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![]() ![]() Other principals included Kristine Jepson as Kitty Oppenheimer and Beth Clayton as Pasqualita. On occasion, the music seems to fight the libretto (though much of it could succeed arranged as a concert suite). Adams' score is rich and varied, often sounding (intentionally) like postwar science fiction film scores and music by Edgar Varese. Much of the dialogue is not poetic in phrase or cadence and resembles traditional operatic recitative. Choreography adds visual energy either to enhance or distract from the fairly static movement of the piece. A chorus is used to set the stage and provide narrative continuity. While they absorbed voluminous factual material about the events in New Mexico, the final libretto also draws on the Bhagavad-Gita and poetry by Baudelaire and Muriel Rukeyser. Oppenheimer's own stress rises almost to the breaking point in a solo scene at the end of Act I where he agonizes on John Donne's sonnet "Batter my heart, three person'd God."ĭoctor Atomic is the brainchild of Adams and librettist/director Peter Sellars. Talk of uncontrolled detonation and of possibly igniting the world's atmosphere adds to the tension. Leslie Groves (Eric Owens).Įach man suffers his own brand of anxiety: Teller wants his bomb to prove itself as planned but expresses concern over the responsibility of scientists creating weapons of unprecedented destructive power Wilson amplifies the moral ramifications Groves gets so frantic about a persistent lightning storm that he threatens to hang the meteorologist (James Maddalena) absent a guarantee of good weather. Robert Oppenheimer (Gerald Finley), Edward Teller (Richard Paul Fink) and Robert Wilson (Thomas Glenn), with Oppenheimer as referee among them and running interference with Army commander Gen. The central intellectual interaction revolves around the three physicists, J. In that sense, it is a meditation on those states of mind. What to make, therefore, of the San Francisco Opera's production (which finished its run over the weekend) of Adams' fascinating new opera, Doctor Atomic, which is largely a sequence of dialogues and "arias" with virtually no action? Opening at the Los Alamos test site and covering the two weeks before the detonation at Alamogordo of the first atomic bomb on July 16, 1945, the opera zeros in on the personal anxieties of all the principals. Almost as soon as Monteverdi introduced his masterful Orfeo, in the early 17th century, other opera composers discovered that virtuoso singers attracted larger audiences and opted to write show-off vehicles instead of dramas set to music.Īs Baroque opera revivals today make plain, a solo aria stops the dramatic action dead in its tracks, a practice that has troubled dramatists, librettists and composers for centuries. JOHN ADAMS' operas not only tackle historic events, they also challenge the history and conceits of opera itself. The San Francisco Opera splits the atom in John Adams' new creation, 'Doctor Atomic' ![]() Robert Oppenheimer in the San Francisco Opera's production of 'Doctor Atomic.' Bomb Qualms: Gerald Finley plays a conflicted J. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In fact, these photos are all inspired by your favorite fall activities: planning a leaf-peeping trip, exploring hay rides and corn mazes, and visiting your local orchard for some apple picking (with, of course, homemade pie). These stunning shots will fast-forward you to the most beautiful months of all, and the best part is that you don't have to move one inch! Enjoy a sweeping, panoramic view of the mountains out West, a drive through picturesque little towns in New England, or a scenic walk through Central Park in New York City-all just as the leaves start to change colors! It's no wonder that people dedicate entire trips to visiting the best places to see fall foliage! After all, as Ree says, "When the fall finally arrives, the trees explode with brilliant colors." That's why we've curated a gorgeous collection of the best fall pictures. We can all agree, though, that the beauty of fall really shines through outside of our homes. Whether it's scented fall candles, watching a feel-good fall movie, or adding a little pumpkin pie spice to your favorite fall dessert-the magic of the season is everywhere. There's just so much to love about autumn. If you love fall like Ree Drummond, you're probably counting down the days until it's socially acceptable to break out your best cardigan, sip on a pumpkin spice latte, and embrace the chilly weather ahead. ![]() ![]() Apply a piece of transparent tape against the folds of skin around the anus to pick up any eggs or worms. ![]() If adult worms are not visible, conduct a tape test in the morning.The worm (one-quarter to one-half inch long) is clearly visible to the naked eye. At night, the adult worms can sometimes be seen directly around the anal area or in pajamas.How is a diagnosis of pinworm infection made?įinding the female worm or the eggs confirms the diagnosis of pinworms. Pinworm infections can be spread as long as either worms or eggs are present. They then move through the rectum to the lower intestine, where they grow to adult size within two to six weeks. The eggs may hatch while still attached to the skin around the anus. Pinworms can survive up to two weeks on clothing, bedding or other objects, if kept at room temperature.Eggs may be inhaled from the air or deposited onto food and swallowed.Pinworm eggs can also be transferred to the fingers from clothing or bedding, and then spread around the home.If the child then touches playmates or toys, he/she may pass on the eggs. By an infected child not washing hands after using the bathroom.Pinworms can then be spread in the following ways: Pinworms are spread when an infected person, most often a child, has scratched his/her bare anal area and the eggs get under his/her fingernails. girls may experience vaginal itching and irritation (vaginitis), if pinworms are near the vagina.If it is a severe infection, symptoms may include:.Itching around the anal area, difficulty sleeping and irritability.What are the symptoms of a pinworm infection? Cases of pinworm infection are seen most often at schools, daycare centers and other institutional settings. School-age children, followed by preschoolers, have the highest rates of infection. Pinworm is the most common worm infection in the United States. The eggs are laid in a sticky, jelly-like substance that, along with the wriggling of the female pinworm, causes severe itching. While the infected person sleeps, female pinworms leave the intestinal tract and lay their eggs on the skin around the anus. Pinworms are white, parasitic worms that can live in the large intestine of humans. Last Reviewed: October 2011 What are pinworms? All Health Care Professionals & Patient Safety.Clinical Guidelines, Standards & Quality of Care.Health & Safety in the Home, Workplace & Outdoors.Birth, Death, Marriage & Divorce Records. ![]() ![]() The videos of the new features didn't tell me very much so I got the trial. That said when V2 was announced I was curious exactly what was new and if I really needed it regardless of cost. I don't use many of AP features as it's an occasional tool for composite photos via layers. Software of any kind is only beneficial to those who need it- know how to use it, which in itself is a significant consideration. Unlike Affinity's primary competitor, Adobe, users purchase a lifetime license, and no subscriptions are available. There's also Affinity V2 Universal License, which is $99.99 (regularly $169.99) that includes Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Photo 2 and all three iPad apps. Affinity Photo 2 for iPad is $11.99 for a limited time (regularly $19.99). It will cost $79.99 following the launch promotional period. The desktop versions are Affinity Photo 2 and costs $40.99 for a limited time. Within Affinity Photo 2, users can target a specific hue range when creating masksĪffinity Photo 2 is available on macOS, Windows and iPad. jxl offers larger dimensions, more channels, improved image quality and more. The format supports lossy and lossless compression, and it's designed to better handle wide color gamut color spaces with high dynamic range. JPEG XL (.jxl) files are becoming more widely supported. Rounding out the major updates is JPEG XL support. With luminosity masking, users can target specific brightness values within their image If you frequently make changes to different layers or use layers to create 'versions' of the same image, a new saved layer state feature lets you quickly review specific types of layers based on color tag, layer type, name and lock status. For example, you can make precise adjustments to just the shadows, only highlights or any luminosity range in between.įor retouchers, band-pass is a type of mask that is focused around edges in an image, which should be helpful for editors who work on different frequency layers. ![]() Alongside the hue range mask, Affinity Photo 2 includes the ability to mask specific luminosity ranges. ![]() There's a new hue range mask tool, meaning you can create a mask based on a specific color in your image. Texture artists will enjoy the new ability to adjust lighting information baked into normal maps.Īffinity Photo 2 includes non-destructive raw image editingĪffinity Photo 2 also includes Live Masks, a non-destructive mask that updates automatically based on the properties of the underlying image. For example, you can use the non-destructive warp to make an image look natural on a warped page in a magazine or book. While less photo editing for photographers and more for graphic designers, a new live mesh warp feature lets users distort an image or file to match the surface of an underlying template. Serif writes, 'This means separate masks you have created can be maintained non-destructively while creating new masks based on those component parts.' Speaking of masks, you can combine multiple mask layers non-destructively with add, intersect, subtract and XOR operations. ![]() ![]() ![]() Gram’s method involves staining the sample cells dark blue, decolorizing those cells with a thin cell wall by rinsing the sample, then counterstaining with a red dye. As noted above, the decolorization step is critical to the success of the procedure. In addition to the clearly gram-positive and gram-negative, there are many species that are “gram-variable” with intermediate cell wall structure (Beveridge and Graham 1991). It is the thickness of the cell wall that characterizes the response of the cells to the staining procedure. In Gram-negative bacteria it also dissolves the outer membrane of the gram-negative cell wall aiding in the release of the dye. The decolorizing mixture dehydrates cell wall, and serves as a solvent to rinse out the dye-iodine complex. The crystal violet stain is small enough to penetrate through the matrix of the cell wall of both types of cells, but the iodine-dye complex exits only with difficulty (Davies et al. Gram-positive bacteria have a thick mesh-like cell wall, gram-negative bacteria have a thin cell wall and an outer phospholipid bilayer membrane. This cell wall provides rigidity to the cell, and protection from osmotic lysis in dilute solutions. Do not smear.īacteria have a cell wall made up of peptidoglycan. Blot gently and allow the slide to dry.However, the purple gram-positive color is not altered by the presence of the counter-stain, it’s effect is only seen in the previously colorless gram-negative cells which now appear pink/red. The counterstain stains both gram-negative and gram-positive cells. Rinse the slide with a counterstain (safranin or carbol fuchsin) which stains all cells red.Rinse with water to stop decolorization.The decolorization of the cells is the most “operator-dependent” step of the process and the one that is most likely to be performed incorrectly. This step washes away unbound crystal violet, leaving Gram-positive organisms stained purple with Gram-negative organisms colorless. The important aspect is to ensure that all the color has come out that will do so easily. This can be done in a steady stream, or a series of washes. Decolorize the sample by applying 95% ethanol or a mixture of acetone and alcohol.This acts as a mordant and fixes the dye, making it more difficult to decolorize and reducing some of the variability of the test. Add iodine (Gram’s iodine) solution (1% iodine, 2% potassium iodide in water) for 1 minute.The heat-fixed cells should look purple at this stage. Allow to stain for approximately 1 minute. Crystal violet (a basic dye) is then added by covering the heat-fixed cells with a prepared solution.Do not let the glass become hot to the touch. Heat fix the slide by passing it (cell side up) through a flame to warm the glass. Fix the cells to the slide by heat or by exposure to methanol.Take a fresh culture-old cultures stain erratically.This could make gram-negative organisms appear to be gram-positive or gram-variable. Take a small inoculum-don’t make a thick smear that cannot be completely decolorized.The culture can come from a thick suspension of a liquid culture or a pure colony from a plate suspended in water on the microscope slide. First, a loopful of a pure culture is smeared on a slide and allowed to air dry.The importance of this determination to correct identification of bacteria cannot be overstated as all phenotypic methods begin with this assay. The method is named after its inventor, the Danish scientist Hans Christian Gram (1853-1938), who developed the technique in 1884 (Gram 1884). Gram staining is an empirical method of differentiating bacterial species into two large groups (Gram-positive and Gram-negative) based on the chemical and physical properties of their cell walls. ![]() This article first appeared in the PMF Newsletter of February, 2006 and is protected by copyright to PMF. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Waldorf School of Baltimore's early childhood education (2.5 years through Kindergarten) offers a rich language program, where beautiful and complex stories from various cultures and countries are presented orally or accompanied by puppetry, feeds children’s imagination, builds vocabulary, and supports the development of literacy. We hope you enjoyed learning the secret of the Winter Solstice as much as our early childhood students do! Then Fox took them back to their snug home under the roots of the giant oak tree where they dreamed wonderful dreams, waiting for the warmth of spring and the fun they would have with the little Sun King. And all the creatures within the grove sang with them. The fairies sang to the Baby Sun King, songs of the coming spring, the sweet smelling flowers, the bumbling bees, and all the secrets of the forest during the long days of summer. The winter would come to an end after all! Every year the Sun King must come to the ancient grove during the darkest days of winter where he dies and receives new life again.” "That is the great secret of the Winter Solstice. ![]() "How can this little baby be the Sun King?" "But Brother Gnome said the Sun King was dead," the fairies answered. "He is the newborn Sun King," said the fox smiling. The little fairies moved closer until their eyes laid on what was in the very center of the grove. "They are all smiling and happy," said Rose as she looked around at all the woodland creatures. ![]() "Why, the whole of the forest must be here!" said the little fairies, as they slid to the snow covered ground. The fox carried the little fairies right through a spiral of trees right to the center of the grove, then knelt down. It was the most beautiful music the sisters had ever heard. The beautiful music carried over the cold, still, moonlit air. "Listen!" Zinnia said as they neared the grove of ancient trees. The fox knelt down so the Faeries could climb up. "Climb on my back, warm yourselves in my fur, I will take you there swiftly." ![]() "To the ancient grove," they answered, shivering. "Where are you going, fairies?" Fox asked. They flew through icy wind, until they came across their friend the fox. The fairies left their warm home and trudged off through the snow toward the ancient oak grove. "I don't know, perhaps if we go, we will see what brother gnome was talking about." Answered Zinnia as she pulled on her hat.” "What did Brother gnome mean?" Rose asked as she gathered up her cloak. "Hurry, Hurry, don't be slow! To the Ancient Oak Grove together we shall go!" He danced out of the door and disappeared. Come and see." Brother Gnome danced and jigged around the room. The three Fairies looked at him in surprise. "There is a secret to the Winter Solstice." "Oh, little child-fairies." The gnome reached for Rose’s hand and pulled her to her feet. "If the Sun King IS dead, it will be winter always. "How can you be happy and laughing?" Rose frowned at the gnome. "Now hurry, or we'll be late for the celebration!" "The Sun King is dead." Brother Gnome said, his round dark eyes sparkling with laughter. "We are too sad to celebrate," Daffodil said wiping her eyes, "The Sun King is dying, haven't you heard?" Rose opened the door and a little gnome pushed inside, shaking the glistening snowflakes off his coat and hat. "Why are you hiding instead of joining the Forest in our Solstice celebration?" "Hello, Fairies," called out a loud voice. As they huddled together, there was a knock on the tiny door of the great oak tree. Everything will be winter forever!" Rose and Daffodil tried to comfort their sister, but they were all very sad. "Dying? Oh, what will we do now?", little Zinnia started to cry, "If the Sun King dies, our plant friends will not grow. "The great oak said he's dying" answered her sister, Daffodil. "I saw the Sun King today," the fairy named Rose said "He looked so old and tired as he walked off through the forest.” Outside, the wind blew cold and snow covered the ground. Once upon a time, on a frosty December night, a group of little Fairies huddled in their home deep under the roots of a giant oak tree. ![]() ![]() It is certainly contributing to your current situation. However, we will warn you that engaging in this activity and having this kind of software installed on your machine will always make you more susceptible to re-infections. P2P - I see you have P2P software installed on your machine.(uTorrent) We are not here to pass judgment on file-sharing as a concept. Note: If a security program requests permission from dig.exe to access the Internet, allow it to do so. * A Notepad document should open automatically called checkup.txt * Post the contents of that document in your next reply. Security Check * Double-click Security Check.bat * Follow the on-screen instructions inside of the black box. Copy and Paste the JRT.txt log into your next message.On completion, a log (JRT.txt) is saved to your desktop and will automatically open.Please be patient as this can take a while to complete depending on your system's specifications.The tool will open and start scanning your system.If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7, right-click JRT and select Run as Administrator Click this link to see a list of security programs that should be disabled and how to disable them. Temporarily disable your Antivirus and any Antispyware real time protection before performing a scan.Shut down your protection software now to avoid potential conflicts.Warning! Once the scan is complete JRT will shut down your browser with NO warning.Paste the log in you next reply (CTRL+ V).When disinfection is completed you can click on "Copy to Clipboard".Click on "Apply actions" You may be asked to Restart your computer to completely remove the infections.When the scan is complete make sure all the infections have "quarantine" selected in the Action box.The scan may take some time to finish,so please be patient.Click on Threat Scan and click on Scan Now.It should update automatically if the computer is connected to the internet.Double Click mbam-setup.exe to install the application. Please copy and paste this log in your next reply. Please click on the OK button to allow AdwCleaner reboot your computer.A log will be produced. You will now be presented with an alert that states AdwCleaner needs to reboot your computer. Please read through this information and then press the OK button. When it is done it will display an alert that explains what PUPs (Potentially Unwanted Programs) and Adware are. AdwCleaner will now delete all detected adware from your computer. Please do so and then click on the OK button. AdwCleaner will now prompt you to save any open files or data as the program will need to reboot the computer. To remove the files that were detected in the previous step, please click on the Clean button. AdwCleaner will now start to search for malicious files that may be installed on your computer. When the AdwCleaner program will open, click on the Scan button as shown below. If Windows prompts you as to whether or not you wish to run AdwCleaner, please allow it to run. AdwCleaner Before starting AdwCleaner, close all open programs and internet browsers, then double-click on the AdwCleaner icon. You will also have to transfer the logs you receive back to the good computer using the same method until we can get the computer back on-line. If you use a storage device hold the shift key down while inserting the USB storage device for about 10 secs. I prefer a CD because a storage device can get infected. If you can't access the internet with your infected computer you will have to download and transfer any programs to the computer you're using now and transfer them to the infected computer with a CD-RW or a USB storage device. Absence of symptoms does not mean that everything is clear. Your security programs may give warnings for some of the tools I will ask you to use. It is important that you reply to this thread. Please DO NOT run any other tools or scans while I am helping you. If you don't know or understand something, please don't hesitate to ask. ![]() The fixes are specific to your problem and should only be used for this issue on this machine. This may or may not solve other issues you have with your machine. I will be working on your Malware issues. I will be helping you out with your particular problem on your computer. Hello and welcome to Computer Hope Forum. ![]() ![]() ![]() Both Albert and Lester attended Gabor's funeral in 1995. When Green Acres was canceled in 1971, Albert and Lester remained close friends and continued to stay in touch until Albert's death in 2005. The two guest-starred on The Beverly Hillbillies, which featured Albert's good friend, Buddy Ebsen, for one episode. Lester referred to Eddie Albert as his "surrogate father". With the death of Mary Grace Canfield, who portrayed Ralph Monroe, on February 15, 2014, Lester was the last surviving regular cast member of Green Acres. He still participated in autograph shows and fan forums, often dressed as Eb Dawson. Lester was a farmer and for many years had been a Christian speaker who traveled the nation, preaching a message of faith and obedience. In 2014, he starred with Ray Stevens and Victoria Jackson in the comedy Campin' Buddies. In 2004, he was the voice of the unseen DJ for KCOW radio station in the movie Christmas Child (starring William R. In 1991 he played the adult Pete Maravich in the film about the future basketball hall-of-famer's youth, The Pistol: The Birth of a Legend. During the mid-1970s to early 1980s, his roles included guest spots in Little House on the Prairie, Marcus Welby, M.D., Knight Rider and Love, American Style. He returned to his parents' home in Laurel, Mississippi, but continued to do an occasional movie or TV role. In 1990, he reunited with Albert and Eva Gabor to reprise his role in Return to Green Acres. Career after Green Acres Īfter Green Acres, Lester was typecast as Eb Dawson. After six seasons, Green Acres was cancelled in 1971 as part of CBS's " rural purge". The show's explanation for Eb's absence was that he had eloped and was on his honeymoon. Lester appeared in nearly every Green Acres episode between 19, with the exception of the first half of the 1967–68 season when he was ill with mononucleosis. Each year during the show's summer hiatus he would travel the country and speak at churches, youth rallies and revival meetings and at one time worked for the Reverend Billy Graham's organization. Even during the height of Green Acres' popularity, Lester lived modestly in a small apartment over a garage in the San Fernando Valley. Īs several Green Acres characters also appeared in episodes of two other CBS series – Petticoat Junction and The Beverly Hillbillies – Lester, as Eb Dawson, also occasionally appeared on those shows. His recurring role soon became a regular character due to the character's and the show's popularity. Lester later said he won the role because he was the only actor who auditioned who knew how to milk a cow since he grew up on a farm in Mississippi. Lester beat around 400 other actors to play the character after a screen test. ![]() In the early 1960s, Lester appeared in a play with CBS producer Paul Henning's daughter Linda Kaye Henning (Betty Jo Bradley of Petticoat Junction), and Lester soon found himself auditioning for the role of Eb Dawson, farmhand to Oliver Wendell Douglas (played by Eddie Albert) on Green Acres. She suggested he begin work in the Little Theater, which he did, acting in showcases at the North Hollywood Playhouse. "Eb Dawson" role Īfter moving to Hollywood, Lester met radio and character actress Lurene Tuttle, who became his friend and acting coach. In his early 20s he attended the First Baptist Church of Beverly Hills, California. Īfter college he taught school in Purcell, Oklahoma, but he left for Los Angeles. He briefly attended graduate school at the University of Southern Mississippi, but acting became his main interest. Īfter he graduated from Laurel High School, he attended the University of Mississippi, where he was a member of the Sigma Nu Fraternity, and received a B.Sc. He discussed his plans and his dream of becoming an actor with his parents. At that time he said he thought the Lord's plan for his life would deliver him to Hollywood, California, to embark on an acting career. In 1948, he became a born-again Christian, and became involved in the Baptist church. Lester was born in Laurel, Mississippi, one of two children (both sons) of Pat Lester (1913–2009), an accountant with Gulf Oil, and Mary Sue (Thornton) Lester (1914–2009), a manager with Home Interiors and Gifts. He appeared in two feature animal films, Gordy and Benji. He was best known for his role as farmhand Eb Dawson on the television show Green Acres. Thomas William Lester (Septem– April 20, 2020) was an American actor and evangelist. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This collaborative sandbox game works well with open-ended projects where students construct their understanding and create their own adventures.Michelle Wendt, in SmartBrief, writes (amended slightly for readability) the following about these virtual environments: Isn’t that amazing? Don’t take my word for it. That means you can create and adapt it for your use in schools, and give it away for free to your students to take home. But what if you could find an alternate creative space as a free, open-source solution? A solution that would be available at no cost to anyone who wanted it? That’s where Minetest comes in. Games that allow for creative production foster players’ abilities for creative expression.įor many schools, playing, crafting, and learning have been limited to one solution that costs money, even if it offers extra benefits. If you can build it, you can better understand it. Visualization makes it easier to understand complex concepts. The immersive environment of virtual reality worlds engages children and hones their storytelling skills. Allowing children to become heroes of a story they create with others is powerful. Virtual reality worlds make that possible. It’s important that children have open-ended spaces to build and explore. A few of the ways it does that are highlighted in this AR article: ![]() Virtual reality offers a way to encourage creativity in children. ![]() |
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