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University Opera's original online video project celebrates the life and music of American composer Marc Blitzstein. It will be posted for FREE on YouTube this Friday night, Oct. 23, at 8 p.m.
This fall, University Opera presents its first project of 2020-21 in video format as it turns to the music of the American composer Marc Blitzstein (1905-1964).
"I Wish It So: Marc Blitzstein – the Man in His Music" will be released free of charge on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Mead Witter School of Music's YouTube channel this Friday night, Oct. 23, at 8 p.m. CDT at the general site www.youtube.com/meadwitterschoolofmusic or the official specific link: https://youtu.be/77FXFZucrWc.
Director of University Opera David Ronis (below top) is the director of the original production and will give introductory remarks. UW-Madison graduate Thomas Kasdorf (below bottom) is the musical director. The production lasts 1 hour and 40 minutes, and features four singer-actors, a narrator and a piano.
Marc Blitzstein's life story parallels some of the most important cultural currents in American history of the mid-20th-century.
Known for his musicals — most notably The Cradle Will Rock in 1937 (you can hear Dawn Upshaw sing the lovely song "I Wish It So" from "Juno" in the YouTube video at the bottom) — his opera Regina and his translation of Kurt Weill's The Threepenny Opera, Blitzstein was an outspoken proponent of socially engaged art. Like many artists of his time, he joined the American Communist Party. But he also enthusiastically served in the U.S. Army during World War II (below, in 1943).
Nevertheless, in 1958, long after he had given up his Communist Party membership, Blitzstein (below) was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) where he "named no names."
An extremely gifted yet underappreciated composer, he was a close friend of and mentor to Leonard Bernstein (below right, with Blitzstein on the left) and traveled in a close circle of American composers including David Diamond and Aaron Copland.
Although openly gay, he married Eva Goldbeck in 1933. Sadly, she died three years later from complications due to anorexia.
Blitzstein's own death was likewise tragic. In 1964, while in Martinique working on an opera about the anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti, a commission from the Metropolitan Opera, he was robbed and badly beaten by three Portuguese sailors whom he had picked up at a bar. He died the next day of internal injuries.
Although throughout his life and afterwards, Blitzstein's work was championed by Bernstein and others, many claim that neither the composer nor his stunning music and beautiful lyrics ever received the attention they deserved. So University Opera is proud to present this show celebrating his life and his works.
"I Wish It So: Marc Blitzstein – the Man in His Music" is a unique production put together by David Ronis. A biographical pastiche, it tells the story of Blitzstein's life by recontextualizing 23 songs and ensembles from his shows, juxtaposing them with spoken excerpts from his working notes and letters, and tying it all together with a narration.
The result is a dramatic, evocative and enjoyable portrait of Blitzstein's life and his art, according to Ronis.
"We've discovered a lot of "silver linings" while working on this production," says Ronis. "We were disappointed at not being able to do a normal staged show. But working with video has had tremendous artistic and educational value.
"Our students are learning on-camera technique, not to mention how to work with a green screen (below, with soprano Sarah Brailey), which allows for post-production editing and digital manipulation of backgrounds. They're also working with spoken text as well as sung pieces. Mostly, we're just very grateful to have a creative project to sink our teeth into during the pandemic.
"And the music of Blitzstein is so fantastic, we're very happy to be able to share it with our audience. This project is like none other I've ever done and we're thinking that it's going to be pretty cool."
Research on the project was completed at the Wisconsin Historical Society, where Blitzstein's archives are housed. University Opera gratefully acknowledges the help of both Mary Huelsbeck of the Wisconsin Center for Film and Television Research, and the Kurt Weill Foundation for their assistance with this project.
The cast features five UW-Madison graduate students: Sarah Brailey, Kenneth Hoversten, Justin Kroll, Lindsey Meekhof (below) and Steffen Silvis.
The video design was done by Dave Alcorn with costumes by Hyewon Park.
Others on the production staff include Will Preston, rehearsal pianist; Elisheva Pront, research assistant and assistant director; Dylan Thoren, production stage manager; Alec Hansen, assistant stage manager; Teresa Sarkela, storyboard creator; and Greg Silver, technical director.
The video will be accessible for 23 hours starting at 8 p.m. this Friday, Oct. 23. Although there will be no admission price for access, donations will be gratefully accepted. A link for donations will be posted with the video.
University Opera, a cultural service of the Mead Witter School of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, provides comprehensive operatic training and performance opportunities for students and operatic programming to the community. For more information, email opera@music.wisc.edu or visit music.wisc.edu.
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Classical music: The second LunART Festival will spotlight women in the performing and creative arts. Here is Part 2 of 2 with more about new music, comedy and a full schedule
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ALERT: The second Van Cliburn Junior Piano Competition resumes today — Monday, June 3 — in Dallas at 2:20 p.m. CDT. The young players range from 13 to 17 and come from around the world, and they are terrific. Plus the quality of the live streaming is outstanding, especially for the camera work of the keyboard. It's all FREE. If you want to see it, here is a link: https://www.cliburn.org. You might also be interested to know that among the jurors are Alessio Bax, who has performed in Madison at Farley's House of Pianos, and Philippe Bianconi, who has soloed several times with the Madison Symphony Orchestra. All that and you get to vote for the Audience Award too!
The Ear has received a long and detailed announcement about the upcoming second LunART Festival. Here is Part 2 of two parts with more information about new music, comedy and a schedule of events. Yesterday was Part 1 — a link is below — with background and participants.
https://welltempered.wordpress.com/2019/06/02/classical-music-starting-wednesday-the-second-lunart-festival-will-again-spotlight-women-in-the-performing-and-creative-arts-here-is-the-first-of-a-two-part-preview/
The LunART Festival, co-founded and co-directed by Iva Ugrcic and Laura Medisky, is back for its second season from this Wednesday, June 5, through Sunday, June 9, and will continue its mission of supporting, inspiring, promoting and celebrating women in the arts.
The 2019 season brings 10 events to eight venues in the Madison area, providing accessible, high-quality, engaging concerts and events with diverse programming from various arts fields.
The festival will showcase over 100 artists this season, including many familiar local artists and performers as well as guest artists hailing from Missouri to Texas, Minnesota to Florida and as far away as Peru.
LunART's 2019 call for scores was open to women composers of all ages and nationalities, and received an impressive 98 applicants from around the globe. Scores were evaluated by a committee of 17 LunART Festival musicians and directors, and three works were selected to be performed at each of the Gala concerts.
The winning composers are Eunike Tanzil (below top), Edna Alejandra Longoria (below middle) and Kirsten Volness (below bottom). All three will be in attendance at the festival. (In the YouTube video at the bottom, you can hear a piece for cello and piano, with the composer playing the piano, by Eunike Tanzil.)
The "From Page to Stage: Emerging Composers" educational program also returns, bringing six composers to Madison to work with flutist and composer-in-residence Valerie Coleman (below).
During the festival she will mentor participants in developing practical skills to express their creative ideas, cultivate relationships with performers and master the art of collaboration. The program culminates with a free public concert featuring their music on Saturday, June 8, at 2 p.m. in the Capitol Lakes Grand Hall, 333 West Main street, downtown and two blocks from the Capitol Square.
On Friday, June 7 at Overture Center in Promenade Hall, Meaghan Heinrich (below) presents her pre-concert lecture, "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman," which explores what it means to be a woman artist in the 21st century, and how women's experiences shape their artistic expressions.
Following the Friday gala concert is "Holding Court," this season's Starry Night event at Robinia Courtyard. This all-women comedy show features Midwestern comics Vanessa Tortolano (below top), Chastity Washington (below bottom), Vickie Lynn, Samara Suomi and Cynthia Marie who are blazing a trail of funny that will leave you gasping in their wake.
"The Multi-faceted Artist" panel discussion is for anyone interested in the ongoing trend and need for artists to wear multiple hats to succeed and thrive.
Coleman (composer and flutist) and Dr. Linda DiRaimondo (psychiatrist and aerial dancer, below top on top) serve as panelists along with Katrin Talbot (violist, poet and photographer, below bottom in a photo by Isabel Karp), and will lead the discussion on Saturday, June 8, at the downtown Madison Public Library's Bubbler Room.
The festival wraps up on Sunday, June 9, from 10 a.m. to noon at Common Ground, 2644 Branch Street in Middleton, with "Mooning Around" poetry reading and artist mixer, featuring a performance of "One for Mileva Maric (Einstein)" by Andrea Musher, with special guests Sarah Whelan and Jackie Bradley, and poetry readings by The Line-Breakers: Andrea Potos (below), Eve Robillard, Rosemary Zurlo-Cuva and Katrin Talbot.
Everyone is welcome to come enjoy their morning coffee and pastries while making creative connections with other artists.
LunART Festival is supported by Dane Arts, the Madison Arts Commission, the Wisconsin Arts Board and the Open Meadows Foundation; it also won first place at the 2018 National Flute Association C.R.E.A.T.E. Project Competition and second prize at the 2018 UW Arts Business Competition.
Schedule of 2019 Festival events:
6-8 p.m.: "Women Against Hate United by Love" exhibition opening reception @ Rotunda Stage, Overture Center for the Arts (free event)
9 a.m.-Noon From Page to Stage composition master class with Valerie Coleman @ First United Methodist Church (free event)
7 p.m.: Opening Gala Concert @ Maiahaus (402 E. Mifflin St.) (Tickets: $20 general/$10 students)
6 p.m.: "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman" pre-concert lecture by Meaghan Heinrich (free event)
7 p.m.: "Portraits of Josephine" Gala Concert @ Promenade Hall, Overture Center for the Arts (Tickets: $20 general/$10 students)
9 p.m.: Starry Night: "Holding Court" All-Women Comedy Show @ Robinia Courtyard (Tickets: $7 in advance/$10 at the door)
10 a.m.-Noon: "The Multi-faceted Artist" Panel Discussion @ Madison Public Library Bubbler Room (free event)
2 p.m.: From Page To Stage: Emerging Composers Concert @ Capitol Lakes Grand Hall (free event)
7 p.m.: "Gaia" Closing Gala Concert @ First Unitarian Society of Madison Atrium Auditorium (Tickets: $20 general/$10 students)
10 a.m.-Noon: "Mooning Around" poetry reading and artist mixer @ Common Ground, 2644 Branch St., Middleton (free event)
More information can be found at lunartfestival.org
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Classical music: See and hear what happens at the Metropolitan Opera just before show time. You will be amazed and entertained
One of the most illuminating and entertaining stories The Ear has seen recently came in The New York Times.
It does exactly what great journalism does: Take you to a place where you cannot go yourself.
The Times went behind the scenes at the famed Metropolitan Opera House in New York City (below) – the Met, for short – to see what was going on before show time.
And it was a lot more than opera.
There is so much to see and listen to, as suggested below in the 1966 drawing of the Metropolitan Opera House by David A. Mackay.
From the sets, props, wig and costume shops to rehearsals by the Met and the American Ballet Theatre and the Metropolitan Orchestra and even to the kitchen and dining room, to say nothing of the classes, hallways and stage.
What emerged was an enthralling story – full of impromptu serendipity — that made good reading in the newspaper and humanized the arts. Here is the text index version (click on the picture and then on the triangle you will see):
But then The Times took advantage of the Internet to create an interactive look at the same material that features only audiovisual clips and runs 7 minutes and 21 seconds.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/arts/100000005201650/what-happens-just-before-show-time-at-the-met-opera-in-12-rooms-youll-never-see.html
The final result is impressive, both for the great videography of the shoulder-held cameras and for the succinct labeling and explaining that doesn't interrupt the flow.
What resulted should win some kind of prize or award. It should also serve as a model for what many other media – especially television – can do with various media tools at hand.
One last observation: Is The Ear the only person who thinks the driving drum soundtrack sounds suspiciously similar to the soundtrack of the 2014 Oscar-winning film "Birdman"?
What do you think about the video?
Did you learn anything?
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Classical music: The inventive and unpredictable Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society wraps up its 26th season with an impressive display of virtuosic vocal and piano music as well as hip-hop dancing
This review is by guest contributor Kyle Johnson, who also took the performance photos. As a pianist since elementary school, Kyle Johnson has devoted most of his life to music. Born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, he is now a doctoral candidate in piano performance at the UW-Madison, where he studies with Christopher Taylor and specializes in modern and contemporary music. He participates in many festivals and events around the U.S. and Europe. Recently, he co-founded the Madison-based ensemble Sound Out Loud, an interactive contemporary music ensemble. For more information, visit: www.kyledjohnson.weebly.com
By Kyle Johnson
The Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society's 26th season is in the books.
This weekend's Friday performance at the Overture Center's Playhouse Theater was repeated in Spring Green on Sunday afternoon and was entitled "Cs the Day," which continued the series' Alphabet Soup theme. It was a full-bodied program that left the audience in full anticipation for what the BDDS will bring next summer.
Bass-baritone Timothy Jones (below) — whom the Madison Symphony Orchestra featured last month in its performance of Johannes Brahms' A German Requiem — has a wonderfully rich, dynamic voice.
In the collection of songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) and Roger Quilter (1877-1953) — all of which were aptly named "Carpe Diem" songs in the program booklet — Jones showcased the sensitivity of his higher notes and the power of his mid-low register, all the while showing a bit of charm and theatricality. I felt at times that the rich sonorities from the piano covered up Jones' diction, so texts of the English poems came in handy.
A surprise performance came after the art songs. The night's entire cast of musicians — Stephanie Jutt on flute, Soh-Hyun Park Altino and Hye-Jin Kim on violins, Ara Gregorian on viola, Madeleine Kabat on cello, and Jeffrey Sykes and Randall Hodgkinson on piano — began playing an arrangement of music from Gioachino Rossini's comic opera The Barber of Seville.
They were quickly joined by Blake Washington (below, in a file photo), a hip-hop dancer who studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He performed a rendition – in movement – while the ensemble played. Judging from the audience's approval, it's safe to assume that similar collaborations would be welcome in the future.
One annual program event is a chamber music arrangement of a complete piano concerto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791).
This year, Jeffrey Sykes was keen on presenting the Piano Concerto in D Major, K. 537 (1788), called "Coronation." Sykes (below) labeled the work a "miracle piece" in brief remarks before the musicians listed above, minus Hodgkinson, began.
As a pianist, I sympathize with anyone who takes on such a Mozart work, since the smallest of mistakes – uneven passage work, unclear ornamentation or misplayed notes – are magnified. Nonetheless, it's a treat to hear such an expansive work in an up-close, intimate setting like the Playhouse Theater at the Overture Center.
Judging by the audience's reaction alone, Carl Czerny's Grand Sonata Brillante in C minor for piano four-hands, Op. 10 (1822), proved the highlight of the program.
Not only does the work live up to its "grand" and "brilliant" title, but Sykes' and Hodgkinson's dexterity and acrobatics throughout were displayed – literally – for all to see.
A camera was suspended over the keyboard, and that eagle's-eye view (below) was projected onto the large, white backdrops at the rear of the stage. Czerny's four-hand sonata was the perfect piece to utilize this multimedia aspect, as well as show off two virtuosic pianists. (You can see and hear the first movement of the work in the YouTube video at the bottom.)
Last on the program was Cool Fire (2001) by American composer Paul Moravec (b. 1957). All of the performers on stage — the same cast from the Rossini on the first half of the program minus Sykes — were completely committed to the demanding and energetic score.
There were moments of athleticism in everyone's part, and several times, the hands of Hodgkinson (below) — and his body — had to jump the length of the keyboard in an instant. His playing, in general, has always been vigorous and brawny – similar to Madison's own Christopher Taylor. Fittingly, the two pianists studied with the same teacher, Russell Sherman.
This season of the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society was exceptionally consistent. Every concert featured interesting music, skilled musicians and engaging surprises.
In the first week, attendees were treated to sandwiches served by the Earl of Sandwich and the Queen of Sheba. In Week Two, Madison's City-Wide Spelling Bee Champion proved his expertise in musical lingo. Lastly, Week Three provided dance moves of fellow Wisconsinite Blake Washington.
It was nice to encounter many works I had never heard. In future years, I hope the BDDS's repertoire list can be widened more to be inclusive of non-Western and female composers. Through continued diversity of programming, the BDDS should not only retain its most loyal of patrons, it might also broaden its audience base even further.
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Classical music: The third and final week of the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society's 26th season offers vocal music, four-hand piano music and instrumental chamber music of four centuries plus a Midwest premiere
Building on the success of the past two weekends and previous four programs, the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society chamber music festival, which features top local and guest performers, concludes its season this weekend with a typically eclectic mix of vocal and instrumental music that ranges from the late 18th century up to today, including a Midwest premiere.
As usual, the BDDS venues are suitably intimate for chamber music: The Playhouse (below top) at the Overture Center at 201 State St.; the jewel box historic Stoughton Opera House (below middle) at 381 East Main St.; and Frank Lloyd Wright's Hillside Theater (below bottom) at Taliesin on County Highway 23 in Spring Green.
Concerts are spiked with stories about the music, mystery guests and even door prizes.
This season's theme is Alphabet Soup, because it's BDDS' 26th year and there are 26 letters in the alphabet. Each program is named after a combination of letters used in everyday language. Sometimes the musical interpretation of those letters is literal and sometimes it's quite loose.
The final weekend of concerts welcomes back audience favorites Hye-Jin Kim, violin; Ara Gregorian, viola; Randall Hodgkinson, piano (below top); and Timothy Jones, bass-baritone (below bottom).
They are joined by the acclaimed local violinist Soh-Hyun Park Altino (below top), a new member of the UW-Madison music faculty, and by Madison Symphony Orchestra cellist Madeleine Kabat (below bottom, in a photo by Christian Steiner), who is filling in for UW-Madison professor and Pro Arte Quartet cellist Parry Karp, who has sustained a finger injury.
"Cs the Day" includes the Midwest premiere of "Cool Fire" for flute, string quartet and piano by Paul Moravec (below), and Mozart's "Coronation Piano Concerto" arranged for the entire ensemble.
Timothy Jones will be featured in the song cycle, "Let Us Garlands Bring" by Gerald Finzi. These are settings of carpe diem poems of Shakespeare. (Carpe diem is Latin for "seize the day" = "Cs the Day"— get it?) You can hear the songs in the YouTube video at the bottom.
At the center of this program is Carl Czerny's Sonata in C minor for piano four-hands. BDDS will suspend a camera over the keyboard so the audience can see how the hands of the pianists cross and interlock throughout this virtuosic masterpiece. (Below is a view of a similar set up six seasons ago.)
Cs the Day will be performed at The Playhouse, Overture Center for the Arts on Friday, June 23, at 7:30 p.m.; and Spring Green at the Hillside Theater, Sunday, June 25, at 2:30 p.m.
The final program of the season, "R&B," features "Rounds for Robin, a short work by Kevin Puts (below top) for flute and piano written in memory of comedian Robin Williams, and the Flute Quintet in G minor by Luigi Boccherini (below bottom).
The "Santa Fe Songs" for baritone and piano quartet by Ned Rorem (below, in a photo by Christian Steiner) features the mesmerizing voice of Timothy Jones in one of the great American song cycles.
The 26th season concludes with Johannes Brahms' towering Piano Quintet in F minor.
R&B will be performed at The Playhouse, Overture Center, Madison, on Saturday, June 24, at 7:30 p.m.; and Spring Green at the Hillside Theater, Sunday, June 25, and 6:30 p.m.
Photos by Dick Ainsworth of BDDS performances and behind-the-scenes will be on exhibit in The Playhouse through Sunday, July 9.
Single general admission tickets are $43. Student tickets are always $10.
For tickets visit: http://www.overture.org/events/bach-dancing
For more information about the programs, performers, performances and background, visit www.bachdancinganddynamite.org or call (608) 255-9866.
Tickets can also be purchased at Overture Center for the Arts, (608) 258-4141, www.overturecenter.org (additional fees apply).
Tickets are also available at the door at all locations.
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Classical music: On Graduation or Commencement weekend, take a look what at UW-Madison music graduates and alumni have done and their plans for the future as well as a sneak preview of next year's season at the UW-Madison School of Music.
This weekend is Graduation or Commencement Weekend.
That seems a good time to check out the year-end issue of "A Tempo," the new blog done by the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music.
The issue features stories about graduates and where they are headed.
It also offers photos from the tour that UW-Madison percussionists recently took to China , some updates on alumni and a sneak peek at some of the guest artists for next season.
Here is a link:
https://uwmadisonschoolofmusic.wordpress.com/2015/05/05/news-from-our-grads-alumni-pictures-from-percussion-in-china-sneak-peek/
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Classical music: The University of Wisconsin Pro Arte Quartet lands in Belgium, gets detained at customs and is rescued in time for practicing and playing concerts.
Editor's note: The Well-Tempered Ear has asked people on tour with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Pro Arte Quartet (below, in a photo by Rick Langer) to file whatever dispatches. updates and photos — from iPads, computers, cameras and smart phones — so that they can to keep the fans back here at home current with what is happening on the concert stage and off.
Here is a link to a schedule of planned events, repertoire and venues:
https://welltempered.wordpress.com/2014/05/19/classical-music-its-final-and-official-the-university-of-wisconsin-pro-arte-quartet-will-tour-to-belgium-this-week/
Here is the first installment of the tour updates:
For the University of Wisconsin-Madison Pro Arte Quartet, Tuesday night into Wednesday morning was spent flying across the Atlantic Ocean to a one-week tour to the group's homeland of Brussels, Belgium, Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.
But despite reassurances from U.D. officials, complications occurred on landing and then going through customs.
Showing her sense of humor, Pro Arte Quartet violist Sally Chisholm sends word about starting the quartet's one-week tour in Belgium and heads it "News from a broad" in the subject line of her email:
"Today, Sarah Schaffer (below) stood eye to eye with the U.S. consulate and freed us from Belgium customs. Our passports for our instruments and bows were the first ever seen at the Brussels airport.
"Despite the initial determination that both Parry and I could not pass through customs in time for the concerts, suddenly, at 3:15 p.m. we were declared admitted by investigators (below):
"Sarah will have details about her consulate experience! A million thanks to Sarah, once again, and to all of our supporters. We are now at our hotel just off the Grand Place, enjoying an evening of warm friendship and memorable cuisine."
–Sally (below)
And here is the latest from Sarah Schaffer, who works at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music, heads up the Pro Arte Quartet Centennial Committee and is accompanying the quartet on tour:
"Our first afternoon was spent at American Embassy, trying to spring violist Sally Chisholm and cellist Parry Karp (below), who were both detained at the Brussels airport and refused entry into Belgium over the endangered species business about ivory and wood.
"Oh, boy.
"Also called on our Belgium friends, who reached the cabinet minister in the agency overseeing CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna), and between all efforts we got them sprung.
"We're all here at last, exhausted, a little tattered, but a much better outcome than we feared for many hours today."
"Here is a photo of the necessary permit we finally obtained:
And here is a link to another posting about the 1973 international law, now being strictly enforced, that has created such fuss and confusion:
https://welltempered.wordpress.com/2014/04/16/classical-music-catch-the-pro-arte-quartets-free-must-hear-concert-of-the-program-for-its-upcoming-back-to-belgium-tour-on-thursday-night-at-730-especially-sinc/
And here is a link to the official CITES website:
http://www.cites.org
And here is an informational video on YouTube about the well-intentioned, if inconvenient, CITES law and the role of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service:
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When you think of Alberta Ferretti fall 2008 collection wonderful shades of violet come first to mind. And here they are, jewel tones of purple stand along emerald green, sapphire blue and gold in beautiful shots captured by the magical lens of photographer Steven Meisel for Alberta Ferretti fall/winter 2008/09 ad campaign.
Models Anna J, Magdalena, Siri & Viktoriya turn home after a long night of partying, and stretch their long legs in an old metro train. Love the contrast between the gorgeous clothes and the scenery.
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After solving a problem, I had to "Neat-Up" the camera.
Because of the foreground and the fixed focus of Foscam C2 HD Cameras, the focus and exposure of the background were not what I wanted.
Solution–move the camera closer to the basking bed [background] so that the foreground is no longer in the frame. Fashion an arm to do so.
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These atmospheric images were captured at an historic Shaker Settlement in New England and in a vegetable garden in England that was created along Shaker lines by Stephanie, following the principles laid out in a 19th century Shaker handbook. The photographs appeared in her book The Shaker Garden. The Shakers found and sought simple beauty in everything they did and used, and these pictures reflect that philosophy.


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F9 Post-Credits Scene Explained
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This article contains F9 spoilers.
So quick question: How many folks in your theater stayed for the end credits of F9, the 10th film in the Fast and Furious saga? I know I can say everyone did in mine. That's because with summer blockbusters back, we've all remembered our training to be good little Pavlovian dogs and stay for a treat after the film fades to black. And F9 just gave a juicy one too.
In a nondescript gym/vaguely insidious lair, Jason Statham's Deckard Shaw beats a full-sized punching bag until his knuckles probably bleed. Only then do we realize he's keeping some poor bastard wrapped up inside of the target. Full disclosure: I wasn't sure if that was Otto—the sniveling silver spooned traitor who was working with John Cena's Jakob in F9. He was honestly too smeared in blood to know for sure, but whoever it is, he's having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
Be that as it may, that's not the point of this scene. It's just to let you know Deckard Shaw is still up to Deckard Shaw shit. Even after saving the world with Luke Hobbs in the spinoff movie, it turns out Shaw's still not a nice guy. But perhaps it's good to be reminded of such things because a moment later, the one-time arch-villain hears a knock at the door. Who could that be?
None other than Sung Kang's Han Seoul-Oh! The man he left for dead in Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift and Fast & Furious 6.
If you don't remember the ins and outs of their backstories, let's just say they have significant beef. Back when the third Fast and the Furious movie was not set in the distant future, Kang's Han died in a fiery freak accident during a Tokyo drifting race. Only later do we learn that his vehicle was sabotaged by Deckard Shaw as an act of vengeance for Han and the Family™ putting Deck's little brother, Owen Shaw (Luke Evans), in the hospital. So he runs Han off the road and calls up Dom Toretto so he can hear the sound of the explosion that is about to engulf poor Han.
BUT we now know thanks to F9 that was a double fakeout-blind of an accident. Deckard engineered it to kill Han in what would look like an accident to the other racers, but Han knew it was coming and in turn planned to use it to fake his own death while working for Mr. Nobody (Kurt Russell), who was helping Han protect a young orphan named Elle (Anna Sawai), whose blood contained the key codes to a satellite program which could take over the world.
Got all that?
So Han "died" and Deckard Shaw went on to get his face busted in when he engaged in a duel with Dominic Toretto wherein both men wielded wrenches like they were broadswords. Poor Shaw never realized that "in a street fight, the street always wins."
And yet… even though the family sent Shaw to prison as their own act of revenge on Han's behalf, in the next movie they would help Shaw escape because of contrived plot mechanics I will not recite here… and then they invite him to the cookout at the end. Granted, Shaw saved Dom's infant son to garner that invitation, but he still murdered a member of the family. For at least two films though, Fast and the Furious wanted you to forget that.
It outraged a fair number of fans, and it frustrated Justin Lin too, who created Han with Kang way back before he even knew he'd make a Fast and Furious movie. Yep, Han first appears in Lin's second feature, Better Luck Tomorrow (2002). To see the character just blatantly ignored by The Fate of the Furious is what brought Lin out of Fast and Furious retirement.
"That was a fucked up move on [F8]," Lin told Esquire last year. "Han is special. It really made no sense and, as an Asian-American, it kind of did shake me to the core. You're like: 'Wait, did we just get reduced to a fucking character that you don't even address? That nobody fucking cares about anymore? Are we fucking back to Long Duk Dong shit again?"
So Lin returned to the series he made a phenomenon with the express purpose of bringing justice to Han. Strangely, however, it was not revealed that Dom and company knew Han was alive this whole time, which still makes their chummy relationship with Shaw in the last movie bizarre. Even so, the end credits scene promises bringing Han back from the dead is just the beginning of the franchise's penance.
What does the post-credits scene set up? A heart-to-heart, and maybe a fist-to-fist, between Han and the man who tried to send him to the morgue. If Shaw wants to truly be family, it's time for him to earn it. That look on his face suggests it'll be a lot of work.
Maybe in Fast and Furious 10…
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UCF Claims Construction-Defect Over Swaying Stadium
Courtney Cameron
Last month, the University of Central Florida filed a lawsuit with the Orange County Circuit Court against architects and contractors involved in the construction of Spectrum Stadium.
The suit claims that the 45,000-seat stadium shifts and sways when the fans move in unison due to defects in the metal framework supporting the seating area.
According to the Orlando Sentinel, the signature motion of the seating area inspired fans to nickname the venue the "Bounce House" when it opened in 2008.
University spokesperson Chad Binette said that the school intends "to hold the companies involved in constructing the stadium accountable for their role in creating premature wear of the steel."
"We contend that it is requiring more maintenance than it should for its age and use," he said.
While the lawsuit does not specify what type of wear is manifesting in the seat frames, university documents show that the school recently sought bids for emergency rust remediation.
UCF also spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to stiffen the underpinnings of the structure by bolting additional steel to support beams after occupying the building in 2008.
UCF lawyers allege that defects in the steel are a result of a failure to meet industry standards and comply with building codes during construction.
According to the chairman of one company implicated by the lawsuit, it is common for metal structures to experience some issues in Florida's humidity.
"Most metal products in Florida need to be maintained on a regular basis," he said.
Seattle's New Climate Pledge Arena Showcases Technology, Efficiencies
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Doyle's an intense character. Doyle's trying to atone for his own past and he has to help Angel-but he doesn't want to become too involved. On one hand, here he is preaching to Angel to get involved with humans and really care about them, but meanwhile Doyle would rather be at the track betting the ponies and drinking.


There is so much software as a service now that data heads off into the cloud and lands who knows where.
But that doesn't absolve you of the need to know where your data is, how it is secured and what laws and regulations its retention must comply with. For this, you need to carry out a cloud-compliance audit.
Your service provider may not state where your data will be held, let alone guarantee that it stays in the same country or even on the same continent. They may move data around for load balancing, or may failover to another datacentre if things go wrong.
If you don't take steps to find out, you are unlikely to know where your data is. Not long ago, data stayed safely in the data centre behind a firewall, and rarely ventured much further than branch offices or to the tape storage warehouse.
Life was easy then. But now, in the age of the cloud, there are numerous laws and regulations that make things less simple. The bottom line is, you are classed as the data controller for compliance purposes and this means you need to comply with the laws and regulations that apply in the territories in which you operate and/or data is held.
Furthermore, you will be subject to the local laws of the country in which your service provider is based and of the country in which your data is stored. You can be prosecuted under these laws even if you just make use of a datacentre in a European country.
Another example is the 2001 USA Patriot Act, which states that data stored in the US or UK, by any company headquartered in the US, is subject to access by federal authorities. This includes financial information and emails.
The key thing to take away here is that before sending personal data off to be stored or managed by any third-party provider, you have to know where it is being stored and how it is protected. In other words, you need to conduct a cloud complianceaudit.
As an organisation you are data controller and even though you outsource the storage process to a cloud provider, responsibility for it still belongs to you.
A cloud compliance audit should include a review of policies and procedures that the cloud storage provider applies to your data, the technical solutions in place to protect your data, and the skills of technical or business staff responsible for your data. You may also want to physically audit the datacentre where your data is stored.
In short, you should know everything that happens to your data, just as if you stored it on your own premises, so that you don't fall foul of data protection laws and regulations.
Kingsley Eley is principal consultant at GlassHouse Technologies (UK). For more information, visit GlassHouse.com and the GlassHouse blog for expert commentary on key datacentre issues, and follow us on Twitter @GlassHouse_Tech.


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Home Blockchain How 5G could unlock blockchain's potential – Decrypt
How 5G could unlock blockchain's potential – Decrypt
Next-generation 5G mobile networks are finally rolling out around the world, after years of promises and anticipation. And the pace of adoption is only set to accelerate; a recent report from Ericsson predicted that 65% of the world's population will have access to 5G by 2025, with smartphone data usage shooting up to 24GB a month from 7.2GB a month now.
Compared with 4G, 5G is faster, more reliable, and provides greater coverage. At peak speed, it's about 20 times faster than 4G, with a minimum peak download speed of 20 Gbps compared to 4G's 1 Gbps.
5G is often spoken about alongside blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) as part of a new stack of connected technologies that will revolutionize the workings of the Internet, and underpin the Fourth Industrial Revolution. So what role does blockchain play in this brave new world, and how will it work alongside 5G technology?
Blockchain will protect the Internet of Things
The rise of 5G goes hand in hand with a boom in connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices; according to Ericsson, the number of cellular IoT will shoot up from 1.3 billion to five billion by the end of 2025, an increase of 285%. The term takes in everything from smart thermostats to autonomous cars, to water sensors for agriculture; essentially, any connected device that monitors its environment and communicates that data to people or other IoT devices. With 5G connectivity, these devices will increasingly talk to each other as well as to their users, in an ever expanding Internet of Things.
That increased connectivity comes with security concerns—and that's where blockchain comes in. While hacking smart-fridges might seem trivial, hacking into a car could be lethal.
Darren Sadana, CEO of Choice IoT, an IoT management platform, told Decrypt that blockchain could prevent hacking, and predicts that most computer programming will transition to blockchain. "As 5G coverage increases and smarter applications are built that require complex and huge amounts amid data at high speeds, there is also going to be increased danger of hacking," he said.
Take autonomous cars: in a recent survey by the American Automobile Association, nearly half (49%) of those polled wanted to know how vulnerable they are to hackers.
"This is where blockchain can help tremendously because of its advanced security," Sadana said. "Even if a small part is hacked, it does not affect the whole program. In fact, most coding will move to blockchain in the future as it is more resistant to hacking," he added.
A surge of economic value
Ayushi Sharma, a business consultant for iFour Technolab, told Decrypt that blockchain-based security systems could have significant usages in other areas of 5G enabled technology. The bandwidth improvements generated by 5G networks will allow IoT to expand into previously unavailable applications, leading to a "surge of economic value," said Sharma, and reaching remote areas previously untouched by the internet.
Anything that relies on the quick, secure transmission of data over 5G networks would benefit from blockchain, Sharma claimed—for example, the field of robot-assisted surgery. Millions of devices in smart cities, which rely on the quick transmission of data, could also communicate with greater ease and security.
Secure SIMs
Professor Nir Kshetri, of UNC Greensboro, also believes that blockchain can be used to secure 5G itself. "Telecom companies can provide an eSIM (embedded SIM) or an app to a subscriber that creates a unique virtual identity that is encrypted and stored on a blockchain," Kshetri said. This SIM security, like smart contracts, also has usages on e-commerce sites, similar to smart contracts: "Subscribers can use the unique IDs for automatic authentication on e-commerce websites."
Joel McLeod, founder of Emerging Technology, an online forum for technologists, told Decrypt that, once the technologies converge, there will be "a significant increase in the global research spend on understanding the hybridization of new technologies, and a premium on the salaries of professionals are proficient in multiple technologies."
Connecting the unbanked and underbanked
Richard Dennis, founder and CEO of the cryptocurrency temtum, is excited about the potential of combining blockchain and 5G for the financial world. "On the back end, 5G and blockchain offer the promise of a potent combination," he said. Blockchain can secure mobile banking networks that "will have to secure transactions on a very granular level," while 5G will make sure these complex networks don't strain under the weight of blockchains.
It will be a major stride forward for both the unbanked and underbanked.
Richard Dennis
Dennis thinks blockchain and 5G could help out in developing countries: "If crypto networks can deliver payments solutions to these populations, it will be a major stride forward for both the unbanked and underbanked," he said. He thinks this evolution in banking could be the first step towards much-needed changes for the developing world, including better and more reliable access to electricity and high-speed Internet, addressing the high fees associated with transactions and remittance payments, government corruption and economic volatility.
"If that's all 5G ends up doing, it may be a greater leap forward than what has already been envisioned and promised by all those in the mobile industry," he said.
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Airlines collect $6 billion in fees
By Katia Hetter, CNN • Updated 15th May 2013
Those airline baggage and reservation change fees add up, to the tune of more than $6 billion.
U.S. airlines collected $3.5 billion in baggage fees and $2.6 billion in reservation change/cancellation fees last year, according to U.S. Department of Transportation data. That was a 3.8% increase in baggage fees and a 7.8% increase in reservation change/cancellation fees compared with 2011.
Delta Air Lines came out on top in baggage and reservation change/cancellation fees, collecting $1.6 billion last year. Delta's baggage fees totaled $865.9 million and it collected $778.4 million in change/cancellation fees.
United Airlines landed in second place in both categories, with $705.5 million in baggage fees and $660.9 million reservation change/cancellation fees.
And the most satisfying airline is ...
Low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines adds new carry-on luggage fees and penalties for booking on third-party websites.
Christine Romans on a new report showing the U.S. airlines that receive the most and the least customer complaints.
American Airlines is offering passengers in the U.S. a luggage delivery service. CNN's Sandra Endo reports.
Those fees returned the airlines to profitability in 2012. Total revenue for all passenger airlines last year was $159.5 billion, while total operating expenses were $153.6 billion. For the 10 largest U.S. airlines, that translated into net income of $201 million last year, up from a $500,000 loss in 2011.
And there's no sign that the fees are going away.
Delta, United, American Airlines and US Airways recently raised the cost of changing a reservation from $150 to $200 for many nonrefundable tickets for domestic flights. Frontier Airlines will soon start charging a $25 to $100 carry-on bag fee to many customers who book their tickets through third-party sites, excluding certain members of its frequent flier program.
American was the first U.S. airline to charge customers for the first bag checked, starting in June 2008. The fee was $15, and other airlines quickly followed suit. That year, American collected $277,991 in baggage fees, according to U.S. Department of Transportation data. The U.S. airlines collected $1.1 million that year.


On 9 April, SECAP (the Ecuadorian Professional Training Service) and the Line 1 Consortium of the Quito Metro, including ACCIONA, presented occupational training certificates to 53 workers of the Quito Metro.
These certificates, which officially endorse the workers' experience, were made possible thanks to the agreement that the institution has with the ACCIONA-Line 1 Consortium of the Quito Metro. Under the agreement, workers carried out training activities to learn construction skills, as well as acquiring knowledge through their daily work, from the most basic activities through to those that required greater dedication.
The professional profiles recognized by this certificate, which most of the metro workers have worked towards, are "Master builder in civil engineering projects", "Construction worker specialized in reinforced concrete structures" and "Construction worker specialized in foundry work for reinforced concrete structures".
To select the 53 workers that have obtained the certificate, SECAP's examiners travelled to the works sites where they carried out theoretical and practical assessments of each of the specific selected profiles.
During the tests, candidates demonstrated their knowledge, skills, abilities and aptitudes, as well as the quality of the work that they carry out every day, as well as the safety measures that they take prior to carrying out each activity.
The ceremony to present the occupational training certificates was attended by Marco Larco, Executive Director of SECAP; Aranzazu Losada, HR Director of Latin America of ACCIONA Construcción and Maria Lorena Pólit, technical Secretary of the National System of Professional Qualifications , who together presented the certificates to the workers involved in constructing what is considered to be the most important infrastructure project in the history of the city of Quito.


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Le  est un temple bouddhiste de la secte Shingon situé à l'extérieur de la ville d'Atsugi, préfecture de Kanagawa au Japon. Il est aussi connu sous le nom de , d'après son principal objet de vénération.

Ce temple est le  de la route du pèlerinage des trente-trois temples Bandō Sanjūsankasho dans la région de Kantō à l'est du japon consacré au Bodhisattva Kannon.

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Selon la légende du temple, le Hase-dera est fondée soit par le saint errant ascète Gyōki autour de 725, ou le célèbre prêtre Kūkai de 810 à 835. Cependant, aucun document historique n'a survécu à l'appui de cette légende et l'histoire du temple est donc incertaine. Durant l'époque de Kamakura, le temple est un centre d'études œcuméniques reliant la secte Shingon avec les écoles Tendai, Ritsu et Zen, en collaboration avec le Kakuon-ji de Kamakura et le Shōmyo-ji de Kanazawa-ku, (Yokohama). Le temple appartient à présent à la secte Kōyasan Shingon-shū du Bouddhisme japonais.

Le bâtiment principal du Hase-dera date de l'époque d'Edo et abrite le honzon de bronze Juichimen Kannon Bosatsu. Le Hase-dera est aussi renommé pour ses sakura au printemps.

Préfecture de Kanagawa
Temple bouddhiste dans la préfecture de Kanagawa
Pèlerinage bouddhiste

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