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Bach’s “St Matthew Passion” with Simon Rattle and Peter Sellars

11 Apr 2010

Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon Rattle

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    St Matthew Passion, BWV 244: Part 1 (78 min.)

    Mark Padmore Tenor (Evangelist), Christian Gerhaher Bass (Jesus), Camilla Tilling Soprano, Magdalena Kožená Mezzo-Soprano (Musician), Topi Lehtipuu Tenor (Arias), Thomas Quasthoff Baritone (Arias), Rundfunkchor Berlin, Simon Halsey Chorus Master, Knaben des Staats- und Domchors Berlin, Kai-Uwe Jirka Chorus Master, Peter Sellars Staging

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    St Matthew Passion, BWV 244: Part 2 (116 min.)

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    Peter Sellars in conversation with Simon Halsey (50 min.)

The critics’ reviews of St Matthew Passion in the Philharmonie were full of superlatives. The radio station RBB Kultur considered it to be “a moment of glory for Rattle! And one of the best evenings with the Philharmoniker for years.« Media praise didn’t stop at the Berliner Philharmoniker and their principal conductor but extended to what is called the “ritualization” by American star director Peter Sellars. According to the Berliner Zeitung, this semi-staged presentation provided “the most moving concert and music theatre event of the season”.

For Berlin’s Tagesspiegel, “the stars of these three and a half hours ... were the dazzlingly bright and powerful voices of the boys from the Berlin Staats- und Domchor (chorus master Kai-Uwe Jirka) and the Rundfunkchor, magnificently rehearsed by Simon Halsey. The notorious chaos sections such as ‘Ja nicht auf das Fest’ and the cries for Christ to be crucified, succeeded in a way that was both transparent and natural, developing from the uproar in an almost improvised manner that can only be marvelled at.”

Of course, the soloists also played their part in the success of the evening. The Berliner Morgenpost wrote: “Christian Gerharer sings the role of Christ superbly and unfalteringly from among the audience, from a balcony to the left of the concert stage. ... Meanwhile Mark Padmore controls the stage, singing the Evangelist with his almost inexhaustible tenor voice, giving full expression to every nuance. ... Padmore is approached in turn by ... the wonderfully sonorous Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling ... and the grandiose Magdalena Kožená with her voluptuosly expansive alto voice ...: one miraculous singing voice joins another. Thomas Quasthoff gives a most vivid performance of the bass arias ... singing them with incomparable nobility. The excellent Finnish singer Topi Lehtipuu embraced the tenor arias with slenderness and intensity.”

An Affectionate Meditation on the Leipzig Good Friday Vespers

Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. Matthew Passion

As the congregation streamed into St. Thomas’s, Leipzig for Vespers on Good Friday of 1727, their expectations were high. It had only been six years since the city of trade fairs had adopted the practice – later than other Lutheran centres – of adorning Good Friday Vespers with a “musicked Passion”. Only on this day in the church year could one hear a full-length oratorio, not simply sacred histories in cantata form, integrated into the service, as Bach’s Ascension Oratorio and the six parts of his Christmas Oratorio would be included somewhat later. The Thomaskantor had the opportunity ex officio on this day alone to direct a long oratorio, one “constructed of both poetry and prose”, as the Leipzig music theorist Johann Adolph Scheibe described it in 1737 in his Critische Musikus: “This construction may seem more epic than dramatic. However, because the part of the Evangelist, who in these pieces has the task of providing continuity, is marked throughout with expressive emphasis ... I regard even this construction as being more dramatic than epic.”

With his initial attempt at a Passion setting, based on the Gospel of St. John, the new Thomaskantor and music director had fulfilled to sweeping effect the expectations held for this new genre. The congregation of St. Thomas’s had to wait a year, until 1725, to hear the work, because 1724 was the turn of St. Nicholas’s, which had priority for presenting the Passion music in even-numbered years. Bach complied grudgingly with this rule, which meant having to jam his performing forces together in the Nikolaikirche’s narrow organ loft. The spacious west loft of the Thomaskirche offered quite different possibilities, and he was firmly determined to exploit them.

New dimensions

Although the modifications of the St. John Passion for performance at St. Thomas’s in 1725 already show an increase in scale, they barely hint at what Bach would impose on Leipzig churchgoers two years later in the form of his St. Matthew Passion. On admission to the church or “by purchase in advance”, one could acquire the libretto, and from even a cursory perusal of it one could not fail to notice that the Gospel narration was missing. So many contemplative sections had been inserted into the telling of the story that there was no longer enough space to print the whole text. There are only brief indications of the relevant scenes in the Passion story. The Leipzigers would also immediately notice that this Passion did not begin as usual with the arrest of Jesus, but much earlier: with Christ’s announcement of his suffering and his anointing in Bethany. For devout Lutherans this meant two things above all: the institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper and the Agony of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane were now part and parcel of the Passion setting. Bach also set the complete story of Judas, from the betrayal to the bitter consequence of his suicide.

This arrangement resulted in a shifting of weight in the established course of Good Friday Vespers: before the sermon one no longer heard roughly a half hour of music but nearly one and a half; afterwards, nearly two. The first part is dedicated to the events of Maundy Thursday, the second to those of Good Friday. The temporal dimensions of the new work alone far exceeded anything encountered heretofore.

The Daughter of Zion and the Believers

A second circumstance is likely to have struck the Leipzigers: the most important meditations on the Passion in the libretto came in the dialogue between the “Daughter of Zion” and the “Believers”. The opening chorus in the original libretto reads: “The Daughter of Zion and the Believers. – Aria – Z.: Come, ye Daughters, help me grieve, / Behold! Bel.: Whom? Z.: The Bridegroom. / Behold him; Bel.: How? Z.: Just like a lamb.” The pious Lutherans of Bach’s time immediately grasped the theological context: the Daughter of Zion was the allegorical embodiment of Christ’s bride, derived from the “Song of Songs” and other relevant Old Testament texts. In the Passion he becomes the lamb that silently lets itself be led to the slaughter and sacrificed for our sins as the Israelites sacrificed lambs before the exodus from Egypt to protect themselves from God’s wrath. Whereas the Bridegroom patiently bears his suffering, carrying the Cross himself to Golgotha “out of love and grace”, we are obliged to recognise our guilt and show contrition. To reinforce these theological connections, the individual lines of the chorale “O Lamm Gottes unschuldig” (Lamb of God) are interpolated into the text.

Use of double chorus

The most important moments in the St. Matthew Passion are emphasised by large-scale dialogue involving double chorus: Jesus’ prayer in Gethsemane is depicted by the tenor recitative “O Schmerz” with the choral strophe “Was ist die Ursach aller solcher Plagen” and by the tenor aria “Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen” with the chorus of Believers “So schlafen unsre Sünden ein”; his arrest is illustrated by the work’s only duet, with choral interjections, and the ensuing furious double chorus “Sind Blitze, sind Donner in Wolken verschwunden?”; the beginning of Part II is set off by the alto aria “Ach, nun ist mein Jesus hin” with insertions from the Song of Songs “Wo ist denn dein Freund hingegangen?”; and, finally, the Crucifixion is denoted by the harrowing recitative “Ach Golgatha, unselges Golgatha” and the alto aria “Sehet, Jesus hat die Hand”. This penultimate aria of the Passion is a response to the opening chorus: it heralds the message of redemption even before Christ’s suffering is over. Thus the question-answer pattern recurs at this point: “Z.: Come! Bel.: Where? Z.: In Jesus’ arms / seek redemption, find mercy. / Seek! Bel.: Where? Z.: In Jesus’ arms.”

The suffering Son of Man

No other 18th-century Passion setting brings the human being Jesus of Nazareth so palpably near us as this work, especially in Gethsemane. We experience him approaching his death on the Cross, step by step, and his disciples accompanying this event with an increasing sense of helplessness. The words of the Saviour, suffused with a nimbus of string tone out of which the Passion’s dark colours emerge, are the heart of the work. His announcement of his impending suffering, the institution of the Eucharist, submission to the Father’s will and the intentionally precipitated arrest allow us to recognise the man and the son of God as he follows his inevitable, courageously accepted path: “Sehet ihn aus Lieb und Huld Holz zum Kreuze selber tragen” / “Behold him, out of love and grace, bear the wood that forms his cross,” as described in the opening chorus. His partners in dialogue are the disciples: opposing, questioning, for a long time witnessing the sacred events without comprehending, as is evident at once in the scene at Bethany. In Part II, on the other hand, the Saviour is silent – like the lamb being led to slaughter – and only speaks again, without string halo, in the devastating outburst “Eli, Eli lama asabthani”. In the intervening scenes, we see individuals being confronted with his suffering and reacting with the human frailties we all share.

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Translation: Richard Evidon

Christian Gerhaher studied not only singing but also philosophy and medicine. His lieder teachers include Helmut Deutsch, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. He has appeared both at home and abroad both as a lieder recitalist and as a concert soloist with such leading orchestras as the Vienna, Munich and Berlin Philharmonics, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the NHK Symphony Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra. In addition to his busy schedule in the world’s recital rooms and concert halls, he has also taken part in a carefully selected number of opera productions that have included the title role in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo and Wolfram in Wagner’s Tannhäuser. Among the conductors with whom he has worked are Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Riccardo Muti, Mariss Jansons and Sir Simon Rattle. Christian Gerhaher first appeared with the Berliner Philharmoniker in December 2003, when he took the part of the baritone soloist in performances of Britten’s War Requiem under the direction of Donald Runnicles. Since then he has returned on frequent occasions, most recently in February 2009 for performances of Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri. Christian Gerhaher holds an honorary professorship in lieder interpretation at the Academy of Music and Theatre in Munich and has also given masterclasses at Yale University, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and elsewhere. His lieder recordings with Gerold Huber as his accompanist have won many prizes, including a Gramophone Award in 2006.

Magdalena Kožená was born in Brno and studied at the city’s Conservatory and also in Bratislava. The winner of several singing competitions, including the International Mozart Competition in Salzburg in 1995, she made her professional debut at the Janáček Opera in Brno and at the Prague Spring Festival. Among the opera houses where she has appeared since then are the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris for Eurydice in the Berlioz/Gluck Orphée et Eurydice, the Opéra-Comique and the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées for Debussy’s Mélisande, the Metropolitan Opera, New York, for Varvara in Kátya Kabanová and the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin for Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier. Best known for her interpretations of four of Mozart’s roles, Cherubino, Idamante, Sesto and Zerlina, Magdalena Kožená has appeared at many notable festivals, including those in Edinburgh, Salzburg and Glyndebourne, as well as the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. She has enjoyed international acclaim as a concert singer and song recitalist – among the pianists with whom she has worked are Daniel Barenboim, Yefim Bronfman and Mitsuko Uchida. In 2003 she was appointed a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government, and the following year was voted “Artist of the Year” by Gramophone magazine. She first appeared with the Berliner Philharmoniker in September 2003 and has returned to Berlin on many occasions since then, most recently in late September 2008, when she took part in performances of Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle.

The Finnish tenor Topi Lehtipuu was born in Australia. He studied the piano and the violin as well as choral conducting and singing at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and made his stage debut at the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki in the title role of Britten’s Albert Herring, a debut that was quickly followed by invitations to appear at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels and, back in Helsinki, a spectacular role debut as Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail. He was additionally invited by René Jacobs to take part in a production of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo that was also seen at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. He has appeared throughout Europe, the United States of America and Japan and worked with conductors of the eminence of Sir John Eliot Gardiner, William Christie, Riccardo Muti and Emmanuelle Haïm. Topi Lehtipuu’s repertory is by no means limited to the Baroque and Classical periods but also includes works by Schoenberg, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Arvo Pärt and Peter Eötvös. He first appeared with the Berliner Philharmoniker in mid-June 2005, when he took part in performances of Stravinsky’s Renard under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle. His most recent appearances, again under Sir Simon Rattle, took place in early February 2009, when he took part in performances of Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri.

Mark Padmore was born in London and studied the clarinet before gaining a choral scholarship to King’s College, Cambridge. He is known above all for his performances as the Evangelist in Bach’s Passions, which he has sung under Philippe Herreweghe, Paul McCreesh and others. But his repertory extends beyond the concert hall and recital room to the world’s leading opera houses. Among the productions in which he has appeared are Les Troyens at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris and Handel’s Jephtha at the English National Opera. He has sung with the Vienna and New York Philharmonics, the London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra. He also performs regularly with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Nash Ensemble, with whom he gave the world premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s A Constant Obsession in March 2009. As a chamber recitalist he has worked with the pianists Julius Drake, Roger Vignoles, Imogen Cooper and Till Fellner. In May 2008 London’s Wigmore Hall invited him to give three Schubert recitals. He first appeared with the Berliner Philharmoniker in June 2005 in performances of Haydn’s Harmoniemesse under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle. His most recent appearances were in mid-December 2007, when he took part in performances of Handel’s Messiah under the direction of William Christie.

Thomas Quasthoff is one of the foremost lieder recitalists and concert singers of our age. He studied music with Charlotte Lehmann and Ernst Huber-Contwig while at the same time reading law. His early appearances in the United States of America and Japan laid the foundations for a successful international career. In 1996 the Detmold Academy of Music appointed him to a chair in singing. During the winter of 2004/05 he moved to a similar position at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin. He has appeared with leading orchestras all over the world and worked with many eminent conductors. Thomas Quasthoff first appeared with the Berliner Philharmoniker in 1997. His stage debut came in April 2003, when he appeared with the orchestra at the Salzburg Easter Festival as Don Fernando in a production of Fidelio conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. Back in Berlin, he appeared with the orchestra in early September 2009 as the bass soloist in performances of Haydn’s Die Jahreszeiten, again under Sir Simon Rattle’s direction. He is the recipient of many awards. In October 2005 the Federal President Horst Köhler awarded him the Federal Republic’s Order of Merit, and in 2006 he received the European Culture Prize in Dresden’s Frauenkirche. Other awards include the title of Austrian Kammersänger and the Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society of London, which he received in 2009.

Camilla Tilling hails from Linköping in Sweden. She studied at the University of Gothenburg and at London’s Royal College of Music. She has already appeared in many leading opera houses in Europe and the United States of America as well as the Glyndebourne, Drottningholm and Aix-en-Provence Festivals. Among the conductors with whom she has worked are Marc Minkowski, Antonio Pappano, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Emmanuelle Haïm and Semyon Bychkov. Her operatic repertory extends from Handel and Mozart to Rossini, Verdi and Strauss and also includes roles by Debussy and Britten. Among the international concert halls and recital rooms where she has appeared are the Royal Albert Hall for the BBC Promenade Concerts, the Wigmore Hall in London and Carnegie Hall in New York. Camilla Tilling made her debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker in mid-December 2007, when she took part in performances of Handel’s Messiah under the direction of William Christie. Her most recent encounter with the orchestra was in early March 2008, when she sang works by Webern and Handel under the direction of Susanna Mälkki and Emmanuelle Haïm.

The Berlin Radio Chorus was formed in 1925 and quickly built up an enviable reputation for itself under conductors of the eminence of George Szell, Hermann Scherchen, Otto Klemperer and Erich Kleiber. Following the end of the Second World War it earned a name for itself on the international circuit by performing Handel’s oratorios in their original form under its principal conductor Helmut Koch. Dietrich Knothe, who was in charge from 1982 to 1993, turned the Berlin Radio Chorus into a precision instrument for some of the most difficult works in the repertory, while his successor, Robin Gritton (1994 – 2001), enriched and refined its range of colours. Since 2001 its music director has been Simon Halsey, who sets particular store by stylistically and linguistically perfect performances of works of all periods and styles, while ensuring that those performances are exciting and filled with life. Their work together is documented by a busy recording schedule, and their recent CD of Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms with the Berliner Philharmoniker under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle won the 2009 Grammy Award for the best choral recording. Simon Halsey has also initiated many education projects with the Berlin Radio Chorus. Once a year the Chorus holds a concert at which the audience is invited to sing along. The Berlin Radio Chorus works with leading orchestras and conductors all over the world and has long had particularly close links with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, the German Symphony Orchestra and the Berliner Philharmoniker. The Berlin Radio Chorus last appeared with the Berliner Philharmoniker in December 2009, when they performed works by Johannes Brahms under the direction of Christian Thielemann.

The State and Cathedral Choir of Berlin is one of Germany’s most famous boys’ choirs, with a history dating back to the 16th century. An early high point in its fortunes came in the 19th century, when its music directors were Mendelssohn, Nicolai and Heinrich August Neidhardt. In 1923 the then Royal Cathedral Choir was renamed the State and Cathedral Choir of Berlin and placed under the aegis of the city’s Academy of Music. Today it takes part in services in the cathedral, appears at political events and in stage productions and concerts in the city and organises its own concerts with a repertory that embraces the major choral works of the Western European tradition from the Middle Ages to the present day. Since 2002 the choir’s director of music has been Kai-Uwe Jirka, who also teaches choral conducting at Berlin’s University of the Arts. The State and Cathedral Choir of Berlin has received numerous awards, including the 2002 European Culture Prize for Youth Choirs. Concert tours have taken the choir to Asia, the United States of America and Israel.

Peter Sellars is known for his innovative and pioneering theatre productions. Central to his work on literary subjects is his desire to highlight their relevance to the political and social questions of today. On graduating from the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1975, he studied literature and music at Harvard University, making his debut as a stage director in New York in 1980. After a further period of study in Asia, he became director of the Boston Shakespeare Company in 1983 and the following year was appointed director of the American National Theatre Company in Washington, DC. He came to international attention as an opera director when his productions of Così fan tutte, Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni were broadcast on American television, leading to invitations to appear in major houses all over the world, including the Salzburg, Glyndebourne and Vienna Festivals, the San Francisco Opera and the Opéra National de Paris. Particularly acclaimed were his interpretations of Stravinsky’s Oedipus rex and Symphony of Psalms and Shakespeare’s Othello. He has also run many leading festivals, including the Los Angeles Festival in 1990 and 1993 and the Venice Biennale in 2003. In 2006 he was invited by Peter Marboe, the intendant of the Vienna Mozart Year celebrations, to run the New Crowned Hope Festival. Peter Sellars is resident curator of the Telluride Film Festival. He was recently elected a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

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Casbaa releases updated pay TV and OTT Regulatory Review for Asia

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Findings show Asian policies remain relatively static for pay TV – more chatter seen for OTT

HONG KONG — Casbaa, the Association for the Asian video industry, today released their long-awaited review of OTT and regulatory policies for the video industry around Asia. Based on a year-long study of legal frameworks and government policies in 17 Asian markets, and using the UK and USA as comparators, Casbaa has examined key issues in regulation of the pay TV and online video industry.

Casbaa released a booklet entitled “OTT TV Policies in Asia”, which focuses on policies for professional, curated over-the top (OTT) services[1]. In parallel Casbaa also announced that more detailed matrices looking at a broad range of policy issues for both traditional pay TV and OTT are available online, for members only. Together, these publications provide an in-depth picture of the diversity of regulatory approaches prevailing across Asia.

Speaking at the launch event last night, Louis Boswell, CEO of Casbaa, stated that “We are providing a unique resource through this study and the accompanying online database. As OTT continues to grow around the region, so governments continue to look at how and if they need to regulate it. It is essential for any content provider in the OTT space to understand these dynamics and as the video industry association it is our job to keep the industry updated”.

Casbaa continues to engage with governments to advocate for light-touch regulation, for new and more traditional video services. “It will take time and effort to persuade Asian governments to move beyond their legacy regulatory approaches for video”, said Chief Policy Officer John Medeiros. “We aim to help our members navigate the changes in what still remains a very unclear operating environment.”

The new publication follows on from the regulatory review entitled “Same, Same But Different”, released in 2015. They analyse key issues such as governance, copyright protection, content regulation and licence restrictions. For OTT regulation, both written and unwritten policies are in substantial states of flux and attracting much high level political interest with many governments talking about “how” to regulate, not “whether” to regulate.

[1] The book “OTT TV Policies in Asia” is freely available for download on the Casbaa website.

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Social Transformation in Modern Japan: State, Family and Individual

The starting point of this research project was the question: what kind of structures has the process of modernization in Japan led to? In contrast to the preceding DIJ project on “The Transformation of Values in Post-War Japan” which focused on basic mind-sets, this project highlighted attitudes and resultant behaviour. The changes we can observe in Japan are similar to those in Europe in the late 1960s, for example the questioning of the universality of marriage and the employment of women. However, this does not mean that Japanese society exactly repeated the development in the West. Applying different methods, the project assessed subjects such as the Japanese family, gender roles of Japanese adolescents, political reforms, care for the elderly, and the image of the family in popular Japanese TV series. The lectures given on the latter subject at the symposium “The Image of the Family in the Media” were published in 1998.

Within the framework of the project, a new multidisciplinary focal point was set up every year. In 1997, the main topic was “Care for the Elderly in Its Familial and Regional Dimensions”. It was the year when Japan drew level with Germany in the proportion of people over 65 (15.5%) and introduced insurance to cover care for the aged, just as Germany had done a few years before. Against this background, similarities and differences in the demographic situation, and in the way the problem of aging populations is treated by social policy in both countries were examined. Ralph Lützeler and Christian Oberländer were responsible for planning and organizing a conference on this topic.

In 1998, political reforms in Japan were the central subject, especially the question of how and to what extent a change in the general conditions as defined by the political system can advance social transformation. Ralph Lützeler and Verena Blechinger examined the reform of the election system and its effect on the political decision-making process and on voting behaviour. An international conference in July 1998 with the title “Political Reform in Japan – Entering a New Era of Japanese Democracy?” analysed, from different points of view, the reform measures taken until then and the reactions of the politicians.

In 1999 and 2000, the project focused on men and women’s roles. The historical development of the father’s role from the perspective of gender studies, the formation of gender identity during adolescence from the point of view of education studies, and the current issue of sexual harassment seen from the angle of political science were investigated. The DIJ members responsible were Verena Blechinger, Harald Fuess, and Susanne Kreitz-Sandberg. In April 1999, a symposium was held on “Andere Welten? Jugend in Japan und Deutschland” (“Other Worlds? Youth in Japan and Germany”).

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Selected Publications

[Lützeler, Ralph] Die japanische Familie der Gegenwart -Wandel und Beharrung aus demographischer Sicht. Duisburg: Institut für Ostasienwissenschaften der Universität Duisburg.

Working Papers (Book)

[Kreitz-Sandberg, Susanne] Jugendforschung in Japan: Die Bedeutung der Familie für die Entwicklung von Lebensentwürfen Jugendlicher. Working Papers | Reports. Tōkyō: Deutsches Institut für Japanstudien.
[Gössmann, Hilaria] Das Bild der Ehe und der Familie in den japanischen Fernsehdramen der 90er Jahre. Working Papers | Reports. Tōkyō: Deutsches Institut für Japanstudien.


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Authorities say that Robert Ethan Saylor went to see “Zero Dark Thirty” at a Frederick, Md. movie theater last month, but when the film ended he wanted to see it again and refused to leave. At that point, three off-duty sheriff’s deputies, who were providing security at the venue, were called in.

It’s unclear exactly what happened next, but ultimately Saylor was restrained by the deputies and began showing signs of a medical problem. He was pronounced dead not long after.

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2018 U.S. Education Budget Summary and Key Points

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Published: 2017-05-25 : (Rev. 2019-04-01)

U.S. Fiscal Year 2018 budget lays out proposals and priorities designed to ensure students have equal opportunity to receive high quality education.

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The Trump Administration has released the Fiscal Year 2018 budget, which lays out a series of proposals and priorities designed to ensure every student has an equal opportunity to receive a high quality education. Through this budget, the President has reaffirmed his commitment to returning decision-making power over education back where it belongs--in the hands of parents, educators and State leaders.

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos Issued the Following Statement:

"This budget makes a historic investment in America's students. President Trump is committed to ensuring the Department focuses on returning decision-making power back to the States, where it belongs, and on giving parents more control over their child's education. It also ensures stable funding for critical programs, including Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)."

"The budget also reflects a series of tough choices we have had to make when assessing the best use of taxpayer money. It ensures funding for programs with proven results for students while taking a hard look at programs that sound nice but simply haven't yielded the desired outcomes."

"By refocusing the Department's funding priorities on supporting students, we can usher in a new era of creativity and ingenuity and lay a new foundation for American greatness."

Key Initiatives in the President's 2018 Budget

Creating New Education Options Through School Choice

Maintaining Support for the Nation's Most Vulnerable Students

Simplifying Funding for Postsecondary Education

Building Evidence Around Educational Innovation

Streamlining Existing Programs

Note that because the President's budget was completed before final fiscal year 2017 appropriations action, all comparisons are to the 2017 annualized CR level. More information on the Department of Education's budget request can be found at

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Scholarships for Deaf and Hearing Impaired - Canada - Disability Scholarships

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Published: 2009-09-16 : (Rev. 2010-07-08)

A list of available Canadian Scholarships and financial aid for Deaf and Hearing Impaired school and college students in Canada.

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A list of available Canadian Scholarships and financial aid for Deaf and Hearing Impaired school and college students in Canada.

Canadian Scholarships for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired

A list of available Canadian Disability Scholarships and financial aid for Deaf and Hearing Impaired school and college students in Canada

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf Scholarship Awards

Vary in amounts from $500 to $1,000. These scholarships are open to students who were born with a profound or severe hearing impairment, or those who have lost their hearing before acquiring language skills. Students must request an application in writing before December 1 of the year previous to the one in which they intend to study. Completed applications must be in by April 1.

Wallace Anderson Memorial Scholarship Fund

SJDHHS administers a scholarship fund for students who are manually deaf and reside in Southwestern New Brunswick. 2002 marked the first year of this scholarship and will continue on a early basis providing applications are received by April 30 of each year. The scholarship is designed to enhance manual deaf students living in southwestern New Brunswick who wish to further their education goals on a full time or part time basis. There is no age limit for deaf applicants pursuing post secondary studies and can be applied for on a yearly basis. This can include, but is not limited to, University, College, private schools, literacy programs.

Canadian Hard of Hearing Association (CHHA) Scholarship Program

The purpose of the CHHA Scholarship Program is to offer financial assistance and recognition to hard of hearing and deafened students registered in a full time program at a recognized Canadian college or university, in any area of study, with the ultimate goal of obtaining a diploma or degree. Three awards of $1,000 will be granted; the CHHA Scholarship, the Frank Algar Memorial Scholarship, and the Charles A. Laszlo Scholarship.

National Bank of Canada

Bursaries and Summer Employment Program for Students with Physical or Sensory Disabilities. Under the Program, the Bank awards two $2,000 bursaries together with a paid 12-week summer job for university students and one $1,000 bursary together with a paid 10-week summer job for CEGEP students.

Canada Student Loans and Grants

The federal government's student loans and grants make it easier for Canadian students and families to obtain a post-secondary education. The Canada Student Loans Program and the Canada Student Grants Program help by providing student financial assistance in the form of loans and grants to Canadians attending post-secondary education in most provinces and territories.

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Physicians Unfamiliar with Chagas Disease Survey Shows

Author: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene(i)

Published: 2010-10-10 : (Rev. 2019-03-05)

Survey reveals Chagas disease information among obstetricians and gynecologists severely limited and highlights need for increased awareness.

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Survey reveals knowledge of Chagas' disease among obstetricians and gynecologists is severely limited; highlights need for increased awareness.

Chagas Disease is primarily transmitted through "kissing bugs", contaminated food, and from mother to baby during pregnancy

According to recent survey results published in the October issue of The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, obstetricians and gynecologists in the United States are unfamiliar with Chagas' disease, a condition that affects an estimated 300,000 people in the United States and can cause serious cardiovascular and digestive complications. The disease can be transmitted from mother to her unborn child, and as many as 300 congenital infections are estimated to occur annually in the United States. However, the survey revealed that knowledge and understanding of this condition among obstetrician-gynecologists, is low. The survey of U.S. physician members of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists was developed by ACOG, with technical input provided by the CDC.

"There are potentially 100,000 women living in the U.S. who are at risk of infecting their unborn babies," said Edward T. Ryan, MD, President, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. "We need to educate obstetricians, family practitioners, nurse midwives, and pediatricians about Chagas', especially those who care for families from Latin America."

For obstetricians/gynecologists in the United States, increased awareness around Chagas' disease is important because many newly diagnosed patients are identified among blood donors who are women of child-bearing age and at risk of transmitting the infection to their newborns. Many of these women in the United States are from Mexico, Central or South America where they acquired the infection; most have no symptoms and are unaware of the danger to their baby should they decide to become pregnant.

Chagas' disease is endemic in Latin America, and affects an estimated 8-11 million people in Mexico, Central and South America. Many people infected with Chagas' disease, caused by a parasite, are undiagnosed and unaware of the potential seriousness of the condition. The disease is transmitted primarily through triatomine bugs, more commonly known as "kissing bugs." Infection can also occur through blood transfusions, ingestion of contaminated food or drink, organ transplants, and from an infected mother to her unborn child.

If left untreated, Chagas' disease can cause complications such as cardiomyopathy (an enlarged heart that no longer pumps effectively), heart disease, heart failure, enlargement of the colon, enlargement of the esophagus (which can make swallowing difficult), and malnutrition. An estimated 20 to 30 percent of patients will develop the cardiovascular/digestive complications, decades after the initial infection. For those with the infection, there are two approaches to treatment: treatment to kill the parasite, and treatment to manage the symptoms and signs of infection. There is currently no vaccine against Chagas' disease.

"The good news about the survey results is that the majority of physicians respondents were not misinformed, they just did not have information about Chagas' disease," said Jennifer R. Verani, MD, CDC, Atlanta. "Now that we know this, we can educate clinicians who regularly see patients who are at risk."

Although congenital Chagas' disease is relatively rare in the United States, the estimated number of annual cases is similar to other rare diseases for which all newborns in the United States are routinely screened at birth. The majority of obstetricians/gynecologists were unaware of the testing recommendations for newborn babies of infected mothers, which indicate that the babies should be tested at birth, at 4-6 weeks and at 9-12 months.

The survey results found that only three percent of the physicians surveyed considered their knowledge about Chagas' disease "excellent" or "good," compared to a large majority (88 percent) who described their knowledge as "limited" or "very limited"; almost ten percent of those surveyed reported never having heard of the disease at all. One-third of survey respondents "did not know" what causes the disease and only 58 percent were able to correctly identify it as a parasitic infection.

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As you may expect, I've been around dogs all my life. I've had purebreds and mutts. They've been healthy and not-so-healthy. I've raised puppies and adopted an adolescent. They've come from breeders, shelters, and rescues. The one constant is that I've loved them all....and they've all been a bit on the larger size, which suits me just fine.

My latest dog (my first girl!) came into my life as a foster. She was renamed Kara and our journey began: first to the vet, then the hospital, then the specialists, then the behaviorist, back to the vet, and then another specialist. Phew. Lucky for her I was unemployed at the time but my spouse wasn't. When the rescue no longer wanted her, she became ours.

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  1. Well, it's been a while since I've been an active member of the community, and even longer since I've been a contributing one. But I feel that the time has come to return to my roots a little, what with this year being the 20-year anniversary of Doom and all.

    In 2013, I'm going to attempt to finish the maps I have sitting unfinished on my hard drive. This means that hopefully, both Tremor 2 and Erebus Revisited will see the light of day at some point over the next twelve months. I'm taking a little time to practice and hone my mapping skills, and get back into the swing of things.

    And hopefully me posting this will give me the kick up the arse I need to actually finish stuff instead of putting it off. :P

    1. Show previous comments  11 more
    2. zark

      Some Tremor 2 screenshots:

    3. Netherstorm

      Looks awesome man.

    4. GreyGhost

      A staircase that thinks it's an elevator - neat!

  2. So I've been absent from here/IRC for the past few days. My graphics card has decide to pack its bags and leave. I suspect it's probably overheated after a nine-hour Warcraft III marathon, since it's always disliked 3D stuff.

    It started when the screen would suddenly be covered in a sort of red checkerboard pattern. I'd have to reboot manually. Then the display would just cut out. Now, I get red lines on the screen when I start up, and Windows won't display anything at all. I'm running it in safe mode right now and I have horrible red lines all over my screen. It really isn't my year.

    1. Show previous comments  3 more
    2. Lüt

      Oh, you've been around at all? Cool, what's up?

      Have you tried playing checkers on it?

    3. Csonicgo

      I may be just fessing up to this- but apples are stargting to look GOOD. I mean, really good. I want a powerbook.

    4. spank

      No, no, no, the PowerBook is dead: the MacBook is where it's at.

  3. ...or something. I doubt many people will care, but I'm off back to University in a couple of hours. I won't have internet in my new place of residence for a good few weeks so I won't be around on IRC, and probably won't post on DW much. Just want everyone to know I'm not dead, and I'll be back to take the piss out of you all in a few weeks.

    Oh, one more thing:

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    2. Sporku

      It's just our loving way of saying goodbye.

    3. Naked Snake
    4. Scuba Steve

      Scuba Steve

      Is that Bloodshedder on the right?

    1. Show previous comments  7 more
    2. Janderson

      Looks like the Phantom of the Opera has covered the wrong side of his face :P

    3. DOOM Anomaly

      DOOM Anomaly

      On second look, it reminds me more of this:

      Buuut, I think it serves well. :D

    4. sgtcrispy
  4. It's my birthday today. I am now 20 years of age. I went out last night only to realise how few decent friends I have. I was going to post some entertaining drunken pictures here but alas, the night out was so dire that it didn't merit any.

    Anyway, omg birfday.

  5. Here is my 2000th post. That makes it 400 posts a year. That's 1.096 posts a day, and 0.0457 posts an hour.

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    2. rf`

      You rock... so much.. (doom anomaly not zarky)

    3. DOOM Anomaly

      DOOM Anomaly

      ravage said:

      You rock... so much.. (doom anomaly not zarky)

      :D Why thank you. :D

      But zarky is quite high on the rocking scale too. :D

    4. Use

      needs more peniswrinkle

  6. Well, dunno how many people here are Chimaira fans, but they're my favourite band and they've just released some new material for the first time in 2 years or so. The song's entitled "Nothing Remains" and it's the mixed, unmastered version of one of their songs on their upcoming album, Chimaira. Download it (legally) here.

    I've been listening to it and it's awesome stuff. I'm getting a lot of death metal vibes from this one, which is pretty cool. We also have some pretty cool solos, and the Mark Hunter's typical screaming is in there too. All in all it's great, if this is what the rest of the new album is going to sound like then I'm a very happy bunny.

    1. Bucket

      Heh. In other news, Peter Steele is dead.

    2. Use

      hah, you fell for it too.

    3. Bucket

      Well, maybe he had a cold. No, a tan.

  7. Super Fluffy Bunny Killer 5 for the GameBoy Advance

    Download and play it in your favourite emulator. It's not perfect, far from it. It has no backgrounds, the coding is terribly slow (not really my fault since we were told to use a horrendously slow drawing method) and it's not challenging. But I am awesome.

    Oh and you need to press start at the invisible title screen. Left and right directional buttons to move, and A to fire.

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    2. zark

      AgentSpork said:

      Heh, pretty neat. What's programming for the GBA like?

      Well, I did it in C. We were supplied with some headers which had information on the GBA's registers and video buffers etc. so it was fairly straightforward.

      Ralphis said:

      props, did you use a free compiler or commercial

      Best site for GBA development.

    3. GooberMan

      I've been meaning to do some GBA development. My ex-housemate is the engine coder for the GBA team my work contracts.. I'm not quite sure he enjoys it - he'd rather be doing higher level stuff methinks. He also gets to play with the DS (bastard).

      *downloads image*

      EDIT: heh, cool. Good ol' space invader clones.

    4. DOOM Anomaly

  8. Mike was born into a life of suckness. As a baby he was cast out from the Watson clan due to being the only baby with a moustache. He was taken in by a cruel dominatrix who made him sweep chimneys in exchange for cheese.

    As Mike grew older, he realised he was destined to suck. As a child, he became addicted to drugs and lost a lung in an unfortunate masturbation-related accident.

    Mike's teenage years were filled with strife and pain. He discovered he was useless at everything and was hounded by cries of "Cyb sucks" at school at the Antarctican School of Sucking. It became clear to Mike that something had to be done.

    As a young man, Mike blossomed. No longer content with sucking in normal, everyday ways, he strived to suck in even more outrageous and fancy fashions. He soon became the world's biggest sucker, and actually won a medal for sucking so much. Unfortunately for Mike, the medal was handed to a 5-year-old disabled girl when people realised just how much Mike sucked.

    At the age of 24, Mike undertook a drastic sex change operation in a vain attempt to suck more. Michelle (as he was now known) began to work as a prostitute for elite members of a secret cult known as Doomworld. Michelle was kicked out of Doomworld for sucking so much.

    Soon Michelle grew old, and decided to have a reverse operation. However, nothing could hide the ugly visage that is Mike Watson. Mike spent his last days teaching children around the world how to suck like he had in his less prosporous years. Mike died at the age of 32, after he was mistaken for Macvilewhore.

    The moral of this dreary tale is: Cyb sucks.

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    2. Cyb

      ha ha but I have the last laugh

    3. Bucket

      *soap organ arpeggio*

    4. Scuba Steve

      Scuba Steve

      Hahaha he IS fat.

  9. It's me. Sitting in class supposed to be doing some Flash stuff but I decided to drop by and see how things are. Uni is treating me well, not that any of you care anyway, and my classes are pretty cool. One of my modules is Math which isn't too fun but hey it's going to help when I do some programming. Got a programming in C class too but we haven't really done much. The Computer Games Technology class is fun, I'm actually learning flash right now (I used to hate flash with a passion) and it's fun. Other than that my time here's mainly involved lots of drinking and staying up late (and working on my new Doom map - check out the WIP, but at the time I'm writing this, it hasn't been accepted yet). Anyway folks, time for me to sign off - hope you're all doing well.

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    2. AndrewB

      What are you learning in math? Right now I've got an assignment that, among other things, makes us write a program in Java that computes the square root of a number. (No, Math.Pow() is not an accepted solution.)

    3. zark

      AndrewB said:

      What are you learning in math? Right now I've got an assignment that, among other things, makes us write a program in Java that computes the square root of a number. (No, Math.Pow() is not an accepted solution.)

      So far we're just going over some stuff like calculus, floor/ceiling functions and some basic dynamics. Nothing too heavy.

      On the drinking front, I got extremely wasted last night, can't remember half the night, bought everyone pizza, proclaimed my love for someone, threw up beside my bin and generally feel shit this morning. Hooray for vodka.

      Who's Hoodie?

    4. darknation

      Alan (?) Hood, professor of Multimedia at abertay. Communicates by coughing his own secret language.

  10. Well, I head off for Uni tomorrow afternoon. Won't be able to get on DW as much, nor IRC at all, but I'd just like to say my time spent in the Doom Community has been fun, and there's quite a few of you whom I consider friends. Thanks to everyone who's made my time here enjoyable. I'll still be around, but not nearly as much.

    Thanks again :)

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    2. Dron

      goodbye zarkyb :(

    3. Relica Religia

      Relica Religia

      See you around, Zar. Peace man.

    4. Naked Snake

      Naked Snake

      I'll toke one down for you.

  11. Not really. I'm going to University in 3 weeks and I won't have internet access in my room so I probably won't be able to post here much or go on IRC at all. I'll probably pop by now and then but I'm afraid I'm going to probably have to leave the Doom community for now. Still, you have 3 weeks of me to go so I'll see how many people I can insult in that time.

    1. wildweasel

      Good luck. You can start with me, I don't care. Do your worst!

    2. darknation

      the forces of darknation and zarkyb will be combined. No lager in scotland is safe.

    3. zark

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    2. rf`

      Arckra said:

      :( Does this mean I don't have a chance?

      you never had a chance; scuba steve was always in the way :P

    3. Ichor

      ravage: What happened to your avatar?

    4. zark

      Ichor said:

      Who are those two next to you?

  12. ...because I'm 1 year and 1 day older than him!

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    2. SYS

      Did you go to the pride parade again?

    3. Scabbed Angel

      Scabbed Angel

      What's wrong with the pride parade, fag?

    4. Scabbed Angel

      Scabbed Angel

      Happy Girthday to you, happy Girthday to. . .

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    2. Danarchy
    3. Bucket

      Job said:

      Hm, almost reminds me of a somewhat taller version of Quentin Tarantino. Almost.

      Yeah, if he had "I want to look like Michael Moore" MTV surgery done on his face.

    4. Espi

      How did the suit end up wearing you though?

  13. Continuing the trend of self-appreciation/depreciation threads, I would like to say that I suck. That is all.

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    2. rf`

      I can just hear Dexter saying ACTION!

    3. Job

      Impse ACTION!!!

    4. DooMBoy

      I suck, you suck, who gives a fuck, we all suck

  14. And God, in his infinite wisdom, said unto Noah:
    Stupidity cannot be concealed.

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    2. Bloodshedder

      How about a large amount of JPEG artifacts

    3. Scuba Steve

      Scuba Steve

      Jesus Bloodshedder, no longer content just being a spellchecker, now you've moved on to Graphic Analyzer! When will it all END!!!

    4. kain

      too bad that isnt original

  15. I was bored in Morrowind today, so I decided to have some fun.

    1. Hobo

      omg Ordinator genocide.

  16. OK, so my old hair colour (dark blue) has basically disappeared, and I want to dye my hair again before Christmas. What colour should I go? Any other ideas welcome.

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    2. zark

      Scuba Steve said:

      Red and Green. Obviously.

      omg genie us

    3. Scuba Steve

      Scuba Steve

      omg I'm serio us

    4. Hustler One

      Hustler One

      well, obviously, you should dye it black >_>

  17. I was bored today so I decided to sit down and mess around with Photoshop a bit. This is the result:

    What do you think? Apparently it looks like goatse but I never intended that.

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    2. Scuba Steve

      Scuba Steve

      You know... despite looking like crap and being molested by Filters... it's still better than anything by Duchamp or Jackson Pollock.

    3. insertwackynamehere

      If you get famous that would sell for $10000000. Otherwise, a hobo might buy it for $2 and some string ;-)

    4. Danarchy

      I made this once:

      All i did was photograph something then add a few filters is PS. It's kinda cool.

  18. I'm thinking about getting my hair dyed this week. What colour do you guys think I should go? Right now it's dark brown, so if I went blond or anything it'd have to be bleach or something.

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    2. Ichor

      Lime green with orange and red polka dots.

    3. Job

      Platinum blond or gray/silver.

    4. zark

      Decided to go for dark blue (well, almost black with a blue shine). Hopefully dyeing it later.

  19. So I hooked up my PC to my TV so I could watch movies, and now I'm browsing Doomworld from my bed, it's teh fun.

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    2. Danarchy

      History Channel is the only channel worth watching (unless you include History International).

    3. zark

      i'm very very drunk

    4. Julian

      zarcyb said:

      i'm very very drunk

      Again?!? :P

  20. [00:10] <+pritch> I wonder, if behind those big red breastplates, do they have teh large bewbvoes
    [00:10] <+pritch> uhh bewbies
    [00:10] <@SargeBaldy> heh
    [00:10] <+pritch> wtf bewbvoes
    [00:10] * @Nanami overwrites ZooMdemo.wad
    [00:10] <+zarcyb> heh
    [00:10] <+pritch> that's an extradoriganry typo evwenm my bys standards
    [00:10] <+zarcyb> atre you drunk
    [00:10] <+zarcyb> are
    [00:10] <+zarcyb> heh
    [00:11] <+pritch> heh no
    [00:11] <@SargeBaldy> ATRE IYOU DURNK
    [00:11] <+_5hfifty> OMG
    [00:11] <+zarcyb> BEWBS
    [00:11] <+_5hfifty> IT'S SPREADING
    [00:11] <+pritch> but I am losing teh will to live aftre just post helling iwnh's thread
    [00:11] <@Nanami> ROLF
    [00:11] <+zarcyb> HARRIS
    [00:11] <+pritch> RAPES
    [00:11] <+pritch> SMALL
    [00:11] <+pritch> PUPPIES
    [00:11] <+pritch> IN
    [00:11] <+zarcyb> KANGAROOS
    [00:11] <+pritch> ANUIMAL
    [00:11] <+pritch> HOSPIOTAL
    [00:11] <+_5hfifty> AND
    [00:11] <+_5hfifty> OLD
    [00:11] <+_5hfifty> MEN
    [00:11] <@Danarchy> EAT
    [00:11] <+zarcyb> IN
    [00:11] <@SargeBaldy> A
    [00:11] <@SargeBaldy> FRENCH
    [00:11] <+zarcyb> PANT
    [00:11] <@Nanami> MAN'S
    [00:12] <+_5hfifty> CROTCH
    [00:12] <+zarcyb> SACK
    [00:12] <@Nanami> WITH
    [00:12] <@Danarchy> APPLE
    [00:12] <+zarcyb> DANISH
    [00:12] <@SargeBaldy> STRUDEL
    [00:12] <@Nanami> PIE
    [00:12] <+_5hfifty> SPOONS
    [00:12] <+zarcyb> OUTSIDE
    [00:12] <@Nanami> YOUR
    [00:12] <+zarcyb> MOM
    [00:12] <@Danarchy> MOM'S
    [00:12] <+_5hfifty> HEH
    [00:12] <+zarcyb> heh
    [00:12] <@Nanami> Well that was interesting.
    [00:12] <@SargeBaldy> heh
    [00:13] <@Danarchy> heh
    [00:13] <+zarcyb> yes

    hooray for randomness

  21. I'm 18 today. One more year of too much time spent playing Doom :P


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I’m Roberto Innocenzi and I created Dottox

Dottox concept and goals

I’m a regular patient as you may be I guess !!!

I created because I had a lot of problems with my teeth since I was a little kid.

Two years ago I went to the dentist for my mouth makeover (implants + fixed dentures).

Before to find the right dental office, a reliable dentist and affordable prices I wanted to find information about different solutions.

I started to visit many dental websites and I found a big mess, conflicting information, false information, aggressive pushing marketing  and so on.

After checking hundreds of dentist’s sites, asking for 19 quotes and personally visiting 11 dental clinics, I found the best solution for me but it was an hard job.

I’m a web marketer so it was relatively easy for me to find information using search engines. It was also easy to discover duplicated information based on content copied from different sites and even false case histories.

I decided to share with you all the information I found and to do that I asked dentists to help me to write very comprehensive articles about dental care services and products.

The result is ….. Dottox !!!

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What Messages Are You Receiving?

Amarjit Singh
What Messages Are You Receiving?

We look for meaning in experiences to make sense of our lives. Why did this happen? Why did I do this, or that?

If we look closely, we can see all the synchronistic events that got us to where we are. Through these, we should learn to stop trying to force things in life to happen and allow the rhythm of life to guide us to our destiny.

It is possible to get a clearer understanding of your purpose in life by looking at the experiences that shaped it.

Often when these experiences are happening they seem at times insignificant. But for some reason they stick with us. Then at some point along our journey they become the piece that makes the picture in the puzzle understandable. This is the magic of life.

False Identification and Self-Judgment

Often the most insignificant seeming experiences turn out to have the biggest impact in life. The problem is that we are usually too closed off to our environment to notice; we are not present.

We are trying to force our way through things. Or the false identification and self-judgment we have don’t allow us to recognize the events and opportunities that are right in front of us. Every opportunity you can possibly want is in front of you at this very moment.

However, the false idea of who you think you are prevents you from realizing these opportunities.

The following is an experience, in retrospect, that planted the seed for my life’s work. I have had many experiences like this in life that helped guide me down my path.

I would like to share this one message as a tribute to my father who just passed and also to inspire others to learn from this and the messages they receive, and to use it to examine how the special people in your life were God’s messenger.

My Father's Gift to Me

 Credit: Amarjit Singh

I think I was about eleven years old and my father and I were sitting at the counter of a pizzeria enjoying a couple of slices.

It was here, in between bites of pizza, that I received the gift that my father imparted to me. The gift that eventually I would use as the focus of my life’s work.

My father turned to me and casually, but purposefully said,

There’s one thing that is beautiful in every person, you just have to look for it.~Fredrick James Carreo

Even at eleven years old I knew my father well enough to know that there had to be some motivation behind this comment. So, as most of the cheese came off my slice of pizza in one bite, I looked around, but couldn’t find a beautiful girl in sight like I had expected.

I took a moment to reflect as I tried to chew all the cheese without burning the roof of my mouth. It seemed logical. Why wouldn’t everyone be born with one gift, one purpose in life to fulfill? And why couldn’t some people see it? If some people can see ghosts - why couldn’t others see living people’s gift, or life-purpose?

After years of research, I learned that it’s true...

Every person has something beautiful and special about them.

Some let it shine, making it easy to notice. While others, still haven’t discovered the gem inside them to give it a good polishing for the world to see.

Beautiful and special don’t mean physical looks, but if you train your eye you can see the physical manifestation of this inner beauty, or special gift that my father was talking about.

Nearly forty-years later it is as tangible as a watch, ring, or necklace that my father could have passed down to me. Searching for a person’s life-purpose, or inner-beauty is second nature for me. It is my gift, my life’s purpose, and what makes my inner beauty shine.

What a gift to see this! What a beautiful gift that I will never forget.

The Greatest Gift I Have Ever Received

This gift has turned into my life’s work. I give it to everyone because it can’t be possessed — it can only be used. If I knew what a big gift I was receiving at the time, I may have pulled some of the cheese out of my mouth so I could digest both things easier.

This has been the greatest gift I have ever received. It has moved everywhere with me. I never had to pack it in a box marked fragile, never had to insure it or even lock it up, and it has always been with me.

I’ve never scratched, cracked, chipped, scuffed, marked, dented, or blemished this gift. I’ve had it in the worst parts of town…at all night parties, dance clubs, Mardi Gras, and even have been surfing in the ocean with it. And it has only shined brighter over time.

Another great thing about this gift is it is adjustable; it adjusts to fit you! It’s like a ring that changes size as your finger grows; a frame that adjust to the picture.

As I was consuming this idea and my pizza, my father irritatingly, said with a mouth full of half-chewed pizza, “I can’t eat next to this smelly guy grab your slice and we’ll eat outside.” Like I said, this kind of gift you can adjust the frame to center the part of the picture you like.

So I grabbed what was left of my slice and my gift, and we left. Thank you to my father! Akaal!

Fredrick James Carreo

30 December 1939 – 17 September 2015

Amarjit Singh
Amarjit is a yoga teacher and transformational coach helping people realize their potential.


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December 31, 2013
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Welcome to the Blog of Denise A. Perrotta, D.M.D.

Whether you are an existing patient or searching for a dentist in the Winston Salem, NC area, we’re excited you are here. With the dental industry advancing, we recognize the importance of keeping our patients and visitors up to date with all of the new and exciting things taking place in our practice.

As we move forward with our blog, we hope to promote dental awareness as a vital part of your healthy lifestyle. Here you will find a variety of articles and topics including dental news, advancements in dental technology and treatments, practical oral health advice and updates from our practice.

We hope you find our blog to be helpful, engaging and informational to ensure your best dental health.

As always, feel free to contact our office with any dental questions or concerns.

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Long-term update: Cost of first major service for our Nissan Patrol LE

Long-term update: Cost of first major service for our Nissan Patrol LE

Our family wagon, the 2014 Nissan Patrol LE, got a major service in late September 2018. Here’s a rundown on how much it costs from the dealer.

For a “40k” service, the bill came up to a sizeable Dhs 3065. This included 5w30 synthetic engine oil, 3 litres of 75w90 “transmission oil” (AED 268 as mentioned in the bill), air filter, a/c filter, gear oil and DOT4 brake fluid.

We also found out that apparently our warranty ran out in February 2018 when we thought we had longer (it’s a late 2014 model), so that means our originally zero-mileage “used” car came with a 3-year warranty instead of the 5-year one that was promised to us (always get it in writing). This also means they refused to replace our fogged-up headlights, and we didn’t even show them the rubber beading around the windshield that was falling off. A polish and some replacement rubber shouldn’t be expensive if we do it on our own dime.

We couldn’t be bothered to argue as we don’t have time for multiple trips to the dealer, and looked forward to ditching the annoying six-monthly service schedule that was required to keep our warranty. With good synthetic oil, you can actually go longer between service intervals if you’re doing low mileages.

Otherwise the car is trouble-free, and it feels good to have a vehicle that you can just jump into and drive without saying a little prayer to start it.

Original Mileage When Bought: 100 km
Latest Mileage To Date: 7091 km
Latest Average Fuel Economy: 23.3 litres/100 km
Cost of Latest Problems: Dhs 0
Cost of Latest Maintenance: Dhs 3065

Total Non-Fuel Running Cost Since Bought: Dhs 6587

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What do you think?

  1. Major service for vehicle run only 7091km??? This is a joke!!!!
    This cannot be called a long term review! Yes review of a rearly used vehicle

    Patrol Platinum 2015 / Running 80K in 4 years

  2. It’s great you have such long commute to work, but many of us prefer staying close to work and dont have to suffer. At least we got cost of major service, minor service and dealer behavior from the stories. Where else u find such info. I say 80k is nothing. I will talk to uber driver if I want real extra long term story.

  3. You guys are a joke , 7091 kilometers in 5 years . I drove that much in two months of owning my 2018 expedition. And that’s not even when I’m busy . So I predict that my odometer will read 216,000 km by the time 2023 rolls around .

  4. Guys please continue with your excellent updates. It’s only source of service costs price we have for many cars. Let the complainers complain. All probably using free service package anyway.

  5. I think its way too expensive to maintain the car with dealer for such rarely used car. the price difference when you sell the car doesn’t justify the service cost you are paying now.

    • Cost is not issue for everyone if they are passion for their car and don’t want hassle. I have a friend who fixes everything at dealer for his 2010 Focus.

  6. A major service isn’t only determined by kms driven but also time elapsed from the last maintenance. For example on an infinity Q50 its either 10000kms or 6months which ever comes first. So you drive this car for 2000kms in 6 months but you still have to take it for a service.

  7. If this was my car it would be minimum 450000 km driven in 5 years by now.

    • No you wouldnt, otherwise you would also be in AED 200,000 paying for petrol and I suspect you would’ve given up the car by then.

  8. I didn’t get how this could be 75w90 for automatic transmission ??? This grade of oil use in differentials or manual transmissions but I believe yours is not manual so some mistake. Nissan’s automatic transmission uses “Matic S” oil.

    • Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury Author

      You’re right! Yet the receipt says 3 units of 1-litre Total 75W90 transmission oil. Probably used it in the diff.

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Comcast Android App Coming Soon

Want to tell your Xfinity to record the Jersey Shore while creepin’ at the bar just after GTL’in’?  Then Comcast has your back.  They managed to fist pump their way into announcing that an Android app is in the works, we just aren’t really sure when…

Finally, we have introduced a mobile app that runs on the i*hone and i*od Touch and we’ve blogged about that here. While one of the most popular features of this app is the ability to remotely control your DVR so you can record your favorite shows on the go, it also provides a number of other very useful phone features. My favorite is the ability to auto-forward calls to your home phone directly to your mobile device. In this way, if you’re at the beach or out of town, you’ll never miss a call. You can also receive “push” notifications that someone has left you a voicemail at home and you can check and listen to your home voicemail via the app. We hope to make the app work on as many different devices as possible, including Blackberry and Android.

So it’s like DVR with Google Voice mixed in.  Wait, people have land lines?

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If You Plan to Buy a New Moto X, Buy a Turbo Charger Just in Case.

Over the weekend, Motorola announced that the new Moto X would go up for pre-order on Tuesday, along with their Turbo Charger, a device that utilizes Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 2.0 technology to give the new X up to 8 hours of battery power within 15 minutes. If you plan to buy the new Moto X, fork out the extra $35 for the Turbo Charger. Just do. And I don’t say that because I think it’s a cool accessory (even if it is). No, I say that because the battery life on this phone is average, and you never know when you are going to need another 8 hours of juice in a day.

I hate to bring semi-bad news like this on a Monday, but after testing the new Moto X for over a week now, I don’t have any other word to bring on a battery life front.

I can’t explain why the battery life on this phone is so average (bordering below average), outside of the fact that it has a 1080p display and a smallish 2,300mAh battery. Competing devices all have bigger batteries, but you would hope that Motorola has worked some magic to extend that life (they claim that they have). Last year’s Moto X had average battery life as well, so then again, maybe this shouldn’t be a shocker.

Here are my results from the past week with a new Moto X running on AT&T’s network.

My first two days of battery usage are below, both represent the first two days of use period. On the left, is the day following my initial unboxing; on the right is the day after, which included a full day of tinkering while cruising around Chicago after Motorola’s unveiling of the phone. As you can see, neither day is impressive, with the phone basically begging for a charger before I could even hit the 15-hour mark. The days featured nothing but 4G LTE connectivity.

Once I returned home to Portland, I began mixed testing of LTE and WiFi. Unfortunately, the results seemed to stay about the same. On some days, I was able to stretch the Moto X out to 15+ hours of battery life, while others were asking for a charger at 5PM.

And here are the last two days that I remembered to screenshot battery life, both of which were frustrating days, to say the least. Each day, I had errands to take care of, runs to go on, or parties to attend around town, so because I was monitoring battery life, felt I was forced to charge my phone long before I normally would like to. In the image on the left, you can see where after 2+ hours of screen-on time, I grabbed a charger to make sure the phone would last through the night, yet it was only 4PM. In the image on the right, you are looking at close to 7 hours of use (which included a 6 mile run with GPS tracking, about 50 minutes of time) and around 37% battery left. Since I was headed out of town, I plugged the phone in during my drive to make sure I wasn’t left stranded without a working phone later on in the evening.

As of this morning, I have been awake for all of 2 hours with the phone mostly sitting idle (22 minutes of screen-on time) on WiFi, and I am already down to 86%. I can also tell you that for the first time all year, during testing of a flagship phone, that I have had to find a charger each night while relaxing on the couch at 10 or 11PM. That never happened during my G3 testing; it also only happens on rare occasions with my wife’s Nexus 5. That’s just not good enough for a phone in 2014. My expectations with a 2014 flagship phone are that I can unplug in the morning and not need to plug-in again until I go to bed.

My setup and usage, I would argue, are pretty normal. Keep in mind that I work out of my home office, so I am in front of a computer all day without the need to constantly check my phone. I certainly try to use it more often than normal during testing for a review, but I am also testing out the Moto 360 at this time, which you would think would take some stress off of the Moto X. I get tons of email and Hangouts messages, check Instagram a few times in a day, check Feedly when away from my computer, use theScore for sports news, and often use my phone for music while running on the treadmill. Again, nothing wild. I don’t game at all. I don’t make many calls.

Also, I know that early reviews have almost all mentioned that battery life is acceptable and so this report looks like somewhat of an outlier. I’m simply sharing my experience from two different cities, with a mix of WiFi and LTE, and what I would consider to be average, not heavy use.

So back to the original point of the post – buy a Turbo Charger if you plan on picking up the new Moto X. Everything else about this phone is awesome (with an acceptable camera along for the ride) and I don’t think you will regret the choice. I would just want a Turbo Charger on hand in case it’s 5PM and it’s looking like I’m going to need some extra juice to get me through the night, but only have a couple of minutes to do so. Assuming your battery life is low enough, you could grab end-of-day battery life within a few minutes.

Then again, maybe 15-17 hours of usage is all you need in a day.

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Animate Your Park flyerAs part of their 2016 Pocket Park Project, the Dutchtown South Community Corporation wants you to help create a stop-motion animated film about Minnie Wood Memorial Square and Laclede Park to be screened this fall.

Four pop-up events will be held over the next month. Neighbors are invited to create puppets of themselves performing their favorite park activities, or to build props of new features they would like to see added to the park.

The art stations will pop up at the following locations:

  • Friday, August 19th, 6–8pm, Minnie Wood Park
  • Monday, August 22nd, 5–7pm, Chippewa/Broadway fountain
  • Saturday, September 3rd, 12–2pm, Marquette Park (parking lot across from the rec center)
  • Saturday, September 17th, 5–7pm, Universal Foods parking lot (4330 South Broadway)

These events are free to attend. For more information visit the Facebook event page or email