Alpenkönig und der Menschenfeind and E. T. A. Hoffmann's Prinzessin Brambilla." New German Studies 18, Nos. 1-2 (1994-95): 1-14.
Studies the influence of...
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