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On Wednesday, February 3, our Opera Insights series featured Christine Goerke, the opera world's most sought-after Brünnhilde (currently starring in our production of Siegfried), in an intimate evening of conversation about her life and career. The host was recently retired Toronto Star theatre critic, Richard Ouzounian. Listen to their immensely entertaining and candidly revealing conversation here!
Photo credit: Stefan Vinke as Siegfried and Christine Goerke as Brünnhilde in Siegfried (COC, 2016), photo: Michael Cooper
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Before the performance of The Marriage of Figaro on February 4, 2016, Canadian Opera Company General Director Alexander Neef shared some thoughts celebrating the freedom we have to create and enjoy the arts and the privilege to live in a country like Canada. Included in his remarks was the news of the beginning of an initiative providing access to refugees and newcomers to Canada to COC dress rehearsals and performances.
The program is still in its infancy but is moving forward and we wanted to make our intentions known. The timing was such that it was appropriate to share at the opening night of Figaro. More details about the development of this new initiative will be forthcoming as plans progress.
Below is a transcript of Alexander Neef's pre-performance speech before the opening night performance of the Canadian Opera Company's new production of The Marriage of Figaro.
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Mozart and Da Ponte's opera is based on the play, La folle journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro (completed in 1781, performed in 1784) by Pierre Beaumarchais, which was quite a controversial work. Written in 1781, it was banned in France by King Louis XVI, even though his wife Marie-Antoinette loved it. Louis was concerned about the play's political message: the protagonist Figaro's speeches suggested the aristocracy was corrupt, prone to abuses of power, and ultimately an illegitimate form of social organization. If that wasn't enough, the play was also open to charges of immorality and licentiousness due to its sexual content. With all those ingredients in the mix, it is perhaps not surprising that when it was finally given a public performance in France in 1784, it was an enormous success and quickly became the most popular play of the 18th century.
The Marriage of Figaro is about four couples (the Count and Countess; Figaro and Susanna; Dr. Bartolo and Marcellina; and Cherubino and Barbarina) all trying to secure a combination of romantic satisfaction and financial security over the course of one hectic day. There are a lot of exits and entrances—doors, windows, and staircases see a lot of traffic—as well as cross-dressing, timely revelations, and misunderstanding, all kept at a fast and furious narrative pace.
Key to the plot is the so-called droit du seigneur, an ancient right that may never have legally existed that allowed the lord of the house to have sex with any of his female servants on their wedding night. Mozart and Da Ponte, following Beaumarchais, use this device to set the central conflict in motion: although the Count has supposedly surrendered his droit du seigneur, he makes continuous advances on Susanna, who is a maidservant in his household. In league with the Countess and Figaro, Susanna works to outwit the Count at every step and foils his attempts.
Figaro is quite probably the very first important opera in history to turn its attention away from mythological and biblical stories and look at ordinary human beings. While there were prior depictions of common people in opera, these were usually farcical and one-dimensional characters, whereas Mozart's opera has a depth of feeling for its subject that represents a wholly new development in the genre.
The Marriage of Figaro was a big success for Mozart at its premiere in Vienna in 1786, only two years after the play's premiere. There were so many calls for encores that Joseph II (ruling monarch of the Hapsburg Empire), issued an edict banning ensemble encores in the interests of keeping the theatre hours reasonable and the management costs down.
This new COC production was originally conceived as the headline event of the Salzburg Festival's celebrations of Mozart's 250th birthday. The renowned German director Claus Guth focused on the intensity of human desire, which is at the heart of the story, relocating the action from 18th-century Andalusia to fin-de-sècle Central Europe, and pulling from atmospheric influences like the stage plays of Ibsen and Strindberg, as well as the films of Ingmar Bergman. The production has been widely praised for "open[ing] up a new perspective on an opera that is normally staged as a lightweight, turbulent farce" (Zeit online).
This production's most striking directorial intervention comes in the form of a non-speaking character, Cherubim, who is costumed almost exactly like the page, Cherubino. Cherubim is invisible to the other characters and frequently manipulates them, pushing them together or pulling them apart, symbolizing the engine which drives Mozart's complex musicodramatic creation: erotic attraction.
While the exact time period remains ambiguous, the action is set in what could be the main hall of a 19th-century mansion. In the opera's finale (traditionally set in a garden at night), the set is turned upside down, in continuity with the opera's thematic content: the relationship between master and servant has been challenged, if not overturned, by Figaro and Susanna; love itself, in all its emotional messiness, has seemingly triumphed and displaced the ordering principles of reason; while erotic passion continues to modulate perception, subjective experience, and our interpretation of other selves.
In Figaro, Mozart took ensembles—musical structures with lots of characters singing at once—to a historically unprecedented level of sophistication, emotional impact, and sensuality. Even among the greatest composers, Mozart's ensembles stand out as uniquely accomplished. One of the best examples is to be found the finale of Act II of The Marriage of Figaro, in which seven musically independent parts are woven into one miraculous whole.
Figaro has never left the repertory and endures today as a smart and witty exploration of human relationships, not to mention a wholly satisfying example of opera's potential to fuse comedy, tragedy, poetry and a variety of musical writing into a mutually reinforcing, complete work of art.
Photo Credits (top - bottom): Marlis Petersen as Susanna and Erwin Schrott as Figaro. (l-r) Genia Kühmeier as the Countess, Katija Dragojevic as Cherubino and Marlis Petersen as Susanna. (l-r) Simon Keenlyside as Count Almaviva, Erwin Schrott as Figaro, Uli Kirsch as Cherubim and Marlis Petersen as Susanna. All photos from The Marriage of Figaro (Salzburg Festival, 2011), photos: Monika Rittershaus
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Sara Fulgoni in the COC production of Bluebeard's Castle. Photo: Michael Cooper © 2001

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Samsung ATIV Q Hands On: 3200 x 1800 13.3" Tablet Running Windows 8 and Androidby Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/20/2013 3:16 PM EST
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HumanizerDroid - Thursday, June 20, 2013 - linkThis looks great! the use of both windows and android is a big +. Its light weight, thin and very good screen resolutions all are too. Battery life may let it down, but if it doesn't, more than likely Samsung's best product; and for that reason, its going to be expensive. Would definitely consider buying if under a grand. But i reckon £1299 maybe after a month trading £1199. A1 product this! Reply
apinkel - Friday, June 21, 2013 - linkSounds like Samsung still has work to do on the hardware as well as the OS to OS integration from the sounds of it. Microsoft needs to get the resolution scaling right with 8.1 as well as the various other tweaks they've discussed to date.
I think this is a good sign though. Everyone is doing what they can with what they have available to them. Progress, however imperfect, is better than not doing anything. Reply
McD - Friday, June 28, 2013 - link" the use of both windows and android is a big +." Why? Because they can't rustle up more than a dozen genuine tablet apps between them? How ridiculous do Android stretchies look on a 3K screen? Reply
Kidster3001 - Wednesday, July 03, 2013 - linkAndroid apps running across different resolutions don't look all that bad. Android does it better than Apple in this regard. Reply
Mountainjoy - Thursday, June 20, 2013 - linkTrying to think of an Android App I would want to run on a tablet that does not have a better Windows alternative or could simply be done in a real web browser. Not coming up with anything. Maybe a couple games, but if that 4400HD is better then a 4000HD, then it should be capable of 1600x900 gaming. Real games, not Fruit Ninja. Reply
WhitneyLand - Friday, June 21, 2013 - linkHow about Instagram? Not on Windows 8, and last time I checked you couldn't even create an IG account via the web. Also there are lots of nice mobile games that doesn't exist for Win8. Then there are specialty apps for Home Automation and such that are far more prevalent on Android. Etc, etc. Reply
sheh - Thursday, June 20, 2013 - linkIs there a strange physical law preventing >17" and <27" monitors from having DPI > 100?
That Asus 27" 4K monitor is the closest, but I'm still waiting for 24". Reply
Mountainjoy - Thursday, June 20, 2013 - linkYeah Im scratching my head at that. 3840x2160 at 27inch just a display, $3799, 3800x1600 at 13.3inch + Intel SOC, Mobo, Ram.... and you know it's not going to get above $1500 at the low end. Desktop users are getting shafted. Reply
ShieTar - Friday, June 21, 2013 - linkIts more complicated and expensive to produce larger screens, and with any new technology this can easily come down to "too expensive" for a lot of products. We are likely looking into 500$ worth of a 13" screen here, which barely works for a high-class notebook. On the other hand, a large screen for 3k$ or more might also attract some enthusiast early adopters. A 1500$ 24" screen will most likely not find any buyer at all, so don't expect those things to come until the screen suppliers have significantly improved their high-DPI process. Reply
WhitneyLand - Friday, June 21, 2013 - linkHelpful reply ShieTar. I think one side effect will be that 4k TVs become common faster than 2k TVs did. Simply because the overall demand, scale, and breadth of usage is larger this time around. Reply
Hector2 - Thursday, June 20, 2013 - linkWhenever they don't give out pricing, you know it's going to be expensive Reply
Alketi - Thursday, June 20, 2013 - linkThis is the retina display you've been waiting for. Effective 1600x900 at 1/4 resolution, which is a much more productive number.
What's the battery life, and will it run Ubuntu? :) Reply
Gadgety - Saturday, June 22, 2013 - linkIf it could run Android, and function as a phone, dual booting could make sense, provided that there was and energy efficient set up, which I assume VM isn't. Reply
zoxo - Thursday, June 20, 2013 - linkIf this thing would get a good active digitizer for proper note taking and drawing stuff, it'd be amazing! Reply
Alfinch - Thursday, June 20, 2013 - linkIt has an S-Pen, which is effectively the same thing. Reply
WiNG_C - Friday, June 21, 2013 - linkDoes the S-Pen support WinTab though? Any word on the preassure levels it can recognize? Reply
Alfinch - Friday, June 21, 2013 - link1024 pressure levels going by other s-pen devices, so the same as the Surface Pro. In the conference I seem to recall them mentioning it worked in Photoshop, so yes, in that case it's fully compatible with Windows too. Reply
WiNG_C - Friday, June 21, 2013 - linkExcellent news then. Better pen support than the Vaio Duo 13, which certainly sets it high on my list. On the other hand it -seems- to be missing a couple features though, like GPS and SIM card slot. Parhaps those were simply not mentioned on the conference, although I have not seen any SIM card slot on any pictures yet. Also, wish they allow certain customization options to get an i7 Haswell in it Reply
Alfinch - Monday, June 24, 2013 - linkThere is a standard SD slot on the inner hinge mechanism - it's quite well hidden. No news on GPS though. Reply
rlopin - Monday, August 05, 2013 - linkWiNG_C was asking about a SIM card, not an SD card. Two very different things. I have read many reviews and not one has mentioned support for a SIM card yet. Reply
zoxo - Friday, June 21, 2013 - linkYeah, noticed that in the event blog, but this info is missing from this article. Now I'm really interested! Reply
En_Magnus - Thursday, June 20, 2013 - linkThis device is very tempting, but I don't like the fact that it uses mini-hdmi. I don't see why you wouldn't just use mini-displayport at that point. I have a Dell U2713hm. As far as I can tell it only accepts 1080 over hdmi, as opposed to the full 1440. Is there any way to dongle a mini-hdmi port up to a full displayport or dual-link dvi? If not I will just have to cross my fingers hoping for a Haswell Surface Pro. Reply
ShieTar - Friday, June 21, 2013 - linkMini-HDMI supports the HDMI 1.3 spec, which can support 1600p60. Your problem lies specifically with your monitor, as DELL decided not to support the full resolution on HDMI for the U2713HM, for reasons unknown. The U2713H does support full resolution over HDMI, but comes at a significantly higher price. Reply
magic111 - Thursday, June 20, 2013 - linkThis thing is actually exciting. Although I wanted to see Hd5000/ iris, this is, potentially, surface done right. Can't wait for the review. Reply
Bob Todd - Thursday, June 20, 2013 - linkWe are finally getting close to fulfilling the converged device hopes and dreams that Windows 8 teased us with but failed to deliver, both due to the software not really being ready and arriving one generation too early on the hardware side. And while many of us had long suspected we'd see proper uber high res support in the next Windows release, the (otherwise oddball) quad 1600x900 resolution is as good as written confirmation from Ballmer. Like others have said, I'd love to see GT3 in this, but I can't get everything I want. I'd also like to see a transformer style form factor in the 10"-11" range with extra battery capacity in the keyboard dock. Reply
Ikefu - Thursday, June 20, 2013 - linkWhat are the chances they'll offer more than the base i5 option? That and the mouse nub still have me leaning Sony Vaio Duo 13. I really like the thickness of the Q though. Reply
gxtoast - Friday, June 21, 2013 - linkSomeone expressed their disapointment about the screen ratio ATIV Book 9 Plus being 16:9 and I have to agree. In fact, it is one of my biggest gripes about displays. Microsoft are talking up the "content creation" advantage that Windows 8 has over IOS and Android, and yet they mandate a screen ratio that is all about "content consumption". The only value of the 16:9 ratio is that it fits movies perfectly. The rest of the time it totally sucks. Reply
steven75 - Friday, June 21, 2013 - linkExactly this. 16:9: Perfection for movies, absolutely terrible for anything else. Reply
etre - Friday, June 21, 2013 - linkIs the CPU active cooled ? Reply
WhitneyLand - Friday, June 21, 2013 - link+1 great question. One of the keys to a great convertible will be the ability to not hear fans in your tablet. When I try Windows 8 tablets with a fan for some reason it's much more annoying than when it happens on my laptop. Psychology? I don't know but it's a factor. Reply
Friendly0Fire - Monday, June 24, 2013 - linkI've read elsewhere that the CPU is in the "arm", so it's very likely passively cooled. Reply
Krysto - Friday, June 21, 2013 - linkOh God, even Anandtech doesn't mention the "real" clock speeds of Intel's chips anymore. Intel has completely managed to mislead the whole tech media. They should be called what they are "1.6 Ghz chips" or whatever their speed is now, not "2.6 Ghz chips".
Also running Android in a VM is so stupid, you'd be better off not having the option at all. Reply
pensive69 - Friday, June 28, 2013 - linkwhat would be stupid is limiting how many Android VMs we can run...now that fits the typical MS stupid exactly. I saw allow them until the I/O, RAM and or CPU choke.
give us an Android cluster to fool with dudes. Reply
jimmysmit - Friday, June 21, 2013 - linkWhat if I told you....
You can already run android on top of windows??????????? Reply
Nenad - Friday, June 21, 2013 - linkWell, this will have at least one advantage over BlueStacks Adroid on PC right now: Google Play. Reply
Rick83 - Friday, June 21, 2013 - linkWhat nags me, is that it only has 4GB RAM. For a general purpose computer, that's very, very little, even if you have an SSD and are not too dependent on cache.
But even in light usage, I normally hit about 6 GB of memory used by programs on my laptop (that's a few browser tabs, a bit of pdf, a few editors, mail, and at worst two or three photoshop files, a bibliography manager - basically what you need to create a poster or document), which makes context switching just horribly slow.
Especially considering that you'll be doing some high resolution photoshop drawing on this thing as one of the primary usages, I'm worried that even 8 GB would be barely enough.
If it had 8GB it would be a decent competitor to the Thinkpad Helix though. While the screen res of the Helix is fine, more is better, and the HD 4400 graphics should be a mild improvement over the HD4000 graphics in the Thinkpad, especially when using an external screen.
It seems that 2013 is at last the year of the rebirth of the convertible, now in an ultrabook form factor. Reply
will1956 - Thursday, July 18, 2013 - linkive got a desktop with a overclocked FX-8120 (4.1GHz), overclocked GPU (sapphire 7870 GHz edition (OC to 1400 MHz clock and 1450 MHz memory) OC RAM (2400 MHz) and when working with ultra high resolution images (~14,000 x 12,000 pixels) it stutters.
perhaps this is a extreme example but... Reply
WhitneyLand - Friday, June 21, 2013 - linkShould Apple be worried that people like me who own an iPhone, iPad, and MacBook Pro, still find this kind of product with MS/Google software really compelling? What the heck are they thinking not having a convertible strategy or product? At a minimum, why doesn't apple enable touch on existing laptops. Touch on laptops sounds silly but turns out in practice to have a lot of usage scenarios. Reply
pensive69 - Friday, June 28, 2013 - linkApple should be worried if these non Apple types out-innovate...that's been an Apple sell point for years under Mr. Jobs. Reply
xaml - Saturday, June 22, 2013 - linkThe sleek border reminds me of a Galaxy S4, which is nice! Reply
halbhh2 - Sunday, June 23, 2013 - linkWhile I understand the pleasant portability of 13.3" display, I wonder why a resolution of 3200x1800 shows up first at 13.3", and not 15"+ (or better 17"). Put those pixels to work giving us a super sharp 17" screen. Reply
Kidster3001 - Wednesday, July 03, 2013 - linkIt's harder and more expensive to make larger screens. this 3200x1800 screen has quite a bit lower PPI than the top phones today but I bet it costs MUCH more to make than the 5" screens. Reply
pensive69 - Friday, June 28, 2013 - linkgot to love working systems that function like a digital Swiss Reply
pensive69 - Friday, June 28, 2013 - linkArmy Knife (continued)
our tech can use a device like this to get a lot of work and
useful stuff done so we'll buy one and test it soon
I always wondered why these multicore CPU's didn't
assign a core to a particular O/S and let them work
does anyone know how the Android stuff works with those
Win 8 ports? [...Hidden in the display hinge is a USB 3.0 port, micro HDMI and a micro SD card reader...]
if I get a decent file system utility in Android with legs into the
hardware which Windows uses, that's a win. Reply
Kidster3001 - Wednesday, July 03, 2013 - linkWindows can see the Android storage. I assume Android can see the uSDcard slot, USB and HDMI as well since top phones Android today already have those things. Reply
carlwu - Friday, June 28, 2013 - linkWill this have: Gyroscope, Compass / Magnetometer, Accelerometer, to function like a real convertible/tablet? Reply
PeterNorman - Wednesday, July 03, 2013 - linkHello Anand! Is the S Pen larger than the one included with the Galaxy Note 10.1 or Note 2? Or is it the same size? Many thanks for the informative 'Hands On' article. Reply
LindaGDC - Sunday, July 07, 2013 - linkWhy cripple this great device with only 4GB of RAM? I canceled my order for a Duo 13 to get this but there is no way I am getting this with 4 GB of RAM. Who created this incredible laptop and then thought let's give them only 4GB of RAM just to make sure no one can do any serious multitasking with that 3200X1800 display?
I am amazed Samsung has no clue about the target market for this laptop. The retarded 4GB of RAM is going to turn off most professionals and power users who would pay about $1500 or more for a laptop with such a radical new design. Most casual users who would not care about the 4GB of RAM likely will not be paying what this laptop is likely going to go on sale for.
Add 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD and I will pay $2,000 for this or whatever Samsung wants for this. There is a huge market of professionals who would but this laptop if it is not crippled with only 4GB of RAM. Reply
Madrum - Sunday, July 07, 2013 - linkThis would be an excellent work and play item if done right. We don't exactly know about upgrade options as yet. However, I would certainly pay for an i7 quad core, 8GB Ram, 256GB SSD and as a Hybrid device I wouldn't mind a 3G/4G Cellular dual sim capability thrown in (as long as I'm doing a wish list). All of which may make this into a must have for the professional or traveler.
One has to remember that you'd lose at least 10% of space in O/S's in a 128GB SSD. Plus any other program/systems one wanted to add, that quickly mounts up in diminished usable space.
It's all well and fine to have a cheaper base, but the professional market out there is no small biscuit either. Reply
LindaGDC - Sunday, July 14, 2013 - linkWhy did Samsung cripple the ATIV Q by only including 4GB of RAM? I canceled my order for a Vaio Duo 13 to buy the ATIV Q when it was announced and I am so utterly disappointed with the measly 4GB of RAM. Who is the target market for this for Samsung? This is sold at a premium price and appeals to business and power users but why would you cripple arguably the best tablet ever created by only including 4GB of RAM? The lack of RAM is going to turn off most potential buyers of this tablet. 4GB of RAM is now standard on the cheapest laptop you can buy for 1/3 the price. Does Samsung really not want the ATIV Q to be a success by crippling it with only 4GB of RAM? The competing Duo 13 can be ordered with 8GB, i7, and 512GB SSD and the ATIV Q maxes out at 4GB, i5, and 256 SSD. What a shame that I am likely going to buy the Duo 13 as I absolutely need 8GB of RAM for work and multitasking. Reply
Thornik - Monday, July 15, 2013 - linkIt's a good tablet - definitely what I'll buy, but for <=$500. Bigger price is ridiculous for such "toy market" like tablets. Reply
Wolfpup - Friday, July 19, 2013 - linkWhy doesn't Google just release Android as a Windows 8 "app"? Then they'd have the ability to get licensing fees through Google Play for it, and it might occasionally be useful for Windows users.
Otherwise though, the only reason I'm using Android is if I can't afford or can't have Windows on a particular device. Reply


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THE first British Alpaca Society Championship Show to be held in the North West will be staged in Cumbria.
Livestock auctioneers, Harrison and Hetherington, will host the event on Saturday April 6, at the Borderway Exhibition Centre in Carlisle.
It is seen as a major milestone for the industry, which has developed enormously in recent years, in both the quality of the alpacas and what they go for in the ring – with prices of £8,000 per animal.
The event has been organised by three of the UK's leading breeders, Beck Brow Alpacas in the Eden Valley, Cockerham Apacas and Greenside Alpacas at Kirkby Lonsdale.
The decision to hold the event in April has been taken to allow breeders to show their animals with spring fleeces at their most impressive.
Barbara Hetherington, of Beck Brow Alpacas in Ainstable, said: "Most alpaca shows take place in the summer as part of the agricultural show season but this means fleeces are too long because shearing is overdue or too short because they have already been shorn.
"We took the decision to hold a standalone show at the time of year when alpaca fleece is at its best and we are expecting entries from all over the UK."
The event will include a halter show for both the main breeds of alpaca – the fluffy Huacaya and rarer Suri.
The event is designed not just as a show but also as an industry forum, with a fleece and fibre display and local alpaca products available for sale, trade stands and plenty of opportunities to meet and chat to breeders.
Since the first major imports of alpacas from their native South America in the early 1990s the industry has grown steadily, and Harrison and Hetherington has been at the forefront of promoting the trend.
Pedigree sales and marketing manager Heather Pritchard said: "The growth in the UK alpaca market and the development of life-style and hobby farming on small holdings means this market is developing quickly."
Barbara and Paul Hetherington began the Brow Beck herd on their 50-acre farm in 2008.
After just four years they have produced a friendly, well handled prize winning herd, which includes multiple supreme champion male Beck Brow Explorer.


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The unity shown after the attacks in France confirms that the pen will always be mightier than the sword.
Welcome to Urgent Genius, a collection of found and created content from around the globe. If it's trending we're on to it. At iris we've been tracking the trend of real-time creativity and Newsjacking since 2010. We call it Urgent Genius.
Every day our Editors trawl the planet for the best examples out there. And we're constantly creating new work of our own. The content that we have discovered or have conceived on this site demonstrate the principles of an Urgent Genius mindset. Urgent � Do it swiftly. Genius � create powerful social ideas. If you've created or stumbled across any Urgent Genius work then send it to us at firstname.lastname@example.com
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HOUSTON - A man was shot and killed as he walked up to his grandparents' house in east Houston.
The shooting happened at 11:40 p.m. Tuesday in the 6900 block of Boyce Street near Lathrop.
When police arrived, they said they found the body of Robert Gutierrez, 24, in the driveway.
Gutierrez's grandmother saw the shooting.
"I just saw them guys get out of the car. One of the guys got out the car and shot him," Maria Rodriguez said.
Margret Gutierrez was at work overnight when she got the call that her son was dead.
"To learn that he was killed, shot by some guys in a car -- that they got into a confrontation," said Gutierrez.
Houston police said Robert Gutierrez had just been dropped off by his girlfriend when a car pulled up behind him.
"One individual was standing in the driveway. A car drove up and got into some altercation and the gentleman in the car pulled out a weapon, shot the victim multiple times," said W. Meeler with Houston Police Department.
The killer drove off.
Investigators were trying to figure out who would have wanted to kill the father of two young girls, a man loved by his family.
"Whoever did this, I know they are going to hear me on the news. It's better you come forward," said Gutierrez.
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ORLANDO, Fla. - As Walt Disney World wraps up a week of grand openings for New Fantasyland and Epcot's Test Track revamp, more details were released about their newest expansion-an "Avatar" attraction.
During a presentation on Friday morning, the company showed photos of work being done on the attraction, which will be based on the movie "Avatar." Disney officials say plans are still evolving, so no other details have been released.
"This is one that I think is going to be truly great and it's going to be very different from what we've done before," said Thomas Staggs, chairman of Disney Parks and Resorts. "We want the guests to feel like they got to visit Pandora. I mean who wouldn't want to go through the forest or take a ride on a banshee!"
Disney also announced the opening date of Dec. 19 of the world's largest Splitsville, open in Downtown Disney. Disney officials say reservations must be made in person when it opens.
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October 09, 2012
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – Vanguard's senior midfielder Charlotte Wisniewski scored the golden goal in overtime as the NAIA's 10th-ranked team went on to beat the Lady Mustangs 1-0. It was the 20th-ranked Mustangs' first home loss of the year and dropped their record to 9-2-2.
Tied for first place in the conference, both teams entered Tuesday's showdown looking to establish dominance in the Golden State Athletic Conference. When the match at Reese Field went into overtime, it only took 1 minute and 45 seconds to give the Lions the undisputed lead in the GSAC.
However, the Lady Mustangs' loss did not come as a result of a lack of effort. Nor was it without substantial promise for the remainder of the season.
Demonstrating the Mustangs' offensive effort in the first half, TMC outshot the Pride, 5-3. Even though Vanguard's offense shone in the second stanza, the Lions only led the box score with six shots compared to the Mustangs' four.
Equally impressive was the TMC defense. Senior goalkeeper Ilyssa Espiritu (Bakersfield, CA), the NAIA's "Defensive Player of the Week", saved five shots on goal and anchored the Mustangs' defense through two scoreless halves.
"Our girls played very well. It's hard to take away a whole lot of negative things when your team really competes well through the whole game," comments Mustang coach Curtis Lewis. ""I thought there were some moments that we played really well. We bent a lot at times and credit goes to Vanguard for being able to take home the victory. We have to right the ship, look past this, and prepare for this coming Saturday."
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With Gray in control, A's roll into All-Star break
Right-hander notches 10th win; Moss, Punto belt home runs
SEATTLE -- Well, that was more like it.
Oakland right-hander Sonny Gray didn't allow an earned run in 7 2/3 innings, Brandon Moss hit his team-leading 21st home run of the season, and the A's avoided a three-game sweep in their last series before the All-Star break with a 4-1 win over the Mariners on Sunday at Safeco Field.
Even Nick Punto, who entered Sunday 4-for-42 over his previous 15 games, added a solo home run in the ninth to give the A's some extra insurance.
But the afternoon belonged to Gray (10-3). The 24-year-old Tennessean struck out five, walked two and allowed six hits en route to his fourth win in his last five starts while improving to 7-1 this season against the American League West.
"He really wanted to go out there and give us that type of effort today so we could have a good feeling going into this break," manager Bob Melvin said. "You never want to get swept the last three games going into the break, it just doesn't feel very good."
At 59-36, the A's enter the All-Star break with the best record in the Major Leagues. This is the second year in a row the club enters the break in first place in the AL West.
On Sunday, the offense snapped out of a two-day lull that was the product of injuries and of facing the Mariners' 1-2 punch of Felix Hernandez and Hisashi Iwakuma.
After combining to score four runs off Hernandez and Iwakuma the past two days, Oakland finally broke through -- even though regulars Derek Norris (rest), Coco Crisp (sore neck), Josh Reddick (strained right knee) and Alberto Callaspo (strained right hamstring) were out of the starting lineup.
The A's had just one hit -- an Andy Parrino double -- off Mariners starter Chris Young (8-6) through four innings, but they used a pair of RBI singles from Craig Gentry and John Jaso in the fifth to grab a 2-1 lead. Then, with one out in the sixth, Moss launched a towering home run into Safeco Field's right-field seats to give Oakland the 3-1 advantage.
"It was just a fastball middle-in," Moss said after driving in his 66th run of the season. "It was 2-0, I had a good count, and I was just looking for a pitch right in that zone."
Gray's only blemish came on an unearned run in the first inning after an errant pickoff attempt went wide of first base and into right field, allowing James Jones to advance all the way to third base. Robinson Cano followed with a dribbler back to the mound that allowed Jones to score.
In the fourth inning, Cano and Kyle Seager led off with back-to-back singles to put runners on first and third. Gray countered by inducing Logan Morrison to hit into a weak fielder's choice before getting Justin Smoak to pop out to Josh Donaldson. Gray then struck out Dustin Ackley to wiggle out of trouble.
"I was trying to throw my best fastball, my best curveball, my best changeup in the perfect spots," Gray said after improving to 3-0 with a 0.87 ERA over 20 2/3 innings against Seattle this season. "If I would have walked one of them, then so be it, but I was nibbling in my strength spots hoping to get soft contact, and I was able to do that."
He continued to roll until giving way to closer Sean Doolittle, who recorded the final four outs for his 14th save of the season, thus helping the A's regain a bit of momentum going into the break. "We've had a great first half, we've played really good baseball," Moss said. "I think there's not a team in the league that wouldn't want to be where we are … but at the same time there's 2 1/2 months left and a lot of games against our division, so we have to continue to play good baseball because our division is playing really well."
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By >Daimaou - G.G-B
Sigma DP2, an Astonishing Camera for the Artist in You: Review
A lot has been said lately about the new SIGMA DP2, and to be honest, most articles and reviews I've read about it underline the lack of understanding people have about this camera.
Before going any further in this review, I'd like to warn you, NO the Sigma DP2 is NOT MADE for you, neither myself nor your brother, grandmother or cousin, the Sigma DP2 is made for professional photographers or enthusiasts looking for a fun camera to play with during their free time and to reveal the artist in them. If you don't understand this, just ignore this camera and this review.
Sigma DP2 Specs
– FOVEON X3® Direct Image Sensor (CMOS)
– Image Sensor Size 20.7×13.8mm
– Effective Pixels 14.06MP (2652×1768×3 layers)
– Aspect Ratio 3:2
– Focal Length 24.2mm F2.8 (35mm equivalent focal length:41mm)
– Lens Construction 6 Groups 7 Elements
– ISO Sensitivity AUTO (ISO 100-ISO 200) : With Flash (ISO 100,ISO 400), ISO 50, ISO 100, ISO 200, ISO 400, ISO 800, ISO 1600
First Impressions
If you've never had a DP1 in your hands and are used to well built Canons and Nikons, you may be a bit surprised by the DP2. In many aspects it seems to have been hand made, with somewhat lower grade plastics when compared to a Canon or Nikon. But this lack of polishing underlines another reality, think of the DP2 as the result of a master photographer building-up his very own camera for the love of picture taking rather than design.
Yes the DP2 could be built better, there's NO doubt about it, the camera looks cheap but put this aside and take the DP2 to another level. Appearance doesn't count here, results are what it's all about!
Let's Shoot Baby!
To me shooting with the DP2 and enjoying its AMAZING pictures is like wearing a pair of Size made John Lobb shoes, and like Size made Lobbs, the first days are tough. The leather has to become soft to give you that amazing walking experience. The DP2 is exactly like this, you have to get use to it, know what you can and cannot do with it and know how to be PATIENT. Once you understand these basic steps and know how to be patient, the DP2 gives you STUNNING photos and you'll finally be able to let the artist in you talk.
I'm not going to spend hours describing the quality of pictures taken by the DP2, this is useless since the result is amazing with amazingly sharp and crisp pictures, with breath taking results in low light even at ISO 200.
I'm sure you'll see a lot of gorgeous pictures taken in sunlight with the DP2, so I'll only give some samples of photos taken at night… and let's you enjoy the results. All the above photos were taken at IS 200, except for the first one taken in ISO100, with the camera either placed on the floor or shot without any means of steadying the camera.
SIGMA DP2 ISO 200 SAMPLES NIGHT, full Size
Criticizing the Sigma DP2 is like criticizing the work of a master craftsman for producing a unique piece of furniture giving you a different taste of what building perfection is from his two bare hands. Yes the DP2 needs some design polish, menu, as well as improvements in photo speed and processing (which is greatly improved compared to the DP1)… But the DP2 isn't for us, the DP2 is for the artist or photographer who wants to have fun with a camera in their spare time… Should you buy a DP2? Well if you can afford a "niche" camera and have a lot of time to play with it, hell yes! You might feel some frustration at the beginning, but once you've mastered it… you'll be amazed!
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Hands on with iPod Touch 5th Gen, iPod Nano 7th Gen, and EarPodsby Brian Klug on 9/13/2012 1:45 AM EST
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mygocarp - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkAre you sure the iPod touch got the same display as the iPhone 5?
If so that means it got bumped up to an IPS display this time. This seems like quite a compelling upgrade for the iPod touch, especially once considering it's price. Reply
Kaboose - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkThe design and manufacturing of one screen for the itouch and iphones might have saved them money vs. designing and producing two separate displays, while the itouch display could have been made cheaper you save money for buying larger volume of the better screen, and you don't need to pay for the additional design. 50 million 5" screens of the same type for 40 bucks or 30 Million for 50 bucks and 20 million for 30 bucks.
also, they probably will be able to market this amazingly better screen for the itouch and possibly gain more sales. Reply
ThreeDee912 - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkYup.
"4-inch (diagonal) widescreen display with Multi-Touch IPS technology" Reply
JMS3072 - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkI suspect we have our reason why right there. I think the reason that Apple's using the same panel on both is that they don't want the added complexity of two touch methods at once. They've already invested the R&D into putting in-cell touch into the iPhone's IPS panel. To use a different panel on the iPod Touch, they'd need to either put in-cell touch into the lower-grade iPod Touch panel, or add a secondary touch layer. Combine that with the economies of scale of using the same panel on both the iPhone and iPod Touch, and I think you've got sufficient reason to simply use the same panel across the entire line. Reply
JeffDM - Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - linkWhich is an interesting and welcome shift from previously using an inferior display for the iPod Touch. Even if it was the same Retina resolution, the previous display was clearly not the same panel technology. Reply
ThreeDee912 - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - link"though interestingly enough the front glass plate color is white on every model."
For some weird reason, I can't seem to find any images of the front of the black iPod touch on Apple's website. They all feature the colored versions.
Is it really a black backing with white front bezel? Reply
Saiforigis - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkIf you listen to the end of the video you can hear two people in the background talking where they mention that the iPod touch has a white front except for the black, which I would assume has a black front. Reply
wolfme - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkApple shows the black iPod Touch on their website, and it does have a black front.
To see an image of the black model, go to Apple's iPod Touch page and select the "Built-in Apps" item. The front of the black iPod Touch appears about half way down the page. Reply
ThreeDee912 - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkAhh, whoops. Guess I wasn't looking hard enough. Reply
Omega215D - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkI was hoping that after all this time Apple would put in a 32GB option for the new Nano as I don't want the larger size of the Touch and couldn't care less about video playback. The touch screen would be useful for managing music/ playlists and searching for music as I like it better than the scroll wheel.
I currently have the 6th Gen nano and the power/ sleep button is known to get stuck due to Apple only using a double sided tape solution to keep the buttons in place. I hope that's not the case with the new Nano. I also hope Griffin comes out with a Courier Clip for the new Nano similar to the one for the 6th Gen.
Strangely, the new Nano reminds me of the old Samsung touch screen players like the P3 and R0. It's cool though, those have been discontinued and I'm looking for a similar style player. Reply
JesseKramer - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkIs it just me or do these new iPods look a little bit Sony-esque? Especially the Nano. Reply
JesseKramer - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkMaybe even a hint of Nokia Lumia. Reply
Leonick - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkOf course, the 800 and 900 Lumias has a strong hint of iPod Mini and second generation iPod Nano anyway... Reply
irontom - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkHint? I am waiting for a lawsuit :> Reply
tipoo - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkTheir website says they sound like headphones that cost "hundreds more". Good to know the baseline is improving, but that's a very fallacious claim then. Reply
UsernameAlreadyExists - Friday, September 14, 2012 - link"The audio quality is so superior, they rival high-end headphones that cost hundreds of pounds more."
I was wondering the same yesterday evening. If 200 is the lowest amount of pounds to fit in hundreds, those pods should be a match for over $300 earphones. ($360 to be unnecessarily specific ^.^) Reply
aliasfox - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkAny clue if the iPod Touch is the exact same one as in the iPad 2,4 or if it's the same one in the current generation AppleTV? IIRC, the AppleTV uses a die harvested single core variant with half the memory bandwidth. Not an issue for an AppleTV which doesn't have the same interaction as an in-hand iOS device (so the user won't necessarily notice if it's slower), but this solution would make the iPod Touch only slightly faster than the version with the A4.
It would be nice if the iPod nano could be set to auto-record FM. I could set it to record NPR everyday from 4-6pm, for example (I don't think All Things Considered is available as a podcast). I'm sure someone decided to keep the recording studios happy by not including this feature though. Reply
ThreeDee912 - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkWell, Apple's site is already updated with all the new iPods and whatnot, and the "Features" section says "Dual-core A5 chip. Power meets play. It's the most powerful iPod touch ever. That's because the dual-core A5 chip provides up to twice the processing power and up to seven times faster graphics than the previous generation."
http://www.apple.com/ipod-touch/features/ Reply
ciparis - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkShouldn't that be ears on?
:D Reply
NobleKain - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkI'm not a "gym guy", but there's very little doubt that the target demographic for the Nano are gym-goers (and those who generally like physically active activities).
I believe there's a perfect market for this device, and as such, while it doesn't appeal to me personally - I understand the decision to make the nano.
The 7 includes bluetooth, which is fantastic. What surprises me is this: The target market who buy the Nano are also still just as likely to own an iPhone as someone without a Nano, due to its purpose. Why not make it an iPhone "extender" via Bluetooth?
The Practical application is this: You're on a treadmill in the gym, and you own an iPhone and Nano. You own the Nano, because the iPhone in your pocket is a little too big while running. Why not allow the Nano to connect to the iPhone sitting in your backpack on the floor (via Bluetooth), and if a call comes in, you can answer it without getting your phone via your Nano, using the new EarPods with inline mic connected to the Nano?
It seems like such a simple application, and makes the Nano decision for iPhone owners even less of a redundancy question.
Anyway, the Nano isn't for me with or without this feature... but as an individual interesting in product design, its strikes me as low hanging fruit that was missed. Reply
Impulses - Friday, September 14, 2012 - linkThe old smaller form factor would've suited that concept better... The nano just seems to be a constant experiment at this point. It shrinks and grows every other gen, gaining and losing features at random... Probably the most overpriced too, yet I still find it appealing as a replacement to my Clip Zip... There's a big untapped market for exercise players with more hardcore features (GPS, heartbeat etc) and/or phone extender features as you suggest. Reply
robinthakur - Monday, September 17, 2012 - linkAgreed, most of my friends with iPhones buy a nano or two for the gym. A built-in clip would be good or arm-band feature as well as the capability to add a heart rate monitor or GPS sensor maybe interfacing with third party ones using bluetooth. Apple would sell millions more of these if they did. I use my iPhone with walk jog run to map my run through GPS, and it is incredible for that. Something smaller which clipped on, that did that would be even more awesome, because all the Garmin devices suffer from being overly complex to use. I think the bluetooth link through to iPhone is a bit of a hit and miss feature though. My backpack is in the locker room in the gym when i'm running or doing weights and I doubt bluetooth would stretch that far. Reply
FaaR - Friday, September 14, 2012 - linkIs the mic really on the cord like with the older earbuds, or is it located on the right earbud?
Looking at images, one of the side ports is clearly much larger on the right earbud than the left one; this suggests the mic has moved location methinks. Reply
chemist1 - Friday, September 14, 2012 - linkFundamentally, the ipods are music players. Thus one of the most, or the most, important attributes is their sound quality. Yet somehow this always seems to get lost -- for instance, in this piece there is not a single mention of how they sound vs. the last generation (only the sound quality of the new earbuds is addressed). Brian, can we please get an assessment of this? Reply
MrCromulent - Sunday, September 16, 2012 - linkI hope Apple improved the notoriously quiet speaker in the iPod Touch. I like listening to podcasts while doing something else in my apartment, but the speaker volume is so low that you can't understand anything as soon as there's any other noise. Reply
dogears - Wednesday, September 26, 2012 - linkYeah. I am almost ordering one - I just want to make sure it equals or betters the Ipod Touch in SQ.
An update regarding this attribute will be greatly appreciated. Reply
trondp123 - Saturday, September 15, 2012 - linki was wondering if i should sell my ipad 2 and get a ipod touch 5th gen or if i should just keep my ipad?? a couple reasons why would be good Reply
iPod_5 - Sunday, September 16, 2012 - linkDo you get a traveling case for the ear pods with the new iDevices, or is it only for the people who buy them separately Reply
Anon. - Sunday, September 16, 2012 - linkI've been trying to find pictures of the new iPod Touches in their actual colors (nothing ever looks exactly as it does on the product's page). Is that the pink iPod Touch or the red iPod Touch in the photos? Reply
LewKalb - Monday, September 17, 2012 - linkMaybe it's just that I'm cheap, but I'm surprised that nobody, here or anywhere, has mentioned that the new iPod Touch is $100 more! Usually Apple keeps their prices the same of the new model and reduces the price of the old model, but not this time. Why? I know they've upped the minimum from 8 gigs to 16, but I'm assuming that's only because new apps need more space. Am I the only one who find the price increase odd? Reply
ThreeDee912 - Monday, September 17, 2012 - linkApple kinda split the iPod touch lineup, which is causing some confusion. They kept the old 4th gen, bumped it up to 16GB, and kept the price at $199. They lowered the old 32GB to $249, and got rid of the old 64GB.
The new 5th gen iPod touch starts at $299, but comes with 32GB of storage. The new 64GB one is expensive as always, at $399.
So there's now a kind of "low end" and "high end" with the iPod touch, kinda like what they're doing with the iPhone. Reply
randomgirl11 - Tuesday, September 18, 2012 - linkdoes the ipod come in gb sizes smaller than 32 gb? Reply
soccergrl21 - Sunday, September 30, 2012 - linkSo when does the new ipod touch come out??? Reply


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SEC's Top 25 Players: No. 7 Trey Flowers
Published: Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, July 7, 2014 at 9:17 p.m.
No. 7 Trey Flowers
School: Arkansas
Year: Senior
Position: Defensive end
Height: 6-foot-4
Weight: 267 pounds
Why he's No. 7: Flowers is one of those players who just seems to get better with every season. And when he decided to return for his senior season and pass on the NFL draft, it was a big boost for Arkansas.
Flowers is one of the best speed rushers in the league and would be a much better-known commodity if Arkansas hadn't gone through back-to-back poor seasons.
He played as a freshman in 2011 and was good enough to be named to the league's All-Freshman team. As a sophomore, Flowers blossomed into a pass-rushing beast terrorizing opposing quarterbacks.
Last year was more of the same, as he recorded five sacks and forced three fumbles.
In his last two seasons, Flowers had accounted for 26.5 tackles for a loss and his average per game last year was second in a conference known for its defensive weapons.
Flowers enters his final season with 32 tackles for a loss and 12 sacks. He'll have to be even better if Arkansas is going to turn things around and there's no reason to think that won't happen.
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By Melissa Daniels | PA Independent
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania's Attorney General Kathleen Kane rejected the governor's contract with Camelot Global Services to manage the Pennsylvania Lottery.
Kane, during a five-minute news conference Thursday, said the contract "contravenes the Pennsylvania Constitution and is not statutorily authorized."
Gov. Tom Corbett's administration entered the contract — a professional management agreement — with Camelot in January. The Office of the Attorney General is required by state law to review contracts for "form and legality."
In this case, the Camelot PMA failed to meet that test, according to a letter from Kane's office to the administration sent early Thursday.
State officials in the Department of Revenue said, upon entering the Camelot agreement, it would bring in more money than the lottery makes as a state-run entity. Profits fund programs for senior citizens, like prescription drug and at-home assistance costs.
But throughout the procurement process, lawmakers from both parties, unionized workers at the PA Lottery and State Treasurer Rob McCord publicly wondered if the contract was legal, if the procurement process was fair, or if it overstepped the rights of lawmakers to authorize an expansion of gaming.
The rejection means that the state won't see additional revenue from the state lottery that was projected.
Corbett's budget officials have said the Camelot contract would bring an additional $50 million to senior citizen programs' in the 2013-2014 budget, which was proposed on Feb. 5.
Corbett said in a statement that he was "deeply disappointed."
"I don't agree with the attorney general's analysis and decision, and we will review our legal options," he said. "My job is to protect Pennsylvania's seniors, and we will continue to do that."
Kane, who won the office by a landslide in November, is the first Democrat and first woman elected to the Attorney General seat. This announcement marks her first major decision in the office.
In her announcement, Kane said that the PMA failed the form and legality test on three main points. First and foremost, Kane said the executive branch, namely the secretary of revenue, overstepped legal boundaries.
"The PMA is an unlawful extension of executive authority that infringes on the General Assembly's powers to make basic policy choices regarding the management and operation of the lottery," as described in the state constitution, Kane said.
Kane said parts of the proposal adding electronic and monitor-based games like Keno to the state lottery system are not authorized by the State Lottery Act. That's because the expansion "usurps the authority" of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, Kane said.
Lastly, the contract allows Camelot to be compensated for "indirect expenses." This "open and undefined indemnification" is unconstitutional, she said.
Kane did not take questions from reporters after she made the announcement.
Democrats have denounced the Corbett administration's move to privatize the state lottery, but Kane said her decision was based solely on the legality of the contract.
And she said she wanted to warn the public against politician's who may point the finger at her office from taking money from seniors.
"It is disingenuous to put the cart before the horse by promising money to people in need based upon a contract before making sure that that contract is legal and then blaming the messenger when it is deemed illegal," Kane said.
Kane said the office reviews as many as 5,000 contracts a year.
"While most are approved, we do not rubber stamp any one of them," Kane said.
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Is the Future of Computer Displays Transparent?
Wired.com has lots of updates from CES 2010, the world's largest consumer electronics convention. CES 2010 took place January 7-10 in Las Vegas. This year's highlights included a transparent OLED display prototype from Samsung, shown in a video from the conference.
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Did you know?
The Ginkgo group of spas in the Cape has one of the most extensive teen spa menus in South Africa.
Children's spa treatments may be a recent addition to the local wellness scene in South Africa, but that doesn't mean that such treatments are an after-thought, or an adjunct to the main spa menu.
On the contrary, extra effort and research goes into developing spa treatments and products suitable for children and teens.
Spas are keenly aware of the added responsibility of working with children, and parental supervision is encouraged, and in some cases required, during treatments.
Teen facials differ from the adult version as they are geared towards the individual needs of the teenager's skin, and can help with conditions like facial acne. Massage treatments for children and teens are also shorter in duration than those for adults.
In the Magaliesberg in the North West province, Sparkling Waters Hotel & Spa proves that spas aren't just for girls - it has a popular Babes and Dudes programme for girls and boys between four and 12 years, which offers a selection of 20-minute massages and a mini-facial with a chocolate mask that is a hit.
A day at Spa Afrique in Northcliff, Johannesburg, for children aged between 6 and 13 could include a chocolate wrap and peppermint massage, or a strawberry milkshake wrap with a vanilla massage. A selection of spa treatments can be tailored for birthday pamper parties for children from six to 16 years.
Gingko spas at Steenberg in Constantia and Arniston in the southern Cape offer a Teen and Mom Retreat Package.
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RINDGE, NH- The Merrimack baseball team suffered a 17-1 setback at Franklin Pierce Sunday afternoon to close out the weekend series. The Warriors drop to 17-28 overall and 4-13 in the Northeast Division of the Northeast-10 Conference. The Ravens improve to 31-13-1 on the year and 12-4-1 in divisional games.
Casey Cotter (North Hampton, NH) led Merrimack with two base hits while scoring the lone run. Joe Mantoni (Northbridge, MA) recorded the Warriors' only RBI on the day while adding a hit. Mark O'Flynn (Ipswich, MA) and Eddie Newton (North Billerica, MA) each picked up one base knock in the contest.
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Franklin Pierce added six runs in the home half of the fifth to capture a 10-1 gap. Mathieu plated Dan Kemp from third with a triple to the gap in left-center with one away. Nick LaCroix followed with an RBI single down the line in left for his first RBI of the afternoon. Lacroix crossed the plate and Walsh advanced to third on a balk.
With two runners aboard in the fifth, Graves laced a single into right field to knock in Walsh from second. Dan Hennigan followed with a single to left to drive in one run and Kemp added an RBI double to right center for the Ravens.
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Soup kitchens, immigration offices and food pantries may not sound like spring break, but that's exactly where 13 Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) students chose to spend theirs. This year's alternative spring break service trip led SMWC to New York City where students volunteered at Trinity Lutheran Soup Kitchen, Cabrini Immigration Services and Most Holy Trinity – St. Mary.
For many people who use these services, a smile, a conversation or genuine interest can go a long way. Marguerite Frazier, senior equine business management major from Herscher, Ill., discovered this simple fact while volunteering at the soup kitchen.
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Moments like this may seem small to an outsider, but for the volunteer and the client, they mean so much more. These moments help people past barriers placed by society and stereotypes.
"These trips are important because the students experience poverty and break their own stereotypes of the homeless and poor. The students receive a new appreciation for human dignity and put faces to statistics – allowing compassion to influence their decisions and actions," states Andrea Beyke, SMWC campus minister. "They also connect with those who work in the soup kitchens, thrift stores and immigration ministries, which is important – they see that serving others can be a way of life, not just something you do on the weekends or during spring break."
Frazier explains that she not only connected with the clients using the services, but also with the volunteers who have allowed serving others to become a daily part of their lives.
"When we started, the workers were all business - no jokes, no laughter, no smiles," states Frazier. "As the week went on, and we finished our daily tasks quicker and quicker, we saw a change in the staff's attitudes. They started joking with us, smiling at us when we asked questions, and staying to chat with us after we'd completed our daily tasks. One of them even brought us doughnuts one morning, and gave me a hat he'd bought with a Lower East Side sign on it. Getting to know these people who have given their lives to serving others was a humbling and life-changing experience."
The student volunteers were able to serve others in a variety of ways from helping at the soup kitchen, food pantry and thrift store to filing paperwork and organizing a children's library.
"To me, the experience meant being able to brighten someone's day," states Danielle King, freshmen psychology major from Terre Haute, Ind. "My favorite part about the whole experience was the gratitude of the staff. They were all so surprised at how hard working and excited we were to help. It was wonderful knowing we helped them get things done that would have taken so much longer without us."
A few students were even able to use their language skills to translate for Spanish-speaking and Chinese-speaking immigrants at Cabrini Immigration Services.
"One's culture can impact someone else's culture in a way you never thought it would," states Alejandra Garcia, sophomore equine business management and business administration major from Edinburg, Texas. "I take pride in where I come from and my family's background, and knowing that I was able to translate to the Spanish community in New York at the immigration services made me feel truly special."
The success of the trip was apparent not only in the service that was given by these volunteers but also in what they took away from the experience. "I wanted to do something meaningful with my spring break," states Erin Harnett, sophomore elementary education major from Fishers, Ind. "The people we helped were really grateful and genuinely interested in us and what we did to help. We all talked about our stories and what got us to where we were."
"The students worked hard at the sites and allowed the experience to change their perspective on things," states Beyke. "We had reflection each night, and it was inspiring to see how the day had affected them and their beliefs. Their philosophies and their actions began to converge, which is always a beautiful thing to watch develop in a student."
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The dust will have barely settled on Reel Big Fish's appearance at the High Street venue, before the seatless auditorium is swept clear of plastic glasses and ticket stubs in preparation for Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings.
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01 August 2013 10:19 AM #1
Hi Louise,
Well, if you've already had a male Bombus rupestris cuckoo in your previous pic, maybe this is a female B. rupestris, perhaps from the same source - also large and impressive, as is the Bombus lapidarius host queen. Could you see pollen baskets on the hind legs or were they just hairy all round? - the cuckoo female wouldn't need to collect pollen since the host workers rear the young. Were the wings dark?
01 August 2013 11:49 AM #2
Thanks for all your ID help Ubanbumble, I have 2 pictures of this one, but neither give good views of the legs, and it was very low down, I have submitted my form as unknown for now, but asked Elaine to take a look and see what she thinks. I will upload the other picture, but not sure it gives any better view, I have increased the exposure and cropped as tightly as I can, not a great shot I know, but may help with the ID??
01 August 2013 02:13 PM #3
Hi Louise,
I rather thought I could get a count of antennal segments from the more distant antenna, and I wondered if I could see 11(+2) segments, which should make it a male perhaps?
01 August 2013 02:33 PM #4
01 August 2013 02:53 PM #5
I can't be 100% sure. It might be 11(+2) and therefore a male
01 August 2013 03:06 PM #6
Hi Louise & David,
Good thinking David - but I am going absolutely boss-eyed peering at and counting antennal segments and can still only make it 12 segments [scape + pedicel + 10 segments] = female. This is all about identifying bumbles from pics when the image is not too clear. What is the concensus for this one Elaine?
01 August 2013 03:14 PM #7
I count 10 segments from the bend, I don't know what that would mean?? Here is the closest crop I can manage, with a lot of sharpening to try to make it easier to count Then I think we will all have to giveit up as a bad job and put it down as unknown. If it helps it was just sitting on the flower.
01 August 2013 06:52 PM #8
I think you're both right and it is only 10(+2), so a female! Sorry to set off on a false trail!
02 August 2013 10:32 AM #9
Hi David & Louise,
Keep checking the clues bumble detectives! Its always good to have the opportunity to fine tune our identification skills and reason out the "whys and wherefores" of our decision making - your bumble has had us all looking a bit closer!
but we still don't know for sure if is she a Bombus rupestris cuckoo female or a Bombus lapidarius queen?? Hairy legs or pollen baskets?
02 August 2013 11:49 AM #10
Hi Louise,
can I assume that you are in the Southern half of the UK? I rather think the legs are a bit hairy as far as I can see, and as you say it is lazing about quite a lot, which fits males or cuckoos. I think we are now all agreed from the number of segments and "bent" antennae it is actually a female. The wings also look quite dark in the photos, to me at least. I think you said it was quite large. These all seem to fit the pattern of characteristics of the cuckoo bumble Bombus rupestris female??
13 August 2013 11:41 PM #11
Hi David
Sorry for the late reply. No I am in Leeds, Yorkshire, so not Southern. It really is hard to ID these critters isn't it
14 August 2013 12:13 AM #12
Certainly is! The BWARS website says that rupestris is widespread throughout the UK, but commoner in the South, so it could still be rupestris I guess.
I think it will have to remain as "possible" though!
Best wishes,
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