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Daniel Beaty is an author and an actor, a playwright and a singer, and in general a pretty difficult man to pin down.
Particularly when he has to keep scurrying off to tend to the oven during a phone interview. (He was experimenting with baking string beans as a healthy between-performance snack during a recent chat; add "enthusiastic cook" to that list of roles above.)
Beaty not only puts on several of those hats at once but cloaks himself in multiple characters for "The Tallest Tree in the Forest," the Obie Award-winning artist's solo show that hits La Jolla Playhouse this week.
The piece centers on Paul Robeson, the African-American actor-singer turned political activist whose stage career took off during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.
Robeson is perhaps best remembered for his signature performance of "Ol' Man River" from the landmark Broadway musical "Show Boat." But his offstage advocacy for civil rights and workers' causes was intertwined with pro-Soviet sentiments, and during the McCarthy era he was blacklisted, among other repercussions.
In addition to such acclaimed solo works as "Emergency" and "Through the Night," Beaty has written ensemble plays (his musical "Breath and Imagination" is now running in the L.A. area).
"But when it came to Paul Robeson," he says, "there's something about the complexity of the man, the superherolike nature of all he accomplished in the world, that a solo show — an artist taking on this daunting and huge journey — underscores.
"One of the things I wanted to really do was create a multilayered, complex portrait of this human being. And as much as I admire him, not to have an agenda. I'm not trying to make the audience feel a certain way about him. But I am trying to take a perspective on what happened in his life, why he made the choices he made, and the impact of those choices."
The world premiere of "Tallest Tree," a co-production with Kansas City Repertory Theatre (where it had initial performances in September), is directed by Moisés Kaufman, the Tony-nominated director of the Playhouse-bred "I Am My Own Wife" who was last at the theater with "The Nightingale."
"Moisés is unrelenting in his pursuit of truth," Beaty said of their partnership. "So if we have to read book after book, if I have to rewrite a theme a hundred times, that is the process we will try to engage in to come as close to the truth as possible.
Beyond theater, Beaty has two books coming out soon: One a self-help volume titled "Transforming Pain to Power," and the other a children's book called "Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me," about a child dealing with an absent father.
The latter, titled after Beaty's own spoken-word piece (whose video has received hundreds of thousands of hits online), was inspired by his own father, who has been imprisoned on drug-related charges for most of the writer's life.
The book, Beaty adds, has his dad's blessing: "He read an advance copy of 'Knock Knock,' and it was very emotional for him."
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Fifty-one-year-old Scott Domeier is accused of stealing more than $670,000 from the archdiocese to pay off his credit cards, fund private school tuition for his children and pay other personal expenses. While Domeier was charged in June with seven counts of theft by swindle, he faces new charges of failing to claim the embezzled money as income.
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Domeier was accounting services director for the archdiocese between February 1995 and January 2012. He was placed on administrative leave in January after after the archdiocese hired an accounting firm and uncovered financial discrepancies.
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1. Containers at DIG
A space over by Monument 2, DIG looks like it could be a new place we all might want to start going to. As usual, it is hard to tell from the photos what the actual work will be (when it's 3-D), but the light box Rorschach thing going on looks interesting. What to see a "new" place (new to me at least)? Head on over.
DIG is located at 2003 N Point #3. Reception is Friday from 6-9pm.
2. Anatomy in the Gallery at The International Museum of Surgical Science
Now, I will admit a "conflict of interest" here (if you believe in those), I am good friends with Annie Heckman. Now that the formalities are taken care of, HOLY CRAP, these shows are going to be awesome. I've known Annie's work for a while now, and saw Lauren Kalman's work at, I think, SOFA. Heckman's exhibit is called "You thought that you were alone but I caught your bullet just in time," and Kalman's is called "Blooms, Efflorescence, and Other Dermatological Embellishments." Glow-in-the-dark bones and skin rashes made of precious stones? How can you go wrong?
The International Museum of Surgical Science is located at 1524 N. Lake Shore Dr. Reception is Friday from 5-8pm.
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I think I'm attracted to this work because it reminds me of my own photography, in a weird, round-about way. Depressed places rendered formally for contemplation, I guess you could say. I am generally a lover of Linda Warren's place, and this looks like another good show for the books. All the paintings in Twelve Hundred Miles are by Joseph Noderer. Michael Stillion will be showing in the Project Space.
Linda Warren Gallery is located at 1052 W. Fulton Market St. Reception is Friday from 6-9pm.
4. Carnival of Curiosity at Holy Mountain
You ever heard of Holy Mountain? I hadn't until earlier this week. For those of you new to it, Holy Mountain is a women-owned BDSM Studio in the West Loop. And I quote, "Carnival of Curiosity is intended to bring a new audience into an environment they might not otherwise explore, and to showcase the talents of a collective of Pro Dominas who already contribute to Chicago's artistic zeitgeist in their own ways." Sounds like a party to me!
Holy Mountain is located at 120 N. Green. Reception is Friday from 6-9pm.
5. The Strange Case of William Mumler at The Renaissance Society
Spirit photography is rad! Now Louis Kaplan from the University of Toronto will be discussing the work of one the most famous, William Mumler. And I quote, "As Kaplan's case study of William Mumler shows, faith in the truth-telling abilities of photography has always been accompanied by skepticism about the objectivity of the photographer. Beginning in the early 1860s, Mumler became famous in Boston and New York for taking "spirit photographs" in which ghostly images of departed family members or friends appear in portraits of living subjects." Hooray for ghosts!
The Renaissance Society is located at 5811 S. Ellis Ave. The lecture will be held Sunday in Swift Hall, Room 106 at 2pm.
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ok, ok, i am dead last in basketball (got too busy, and more made at the NBA), but i already got two championships... I won in football (the creme de la creme of fantasy) and now the college bball pickem (thanks to Butler). I won't be joinin baseball this year, as i don't have time for it.
But who/what else is there? Maybe seeing who wins the basketball contest this year will make it close.
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Trevar Delisle and Jordan Petrovitsis each contributed a goal and two assists. Julien Pelletier and Cooper Smith had two assists apiece. Goalie John-Mac Mroczka made 17 saves.
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EXETER — The Berwick Academy boys hockey team played Phillips Exeter to a 2-2 draw on Saturday. BA (3-3-1) received goals from Alex Hopkins and Justin Robertson. Max Motew made 29 saves in goal.
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BERLIN — The St. Thomas-Dover girls hockey team dropped a 3-2 decision to Berlin on Saturday in Division I.
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Avery Gowen, Jillian Holden, Murphy and Raiche also scored and freshman goalie Megan McBride registered her first high-school win. The Saints are at Oyster River on Tuesday.


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Houston clergy joined dozens of immigration reform supporters Wednesday to call for Congress to reject legislation that would permit tougher penalties and enforcement for an illegal presence in the United States.
At a news conference organized by The Metropolitan Organization, leaders also urged those who oppose the SAFE Act to contact their representatives in Congress and ask for comprehensive immigration reform.
This spring, a bipartisan group of senators proposed the first major overhaul of U.S. immigration policy since 1986.
The Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act, backed by House Republicans, would allow state and local governments to draft immigration laws that did not conflict with federal statutes. The bill, approved by the House Judiciary Committee this summer, also gives state and local law enforcement agencies more power to arrest and charge immigrants for overstaying visas or entering the country illegally while shifting a visa overstay from a civil to a criminal matter.
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Bishop Michael Rinehart of the Evangelical Lutheran Church's Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod said the SAFE Act contradicts the principles local faith leaders established in 2008. Those include family unity, protection of workers, a viable path to citizenship and reform of deportation procedures to honor human rights.
"It allows for unlimited detention in some instances without federal oversight, it encourages more racial profiling, it denies access to justice and it criminalizes anyone offering Good Samaritan assistance to those who lack immigration status," Rinehart said. "We can do better than this."
But Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies - a Washington, D.C.-based research institute - said The Metropolitan Organization's interpretation of SAFE is "an excuse to oppose something that is going to assist in immigration enforcement" to the benefit of public safety and national security.
"The objective is to make it easier for the people who are causing the most problems and are here illegally to be removed," Vaughan said. "It improves the partnerships between federal immigration enforcement agencies … and local law enforcement organizations who are on the front lines in addressing some of the crime."
According to the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Immigration Statistics, roughly 11.5 million undocumented immigrants were in the United States in January 2011, and 1.8 million of them resided in Texas. Other estimates put the number of unauthorized residents in the Houston area at more than 500,000.
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SAFE opponents are concerned that young people who have been granted deferred action as childhood arrivals by President Barack Obama under criteria in the proposed DREAM Act could face arrest and deportation. One of those who might become vulnerable is 18-year-old Diana Cinco, a Houston high school senior who arrived here from El Salvador at the age of 7, recently obtained her driver's license and hopes to attend the University of Houston next fall.
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Dickie Dunn wrote:slappybrown wrote:Dickie Dunn wrote:It definitely doesn't make Pitt better next season, but I fail to see how this looks terrible or is disasterous from a recruiting standpoint.
Prospective recruit asks Chryst about the Shell transfer, "He wasn't my recruit, he was promised things by the prior coaching staff that I didn't agree with, he didn't want to put in the work to earn his playing time, and that ultimately prevented him from being the type of young man that we see as "Pitt material", but you are that type of young man, so here's what we see in your future if you decide to become a Pitt Panther..."
Boom, over. I highly doubt this is an issue for the majority of prospective recruits. Players transfer all the time. If recruits were worried about why someone was transferring out of a program, no one would commit anywhere. Results on the field are what matter most when luring big time recruits. Shell is about to disappear like a fart in the wind and likely will end up buried on some other program's depth chart. If this has any affect on recruiting, hopefully it gets Shai McKenzie's mouth watering about playing time as a freshman.
Trashing prior players who transferred isn't what I'd want to hear from a coach.
That's a far cry from trashing. Saying he was a lazy POS who didn't feel like practicing, milked injuries to get out of training, and was a cancerous malcontent and the program is better off without him, that's trashing a former player. My example was explaining the situation while highlighting what the coaching staff expects from its players. "He didn't want to do this stuff, but we know that you can." You deflect the question while pumping up the attributes of the recruit you're talking to.
To me, telling a recruit that some other player "didn't want to work hard" or that he "wasn't the kind of young man that is Pitt material" sounds like trashing. The later is also sanctimonious BS, but that's just me. I'm sure such a tact might work with some recruits, but not others. Have to know your audience, I guess.


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The Polish designer Tomek Rygalik created this modular carpet made from woven wool for the Spanish 2005-founded label ABR.
A single piece acts as a base in this model of carpet. The framework of the laterals represents a jigsaw puzzle. New pieces could be added longitudinally. Each piece is made of three different layers. Each layer has its own colour. That allows at least the use of two different colours with the outer layers.
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programmed instruction,method of presenting new subject matter to students in a graded sequence of controlled steps. Students work through the programmed material by themselves at their own speed and after each step test their comprehension by answering an examination question or filling in a diagram. They are then immediately shown the correct answer or given additional information. Computers and other types of teaching machines are often used to present the material, although books may also be used. Computer-assisted instruction, which both tests students' abilities and marks their progress, may supplement classroom activity or help students to develop ideas and skills independently.
The first teaching machine was invented (1934) by Sydney L. Pressey, but it was not until the 1950s that practical methods of programming were developed. Programmed instruction was reintroduced (1954) by B. F. SkinnerSkinner, Burrhus Frederic,
1904–90, American psychologist, b. Susquehanna, Pa. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1931, and remained there as an instructor until 1936, when he moved to the Univ. of Minnesota (1937–45) and to Indiana Univ.
..... Click the link for more information. of Harvard, and much of the system is based on his theory of the nature of learning. As programming technology developed, so did the range of teaching machines and other programmed instruction materials. Programs have been devised for the teaching of spelling, reading, arithmetic, foreign languages, physics, psychology, and a number of other subjects. Some programs are linear in concept, allowing advancement only in a particular order as the correct answer is given. Others are branching, giving additional information at the appropriate level whether a correct or incorrect answer is given.
Although there has been considerable controversy regarding the merits of programmed instruction as the sole method of teaching, many educators agree that it can contribute to more efficient classroom procedure and supplement conventional teaching methods. Teaching machines enable students to work individually, calling for active participation of the learner. In industry and the armed services, programmed instruction is often used to train personnel.
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The Alternative Comedy Festival will be at Somerville Theatre, May 9-10, and feature Patton Oswalt among other comics.
Thanks to the tenacity of a select group of comedians, elements of vaudeville are creeping back into the comedy business. But don't freak out when you hear the word "vaudeville" — this isn't a man with trained dogs, or some guy spinning pie plates. This is the cutting edge of comedy.
It's all about the venue. Instead of a dark comedy club with a two-drink minimum, cocktail waitresses and the occasional drunken heckler, comedians are going to theaters and rock clubs. Some comedians are even returning to opening for bands.And the change in venue results in a change of style.
The trend has helped "non-traditional comics" like Patton Oswalt (from the "King of Queens" and the voice of Remy in "Ratatouille") forge careers. In fact, so many are following suit that it has warranted a festival, a first of its kind. The Alternative Comedy Festival will be at Somerville Theatre, May 9-10, and feature Mr. Oswalt among other comics.
The idea for the festival came from Somerville native Brian Joyce during his stay in Dublin where he attended various independent comedy festivals.
"It's something you don't see over here in the States that often," explains Joyce. "The way the Aspen Comedy Festival works, it's very industry-driven. Everyone's there to score a movie deal or a sitcom. With this festival, the comedians are just here to have fun and who cares if you get a movie deal?"
Joyce likes the idea of a locally run festival and says that he hopes it fosters an atmosphere where comedians and their fans can share a drink with each other at the local watering hole after the show.
But it's also a chance for fans and professionals alike to embrace comedy as it was in the olden days — as an art form.
"One of the most frustrating things for comedians is that people don't consider it art," says Joyce. "And I guess when you're in a comedy club and everyone's drinking, you don't get that feeling."
The Somerville Theatre does serve beer, but it's still a non-traditional venue in the comedy world, allowing comics to do some things they wouldn't be able to in a club.
For example, performers could add music, or a homemade video, to their act.
"One thing I really liked about the comedy circuit in England was that it was very much like old vaudeville shows," says Joyce. "There was no structure to them at all and there was this sense that the comedian could riff on anything for two hours because that was his room."
Eugene Mirman, whose non sequitur humor prompted Esquire Magazine to call him equal parts Andy Kaufman and Andy Warhol, is such a comedian. He began his career at the Comedy Studio in Harvard Square. Eventually, like Oswalt, Mirman moved past comedy clubs to non-traditional venues, and he's opened for bands like the Shins, Yo La Tengo, and Cake.
"It's work in a different way than just doing a comedy show where people expect comedy," says Mirman. "On the other hand when it goes well, which generally it does, it's actually really fun and you totally reach a different audience. But you are constantly at the risk of a thousand people screaming at you."
It's tough to properly explain what Mirman's comedy is like, which is probably what made him a prime candidate for an "alternative" comedy festival. He prefers off-the-wall observations: "If you're walking down the street, it's never funny to pick up a kid and run."Or …
"There has to be some stalking success stories…like someone saying I hung outside of her house for three weeks…and then we just clicked."
Mirman sells his jokes with his nonchalant delivery. Like Kaufman, he likes taking the audience on a comedic journey.
"I have longer bits now," says Mirman. "But I've never tried to connect disconnected thoughts for an audience. It's like in a conversation and you think of something and you just say it and hope it comes out natural."
The festival is a sort of homecoming for both Mirman and the art of comedy. The comedian returns to the area where his career started and comedy returns to its roots.
Fast Fact: In addition to posting videos and audio features on his website, Mirman also contributes to www.236.com, a funny political news site.Alternative Comedy Festival 2008 May 9-10 Somerville Theatre Tickets: $24-$32
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If you've been reading AP for a while, then you probably know that we're big fans of SPIGEN (SGP) products. I've reviewed a tablet case, leather cases, and even a portable charger from these guys, and they were all top-notch. Today, we're going to be taking a look at the a couple more cases for the Galaxy Nexus from SPIGEN: the Ultra Capsule and Neo Hybrid.
Ultra Capsule
This isn't my first go with the Ultra Capsule case. In fact, I reviewed it for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 several months ago, and I loved it (still do).
The Ultra Capsule is a one piece form-fitting case made of thermoplastic polyurethane and designed specifically for the Galaxy Nexus. However, there's a catch here: it was designed for the GSM variant of the Nexus. As you may already know, the LTE Nexus (the one I have) is thicker than the GSM variant. That actually keeps the case from fitting the LTE GN the way it was designed to fit the GSM GN, but you know what?
I love it.
Seriously - I love how this case fits the LTE GN. Instead of wrapping all around the bezel and creating a slight lip, it sits flush around the edges (except at the bottom, where it actually does create a small lip). This makes it look as it if it's actually part of the phone - it's super-smooth looking, and an absolute pleasure to use. Of all the colors offered (black, pink, green, blue, white, and yellow), the white one is by far my favorite. In fact, from a top view, it makes the device looks very similar to the white Nexus, thanks to its low profile. The black case, however, gives a seamless look - it's very, very black, so it blends in nicely with the bezel. If Batman had a case on his Galaxy Nexus, the black Ultra Capsule would be the one.
The feel of the case is no joke, either. It's nice and "grippy," but not tacky (like silicon) - it just adds some nice grip to the device, so you don't have to worry (as much) about dropping it.
The colors are also vibrant and dang good looking. As I stated earlier, the white is my favorite, but it doesn't matter which color you choose - they all look fantastic.
In a nutshell, do I like the Ultra Capsule (as if you don't already know)? Heck yes, it's fantastic. Everyone should go buy at least one right now. Really, you won't regret it (as long as you're looking for minimal-ish protection, of course).
Neo Hybrid
So, you remember how I said that the Ultra Capsule was designed for the GSM Nexus? So was the Neo Hybrid. However, unlike the UC, this one didn't fit the LTE GN very well. In fact, I couldn't get it on mine at all (while still allowing the device to function properly, anyway). With that said, I'll just give a brief overview along with some images of this case.
The Neo Hybrid is a two-part case similar to many others that we've seen, which includes a silicone underlayer and a polycarbonate frame. How it differs, though, is in thickness (or lack thereof, I should say) -- this thing is crazy-thin. I really wish I could've gotten one of these cases to fit correctly on my GN, because they're damn sexy. Like the Ultra Capsule, the colors are vibrant and shiny, but the NH also has that dark underlayer that adds a nice contrast, especially with some of the brighter colored shells.
Since I wasn't able to actually use this case, I can't say how well the fit and feel is. However, given the superior quality of other SPIGEN products, I feel completely confident in recommending it to GSM Nexus Owners.
There's a chance that you may win the giveaway below, but you should still buy one.
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Okay, okay. You read through all of my banter to get to the swag (and if you skipped right to this part, shame on you!). Here's what we have to give away:
- 6 Ultra Capsule cases
- 5 Neo Hybrid cases
That's 11 cases total (if you can add, you already knew that) for 11 lucky people. You win, you pick the color. And it's as simple as that.
How to Enter
As always, we'll keep this simple - just leave a comment letting us know which case you want and why. That's pretty much it.
The contest begins immediately, and will run until Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 11:59 PM PST, after which we'll randomly choose and notify the winners.
This contest is open to users across the globe, so enter away. Good luck!


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Tuesday's campaign round-up
Today's installment of campaign-related news items that won't necessarily generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers:
* With primaries in Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, and the state of Washington today, the marque match-up is arguably the three-way Republican U.S. Senate primary in Missouri.
* Also keep an eye on the vote on the dubious religious-rights measure, Measure 2, in the Show Me State.
* The focus on Mitt Romney's Bain Capital background isn't over – Priorities USA Action launched this hard-hitting spot this morning, featuring a former steel worker and widower.
* Karl Rove's attack operation, Crossroads GPS, is launching a $7.2 million ad blitz today in five states: Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nevada, and Virginia. The ads are targeting key Senate races, not the presidential campaign.
* At a Connecticut fundraiser last night, President Obama continued to focus on Mitt Romney's tax plan, which independent economists believe will raise taxes on the middle class, in order to financed tax breaks for the rich. "It's like Robin Hood in reverse – it's Romney Hood," Obama told supporters.
* The latest KING 5 poll in the state of Washington shows former Rep. Jay Inslee (D) taking a narrow lead over state Attorney General Rob McKenna (R), 48% to 45%, in this year's gubernatorial race. Earlier in the year, a KING 5 poll showed McKenna up by 10 (thanks to reader T.K. for the tip).
* A Republican congressional candidate this week equated President Obama with "Stalin, Hitler, [and] Mao Tse Tung." The candidate, Marisha Agana, later refused to apologize.
* And in case there were any lingering doubts about Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley's (D) presidential ambitions, the governor and former Baltimore mayor will be the special guest at the 35th annual Tom Harkin Steak Fry in Iowa next month.


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Ciara received the ultimate birthday present over the weekend: a stunning 15-carat engagement ring from her rapper/producer love, Future. The R&B diva was celebrating her 28th birthday in New York City when the hit maker surprised her with a proposal.
According to the Associated Press, Ciara, 28, and Future, 29, have been dating for a year. No wedding date has been set. The "Body Party" singer tweeted about her excitement on Sunday, Oct. 27.
"Today Has 2 Be Like One Of The Sweetest Days Of My Life! #TheBestBirthdayEver," she wrote. "If I'm Dreaming I Don't Want To Wake Up..Aaaaaahhh!!!"
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NEWS: Meet Ciara's surprising celebrity pal
Ciara collaborated with her fiance on her self-titled fifth studio album, released in July 2013. Future hinted he wanted to marry the "I'm Out" singer during a radio interview with New York's Hot 97.
"This it. I don't get into nothing to get out," he said in August. "This is the one."
Future--whose sophomore album drops in November--has also worked with artists like Miley Cyrus, Rihanna and Lil Wayne. He fathered a son with ex Jessica Smith in 2001.


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There have been a variety of Muppet cows in various productions, including Sesame Street and The Muppet Show. One of the most prominent cows is Gladys the Cow. Other cows on Sesame Street included Natalie (a black and white cow), and a dark brown/red cow.
Occasionally, the Muppets mistake horses for cows. Such confusion occurs during the "Camelot" segment from The Muppet Show episode 305, "A Four-Legged Friend" (where Jim and Jerry ride cows but refer to them as horses), and the western sketch in The Muppets Go to the Movies.
The Muppet Show
- Episode 121: Twiggy
- Episode 211: Dom DeLuise
- Episode 224: Cloris Leachman
- Episode 322: Roy Rogers & Dale Evans - several cows
- Episode 408: Arlo Guthrie - six different cows and a bull.
- Episode 418: Christopher Reeve
- Episode 512: Melissa Manchester - a cow falls on The Newsman
Sesame Street
- Gladys the Cow
- Kathleen the Cow
- Mariah Cowey
- Bossy the Cow
- Natalie, the cow who jumped over the moon in Sesame Street News Flash
- Lola
- Back-up singers for How Now Brown and the Moo Wave
- Esme
- Cloverland Dairy
- Sesamstrasse - Delia Denver, Amelia Kuhhart
- The Muppets on Puppets - Gretel
- National Wildlife Federation - Bessie
- Little Muppet Monsters
- Episode 102: Space Cowboys - Bessie and others
- Muppets Tonight - The Cow Announcer, Lash Holstein, Dorothy Bovine, Moo-ing the Merciless, Moo-ing's Henchman
- Muppets from Space
- Mopatop's Shop - Billy the Bull
- Pajanimals - CowBella
- Dinosaurs - Moola the Cash Cow
- The Secret Life of Toys - Cowgirl
- The Furchester Hotel - Henry Moo-re
In addition to Muppet cows, a real cow appeared backstage in episode 217, and a number of real cows appear in Jim Frawley's Camera Tests for The Muppet Movie.


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The German string instrument tradition traces its origins to Jacob Stainer, noted as being the earliest and best known luthier of his time. Until the early 19th century, when power and brilliance became the fashion in violin performance, Stainer's instruments were more highly praised than Stradivari's. One of his pupils, Matthias Klotz, became the first in a long line of luthiers. For the next 200 years members of the Klotz family refined and perfected their craft, contributing to the famous German Mittenwald School of violin making.
The Glaesel family story begins in 1720 during the lifetime of Stradivari and Matthias Klotz. Since that time, 48 descendants of the Glaesel family (spanning over 250 years) followed the calling to bowed stringed instruments. Generations of Glaesels have studied at the famous Mittenwald School. In addition to creating fine instruments, other members of the Glaesel family received distinction for specializing in bows and instrument restoration.
Kurt G. Glaesel studied at Mittenwald under the direction of Matthias Klotz. After working in a number of prominent shops in Holland, Switzerland, and Germany, he came to the United States in 1953. Here he established his criteria for full shop adjustment. Full shop a djustment is the process by which imported instruments are assembled, finished, and tested for consistency and strict adherence to quality standards. Students greatly benefit from the availability of affordable instruments crafted in the old world tradition. Kurt Glaesel was even invited by MENC (Music Educators National Conference) to help write their specification standards for acceptable student instruments.
In 1977, the Glaesel String Instrument Service, located in Cleveland, Ohio, was sold to the Selmer Company. In 2015, the string division relocated to Elkhart, Indiana where instruments are still meticulously shop-adjusted using techniques passed down by Kurt Glaesel himself.


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Authorities have been searching for a child rapist who has been on the run for over ten years.
Daniel Leija, now 50, is a former school bus driver from Yakima County, who has had a warrant out for his arrest for first degree child rape in Sunnyside, WA between the years 1997-2002.
The two victims, also residents of Sunnyside, were both females under the age of fifteen during the five-year period in which the crime occurred.
In 2002, both females went to Sunnyside Police Department to report the rapes they endured over a five-year period. Police then uncovered trunks and backpacks filled with over 100 videotapes recording the assaults. Leija was arrested and charged with multiple counts of rape and exploitation of minors and was held on $250,00 bail. However, Yakima Superior Court Judge Heather Van Nuys reduced his bail to $60,000 and he was released after relatives came up with the lower amount.
He immediately fled the area after his bail-release and hasn't been seen since.
According to U.S. Marshals, who eventually took over the case, Leija was last known to be in Mexico.
It is believed that he is living under a different identity and has most likely altered his appearance.
Back when his bail was reduced, Leija was facing 18 counts of first degree rape and molestation, eight counts of second degree rape and molestation, two counts of third degree rape and molestation, 12 counts of sexual exploitation and with jumping bail.
Taylor-Wylie is a woman who lived with Leija in Sunnyside prior to his arrant. She says all of the sexual assaults counts are for actions he took against her daughters over a five-year period. She said in 2002 her daughters complained about Leija's sexual assaults.
Wylie contends that Leija has made return visits to Sunnyside to visit family. She said his family claims he has since drowned, which she calls a "blatant lie."
Wylie's daughters are now young adults but according to her, the wounds are still open.
"We try to go on, but the girls, they're still drastically affected by it," Taylor-Wylie said. "Anger, fear, tears… they're so fragile."
Taylor-Wylie says she and her four daughters, who now live in Bremerton, want to see Leija brought to justice.
Daniel Leija was recently featured on America's Most Wanted, with the latest airing on October 12, 2012.
Sex: Male
Race: Hispanic
Age then: 40
Current Age: 50
Height/Weight: 5'7" tall 190 pounds
Hair (Color, Description, Facial Hair):
Eyes: Brown
Last Seen:
Yakima County , Sunnyside WA
Last Known Locations:
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Outdated mugshot photo of Leija with no facial hair
If you have any information regarding this case you're asked to please contact: U.S. Marshals by calling 509-654-5060


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If a "Ships Manager" is considered an officer by the USCG then, as Rusty says, you are out of luck.
However, if the position is just a "professional" one, you might be able to qualify for one of the following work visa's (and work on a US ship as such). Unfortunately, unless your employer wants to hire a professional immigration attorney, they are not that easy to get on short notice.
H1B Specialty Occupation Visas
This is a visa for people coming to the USA to work for a US employer in a professional-level position. Valid for 3 years initially.
Candidate Requirements:
Candidate must have secured job offer from a US source.
In order to get an H1B visa you will need the equivalent of a US college or university degree in a relevant subject.
If you have been educated outside the US, this requirement can often be met by:
EITHER - A non-US and/or only partly relevant degree, followed by three or more years work experience.
OR – Twelve years of high-level work experience.
L1 Intra-Company Transfer Visas
The L1 visa is used to transfer to a US parent, affiliate, subsidiary or branch office an employee from a related foreign company. There are two types of L1 visas:
· The L1A for Executive/Managerial staff
· The L1B for Specialist Knowledge staff
· L1 visas are issued for an initial 1 or 3 years.
You must have worked for the transferring employer outside US for at least one year in the last three.
If you are a manager/executive, you must be going to manage a major subdivision or function of your employer's US operation.
If you are a specialized knowledge worker, you must have in-depth experience of your employer's particular products, processes, procedures and/or practices.


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Nelson finally gets 2004 gold medal
Nine years later, Adam Nelson can finally call himself an Olympic gold medalist.
The American was officially elevated Thursday to shot put champion from the 2004 Athens Games, taking the gold that was stripped from a Ukrainian rival for doping.
The International Olympic Committee reallocated the medals from Athens events in which athletes were retroactively disqualified after their doping samples were retested and came back positive for steroids.
Nelson finished second in Athens behind Yuriy Bilonog, who was stripped of the gold medal by the IOC in December after his reanalyzed sample tested positive for oxandrolone.
The IOC held off changing the medals until the results were officially adjusted by the International Association of Athletics Federations. On Thursday, the IOC board announced that Nelson had been bumped up to the gold.
The medal will be given to the US Olympic Committee to present to Nelson.
Nelson and Bilonog finished with the same best throw in Athens, but the Ukrainian was declared the winner because his second-best attempt was longer. It was the first time an Olympic field event was decided by a second-best mark.
Nelson recently retired from competition and is living in Athens, Ga., where he's opening a sports performance center and volunteering to help raise awareness for rare diseases.
"It's not just a victory for me, but a victory for the system," Nelson said in December when Bilonog was stripped of the medal. "I can't dwell on what happened or didn't happen eight years ago. I can only look forward to what the next phase in life brings. At least now I can do that with a gold medal."
As for his silver medal, Nelson said he tucked it away in a sock drawer years ago and thought his wife may have moved it to the attic.
With Nelson moving up to gold, the other medal placings are also revised. Joachim Broechner Olsen of Denmark goes from bronze to silver, and Manuel Martinez of Spain from fourth to bronze.
Bilonog's disqualification meant that both shot put winners in Athens were disqualified for doping: Women's champion Irina Korzhanenko of Russia was stripped of gold at the games after testing positive for stanozolol.
Bilonog was one of five Athens athletes busted in the retroactive IOC tests.
Also stripped were hammer throw silver medalist Ivan Tskikhan of Belarus and four bronze medalists — women's shot putter Svetlana Krivelyova of Russia, discus thrower Irina Yatchenko of Belarus and weightlifter Oleg Perepechenov of Russia.
The IOC said Yatchenko's medal will go to Vera Pospisilova-Cechlova of the Czech Republic, while Perepechenov's bronze in the 77-kilogram weightlifting class goes to Reyhan Arabacioglu of Turkey. There was no immediate word on the medals won by Tskikhan and Krivelyova.
The Athens Games were already considered the dirtiest on record, producing 26 doping cases and catching six medalists — including two gold winners — at the time. The retroactive tests brought the number of Athens cases to 31, including 11 medal winners and three gold medalists.
Since Athens, the IOC has been storing doping samples from each Olympics for eight years to allow for retesting when new detection methods become available.
Retesting of samples from the 2008 Beijing Olympics led to five positive cases — including the stripping of Bahrain runner Rashid Ramzi's gold medal in the 1,500 meters.
The IOC is preparing to retest samples from the 2006 Winter Games in Turin.


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3 North Beach restaurants are hotbed for artists
These days, Tony's Pizza Napoletana in North Beach is offering unusual types of slices - of art, that is. And it's all in-house.
Tony's, along with the Slice House next door and Chicago-style joint Capo's, have become an unlikely hotbed for artists, from after-work enthusiasts to serious art students and illustrators trying to gain exposure or launch their careers. The artists among Tony's employees have formed an art collective called The Four Word Movement and had their first gallery show in July.
Prep cook Ernest Mancuso, who began working at Tony's last August and makes sausages and pasta for both Tony's and Capo's, brought up the concept of doing an art show. He had recently moved from Stockton to San Francisco in order to pursue art, and took a job at Tony's to support his girlfriend and two daughters.
"Back when I first started working here, I was doing pastas and prep downstairs, and that's when Ernie was hired to make the sausage," said Matt Taylor, currently a chef at Capo's and the kitchen manager at the Slice House. "It was the two of us sitting downstairs everyday doing prep. One day he mentioned artwork and I was like, 'Oh, yeah. I make art also. I have my art degree.' And he said, 'Really?'"
"I was talking to Matt and I was like, 'I'm going to do an art show, dude, that's what I came here to do,'" said Mancuso. "I needed to look for some artists but I didn't need to look farther than the Slice House because there were hella artists right there. Matt, Andy, Nikki, everybody. We could do it all with the people we got here."
Lots of art degrees
Soon after, Mancuso; Taylor; Nikki Rosing, a three-dimensional artist and prep cook at Tony's; Andy Sciazko, a student at the Academy of Art and the cashier at the Slice House; and Matt Molina, artist, musician, and chef at Capo's, approached the restaurant owner, Tony Gemignani, about the idea.
"I was totally for it, but I wanted them to do it correctly," said Gemignani. "They didn't know how to pick the right venue, flyer, get sponsors. 'This is your hub, North Beach,' I told them. {minute}This is where you work, this is where you drink.'"
"Once we started getting it all together and telling people about it, that's when more people from Tony's were like, "Oh, well, I paint, or I want to cook," said Taylor. "We found out that a lot of people have art degrees at Tony's. I think there are 10 people."
Live Worms, a gallery in North Beach, was chosen as the venue, and "Pachyderms and Pancakes" as the theme for the collective's July debut show.
Music, art and food
"Pachyderms are heavy," said Mancuso. "I was figuring heavy material, heavy art, heavy metal, heavy waves. So pachyderms made hella sense. And the pancakes just taste good."
The show was on display for three days. The gallery was full on opening night, and waiter Chris Salcedo served pancakes. Molina's and Taylor's band, Mean Beans, played music for the event.
"It was young and old, hipsters, rock 'n' roll, poets," said Gemignani, who was in and out throughout the night. "Definitely what you think of when you think of North Beach."
Most of the art featured either pachyderms, usually elephants, or pancakes. Tony's hostess and photographer, Natalia Silva, contributed a photograph of one of the food runners in a bathtub, covered in pancakes, with someone pouring syrup on her. Rosing, who had the only sculpture of the show, created an elephant out of a gas mask, cow vertebrae and leather. Sciazko included a drawing of a girl with tusks wearing a pancake necklace. Alfred "Monster" Ramirez drew hippos stacked like pancakes with a mound of butter melting on top.
Along with artist-employees, local artist Jeremy Fish also contributed a painting. The artist, who lives next door, became part of the Tony's Pizza family after painting a mural on the side of the restaurant in exchange for pizza for life. He is in and out of the restaurant almost every day.
'Rad boss' helps
"I worked in a pizza place in my hometown, but never enjoyed the company of so many like-minded artists, musicians and creative folks," said Fish, who also did the artwork on the take-out boxes for Capo's. "They share a common passion for good food, as well as creative outlets away from the pizza. That, combined with a rad boss who supports what they do, makes for a great work environment for a young artist."
More join show
The Four Word Movement is busy planning its next show, "Monsters in Broad Daylight," that will be a one-night event Saturday at The Emerald Tablet in North Beach. Since the first show in July, more employees have come forward asking to participate, including Laura Meyer, the head chef at Tony's.
"For every show it'll be a different name, but it'll still be The Four Word Movement," said Mancuso, who is planning on illustrating a series of surfing monsters for the October show. "People will know that when they go to our show it's going to be a quality time with good artwork, good people, good music, good food. Hopefully they buy because of that."
Sciazko will contribute 16 pieces to the October show. He often doodles on receipt paper when the Slice House is slow, and plans to frame his doodles and include them, along with an eight-piece series inspired by a ballerina in a music box.
For Molina, the art is his hobby and making pizza is the true artistic pursuit.
"I consider making pizza as an art. When I'm doing this other stuff, it's just for fun, but food is an art in itself."
Monsters in Broad Daylight: The Four Word Movement. 7 p.m. Saturday. The Emerald Tablet, 80 Fresno St., S.F.
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I thought I would take a few moments to write a few thoughts about the latest 'Cash for Clunkers' program funding my our tax dollars. We all know what the program is supposed to do. Take the old gas guzzling cars off the road and put more efficient, environment-friendly cars on the road. Additionally, it helps put some extra money into the pockets of those who take advantage of the program (rich or poor). Even better, it provides some extra funds in the mix for the car makers who are producing these better cars. Then, as if it cannot get any better, it is helping out the economy by getting cash and finance moving in the system. How can we beat a program like this?
Well, lets look at the other side of the coin. Government is classically known for being short-sighted and usually missing the secondary effects (or any real primary effects at all). Some of which I thought I might share.
I will save the old government bashing lines for later. I only want to look at the Cash for Clunkers program. First, there are two pretty simple economic fundamentals that government seems to forget and is being ignored in the overall program. Economics never, ever encourages waste! "Wait," you ask, "What is being wasted?" All those cars that are being traded in under this program are not being resold, they are not going to some auction for charity, they don't even go to the kidney foundation. These cars are having a substance, usually a solvent, poured into the engines and the car is run until it seizes. That means the car is destroyed, unless you want to put a new engine in it. (I don't know if these cars can even be parted out or sent to a junkyard. They might just be scrapped!)
Good economics always has a good being put to its best use. Good economics always has a commodity used, recycled, and used over and over. These cars, some of them perfectly good cars, are being junked because they don't meet an environmental standard. No retrofitting, no alternative fuels, nothing. Junked. This is pretty much like everyone trading in their old radio for a newer one because the old one uses too much power, has a toxic chemical in its board, and has AM still available (which of course, nobody uses anymore). But wait, there is more, we have to take the radio, crush it, and put it in the dumpster. Do we realize how much energy went into creating that radio, do we know how much time, and all the other resources. A car probably takes 100 times as much power, planning, and expenditures to create though. What do we get in the end? We have a car off the road, but what about the multiplication of energy and capital in mining, relocating, and planning the materials for a new one? What about what those materials might have otherwise been put to use for. (Classic scarcity and trade-offs) In the end, we removed a few pounds of carbon from the air due to that one car, but put a few more pounds in the air to produce a new car somewhere else. I am very willing to bet, the loss of those new resources pulled from other items, and the energy to create each new car is pretty much a wash for the old one it replaced. Okay, for the sake of argument, there is a plus. But what about the additional scarcity by the new products? Oh, and we really cannot forget all the energy and capital (especially human resources) to cover the cost of that free $4,500 dollars they get for trading the car in. Ouch, that alone probably puts us back into negative territory.
I don't know how many cars are traded in or disposed of in a month, but I am willing to bet you there isn't much more than the normal business routine. Sure, we see a great swell. But everyone looking at trading in their car for the rest of the year probably jumped the gun. Who isn't going to jump it for $4,500 extra dollars? So what do we have, those who were already looking to trade in a car. This could be either for necessity or luxury. Some just want an updated model. Others to update before their warranty runs out. Others because they have no other choice, their car is on its last leg. Here we are giving some money to the poor, the rich, and the middle-class. Leaving aside the arguments for progressive taxes, we cover the spectrum. But I am willing to bet most of these cars are for the middle-class and wealthier. Why? The poorer tend to have credit issues, especially in today's market. Even with the $4,500, how many of the poor do you think can afford a new car? No, they are out looking for a used car, most of which will not qualify for the program. Here we have a program that appears to be cleaning up the environment and offers incentives, but only to those who can afford it! Odd twist isn't it?
While we are talking about those poor people, of which I happen to be one. Let's look how this will effect me in other ways. I prefer to pay cash for my cars. I prefer to purchase used and not to finance. Let's say 100,000 cars are traded in under the Cash for Clunkers program. Those cars, the high quality and the legitimate junk ones, are all instantly taken out of commission. That is 100,000 cars which will no longer be circulating and will certainly not find their way back into the used car market. A shortage creates a higher cost because of higher demand. Sure, some of those cards would have been junked, but most of them would have gone on to auctions and other buyers. So that Lincoln with only 50,000 miles on it, that I may have bought on the second hand market is no longer there. In fact, NONE of them are in the second-hand market. The cost of buying a used car will go up. For how long, who knows. At least a year, perhaps longer. To some degree, it will probably never fully recover. After all, we are taking out of commission quite a few cars. So I better save up some more for that new used car, or keep my current clunker going for a little longer. I can afford to maintain and fix my car. What about those who cannot? Well, their cars will enter a state of worsening condition and you know what, one of those cars blowing blue smoke does more environmental damage than my whole block's gas guzzling vehicles could have hoped. Give it a year or two, I am afraid most of our cars on the block may be blowing blue smoke in a year because we won't be able to afford a new one or maintain it inevitably.
While the rest of the country is worrying about health-care, the politicians are trumping the success of the Cash for Clunkers. It really isn't a success. Unless of course, you work for Ford, General Motors, or Toyota. Those of us who cannot afford to trade in our car are paying for someone else to get a new car, on our tab. Add to that shame, when we can afford a new car, or are required to get a new car, we have to pay more. Guess I am getting taxed twice. Oh well, I live in America, it is an honour to pay taxes. Twice the honour to pay them in two different ways.
While I am thinking about it, I have a radio to go smash and replace. Please send your $25 to me. All of you!


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Finally! I've confirmed that John Mierzejewski is a sibling to my grandmother, Helena. Thanks to a piece of information I could not locate–an obituary from the Toledo Blade via Garret–I have a piece of the puzzle.
Here is a transcription of the obituary (it can't be scanned, poor quality and Google archives does NOT have this):
J. M. Mierzejewski
John M. Mierzejewski, dietitian's helper in Riverside Hospital, died yesterday in the hospital after a short illness. He was 52.
Survivors are his wife, Theofila, sons, Corporal Milton, Romulus Field, Mich., and Leonard, Toledo; daughters, Mrs. Helen Abrass, Mrs. Frances Lubinski, Mrs. Lillian Gawronski, and Virginia; brother, Wladyslaw; sister, Mrs. Helen Mierzejewski and five grandchildren, all Toledo.
Services will be 8:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Sujkowski Funeral Home and at 9 a.m. in St. Anthony's Church. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.
John died December 30, 1945.
Some trivia: Milton was nicknamed "Mackie." I remember my father talking about him, but did not know how they were related. Dad simply called him "his cousin."
John and his wife, Theofila, had seven children, one of whom is still living:
- Helen (1913-2004) (m. Joseph Abrass)
- Frances (1916-2009) (m. Joseph Lubinski)
- Lillian (1918-2005) (m. Thadeusz Gawronski)
- John (1921-1920)
- Milton (1923-1987) (m. Stephanie Nowak)
- Virginia (1927- ) (m. Donald Jezak)
- Leonard (1929-1994) (m. Jeanne Trudell)
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Lyric Opera's 2013-14 season will be given over almost entirely to bread-and-butter repertory designed, at least in part, to ensure the company's sizable ticket sales don't flag in a still-weakened economy.
Although Lyric enjoys the largest subscription rolls of any opera company in North America, and sold 88 percent of capacity last season, the push to install more warm bodies in seats continues as the cost of mounting world-class opera continues to rise.
The season schedule, which will run from Oct. 5 to March 23, is built around familiar works by Verdi, Puccini, Wagner, Rossini and Mozart. It was announced by general director Anthony Freud at a news conference Thursday afternoon at the Civic Opera House. Also present to comment on the season were soprano Renee Fleming, Lyric's creative consultant; music director Andrew Davis; and Ted Chapin, president of the Rodgers & Hammerstein organization.
Four of the eight operas will be seen in new productions, and three more productions will be new to Chicago. There will be only one revival, Verdi's "Otello," which will begin the season. There will be 68 performances over the 24-week subscription season.
One striking aspect of Lyric's 59th season is the large number of stage directors and designers appearing here for the first time. The fact that several bring with them notable reputations in the legitimate theater and Broadway means audiences will be exposed to a wider-than-usual array of theatrical styles.
In an interview with the Tribune before the news conference, Freud conceded the absence of 20th- and 21st-century works in the season he inherited from his Lyric predecessor, William Mason, but explained that he takes the long view when it comes to the repertory Lyric presents.
"With an eight-opera season, inevitably what we can't do is encompass the full range of repertory every time," said Freud, whose repertory and casting decisions won't take full effect until the 2015-16 season. "That's why I believe very strongly in a rolling, 10-year repertory plan that allows us to get the right range of operas and musical and theatrical styles that I hope will both satisfy our audience and broaden its horizons."
Lyric will extend its celebration of the 2013 Verdi and Wagner bicentennials into next season. Representing Verdi will be "Otello," with Johan Botha, Ana Maria Martinez and Falk Struckmann; and a new production of "La Traviata" staged by American theater director Arin Arbus, conducted by Massimo Zanetti and starring Marina Rebeka, Joseph Calleja and Quinn Kelsey.
The season's Wagner entry will be "Parsifal," also a new production, with Davis conducting, Britain's John Caird directing and a cast headed by Paul Groves, Thomas Hampson and Kwangchoul Youn.
Another new production will be Rossini's "The Barber of Seville," which will star Nathan Gunn, Isabel Leonard, Alec Shrader and Alessandro Corbelli, in a staging by Broadway director Rob Ashford. Rounding out the season's new productions will be a romantic rarity, Antonin Dvorak's "Rusalka," in its company premiere.
Other operas to be given next season are Puccini's "Madama Butterfly," with Amanda Echalaz and Patricia Racette sharing the title role; Johann Strauss Jr.'s "Die Fledermaus"; and Mozart's "La Clemenza di Tito."
Although commitments elsewhere will prevent Fleming from appearing in any staged opera here next season, the diva will favor Lyric with another subscriber appreciation concert, this time partnered by the renowned German tenor Jonas Kaufmann, who has been absent from the Lyric roster since 2008. Davis will conduct the event, which is set for March 19, 2014, at the Opera House.
Lyric's efforts to build new audiences are ongoing. Subscribers will get first choice of seats and special pricing for post-season performances of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "The Sound of Music," the next entry in Lyric's American musical theater initiative, scheduled for May 2014. The show will be the second installment (after "Oklahoma!" here this spring) of a Rodgers and Hammerstein cycle that is to include "Carousel" in 2015, "The King and I" in 2016 and "South Pacific" in 2017. Castings and production details are to be announced.
The season will bring an increase in ticket prices of about 2 percent overall, although prices have been lowered or frozen in parts of the main floor, balcony and upper balcony. For the first time, subscribers can save up to 40 percent over single ticket prices in every series, every day of the week. There will be 24 different subscription packages.
"We're being extremely careful not to increase ticket prices across the board," Freud said. "Rather, we are identifying areas of the house we believe can sustain small ticket price increases. There are more significant chunks of the theater in which prices hopefully will make us more accessible to more people."
Season brochures for renewing subscribers will be mailed Thursday.
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5 Dressy Ways to Wear Your Favorite Leggings
We've heard it said countless times before that leggings are not pants, and yet a lot of girls still take their favorite pair of leggings out with their trusty tee for a comfy OOTD. While we often berate you for doing so, we do have to agree that a pair leggings are indeed comfy, and are closet staples, too! To break the common misconception that leggings are perfect for casual outfits only, we're showing you how to dress up your favorite pair of leggings and look fashionably on-point without having to sacrifice comfort at all.
Instead of the usual blacks and grays, opt for a pair in deep forest green for an unexpected choice. Wear it with a long tee, throw on a blazer, a pair of sunnies and you're good to go! End the look with a pair of snazzy sneakers for an instant dose of cool.
If you don't have a long tee to go with your trusty leggings, then throw on a faux fur coat over your entire OOTD. It does the same job as your long tee, but with extra sass and style points!
Take advantage of the cooler months ahead and throw on an oversized sweater over your favorite black leggings for an effortlessly fashionable look. Cap the look off with a pair of ankle boots and a beanie to keep your outfit cool, but comfy.
For a preppy OOTD that can take you from classroom to hangout with a breeze, wear a cable knit sweater with your leggings, and before you head out for school, cuff the hem of your leggings for an unexpected fashion twist.
Keep your look comfy, but still edgy with an oversized tee-and-leather leggings-combo. Finish the look with a pair of white sneaks for an easy to put together, on-point look for the day.
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This blog is dedicated to all teens out there struggling in determining what they really want in their life or if you simply want a glow up. And since were still facing a pandemic, I think this is also a season where everyone is re-thinking about their lives. So, I hope these advices might help you.
Tip #1. TAKE RISK - since most of you are still young, I advice you to take your biggest risk. Whether it may be taking the course you want, a skill you want to acquire or just simply taking the risk to throw away your emotional baggage from your childhood. While you're still young, you have very little to lose. You dont have that much commitments and responsibilities. Because the older you get, the more responsibilities and obligations came. So when they are still not piling up, take the risk! As for me, the biggest risk I took when I was still a teenager is to CUT OFF TOXIC FAMILY TIES.
I may sound rude here but, yeah. I decided to throw away my emotional baggage from my traumatic childhood and cut off some of my family ties and it is completely okay! You dont have to be bothered by whatever they will say. Because at your age, you are already investing on your growth as a person. If you really want to grow, THERE IS NO PERFECT TIME FOR YOU TO TAKE RISK BUT NOW. Because in taking risk you are actually giving yourself a reward of getting something amazing or beyond what you expect you can have. As they say, the bigger the risk, the bigger the reward. Keep in mind that the bigger the risk, the bigger possibility of FAILURE. But that is completely OKAY. Because just like what I said earlier, you are still young. You dont have so much to lose so, dont be afraid to take the risk and then fail. But after failing, learn from it and the more courage you have to take risk the greater the learning, reward or happiness. Ito na nga, how to take risk nga ba? And what are the risk that would actually help me to grow? #
2: VOICE LESSON - dont get me wrong, hindi ito vocalization para sa pagkanta. What I mean is, learn to listen to that VOICE INSIDE YOU. Listen to your heart, to your intuition and to your visions because it will be your GUIDE. Because I realize that as you go along your journey of your life and if you really want to be YOURSELF and be successful in achieving your goals, the only GUIDE that you should follow is your OWN VOICE.
It is okay to take and consider other people's advices but at the end of the day,you should never forget to listen to your own voice. Because that voice is what tells you what you truly want. How would you know that if it is your 'own' voice? Your own voice always comes from your HEART. The voice where YOU and GOD'S voice are one. Because I firmly believe that God knows your heart and that is where he reside. I like journaling because whenever I journal my thought every night and every morning, I feel a dual voice inside my head. Like, it contradicts what the other voice is telling. For example: If we have dreams or goals that puts us so much weight and pressure to the point that it makes you exhausted, STOP. Because it might be a dream or goal of someone else. I believe that your own dreams and goals may be frustrating most of the time, but that frustration has fueling feeling that will always tell you that 'This is the hard way to better so keep going'. Frustration in your own dreams will not make you feel exhausted because achieving a dream itself is a fulfilling feeling.
#3. TAKE ACTION - if you really want something to happen, take action. Dont just sit there and wait things to come your way. Make action or decisions that will take you to where you want to go in your life. Just like what I said in one of my novels that I am writing in wattpad, "There is no such thing as destiny or fate. Because YOU make your OWN life choices." For example, I cannot expect to be a published author if I dont write any novels right? The bottomline here is, if you are not moving forward you are actually moving backward. And it is a sad thing. Life is full of situations where you will be put in the line whether you take courage or just stay where you are. Because GROWING needs consistency in moving forward. So if you dont have to enough courage to take action, your life will always stay the same or worse you will continuously shrink down.
#4. EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS - this means stretching your comfort zone. I watched an anime entitled "Black Clover" there is a captain there where he always tell his subordinates to surpass their limits right, here right now. Going out of our comfort zones are surely scary and uncomfortable. But you have to accept the fact that you cannot stay on the coast forever. You have to change, because the only thing that is constant in this world is change right? Go out of your comfort zones because LIMITS are just in the MIND. There are disabled people who are successful in their own careers. Because the lesson here is, if you hold back there will be no growth. Because GROWTH blooms in DISCOMFORT.
Last, #5. INVEST IN YOURSELF - especially now that you are still young, you should focus on investing on yourself more. Time is your bestfriend at this point of your life. You have so much time to discover things about yourself. I never regret buying and reading books that I never knew will help me later on in dealing life's challenges. You can use that time to read books, gain wisdom, or pick a new skill, improve your talent and learn from your experiences. Keep learning outside your home or your school. Because the real battlefield is OUTSIDE. What you learn in school will only help you in your career but your wisdom and experiences will help you in life or as a person. People who doesnt embrace growth will never succeed in their life. (This is a reflection blog from my 21st birthday last week. I hope you can feature this on your page and I hope it can help others as well. )
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Hello candy-peeps! I just wanted to share what i've been doing this long quarantine period. My father is from Pangasinan and so I grew up going there every year (usually during special occasions like Christmas, New Year, All Saints Day, etc). I've always loved their specialties yet I only get to taste it once or twice.
My father runs a GRAB business in which we have several drivers for it. Yet during this pandemic, our business experienced a big loss and our drivers feared that they won't get to earn enough for their families who are also suffering during these troubling times.
By starting this frozen food business, we were able to earn and also give our drivers a source of income. They accompany my father in going to Pangasinan every week to be able to restock and they also re-sell our products. Its a win-win situation for both of us. I do hope that we'd overcome the problems that our country as a whole and every struggling individual is facing soon and that we'd come out of this better than we were before. #SupportLocal #PilipinasMuna
Hi everyone! I just want to share my first collaboration with my father. I converted two of my digital arts, Oneness and We Got Each Other's Back, into a vase and a bookend. I designed it and he made it into a reality. The Oneness Metal Vase is perfect for dried flowers and or artificial flowers. The We Got Each Other's Back Bookend is made from solid metal in which the cubes can be arranged to the user's liking. Both metal sculptures work as an accent piece that can liven up one's space. In case you guys are interested, you can reach me through Facebook/Instagram: @artdkf.ph
Imagine you are holding a photograph. There, there you are. A 5-year-old you is being carried by her momma and papa while holding your rag dolls. That innocent, charming little girl is looking at you and said, "Where are you now?"
Life is filled with several U-turns and unexpected twists of events and during these times in which silver spoons are nowhere to be found: Our families ensure we still get and experience the best as we survive this pandemic. Here's my song, I wrote back 2 years ago entitled: "Won't Let You Cry" and take time to honor and appreciate our parents as they are the biggest front liners in our lives throughout the years.
If you're still single now, there are probably a a lot of questions running in your head. But being on your own for a long time helps you discover more about yourself. It's more than just freedom or independence. It's facing the world with so much courage. It's trying to make the most of your life without having to depend on someone. It's being happy on your own and loving yourself with all that you are.
We've been chasing love only to realize that it's not gonna work out that way. The right time will come that you will be blessed with the one you deserve. The one who also prayed to be with you. The one who will make you believe in love again. Let life surprise you. Hang in there.


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The City of Edinburgh's Art collection is one of the finest in Scotland, and includes works by the most important Scottish artists.
Free entry to the grounds. Castle Admission - Adult £8, Concession £6 (under 5 free)
A 16th century tower house with early 19th century additions set in stunning grounds overlooking the Firth of Forth.
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The Museum of Childhood has a place in the hearts of millions. The first museum in the world dedicated to the history of childhood, it displays toys and games from across the generations.
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Iconic items, beautiful objects, fascinating facts and gruesome tales are waiting to be discovered in this beautiful 16th century museum.
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Well, the dust has settled on Trade deadline Day 2012, and it's left us all stunned, giddy, freaked out, and not a little bit sad (*mournful honk*).
My plan going into today was this: I intended to throw Darcy under the bus and never look back if he failed to trade either Derek Roy or Drew Stafford off the team. Then, I intended to rock the bus back and forth over him until he was just a Darcy-shaped pile of dust (I assume Darcy explodes into dust like the vampires on Buffy the Vampire Slayer when killed).
In typical Darcy fashion he failed to meet my minimum expectations while simultaneously pulling an attractive rabbit out of his hat that I had never even thought to demand. He's a wily one, our Darcy Regier. I'd call him a master of misdirection, but this wasn't even that. I'm not distracted from Derek Roy. No, I don't even care about old Roy-Z anymore (for now). I'm like, "Shut up about Roy-Z, Darcy. I'm trying to watch Cody Hodgson highlights on Youtube over here."
Let's try to iron this all out, shall we? Here are the dudes involved:
This is the big, bonkers deal has everyone's heads spinning (including a LOT of heads in Vancouver). Personally, I'm not sure what to say about this other than… whoa. Darcy traded his gigantic maybe-he'll-turn-into-Lucic No. 1 prospect, and in return he got a young NHL-ready center. This move was risky for both teams, and I suspect we're going to spend a lot of time over the next few years comparing the fortunes of Hodgson and Kassian. Only time (possibly lots of time) will reveal the true winner of this one, but right now the consensus seems to be the Sabres got the best player in the deal.*high five, Darcy*
The overlooked wildcard here is Gragnani, who has struggled in Buffalo but has a lot of potential. I have no idea what's up with Sulzer (is he even going to play for the Sabres? Or is he a straight-to-the-Amerks kind of guy?), but he's handsome enough, so whatever. I'll take him. (If you need a place to stay when you get here, you can stay in my guest room, Sulzie. As usual, the house rules for Sabres are: 1. No skanks 2. No loud music without headphones unless it involves the viola.)
On the surface, this trade gets a thumbs up. If nothing else, this move is fun just because it happened. With this trade, Darcy has busted out of his "I value my prospects too highly" rut in a big, big way. This is the kind of exciting, dramatic, high-risk move that Darcy-from-two-seasons-ago just wouldn't have made. This kind of thing is fun, and it's a treat to have the Sabres involved.
Okay, moving on, with an incredibly deep sigh, and true pain in my heart…
This one is tough.
I think there are times in everyone's fandom when logic goes out the window and you revert to a more childlike, innocent mentality. This is one of those times for me. I'm an unabashed Paul Gaustad fan, and while the return in the trade was certainly favorable, I'm just plain old sad about losing Goose.
Goose was my first favorite Sabre. When I became a hockey fan 5 years ago, part of the appeal of the sport was cheering for these mysterious characters on the ice, and for me, at the heart of that appeal was Paul Gaustad. I just like the guy, and I always have. I think it's important to have players like this- favorites- players you care about more than you care about the others. Having favorite players makes watching a team more special, more heartbreaking, and more moving.
I don't write about it much anymore, but before I became a fan of the Sabres, I didn't like living in Buffalo. I felt weird and out of place here. I've never been able to describe it eloquently, but when I became a Sabres fan, I became a Buffalonian, and my entire life took a turn for the happier. Whenever I think of Goose's time in Buffalo, I'm going to remember what it was like to fall in love with the Buffalo Sabres, and in turn what it was like to fall in love with this city and finally make Buffalo my home. In that way, Goose cemented himself as an all-time favorite for me.
I'll always appreciate how he conducted himself as a Sabre and a Buffalonian and I wish Paul nothing but the best in Nashville. We will miss him dearly.


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This was Obama´s "sage advice" in London yesterday:
"And on that matter, for example, I think it's fair to say that maybe some point down the line there might be a UK-US trade agreement, but it's not going to happen any time soon because our focus is in negotiating with a big bloc, the European Union, to get a trade agreement done".
"The UK is going to be in the back of the queue."
Obama will of course, and fortunately, be gone when a new trade deal between the US and UK is to be negotiated. So, his "advice" is of no value whatsoever.
No wonder Obama has been chosen the worst US President since WW2. His brazen meddling in UK politics will certainly be utterly ignored by the British voters, when they have a chance to vote for leaving the Titanic called the Europea Union!
An excellent summary by Stephen Pollard:
You would have to be mad to take lessons in foreign policy from this of all US presidents. He tells us that our membership of the EU is vital to European and even world security.
This from the man who has reduced the world standing of the US to such a joke that President Putin knew he would be able to grab an entire section of Ukraine while the US – and, yes, the EU – simply stood by and watched.


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Seau's family donates NFL star's brain for research into repetitive head injuries
SAN DIEGO -- The family of former NFL star Junior Seau will donate his brain for research into repetitive head injuries.
San Diego Chargers chaplain Shawn Mitchell said the family made the decision Thursday.
The Seaus "have made this decision to allow for the possibility of helping other people/players down the road through this study," Mitchell wrote in an email Friday.
"The ultimate destination of the brain has not been firmly communicated at this time," Mitchell said.
He added that the family was not speculating as to whether concussions were a factor in Seau's suicide.
Seau, a standout college and Chargers player, was found dead Wednesday at his Oceanside home. An autopsy concluded he shot himself in the chest.
Some have speculated that brain injuries from football may have played a role in his death, but there's been no medical confirmation of such damage.
Family members and friends have said they weren't aware of any issues that may have led to Seau's suicide. Police said no suicide note was found.
"This is not anything I thought he would ever do," former San Diego Chargers safety Miles McPherson said.
A few weeks ago, a smiling Seau was videotaped playing a ukulele and singing while attending the spring game at Southern California, where he starred before being drafted by the Chargers in 1990.
Mitchell said that friends of Seau's who were at his charity golf tournament a month ago said his "spirits were great."
Boston University's Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy has analyzed the brains of dozens of former athletes, including that of former Chicago player Dave Duerson, who shot himself in the chest last year.
While saying it was saddened by Seau's death, center officials would not say if they have reached out to the Seau family or would be interested in studying his brain.
Duerson's family has filed a wrongful death suit against the NFL, claiming the league didn't do enough to prevent or treat concussions that severely damaged Duerson's brain before he died in in February 2011.
Former Atlanta Falcons safety Ray Easterling, who had joined in a concussion-related lawsuit against the league -- one of dozens filed in the last year -- shot himself last month at age 62. His wife has said he suffered from depression and dementia after taking years of hits.