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'I tried light therapy to see if it works – this is what happened'
Our writer dons her bikini and escaped to the 'beach' to try light therapy
(Image credit: Ye Olde Bell Hotel and Spa)
By Maddy Biddulph
As our feet hit the warm sand, a wall of heat washed over us as we made our way to the two deckchairs on the beach. With the sound of the waves lapping in the background, and a beautiful view of the French Riviera, we kicked our flip-flops off and settled down into our seats.
The thing is, my friend Anne-Marie and I were not actually in Italy (we are still in a global pandemic, after all). Instead we were sitting on a fake beach at a multi-million pound spa, about to try light therapy.
During the Sabbia Med sunlight treatment at Ye Olde Bell Hotel in Retford, Notts, the beach room – which is heated at a glorious 30-32C / 86F-89F - went from darkness into sunrise, then intense sunshine and back to a sunset in a 30-minute cycle.
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Light therapy involves exposure to artificial light in order to target a range of issues associated with lack of sunlight.
As part of the Sabbia Med treatment, low levels of UV are emitted to release vitamin D, which we usually absorb through exposure to sunlight (and, to a lesser extent, foods rich in vitamin D). Sorry guys, but this treatment won't give you a tan! Sunshine is, however, meant to kick-start the metabolism, which is great if you are trying to lose a few pounds.
Meanwhile, specialised lamps are used to alleviate the symptoms of seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a type of depression brought on by the longer, darker nights in winter. And at £25 / $32 per person for half an hour, it's way cheaper than a budget flight and you don't need to queue at the airport.
What's more, light therapy has also been shown to improve various health conditions, from sleep and skin problems, anxiety to joint pain and jet lag.
Light therapy is considered relatively safe, however it's not advised for anyone suffering from bipolar disorder (as it may trigger mania). This treatment is also not suitable for epileptics because of the flickering light. If in any doubt, check with your doctor.
My light therapy experience: Sabbia Med at Ye Olde Bell
With my holiday cancelled this year thanks to Covid, walking barefoot onto hot sand with the sound of waves and seagulls ringing in my ears was instantly relaxing. The whole treatment was a real assault on the senses from the get-go, from the stripy deckchairs to the warm sand and the sounds of the seaside. The beach room was designed for ultimate relaxation and had a calming feel to it.
I loved how on the wall behind our seats was a cheeky painted beach sign pointing to destinations 'Politics', 'Stress', 'Cellulite', 'Mosquitos' 'Strike' and 'Cholesterol' – reminding us to leave our troubles behind us as we enjoyed this uplifting treatment.
"This is a great treatment for anyone who struggles to switch off"
The room was comfortably warm, and as we settled into the deckchairs I couldn't help feeling a little sleepy as we enjoyed the view of the French Riviera painted on the wall. As the light show began, easing us into the treatment with a gentle sunrise, I had a feeling of peace as I switched off from the daily grind and enjoyed the sounds of the waves lapping and the seagulls in the distance. All we needed was a chilled glass of rose, or an ice cream (it was only 11am, after all).
It felt deeply relaxing to just sit and 'be' as the gently flickering light got brighter and brighter then softened into a cosy sunset and eventually total darkness! With no other distractions, this is a great treatment for anyone who struggles to sit still and switch off. As we left the beach room, we both admitted to feeling really chilled out and stress-free, as if we'd just woken from a lovely nap.
Supplement your light therapy treatment with some time at Ye Olde Bell's Vitality Pool
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Light therapy as a mood booster
One of the main benefits of light therapy is that it's said to be a natural mood booster, which is why it's so good as a treatment for SAD. Sufferers tend to feel lethargic, anxious, and unable to perform normal daily functions during winter months. Studies have shown that the light impacts our body's level of serotonin, known as the happy hormone.
I fortunately don't suffer from SAD, but I can say that the Sabbia Med light therapy left me feeling very uplifted and calm so it's a great mood booster. It's ultra relaxing and provides some much-needed escapism after a very tough few months of lockdown and uncertainty. The whole place was spotless (there was sanitiser everywhere and spa 'butlers' wiping down areas the minute someone had left). We couldn't fault the staff - they were incredibly attentive without being intrusive.
My light therapy results
Without a doubt, after light therapy I felt calm, relaxed and happy. I would recommend this treatment to anyone who needs a bit of me time, as it's a great stress buster and let's be honest, who doesn't feel good sitting in a warm room that looks and feels like a beach?
It's hard to pinpoint if it was just the treatment, or the fact that I had enjoyed 24 hours off from parenting two kids under four whilst working full-time, but I definitely left the hotel feeling calmer, lighter and more positive in general. The whole experience felt like a big hug from someone you love - and what's better than that?
Maddy stayed at the gorgeous 17th century Ye Olde Bell (opens in new tab) and enjoyed treatments at the multi-million pound spa, which has ten thermal experiences, an indoor-outdoor vitality pool, the Herb Garden Brasserie and alfresco relaxation.
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Maddy Biddulph
Maddy is a freelance journalist and Level 3 personal trainer specializing in fitness, health and wellbeing content. She has been a writer and editor for 22 years, and has worked for some of the UK's bestselling newspapers and women's magazines, including Marie Claire, The Sunday Times and Closer. She also manages Fit&Well's Instagram account.
Maddy loves HIIT training and can often be found running on her treadmill or working out while her two young daughters do matching burpees or star jumps. As a massive foodie, she loves cooking and trying out new healthy recipes (especially ones with hidden vegetables so the kids eat them). She makes a mean margarita and has twice won awards in previous staff jobs as the "office feeder".


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Sarajevo, Bosnia—President Trump's not so great grandfather, Friedrich Von Trumpenstein, was questioned after the slaying of the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian empire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, on Fifth Avenue. History claims a 19-year-old Bosnian was the shooter, but others claim Trumpenstein was named as a co-conspirator in the incident, or 'Individual 1' in the court documents of the day. The assassination eventually led to WWI, which led to WWII, which led to arguably the worst outcome: Pearl Harbor (2001) starring Ben Affleck. Witnesses to the incident claim a second shot rang out from a nearby grassy knoll, because that shit seems to happen in these situations. Others implicated in the shooting were: the Watchmen's Comedian, the Smoking Man from the X-Files, and LBJ's uncle Droop B. Johnson.
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Abraham scored one goal during Chelsea's 2-1 win over Aston Villa on Thursday in the Premier League.
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A few hours after the Vice Presidential debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan, a status update popped up on my Facebook feed. It said that Biden "did a good job of concealing the fact that he didn't know anything."It was one of those precious moments where you realize that high school was a terrible period of your life, and wasn't really a great place to make lifelong friends.
A Republican poll popped up mere moments after the post, inciting Romney's supporters to make fun of the "hyena" of Barack Obama's administration. The likes were in the 10,000s by midnight.
It made me angry. Not because I am personally planning to toss my ballot in for Obama, but because the principles of election politics have basically devolved into whether or not you think a man's laugh is inappropriate. A lot of people, conservatives and liberals both, refuse to admit that Biden won the debate that night. Why?
Because Biden was a hyena that night. Because he was concealing something behind that laugh. Because he was rude. Ten thousand ridiculous reasons, each one unrelated to the fact that the man actually had plenty to laugh about. His debate opponent came off as relatively inexperienced, not entirely informed, and contrary because he was literally all of these things.
Biden was Santa Claus for an hour or so, but only because he was playing the role of the confident skeptic. Perhaps he was acting condescending and arrogant. Who really cares? A candidate's competence should never be measured by how silly or rude they appear. Was Biden justified in his approach? Yes. Did Biden provide answers? Yes. Did Ryan defend himself on all points capably? No. Them's the breaks. The win goes to Biden.
Some are tempted to argue that the moderator was a little biased. It does pay to be a skeptic, but the fact that the moderator is biased or not shouldn't matter, particularly because moderator Martha Raddatz actually did her job that night. Biden himself voiced the difference between personal opinion and professional action when he stated that women have a right to consult with their doctors about their body, and that is true whether he believed it or not.
Biden wasn't perfect that night. Nor did his win really recover any of the losses the Obama administration suffered following the presidential debate. He was definitely quotable that night, but that doesn't mean he said the greatest answers for the questions posed. On some issues, particularly on some sticky parts of the abortion section of the debate, he was really close to spouting "malarkey." But he is still the candidate who won the debate. That is a fact.
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There are 14 foods that trigger an allergic reaction in Europeans particularly frequently. To make it easier to guide the consumer with an existing allergy so they can avoid the relevant food, there has been an EU-wide food labelling regulation in place since 2005 that makes it a requirement to label these ingredients in packaged goods. Even small amounts of these major allergens must be specified on the packaging, if they are included in the ingredients. There are no exceptions.
Ingredients that are subject to labelling are cereals that contain gluten, crustaceans, eggs, fish, peanuts, soybeans, milk (milk protein, lactose), nuts, celery, mustard, sesame, sulphur dioxide and sulphides, and, since the end of 2008, lupin and molluscs (e.g. snails) and products made from these.
Not only the raw ingredients, but also pre-processed products made from these allergens must be specified. So now it has to be specified whether the starch in biscuits comes from wheat or whether the lecithin in chocolate is manufactured from soybeans or from eggs.
The terms food allergy and food intolerance are often used to mean the same thing, so it is important to clearly differentiate an allergy from an intolerance. With an intolerance, the symptoms arise not through an overreaction of the immune system, but, for example, as a result of food ingredients or particular additives.
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Anthony Coleman, né le  à New York, est un musicien américain. Pianiste, claviériste, joueur de trombone et chanteur, il est un membre actif de la scène d'improvisation libre et de jazz d'avant-garde new-yorkaise depuis la fin des années 1970.

Il est surtout connu pour ses travaux des années 1980 et 90 avec le compositeur expérimental John Zorn sur des œuvres importantes telles que Cobra, Kristallnacht, The Big Gundown, Archery et Spillane.

Il a également à son actif plusieurs productions de musique juive contemporaine, notamment avec ses groupes Sephardic Tinge et Selfhaters, qui ont au cours des années 1990 exploré aussi bien la richesse de son héritage que la description de la lamentation d'une culture minoritaire en diaspora.

En 2003, il a enseigné la composition et la théorie musicale à l'université de Bennington, dans le Vermont.

En 2004, le festival Abstract Adventures à Bruxelles fut centré autour de son œuvre.

Discographie sélective

Pushy Blueness (2006) Tzadik
Shmutsige Magnaten (2006) Tzadik
Our Beautiful Garden Is Open (2002) Tzadik
The Abysmal Richness of the Infinite Proximity of the Same (1998) Tzadik
Morenica (1998) Tzadik
I Could've Been A Drum (1997) Tzadik
Selfhaters (1996) Tzadik
Sephardic Tinge (1995) Tzadik
Lobster & Friend (1993) Knitting Factory Works
The Coming Great Millennium (1992) Knitting Factory Works
Disco by Night (1992) Avant
Back To The Future (2005) Ictus
With Every Breath: The Music Of Shabbat At BJ (1999) Knitting Factory Works
Music For Children (1998) Tzadik
New Traditions In East Asian Bar Bands (1997)
Duras: Duchamp (1997) Tzadik
Shoe String Symphonettes (1997) Tzadik
Bar Kokhba (1996) Tzadik
Kristallnacht (1994) Tzadik / Eva
Camp Stories (1994) Knitting Factory Works
Spillane (1988) Tzadik / Nonesuch
The Big Gundown (1986) Tzadik / Nonesuch
Cobra (1987) Hathut Records
Archery (1980) Tzadik / Parachute

Notes et références

Annexes

Bibliographie

John Zorn (ed.), Arcana: Musicians on Music. New York: Granary Books/Hips Road, 2000

Liens externes
 Discographie d'Anthony Coleman sur wnur.org
 Anthony Coleman: Ambiguity is a Richness  sur allaboutjazz.com
 Article consacré à Anthony Coleman sur newmusicbox.org

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June 19 (Reuters) - British equipment rental company Ashtead Group Plc on Tuesday posted a full-year pretax profit that missed market expectations, with rental revenue growth slowing in the final quarter of its fiscal year.
Shares of the company fell more than 8 percent to a two-year low in morning trading on the London Stock Exchange.
Although the company benefited from solid demand for its diggers and tools in the first half of the fiscal year for clean-up efforts after hurricanes Harvey and Irma in North America, fourth-quarter rental revenue dipped more than 5 percent from the preceding quarter.
When compared with the year-earlier period, rental revenue rose 21 percent in the fourth quarter ended April 30, but the growth rate lagged the previous two quarters.
Underlying profit before tax fell to 185.3 million pounds ($244.3 million) in the final quarter, from 233.3 million pounds in the third quarter to Jan. 31.
The company's U.S. Sunbelt unit, which accounted for more than 80 percent of the annual revenue, made a significant contribution to hurricane clean-up efforts, the company said, estimating that it resulted in incremental rental revenue of about $100 million for the year.
Annual underlying rental revenue rose 21 percent to 3.42 billion pounds on constant currencies, the company said.
Profit rose 21 percent to 927.3 million pounds for the year, but came in slightly below company-compiled consensus of 935 million pounds. Ashtead said in March full-year results would be in line with expectations.
The FTSE 100 company said it would continue with its strategy to grow organically, supplemented by bolt-on acquisitions, and expressed confidence in its medium-term outlook.
The company also bumped up its share buyback programme to a minimum of 600 million pounds from the previous target of at least 500 million pounds it announced in December.


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The northwest Atlantic cod fishery is arguably one of the best-known and most historically important fisheries in the world. That importance made the collapse of the region's cod stocks all the more noteworthy, and adds a degree of urgency to ongoing efforts to return such stocks to health.
Unfortunately, biologists have found cod slow to respond to management measures. Canada imposed a moratorium on the Newfoundland cod fishery in 1992; twenty-five years later, the stocks are finally beginning to recover.
Off the coast of New England, cod stocks still languish at or near their historic lows, despite managers' efforts to rebuild them. One of the reasons for such a stubborn decline may be that the current management units, which define all cod off the northeastern United States as belonging to either the Gulf of Maine or the Georges Bank stock, oversimplifies the population structure. Instead of there being just two large stocks of fish that share similar biological characteristics, research suggests that there may instead be many smaller, local spawning populations.
Such a complex population structure would help to explain why current management measures have not been more effective, as management measures which are likely to be successful when applied to a large, unitary population fail when the vulnerabilities of small, local populations are not taken into account. Annual catch limits that appear conservative when applied to one of the two currently recognized stocks could still be high enough to cause such local spawning populations to collapse; historical records indicate that populations that once spawned just off the coast of Maine may already have been seriously depleted in the 1940s.
Such local depletion becomes even more significant in the face of research that suggests that once a spawning area has lost its resident cod population, fish from adjacent spawning areas do not move in to repopulate the site. Instead, it remains barren.
Thus, it is important that the governments of the United States and Canada have recently created the Atlantic Cod Stock Structure Working Group (Working Group), which will endeavor to identify each local population on a biological and ecological basis. Its aim is to bring together scientists from government, academia and non-governmental organizations who have been studying such local populations, and provide an environment in which they can more easily collaborate and coordinate their research. The international nature of the Working Group will make it easier for it to study and define populations that straddle international boundaries.
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A look into the origin of the knight's costume.
This Is Big
It's true. UCF is big. But being big is about more than our size. It's how we think and how we act.
Bill and Melinda Gates Visit UCF Campus
This fall, Bill and Melinda Gates toured the UCF campus.
Revitalizing a Downtown Neighborhood
A new school in Parramore aims to not only provide an education for students, but serve the entire community.
A Quality Education When and Where You Want It
Across the nation, students are driving a shift from classroom to digital learning. And UCF is all in.
In Defense of Title IX
Expert Catherine Kaukinen on what's so groundbreaking about Title IX.
All the Buzz
Learn more about campus' busiest residents and the place they call home.
Knights racing isn't the No. 1 engineering club in the country, but they're not letting that stop them.
How to Sell Your Idea (and Yourself)
Six keys to selling your idea from the executive producer of Shark Tank.
How a UCF Graduate Landed a Job at YouTube
Melissa Amoi-Belinda Smith '11 shares her journey from robotics competitions at UCF to becoming a user experience researcher for YouTube.
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Diver and photographer Anai Colyer '14 discusses what it's like to swim with one of nature's most feared predators.
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After 26 years, John C. Hitt announced he is retiring from the UCF presidency in 2018.
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Instead of following the traditional model for higher education, which considers exclusivity a virtue, we forged a new path. Guided by President John C. Hitt's belief that "nothing transforms lives so much as a college education," we continue to meet the demand for higher education in Central Florida.
A large enrollment — topping 66,000 this fall — was never the goal. It is the result of the desire to improve the lives of as many qualified students as possible.
That's because we believe in the transformative power a college education wields and the lifelong impact it has on individuals, their families, our community and beyond. And we're not alone. A recent report by the Brookings Institution analyzed 342 four-year, public universities to see which institutions were successful in facilitating social mobility and in producing research that positively impacts society. UCF was among the select 20 percent of universities found to do both.
While most institutions boast that smaller enrollments result in greater outcomes, we're proving the opposite is true. Bigger means connecting more people to excellent academics, to thought-provoking viewpoints, to diverse cultures, to rewarding careers, to lifelong friends and to life-changing opportunities. It means making college degrees possible for more first-generation and low-income students, who are often left out of schools with smaller enrollments.
In a recent blog post for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, postsecondary director Dan Greenstein wrote, "This is critical at a time when we urgently need more capacity in higher education rather than less. By 2025, our workforce will require that 60 percent of all adults have some education after high school."
But if being big is more than a number, why do we care about these facts and figures? Its not so we can break records — it's so we can break boundaries.
When we boast that 44 percent of our students graduate without educational debt — better than the national average of 34 percent — we consider it a milestone, not a stopping point. And we are hard at work to help the other 56 percent achieve the same financial freedom.
When we mention that one in four of our undergraduates is a first-generation college student, and that more than 45 percent are minorities, we acknowledge that our mission to make higher education more inclusive is working but not complete.
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Q: Azure Media Service returns 0 duration with account filter I am using Azure Media Service v3 to store and encode videos. As a trial, I'd want to show the initial 30 seconds to the User and they can see the rest if they sign up.
So to get the initial 30 seconds, I decided to use the manifest filter as described in the Azure website.
I created an account filter with the following settings and it got created successfully. However, whenever I try to play that video with the URL, I get the manifest file with duration equals to 0 and video fails to play.
Settings I used:
{
  "properties": {
    "presentationTimeRange": {
      "startTimestamp": 0,
      "endTimestamp": 300000000,
      "presentationWindowDuration": 600000000,
      "liveBackoffDuration": 0,
      "timescale": 10000000,
      "forceEndTimestamp": true
    }
  }
}

URL I am using to play video:
https://xxx-xxx.streaming.media.azure.net/resource-id/video-name.ism/manifest(filter=free-user)
This is how my original manifest looks:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<SmoothStreamingMedia TimeScale="10000000" Duration="4317653333" MinorVersion="2" MajorVersion="2">
-<StreamIndex Name="aac_und_2_127999_2_1" Language="und" QualityLevels="1" Url="QualityLevels({bitrate})/Fragments(aac_und_2_127999_2_1={start time})" Type="audio" Chunks="72">
<QualityLevel SamplingRate="48000" PacketSize="4" Channels="2" CodecPrivateData="1190" FourCC="AACL" Bitrate="127999" BitsPerSample="16" Index="0" AudioTag="255"/>
<c r="71" d="60160000" t="0"/>
<c d="46293333"/>
</StreamIndex>
-<StreamIndex QualityLevels="5" Url="QualityLevels({bitrate})/Fragments(video={start time})" Type="video" Chunks="72">
<QualityLevel CodecPrivateData="000000016764001FACD9405005BB011000000300100000030320F18319600000000168EBECB22C" FourCC="H264" Bitrate="762429" Index="0" MaxHeight="720" MaxWidth="1280"/>

<QualityLevel CodecPrivateData="000000016764001FACD940F0117EF011000003000100000300320F1831960000000168EBECB22C" FourCC="H264" Bitrate="456443" Index="1" MaxHeight="540" MaxWidth="960"/>

<QualityLevel CodecPrivateData="000000016764001EACD940A02FF97011000003000100000300320F162D960000000168EBECB22C" FourCC="H264" Bitrate="288193" Index="2" MaxHeight="360" MaxWidth="640"/>

<QualityLevel CodecPrivateData="0000000167640015ACD941E08FEB011000000300100000030320F162D9600000000168EBECB22C" FourCC="H264" Bitrate="157781" Index="3" MaxHeight="270" MaxWidth="480"/>

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</StreamIndex>

</SmoothStreamingMedia>

Can anyone tell me what am I doing wrong here?
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A: Can you check if you actually have timestamp 0 in your manifest? The startTimestamp and endTimestamp settings select the range of actual timestamps in your manifest.
You can open the manifest here:
https://xxx-xxx.streaming.media.azure.net/resource-id/video-name.ism/manifest

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Noticed I had some mail from the Autonomous Robotic Telescope (COAST Galaxy Camera -BVR filters) credit :The Open University. Played about with the image and quite pleased with this rather soft view of the Globular Cluster Messier 3. What beautiful things are these faint balls of ancient stars and what views would intelligent creatures have from alien planets around stars in their midst? Messier 3 is a wonderful Globular Cluster!


There is a familiar scent in the air as thousands of people converge on downtown Paducah to take part in the 23rd annual Barbecue on the River.
The riverfront festivities, which kicked off Wednesday night with the music-filled fundraiser "Porkstock," continues through Saturday.
Co-organizers Susie Coiner and David Boggs are hoping for record attendance numbers as well as exceeding last year's charity total by hitting $500,000.
Boggs said barbecue teams have been working hard to prepare for the festival.
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Money raised will go to help around 75 charities this year.
Boggs said Barbecue on the River was close to reaching the half-million dollar mark in 2016.
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Organizers been working around the clock for many days for the festival, and Coiner said barbecue makers have been hard at work preparing as well.
"We are over-the-top excited," Coiner said. "The teams have worked so hard over the past year to really master their craft, the art of barbecue. I think that all of our guests are going to see just how wonderful their barbecue is."
"We always go back to our mission: raise the most money for our local charities, draw the biggest crowd to historic downtown Paducah and cook the damn best barbecue in the world."
Boggs estimated there will be around 40,000 people in attendance and around 90,000 pounds of meat consumed.
Of the 90,000 pounds, about 65,000 will be pork, 16,000 will be chicken and 6,000 will be beef.
Starting at 11 a.m. today, barbecue and other food booths will be open. There also will be live entertainment each night at the main stage.
At Porkstock Wednesday night, Kayla Tuttle of Paducah, who goes by the stage name "Leight July," performed "My Old Kentucky Home" to open the festivities.
Later, as music from the Murr-Vegas All-Stars from Murray filled the air, Kathy Shepherd and her sister, Rosemary, were ready to celebrate more than the opening of the annual Paducah event.
"I'm a three-stage cancer survivor," Kathy Shepherd said, joined by her sister who came to Paducah in December to help during her recovery.


The site will be transformed into an experiential playground packed with 60+ music acts from all over the globe, 20+ stunning art installations and dazzling theatrical performances, 55 exquisite gastronomic delights, 30+ engaging talks & workshops, 35+ wellness & adventures offerings, plus plenty of interactive activities for the whole family – all intertwined to create an immersive experience for Wonderers.
Since its inception, Wonderfruit has always thrived to bring a diverse, genre-bending lineup of live performers that span the musical spectrum, and this year is no exception with numerous musical acts from around the world. The Living Stage will be home to notable and diverse mainstage acts from head bangers like Rudimental, famous for their heavy hitting beats and Young Fathers, a hip-hop trio from Scotland, to the eclectic likes of Kate Simko & London Electronic Orchestra with their mesmerizing blend of live orchestral and electronic music, Shura, famous for her new wave synthesized sounds and soothing vocals and Grammy nominated singer, Lianne La Havas.
Those not ready to call it a night, will most likely end up at The Quarry, Wonderfruit's legendary after party destination. Get ready to dance till you drop to genre-defying sounds by Simian Mobile Disco and the distinctive tunes of European electronica by Yaya; or brace yourselves for some heavy hitting techno by Nicole Moudaber and a dark, hardware-only live set from Headless Horseman.
Built by Gregg Fleishman, who's known for his creations at Burning Man, to catch unforgettable sunrise scenes. The Solar Stage will host the performances from Eric Volta, Sabo, YokoO and sunrise yoga with Liv Lo and Rosemary, while sunset performances will be hosted by Wolf + Lamb, Norman Jay MBE, KMLN, Marc Antona, Akimbo and more.
From Bangkok's hottest restaurants i.e. Marcel, Thyme, Peppina, Morimoto to street food and keep breakfast going all day long at Rocketfruit. At Wonder Feasts is offering a luxurious communal outdoor dining experience where food and entertainment are in ample supply, and wine flows freely, courtesy of Italasia. Returning for the second time in two years, maestro of progressive Indian cuisine, Gaggan Anand is throwing a feast with the help of his friend Chef Daniel Chavez of Ola in Singapore. Expect fire-grilled barbecue delights, Peruvian ceviche and other delicacies. Wonderers with a taste for the fare from acclaimed Bangkok restaurants Appia and Soul Food Mahanakorn should join chefs Paolo Vitaletti and Jarrett Wrisley as the duo teams up for a reggae brunch. If you are feeling peckish during the day, let Chef Jeriko of Cocotte serve you a mouth-watering farm-to-table banquet of dishes from fresh, organic and seasonal products. Those who are looking for something out of the ordinary should check out F.A.C.T. Collective's feast, at which chefs Khanaporn "Oom" Janjirdsak and Panupon "Black" Bulsuwan will serve unique dishes that combine the flavours of northern and southern Thai cuisines.
The Sharing Neighbourhood is back to The Fields, including a new treat for this year – Breakfast for Good Mornings – a truly Thai-style start to the day at Wonderfruit. The Molam Bus Project by Jim Thompson Art Centre is also back and will offer Wonderers a chance to experience the authentic culture of Thailand's north-eastern region Isaan, including music courtesy of All Thidsa and Pimjai Pechpralanchai. Those looking to relax should lounge in The Ziggurat – an upcycled-design beer garden by Singha, or get more intimate and cosy inside Moon Shack by Sangsom.
Shed some sweat and try belly dance, body combat and Zumba with the team from GuavaFruit, a collaboration of Wonderfruit and GuavaPass; practice different styles of yoga with international experts, and take part in meditation, healing and dance sessions. If you come as a family, stop by Camp Wonder, which will be jam-packed with fun activities to keep the whole family busy.
on Friday night. "Adam and Steve" features Thailand's premier drag queen, the inimitable Pangina Heals, who'll delight revelers with her "waacking" performances, outrageous entertainment and plenty of surprises.
The event is completely cashless and all Wonderers will receive an RFID wristband, making paying easier and eliminating the need to worry about the safety of your wallet. The wristbands, courtesy of Bangkok Bank, can be topped up at stations around the festival.
Wonderfruit takes place at The Fields at Siam Country Club, Pattaya from 16 to 19 February 2017. Four-day passes can currently be purchased at 5,500 baht.
Visit Wonderfruit's website for more information on securing your tickets, travel, and accommodations.
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I have always had an interest in how humans think and why we behave the way we do. During my training, I sought opportunities to connect with patients on a deeper level, looking beyond the medical details, to fully understand how their illness impacted their daily life and the lives of those closest to them. I value the importance of relating to the patient as a whole person, appreciating the complexity of the mind and recognizing that psychiatry is not as simple as prescribing a medication to eradicate a symptom. I have a strong interest in psychodynamic psychotherapy and consider it a privilege to listen to a patients' stories, work with them through life's challenges, and acknowledge and celebrate their joys and successes. I am committed to working with socially, culturally, and economically diverse populations, with special attention to patients who have historically been underserved or disadvantaged. I firmly believe that everyone deserves access to excellent, ethical mental health services. I have particular interest in working with adolescents and young adults with depression and anxiety, but have experience working with a variety of psychiatric diagnoses and with young children, parents, couples, and families. Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with family and friends, traveling to new places, singing, and cheering for my favorite sports teams - the Giants, the Warriors, and... the Steelers!


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Shantaram season 2: Is it renewed, canceled at Apple TV+?
Shantaram December 16, 2022
Following this week's big season 1 finale, should you expect a Shantaram season 2 renewal at Apple TV+? Or, are we at the end of the road?
First things first, let's just dive into where things currently stand: Nothing has been decided when it comes to the future of the Charlie Hunnam series, but of course there is a certain measure of hope. There has to be, right?
The first thing to consider here at the moment is that there is more of the source material out there, provided that streaming service wants to green-light it. There is, however, no guarantee that the opportunity will be granted. Despite having a big-name lead who has plenty of fans thanks to Sons of Anarchy, the show has not necessarily generated a ton of buzz. It is hard to gauge true performance on the outside, since this is information that the folks at Apple TV+ don't release publicly.
Another mitigating factor that could be considered is Hunnam's own health — in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, he notes that he recently suffered a spinal injury while working on a film that could take years to film. Would that impact production on this show? We're sure there are ways to minimize risk, but of course these are things you must think about.
If season 2 is ordered…
We do think we'll be waiting a good while in order to see it. How long? Think, most likely, in terms of 2024. There were a lot of episodes in season 1, and this is not the sort of thing that can be turned around fast. Luckily, we know that Apple TV+ is not the sort of service asking for an annual commitment for any of their shows. They've proven themselves to be patient.
The updated (and bad) news
Per Deadline, the show was canceled tonight. Read more here.
Related – Be sure to get some other updates when it comes to Shantaram right away
Following the events of the season 1 finale, are you hoping for a Shantaram season 2 down the road?
Be sure to share right now in the attached comments! Once you do just that, come back — there are other updates coming that you don't want to miss. (Photo: Apple TV+.)


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The Vegan Body Building Movement
January 5, 2012 / Klint Finley
"Is it possible to be a good bodybuilder and be a vegan? Yes," said Jose Antonio, the chief executive of the International Society of Sports Nutrition. "But is it ideal? No."
Vegan bodybuilders may face challenges getting sufficient amino acids, found in meats, Antonio said, adding that although protein can be found in vegetables and nuts, they must be consumed in greater quantities to get the same amount as their counterparts in meat. "The amount of rice and beans you need to eat would fill up a Mexican restaurant," he said.
Other nutritionists and bodybuilders have argued that a disciplined vegan diet, consisting of things like hemp-based protein supplements, peanut butter, nuts, vegetables and legumes, can yield similar, if not better, results than a meat- or dairy-filled diet. Carefully monitored, vegans can get the same amount of protein with less fat or toxins, they argue. (For a midafternoon snack, Sitko sometimes eats 10 bananas.)
New York Times: Sculptured by Weights and a Strict Vegan Diet
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Demian5 Stripped: An Interview with When I Am King Creator Demian5
September 11, 2002 / Klintron
When I Am King, the online comic by Swiss artist Demian5, follows a sexually deviant camel and the recently de-pantsed king of Egypt on a quest to find love and trousers. The story is told entirely through pictures and symbols — without a word of text. It's a wild ride through a desert that includes weird sex, hallucinogenic drugs and dangerous bees.
"About ninety-five percent of [When I am King] I made up as I went along," Demian5 says. "Some scenes, like the one where the 'camel' smokes the cigarette, were in my head before I even started drawing WIAK."
WIAK reads like a textbook example from Scott McCloud's Reinventing Comics. The whole comic was created and published electronically — Demian didn't take any notes or do any sketches on paper. He used mostly Adobe programs Photoshop, Illustrator and ImageReady to draw the comic and create animation. He freed himself of the restrictions imposed by printed page dimensions and used the web's "infinite canvas" to convey a sense of space. The reader mostly scrolls left to right, following the characters activity along the landscape, but in a few scenes the reader scrolls down, following falling characters. Animation is used to highlight emotions and convey a sense of motion rather than as a storytelling tool. In fact, WIAK deals more with emotions and experimentation than plot. The story in WIAK is only background — what's really important is what the characters are feeling and how it's expressed to the audience.
Demian's new project, Square Stories, is published weekly in the print version of Zurich Express and will also be published online in America. Demian says he finds Square Stories confining "mostly because of its small, weekly-one-gag form. I'm still trying to find the perfect way to do them. Contrary to WIAK it will also contain words sooner or later, and as it is published in a very widespread official newspaper it is aimed at a larger, more average audience. It is also forbidden for me to offend real people and to offend religious feelings." He adds, "I wonder if I will ever have trouble with that."
Although the strips look much like Demian's other work, hiring Demian to work for a mainstream newspaper is like hiring David Lynch to take over Peanuts. WIAK features a camel performing sexual favors for humans. But Demian, a self-described "poorly disciplined vegetarian" defends his work saying "I don't want anyone to do anything with animals, just be friends with them. There is also a symbolic aspect to the sodomy parts of WIAK. It is not sodomy because the creatures in WIAK are neither really human nor are they real animals — they all have about the same amount of intelligence, and they don't really exist. They're just symbols. Glyphs." ("I wasn't planning to do so much symbolism when I started WIAK," he admits.) He adds, "It's not about animal rights, though I think we should care about them."
When Demian5 began serializing the comic on his site in 2000 it was an immediate hit, even without much advertising. "I submitted my link to some search engines and I contacted a few other comic creators like Scott McCloud to find out what they think about my work," he says. By the time the series reached its conclusion Demian was being mentioned alongside comics legends like Jim Woodring and Chris Ware, and has since been favorably reviewed in Wired and Spin. According to Demian's "complicated system of counters" nearly 50,000 people have read his comic so far.
Despite the popularity and critical success of his comic, Demian is still not able to live off it. PayPal donations and merchandise sales help him out, but they're not paying his rent yet. Demian admits he would be content working a day job and continuing to post his comics online if he had a job he enjoyed. "Somehow I like the spirit of free online comics, because money is always a threat for artistic freedom and for diversity. But then, I want to earn a living with something I like to do. Like everyone. So I wouldn't say no to a virtual dollar. Or to a virtual euro."
In the meantime Demian continues to freelance in the advertising business and receives part of his income from Square Stories. He describes himself as a normal and boring person who spends his time thinking deep thoughts. Amongst other things he has been enjoying the online comics Pay Your Reality Tax and Nichtlustig. Demian's influences for his surreal comics range from artists Woodring and Ware to the Great Gianna Sisters and Wipe Out 2097 videogames to the music of Radiohead (WIAK is named after a line in the Radiohead song "Paranoid Android") to anime to his training as a graphic designer.
Demian is currently working on a new online comic, as time permits, which contains "no dialogue, nice creatures, big emotions." He says "The style will be a bit more organic and the perspective a bit deeper than in WIAK, but it will be less colorful than Square Stories. It will also contain another form of storytelling, still without words, but… You'll see."
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Gift from Jorgensen Labs leaves family legacy at CSU
By Tony Phifer
Alumnus Norm Jorgensen and wife, Ann, have been generous donors to CSU for many years.
Norm Jorgensen has a profound love for veterinary medicine and for Colorado State University, his alma mater. That's why he's so excited to help fund The Jorgensen Laboratories, Inc. Chair in Clinical Sciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
"My success started with my education at CSU," Jorgensen said. "I recognize that for CSU to continue to produce some of the best veterinarians in the world they need financial support. It's been a goal of mine for a long time to make this happen, to step back and leave a bit of a legacy at the university I love."
The gift comes from Norm, who is vice president for marketing at Jorgensen Labs, his brother Hans, who is company president, and brother-in-law Earl Sethre, administrative vice president. It will enable the Clinical Sciences Department to recognize a faculty member with a track record of significant contributions to the rapidly evolving field of veterinary medicine, and strong potential to make a lasting impact on animal health.
Building world-class faculty
"This generous gift from Jorgensen Laboratories will allow us to recruit and retain world-class faculty, and to educate the next generation of veterinarians," said Dr. Mark Stetter, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. "An endowed chair from an alumnus of our Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program is especially meaningful, and reflects Dr. Norm Jorgensen's long-term commitment to his alma mater."
The Jorgensen Family chair will benefit the E. Myrl Halstead Jensen Center for Emergency Medicine and Critical Care.
The endowment will support a faculty position in Emergency and Critical Care at the James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
"The new endowed chair will have a tremendous impact on research and education in the Department of Clinical Sciences and it will allow us to build on our strengths in delivering advanced emergency and critical care to our patients at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital," said Dr. Wayne Jensen, head of the Department of Clinical Sciences.
Legacy of support
Norm Jorgensen (BS veterinary science '77; DVM '80) has a long history of support for CSU, with donations primarily supporting the veterinary medicine program and Rams athletics. He helped set up a scholarship for a CSU junior in the name of his father, Irvin, who founded JorVet in his Loveland home.
Jorgensen spent several years in private veterinary practice before returning to work for his father, helping his brother and brother-in-law expand the veterinary supply company well beyond the garage-based business he knew growing up. The company now employs more than 70 and distributes veterinary supplies all over the world.
"We had a vision for growing the company, but it's been better than I ever thought it would be," Jorgensen said. "That success has allowed me and my family to leave a legacy at CSU."
Building the Ram family
The Jorgensen family has deep ties to CSU. In addition to Norm earning two degrees, daughter Annelise has a BS in business administration and is a current master's student, while three of Hans' children have undergraduate degrees from CSU.
"We are incredibly grateful to Jorgensen Laboratories for this gift to the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences," CSU President Tony Frank said. "Their generosity will positively impact generations of current and future students. And I offer a special thank you to Norm, whose remarkable support continues to make Colorado State a place where great things happen."
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BevNET is delighted to announce that longtime food and beverage broker and investor Bruce Nierenberg will be joining the lineup for BevNET FBU Los Angeles, a full-day educational event for entrepreneurs on Sept. 11, 2014 at the Skirball Cultural Center.
Nierenberg, a former Glaceau board member and the founder of B.I.N. Sales and Marketing, will speak on the basic routes to market for new and growing brands, particularly the process of deploying and incorporating sales brokers as part of a sales organization and how it relates to a company's overall forecasting, budgeting, and promotional agendas.
At a time when entrepreneurs are hard-pressed to figure out the best way to combine consumer outreach with building a retail footprint, Nierenberg offers a unique background, having been a broker and also having grown and sold his own consumer product company, Mediterranean Organic. This experience, combined with the insights he has gained from investing in and advising CPG companies, allows Nierenberg to offer entrepreneurs advice on expectations for broker networks, challenges with regard to accountability and attention, and ways to provide marketing support to those networks without breaking the bank.
Nierenberg's discussion will also be informed by his deep background in CPG investing and work with startups as both a broker and as an advisor, offering entrepreneurs ideas about how their overall route to market plan can affect their ability to attract investors and grow the business.
Bruce began his food career in the mid 1970s selling organic cookies, brownies, and desserts to natural and specialty food stores in the New York City area, including Bloomingdales. In 1984, a decade later, he founded B.I.N. Sales and Marketing Inc., represented everyone from major natural product companies to start-up brands including Amy's, Green & Blacks, Health Valley, Organic Valley, Newman's Own and quickly becoming the leading natural products sales & marketing agency on the East Coast. In 2006, B.I.N. was purchased by Advantage Sales and Marketing, a leading national sales and marketing Company based in Irvine, California. In addition to B.I.N. Sales and Marketing Inc., Bruce also co-founded Organic Brands LLC, in 1998. Organic Brands developed the Mediterranean Organic brand, a line of certified organic specialty food products. In 2007, Organic Brands was purchased by United Natural Foods (NYSE: UNFI), the leading distributor of natural products in the U.S.
Bruce was a founding, mentor, investor, board member and Chairman of the Compensation committee, for Glaceau Vitamin Water. Currently, he advises many consumer product Companies and private equity funds including 2X Partners, specializing in the green, natural and organic sectors. Actively involved with City Harvest, the original charitable food rescue organization in New York City, Bruce resides in New York City with his wife and two children.
Alongside panelists and speaker presentations, FBU will also feature several networking opportunities for attendees to meet with speakers, BevNET's own experts, and the system of retailers, distributors, investors and suppliers that form the primary contacts of the food and beverage entrepreneur.


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As they begin growing and opening new mines, often in different countries around the world, small and medium sized mining companies deal with a new level of operational management challenges—often not supported by their existing IT systems and mining software. Given their size and the vast resources required during the exploration stage, Mining IT managers tend to believe that their companies would not be able to afford an implementation of a fully-fledged enterprise management system like SAP®.
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The GOP is pitching itself as a more suitable partner for the CIA and its director.
Republicans are promising to confront the Obama administration at every turn if they win the Senate, fighting environmental regulations, health care reform and presidential nominees.
But they aren't vowing to be especially tough on the Central Intelligence Agency or transform the broader intelligence community.
In fact, the GOP is pitching itself as a more suitable partner for CIA Director John Brennan and the National Security Agency than the Senate Democratic majority, which has sparred with them over data snooping and adherence to congressional oversight.
Democrats say it's just doing their job.
"If by 'hostile' they mean 'aggressively exercising their constitutional oversight role' then they are absolutely correct," shot back a Democratic aide.
Sources say the leading contender for GOP Intelligence Committee chairman is Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), a low-key but blunt hawk who is close friends with Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). If he becomes the panel's leader, he'll try to clear the slate after conflicts between current Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Brennan over the CIA's intrusion into Senate files and the release of a long-awaited report on Bush-era interrogation policies.
Feinstein has largely backed off her public criticisms of Brennan for unauthorized intrusion into a Senate investigation of CIA interrogation techniques. But panel Democrats' confrontation with the CIA continues to simmer over nearly everything surrounding the document that details waterboarding and secret prisons of a decade ago.
Democrats want a swifter release, fewer redactions and an apology from the CIA. Many Republicans just want the thing to go away.
"If you want to make mistakes from being repeated and you want to want to make intelligence agencies stronger, you've got to have the truth come out. You can't sit on the truth," said Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon.
Wyden, also a leading advocate for data collection reform, will become the committee's second-most senior Democrat with the retirement of Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) in January. He is now threatening use of an arcane Senate procedure called Senate Resolution 400 to force the CIA report's release without waiting on the White House.
Though the timetable for public release is now officially after the election, the date has stubbornly slipped since the panel voted to declassify a 500-page summary of the gargantuan report in April as Democrats push for fewer redactions to make the document more cogent. Wyden's maneuver would be extremely time consuming, but the threat of its use previously forced the George W. Bush administration to release legal documents about interrogation techniques.
It also wouldn't be worth much if Wyden is in the minority and the document is still in limbo come January. A Democratic loss would also shift power away from the Intelligence panel's leading civil libertarians like Wyden, and Mark Udall of Colorado and Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, both of whom have called for Brennan's dismissal. Udall could lose reelection in November.


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Q: What is the equivalent of a buck converter for AC voltage? A have researched and found that a buck converter is used for stepping down voltage in DC applications.
However, my application uses AC current. I have christmas lights that plug into the wall and I wanted to remove some bulbs. Now I am using a resistor, but I don't want the resistor because it is hot so I considered stepping down the voltage to achieve this without the device getting hot.
So how can I step down voltage on an AC application? Essentially, this would be the equivalent of a buck converter which is used for DC applications.

A: A transformer would probably be the most efficient. An electronic dimmer would probably be a close second.
A transformer would probably be less expensive, but finding one for the right voltage may be difficult. Transformers can be wired to "buck" the voltage. To do that, you connect the primary in series with the secondary. That creates an autotransformer, so there is no isolation.
With a dimmer, all you need to do id dial back the voltage.
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Fu un noto compositore della scuola napoletana.

Biografia

Tommaso Traetta nacque il 30 marzo 1727 a Bitonto, nell'allora regno di Napoli (era probabilmente un discendente del cantante Sebastiano Traetta, più precisamente un discendente del fratello Nicolò). All'età di undici anni fu ammesso al conservatorio di Santa Maria di Loreto di Napoli, sotto la guida di Nicola Porpora e successivamente divenne allievo di Francesco Durante. Dopo dieci anni di studio, l'istruzione di Traetta, in tutte le parti della musica, fu completa. Uscito dal conservatorio, nel 1748, si dedicò all'insegnamento del canto e compose per le chiese e i conventi di Napoli, delle messe, dei vespri, dei mottetti e delle litanie, gran parte delle quali si trovano ancor oggi manoscritte.

Nel 1750 la sua opera seria Il Farnace, per il libretto di Antonio Maria Lucchini, fu rappresentata al teatro San Carlo con Gaetano Majorano ottenendo un successo talmente strepitoso che gli si chiesero altre sei opere per la stessa scena le quali si succedettero senza interruzione una dopo l'altra. Chiamato a Roma nel 1754, vi diede al teatro Aliberti, l'Ezio, considerata a giusto titolo come una delle sue più belle opere. Da allora la sua reputazione si diffuse in tutta Italia; Firenze, Venezia, Milano, Torino si disputarono ed applaudirono i suoi successi, ma delle vantaggiose proposte fattegli dal duca di Parma, Felipe, ne arrestarono il vagabondare perché accettò la carica di maestro di cappella di questo principe e fu incaricato di insegnare l'arte del canto alle principesse della famiglia ducale. Felipe aveva sposato la figlia maggiore di Luigi XV, introducendo alla corte di Parma, nella musica e in genere nella cultura, dei gusti francesi.

Proprio l'influenza francese spinge l'opera di Traetta a muoversi su binari differenti rispetto al panorama musicale italiano del tempo, seguendo con l'Antigona, andata in scena a San Pietroburgo il 1772, gli ideali di riforma associati a Gluck ma in realtà già avvertiti anche da altri compositori. Secondo Laborde, non si trova traccia di questo cambiamento nelle partiture dell'Armida né in quella dell'Ifigenia composte nella stessa epoca (1760). La prima opera composta a Parma da Traetta fu Ippolito e Aricia, rappresentata nel 1759 e ripresa nel 1763 per il matrimonio dell'infanta di Parma con il principe delle Asturie. Così grande fu il suo successo che il re di Spagna accordò una pensione al compositore, come testimonianza del suo apprezzamento. Nello stesso anno Traetta fu chiamato a Vienna per scrivervi l'Ifigenia in Tauride, una delle sue più belle opere. Di ritorno a Parma vi diede la Sofonisba. Un aneddoto relativo a quest'opera sembrerebbe essere l'origine di quel che riporta Laborde a proposito della trasformazione dello stile di questo compositore durante il suo soggiorno a Parma. In una situazione drammatica in cui l'accento di un personaggio doveva essere straziante, Traetta credette di non poter far di meglio che scrivere al di sotto della nota le parole un urlo francese.

Dopo la Sofonisba tornò a Londra per comporre l'Armida. Quest'opera e l'Ifigenia furono rappresentate in seguito in quasi tutta Italia e accolte con entusiasmo. Dopo la morte dell'infante Don Filippo, duca di Parma, nel mese di dicembre 1763, Traetta fu chiamato a Venezia per prendervi la direzione del conservatorio chiamato l'ospedaletto ma non conservò questo posto che due anni, avendo acconsentito di succedere a Galuppi come compositore alla corte di Caterina II, imperatrice di Russia. Partì all'inizio del 1768 per San Pietroburgo e Sacchini gli successe all'ospedaletto. La maggior parte dei biografi riferisce che all'indomani della rappresentazione della Didone Abbandonata, l'imperatrice inviò a Traetta una tabacchiera d'oro ornata del suo ritratto, con un biglietto di sua mano in cui ella diceva che Didone gli faceva questo dono. Si sono però confusi, in questo aneddoto, Traetta e Galuppi che aveva scritto qualche anno prima, un'opera sullo stesso soggetto rappresentata a Pietroburgo e che ricevette, in effetti, questo messaggio da parte dell'imperatrice.

Dopo sette anni di soggiorno alla corte di Caterina II, questo celebre artista, sentendo la sua salute indebolita dal rigore del clima, domandò il permesso di potersi congedare che non ottenne che con gran pena. Si allontanò dalla Russia verso la fine del 1775 per recarsi a Londra, dove la sua fama l'aveva preceduto, ma, sia che il soggetto dell'opera commissionatagli non l'avesse ispirato, sia che il suo cattivo stato di salute non avesse lasciato al suo talento tutto il suo vigore, il suo dramma Germondo, rappresentato a teatro del re, non parve degno della sua alta reputazione. La fredda accoglienza riservata a quest'opera e ad una raccolta di duetti italiani che fece pubblicare a Londra, lo spinsero a lasciare quella città per tornare in Italia, dove sperava di ritrovare la sua vena. Ma da questo momento in poi la sua salute fu sempre precaria. Scrisse ancora qualche opera a Napoli e a Venezia, ma senza più trovarvi il fuoco delle sue antiche produzioni. Il 6 aprile del 1779 morì a Venezia all'età di cinquantadue anni. Nel 1980 le sue spoglie furono traslate da Venezia (Chiesa Dell'Ospedaletto) a Bitonto per essere sepolte nella cripta della Cattedrale. Anche il figlio Filippo Traetta, nato nel 1777, fu compositore. Emigrato negli Stati Uniti nel 1799, vi trascorse l'intera carriera, fondandovi dei conservatori a Boston (1801) e a Filadelfia (1828).

Considerazioni sull'artista

Dotato nel grado più elevato di genio drammatico, pieno di vigore nell'espressione dei sentimenti appassionati, ardito nelle modulazioni e più incline dei musicisti italiani del suo tempo a far uso dell'armonia cromatica della scuola tedesca, Traetta sembra aver concepito la musica di teatro dal punto di vista dal quale Gluck si è posto qualche anno più tardi, a parte la diversità nelle tendenze melodiche che sono più evidenti nelle opere del compositore italiano. Nel patetico, Traetta raggiunge talvolta il sublime, come si può vedere nell'aria di Semiramide che è stata inserita nel Methode de chant du conservatoire de Paris. Talvolta dimenticava che il gusto dei suoi compatrioti rigettava allora questi accenti energici, e che essi preferivano la melodia pura al dividere la loro attenzione tra la melodia e l'armonia, ma quando percepiva nel suo uditorio la fatica di questa attenzione, durante le prime messe in scena, nelle quali sedeva al clavicembalo, aveva l'abitudine di rivolgersi agli spettatori dicendo: "Signori, badate a questo passo", e il pubblico applaudiva quasi sempre a questa espressione ingenua di orgoglio dell'artista.

Composizioni

Opere
 Farnace - Napoli 1750
 I pastori felici - ivi - 1753
 Ezio - Roma 1753
 Le nozze contrastate - 1754
 Buovo d'Antona - Venezia 1758
 Ippolito e Aricia- Parma 1759
 Stordilano, principe di Granata - 1760
 I Tindaridi - Parma 1760
 Armida - Vienna 1761
 Sofonisba - Mannheim 1761
 La francese a Malghera - 1762
 Alessandro nell'Indie - Reggio Emilia 1762
 Ifigenia in Tauride - Vienna 1763
 Didone abbandonata - 1764
 Semiramide riconosciuta - 1765
 La serva Rivale - 1767
 Amore in trappola - 1768
 L'isola disabitata, libretto di Pietro Metastasio - 1768 al Teatro Comunale di Bologna
 L'Olimpiade - 1770
 Antigona - 1772
 Germondo - 1776
 Il cavaliere errante - 1777
 La disfatta di Dario - 1778
 Artenice - 1778

Musica sacra
Si sono trovati, dello stesso compositore, al conservatorio di Napoli, uno Stabat Mater a quattro voci e orchestra (un altro Stabat Mater è conservato nella Biblioteca Statale di Monaco di Baviera), così come due lezioni per il mattutino di Natale ed una parte della Passione secondo San Giovanni. Per le "Figliole" dell'Ospedale dei Derelitti (Ospedaletto) a Venezia, ha scritto un oratorio intitolato Rex Salomon (conservato presso la biblioteca reale del Belgio a Bruxelles) , le quattro Antifone mariane per voce solista, archi e basso continuo (Biblioteca Universitaria di Amburgo) un Miserere a 3 voci, archi e continuo (conservato a Bergamo, a Vienna e a Milano; in quest'ultima fonte attribuito erroneamente a Sacchini) e numerosi mottetti solistici andati perduti. Una Messa a quattro voci con orchestra si trova presso il Conservatorio di Firenze.

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Bibliografia

 Jörg Riedlbauer, Die Opern von Tommaso Trajetta, Hildesheim, Olms, 1994 (Studien und Materialien zur Musikwissenschaft Bd. 7).
 Marco Russo, Tommaso Traetta: i Libretti della Riforma - Parma 1759-61, Facoltà di Lettere di Trento, Trento 2005.
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 Susanne Dunlap, Armida - Traetta, Salieri and Righini in Vienna, Traettiana, Londra 2011
Luigi Tullio, Il destino nelle note, Progedit, Bari 2021

Voci correlate
 Scuola musicale napoletana
 Sebastiano Traetta
 Premio Traetta Riconoscimento che la Traetta Society assegna in riconoscenza dei meriti nel riscoprimento delle radici europee della musica del XVIII secolo

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Compositori del Classicismo


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