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SDM 2012 : Twelfth SIAM International Conference on Data Mining
Conference Series : SIAM International Conference on Data Mining
|Link: http://www.siam.org/meetings/sdm12/
Call For Papers
SDM'12: THE TWELFTH SIAM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DATA MINING (Deadline Extension)
Due to several requests, the paper submission deadline has been extended to October 16th, 2011 23:59 PDT.
Anaheim, California, USA
Apr 26 - 28, 2012
URL: http://www.siam.org/meetings/sdm12/
September 30, 2011 11:59 PM PDT: Workshop/Tutorial Proposals
October 16, 2011 11:59 PM PDT: Paper Submission (Extended)
December 21, 2011 11:59 PM PST: Author Notification
January 25, 2012: Camera Ready Papers Due
Data mining is an important tool in science, engineering, industrial processes, healthcare, business, and medicine. The datasets in these fields are large, complex, and often noisy. Extracting knowledge requires the use of sophisticated, high performance and principled analysis techniques and algorithms, based on sound theoretical and statistical foundations. These techniques in turn require implementations that are carefully tuned for performance; powerful visualization technologies; interface systems that are usable by scientists, engineers, and physicians as well as researchers; and infrastructures that support them.
This conference provides a venue for researchers who are addressing these problems to present their work in a peer-reviewed forum. It also provides an ideal setting for graduate students and others new to the field to learn about cutting-edge research by hearing outstanding invited speakers and attending presentations and tutorials (included with conference registration). A set of focused workshops are also held on the last day of the conference. The proceedings of the conference are published in archival form, and are also made available on the SIAM web site.
Update: At least one author of each accepted paper is required to attend the conference to present the work.
Methods and Algorithms
- Classification
- Clustering
- Frequent Pattern Mining
- Probabilistic & Statistical Methods
- Spatial & Temporal Mining
- Data Stream Mining
- Abnormality & Outlier Detection
- Feature Selection/ Feature Extraction
- Dimension Reduction
- Data Reduction
- Mining with Constraints
- Data Cleaning & Noise Reduction
- Computational Learning Theory
- Multi-Task Learning
- Adaptive Algorithms
- Scalable & High-Performance Mining
- Mining Graphs
- Mining Semi structured Data
- Mining Complex Datasets
- Mining on Emerging Architectures
- Text & Web Mining
- Other Novel Methods
- Astronomy & Astrophysics
- High Energy Physics
- Collaborative Filtering
- Earth Science
- Risk Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Customer Relationship Management
- Finance
- Genomics & Bioinformatics
- Drug Discovery
- Healthcare Management
- Automation & Process Control
- Logistics Management
- Intrusion & Fraud detection
- Bio-surveillance
- Sensor Network Applications
- Social Network Analysis
- Intelligence Analysis
- Other Novel Applications & Case Studies
Human Factors and Social Issues
- Ethics of Data Mining
- Intellectual Ownership
- Privacy Models
- Privacy Preserving Data Mining & Data Publishing
- Risk Analysis
- User Interfaces
- Interestingness & Relevance
- Data & Result Visualization
The conference will feature workshops and tutorials on several special topics. Please see the SDM 2012 website for submission requirements. Examples of workshops and tutorials are available through the SDM 2011 website, http://www.siam.org/meetings/sdm11/
CONFIRMED KEYNOTES (as of September 28, 2011)
1. Dr. R. Bharat Rao
Director of Knowledge Solutions
Health Services Division
Siemens Healthcare.
Talk on Data Mining for Healthcare.
2. Professor Noshir Contractor
Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences and Director of the Science of Networks in Communities (SONIC) Research Group
Northwestern University
Talk on analysis of large social networks. More details at: http://nosh.northwestern.edu/cv/keynote-addresses-and-distinguished-lectures/.
3. Professor Qiang Yang
Professor and Associate Head (PG and Research)
Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
Talk on Transfer Learning.
4. Dr. Susan Dumais
Principal Researcher
Context, Learning and User Experience for Search (CLUES) Group, http://research.microsoft.com/adapt/
Microsoft Research
Talk on dynamic/temporal information retrieval.
Details will be made available on http://www.siam.org/meetings/sdm12/invited.php.
Steering Committee Chair
Chandrika Kamath, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
Conference Chairs
Joydeep Ghosh, University of Texas - Austin, USA
Huan Liu, Arizona State University, USA
Program Chairs
Ian Davidson, University of California - Davis, USA
Carlotta Domeniconi, George Mason University, USA
Workshop Chairs
Rui Kuang, University of Minnesota, USA
Chandan Reddy, Wayne State University, USA
Tutorial Chair
Nitesh Chawla, University of Notre Dame, USA
Publicity Chairs
Nitin Agarwal, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA
Sponsorship Chairs
Jennifer Dy, Northwestern University, USA
Jimeng Sun, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA
Local Chair
Yan Liu, University of Southern California, USA


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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long isn't giving up on coach John L. Smith or the season just yet.
Long said Wednesday that he is committed to Smith for this season, despite the program's difficult start.
Speaking to a group of reporters following an appearance at the Northwest Arkansas Touchdown Club, Long said he is also committed to the rest of the coaching staff, which remained intact after former coach Bobby Petrino's firing in April.
"I also want to be clear I remain steadfastly behind this group of young men and this coaching staff," Long said. "Supporting this team is the best course of action for the short- and long-term. ... I will fulfill my commitment to the players and coaches for this season and I will not abandon them. I'm confident they will work hard and win games."
The Razorbacks (1-3) lost their third straight game last week, a 35-26 setback to No. 23 Rutgers. They were 21-5 the last two seasons under Petrino, who was fired for hiring his mistress to a position in the athletic department and initially lying about her presence during an April 1 motorcycle accident.
Smith, the former Michigan State and Louisville coach, was hired on a 10-month contract in April to replace Petrino after having served as an assistant the last three seasons for the Razorbacks.
Smith mistakenly referred to Arkansas as Alabama during a speech to fans in Little Rock earlier this week, and Long says he has talked to the coach about his public speaking. The coach has also come under fire from fans in recent weeks for telling reporters to "Smile!" two days following a 52-0 loss to the No. 1 Crimson Tide.
Long said he believes Smith, the assistants and players are taking the season seriously and are committed to working hard and rebounding this season. Long also said he hasn't told Smith to limit his public speaking, though Smith's weekly Monday news conference after the Alabama loss was limited to 12 minutes rather than his usual 20-minute session.
The Razorbacks, who play at Texas A&M on Saturday, were ranked No. 8 to begin the season but fell out of the poll after an overtime loss to Louisiana-Monroe. Arkansas quarterback Tyler Wilson missed the second half of the game with a concussion, one of several key injuries the team has suffered this season -- including season-ending injuries to fullbacks Kiero Small and Kody Walker.
Long, however, wanted no part of the injury discussion.
"We don't make excuses, and I'm not going to make excuses," Long said. "Injuries are part of the game and are unfortunate. Everybody has injuries and you've got to play through them and compete, and I think we will."
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At the end of the season, we'll know very clearly whether he's a candidate or not." He added that he didn't "think anybody could be happy, given the expectations we had for our program" this season.
Long would not discuss coaching candidates, saying only that he was open to hiring someone with head-coaching experience, a coordinator or even someone with an NFL background.
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In April of 2002, Finnish reporter Erkki Vettenniemi was granted an interview in the home of 1968 Olympic gold medalist Mamo Wolde. The interview, only three months after Wolde's release from almost a decade of imprisonment, also turned out to be six weeks before his death on May 26, 2002.
Sitting in his living room, decorated with medals, diplomas and religious memorabilia, Mamo Wolde reflected on the nearly 70 years of his tumultuous life, oblivious to its impending end. "Everything comes from God," he said. "I'm grateful to Him for all that I've seen and went through... Bad experiences must be accepted, too. They may be a blessing in disguise, whereas joyful moments sometimes end in tears."
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An Officer and a Champion
Four years later his countryman Abebe Bikila conquered Rome. The barefooted marathoner became the first Olympic gold medalist from an independent African state, and bitter memories of the Italian occupation of Ethiopia underlined the importance of his triumph. But where was Mamo Wolde at that historic moment?
"The civil war in Congo flared up on the eve of the 1960 Olympics," Wolde recalled. "Our government wanted to dispatch me there on another peace keeping mission, while the Olympic Committee insisted on sending me to Rome. As a result of this dispute, I missed out on both journeys."
In the early 1960's Wolde shifted to long distances, finishing fourth in the 10,000 at the 1964 Tokyo Games and winning marathon gold in Mexico City in 1968. Wolde's winning margin of three minutes in that race stands as the largest in the history of the Olympic marathon—and the reception he received in Addis Ababa did not pale in comparison.
"I've been told that when the Ethiopian team returned from Sydney [in 2000, with four gold medalists], the road leading to the airport was lined with supporters," Wolde said. "Now I cannot compare the two occasions, as I was still in jail at the time of the Sydney Games, but in 1968 we couldn't get off the airplane after having landed at Addis Ababa. People were so eager to see us that windows were smashed."
Coming home with two medals—he also won silver in the 10,000—the 35-year-old athlete shook hands with Haile Selassie and was promoted to the rank of captain. At the next Olympic Games the defending champion took bronze. However, as far as Wolde is concerned, the Munich marathon is best forgotten: The shoe contract made by the Ethiopian team proved disastrous.
"I lost that competition because I couldn't select shoes for myself. The pair I was given by our officials didn't fit and my toes were in pain starting from the very first step. Had it not been for that problem, I'd have won the race. I had four years more experience compared to Mexico, after all."
Turmoil and Trials
Soon after the 1972 Games, Mamo Wolde faced far more serious concerns than small shoes. Ethiopia, the ancient Christian empire, was usurped by a Marxist military dictatorship.
"I never accepted the revolution," Wolde asserted, "but under the circumstances there was nothing I could do about it."
The Emperor was deposed in September 1974 by a military junta known as the Derg. Ferocious infighting ensued, from which Mengistu Hailemariam emerged as the leader, steering the country towards Soviet influence. An attempt on Mengistu's life served as an excuse to launch another purge, the infamous Red Terror.
At its worst, people were shot in the streets and all forms of torture thrived. No one kept count of the number of victims, but it is now believed that some 10,000 lives were lost between 1977 and '78. According to the verdict delivered in January 2002, Mamo Wolde took part in the terror by shooting a youth in May of 1978. The victim was suspected of opposing Hailemariam.
"I couldn't find any witnesses to testify for me," Wolde regretted. The tone of his voice remained as composed as when we discussed his achievements in athletics. "They had all passed away by the time my case was brought to court. And most witnesses for the prosecution based their statements on hearsay only."
At this point in the interview, Wolde's young wife Aberash cut in, addressing her husband in Amharic. My translator whispered into my ear that she didn't want Wolde to justify himself. Let bygones be bygones. Wolde had been restored to his family; further controversies must be avoided.
"Indeed, I've been found guilty in law court," said Wolde. "Yet I consider myself innocent. I served more than nine years in prison and that's enough. I've nothing else to say about the sentence."
Although Wolde remained on the military payroll as a sports lecturer, he also served on his own local political committee, though the assignment was voluntary only in name, he said. "For two years I headed The Development Committee of Kebele 11. Our committee looked after water supply and housing projects, for example. There were no political duties whatsoever." Nevertheless, the system was created as means of political control. Wolde found himself in a position he did not like.
"It must be emphasized that those were revolutionary times. Orders were given from above, and you disobeyed them at your own peril."
What kind of order did Wolde carry out in 1978? Some believe he was framed. Wolde himself insisted that when he was told to take a shot at the teenager, the spirit had already taken leave of the victim's body. On the other hand, one eyewitness did testify against him, as Wolde's lawyer Atnafu Bogale later told me: "...the only eyewitness was the father of the victim, and he sympathized with Mamo's predicament. He said that if Mamo had refused to shoot his son, he [Mamo] would have been killed instead. Yet even his testimony showed weaknesses in the cross-examination."
Prisoner and Hero
Wolde served as a marathon coach in the 1980's before his life, and Ethiopia, were turned upside-down again. Since the Derg had been just another satellite regime of the Soviets, it did not withstand the breakdown of Communism, and Ethiopian liberation armies routed Mengistu in May 1991. Ironically, for Mamo Wolde and thousands of other officials of the Derg, democracy resulted in detention without formal charges.
In fact, Wolde survived three stints in prison. The first two were relatively brief, then in December 1992 he bid the family farewell for the third time. None of them expected Wolde to be jailed for so long.
"I was summoned for interrogations only. As soon as I turned up at the police station, however, I was arrested and taken to Kerchele," he said.
The Kerchele prison house on the outskirts of Addis Ababa is commonly known as "The End of the World." Although Wolde was held in the most closely guarded section of Kerchele, he recalled, "Guards and prison officers treated me well, even though they were not told to do so. But they knew me and respected me as an Olympic athlete. Unlike most of my cellmates, I was never even handcuffed."
The International Olympic Committee hired a lawyer for him in 1997, and by that time he had finally been charged with a crime. Wolde's lawyer was granted access to him and family members were allowed to meet him every weekend. Moreover, athletes like Kip Keino and Kenny Moore flew to Addis Ababa and appealed for his release.
"Foreign visitors were always given promises, but once they had left the country, nothing ever happened... But I never gave up hope myself, because I knew I was innocent. Every night I said my prayers and awaited the following day without fear."
The long-overdue verdict was given on January 18, 2002. Wolde was found guilty of murder and sentenced to six years. However, in light of the almost ten years he had already served, he was freed.
All forms of physical exercise had been forbidden at Kerchele. Now free, Wolde went for a brisk walk every day. The outings turned into social events, with passers-by congratulating him on his release.
Sadly, the court sentence had deprived Wolde of his pension as a former captain and he hoped to resume coaching activities in order to support himself and his family. Thankfully, he had not been forgotten by the athletic community.
"An athletes' delegation paid a visit after my release. Haile Gebrselassie handed over a donation of 30,000 birr [about $4,000], of which two-thirds came from the athletes themselves. The rest was given by the Ethiopian Olympic Committee."
At this point, Wolde excused himself briefly. Upon returning, he offered gifts to his guests—two Olympic pins from 1964 and 1968. In consideration of their sentimental value, we tried to refuse them, to no avail. Wolde had already hosted us in a cordial manner, and his generosity bore further testimony to the quality of the man.
The following week, I encountered Said Moussa Osman at the gate to the National Stadium. He carried a pin on his lapel, too, and on close scrutiny it turned out to be from the 1960 Olympic Games. Had Osman, who had participated in the Rome Games in the 800 meters, been a last-minute substitute for Mamo Wolde?
"On the contrary," Osman laughed, "Mamo just didn't make it. He lost at the trials to me and was left behind. The crisis in Congo had nothing to do with it!"
Whose version is correct? Even in the issue of the Rome Olympics, eyewitnesses are few and far between. The years have ways of playing tricks on the memory. As Wolde said in the course of the interview, "Nobody's perfect. Human beings are bound to make mistakes, and in my life I've made mistakes, too."
It will be understood that this statement applies to the citizen Mamo Wolde as opposed to the Olympic champion. As an athlete Wolde made very few errors of judgment, and any other mistakes of his will now be settled in a court house that is even above the Ethiopian Supreme Court.
If only life were as easy and simple as running a marathon.


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Police: Man claiming to be 'the reincarnation of Jesus Christ' leads cops on high-speed chase
Police in South Carolina have arrested a man who led them on a wild chase last weekend.
After looking for a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run, officers in Horry County attempted to stop a car driven by Joseph Crump, 42, of Harrisburg, N.C. Police say Crump initially stopped in a church parking lot before taking off.
Backup officers joined the chase for Crump and his vehicle. According to the incident report, Crump pulled into an ambulance bay at a nearby hospital, before taking off again into oncoming traffic.
Authorities were eventually able to end the chase with spike strips.
Police took Crump into custody and took him to a Conway hospital. While speaking with officers, he claimed to be "the reincarnation of Jesus Christ," and told officers he only ran because he thought they were going to kill him, the report says.
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KELLEY v. STATE OF OREGON(1927)
Mr. Will R. King, of Portland, Or., for plaintiff in error.
Mr. John H. Carson, of Salem, Or., for the State of Oregon.
Mr. Chief Justice TAFT delivered the opinion of the Court.
Ellsworth Kelley, plaintiff in error, James Willos, and Tom Murray were jointly indicted by the grand jury of Marion county, Oregon, for the crime of murder in the [273 U.S. 589, 590] first degree under the provisions of section 1893, Oregon Laws, as follows:
At the time of the commission of the crime set forth in the indictment, Kelley and the two others accused with him were prisoners in the Oregon state penitentiary at Salem, Or., and the crime was committed by them in their escape from that institution. John Sweeney, named in the indictment, was a guard at the institution, and was slain in his attempt to prevent the escape.
The plaintiff in error was arraigned upon the indictment in the manner prescribed by the laws of Oregon, and upon such arraignment he entered a plea of not guilty to the indictment. He and Willos were tried together. The cause came on regularly for trial. The jury returned into court a verdict of guilty as charged in the indictment without recommendation. On October 30, 1925, plaintiff in error was sentenced to pay the penalty of death as by the law provided. Judgment was entered on the same day. Appeal was taken by the plaintiff in error to the Supreme Court, which affirmed the judgment of the trial court (State v. Kelley, 118 Or. 397, 247 P. 146), and denied two petitions for rehearing. Thereupon the case came here upon writ of error allowed by the Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court.
An examination of the record satisfies us that there is really no federal question in the case, and the errors assigned purporting to raise questions under the Constitution of the United States are frivolous. An example of these may be given in the assignment of error that the rights of the defendant under the federal Constitution were invaded by the charge of the court on the question [273 U.S. 589, 591] of self-defense. It is difficult to see how in any aspect of it such a question could involve issues under the federal Constitution, and certainly they do not here.
Another assignment of error is to the fact that the plaintiff in error was constantly in the custody of the warden of the penitentiary inside and outside of the courtroom, during the trial. It is argued that he was entitled to be free from any custody in order that he might fully make his defense and that this deprived him of due process. It is a new meaning attached to the requirement of due process of law that one who is serving in the penitentiary for a felony and while there commits a capital offense must, in order to secure a fair trial, be entirely freed from custody. Ponzi v. Fessenden, 258 U.S. 254, 265 , 42 S. Ct. 309, 22 A. L. R. 879; State v. Wilson, 38 Conn. 126. There is no showing that he had not full opportunity to consult with counsel or that he was in any way prevented from securing needed witnesses. The assignment is wholly without merit.
Finally, it is objected that as the plaintiff in error was under sentence to confinement in the penitentiary for 20 years, which had not expired when he committed this murder, he could not be executed until he had served his full term.
Answering this objection, the Supreme Court of Oregon said:
It is contended that this construction of the statute in permitting one who has committed a murder while a convict in the penitentiary to be executed before his term has expired deprives him of a right secured by the Fourteenth Amendment, in that due process of law secures to him as a privilege the serving out of his sentence before he shall be executed. It is doubtful whether this exception and assignment can be said to be directed to a ruling of the Supreme Court of Oregon such as to draw in question the validity of a statute of Oregon on the ground of its repugnancy to the Constitution, treaties, or laws of the [273 U.S. 589, 593] United States and sustain it, as required in section 237a of the Judicial Code as amended, c. 229, 43 Stat. 936, 937 (Comp. St. 1214), permitting a writ of error. But, assuming that it does, or, if not, treating the writ of error as an application for certiorari, there is not the slightest ground for sustaining the assignment.
A prisoner may certainly be tried, convicted, and sentenced for another crime, committed either prior to or during his imprisonment, and may suffer capital punishment and be executed during the term. The penitentiary is no sanctuary, and life in it does not confer immunity from capital punishment provided by law. He has no vested constitutional right to serve out his unexpired sentence. Chapman v. Scott (C. C. A.) 10 F.(2d) 690, affirming the same case (D. C.) 10 F.(2d) 156; Ponzi v. Fessenden, 258 U.S. 254 , 42 S. Ct. 309, 22 A. L. R. 879; Rigor v. State, 101 Md. 465, 61 A. 631; State v. Wilson, 38 Conn. 126; Thomas v. People, 67 N. Y. 218, 225; Peri v. People, 65 Ill. 17; Commonwealth v. Ramunno, 219 Pa. 204, 68 A. 184, 14 L. R. A. (N. S.) 209, 123 Am. St. Rep. 653, 12 Ann. Cas. 818; Kennedy v. Howard, 74 Ind. 87; Singleton v. State, 71 Miss. 782, 16 So. 295, 42 Am. St. Rep. 488; Huffaker v. Commonwealth, 124 Ky. 115, 98 S. W. 331, 14 Ann. Cas. 487; Clifford v. Dryden, 31 Wash. 545, 72 P. 96; People v. Flynn, 7 Utah, 378, 26 P. 1114; Ex parte Ryan, 10 Nev. 261; State v. Keefe, 17 Wyo. 227, 252, 98 P. 122, 22 L. R. A. (N. S.) 896, 17 Ann. Cas. 161; In re Wetton, 1 Crompt. & J. 459; Regina v. Day, 3 F. & F. 526.
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Pearl onions don't have quite the sweetness of their larger counterparts, or even of the candy-sweet cipollini or shallots, but they do have a similar bite. What does this mean for cooking them? It means that the best pearl onion recipes are ones that tame the bite while bringing out the natural flavor of the onions without relying on them to provide much sweetness.
For me that means one of two methods: glazed or creamed. Both methods start out the same: by peeling pearl onions.
The easiest way to peel pearl onions is to not bother doing it at all and just pick 'em up peeled and frozen. In our blind taste test, we found that tasters were pretty evenly split on fresh vs. frozen onions. If you've had them frozen in the past and enjoyed them, there's no reason to switch.
But if you do want to start with fresh ones (they tend to have a slightly firmer texture and milder flavor when cooked), you can peel them by first cutting off the tops and bottoms with a paring knife and scoring one cut side with a small X in order to help you peel off the skin later on. After that, it's a quick dunk in a hot pot of boiling water just to loosen the outer layers. About one minute will do you. After a shower under the cold tap, they should be easy to peel with your fingers. (Here's a short video that demonstrates the process.)
From here, we branch out in two directions. Glazing is one of the simplest, all-in-one-pan methods for cooking vegetables. You start by covering the vegetables with water (or unsalted stock if you prefer) and adding some butter, salt, and sugar. Then all you do is bring it to a boil over high heat and let that water simmer away.
As the water simmers, the vegetables soften, flavoring the liquid, which eventually reduces and emulsifies with the butter, forming a glossy, flavorful glaze that coats the tender vegetables. The whole process takes about 20 minutes. The key here is to stop cooking just before the sauce becomes very tight. Take it too far and you'll end up evaporating too much moisture, causing the butter to break into a greasy pool. If this happens, just stir in a bit of tap water or stock and shake the pan vigorously to bring it all back together.
Creamed onions, on the other hand, are all about slow, slow cooking to produce a rich, mellow flavor. Some folks like to add a flour and butter roux to thicken and stabilize their creamed onions. As with other avenues in life, I prefer my creamed onions au naturel, with nothing but heavy cream to coat them with (and ok, a bay leaf to flavor that cream).
Whether you cream or glaze your onions, chopped parsley is a perfect partner.


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Sometimes I need a reminder to fight for what I know is right.
Sometimes I need a reminder to fight for me.
Sometimes standing up and speaking out is necessary to achieve some peace and quiet.
Sometimes you learn to trust new people. It's okay to have a little faith.
Sometimes you have to ignore perceived slights and get over your own ego.
Sometimes it's hard to acknowledge the truth.
Sometimes you just have to do what is in front of you, regardless of the outcome.
Sometimes you grow weary of the constant battle between right and wrong.
Sometimes the best decision is not black or white. It's not even gray. It's a shade of red you don't even like.
Sometimes others can speak on your behalf, sometimes you have to find your own voice.
Sometimes writing feels pointless. Your pen ran dry.
Sometimes the well is full of ink, just waiting for you to find the answer with your words.
It's okay to use all the words you need to illustrate the situation. Just allow veracity to be the ruler. Don't minimize or exaggerate. Be transparent.
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SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. - A dog has survived a 110-mile ride on the hot engine of a pickup truck during a Southern California heat wave.
The driver of a Chevrolet Silverado felt the pickup move slightly after he stopped in San Clemente on Monday. He had just driven from Chino to Orange and Camp Pendleton.
The Orange County Register (bit.ly/QFtxvg) says 52-year-old Jaime Magaña noticed fur above the left front tire and he opened the hood to find a 25-pound dog atop the engine.
Temperatures outside were nudging 100 degrees.
Magaña called for help and an animal control officer put the dog, nicknamed Chevy, into her air conditioned truck.
It perked right up.
Magaña says he's seen the dog in his Chino neighborhood.
The hunt is on for the dog's owner.


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Negligent homicide charges brought in Barrington double-fatal
BARRINGTON — Town resident John Shaw is facing negligent homicide and DWI charges after Saturday's head-on collision that killed two Maine residents.
Shaw, 48, of 72 Flower Dr., is being held at Strafford County jail on $25,000 cash bail after his arraignment at Rochester Circuit Court today.
He is charged with four counts of negligent homicide and two counts of aggravated DWI in connection to the deaths of Biddeford, Maine, residents Joel and Maxine McLain, both 77 years of age.
According to State Police, Shaw had been driving west on Route 202 in Barrington around 11:20 p.m. on Saturday, when the Ford Ranger he was driving crossed the center line and collided with an eastbound Ford Edge, driven by Joel McLain.
An affidavit by State Trooper Christopher Storm states that the accident occurred in the eastbound lane. Joel McLain died instantly, while Maxine McLain, his passenger, died a few hours after the accident, after being transported to Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, according to the affidavit.
First responders on the scene of the accident reported there was a smell of alcohol coming from Shaw, according to Storm's sworn affidavit.
"He was asked how much alcoholic beverages he had consumed. He stated a few," states the affidavit.
Shaw was ejected from his vehicle after the collision and was transported to Frisbie Memorial Hospital. At the hospital, "other indicators of impairment became apparent," according to the affidavit.
Exeter resident Perth Carman, 55, who has known Shaw for more than three decades, said Shaw "is not known to drink."
"I'm really struggling here," said Carman. "I've known him for 35 years and John does not drink."
According to the official complaints against Shaw, two of the felony negligent homicide charges allege he negligently caused the death of Joel and Maxine McLain in the accident. The other two negligent homicide charges alleged he caused their deaths in the accident in consequence of being under intoxication of liquor or controlled drug.
Shaw has lived in Barrington all of his life, and he does not have a criminal record, according to court documents.
His next court date is scheduled for Sept. 12, at 1 p.m., at Rochester Circuit Court.


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The Fujifilm Z33WP has a small, beautiful case and for some reason, out of many cameras, I choose to bring it on several recent trips. Size does matter when trying to travel light, I suppose.
The Price: $180...which is astoundingly cheap for a quality (although not top line) waterproof camera.
The Waterproofness: Pretty decently rated to 3 meters. No accompanying shock or coldproofing, so this guy is strickly for pool and tropical snorkeling, not for snow or deeper activity.
The Image Quality: The sample shots I took simultaneously with other waterproof cams revealed a few things, but mainly, noise at anything but great lighting conditions. And taking underwater shots near twilight, the Fuji triggered its flash before other cameras did, implying a slowness in lens setup that even the 1600 iso couldn't overcome. And like most periscope internal lens set ups the edges around photos were not razor sharp. Overall, color was undersaturated at times but photos were good in bright light as long as there wasn't too much contrast to deal with. (See: Hawaii photos) There were an abnormal number of shots ruined by lens smudges, which other cameras seemed to shrug off. (User error? Well, it happened to four z33wp users who tested this camera for me, so you be the judge.) I love the variety of photo modes for different scenarios, but the UI to switch between these modes is buried two levels down in a menu. There's face detection, and digital shake reduction, too.
Video Quality: Does a max of 640 by 480 pixel video.
Controls are WEIRD: The buttons on the back are laid out in a grid, and the control feel suffers because the buttons have dual purposes in many cases; the cross pad also coincides with functions like menu buttons, etc. And zoom buttons are labeled W and T, for wide and telephoto, which took me a moment to figure out and I continuously forgot about them. Maybe its me being dumb, but I found it slightly confusing compared to the button layouts on other cameras. But the good news is that the entire back, side from those buttons, is a 2.7 inch screen.
Apple MacBook Air Laptop
Powerful performance
The M1 chip delivers 3.5x faster performance than the previous generation all while using way less power. Get up to 18 hours of battery life.
Shape: Man, no waterproof camera has ever slipped into my pocket so easily.
The Verdict: For Budget types and Fashionistas that splash around a little bit in the waves.
Small and pretty. Cheap, too.
Photo noise, awkward controls. With sunglasses on, maybe the photos won't look that bad.
Summermodo is a chance for Giz to get outside and test our gear where it belongs.


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The CNN/ORC International Poll released Wednesday showed 81% view Iran as a very serious or moderate threat to the U.S. Three quarters of Americans said North Korea represents a similar threat.
The secretary of defense has said that Iran is viewed as a more significant threat because if it obtained nuclear weapons the country would destabilize the entire region.
"Iran is a country that is – does not behave according to international rules, is engaged in spreading terrorism, in destabilizing countries in that part of the world, and a country that operates on that basis becomes extremely dangerous if it obtains a nuclear weapon," Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said last March at a press conference.
The new poll found a small majority were hopeful the situation with the Asian country could be resolved with economic and diplomatic efforts. However, if those efforts fail, nearly six in ten would oppose U.S. military action against North Korea.
The isolationist North Korea attempted to launch a long-range rocket on Friday, but it broke apart before escaping the earth's atmosphere and fell into the sea.
Just over half of respondents thought Syria was a serious or moderate threat to this country. But most Americans did not view Russia the same way, with a majority saying the country is just a slight threat to the U.S. or no threat at all.
The poll was conducted for CNN by ORC International between April 13 and April 15, with 1,015 adult Americans questioned by telephone. The survey's overall sampling error was plus or minus three percentage points.
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america is the biggest threat to the world peace,they just cant keep their nose off other country.
no america no war no terrorist
they kill people innocent people in iraq afganistan and pakistan[drone attack],in revange they join taliban.
i hate amerian policies..............!!!!!!
Well... If one should make a critical analysis about who has the potential to threat the U.S, one must consider a country that has a military capability of doing such a thing.
Not only that, but with the economy to sustain a war, who would have an airforce, a navy, an army, and rockets capable of reaching the U.S... now who would that be?
The only nations that would have such capability right now is Russia and China.. no other nation would have that capability.
So don't come and say that Iran is a threat.. look at the map! Look at how many U.S military bases are surrounding Iran borders.
Iran is so much a threat as Australia would be.. close to ZERO.
This all war propaganda.. it's Iraq 2.0.. I mean.. Iran...
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Our media is the threat, not Iran or NK. It is all a lie and we are being pushed into it by Big Money...
Was this poll confined to members of AIPAC?
We've lost our nerve in dealing with Assad. What are we afraid of? We're on the side of the angels. Neither Russia nor China has any moral grounds to support this monster.
If they choose to support him anyway in a military conflict, that's their business. We will have the rest of the world on our side. And if Iran wants to get involved, let it. Before doing so, it should note that the easiest way to Iran is through Syria. And we will take that path and take them both out, if that's what it takes.
Yes, there would be loss of life. Yes, it would be costly. And yes, it would disrupt the world economies. The ugliness of war has not changed throughout the centuries.
Nonetheless, there is no other way to get rid of these entrenched monsters. When the job is done, we will rebuild - as we had done after WWII.
But we'd better act quickly while the iron is still hot.
Typical American sheep believing whatever media sources like FOX and CNN tell them. Iran has NO nuclear capablities, and even if they did it would be STRICTLY for defense. That quote going around of the Iranian leader saying he wants to `wipe Israel off the face of the map" is a blatant lie. Search things online for yourself and stop watching this crap.
Oh give it a rest! What a bunch of silly rhetoric.. The absolute LAST thing the United States needs is another invasion into the Middle East. Iran poses absolutely NO threat to the United States or Israel... Perhaps you've been watching too much FOX News??
My cut on this story is that Iran will attack Israel prior to the US election in the fall if Israel does not do them first. This will stop Oboma's getting re-elected, due to his neglect of the whole matter!
So when did Israel become our 51st state?
Israel is one of greatest allies we as a good nation help our allies in need not let them be threatened by utter destruction.
let me see if I get this right! NK launches a ballistic missile they say to orbit a satellite and the west sternly and vigorously condemns NK's actions and warns that such a launching is a serious violation of international law and then responds by anouncing that it is going to end all diplomatic relations with NK! Then Iran attempts to enrich uranium for medical and energy purposes, and the west imposes the most severe sanctions on Iran, that is more stringent sanctions than that to ever be imposed on any country in history and then threatens war with Iran! But today India launches a long range nuclear ballistic missile and the west applauded India's actions and congratulated it and even announced proudly and publicly that such missile could reach as far as distant parts of China and Russia and that is OK? America, its no wonder the world hates you!
"a country that is – does not behave according to international rules, is engaged in spreading terrorism, in destabilizing countries in that part of the world, and a country that operates on that basis becomes extremely dangerous if it obtains a nuclear weapon"
how does the country become "extremely dangerous"? Write your scenario.
Who are you polling? Mericans will believe anything they are told.
Iran has invaded how many countries? Oh yea that's right. Zero. North Korea? One and they do have nukes and not too long ago were found building an (new) invasion tunnel under their DMZ mountains. The only reason fake polls and propaganda lies like this story are out is to convince you Iran is your enemy so the globalists are can take what they want with the help of US soldier blood. Who is the real threat to the world? I'll give you a hint. It's NOT Iran, or Libya, or Iraq, or Afghanistan, or Syria, or Pakistan. It's the private central banks that have been involved in EVERY conflict because it's profitable and they want world banking and governance. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
North Korea invaded South Korea. For Iran you are correct.
Having said that, I don't feel either country is a threat to the U.S.A. EVEN IF THEY HAD NUCLEAR WEAPONS. They are not going to launch an unprovoked attack – that would be instant suicide and they know it. If the Soviets never did it, and they would have wiped us out (along with them when we replied), then why does anyone think Iran or N. Korea will do it.
Let's get real. The only concerns would be 1. If one of these countries attack an "ally" of ours (we should stop making alliances where we protect a country like Israel with no benefit to us) 2. If Iran or N. Korea gives a bomb to a terrorist group (separate issue that needs to be dealt with in a different way)
Well said....
muslim apologists don' like the results of a poll so they take the usual low road: blame everyone but themselves for their image so "the poll is no good". "CNN is no good". the poll is sponsored by israel, aipac or a coalition of danish cartoonists. They ignore the essential message : living in a false world where everybody is to blame for your image but yourself will get you nowhere.
what is a "muslim apologist"? Nice made up term troll.
Neither Iran nor N. Korea is a threat to the U.S.A. Those of you worried about protecting "allies" should think more about your fellow Americans.
"The medium is the message."
~Marshall McLuhan
More fake poll numbers from propaganda CNN. What really is Iran going to do to the US except give our government a country to attack and go to war with for whatever reason propaganda lame stream media can make up for the war profiteers who rob us tax payers and bribe our "representatives".
Bro trust this is a plan it is an obvious one that started after WWII, we as a nation have the best imperialistic ability. We simply are destroying old Russian territory and changing the morals of the world to fit our own therefore to have complete control under one unified system not unified countries but if we all have similar systems we will work better as a world i do not see a problem with moral imperialism. Even china a so called threat is starting to follow our views and Russia is too along with most of the world there are twelve rogue countries and two on the border of complete change. Iraq was a communist type, now they are a democracy, Afghanistan is hard but there people have been influenced to change. By the U.S. going into the region we showed them they are not nearly strong enough to even think about defending themselves so the big bad Americans come in and kill the people killing the people yes some people die in the way, but the overall status is smart people endorse this idea of moral imperialism because we are not stealing we are simply creating peace through bullying no one would do it the way we wanted to originally. The original way was through showing the world how to achieve greatness, so half the world listened; the other half thought they could do it better, i.e. communism, the cold war proved their stubborn asses wrong now the countries they affected need to be redone the right way. Even though it may seem wrong blowing up people in fucked up ways is how these idiots learn.
No surprise since the American public has had their brains washed by the media and lying administration. Independent thinking is a rarity in this country.
iran is no North Korea. North Korea is a locked up state desparate to catch up with democratic advanced South, so far their only achievement is building a bomb to use as a blackmail tool. Iran purpose of the bomb is for the Arab world to recognize her as a champion of equality with the West and Israel. Iran will play ball sooner or later but not Noth Korea.
Who sponsored the poll, AIPAC?
ALL COUNTRYS SHOULD BAN THE USE OF NUCLEAR POWER--ITS TOO EXPENSIVE. AS WELL ALL COUNTRY' S SHOULD SIGN AN ACCORD TO BAN ALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS BY A CERTAIN DATE. TO ENSURE NO ONE CHEATS A COMMISSION SHOULD BE SET UP WITH REPRESENTATIVES 2 FROM EACH COUNTRY. IN THE EVENT THAT SOMEONE CHEATS THERE LEADERS WILL BE BRANDED CRIMINALS AND PUT TO DEATH!!! THE COMMISSION WOULD HAVE AT ITS DISPOSAL A small LIMITED ARSENAL OF WEAPONS !!
who is to decide who should and who shouldn't have nukes? I believe Israel and Pakistan a bigger threats to world peace than Iran and N Korea
we are all duly unimpressed with what you think.
Why do you hate Jews, Ned?
your dumb learn physics and go read history books you need to learn history asap
Odd, that you should say they are the biggest threats to world peace. I thought it was the US that was the only country to EVER launch a nuke at another? I thought it was the US that has recently been invading other countries? This screams hypocrisy. America is like the schoolyard bully that likes to pick on other kids, then as soon as someone stands up to them they go crying to teacher.


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A few weeks back I cut a sprig of rosemary to use as a prop in some photos. When I was finished the shoot, I popped the rosemary sprig into a glass of water and left it on the window sill in my kitchen, right beside my cooker, ready to use in a future dish. It looked quite pretty and gave off a lovely aroma, and after a few days I forgot about trying to use it in a dish, but viewed it more as a cut flower. I expected it to wilt and die, but it did not. I topped up the water often and it wasn't until a few weeks later when I went to move it to a fresh glass that I discovered it had sprouted roots.
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A new source of high-quality play-of-color opal was discovered in early 2008 in Welo Province, Ethiopia, about 500 km north of Addis Ababa. This deposit is geographically distinct from the Mezezo deposit in Shewa Province, which was discovered in the early 1990s (see, e.g., Spring 1994 Gem News, pp. 52–53).
These contributors examined a parcel of about five rough and 30 cut Welo opals. The cabochons showed good play-of-color ; the vast majority were white and transparent, but some had a bodycolor varying from light yellow to dark "chocolate" brown. Compared to Mezezo opals (e.g., J.-P. Gauthier et al., "L'opale d'Ethiopie: Gemmologie ordinaire et caractéristiques exceptionnelles," Revue de Gemmologie a.f.g., No. 149, 2004, pp. 15–23), those from the new deposit generally appear much whiter. We noted all spectral colors in the play-of-color in our samples. Most of the cabochons were similar in appearance to opals from Australia or Brazil. However, many samples displayed a columnar structure of play-of-color opal within common opal (figure 2), as first described in material from Mezezo (again, see Gauthier et al., 2004). This feature is only very rarely observed in opals from sources outside Ethiopia.
The hydrostatic SG of the opals ranged from 1.80 to 2.10. This broad range is in part due to the high porosity of some samples, as revealed by a significant weight increase after immersion in water (up to 8%). Fluorescence varied from inert to moderate yellowish white to both long- and short-wave ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Samples that were inert displayed an unexpected greenish phosphorescence of moderate intensity. No luminescence was observed in the opals with a yellow-to-brown bodycolor, even the light ones; these darker bodycolors are probably due to the presence of iron, which quenches luminescence. The yellow-to-green luminescence is likely due to the presence of uranium (E. Gaillou et al., "The geochemistry of gem opals as evidence of their origin," Ore Geology Reviews, Vol. 34, 2008, pp. 113–126). Fourier-transform Raman spectra were obtained for several samples using a Bruker RFS 100 spectrometer. All spectra were consistent with opal-CT, with Raman bands at about 1070, 780, 670, and 345 cm-1, and water-related bands at about 3200 and 2950 cm-1.
Welo opal is found in volcanic rock, possibly a rhyolite. The rough samples we examined consisted of opal (either common or play-of-color) cementing fragments of the host rock. By contrast, opal from Mezezo fills cavities in rhyolite, forming nodules. Despite these differences, the fact that columnar structures are seen in opals from both deposits (but very rarely from elsewhere) seems to indicate similarities in the conditions of their formation.
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A former New York state comptroller has been released from prison after serving 20 months for his leading role in an influence-peddling scandal at the state's massive pension fund.
"I'm very, very happy to be home with my family, and wish all you guys a very happy holiday season," Hevesi said today outside his Forrest Hills home.
Hevesi, wearing a black pullover and collered shirt and jeans, returned home today with his son, State Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi and daughter, Laura.
State corrections officials say Alan Hevesi left the prison in upstate New York on Wednesday morning. He was granted parole in November.
As comptroller, Hevesi was sole trustee of the fund now valued at nearly $150 billion. The 72-year-old was entangled in an investigation of so-called "pay-to-play" practices at the fund.
Hevesi was sentenced to from one to four years in prison after pleading guilty in 2010 to official misconduct.
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I've had some pretty intense experiences in my career. I spent the night with the homeless on the floor of the Salvation Army. I was with President Bush at Booker Elementary on the morning of 9/11. I found myself alone with Madonna in her bedroom. But all these pale in comparison to my latest challenge—dinner theater.
How hard could it be? You breeze in, you learn a couple of songs, a very patient lady teaches you a simple dance or two. After several weeks of fun rehearsals with congenial cast mates, you open to general acclaim. Right?
So when I told Bob and Roberta Turoff, owners of the Golden Apple Dinner Theatre here in Sarasota, that I wanted to be in their production of Evita a couple months ago, I made one thing clear: "Don't give me any special treatment. Pretend I'm just another actor. Don't coddle me."
They didn't.
Let's go back to the first rehearsal, when I was still young and naïve. It was chilly that morning, the day after Christmas, but the cast was there at 9 sharp. First the director, Kyle Turoff, introduced everybody. Then she explained that you have to move your car every two hours or you'll get a ticket. The rehearsals at the Golden Apple, I was soon to learn, revolve around car moving. It is the only excuse accepted for not being somewhere when you're supposed to be. "He's moving his car," someone would yell out when you missed an entrance.
I thought the first thing we would do is read through the play, have coffee and doughnuts, discuss the text and what we were trying to accomplish with our motivations and what themes the director wanted to stress. But instead, by 9:10 we were learning the music. I love to sing and was looking forward to this part, but it turns out that the first song in Evita is in Latin and was written in tiny, tiny print. It had four parts but I didn't seem to be any of them. The part I liked best was soprano, but that, of course, was only for the girls. The bass and tenor parts didn't quite suit my voice or range, and after some experimentation, John Visser, the musical director, realized that he had finally met his match. After some trial and error, we decided that the most effective thing to do would be for me to lip sync the lyrics, but since the lyrics were in Latin, even this proved to be beyond me.
By then it was maybe 9:20.
As the morning progressed we learned a couple of other songs, or rather, I watched the other cast members learn them. Everybody had brought little tape recorders so they could practice their parts at home. I tried to picture myself doing this but was getting nowhere. I decided I'd buy the CD with Patti LuPone and memorize it.
After a quick lunch break, during which everybody moved their cars, we began dancing. Once again, I got a sinking feeling that I might be in over my head. The first number was Buenos Aires, and I didn't come on until the end. I watched the first part with growing apprehension. People leapt across the stage and boys lifted up girls and twirled them around and then everybody did complicated Latin steps, yelling out things like "hepa, hepa!" and "azucar!" The choreographer, Charlene Clark, seemed to be conducting the rehearsal in some language I was unfamiliar with. She said things like "push down," "go up," "open cross," and "bucket turn."
Then came my part. I, along with Roy Johns and Dustin Cunningham and Lisa Katt Watson and Garie Jean Williams, had to come out on stage taking mincing little steps, count eight, turn slightly, count eight more, stop, bend backward, bend forward, up on a count of three, hold for eight, then twirl completely around—twice.
You try it.
Finally, around 5 p.m., just when I was starting to get the mincing part right, rehearsal was over. I crawled out of there. Every muscle ached and my head was full of information that I couldn't possibly remember or process properly. And I was one of the lucky ones. Most of the cast had a performance of Can-Can that night.
I got to my car and collapsed on the front seat. Tomorrow will be easier, I told myself.
That's when I noticed the parking ticket.
The next morning, I sat to the side of the stage for much of the morning, watching the cast work on a number called Rolling Rolling and thanking God I was not in it. The choreography has a circular motif, and more than once a member of the chorus would get overly enthusiastic and go flying off the stage.
Of course, the ego of the actor being what it is, one part of me kept thinking: How come I'm not in this number?
By now I was getting a grasp of my role. There were seven of them, actually: a priest, an aristocrat, a stage manager, a poor person, a totally different poor person, the Pope, and another priest. True, the first and second priest look exactly the same, but in my mind, as an actor, they were completely different people. That way I had a bigger part.
Anyway, I was sitting there watching and at 11 a.m., I noticed that the servers had arrived and were setting the tables. I knew what this meant. The Kiwanis Club meets there for lunch every Wednesday. We worked right up until the moment there were a bunch of them in the lobby, straining to get in and eat.
I saw an older woman crawling under the tables with a black garbage bag, picking up trash. No doubt somebody from the cleaning service, poor thing. Then the woman grinned at me and waved. My God, it was Roberta MacDonald, the owner.
Roberta and her husband, Bob Turoff, founded the Golden Apple 37 years ago and turned it into the country's longest-running Equity dinner theater. They've operated other theaters over the years and taken some of their shows all over the world, but the Golden Apple has always been the flagship. They discovered Morgan Fairchild and presented Betty Buckley and Molly Picon and a host of other stars. They are now contemplating an expansion to a new state-of-the-art facility in Lakewood Ranch. They have a keen understanding of the public's taste and an open eye when it comes to opportunity, but the real secret to their success is written on Roberta's hands and knees. If the cleaning service doesn't arrive, they pick up the trash.
I've never encountered a business in Sarasota that so squeezes its assets. One show ends its run on Sunday night. As soon as the last customer leaves, the tech crew comes in and puts up the set for the next show. They stay all night, occasionally napping on cots. Monday morning the cast, which has had only eight days of rehearsals, arrives to work on the set for the very first time. By Monday afternoon they're doing a dress rehearsal. There's another one Tuesday afternoon, then at 6, the paying customers file in for dinner (a buffet featuring prime rib, pork loin, and baked chicken) and the first preview.
You need a dedicated staff to pull this off, and the Golden Apple is famous in this regard. Donna Des Isles and Karen Hammond, both with the waitstaff, have both been there 34 years. Victor Hammond has been there 21. Trez Cole, the technical director, has only been there eight years, but he married the Turoffs' daughter, Kyle—who is directing Evita. One of the actors, Roy Johns, has done 50 shows there. The list goes on and on.
Bob Turoff, now well into his 70s, has a patriarchal look and a manner to match. He is the glue that holds everything together, relentlessly unflappable no matter what goes wrong. "We don't operate a theater of crisis," his wife says. "If something goes wrong we keep going and do the best we can."
Bob was always around during our rehearsals, watching or (for want of a better word) lurking around the edges. But three days before we opened, he was there all day. He and Kyle went over the show's problem spots, the moments that weren't quite working or needed clarification. Only occasionally did one of his ideas clash with one of Kyle's. It was not a question of who was right, but rather a system of checks and balances. He saw details she'd missed. Still, he was careful not to impose his own views—most of the time.
"Do you mind?" he asked her after inserting a piece of business for Joey Panek, who plays Che.
"No," Kyle replied. "I don't mind. Yet."
We had a two-day break for New Year's. I don't remember much about it. I was in bed at 9:30 on New Year's Eve with a sore throat, no hearing in my left ear, and aching muscles in my back, calves, ankles and neck. I stayed in bed New Year's Day. Then it was back to work, harder than ever.
My fellow cast members were a varied lot. Some, like Roy Johns and Samantha Barrett and Lisa Katt Watson, have been in so many shows at the Golden Apple it's like home. They are part of what amounts to an almost permanent company. Sometimes they play leads, sometimes featured roles; in Evita they are chorus members, but the chorus in Evita is particularly important, with 14 major numbers and countless small parts.
Other cast members demonstrated what a show-biz town Sarasota really is. Huck Walton may be only 22, but he's a second-generation Sarasota performer, the son of actors Blake Walton and Annie Morrison. (I knew him when he was a baby.) Eric Berkel is another native; his dad, Elmer, was mayor back in the 1970s. He got his start at the Golden Apple and learned to ride a unicycle at the Sailor Circus. Later he worked with Siegfried and Roy for 10 years in Las Vegas; and, yes, he was there the night the tiger attacked.
But others, like Dustin Cunningham and Armando Acevedo, are new to Sarasota. The background of the younger performers shows how much the business has been changing lately. Their training grounds are likely to be theme parks and cruise ships. Many have worked for Disney. In fact, Orlando is now a major job center for young performers.
Reality shows are also starting to make an impact. Justin's fiancée, Courtney Winstadt, came to visit just before heading off for Bridal Boot Camp on CMT. If she wins, they get a fantasy wedding.
The three leads blended seamlessly with the other performers, I was glad to note. No fits, no fights, no feuds and no egos. Joey Panek, who was in the chorus of Can-Can, had the plum part of Che this time. It was the perfect role for him; he grew a beard, and in his boots and beret and army fatigues, he really looked the part. Jorge Acosta played Peron. Jorge is a Tampa-based actor and director, a bit older than the other performers. His director's experience paid off; the little details he added to Peron created a sly and maniacal military dictator.
Rachel Anton was appearing at the Golden Apple for the first time, but she wowed the Turoffs at her audition. A no-nonsense New Yorker, she made a good impression on Roberta. "She's totally focused on her performance," Roberta told me. "She reminds me of myself. Or Carolyn Michel." Somewhat of a cut-up, Rachel developed the habit of always goosing me whenever she walked behind me on stage, a disconcerting experience when you're dressed as the Pope.
After a week of rehearsal, I was starting to get a little nervous. This stuff was hard. I had been expecting to breeze right through it in a community theater kind of way, but it was more like playing baseball with the Yankees. They knew all the tricks. They had the skills. You weren't bringing much to the table.
I had two major problems. The first was dancing. The company had a very elaborate number called Peron's Latest Flame, which musicalizes the opposition to Eva as she begins her climb to the top. Two groups were on stage, the aristocrats and the military. I was an aristocrat, and although I looked the part, I had never known aristocrats to move so quickly. We were in a tight little group of six—with me discreetly placed in the middle where it was hard to see my feet—and we had to prance around the stage in quick little steps, turning our heads in unison, walking backwards and sideways, while the military guys marched in and out in an elaborate pattern. And we were supposed to be singing the whole time. Or, in my case, lip syncing.
I tried. I really did. I promised myself I'd practice at home, but when I got home and tried, I discovered that the choreography patterns had totally vanished from my head. I begged my fellow aristocrats, Seva and Dustin, to help me, which they were glad to do, but it's not like they had time for the hours of drill that were necessary. Then, just when it was starting to make sense, Charlene, the choreographer, changed it. That was the last straw. All I could do was place myself in God's hands.
The other problem was the costumes. This was a surprise. Who would worry about the costumes? I certainly didn't.
Until I saw them.
There sure were an awful lot of them—a whole rack full and just for me. And each one had a problem. The tuxedo shirt had little tiny buttons that were impossible to manipulate into the little tiny holes. The Pope cassock was clearly meant for a skinnier Pope. My poor person's pants ripped in the seat as I bent over to tie my shoes. And the tweed jacket I had to wear under those hot lights while Rachel sang Don't Cry for Me, Argentina—it could easily provide enough heat for a family of four.
I kept waiting for the person who would show you how to organize all your costume changes, but apparently there wasn't such a person. So I watched the other actors to pick up their tricks. Most of them "under dressed," which means to wear one costume under another; but this was out of the question for me because of the heat factor. Another trick was to change in the wings. This was out of the question because of the darkness factor. At my age I need really good light and a full-length mirror.
So I opted for using the dressing room, which was up a flight of stairs. This worked if I really moved, but it meant that during each performance I climbed the equivalent of a 14-story building.
The night of the first preview arrived with astonishing speed. We had performed the entire show with costumes and lights exactly once. I listened to the crowd as they contentedly sipped their after-dinner coffee. How could we take money from these people for what they were about to see?
The Turoffs had no problem with this. They seemed perfectly content, even anticipatory. I asked Roberta if we were woefully behind compared to most of their shows. She gave me a funny look. "Oh, no. You're a little ahead."
"Places for the speech!" Alyssa, the stage manager, called out. Bob Turoff went out on stage and greeted the audience and announced the various birthdays and anniversaries being celebrated—a Golden Apple tradition—and then everybody sang Happy Birthday. Then, with a flourish, he presented his theater's 292nd production—Evita.
The first scene was not a problem for me. In fact I rather liked it. I got to stand center stage in a spotlight behind Evita's coffin and look sad. By this time I could lip sync to the Latin pretty well (in fact, later in the run I would get compliments on my singing), but to be on the stage for the first time with real people out there was a little unnerving. I tried to concentrate on everything that was ahead of me—the costume changes, the dance steps—but my mind was a blank. I was supposed to be praying, which was exactly what I was doing. Then I realized that everybody was looking at me in a funny way, probably because I had missed my cue to bless the coffin so they could get the hell off the stage. I hurriedly made the sign of the cross—backwards—and ran.
The first act was a blur. There were so many things to do, and it was a constant struggle to remember what each one was and it one order they had to be done. I changed costumes in a state bordering on hysteria. I had new Pope pants and I couldn't get them over my thighs. My clip-on tie refused to unclip. I ran offstage and put on my stage manager outfit when I should have put on my aristocrat outfit. I sweated through two T-shirts.
Then came the part I was dreading. That damned dance. I had yet to do it right all the way through. I stood there in the wings, trying to remember which foot to start on. Then suddenly I was out on stage.
Actually, it didn't go too badly. I was far from perfect, but the hard work had paid off. True, I did dance right into Roy, and then Dustin, and then a metal pillar, but at least I didn't fall over, and best of all, the audience seemed to get it. They were enjoying themselves.
It wasn't until well into the second act that I had a moment to think. I had just done my Pope bit and it had gone perfectly. Now I was dressed as the priest and waiting to go on for the very last time. The pressure was finally off.
The whole thing was starting to make sense now. It had something to do with the audience. True, you were taking their money. But they were getting their $40 worth—and then some. They were caught up in the story and the music. I could see it in their faces. What to you was all sweaty costumes and a missed pivot or two in Peron's Latest Flame was to them both great fun and an escape into emotional magic.
True, events in the days to come weren't always so magical, particularly the time I forgot to move in a blackout and poor Joey Panek had to kick my ankles to get me out of his spotlight. But that was yet to come. For the moment, at least, I understood what the theater is all about.
I was sitting backstage on a bench, listening to Che and Evita's waltz. Jorge came up to me, ready to go for Evita's big death scene.
"How are you doing?" he asked.
I tried to find the right word.
"It's exhilarating," I finally said.
"Isn't it?" Jorge said. He looked around at the darkened backstage. In one corner Sarah and Andre were whispering, in another Charles was going over a dance routine with Kari and Sabrina. From the kitchen came a distant clatter as a pan was dropped. But the audience didn't hear a thing. They were mesmerized as Rachel began her death scene.
Jorge stood up straight and took a deep breath. "It's an amazing way to live," he said. Then he patted my shoulder and moved stage left to make his final entrance as Juan Peron.
Senior editor Robert Plunket is the author of two novels, My Search for Warren Harding and Love Junkie, and a contributor to the New York Times, Barron's and other national magazines.


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As a Californian living in New York City, I've learned there are two things that lead to inevitable disappointment: walking without an umbrella in the summer, and Mexican food. I know you're trying, New York. It's cute. But whenever I bring East Coast friends to visit the hole-in-the-wall taco shop of my childhood, the scales fall from their eyes. It's like they're finally seeing the world in living color, when all they've ever known was that weird "Kelvin" filter on Instagram.
I can only imagine that Thomas Pynchon felt the same way when he first tried the real deal in his late 20s. Growing up on Long Island and studying at Cornell, Pynchon fled New York for the West Coast in 1960. After spending a few years in Seattle working for Boeing, he headed south toward California and Mexico … where he famously went silent, gaining a reputation as a literary recluse, refusing to have his picture taken or to speak with the media. What was he doing out there? We may never know entirely. But one thing's for sure: He was eating.
Mexican food slowly began appearing in Pynchon's novels, starting in The Crying of Lot 49 and cropping up in nearly every book since: the San Gabriel taco stand in Gravity's Rainbow, Tajo Carajo in Vineland, and the delightful Lupita's in Against the Day, where customers "fill their lunch pails or paper sacks with chicken tortas, venison tamales, Lupita's widely-known brain tacos, [and] bottles of home-brewed beer."
Over time, Pynchon's descriptions of food become more lavish, loving, even tinged with danger. Inherent Vice features a whopping meal that includes "enchiladas, tacos, burritos, tostadas, and tamales for two called El Atomico, whose entry on the menu carried a footnote disclaiming legal responsibility." Following the same trend, I can only expect Pynchon's new book, Bleeding Edge, will feature a crime scene involving an unusually spicy torta.
Why was Mexican food so pervasive in Pynchon's work? Let's just say he had done plenty of "research" on the subject. In his friends' memories, he was always seeking his next meal, "wearing an old red hunting-jacket and sunglasses, doting on Mexican food at a taco stand." Throughout the late 60s and 70s, Pynchon became a regular at El Tarasco in Manhattan Beach (it's still open today, if you want to follow in his culinary footsteps). Neighbors would frequently spot him chowing down—the notorious hermit, lured into public by a burrito.
It's easy to think of food in simple nutritional terms: energy in, energy out. But that doesn't account for its remarkable ability to revive us in other ways. We each have certain dishes that make us feel more like ourselves. Richard Fariña, Pynchon's close friend from college, recalls the two of them buying tacos and beer in California, "Pynchon coming to life with the tacos, not having had any Mexican food in a couple of weeks." On mornings when you're not yet ready to face the day, head to the kitchen and see what inspires you. Sometimes, all it takes to re-enter the world is a really good meal.
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Posted on June 12, 2013,
Blue Earth:An Indian Catholic priest has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a girl at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Blue Earth in Minnesota, US.
Father Leo Koppala, who is serving the Winona diocese in the US, is currently lodged in the Faribault County Jail.
The priest's name still remains on the Marquee at his church in Blue Earth, despite facing second-degree criminal sexual conduct charges.
The diocese has placed the priest on administrative leave, saying that they had not received complaints on his conduct in the past.
The alleged incident happened last week at the home of the girl's grandmother where he had been invited to dinner.
A criminal complaint filed in Faribault County says after dinner the young girl went downstairs to watch television.
It goes on to accuse the 47-year-old priest, who belongs to Nellore diocese in Andhra Pradesh, of grabbing the girl, kissing her, touching her breasts.
The complaint also alleged that the priest told the 11-year-old girl that when she was done with school, he wanted them to… quote… "be free together."
If proved guilty, the priest could face up to 25 years in prison.
Source: http://www.ucanindia.in/
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Sweet Talk
Por: Redacción
A blocked writer and a troubled young woman, both at loose ends in their lives, meet over a phone sex line. After some provocative verbal dueling, they take an unexpected journey that turns out to be a great deal more romantic and exciting than either of them suspected. This adventure takes them to Budapest on the eve of World War I where she is a wealthy countess and he is an assassin and then to Vienna in 1939 where he is a wounded Resistance fighter and she is his private nurse, trying to reawaken life inside him. The experience unlocks their imagination, enables them to explore the parameters of eroticism, and provides them with some clarity about their lives. Sweet Talk is a sexy and poetic film about the transformative power of storytelling.