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The composer John Adams, who made his name with "Nixon in China," is accustomed to getting entangled with current events. He did not protest a few years ago when a London performance of his piece "Short Ride in a Fast Machine" was cancelled in the wake of Princess Diana's death. He spoke up last week, however, after th...
As artists struggle to come to terms with the new reality, Adams's opera radiates a mesmerizing prophetic power. The opera infuriated some listeners at the time of its première, in 1991, because the librettist, Alice Goodman, let the terrorists speak for themselves. Certain passages, steeped in the Koran, now read like...
You might think that an orchestra would seize the opportunity to present such acutely relevant material. But Mark Volpe, the Boston's managing director, was quick to give reasons for the cancellation. In the "Klinghoffer" choruses, the orchestra was to have been joined by the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, one of whose me...
John Oliver, the conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, had been looking forward to the "Klinghoffer" performance, but he understood the management's decision. "The opera opens with a Chorus of Exiled Palestinians," he told me. "It is a mysterious, beautiful piece that contains some very violent language. There i...
Adams was not swayed by these arguments. "I grieve for this woman's lost companion and for all victims of the attacks," he said. "But my opera is not a work of anger and violence. It strives for compassion and understanding." Adams was especially irritated that a letter he received from the Boston Symphony contained th...
In place of the "Klinghoffer" choruses, Boston audiences will hear Aaron Copland's First Symphony, a now unobjectionable work that caused some controversy in its day. In 1925, on the occasion of the première, the conductor Walter Damrosch said of Copland, "In five years he will be ready to commit murder." Letting the a...
U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit: Contenders from ... Canada?
Michigan was once the ice-dance capital of the country.
A long list of U.S. champions and Olympic medalists were made in Michigan — cranked out like they were coming off an assembly line on ice.
Teams that trained in Michigan won the national title in ice dancing for 14 straight years (2004-17), usually beating out other teams from Michigan. It was common for Michigan teams to dominate the top three, if not top four, places at national competitions.
But over the last few years, several elite teams have left Michigan and are now training in Montreal, the new hot spot for ice dancers.
It's like the Motor City has a new export to Canada — elite ice dancing teams.
Now, here comes the twist — or twizzle, if you will: those teams are coming home this week.
Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue, who now train in Canada, will return to Detroit to defend their national title in ice dance at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships at Little Caesars Arena.
“We are really excited to perform in Detroit,” Hubbell said in a teleconference. “I’ll have a lot of family at the arena. It’s going to feel really wonderful to defend our title with so much support in the crowd."
Hubbell, who was born in Lansing, and Donohue trained at the Detroit Skating Club until moving to Montreal in 2015 to train under Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon — the hottest coaches in the world. Several former Michigan ice dance teams have bolted to Canada to work under Dubreuil and Lauzon, like free agent ...
Since making the move, the results have been remarkable for Hubbell and Donohue.
After winning the 2018 national title, Hubbell and Donohue took fourth place at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and then earned the silver medal at the World Championships.
They are undefeated this season and are favored to win their second national title after winning the 2018 Grand Prix Final.
Hubbell and Donohue don't have to look very far to watch their competition. They see them every day at practice.
Madison Chock and Evan Bates trained at the Novi Ice Arena until moving to Montreal last spring. They now work alongside Hubbell and Donohue.
“Maddie and Evan are looking incredible,” Donohue said.
They are friendly, close rivals.
It's nothing new to see ice-dance competitors practicing together at the same rink, at the same time. There is a long history of it. But that history used to be in Detroit.
Chock and Bates, who won the 2014 national title, finished in ninth place at the 2018 Games, in part, because Chock had a foot injury.
But they took 10 months off from competition after Chock had surgery on her foot.
Chock and Bates are still adjusting to new coaches and a new city. They are learning new techniques and say they feel invigorated. Chock had trained in Michigan for 13 years, while Bates had trained here his entire life.
“We needed, I think, a change, just to feel reinvigorated for the next four-year cycle,” Bates said. “Obviously, there is something special going on in the camp in Montreal. You see the success they’ve had, especially at the Olympics."
At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won the gold medal in ice dance, while France's Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron earned the silver — both teams trained in Montreal.
When Virtue and Moir decided to step away from skating, it opened up a spot for Chock and Bates to move to Montreal.
Now, here comes the irony: Virtue and Moir used to train in Canton, before they bolted for Montreal.
Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker are another team with a strong chance at a medal.
They used to train at Detroit Skating Club but moved to Montreal in the spring.
“We are both really excited to head back to Detroit,” Hawayek said. “It was our home for almost eight years."
Hawayek and Baker took fourth at the 2018 U.S. Championships and feel as if they have improved in Montreal.
What about the Shib Sibs?
Olympic ice dance bronze medalists Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani are sitting out the 2018-19 figure skating season.
But they stopped short of calling it a retirement. They could return after taking the year off. Still, they seem to be everywhere.
They were at the Golden Globes, and Maia had her picture taken with Olympic greats Nadia Comaneci, Bart Conner and Carl Lewis.
“NO BIG Deal,” she wrote sarcastically on Twitter.
Hangin’ at the #GoldenGlobes with @nadiacomaneci10, @bartconner, & @Carl_Lewis.
Hannah Miller, a junior at Michigan State, will be competing in the ladies event.
Over the last few years, she has battled a sports hernia and an ankle injury.
“She’s excited to be in Detroit,” Kirsten Miller-Zisholz, Hannah’s aunt and longtime coach. "She’s excited to be a hometown girl."
A top 10 performance is within reach. Maybe, even a top five.
Since the beginning of May 2018, the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii has been erupting. First a cloud of fragmented older lava, volcanic ash and vapor rose from the Pu‘u ‘O‘o crater on the summit, magma then migrated to the flanks, opening a series of fissures from where now lava is pouring out.
Around five weeks into the eruption, some residents of the town of Kalapana reported small, green crystals to be found on the ground, soon speculating that the crystals rained out from the eruption column or the lava fountains of Kilauea. The green crystals are olivine, a very common magnesium-iron-silicate mineral to ...
Single olivine grains and larger aggregates can be found as inclusions in basaltic lava. Olivine crystallizes at 3,450-2,190°F but basaltic lava has a temperature around 2,040°F, so even in the still molten lava first crystals of olivine start to form. Olivine is also a relative hard mineral, so it tends to erode out f...
Olivine sand from the Papakolea Beach on Hawai'i. Source and Credit: Wikipedia-user Tomintx, CC BY-SA 4.0.
As for the olivine discovered near Kalapana, about 12 miles distant from the active lava fissures, nobody actually saw the crystals falling from the sky. Cheryl Gansecki, a geologist at the University of Hawaii's Hilo campus on the Big Island, has now confirmed at a U.S. Geological Survey briefing that the crystals are...
Michael Garcia, a professor of geology at the University of Hawaii's Manoa campus in Honolulu, and his students have studied older lava deposits of Kilauea, including the lava flows of the 1983 eruption. The fresh olivine found in this lava is greenish-gray, not shiny and bottle-green as seen in photos published online...
Single olivine crystals inclusions in a piece of Hawaiian scoria. Source and Credit: Wikipedia-user Tomintx, CC BY-SA 4.0.
So the green crystals found near the fissure eruptions are likely not associated with the ongoing eruption, as they display not the fresh color of Kilauea's olivine, but olivine crystals weathered out from old lava rocks.
Hip hop legend Eminem, who has spent his entire professional career publicly dissing his mother Debbie Mathers, shocked the world last year when he released an apologetic song called "Headlights," featuring the vocals of Fun's Nate Ruess.
After much anticipation, I finally had the opportunity to watch Spike Lee's documentary, Bad 25, about Michael Jackson's historic album. And what a treat it was!
Los Angeles - The American Thanksgiving day holiday is traditionally an occasion when families come together before shopping on Black Friday to enjoy a good meal with the togetherness of television entertainment. This year, the ABC network is airing Spike Lee's Bad25.
Toronto - In "Bad 25" director Spike Lee pays homage to the legacy of Michael Jackson's chart topping, multi-million selling album "Bad," 25 years after it first came out. The documentary premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
It would be easy to make a documentary about Michael Jackson's controversial career and personal life; but instead of widening the scope, Spike Lee perfectly examines the making of the iconic Bad album produced 25 years ago.
Toronto - Movie lovers in Toronto will be able to get an early look at new films by Spike Lee, Paul Thomas Anderson and Brian De Palma this year. Today, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) announced some new titles that it has acquired for 2012.
'Bad' is finished and according to Spike Lee, the man who made the documentary on Michael Jackson and the making of his album of the same name, it's a rare look into Jackson and his art. This year marks the 25-year anniversary of the album.
Sanford - Recently, Spike Lee retweeted what he thought was the home address of accused Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman. It turned out he was mistaken: the address belonged to an elderly couple unrelated to Zimmerman.
‘Malcolm X’ is a 1992 biographical movie about the Muslim-American figure who went from a life of crime to civil rights leader. The special edition Blu-ray book is available January 31, 2012.
Recently Hollywood directors Clint Eastwood and Spike Lee have clashed on the history of African-Americans fighting at Iwo Jima.
Clint Eastwood has rejected Spike Lee’s criticism over the fact Eastwood did not use black actors in his two films, “Flags of Our Fathers” and “Letters from Iwo Jima”. Eastwood says he didn’t because there were none.
"The more he opens his mouth, the more damage he does," Director Spike Lee said of Jeremiah Wright, the Chicago pastor who has been a thorn in the side of Democrat frontrunner Barack Obama. "It looks like he's being paid to keep talking."
Director Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee.
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The house at 4 Pilot Rock Lane in the Riverside section of Greenwich has abundant waterfront views.
Built in the Shore Colonial style in 1956, it went through a major renovation beginning in 2015. It has a Cape Cod feel to it.
GREENWICH — Some houses in Greenwich feel like they could easily have arrived from another place, like Cape Cod, and mysteriously transplanted onto the shoreline of Riverside.
The house at 4 Pilot Lane is one such residence, as it feels like it has an abundant history connected with seafaring and maritime adventures. It also looks right at home on its coastal perch overlooking the water, at the end of a broad greensward.
Approaching the house, which was built in the shore colonial style in 1956, a façade of gray shingles and shutters gives it a rustic look. But on the inside, it’s all modern.
The view of the water is quite striking, as the house is set high off the ground on a little knoll, and out of the flood zone. There’s a view of Tod’s Point, beyond a landscape of sand and marshland.
The house was substantially rebuilt in 2015, adding the usual features that home-buyers want: An open kitchen, a family room, a large formal living room and family office on the first floor. The master bedroom has two walk-in closets, and it offers a panoramic view of the water. The lines are clean and modern.
The house is also in line with another market necessity. “It’s move-in-ready. No surprises,” said Johnson.
The interior is painted in neutral tones, decorated with grays and blues that accentuate the maritime flavor of the house. As part of the Harbor Point Association, the house comes with shared access to the beach and a deep-water dock. The house had two fire places, and a big chimney, set off against a sharply pitched r...
The house is distinctive through its blend of attributes and location, Johnson said. “The height, the view the privacy, and it feels casual,” he said.
The $6.995 million listing is being handled through Halsted.
The Rise And Fall Of Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac Bailing out the failed mortgage giants has cost taxpayers more than $130 billion. More than two years later, it's still unclear what comes next.
The failed mortgage giants have cost taxpayers more than $130 billion. What's next?
April 1, 2011 Sure the past year was a tough one for the millions of Americans who lost jobs or faced foreclosure, but at least some people did well. The top executives of bailed-out mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were paid very large salaries — without proper written procedures or analysis, accor...
March 30, 2011 There's widespread agreement that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should be abolished. But what will the mortgage market look like when they're gone?
March 29, 2011 Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac grew too big to fail. Then the mortgage giants followed the subprime lending industry into the abyss.
March 28, 2011 How Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac used ferocious lobbying and implicit government backing to grow rich and powerful.
Desi Smith/Staff Photo. Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken leads a group of children and the crowd, in the final count down at the annual lobster trap tree lighting held Saturday night on Main Street. December 12,2015.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today greeted Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on his birthday. In a tweet, Mr Modi said, under his exemplary leadership for the last 15 years, Chhattisgarh has witnessed notable transformations in several sectors. He said, Raman Singh's policies have benefited the state’s youth trem...
Mr Modi also greeted Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on his birthday. He said, Mr Naqvi has been working tirelessly towards fulfilling the government's vision of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas.
Prime Minister said, Mr Naqvi also worked assiduously for the BJP organisation.
Last month, the most iconic superhero in the world, Superman, turned 80. Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's creation of the Man of Steel changed comics forever, and the character's impact is still felt across the comics industry today. But so is the impact of another, darker aspect of Superman's origins: A creator's right ...
Ramen is everywhere because ramen can be eaten with pretty much anything and in any style but more importantly because ramen is almost always delicious. Designer Fanny Cheuk Chu previously made a poster that detailed 25 different varieties of ramen but is back with a bigger and better version that includes 42 styles of...
You can buy the poster on Kickstarter here. You can eat ramen wherever you want.
The possibility of Sessions becoming the nation’s top law enforcement official promises to set off a hot debate over the rights of states to tax and sell marijuana without federal interference.
The possibility of Sessions becoming the nation’s top law enforcement official promises to set off a hot debate over the rights of states to operate without federal interference.
Aaron Smith, executive director of the National Cannabis Industry Association, said that Sessions “has long advocated for state sovereignty” and that he needs to ensure that the wishes of state voters are respected. After last week’s election, more than 60 percent of Americans now live in states that have approved eith...
“I believe that President-elect Trump is someone who has a high regard for the 10th Amendment and states’ rights,” said Derek Peterson, chief executive officer of Terra Tech, a publicly traded cannabis company in California.
Sessions, however, is another matter.
Aaron Herzberg, partner and general counsel of Calcann Holdings, LLC, a California medical marijuana real estate company, called Sessions “the worst pick that Trump could have made” and warned that marijuana legalization in states such as California, Florida and Washington “may be in serious jeopardy” if Sessions is co...
“It appears that he is intent on rolling back policy to the 1980s Nancy Reagan’s ‘just say no’ days,” Herzberg said.
It appears that he is intent on rolling back policy to the 1980s Nancy Reagan’s ‘just say no’ days. He has displayed open hostility to efforts to legalize marijuana.

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