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David was a mighty warrior and king, one who was feared and respected by other nations and other kings. But he was also known as a man after God's own heart, a man who poured out his heart and soul before God and was loved by Him. He was tender enough to care for sheep, but bold enough to slay giants. So how can we, like David, be men after God's own heart without losing our unique masculinity? How can we use our strengths as men to serve the Kingdom of Heaven?
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No foreigners would be allowed access to nuke assets: PakistanApril 17th, 2008 - 3:06 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, Apr 17 (ANI): The Pakistan Government has reiterated that no foreigners would be included in its National Command Authority (NCA), which means that no foreigners would be allowed to visit nuclear sites in the country.
The NCA included the President, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, Defence Minister, and there was no possibility of accrediting any foreign official.
Foreign Office spokesman Muhammad Sadiq said: Delegations and individuals do meet members of the NCA, but it is not possible to accredit an official to the NCA.
Sadiq went on to say that the Strategic Plans Division (SPD) was the Secretariat of the NCA, and international cooperation by the SPD was limited to learning the best practices for the purpose of nuclear safety as stated by the Foreign Affairs Ministry on several occasions.
The division also briefs visiting senior government officials, lawmakers and foreign media representatives on the safety of Pakistans nuclear programme, he said.
There is no question of allowing access to any outsider to the SPD for any other purpose, the Dawn quoted Sadiq, as saying.
Neither any foreign government has made a request to accredit an official to SPD, nor a system exists to accept such an accreditation, he added. (ANI)
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Darkness is smallest in the light
Light is brightest in the darkness
If the world is dark,
Then good people shine a brilliance
Who's luminosity cannot be equaled
What am I in this world?
Am I the brilliance that lifts?
Or the darkness that swallows?
Do people count on me?
Or do people wish me gone?
Life is like a dream
It's not always what it seems
People who seem like friends
Turn out to be fiends
I dunno why I go on
My days are starting to feel long
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These are the results of the ninth week of opening up of my business for you guys to see how my wife and I are building back up to 30 deals a year. If you missed the first post explaining what I am doing, please visit This Post.
These are the things I did this week:
FINALLY! Got Another One Under Contract
Finally, got another property under contract. This one should be a sweet deal. Unfortunately, I won't be sharing the details of it until after it is sold because I will be attempting to wholesale it first. Don't want to show all my cards. You understand. I will, however, show the details once I've sold it.
This is a case where I did not think the seller would be very motivated being that he already had contractors working on the house. I went by and looked it over and decided on a figure. Honestly, I was ready for him to get angry with my offer, but I made it anyway. He went on to inform me that he had hoped to get X (which was just 10k more than what I was offering). I hadn't expected it and was very interested in the house at that price.
Just to make it seem more like a negotiation, I told him I would need to go and see it again to see if I can come up to his number. The next morning I was there at the house and so was he. I told him I would come up 5k at most, which was 5k below what he wanted. He told me he would have to think about it.
Here is a very important lesson that everyone should learn. When someone gives you a number that you like right from the get go, do NOT immediately take it (unless there is a lot of competition and you are at risk of losing it). People need to feel like they got the most they can possible get. Sometimes if they don't, they regret how the negotiations went and can get cold feet and back out of the deal. Even if it's just a couple thousand dollars or terms, you should really negotiate.
He ended up calling me back that evening and was ready to deal. I tried to meet him right away to get the contract but he was already out of town and would be back in the morning. So I scheduled to meet him first thing in the morning.
The seller didn't tell me this, but his attorney was to meet us there also. The attorney proceeded to try and negotiate everything, including price, which of course had already been agreed upon. After he talked about all that 'he' wanted, I told him I was not there to negotiate. The seller and I had already agreed on the deal and that I was paying for some things that I do not normally pay for.
After a brief spell, he came at me with, "you know, you are not the only person that buys houses." To which I responded, "And this is not the only house for sale. So I guess we are in the same position, aren't we?"
After realizing that there would be no bullying, we had a good time. All went well.
Mailed Drive For Dollars Mailing
49 drive for dollars handwritten letters were mailed today.
Sent Probate Letters
Sent out 16 probate letters, but did not get any new probate leads this week.
Airpark Seller Called Back
I had made a pretty low offer on the house that is on an airport. He didn't take it and said he had higher offers. He called back yesterday and left a message to call him. Thought this was going to be another situation where they call back accepting your offer after some reflection. He instead asked me if I knew 'Billy' (real name kept secret), an investor in town. I told him I did not and asked why he was asking me. He mention that good ole 'Billy' had offered much more than everyone else and he could not get a hold of him now. This is typical. It's easy for someone to spout off a number, but when it comes time to follow through, they fall apart and disappear. Please do your home BEFORE making an offer. I guess after he gives up on trying to track down this maker of bad offers, he could call me. Who knows. I'm not going to wait around. But, if he does call me and wants my offer, you can be sure that I will be confident in driving to meet him and signing it up right away.
Went To Abilene To See Properties
Flew with one of our lenders to Abilene to see some of the properties he is working on up there. He's a pilot and I wanted to go just to go flying. That is one of the best things about being your own boss and setting your own hours. The fact that I was able to get a call this morning and then end up running out to the airport and taking the day off really makes everything worth while. We did end up getting stranted out of town about an hour away due to weather though. Forecast was much better, but didn't happen. Had to have someone drive out to pick us up. At least we didn't get stuck in Abilene. That place is about 5 hours away by car. This is why my post is later than usually this week. It's midnight now and I am just now getting around to it (my excuse for bad grammar, typos, etc. – at least I have one this week).
Total Leads This Week: 10
- Bandit Signs – 0 – None have gone this week and I'm sure most of the others were removed with the sweep last week.
- Yellow Pages – 1 – For a picture of my ad, visit the 'The First Week' post.
- Buying Website – 9 – None were very good. For a link to my site, visit the 'The First Week' post.
- Drive For Dollars – 0 – The new letters went out today, so we should have some leads from this next week.
- REO – 0 – Nothin'. I haven't called any in a couple weeks but am supposed to meet up another for a visit in her office (she really just wants to see my youngest daughter again).
- Probate Mailing – 0 -Nada, but the new letters were just sent out today.
- MLS – Made offers on several that have been on the market a while.
- Wholesale Deals – There were some, but they all stunk and I didn't bother to count them.
- Absentee Owner Mailing – Nothing.
Leads Analyzed
- Another Separation Situation
[Source: Website]
Homeowner wants to sell a 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, 1000 sf house.
Here are the numbers:
Asking Price: $Make An Offer Amount Owed: $53,000 Repairs: $Not much – cosmetic (unconfirmed) After Repaired Value: $90,000 Max Offer: $59,000 minus repairs
Seller wants to sell because she is separating from her partner. If the house does in fact need just minimal cosmetic repairs, I might be able to buy this. I told them I would probably be buying right above what they owe. She was really, really anxious about getting rid of the house. She said she would have to think about it as she had hoped to get a lot more. I am following up.
- New Construction in Bad Area
[Source: Website]
Homeowner wants to sell a 3 bedroom, 2 bath 1300 house built in 2009.
Here are the numbers:
Asking Price: $60,000 Amount Owed: $0 Repairs: $cosmetic (uncomfirmed) After Repaired Value: $69,000 Owner Financed Max Offer: $35,000 minus repairs
Seller is needs money and wants to sell this house. Sounds like a good house, but its location is not so good. This might make a good owner-finance house (sell side) if it barely needs any repairs. Told him my offer would be in the 30's. Gave a ballpark because he did not seem that motivated and his asking price was sort of high. He is going to consider something that low and call me. I will follow up.
- Small House Weird Situation
[Source: Website]
Homeowner wants to sell a 3 bedroom, 1 bath, 850 sf house.
Here are the numbers:
Asking Price: $I'm Confused Amount Owed: $53,000 Repairs: $cosmetic (uncomfirmed) After Repaired Value: $70,000 Max Offer: $45,000 minus repairs
Caller was not the seller, but calling on behalf of the sellers. He put me on speaker phone and I had to ask them to repeat everything ten times because I could not understand them. Very annoying. Weird situation and I'm not sure if I fully understand. The sellers bought the house to allow the person living there to remain in the house (was getting foreclosed on). Now the sellers are paying $1,500/mo on this house and cannot afford. The person they are trying to keep in the house IS NOT PAYING! AND THEY ARE ASKING ME TO BUY IT AND KEEP HIM IN THERE! WHERE IS THE LOGIC?!?!?! WOW. Not sure how that happened. Too much is owed and I am not spending anymore time trying to figure it out.
- Expensive Commercial Property
[Source: Website]
Homeowner wants to sell a 3 acre commercial lot on one of the best strips of highway outside San Antonio.
Here are the numbers:
Asking Price: $1,200,000 (asked what would be the least and he knocked off a quarter of a million dollars – so $950,000) Amount Owed: $? Repairs: $doesn't matter After Repaired Value: $??? Max Offer: $??? don't know
This one got me really excited when I saw it. Through a mishap, I was informed the seller was facing foreclosure and owed $215,000 and that is all they wanted. I would have stopped everything and put that under contract. When asked, the seller said he was in no hurry to sell and the price is $1,200,000. Big difference. This appears to be retail, but I don't know for sure. If anyone is reading this and deals with commerical properties like this in SA, give me a call.
- Out of Town House
[Source: Website]
Homeowner wants to sell a 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2300sf, 2002 house in a town 45-60 minutes away.
Here are the numbers:
Asking Price: $74,000 Amount Owed: $55,000 Repairs: $finish out (built 2002, never finished) After Repaired Value: $80,000 Max Offer: $50,000 minus repairs
Seller lost job and wants to get rid of the house because he can't afford to finish it. This is just too far and he owes too much. Have to move on to the next one.
- Facing Foreclosure
[Source: Website]
Homeowner wants to sell a 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath, house in a good neighborhood.
Here are the numbers:
Asking Price: $220,000 Amount Owed: $210,000 Repairs: $nothing After Repaired Value: $225,000 Max Offer: $146,000 minus repairs
Too much is owed. Next.
- Another One Outside Town
[Source: Website]
Homeowner wants to sell a 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 1700sf house outside of town (Pleasanton).
Here are the numbers:
Asking Price: $Make An Offer Amount Owed: $43,000 Repairs: $very minor (unconfirmed) After Repaired Value: $??? Max Offer: $??? minus repairs
Seller is facing divorce and has no job. Things just aren't going well for him. Passed this one on to a wholesaler because it is just too far away and the numbers weren't looking beneficial.
- Townhome in "Really Bad Neighborhood"
[Source: Yellow Pages]
Homeowner wants to sell a 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 1700sf townhome in gangland.
Here are the numbers:
Asking Price: $Make An Offer Amount Owed: $0 Repairs: $A LOT she says After Repaired Value: $35,000 Max Offer: $10,000 minus repairs
Seller is older and has moved in with her children in Austin. She kept mentioning how bad the neighborhood is and is getting. The house needs lots of repairs. Sounds like a bad combination. Next.
- Nice House, No Hurry
[Source: Website]
Homeowner wants to sell a 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath, house in a great neighboord. The numbers don't matter because they just want retail price, cash, as-is, close quickly. Yeah, right. Didn't spend more than 3 minutes on the phone and even that was too long. Next.
- Owe Too Much, Nice House
[Source: Website]
Homeowner wants to sell a house in a nice neighborhood. Had tenant that moved out and cannot afford 2 payments. Owe $150k and worth $160k. Might be a good sub2 for somebody, but not me. There needs to be room in there, even if sub2. If you buy sub2 without much equity, give me a call. Next.
Not as many leads this week. But I did get one under contract this week. So, even though I only had 10 leads this week, this is a better week than the last one.
Plans For Next Week
- Make Lots Of Offers
- Put Out More Bandit Signs
- Get More Probate Leads
- Get Another One Under Contract
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Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 133389
RFE: add __soext macro
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:49 EST
Description of problem:
Not all platforms have .so as the dynamic library suffix.
For instance, Mac OS X and Darwin uses .dylib instead...
Here is a macro to help with writing portable spec files:
%ifnos darwin
%define __soext so
%define __soext dylib
But it would be better if I didn't have to add this macro
to all of my own specfiles (or in any custom .rpmmacros) ?
Another problem is the versioning, but there there is no
choice but to modify the specfile %files with %ifos tags:
%ifnos darwin
Darwin has the version inbetween the library and the suffix,
which makes it possible to specify which version to link to.
But it also makes constructs like "*.so" to match the developer
libraries only fail, since it will match all library versions...
To make matters worse, some of the things such as perl or python
modules are not dynamic libraries but loadable bundles, so they
use a .bundle suffix instead... But that is a whole other story.
Something like this is needed, and not only for mac os x; both
hpux and aix have other than *.so markers for shared libraries
I'd probably go with the shorter %{so} if/when the time comes.
Note: current restrictions on macro definitions prevent
defining 2 character macros iirc, that is intentional ;-)
I thought a cool feature would be to have a %{__sover} macro
(or something), that would expand to versioned libraries ext:
%ifnos darwin
%define __sover %{__soext}.*
%define __sover *.%{__soext}
But one still needs to change the spec files from the current
*.so, to listing both libfoo.%{__soext} and libbar.%{__soext}
Since otherwise the wild card matches the runtime libraries too,
not only the developer library symlinks (like it does on Linux)
This is added as the macro %__so since (at least) rpm-4.4.2.


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Sandwiches and Refreshments will be provided, so please RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spokane-net-user-group-tickets-36964715459
It is another month, meaning I have explored another "new shiny thing" and this time that shiny thing is Angular. Since there is more to Angular than just the framework, this talk is going to be a high level overview of how you can get an Angular application up and running using all the different technologies that it encompasses. We will be looking at the following during this talk
- Webpack
- Angular (Angular 4.x to be specific)
- RxJs
- ASPNET Core 2 (utilizing the JavascriptServices functionality primarily)
- IdentityServer (because trying to do authentication with a javascript application isn't quite the same as with a full MVC application)
- NgRx (since there isn't already enough here to confuse people, lets add one piece to the pie :))
The goal here is to gain some familiarity with the technologies, not necessarily have a total deep dive into any particular one. I am also hoping to have plenty of time for discussions about any of these topics as well as just some round table talk about what people are working on.


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119 Year Old Dog Scruffy Has Finally Found A New Home!
13 April 2017, 13:35
The cross-breed is the oldest dog to be cared for by the Dog's Trust – and he's been rehomed with an equally elderly pal.
They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks, which may well be the case. But that doesn't mean you can't find one a new home, as Scruffy, the oldest pooch ever to be homed by the Dogs Trust, has discovered.
Sarah and Matthew have given Scruffy a lovely new home
The crossbreed, who is 17 in dog years and a whopping 119 in human years, captured the nation's hearts when it came to light, last year, that he was being looked after by the Dogs Trust rehoming centre last year. His owner had become too ill to look after him, and staff were worried that Scruffy's age would put off potential new owners.
But, just in time for a feel-good bank holiday weekend, here's some fantastic news: he's found a new home in Burton-on-Trent with generous Matthew Deery and Sarah Jarvis, who have taken him into their home.
Scruffy with new owner Sarah
And the four of them will be sharing a roof with Sam, a Jack Russell who, in a strange and lovely coincidence, is also 17. We bet the doddery old blokes have a right old laugh together, the canine equivalent of these two:
Matthew said: "We are absolutely delighted to be able to offer Scruffy a home. We lost one of our dogs a few years ago and really wanted a companion for Sam, our elderly Jack Russell who's been missing his best friend. When we saw the article we knew it was time for us to open our hearts to another furry friend, as well as giving Sam someone to play and cuddle up with."
Scruffy and Sam are kindred spirits
The kind-hearted dog lover added: "Scruffy has settled in brilliantly. Within an hour of coming home he found his spot on the sofa and has already become part of the family. His favourite thing at the moment is going for an early morning stroll after breakfast and snuggling up on the chair. He's such a sweet-natured dog and we're looking forward to making 2017 a great year for him."
The future looks bright for Scruffy
So, we hope Scruffy, Matthew, Sarah and of course Sam have a wonderful bank holiday weekend together – and the same goes to the 15,000 dogs currently being cared for by Dog's Trust across the country.


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Package tour 1
Duration: 3 days
Group Size: 4 – 34 People
Start: Luangpabang
Finish: Luangpabang
How to booking: At least 3 months or more
Transport: Van or Bus Private vehicle C/A 6- 35 Seats and Cruise.
Guide: English speaking
Price: 705 USD
Hotel in Vientiane: Day inn, Golden bowl, Lao plaza hotel or similar
Hotel in Luangpabang: Villa Santi, Sala Luangpabang, Souvannaphoum hotel or samilar
Price Include: Transport, Guide, 2 breakfasts, 1 lunch,1 dinner, entrance fee, accommodation 2 nights
Exclude: Tips, Insurance, any accident, Personal payment free time and Air fear.
Day: 1 Luangpabang Arrival
You will meet your guide at Luangpabang Air Port, and then transfer to hot and touring in Luangpabang, which is still an out mentic place natural, and cultural site, temples.Also nice sunsets by the Mekong.
Day: 2 Luangpabang – Pak Ou cave
After breakfast then touring to the oldest temple, example: Vat Xieng Thong temple top roof Luangpabang's architechure, then cruise on the Mekong Chilling out and visiting Pak Ou caves many thousands of the Buddha images, then stop at Ban Xang Hai's village where you can try local rice wine. Return through Ban Pha nom (well known for its hand weaving).
Day: 3 Luangpabang – Departure
Visit the national museum (Old Royal Palace) display of artifacts showing Lao's culture richness in King's early days, and also the central market is to be seen. You will have time to explore the town on your own before getting transfer to the Air port where the tour end.


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Here are a few facts about us humans:
1) We don't make decisions well when we stay in our heads
2) Our friends tell us what we want to hear.
3) We all use social media. And, social media—the very thing that's supposed to better connect us—more often than not makes us feel more isolated.
I'm inundated by decisions everyday - some mundane, e.g. how do I get my kids to clean up after themselves? Some heady, e.g. what advice should I give my little sister deciding what to do with her life? Some sensitive and complicated... and hard to admit!
I know I'm not alone. Even Gwyneth Patltrow has been in situations where she has to make a tough decision.
Situations are complicated. Decisions are tricky. They paralyze the best of us, and we need sound advice. Honest advice.
But honest advice is hard to find, despite sometimes going viral.
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Today is a big day in my beloved México. And it is not because 2/3 of the population woke up hungover. On this day 206 years ago, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla gave what has come to be known as El Grito de Dolores, the declaration of independence of Mexico from Spain.
Yep. Sorry to break it to you this way but May 5th is not Mexico's Independence Day, today is the real Mexican Independence Day. While the celebration usually starts the evening of the 15th, it's not to late to pour yourself a shot of tequila and join the festivities!
📸:Pictured above is the statue of Hidalgo y Costilla that now stands in the plaza in middle of the small town of Dolores, Guanajuato in front of the church where the Cry of Dolores was given. I took this picture in September 2012 when I visited Dolores with family. One of my favorite places.


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Master X Master Gameplay #2 (Alpha Playtest) ★ The Tutorial, Equipping Nodes To Make A Master Better
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In this Master X Master gameplay video, I played in the Alpha Playtest and went through The Tutorial of the game where I learned about equipping nodes to make my master better. (Reduce your lag in MxM with WTFast, bit.ly getwtfast)
☛ What Is Master X Master (MxM)?
Master X Master or MxM is a new Tag Team Action MOBA published by NCSoft and it's currently in Alpha. (Play Master X Master or MxM @ http://www.playmxm.com)
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Westport's 'Jazz Rabbi' melds parallel endeavors
If you know anything about saxophonist Greg Wall, you probably know the two words that best describe him. He's the Jazz Rabbi. Since August 2013, Rabbi Greg Wall has been the spiritual leader of Beit Chaverim Synagogue in Westport. Prior to that, he served as rabbi of the Sixth Street Community Synagogue, in New York City's East Village. But wherever he goes, Wall also brings with him remarkable jazz credentials and a determination to develop, strengthen and continue the jazz tradition.
He and his band Portal perform at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 5, at the Westport Arts Center. The concert, entitled "Of Jews and Jazz," is a tribute to Wall's jazz heroes and includes original music combining elements of jazz, Jewish and African American roots music as well as classics from the original "Golden Era" of Jewish New York.
"I am blessed to have two parallel endeavors that I love equally," said Wall, during a recent interview. "Although my main rabbinic role is to teach Judaism, I find that the road to success as an artist is almost identical to the path of developing a fulfilling spiritual practice. Key word: Practice. Both require a day-in, day-out consistency. Both require seeing your role as an inheritor of a rich tradition, and responsibility to simultaneously preserve and propel that tradition into the future by always keeping it relevant."
Wall's music career includes touring and recording regularly. "I just recorded two CD's worth of material with Zion80. We will premier one of them this fall at the Village Vanguard," he said. "I also just released a CD with my quartet Portal, who will be appearing with me at WAC. These guys are amazing." They include David Morgan on piano, Rich Zurkowski on bass, and Matt Moadel on drums.
The Jazz Rabbi's remarkable music career includes early years studying with jazz legends like Archie Shepp and Frank Foster. He graduated from the prestigious New England Conservatory, where some of his teachers included greats like Joe Allard, Jimmy Giuffre, and Joe Maneri.
He toured nationally with the Bourbon Street Jass Band, a critically-acclaimed group he formed at the New England Conservatory, which was later called The Hi-Tops. They played authentic versions of classic '20s and '30s jazz by the likes of Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers, early Ellington, Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven, King Oliver, and Sidney Bechet, along with Roy Eldridge, Jimmy Lunceford, and Count Basie. While recording with them, he also worked on more modern original music. The jazzman was also part of the Knitting Factory scene in New York City and toured all over the world with his band Hasidic New Wave, recording with them and with other Knitting Factory artists.
Wall is a familiar face on the local jazz scene, too. Every Thursday, for the past two years, he's been hosting jazz shows at 323 Main St. in Westport. "A friend knew that the space was underused, and we suggested to the owner he try a weekly jazz series," said Wall. "It took off, and now we sell out just about every week and have some amazing world class players regularly."
An anniversary show is set for April 27, which is also the official kick off of the new Jazz Society of Fairfield County, which Wall is organizing. Why? "The music needs a base of support away from commercial interests. Also, people shouldn't need to go to a bar in order to experience jazz. It belongs to everyone, including the young, the old, and the infirm. We will make sure that the underserved get a chance to fall in love with jazz."
Wall describes the WAC show as "a musical autobiography showing how jazz music brought me back to my Jewish roots," he said, "and ties in just about all of my influences. From Ancient to Future."
Brian Torff, the Westport Arts Center's Curator for Jazz, added, "Greg is the rare musician who makes a strong connection between both a musical and spiritual form of expression. This will be a dynamic performance that will utilize jazz in a realm that is rarely heard."
The Westport Arts Center is located at 51 Riverside Ave. in Westport. Tickets are $30. Call 203-222-7070, or visit www.westportartscenter.org.
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"I like frogs, don't you? You have to like a creature that can't decide whether to lie in a quiet bog or leap over the moon." So says actress Maravene Loeschke, shortly after making her entrance in the one-woman show, "George Sand: "The Lioness of Berry."
Appropriately, she is carrying a frog at the time; she also happens to be dressed in the masculine garb for which the 19th century French authoress became infamous. The first half of Patricia R. Plante's script presents the writer in her "leap-over-the-moon" phase; she's already separated from her husband, assumed her male pseudonym, concluded several liaisons and is caring for the ailing Chopin, whose music is frequently heard in the background.
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January 24th is National Peanut Butter Day, although I don't live in the States but hey, it's a fun occasion and I eat PB sammies every morning for breakfast! It's the fastest breakfast to pack to work and the PB keeps me full til lunch (compared to having jam sammies which get me hungry by 11am). So what's to stop me from making a cute PB breakfast for the kids?
(I know, I'm late posting this cos it's already the 25th in my time zone. That's what happens when work piles up in the office, I get home late and by the time I tuck the kids in, it's practically midnight. Yes, my Z1 is what I call an owl cos he sleeps late and hates waking up early in the morning).
Anyway, back to my PB breakfast. This was made for all 3 kids to share. I made Goldilocks and the 3 bears using milk bread, wholemeal bread and chocolate bread. I used my CuteZCute cutter to cut out Goldilocks and the Papa and Mama bear. Baby bear was made using a bear shaped silicone cup and I made a triple decker PB sammy in that for little Z3. Facial details cut out using the various cutters in the CuteZCute animal cutters, and Goldilocks isn't quite golden-haired as I spread peanut butter to create her hair. (Please excuse the smudges of PB under her eyes).
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Painful cuts package announced by Council following Government settlement
A 'painful' cuts package to help fill a funding gap of up to £30m has been announced today (Tuesday, January 21) by Blackburn with Darwen Council.
Every service area has put forward options to meet the savings target which is about 20% of the total Council budget in preparation for budget setting in March.
Early calculations show that around 500 jobs may have to be shed as part of the two year strategy which sees key services either changes, reduced or stop altogether. The latest measures come on the back of savings totalling £40m made since 2010.
Council leader, Councillor Kate Hollern, said: "Sadly our worst fears have been confirmed and we are going to have to make some very painful decisions.
"Given so much has already been cut, we are not able to protect even the areas we know are important to people. Services will be cut and jobs will be lost again.
"The cuts are coming on top of the economic pressures, growing demand for services and new responsibilities that are coming our way from Government. Blackburn with Darwen faces greater disadvantages than other places and the cuts will be a further damaging blow.
"We do have strengths to build on, one of them being that people in the borough are keen to work with us – shown clearly though the overwhelming response we've had to the Your Call initiative."
"The Council has a good track record of coping in hard times and are committed to making every penny count so will use what we have left to focus on the big priorities like jobs and protecting vulnerable people. "
The initial options have been developed taking into consideration the continuing 'listening' campaign which has involved a variety of events and opportunities for people to give their views on what they want from their Council. Detail on how to give views on today's announcements are available on the Council's website. The package of savings is due to be debated at the Council Forum meeting on Thursday, January 31. The Council's budget will be set on March 4.
Measures include:
• Changes to library services in the borough including reduced opening hours
• Changes to early help linked to the future role of children centres
• Increasing fees and charges for bulky waste, burials and cremations and leisure services
• Reducing management and administration costs across the Council
• Less grass cutting and street cleaning
• Review of opening at some leisure centres, pools and the museum
• Reduced support available across adults and children's social care
• Stopping school clothing grants and reviewing discretionary school transport
• Reduction in young people's service, play provision and youth clubs


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How was the Talk to Me audiobook created?
Aug 19, 2014 | By: Stephanie Annessi
"What can we do better to create a more engaging experience for our users?" is the #1 question that is always on the mind of every member of Team Through My Window. Should we change existing features of the project? Maybe add new features? These are not always easy questions to answer, but are necessary to ask nonetheless. When Greta Stacy and I first stepped into the world of Through My Window, we immediately adopted this method of thinking. And so we brainstormed. We had (1) a captivating novel with dynamic characters with whom users could relate; (2) learning journeys where users could practice deep learning and develop a toolkit of skills along the way; and (3) a team of people whose top priority goal was to engage children in engineering in a way that supports deep learning. What could we possibly be missing? What would add to the experience in a way that we had not considered before? Hmm … maybe we could find a way to bring these characters to life ... now that was an interesting idea …
Greta had been on her high school speech team. Her experience consisted of performing comedic plays as a "one-woman-show," meaning she had the ability to change her voice to sound different for and reflect the personality differences in each character in the play. And then it hit us. That was it! An audio version of the Talk To Me novel! It was perfect! Greta would be the "voice of Talk to Me"; I would be the sidekick who took care of equipment setup and audio recording, and we would put our heads together to edit the audio files at the end to create the final product.
We then began to work on the development of each character's voice to make sure it fit their personality. Greta presented to the team her idea of each character's voice to the team and the team provided feedback. This cycle continued until the character's true voices were finally found.
Now it was time to head into the recording booth, which was new territory for us both. We became immersed in this new world very quickly and comfortable before we knew it. Greta remained in a completely soundproof room and I was just outside that room with the recording equipment. Greta had a microphone into which she spoke and read the novel while I monitored volume levels and set up audio inputs on the computer program to ensure the audio recorded as clearly as possible. I provided Greta feedback in regards to recording quality and together we determined if segments needed to be re-recorded.
Most of the audio editing happened in a computer lab using a program called Final Cut Pro. The editing consisted of removing segments within the audio file where a breath was being taken, where one of us coughed, where a sentence had been mixed up with another, etc. Volume levels were adjusted at different points depending on the quality of the sound. All of these fragments were stitched together into single files, which became individual chapters from the novel. And, with all of that, the characters were borne into the world of audio!
Listen to the Talk to Me audiobook!
Note: Stephanie graduated from Smith College in May 2014 and has launched her professional engineering career. Team Through My Window misses her terribly, as she was a major contributor to the project and a wonderful colleague. We wish her the very best of luck in her new endeavors!


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Actress Gabrielle Union ignored advice not to work with Nate Parker on movie Birth Of A Nation.
The Bring It On star is a rape survivor, and spoke of her terrifying ordeal during a 2014 interview on TV show The View when she revealed she was raped at gunpoint at the age of 19.
Union was made aware of the sexual assault allegation made against writer/director Parker 17 years ago before working with him.
Parker and his co-writer Jean Celestin were charged with sexual assault while they were students at Penn State University.
The Beyond the Lights actor was acquitted in the case. Celestin was initially found guilty of sexual assault in the same case, but the conviction was later overturned when the accuser declined to testify for a retrial. The accuser killed herself in 2012.
However, Union decided her participation in the movie would better provide a platform to highlight the issue of sexual violence.
"This movie is so much bigger than me, than Nate, but it includes all of us in moving this conversation forward," Union explained to the Associated Press (AP) on Saturday (10Sep16) at a junket for the film at the Toronto International Film Festival.
"I was actually encouraged to shirk my responsibilities, duck it, cut ties... My whole point in taking this film was to talk about sexual violence, and it seems asinine to shirk that responsibility," stressed Union.
"I have a responsibility as a decent human being to continue the conversation surrounding sexual assault, rape culture, and toxic masculinity and misogyny and that our movement at Birth of a Nation is not narrowly focused."
Parker's sexual assault allegation has threatened to overshadow the highly anticipated account of the 1831 slave rebellion led by African-American icon Nat Turner. Editors at AP reported he refused to answer questions about the incident at the junket.
"I have spoken about it a couple of times, and I'm sure I will speak in future forums, but the reality is that this forum is for film, and there are 400 people that put their blood, sweat and tears into this, and a lot of them are having their ... first film festival," Nate said.


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As a partner in the Banking & Finance practice at Mayer Brown LLP, Ryan focuses in particular on securitizations of institutional leveraged loans, known as collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), which provide funding to the corporate credit market.
In addition to CLOs, he advises clients on regulatory issues in relation to securities laws, the US risk retention regulations and the Volcker Rule, and has experience in derivatives, secured and unsecured credit facilities, private placements, asset finance and acquisition finance.
Leslie Levin Nilsson grew up in a small town obsessed with food, so obsessed that in 1997 she left a career as an English professor and Glamour editor to start the Sage brand. Bartleby & Sage traces its roots to the original Sage American Kitchen take-out shop that led to a boutique catering company focusing on handmade, locally sourced foods and sustainable business practices. For the past 20 years, Leslie has guided the company, which has been featured on The Food Network, ABC, The New York Times, Time Out, Martha Stewart Weddings, Brides, and New York magazine, to name a few. She is on the board of many local organizations which aligns with the company's commitment to community, staff and education.
Her favorite foods? The lobster roll at Bagaduce Lunch in Brooksville, Maine, with New Orleans cooking and all things Italian close seconds.
Mary Rose Lloyd is a curator of performing arts, recognized for her expertise in family and young audiences programming and for her passion in supporting the creation of extraordinary work for audiences of all ages by innovative artists across all disciplines. She is currently the Director of Artistic Programming at The New Victory Theater in New York – a leading arts presenter dedicated to championing outstanding theater, dance, music, circus, and puppetry arts for kids, their families and classmates. During her tenure, several shows have won and/or been nominated for Tony, Obie and Drama Desk Awards. In 2012, the New Victory received a special Drama Desk Award for "providing enchanting, sophisticated children's theater that appeals to the child in all of us, and for nurturing a love of theater in young people."
Mary's work at the New Victory has been recognized by Time Out New York: "There's more sheer inventiveness and wonder in a single New Victory season than in most venues combined." She has been instrumental in bringing the work of bold international artists including the nouveau cirque and physical theater prodigies James Thiérrée and Aurélien Bory (France), the aerial dance company of Brenda Angiel (South America), inventive theater groups Kneehigh and the Young Vic (England) and the National Theatre of Scotland, Catherine Wheels, and Visible Fictions (Scotland), powerhouses Circus Oz and Belvoir (Australia), puppet auteurs Improbable and Blind Summit (UK) and the intensely fresh Ontroerend Goed (Belgium) to the attention of U.S. viewers and programmers. She has regularly supported and programmed works from important American companies as well, including Rennie Harris RHAW (Philadelphia), Black Violin (Miami), Lookingglass Theatre Company and Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Chicago), Children's Theater Company (Minneapolis), Seattle Children's Theater (Seattle), and New Yorkers Phil Soltanoff, Tectonic Theater Project, Mabou Mines, Ping Chong + Company, The Acting Company, Fiasco Theater and Don Byron, among others.
An accomplished speaker and frequent panelist and juror, Mary has attended numerous arts festivals and conferences as an invited guest and as part of various international delegations for curatorial research. Her writing has been featured in Inside Arts and TYA Today, as well as on other platforms. She has been a board member of TYA/USA (formerly ASSITEJ USA) and International Performing Arts for Youth (IPAY) and was the Chairman of IPAY's Artist Showcase Selection Committee. In 2014, Mary received the Mickey Miners Lifetime Achievement Award, IPAY's highest honor for making a significant impact on the field of performing arts for young audiences.
Mary has served on the curatorial selection team for the Made in Scotland program at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and was a delegate to the U.S./Netherlands/Flanders Touring and Exchange Project as well as a member of the East Coast Advisory Board for the US COMEDY ARTS FESTIVAL. She has served on grant giving and funding panels, including for the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour.
Most recently, Mary was a selected juror for the 37th Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain in Paris, a respondent for the Southeastern Theater Conference (SETC), a member of the Artistic Advisory Committee of Circus Now, and a member of the Board of Directors of The Chocolate Factory Theater in New York. In January 2017, Mary received the William Dawson Award for Programmatic Excellence and Sustained Achievement in Programming from the Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP).
Previously, Mary programmed the Special Events Series at the Yale Repertory Theater and served as its Associate Managing Director and was the Managing Director and a Board member of Connecticut's Ensemble Company for the Performing Arts. She has an MFA in Theater Management from the Yale School of Drama where she received the Morris Kaplan Award for Excellence in Arts Administration.
Jonathan is President and Chief Architect of Applications Integrations LLC working as a senior systems architect with more than 20 years experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale computer systems on the Unix and Microsoft platforms for clients such as Pfizer, Forest Labs, Omgeo, Japan Tobacco International, Trius Therapeutics, and The Yankee Group.
Prior to Applications Integrations Jonathan was Technology Director at Avenue A Razorfish, SBI Group and Scient where he serviced numerous clients including NCCI Holdings, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Genzyme Corporation, Aetna US Health Care, GlaxoSmithKline, MetLife, Price Waterhouse Coopers, and Cirqit.com. While at Scient, Jonathan led the Media Asset Lab and was a key member of the Program Management Office.
Earlier Jonathan was a Senior Architect at Merrill Lynch Enterprise Technical Services division where he worked on the Corporate Product Master and with Global Equity Derivatives. Before Merrill Lynch Jonathan was lead architect for Global Broking Services at Marsh & McLennan and prior to that Jonathan was a consultant to Texaco Inc for the Middle East Far East Division.
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For 22 years Stephen served as the Executive Vice President of The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine where he had administrative responsibility for the Cathedral's array of cultural, educational, and social outreach programs. He also coordinated the Cathedral's preservation and capital improvement initiatives. Formerly, at St. Mark's Church In-the-Bowery, he developed the Arts Projects at St. Mark's (comprising Theatre Genesis, The Poetry Project and Danspace) and the Preservation Youth Project, a work and training program for young residents of the Church's lower East Side neighborhoods, directing their work to restore St. Mark's after a devastating fire. Subsequently, he directed the restorations of the Church of St. Luke In-the-Fields and Hitchcock Presbyterian Church.
Stephen holds an A.B. in English Literature from Boston University and a Master in Public Administration from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is a trustee of the St. Mark's Historic Landmark Fund, the New York Preservation Archive Project, Movement Research, and The Chocolate Factory Theater.
Tracy Capune, a veteran urban planner and economic development consultant, is Vice President of Kaufman Astoria Studios. A key member of KAS's team, Ms. Capune oversees the Studio's expansion plans as well as initiatives to further economic growth in the neighborhood surrounding the Studio. Ms. Capune played an integral role in creating the Studio's newly opened back lot and managed the development of the Stage K building. Most recently, she led the successful drive to designate the area surrounding the Studio as the Kaufman Arts District. She's now looking to further expand the Studio and build Stages N and O.
Prior to joining KAS, Ms. Capune spent eight years as a Managing Director at Stadtmauer Bailkin LLP. She is a graduate of The American University and earned a Masters in Urban Planning from New York University. Ms. Capune is a member of the Boards of Directors of the Queens Theatre, the Queens Economic Development Corporation and The Chocolate Factory Theater.
Chris Ajemian parlayed his Theater degree into CATES, a full-service education support company with locations and clients all over the world. He has designed cutting-edge, large-scale programs for elite educational and charitable institutions and has earned recognition as an innovator in his field. His creativity, entrepreneurial spirit, and drive toward innovation find kinship in The Chocolate Factory, of which he has been a proud principal Board Member for the last 6 years.
Brian Rogers is a director, video and sound artist, co-founder and artistic director of The Chocolate Factory Theater, which supports the creation of theater, dance, music and multimedia performances at its 5,000 sq ft facility in LIC, Queens. Since 1997, Brian has conceived and/or directed numerous large scale performances at The Chocolate Factory and elsewhere including Hot Box (September 2012, co-presented with FIAF's Crossing The Line Festival / January 2013, PS122's COIL Festival / February 2013, EMPAC Center, Troy NY – supported by a MAP Fund grant), the Bessie-nominated Selective Memory (July 2010, Mount Tremper Arts / September 2011, The Chocolate Factory / January 2011, PS122's COIL Festival) and the horror the horror (Movement Research Festival 2011, Abrons Arts Center / 2012). Brian recently completed his first feature film; composed the soundtrack for Shaun Iron & Lauren Petty's film Standing By: Gatz Backstage; and has collaborated as a sound and video artist with numerous experimental dance and theater artists in NY and elsewhere. In addition to his own work, Brian curates The Chocolate Factory's Visiting Artist Program (now in its 12th year) which supports the work of more than 100 artists each year.
Sheila Lewandowski is co-founder and executive director of The Chocolate Factory Theater. Through her leadership, the theater has supported over 800 artists and as many as 35,000 visitors since opening its doors in 2004. In addition, Ms. Lewandowski instituted the annual Taste of Long Island City as an economic and community development project, the proceeds of which further the work of The Chocolate Factory's artists each year.


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My light is a Pac Fab #70571, at least that is what the label on the light says should be used.
It is about 2 inches long and has a screw in base, a small one like a chandelier bulb.
I would like to get a LED bulb for it, but does anyone know if it will fit in this case? I think there is a case number on it also.
The bulb I took out looks more long and skinny than the LED lights I've seen.
EDIT: I found a picture of one it is #7 here:
http://www.poolproducts.com/aspx/shared ... 5=DEALTIME
I don't think I can get an LED light to fit here as it is a halogen bulb. How difficult is it to replace one of these?
Turns out it is a T-4 mini can lamp. Does anyone know if you can get an LED replacement?


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Senator the Hon James McGrath
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister
Senator the Hon James McGrath
About the Minister
James grew up on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, where his family had been growing sugar cane for many generations around Bli Bli and Yandina.
After finishing school, James completed a Bachelor of Commerce/Laws at Griffith University and went on to complete a Master of Laws at Queensland University of Technology.
In 1996 he started work as a Solicitor at Bennett Carroll and Gibbons in Brisbane, before taking on the role as Investigating Officer for the Queensland Parliamentary Ombudsman.
In 2001 James took a new path, and started work as a Ministerial Advisor for the South Australian Government. With politics in his blood, James found his niche and never looked back.
Since then, James has worked on political campaigns around Australia and overseas. He was instrumental in the campaign to elect Boris Johnson the Mayor of London and he was the National Presidential Campaign Director for the Maldivian Democratic Party in 2008.
In 2010 James returned to Queensland as the State Campaign Director for the Liberal National Party (LNP). In 2012, the Queensland LNP won the state election in a landslide.
In 2013 James put himself forward as a candidate for the Australian Senate. In September of that year he was elected as a Liberal National Party Senator for Queensland. He took up the position in July 2014 and has based his office in Nambour, on the Sunshine Coast.
In 2015 Senator McGrath was appointed the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister in the Turnbull Ministry and in 2016 he was appointed the Assistant Minister for Regulatory Reform.
He also briefly served as the Assistant Minister to the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection.
When he is not in Canberra or travelling around Queensland, James spends as much time as possible at his home in Warwick on the Southern Downs region of Queensland.
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For nearly thirty years we spent weekends and holidays in the summer at a cottage on a small lake in Michigan. Some of our favorite moments were boating in our small sea ray with the younger ones especially liking to tube behind the boat. In this piece, two excited cousins wait for the moment they can jump in with the tube and have the boat pull them wildly around the lake .
Areas of color create blocks of patterns in this piece, and helps direct your eye to the middle of the tube which becomes the center of interest, regardless of the partial shadowing of one of the faces.


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Here's a bit more from Going Deep:
""You were so snotty to me all through school."
"I was scared shitless of you."
"You were condescending and rude," she retorted.
"Still am." A wry smile twisted his lips. "And by the time I outgrew being scared, you were way out of my reach." He framed her face with his hands, his palms cradling her cheeks and his long fingers stroking the tender lobes of her ears. "But you're not now."
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Nicole Patin
Mrs. Nicole Patin most recently served as Principal at Doerre Intermediate before coming to Klein Cain. She has served as Associate Principal & Assistant Principal at Klein HS as well as Assistant Principal at Glenda Dawson HS in Pearland ISD.
Before going into administration, Mrs. Patin taught Biology, Anatomy & Physiology and PALS. She also coached the women's soccer teams at Westside HS, Clear Creek HS and Dawson HS after having played collegiate soccer.
Mrs. Patin is married to her husband, Brandon, who is a police officer in Tomball. They have a 5 year old son, Tyler, who is so excited to be a future Hurricane!


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Wonder Woman is soaring at the box office as it netted a whopping $103.1 million in the U.S., which beats most estimates.
Likewise, Wonder Woman has exceeded international estimates as it has brought in $125 million for this past weekend.
The popular heroine may not have topped the opening of the other entries in the DC Extended Universe (MAN OF STEEL – $116 million, SUICIDE SQUAD – $133 million, BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE – $166 million), but director Patty Jenkins' effort set a record for biggest debut by a female filmmaker, defeating the $85 million start of Sam Taylor-Johnson's FIFTY SHADES OF GREY.
To date, Wonder Woman has a current worldwide box office gross of $228.1 million and internationally is even ahead of Thor 1 & 2, Iron Man 1 & 2, Guardians Of The Galaxy 1 & 2, Doctor Strange, Captain America 1 & 2, Ant-Man and Man Of Steel. Deadline notes Wonder Woman is on par with Deadpoool in foreign markets, which went on to bring in over $420 million internationally.
Plans for Wonder Woman 2 are already being talked about.
"Patty's vision mesmerized the audience. She is a real talent. Clearly, this is a movie that is resonating with moviegoers around the globe," Warner Bros. domestic distribution president Jeff Goldstein said, reports THR. "I am sure we will be seeing a lot more of Diana on the big screen."


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It's Tuesday, June 20, 2017.
What's your interest today?
I just inquired of my DH to see what was on his agenda. For someone who loves the outside. He will be cutting grass once the sun dries the rain water from last night. For me, I'm going to play in my craft space until I get tired.
I'm still layering paper from paper pads today. I'm also using a product that was in a package I won a few weeks ago...NUVO crystal glaze. Since the directions says to apply and let dry for 24 hours...I applied the glaze to the butterflies yesterday and finished the card this morning.
The glaze gives the same effect as glossy accent with a little dimensions. I think I'm going to like using it on other projects. It also inspired me to order some other NUVO products to try. Stay tuned next month to find out what they are.
I used:
- cardstock/paper: Neenah white cardstock; Recollections "Bright and Basic" paper pad; Ki "Vintage Charm " paper pad"; Recollections black cardstock
- die cut: Cricut "Ornamental Iron 2" cartridge and Cricut Expression machine: Spellbinders circle die
- sentiment: Pinterest
- embellishment: NUVO "duck egg blue" crystal drops and NUVO crystal glaze; black archival ink to ink around the edge of the circle with the sentiment


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Interview with Shaun Dunne - Death of the Tradesman
Death of the Tradesmen plays Draiocht on Friday 7 & Saturday 8 June, 8.15pm. Tickets €16/€14 conc … Book Here …
Caomhan Keane talks to Shaun Dunne about Death of the Tradesman, which returns, as part of The Lir Revival Award, this week.
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Tradesman seems like a natural follow on to the conversation you started with Homebird. Was that deliberate or just representative of you writing about what's going on in your own world?
Tradesmen is actually an older idea. I had the idea for Tradesmen when I was in school so the line of work kind of just came out that way. Homebird definitely represents the younger generation while Tradesmen covers our parents demographic. The progression may seem sort of planned or coordinated and its weird to think now that Tradesmen was actually conceived as an idea first... I suppose Homebird feels very like the beginning of everything for me.
Your plays seem like you are trying to work things out but haven't made a definitive opinion. Is that your process? Do you have a definite idea as to what you want to say when you start or are you informed by research and contemplation?
I think that's very much how I approach the subject initially, yeah. I don't like to come down too heavy on either side. The work is more about presenting a situation or a process than it is about giving an answer either way. I think that's more interesting and I don't want to preach what I think the answer to particular social issues are. A lot of the time there is no one way. Myself and my collaborators definitely come to our own realisations but we like to leave room in the shows for the audience to take the subject further.
Where did the idea for Tradesman come from?
My father is a carpet fitter who has been largely unemployed for the past five years. When I first read Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller in school, I remember thinking there were a lot of parallels there. Work wasn't as dry for him back then though so it was only when things got really bad that I started to think about the idea more seriously.
How did you develop it from the idea to get it stage ready?
I started with interviews. I sat down with several different tradesmen that an unemployment service called Jobcare put me in touch with. I also took part on their Employment Preparation Course, which helped me get in the mind frame of a person looking for work. After that I began to write. Then when we started to develop the show on its feet with Lauren Larkin and Talking Shop Ensemble we would improvise with the script. This helped to find a structure and really honed the editing of the piece. The show also benefited hugely from a residency I did called TITLE as part of the Cork Midsummer Festival. I worked with dramaturg Thomas Conway and the piece really sped along after that.
Tell me how your director helped shape this project?
We didn't work with a director per say. When I approached Lauren and Talking Shop we discussed how the piece might be made and we all agreed that myself and Lauren would stage the piece together while Lisa Walsh and Aisling Byrne would co-choreograph. We also had the added outside eye of our second dramaturge, Aifric Ni Ruaric. We work as an ensemble so everybody has their say in some way across the board. This is the same for designers and stage management. Anyone in the room is encouraged to chip in where they want. It's a very open environment where suggestions and ideas come from all angles- at times this can make your day a little longer but it's how we like to work. There will be days that certain people take the lead in certain ways - the way a director would - and as the conceiver of the piece that can often fall with me but the emphasis on the ensemble is huge.
Was Lauren Larkin your first choice of wife?
First and only. Originally, I thought it was a one-man show and I didn't even imagine myself in it initially. The play has a documentary strand to it, which pulls from the fact that myself and Lauren are the children of tradesmen. If Lauren wasn't in the piece the piece would have to change.
Who, directly and influentially has shaped Talking Shop's style?
There are two styles at play when Talking Shop and Shaun Dunne present together. My main influence would be my degree in journalism - this is where the documentary strand comes from - while Lisa and Aisling from TSE are Theatre Studies alumni so their influences are from a completely different bag.
We both want to make work about what it is to live here and now though so we unite on that. The main influences in my writing would be my parents... they taught me how to speak after all... them and the people I grew up around.
What's next for you and the rest of Talking Shop?
Touring Tradesmen! We've got a few dates lined up in the coming year so we're going to be pretty tied up with that. We're also starting development on our next piece where we hope to explore service provision for people with disabilities in Ireland, and are beginning a collaboration with St John of Gods Community Services shortly so it's all go really!
Death of the Tradesmen plays Draiocht on Friday 7 & Saturday 8 June, 8.15pm. Tickets €16/€14 conc … Book Here …


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Ben 10 Super Golfer
One of Ben 10's favorite sport is golf so whenever he has the time to spare, he grabs his favorite club and swing on the golf sport club to play it. However, Ben is not that good yet, but with your help he can be the best golf player. Help Ben to become a super golfer. Swing the club at the right direction with the right amount of power. However, that won't be easy since there are obstacles for the ball before it can reach the hole. You don't have to do it in one swing though as you can do it in several par since that is the rule of the game.


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