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Larry Wilmore will host White House Correspondents dinner
By Joanne Ostrow
Television Critic
Larry Wilmore to host 2016 White House Correspondents Association Dinner.
Larry Wilmore, host of "The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore" on Comedy Central, will do the honors at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, also known as Washington's Nerd Prom, this weekend. The event will be telecast live on C-SPAN on Saturday, April 30, locally at 4 p.m.
Wilmore joins a long list of comics who've ribbed both politicians and the media at the function. Past hosts include Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers and Wanda Sykes.
Wilmore is aware of the significance of the task: "For me, part of the history of this is a bit overwhelming," Wilmore told a C-SPAN interviewer. "When I think this is the first black president, we're the same age. To see even where race has gone in our lifetime. When I was a kid the thought of a black man even leading a football team, being the quarterback was a huge deal let alone to be president."
This last White House Correspondents Association Dinner of the Obama presidency arrives with ample material for political parody. Last year, when "Saturday Night Live's" Cecily Strong was the entertainer, Obama himself scored some of the biggest laughs. (See his speech here.) He included digs at Ted Cruz, MSNBC, CNN and Donald Trump ("Donald Trump is here… still.") Regarding the 2016 election, Obama said, "I, for one, can't wait to see who the Koch brothers pick." And in a zing aimed at Bernie Sanders, he seriously underestimated the appeal of the "pot smoking Socialist."
Now that the election cycle is in full swing and the President is on his way out, there should be some even more stinging humor this round.
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"Time-Traveling Bong" pot comedy
Ilana Glazer in "Broad City." Provided by Comedy Central
Comedy Central plans to light up the screen with a pot comedy this spring. A three-episode pot series from the "Broad City" creators will bow in April. "Time Traveling Bong," from Ilana Glazer, Paul W. Downs and Lucia Aniello, will air following the "Broad City" season finale April 20, the network announced Wednesday.
Glazer (she's the curly-haired one on "Broad City") and Downs will co-star in the limited series directed by Aniello.
The series "takes viewers on a wild ride through an otherworldly experience," the Comedy Central press release noted.
The network included this helpful addendum: "No comment," added Glazer, Downs and Aniello.
"Time Traveling Bong" centers on two cousins, played by Glazer and Downs, who discover a time traveling bong and ride high as they blaze through time. Their buzz is killed when the bong breaks and the cousins are forced to bounce around the space time continuum, learning to appreciate there's no time like the present. "Time Traveling Bong" will roll out across three consecutive nights, beginning on 4/20 at 10:30 p.m.
The network also gave "Broad City" a fourth and fifth season renewal, picked up "Inside Amy Schumer" for a fifth season, and announced "Not Safe with Nikki Glaser" will premiere Feb. 9.
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Jon Stewart's final show
The Daily Show Jon Stewart photo credit: Comedy Central
Jon Stewart, on his final show, didn't just follow the showbiz adage, leave 'em laughing. He left us with politically savvy advice, reminding viewers to stay vigilant: "If you smell something, say something."
The parade of smart, irreverent and creative actors and comedians, plus politicians and media mavens appearing on Stewart's final "Daily Show" testified to the influence he has had on the culture. "Look at the talent who's passed through these doors!" Stewart said. Over 16 years, he familiarized us with all of them.
From Stephen Colbert's thank-you ("You were infuriatingly good at your job. All of us who were lucky enough to work with you for 16 years are better at our jobs because of you…") to Stewart's tribute to his staff, the final show was appropriately nostalgic.
Because he made us sift and filter and reconsider what we call news, because he taught us to focus on the meaning behind the message, got us in the habit of dissecting political spin and introduced us to an amazing cavalcade of talent, we gathered on Thursday night to say thank you. And he pointedly reminded us to stay on guard.
The GOP debate, also on Thursday, gave him a jumping off point for "full team post-debate coverage." One by one the past and present "Daily Show" correspondents showed up — Steve Carrell, Kristin Schaal, Mo Rocca, John Hodgman, Larry Wilmore, Craig Kilborn and more joined the group pretending to report from Cleveland.
Ed Helms, representing "the Rocky Mountain Institute for Men Who Get More Distinguished and Handsome as They Age," Olivia Munn, Rob Riggle, Josh Gad, Rob Corddry, Nate Corddry, successor Trevor Noah (taking measurements on the set)…Even Darth Vader, "Senior Evil Correspondent," put in an appearance, objecting to Stewart's comparing him to Dick Cheney.
Arby's CEO finally got to respond to Stewart's long-running teasing with his own tagline ("It's like your TV threw up on your face.") Politicians Chuck Schumer, Hillary Clinton, Rahm Emanuel and John McCain, broadcasters Wolf Blitzer, Bill O'Reilly and others teased and toasted the departing host. Wyatt Cenac, Gitmo the incarcerated puppet, John Oliver… on and on.
Stewart's hat tip to the staff was a sweetly weird video (that included a shout-out to Colorado's Hallie Haglund), roving through the offices.
His parting advice: "Bullshit is everywhere." The "pernicious, institutional" bullshit was always his prime target. He ran through the oddly titled "Patriot" Act, Super PACs, disinformation about climate change and other examples, concluding, "the best defense against bullshit is vigilance. So if you smell something, say something."
Before Bruce Springsteen played the show off, Stewart thanked his family for "teaching me what joy looks like" and assured us "the show isn't ending. We're merely taking a pause."
Let's hope it's not too long.
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Comedy Central says #jonvoyage (lousy hashtag, nice sendoff)
"The Daily Show," vintage Jon Stewart. Image provided by Comedy Central
Comedy Central will give Jon Stewart a month-long sendoff with a binge opportunity the network is calling #jonvoyage. (It's a lousy hashtag but a fitting idea for a sendoff).
A marathon of "The Daily Show" episodes, dating to Stewart's debut in January 1999, will begin on Friday, June 26, (locally at 10 a.m.) and run through the night of his last show on Thursday, August 6 (locally 5:17 p.m.).
The episodes will be available Via thedailyshow.com/monthofzen and the Comedy Central App.
Additionally, to celebrate Stewart's phenomenal, culture-shifting 16-year run, the network will present an original one-hour special on Aug. 2, written and produced by the show's staff and hosted by correspondents Jordan Klepper, Hasan Minhaj and Jessica Williams from "The Best F&#ing News Team Ever!"
Successor Trevor Noah's start date is Sept. 28.
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Colorado valedictorian gives banned speech on "The Nightly Show"
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A Colorado high school valedictorian, Evan Young, recently was banned from giving his graduation speech at Twin Peaks Charter Academy High School when it was discovered the Longmont teen was going to come out at the end of his talk. (The principal not only required him to edit the speech, which the student declined to do, but "outed" Young to his parents in a phone call. Young later gave the speech in full at a private home in an event sponsored by the nonprofit Out Boulder.)
Larry Wilmore to the rescue: This week Comedy Central's "The Nightly Show" stepped in, flew Young out to the studio and gave him a much bigger platform from which to give his speech. He didn't have to edit out the gay part, but he did have to retract the bit about his "hero" Stephen Colbert.
In the segment labeled "Larry Wilmore's School for Genius-Ass Kids," Young gets a huge positive response from the studio audience.
Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Jared Polis has issued a protest of the move to the school superintendent.
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Jon Stewart to retire from "The Daily Show"
Television host Jon Stewart appears during a 2011 taping of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" in New York. Comedy Central announced Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, that Stewart will will leave "The Daily Show" later this year. (Brad Barket, Associated Press file)
Jon Stewart, winner of actual journalism awards as well as a slew of comedy trophies for his fake newscast "The Daily Show," told the audience at his taping today that he plans to retire from the show. Comedy Central confirmed Stewart will leave when his contract expires at the end of the year, after a 17-year run.
Stewart changed the way a generation got its news, offering brilliant insight via his parody newscast.
The comic genius most recently blasted the media for failing to report more substantially on Iraq before leading the way into the war, while piling on his pal Brian Williams, the beseiged NBC News anchor.
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Stephen Colbert leaves Comedy Central with a song
Stephen Colbert (Photo provided by CBS)
"We'll meet again," and we all know where and when: when he takes over "The Late Show" from David Letterman on CBS next year. But for now, a grateful nation ("Nation!") thanks the amazing Stephen Colbert for a brilliant run and clever finish.
With a horde of celebrities ranging from Henry Kissinger to Barry Manilow, Vince Gilligan to Jon Stewart, Katie Couric to Neil Degrasse Tyson, the still in-character Colbert gave "The Colbert Report" and us a sweet, funny farewell. He also provided a key to what will make him a continued success in his next format: he is perhaps our most well-rounded comedian, a political satirist who can sing and dance, an improv sketch artist who can conduct an engaging interview, a cultural critic with a way of turning the joke on himself. Once he abandons his right-wing blowhard persona, he'll be just fine tackling the worlds of Hollywood, politics, business, Broadway, science, culture, fine arts and the occasional CBS plug.
His career-changing cable series set the standard for a new genre of variety/parody/talk in late night. His next show stands a good chance of reinventing a sagging form when he brings his inventive mind (and smart staff) to the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York.
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"Joe Rogan: Rocky Mountain High" on Comedy Central
Joe Rogan (Photo provided by Comedy Central)
Comedian Joe Rogan returns to Comedy Central Nov. 21 in a one-hour special filmed at the downtown Denver Comedy Works. His affection for Denver and, particularly, for the city's newfound embrace of legal recreational weed, are recurring themes.
His point is, if you're not paranoid, you're not paying attention.
On the subject of marijuana, he riffs about the discomfort of eating a pot cookie and boarding an airplane. "Getting paranoid? That's the best part. We're on a giant ball that's spinning in space and nobody talks about it!… We're spinning in infinity and it doesn't come up."
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Emmy Awards 2014: the count by network
Skyler White (Anna Gunn) and Walter White (Bryan Cranston) in "Breaking Bad," season 5, episode 11. (Photo by Ursula Coyote, AMC)
"Breaking Bad" had a well deserved victory lap at the 2014 Emmy Awards, and "Modern Family" emerged alongside "Frasier" as the TV comedy with the most best-series wins. But take a look at tonight's awards by network and by show. Clearly, Netflix was disappointed, while it was a very good night for CBS.
Breaking Bad AMC 5 wins
Modern Family ABC 3
Sherlock: His Last Vow PBS 3
American Horror Story: Coven FX 2
Fargo FX 2
Louie FX 1
Mom CBS 1
The 67th Annual Tony Awards CBS 1
The Amazing Race CBS 1
The Big Bang Theory CBS 1
The Colbert Report Comedy Central 1
The Good Wife CBS 1
The Normal Heart HBO 1
True Detective HBO 1
Veep HBO 1
When you include the Creative Arts Emmys, those presented outside the prime-time telecast, the numbers per network (for those that won more than 2) look like this:
HBO…19
CBS…11
PBS…11
FX Networks…8
AMC…6
Fox/NatGeo…4
Showtime…4
Cartoon Network…3
Starz…2
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No new "South Park" this week, blame the power outage
For the first time in 17 years, "South Park" missed a deadline.
A power outage in the Culver City studios on Tuesday night meant computers weren't operable and episode 1704 could not be finished in time for air. On the show site, the producers on Wednesday posted an explanation and photos from the outage, assuring fans that the episode would air next week.
"From animation to rendering to editing and sound, all of our computers were down for hours and we were unable to finish episode 1704, "Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers," in time for air tonight," Trey Parker was quoted as saying. "It sucks to miss an air date, but after all these years of tempting fate by delivering the show last minute, I guess it was bound to happen."
Instead a repeat, live-Tweeted presentation of the episode "Scott Tenorman Must Die" aired Wednesday.
The Colorado-set show's always topical 240 previous episodes, produced by computer animation, have been delivered just before air, unlike most TV animation which is often hand-drawn and in the can months ahead of time.
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"Flowers," dark Brit-com, is a bouquet of strange
Raul Martinez departs Fox31
"Game of Thrones" goes for cheese
"American Masters: Janis Joplin"
"Duck Dynasty" debacle winners and losers — 362 comments
TLC pulls "19 Kids and Counting" -- now it should cancel it — 106 comments
KBPI's Uncle Nasty, KBCO's Keefer fired by Clear Channel --updated — 102 comments
"Grey's" and gays — 98 comments
Brooke Wagner out at CBS4 — 85 comments
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My project for this weekend's Baltimore Hackathon is a new screencasting series called Ruby Study Hall. I've been working informally with a small group of people who are new to programming or new to the Ruby language, and RSH is an experiment to see if I can scale myself to help a wider group of people in public. It's been really fun explaining how to get things done in Ruby by giving the students small projects to work on and providing feedback.
Ruby Study Hall will be in session on Saturday from 2 to 4 pm at the Hackathon. Due to space restrictions you must register for the hackathon to attend (which you should do anyway, it's gonna be awesome). The registration fee includes lunch at 1 pm, so why not make an afternoon of it? If you can't attend, I'll be screencasting the whole thing for posterity and posting the video to Youtube and Vimeo.
This is not a class per se. I will not be showing you how to code Ruby from scratch. The first 60 to 90 minutes is meant to be a study session for beginners, functioning like a reverse classroom. I'll be answering beginner-level questions about Ruby based on the homework assignments people have been doing.
The last 30-60 minutes will be aimed at intermediate and advanced-level coders. I've invited Nick Gauthier to sit-in and critique some work I've done with his Domino gem. Beginners will still like this part because it'll be a glimpse of how the smaller exercises will lead you to building something in the real world.
If you are not comfortable at the command line, I recommend watching Peepcode's Unix Command Line Tutorial ($9) and practicing with the shell. You'll spend a lot of time at the command-line with Ruby.
So far I am seeing that it's really hard, but definitely possible to learn programming even if you've never done it before. Every programmer I know is largely self-taught, and to quote Viola Spolin, "We learn through experience and experiencing, and no one teaches anyone anything..."


We are delighted to share with you the cut-up poems selected by Dylan's grand-daughter, Hannah Ellis, as part of this year's Love the Words competition, part of International Dylan Thomas Day 2017.
The competition asked young people aged 7-25, anywhere in the world, to 'cut up' the first few paragraphs of Dylan's Under Milk Wood and use these to create their own visual verse which were then shared on Twitter.
Cut-up poetry was a style invented by the surrealists and favoured, later on, by the beat poets, many of whom – Allen Ginsberg in particular – were fans of Dylan's work.
We received entries from all over the UK, as well as the USA, and Hannah then selected her favourites which you can see here.
The Welsh language entries for Love the Words were selected by poet and rapper Rufus Mufasa, who was one of the judges of last year's Dylan's Great Poem competition.
For more about International Dylan Thomas Day, see http://www.literaturewales.org/our-projects/international-dylan-thomas-day/ The celebration is funded by Welsh Government and coordinated by Literature Wales. This competition was a collaboration between Literature Wales and Discover Dylan Thomas.com.
We are grateful to artist Lee R. Jones for the use of his beautiful illustrations in this project.
Finally, remember to take a look at the hashtags #DylanDay and #DyddDylan for more about the Day itself, and #LovetheWords to see the many wonderful poetry entries on Twitter.
A massive well done to everyone included here, and to everyone who took part in the competition!


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Serge Meets | August 16, 2019 | Fashion Feature
Future Icon Series Ep 1 - Meeks Rayvon
We have launched Episode 1 of our Future Icon Series. This is an innovative step on our Serge Meets template which features up and coming creatives who are icons of their craft and time. The concept behind this series is to provide a platform for likeminded individuals to speak about their journey and how they intend to create a legacy. Serge is not just a jewellery brand, but the jewellery represents wearing your armour and owning your skin so you can communicate a message through your everyday fashion.
The first icon to feature in this series is Meeks Rayvon. Joshua Meek-Rayvon Williams is a 25-year old self-taught visual artist in London. From shooting musicians such as AJ Tracey and Mabel, executing a global Converse campaign, and being the videographer of PAQ, Joshua has garnered global attention and success in his unique way of executing a creative vision.
"I remember the first time I picked up a camera, what got me was evoking a feeling onto someone else. Everyone loves having their photo taken - Anyone that says differently is lying. When you get a great photo you are like 'wow, you blessed me with that'. You know, creating that imagery that is a stamp - A photo is a memory that can't be lost, and it lasts forever, and that is kinda what made it amazing for me" - Meeks Rayvon
Joshua was chosen to be the first Icon of the Future Icon Series, because of the message he carries in his work. Being entirely self-taught and only 25 shows the level of commitment to hone your craft and create a legacy.
"For me, Serge is more than just a brand, it's about a creative community. Young creative individuals who aren't afraid to follow their dreams, and push the boundaries of traditional methods. It is the backbone of the brand, and for the Meeks embodies exactly this. Not only is he extremely talented, but he is also passionate, humble, and most importantly, he isn't afraid to express his individuality. This is something we always look for - someone who is confident, and not afraid to look beyond the norm" - Oliver Proudlock, Founder & Creative Director.
Below is a short Q&A - Some were edited in the video, others were not.
What made you get into photography?
When I was in school, my mum brought me my first camera. It was a Nikon d3100, that was a pretty entry-level camera, but it gave me that push to start capturing things and shooting.
6 things that describe me
Visual, Metitlcous, Ambitious, Risk-Taker, Amiable, Hopeful.
Your earliest memory you have with photography?
I remember the first time I picked up a camera. What got me was evoking a feeling onto someone else. Everyone loves having their photo taken, anyone that says differently is lying. When you get a great photo you are like 'wow you blessed me with that.' You know, creating that imagery that is a stamp - A photo is a memory that can't be lost, and it lasts forever, and that is what makes it kinda amazing for me.
When did you know you wanted to work in a creative industry?
At school, I was never incredibly academic in subjects like maths but I always found that my two passions were sports and creative subjects. So working in one of these area's made sense and photography is something which I have always been passionate about.
What was your first piece of jewellery and who gave it to you?
A Gold ring which my dad gave to me. My parents used to kit me out all the time (thanks). Not only that but they blessed me with some on-point baby photo's which we all still look at today.
What would be your advice to someone 10 years younger?
- Take risks
-Do everything
- Don't box yourself in, life is a journey
- Develop a wide array of skills - specialise later on.
- Stay in your lane.
- Be prepared the industry is fast-paced.
- Remember your hot one second but not the next.
I love Isaiah Rashad, he's a similar age to me and killing it.
You dream publication to work with?
I would love for my work to be published in either The Times or National Geographic.
Who is your icon(s) that you look up to?
The answer for this has to be Denzel Washing or Will Smith.
Photographers you look up to/inspire you?
- Renelle Alice
- Neil Krug
- Daria Kobayashi
- Nadine Ijewere
- Filmawi
- Sab Adams.

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The Pirelli 2016 Calendar shot by Annie Leibovitz is here!
Annie Leibovitz has managed to capture beautiful, honest, and provocative moments through photography. There's more to her prolific portfolio than profiling famous subjects. Leibovitz takes over and modernizes the Pirelli calendarin Londonfor 2016 focusing on distinguished women of all ages.
Leibovitz shot classic black and white portraits of 13 women from various industries who were chosen for the calendar. Natalia Vodianova, Serena Williams, Fran Lebowitz, Yoko Ono, Patti Smith and Amy Schumer are among the thirteen.
"When Pirelli first came to me and said they wanted to shift this year to something different, I said that after all these years of the Pirelli calendar, and what it has been, I don't think you can shift it that fast. I don't think you can suddenly do something else," said Liebovitz.
"I'm very very proud of it, and I'm proud of Pirelli for taking that step, too — it's such a big step," Leibovitz said. "It shouldn't be — but it is.
The 43rd calendar was launched at a news conference in London's Mayfair.
The calendar can be viewed on pirellicalendar.com.


The cost and performance advantages of transporting Ethernet services over MPLS networks.
Ethernet started out as a local area network protocol, but is quickly becoming the metropolitan area network protocol of choice. It offers easy interfacing to existing wired and wireless business networks, rapid bandwidth scaling without equipment changes, and a lower cost structure than traditional telecom services. If Ethernet is so great for the LAN and MAN, how about Ethernet for the WAN?
Ethernet WAN is enjoying a rising popularity, especially among companies with multiple business sites located across the United States and across international borders. You can get dedicated point to point wired Ethernet connections between any two locations, but a competing methodology that is gaining steam is Ethernet over MPLS.
Why use an MPLS network to transport your Ethernet traffic? The first reason is that MPLS networks are already in place and going where you want to send your traffic. Sure, you can custom engineer a dedicated private line service, but why re-invent the wheel? Ethernet is easily transported over MPLS networks using Pseudowire encapsulation that emulates the wireline it competes with. Which do you think is going to be less expensive? Paying for a custom point to point wireline connection or being one stream of traffic on a large MPLS network?
The way it tends to work out is that short haul Ethernet links have the cost advantage when implemented as dedicated lines. This is especially true if you are nowhere near an MPLS carrier node. Once you start looking at coast to coast transport or a situation where you want multiple Ethernet LANs connected in a transparent mesh network, MPLS networks gain the advantage. MPLS also has the edge when you want to cross international borders to include foreign sites on your corporate network.
Carriers may be muddying the water even further by offering Ethernet line services that actually consist of copper or fiber Ethernet access connections to their MPLS network core, where the long haul Ethernet transport really takes place.
There are several types of Ethernet services that are really popular right now. One is E-Line or Ethernet Private Line service. This is a standardized service specified by the MEF (Metro Ethernet Forum). It gives you a Carrier Ethernet connection that bridges two LANs. A variation is EVPL or Ethernet Virtual Private LIne. What EVPL does is let you use a single physical Ethernet port to connect to multiple Ethernet private lines going to out to geographically diverse locations. This is something you could use to replace a star network built on independent wireline connections to those same remote locations.
Another popular service is E-LAN or Ethernet LAN service, also called VPLS or Virtual Private LAN Service when implemented on an IP/MPLS network. While Ethernet Line Service replaces dedicated point to point telecom lines, Ethernet LAN is a meshed network service that interconnects multiple locations on an any-to-any basis. With VPLS, you bridge your multiple LANs so that they act as one giant LAN network. That's true even if you have a hundred or thousand sites in the U.S. and and equal number spread out over the globe.
What carrier can offer this level of MPLS networking? Actually, there are several to choose from. If one can't serve all your sites, multiple carriers can share traffic through a E-NNI or Ethernet Network to Network Interface to reach all locations with VPLS or E-Line connections. If you need this type of connectivity, you may be surprised by how affordable it has become recently. Get Ethernet over MPLS service prices now and see how far your network can really reach.


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La Fille du Régiment
Truth or illusion
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Musical comedy girl
Canta che ti passa
You don't need analyzing
I'm so happy I can't stop crying
The bad and the beautiful
Curtain up! Light the lights!
Tragic mike
Things go better with woke
"On stage, I am in the dark"
"I am grateful that my horizons were not narrowed at the outset"
Broadcast: Last Night at the Proms
Slapstick Tragedienne
questo e quello
Appearing nightly
I suspect most New York City opera-lovers had long since given up hope that the fascinating soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci would ever return to their city.
By Christopher Corwin on November 15, 2013 at 1:32 PM
I suspect most New York City opera-lovers had long since given up hope that the fascinating soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci would ever return to their city. But in the spring of 2102 after an absence of over 13 years, she presented a rapturously received recital of Italian songs at Alice Tully Hall. Wasting no time, Lincoln Center invited her to bring her one-woman performance piece
Era la notte to this year's White Light Festival which presented the US premiere Wednesday evening at the Rose Theater. Conceived and directed by Juliette Deschamps, it featured Antonacci performing four challenging monologues by early-to-mid-17th century Italian composers accompanied by seven members of the French period orchestra Les Siécles.
Long a favorite of mine, Antonacci, still glamorous in her early 50s, remains one of the more compelling, yet controversial singers on the international opera scene. In the early 90s, she specialized in Rossini, singing many of the roles written for Isabella Colbran: Semiramide, Ermione, Elisabetta, Desdemona in Otello, Elcia in Mosè in Egitto and Elena in La Donna del Lago. Her earliest US stage appearance was as Ninetta in a Philadelphia La Gazza Ladra in 1990.
As the 21st century dawned, she turned more to French opera, perhaps spawned by her triumph
as Cassandre in Berlioz's Les Troyens at the Châtelet in Paris in 2003.
I was lucky enough to attend that superb Troyens: one of my favorite operas indelibly performed. Antonacci's haunted prophetess dominated, her dark, doomed soprano gripping in its tortured intensity. Cassandre has since become a signature role, repeated in Geneva, Tanglewood, and Covent Garden; La Scala is due to see it in April 2014, and it's rumored for her return to San Francisco where she long ago sang Adalgisa to Carol Vaness' Norma. Rachel in La Juive, Marguerite in La Damnation de Faust, Poulenc's La Voix Humaine, the title role of Fauré's Pénélope, Charlotte in Werther, Brunehilde in Magnard's Sigurd and, of course, Carmen have followed, with Chimène in Massenet's Le Cid opposite Roberto Alagna whispered for the future at the Bastille.
Yet throughout her career Antonacci has also consistently shone in baroque and classical music. Memorably opening the 1996 La Scala season in Pier Luigi Pizzi's legendary production of Gluck's Armide conducted by Riccardo Muti,
…she has also performed that composer's Alceste in both French and Italian: it's unfortunate that she has recently withdrawn from the new Krysztof Warlikowski Alceste scheduled for February at Madrid's Teatro Real.
Mozart's Donna Elvira
and Fiordiligi
, as well as Paisiello's Nina
…have been important roles, as have her two great Handel heroines: an unconventional Rodelinda
at Glyndebourne, and a dazzling Machiavellian empress in David McVicar's production of Agrippina which, conducted by René Jacobs, was the toast of Brussels and Paris.
However, early 17th century Italian music in particular continues to remain a significant part of her music-making. How many other artists have sung both Poppea and Nerone in Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea? While she has performed Poppea more often, her power-drunk, dreadlocked Nerone was a special highlight of the McVicar production I saw at Paris's Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in 2004, especially when in league with Patrizia Ciofi's Poppea: what a rare joy to hear two native Italian singers relishing Busenello's pungent text.
My first live exposure to Antonacci was her New York City debut in February 1999, a concert with Accademia Bizantina at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Strikingly, three of the four pieces that make up Era la Notte were also performed at that concert: Monteverdi's "Lamento d'Arianna" and "Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda," along with Pietro Giramo's "Lamento della Pazza."
Back then ago Antonacci simply sang those challenging monologues concert style; in Era la Notte, clad mostly in an elaborate white gown by Christian Lacroix, she enacted them, along with Barbara Strozzi's "Lagrime mie," against Cécile Degos's wall of blazing long white tapers to the back of the mostly bare stage where a pool of water ran across the front. The small instrumental ensemble was positioned to the right of the playing space, and, in addition to accompanying the singing, played the six instrumental works by Biagio Marini.
After a short prelude, Antonacci, her voice still a bit rough, entered for the Giramo portraying a woman driven mad by love. She masterfully conveyed the pazza's ever-shifting moods, beautifully differentiating the six iterations of the opening strophe that dot the piece:
Chi non mi conosce
Dirà che la mia
Sia vera pazzia
Che lieta mi fa.
Ma tutt' E'furore,
Effetto d'Amore,
Ch'al core mi sta
Her moving performance of Ariadne's aching lament over Theseus's abandonment (the only surviving extract from Monteverdi's opera L'Arianna) demonstrated how far the art of singing this music has evolved.
The Strozzi, while the least interesting piece, did provide rare moments of melody.
But, after discarding the gown and reentering in a black tunic and pants with her hair pulled back, Antonacci ended the program with one of her specialties–a piece she has sung with both Muti and Claudio Abbado–Monteverdi's great "Combattimento" which narrates the story of two disguised lovers—Tancredi and Clorinda–who meet on the battlefield and fight resulting in Clorinda's sad death. So vivid was Antonacci's story-telling that one dared not take one's eyes off of her to glance at the titles high above the stage.
Since it's written for baritone (or low tenor) with lines for a soprano Clorinda and tenor Tancredi, Antonacci's appropriation of the work is unusual: I've never otherwise heard of the piece being sung by a woman or as a solo. That she has sung it successfully for much of her career speaks to her sovereign mastery of Monteverdi's musical language.
One oddity was the use of violins in a piece normally only accompanied by continuo; however, the string realization used wasn't overly jarring.
All of Antonacci's most striking qualities were on display throughout Wednesday evening: the searing vocal and dramatic commitment, the uniquely smoky timbre joined to an arresting connection to the text. Those looking for perfect, ear-soothing singing might have come away unsatisfied: her sometimes raw voice has never been conventionally beautiful, but it has always served its mistress's art. It was surprising to hear how little her voice has changed since 1995 when she recorded
Monteverdi's "Lasciatemi morire" and the Giramo lament, along with Antonio Cesti's "Lamento della Madre Ebrea (!)".
I hadn't listened to that CD in a long while and was struck how the top of the voice was already then problematic. On Wednesday anything remotely high was quickly abandoned, but those 17th century pieces nearly always fell within her most evocative middle voice, although there were signs that she's increasingly building up her lower voice. While Antonacci describes herself as a soprano, it's clear that her choices have always been dictated by her recalcitrant upper register. Many of her parts are out-and-out mezzo roles or those ascribed to a Falcon soprano.
While Era la Notte finally provided NYC audiences with a bewitching chance to sample Antonacci's formidable acting talents, it must be said that the evening proved an occasionally monochrome affair. The four vocal pieces were much too alike in both musical style and emotional content. Except for a few moments in the Strozzi, they were pure recitative, without much melodic interest. Although a dramatic tour-de-force, it felt longer than an hour, perhaps due to the relentlessly dark, mournful mood. Deschamps argues that one should think of the monologues as the utterances of a single character, but neither her dramaturgy nor the choice of music proved convincing.
Much has been made of Antonacci's having never appeared at the Met, yet it's not really surprising. Other than Carmen (which she only took on in 2006), her repertoire has never included operas in the standard repertoire: the Met has never had a Cherubini Medea or Bellini Romeo on its stage, for example. Her most significant Verdi role is, after all, the Marchesa in Un Giorno di Regno, a portrayal preserved on two
DVDs.
However, the MET did miss a great opportunity last season: instead of Barbara Frittoli's blowsy Vitellia, we might have had a flamingly intense Antonacci portrayal that would surely have held its own opposite the sterling Sesto of Elina Garanca, as it did in Paris in 2006.
One hopes Lincoln Center will continue to invite Antonacci to New York: I pray for another chance to hear some of her Berlioz: La Mort de Cléopâtre or Les Nuits d'Été. Or perhaps her other solo performance piece Altre Stelle which includes glimpses of Armide, Rameau's Phèdre and, based on a broadcast, a most glorious Berlioz Didon. New York too rarely sees such a hypnotic artist.
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What to Expect for Your First Kiss
by Holly Ashworth
Kissing feels great, but there's no magic involved or anything. You're still talking about lips and tongues and other people's spit. I'm not saying this to disappoint you—I just want to tamper down any expectations of birds singing and mist swirling around as soon as you lock lips.
It'll Be a Little Awkward
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No one's perfect at kissing the first time they try it. Don't worry, though. Your kissing partner will be nervous, too, even if it's not their first kiss. And if you both like each other, what happens during the first kiss won't matter; you'll still share lots more kisses in the future.
It'll Be Wetter Than You Think
If your only kissing experience came from watching The Notebook, you've only ever seen and heard kisses before. Feeling a kiss, which can be wet and cold, might catch you off guard for the first time.
You Won't Need as Much Tongue as You Think
Lips can do a lot on their own. In fact, of all the different kinds of kisses out there, some of the best kisses don't use any tongue at all. You're better off trying out some of those first and holding your tongue till you've had a little more kissing experience.
It'll Be Shorter Than You Think
Kisses don't go on and on forever like they do in the movies. In the real world, you have to come up for air. Kissing isn't a distance race; there's nothing wrong with a first kiss that's short, sweet and leaves them dying for more.
You'll Panic About How You're Doing - But Don't
If negative thoughts come into your head, knock them right back out. Just clear your mind and go with the flow. Kisses aren't schoolwork, so don't overthink them! The best kisses come from the heart and not the brain.
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Some Quick Statistics on Sharps Injuries
Home / Ampoule injury / Some Quick Statistics on Sharps Injuries
Here are some quick stats regarding sharps injuries in the healthcare industry – hospitals, clinics, and facilities.
Scalpel cuts are the second most common injury in the operating theatres, accounting for 7% of the total number of reported injuries.
Risks from the scalpel cuts have been documented including infection by HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, physical trauma, psychological trauma.
The cost of an uncomplicated injury has been estimated from US$500 to US$2,000 and from US$50,000 to US$100,000 for an injury requiring microsurgery up to 3 months of recovery.
The highest cost that has been reported was US$12.2 million to pay for a doctor who contracted HIV from a sharp injury.
World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that among healthcare workers worldwide, approximately 3 million experienced percutaneous injuries each year and out of those injured 70,000, 15,000, and 500 respectively were likely to be infected with hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV virus.
Sharps Injuries – Qlicksmart
1.World Health Organization (2002). Reducing Risks, Promoting Healthy Life. The World Health Report. Geneva: WHO. 2. Panlilio, A., Orelien, J., Srivastava, P., Jagger, J., Cohn, R. and Cardo, D. (2004). Estimate of the Annual Number of Percutaneous Injuries Among Hospital-Based Healthcare Workers in the United States, 1997–1998. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 25(07), pp.556-562. 3. Yale to Pay $12.2 Million in Largest Ever Award in Needlestick Case. (1998). Advances in Exposure Prevention, (Vol 3, No. 3). 4. Rice, B., Tomkins, S. and Ncube, F. (2015). Sharp Truth: health care workers remain at risk of bloodborne infection. Occupational Medicine Advance Access. Oxford University Press. 5. Varghese, G. (2003). Post-exposure prophylaxis for blood borne viral infections in healthcare workers. Postgraduate Medical Journal, 79(932), pp.324-328.


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September 10, 2019: This Week on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD
By Silas Lesnick | Sep 10, 2019
Pulling more than a billion dollars at the worldwide box office, Disney's live action smash hit Aladdin comes home on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD. Other new releases include Jim Jarmusch (un)deadpan comedy The Dead Don't Die, which unites quite a few Jarmusch regulars for a few laughs at the end of the world. Rounding out this week's recent big screen titles is the franchise action sequel John Wick Chapter 3 – Parabellum, which pits Keanu Reeves' unkillable hitman against every professional assassin in the entire world.
Although Disney Plus is set to launch in just two months, Walt Disney Home Entertainment isn't forgetting about fans who love physical media. This week brings the first wave of 4K Ultra HD upgrades to both the original animated Aladdin and quite a few Disney Pixar titles. Look for the 4K debuts of Brave, Cars, Cars 2, Finding Dory, Finding Nemo, The Good Dinosaur, Inside Out and Rataouille. If your favorite isn't on that list, don't worry! Disney has another wave of both Pixar and classic Disney Animation titles arriving on store shelves next month.
Steelbook collectors should also be aware that every 4K Disney title is getting a Best Buy exclusive Steelbook version.
The 4K onslaught continues with quite a few catalogue titles getting the Ultra HD treatment. This week brings Martin Scorsese's masterful crime drama Casino, the 2009 Australian vampire science fiction tale Daybreakers, the Jurassic World 5-Movie Collection (which includes Jurassic Park, The Lost World, Jurassic Park III, Jurassic World and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom), the Sylvester Stallone led 1986 prison actioner Lock Up and, finally, the complete Edgar Wright Cornetto Trilogy (which includes Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World's End).
Although neither set is available in 4K yet, this week also brings two very different complete franchise collections. Look for the Paranormal Activity 6-Movie Collection, bringing together every entry in the massively successful "found footage" horror series and for the Santa Clause Complete Three-Movie Collection, which includes all three entries in the Tim Allen led holiday movie series.
Previously out of print, Warner Archive is bringing back Alfred Hitchcock's sole 3D feature, 1954's Dial M For Murder. Not only does the disc play on regular blu-ray players, but also on Blu-ray 3D players with compatible televisions. In addition to the Grace Kelly and Ray Milland led thriller, WA is debuting on blu-ray writer and director Melvin Frank's 1973 comedy A Touch of Class, starring George Segal and Glenda Jackson.
If you're in the mood for vintage British horror, look no further than Shout! Factory's Scream Factory label where, this week, three different titles make their blu-ray debuts. Look for 1960's Circus of Horrors (starring Anton Diffring as a demented plastic surgeon) alongside two different Hammer Horror entries: 1970's Scars of Dracula (featuring the return of Christopher Lee in the title role) and 1971's Blood From the Mummy's Tomb, the final film from Hammer regular Set Holt.
Bengali director Ritwik Ghatak's The Cloud-Capped Star joins the Criterion Collection this week. The powerful 1960 drama is set in the aftermath of the 1947 partition of India when India and Pakistan became independent states. The storyline follows Supriya Choudhury's Neeta though some incredible hardships as she does what she can to keep her family safe and together despite unrest.
A decade before she starred in Lars von Trier's Dancer in the Dark, Björk headlined Nietzchka Keene's The Juniper Tree, an Icelandic fantasy drama that follows two sisters who must flee their home when their mother is stoned for witchcraft. Arbelos Films is bringing this little seen work to audiences with a stunning new 4K restoration by the Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research and The Film Foundation, with funding provided by The George Lucas Family Foundation. In addition to the feature, the blu-ray set includes three short films by Keene.
As always, Kino Lorber Studio classics has a diverse lineup of classic titles hitting store shelves. This week, look for the 1942 adventures The Spoilers (starring John Wayne, Randolph Scott and Marlene Dietrich), Pittsburgh (also starring Wayne and Dietrich alongside Randolph Scott) and Reap the Wild Wind (Wayne again, this time alongside Susan Hayward, Ray Milland and Paulette Goddard), the 1965 mystery Mirage (starring an amnesiac Gregory Peck opposite Diane Baker), the 1966 crime thriller Blindfold (starring Rock Hudson and Claudia Cardinale). Rounding out the list is the more contemporary romantic drama Stella. Directed by John Erman, the 1990 film follows the close relationship between a woman (Bette Midler) and her daughter (Trini Alvarado).
The TNT limited event series The Alienist begins this week's small screen selection. All ten episodes of the 19th century serial killer investigation tale are collected in a two disc set. Then, set course for the future! Warner Archive is bringing to blu-ray George Jetson, his boy Elroy, daughter Judy and Jane, his wife. The complete The Jetsons brings to HD all 24 episodes from the show's original 60s run along with newly produced featurettes and select commentary tracks by Judy Jetson herself, Janet Waldo. Finally, the penultimate season of the incredibly long running Supernatural comes home with all 20 episodes of season 14.
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25th Anniversary of The Mask
Time flies! Especially if you're having a good time!
25 years ago, today, July29th 1994, the movie "The Mask" hit the theathers.
Even though the movie had been filmed before the release of Ace Ventura, by the time it premiered people knew who Jim Carrey was. The movie, which cost $23 million to make, was a box office success, raising $351 million worldwide!
If Ace Ventura showed how talented Jim Carrey was, "The Mask" cemented it.
Director Chuck Russell was the man in charge. He directed the movie based on the Dark House comic book, and was the one who decided to make a few changes, starting with the main character. Stanley Ipkiss and the Mask weren't as nice and fun as the movie shows, but when Jim Carrey got cast, Russell decided to make the horror story into a comedy. And he succeeded.
The music numbers were a direct choice the director only shared with the choreographer Jerry Evans, initially and Cameron Diaz wasn't the first choice to play Tina.
Russell wanted the late Anna Nicole Smith to play the leading lady. "But Russell says that though he was curious about Smith, she was not a choice "as I would have had to read her for the part to get that far. We met. Anna was charming and bubbly but did not have other qualities needed for the role. I never took the next step to run scenes with her."
Casting director Fern Champion found Cameron Diaz and she realized she had "instant likeability. She's a great girl. There were no barriers up. There was a brain behind her. She was just wide-eyed and blue-eyed, saying, 'Yeah, I want to act, Sure. What do I have to do?'" Champion said she and her modelling agent enrolled her in dance and acting lessons during the casting process.
Russell end up seeing a photo of Diaz at the casting desk and asked, 'What about her? I was told she was submitted but had not acted in anything else yet. I said to bring her in and let's see:" After the first reading the director was convinced: "She the only person for the part as far as I was concerned after her first reading. And then I saw the chemistry with her and Jim. Eight callbacks later, including improvs with Jim, I finally convinced producers."
The rest is history. People who have worked on the movie have a lot of positive things to say.
This movie made the world know who Jim Carrey was and made those two characters… unforgettable!


Apply for a line of credit today and feel confident knowing you have a backup plan for those unexpected costs.
A business line of credit is, like any other credit line, a revolving loan wherein you can withdraw and pay down funds cyclically. There's no obligation to use the full amount, and interest is only ever charged on funds withdrawn. Lines of credit can be secured (backed by collateral) or unsecured (though, for businesses, secured lines are standard). Interest rates on credit lines are typically lower than those found with traditional loans, though they are, in most cases, variable, changing in step with the lender's prime rate. The interest rate your business will receive on your credit line is determined by your perceived creditworthiness, a valuation derived from your business's credit score, credit history, and revenue stream. There are many benefits to utilizing a line of credit as a business; if revenue fluctuates over time, as it would with a seasonal business, a credit line can help stabilize payment schedules for payroll and other expenses. When income is slow, you withdraw, when it picks up, you pay down. Likewise, businesses may want to consider maintaining a line of credit to preempt large, unexpected expenses or to be able to capitalize on surprise investment opportunities.
Interest rates vary based on a business's creditworthiness and ability to put forth collateral, but generally speaking are lower than those offered by traditional loans. Lenders calculate interest rates by adding a margin, a set amount determined by the applicant's credit score, revenue, and the like, to the lender's prime rate, the lowest rate at which money would be lent at a given time. Prime rates fluctuate, and therefore so do interest rates on lines of credit, which is an important differentiating factor between credit lines and traditional loans with fixed interest rates.
As with any loan, each lender has their own established criteria for which businesses are eligible to receive a line of credit, and on what terms. For business lines of credit, there are some commonalities across the lending market. First and foremost, most lenders won't lend to an entity that hasn't been operating for at least two years, although sometimes exceptions are made for start-ups or other new ventures if the owner(s) has solid financial standing. Although some lenders award credit lines without collateral, in the world of business lending this is exceedingly rare. Most business lines of credit require equipment, real estate, company bank accounts, or other valuables to be put forth as collateral. In some instances where the offered collateral was purchased on credit, the lender of the line of credit might ask the loan recipient to consolidate their debt with them, giving them first priority in case any property needs to be repossessed. It's also worth noting that lenders frequently ask businesses to put up all their assets as collateral. Perhaps more obviously, lenders will look at a business's revenues and profits in deciding their eligibility for a line of credit. In most cases, a business must have verifiable revenues and profits in order to be eligible for a line of credit. This analysis involves reviewing specified ratios present within a business's financials, such as debt to equity. Finally, most lenders will ask for personal guarantees from the company, parents companies, or owners and shareholders to ensure that the loan(s) will be repaid.
Businesses that have never borrowed, or those that are relatively new to an industry, will often times not have the kind of established credit history lenders have come to expect when performing an in-depth credit check as part of a line of credit application. To help lenders feel less at-risk when lending, then, it's common practice to ask for personal guarantees from business owners that a given loan will be repaid. Corporate law is structured such that owners aren't liable for their business's debts or legal troubles, which makes a personal guarantee highly valuable to a lender. Personal guarantees are avoidable, but usually only if collateral is being offered in its place.
The favorable terms usually associated with business lines of credit make qualifying for such lines challenging. Thankfully, for individuals or businesses with poor credit, there are some alternatives. One good option to consider is an asset-based loan (ABL). An ABL is a loan where some or all of a business's assets are financed, or re-financed, via a new lender. Most ABLs are structured similarly to credit lines in that they function as revolving loans. Of course, as with every alternative available to those with poor credit, interest rates will be higher than those found on lines of credit. Another option to look into would be an SBA Microloan. SBA Microloans (loans up to $50,000 brokered by the Small Business Association) are significantly easier to obtain that lines of credit and may be just the quick-fix option your business needs. Finally, seeking a line of credit at a credit union might be worth exploring. Credit unions, as cooperative, not-for-profit enterprises, tend to be more understanding of the circumstances that leaves one with poor credit and may be more willing to lend on your word and the strength of your character.
Applying for a line of credit without a credit check, referred to as a stated income or 'no doc' loan (applicants aren't required to provide any documentation proving their revenue), is an option that, though feasible for those with poor credit, leaves the applicant open to exploitative lending. Still, they are attractive, as traditional credit line applications can take upwards of 30 hours to complete, and are rejected (when unsecured) somewhere around 90% of the time. These lines of credit are rarely offered by large financial institutions. The marketplace for stated income loans is dominated by a diverse array of online lenders. On the upshot, the applications processes are nearly instantaneous, as they involve little more than linking your corporate bank accounts to an app, whose algorithms analyze your financials. The downside is, of course, that interest rates are significantly higher than what a traditional bank would offer. If you choose to pursue a stated income loan, please be wary of predatory lenders, and perhaps seek financial counsel from a professional to weigh the many options at your disposal.
All loans are by default unsecured. A secured loan is a loan whose eventual repayment is guaranteed by the recipient having offered significant collateral in exchange for the loan. In the context of a business line of credit, lenders will often ask that all assets be put up as collateral for a credit line, although they occasionally extend lines of credit with only real estate, equipment, or bank accounts used as collateral. Banks and other traditional lenders deny roughly 90% of applications for unsecured business lines of credit. In a lending marketplace so unfriendly to those with poor credit, it's more than understandable that businesses turn to stated income, or 'no doc,' loans, wherein the lender doesn't require any proof beyond the applicant's word regarding their entity's financials. The trouble is that the marketplace for these risky loans is dominated by predatory lenders whose loans frequently come with hidden fees and exceedingly high-interest rates.
Above, under the 'Bad Credit' and 'No Credit Check' headings, we've outlined some alternatives for individuals in this position. If you intend on pursuing a line of credit for your business despite having bad credit, be sure to be honest in your application, humble in your approach, and reasonable in your expectations. Lending agents may just give you the time of day if they sense you are earnest and that you have a solid plan for both the future of your business and for rebuilding your credit.


Reggie Joseph, of Colts, and E. Espinal, of Casuals, scoring 18 goals each, topped goal-scorers during the 1943 season, it was revealed in the report of Mr. E. R. James, honorary secretary-treasurer, presented at the T.A.F.A. meeting on Friday night.
J. Wardlaw, the Fleet Air Arm ace, was next on the list with 17 goals.
Four hundred and two goals were scored this year in First Class matches.
R. Joseph 18, E. Espinal 18, J. Wardlaw 17, G. Harding 14, O. Govia 14, J. Stollmeyer 14, R. Seon 12, S. Hamel-Smith 10, P. Carr 10, H. James 9, J. Bart 9, H. Brathwaite 8, A. Joseph 8, J. Alkins 8, C. Downes 7, G. Cain 7 and B. Thompson 5.
United British was called the outstanding team in the Colony last year.
"I beg to offer congratulations to the Fleet Air Arm on their winning of the First and Intermediate Leagues. The orthodox manner of play was responsible, in no little measure, for the success which they achieved.
"I offer my congratulations also, to Providence for their second success in the Second Division, and to M.L. Base for winning the Wilson Cup. U.B.O.T. cannot go without praise for their success in our and other competitions, and those performances without doubt made them the outstanding team of the Colony for last season."


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The Ajmera Aftermath: Boredom
Council blinds Trump backers with business of government
By Greg Lacour
City Council member Dimple Ajmera after the council meeting Monday.
Greg Lacour
City Council member Dimple Ajmera stepped into an ant pile last week when, on WCNC's "Flashpoint," she said Trump supporters "should have no place" holding city office. Online reaction was predictably ferocious, and a group of local GOP volunteers announced plans for a "sit-in" at the council meeting Monday night.
Thankfully, it turned out to be … nothing much, actually. About 50 volunteers camped in the council chamber's stadium seating, many of them bearing Trump-Pence signs and MAGA hats. But they remained mostly quiet. The only stirring came during the Pledge of Allegiance, when some in the crowd emphasized "FOR ALL" at the end, and one young man muttered, "Even people we disagree with." That moment passed, and the city's elected officials got down to business.
It was then that the council may have stumbled on an antidote to Trump-inspired fervor: boredom. Early on, council members took up the matter of a proposed two-story structure to link Bojangles' Coliseum and Ovens Auditorium, a leftover from the days when the city was examining the site as a potential amateur sports complex. (That idea has been shelved indefinitely.) It seemed like a fairly straightforward agenda item.
But the discussion took off and, like a runaway balloon, veered all over the place, and for the better part of an hour. Council members expounded on the proposal's relation to other spending needs; to the expense in light of the ongoing soccer stadium debate; to the effects of an election year on the decision they were about to make; about whether the money for the improvements should come from the city's tourism tax fund or another source, or a combination; and, finally, exactly what the heck they were voting on. There were motions, and substitute motions. (The council eventually approved the item.)
Roughly a half-hour into this, the eyes of some of the ardent Trump fans began to glaze over. People trickled out. One neck-bearded young gentleman in the front row—who had prepared for the evening by donning a white dress shirt and tie—stared straight ahead, impassive, as the man next to him locked eyes with his smartphone.
The meeting began at 7 p.m. By 8:45, the stands were empty except for Jane Whitley, who chairs the Mecklenburg County Democratic Party; and her partner, longtime Democratic campaign manager Dan McCorkle, who was helping Ajmera with her messaging. Ajmera, appointed to represent East Charlotte's District 2 in January, is running for an at-large council seat, so this was good practice in the art of staying on point.
The sitters-in had made theirs, although it wasn't clear afterward that it was the one they'd meant to make. They'd begun the evening by insisting on the right to be included in the workings of Charlotte government. Then they encountered the workings of Charlotte government, and—aside from a few dazed souls who stuck around in the Government Center lobby afterward—decided they had better things to do.
To Council Members Who Voted For RNC: Any Regrets?
A year ago this week, the Charlotte City Council voted to accept the RNC 2020 bid. After Greenville, we ask those who voted 'yes': Any second thoughts?
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In a typical 21st century office, much of the work is done sitting on an office chair (usually in front of a computer).
Do you know that sitting poses stress more on your spine than standing? To avoid lower back problems, it is crucial to use a spa pedicure chair. What is ergonomics? It is the applied science of material design (for the workplace) aimed at maximizing productivity by reducing work fatigue and discomfort. An ergonomic chair, for example, is a chair that supports your lower back and helps you maintain good posture. The big question is: how to find the best ergonomic office chair?
All ergonomic chairs are not designed the same way. Since each person's physique is different, the ideal is to look for a chair whose height, backrest angle and height of armrest can easily be adjusted. There are several types of office chairs and there are no perfect ones. However, a few simple tips on choosing a chair can help you avoid the biggest mistakes most people make and save a lot of discomfort in your joints. If in doubt, discuss it with your physiotherapist. It can help you find the chair that best suits your needs.
The height of the seat. The height should be adjustable. Depending on your size, the seat should be at a distance of about 40 to 55 cm from the floor. When sitting, the bottom of your feet should be against the floor and your thighs should be horizontal, parallel to the floor.
The width and depth of the seat. The standard width of a seat plays between 43 and 50 cm. The depth (from the front to the back of the seat) should be sufficient to allow you to sit against the back of the chair with a 5 to 10 cm gap between the back of your knees and the seat of the chair. You must be able to adjust the tilt forward or backward because a good tilt can significantly reduce the strain on your lower back.
The folder. The ideal back should have a width of 30 to 48 cm and be able to support the natural curve of the spine. The more we spend time sitting, the more we are inclined not to hold ourselves upright. Thus, lumbar support of the back of the chair is very important to help support your spine.
Swivel base. This allows you to rotate easily to access various areas of your office without stressing your spine.
Choosing the right office chair can help you avoid the agony of lower back or neck pain associated with full-time office jobs. Too much time spent on the computer or several hours a day on the phone can also put your spine at risk.


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My Favorite Horror Mangas
Part of the 10 Days of Halloween Horror! You can see the rest here and here.
Some people only read horror-themed works in the month of October. I like to read them year-round. This is a roundup of some of my favorite horror mangas. I'm sure there's lots out there I've never come across, so please feel free to give me some recommendations in the comments!
Horror manga is interesting to me because there is a far lower level of censorship in Japan (if you can even say they have one at all). Even when you account for the fact that American manga companies are not going to pick the weirdest things and bring them over, the level of graphic horror can be shocking sometimes.
I find that horror is a tricky thing to get right and that personal taste varies widely. For example, I bet Cat-Eyed Boy would make the list for a lot of manga bloggers I know, but I found the protagonist annoying and the stories pedestrian. So these are obviously very personal favorites and your taste in terror might be quite different from mine.
I tend to like my horror with a touch of either black comedy or deep psychological underpinnings. In fact, some of the titles on my list might not even pass the horror test for other readers. I'm not a big fan of splatter-filled pages, but I'm not squeamish, either. Give me a reason for all the blood and I'll gladly buy in to what you're selling.
So with that in mind, let's take a look at some of my favorites...if you dare!
Rumiko Takahashi is probably best known for Ranma 1/2, but she's also quite good at telling a comical horror story, or even a darker tale or three. I doubt if you can find the anthology of her short stories anywhere (Rumic World/Rumic Theater), but when I read them in my early days of manga I remember being impressed by her ability to create horrific scenes as easily as she did the farcical world of Ranma 1/2. However, it's easy enough to see her blend the two ideas in Inuyasha, which is quite easy to find in any bookstore and most libraries. I haven't gotten around to finishing up this one, but I was quickly drawn to the usual cute relationship dynamics pairs with some really gruesome creatures. Definitely worth looking up.
I don't remember how or why I decided to start reading Mail, but I am very glad I did. Dark Horse is an underrated manga publisher in my opinion, and their horror manga selections are top notch. Mail is a series by Housui Yamazaki, who draws a series we'll talk about a little later. It has a Rod Serling-like protagonist who introduces almost every chapter and then proceeds to participate in the drama. Well drawn and with stories that are pretty good, my only reservation is that it peters out a bit towards the end. Not sure about the availability on this one.
Availability is a common theme on this list, I'm afraid, as The Drifting Classroom has evaded my grasp, though I admit it's partly because I don't want to just drop the money on Amazon. Big on psychological horror, this series by Kazuo Umezu features a classroom that separates from current reality and a boy who feels the pain of fighting with his mother just before tragedy strikes. Umezu's plotting and pacing is pitch-perfect. One of these days, I'm going to save up and finish off this one. It's well worth reading, if you can find it.
Lots of folks would agree that Parasyte is another nifty horror series. An alien race invades Japan, some of whom bond with humans in order to feed. The results are mixed as not all humans are taken over properly. The manga focuses on one such human, who has the alien host in his hand. Maturity, morality, and the desire to survive combine with some good use of horror tropes to make this an enjoyable (and still available) series.
People seem to be in less agreement about After School Nightmare. Written and illustrated by Setona Mizushiro, the series is about a boy who also has female characteristics. He's not ready to deal with this, but a special class forces him to whether he wants this or not, as he's thrown into a nightmare world where students compete violently with each other in order to graduate. The story on the surface seems to be a rejection of femininity, but I think we're supposed to see that the mental torture our protagonist faces is all because he won't accept that it's okay to be feminine. Your mileage may vary, but I dig the creepy vibes throughout this series that, because it's from Go Comi!, is probably not one you'll find anywhere.
Mushishi was another Manga Movable Feast choice, and its horror is definitely more muted than the others on the list. A John Constantine-like figure goes about the country dealing with beings called mushi, who tend to make a mess of the lives of the humans with which they interact. Not a lot happens in these stories--certainly nothing on an epic scale of violence--but it still fits the horror profile. I enjoyed the changing nature of the each story, as the mushi come in widely varying forms. This set of books is not for those who like fast-paced tales, however, so please be aware of that before you pick it up. This is more for those who can appreciate the pacing of 19th century literature.
Speaking of 19th century literature, Lament of the Lamb could easily be a manga written by Edgar Allan Poe. Kei Toume presents a family haunted by the curse of vampirism, but instead of making them stalkers of the night as we've seen everywhere, this family relies on blood transfusions and medicine to beat back a terrible fate. Brother and sister, long separated, cannot live without each other, it seems, as they slowly collapse into worse states. With parts of the story that remind me of the Fall of the House of Usher, this is another series that goes a bit slowly but is worth the waiting. Toume's art is striking for most of the series, almost sketch-like at times but capturing the feel of the characters perfectly. If you can find this one, go for it. I think almost anyone would like it.
If I had to pick a favorite amongst these favorites. it might be the Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service. Illustrated by Housui Yamazaki from Mail and written by Eiji Otsuka, this is the ongoing story of five college kids with no job prospects who come together to use their special talents to do delivery jobs for the dead. It's part black comedy, part social commentary, and good, with a cast of interesting and offbeat characters who frequently are more interested in getting money for food than doing the right thing (though they always manage to do the latter). This manga is notable for being a horror manga that works well for people who aren't fans of the genre.
I hope you find a manga or two in this list that tickles your terror bone, whether it's for creepy alien, dead bodies, or slow psychological horror. Don't be afraid to read them in months other than October, either. Their quality doesn't change just because the holiday does. Enjoy!
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OSCAR HICKES COMMITTEE PHOTO The Oscar Hickes hockey tournament will be returning to Port Alice's Doug Bondue Arena March 28-31!
The longest running hockey tournament on Vancouver Island will return to Port Alice for its 40th anniversary.
"Oscar Hickes" was born Oscar Tootoo in 1952 in Churchill, Manitoba. He grew up playing hockey with his brothers and absolutely loved the sport.
Tootoo and his two best friends, Ray Carter and Bill Poole, moved to Port Alice in 1972. In August of 1978, Tootoo went to Vancouver to see a specialist to correct a knee injury so he could play hockey that winter.
The doctor informed him his playing days were over, and he passed away minutes later in his car from a heart attack. He was only 27-years-old.
The Oscar Hickes hockey tournament officially started that same year, and the tournament will be held once again in Port Alice this year, thanks to the Port Alice Arena Society who fundraised enough money to open the Doug Bondue Arena for the weekend.
Oscar Hickes is being organized this year by Russell Murray, Pat Murray, and John Smith.
The tournament will be held March 28-31 at the Doug Bondue Arena in Port Alice, if you would like to sign up a team to play in the tournament, please contact the Oscar Hickes Organizing Committee at oscarhickes@gmail.com for more information.


EKOenergy is a not-for-profit environmental organization and the world's only international ecolabel for electricity. When you buy electricity with this label, you not only get renewable electricity, but you also help make a difference. WISE is one of the 45 members of EKOenergy.
EKOenergy is an international network of environmental organisations and the world's only international ecolabel for electricity. They promote the use of sustainable electricity, therefore only electricity from renewable sources can be sold as EKOenergy. But just being renewable is not enough, EKOenergy wants to do something extra to contribute to the protection of nature. That's why electricity sold by EKOenergy also fulfils additional sustainability requirements set by the EKOenergy Network and a small part of the price is donated to their Climate Fund to invest in new renewable energy projects all over the world.
Many of the organisations behind EKOenergy have been actively involved in anti-nuclear campaigns. Think of members as WISE and the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation. To some extent, the EKOenergy logo has been inspired by WISE's 'Nuclear power? No thanks!' campaign, and the "EKOenergy, yes please" campaign was a logical and constructive sequel to that. With the EKOenergy logo they give people a clear and understandable way to easily show their commitment to a 100% renewable and sustainable world.
EKOenergy is growing rapidly and is active in many different countries all over and even outside of Europe. Here are some examples of how companies and people are using the EKOenergy logo in their communication.
Apart from showing their own commitment, the users of the logo also invite others to make the switch to renewable energy. And last but not least, the use of the EKOenergy logo by an increasing group of well known and respected companies is a strong moral support for our international network and encourages to move on in countries where renewables are less common.
Feel free to join the movement!


Introducing an enticing range of fragrances highlighting exotic ingredients from around the globe. Crafted with fewer ingredients than traditional fragrances, the Kiehl's Since 1851 formula allows pure notes to shine through naturally.
A stimulating fusion of fig leaf and sage with underlying hints of bergamot, citron and thyme. Notes of fig are evocative of southern France with its lush countryside, where an unusually distinctive fig essence renowned for its uniquely fresh, green aroma is found. The crisp aroma is blended with the essence of herbaceous sage, an evergreen herb with a sweet, nutty scent, evocative of the northern Mediterranean coast.
For external use only. Avoid contact with eyes. Keep away from naked flame or direct heat sources. Do not apply to sensitive skin. Do not apply to broken or inflamed skin. If irritation develops, reduce frequency or discontinue use. Keep out of the reach of children.
Fig Leaf, Sage, Citron, Bergamot, Thyme.


Effect of geometry and position of ethylenic bond upon acyl coenzyme A--cholesterol-O-acyltransferase.
Spector AA, Mathur SN, Kaduce TL.
Role of acylcoenzyme A: cholesterol o-acyltransferase in cholesterol metabolism.
Taketani S, Nishino T, Katsuki H.
Characterization of sterol-ester synthetase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.


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On September 9, 2007, JAMES JONES, loving husband of Dorothy Jones. He is also survived by his loving children Vicky Washington, Gloria Johnson, Sylvia Parmlee, James Jones, Henry, James, and Donald Coates, 24 grandchildren, 36 great-grand, and 5 great-great-grand, and a host of other relatives and friends. Friends may call at the family owned March Funeral Home West Inc., 4300 Wabash Ave., on Sunday after 10am, where family will receive friends on Monday at 11:30am followed by Funeral Service at 12.