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The enemies that are infuriated by and try to downplay the Islamic Republic's achievements have resorted to evil plots to foment riots in Iran, the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said, warning the adversaries of a revenge in the near future.
Addressing a conference in commemoration of martyred Iranian athletes, held in Tehran on Monday, Major General Hossein Salami said the enemies cannot tolerate the Islamic Republic's achievements and its success in overcoming the sanctions.
He warned of the hostile scenarios against Iran, saying the evil activities of the media outlets have been masterminded by think tanks in Washington, New York and a number of European countries and involve their elements in Riyadh with the purpose of destroying Iran's achievements.
The commander also advised the Iranian youth to protect the country's glory, might, grandeur, political power in the international arena, regional clout, and strong security that have been gained with the blood of martyrs.
On the recent riots in Iran, the general said a small group of young people that have been deceived by the enemies will soon realize their mistake and the nature of foes as well.
Iran will soon take revenge on the enemies with the help of the very same young people, Major General Salami warned.
He cautioned young Iranians not to become the enemy's pawns in the political battle, because the adversaries are "devils" that enjoy the killing of Iranian youth as they incite rioters to take to the streets, set fire, attack security forces and disrupt the country's economy.
In remarks last week, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei said the role of arrogant powers' policies in the recent bitter events in Iran was obvious.
"And now for a few words about recent events. The first thing I would like to state is that in the events that have taken place over these last few days, the officers working in the country's law enforcement, the Basij, and the Iranian nation have been wronged more than anyone else. They wronged us. Of course, the Iranian nation was present and very strong in this event too, as it has been in other events, and it will continue to do the same in the future too. In the future, whenever the enemies plan on creating unrest anywhere, it will be the courageous and faithful people of Iran who will stand up to them the most. They will be the ones who will have the most influence. They will come onto the scene as they have done before," the Leader said.
Source: Iranian media (edited by Al-Manar English Website)
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Why we need to take the EP more seriously
Conservative Home - February 13th 2008
Dr Charles Tannock, MEP for London and Conservative Foreign Affairs Spokesman in the European Parliament, urges Conservtives to treat the role of MEPs more seriously.
The reselection of our candidates for the 2009 European elections continues apace, and I wish those shortlisted all the very best for the imminent postal ballot. I won't comment here on the party board decision to top-list incumbent MEPs, apart from to say that as someone selected twice in open hustings I am the last person to complain about the party membership having the final say. However, the very fact that the top-listing compromise exercised so many of our blogging members would tend to suggest just how important they consider the job of an MEP to be. Or does it?
I should preface the rest of this article by stating that I am well aware of politicians' tendency to assume an over-inflated sense of their own importance. I do not seek to argue that I am (or MEPs as individuals are) especially important but that the job of an MEP is important now and is likely to become more so in the future whether we like it or not. Nevertheless, I have lost count of the number of people who, on discovering my position, turn up their noses and dismiss the European Parliament as worthless, or if they wish to be polite or flattering ask me when am I going to apply for a Westminster seat.
Recently Alastair Burt MP visited Brussels to meet Conservative MEPs. On a personal level I was delighted to see him but I was somewhat frustrated to hear that his new dedicated role tasked by David Cameron is to 'build links' with MEPs, Council Leaders and Assembly members. He is not the first MP or PPS to the Party Leader to have been given this thankless task (although it is true to say he is the first to be given this as an exclusive role) since I was elected in 1999. As I pointed out to him, his predecessors had little success even though MEPs are now co-legislators on at least double as much UK law as MPs. If the lamentable Lisbon treaty goes through the European Parliament will acquire co-decision powers to veto or amend in over 90% of EU competences, up from the current 80%.
There, in a nutshell, is the problem. The Conservative Party seems to be in denial about the EU. On the one hand, we deplore the fact that two thirds of UK legislation originates not in Whitehall but in Brussels. However, when it comes to accepting that reality in practical policy terms, we largely go into denial mode. Most young aspiring and talented politicians I meet think only of Westminster as a serious career option. Brussels is still largely shunned as an opportunity for a serious political career, or at best seen as a launch pad by even those coming from parties committed to the European project as we have seen by the likes of the current leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg as well as his competitor Chris Huhne, both ex MEPs. Nevertheless I was pleased that my two former Conservative MEP colleagues who entered the 2005 UK parliament, namely Robert Goodwill and Theresa Villiers, had their experience in the European Parliament and talents recognised with accelerated promotions to front bench jobs.
Last October at party conference I sat next to a former member of the front bench. He asked me my role in the Conservative delegation, to which I replied that I was foreign affairs spokesman. This aroused his sceptical interest: 'Why do we need a foreign affairs spokesman in Brussels?' he huffed. This, to me, was another case of denial rather than ignorance – after all, this MP who had served as shadow minister in this area of policy would surely have known about the Common Foreign and Security Policy outlined in the Maastricht treaty negotiated by John Major. He may even know that as well as the EU being the largest multilateral Aid donor and controlling international trade policy that in future the European Parliament will control the budget of the external action service or EU diplomatic service. But it underlined to me that however influential the European Parliament becomes in making EU laws or scrutinising EU policy, the party back home sadly still prefers to think of MEPs as at best part of a powerless talking shop and at worst a waste of space.
The attitude in many other EU member states, and notably within other countries' Conservative parties, is starkly different. When governments change it is considered entirely normal, even appropriate, for an MEP of suitable talent to be extracted from Brussels to fill a senior ministerial position back home. The European Parliament contains a handful of former prime ministers and presidents and many former ministers. In this legislature alone several of my contemporaries have been drafted into government, where their knowledge of how things work in Brussels is considered invaluable. Bogdan Klich, a centre-right Polish MEP, was made defence minister last year; Toomas Ilves left the European Parliament when he was elected Estonia's state president. Of course, the British system in practice precludes non-Westminster parliamentarians from entering government - something that perhaps ought to change - but other countries see their senior MEPs in a much more positive light than Britain does.
Like it or not, the EU's role in our lives is growing. Parliament has a chance to put a halt to that by refusing to ratify the Lisbon treaty. However, if, as we suspect, British MPs ratify the treaty and the matter is not referred to voters in a referendum as requested by our party and promised by Tony Blair, the European Parliament's role will continue to grow. MEPs will extend their role as co-legislators across many more policy areas, and for all that the increasingly Eurosceptic Conservative parliamentary party in Westminster works itself into a frenzy MPs will have less legislative powers, although in fairness the Lisbon Treaty seeks to partially enhance the power of national parliaments in EU legislation. Also Theresa May in her discussion paper is right that we could do a lot more to increase the power of MPs over the executive in scrutinising what UK Ministers get-up to in the EU Council of Ministers as practiced by the Danish parliament which give specific mandates to vote one way or another to their Ministers.
I like most Conservatives am against the further ceding of powers to Brussels as embodied in the Lisbon treaty, without the express consent of the British people. However, even if the treaty is killed off the influence of MEPs is unlikely to go away. The party needs to accept this as a fact of life and to bring MEPs committed to fighting for British interests more into the mainstream. The logical consequence of relegating the work of MEPs and the European Parliament to the margins is to mentally withdraw from the European Union with a view to actual withdrawal at a later date. Much as that understandably appeals to many Tory party members, it has never been party policy and is unlikely to become so in the near future.


Osborn Correctional Institution is located in the city of Somers, Connecticut which has a population of 11,444 (as of 2010) residents. This prison has a capacity of 1900 inmates, which means this is the maximum amount of beds per facility. Osborn Correctional Institution began processing inmates once the original construction was completed and service started in 1963 but may have been expanded or renovated since that time, to accommodate the growing prison population. There is an average of 1810 inmates currently serving time at this facility. Prisoners are housed in separate areas depending on the crimes they committed, their current risk assessment, and their behavior. This facility is currently under the supervision of Warden Edward Maldonado along with a staff of 311 individuals and houses male offenders.
If you have a family or loved one that is currently incarcerated at Osborn Correctional Institution, the first thing you should do is contact the prison for information on the inmate. Based on the information you are provided, you would then contact either a criminal defense lawyer or a bail bond service. They will provide you with vital information which can be used to defend an individual and in a lot of cases get them released from detention while awaiting trial.


Riddim Rider Vol. 18: Baby Love is the eighteenth volume of the Jet Star Records's Riddim Rider series albums. It was released in 2004 and contains tunes on the Baby Love Riddim. The tunes are produced by Harvel Hart for the Annex label.


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Srokowo  (until 1950 Dryfort, ) is a village in Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Srokowo. It lies approximately  north-east of Kętrzyn and  north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn. It is located in Masuria.

The village has a population of 1,400.

History

The settlement was founded sometime before 1397 with a grid plan. In 1405 it received town privileges modeled on the city law of Chełmno by the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order Konrad von Jungingen. During the Middle Ages the town defences consisted of palisades, a dry moat and three gates. In 1454, King Casimir IV Jagiellon incorporated the region to the Kingdom of Poland upon the request of the anti-Teutonic Prussian Confederation. After the subsequent Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466), it became a part of Poland as a fief held by the Teutonic Knights. Construction of the church was finished in 1409 and renovated in 1577. A school was founded in the town in 1592.

A privilege of protection was proclaimed for the town in 1618 by Elector John Sigismund, whose coat of arms can still be seen on the facade of the town hall. The town was severely damaged in 1635 during the Thirty Years' War and almost completely destroyed by Tatar troops in 1657 during the Deluge. Because of its  location, the town never grew to become very large and continued to be populated mainly by farmers and artisans also during the 18th and 19th centuries. From the 18th century it was part of the Kingdom of Prussia, and from 1871 it was also part of Germany. Eight annual fairs were held in the town in the late 19th century.

After Germany's defeat in World War II, the town became again part of Poland under its historic Polish name Dryfort. It was renamed Srokowo in 1950, after Stanisław Srokowski, the head of the Polish Committee for Settling of Place Names. There is an abandoned Bismarck tower that can be visited on the hill just outside of the village.

References

Villages in Kętrzyn County

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From the shores of Lake Superior down to Detroit, if you've been in a car accident anywhere in Michigan, you want information that is accurate, up-to-date, and specific to your state In this section, you'll find every all-about-car-accidents.com article and frequently asked question related to car accident cases in Michigan, including time limits for filing a car accident lawsuit and insurance coverage requirements for cars registered in the state. You'll also find real-world examples of what a car accident settlement or lawsuit might look like in Michigan.
Key laws related to Michigan traffic accident settlements, including an explanation of Michigan's no-fault car insurance rules, and deadlines that apply to filing a car accident lawsuit in the state's civil court system.
A look at Michigan's "no-fault" car insurance scheme, and the minimum types and amounts of coverage that are required for every registered vehicle in the state.
Frank is heading down a busy street in Ann Arbor when another driver pulls out of a driveway and hits Frank's car. They pull over, and the other driver tells Frank that Frank was driving pretty fast and that, if Frank had been more attentive, he would have been able to stop in time.
Do I Need to Report a Car Accident in Michigan?
If you get into a car accident in Michigan, do you know what steps you're required to take when it comes to making a report of the crash? Like every other state, Michigan has a law on the books that requires that most car accidents be reported. But what kinds of accidents qualify? How is the report made? What if you don't report an accident when the law requires it?
Does Michigan have a helmet law for people who ride motorcycles?


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Christina Landshamer
Nationalities : Germany
Representation : KünstlerSekretariat am Gasteig
www.christina-landshamer.de
Brautlieder: No. 2. Der Liebe Lohn (Love's Reward)
J.S.Bach: Mass in B minor BWV 232 7. Duetto, Domine...
Riccardo Chailly, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Christina...
Susanna Le Nozze Di Figaro Stadttheater St Gallen Oct-Dec 2016
Soprano Auf Tournee Mit Dem MDR Rundfunkchor Basel Sinfonieorchester Apr 2019
Soprano Die Jahreszeiten Bozar Mar 2019
Soprano Mendelssohn: Elias Bozar Feb 2019
Soprano GIOVANNI ANTONINI SYMPHONIEORCHESTER DES BAYERISCHEN RUNDFUNKS Jun 2018
Soprano C-Moll Messe Theaterakademie August Everding Apr 2018
Soprano BACH'S ST MATTHEW PASSION Het Concertgebouw Mar 2018
Soprano 2.ª De Mahler Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Mar 2018
Soprano DANIELE GATTI & CHRISTINA LANDSHAMER SYMPHONIEORCHESTER DES BAYERISCHEN RUNDFUNKS Feb 2018
Soprano Münchner Philharmoniker – Koopman Bach Startseite Gasteig München GmbH Dec 2017
Soprano Die Schöpfung Elbphilharmonie & Laeiszhalle Jan 2017
Gabriel Die Schöpfung NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester Jan 2017
Born in Munich, Christina Landshamer studied at the city's Hochschule für Musik und Theater under Angelica Vogel, and subsequently in Konrad Richter's lied class and Dunja Vejzović's soloist class at the State University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart.
After making her debut as Ännchen at the Semperoper under Christian Thielemann, she began the current season in the same role in a concert performance with German broadcaster NDR's Symphony Orchestra under Thomas Hengelbrock, and will make her American debut at the end of 2015 with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as a soloist in Händel's Messiah and Mozart's Coronation Mass under Manfred Honeck. Later, she will be guesting at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, debuting as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier in February 2016. Christina Landshamer can also be seen in New York in early 2016; performing with the Ensemble Midtvest at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, before making her first appearance with the New York Philharmonic and Alan Gilbert the following season. She is currently performing in Munich, Nuremberg and Ingolstadt under Peter Dijkstra with the choir from another German broadcaster, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR).
A CD is in the making. Further concerts are to follow, taking her to Amsterdam's Concertgebouw and Fauré's Requiem under Stéphane Denève, Mahler's Symphony No. 4 with the Orchestre de Paris under Daniel Harding, including a performance at the Louvre, and a tour of Mozart arias with the Freiburger Barockorchester. Her first CD of songs will appear this season on the Oehms label, performing works from Schumann and Ullmann with Gerold Huber, with whom she will also be guesting, alongside the tenor Maximilian Schmidt, at the Schubertíade in summer 2016.
Christina Landshamer had her first operatic experiences at the Staatsoper in Stuttgart, the Opéra du Rhin in Strasbourg as Marzelline under Marc Albrecht, and as Susanna at Berlin's Komische Oper.
Her successful debut came in 2009 as Clarice in Haydn's Il mondo della luna under Nikolaus Harnoncourt at Vienna's Theater an der Wien. After a staged performance of the Messiah at Paris' Théâtre du Châtelet in 2011, she debuted under the musical direction of Christian Thielemann in Strauss' Die Frau ohne Schatten (Hüter der Schwelle - director: Christof Loy) at the Salzburg Festival, where she appeared in 2012 as Frasquita in Carmen with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Simon Rattle.
The same year saw her debut at the Baden-Baden Festival, again under Christian Thielemann, as Naiad in Ariadne auf Naxos. Towards the end of the year, Christina Landshamer made her highly acclaimed debut as Pamina in Simon McBurney's celebrated new production of Mozart's The Magic Flute at the Amsterdam Opera under Marc Albrecht, a role she reprised in her first appearance as a guest at the Bayerische Staatsoper in 2015.
The year 2014 saw her take over the role of Almirena in Händel's Rinaldo at Glyndebourne.
Christina Landshamer regularly works with conductors such as Marc Albrecht, Marcus Creed, Riccardo Chailly, Stéphane Denève, Alan Gilbert, Daniel Harding, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Pablo Heras-Casado, Philippe Herreweghe, Manfred Honeck, Ton Koopman, Kent Nagano, Sir Roger Norrington and Christian Thielemann, and orchestras such as the symphony orchestras from German broadcasters BR and SWR, the Munich Philharmonic, Leipzig's Gewandhaus Orchestra, Zurich's Tonhalle Orchestra, Prague's Czech Philharmonic, the Orchestre des Champs Elysées, the Orchestre National de France and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.
Christina Landshamer's voice can also be heard on CD: in Harmonia Mundi's recording of the BR Symphony Orchestra's performance of Mendelssohn's Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise) under Pablo Heras-Casado, PHI's recording of Haydn's The Four Seasons under Philippe Herreweghe, EMI's Simon Rattle direction of Bizet's Carmen, Decca's St Matthew's Passion under Riccardo Chailly, and in Naxos' complete collection of Peter Cornelius' songs. Further media recordings are available in DVD format: Il mondo della luna by Haydn (Concentus Musicus/Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Theater an der Wien, Unitel Classica), Bach's St Matthew's Passion (Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Accentus), Mahler's Symphony No. 4 (Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig/Riccardo Chailly, Accentus) and Mozart's The Magic Flute (Nederlandse Opera, Opus Arte).
2015/2016 - (November 2015) Please only use this biography and destroy any previously dated material. Any amendments or cuts need the consent of KuenstlerSekretariat am Gasteig.
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with : Robin Tritschler , Thomas Tatzl , Christina Landshamer , La Fura Dels Baus
BWW Review: Haydn's CREATION with La Fura dels Baus at Mostly Mozart--I'd date it but I'm not ready to marry it
With today's society in constant need of visual stimulus, staging oratorio repertoire has become increasingly necessary. Gone are the days where a chorus can stand solemnly still in their tuxes and black dresses, holding their binders at hip height, while
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The Freedive Show — Wrap Up
Over the past six articles, we've looked at the complexities of competing at the international level. We hope that giving you some history on each major competitor has helped bring those inert results tables to life.
There are a few more stories to tell about divers who will be going to Cyprus, perhaps not favoured to win, but their progress will be watched by those who have been in the sport a little longer than the rest.
The Greek Divers: We wish Manolis Giankos from Greece would compete! He is an excellent diver, world class person, and a modest diver. He reached –89m in training at the same time as Herbert Nitsch did in Ibiza 2001. His influence on the Greek freediving community is unknown. Does he still dive? Does he encourage others and share his training regimen with other freedivers? Will there be a Greek diver in Cyprus who will suddenly appear to take over where he left off? Greece has centuries of freediving history. The famous story of Giorgos Haggi Statti, a fisherman who found an embarrassed Italian Admiral's lost anchor at over –70m without any of the modern freediving equipment, still resonates with freedivers today. In 1999, Danai Varveri, a 20-year-old student dove to –35m without a mask or fins to raise awareness about sea bed contamination. She has not entered any AIDA competitions, but she represents the depth of talent that exists in her country. The Greeks could be a force in competitive freediving and a welcome presence. We hope for their return in Cyprus.
Team Cyprus: The host country of the Sony Freediver Open Classic is sending ten athletes to compete against the rest of the world. This is their first international competition. They could emerge as a force in freediving if awareness of the sport in Cyprus helps them develop of national organization and regular ocean training.
George Bryan-Orr: A Team Canada member at the 2000 World Cup in Nice, France, George is a solid competitor in constant ballast, with a personal best that year of -60m with bi-fins. He has moved to Guernsey, where the water is soupy and very shallow. It will be interesting to see how much training he has been able to do and how he will perform in Cyprus. We wish him all the best.
Team DeeperBlue! Emma Farrell, and Sam Kirby will be competing on separate teams but they will all be representing DeeperBlue.net in Cyprus with reports about the competition and their own progress.
The Italians are Coming! With only two weeks left before the big competition, three Italian freedivers have asked for permission to participate in the Sony Freediver Open Classic. Howard Jones has granted them entry. One of the athletes is Davide Carrera, FIPSAS record holder in free immersion at –91m. The identity of the other two freedivers is unknown at the time this article was posted—even though Howard Jones joked that Umberto Pelizzari was coming out of retirement—but likely they will compete for the top spots as well.
The sudden appearance of Davide Carrera will cause the likes of Stepanek, Coste and Nitsch to start looking over their shoulders come time for the constant weight competition. Although Davide Carrera set chose FIPSAS to judge his record—many claimed her had a samba—he is nevertheless one of very few freedivers to reach –91m at all. He can equalize and he has the air for a deep dive.
If you keep tabs on European national and regional competitions you would know that Carrera entered the CIPA regional competition held in Nice, France on May 3-4, 2003. He placed fourth with a dive of –60m and a 4'58 static. With numbers like that, it makes you wonder if he is waiting for Cyprus to really make a 'splash.' At the 2001 World Championships in Ibiza, on the winning team with Pelizarri, Carrera reached –70m with ease and 5'25 in static. The Italians are excellent competitors and no doubt Carrera will live up to expectations once more.
2003 Sony Freediver Open Classic Program
(go to www.freediver.co.uk for 'Program C' updates)
May 24th-Sign-in / Announce Dynamic performances
May 25th-Constant Ballast "training"
May 26th-Dynamic Competition
May 27-29th-Constant Weight Competition
May 30th-Static Competition
This schedule will present a challenge for the contenders for top spot. Those who choose to go all out in dynamic might face the unpleasant reality of waking up the next morning for their deep constant weight dive with dead, lactic-acid soaked muscles. Not a great starting point for a -90m deep dive! Dynamic apnea is an optional event, but we imagine that most of the top divers will participate in all three events. The static showdown will also be tense, because each competitor, if they indulge in a little math, will be able to figure out precisely how much time they need to beat their closest rival in order to win overall. That extra stress factor alone, could make for a nail-biting finish and perhaps a unexpected samba or blackout!
Our picks for the overall title
Remember that in Cyprus, dynamic apnea is a completely separate event. The overall title will be decided only by static & constant weight.
Peter: I pick Martin Stepanek to win overall, despite the fact that he has so far failed to live up to expectations at a major international competition. I choose him, simply on the basis that if things go right for him, he could blow everyone away in each discipline. As far as absolute performances go, he has no weaknesses with over -90m in constant weight in his most recent training, an 8'06 world record, and 200m dynamic in training. Martin just needs to focus on himself and ignore the media attention. Even if he pulls up short in each discipline, he has what it takes to get the highest overall score. I predict –91m constant weight, 7'15 in static, and 180m in dynamic for the title. Although, Stephane Mifsud can probably beat Martin in the pool, Mifsud can't compete in constant weight. Herbert Nitsch will be Martin's biggest threat; Carlos Coste needs to improve his performance in the pool to challenge him at all.
I like Annabel's chances of winning overall. She is gunning for Tanya's world record in constant weight. Matthew Briseno, Annabel's husband, reported that she has surpassed –70m on her last day of training in Kona. He didn't say by how much. Clearly, Annabel's access to deep water and her regular training schedule has made the difference. She may lay off a bit on static, settling for a performance in the mid-five minute range, and I expect her to go all out in dynamic. My prediction for Annabel: -72m constant weight, 5:45 in static and 154m dynamic. Lotta will probably win static apnea, but doesn't have the experience to win in constant or dynamic. Natalia Molchanova of Russia could beat Annabel in dynamic but without a decent constant weight performance, she will not be a threat to her overall title.
Eric: The unofficial record for the most combined points in static/constant is held by Stephane Mifsud, with 144 points, which he got by performing a -66m dive and a 7'48 static. The difficulty in predicting the winner of a combined competition is not predicting the performances, but predicting the disqualifications. In the absence of disqualifications, I think Herbert will surpass Martin in static, by a large enough margin to barely overcome a deficit in constant weight. However, there is also a real chance Herbert could be disqualified in static, just like in Ibiza. Most of the athletes have stated that they will be going for their limit in each category, and not worrying about the combined total. In that sense, the most likely athlete to score high in the combined total is the athlete who cannot see any record within their reach. The four big guns (Stepanek, Nitsch, Coste, Mifsud) all have records within their reach, and thus risk disqualification. Should they each suffer DQ's, Guillaume Nery of France, despite a weak static apnea, could emerge as a dark horse winner with a dive in the high –80m range and a static under 6 minutes. Guillaume, if he were to dive 86m and do a 5'50 static, would net 144.3 points, a hair more than Mifsud's 144 point record. However, if Nitsch & Stepanek avoid DQ, they will probably net over 160 points. Remember that in Ibiza, if Herbert had pulled up a few seconds earlier in static (and avoided the DQ), he would have scored around 166 points, way over the current record of 144.
In the women's combined, Annabel will probably pull through if she can escape a DQ. Should she suffer a DQ in either static or constant, Lotta Ericson would probably end up second, given her conservative attitude in constant weight, and her excellent static results. Sophie Passalacqua will no doubt be ready to pounce if Lotta or Annabel fall short.
The State of the Sport
The sport of freediving, in most of the world, exists primarily for and because of competitors. Outside of France and Italy, sponsorship is scarce and mainstream media attention is almost non-existent. National organizations are upheld by competitors and volunteers. Many seek publicity and sponsorship. Unfortunately, the preferred approach of most mainstream reporters is to highlight the 'aren't these people crazy' angle. There is little interest in the personalities and competition itself—thus, the focus of our 'Freedive Show' series for DeeperBlue.net. How often has a freediver spent time giving a journalist an accurate and in-depth look at the sport and the discipline of freediving, only to find that, in the end, his is portrayed as 'death-defying freak of nature?' It is frustrating to people trying to have freediving recognized as a mainstream sport. Some people even hope for freediving in the Olympics! We wonder if the sport might be better off with a freediver-centric approach and not the big business culture embraced by so many other sports.
The success of the Cyprus 'Open' competition might very well be the best thing that can happen to freediving. The biggest problem with AIDA World Championships model of competitions, for example—as shown by the 2001 Ibiza event, which, in our opinion, was thrown together by an inexperienced organizing committee and only salvaged by the patience and tolerance of the competitors involved—is that AIDA does not have the resources to form an experienced competition organizing committee to assure high quality for each World Cup and World Championship event. AIDA is a volunteer organization without much money. The 2003 World Championships, set for Turkey, never even got past the planning stage; AIDA member nations all over the world that had scheduled National selections for the World Championships were left with nowhere to send their teams.
Luckily, Freediver Magazine's group stepped in to fill the void. Howard Jones' team has the experience—much like the group of organizers in Nice, France, site of the successful 2000 World Cup—to pull off the event. If indeed, the Sony Freediver Open Classic is successful in offering competitors a fair, safe and exciting venue to test themselves in this amazing sport, other host countries and organizations, such as FREE, IAFD, FIPSAS, or the many national organizations, may do the same, using the 'open' competition model, which may eventually supersede the 'World Championship' model. After all, with Nitsch, Coste, Stepanek, Ericson, Briseno, Nery competing, isn't the Sony Freediver Open Classic the de facto 'world championship' in 2003 anyway?
Bring on the competition!
All that's left is to wait and see what happens. DeeperBlue.net will be on site offering the best coverage in the freediving community, and indeed, anywhere!
It's time to lube your suit and slide it on, jam your feet into your monofin, spit in your mask, make Darth Vader sounds through your snorkel, and sit by the computer, waiting for breaking news. Will Annabel break Tanya's constant weight record? Can Karl Pernett overcome his lung injury to take the static crown away from the favourites? Will the Freediver Magazine crew pull off a reasonably smooth competition?
Our hope is that DeeperBlue.net's freediving coverage will assure that the history of freediving as a sport will be preserved and not limited to incomplete and 404 Not Found websites. Stability is the foundation of any healthy sport and everyone likes to celebrate the accomplishments of athletes committed to friendly and intense competition.
Good luck to all the athletes!
From both of us at the Freedive Show—stay tuned and stay wet.
In addition to the coverage here, why not visit the Official Competition Website
Why not visit Apnea Magazine for Italian, or SportalSub.net for Spanish translations of our coverage?
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A Night at Emerson's Bar and Grill with Lady Day
Posted by Megan B. Pedersen | Apr 5, 2010 | Reviews, Salt Lake County | 0
SALT LAKE CITY — "Lonely grief is hounding me, like the lonely shadow hounding me. It's always there just out of sight, like a fragile tree on a lightening night." Haunting lyrics from a haunted soul.
Billie Holiday, otherwise known as Lady Day, lived a tragic yet significant life. She is credited with being a seminal part of jazz history. Pygmalion Theater Company is currently running a production of Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill (showing through April 10) written by Lanie Robertson.
Honestly, I recognized her name but thought she was a singer from the 60's. It wasn't until I did a little research that I found she was a jazz singer and had passed away before the 60's even began.
Billie Holiday (born Elinore Harris) was born in 1915, her mother was only 13 at the time. During her early years, she bounced around relative's homes. At age 10 she was raped by a neighbor, by her mid-teens she worked in a brothel and soon found herself in prison with her mother. By her late teenage years, she was singing with Benny Goodman and on her way to recordings with Artie Shaw and Count Basie. She met her 30's with drug addictions, abusive men, racism and prison again. At 44, she died due to complications from her heroin addiction with $0.70 in her bank account.
She had a disheartening life and she brought that emotion and intimacy to her music.
When entering the Leona Wagner Black Box, I was not prepared. We were met with a cabaret setting, dim lighting, tables, candles, a cash bar, a piano and a single (dated) microphone center stage. The ambiance was perfect and completely set the tone for the evening we were about to enjoy.
Lady Day, played by DeeDee Darby-Duffin, takes the stage and opens with a few numbers including When A Woman Loves A Man. The show proceeds as Darby-Duffin intertwines the narrative of Holiday's life with some of her more famous songs (Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer and God Bless The Child to name a few). Darby-Duffin was powerful and believable. As she walked through the audience and shared Day's story, I felt I was at Emerson's in South Philly (minus the cigarette smoke I imagine would have been there).
I don't listen to jazz and I am not familiar with Holiday's music. From what I have listened to online, she is everything I think of when I think of jazzy, bluesy and full of soul. Darby-Duffin has an amazing voice and her narrative captured the story of Holiday brilliantly. However, I don't think she truly captured the raw emotion that I hear when I listen to Holiday. Perhaps that is why she is legendary, not many can do what she did.
Trevor Jerome played Jimmy Powers, her pianist, and he was an excellent piano player. He sang one short verse and I would have liked to hear more from him as his voice captured the mood of the evening.
The direction (Teresa Sanderson) was subtle and well done. The lighting (Jesse Portillo) was great when she was on stage but Darby-Duffin was often left in the dark during her ventures into the audience (with the exception of a few spotlights).
The lighting, well everything actually, was perfect for the song Strange Fruit. The lyrics, emotions Darby-Duffin brought to the performance and staging were breath-taking.
"Southern trees bear strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black body swinging in the Southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees."
The 'fade-out' during her last number "Deep Song was" clever and creative, leaving the audience with a hunting image of how powerful Holiday was and the silence we were left with when we lost her.
Not being a fan of jazz, I enjoyed the show. If you are a fan of jazz or Billie Holiday, I suspect you will love the show. While the content may have not been for me, the production was sound and from the overheard whisperings of those around us at the end, it was a moving experience for many.
Pygmalion Theater Company is presenting Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill through April 10, 2010 at the Leona Wagner Black Box. Tickets are $20 and may be purchased through Arttix.
Questions to our Readers
This production was part of The Edward Lewis Black Theatre Festival. Five theatre companies partnered together to bring three full productions and four free readings to the Salt Lake Area.
Did you know about this festival?
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Tags: dee-dee darby-duffin, jesse portillo, lady day at emerson's bar and grill, lanie robertson, Pygmalion, rose wagner, salt lake county, teresa sanderson, trevor jerome
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Ep. 135 - Epic Fatherhood: How to Hone The Dad Edge - with Larry Hagner 0
"There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in." –Graham Greene
Larry Hagner is the founder of The Dad Edge (formerly The Good Dad Project), a strong community of fathers with a simple but powerful mission: to help dads become the best, strongest, and happiest versions of themselves so that they can guide their kids to the best versions of themselves, too.
However, as a kid, Larry's greatest fear was being a father. Growing up, he never saw a successful marriage modeled for him – he "always looked at marriage as a step to divorce" – and he didn't have any positive male role models to speak of.
From that scared kid to the epic father that Larry is today is a huge gap – so I had to ask when the moment was that he opened the door to let the future in.
It all started with focusing on personal development. Larry, like a lot of us, was heavy growing up, and it really affected the way he thought about himself and approached life. However, he was pushed to wake up early, put the work in, and ended up losing 40 pounds over the course of a few months.
"I never felt so good in my life. I hated waking up that early, but we did it and that was the beginning of a whole new world for me and that's when I started to really love fitness... and that's when the future really opened up for me."
You can see how that experience shaped the mission of The Dad Edge, too. It's not all about relationship counseling or parenting tactics – it's about becoming the best version of yourself so that you can share that with your children, and for most people, that requires taking action to fill a void in your life.
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We don't have to be invincible, we don't have to be perfect, and we don't have to have all the answers. It's okay to reach out for help from your partner, or a wonderful community of like-minded people who will support you. Because none of us have this whole life thing all figured out, but together we can do better than any of us can do alone.
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