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" Channel: ITV 1. The Bad Mother's Handbook tells the story of one year in the lives of three unforgettable women. Karen (Catherine Tate), her teenage daughter Charlie (Holly Grainger) and Karen's mother Nan (Anne Reid). Both hilarious and wise, it is a clear-eyed look at motherhood and childhood, from the moment the condom breaks, to the moment you hear your baby's first cry. The realisation that no two mothers are alike, and that ultimately love is the most important thing of all "
The Bad Mother's Handbook for ITV was a made for TV film based on the book of the same name by Kate Long.
I thought I had read the book a while back, but after watching this film last night, I realised I actually hadn't and it was a different Kate Long book I had read! So I am afraid I cannot comment in this review about the transformation from book to screen! So please don't mark down for that! The book is by Kate Long and can be purchased in most book shops or from Amazon.
The film was on ITV on a one off special in February 2007 and was released on DVD after that. I hadn't ever heard of the TV film which lasts 90 minutes until I was looking on Robert Pattinson's IMDB profile when writing about the Twilight films, and noticed he had starred in this, having thought I had read the book, I decided I would go out and find the DVD.
I finally got around to watching it last night so I thought I would write a quick review on it!
The film stars some quite big names in Britain:
Catherine Tate, Anne Reid, Holly Grainger, Robert Pattinson, Steve John Shepard all have large parts in the film, but for all you Robert Pattinson lovers out there...although Pattinson's character has a large impact on the outcome of the film, he doesn't play a large part in the film, so please don't go out and watch this thinking he is the main character!
The story is about a mother Karen Cooper and her family, her mother who has Alzeimer's, her 17 year old daughter Charlotte who causes more trouble than she is worth! And their lives together.
Charlotte/Charlie is doing her A Levels and her mother has her life completely mapped out for her, she will leave Bolton where they live with 5 A grades and go to York University where she will live her life before meeting a wonderful man, a doctor, a lawyer or someone as equally sucessful, and then have children. But Charlotte isn't as caught up in having her life spelled out for her. And when she get's her first boyfriend, she makes short work of going against her mother's advice and jumping into bed with him.
She soon finds out she is pregnant with his child and when he says he wants nothing to do with it, she confides in the new guy Daniel Gale, a posh Doctor to be with geeky glasses and a birds nest of hair, not her usual type of friend, he soon becomes her only outlet who is always there for her when she needs him to be, especially when her mother disowns her for doing exactly as she did herself.
(Don't worry I'm not spoiling the film here, this all happens in the first 10 minutes of the film and sets the story up!)
When her mother get's her own problems, Charlie get's on with her pregnancy alone with only her friend Dan there to help to out.
The film is really quite good for a made for TV film, which can sometimes be very weak. This film is very good with a great number of characters, not too many to confuse us, but enough to keep the story going, as I said I actually haven't read the book so I don't know how well it keeps to the books story, but as a film it's excellent.
Catherine Tate is brilliant as the mother in the film, she plays a great part and makes the film very funny along with bringing up real issues which happen in everyday life for normal families all over the country.
It makes some good points and makes you really think about your life, which I didn't expect from the film!
The film has definitely made me want to go out and buy the book, and I am actually going onto Amazon now to see where I can get it!!!
The DVD is available from Amazon, but isn't always in stock,, I haven't actually seen it anywhere else so you might have to be lucky to find it!!! ITV player may have it...but I haven't looked so I'm not sure!
All in all the film is great if you can get it on DVD!
The Bad Mothers Handbook By Kate Long
The Bad Mothers Handbook is based on the book, written by the talented Kate Long. Women of every generation will relate to and enjoy this truely wonderful story, that is jam packed full of the rollercoaster emotions that all us mums are capable of experiencing.
The story is set in 1997 and tells the tale of three generations of one familys women. All three women make up one household in a small fictitious village near Wigan. Kate Long successfully manages to tell the tale through each characters very different perspective.
Charlotte is seventeen and is in the process of taking her levels. She is struggling to understand the world around her whilst trying to work out where she fits in to the scheme of things. The confusion in her life is added to when she suddenly finds herself having to cope with a pregnancy that was completely unplanned.
Karen (Charlottes Mum) has been divorced from Charlottes father for a number of years. She works as a part time classroom assistant at the local primary school she attended as a child. She had planned on going to university only she found herself pregnant with Charlotte at the age of seventeen. She now juggles working part time with looking after her elderly Mother. She is determined that daughter Charlotte, will go to university and live the life that she once aspired to herself.
The character of Nan brings warmth, compassion and humour to the book. Nan struggles to make sense of the past and the present in a mind that is slightly muddled. She may struggle to clarify events but she has the advantage of wisdom that only a woman of her age holds.
Kate Long use of humour is quite brilliant, especially in some of the awkward subjects that are covered throughout the story. The humour is used in a sensitive way, in order not to ridicule the characters. She broaches a range of sensitive subjects ranging from Charlotte losing her virginity, Nans elderly dementia, Changing Nans colostomy bag and Karens discovery that she is adopted. The language, dialect and local knowledge she uses really makes the characters come to live in the viewers mind.
Kate Long tells a wonderful story that has you addicted from the very start. This is a compelling watch that explores the complex dynamics of the relationship between three generations of one familys woman. Definitely worth watching!
This drama that was shown on ITV1 19th Feb 2007 had me instantly glued to my chair. I had seen the adverts for the programme but they hadn't made me think that I needed to allocate and hour and a half to watching the television, however last night I was sat with a cup of tea when this programme began.
Based on the novel by Kate Long this show had great characters that you could easily relate to each one and the trauma that they each appear to be going through and I was truly glad I switched to ITV to watch this as it is one of the best dramas shown on itv1
*~*The Characters*~*
KAREN played by Catherine Tate.
In her 30s, divorced and working as a teaching assistant at Bank Top Primary School and suffocating in her cramped council house with her daughter and ailing mother. Riddled with bitterness that her mother made her keep her daughter Charlotte at the age of 16 ruining her plans to go to university and become a big success she finds it hard not to let slip who bitter she feels towards her daughter and mother when it all gets to much.
When her boss Leo offers her the opportunity to get away from it all on a school trip to Paris she jumps at the chance and sets out to organise everything for her trip including getting a passport, only to discover that she needs a copy of her birth certificate which contains the secret that she is adopted.
CHARLOTTE (Charlie) played by Holly Grainger
Reminds Karen of what she used to be like, Intelligent, independent and lots of ambition.
Charlotte at just 17 years shows that she is determined to go to a great university and become successful. As with most teenage girls she is not as clued up as her mum thinks that she is and seems to be going out with the biggest loser in the village Paul who appear to have one thing only on his mind.
NAN (Nancy) played by Anne Reid
Nan is a lovely character that reminds me of my nan all those years ago, a great support to Karen when she discovered that she was pregnant and comforted her through her divorce and even helped to buy the house they all live together in but as a sufferer from Alzheimer's she is driving Karen insane and only Charlotte can relate to her and confide in her.
Nan definately knows who she is and where she has come from and this is one thing she will never forget as we discover this in the programme.
STEVE played by Steve John Shepherd
Divorced over ten years ago, he still hopes that one day Karen will take him back. He looks really young to be a father but maybe its the moustache he has it just looks unreal. As with most men he is charming and laid-back, he thinks the world of his daughter Charlotte, but at the same time is terrified of her but if ever there are problems he doesn't falter in showing his macho behaviour!!
LEO played by Steve Pemberton
Headmaster Leo has had a crush on Karen since she joined the school as a classroom assistant. Karen also feels the same but between them they never seem to get it together, Leo is not the most subtle of men when he invites Karen out its in the company of his other friends which causes Karen to feel disappointed.
DANIEL played by Robert Pattinson
Originally from Guildford, 17 year-old Daniel has just moved into the area and has no friends and looks like somewhat of a geek and when Charlotte is asked to show him around and introduce him to everybody he is looked upon as somewhat of a loser by the others. Desperate to escape his boring home-life and bickering parents, he's looking for someone who sees the world in the same way. Someone like Charlotte.
*~*The Story*~*
As you may have guessed there are 3 pretty central characters in this drama Karen, Charlotte and Nan, each one has their own problems and living in such a confined space it is only a short period of time before it all comes to a head.
After discovering that she is adopted Karen feels void, she realises that she has lived her complete life as a lie, unsure what to do next she decides a night out with Leo at the local pub is the answer, she puts on her red shoes and a glam outfit and meets him in the local pub only to discover he had been there earlier with a group of his friends, and she feels instantly disappointed, she sets about drinking on an empty stomach and easting 2 bags of peanuts in the ladies,almost chokes on them and gets accused of being a bullimic. Karen quickly drinks herself into oblivion and ends up being sick in front of Leo outside the pub, great date she thinks to herself.
Meanwhile Charlotte is also struggling to keep a secret, recently dumped by her boyfriend Paul she throws herself into her studies and keeps herself busy with entertaining and chaperoning Daniel.
As she is studying something catches her eye, the dusty web covered boxes of Tampax, was it really that long since she had a period? Confused, worried and no-one to confide in she asks Daniel what the common signs of pregnancy are, they all match with how she is feeling and she explains that she is worried that she could be pregnant. Daniel does the sensible thing and ventures out to get a pregnancy test for her it confirms one thing...she is pregnant taking her mood out on Daniel he retaliates with "Don't take it out on me, I'm not the one that got you pregnant"
Daniel persuades Charlotte to tell her mum, she knows that she has to but deep down this confident 17 year old is scared.
Nan stuggling to cope with the fact her daughter now knows the truth, she avoids answering her daughter's many questions when they are asked but later confides all when Karen is out of ear shot so we get to see the story of Karen's adoption, but Karen does not find this out until later in the story.
Karen decides her mum will not be able to give her the answers that she needs and sets on a quest to find her birth mother and get the questions answered by her.
Meanwhile Charlotte struggles to hide her pregnancy from her mother and one day, by accident her mother notices her daughters increasing stomach and knows, she has made the same mistake as her, there is no support for Charlotte as Karen creates an arguement telling her daughter that she is stupid for making the same mistake that she did and that she too would have a ruined life.
Nan overhears the arguement and wanders in and thinks that a new baby will be wonderful, Karen is not impressed by this and tells her mother to leave them alone, but even Nan can see that all Charlotte needs is love and support not bitterness and resentment thrown back at her. Karen tells her that she wants nothing more to do with them in the heat of the moment and refuses to have anything to do with Charlotte's forthcoming baby demanding she have an abortion which Charlotte refuses point blank.
Charlotte knows the options available to her and is a clever girl she has been to seek help from the medical centre and checked out all of her options, she has even confided in her ex that got her pregnant only to be told he wants nothing to do with her.
Charlotte knows she wants this baby and noone is going to change her mind.
Nan is Charlotte's support attending the appointments with her and offering her advice and love, something Karen should be doing for her daughter the way that Nan gave it to her, but Karen believes that Charlotte's dreams are now over and her life will be dominated by nappies and demands.
Daniel is still very much in Charlotte's life and they seem to get closer and closer
Not one to spoil the ending I will not say what happens, but Catherine Tate is a real credit to this drama and plays her part well as does Holly Grainger.
I loved this show as I found it eay to relate to the characters and the story was so realistic, Catherine Tate made a great character and provided an excellent performance. All of the characters appeared to bond well with each other which led to this show being so successful.
I would say that this programme is definately more for the girls and not so much the boys as women would find the storylines much easier to relate to, maybe because many of us women experience the feelings and traumas that the characters go through in the programme.
I am so keen on watching this again I am currently searching ITV's schedules just so I can enjoy it all over again.


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I was diagnosed in October and my tumor in the liver burst and spewed cells into my abdominal cavity and I now have at least 3 lesions that are growing rapidly. Does anyone else have this condition? Does anyone else have Crohn's or colitis with cc? I have seen information that people with people with these conditions have a high percentage of getting cc. I have Crohn's and now cc. Thanks. I am a newbie.

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This is the first time I have ever been this insecure with my body. All throughout middle and high school, my body was fine, I didn't worry about it, it was just my face I was insecure about.
This really sucks. I used to not have a care in the world what I looked like in a bikini or shorts, and now I avoid wearing shorts at all costs and just wear dresses. Hellll no am I wearing a bathing suit right now.
I have never been this uncomfortable with my body before. I've gained a few pounds, but not nearly enough that warrants this much insecurity. I cringe at having to wear more revealing clothing, and it sucks more because I live near a beach so it's even hotter. I'm constantly comparing myself to other girls.
I made it 18 years without being body insecure. What about you? And what started it?


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While there have been signs of planning for several months, this week marked the real beginning of construction on the "back streets" of downtown Brookings.
It's a $2.9 million street improvement project, which will include burying utility lines and repaving streets in the downtown area just a block south of Chetco Avenue. Plans for a second project will extend the improvements further south, basically creating a redeveloped area between Chetco and Railroad.
Does that area sound a bit familiar? If you were here for the debate over the proposed downtown couplet, it should. In addition to safely handling the increased future traffic of Highway 101, one of the visions in developing a couplet was to expand the downtown business district into that same area, creating a viable neighborhood for commercial uses that are away from the traffic of Highway 101.
It's a natural progression. Already Spruce and Hemlock, the two streets in between Chetco and Railroad, are lined with a mix of commercial and residential uses andndash; sometimes in the same building. Parking and strolling these streets is a much quieter and varied experience than being on Highway 101.
That experience will only be enhanced by this project, and the one that follows. The city is betting that business owners will take notice, and clearly expects more commercial uses to follow the public improvements.
Since much of the work is funded by the special tax system of an Urban Renewal Agency, that's appropriate. The increased value of the properties in the urban renewal district generated the tax funds that will pay for the improvements. With improvements in the public infrastructure, the hope is for improvements in private property, which in turn will generate more property taxes.
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Britney Spears Curious Eau de Parfum Reviews
A nice, pleasant perfume.A nice flowery fragrance that lasts and is small enough to fit in your bag. A little goes a long way Highly recommend. — 6 years, 3 months agoCaroleVonAllten | 1401 reviews
Love It!This is a very nice smelling perfume. Love it. — 4 years, 9 months agoEricaC123 | 458 reviews
Fun and good for anytime!I think this is a fun and playful scent good for anytime. Not super sophisticated, but a good scent. The packaging is cute but definitely targeted to a younger audience. — 8 years, 7 months agoLipglossandSpandex | 521 reviews
Not bad at allThe scent is really nice and I love the retro bottle. The scent is fresh and a bit fruity and always gets me many compliments when I wear it. People tend to laugh when they realize who makes the scent as they tend to equate her perfumes like those put out in the High School Musical kiddie makeup packs, but this scent is completely grown up. Younger girls could certainly wear it, but it works ju...read morest as well for a subtle work day scent. This along with her other perfume bottles are certainly keepers. I hope she puts out more perfumes. — 7 years, 10 months agoradar626 | 326 reviews
Review subjectI dont give this a 10 because it comes in such a small container. I truly think Britney Spears perfumes are some of the best out there. I love all of them. Especially her originals. — 4 years, 11 months agoKelseaT | 168 reviews
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I love this perfumeI love how this perfume smells. I'm not a huge Britney Spears fan but this product smells wonderful. It has hints of magnolia in it and is light. Its good for daytime use. Its not overly expensive either. — 4 years, 5 months agobutterfly11 | 81 reviews
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I am from Framingham, Massachusetts and am a rising sophomore at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I decided to study physics during the summer after the eighth grade when I started reading physics books and became really interested in stargazing. As I like to say, I fell in love with the sky. I would like to pursue astrophysical research for my post graduate studies in the future. At MIT, I am also involved in the Tech Catholic Community, freshmen advising, computer science, and dorm events.
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Coffee Talk: Interest in the Wrestling Industry + Quick Sudden Impact
by, 01-04-2013 at 10:32 PM (5957 Views)
Hey Fans. Savior here with an edition of a new blog idea I had called. Coffee Talk. A little concept where we talk about things on a much broader scale than just breaking down show by show and storyline by storyline. It's not going to be a weekly blog or anything like that. Just something I throw out there when something of interest sparks me to write one.
Before I start, let me apologize for not having Sudden Impact up on time. It was the kick off show for 2013 so I'll give a quick breakdown of what i thought.
Opening segment. Obviously, Jeff Hardy couldn't have been legitimately voted wrestler of the year, considering he was only around for like half of it, and only relevant for a quarter of it. But they did give us the triple threat match at Genesis.
Storm vs Kaz was really good match. Good action and I liked the finish.
DOC calls out Sting. Okay, he's not the best on the mic. But a nice build toward the eventual return of Sting, and what might happen.
X Division Tourney. Alright match. I like Christan York but he looks awkward trying to do head stand springs off the ropes and turn around spin kicks. He should stick to what he's built for. A power game. A side from the botches, good match and good win for York.
Hernandez vs Matt Morgan. Turned out to be Joey Ryan. Not much of a match. Morgan is a beast. I like what they're doing with him. T-Hughes voted Joey Ryan as one of the worst wrestlers of 2012, and I gotta agree. I expected so much more from him. He's a good character, but has he even won a match yet?
Hogan suspends Bully Ray and Brooke Hogan. Um, why? Not sure where they're going with this.
Knockouts Tag Match. The knockouts continue to impress. They had a lull for a bit in there but now, match of the night is back to the ones that involve Gail Kim and Mickey James. I can watch them two go every week.
Steel Cage Match. Well, I wasn't expecting Angle to get mauled in the beginning. Joe held his own. Angle made a comeback. Loved the blood, by the way. All of A&E came in. That was the good part.
Then, in very dull, non-hype, anti-climatic fashion, Sting slowly moseys on down, lays everyone out, and Mike Knox is the big reveal. And I immediately declare that Sting is finished. I don't care to see him or hear from him anymore. I almost completely said good bye to TNA, meaning I'd basically be saying good bye to wrestling. Whoever handled that should be fired on the spot. That was as poorly done as you can get. And it is the perfect lead into my new blog concept called, Coffee Talk. Where I'm going to discuss the interest level of the wrestling industry today. And then I have to question, Is the Wrestling Industry Dying?
So I read on a couple of different occasions over the last few weeks about wrestling's numbers. TNA's numbers are the lowest in forever, Raw's rating was the lowest in 15 years, house show attendance is down, WWE stock takes a major hit, etc. Do I have the answers, no. But I do have my opinion, which anyone who ever reads my blogs know, I'm very outspoken and opinionated. So, I ask again, is the Wrestling Industry Dying?
My answer is YES. I do feel that the industry in what exists today, is definitely dying. It will always exist, but I don't think it will ever reach the level it did with the Monday Night Wars. I don't think it'll ever reach the level it was even 10 years ago, or 5 years ago. I think the overall interest is down and will continue to decline. And I base this on the way that television audiences view programming. I'll tell you what I mean.
This year, two coaches in the NBA, got fired during the season. Seven coaches in the NFL lost their jobs the day after the final week of the season. Some of the names fired include Pat Shurmur in Cleveland, who was the coach for 2 years. Romeo Crennel in Kansas City, who was coach for one and a half years. Chan Gailey was dumped by Buffalo after 3 seasons. In college football, Gene Chizik was fired from Auburn two years after winning the National Title. What does this have to do with wrestling? It's simple. In today's world, the patience level has dropped significantly. And how this translates into the wrestling world is like this.
How many times have you seen someone get pushed, just to fall flat after a few months and become irrelevant? Not really irrelevant but dropped back down the ranks as if they never even existed in the main event? A few names that come to mind over the last couple of years include The Miz, who was WWE champ and then, after losing, hasn't seen a shot since. Daniel Bryan got a short World Title run, then when he lost, he lost his rematch, jobbed out to CM Punk, and now, any thought of him in the title picture is pretty much non-existent at this point. And Wade Barrett, well, he had the whole Nexus program, got a title shot at Cena, and since then, hasn't done a whole lot. He's been in good feuds but look at him now. Fighting Kofi Kingston for the IC Title. I think he just won it too, right?. They got their chance to shine, got a small push, done almost like it was sort of "throwing them a bone", then it became, "well, you there you go. Now drop back down and don't complain".
WWE is driven so hard by social media that, if they're not reaching the level of trending, they get pushed back. Or if they are trending, they get opportunities, but then, as soon as the trending goes away, so do they. And this same concept is evident in our little IWC world. Some of our love and hate changes day in and day out. It took all of three weeks of Ryback destroying two no-name jobbers for everyone to start hating him, after the anticipation of his return was so popular. Same with Tensai. Everyone was all in on Tensai, then it didn't happen for him. Now people either want Albert or A-Train back, or for him to disappear. Everyone wanted Zach Ryder pushed last year and when he finally did, it was cool for a month. Now, can you actually see Ryder doing anything? Most likely not. In fact, when there's talk of releases, his name is usually first to come up.
But it's not just us fans. It's the WWE's over-saturating the airwaves and not programming it right. How many times did they recap Santa Claus getting hit by Alberto's car? About 75? And then they recapped it the next week. How many recaps are there about things we already saw? How much Twitter and Facebook promoting is there? How much do they push the new WWE App? How much time filler is involved in the 3 hour Raw now? It's just becoming too much. We can watch all the points of interest on youtube and avoid all the nonsense. And in turn, our interest is declining. As a fan base, we've reached a "get to the point already" stage.
I already discussed how TNA botched the whole Sting return thing. And it's reasons like that why TNA won't break past that 1.2 rating, which I think was their highest of the year last year. They're stuck in the 1.0 which is really a 0.96 or 0.97. WWE is stuck in a 2.4 or 2.5 range, with some weeks dropping as low as 2.3 or even 2.2. That difference between the 3.3 or 3.4 that they should be getting, is probably in viewership of their youtube channel or hulu plus. And this coming Monday, they have The Rock returning and a TLC match for the WWE title. All which will be for not because Alabama and Notre Dame play in the BCS Championship.
But with all that aside, since it really is pretty speculation and there could be logical explanations such as Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve, and Monday Night Football. So it remains to be seen, but I'm not sure WWE will really break the 2.7 mark at all in 2013. Since I am a wrestling a fan, no so much a WWE fan, but a fan of wrestling overall, I truly hope I am way off on this. And I may be. But in the past, I've made mention of WWE's lack of creating the next John Cena. And I think that, when it is all said done, that will be their undoing.
Wrestling has always gone into stages. First, it was just pure wrestling. That of which we love. That one advantage that I would actually give TNA with the quality of matches and focus on wrestling rather than other things. Once WWF got popular, it started to become a glorified male soap opera. Then it became a full blown soap opera during the Monday Night Wars. Then it started drifting into a glorified reality tv show. Now, it's practically a full blown reality tv show. A break through for wrestling, will be to find that next niche to stay ahead of the curve.
Take this commentary on the overall interest of wrestling for what it is...my opinion. I'd love to hear yours about it. Since I don't follow WWE that much aside from reading what's going on, maybe some of the more dedicated fans can bring light to some of what I said here. Maybe I'm right. Hopefully, I'm wrong. Only time will tell but trends usually tell a pretty big story. And eventually, if things do not get better, some of those advertising dollars will start to go away too.
Thank you all for reading. I know this one was kinda long so thank you for sticking it out. I hope everyone had a great holiday. And now, we're back to the grind of everyday life again. Have a wonderful weekend and be safe.


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University Clarinet Ensemble
David Ehrke, D.M.A., Director
University Clarinet Quartet 2011 - 2012
Rachel Cao, Jennifer Day, Kaitlin Cao, Kristina Zahtilla
DVD Video Recording, Nightingale Concert Hall, April 2012
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- Divertimento for Three Clarinets and Bass Clarinet by Alfred Jhl
- Petit Quatuor by Jean Francaix
- Variations on "Colonel Bogey" by Ian Holloway
- Bloomington Quartet by Alfred Prinz
About the Recording
The current University of Nevada, Reno Clarinet Quartet is comprised of two senior clarinet performance majors and two first year graduate clarinet performance majors. They are students of Dr. David Ehrke, Professor of Music at UNR and were coached by him during the 2011-2012 academic year.
This particular performance was recorded on May 8th, 2012 in the Nightingale Concert Hall on the University of Nevada, Reno campus. The recording session was approximately 2 ½ hours long and one take on all movements.
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These videos are part of the growing collection of YouTube music videos to be found on this Web site. The video pages feature music and music related videos of students, faculty, and visiting artists in the Department of Music at University of Nevada, Reno. As the collection grows, all genres will be represented -- choral works, classical, jazz.
Department of Music Audio Recordings
There is a growing collection of CD music on the Department of Music Web site.
Music Performances at UNR
Faculty and student ensemble performances occur frequently throughout each semester. Check the Department of Music Events Calendar for upcoming recitals and concerts.


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It's a classic case of East meets West. Crystal Webster's current team formed in 2011, when Erin Carmody (vice) and Geri-Lynn Ramsay (second) moved out west from their PEI homes to join forces with Crystal and lead Sam Preston. At last year's Alberta Scotties' playdowns, the team made it to the final game before losing to Heather Nedohin, who would ultimately move on to win the national Scotties crown.
Goldline had the chance to speak with the team earlier this year. Here's our interview with Geri-Lynn Ramsay.
If you weren't curling what sport would you be playing?
Golf or Tennis
Where were you born?
Summerside, PEI
What's your current hometown?
Calgary, AB
What's your full time job?
Server at Vintage Chophouse and Tavern and professional curler!!
When did you start curling?
Who is your favourite athlete?
Tom Brady
Where is your favourite place to curl?
At the Scotties! Doesn't matter where they are! Playing in arena with TV
coverage is a lot of fun!
What's your favourite food?
Turkey dinner or chicken fingers and fries!
Where's your favourite vacation spot?
Prince Edward Island
What's your favourite TV show?
Private Practice for a serious pick and for a funny pick New Girl!
What are you listening to on your iPod?
Nothing I am too lazy to download music and potentially to cheap to buy from iTunes! Buuuuut it would be Taylor Swift
Who is your favourite curler other than yourself?
Crystal Webster :D
Have you ever been in a bar fight?
Do you have a celebrity crush?
Channing Tatum or Chris Hemsworth ooor Bradley Cooper
What's your favourite book?
To be honest … Not much of a reader beyond twilight a long time ago haha
What's your favourite movie?
Catch and Release
If someone wrote a book about your life, what would they title it?
Uuuuh? Im sure if there was a book written about me I could pay someone to pick a title? haha
If you could be anyone dead or alive who would you be?
Bill Gates cause he is super rich.
What would you do if you had a million dollars?
Hire a financial advisor probably haha go on some trips, buy some stuff for my family and me of course But would put half of it in the bank.
Who is the best curler to follow on twitter?
@team_webster obviously!
Favourite sports team?
New England Patriots!
Preferred shot to win a game?
Draw to the pin (for my skip of course!)
What is one of your favourite quotes?
Not really a quote person. I am sure I could google some good ones tho!!
What is your favourite body part?
That is potentially one of the weirdest questions haha Eyes I guess or legs those come in handy..
Favourite form of exercise?
Curling aka sweeping!! Way more fun than bicep curls.
If you could choose to stay a certain age forever, what age would it be?
The age I am now I suppose …23, so far so good!
What's the hardest thing you've ever done?
Moved across the country away from my family.


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Woonsocket, R.I. -- A Delaware judge on Wednesday barred a former top executive for Wal-Mart Stores from taking a job as president of CVS Caremark Corp. until a trial is held on Wal-Mart's claim that the executive signed a noncompete agreement that prevents him from working for CVS. The trial is scheduled for early March.
Vice-chancellor J. Travis Laster granted Wal-Mart's request for a preliminary injunction following a hearing, which the nation's largest retailer argued that Hank Mullany possessed confidential Wal-Mart information that CVS, a competitor, could use to its advantage.
CVS announced earlier this month that it had hired Mullany, who until last month was president of Wal-Mart's Northern U.S. business.
Wal-Mart then sued CVS and Mullany, saying Mullany had signed a contract with Wal-Mart that forbids him from working for a competing company for at least two years.
According to Laster, CVS and Mullany took a calculated risk when entering into their employment agreement that Wal-Mart would not seek to enforce the noncompete agreement Mullany signed when he was promoted last January to president of Wal-Mart North.
The judge ruled that the scope and duration of the noncompete agreement appeared reasonable, and that Mullany, an experienced executive who consulted an attorney before signing the employment contract with Wal-Mart, should have know what he was doing.
Laster rejected CVS's argument that it should not be considered a competitor of Wal-Mart, and that the noncompete agreement should not be enforced because Mullany did not work directly for Wal-Mart's pharmacy business.
He said it was simply a "common-sense notion" that Wal-Mart and CVS, compete in the pharmacy sector, particularly when both are trying to expand and Wal-Mart is planning "small format" stores.
Lawrence Portnoy, an attorney for CVS, said that Mullany did not have any knowledge that would prove useful in the chain's battling Wal-Mart's small-format initiative.
"Whatever Mr. Mullany knew about small format, it's old and cold already," Portnoy said, adding that CVS hired Mullany not for his knowledge about the pharmacy business, but for his general management experience.
But Laster noted that CVS and Wal-Mart were on "a collision course," and that Mullany was the executive sponsor of Wal-Mart's small-format initiative.


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Doesn't surprise me. Windows pc's seem to need at least 4gb of ram just to run, more if u want to actually do anything.
Both my macs only have 4gb ram and run great! And with all my stuff on my 32gb iPhone, I still have 12gb remaining, not as a starting point.
That's dumb
Seriously! Microsoft! Wtf i thought that ms actually made good products! 23GB is NOTHING!!
I have more then 23GB worth of songs/movies/apps etc just in my iTunes library... This is pathetic.
Microsoft will never be good
It only earning due to the fact that people are habitual to using it !!
What a person thinks is that it is better to use old rusty crashing software instead of LEARNING new easy to use
Smart and beautiful software
Thank god people at mmi are not such kinds
By the way, did anyone see the desktop version of windows 8 is like 35gigs? I find this insane. Hard drives shouldnt have to hold more system files. Bigger hard drives were made to fit more media! Microsoft needs to fix their file sizes on their operating systems.
Remember that you can alway backup the recovery partition to bootable USB and then delete the recovery partition off the Surface Tablet to free up space. Remember that most Windows Laptops have a recovery partitions that take up valuable storage space, so this isn't really anything new with the Windows based Tablets. Once you delete the recovery partition, you should be back up to around 50 gigs storage.
Why dont they advertise as 23GB and 83GB.


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Preserving culture through dance
EUGENE, Ore. -- Even when her tightly wrapped costume limits her range of motion, Bonnie Simoa commands attention.
Seventeen years ago, Simoa, formally trained in contemporary, modern and ballet, was teaching part time at UC Davis and directing the Bonnie Simoa Dance Company at the Davis Art Center. Although she maintained her company for six years, she felt unfulfilled by the ego-focused nature of the Western dance world.
"I decided I needed to do something very different and experience a different place and travel," Simoa says. "And somehow in that decision making process, Bali came into my mind."
Simoa disbanded her company in 1996 and began studying traditional Balinese dance under the revered teacher Sang Ayu Ketut Muklin, 86, and learned basic Indonesian to communicate during her lessons.
After studying dance in Bali for 14 years, Simoa wanted to deeply understand it as thoroughly as possible before she began teaching. Bonnie is now the lead dance faculty at Lane Community College and teaches Balinese dance in addition to other dance forms.
Because of the complicated nature of Balinese dance, she teaches her students the foundations of the movement so that they are able to recognize the choreography without becoming overwhelmed. She teaches her students the Legong Keraton Playon, a particularly rare form of traditional Balinese dance.
As with all art forms deeply rooted in tradition, preservation is key through practice and performance. Simoa learned many styles of Balinese dance that are rare in the Balinese culture and even more rare in the Western world. With ancient forms of dance such as the regional Legong Keraton Playon, there is a danger that they will fade away with time. By teaching Balinese dance, Simoa hopes to contribute to the preservation of the art form.
Bonnie Simoa has observed that often it's outsiders who recognize that an art form may be disappearing, and they help to revive it.
"It's kind of out of my hands," she says. "So I can just keep doing it and teaching it."
The JAM Workshop Journalism Arts Multimedia is a brand new class taught at the University of Oregon's School Of Journalism and Communication. Conceived by Prof. Tom Wheeler, the JAM Workshop brings together student writers, photographers and videographers to profile local artists musicians, painters, dancers, sculptors, art photographers, and more.
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This summer at San Diego Comic-Con Hasbro unleashed a huge assortment of incredible exclusive products covering everything from Transformers to My Little Pony and everything in between. In the Marvel department the toy giant brought out two super popular team packs, one in the small Marvel Universe line and one in the larger Marvel Legends series. The latter brought together a trio of mutant heroes from one of the hottest teams in recent history: Uncanny X-Force. Gathering Wolverine, Psylocke, and Archangel in their fierce X-Force costumes the Fall of Archangel three-pack brought to life last years heart-breaking Dark Angel Saga.
A hallmark of Comic-Con exclusives is cool packaging, and this X-Force set certainly fulfills that requirement. A tall window box, the package features great new artwork of the characters. The front panel has a huge open window so you can see the three figures posed inside; around them the packaging has black and white artwork and brightly colored logos and titles. At the bottom left is the sets name, and the ever-present SDCC sticker can be seen at the top-right of the window. One side of the box has a large version of the sets name while the other has thumbnails of the three characters.
The back panel is dominated by a massive image of the X-Force team members launching into action, new artwork by X-Force series penciller Clayton Crain. At the bottom-left are super-enthusiastic comic book messages like the relentless X-Force must not yield! and Only the Boldest Heroes Can Confront the Crushing Truth: to Save the World, They Must Destroy One of Their Own!
The modern X-Force began in the pages of Messiah Complex in 2008, bringing together a team of mutant heroes with skills emphasizing hunting and fighting. Cyclops selected none other than the veteran Wolverine to lead this group, pointing them like an arrow at mutantkinds enemies for swift and targeted elimination. While not one of the teams original members, Warren Worthington III was introduced to it when they used his Colorado mansion as their headquarters. After a violent confrontation with a brainwashed Wolfsbane, Warrens Archangel persona returned in force, metal wings, ruthless personality, and all. Archangel would go on to lead the team alongside Wolverine, and was instrumental in recruiting new members when the team went rogue in Uncanny X-Force. One of their additions then was longtime X-Men member Psylocke, martial artist and master of psychic blades. Her romance with Warren would be put to the ultimate test when he emerged as the heir of Apocalypse in the Dark Angel Saga, threatening to take over the world...
The Marvel Legends toy line has had a long and storied history with collectors, first put out by Toy Biz and then Hasbro. The 6 inch Marvel Comics figures have always been highly sought after for their great character selections, excellent sculpts, cool variants, and more. Despite its popularity with hardcore collectors, Marvel Legends petered out in 2009. Fans then rejoiced when Marvel brought it back like a phoenix from the ashes early this year, though, with two series already released. Thus it was perfect timing for a substantial SDCC Marvel Legends exclusive!
As weve come to expect from the Marvel Legends line (especially the new 2012 figures), the X-Force figures look great and are fun to pose and display. In 6 inch scale weve got Wolverine at just under 6 inches (too be fair he probably should be even shorter), Psylocke right at 6, and Archangel at a stately 6 ¼ inches. Theyve all got new sculpts, though were bound to see them again and at SDCC Hasbro had a classic Archangel on display with the same sculpt that will be out early next year. The figures capture the mutants Uncanny X-Force costumes complete with dark colors and even some added features like Psylockes sash belt and Wolverines strappy gloves and boots. Then of course theres Archangels awesome set of wings, a vast improvement over older Marvel Legends versions of the character.
Sculpts are very good on the trio, each emphasizing the hero in his or her specific ways. Archangel has a muscular but not overly exaggerated body; his form-fitting costume has no other accoutrements. Wolverine is even more muscled with a wide barrel chest and thick neck with powerful limbs. As noted previously hes got a bit more going on with a belt, thick gloves and boots, cowl with short ears, and naturally his unleashed claws. Psylocke stands out in the group, walking the line between femininity and deadliness. Female figures have come a long way and this one is pretty darn good. Like Archangel she doesnt have a whole lot going on with regards to sculpt due to her skin-tight costume, but it should be noted that she doesnt suffer from the oft-seen too stocky or too skinny syndromes (though unfortunately her hip articulation is a little ugly). Look closely to see Psylockes tabi-inspired Japanese footwear. All three figures have excellent head and face sculpts; Wolverine wears an angry sneer that looks like its about to erupt into a snarl, Archangel pulls off the haughty Apocalypse look, and Psylocke has exotic and beautiful features with long sculpted hair.
What really pops for these figures in the package is their unique dark paint job, especially in front of the brightly colored backdrop. As a stealth hit squad X-Force wears a lot of black, and thats on display here. Psylockes skimpy bodysuit is black, as are her gloves, boots, and matching arm and leg bands. Theres plenty of flesh tone showing, and her hair and eyes feature the characters iconic purple color. Wolverine has a black and gray costume, the former with nice shading and varying hues. The feral mutant adds some highlights in red (eyes and belt) and silver (buckles and claws). Archangel steps up the color scheme with a fantastic looking strict black and silver costume broken up only by his face with its dark blue skin, red eyes, and blonde eyebrows.
Marvel Legends have always been known for their great articulation, and these figures dont disappoint in that department. As you can see from the photos they are chock full of joints for extreme poseability. Without going through every last one, Archangel shines with ball-jointed neck, shoulders, and hips with an ab crunch and double-jointed elbows and knees. Psylocke trades some articulation for graceful limbs but still has multi-jointed hips, ball-jointed neck, elbows, and ankles, and double-jointed knees. Wolverine has a pretty amazing articulation scheme with ball joints galore, double-jointed elbows and knees, swivel and hinged wrists, swiveling shoulders, etc. All three figures are highly poseable, but Wolverine in particular can be set up in just about any position you can imagine (his thick, heavy boots also really help with balance).
Technically this set of figures is light on accessories, but Ill take a moment here to discuss Archangels wings; frankly, theyre awesome. But first, there is one true accessory here: Psylockes psychic katana. Fully transparent pink plastic, the sword has a good sculpt, is sturdy, and fits very well in one or two hands for a variety of sword-fighting poses. Okay, lets get on to the main event... Fans of Angel/Archangel have had to put up with all sorts of weird or just plain bad wing designs over the years, but recently Hasbro has really perfected the celestial technology in plastic form. Like a super-sized version of the Marvel Universe Archangel wings, the Marvel Legends version has a backpack that plugs into the figure; connected to it are two sets of fully-articulated wings. The much larger front set is sculpted with layers of artificial feathers and is articulated at the backpack connector and at their mid-point. A second, smaller set of wings is mounted behind the first pair; these are also articulated where they connect to the assembly. On top of all that goodness, Archangels wings are painted in a very shiny silver to match his costume, and it comes together superbly. With the ab and neck articulation the figure is begging to be displayed in flying poses, so make sure you find a display base that will work for him (figure does NOT come with the base seen in my photos).
If you didnt go to SDCC (or if you did but couldnt get into Hasbros line), by now youve probably already determined whether or not its worth it to you to track down this Uncanny X-Force set on the secondary market. Prices have stabilized at around $100, which really isnt that extreme when you think about it for three well done 6 inch figures that look really cool. Psylocke may be a little hit or miss for me, but Wolverine and especially Archangel are fantastic. If youre a fan of X-Force you should track down this set or keep your eyes open for one that pops up for a decent price. Good hunting!
Review and Photos by Scott Rubin
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Proton RT for the Treatment of Pediatric Rhabdomyosarcoma
This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified March 2017 by Torunn Yock, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston Children's Hospital
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Torunn Yock, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: December 28, 2007
Last updated: March 2, 2017
Last verified: March 2017
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The main purpose of this study is to see if using proton beam radiation therapy instead of photon beam radiation therapy can reduce side effects from radiation treatment for rhabdomyosarcoma. Photon beam radiation is the standard type of radiation for treating most rhabdomyosarcoma and many other types of cancer. Photon beam radiation enters the body and passes through healthy tissue, encounters the tumor, then leaves the body through healthy tissue. A beam of proton radiation enters the body and passes through healthy tissue, encounters tumor, but then stops. This means that less healthy tissue is affected by proton beam radiation than by photon beam radiation.
|Radiation: Proton Beam Radiation
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase II Trial of Proton RT for the Treatment of Pediatric Rhabdomyosarcoma
Resource links provided by NLM:
Further study details as provided by Torunn Yock, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Late toxicity [ Time Frame: 4 years ]Frequency and severity of late complications from irradiation using proton beam therapy in place of conventional photon beam therapy in pediatric patients with pediatric rhabdomyosarcomas.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Acute toxicity [ Time Frame: 4 years ]Frequency and severity of acute side effects from irradiation using proton beam therapy in this patient population.
- Dosimetric comparison [ Time Frame: 4 years ]Comparison of Dose distribution to tumor and surrounding normal structures using DVH's generated from the proton plan used to treat the patient and the photon plan generated for comparison purposes.
- Local Control [ Time Frame: 4 years ]Rates of local control using proton radiotherapy.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|October 2004
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|June 2020
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|June 2020 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Proton Beam Radiation
Proton Beam Radiation
Radiation: Proton Beam Radiation
Once per day, 5 days a week for a total of 4 to 6 weeks.
Detailed Description:
- A special device is made for each participant to help them hold still during the treatment. This may be in the form of a mask or a custom made foam cradle depending on the area to be treated.
- Radiation treatments will be given once per day, 5 days a week for a total of 4 to 6 weeks, depending upon how much total dose the tumor requires.
- Participants will be seen once per week by their radiation doctor to monitor health and record any side effects from treatment.
- After the radiation treatments are completed, participants will be required to undergo further tests and evaluations for several years following treatment.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 21 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with biopsy proven newly diagnosed rhabdomyosarcoma.
- Patients less than or equal to 21 years of age.
- Patients must be treated with a standardly accepted chemotherapy regimen.
- May not have metastatic disease unless aged 2-10 with embryonal histology.
- Must be willing to receive follow-up care for a minimum of five years after treatment at MGH and annual visits unless it is too difficult to return to MGH for follow-up care. In that event, they must be willing to have their outside medical information released to us to track the results.
- Timing of radiation must be according to the IRB protocol upon which the patient is treated within either 35 days of last chemotherapy or surgery.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Life expectancy of less than 2 years.
- Co-morbidities that would make the use of radiation too toxic to deliver safely, such as serious local injury or collagen vascular disease.
- Patients who are pregnant
- Previous treatment with radiation therapy.
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00592592
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00592592
|Contact: Torunn Yock, MD
|United States, Massachusetts
|Massachusetts General Hospital
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
|Principal Investigator: Torunn Yock, MD
|Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
|Principal Investigator: Karen Marcus, MD
|United States, Texas
|University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|Contact: Anita Mahajan, MD
|Principal Investigator: Anita Mahajan, MD
Sponsors and Collaborators
Massachusetts General Hospital
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston Children's Hospital
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
|Principal Investigator:
|Torunn Yock, MD
|Massachusetts General Hospital
More Information
Additional Information:
Keywords provided by Torunn Yock, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Torunn Yock, MD, Director, Pediatric Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00592592 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
P01CA021239 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|December 28, 2007
|Last Updated:
|March 2, 2017
Keywords provided by Torunn Yock, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital:
pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma
proton radiation therapy
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal
Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue
Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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Finger 'doing well,' Darvish ready for start
ARLINGTON -- Having placed Matt Harrison on the disabled list early in the day Wednesday, the Rangers needed some good news regarding their pitching rotation, and Yu Darvish delivered it with a smile.
Darvish expects to be able to make his Friday start in Seattle without any problems from the blister/skin abrasion on the ring finger of his pitching hand. He left his previous start against the Angels after just five innings because of the ailment.
"It's doing well," Darvish said through an interpreter.
He said he didn't expect to have to make any adjustments for Friday's game, but also said that "even if I did, I wouldn't tell you guys."
Manager Ron Washington, who will watch a rookie (Justin Grimm) start for his team for the second time in three games Thursday night, isn't concerned either.
"I looked at [Darvish's] hand, and he was smiling," Washington said. "It's amazing how skin heals."
Jim Reeves is a contributor to MLB.com This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Got back from a trophy chinook salmon fishery here in Oregon. it was a brand new area for me and took two days before I got dialed in. On the third day I landed a 20 pounder, and released it, then kept this 32 pound Chinook for my one fish limit on the ocean. I came in and fished the river and got a second Chinook, about 17 pounds.
This may be about the end of salmon fishing for 2013. I think I'm gonna have withdrawals!


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Skat — By George L. Petrie
— May 2003
Covering All the Angles
|Lürssen's 71-meter Project 9906, Skat is designed and built with mathematical precision.
If custom yachts are an expression of their owner's personality, then it comes as no surprise to learn that the owner of Lürssen's Skat has a technically brilliant mathematical mind. Dominated by planar surfaces, straight lines, and angular corners, the crispness of her exterior styling suggests a geometrical precision that permeates every facet of the yacht. What may be somewhat of a surprise, however, is that the 232-foot Skat is the owner's first yacht and that she was conceived, designed, and constructed precisely in accordance with his specifically delineated requirements.
This is not to suggest Skat was a do-it-yourself project. On the contrary, with the help of Stuart Larsen of Fraser Yachts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the owner engaged a team of naval architects, designers, and stylists to develop a design and specification that would satisfy his requirements. Espen Øino was selected as the naval architect and exterior stylist, charged with the task of transforming the owner's concepts into a functional, balanced, properly proportioned yacht. Marco Zanini was awarded the equally daunting challenge of developing an interior design that captured the owner's preference for minimalist decor. Last but by no means least, Lürssen Yachts of Bremen, Germany, was contracted in November 1999 to transform the designs and specifications into reality.
Unconventional in appearance to say the least, Skat's most striking feature is the angularity of her exterior surfaces. There are no curves, save for the forward portion of her sheerline, which sweeps from the bow to about a quarter of her length aft before melding into her topsides. High atop the deckhouse, her bridge deck is a semihexagonal fortress with large glass panels standing proudly beneath a protective brow, slightly resembling the bunkers that were long ago dug into the cliffs of Normandy. That same semihexagonal form is echoed in the aft end of the deckhouse, with her saloon, seating, and entertainment spaces rimmed by walls of glass.
Purposeful, her form is clearly driven by function, but with due deference to aesthetics. Angular and finished in pale gray, Skat presents an almost military bearing, even to the point of having her Lürssen project number, 9906, painted on the hull in bold battleship-style block lettering. And her distinctive gray color works, not only aesthetically but functionally as well, cutting glare and being much easier on the eyes than the usual stark white color.
The absence of conventional deck overhangs gives a much more open, spacious feel to the side decks; more like strolling down a sunny lane rather than the boxed-in feeling created by the overhangs on most yachts. For inclement weather, there are alternate passages fore and aft through the yacht's interior. Accenting her exterior, gleaming stainless steel handrails are positioned not only for the customary role of ensuring passenger safety, but also to provide a secure place for crew to stand while cleaning the yacht's numerous windows. All are fabricated from sections of identical length and diameter, joined by small black rubber flanges that complement the look of the stainless steel. But more importantly, if a section of handrail is damaged, it can be easily removed at the flanges and replaced from an inventory of spares carried onboard.
As on many yachts, large sliding glass panels let guests step outside under the aft bridge-deck overhang. On most yachts this is to the consternation of the captain and chief engineer due the common propensity of guests to leave the glass panels open to enjoy the yacht's heating or air conditioning systems outside. But during the design of Skat, her chief engineer proposed an innovative solution. Recessed overhead, heating lamps provide warmth when it's chilly outside, while tiny nozzles expel a cool mist around the perimeter of the deck when it's warm.
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This article originally appeared in the April 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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The promise is that listening to music will get easier. Hit Play on your wireless device and the audio comes out of your speakers—no cables or docks. Yeah, right. As is often the case, the simple solution has only added to the complexity, as tech behemoths and bit players square off in yet another format war.
At its most basic, the conflict breaks down into two camps: uncompressed and compressed—the former ostensibly delivering uncorrupted streams of music, the latter downsizing files to make them easier to move around.
Unfortunately, the definitions get terribly muddled. Terms like lossless, which would suggest raw audio, are often applied to formats that do indeed compress their streams (just not all that much). And some speakers built for uncompressed protocols like DLNA and Kleer have hardware limitations that don't deliver on the full potential of those formats; it's sort of like pulling onto the Autobahn on a moped.
In the end, it's a three-part equation: Source file + streaming protocol + receiving unit = what you hear. We can't do anything about what's in your music library, but we can help you with the rest.
Buying Advice
If you're dealing with puny 128-bit MP3s, which have already been so chopped up and reassembled there's no saving them, a fast-and-dirty streaming standard like Bluetooth will be fine. AirPlay transmits at CD quality, so as long as your source files don't exceed 16-bit/44.1-kHz, they won't get compressed. But if you're starting with high-bit files like WAV and AIFF and want to preserve that quality, you'll need devices built for DLNA or Kleer. But you've also got to consider where you'll be streaming. Bluetooth and Kleer, which beam directly between device and speaker, struggle with distance and walls. AirPlay and DLNA units communicate over Wi-Fi networks, which makes them better choices for larger homes.
2.4 GHz: The radio frequency most commonly used in wireless consumer electronics like cordless phones, routers, and Bluetooth devices.
24-bit/96-kHz: A high-end method for encoding digital audio. Payoff for the larger file sizes—a single song can be 100 MB—is added clarity and dynamic range.
16-bit/44.1-kHz: A step down from 24-bit in terms of dynamic range. Often referred to as "CD quality."
How We Tested
We selected one unit for each of the four formats we've discussed—AirPlay, DLNA, Bluetooth, Kleer—and set them up in a 950-square-foot apartment streaming rock, jazz, electronica, and hip hop from an MSI laptop, an Acer HTPC, an iPod Touch, and a Droid X.
1. Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Air (AirPlay)
The Zeppelin is everything you'd expect from an Apple-anointed speaker: elegantly minimalist, reasonably powerful, and a tad pricey. In action, though, it's a bit more modest. After we waded through a few minutes of browser-based setup and wireless handshakes, the speaker was filling the apartment with the splashy hi-hats of Buddy Rich. But while the Zeppelin's 24-bit upscaling of AirPlay's 16-bit streams produced the crispest overall sound, it had a habit of dropping off the network every couple of days.
Wired: Clean audio and simple setup. Roomy 30-pin dock.
Tired: Drops connections. Skipping ahead in a song means a party-killing two-second pause. $600, Bowers & Wilkins
2. Sony SA-NS400 HomeShare Network Speaker (DLNA)
This thumper is the epitome of no-frills pragmatism. Tedious network pairing did it no favors, but it's solid as a wireless streamer. Shooting audio from a Windows 7 machine and Droid X was easy, though laggy startups and rebuffering discouraged DJing. The Sony can't handle WAV files, however. Windows Media Player downscaled our WAVs into compatible formats, but that noticeably stunted the dramatic swells of Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir."
Wired: 3.5-mm input for wired playback. Single-button switching between audio sources.
Tired: Attention-grabbing in its homeliness. Middling mids and sloppy bass from the integrated sub. $300, Sony
3. Creative ZiiSound T6 (Bluetooth)
For a wireless system, the T6 sure is a cord-addled mess, with a set of thick wires connecting the satellites to the sub. Pairing and streaming at even 50 feet was mostly smooth, though walls between speaker and source caused hiccups. The shockingly powerful tweeters and sub rattled windows during Kanye West's "All of the Lights." But thanks to Bluetooth's tinny downscaling—which sacrifices some audio quality to work with less bandwidth—the song's brassy trumpets and swooning French horns rang hollow.
Wired: Dead-simple. Stable connectivity in close quarters.
Tired: Lacks the range and fidelity of other streamers. Overpowered low end. $400, Creative
4. Arcam rCube (Kleer)
Kleer streaming offers easy device connections and CD-quality audio, but with a hitch: Wireless streaming requires an additional 30-pin transmitter for our Touch and a USB dongle for our PC ($100 each). The splurge is mostly worth it, though. Pairing was easy, and audio quality rivaled the Zeppelin. Even when loud enough to upset the neighbors, the relentless horn blasts of Portishead's "All Mine" never crossed over into shrill. Even better, the rCube was the most portable speaker in our test.
Wired: Handsome looks. Room-filling audio with negligible lag. iPod dock doubles as handle.
Tired: Way expensive. Transmitters not included. Proprietary streaming tech = dongles 4 life. $800, Arcam
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i can see one of the losers from "british boot camp" being another member. and being revealed next month while in the UK
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We all judge others even if it isn't our place to judge, but supposedly at the end we are all judged by one!!!
Wrestling, women and money who could ask for more???


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A well-read layman was conversing with Luang Pu, saying,
"I firmly believe that in our present day and age there are not just a few monks who have practiced to the point of reaching the paths, fruitions, and nibbana. So why don't they make their knowledge public, so that those who are interested in the practice will know of the levels of Dhamma they have attained, as a way of giving them encouragement and hope so that they'll accelerate their efforts to the utmost of their ability?"
Luang Pu answered,
"Those who have awakened don't talk of what they've awakened to, because it lies above and beyond all words."
unspoken wrote:For a long time I see that people would sometimes identify if someone who claims themselves as an Arahant. To see he is a real or a fake Arahant by the "factors of Arahant" something like that. But how do we actually know that person is an Arahant if, he do not claim himself as Arahant but he is one?
Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:On the other hand, unintelligent and gullible persons can easily be misled by false teachers. After seeing a few magic tricks they are deeply impressed, and regard their teacher very highly. It is a very dangerous situation for such devotees. If anyone points out that their guru is just a charlatan, they will get very angry and defensive. They donate lavishly, and lose their wealth, perpetuating the myth to all of their friends. Their friends are swept away in the flood.
The Story of Suppabuddha
unspoken wrote:Because If I am so lucky enough to saw one,I can ask him on how and what should I do in my meditation
Annapurna wrote:unspoken wrote:Because If I am so lucky enough to saw one,I can ask him on how and what should I do in my meditation
Dear, just ask a good meditation teacher, is all you need for now.
Like, if I want to learn how to cook well , I don't need a famous master cook who has all the Michelin stars and Gault Milleau stuff, but is hard to get at.
You will automatically gravitate towards higher goals from there once you are ready.
At least imo.
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(WBIR - Mountain City, TN) A Tennessee police officer lost his job after he shot a squirrel inside a store.
It happened in Mountain City -- northeast of Johnson City.
According to police documents, now-former Officer Jody Putnam was inside a Dollar General Store when employees noticed the squirrel. Putnam apparently shot his firearm at the squirrel inside the store. When that didn't work, he used another weapon; pepper spray.
"There was a lot of people that come out and just like me they came out and they were coughing and a hacking," Carl Duffield told WJHL-TV. "It was comical, but I'm sure they didn't feel that way - the customers that came out."
In Mountain City, when an officer fires their weapon, they have to report it to a supervisor and make a written statement.
Putnam refused to file the report. That is a violation of department policy and for that reason, the town's Board of Mayor and Alderman fired him.


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Plea to take Mel Gibson off 'blacklist'
Eight years after Mel Gibson's anti-Semitic rant during a drunk-driving arrest, Hollywood is debating the rehabilitation of an Oscar winner who was once one of the industry's most bankable stars.
The heated discussion was sparked by a 12 March opinion piece in Deadline Hollywood by Allison Hope Weiner, a freelance writer who covered Gibson's infamous spiral out of favour and now considers him a friend.
Her appeal for an end to what she called a "quiet blacklisting" has generated more than 5700 comments on Yahoo.com's movie page and more than 800 on the Deadline Hollywood site, which is read by many in the industry.
"He has been in the doghouse long enough," Weiner wrote. "It's time to give the guy another chance."
Gibson's movies, from Mad Max to Braveheart and Apocalypto, have grossed US$3.6 billion, according to Rentrak, providing an incentive for studios and agencies to consider absolution. His particular transgressions, and the number of them over the years, mean it's unlikely to come easy.
Forgiving Gibson "is not the same thing as forgiving Lindsay Lohan for partying too late," said Elizabeth Currid- Halkett, author of Starstruck: The Business of Celebrity and an associate professor at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Anti-Semitism is not just behaving badly.
While the 58-year-old still directs and acts - he recently completed production as a co-star with Sylvester Stallone on Expendables 3 - major studios "are either wary of him or prefer not to work with him," said Michael Fleming, Deadline Hollywood's film editor. "I am surprised this has lasted this long. The guy has made a lot of people a lot of money."
The back-and-forth by commentators on Weiner's piece boils down to a bygone question in Hollywood: whether what someone says or does off screen, however repugnant, should have any effect on his fitness to make movies.
Gibson is a long-running case in point. The hits to his reputation aren't limited to those from his tirade about Jews being "responsible for all the wars in the world," delivered as he was arrested in 2006 in Malibu, California In 2010, audiotapes of threats he made to his then-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva - laced with racial epithets - surfaced. The next year he pleaded no contest to a misdemeanour battery charge after a dispute with Grigorieva, the mother of his youngest child.
In 2004, he came under fire for what the Anti-Defamation League and others saw as anti-Semitism in "The Passion of the Christ," a blockbuster he directed, co-produced and co-wrote. He reacted to a Frank Rich column about it in the New York Times by telling the New Yorker, "I want to kill him. I want his intestines on a stick. I want to kill his dog."
In 1992 he offended the gay community with remarks in a Spanish newspaper interview and later told Playboy that he would apologise "when hell freezes over."
He did apologise after his Malibu arrest for what he said were his "vitriolic and harmful words," and after pleading no contest to a misdemeanour drunk-driving charge was sentenced to three years' probation.
Alan Nierob, a Rogers & Cowan publicist who represents Gibson, said his client should be allowed back in the fold. "People should know that he is now healthy once again, both physically and mentally after suffering a breakdown," Nierob said. "He is an artistic genius, and the industry should benefit once again from his enormous talent."
Weiner, describing herself as an observant Jew, said in Deadline Hollywood that Gibson today "is clearly a different man, one who has worked on his sobriety since that awful night in Malibu." And the movie industry, she said, is hypocritical, willing to "work with others who've committed felonies and done things far more serious than Gibson."
She cited Mike Tyson, a convicted rapist who has been in the Hangover films. Gibson was dropped from a cameo in The Hangover Part II in 2010 after "a lot of people" working on the film protested, Todd Phillips told the Hollywood Reporter.
"Gibson has been shunned not for doing anything criminal; his greatest offences amount to use of harsh language," Weiner wrote in her more than 3,400-word piece. She said she chose to publish it on the 10th anniversary of "The Passion of the Christ," which she described as "about an innocent man's willingness to forgive the greatest injustice."
The independent release grossed $612 million at the global box office, and Gibson personally made $210 million in 2004, according to Forbes. His fortune was estimated at $850 million by the Los Angeles Business Journal, and People magazine reported that his 2011 divorce halved that.
In recent years, Weiner said, Gibson has befriended rabbis, attended Passover Seders and donated to Jewish causes. He invited to coffee the Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy who took him into custody in Malibu. He was at Weiner's son's bar mitzvah, where she said he charmed her family.
"My friendship with Gibson made me reconsider other celebrities whose public images became tarnished by the media's rush to judge," Weiner wrote. "Whether it's Gibson, Tom Cruise or Alec Baldwin, the descent from media darling to pariah can happen quickly after they do something dumb."
Hollywood is littered with stars who fell from grace - Charlie Sheen after a rant against the producer of "Two and a Half Men," Robert Downey Jr. after arrests for illegal drug use, Cruise after jumping on Oprah's couch and admonishing Brooks Shields for treating her postpartum depression with pharmaceuticals - and who bounced back.
Downey, Gibson's co-star in "Air America" in 1990, has been among his staunch defenders. He asked that Gibson be on stage to present him with a life-achievement award from American Cinematheque in 2011, and said in his acceptance speech that his friend deserved from Hollywood the same forgiveness it had afforded him. Gibson had helped revive Downey's career when he was considered uninsurable by paying his insurance bond for 2003's "The Singing Detective."
Gibson rose to international fame with the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon films and won Oscars in 1995 for best picture and best director for Braveheart, in which he also starred. He garnered acclaim for Apocalypto, about the end of Mayan civilization, which he financed through his Icon Productions; Walt Disney Co. distributed it.
Released five months after the Malibu arrest, it did well at the box office. "Say what you will about him - about his problem with booze or his problem with Jews - he is a serious filmmaker," wrote New York Times critic A.O. Scott.
One of Gibson's big hits as an actor before Malibu was Signs, a 2002 thriller by M. Night Shyamalan that grossed $228 million. One of his biggest flops ever was "The Beaver" in 2011 with Jodie Foster, which made less than $1 million in US theatres, according to the Internet Movie Database.
He bypassed theatres with "Get the Gringo" in 2012, releasing it instead on pay-television. Last year he was a co- star with Sheen in "Machete Kills," which wasn't a critical or commercial success.
In Hollywood, "there are some who may forgive and some who never will," said Michael Sitrick, chairman and chief executive of Sitrick Brincko Group, a Los Angeles-based public relations and crisis-management firm that has represented rapper Chris Brown, baseball player Alex Rodriguez and socialite Paris Hilton. "It's not about spin. It has to be genuine."
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