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One of the most famous opening images in Broadway musical history will get cheers and applause May 2, when the curtain slowly rises a foot or two to reveal an army of 37 hoofers tapping and stamping their feet in 42nd Street at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts on Broadway.
The curtain ascends to reveal the entire stage picture, of course, but the striking first image — a Broadway chorus audition in 1933 — reveals everything that's to come in the backstage musical: Sweat, drive, hard work, enthusiasm, rhythm and precision. In short, "those dancing feet."
The new revival, directed by the show's co-librettist, Mark Bramble, began previews April 4 at the Ford Center, which has entrances on both 42nd Street and 43rd Street, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. The May 2 opening marks the final day of eligibility for the 2001 Tony Awards and thus is the end of the 2000-2001 Broadway season.
Fans of the smash musical, 42nd Street, can rest easy that director Mark Bramble is not tearing up and repaving the 1980 musical comedy in a way that will make the upcoming Broadway revival dark, brooding or conceptual. It has been rethought, and slightly revised, however. Choreographer Randy Skinner said about two-thirds of the choreography is all new, and there is a tap-dance curtain call finale. The title number has a number of surprises as well, including the use of a massive lighted stairway that gives height and drama to the precision hoofing.
Perhaps the most striking feature of the new staging is the use of a massive, tilted mirror that descends (during the "Keep Young and Beautiful"/"Dames" sequence) to show an overhead view of the chorus girls engaged in the sort of precision floor ballet that Busby Berkeley made famous in his old Warner Bros. films. Bramble told Playbill On-Line the show has always been "a true valentine to musical comedy," and it can't support the sort of dark vision of, say, Cabaret or Chicago. "We're not making it dark," Bramble said. "The film is a melodrama, and the novel is darker yet. In fact, it will be more colorful."
Still, Skinner notes, the show offers more flesh than in the past — designer Roger Kirk has two-piece costumes for the girls in the "We're in the Money" sequence, for example.
Bramble co-wrote the book with Michael Stewart (who died in 1987) and directed the London premiere. He also staged a reconceived version in Holland in 2000. That show was the template for this production, though there are new bells and whistles for this staging. The Holland producer Joop van den Ende is one of the producers of the New York revival and encouraged the creative team to think big.
"Everything technical has changed in these last 20 years," Bramble said. "We have an entirely new physical production, using all of the modern technology available today."
Bramble said the standard-packed Harry Warren-Al Dubin score of the show is intact (though some songs are assigned to different characters) and two songs ("Keep Young and Beautiful" and "With Plenty of Money and You") have been added. "I Only Have Eyes for You" is also part of the score, as it was on Broadway ("I Know Now" was also part of the original run, before it was replaced by "I Only Have Eyes For You").
The company includes Christine Ebersole (as aging diva Dorothy Brock), Copenhagen's Michael Cumpsty (as gruff producer Julian Marsh), Kate Levering (as Peggy Sawyer), Mary Testa (as writer-actress Maggie Jones), Jonathan Freeman (as writer-actor Bert Barry), Mylinda Hull (as jaded chorine Anytime Annie), Billy Stritch (as pianist Oscar), Richard Muenz (as Brock's love, Pat Denning, and understudy to Cumpsty) and David Elder (as tenor-tapper Billy Lawlor).
David Merrick produced the splashy original production in 1980, and it ran more than eight years. It won the 1981 Tony for Best Musical. The revival of 42nd Street is produced by Dodger Theatricals, Joop van den Ende and Stage Holding. The original run played 3,486 performances.
When the revival was announced, choreographer Randy Skinner was initially billed as "recreating" Gower Champion's Tony Award-winning choreography, but the musical staging and choreography are, in fact, almost all new here, and the work is Skinner's. Insiders have always known it was Skinner who was responsible for the tap dances in the original show; Champion's strength was more athletic work and larger stage pictures. The role of Billy Lawlor is more athletic now, because actor David Elder can do both taps and gymnastic moves.
The design team includes Doug Schmidt (sets), Roger Kirk (costumes), Paul Gallo (lighting). Todd Ellison is musical director, Donald Johnston is dance arranger and wrote additional orchestrations. The original film was based on a novel by Bradford Ropes.
42nd Street was a surprise smash when it opened in August 1980, directed and choreographed by Gower Champion, who died hours before the opening curtain. Drawn from the film of the same name, and fueled by a score culled from various Warner Bros. movie musicals, the tuner told of young Peggy Sawyer, the chorine from Allentown who steps in for the ailing Broadway star — and becomes a star herself.
The score includes "Lullaby of Broadway," "We're in the Money," "You're Getting To Be a Habit With Me," "Young and Healthy," "I Only Have Eyes For You," "Shuffle Off to Buffalo," "Dames" and more.
The revival cast includes Michael Arnold, Allen Fitzpatrick, Tamlyn Brooke Shusterman, Catherine Wreford, Megan Sikora, Michael McCarty, Brad Aspel, Mike Warshaw, Shonn Wiley, Jerry Tellier, Becky Berstler, Randy Bobish, Chris Clay, Michael Clowers, Maryann Myika Day, Alexander deJong, Amy Dolan, Isabelle Flachmann, Jennifer Jones, Dontee Kiehn, Renee Klapmeyer, Jessica Kostival, Keirsten Kupiec, Todd Lattimore, Melissa Rae Mahon, Michael Malone, Jennifer Marquardt, Meredith Patterson, Darin Phelps, Wendy Rosoff, Megan Schenck, Kelly Sheehan, Jennifer Stetor, Erin Stoddard, Yasuko Tamaki, Jonathan Taylor, Elisa Van Duyne, Erika Vaughn, Merrill West.
Added to the revival is "Keep Young and Beautiful," a section within the "Dames" number. Mary Testa (who plays the Betty Comden-like writer of the show-within-the-show, called Pretty Lady) sings it with the chorus girls. Annie Lennox recorded "Keep Young and Beautiful" a few years back.
"With Plenty of Money and You" has also been added, as a new dance section for Peggy (played by Kate Levering) in Act Two, before "Shuffle Off to Buffalo." Bramble said it was a chance to "deliver the actress as a star" before the major tap ballet, "42nd Street," at show's end.
"In 1980, we had always intended that opening night of Pretty Lady on Broadway would be a sequence of three numbers," Bramble said. "It was always our intention, structurally." Schedules and timing didn't allow that to happen, but Bramble and choreographer Randy Skinner have rectified that in 2001.
The book has some "nips and tucks" this time around ("I'm never opposed to adding another wisecrack," said Bramble), and characters such as Oscar, the rehearsal pianist, have been enhanced. He's now played by the gifted cabaret pianist-singer arranger, Billy Stritch.
But the director knows not to fix what isn't broken. "This is American mythology, these are mythological characters," he said.
Bramble enthuses, "I think it's so neat at the beginning of the 21st century to have a show called 42nd Street playing on the reinvented 42nd Street — that the audience goes into the Ford Center on a journey back in time, 68 years ago back into the last century, to see a world of Broadway that no longer exists."
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"Come and meet those dancin' feet," goes the line from the famous title tune of the Broadway musical, 42nd Street. Never mind meeting the feet. At a March 7 press preview of the new Broadway production of the classic show within-a-show, you could feel the dancin' feet, as 40 plus tapping hoofers literally shook the seventh floor of Radio City Music Hall.
Director and co-author Mark Bramble said that 42nd Street would boast the biggest cast on Broadway: 55 people in all, most of them armed with tap shoes. Bramble emphasized that the new mounting — which comes roughly two decades after producer David Merrick's original version opened at the Winter Garden Theatre — would have a completely new look and be "the most beautiful and sexiest show on Broadway."
It will certainly be the loudest and dancing-est. The preview began with the "Audition" number, in which a crowd of hopeful tappers, tested by dance captain Andy Lee (played by Michael Arnold), try to make the cut for the big new show to be directed by the powerful Julian Marsh. The number segued into a comic scene introducing Mary Testa and Jonathan Freeman (in owlish Alexander Woollcott glasses) as Maggie Jones and Bert Barry, the writers and producers of something called Pretty Lady.
Soon after, actress Kate Levering, in a brief mint-colored dress and carrying a suitcase bigger than herself, entered as wishful and naive starlet Peggy Sawyer. She and David Elder, as Billy Lawler, one of the theatre's "better juveniles," then sang "Young and Healthy." Though Sawyer is late for the audition, Lawler coaxes her into singing her way into Lee's heart. But she only succeeds in running smack into Julian Marsh (Michael Cumpsty, imperious in a leather jacket, and a long way from the physics and moral quandaries of Copenhagen).
Accompanied by Billy Stritch (who is Oscar, the on-stage pianist), Christine Ebersole, the show's leading lady Dorothy Brock, sang a quiet, understated rendition of "I Only Have Eyes for You."
After that, however, it was back to tap-dancing and more tap dancing. Bramble talked about the production of 42nd Street he opened in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, last year. "One problem in that show is that at the end the audience wanted more dancing and more tapping. We decided to put in a number, which [choreographer] Randy [Skinner] has created. We called it the Tap Mega-mix." Levering proceeded to lead the cast in an extended bout of hoofing. After that, the cast sang a few bars from "The Lullaby of Broadway."
For Ebersole — who, between The Best Man and Encores!' A Connecticut Yankee, has worked consistently this season — 42nd Street marks her first Broadway musical since 1985's Harrigan and Hart. Much of the reason for that gap is her departure for Los Angeles six months after the latter show. Recently, however, she and her family moved to New York after 14 years on the West coast, and she's happy to be back. "There's nothing like a musical," she enthused, "the overture and the kids out there tapping. Musical theatre is really 'its-ville.'"
Asked if it was difficult going from the high drama of Copenhagen to the show-biz histrionics of 42nd Street, Cumpsty observed that the characters of physicist Werner Heisenberg and Julian Marsh are "not that different. [Marsh] is insanely passionate about what he does, often to the detriment of the people around him."
Cumpsty saw the original 42nd Street many times and was excited about being part of the new mounting. He admitted to some nervousness about the singing requirements, but found, to his surprise, that Copenhagen had partially prepared him for his new role. "There was so much text [in Copenhagen, and we had to do it fast. I think I retrained my diaphragm in a way singers have to train their diaphragm."

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The Black Stars gave a proper send off to Ghanaians on Friday after posting a 6-1 results against a local side
Ghana's World Cup side c 6-1 in a farewell game on Friday ahead of Brazil 2014.
The Black Stars proved their superiority over the Dream Team throughout proceedings making it difficult for the local side to find their rhythm.
Chelsea winger Christian Atsu hit a hat-trick as Marseille's Jordan Ayew, Albert Adomah of Middlesbrough and Milan's Sulley Muntari added the remaining three.
Ben Adjei earned the consolation for his side from the spot to make it 6-1 at the final whistle.
The game ended Ghana's first phase of preparation for the World Cup in Accra and will be heading to The Netherlands on Saturday to begin camping ahead of a friendly against the Oranjes on May 31.
The Black Stars will then face off with South Korea on June 9 before the group game battles against US, Germany and Portugal in Brazil.
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Special Issue: Football, Politics and Popular Culture in Managing Sport and Leisure.
Martin J. Power1, James Carr1, Stephen R. Millar2, Dan Parnell3, Paul Widdop4
1University of Limerick, Department of Sociology, Limerick, Ireland
2Cardiff University, School of Music, Cardiff, UK.
3Manchester Metropolitan University, School of Business, Manchester, UK.
4Leeds Beckett University, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds, UK.
Managing Sport and Leisure is a refereed journal that publishes high quality research articles to inform and stimulate discussions relevant to sport and leisure management globally. The journal is committed to publishing research that advances understanding of the practice of sport and leisure management in the public, voluntary and commercial sectors, internationally. It will appeal to anyone with a serious interest in contemporary sport and leisure management issues, including academics, managers, consultants, politicians and students.
One of the key objectives of the journal is to provide a high level forum for communication between academics and practitioners of sport and leisure. Therefore, Managing Sport and Leisure aims to be contemporary, integrated and, most importantly, relevant to practitioner training. Contributions are welcome and expected from both academics and practitioners throughout the international sport and leisure management community. In addition, the journal welcomes submissions from those investigating new and innovative areas of research and practice in sport and leisure management.
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Association Football has always been political, protesting, corruption, nationalism, military propaganda, political symbols, religious messages and more have intertwined with game since its conception. Perhaps, a symbolic example of these bedfellows happened on 13th May 1990, just weeks after parties favouring Croatian independence had won the majority of votes in an election. A riot between the fans of Dinamo Zagreb and Red Star Belgrade was notable for one event. Zvonimir Boban, the Zagreb captain and future AC Milan star kicked a police officer who had allegedly been mistreating Croatian fans. Some argue that this moment symbolically marked the end of Yugoslavia, with a devastating Civil War following soon after with many of the protagonists swapping the terraces for the front lines.
Clubs, players and fans are enmeshed within politics. Clubs have been born as a result of population upheavals and migration; have been associated with ethno-national and religious communities, political ideologies and parties to name but a few. In the contemporary context, football continues to be tied to political events and symbols. The ongoing migration of people seeking refuge in Europe has witnessed voices raised by football supporters both in support of and opposition to migration, whilst football has been a welcome form of escapism from refugee camps and social isolation on housing estates, it has also be a mobiliser for various factions of populism politics, especially those from the far right of the political spectrum. Racism and anti-racism practices play out on and off the pitch. Broader contemporary international political controversies such as the prohibition of the flag of the Palestinian State or the wearing of symbols such as the British poppy continue to spark controversy among player, fan and political communities alike. Media?
Football also manifests at times in artefacts of music and broader popular culture. Football chants for example are a sophisticated socio-political activity, which connect to early forms of communication where humans used music, chant, and dance to bond as social groups. 'Performance' also has a unique ability to make difference visible and audible, and songs in particular have been shown to have powerful agency in the negotiation of 'Self' and 'Other'.
There is a growing body of literature exploring the management, marketing, and governance of association football. The purpose of this special issue of the journal is to provoke a broad, interdisciplinary, and critical discussion about the football politics and popular culture in Association Football (as a form of entertainment, recreational or occupational activity). To move the scholarship in these areas forward we encourage submissions from scholars both inside and outside of the sport management domain (e.g., sociology, social psychology, political science, gender studies, history, social media and fan studies, musicology criminology etc.).
Possible topics speaking to the management, marketing or governance of association football from elite, community and grassroots include (but are not limited to):
- football and migration
- football and racisms
- football and ethno-national formation
- football and conflict (Ethno-national, Ideological, Sectarian etc.)
- football and identities
- football and class politics
- football, gender and sexualities
- football and Fan culture
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Kathy & I are excited to let you know we are making the trip down to the Magnolia Market for the second time for what looks to be a wonderful event in Waco.
"Spring At The Silos" is here! March 16 – 18th, 2017.
We are heading down to Waco, TX today for this wonderful event that everyone down at the Magnolia Market has put together. There will be over 100 vendors to see and many other great activities over the next few days. Our goal is to enjoy everything the event has to offer and also capture a few interviews for future release on the show. See you there!
Find more information here: Spring At The Silos
Artisans from across the country will be gathering at the Silos for a vendor fair where they will be offering unique goods and more. NO tickets needed, and entry will be free! – Magnoliamarket.com
On this episode Kathy discusses the Homestead Wallpaper from the Magnolia Home collection that is featured in the bathroom at the Magnolia Market. We are always watching to see if Joanna will feature a new wallpaper or how she will incorporate a unique wall texture. This pattern is a beautiful scenic wallpaper of a traditional family farm complete with barn, silos, outbuildings, farmhouse, cattle gate, bridge and stream running through the wooded land. Joanna's Homestead Wallpaper from the Magnolia Home collection by York Wallcoverings.
This paper now available for only $33.95 per single roll! CLICK HERE to order online from our Arlington, TX showroom.
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text: (Adds strategist comment, Fed minutes impact; updates prices) * Canadian dollar ends at C$1.3023, or 76.79 U.S. cents * Bond prices lower across the maturity curve By Alastair Sharp TORONTO, May 18 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar weakened sharply on Wednesday as the Federal Reserve signaled U.S. interest rates could rise sooner than investors were anticipating, boosting the greenback. The loonie settled weaker than C$1.30 for the first time since early April, as oil prices also retreated in the face of the Fed saying a rate hike was possible at its June meeting. Tactically, "the Fed is trying to introduce two-way risk around the Fed meeting," said Mazen Issa, a senior foreign exchange strategist at TD Securities. The Canadian dollar settled at C$1.3023 to the greenback, or 76.79 U.S. cents, much weaker than Tuesday's close of C$1.2903, or 77.50 U.S. cents. It last closed weaker than that on April 7. The currency's strongest level of the session was C$1.2894, while its weakest was C$1.3037. It has outperformed some other major currencies against the greenback given a sustained recovery in oil prices since February, although last week it touched C$1.3016, its weakest in one month. But closing above C$1.3020 on Wednesday makes further dollar/Canada upside more likely, Issa said, with little resistance noted until C$1.32. Hot and dry weather and strong winds were expected to push a massive wildfire near Fort McMurray, Alberta eastward on Wednesday, threatening facilities and work camps in the oil sands region. Economists had already been expecting a sharp slowdown in Canada's economy after a strong start to 2016. Lengthening the timeline for oil production to return to normal levels could add downside risk to the outlook, according to a research note on Wednesday from BMO Capital Markets, which projects flat growth in the second quarter. Foreign investment in Canadian securities climbed for a third straight month as foreigners bought a net C$17.17 billion ($13.25 billion) worth of securities in March, mainly in bonds, Statistics Canada said. Canadian government bond prices were lower across the maturity curve, with the two-year price falling 9.5 Canadian cents to yield 0.635 percent, and the benchmark 10-year down 44 Canadian cents to yield 1.365 percent. Investors are awaiting Canadian wholesale trade data for March, set for release on Thursday, while Canada's March retail sales data and April inflation data are due on Friday. (Additional reporting by Fergal Smith; Editing by W Simon and James Dalgleish)


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How to Clean Install Windows 10/8/8.1 from USB
How to activate Windows 10 with OEM/Retail Key?
Before you begin, make sure to download and install correct edition of Windows 10. Activate with following steps after the installation is complete:
- Go to 'Control Panel > All Control Panel Items > System' and click 'Activate Windows' or 'Change Product Key'.
- Click 'Activation' and enter the Product Key you bought. Now your Windows 10 has been successfully activated.
To check activation status in Windows 10, select the Start button, then select Settings > Update & security > Activation.
Why Windows 10 is The Best
Why You Should Upgrade to Windows 10
- The Start Button is Back and is Actually Helpful. The Start menu in Windows 10 has similarities to its counterpart in Windows 7 but also has some surprises, more customizable.
- Cortana: the personal assistant for Windows 10. Cortana is easily one of the coolest new features of Windows 10.
- Action Center: the new action center is where you'll find app notifications and quick actions.
- R.I.P. Media Center: Windows Media Player in Windows 10 can copy your CDs to your PC as MP3 files, the industry standard for digital music.
- Windows Edge: Microsoft Edge is faster, safer & gives you longer battery life. Stream 4K & take notes on web pages.
- Universal Apps with Universal Windows Platform (UWP): You can develop apps for UWP with just one API set, one app package, and one store to reach all Windows 10 devices – PC, tablet, phone, Xbox, HoloLens, Surface Hub and more.
- Multitask with the Task View Feature: Snapping in Windows 10 a great way to use your screen real estate more efficiently if you have several apps open. T
- Microsoft Office Apps: Microsoft is now making available the full (Win32) desktop versions of the Office apps, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, and Publisher, in the Windows Store for devices running Windows 10 S.
- Security: Windows 10 is the most secure version of Windows yet! With built in security tools, like Windows Defender, BitLocker, & more, your information is protected.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE INSTALLED WINDOWS 10 Home ON YOUR COMPUTER
1. You have to download Media Creation Tool
After that:
1. Run the media creation tool.
2. Select Create installation media for another PC.
3. Select the language, edition and architecture (64-bit or 32-bit) for Windows 10.
4. Follow the steps to create the installation media, then select Finish when it's done.
5. When you're ready to perform a clean installation, turn on your PC, insert the DVD or USB flash drive you created, then shut down your PC.
6. Restart your PC, then press any key to boot from the DVD or USB flash drive.
If you restart your PC and your current version of Windows starts, you might have to open a boot menu or change the boot order in your PC's BIOS or UEFI settings so that your PC boots from the media.
To open a boot menu or change the boot order, you'll typically need to press a combination of keys (such as F2, F12, Delete or Esc) immediately after you turn on your PC.
For instructions on changing the boot order for your PC, check the documentation that came with your PC or goes to the manufacturer's website.
If changing the boot menu or order doesn't work, try again by signing in to Windows, shutting down, then starting your PC.
7. On the Install Windows page, enter your language and other preferences, then select Next.
8. Select Install Windows.
9. On the Enter the product key to activate Windows page, enter your product key.
10. On the Licence terms page, if you accept the license terms, select I accept the license terms, then select Next.
11. On the Which type of installation do you want? page, select Custom.
12. On the Where do you want to install Windows? page, select the partition that you want, select the formatting option that you want to perform (if needed), then follow the instructions.
13. When you've finished formatting, select Next.
14. Follow the rest of the setup instructions to finish installing Windows.
If Windows isn't able to activate online, you'll have the option to activate Windows 10 using an automated phone system.
1.Press and hold the button "Windows" and the button "R" to open the "Run" window.
2.Note: Another way to open the run Windows is from within the start menu of the Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 system.
3.Write in the "Run" window the following command: "SLUI 4".
4.Press the "Enter" button on the keyboard.
5.You will now have a "Phone Activation" window in front of you.
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By Chyrisse Tabone, Rock At Night Tampa Correspondent
Venue: Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida–October 11, 2017
Rock At Night is definitely a Jon Anderson and Yes fan as we have enthusiastically featured The Anderson Ponty Band and Anderson, Rabin, and Wakeman (ARW) in the past. It was just this April that Yes was finally inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with members Bill Bruford, Steve Howe, Tony Kaye, the late Chris Squire, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman, and Alan White. This honor was way over due, in my opinion, as these guys laid down the foundation for Prog Rock.
So finally, I was excited to see ARW at my favorite venue, Ruth Eckerd Hall, in Clearwater, Florida. The acoustics are always primo, the seats comfortable, and the lighting, well, PERFECT. What more can one ask? Since I was a poor teenager in the day I never had the opportunity to see Yes during their Prog Rock hey-day (except for the 80s- 90125 era), so this was a special treat. Last year I saw the touring Yes incarnate with Steve Howe but without Jon Anderson, it just did not have that "oomph". Let's face it, Jon Anderson IS Yes!
ARW started the evening with "Cinema" by reincarnating the eighties, with two of the original members of that era, Jon Anderson and Trevor Rabin. Then, the band segued into "Perpetual Change" with keyboard virtuoso, Rick Wakeman, behind the massive semi-circle of synth and keyboard wonder. Hearing any song mix of polyrhythms and poetic lyrics totally took me back to my "tube top days", cruising in my boyfriend's conversion van, and playing the cassette full blast. Actually, by gazing into the jam packed audience, some of the concert patrons were still dressed in the attire of the era. There were plenty of concert t-shirts, short-shorts, skin-tight tank tops, and "Yes" tattoos proudly on display.
Rabin did a wonderful job of singing harmonies during the show and switched out guitars for almost every song. Anderson never seems to age, despite some health issues in the past, as he is blessed with a full head of hair–and his voice seems to be as magical as it ever was. He quipped between songs saying "I need to lie down and have a cup of tea" and bowed, pursing his hands together in gratitude, as he received several standing ovations during the evening. He added, "It would mean anything without you!"
During the playing of the song "Awaken", I noticed a couple of fans, standing with arms and palms raised, as if in mass. Wakeman was a wild man on the organ and a sight to behold. He was switching between synths, organ, and piano, like the master at his throne. Of course, he was donning the traditional Prog Rock cape, and resembled perhaps, Henry the 8th, behind a colossal keyboard. Really, listening to old Yes is like hearing modern classical music. My thought was, "How did these guys compose this complicated, beautiful music at such a young age?"
A really welcome part of the evening was listening to Lee Pomeroy on bass faithfully reproduce the Chris Squire parts. Louis Molino III was a joy to watch as he drummed and added special percussive touches with mallets on toms, xylophones, and triangle "pings", familiar to Yes songs. During the evening Anderson added acoustic guitar and even harp to the mix as Yes songs were brought to life.
The evening came to a close with "Owner of a Lonely Heart", a song penned by Rabin, which put Yes back on the charts during the New Wave and Arena Rock Era of the 80s. Rabin, many may not realize, is a master of film scores, so it is always wonderful to see him play live. Finally, the band paid homage to Cream by playing "Sunshine of Your Love" and ended the evening with the wildly favorite "Roundabout" as the encore.
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- Perpetual Change
- Hold On
- South Side of the Sky
- And You and I
- Changes
- Rhythm of Love
- I Am Waiting
- Heart of the Sunrise
- Awaken
- Owner of a Lonely Heart
- Sunshine of Your Love
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Senorita Alba is our featured Dominican Darter in this report. – – Johnny's brother Gary has been showing him some of the amazing parts of the Dominican Republic which we'll have in upcoming reports. But as we're now in "the" major darts area of the DR – we now bring you this report. The lovely Senorita Alba is Gary's friend and joined the brothers in Sosua and Cabarete for some beach photos by Gary as well as a visit to Voy Voy.
Gary's beach photos of Alba in her swimsuit are on Sosua Beach – probably the most popular beach in the area and no wonder why. It's a beautiful sandy beach that's great for swimming. Back up from the beach in the tree line are various businesses with everything from food – cold drinks and souvenirs for sale. Johnny opted to skip the beach trip and spend the afternoon in intellectual conversation with the patrons of Spany's Bar where the brothers were staying in their upstairs rooms.
Not at all unusual there was a power outage in Sosua – so we moved to Cabarete. After checking into some beachside rooms – we were off to get something to eat and found ourselves at Voy Voy. This place is really popular with so many beach and sea activities including sail surfing and beach volleyball. They also have a great menu with reasonable prices and of course icey cold beer.
Gary brought Johnny to this place last year and from a darter's perspective this is a really unique darts bar. Without a doubt – if there were a top ten list of most unique dart throws – Voy Voy would be on that list if not in the number one position. A spiral staircase leads up to the darts area. At the top of the stairs is a ramp that leads over to the darts area loft. Hopefully the photos of Alba will give you some idea of how different this darts throw area is.
We hope to pop over to Costambar for a visit as they had regular weekly darts events last year. But right now is the low season so we will update on the darts scene in Costambar. As mentioned earlier – The Puerto Plata region (Costambar – Sosua – Cabarete) is the main area for darts in the DR. We also have some interesting video going over some remote mountain roads that we'll have posted here as soon as Johnny can sus out how to accomplish that. But that's all for this report from your diligent DT reporter – Miss Ting Tong


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Teaching children about the Earth's orbit can be a little tricky without some form of three-dimensional visual aid. Thankfully, you and your class can make one using some inexpensive foam balls, markers and craft wire. You could even use this craft as a means of testing the student's knowledge of the Earth's orbit.
- 1 large foam ball
- 1 small foam ball
- 1 marble-size foam ball
- Washable markers
- Craft wire
- Wire cutters
Color the large foam ball orange and yellow for the sun.
Color the small foam ball blue and brown for the Earth. Older students could even sketch the continents.
Color the marble-sized ball grey, for the moon.
Cut a 24-inch piece of craft wire and form it into a loop. Poke the earth ball and then wrap the ends together.
Cut another piece of wire, just long enough to go from one end of the large loop to the other. Poke the sun ball with this wire and position the sun in the middle of the large loop.
Cut one last piece of craft wire just long enough to stretch across the width of the oval and place it through the earth ball, connecting the moon's orbit to the earth.
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OXON HILL, MD — One year ago, when the Conservative Political Action Conference convened for its annual gathering, participants were positive about Donald Trump's 2016 election victory, gleeful that Hillary Clinton did not win, but unsure about what the future would bring. So they danced around their new leader's ascent gingerly.
(There was also the issue of CPAC's failure to endorse Trump as wholeheartedly as his base. In 2016, Trump ended up cancelling his planned speech at CPAC under threat of a walkout, and he came in third in CPAC's presidential straw poll.)
Matt Schlapp, whose American Conservative Union puts on the event, noticed the change this year from 2017.
"Last year I think people were a little bit still little in a state of shock. You know, did this really happen?" Schlapp told the Review Journal. "This year I think there's more of a feeling of, it's working. For conservatives the agenda that the president's put out there is just working so well."
Trump was aware of the group's misgivings. At the start of his 75-minute address Friday, he said, "Remember when I first started running? Because I wasn't a politician, fortunately. But do you remember I started running and people would say, 'Are you sure he's a conservative?' I think now we've proved that I'm a conservative, right?"
A year ago, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus sat with Chief Strategist Steve Bannon at a session designed to defuse stories about a feud between the two. Bannon famously announced that the Trump administration was committed to "the deconstruction of the administrative state."
Trump later fired both aides. The important thing is "the president is still deconstructing the administrative state," David Bossie, long-time Trump adviser and head of the conservative group Citizens United, asserted after Trump's CPAC address.
John Cox, a businessman who is running for California governor as a Republican, said he didn't think that Trump, a former Democrat whose positions often varied from GOP doctrine, was truly conservative.
"I didn't vote for him," said Cox, who has attended CPAC conferences for years.
Would he vote for Trump in 2020? "Absolutely, with bells on," Cox answered, who is thrilled with Trump's judicial picks and the effective U.S. assault on ISIS.
Trump still grates on Cox, who acknowledged that for all the policy pluses, "the trouble is the personality." Cox described Trump as the opposite of President Barack Obama, who is highly likable as a human being, but whose policies offended Cox.
As a candidate in a very blue state (with no Republicans in statewide office), Cox is aware of the difficulties Trump could present for his campaign. And it's not just because of Trump. Cox also blames the media for "unrelentingly negative" coverage.
Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson thinks Trump's tenure in the White House will make it impossible for a Republican to win statewide in another blue state, New Mexico.
"If you're running," he explained, "you'd be expected to defend him."
As for Nevada's governor's race, Johnson predicted a Democratic win — then posited that his 2016 election loss suggests he is no expert.
It says something about CPAC that Johnson met well-wishers and selfie-seekers wherever he walked at the conference — even though he ran against Trump as a Libertarian candidate for president in 2016.
While most attendees seemed happy to embrace Trump as a fellow conservative, Johnson was not so sure. Yes, he said, Trump is conservative "in some ways. He reduced taxes — but he didn't reduce spending and I think that's part of the conservative equation."
Johnson presented a view on Trump that runs contrary to what others say. He thinks Trump doesn't rate as a conservative because he does not communicate well.
"I don't know his thought process," said Johnson. "Part of the art of governing is to communicate why you do things. I think he's done a really poor job of that."
As an example, Johnson said, he doesn't understand Trump on Afghanistan. "What's your information on Afghanistan that you're doubling down on Afghanistan, instead of getting out, which is what you said during the campaign?" (Presidents can change their mind, Johnson stressed, he just wants to know what factors led to the change.)
Other CPAC attendees confided their misgivings on an off-the-record basis, but they wanted to stay on the Trump train.
Schlapp, whose wife, Mercedes, a high-profile defender of conservative causes in her own right, joined the White House communications team in September, said, "The room itself with the president, we've never had that many people in that room. And he had a lot of fun in the speech. He connects with these people."
Contact Debra J. Saunders at [email protected] or 202-662-7391. Follow @DebraJSaunders on Twitter.


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Discussions are ongoing between police and community representatives over the erection of paramilitary flags in parts of the borough.
It follows a wave of complaints from residents describing the UDA/UFF flags and banner on Greenisland's Station Road as "intimidating". It is thought a number have also been mounted around the Woodburn Avenue area of Carrickfergus
Councillor Noel Williams, chair of Carrickfergus Policing and Community Safety Partnership, said it was his understanding that police have been "inundated" with complaints over the issue.
Revealing the Alliance Party has been contacted by almost 30 people, he commented: "It is difficult to see how in the immediate future it will be resolved. I would like to see it being resolved to the satisfaction of the various communities."
East Antrim MLA Davy Hilditch said the DUP had also received a wave of complaints.
"I was in the area on Saturday morning on constituency business and it was one of the most raised issues. Of those who have been in touch, most people have no issue with the Union Flag or Northern Ireland flag. But they are not happy with this."
Adding that those responsible for putting the flags up were not garnering support from the community, the former councillor said he has raised the matter with Carrickfergus Borough Council and the PSNI.
UUP MLA Roy Beggs said: "I'm disappointed the progress that has occurred over the last number of years where we have seen some reduction in paramilitary flags, that improving trend has sadly come to an end.
"I would hope that those who have erected them will recognise the lack of support in the community for paramilitary flags and they themselves will bring them down."
In response to the Carrick Times, police confirmed they received reports of a number of flags being erected in the Lower Station Road area of Greenisland.
A statement from the PSNI continued that "local police are actively engaged in discussions and conversations with local councillors and community representatives with a view to achieving a successful resolution".
The statement added: "It is of note that no single body or agency has the answer to all of the issues surrounding the flying or the removal of flags in Northern Ireland.
"The experience within policing shows that the approach most likely to provide for public safety and prevention of disorder is based on the principles of engagement between local communities working with agencies including local police and resulting in local decision-making.
"The removal of flags is not the responsibility of the PSNI and police can only act to remove flags where there are substantial risks to public safety. This is entirely in line with existing PSNI policy and practice and does not represent any change in that policy."
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2010 really has started off as a crazy year and I'm feeling like my brain is all over the place.
I have tons of ideas but no time to follow through on them (sigh…). Lots of things I need to take photos of to show you guys and no time to actually do everything I want to do. So forgive me for posting light. I've been thinking of taking a few days off of work just so I can get myself caught up in my blogging world but I don't think that's going to happen. I'm so behind that I'm just mailing off the prizes from my giveaway for my blog birthday today (finally).
So I'm getting it together, slowly but surely. I've stumbled onto some great drugstore finds lately and have to talk about transitioning into spring but just give me a moment to collect myself. Okay?


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Who is Sharvette?
Sharvette Mitchell is the owner of Mitchell Productions, LLC, a company created to provide stylish online marketing solutions. As the owner and designer, Sharvette creates effective websites and online marketing tools that assist ministries, non-profits, small businesses, authors and artists with showcasing their organization/ministry or products and services to the world! Remember: A website is a necessity.. not a luxury. Sharvette's goal is to enable your website to push your ministry, products or service to the next level. Sharvette's degree in Marketing from Virginia Commonwealth University and her natural creative flair makes the web design process fun and efficient.


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Get your Twitter business strategy right: Part 1 of 7
I use Twitter a lot, and at the time of writing have amassed 18,000 relevant followers, of which around 80% are UK based. Polite people often ask how I have achieved this and how they can replicate it, cynics ask how much money I've paid for them. In this series I'm going to show you how I have done it, and by duplicating these methods you can do it too and use Twitter to grow your business. By the end of the series you should easily be able to increase your Twitter following by 200+ per week of relevant followers.
Disclaimer: I'm not some 'self appointed' social media expert, and many of the things I'm going to tell you to do, such an expert would advise otherwise. The difference is, I'm not charging you, this will get results quickly, and once setup, requires little effort and maintenance. If you end up spending more than 10-15 minutes a day on Twitter, you're doing it wrong.
This tutorial consists of seven parts, and it's quite important you read them in order:
- Why Use Twitter?
- Tweet Your own content several times a day
- What is the purpose of Direct Messages?
- Auto-tweeting others' content
- Maximise your followers
- Avoid the 'twitter ratio'
- Summary
Why Use Twitter?
I'm going to assume you are already using Twitter but want better results for your business. If not then this is the wrong guide for you as I'm not going to show someone who has never used Twitter how to use it – you need to go and Google a beginner's guide, then come back here.
Most businesses use Twitter to tweet about their business, and this in itself is not wrong (entirely), but they also use it to follow other people they might be interested in, friends, suppliers, competitors, so they can keep an eye on what they are tweeting about. WRONG! If you really want to do this, open a second Twitter account and use it that way. This is not how to use a Twitter account to promote your business. If you are doing this, stop doing it right now!
By all means get involved in conversations, retweet items of interest, but remember that at all times, this is the face of your business. Your potential customers do not want to know that your cat is frisky (unless that IS your business), what you ate for breakfast, or some mundane 'Good morning' shout-out to the blogosphere. This will harm your reputation. This is a business account, not a personal interests account, so stop doing that stuff right now!
You are using Twitter so that you can sell more of what you do and nothing else. You can do this with a little bit of direct promotion, but above all, you need to use Twitter to demonstrate that you are an expert at what you do. So remember these two rules:
- You are using Twitter because you want to sell more stuff
- You need to use Twitter to promote your expertise in your particular field
If you find yourself doing anything else on your Twitter business account, ask yourself why before you do.
I think that's enough for part 1. I'd love to know what you think, leave your comments below. Tell me about your experiences with Twitter so far.
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While I agree on most of what you have covered in this section, I think there should be some personable tweets in there, it's a fine balance. I think if you show a more lighthearted side as well as the usual promotion/business talk, people can see there is genuine personality behind the account rather than a money hungry corporation. Obviously this still represents your business, so you need to be careful what you are tweeting, blending humour with professionalism and relevancy.
Thanks for taking the time to comment. I do agree, it's a fine balance, but if I follow a business account I don't expect to see personable tweets like how they spilt their breakfast down them or other irrelevant items. I guess it comes down to what image you wish to portray – small one person business or larger corporate. Each has their own merits. I guess the important point is "Don't ignore your customers (or potentials) – do engage with them". If engagement goes off into the irrelevant then embrace it.
I think also the problem with humour is what you find funny others may find offensive (including your boss). If you are the boss then fine, otherwise be sure you are not breaching company policy.
This is really an interesting article indeed. Thanks for sharing your thoughts about this business strategy using twitter.
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I received this message from a woman interested in getting a dangerous genital piercing:
Dear Elayne,
I have been looking into a piercing for quite a while now, but it is a rather rare one. I have asked two different piercers about it and was refered to you.
I am told that you are one of the best and can give me the best opinion/advice. While looking at genital piercings, I saw a Nefertiti and I am now set on it. It is a combination of a christina and a vertical hood. I need to know what you think of it and who you would recommend.
I am 98% positive I have correct anatomy for it however they were both concerned about a flexible bar and the fact that it is so long. My friends mom is an OR nurse and looked into the bar and said it was alright. If you could look into it I would greatly appreciate it. I have done some of my own before and could attempt it but am worried about getting it straight and the correct needle and would rather have a professional do it.
I know you are probably busy but this would mean a lot to me as it is my "dream" piercing. If you could either tell me what your opinion is or give me a number and times I could reach you it would be awesome. If you do not want to I understand, but would like to know that so I am not waiting for a reply. Thank you very much for your time.
Sincerely, Z
Hi Z.,
Thanks for your email.
The reason I don't cover the Nefertiti or the Isabella piercings on my webpage is because I don't do them; I consider them too risky. (I do however, have an actual clitoris piercing, and will do those on women who are anatomically suited. I say this by way of explaining that it isn't just the intensity of the piercing itself that is my concern.)
I am listed as an expert witness on the subject of body piercing for TASA (Technical Attorney Referral Service). The one case I was called upon to testify involved a piercing that was a VCH that extended through the tissue above where a VCH would normally be placed and went to the border of the pudendal cleft (like Nefertiti piercing does). The woman had hemorrhaged following the piercing and subsequently lost all sensation in the area--her sexual pleasure was ruined.
Therefore, I decided against doing or recommending these piercings based on that truly unfortunate and absolutely unacceptable outcome. Another woman contacted me as she had requested that her piercer perform a VCH on her, but she ended up with a Nefertiti instead. She said that childbirth was less painful!!!
I hope you will consider a safer piercing for yourself. Unfortunately, some piercings are best left in the fantasy realm. Not to say you couldn't find someone to do it for you--the question is, would the potential risk of the loss of your sexual pleasure be worth it for a certain aesthetic? (Because for sensation, the VCH is great, and for aesthetics, the Christina is FAR less risky.)
Where are you located? Perhaps I can recommend a skilled piercer in your area to take a look at you and make some other suggestions based on your anatomy? My book, The Piercing Bible, contains a great deal of information for everyone interested in piercing. You might want to hold off making a final decision on a piercing until you can read it, as it contains loads of information about evaluating piercers and studios, piercing placements, appropriate body jewelry sizes, styles, and materials, aftercare, and much, much more.
Alternatively, you can get it from major booksellers, or buy direct from Amazon.com, and it is available as an eBook, too. Also, if you'd like to see me performing piercings, and demonstrating exactly where they should be placed and how quickly and easily an expert can perform them, I've got videos available here.
Let me know if you have other questions.
Sincerely, Elayne Angel
The Piercing Bible--The Definitive Guide to Safe Piercing


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|List of groups
|How to start a group
|Typical meeting etiquette
|Attending meetings of other fellowships
A suggested meeting format
- Opening affirmation or prayer. (Most recovery meetings begin and end with a prayer, as important reminders to ground ourselves in our best intentions and to remain open to spiritual solutions. We suggest using prayers or affirmations that are as inclusive as possible, ones that are not specific to a particular religion or set of beliefs. C.G.A.A. groups are not affiliated with any religion and are open to all who seek recovery from gaming addiction, regardless of personal beliefs on religion or spirituality.)
- Statement of what C.G.A.A is and is not. Computer Gaming Addicts Anonymous is a fellowship of people who support each other in recovering from the problems resulting from excessive game playing. C.G.A.A. is not affiliated with any political agenda, religion, or outside interests. Our single purpose is to abstain from gaming and to help others find freedom from the effects of gaming addiction. We have no membership requirements beyond the desire to stop gaming.Our groups share their collective experience and the principles that helped them. Each of us is free to try out or disregard the suggestions of the program and other members. We have no professionals and no affiliation with any professional or government services. Our groups are financed by voluntary contributions from members and accept no outside funding.
- Description of the meeting format. (Does the chair qualify before the discussion? Do people share round-robin, as chosen by the chair, or free style?)
- Our single purpose. We ask everyone to confine our discussion to recovery from gaming addiction. We share experience, strength and hope, and refrain from cross-talk and advising. Please keep shares brief enough to allow everyone a chance to participate.
- Welcome newcomers. Is there anyone new here today? Welcome! We are glad you are here.
- Optional: The chairperson briefly qualifies by sharing a bit of personal history with gaming and recovery.
- Optional: A reading from recovery literature. (C.G.A.A. approved literature is recommended. See the Literature section.)
- Discussion topic. The chairperson suggests or asks for a topic. If newcomers are present, the topic of Step One is appropriate.
- Discussion. One person shares at a time. The chairperson might speak up to discourage cross-talk or to bring the discussion back to recovery from gaming addiction.
- Seventh Tradition collection. The Seventh Tradition states, "Every C.G.A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions." There are no dues or fees in C.G.A.A. but we do have expenses. The money we collect pays for things like rent and literature.
- Anonymity reminder. Who you see here, what you hear here, when you leave here, let it stay here.
- Closing affirmation or prayer


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Under the organization of our partner AGEA Group, the International Student Recruitment and Registration Event was held in Saudi Arabia. Kadir Has University joined the other higher education Turkish institutions and participated in the Fair represented by the International Office for Education and Collaboration's International Student's Recruiter Mr. Volkan Yuca.
The educational event lasted for 3 days, it took place in a different major cities; Jeddah, Riyadh, and Dammam. Mr. Yuca was able to meet and greet new prospective students both local and international during this short yet efficient period. Thousands of students were introduced to Kadir Has University, and studying abroad in Turkey. They had the chance to discuss KHAS's programs, and offers with Mr. Volkan who answered their questions and guided them smoothly through the registration process.
Mr. Yuca, and other Turkish University representing participants in the fair also took the chance of being in the Holy Lands of Saudi Arabia and were able to visit Mekka and perform Umrah as part of the Muslim religious practices.
The whole event and the visit were a great experience, as KHAS had the chance to broaden it's range of international students even more. We are awaiting our new students eagerly, and looking forward towards future visits to Saudi Arabia! 🙂


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The Lilith Blog 1 of 2
May 2, 2017 by Sharon Leder
In 2001 I moved to beautiful Cape Cod, where I completed my novel, The Fix, about addiction in the Katz family, a fictional name I used to camouflage my own family. I find it ironic that since then, this scenic coastal location has become one of the heroin capitals for opiate-related crime. I am also deeply saddened that the rate of heroin overdose in Massachusetts is double the national average. A heroin epidemic now ravages our country, just as one did following World War II, when my own father died of a heroin overdose.
On the evening of December 17, 2015, I attended the preview of filmmaker Steven Okazaki's HBO documentary, Heroin: Cape Cod USA. On the screen, I watched eight young adults lay bare their lives as addicts before the camera. The wonderland of sea, sky, and sand that drew me to the Cape to write is the very same place these young men and women became addicted. Initially many of them had access to overprescribed painkillers like Vicodin and oxycodone. But the skyrocketing price of these medications sent the fledgling addicts to the streets of Cape Cod or to OrganicCBDNugs. Ever since cannabis was legalized in the United States, causing Mexican cartels to lose the marijuana market, heroin from Mexico has been dirt cheap.
When the screening ended, four of the eight young "stars" of the film had the courage to speak to the audience in person as part of a panel. We learned that two of the eight had died from overdoses after the film was shot. We observed a moment of silence in their honor and mourned their loss.
One of the panel members said, "Nothing will change unless the public sees the problem."
Another added, "We're great kids who fell into this thing. It can happen to anyone."
When the panel turned to the audience for comments, I was moved to speak because my father didn't have the opportunity to live in these times of greater awareness. I wanted these brave young people to know what a great step they were taking to share their stories publicly. I stepped in line behind the microphone and told what happened to me in the 1950s and '60s, when heroin addicts like my father had to suffer in secret because the shame went so deep and the stigma could not be shaken.
My Family's Story
I didn't fully forgive my father until I had gone through the long process of writing extensively about my past, a process of continual revision that lasted thirty years.
When I began this effort, I used the conventional form of memoir, writing in the first person. I characterized my father more negatively then—as selfish, irresponsible, and immature.
What was missing then was a fuller understanding of what my father was really up against. Raised by first-generation Austrian-Polish observant Jews when anti-Semitism was flaring up before World War II, he became addicted as a teenager. By the time he died, his addiction had lasted for close to thirty years. In the 1950s, when my family tried to force him to find a cure—against his will—the available methods were expensive and ineffective. I remember my father hoping that addictive drugs, not only methadone but also heroin, eventually would become legalized, so he could benefit from medical maintenance of his condition. Though we have seen the legalization of marijuana in some parts of our country and around the world, discussions of legalization have not extended to heroin in the United States, and the black-market industry that supplies heroin illegally has grown to a trillion dollars.
A Feminist Awakening
Obsessive academic achievement was my way of escaping from depression and grief. I was bent on proving by my success that I was worthy of the love my father hadn't shown to me. When I was a junior in college, I met my first husband.
Although he was bright and politically progressive, he held one temporary job after another. He was older than me and had dropped out of college several times. I was attracted to him because he showed me love and physical attention, and I thought I could help him graduate from college. I didn't recognize then that I was following the same pattern my mother had set: marrying a man who was wounded in a certain way and assuming the role of caretaker to help him regain his pride and productivity. We married after I thought I was pregnant.
At that time, I was drawn to the Women's Liberation Movement. The consciousness-raising meetings I attended in different women's Manhattan and Brooklyn apartments helped me see that women were being socialized to heal men's ailments, and men's treatment of women as sex objects were social problems, not just my own private experience. What was, in fact, "normal" were the problems hundreds, maybe thousands, of women had with men who were enjoying the privilege of having wives.
After seven years of marriage during which my husband continued taking various temporary jobs and pursuing his hobbies while I was the steady breadwinner teaching college English, I felt I needed to leave my marriage in order to preserve my sense of self. By that time, my love of women's literature and student-centered teaching put me at odds with the traditional English departments where I was teaching. With the division of assets that resulted from our divorce, I made the good decisions to undergo therapy and return to graduate school. My goal was to teach in the interdisciplinary field of Women's Studies that was growing around the country.
The flowering field of women's literature inspired me to write my memoir as a novel, following the advice of Virginia Woolf. In her famous essay A Room of One's Own, Woolf made several points that applied to me. She believed that women couldn't find their authentic writing voices if they wrote in angry defiance, because anger causes writers to be stuck on themselves rather than on their subjects. And she believed fiction was a genre enabling women writers to remove themselves to a significant degree from personal injuries and resentments and reach essential truths that moved beyond the mere facts.
I realized that if I wrote my story as fiction rather than as a memoir, I would need to find the good and the strong in all the major figures who shaped my painful childhood. Novels require well-rounded characters because human beings are multidimensional, with many complicated sides to their personalities.
I therefore credit my mother for sharing with me the attractive sides of my father's personality that drew her to him in the 1930s—qualities she continued to see in him even as he struggled, and failed, to overcome his addiction. I admire her strength in keeping our family together without demonizing the man who could have turned into a total monster in my child-eyes. My mother's persistent hope, living side by side with her anger, that our situation could improve enabled me to remember all the good things that happened to me under my father's influence.
My relationship with my mother improved after her short-lived second marriage ended in annulment. In a little less than a year, the financial success her new husband claimed to have proved fraudulent, and my mother and I were able to provide true emotional support for each other, openly discussing life's ups and downs.
Healing at Age 70
Now that I am seventy years old, married to a sensitive and loving man, and retired from teaching, I've been in a twelve-step program for over a year. In the process of finishing my novel, I realized that part of my family's problem was our secretiveness and isolation. Personal reflection and therapy did not enable me to see my situation as a child of a heroin addict in the same kind of social terms that I had come to understand my position as a woman. It took belonging to a twelve-step community for me to understand the ways heroin addiction affected other women and men.
I wish my father had had the benefit of twelve-step teachings—teachings that view substance abuse as an illness that causes brain dysfunction. Such a view encourages those who are addicts and the people affected by them to come forward and reach out for help, instead of feeling shame because of their problems.
In my case, the shame was exacerbated by being raised Jewish. Jewish communities often deny that addiction occurs within them, and addicts are often stigmatized and shunned.
The move to coordinate twelve-step values with the precepts of Judaism (started by Rabbi Abraham Twerski) has helped pave the way for addiction recovery. Perhaps someday my father's vision also will be realized. Perhaps someday it will be possible for addicted users of heroin to participate in legalized medical maintenance programs combined with competent counseling.
Wholeness in Community
I have decided to publish my "fiction"—what the twelve steps calls my "personal inventory"— in the hopes that those who haven't had personal experience with heroin addiction can empathize with the Katz family's predicament, and those who have been affected by addiction can feel the worth of sharing one's story. The twelve steps teach that addiction is a family trauma that affects the behaviors of the addict and those close to the addict.
Had I been part of a twelve-step program earlier in my adult life to address this trauma, I might have overcome the fears I had about being a properly caring parent. I was too afraid that, as a parent, I would re-create a dysfunctional situation similar to the one I had experienced.
For me, it's been a liberating experience to face the past as squarely as I could manage, share my experience with others in meetings, and prepare to have my story published. My message echoes a twelve-step precept: I hope my readers will see that there is no situation so dismal that a community of loving and understanding people cannot help them find a better way out.
Sharon Leder taught English, women's studies, and Jewish studies on several campuses of the State University of New York before beginning the second half of her life as a fiction writer and poet and releasing her novel, The Fix, in May 2017 (KiCam Projects). You can learn more about Leder at SharonLeder.com.
The views and opinions expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect those of Lilith Magazine.


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The president of Croatia told a Yale University audience Monday that his country's social and economic future depend, in part, on the religious tolerance of its people.
Ivo Josipovic, himself an avowed agnostic, has made religious dialogue a hallmark of reform efforts in Croatia. It is central to his international dealings, as well.
"The nature of religion is always trying to push us to do something good. That's very important to me," Josipovic said during a speech at Yale Divinity School. "I always think that religion can be (a) bridge between different people and different states."


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There are several things in the game that are subject to misunderstanding or confusion. After consolidating several bug reports and questions from the forum and from messages directly to Hok, we are writing this thread in an effort to help clarify some of these.
I. Supply
Supply in WIA [and BoA ] is much simpler than in other AGEOD games.
An excellect explanation has been posted, but may be overlooked:
In particular, note that the supply filter colors change to shades of red if [color="Red"]NET supply is inadequate for the Total Demand of all your stacks in that region.[/color] To change 'red' to 'green', you must either move some units away, or build a structure that generates supply [depot or fort]
A simple rule of thumb: To have adequate Supply:
[INDENT]The Supply level (as indicated by tooltip) x 5 must be greater that the total required (indicated by selecting each stack and looking at the tooltip hovering over the 'Supply' icon).[/INDENT]
II. Distant Unload
The tooltip for Distant unload doesn't make the procedure clear:
[INDENT]1. Load the land units onto the ships. The ships can either be in port or in a water region adjacent to land.
2. Move the stack to a water region adjacent to the land region you wish to attack.
3. Click on the distant unload button, then on the target region. The target region should then 'pulse' blue to confirm your selection.[/INDENT]
These steps may be done in any order, as long as all 3 steps are done.
The land uit can march a distance, load onto a ship at sea, the loaded ship then moves, and distant unloads. Of course, all this must occur within the length of the turn.
III. Training Officers and Unit/Element upgrades
There was a real bug in the earlier versions of WIA that as been fixed. It has since been tested extensively.
[INDENT]1. The Training Officer no longer must be in command of the stack (changed in patch 1.07a and later)
2. The stack cannot move that turn
3. The region must be at least in 51% Military Control
4. The units must be 'upgradeable': typically Militia, Provincials, Continental Regulars. This is defined in the models database.
5. Then, two elements in that stack will upgrade.
6. As soon as a majority of the elements have upraded, the unit will upgrade, (if a unit upgrade is defined in the units database.). (Example: a unit has 4 elements. 3 must be upgraded for the unit to upgrade)[/INDENT]
Note that any unit that has at least 1 'star' of experience and that meets #2, #3, and #4 has a 5% per star chance to upgrade automatically each turn. This is the most common source of 'bugs' reported with the Training Officer function.
Also note: Training Master [or Drill Master] is a different ability: He does not need to be in command of the stack, he adds 1 'experience point' to each unit in the stack each turn. The number of 'experience points' needed to gain 1 'star' varies by unit type.
IV. General tooltip information on stacks or units
1. The numbers you see on units [your or enemy when close] in the tooltip are representing 'Overall Power' of the units [similar calculations to "Power" of a stack]. These will indicate 'less than full power' when a unit is either missing elements, low in cohesion, or has some existing hits [red coloring in unit elements display]. It is the same number you will see in each unit selected in the unit panel: the small number near the 'status bars'.
1st Infantry 33/33 is a fully 'ready to go' unit.
1st Infanrty 15/33 could be either missing elements, low in cohesion, or has existing hits.
2. Transport carrying status is indicated by the tooltp as two numbers: Weight amount used/amount available.
Example: Transport 0/6 means 0 used, 6 available.
Each unit will indicate it's weight if you hover the mouse over it and read the tooltip. A stack will also indicate total weight in it's tooltip panel.
V. AI behavior
Lastly, we all see the AI do 'strange things'. After all, it's an AI.
The only way that Pocus and his team can do anything about AI behavior is to examine situations in the game as they arise. We MUST include savegame files for the turns involve, so that he can look at the 'decisions' the AI is making.
[color="Red"]PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE include savegames with any AI issues reports. [/color]
Nothing much can be done without them....
Thank you!
Please enjoy WIA. I certainly do!