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text: The Obama Administration will rescind a Bush-era sports policy regulation on Title IX. Title IX was originally created to prohibit discrimination in education on the basis of sex. According to BusinessWeek, Vice President Joseph Biden said in a statement, “Making Title IX as strong as possible is a no-brainer. What we’re doing here today will better ensure equal opportunity in athletics, and allowing women to realize their potential – so this nation can realize its potential.” The change in regulation will end the use of the Department of Education’s 2005 model survey, which is currently one of three ways colleges can meet athletics guidelines in accordance with Title IX, said USA Today. “Good riddance to another Bush policy to turn back Title IX – this one designed to limit women’s college athletic options. Can you imagine a college canceling a men’s sport because male students didn’t reply to an email survey? That’s what they tried to do with women’s teams,” said Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority, in a press release. Kim Gandy, vice president and general counsel of the Feminist Majority Foundation also said, “Rescission of this Bush assault on Title IX is a good start, and the next focus should be on other Bush efforts to limit Title IX – especially  changes in the Title IX regulations on single-sex schools and classes, which some schools are interpreting to permit sex discrimination and unequal opportunities for girls in K-12.” The new changes in regulations do not alter Bush-era regulations that allow sex segregation. The Feminist Majority Foundation currently is working to remove these regulations through their Campaign to Rescind the Bush Administration 2006 Regulation Weakening Title IX Prohibitions Against Sex Discrimination in Education (see PDF).

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May 2016 - Present
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UPMC Enterprises, Pittsburgh, PA
I work with an outstanding multi-disciplinary team to research and design commercially-viable software products for medical imaging.
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DIRECTOR OF DESIGN
Rhiza Labs LLC, Pittsburgh, PA
I worked with a small agile team to guide overall platform design for web-based SaaS software that makes big data actionable, beautiful and scalable.
I led a large team of information designers on the Command Post of the Future (CPOF) program.
January 2005 - November 2005
SmartOps, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
I tested and wrote administrative-level technical documentation for SmartOps' supply chain management software.
I ran the Computing Services Student Outreach committee and participated in faculty and staff outreach activities. Our team developed recommendations for replacing CMU's free printing system with quotas, for replacing its antiquated, love-it-or-hate-it email system (Mulberry), and for improving the SLA for CMU's HelpDesk.
November 2001 - May 2002
MAYA Viz, Pittsburgh, PA
I worked on a team of interaction designers at Viz and MAYA Design to develop information architectures, workflow diagrams, and interaction design wireframes for visualization and collaboration software.
August 1999 - November 2001 and May 2002 - July 2003
Management Science Associates, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA,
I had two stints as a technical writer at Management Science Associates, about a year apart. I wrote technical documentation and trained end-users on MSA Media Group's Gabriel Project, one of the first back-end systems for managing the lifecycle of commercial traffic on cable television.
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
I worked with a team of medical librarians on an NIH grant to improve physicians' access to timely, relevant medical studies and data, directly in a clinical setting.
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Cultivating trust in the UX process among executive and development-team stakeholders.
Influencing the up-front planning process to include enough time and money for UX throughout the project lifecycle.
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The drum is a piece of membrane that separates the middle ear from the external ear canal. Behind the drum there is a place that is full of air. This is the middle ear cavity. The sound goes in this space through a chain of bones and towards the inner ear. In the middle ear cavity opens the Eustachian tube. The Eustachian tube reaches the back of the nose. It is normally closed. Swallowing opens it to keep the pressure in the middle ear constant.
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text: Some boys from Drimnagh Castle went on a science trip on Tuesday the 4th of November. This trip was organised by the Trinity Access Programme (TAP). 6 boys from 6th class were picked to go – Rafael, TJ, Rhys, Ross, Cillian and I. We were brought by bus to the Teagasc campus in Co. Meath. Teagasc do lots of research on animals, food and also advise farmers. A few other schools were there too. We were brought to a conference room and when all the schools were seated one of the scientists told us what Teagasc was. After that, they also told us a bit about DNA and blood cells. We also got to go and see the lab. In the lab, they showed us all the different blood cells in the body of a cow. The scientists asked us “How many litres of blood are in a human body?” I guessed 7 and the answer was 5 but I was the closest so I won the prize. I really enjoyed myself and I found everything very interesting. At the end, they brought us all out to see the calves and they were very smelly. After that, we all went home on the bus to Dublin. It was a great day out and I would love to go again.

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Yesterday, I had to make an important decision and end a friendship that had become toxic. The friendship I had to end was with my writing partner so the novel we worked on together will never be complete. I honestly wanted the friendship to work, but it had just become extremely unhealthy and there were so many other factors that made that friendship as bad as it was at the end. It sucks that it had to happen but at this point my mental health was more important than the friendship. Toxic friendships are the worst! You want it to work so badly but all it is actually doing is making you cry all the time while also feeling like there is a weight constantly pressing against your chest . As soon as I ended it I felt like I could finally breathe again. It is a bittersweet feeling because a cool friendship had to end but I honestly had to do what was best for me.
I guess the message of this post is that it is okay to walk away. If you are in a friendship or relationship with someone and it is constantly bringing you down, then it is time to let go. No one is worth the unnecessary tears and stress. If it were healthy and they honestly cared then you wouldn’t be feeling the extreme amount of negativity everytime you are around them. It may be hard at first but in the end you have to do what is best for you and let them go. Only then can you set yourself free and allow more positivity to flow into your life and writing.
Until Next Time Everyone!
I graduated from Texas A&M Commerce last Saturday (the 13th) and I just wanted share what I was feeling with y’all. I transferred there three years ago and the Hall of Languages quickly became a second home to me. Dr. Adkins, Dr. Jacobs, and Dr. Roggenkamp helped me improve my writing while also causing my love of literature to evolve. It was a magical and important time in my life and I am sad that it is now over, but now it is time for me to make them proud. I am taking this year to finish my book and return the Fall of 2018 for the Graduate Program. If I am ever feeling lost while taking this daring adventure, I know that I can visit Texas A&M Commerce and know that my old professors will gladly welcome me home.
I also need to give a shout out to my mentor from Eastfield, Professor Buck! Without her guidance, I wouldn’t have built up the courage to really chase my love of literature~
I can’t wait to share the world I created with everyone and I am excited to post on here again!
I know, it has been a while since I have posted on my lovely blog. Good News! I am back from my little hiatus and I plan on being more active with my posting schedule!
A lot has happened since I have posted on here in December:
I tried to start a fancy paid blog and I hated it so that is over.
My anxiety had been acting up since my major attack last May and around late January I decided that I was tired of being paranoid and crying everyday due to me feeling like I was always stressed and that the world was against me, so I finally went to the doctor and they helped me tremendously.
Because of my little meltdown, my schoolwork and writing life fell out of balance and to be honest I felt like I was losing control of my life so I had to get that balance back.
Everything is ok now! I have been on my medication for almost three months and I have finally regained control over my emotions and have rediscovered the balance between school and writing again! To be completely honest, I feel rejuvenated , like I have regained my sanity and I am kicking myself of not doing this years ago. Since I am no longer stressing out, panicking, or feeling paranoid 24/7 , I can officially say that I am back! I can’t wait to share my musings with y’all!
Sorry I have not been so active this week! I was hit by a rather nasty bug but now I have fully recovered and have come to share my recent adventure with you all! Today, my friend and I went and visited an indie bookshop and an indie comic book shop in Dallas and it was a good way to relax and even get inspired. The arts district we went to was full of murals, local shops, and interesting food places so we spent about 3-4 hours walking around and exploring.
Pirate Update: I went and got a blank book to write all the pirate dream ideas in so I can figure out just how much I want to write it. The pirate idea was constantly on my mind while I was stuck in bed from the virus so I am now trying to create an interesting world for these dream characters.
NaNoWriMo has officially ended and I am feeling torn. I feel accomplished for participating but at the same time I am a little upset I did not meet my word count! I had issues with my anxiety and it kept me away from the computer for a while but now I am back and more determined than ever to get some writing done! Another thing that has hindered my progress is a dream I had a few nights ago. This dream involved masks, pirates, magic, and a dance with a dangerous foe that could have easily been compared to a thrilling chess match. Ever since I had this dream I have been enthralled by it! I want to know more about these mysterious characters and their world. Every time I try to go write my main project I get swept away by the thought of the mysterious pirate that had a knack for fire magic and I am taking this a sign that I should put some work into fleshing them out before I make any major decisions. I have fallen in love with the idea of pirates before but due to certain complications that did not work out and I just recently moved on from having to give up that kickass idea only to have my heart stolen again by the idea of writing the pirates from my dream. We shall see how this works out!
It has been over a week since I last posted and that is because I spent a week at Big Bend National Park in South Texas! There is no internet and barely any cell phone service down there so it was a way that I could focus on nature, family, and my writing! Before the trip I felt like my life was a beautiful chaos, I was struggling with my word count and work load but being away from everything really helped me reset and really appreciate the beauty that lies in nature. Sometimes it is important to step away from everything and just appreciate life and take a moment to breathe. This trip was helpful in so many ways: I read several books, I worked on my novel, and I knitted a scarf without getting too frustrated (I always make the stitches too tight). I recommend that everyone takes some time to step away from technology and embrace the calming serenity of life and use the time to reflect. I think I am going to take an hour every day and dedicate it to stepping away from technology and really relax and breathe.
Big Bend National Park is truly magnificent! We were camping in the Rio Grande Village which is in the desert region but you could drive fourty-five minutes and end up in the Chisos Mountains! It was like being in some fantasy world, the landscape was surreal and it really inspired me. Most of the photos I took will end up in my world bibles at some point!
I am also going to include some of my favorite pictures and moments that I captured from this grand adventure below!!!!
I am writing an update on my NaNoWriMo journey so far. The first week has ended and I have very little to show for it. I am determined to write my heart out to catch up and stick to my set writing routine. My arch nemesis, writer’s block, came to visit for the first four days of NaNoWriMo and I had to battle it in order to get any work done at all.
I also have to write more so if I fall behind during my camping trip, I will atleast have a word cushion to fall back on.
NaNoWriMo starts in three days! I am doing the last bit of prepping today along with some homework that I have been putting off. One of the things that I have done is create a cover photo to upload to my NaNoWriMo profile. This surprisingly took me an extremely long time because I wanted to create something that I would proudly display on here and my social media accounts while I conquer this NaNoWriMo.
Here is the one I made:
I know it is simple but at the same time it is striking and it reminds me of the novel. Another thing that I am working on today is adding more concept art to the world bible which will allow me to play around with water colors. Today is just an overall creative day for me! I think having creative days like these really help when it comes to preparing for your novel and keeping it fresh on your mind. It also is an excellent way to relax and be productive at the same time.
I am excited to announce the reward I am going to give myself once I write the 50,000 words and become a NaNoWriMo winner. It took me a while to decide on what I wanted but then it hit me, I have always wanted a tattoo. This tattoo would be symbolic to me because it would symbolize me being able to sit there and type out 50,000 words. I can’t wait to achieve this goal and get a kickass tattoo! Writing is a commitment and I usually have an issue staying on task but I am determined to conquer this beast and completely dedicate myself to writing this novel that I have been working on for awhile now~
NaNoWriMo starts six days from now! I am both excited and nervous. I am excited because I am passionate about my novel and I love writing it, but at the same time I am nervous because I have a hard time staying on track with things. This year will be different because I am determined to actually meet the 50,000 word count this year. This is so exciting!!! I can’t wait to share my progress with y’all!
I wish you luck on your literary journey and I will post another update tomorrow!

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From the Trussville Tribune staff reports
ALABASTER — Vandalism has struck the Willow Glen neighborhood of Alabaster, according to WBRC 6.
According to residents someone has poured hot sauce and sugar on a car, slashed a tire and scratched the doors of two other cars.
“It’s shocking,” Sarah Gulley said. “You feel safe in your neighborhood, and then when something like this happens, it kind of gives you a feeling of being violated.”
Her husband was getting into his vehicle, on Saturday evening, and discovered that food had been smeared across the windshield. But there was more.
“He came back in the house and was like, ‘Your car is totally messed up. Someone has taken a knife to it and flattened your tire,’” said Gulley.


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For most people reading about Ahmed Chalabi today after news of his passing, it will all be about the 2003 war, WMDs, and the neocons. However, there is much more to his story than that and I feel it deserves mentioning when discussing the man.
In terms of his contribution to Iraqi history we can look at it in three periods:
- The 80s all the way through to March 2003
- April 2003 to mid 2006
- 2006 until today
The first period is perhaps his most notable contribution and what he will want to be remembered for. It was during this time that he became the organiser and leader of the exiled Iraqi opposition. He brought together a wide array of factions to work with his INC, including Islamists, ex-Baathists, communists, Kurds, secularists, nationalists, technocrats, and others. He supported relief efforts after the 1991 uprising, personally bankrolling several aid projects. He organised several key conferences of the Iraqi opposition during the 90s, and was the key proponent of the Iraqi Liberation Act of 1998 that Congress passed and Clinton signed. He brought Iraqi voices to the State Department, the White House, and other places that Iraqis desperately wanted to reach during Saddam’s time. He was key to the ceasefire in Kurdistan, convincing Barzani and Talabani to stop fighting each other. Several of Iraq’s post 2003 ministers and politicians owed their career to Ahmed, he brought them out of obscurity and pushed them into positions of power. He paid for opposition newspapers, journalists, writers, conferences that worked for regime change. He was a key figure in the December 2002 London conference that led to the Governing Council being formed after the war, and also formalised the sectarian/political quota system. But this was also the period where he was accused of defrauding the Petra Bank, of providing false intel to the Pentagon, of supporting by any means the neocon desire to remove Saddam. Ahmed, more than any other Iraqi, contributed to the fall of Saddam.
The second period is when he hoped to realise his ambition, and at that time pretty much everybody, Iraqi and American, had expected Ahmed to become Prime Minister. It was his destiny and his reward. He was perfect for the part, the politicians owed him, there was no one else more deserving. Unfortunately for him the role he played pre-2003 was forgotten, and he was naïve to expect anything. He had little influence in the Iraqi street, no real power with which to impose himself. One term in the Governing Council was followed by the shock of Allawi’s appointment as interim PM rather than him. He was bitter at that, he began to lose friends in the Pentagon and State Department after the truth of the WMD claims began to come to light, and he found himself allying more closely with the Shia Islamists out of necessity, after pushing for debaathifcation immediately from Bremer’s time. Called a liar in the US, a sectarian and corrupt Shiite in Iraq, he fully fell out of favour with the US after they suspected he was passing sensitive information to the Iranians (US troops ransacked his home and office in Baghdad). The accusations of corruptions were during the 2003-2004 period when Bremer was handing out billions in shrink-wrapped dollars to almost every major politician. Whenever talk of choosing a PM came about he was in the running, but it was not to be.
The third period was his biggest disappointment, squeezed out by the Shia parties as he was never considered one of them, lacklustre results in elections, lack of support from any foreign country (including Iran), realising his ambitions at ruling Iraq were over, his trial by media in the US deciding his guilt in the WMD affair, and his dwindling role and influence in Iraqi politics. Every time the question of proposing a new PM came about he was inevitably mentioned as a candidate, but the hardnosed politicians knew he was never a real choice. Abandoned by all, the Iraqis, the Americans, he saw several of his INC seniors defect to others, and being overlooked for any top positions. During this time he was accused of corruption with regards to reconstruction contracts and the TBI fraud (his nephew ran the bank). It was in this period that the name Ahmed Chalabi meant the least in Iraqi politics. But he remained a patriot, and despite his faults, he wanted the best for his country.
For those who still support the removal of Saddam, and are glad to see the back of the Baath party, then they should mourn Ahmed Chalabi and erect a statue for him. For those that do not, they will be glad to see his passing, another memory from 2003 to be forgotten. For the majority of Iraq’s people, his death will not mean much, a name of someone that they didn’t really know or identify with. It is a story of failed ambition.

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By Catherine Lafferty, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Discourse
As communities work to stop the spread of COVID-19, Indigenous health experts say there is a “social sickness” that also must be addressed.
A new short animated video is aiming to educate the public on the stigmatization that’s faced by Indigenous communities in the wake of the pandemic.
The video, co-produced by the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH) and BC Northern Health, is titled “Healing in Pandemic Times: Indigenous Peoples, Stigma and COVID-19.”
Dr. Margo Greenwood, academic leader of NCCIH, is the executive producer of the video, which she says she hopes will start important conversations around stigma and discrimination.
“When we begin to talk about these things I think we begin to learn,” she says. “I think education is a critical way to address stigma.”
The four-and-a-half-minute video is narrated by Dr. Evan Adams of Tla’amin First Nation and features a Nlaka’pamux healing song.
In the video, Adams — who is well known for playing Thomas in the famous 1998 film Smoke Signals — speaks over a cartoon animation by Joanne Gervais. The cartoon shows people in various scenarios, such as a group of people whispering and pointing at an Indigenous woman.
“Pandemics can promote harmful stigmatization,” Adams says during the video. “COVID-19 is a physical virus. Stigma is a social sickness.”
Greenwood says the initial idea for the video was prompted by Mary Ellen Turpond-Lafond`s recent In Plain Sight report that outlined systemic racism in B.C.’s healthcare system.
Greenwood says there are many harmful and untrue stereotypes that are anchored in colonial views and reinforced through generations.
“Our work today is to challenge those old stereotypes, to know when they’re influencing our thinking and our behaviors,” she says.
“Once we are aware and we know we are being influenced by them we need to challenge them. I’m really hopeful that this video will promote that kind of reflection and discussion and it will illuminate the urgent need for change.”
On Jan. 14, CBC News released a story wherein Indigenous people in Powell River, Port Hardy and Duncan spoke of being denied service in various establishments after COVID-19 outbreaks in their communities.
The same day, B.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry spoke out against this discriminatory behavior in her regular COVID-19 update, saying this type of racism “must stop.”
“This type of racism cannot be tolerated and I stand against this with my colleagues to say this must stop on Vancouver Island and elsewhere,” she said.
“Racism has no place in our society, in our communities here in British Columbia and we must all take the time to speak out and speak up.”
Henry said it has become clear that First Nations, Metis and Inuit Peoples in British Columbia did not come into the pandemic on equal footing to the rest of the province.
“COVID-19 doesn’t discriminate, but systems do,” she said. “It has illuminated for us many long-standing inequities in different parts of our society.”
Meanwhile, other Indigenous communities are also speaking out against stigma during the pandemic.
Snuneymuxw First Nation released an open letter stating people in that community and the nearby Cowichan Tribes have also experienced racism after a COVID-19 outbreak.
“Similar commentary was also seen in a number of other communities around British Columbia,” the Jan. 15 letter states.
“Anti-Indigenous racism has no place in B.C.’s pandemic response or community commentary.”
The letter is co-signed by Snuneymuxw Chief Mike Wyse and six other community leaders, including Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog, Nanaimo-Ladysmith MP Paul Manly and Telaxten Paul Sam of the First Nations Health Council.
It points out that some of the commentary has been around Indigenous communities receiving urgent access to the vaccine — saying that Indigenous peoples require this access because of proven poorer health outcomes and chronic health conditions.
“Together we need to continue to stand up for respectful treatment of Indigenous Peoples and nations,” the letter continues.
“The burden of addressing racism needs to come off the shoulders of Indigenous peoples.”
Greenwood says she is hopeful that the new video will begin to unpack definitions such as stigma and stereotypes that will help people in organizations to question their own thinking around differences with respect to racial inequalities.
“Sometimes we’re just not aware of our own biases, of those unfavourable beliefs or opinions that we hold and sometimes we don’t even know where they came from,” Greenwood says.
“I’m hopeful that the video adds critical information that will promote important conversation on how best to address and stop stigma and discrimination.”

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For a complete set which will consistently enrich one's appreciation of this fascinating composer in characteristically rounded piano sound courtesy of engineer Tony Faulkner, this Hyperion issue is hard to beat.
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH Chamber Symphony op 110a (1960) Alfred SCHNITTKE
Concerto for Piano and Strings (1979) Moscow Chamber Orchestra Constantine Orbelian (pianist and conductor) Recorded at Skywalker Sound, Marin County, California, 5 & 7 March 2000 DELOS SACD 3259 [47:37] [AAS]
Much as I would like to hail this disc as an absolute winner, I am unable to do so. At 47:37 it constitutes exceptionally mean playing-time. In the Schnittke, the piano is not only much too far forward but the tutti strings in fortissimo deliver a bloated, nondescript sound. Most disappointing. Otherwise, a splendid disc.
Bedrich SMETANA (1824-1884) String Quartet No. 1 in E minor 'From my Life' Leos JANACEK(1854-1928) String Quartet No. 1 'The Kreutzer Sonata' Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Quartettsatz in C minor Alexander String Quartet Rec 1994, St Stephen's Church, Belvedere, CA ARTE NOVA 74321 34036 2 [58.35] [TB]
The performances sound completely fresh and invigorating, captured in vivid, well balanced sound. Perhaps the perspective might have a little more depth but the quality is sufficient to allow the natural bloom of the players' tone to make its mark.
Louis SPOHR (1784-1859) Violin Concerto No. 7 in E Minor, Op. 38 (1814) Violin Concerto No. 12 in A Minor, Op. 79 (1828) Takako Nishizaki (violin), Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra/Libor Pesek
Rec: Slovak Philharmonic Concert Hall, December 1985 NAXOS 8.555101 [48.20] [RW]
Takako Nishizaki is a particularly experienced and accomplished player: she provides a sumptuous performance of the two works
Sir Charles Villiers STANFORD (1852-1924) Clarinet Concerto in A minor, op. 80 Gerald FINZI (1901-1956) Concerto for Clarinet and Strings, op. 31 Dame Thea King (clarinet) Philharmonia Orchestra/Alun Francis Recorded 1-2/8/1979 (Finzi), 28-9/11/1979 (Stanford), Henry Wood Hall, London HELIOS CDH55101 [48.56] [CH]
If you have the Finzi in a differently coupled version, at the Helios price you might consider getting this for the Stanford.
Richard STRAUSS Don Quixote Op. 35 Romance for 'Cello and Orchestra, Sonata for 'Cello and Piano Op. 6 Steven Isserlis ('cello) Stephen Hough (piano) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Lorin Maazel RCA RED SEAL 74321 75398 2 [75:34] [SF]
Isserlis gives a truly heartfelt performance and he expresses the humour, gravity, irony and pathos of the Don with marvellous subtlety.
Arthur SULLIVAN The Light of the World Karen Johnson (soprano); Adrienne Murray (contralto); Paul Dutton (tenor); Stephen Wells (baritone); Richard Wiegold (bass); Making Music (combined choirs of North West Music Committee); Children's Choirs - Chester Music Society Junior Choir, The Hulme Singers, Liverpool Youth Choir, St. Julie's R.C. School Choir; David Houlder (organ); John Bethell (conductor). with libretto and notes WRW 202-2 (3-CD set) [2hrs. 43 minutes] [CW]
This set will be self-recommending to Sullivan aficionados. For many of us, however, hearing the antediluvian "Light of the World" will make us look forward all the more eagerly to the imminent commercial issue of "The Golden Legend" of 1886, a much fleeter-footed work written when the composer was at the height of his dramatic powers.
Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) 1812 Overture (i) Polonaise; Waltz (Eugene Onegin) Capriccio Italien Marche Slave Festival Coronation March Cossack Dance (Mazeppa) Kiev Symphony Chorus, Children's Choir of Cincinnati (i) Cincinnati Pops Orchestra Erich Kunzel Rec 13 September 1999, 22 September 1998, Music Hall, Cincinnati, Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland TELARC CD 80541 [60.23] [TB]
The recording is impressive, easily handling the colourful orchestral combinations and climaxes, while at the same time having a natural sense of balance and a pleasing atmosphere.
Ernst TOCH (1887-1964) Cello Sonata (1929) Concerto for Cello and Chamber Orchestra (1924-5) Impromptufor cello solo in three movements (1963) Steven Honigberg (cello) Eclipse Chamber Orchestra/Sylvia Alimena Kathryn Brake (piano) rec 6 June 1999 US Holocaust Museum (concerto); 13 May 2000, St Luke's Church, McLean, Virginia ALBANY TROY 421 [53.35][RB]
An anthology both caustic and emotional. Typically engaged and fervent performing values, excellent recordings.
Edgard VARESE (1883-1965) Arcana (1927) Octandre (1923) Offrandes (1921) Intégrales (1923) Déserts (1953-4) Maryse Castets (soprano) (Offrandes) Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra/Christopher Lyndon-Gee Rec 25-29 April, 13-14 May 2000, Fitelberg Concert Hall, Katowice
NAXOS 8.554820 [70.46] [TB]
Lyndon-Gee conducts with a real insight into the music, its structural strengths particularly gaining from his interpretations. While not a top recommendation, this is a worthwhile addition to the catalogue, extending our understanding of this fascinating composer: a true 'craftsman in sound'.
Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901) Falstaff (1893) Sir John Falstaff - Bryn Terfel, Ford - Thomas Hampson, Fenton - Daniil Shtoda, Dr Cajus - Enrico Facini, Bardolfo - Anthony Mee, Pistola - Anatoli Kotscherga, Mrs Alice Ford - Adrianne Pieczonka, Nannetta - Dorothea Röschmann, Mrs Quickly - Larissa Diadkova, Mrs Meg Page - Stella Doufexis, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
Rec Berlin, April 2001. DG 471 194 2, 2 discs [52'07 & 61'20], Full Price
For listeners, we at last have a great recording of this great opera in fine sound. And it has never sounded better.
Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741)The Four Seasons [102.47] Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi. Rec: July and October 2000, Studio de la Fondation Tibor Varga, Sion, Switzerland. VIRGIN VERITAS VMD5 61980 2 [102.47] [KM]
An amazingly dramatic, rock and roll rendition of the Four Seasons. If you thought this music was boring, you will be in for a shock. Buy it. And play it loud.
Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741) 12 Sonatas for Violin and Continuo Opus 2 Fabrizio Cipriani, violin Antonio Fantinuoli, cello Antonio Frige, harpsichord Ugo Nastrucci, theorbo Rec: June 1992, San Michele di Gallareto church, Campomorone, Genoa, Italy. CANTUS C 9608/9 [119.43] [KM]
This is a fine recording of some of Vivaldi’s early sonatas. The performers express a great deal of feeling, and their unique choice of orchestration add variety to the music.
Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741)Concertos Concerto in G major RV 151 "Alla rustica" Concerto for Oboe and Violin in B flat major RV 548 Concerto con molti istromenti in C major RV 558 (P.16) Concerto for two Violins in G major RV 516 Concerto for Oboe in A minor RV 461 Concerto for two Mandolins, Strings and Continuo in G major RV 532 Concerto for Strings in A major RV 159 Concerto in E major RV 271 "L'amoroso" Concerto for Bassoon in E minor RV 484 Concerto for Flute in G major RV 436 Concerto for Viola d'amore, Lute, Strings and Continuo in D minor RV 540 Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon in G major RV 545 L'estro armonico No. 1 in D major RV 549 No. 2 in G minor RV 550 No. 3 in G major RV 551 No. 4 in E minor RV 552 No. 5 in A major RV 553 No. 6 in A minor RV 554 No. 7 in F major RV 555 No. 8 in A major RV 556 No. 9 in D major RV 557 No. 10 in B minor RV 558 No. 11 in D minor RV 559 No. 12 in E major RV 560 Flute Concertos Flute Concerto no.1 in F major RV 433 "La Tempesta di Mare" Flute Concerto no.2 in G minor RV 439 "La Notte" Flute Concerto no.3 in D major RV 428 "Il Gardellino" Flute Concerto no.4 in G major RV 435 Flute Concerto no.5 in F major RV 434 Flute Concerto no.6 in G major RV 437 The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock. Rec: April 1985, November - December 1987, Henry Wood Hall, London; October 1985, May 1986, St. John's Smith Square, London; November 1986, May 1987, Abbey Road Studios, London. ARCHIV 471 317-2 5CD set [260.05] [KM]
Perhaps the finest recordings of these works, with excellent sound, and musicians who clearly enjoy this attractive music. Now that they have been released in a 5-disc box set, at an attractive price, there is no reason to hesitate.
Jan Václav VORÍŠEK (1791-1825) Symphony in D. Mass in B Patrice Michaels (soprano); Tami Jantzi (mezzo-soprano); William Watson (tenor); Peter Van De Graaff (bass); Paul Freeman, conducting The Prague Chamber Chorus; Czech National SO CEDILLE CDR 90000 058 [60:35] [IL]
An album to savour.
Richard WAGNER Parsifal George London (A mfortas), Martti Talvela (Titurel), Hans Hotter (Gurnemanz), Jess Thomas (Parsifal), Gustav Neidlinger (Klingsor), Irene Dalis (Kundry) Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival Conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch Recorded live in the Festspielhaus at the 1962 Bayreuth Festival PHILIPS 50 GREAT RECORDINGS 464 756-2 4 CDs [250.12] [TD]
In so much as any recording can be called definitive, this is the definitive Parsifal. I doubt if it will ever be equalled
DVD REVIEW Richard WAGNER (1813-1883) Tristan und Isolde (1856-1859) Isolde - Birgit Nilsson (sop) Tristan - Jon Vickers (ten) King Marke - Bengt Rundgren (bass) Kurwenal - Walter Berry (bar) Brangäne - Ruth Hesse (mez) Stanley Unruh - Melot (ten) Horst Laubenthal - Shepherd, Steersman & Sailor (ten) Orchestre National de l'ORTF & New Philharmonia Chorus, Karl Böhm Recorded on 7 July 1973 at a public performance, Orange, France DREAMLIFE CORPORATION [DLVC - 1019], [213 minutes] single DVD, Region encoded 0, NTSC format. Full Price [MB]
A simply fabulous historical document that catches breathtaking performances on the wing. It is unlikely to be surpassed.
GREAT WAGNER DUETS Kirsten Flagstad, sop. Lauritz Melchior, ten. Lohengrin, Act III, Tristan und Isolde, Act II, Götterdämmerung, Parsifal, Act II NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.110723 [77:45] [FC]
Flagstad and Melchior were the reigning monarchs of the Wagnerian repertory at the Met. Wagner lovers speak of those magical years with reverent tones. They were the century's finest Wagner interpreters and to have them singing together on record is a unique event.
Jörg WIDMANN Cello Concerto Robert SCHUMANN Cello Concerto Jan Vogler (cello) Munchener Kammerorchester/Christoph Poppen Rec: Munich 7/2000; Aschau 2/2000 BERLIN CLASSICS 0017142 [65.35] [PGW]
Dark Strings is a 44 minute journey through the conflicting emotions which can tear apart a sensitive young man, and a map of some of the musical worlds in which a young composer of today has to find his way. Jörg Widmann is a composer whose progress will be one to watch.
Hugo WOLF (1860-1903) String Quartet in D minor Italian Serenade Fine Arts Quartet
Recorded 03.06.1998, Hans-Rosbaud Studio, Baden-Baden HÄNSSLER CD 93.024 [50.29] [CH]
The Fine Arts' blend, precision of ensemble, dynamic range and sheer interpretative heft proclaim them among the finest of today's string quartets. They enter into Wolf's tormented world with total empathy.
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[Part 4 M-R] [Part 5 S-Y] [Part 6 Misc]
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Fáilte Ireland unveils its “Winter in Dublin” programme. Building on the success of last year, the event schedule promises to captivate visitors once again with magical experiences spanning from the 1st November 2023 to 31st January 2024. “Winter in Dublin” will feature a lineup of events and activities that are becoming cherished traditions for people all over Ireland visiting Dublin. This includes bespoke nighttime events that reimagine the possibilities for the city after dark, and family-friendly, and festive occasions with like Christmas at the Castle and NYF Dublin to ring in the new year. There will also be enough live music to fill the month of January.
Dublin, with its vibrant arts and entertainment scene, owes much of its allure to the many cultural institutions, music and theatre venues, and food and drink locations that are the driving force behind the magic that makes Dublin such a wonderful place to plan a short getaway this Winter. As the evenings turn longer in November, Dublin’s rich cultural heritage comes to life under the enchanting glow of streetlights, as the city is filled with the sounds of bustling pubs and live music.
As darkness falls, historic landmarks and bridges, such as Ha’penny Bridge and Dublin Castle, are bathed in lights and the city’s nightscape comes to life! Strolling through the cobblestone streets, you’ll feel the excitement in the air, with the warmth of the locals, the lively atmosphere, and the gentle hum of conversation.
So, mark your calendars for the November kick-off and get ready to be a part of something truly magical at this year’s “Winter in Dublin”. Here are just a few highlights but check out Winter in Dublin for full event listings.
New this year, Dublin by Night Fest will be one of the opening “Winter in Dublin” events taking place November 2nd – 3rd. The two-day festival celebrates the magic of music, arts and culture in Dublin by night with everything from brass bands, buskers and circus performers to a live outdoor movie screening. Why not start your Christmas shopping early the at the Night Market! Re-fuel throughout the festivities at the many food stalls and be inspired by live cookery demonstrations.
For literature lovers The Dublin Book Festival, taking place from the 8th – 12th November celebrates Irish books, authors, and Dublin’s creative writing spirit. Later in November The Jonathan Swift Festival will take place in the beautiful St Patrick’s Cathedral with debates, performances and tours.
Opportunities for a night at the museum this Winter in Dublin with The Little Museum of Ireland offering late night tours with a warming festive tipple on Thursdays, Friday’s and Saturdays throughout November. The National Gallery of Ireland is offering lots of fun after dark events including ‘Meet the Maker’, evening concerts and Spanish themed experiences.
Light Up Dublin, the city streets and buildings will be adorned in the weeks ahead with festive lights, creating a wonderful ambiance. Many venues around the city will host their own light events including Wonderlights at Malahide Castle, a mesmerising light show in the beautiful grounds of Malahide Castle from November 10th. “Wild Lights” will also return to Dublin Zoo from 16th November 2023, where families can step inside a winter world to discover the secret life of the Zoo at night.
With so much to see and do in Dublin during the winter months, why not embrace the magic of Dublin’s night-time charm and extend your stay to experience the full range of seasonal offerings.
Emma Woods, Head of Marketing Communications at Fáilte Ireland, highlights, “Dublin is renowned for its culture and vibrancy. “Winter in Dublin” showcases all the compelling reasons to visit Dublin as a loved wintertime destination where everyone can enjoy a rich and varied programme of events along with the exciting festive atmosphere of Dublin at this time of year. It’s an ideal time for a short break to soak up the magic and create special memories together during the winter months.”
Don’t forget that many of the events, activities and markets taking place from November, carry all the way through December into January. So don’t worry about missing fun events such as Dublin Zoo’s “Wild Lights” or Ice Skating in Dun Laoghaire and Blanchardstown, as both will remain open towards the end of January, extending the range of events available well into the New Year.
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NEWS TO SHIPS BY NEWS ACCESS INDIA – SATURDAY, JULY 28, 2018
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed that the Chinese Defence Minister will visit India next month as part of the efforts to maintain the “momentum” generated by their recent meetings.
Modi, who is in Johannesburg to attend the BRICS Summit, met Xi for the third time in nearly three months after their two-day informal summit in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late April and a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit in Qingdao, China in June.
“It is important to maintain this momentum and for this we should, at our level, regularly review our relationship and give proper instructions whenever required,” Modi told Xi in his opening remarks.
He told the Chinese leader that their recent meetings have given a new strength to bilateral ties and also provided new opportunities for cooperation.
President Xi said that the Chinese side is ready to work with the Indian side to carry forward the fresh impetus of bilateral relations since their informal meeting in Wuhan, China’s state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
President Xi and PM Modi will meet again at the margins of the G20 summit in Argentina at the end of this year.
The Congress on Friday stepped up attack on the BJP over the Rafale deal and said the Centre had promoted “crony capitalism of the worst order” in the process.
Congress media head Randeep Singh Surjewala, while questioning violations of guidelines for the offset clause under the deal, said, “The culture of crony capitalism is the DNA of PM Narendra Modi-led government. It is truer than ever in case of Rs 60,145 crore Rafale deal. Intrigue, conspiracy, deception and loss to public exchequer have marred the unilateral purchase of 36 Rafale aircraft by the government.”
He asked questions on why the BJP government favoured Reliance Defence as the offset clause partner with France’s Dassault Aviation instead of public sector undertaking Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), which had signed the Rs 36,000 crore offset contract in the shape of a ‘Workshare Agreement’ on March 13, 2014.
“Once PM unilaterally announced an off-the-shelf purchase of 36 Rafale aircraft on April 10, 2015. HAL was denied the biggest-ever defence offset contract. It went to a private company, Reliance Defence, which had zero experience of manufacturing fighter aircraft. Reliance Defence had been constituted 12 days before (March 28, 2015) the announcement of purchase of 36 Rafale aircraft by the PM in France. It didn’t have the licence to manufacture fighter aircraft,” alleged Surjewala.
“What is even more surprising is the fact that even Reliance Aerostructure was incorporated on April 24, 2015 — 14 days after the announcement of purchase of Rafale aircraft by PM in France. Shocking revelations and evidence further reveal the lies of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on lack of knowledge regarding award of Rs 30,000 crore defence offset contract to Reliance Defence,” Surjewala said.
Recognising privacy as a fundamental right, the draft personal data protection Bill has mandated that explicit consent must be taken for processing sensitive personal data like biometrics, sexual orientation, and religious or political belief. The Justice B N Srikrishna-led panel submitted the Bill along with the recommendations on personal data protection to the government on Friday, after deliberating on the issue for one year. The panel was formed in July 2017 after the Supreme Court delivered a verdict that privacy was a fundamental right.
The Bill has proposed stringent penalties in case of any violation or misuse of personal databy public or private entities. For instance, if a data fiduciary, which can be a person, company or state, processes personal data in contravention of the Act, it would be liable to a penalty of up to Rs 150 million or 4 per cent of an entity’s total worldwide turnover in the preceding financial year, whichever is higher. If the data fiduciary fails to take prompt action in response to a data security breach, it would be liable to pay up to Rs 50 million or 2 per cent of its total worldwide turnover, whichever is higher.
According to the Bill, processing of personal data should be done only for the purpose it was collected or for compliance of any law, employment and for any function of Parliament or any state legislature.
‘Sensitive personal data’ comprises passwords, financial data, health data, sex life, sexual orientation, biometric data, genetic data, caste or tribe and religious or political belief or affiliation.
The Myanmar army has launched an operation against camps of Naga rebel group NSCN-K in the Sagaing region of that country, thus forcing a large number of rebels to flee. The action was launched on Wednesday despite a ceasefire agreement being in force between the two parties.
NSCN-K spokesperson Isak Sumi said there had been no harm to their cadres so far. In his Facebook post, he said: “The ongoing standoff between the Myanmar army and Naga army (NSCN-K) has been temporarily resolved without any untoward incident, but the Naga army had to make a tactical withdrawal. The overall situation is still tense, but the Naga army is re-entrenched and safe.”
The NSCN-K has its base in Myanmar from where it provides logistic support and training to other militant outfits from north-eastern region, including ULFA (Independent), NDFB (S), PLA etc. All these Myanmar-based NE militant groups have formed a banner organisation to launch joint attacks on the Indian security forces. The Centre has been mounting diplomatic pressure on Myanmar to evict militant groups from its territory.
Pakistan’s former ruling party conceded defeat to Imran Khan ahead of the final results from the disputed election, which European Union monitors said on Friday had not been fought on a level playing field.
The party of jailed ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif initially rejected the incomplete results but by Friday, its leaders appeared to accept that Khan would be the next Prime Minister.
“We are going to sit on Opposition benches, despite all the reservations,” said Hamza Shehbaz Sharif, a parliamentarian and the nephew of Nawaz Sharif who is in jail, convicted of corruption.
The EU Election Observation Mission, in its preliminary findings, said the electoral process was “not as good” as the 2013 election and that the campaign week featured a “lack of equality”, which meant it was not a level playing field for all parties.
“Many of our interlocutors acknowledged a systematic effort to undermine the former ruling party through cases of corruption, contempt of court and terrorist charges against its leaders and candidates,” chief EU observer Michael Gahler told a news conference. The mission included 120 observers who visited 582 polling stations in all the provinces except Baluchistan.
Gahler said the EU observers had not witnessed any military interference in the polling stations they assessed.
Although Khan appeared likely to fall short of the 137 seats needed for a majority in the National Assembly, he should have no problems forming a govt with a handful of small coalition partners.
US President Donald Trump on Friday denied knowing about the 2016 meeting his son Donald Trump Jr. and other campaign staff held at Trump Tower with a group of Russians who offered damaging information about Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
“I did NOT know of the meeting with my son, Don jr,” Trump wrote in on Twitter after a CNN report cited his longtime lawyer Michael Cohen as saying Trump had known about the meeting in advance.
CNN, citing unidentified sources with knowledge of the matter, said Cohen was willing to make that assertion to Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating whether Trump’s presidential campaign had worked with Russia to sway the 2016 US presidential election.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he had invited Donald Trump to Moscow and that both he and the US president want further summits, despite the uproar in Washington after the two leaders met in Helsinki last week.
The White House said Trump was enthusiastic about another Russia summit. “President Trump looks forward to having President Putin to Washington after the first of the year, and he is open to visiting Moscow upon receiving a formal invitation,” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement.
Referring to the proposal for a meeting in the US, Putin said: “I am ready to go to Washington. I repeat once again, if the right conditions for work are created.”
With less than a year to go for the Lok Sabha elections, the ruling BJP is facing trouble from yet another ally. Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan-led LJP has decided to join the “Bharat Bandh” called by Dalit groups on August 9.
The Dalit Sena, an outfit affiliated to the LJP, will be forced to join the protests if the Modi government does not take appropriate action, its leaders said, adding their support to the NDA was issue-based and aimed at protecting interests of Dalits.
Demanding that the government immediately restores the original provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the LJP is also seeking the removal of former Supreme Court Judge AK Goel from the post of NGT chairperson.
The elevation of Goel, who was part of the Bench responsible for “diluting” the law, has sent a wrong message to the community, Jamui MP Chirag Paswan said. The patience of Dalits was running thin and protecting interests of these communities was at the root of their alliance with the BJP in 2014, he added.
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, who has been praising Congress chief Rahul Gandhi of late, received surprise birthday greetings from the latter on Friday, raising eyebrows in political circles.
“Best wishes to Shri Uddhav Thackeray ji, on his birthday. I wish him good health and happiness always,” Gandhi said in a message on Twitter.
Sanjay Raut, editor of Sena mouthpiece Saamana, said Thackeray was always greeted by national leaders on his birthday. “This time Rahul Gandhi has openly greeted him on Twitter,” said Raut.
Supreme Court judge Justice Kurian Joseph Friday urged the government not to delay appointment of judges of the apex court and High Courts, and raise the retirement age of judges to 70.
“One request to the government: government must avoid delay in making appointments,” Justice Joseph told a ‘Conference on National Initiative to Reduce Pendency and Delay in Judicial System’. He said “once the High Court Collegium sends names to the government, there should not be (delay of) more than three months” and in the case of the Supreme Court, it should not be delayed beyond two weeks.
This, he said, will “go a long way in so far as optimum utilisation of resources is concerned”.
Justice Madan B Lokur, however, praised the government for the meticulous work it undertakes while processing names recommended for appointment as High Court judges.
He said the judiciary should introspect whether it does such detailed vetting. He said it was his view that this may be “one of the reasons for this ping-pong that’s going on, recommendations going back and forth… do we have that kind of scrutiny”.
On the retirement age, Justice Kurian Joseph said: “(I) request government to increase retirement age of judges… both High Court and Supreme Court should be raised to 70.” By doing this, he said, the “most productive years of a judge can be utilised till 70”.
Currently, the retirement age of HC judges is 62 and that of SC judges is 65.
With an anganwadi centre less than 500 metres from where three sisters allegedly starved to death earlier this week, the Delhi government has asked for a report on why the system failed them. The key questions asked: were the children’s names in the system and the government’s records, and did the girls’ mother — who has since been shifted to the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences for treatment of her mental illness — receive counselling from anganwadi workers?
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who is also the minister for the department of women and child development, asked the department to submit a report regarding the incident on Thursday.
The eldest of the three sisters, Mansi (8), had been registered as a beneficiary at an anganwadi centre in Mandawali in 2013 and 2014. According to a worker at the centre, none of the children had been entered in the register thereafter, as the family had shifted out of the rented accommodation they had been living in at the time. “What were the officials concerned doing about it if the details of the family of the deceased actually existed in the records, but they couldn’t access the public distribution system?” Sisodia asked.
Union minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said the GST rates for cement, ACs and big televisions will be cut with the increase in tax revenues, and only luxury and sin goods will attract the highest slab of 28 per cent.
“Today, the 28 per cent category is being phased out. The bulk of the items remaining in this category are only luxury items or sin goods. The other items outside the luxury-sin goods category are cement, air-conditioners, large screen televisions and a handful of others. Hopefully, with further expansion of revenues, these items may also witness a change of category,” Jaitley said in a Facebook post on Friday.
“Within a record period of thirteen months, the GST Council has almost phased out the 28 per cent category,” Jaitley added.
For the first time, there are as many women as there are men in undergraduate science programmes and their dominance at the masters level is at the highest ever. These are among the findings of the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) unveiled Friday by HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar.
Pure science courses at the undergraduate level, till five years ago, had 95 female students for every 100 men but according to the latest AISHE edition, last year, there were 100 women for every 100 male students in the Bachelor of Science or B.Sc. programmes .
Not only are more women enrolling in pure sciences, but a strong number is staying back to complete their degree and pursue further studies. Out of the 11.51 lakh students who finished their B.Sc. and B.Sc. (Honours) degree last year, 5.97 lakh or 52 per cent were women.
The Supreme Court on Friday censured search engines and social networking sites as “irresponsible” for allowing content that provoked lynchings, threatening a Rs 5 lakh-a-day fine till they developed a fool-proof mechanism to weed out such material.
Eventually, the bench of Justices Madan B. Lokur and U.U. Lalit granted 30 days to Yahoo, Facebook Ireland, Facebook India, Google India, Google Inc, Microsoft and WhatsApp to install such a mechanism following assurances from their counsel, who included Kapil Sibal and V. Giri.
“What type of attitude are you adopting? There is so much objectionable material on the social media sites. People are being lynched across the country,” Justice Lokur said, before posting the next hearing to August 27. “People are dying at various places, but you seem… not bothered. You are saying that as long as it does not happen to me, it is okay; when it happens to me, (I) will look into it.”
The court’s observations came at the hearing of a public interest plea from the NGO Prajwala, which wants a ban on videos showing sexual orgies, rapes or child pornography on social media.
Diamond merchant and bank fraud accused Mehul Choksi has claimed he obtained Antiguan citizenship last year to expand his business and that “there is no truth” in the Indian government’s allegations against him, a newspaper in Antigua has reported.
Indian officials say that Choksi fled the country early in January this year to evade justice. They have highlighted that Antigua, whose citizenship Choksi obtained last November by allegedly paying a huge sum, has no extradition treaty with India.
“My (passport) application was motivated by my desire to expand my business interest in the Caribbean and to obtain visa-free travel access to 130 or so countries,” Choksi said in a statement issued by his attorney David Dorsett, the Daily Observer reported.
The CBI has written to Antiguan authorities seeking Choksi’s whereabouts and citing the Interpol notice against him. According to sources, Antigua has indicated it might consider “a legitimate request” from India to send back Choksi.
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on Friday reported profits that were in line with estimates with petrochemicals leading the charge and retail and telecom providing strong support.
RIL posted a record consolidated net profit of Rs 9,459 crore, a growth of 18 per cent over Rs 8,021 crore in the same period last year.
Telecom arm Reliance Jio Infocomm, whose performance was being closely watched, did not disappoint with net profit coming in at Rs 612 crore, which was above estimates of around Rs 550 crore. Jio has now reported profit for the third consecutive quarter.
Revenues from the organised retail business spiked almost 124 per cent over the corresponding period last year.
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AMP is happy to be collaborating with the Albuquerque Museum to help virtualize their popular Third Thursday Events. Each month, the museum has a mix of talks, activities and live music in tandem with their current and ongoing exhibits. We'll be taking care of the music part, but each evening consists of multiple programs. This month features:
- 5:30 pm: I Never Left Home: Poet, Feminist, Revolutionary - Margaret Randall reads from her memoir.
- 6:30 pm: YogaZo - interactive yoga class
- 7:00 pm: Claudio Tolousse performance, broadcast live with an audience of muppets from the Jim Henson exhibit.
Claudio Tolousse, the son of Colombian artist Guilloume, began playing guitar when he was 11 years old and has been playing professionally since he was 16. He has studied with Michael Anthony, Michael Chapdelaine, Glenn Kostur, Steve Masakowski and Alam Khan. He has been heralded by the Albuquerque Journal, ABQ Magazine and The Weekly Alibi as one of the hottest up-and-coming players in town. He has played with many groups in a wide range of genres, done studio work for countless artists, as well as leading his own trio’s and ensembles over the past decade. Over the past 6 years he has also focused on delving into the world of visual art, via steel and aluminum creations.
His original music is a blend of Soul-Jazz, with influences of Pop, Rock, Blues, Latin, and World Music. His debut release, The Story Of Part One, was recorded at the Parlor Recording Studio in New Orleans, and released worldwide through Bubble Bath Records. He is currently working on his sophomore album, The Story Of Part Two, which is expected to release later this year. You can hear him playing live every Wednesday night at Ben Michael’s Restaurant in old town where he has led and curated the Jam Session over the past 8 years.
He’ll be performing as a trio with Arnaldo Acosta on drums and Artha Meadors on bass. Both Claudio & Arnaldo can be seen as part of Kristy Hinds' band on our Wednesday, July 8 stream.
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Cities around the U.S. will have gigabit-speed Internet access by 2015 if the FCC's wishes come true.
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GAA stands by '11th-hour' call to make Hyde Park switch
GAA director-general Páraic Duffy has defended Roscommon's handling of the Dr Hyde Park pitch fiasco that saw the Allianz League match with Dublin moved to Carrick-on-Shannon at short notice on Sunday morning.
Duffy did accept there may have been grounds for making the decision earlier but said he understood that for Roscommon it was a "huge call".
The 'Hyde' surface has caused endless problems for Roscommon during their first season back in Division 1 with the result that they played their four home games at four different venues.
After the mudbath that the Mayo game was, seven days earlier, huge doubts were raised over viability of the surface for the visit of the All-Ireland champions. But Roscommon's desire to host Dublin, giving the local economy a lift in the process, resulted in an 11th-hour decision that backfired.
He outlined that the pitch was inspected on Friday evening and was "absolutely playable".
"A lot of work had been done on it during the week," he said. "Obviously there were concerns about the weather forecast and what might happen over the weekend and it was inspected again on Saturday by an inter-county referee."
At that stage there were doubts expressed, he conceded, and that was probably the time to pull the plug and make the switch.
"There was water on the pitch, and it all depended on what happened overnight. There was consideration given at that stage whether the game should be changed," he said.
"Having said that, changing the game was a big call. For Roscommon it was a huge game with the All-Ireland champions at home and they wanted to play it at home for all kinds of reasons, the local community, etc.
"Of course we could have made a decision to pull it out of there on Saturday, but if it turned out Hyde Park was playable on Sunday, people would say, 'Why didn't you wait until the Sunday.' So you can't win in this situation. I don't think too many people were inconvenienced. Some were, not too many.
"The long-term issue here is they need to rectify the situation at Hyde Park. I think in the circumstances you were in it was a no-win situation. It's a matter of opinion after that."
The GAA laid on two buses to supporters who had used public transport, explained Duffy, and one of those buses wasn't full.
He also praised the input of Leitrim officials and ground staff in making their facility available at such short notice.
"These all require judgements and people can form their own opinion. I personally feel, in the circumstances, it was handled pretty well. I wouldn't criticise Roscommon, our own CCCC and certainly not Leitrim."


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NEW YORK — She knew they were waiting to hear from her — Channing Tatum’s millions of fans.
It had been more than an hour since LaQuishe Wright had posted a photo of the actor on his Twitter account, dressed in a suit “Headed to the Zeigfield.” Now she and Tatum had arrived at the “White House Down” premiere, and Wright needed to give his followers another update.
So as he began walking down the red carpet, posing for photographs and greeting reporters, she stayed close by. Glued to her iPhone, she was barely noticeable among the melee, a diminutive 38-year-old in an airy halter dress flanked by hulking bodyguards, publicists, studio handlers. But Wright was one of the most important members of Tatum’s entourage that evening: His social media manager, paid to make sure his fans (8.2 million on Facebook, 5.3 million on Twitter and 2.6 million on Instagram) are aware of what he’s up to on a sometimes near-hourly basis.
As studio executives and casting directors increasingly factor in a celebrity’s digital fan base, maintaining a healthy online presence has become vital for Hollywood stars. That’s where Wright and a generation of her tech-savvy peers come in, helping to amplify and control the reputations of public figures via social media.
For social media buffs, it sounds like a dream job: tweeting for a living. However, Wright — whose client roster includes Zac Efron, Paul Walker, Nicholas Sparks and movie studios such as Sony Pictures and 20th Century Fox — is constantly on-guard, making sure her clients sustain an appropriate tone and share the right content. She strategizes the best times to post so as to attract the most eyeballs and uses search engine optimization tricks to further maximize views. And, much to the dismay of her husband and two sons, she is always within reach of a mobile device in the event that important news breaks.
“A lot of celebrities have an aversion to Twitter, and I get it — they’re scheduled every four minutes of their life, and they don’t want to have to worry about it,” said Wright, who goes by “Q.” “But if you have a great social presence, that is a 100 percent benefit. Fans are more prone to go see Channing Tatum’s movie if he’s telling them about it — not a studio. And Hollywood is paying attention to that now.”
That’s partly because any tool that tracks online sentiment about a movie is important to studios. In recent months, traditional pre-release audience surveys intended to help predict a film’s box office opening have often proved to be unreliable. When one of Wright’s client’s projects is generating a lot of buzz online — as was the case for Tatum’s “Dear John” and “Magic Mike,” she clues studios in.
“As a studio, if we see a fan base tweeting about our movies leading up to a release, we get excited — and often that’s the result of someone like Q helping to engage people online by giving them an inside view,” said Liz Jones, senior vice president of digital marketing at Relativity Media, which hired Wright to run the social media campaign for its February release “Safe Haven.”
Many studios have their own in-house digital teams but will hire consultants such as Wright to work on specific projects. The messages that she sends out are conversational in tone, encouraging fans to check out a behind-the-scenes photo or sending out good wishes on certain holidays.
Even if there’s an anodyne way to approach social media, there are plenty of Twitter holdouts — mostly high-profile stars such as George Clooney, Ryan Gosling and Jennifer Lawrence who for reasons of privacy or mystery have chosen to stay out of the digital limelight. That can prove frustrating to executives like Jones, who says “it’d be a dream for all of our actors to have a big social media following.”
“Honestly, though, I do think it’s really hard for a celebrity to run all of their accounts by themselves,” she added. “The smart ones understand they need someone to help.”
That was the realization that Tatum had early on after his mother, Kay, stumbled across “Channing Tatum Unwrapped,” a fan site Wright had created.
It was 2006, and Wright was dealing with personal struggles. Her son had been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, and one day, after months of stressful doctor’s appointments, she decided to take an afternoon for herself.
She headed to a local multiplex near her home in Katy, Tex., and bought a ticket to “Step Up,” Tatum’s lighthearted dance flick. At the time, Wright had never heard of the then-fledgling actor. But she was taken with his performance and rushed home to scour the Internet to learn more about him.
“He had a really great spirit, and I thought, ‘What other movies is this going to be in?’” she said.
Wright had never followed Hollywood closely. After graduating from Texas A&M with a degree in computer science, she worked for an airline’s information technology department, running her own Web consultant agency on the side.
So when she was unable to find much information about Tatum online, she decided to put her Web design skills to use and founded “Channing Tatum Unwrapped.” Within a month, 30,000 visitors had visited the fan site — one of them was Tatum’s mom.
“As a mother, you’re interested in what’s being said about your son, so I started noticing her site,” recalled Kay Tatum. “She had updates and news that others didn’t, and I thought it was well done, so I mentioned it to Chan.”
Soon, Channing Tatum sent an e-mail to Wright saying how appreciative he was of the site, even attaching a picture of himself sitting at his home computer to prove his identity. He asked if Wright’s fan page could become his official site, and two months later he invited her to the set of his movie “Fighting” to hash out the details.
“I couldn’t believe it — obviously, I could have just been a crazed fan. But he has a good gut,” Wright said. “Being on that set in New York, waiting to meet someone I’d been writing about forever. But he walked up to me and tickled me in the ribs and broke the ice right away.”
Six years after founding Tatum’s site, Wright’s passion project has turned into a full-blown business, Q Social Media, Ltd. She has five employees who mostly work remotely, reporting to her at her home base in Texas, though Wright makes at least a dozen trips to Los Angeles each year. For celebrity clients, her rates vary from $500 to $6,000 per month — studios, however, typically pony up at least double that, according to a source close to one distribution company.
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Career women desire to pursue their career, so need to delay their pregnancy. Fortunately, they can control the timing of giving birth to a child via freezing their eggs. IVF originated in early 80s due to need for infertility treatment but today it is related to lifestyle choice. In vitro fertilization is not a taboo topic, any longer.
Medical tourism for resolving fertility issues
Medical fertility tourism in India is on rise because the cost is a fraction in comparison. The cost in India is $3,000-$4,000, whereas in the US it is five times more and in Dubai two times more. In India, IVF pregnancy success rate was around 5 to 10%. Currently, it has reached 40 to 50% in one attempt. In just three IVF rounds approximately 90% patients get pregnant.
Egg freezing technology
The rise of fertility treatment field is due to the introduction of ICSI [Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection] technology in 1992. In ICSI, sperm gets injected inside the egg for fertilization. Another technical breakthrough was in the year 2007, when embryos could be frozen successfully. This helps to have several embryo transfers in a single IVF cycle.
A decade ago a category of patients was added to the IVF technique. Women undergoing chemotherapy desired to achieve pregnancy later or career oriented women wished delayed pregnancy. Their eggs got frozen to get an IVF later on. If they used their own eggs at forty years of age then their chances to get pregnancy were only 10%. On the other hand, the eggs they had frozen at the age of 32 or 35 had greater chances [30% to 40%].
IVF treatment is not because of women infertility, it is also due to male infertility. When ICSI is done, the sperm gets magnified 200 times and then it is injected in the egg. Fortunately, 5 years ago, another technology called Intracytoplasmic morphologically selected sperm injection or IMSI was established. It allows magnifying sperms 6,000 times.
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India own quarter of the globe’s IVF treatment centers. Pre-implantation genetic screening [PGS] is used to conduct embryo biopsy for analyzing all the chromosomes. IVF future appears bright because PGS technique can help patients with repeated IVF failures or past history of abnormal children or thalassemia.
Another technique called CRISPR is in research stage, which will help to correct embryo’s deficiency, after screening. Therefore in the next couple of decades, IVF success rate in India is predicted to rise to nearly 100%.

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“Today Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher have made a $1 million donation split equally between Save the Children and the International Rescue Committee to support victims of the conflict in Syria,” the charity announced in a post on its website. “500,000 Dollars will be used to fund a programme vaccinating more than 250,000 children against a potential measles outbreak in Northern Syria. The other half of the donation will be used to help fund the work to support families, with a special concern for women and children, both inside Syria and in neighboring countries who are suffering as a result of the ongoing conflict.”
The Borat star, 44, and the Confessions of a Shopaholic actress, 39, were praised by both the CEO of Save the Children, Justin Forsyth, and IRC president David Miliband.
“By allowing us to make their generous donation to Syrian children public, Sacha and Isla are helping highlight the tragedy of the issue today,” Forsyth wrote in a statement. “These are desperate times for Syrian families facing bombs, bullets and torture in Syria. The couple’s donation will save many thousands of lives and protect some of the most vulnerable children.”
“Sacha and Isla's donation is a great expression of humanity, and a challenge to do more for the most vulnerable,” Miliband said in a statement. “I hope it is an example to many others seeking practical ways of making a difference during the Christmas and New Year season."
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Poor first-down play plagues Packers
First tooth. First car. First love.
Firsts are often memorable.
First cavity. First speeding ticket. First love handle.
Some moments endure for the wrong reasons.
The Detroit Lions, the Packers’ opponent Thursday night, exposed a shortcoming in Green Bay’s offense the last time the two teams met. This deficiency involves first downs, and the news isn’t good.
The Packers-Lions game of Nov. 15 was memorable. It was Detroit’s first win in Wisconsin since 1991. It was Aaron Rodgers’ first time throwing 50 or more passes in a game. It was the first time the Green and Gold followed a winning streak of six or greater with three straight losses.
For Titletown, the game was noteworthy for all the wrong reasons.
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Buried deep in a sea of troubling statistics was the Packers’ performance — or lack thereof — on first down. It was their worst showing against the Lions in that regard in any regular-season game since the start of the 16-game schedule in 1978.
Which is more important: first down or third down? The NFL has tracked third-down conversions for decades, but it also keeps tabs on yards teams gain and allow on first down.
We’ll let the cyber world wrestle over the answer. Clearly, both are important.
Against the Lions last month, Rodgers and the offense gained 81 yards on 34 first-down plays. That’s an average of just 2.38 yards per play.
The Lions allowed only three gains of 10 or more yards. The longest was a 12-yard completion to tight end Justin Perillo in the fourth quarter.
James Starks rushed for 17 yards on seven first-down carries. Rodgers was 13-of-26 for 71 yards and a touchdown (69.1 rating). He was sacked once for minus-seven.
Rodgers’ 11-yard TD toss to Perillo was the highlight. It pulled Green Bay to within 18-16 with 32 seconds remaining.
The average distance the Packers faced on second down was 8.66 yards. That remains a season high and is one of four games in which the team has come up against an average greater than eight.
For Detroit’s defense, it was their best effort of the season. It surpassed the first-down work they did against the Broncos (3.41) and Cardinals (3.54).
The Lions had never held the Packers below a 2.5 average on first down in any of their previous 74 meetings. The closest was 2.56 on Oct. 14, 1979, when Green Bay won 24-16 despite quarterback David Whitehurst completing only one first-down pass, that an 11-yarder to tight end Paul Coffman that set up the Packers’ first touchdown.
While Green Bay couldn’t get going on that early down against Detroit, the Bears (6.61) and Vikings (6.74) had no such trouble. So it’s likely the Packers’ unimpressive showing had more to do with them than the Lions. That idea gains traction after looking at how the team has fared under coach Mike McCarthy.
In seven of the last nine seasons, the Packers averaged better than five yards per play on first down. They peaked in 2011 (6.29) and got within spitting distance of that enviable average last year (6.03).
In 2014, five teams surpassed six yards a pop. In addition to Green Bay, Pittsburgh (6.42), Dallas (6.09), Baltimore (6.05) and Washington (6.03) were the class of the league.
This season, seven teams are above six. But the Packers are averaging only 4.50 yards per first-down play. That’s a drop of 1.53 from a year ago, nearly double the slide of any other team.
Green Bay ranks 31st in this category. Only the Browns (4.45) are worse off.
The Packers need to improve in this regard. Detroit is poised to register its first sweep of Green Bay since 1991.
Overall: Green Bay leads 95-68-7.
At Ford Field: Packers lead 8-5.
Packers: Aaron Rodgers (77-37 overall; 10-3 vs. Detroit).
Lions: Matthew Stafford (39-49; 3-7 vs. Green Bay).
Eric Goska is a Packers historian. Email him at email@example.com.
Since 1978, the six regular-season games in which the Lions held the Packers to less than 3 yards per play on first down.
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