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With a nod to reality TV and homage paid to the Greeks, this snarling black comedy journeys through atonement and redemption…as only Tony Award winner Enda Walsh could write it. On a sun-scorched island off the Greek coast, four men living in Penelope's (Holly Fulger)empty, derelict pool are the remaining survivors of 100 aspiring suitors, all testing her fidelity while she waits patiently for her husband, Odysseus, to return from the Trojan War. He has been away twenty years. Penelope, beautiful and elusive, lounges on a chaise longue in her villa boudoir above the pool and watches their tawdry ministrations on closed circuit TV.
The past-their-prime four, Quinn (Brian Letscher), Dunne (Ron Bottitta), Fitz (Richard Fancy), and Burns (Scott Sheldon), wear robes that they partially or completely remove at times to reveal them wearing nothing more than Speedos on their largely unattractive, seedy, aging bodies. While constantly consuming liquor, they preen, strut, jockey, and vie for glamorous Penelope's attention and love, even though aware that when, and if, Odysseus returns they will be slain. Splattered blood on the pool wall is stark remaining evidence of the previous day's violent demise of Murray, a fifth aspiring suitor.
On a stage whose background suggests the degradation and detritus of a long war, there's also plenty of sunscreen and a table with drinks. The men squabble, joke, compare their body builds and discuss their mothers. Some long silences, stares, and controlling stances take place. Quinn, aggressive, and bully of the group, relentlessly taunts weedy, younger Burns, who shows signs of rebellion. He proclaims, "We are men, and what we do not do is trust." A prominently placed barbecue with only one sausage left on the grill, turns out to have mystic properties, and is the subject of a similar, ominous dream all four men had the previous night, forecasting the return of Odysseus and their certain death at his hands.
They all, including sensitive Burns, deliver wordy speeches—at times senseless and unworthy of Penelope's attention and love, and sometimes, surprisingly, sufficiently eloquent to draw her out briefly from her boudoir to hover mysteriously and wordlessly above them. Quinn includes some quick costume changes in a hilarious presentation of famous historical lovers' courtship through the ages (Napoleon and Josephine, Romeo and Juliet, Jack and Jackie).
Fitz, the most literary, surprises with a monologue that starts falteringly, but despite its clumsy beginning, develops interestingly enough to entice Penelope from her boudoir. Though rather monologue laden, innuendos and gags abound in this love versus hate dark comedy. All four actors deliver strong performances, and the excellent direction, costuming, stage setting, design, sound, and lighting all deserve special mention. Enda Walsh's Penelope is both gripping and thought provoking as the tension mounts inexorably to a violent conclusion.
What: PENELOPE —Los Angeles Premiere
Playwright: Enda Walsh
Directed by:John Perrin Flynn
Produced by: John Perrin Flynn and Brenda Davidson
Presented by: Rogue Machine Theatre
Enda Walsh was recently honored for his musical adaptation of the film "Once" on Broadway (8 Tony, 3 Lucille Lortel, 4 Drama Desk, 3 Outer Critics Circle, and 6 Laurence Olivier Awards, as well as a Drama League Award, NY Drama Critics Circle Award, and the Grammy Award in 2013 for Best Musical Theater Album.
CAST: (Credits for all cast and designers have been considerably reduced)
Ron Bottitta (Dunne) LA Stage: God Only Knows at Theatre 40, Rank, Theatre in the Dark and The Arsonists at The Odyssey, Yes,Prime Minister and Superior Donuts at The Geffen.
Richard Fancy (Fitz) is a founding member of Rogue Machine. He has a long list of Theater, Television, and Movie credits.
Holly Fulger (Penelope) Holly is a company member of Rogue Machine and was last seen in Where the Great Ones Run.
Brian Letscher (Quinn) was seen in Lone-Anon (Rogue Machine)
Scott Sheldon (Burns) is a graduate of Sanford Meisner's Neighborhood Playhouse School in NYC and a new member of Rogue Machine.
John Perrin Flynn (Director) is Rogue Machine's founding Artistic Director and has produced all 25 of the main stage productions, including the sell out (LA Times – CRITICS' CHOICE) productions of Dying City and One Night In Miami.
Stephanie Kerley Schwartz (Set Design) is a multi-award winning costume and set designer, most recently recognized for her work on Rogue Machine's Blackbird (LA Weekly Award).
Ric Zimmerman (Lighting Design) has worked at The Fountain, Theatre of Note, The Vagrancy, Theatre Forty.
Christopher Moscatiello (Sound Design) is an Ovation-nominated sound designer, composer, music editor and music director for theater, television and film.
Corwin Evans (Video Design) is a theatre artist who specializes in video and sound design. After receiving his MFA from UCLA in 2009, he has worked wherever he can for Los Angeles theatre.
Lauren Tyler (Costume Design) has worked at Rogue Machine on A Bright New Boise, The Sunset Limited, Treefall, and Ovation-nominated Compleat Female Stage Beauty with Stephanie Kerley Schwartz.
Photos by: John Flynn
PENELOPE opens on June 14thand runs at8pm Fridays and Saturdays, 3pm on Sundays through August 10, 2014.
Reservations: Rogue Machine Theatre
Phone: 855-585-5185
How much: $30
Runs: 95 minutes without intermission.
5041 W. Pico Blvd., LA, CA 90019.
(West of La Brea) Ample free parking
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A salute to WASP
To go info at end of main bar
GALESBURG - It is fitting two men from eastern Ohio own the first Stearman to arrive at this year's National Stearman Fly-In.
The 36th annual gathering of the World War II biplanes and their pilots honors the Women Airforce Service Pilots. Andy and Mike Porter have the only surviving Stearman from Avenger Field in Texas, where many a WASP was trained.
Between last year's Fly-In and this year's, Mike Porter, 27, Andy's son, restored a white Stearman into the beautiful silver plane it was during its WASP days. The wings, engine and every part of the plane are now authentic.
"Doing the restoration on this individual plane took a tremendous amount of mechanical work, a lot of knowledge, being able to read blueprints, a lot of metal work, a lot of woodwork, a lot of fabric work," Andy Porter said, the 66-year-old's English accent still noticeable although he came to the U.S. as a young man. "He's taken this to another level."
How did Mike get the job done in just one year?
"It's 11 months of 18-hour days," he laughed.
"And he has other duties as well," his proud father added.
WASP was formed on Aug. 5, 1943, when the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron and the Army Air Force Women's Flying Training Detachment merged. According to the Texas Woman's University Web page, training consisted of six months of ground school and flight training. After three classes were trained in Houston, "bad weather and crowded skies" led to the program being moved to Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas.
According to a letter Andy and Mike received from the Department of the Air Force, their plane was used to train female pilots between Feb. 10, 1943, and Aug. 12, 1944. The WASP was deactivated in December 1944.
The Stearman the Porters own has an interesting history, in addition to its part in the WASP program. A bill of sale from Dallas County, Texas, showed the plane was sold for $510 on Nov. 3, 1945, to a private individual.
"After that, it was a crop duster for a little over 30 years," Andy said.
In 1982, the Stearman was bought by Joe Scialfa, father of Bruce Springsteen's wife and fellow E-Street Band member, Patty Scialfa. Eventually, the plane was used for rides in New York City.
"I flew it in the ride business in '92 and '93, sightseeing rides to the World Trade Center and the Statue of Liberty," Andy said. "About 1,200 flights. The plane was white at the time. Nobody knew its history."
Andy bought the plane in 1997 and he and Mike began tracing its remarkable history. The official poster of this year's National Stearman Fly-In has a rendering of the Stearman in the center, with a picture of it and some women pilots in Texas during WWII.
Andy modestly emphasized his take on this year's Fly-In.
"It's not about us," he said. "They are honoring the Women Airforce Service Pilots."
The women ferried every type of plane c the T-6 trainers, B-17 and B-29 bombers, P-51 Mustang fighters c Andy said, "from the factory to wherever it needed to go. So they were the beginning" of women being an active part of the military.
Most of the men were fighting in Europe and the Pacific.
"They were stuck out at Sweetwater, training in the middle of nowhere. The guys would make this unscheduled stop to see the women. They had many mysterious breakdowns," Andy said, with a knowing laugh. "We've really done this aircraft to salute them."
The Porters have been the first to arrive here four years in a row. They have been invited by former WASP members to take the plane to next year's EAA AirVenture Convention in Oshkosh, Wis.
As for the fly-In here, Andy and Mike can't get enough of it.
"These folks in Galesburg are great," Andy said. "We actually select our two-week holiday to come here."
"It's just a blast," Mike agreed. "I really love it. It's good to see a lot of old friends and meet some new ones, and to see these planes. It just takes you back in time."
36th Annual National Stearman Fly-In
Sept. 3-9, Galesburg Municipal Airport, Galesburg, Ill.
Stearman airplanes, commercial exhibits, flour bombing contest, precision aerobatics, and aviation antics. Sept. 7-8: Narrated tram rides for general public along Stearman flight line to get close-up look at airplanes, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., $1 per person; no admission fee to get on airport grounds. Sept. 9: Pancake and sausage breakfast served by Galesburg Noon Lions club, 6-11 a.m., Jet Air Hangar at Galesburg Municipal Airport, $5 for adults, $3 for children - sold only at door. Complete schedule of events at www.stearmanflyin.com .


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My Winter of Discontent. And Anxiety.
So, around ten years ago, I had finally washed my hands clean of a year long break-up with my college boyfriend. I had a year and change left in grad school and I decided when I was done, I was leaving New England. Connecticut sucked (I had spent the past 6 years in Fairfield County, which does, IMHO, still suck), I had no desire to return "home" to Western Mass, so I was outta here. I was going to move to....SOUTH CAROLINA! It was a decision based on nothing but my main criteria: NO WINTER. In my then 24 years, I had had no use for the season as a whole. I didn't ski (still don't), I didn't like being cold (still don't) and South Carolina didn't seem like it would be AS HOT as Florida, but warm enough that outside of some fluke storm, there wouldn't be snow on the ground. PERFECT. South Carolina, HERE I COME!!
And then things happened, as they often do, and I met a boy. I think literally weeks, if not days, after I had had the South Carolina epiphany, I met a boy. And he had roots here and family and reasons to stay and I didn't even think twice about my short-lived dream of sunshine and palm trees. Because really, what does South Carolina have that New London County doesn't..........?
So, ten years has passed. And now I have two kids, and now I know the REAL reason I wanted to move away--WINTER SUCKS SO HARD WHEN YOU HAVE LITTLE KIDS. And winter is A LOT LONGER than you think it is. It's only October and I am already kinda pissed about winter. Fall is cool, you know..sunshine and brisk air, and apples and pumpkins...but even fall can kinda suck when it is gray and bleak and cold and damp and UGH, why didn't I move to South Carolina?
Last winter is some weird fuzzy memory of new baby and struggling to get into a routine and learning how to be a mom of two. Somehow, though, winter with a two year old isn't as hard a winter with a three year old. And I can feel winter starting to sneak up on me and I can feel my stress level rising because 1,800 square feet of the same walls is not enough space when you can't just go outside to run off some energy.
And you are going to say, "It's never too cold, you can always go outside!" and I am going to tell you that the amount of time and energy it takes to get two kids bundled up for winter (never mind the time it takes to track down boots, hats, coats, mittens) to go outside for 10 minutes because your kids realize being outside in January does, in fact, suck, is not worth the effort.
So, you know...our winter routine will revolve around visits to the library, the aquarium on the "warm" cold days, running laps around our downstairs, and trying to avoid meltdowns (from all parties, I am not exempt on a good meltdown).
As the days get shorter and colder and my anxiety about being trapped in the house with two toddlers begins to escalate, I would love to hear what your family does to keep everyone sane in the winter. Unless you plan to tell me about skiing, snowshoeing, or anything else that involves freezing your tushies off, because we are not on board with that plan.


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Good on ya
Posted by Smokey Stover on February 23, 2006
In Reply to: Good on ya posted by pamela on February 23, 2006
: : : : What does "good on you" mean? As in "good on you, Joe, that was an excellent play".
: : : It means you're being complimented ... by an Australian.
: : What Bob is too shy to mention is that "good for you" is the more usual expression, outside of Oz, and means "you did well." Or it could mean "you did good." That's ungrammatical--or not, depending on what you did. SS
: I was so sure that the spelling was "good onya", but my sister swears its "good on ya". We decided to settle via google fight and "good onya" scored 125,000 and "good on ya!" scored 45,500,000. Still not convinced, I argued that most of the "good on yas" lived overseas and did a google search limited to Australian sites. Score: 861 "good onya" v. 31,200 "good on ya". I stand corrected. Either way, it is definitely not "good on you". Even Australians who don't have broad, rural or working class accents would lapse to the strine "Good on ya!" when using this phrase, rather than "Good on you!" which would sound plain wrong. Very often used sarcastically: "Good on ya, Minister!" could just as easily be followed by "Yeah, we really need fewer public hospitals" as by something complimentary. Pamela
I understand perfectly. You Ozzies pronounce "Good on you" as a dactyl, with a corresponding reduction of "you" to an unaccented syllable, or schwa. I think the most common sarcastic equivalent north of the equator is probably "Great!" or "Right!"--as in "Right! What we need is more tax cuts for the wealthy." I wish the sarcasm of that phrase were more obvious to those in charge. SS


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I'm continuing my series of blogs about Beethoven, in anticipation of the Symphony's Beethoven Festival in January/February 2012.
Yesterday, I wrote about how Beethoven didn't know how old he was because of his father's attempts to pass him off as the next Mozart when he was young. Today's blog is a one-question trivia quiz. The question is: Considering all the different forms of music, in what form did Beethoven write the greatest number of works?
Here are a few hints; none of these are the correct answer. Beethoven wrote:
32 piano sonatas
10 sonatas for violin and piano
9 symphonies
7 trios for violin, cello and piano
5 sonatas for cello and piano
4 trios for violin, viola and cello
Give up? The answer is: Beethoven wrote 72 Irish songs for voice (or voices), violin, cello, and piano! Click here for more details.
Still don't believe that Beethoven wrote Irish songs? Listen to this piece that is shockingly by Beethoven:
So far, the Beethoven Festival in January/February 2012 has scheduled the complete symphonies, piano sonatas, cellos sonatas and much more. Anybody game for teaming up with the Symphony to present the Irish Songs?
Jack Fishman
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For more blogs by Jack Fishman visit: www.sasymphony.org/blog


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This class is usually used as a superclass for more specific device classes listed under SNMP::Info::Layer2::* Please read all docs under SNMP::Info first. Provides abstraction to the configuration information obtainable from a Layer2 device through SNMP. Information is stored in a number of MIBs. For speed or debugging purposes you can call the subclass directly, but not after determining a more specific class using the method above. my $l2 = new SNMP::Info::Layer2(...); Inherited Classes SNMP::Info SNMP::Info::Bridge SNMP::Info::Entity Required MIBs Inherited Classes MIBs required by the inherited classes listed above. MIBs can be found in netdisco-mibs package.
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Exploring Israeli Society through Dance at International Exposure 2009
Video: Promo for Arkadi Zaides's new Quiet
As guest writer Brian Schaefer wrote in his article, for most visitors from abroad, International Exposure is a veritable "crash course" in Israeli contemporary dance. For me, however, International Exposure serves another purpose. Since I'm now intimately familiar with both the scene as a whole and with the artists themselves, this festival provides an unparalleled opportunity to consider developments in the field over the last year.
While Brian rightly noted that the vast majority of works in International Exposure did not overtly address the Israeli context, a few works did tackle issues in Israeli life – and as someone who has seen the vast majority of contemporary dance created in Israel since 2007, I can vouch that this is a notable shift. Out of all the dances I watched during my first two years in the country – a number which easily surpasses 100 and probably nears 200 – I can probably count the number of works which explicitly examine Israeli culture and society on less than two hands. Most of them, such as Renana Raz's We Have Been Called to Go, were works that had premiered in previous seasons; while I saw this dance on stage, I had to seek out other works such as Yasmeen Godder's Strawberry Cream and Gunpowder on DVD. Indeed, when I saw Hillel Kogan's Everything at Exposure in January 2008, its focus on Israeli machismo was such a revelation because it was the only new work I had seen which openly examined an aspect of Israeli identity.
So it was absolutely astonishing for me to watch as not just one but a handful of the offerings at International Exposure unmistakably explored Israeli society. Two of these dances had premiered just weeks earlier in the Curtain Up festival, and while they both took the relationship of the individual to the surrounding Israeli society as their main theme, they approached the subject from different personal perspectives and aesthetics.
Noa Dar's Anu. Photo by Tamar Lamm.
In Noa Dar's trio Anu (Us), one dancer – perhaps dressed to look younger in pigtails and a skirt – is initiated into the group, first observing her two fellow performers and then modeling herself after them until she becomes a participating member. Though at times the context is universal, there are several scenes which bear the recognizable imprint of Israeli culture. Gathered center stage in a tight circle, the trio performs a speeded-up mishmash of Israeli folk dance steps; occasionally, one dancer breaks out of the group, causing the others to pause, but then the three immediately resume their folk dance at an even more frenetic pace. Another powerful section references the army service which is compulsory in Israel. Juxtaposing stylized miming of military actions (loading, aiming, and shooting guns; throwing grenades; scoping out a building and breaking in; strip searching a suspect) with sweetly tranquil classical music, the scene is chilling.
Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor's Big Mouth. Photo by Gadi Dagon.
Whereas Anu follows the process of indoctrination into society, Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor's Big Mouth considers the reverse process of an individual critically considering this group mentality. The strains of an Israeli folk song set the stage even before the curtain rises, and the tone is further established as the three dancers (Sheinfeld, Laor, and Keren Levi) begin by turning their backs on the audience and striding in unison around the perimeter of the space. Gradually, the trio's regimented marching is punctuated by Israeli folk dance steps – a mayim here, a three-step turn there – and eventually, Levi tries to break out of this seemingly never-ending pattern with her own idiosyncratic movement. Later, to the swelling melody of an Israeli military hymn, Levi stands downstage and slowly opens her mouth wide until her face is distorted in the shape of a silent, terrible scream; this simple yet virtuosic act leaves a haunting imprint even after the booming music dies down and Levi's face returns to its normal state. Despite the tenderness with which Sheinfeld and Laor cradle Levi during their final trio, keeping her perpetually aloft while passing her back and forth, the emotion which prompted such an agonized cry clearly lingers, prompting her to leave the group at the close of the work.
Besides Anu and Big Mouth, two other brand-new works showcased in International Exposure 2009 also seemed to be colored by the political and social dynamics within the Israeli context. Rami Be'er's choreography has often explored Israeli life, and his Infrared, which the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company premiered in November, seems to follow in this pattern. Though much of the choreography itself is more abstract, the work opens with a man's voice solemnly intoning a poem (written by Be'er) about soldiers in a garden and with one dancer slowly emerging from what appears to be a body bag. Meanwhile, Arkadi Zaides's Quiet, which was presented in a studio showing as a work-in-progress, features a mixed cast of Jewish and Arab performers and effectively plays off the tensions between these two groups.
After two years of barely seeing any choreography explicitly grappling with the Israeli context, I couldn't help but wonder why so many dances were now openly invoking this subject and its intense undercurrents. Could it perhaps be that, after the war in Gaza last year, some choreographers felt compelled to reexamine their surroundings? What other political and personal factors were at work?
Noa Dar's Anu. Photo by Tamar Lamm.
In a conversation with Noa Dar prior to the premiere of Anu, she said that her latest work stemmed from her experiences as "a mother and also as a citizen" of Israel. While Dar talked about how her young children's education was already "printing on them their future and the future as soldiers," she also recounted her experience at a protest against the incursion into Gaza in 2008, during which not only right-wing counter-protesters but also passersby cursed the demonstrators as traitors. The choreographer further discussed the media's one-sided account of both Gaza and the 2006 Lebanon war and brought up recent legislation curtailing the rights of Arab Israelis. "This work came out of these experiences, out of this fear that this country is getting more and more closed," Dar acknowledged. She continued, "It's about the uniformity that Israeli culture brings and trying to explore how to survive it, to go against it but still be inside, to be able to comment on it, to try to change it."
Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor's Big Mouth. Photo by Gadi Dagon.
While these recent developments spurred the creation of Anu, Big Mouth emerged from somewhat different roots. Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor choreographed the dance during a period when they were frequently away from Israel; sometimes they were on tour with previous works, and at other times they were in the Netherlands where they collaborated on the new trio with Amsterdam-based Israeli dancer Keren Levi. Sheinfeld remarked, "Somehow I think it affected this work; it made the piece somehow with reference to the Israeli culture." Laor chimed in the conversation, noting not only the physical distance of the three collaborators from Israel during the creative process but also other events which caused the artists to consider issues of nationalism and group identity. While Big Mouth does include specific allusions to the Israeli context, Sheinfeld reflected that ultimately, "the way that we treat the subject is the personal level, is the individual, and how an individual acts in a group."
Arkadi Zaides's Quiet. Photo courtesy of Arkadi Zaides.
Meanwhile, in the publicity for Quiet, which premieres this weekend at Tmuna Theater in Tel Aviv, Zaides explains the backdrop for his latest work. He writes:
"Quiet arose from a real sense of emergency; in light of the growing violence and mistrust between communities in Israel, constantly subjected to states of shock which never allow the space needed for reflection, and thus never allow for change. In such an environment it felt acute to create a platform which allows for an open and honest communication; a place where it is safe to let one's demons out and set them free; where the irrationality of response is examined and emotions are bravely explored; where a broad perspective is sought and where trust is continuously built."
With these works' diverse reference points and perspectives, they are welcome, thought-provoking additions to the Israeli contemporary dance scene.
Related Articles on Dance In Israel
- Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor: An Interview with Dramatic Dancemakers (Podcast)
- Curtain Up 6: Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor Host Noa Shadur
- Noa Dar Discusses Her Dance Career (Podcast)
- Curtain Up 5: Noa Dar Hosts Maya Brinner and Irad Mazliah
- International Exposure 2009: A Perspective from Abroad (Guest article by Brian Schaefer)
- International Exposure 2009: Showcasing Israeli Dance (Preview)
- Arkadi Zaides: Community Connections and Stunning Solos
- Viewing an Israeli Vision with Diasporic Eyes: Renana Raz's "We Have Been Called to Go"
- Dancing through the Intifada: Yasmeen Godder's "Strawberry Cream and Gunpowder"
Related Links
The works mentioned in this article are currently performed throughout Israel. To find out about upcoming concerts and to learn more about the artists, visit the websites below:


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Thanks to everyone who entered our Pinterest Contest! It was really fun to see what everyone liked from our Fall 2013 Collection. Here are some of the top pins:
|Clockwise from top left: Cinnabar, Pinecone,
Cutie Pie, Trillium, HRH and Colette
But I know what you guys are really waiting for. So without further ado…drumroll please…
The winner is Allyson from AZ. Allyson chose the Shiver pattern in Kumara. I can't wait to see her Finished Object.
Congratulations Allyson!


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It's once and always Stanley Cup Champion Washington Capitals hockey, all day, all night, all the time . . . or when I get around to it
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Caps-Flyers...it's not a goalie series
Hey...need a locker room quote?
"Ovechkin often seems to be wandering around, waiting for something to happen. Briere is constantly making things happen."
Game 3: Flyers 6 - Caps 3
It isn't so much that the Caps lost to the Philadelphia Flyers last night, 6-3. It is how they did it. They were outshot, outhit, outworked, and out-attituded (ok, it's not a word), as well as outscored. The Flyers imposed their will early and never allowed the Caps much of a respite, despite the Caps providing some anxious moments for the home team in the third period.
Games are almost never all about the numbers, but the numbers are especially revealing in this one and in this series through three games. There is one number from this game that leaps off the page…
25…That is the number of Capitals' shots the Flyers blocked. That number is more than the total number of shots on goal (19) registered by the Caps. Ten different Flyers had at least one (the Caps had 11 total blocked shots). It is an especially significant statistic given the unfortunate experience Patrick Thoresen had in blocking a shot in Game 1. The Flyers paid, and continue to pay a price for success in this series. Thoresen, it should be noted, played in this game (no, he didn't have a blocked shot, but he did register two shots of his own -- more than Alexander Semin, Viktor Kozlov, or Nicklas Backstrom).
Then there was these numbers…
153…It took the Flyers that many seconds late in the first period to score three goals (wrapped around a goal by Eric Fehr) and accomplish the dual goals of putting the Caps on their heels and get the crowd revved up even more than they were.
4…the Flyers scored that many goals in the last two minutes of a period (two in the first, one in the second, the empty netter in the third).
19…when the thought-to-be weak link for the opponent is the goaltender – one who might be forgiven for being a bit distracted with the birth of his child the previous day – getting only 19 shots on goal isn't going to get things done.
5-3-1…those are the shot totals for Alexander Semin in each of the three games. If Philly is going to take Ovechkin away – and they've done a very good job of that so far – others have to step up, Semin foremost among them.
1-3-4, -2…that's the combined line of the second line (Semin, Sergei Fedorov, Matt Cooke/Brooks Laich) over three games – the goal belongs to Laich, scored last night. If that line doesn't improve, this series is probably over.
12.5…the Caps' power play conversion rate (in percent, 2-for-16). 16 chances is not bad, but the Caps have not made the Flyers pay any sort of price for their indiscretions. The Flyers will continue, and probably increase, their friskiness – especially so as it concerns running goalie Cristobal Huet – as long as the Caps go meekly through power play opportunities.
70…that's the total number of shots the Caps have recorded in three games.
57…that's the number of Caps' shots the Flyers have blocked in three games.
+2…that's the best plus/minus on the club...Eric Fehr and Donald Brashear. That's right, Eric Fehr and Donald Brashear.
12...the number of shots for Ovechkin. Here is his shot chart through three games. He's being pushed to areas from which he is not nearly as likely to score.
0-0-0, -3, five shots…that would be Viktor Kozlov through three games.
0-1-1, -1, two shots…that would be Nicklas Backstrom through three games…one assist, -4, and seven shots in three games from two-thirds of the top line. And these guys are presumably skating in clearer ice with so much attention being paid to Ovechkin. Actually, they're not, but that is evidence of the effort being put forth by the Flyers, which the Caps have not matched. Despise them, we do, but we have to respect the ethic they have displayed in three games. They have not so much outplayed the Caps as outworked them. And at this time of year, "will" is as important as "skill."


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- Install and upgrade to Windows 8.1 (25–30%)
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Home offices are becoming part of today's interior landscape as more people have home-based businesses and companies are allowing/encouraging people to work from home.
Having a room as a dedicated office is, of course, the best option, but you can set up office space nearly anywhere in your home - your bedroom or kitchen, a loft area, an out-of-the-way hallway or any place you can spare a few feet of wall space.
Most of us spend many hours a day in front of a computer. Does your neck or back feel achy? Are your wrists and fingers sore or tired? If so, don't brush this off because you can do long-term damage to your body. You can work more comfortably and safely.
Invest in an ergonomic chair
You may spend hours parked in your office chair; therefore, an ergonomic comfortable chair is worth every dime. The chair seat height should be adjustable. When you sit, your feet should be on the floor (not dangling) in front of you, and your thighs should be slightly below your hips. Shorter folks might need to use a footrest, while extra-tall types might need to adjust the height of the desk.
Choose a desk
The part of your home in which your office is located can dictate the type of desk you buy. You can choose a simple writing desk or computer desk, a credenza or corner desk, a secretary desk or a floating desk that's mounted to the wall. Your desk can be wood, metal, glass or laminate. You can find desks or all sorts at consignment shops, antique shops, yard sales, DIY stores and online.
Place your computer equipment properly
Your keyboard should be 1 inches to 2 inches above your thighs. That may mean using a keyboard tray. The keyboard and mouse should be positioned to keep your elbows to your sides, and your arms at or below a 90-degree angle. This way, the muscle load is reduced and you're not straining. Your mouse and keyboard should be shoulder-distance apart and as level as possible. If your monitor is too far or too close, you can develop eyestrain. To find the sweet spot, sit back and extend your arm. The tips of your middle finger should land on your screen.
Use your wall space wisely
Install lots of floating shelving to hold books, photos and other items you like looking at. Use wooden or cube storage to sort items. Use vertical file holders so you can keep important papers and files within arm's reach. Hang bulletin boards (but be careful you don't make them too messy). Or paint one wall with chalkboard paint so you can jot things down and erase them at will.
Paint the walls a color you love
Forget the color "office beige." You need a color that gets your work motor humming. For some people, that's a bright, cheery color like orange or lime green. Others need a calming shade like botanical green or sea foam blue to perform. Find out more about how certain colors can affect your mood at http://freshome.com/room-color-and-how-it-affects-your-mood.
Give yourself a view
If possible, set your desk where you can stare at something more interesting than a blank wall when you glance up from the computer. If you don't have a window for viewing, hang something pleasing to look at about your desk.
Install ample lighting
Make sure your office has plenty of light to cut down on eye strain and headaches. Position the computer monitor so there's no glare from a window or overhead light, and put a small lamp on the desk for task lighting.
Hide spaghetti cables
Wires and cables are an inescapable part of our lives. Keep them hidden and organized as much as possible. If you don't tackle the cable spaghetti behind the desk when you first set up your home office, be honest... you'll never get around to it. Just a few of the options include bundling the cords together with a zip tie, getting a cord box (with a surge protector), using a cable tunnel. The internet can offer other options.
Inspire yourself
Set up a few cherished knickknacks. That can be a piece of framed art or a special photo on your desk that motivates you to create and/or get the work done so you can get out of there. A print of Paris or the ocean can channel your inner muse, or a photo of your family might remind you that you're doing it all for them.
Sheryl Roberts is the owner of Inner Space Concepts, a Marlborough-based interior decorating and home staging company. Contact Sheryl at sherylroberts.com or at 508.229.8209. You can also check out Inner Space Concepts on Facebook.


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produce maps at scales ranging from 1:2,000,000 to 1:10,000,000.
The data are available on computer tape in two formats. The standard format provides a useful geographic reference system for displaying a wide range of various types of data. It also supports producing color maps and performing area calculations. The second format is a less complex organization of data corresponding to the 21 areas of the National Atlas source maps. Information on boundaries, transportation, and hydrography is available for each area (fig. 3).
An important feature is that these smallscale data are ranked from the "most significant" feature to the "least significant." This scheme allows the user to select a minimal amount of data and gradually to increase this amount to the level of detail needed to support the theme and scale of the particular map. For instance, a user producing a map of 1:5,000,000 scale can exclude all
rivers and streams less than 30 miles long. The data can also be grouped together in various ways to produce logical sets of information; an interstate highway system can be represented either by only those road segments actually classified as interstate roads or as a complete highway system made up of interstate roads and other roads which act as connectors.
Political boundary data are organized into international boundaries, State boundaries, and city and county boundaries. Federally administered lands, such as national forests, national parks, national wildlife refuges, and others, are classified by the length of their longest dimension. This allows the user to select the types of federally administered lands to be displayed and to control the amount of detail for each type selected.
Road and trail data are organized to display densities of connected networks,
World Dofo Bonk ll (mid-70's)
World Data Bank l (mid-60's)
igure 2. —Comparison of level of detail contained in existing small-scale digital data bases for part of Florida, shown here at about 1:5,000,000 scale.
Potential Petroleum Reserves
An assessment of potential petroleum reserves in existing or designated wilderness areas of the Western United States is being assisted through the use of small-scale digital cartographic data. Map data portraying the boundaries of these wilderness areas, underlying geological formations, and previously delineated resource areas have been digitized and correlated by using computer techniques. These data, merged with data on petroleum production on adjoining lands, will enable petroleum geologists to develop meaningful estimates of potential reserves in the wilderness lands.
The promising results from this petroleum study show that small-scale digital cartographic data provide an important frame— work for the analysis of natural resources of federally owned lands. Because of this, the Geological Survey is giving high priority to the development of a national Digital Cartographic Data Base covering all Federal lands. The data formats are designed to provide the capability of analyzing a variety of data on other natural resources.
Missions, Organization,
and Budget
The U.S. Geological Survey was established by an act of Congress on March 3, 1879, to answer the need for a permanent government agency at the Federal level to conduct, on a continuing, systematic, and scientific basis, the investigation of the "geological structure, mineral resources and products of the national domain." A number of laws and executive orders have expanded and modified the scope of the Survey's responsibilities over its 100-year history. Notably, the Survey has been the nurturing ground for many Departmental functions that have grown in importance and subsequently became new bureaus to address specific Federal land management responsibilities. The Bureau of Mines, Bureau of Reclamation, and, most recently (1982), the Minerals Management Service are prominent examples of major organizations in the Department of interior that have had their origins in the Survey. With these organizational changes, the Survey has served to add a scientific dimension to the performance of many major Department responsibilities. The Survey remains the principal source of scientific and technical expertise in the earth sciences within Interior and, beyond that, within the Federal government. This Yearbook provides highlights of the wide range of earth science research and services in the fields of geology, hydrology, and cartography. Together they represent the continuing pursuit of the long-standing scientific missions of the Survey.
The U.S. Geological Survey is headquartered in Reston, Virginia. Its activities are administered through three major program divisions (National Mapping, Geologic, and Water Resources). These program operations are serviced by two major support divisions (Administrative and Information Systems). The Survey conducts its functions through an extensive field organization of offices located throughout
the 50 States and Puerto Rico. At the national level, the functions of the Survey are coordinated through six Assistant Directors acting in the area of administration, program analysis, research, information systems, intergovernmental affairs, and engineering geology.
in fiscal year 1982, the U.S. Geological Survey had obligational authority (including the Minerals Management Service) of $661.8 million, of which $510.0 million came from direct appropriations and $151.8 million from reimbursements. The Survey received funds under two congressional appropriations, "Exploration of National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska" ($2.2 million), and "Surveys, investigations, and Research," which is the traditional source of direct funding for all other Survey activities ($507.8 million, including the Minerals Management Service). The Survey also received funds for reimbursements for work performed under agreements with Federal agencies, State and local governments, international organizations, and foreign governments. The Survey performs services under these agreements when earth science expertise is
Surveys and Mapping —————— —— 163,731 Geologic Hazards Surveys ——————— —- 48,547 Earthquake Hazards Reduction -- 32,992 Volcano Hazards ———————————— -- 9,664 Ground Failure and Construction Hazards —————— —- 2,785 Reactor Hazards Research ———— -- 3,106 Land Resource Surveys ---------- —— 16,476 Geologic Framework ————————— -— 13,320 Geomagnetism -------------- -- 2,139 Climate Change ------------- -- 1,017 Mineral Resource Surveys ------- -- 39,302 Alaska Mineral Surveys ------- —- 8,924 Conterminous U.S. Mineral Surveys —————————————————— —— 5,131 Wilderness Mineral Surveys ————— 8,583 Strategic-Critical Minerals ———— —— 4,542 Development of Assessment Techniques --------------- —— 12,017 Mineral Discovery Loan Program ————————————————— —- 105 Energy Geologic Surveys ————————— —- 38,148 Coal Investigations —————————— -- 12,901 Onshore Oil and Gas Investigations ————————————— -- 7,032 Oil Shale Investigations —————— —— 2,304 Geothermal Investigations ———— —— 8,064 Uranium-Thorium Investigations ------------- —— 6,878 World Energy Resource Assessment —————————————— —— 969 Offshore Geologic Surveys ——————— —— 21,258 Offshore Oil and Gas Resources ———————————————— -— 11,350 Energy-Related Environmental Investigations ————————————— —— 8,448 Marine Geology Investigations -- 1,460
U. 8. Geological Survey obligations for fiscal year 1982, by activity— Continued
Fiscal year 1982' Activity/Subactivity/Program Element enacted Water Resources Investigations -- 108,637 National Water Data System
Federal Program ------------- —— 48,100 Data Collection and Analysis ——-- 14,833 National Water Data Exchange —- 1,257 Regional Aquifer Systems
Analyses ————————————————— —— 14,872 Coordination of Water Data
Activities ----------------- -— 898 Core Program Hydrologic
Research ————————————————— —- 5,996 Improved Instrumentation ———— -— 1,944 Subsurface Waste Storage ————- 1,461 Flood Hazards Analysis ——————— —- 460 Water Resources Assessment --- 337 Supporting Services --------- -- 3,599 Toxic Wastes-Ground Water
Contamination ------------ -- 958
Federal-State Cooperative
Data Collection and Analysis, Areal Appraisals and Special
Studies —————————————————— -- 38,541 Water Use (Cooperative) ————— —— 3,334 Coal Hydrology (Cooperative) --- 3,137
Energy Hydrology --------------- -- 15,525 Coal Hydrology ————————————— -- 7,564 Nuclear Energy Hydrology ———— —— 6,673 Oil Shale Hydrology ---------- -- 1,288
Earth Sciences Applications ———— —— 14,359
Earth Resources Observation
Environmental Affairs —————————— -— 1,457
Land Resources Data Applications — 844 General Administration -------- —- 3,407 General Administration --------- —— 2,525 Employee Compensation Payment - 882 Facilities ---------------------- -- 10,098
National Center—Standard Level
National Center— Facilities
TOTAL, Surveys, Investigations,
1 Funding shown represents appropriations under "Surveys, Investigations, and Research" only and does not include other sources of funding such as reimbursements from other Federal or State organizations.
2 Excludes $129,868 for Minerals Management Service.


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Don't expect Republicans to credit President Barack Obama for the recent signs of life in the long-ailing U.S. economy, but don't expect them to applaud more bad news either – at least not publicly.
The still-reeling economy is riding a rollercoaster of economic indicators these days. A better-than-expected jobs report sent stock markets higher earlier this month. But Friday's lower-than-expected consumer confidence number sent those same markets lower, and employers are continuing to shed hundreds of thousands of jobs each month, albeit at a slower pace than earlier this year. Many economists are predicting a jobless economic recovery over the next of year, as businesses begin to get back on their feet, but hold off on adding jobs.
The rising unemployment rate may be politically perilous for Democrats right now, but Republicans don't want to look like they're cheering for failure. So their playbook is: Downplay the effect of the stimulus and talk up its cost, and respond to positive economic signs by arguing that Republican solutions would have worked faster and cost less.
"The most important thing for Republicans is to differentiate between job creation and the economy growing," said John Feehery, a longtime aide to former Republican Speaker Dennis Hastert.
The administration has advocated plenty of policies that could prove to be a drag on small businesses, Feehery argued, citing an increase in the minimum wage and a mandate in the House health care bill that would require businesses with a combined payroll exceeding $500,000-a-year to provide their employees with health insurance.
"You're not talking down the economy by saying we need more job creation," Feehery said. "There are plenty of ills the Obama administration has made worse."
For months, Republicans have asked the Obama administration, "Where are the jobs?" And the economy is still a long way from adding any, according to most observers. But the job loss rate has slowed dramatically, and a number of economists are raising their growth projections for the end of this year and the first few months of 2010, suggesting happy (or at least happier) days might be right around the corner.
These so-called "green shoots" will make it harder for the GOP to convince voters it's time for a change at the ballot boxes next year if they sprout into a full-blown recovery. So Republicans are making the case their fiscally conservative remedies would have worked quicker and saved the government spending in the long run.
"My constituents won't be coaxed into accepting the notion that 'less bad' news is good news," said Illinois Republican Rep. Peter Roskam. "We were promised much better than this: better economic conditions and outlook and a new era of bipartisanship."
"You can't pump $1 trillion into the economy and not get some positive returns somewhere," said Georgia Rep. Tom Price, an outspoken critic of the stimulus who chairs the conservative Republican Study Committee, referring to the lump sum of the stimulus and the extra borrowing costs to pay down the interest. "The problem is that it's $1 trillion we don't have."
"It's not a good idea for Republicans to go overboard," warned Ron Bonjean, a former spokesman for Republican leaders in the House and Senate who ran the press shop at the Department of Commerce during George W. Bush's first term. "If the jobs numbers are declining, it's important to talk about... but just focus on long-term problems and be thoughtful. The American people will be the ones who go over the top if there isn't progress."
While the recession technically began in 2007, the economy really fell off a cliff last fall, with the failure of one major bank and the near-death collapse of others. It continued to contract during the second quarter of 2009, but at a much lower rate than in the six months preceding it, according to a report this month from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Likewise, the most recent employment report showed the U.S. shedding nearly 250,000 jobs, far less than had been projected.
Many economists and investors lauded both reports as welcome evidence the country might be reversing its slide. But while Obama said last month that "As a result of the swift and aggressive action we took in the first few months of this year, we've been able to pull our financial system and our economy back from the brink," the White House has been careful to stress that averting collapse hardly means that the economy is back on its feet.
Instead, Obama reacted to the latest unemployment numbers by telling reporters "we may be seeing the beginning of the end of the recession" before adding, "But that's little comfort if you're one of the folks who have lost their job, and haven't found another."
The president's cautious remarks are a sign that the White House is trying to balance taking credit for stabilizing the economy with stressing that there's still more work to be done, and demonstrating their sympathy for families who are still struggling.
"They have found language that allows the President to sound optimistic and look good if things gradually improve over the next few months," Keith Hennessey, the director of the National Economic Council under Bush, recently wrote on his blog. "That doesn't get him in too much trouble if things go south, and doesn't make him look out of touch with the painful employment picture."
Likewise, Republicans don't want to downplay good news, but aren't ready to give Obama, or his congressional allies, credit for turning things around.
"Look, no one is saying that they're going to spend a trillion dollars and it won't create a single job," said Michael Steel, a spokesman for House Minority Leader John Boehner. "But the fact is that government spending is inherently slow-moving and wasteful."
"We all share a common goal of turning the economy around and getting people back to work," said Don Stewart, a spokesman for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). "But we just disagree on the best way to do that."
Bonjean warns his party's leaders not to seem too dour if the good news picks up, and the public gives credit for the turnaround to the president.
"You need to have a balanced point of view and preserve your credibility," said Bonjean. "You don't want to look like an attack dog all the time. You want to look like a measured, thoughtful policymaker."
And neither party should ever play the stock market game by pegging the overall health of the economy to Dow Jones Industrial Average or the S & P 500, he said.
"The market might be down one day, but up the next," Bonjean said. "Politicians get trapped that way, especially newer ones."
Democrats, for their part, argue that Republicans will eventually pay a price for their opposition to the president's key initiatives, suggesting that GOP lawmakers hail programs back home that they deride in Washington, like the stimulus.
"While Republicans in Washington complain about the recovery package, they can't wait to go home to talk about its benefits in their districts," said Nadeam Elshami, a spokesman for Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). "The facts are clear: we are working with President Obama to right the wrongs of eight years of fiscal and economic mismanagement, provide businesses with the tax breaks to create the jobs America's depend on and help Americans get back to work."
And Doug Thornell, press secretary for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said, "It is a little hard to take serious Republicans lecturing on the economy when they spent the last 8 years supporting the Bush policies that squandered our surplus, busted the budget, and left us with and economy on the brink of a depression. You have to wonder what Ronald Reagan would say about the state of the GOP today."
But most Republicans see genuine anger in the country over the size and scope of government in the aftermath of last fall.
"Folks are mad," Price said, adding, "It's not just a pointless anger."


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Proponent's Argument for voting Yes:
Opponent's Argument for voting No:
[Rep. Waxman, D-CA]: This bill will cripple National Public Radio, public radio stations, and programming that is vital to over 27 million Americans. We are now voting to deny the public access to one of our Nation's most credible sources of news coverage. This bill does not save a penny. This legislation does not serve any fiscal purpose, but it does serve an ugly ideological one. This legislation is not about reforming NPR. It is about punishing NPR. It is vindictive, it is mean-spirited, it is going to hit the smallest stations in rural areas particularly hard. Public radio is indispensable for access to news that's hard to get, especially where broadband service is limited.
Rep. LANGEVIN. One issue that has been repeatedly addressed is whether telecommunications companies should be granted immunity against pending lawsuits for their involvement in the earlier surveillance program. This legislation preserves a role for the U.S. court system to decide independently whether the telecommunications companies acted in good faith. Only after that review would the courts decide whether the telecommunications companies deserve any form of liability protection.
Opponents argument for voting NAY: Rep. LEVIN. I oppose this bill because of the provisions that would confer retroactive immunity on the telecommunications companies that participated in the Bush administration's warrantless surveillance program. It sets a dangerous precedent for Congress to approve a law that dismisses ongoing court cases simply on the basis that the companies can show that the administration told them that its warrantless surveillance program was legal. A program is not legal just because the administration claims that it is.
Rep. NADLER. The House must decide today whether to uphold the rule of law & the supremacy of the Constitution or whether to protect & reward the lawless behavior of the administration and of the telecommunications companies that participated in its clearly illegal program of spying on innocent Americans. The bill is a fig-leaf, granting blanket immunity to the telecom companies for illegal acts. It denies people whose rights were violated their fair day in court, and it denies the American people their right to have the actions of the administration subjected to fair & independent scrutiny.
Veto message from President Bush:
This bill lacks fiscal discipline. I fully support funding for water resources projects that will yield high economic and environmental returns. Each year my budget has proposed reasonable and responsible funding, including $4.9 billion for 2008, to support the Army Corps of Engineers' main missions. However, this authorization bill costs over $23 billion. This is not fiscally responsible, particularly when local communities have been waiting for funding for projects already in the pipeline. The bill's excessive authorization for over 900 projects and programs exacerbates the massive backlog of ongoing Corps construction projects, which will require an additional $38 billion in future appropriations to complete. This bill does not set priorities. I urge the Congress to send me a fiscally responsible bill that sets priorities.
Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2007 - Amends the Internet Tax Freedom Act to make permanent the ban on state and local taxation of Internet access and on multiple or discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce.
Related bills: H.R.743, H.R.1077, H.R.3678, S.156.
Congressional Summary:The Promoting and Enhancing Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Effectiveness Act (or PRECISE Act): NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY AUTHORITY: To protect Federal systems and critical infrastructure information systems and to prepare the Nation to respond to acts of cyberterrorism, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall--
Committee Discussion (Josh Smith in National Journal, & BankInfoSecurity.com, Feb. 1, 2012):Sponsor Dan Lundgren says the bill addresses cyber-risks "in the least disruptive manner." Some proposals in the Senate, for example, would give the DHS authority to regulate, rather than simply designate critical infrastructure. Lungren adds, "Preserving the status quo of voluntary action, are no longer acceptable."
The legislation would establish the National Information Sharing Organization, or NISO, that would facilitate the exchange of vital cyber-threat information. Karen Evans, Pres. Bush's CIO, questions the need for NISO: "Creating another organization seems like it will slow down process not necessarily enhance it."
Opponent's Comments (bungalowbillscw.blogspot.com, Feb. 2, 2012):[NISO is a] "public-private organization". America has plenty of them, like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Why would the government need to get involved with corporations' cyber-protection? Sharing info is well and good, but this new cyber-security organization will begin to take control of cyber-security, after appropriating billions for research. What will this research comprise of? Bringing in experts and companies; then carbon-copying their tactics and making them mandatory; instead of letting the market pick the best tactics.
|2012 Governor, House and Senate candidates on Technology:
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MI Gubernatorial:
Jennifer Granholm
Mark Schauer
Rick Snyder
MI Senatorial:
Debbie Stabenow
Gary Peters
Matt Wiedenhoeft
Terri Lynn Land
Newly-elected Democrats taking office Jan.2015:
AZ-7: Rep.-Elect Ruben Gallego
CA-11:Rep.-Elect Mark DeSaulnier
CA-31:Rep.-Elect Pete Aguilar(R⇒D)
CA-33:Rep.-Elect Ted Lieu
CA-35:Rep.-Elect Norma Torres
FL-2: Rep.-Elect Gwen Graham(R⇒D)
HI-1: Rep.-Elect Mark Takai
MA-6: Rep.-Elect Seth Moulton
MI-12:Rep.-Elect Debbie Dingell
MI-14:Rep.-Elect Brenda Lawrence
NE-2: Rep.-Elect Brad Ashford(R⇒D)
NJ-12:Rep.-Elect Bonnie Coleman
NY-4: Rep.-Elect Kathleen Rice
PA-13:Rep.-Elect Brendan Boyle
VA-8: Rep.-Elect Donald Beyer
Seated in special elections 2013-2014:
AL-1: Bradley Byrne(R)
FL-13:David Jolly(R)
FL-19:Curt Clawson(R)
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A snippet of Adam's "Time For Miracles," the theme song from Columbia Pictures' upcoming Roland Emmerich sci-fi film "2012," starring John Cusack, hit AOL's Moviefone Web site on Wednesday.
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The aim of this book is to analyse and reflect on the effect of femininities in the field and the encountered biases specific to women researchers in tourism studies. The purpose of the book is to define potential areas of gender bias using international case studies from five continents to improve the validity and transparency of future research conducted by researchers in transcultural contexts. It covers broad themes including access, attire and conduct, sexual harassment, personal safety, and accompanied research and well-being. The volume provides case studies using reflexivity to create baselines for comparison for female (and male) researchers doing fieldwork and outlines potential areas of concern for supervisors through a transdisciplinary approach in a global context. It is an essential guide for supervisors, students, ethics committee members and any researchers.
I thoroughly enjoyed every chapter in this collection. It is clichéd to say that a book is long overdue, but Femininities in the Field truly is, given the glaring lack of attention on the role and impact of gender in tourism fieldwork. This book goes beyond mere method, providing unflinchingly honest accounts of the joys, challenges and complexities of being a 'woman' in the field.- Erica Wilson, Southern Cross University, Australia
I have been waiting for this publication all my life. Understanding the place of the researcher's gender in fieldwork is fundamental to understanding the research itself. The personal accounts here are well written, moving and relatable, while challenging all researchers to be more reflective. This book is not only informative, but transformative – an essential addition to our bookshelves.- Sue Beeton, William Angliss Institute, Australia
This is a terrific book and it belongs in the library of any social scientist, journalist – or indeed, anyone – who plans to conduct tourism research that utilizes techniques of face-to-face interviewing, participant observation, and ethnography. It is a timely and exciting invitation to researchers in many disciplines to take seriously the role and relevance of gender in the research process.- Marc L. Miller, University of Washington, USA
[This book] provides an engaging introductory approach to the practical issues of gender in tourism research which undergraduate students will find accessible to read. Each chapter offers the reader an insight into a specific field which young researchers might find useful when carrying out their own research. Most- Annals of Leisure Research, 2018 - Maria Sofia Pimentel Biscaia, University of Aveiro, Portugal
of all, this edited collection represents a much-needed contribution to both female and male researchers' university education and to their training regarding gendered research.
I would like to congratulate the editors and authors who contributed to this much-needed book illustrating shared perspectives of female researchers. Brave, honest and sensitive examples uncover identities and describe traumatic experiences of researchers who explore the factors and influences that impact females during the fieldwork. This book is a collaborative work of serious, passionate scholars with lots to say.- Journal of Tourism Futures, Vol. 4 Issue: 2 - Yana Wengel, Leeds Beckett University, UK
Brooke A. Porter is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at AUT University in New Zealand. She also serves as Scientific Adviser at Coral Triangle Conservancy and works as an Adjunct Professor at Umbra Institute, Italy. Her research interests include aquatic anthropology, marine conservation, marine tourism, social entrepreneurship tourism and voluntourism.
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Huddled infront of Jenks Elementary School on a cold Thursday morning, Verna Tyner kicked off her campaign for 8th District Council with broad remarks touching on education, abandoned property and crime.
She appeared with 9th Ward Democratic Leader John O'Connell, who said he was lending his support to Tyner because he believes she'd bring the kind of leadership change the 8th District needs. O'Connell stressed that the 9th Ward Democratic Committee has not endorsed a candidate yet.
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How Do Organizers Do Their Work?
Dr. Otis Johnson, of the Chatham-Savannah Youth Futures Authority , describes three different models that are used in this field:
Collaborative model "where you bring all the different stakeholders together under the assumption that they all have some common interest at heart."
Professional planners model "where you bring experts and planners together to analyze the problem and come up with solutions."
Conflict model "where the assumption is that the 'haves' and the 'have-nots' possess diametrically opposed interests, and that if the 'have-nots' are ever going to get anything from the 'haves,' it will only be through conflict and struggle."
The collaborative and conflict models are the most common. Organizers following a conflict model confront government agencies, corporations, politicians, and others, trying to help the 'have-nots' achieve victories over the 'haves.' In contrast, organizers who follow a collaborative (consensus) model see the 'haves' as potential partners and collaborators and help the community to create joint ventures. Many organizers incorporate elements of several models in their work.
Common Approaches
There are several steps that are quite common to the approach organizers take. These steps don't always occur in this order.
- Finding a local institutional partner. This could be a religious organization, parents' group, charitable foundation, business group, government agency, or others. The partners often provide funding and can help open doors to other organizations, especially those similar to their own.
- Gathering information. Community organizers visit the community and meet with residents on an individual basis. Conversations often start with members of the partner organization and extend to other people and groups in the community.
- Identifying leaders and issues. As a result of many conversations and plenty of listening, organizers learn who is respected in the community; who seem to be the leaders. They also learn about community concerns, goals, and ideas and they determine which issues unite the community and which divide it.
- Forming a plan. Organizers assist the leaders to define the project's goals and action steps and to determine who among the community members will accept responsibility for specific tasks. Contacting people and groups who might support or collaborate on the project is part of this step.
- Taking action. Actions may be small at first, providing the chance to make small gains that can provide learning and be used as a base for larger gains. Organizers' roles as teachers and coaches are especially important at this point, especially for helping community members who may be experiencing a leadership role for the first time and may need to develop their confidence. A campaign or project often proceeds in phases, with the group assessing one phase before proceeding to the next.
- Building for the future. A key goal of professional organizing is to create an organizational structure that will continue and grow. This may mean helping to build a new organization or assisting in making changes in an existing one. The work involves such activities as fundraising, grant writing, providing training programs for leaders, and forming alliances with other groups, sometimes at a state, regional, or national level. It would be typical for organizers to identify and plan for such activities but in many cases the actual work will be carried out by volunteers.
Quotes from People in The Field
"Very few people realize you need all three models to make change."
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"When you try to compare different action strategies to direct action, there is no comparison. If an individual wants justice, s/he has to attain power by organizing people."
- Karim Todd, Organizer, CLOUT (Citizens of Louisville Organized and United Together)
"There's been a very positive change in the organizing profession in the last few years. The field has opened considerably to accept and develop young people who have a variety of political beliefs."
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The news isn't getting any better for Kevin Clash.
A third man has come forward claiming that he was only 16 when he engaged in a sexual relationship with the former "Sesame Street" star. Clash, 52, who pulled Elmo's strings and voiced the beloved puppet for nearly 30 years before resigning this month, again denies the allegations, as he has denied the similar claims of two other men.
The latest accuser's lawyer, Jeff Herman, confirms to E! News that they will be filing a lawsuit tomorrow in federal court in New York. A press conference is also planned for 1 p.m. ET.
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His client has also been writing a book about his liaison with Clash and excerpts will be released tomorrow, as well, Herman says.
"Mr. Clash believes this suit has no merit," a rep for the embattled TV star tells E! News.
Per the New York Daily News, the lawsuit will claim that the plaintiff, who will be suing as John Doe, was 16 when he met Clash on a gay chat line 13 years ago. After a couple of days of chatting, the accuser says he went to Clash's apartment and they engaged in some "sexual activity," Herman told the paper. His client and Clash met up at times in 2003 and 2004, as well, he said.
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Clash was also sued for engaging in sexual activity with minor last week by Cecil Singleton, who claims he was 15 when he had inappropriate contact with the children's television star. He clarified in a subsequent press conference that although the two engaged in sexual activity, they did not have sex until Singleton was of legal age.
Singleton was the second accuser to come forward. After coming forward and prompting what was at first Clash's leave of absence from "Sesame Street," his first accuser recanted his allegations, saying any sex that went on occurred consensually when he was an adult.
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HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) A.J. Davis scored 17 points and James Madison never trailed in coasting to a 70-45 nonconference victory over East Tennessee State on Wednesday night.
Andrey Semenov got the Dukes (3-5) started with a 3-pointer and they led 14-2 after Enoch Hood's layup with 14:15 remaining in the first half.
They broke it open with a 16-0 second-half run that made it 54-23 with 11:48 left.
Lester Wilson scored 21 points for the Buccaneers (2-4), who shot just 28.8 percent (15 of 52). Sixteen of the freshman's points came in the final 10 minutes, after ETSU already trailed 56-24.
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A Beginner's Guide to SSL:
Have you ever noticed that some URLs start with "http://" while others start with "https://"? Perhaps you noticed that extra "s" when you were browsing websites that require giving over sensitive information, like when you were paying bills online.
But where do that extra "s" come from, and What does it mean?
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How can I get an SSL certificate for my website?
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Non-stop reminiscing about Decembers past may cut down your gas bill.
PROBLEM: Why do we get so nostalgic in December? Smell, touch, and music have all been proven to evoke it, and the holidays have all three (though, apologies if you're not being touched enough this season). While they can spur us to give love to our fellow man, or remind of us what's important in life, they may also serve a more utilitarian function.
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METHODOLOGY: Researchers at the University of Southampton recruited college students to participate in five relatively basic studies centering around nostalgia to warmth. Some of them would probably make great holiday party games.
1. Participants were asked to keep a journal of nostalgic feelings over 30 days, which were then compared to each day's weather.
2. Participants were placed in rooms ranging from cold to comfortable to over-heated, and then asked how nostalgic they felt.
3. In an online study, participants listened to music and were asked about how nostalgic it made them feel, along with how warm they currently felt.
4. Participants were placed in a cold room and instructed to reflect on nostalgic or ordinary memories, and to then guess the room's temperature.
5. After being asked to recall a nostalgic or ordinary memory, participants placed their hands in iced water and were instructed to keep them there for as long as they possibly could.
Different participants were used for each study.
RESULTS: Success on all fronts. The journalers recorded more nostalgic thoughts on colder days. The people in cold rooms rated highest on nostalgia scales. The people for whom the music evoked the most sentimentality reported feeling warmer. The people told to think nostalgic thoughts while in the cold room had the warmest estimates for what the temperature actually was. And the unlucky participants in the ice water experiment lasted longest when they focused on nostalgic memories.
CONCLUSION: Nostalgia appears to both to be evoked in chilly atmospheres and to have a protective effect against the cold -- either by making us feel warmer or at least increasing our tolerance.
IMPLICATIONS: If you're cold, sad, and lonely this holiday season, lose yourself in memories of happier times. That will take care of at least one of your problems.
The full study, "Heartwarming Memories: Nostalgia Maintains Physiological Comfort," was published in the journal Emotion.
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