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New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): Union Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said the plethora of road and transport projects undertaken by the Centre would go a long way in saving the nation from traffic congestion and pollution. Talking about the Dwarka Express Highway, work for which will begin in the next three to four months after land acquisition, Gadkari said, "Delhi will be saved from traffic congestion and pollution. The by-pass which we are making is expected to be completed by August 15. The Haryana Government which is constructing the extension of the bridge believes it to be completed by November. After the completion of these by-passes, ones travelling to Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan will not have to enter Delhi." Gadkari was briefing media on the sidelines of the India Integrated Transport and Logistics Summit being held here. Elaborating further about developments in the transport sector, Gadkari said the government is giving priority to electric, ethanol, biodiesel and bio-CNG mode of vehicles. "A lot of change in transport sector will be seen. We have given priority to electric, ethanol, biodiesel and bio-CNG. Under "Made in India and 'Make in India', lithium-ion battery backups would be manufactured in India. Dream of electric vehicles, electric car, electric taxis, electric bus is not far," he said. Gadkari further said that 36 ring roads where logistics parks should be created have been identified in order to save cities from traffic congestion and pollution problems. "The cities by the sides of roads face traffic congestion and pollution problems. This raises cost, pollution and creates inconvenience for people. For this, we have identified 36 ring roads where logistics park should be created," he said. Shifting his focus to the port sector, the Minsiter said, "In the port sector, where we are making 40 river ports on the Ganga and three multi-nodal hubs, there, we are making bunkers. We have entered into a joint venture with Petronate Company. We will also be making our shipping L&G base. L&G, comparable with other fuels is cheaper and is the future fuel," he said. "We are bringing new technologies for transport to be made in sea-sided places. We have already started giving contracts for port mechanisation and port modernisation in Sagarmala. We are going to spend Rs. 3 lakh crore for port-road and port- rail connectivity for which special planning is been done in Sagarmala," he added. Gadkari claimed that his ministry has made a profit of Rs. 5,000 crores in the current year as compared to Rs. 4,000 crores last year. "Our ministry made a profit of Rs. 4,000 crore last year, which has increased to Rs. 5,000 crore this year. That is why the most important sectors, transport and logistics, are needed to be worked upon," he said. While emphasising on the importance of transport and logistics sector, Gadkari said the sector is expected to create job opportunities, increase export, fulfill the 'Make in India' and 'Made in India' dream and agricultural growth rate in the GDP will also see a rise. "It is expected that all departments of the Indian Government and the private sector will attract Rs. 2 lakh crores worth investment in our sector," Gadkari said. In conclusion, Gadkari hoped that the summit would turn out to be a successful event and help in bring about a revolution in the road and transport sector. The IITLS, organised by the Ministry of Road Transport, Highways and Shipping and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in collaboration with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), is being held at Vigyan Bhawan from May 3-5th. (ANI)


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On Wednesday 7th June, a group of Year 8 pupils visited the Roman town of Verulamium. The girls take up the story...
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Somewhere along the way conservatives forgot about President Reagan's famous maxim: "Trust but verify." With Reagan's ascent to power and, simultaneously, the rise of the modern conservative movement, a host of organizations also gained power, many of them claiming to advocate for limited government, lower taxes, and family values. Because these groups were well-organized, well-funded, and helped our side — meaning they helped elect candidates with R's next to their names — we thought they were our friends, and so we were content to cede power and influence to them because we trusted that they would make a sincere effort to advocate for our shared values.
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But then came the internet and greater transparency in government, and suddenly it became apparent that many of these groups were not the friends of limited government or of the American people. They benefitted well-connected special interests that had special access to the levers of power. The Tea Party organized largely in reaction to increased American awareness about the serious dysfunction in Washington as they grew alarmed, in particular, with the profligate spending, the burgeoning debt, and the erosion of individual liberties under the rule of our bloated, overreaching federal government. Conservatives struggled to understand why many Republicans were indifferent to the challenge of tackling these threats to our nation's sovereignty and our children's future and wondered why many claiming to be on our side seemed resigned to the status quo, demonstrating no will to fight. This breach in the GOP (that has existed for decades) began to grow exponentially.
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It was obvious from the beginning of the Tea Party movement that many within the GOP were hostile to the principles these new conservative groups represented, but after the show of political force in the 2010 landslide election, few Republicans openly expressed their criticism. Now, however, the masks — and the gloves — are off. Establishment Republicans blame the scourge of conservative "extremism" for John McCain's loss, Mitt Romney's loss, and every other loss in the GOP since the 2010 election.
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The New York Times recently reported that former Ohio congressman Steve LaTourette wants to run conservatives out of the GOP, calling LaTourette one of the "top generals in the establishment Republicans' war against the Tea Party." Through his Main Street Partnership lobbying firm and Defending Mainstreet PAC, LaTourette said he hopes to fight back against "extremist" groups like Club for Growth, which he called a "cancer that has attached itself" to the Republican Party. "We want our party back," LaTourette told the New York Times. The Senate Conservatives Fund, Freedomworks, and Madison Project have also come under fire from LaTourette.
LaTourette's Defending Mainstreet PAC is heavily funded by Democrats and labor unions and has ties to many Republican leaders, including House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), who recently lashed out at Tea Party conservatives, saying they "lack all credibility" for their recent opposition to the budget deal. Boehner accused conservatives of "using our members [Congressmen] and the American people for their own goals."
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K Street lobbyists applauded the Speaker for his attack on the Tea Party. One business lobbyist group told The Hill, "Speaker Boehner said what a lot of us had been thinking for a long time, that these 'purity for profit' groups are taking advantage of well-meaning but politically naive members."
This is the same Speaker Boehner who uses strong-arm tactics to solicit campaign contributions on behalf of his members. According to Peter Schweizer, a fellow at the Hoover Institution, and author of Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes and Line Their Own Pockets, Boehner is a master of what is called the "tollbooth."
"In 2011, [Boehner] collected a total of over $200,000 in donations from executives and companies in the days before holding votes on just three bills. He delayed scheduling a vote for months on the widely supported Wireless Tax Fairness Act, and after he finally announced a vote, 37 checks from wireless-industry executives totaling nearly $40,000 rolled in. He also delayed votes on the Access to Capital for Job Creators Act and the Small Company Capital Formation Act, scoring $91,000 from investment banks and private equity firms, $32,450 from bank holding companies and $46,500 from self-described investors — all in the 48 hours between scheduling the vote and the vote's actually being held on the House floor."
In light of such revelations, Speaker Boehner's accusation that the Tea Party is "using our members [Congressmen] and the American people for their own goals" is beyond hypocritical — it's contemptible: far from being a government "of the people."
[RELATED on OCR: "Are We in a Constitutional Crisis?"]
Many of the lobbyists working in tandem with Congress do so at the behest of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a group that Michelle Malkin recently called a "politically entrenched synod of special interests" in an article for National Review. The Chamber supported the 2009 stimulus and has loudly opposed attempts to defund Obamacare and to negotiate spending cuts using the debt ceiling. The group has said it will "pull out all the stops," including working with unions to push through comprehensive immigration reform this year, and has also vowed to defeat constitutional conservative candidates in the primary and general election. This is no idle threat since the Chamber has the money to push through its policy and electoral goals. The group's lobbying efforts dwarf other organizations, with $136 million spent in 2012, more than three times as much as the next highest spender and they will use much of it, as Malkin points out, to promote "the big business of the Beltway, not the business of mainstream America."
[RELATED on OCR: "Labor Gives Obamacare Grim Prognosis"]
In his Tea Party response to the State of the Union address, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) condemned "cronyist privilege at the top, where political and economic insiders twist the immense power of the federal government to profit at the expense of everyone else." Lee acknowledging that too often, his own party has been to blame, "joining the Democrats to rig our economy to benefit the well-connected at the expense of the disconnected."
Our American government has become a vulgar pseudo-aristocracy built, in part, on corporate welfare purchased with the influence that comes from campaign contributions. Many Republicans enthusiastically support this system, hooked on the "sugar" the lobbyists — including the Republican leadership — spread around Washington. As a conservative movement, we are living with the consequences of decades of failing to "trust but verify" those who were speaking on our behalf and now we have almost completely ceded power to the progressive, crony capitalist Republicans. They have had the luxury of taking our votes for granted and we have enabled them with our support.
In 1975 then-Governor Reagan posed a question to the Young Americans for Freedom:
"Is it a third party we need, or is it a new and revitalized second party, raising a banner of no pale pastels, but bold colors which make it unmistakably clear where we stand on all of the issues troubling the people?"
Conservatives are asking the same question today.
[RELATED on OCR: "Racing for Red: Why OCR Speeds and You Should Too"]
Many of us still hold out hope that we can pull the Republican party back from this precipice — believing that it is not yet time to give up on it. Sen. Lee, in his State of the Union response, said he thinks there is promise in a "new generation of reformers" in Washington that wants to win over the Republican party and earn the trust of the American people.
The stakes are high and the task ahead is daunting. If conservatives lose this battle for a bold, revitalized second party, the GOP will go left on spending, the debt, gun control, immigration, abortion, and same-sex marriage. LaTourette's group and the Chamber of Commerce have declared that this is the year they will crush the conservative resistance and they have the money and the muscle to accomplish that goal if we sit back and allow it to happen. If successful, it would likely mean the end of the Republican party because a significant number of conservatives will finally walk away from the party of Lincoln and Reagan.
[RELATED on OCR: "Conservatives: 'We'll Take Our Chances'"]
If we are to take back the party — to save it from itself — conservatives must apply pressure from both inside and outside of the party; we have powerful, effective tools on our side, but this fight will take incredible fortitude and an immense amount of hard work. We do, however, have several things going for us:
First, LaTourette has acknowledged that he faces an uphill battle. "One of the problems that we have is that the conservative groups have been at it longer and not only do they have a database of donors but they can also put boots on the ground," LaTourette said. He added, "Where the far right is eating our lunch is that they have the grassroots stuff and so we're going to have to create some of that." We're also beginning to compete with their money. Breitbart reported this week that "Tea Party and conservative SuperPACs raised around three times as much as GOP establishment SuperPACs" according to 2013 year end FEC reports.
We also have on our side a populist cause that most Americans agree with and understand. Even Occupy Wall Street opposes corporate cronyism, the bailouts, and special treatment for groups that can afford lobbyists. In response to the recently-released (and unbelievably clever) "Kronies" video that celebrates small businesses while vilifying corporate and union cronyism, Jason Linkins at Huffington Post wrote,
"when it comes to the evils of cronyism in government, there's a lot over which populists on both sides of the ideological aisle can break bread. Between too-big-to-fail bank bailouts, rentier protection that crowds out competition and exacerbates income inequality, and big taxpayer giveaways to multinationals, there are a lot of openings for accord."
And finally, we have the truth on our side. We can be thankful that we are neither ignorant nor in denial about the nature and character of the Republican party any longer. The information age has empowered our movement and we can fight the misinformation and propaganda, whether it comes from the media or from our party leaders. This transparency will be foundational to building a true conservative movement, based on truth and integrity — one that is for the American people instead of for special interests and lobbyists.
And this time around we must be vigilant to "trust but verify."
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Paula Bolyard describes herself as a Christian first, conservative second, and Republican third. She is a member of the Wayne County Executive Committee and is owner and moderator of the Ohio Homeschool Yahoo! Group. She is a contributor at PJ Media Lifestyle, PJ Media, and RedState.
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MATtest Southern are Civil engineering, materials, testers, required to monitor road surface temperature and safety reports.
We were approached by MATtest Southern to produce an application which uses a special algorithm to measure the temperature of a surface area by way of thermal imaging cameras, to assist with road surfacing.
- Thermal Imaging data reading
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Making use of thermal imaging cameras, whether add-ons or built-in to device, we were required to incorporate an algorithm so that accurate readings of heat across surface area would be recordable and captured.
Thanks to the quality of camera on even lower end devices and the thermal adapters available, the visuals of the application were relatively straight-forward. We kept an open UI as the app relies on Camera view in the main part, this resulted in minimum input for the user for a quick and intuitive experience.
The data returned by the thermal adapters took some manipulation to return readable results to the UI. The algorithm to manage this probably took the bulk of the effort required for the entire project.


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Certificate error while setting up a P2S VPN connection to Azure
11:24 am in Azure, Cloud, VPN by Wim Matthyssen
While studying for Microsoft Exam 70-533 (Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions) I encountered a problem while setting up a point-to-site (P2S) VPN connection with Azure. The problem was with the self-singed certificate.
In this blog post I will show you how to fix this and setup a working P2S VPN connection from your workstation to Azure.
Herewith the necessary requirements and tips:
- To setup the virtual network and the gateway I've used the Azure Management Portal https://manage.windowsazure.com
- In this example the virtual network is named azurevnet with an address space of 10.0.0.0/20. There are 3 subnets namely VM1 (10.0.0.0/24), VM2 (10.0.1.0/24) and the Gateway (10.0.2.0/29).
- GR-DC-01 is deployed from the Windows Server 2012 Datacenter OS image and connected to the VM1 virtual network subnet.
- To create the self-signed authentication root and client certificate I used makecert.exe which is available if you installed any version of Visual Studio. You can find it under the following directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1A\Bin. I copied it to my C:\Tools (this folder is added to the PATH environment variable to make it available from any location) folder for easy access. If you don't have Visual Studio you can always install Visual Studio Express, which you can download over here: https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-express-vs.aspx
- Microsoft recommends to create a separate client certificate for each client that is going to connect via P2S. When you do this and keep track of them, it's easier to invalidate a single client certificate when you need to revoke someone's access.
1) To create the Root Certificate open a command prompt as administrator and run:
makecert -sky exchange -r -n "CN=AzureRootCert" -pe -a sha1 -len 2048 -ss My "AzureRootCert.cer"
In my example this command will create the root certificate directly under the C: root
2) As a next step upload this self-signed root certificate to the virtual network certificates section on Azure
3) To create the Client Certificate open a command prompt as administrator and run:
makecert.exe -n "CN=AzureClientCert" -pe -sky exchange -m 96 -ss My -in "AzureRootCert" -is my -a sha1
This creates and installs the client certificate to your local computer
4) Now open run an type mmc and add the "Certificates" Snap in for "My user account"
5) Go into "Personal" – "Certificates" and see if both the client and the root certificate are present
6) If so were ready to install the client VPN package. To do this go back to Azure and navigate to the dashboard of the virtual network. Under "Quick Glance" at the right side, as you can see a 32-bit and 64-bit Client VPN Package are available.
7) Download the appropriate package for your workstation and install it. It might be blocked because the file comes from a location outside your computer but it's save to run it.
8) Now were ready to connect to Azure. Click the network icon in the system tray, and as you can see you are able to select the azurevnet virtual network. Click it, and in the opened screen click azurevnet connection and choose "Connect" (this is for Windows 10 users).
9) A new dialog box should pop up where you need to press "Connect" again
10) If all went well you are now connected to you Azure environment
11) As you can see, I'm now able to RDP into my VM1 VM via the dynamic IP address (DIP)
Hope it helps!
Wim Matthyssen (@wmatthyssen)


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Home > D. General pathology > Infectious diseases > echinococcosis
Monday 5 December 2005
hydatid disease
Definition: Echinococcosis, which is often referred to as hydatid disease or echinococcal disease, is a parasitic disease that affects both humans and other mammals, such as sheep, dogs, rodents and horses.
hepatic cystic echinococcosis / Echinococcus granulosus
There are three different forms of echinococcosis found in humans, each of which is caused by the larval stages of different species of the tapeworm of genus Echinococcus sp. :
cystic echinococcosis (also known as unilocular echinococcosis), which is caused by Echinococcus granulosus
alveolar echinococcosis (also known as alveolar colloid of the liver, alveolar hydatid disease, alveolococcosis, multilocular echinococcosis, "small fox tapeworm"), which is caused by Echinococcus multilocularis
polycystic echinococcosis (also known as human polycystic hydatid disease, neotropical echinococcosis), which is caused by Echinococcus vogeli and very rarely, Echinococcus oligarthus .
Alveolar and polycystic echinococcosis are rarely diagnosed in humans and are not as widespread as cystic echinococcosis, but polycystic echinococcosis is relatively new on the medical scene and is often left out of conversations dealing with echinococcosis, and alveolar echinococcosis is a serious disease that not only has a significantly high fatality rate but also has the potential to become an emerging disease in many countries.
cystic echinococcosis (Echinococcus granulosus)
alveolar echinococcosis (Echinococcus multilocularis)
polycystic echinococcosis (Echinococcus oligarthus)
Hydatid disease is caused by hydatid cysts
Hydatid disease is caused by the larval forms of Echinococcus tapeworms. E. granulosus is the most frequent parasite, whereas E. multilocularis causes a more aggressive clinical disease.
- Echinococcus granulosus :
- classic form of hydatid cyst
- affects liver, lung, kidneys, spleen, brain, musculoskeletal system, heart
- Echinococcus multilocularis :
- alveolar (multilocular) hydatidosis
Structural components of the hydatid cyst
outer acellular laminated membrane
germinal membrane
protoscolices, attached and budding from the membrane
pulmonary echinococcosis (pulmonary hydatid cyst )
hepatic echinococcosis (hepatic hydatid cyst - echinococcal liver cyst )
cardiac echinococcosis (cardiac hydatid cyst )
See also
hydatid cyst (Echinococcus granulosus )
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Aurora Theatre's 14th Season starts with the legendary Cole Porter's most triumphant musical. "Kiss Me Kate" ran on Broadway for an astounding 1,077 performances, but local theatre goers will only have 26 chances to catch this masterpiece of the jazz era. Taking its inspiration from Shakespeare, "Kiss Me Kate" recounts the backstage and onstage antics of two feuding romantic couples during a touring production of "The Taming of the Shrew." "Kiss Me Kate" reminds us all is fair in love and war, especially when it is a battle of the sexes. The five-time Tony Award winning revival score sparkles with one hit song after another - including: "Another Op'nin', Another Show," "Wunderbar," "From This Moment On," and "Too Darn Hot."
I don't know who Kate is, but I'd kiss her any day! ;)by Dagbath Yallington
Monday, August 31, 2009
Hello fellow theater reviewers, it's your old pal Dagbath Yallington here and I'm telling you that if you're looking for an ensemble in the Atlanta area that will simultaneously wow you and make you all tingly inside, then you must run, nay walk, wait no I was right the first time, RUN to see the Aurora's staging of Kiss Me Kate.
I'll be the first to admit I had never seen the show Kiss Me Kate before and honestly it's not exactly my cup of tea. The material just didn't connect with me and it ran long for my taste. Nevertheless, it is still an engrossing show thanks to the work of a brilliant cast.
We can get one thing out of the way right now. I need to tell you how amazing Natasha Drena is. If you've seen her perform, you know that. If you haven't seen her, then why are you sitting here reading this review? GO SEE THE SHOW SILLY GOOSE!
I'm not sure what J.C. actually stands for, but I'm pretty sure it stands for Justifiably Charming! Mr. Long stands toe to toe with Ms. Drena and holds his own quite nicely. It's another success in a long line of outstanding performances by Mr. Long. The musical number between the two when Lilli finds out Fred's love letter was intended for Lois was a knee slapper of the highest degree!
I had the pleasure of seeing Erin Lorette in Zanna, Don't! a few months ago and she impressed me then and once again wowed me in KMK. Her portrayal of the naive and aloof Lois Lane was very entertaining and she continues to show off a set of pipes that are going to make her a big name in this town. David Rossetti wasn't Superman to Lorette's Lois Lane, but he did the best he could with a part that I didn't think was developed that well.
The duo of Glenn Rainey and Bethany Irby as the gangsters will have you rolling in the aisle. They chew the scenery every time they are on stage. Not literally. It would be expensive to build a new set after every performance! Still, they both steal the scene every time they walk on stage and their duet towards the end of the show is another show stopper!
Speaking of show stoppers, I must give SERIOUS props to Bradley Candie and Tameka Scotton for their work in the best number in the show, in my opinion, It's Too Darn Hot. I was blown away by Mr. Candie's dancing ability, he's flat out amazing. As for Ms. Scotton's voice, I only have three words for you. Holy Crap it is spectacular! Wait, that's five words! Oh My! It's so good I can't think of a word to describe it accurately so I'm going to go with...scrumtrilescent!
I wish there had been bigger roles for Nicholas Morrett and Jimi Kocina. Both young actors, Mr. Kocina in particular, have impressed me in the other works I've seen them perform. They both add a little extra pizazz to the show here, but I felt like their talents could be utilized more.
If you like Kiss Me, Kate then you will love what you see at the Aurora. Even if you don't really care for the show itself, it's work making the trek out to Lawrenceville just to see this dynamite cast. I guarantee either way you'll have a great time or my name isn't Garrison St. Pierre. Wait, that's not my name...guys? GUYS?
oops by Dagbath Yallington WORTH making the trek! WHY CAN'T I SPELL???!??? oops by Dagbath Yallington WORTH making the trek! WHY CAN'T I SPELL???!???
Another Op'nin'by Dedalus
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
At the risk of sounding like a fan-boy stalker, let me say at the outset that I adore Natasha Drena, that I would pay to watch her sing the phone book, that she's the best thing to happen to Atlanta Musical Theatre, and that she is absolutely the best Lilli Vanessi I've ever seen. That she is part of a wonderful production (at the Aurora Theatre) is just icing on the cake.
For those who consider theatre history irrelevant, let me recap. "Kiss Me, Kate" was Cole Porter's late '40's "comeback" – his return to success after years (decades?) of failures and disappointments. A backstage look at a musical production of Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew," it was ostensibly a thinly-veiled portrait of the Lunts, the famous husband-wife acting team of the time. That it was written by a husband-wife writing team (Bella & Samuel Spewack) just added verisimilitude to an otherwise not-so bald and unconvincing narrative.
Let me pause here for a digression. "Shrew" is often considered an anachronism, a misogynistic look at out-dated gender roles. Indeed, I was unfortunate enough once to see a production in which the director took an un-PC glee in the degradation of Katharine, who thought Katharine really needed to be taken down a few pegs, and who made the initial "taming" sequence more of a vicious rape scene than a wooing of potential equals. It was, without a doubt, one of the worst productions I've ever seen. The irony of this approach is that, for the Elizabethan time from which it sprang, its view of gender roles was markedly advanced. "Shrews" were usually "tamed" with violence and cruelty. Petruchio, in contrast, takes a more fun-oriented, non-violent approach. A close analysis of the play shows that his games and humiliations aren't what "tames" Katharine, but her recognition that she can have fun with him, that they are "two of a kind," that she can give as good as she gets.
This is also what has always appealed to me about "Kiss Me, Kate." Written at a time when gender roles were beginning to change (World War II sent women into the factories and into roles of leadership), it too shows a husband and wife who are truly equals, and whatever "taming" occurs" is rooted in Lilli's recognition in what she is giving up, both personally and professionally. And, after the curtain closes, you know she and Fred will fight like cats and dogs happily to the end.
So, how does Aurora tackle this show? At first glance, there are some choices that seem odd, even misguided. One of the gangsters a woman? No chorus? A perhaps too-young Fred Graham?
Let me tackle those one at a time. First of all, making the Second Gangster female adds a dimension that works. She comes across as Bonnie to the First Gangster's Clyde, and their "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" number adds a sexual subtext you can almost taste – yes, the single-entendres have always been there, but now they're directed at each other, and it's a joy to behold. Bethany Irby makes her no less threatening, and the whole idea adds a new dimension to the gender-role motifs that ooze out of the show like so much greasepaint. The idea works so well, I wonder why it's never been tried before.
The lack of chorus also works. We still have Ralph and Hattie, Hortensio and Gremio, so the chorus numbers have enough voices for a full sound. The biggest roadblock is "Too Darn Hot," which would require them to be both "onstage" and "backstage" at the same time, but this is easily hurdled by just cutting the references to what's happening "onstage," and making it an "at-intermission" number. It is also credible that an "on-the-cheap" production like Mr. Graham's "Shrew" would try to get along with as few "extras" as possible.
Which leaves the casting of J.C. Long as Fred Graham. Mr. Long is a wonderful actor with a substantial Shakespeare resume (indeed, earlier this year, he was one of the best "Ariels" I've ever seen). That being said, he comes across as being in his early thirties, which, of course, is far too young to be a convincing impresario with a long career behind him. Indeed, his voice is more in the upper baritone / tenor range, than in the lower baritone / bass range I've grown accustomed to in prior Freds. That he pulls it off is a credit to his talent and to his interactions with Ms. Drena's Lilli. Indeed, I ended up believing them as a couple, believing him as Fred, and buying his performance, with some minor lingering doubts.
Of course, as I said above, it is Ms. Drena's Lilli that centers this show. Beautiful of face and voice, she creates two characters who hit every note right, who makes me laugh at unexpected times, who sells every song, every fight, every hurt, and who really makes this show her own. I loved everything she did, and don't think I've ever laughed as much during "I Hate Men" as I did here. She made the final song an ode to love rather than a dirge of submission. I loved everything she did.
This was also very nicely designed – a sturdy "backstage" anchoring the set, with flimsy and cheap-looking curtains and wagons filling in for the "Shrew" sets. Two nicely painted "show curtains" add to the "show within a show" feel, and commendations are well-earned by scenic artist Sarah Thomson.
Now, I can't leave this column without a few words about Wendell Brock's AJC review of this play. He, in effect, praised everything I did, only knocked it down a few pegs for being "too long." Indeed, he literally stated a theatre should not take up so much of its audience's valuable time. To that, all I can say is "Huh?" Musicals of the forties and fifties all represented a full "night out," none were under two hours. All I can say is, I wonder why Mr. Brock is writing for the theatre if, indeed, it takes up so much of his "valuable time" (indeed, he'll criticize any show over 90 minutes for being "too long"). I can't think of a better way to spend three hours than watching a production this luminous, this imaginative, this well-done. I don't even resent the loooooong commute to get to Lawrenceville.
I also can't leave without venting about something else – period shows in which modern actors' tattoos are fully visible. I have nothing against tattoos in general (well, maybe I do, but that's neither here nor there). But, it's too-often forgotten that they are a relatively recent "fad" (post eighties), and, before that, they were found primarily in sailors, sideshows, and biker bars. Now I can imagine one, maybe even more ex-sailors being part of a production company like Fred Grahams. But, I seriously doubt their tattoos would be modern styles like Chinese characters or sunbursts. As nicely choreographed as "Too Darn Hot" was (kudos, as usual, to Ricardo Aponte's work) , I was distracted by the very visible tattoos. If it's period, cover them up (or turn them into anchors)!
So, despite the venting in my last two paragraphs, I loved loved loved this production, and, unless you have ADHD like Mr. Brock, I daresay you'll love it too.
And it ends with one of the best kisses you're ever likely to see on stage.
-- Brad Rudy (email@example.com)
Hear! Hear! by Mama Alma As usual, Brad hits the nail squarely on the head. Kiss Me Kate at the Aurora was that near perfect experience that merits extra points. I'd like to give it a "5++" or a "7". My husband enjoyed it so much that he considered staying after the matinee to take in the evening performance, primarily to see "Too Darn Hot" again! Natasha Drena thrilled me in a range I'd never heard her develop before (is there anything this woman can't sing?). I loved J.C. Long. The misogyny of "Shrew" (it's really "order" my Shakespeare professor would say) was competently dismissed by the little wink Lilli gives at a most opportune time. Just a lovely, lovely show, and as usual, a wonderful review.
AJC, eat your heart out.
Too Darn Hot a Sound Systemby playgoer
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Aurora's "Kiss Me Kate" was nearly ruined for me by the sound system. David Rigg, the listed sound board operator, seems to have been asleep at the wheel, letting music play throughout much of Anthony Rodriguez' introductory speech. Then, when the show started, Christopher Bartelski's sound design seemed to be intent on blasting every eardrum in the house. The muddied, distorted, LOUD sound was a great disservice to the cast, amplifying every slight vocal tremor or off-pitch note into unmistakeable flaws. Far from adding anything to the show, it subtracted, time after time, ruining the fine elocution and projection of all the performers with wince-inducing amplification, especially in the choral numbers. The sound is the only reason I am rating this show 4.0 rather than 4.5.
A powerhouse voice like Natasha Drena's doesn't need any help. She has a winning stage presence, and her rendition of "I Hate Men" was for me the highlight of the show. Her voice shines in the belt of the number (while it shines in the coloratura passages of other songs -- talk about range!). The action accompanying the song added to it with just the right touches.
David Rossetti, playing Bill Calhoun/Lucentio was almost TOO good a dancer/singer for the show. Compared to his crisp, articulated movements, the always-pleasing rubberiness of Jimi Kocina and the up-and-coming earnestness of Nick Morrett looked a tad bit off. Bradley Candie seemed able to hold his own in the dance department.
I can't say I particularly admired Ricardo Aponte's choreography, but it definitely was lively and full of fun. On the distaff side, Erin Lorette did almost single-handed duty in the dance numbers. She partnered well with all the men, and gave sweet line readings when she acted and brought the house down when she sang. Quite a talent!
The cast numbered only twelve, so everyone made strong contributions to the action. Bethany Irby and Glenn Rainey, as the gangsters, punched the comedy up without overwhelming the balance of the plot, and sold "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" through its multiple encores. Anthony Rodriguez wasn't as successful in his musical number ("From This Moment On"), but played General Harrison Howell with his usual energy and verve. Tameka Scotton and Al Stilo both did fine, energetic work as well.
J.C. Long played Fred Graham with less of the self-absorbed bluster that often accompanies the role, making his soft side more endearing as the plot played out. His "Where Is the Life That Late I Led?" was his musical highlight, with the acting taking precedence over the singing. Slightly nasal at times, his voice wasn't on a par with Natasha Drena's (whose would be?), but he used it effectively throughout and seemed to give the most nuanced performance.
For a change, the set was a great contributor to an Aurora show. The use of painted curtains filled the height of the stage beautifully, and the backstage set (with orchestra perched on top) had pleasing proportions and provided workable entrances and exits. The dual dressing room set moved on and off smoothly, acting as an appropriate backdrop to the more intimate scenes.
Costumes were as bright and colorful as the sets. The wigs, early in the run, looked acceptable, but might not hold up well through the end of the run, if previous productions have given any indication. For the time being, you can see a distinct difference in the Katherine-the-Shrew's hairdo before and after her "taming."
At the end of the show, the capacity audience rose to its feet in ovation as the first cast members took their bows. This was a heartfelt standing ovation, well-deserved by the hard-working cast. And guess what? The applause didn't need to be amplified to fill the house with sound. [POST A COMMENT REGARDING THIS REVIEW]
Apparently they fixed it ... by Dedalus ... by Saturday afternoon, when everything sounded fine. Saw It Sunday by playgoer The sound problems I noted were on Sunday afternoon. It's a sound level problem, not popping or hissing or cutting in and out. Perhaps they boost the sound levels on Sunday afternoon, assuming they're playing to a blue-haired crowd that's hard of hearing? If so, they assumed wrong. I was gravely disappointed to find the infection of theatrical over-amplification spreading to the Aurora.


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UConn Guess Who'll Win the Final Four (Based on Jewish Sources)
I rarely make Final Four predictions, including those based on Jewish sources, but hot on the heels of my Super Bowl triumph and in light of a more-than-casual statewide rooting interest here in Connecticut, how could I resist? With apologies to the Lady Huskies, I'll be focusing on the men here. And as I always say when providing these iron clad prognostications, please wager responsibly.
Let's just start by saying that Storrs, Connecticut has become to college basketball what Green Bay is to football. To have both the men and women's teams in the Final Four and for that to feel routine keeps us from appreciating just how rarified the basketball air has become around these parts.
That said, UConn is also the clear-cut favorite to win from a Jewish perspective.
The four teams left standing this weekend all feature animal nicknames. Badger, 'Gator, Wildcat and Husky. All are found in the Bible.
Some connect the badger to the hyrax, an animal that can be found in remote locations like En Gedi. I was interested to find out that Bucky Badger, that irrepressible Wisconsin mascot, is Jewish.
Kentucky, a traditional basketball power, had the distinction of a Jewish star player named Sid Cohen, who was one of the first junior college transfers to play for the legendary coach Adolph Rupp. We'll grant that when Rupp's mom gave him that first name, she had no idea that it might not be so popular among Jews later on (and indeed many Jews had that name too). We also read in Job 4:10, "The lion roars and the wildcat snarls, but the teeth of strong lions will be broken." If Kentucky were playing Penn State, that would be a very good sign.
But a badger 'aint a lion, and the presence of badger skins lining the sacred tabernacle tells me that Wisconsin will win.
Florida: Let's ignore the zoological distinctions between alligators and crocodiles for a moment. We're talking creepy crawling things in the water with big teeth. I've seen lots of crocs in Israel – not just the shoes (or in the form of handbags). One of my kids' favorite attractions when they were younger was Hamat Gader, a spa / crocodile farm right near the Syrian and Jordanian border, off the Yarmuk River, where Jacob fought the angel and was renamed Israel. It's the only crocodile farm in the Middle East, but the Jewish sources are filled with allusions to crocodiles, like this one in Job, attesting to the animal's ferocious nature. In modern Hebrew, the croc is Tannin, also a traditional word for sea monster, associated in folklore with the Red Sea.
Add to that the fact that the University of Florida has the largest population of Jews among all public univisities in America. A great Hillel too. Wisconsin is #10, incidentally.
But I pick the UConn Huskies, specifically for four reasons (aside from my wanting to walk the streets of my fair state safely this weekend).
1) Biblical: We read in Judges 7:5, "So Gideon took the men down to the water. There the LORD told him, 'Separate those who lap the water with their tongues as a dog laps from those who kneel down to drink.'" Those who lapped like dogs were chosen to be his soldiers. Why? Because they were less likely to kneel to idols, and, according to some, because they overcame their fear of crocodiles in the water.
2) Because of Doron Sheffer and Nadav Henefeld, Israeli hoop legends who came of age in UConn blue.
3) Because UConn is the only team in the final four with a player whose first name is also a major part of the Hebrew liturgy. Yes, Amida Brimah, the seven foot freshman from Ghana, wins this year's Torah Bright award for most evocative Jewish name ever given to a non-Jew. I sense a big weekend for Amida, a payoff from his years of "silent devotion" to his craft.
4) And to top it all off, UConn's star guard's name (Shabazz Napier) is deliciously suggestive of Judaism's day of rest.
I see a big weekend for UConn and two more banners for Titletown USA.
Shabazz Shalom!


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Getting married and purchasing a house is a main objective for many young couples, but with couples spending more money on weddings, many are left with nothing to put towards their first home. This raises the question, can couples afford both a marriage and a mortgage at the same time?
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's MoneySmart site estimates that the average wedding in Australia costs around $36,200. Food and alcohol not surprisingly accounts for most of the cost. Meanwhile some other estimates are even higher.
According to the Bride to Be magazine's 'Cost of Love' study, the average cost for a wedding is $54,294 (May 2013). This is the equivalent of a 10% deposit on a $500,000 home. As you can probably imagine, most young couples are not in a financial position to be able to afford both a marriage and a mortgage at the same time. This means that most young people have to choose one or the other. Although there are both pros and cons for both, it is important that you consider all the factors to find a solution that suits you.
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Although purchasing a property can help put you in a better financial position, it is a major long term financial commitment, so you need to ensure you can afford the ongoing costs. If you are purchasing jointly with your future spouse then you need to be sure that the relationship is solid as this is a major commitment you are entering into jointly.
Short & long term goals: Deciding whether to purchase your first home or not will depend on your plans for the next few years. If you and your partner are not ready to settle down and are considering travelling or changing careers, it may not be the best time to purchase a home. You will need to consider whether your life will be stable enough to manage the ongoing mortgage repayments.
Investment or owner-occupied: This may affect how much you will spend on a property. Many first home buyers are unable to find a suitable property to live in at a price they want. So instead of waiting for the perfect property to come along, consider purchasing an investment property as you can use the equity saved to help cover the deposit when you find your dream home. Also, you may be able to save more money for your wedding if you find an investment property that has a smaller price tag.
Deposit amount: Many lenders are now offering home loans with a deposit of 5% or less of the property purchase price. Although this may sound appealing, it can end up costing you more. Firstly, the smaller your deposit amount is, the larger your loan repayments will be. This is particularly important to note if you want to save for a wedding after obtaining a home loan. Secondly, having a small deposit may also mean that you will be given a less competitive interest rate, which will also equal higher ongoing repayments. Finally, for most lenders, if you save less than 20% of the purchase price for the deposit, you will have to pay Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which is a one-off fee that could cost you thousands.
All of these factors can affect how much you will spend on purchasing your first home which could then affect how quickly you can save for a wedding afterwards.
Getting married first
True cost of a wedding: Although a wedding is one of the most important events in a couple's lifetime, is it worth putting you in a bad financial position? Many couples who are under financial pressure take out a credit card or personal loan to cover the wedding costs, but are then stuck paying off a debt with a high interest rate for months. Not only will this debt eat away at your finances, but it can also affect your borrowing power if you decide to take out a home loan after you get married. When assessing your home loan application, a lender will take all personal loans, car loans, credit cards, interest free facilities and other ongoing commitments into account when calculating your borrowing power. The more debt you have, the less you will be able to borrow.
It is important for couples to be realistic about the cost of the wedding and work out if they are able to afford the wedding budget without borrowing money.
Tips to save for both a marriage and mortgage
Strict budget:
It doesn't matter if you are planning to spend $20,000 or $50,000 on a wedding or a mortgage deposit, you will need to implement a strict budget to meet your goals. This may involve cutting out unnecessary extras such as gym memberships, pay TV and the daily takeaway coffee. Cutting out these debts can also help improve your borrowing power, which may mean that you could be able to borrow more or get a more competitive interest rate.
Obtain a home loan with money saving features:
If you are determined to purchase a property before getting married, consider taking out a home loan with unlimited extra repayments, free redraw and an offset account. All of these features will allow you to repay as much as you like into your home loan, which will not only help reduce the interest amount owing, but you can also redraw this extra money when you need it to pay for wedding expenses.
In order to save for both a wedding and a property, you will need to shop around for the best deals. When choosing a home loan, it is important to compare different lenders to ensure you are not only getting a competitive interest rate, but the home loan product has features that will help you save money in the loan term. There are also a lot of ways to cut costs for your wedding without compromising on quality. Some examples include having your parents pitch in for certain costs and also keeping an eye out for special deals, especially during the quieter season (usually around winter).
Overall, there is no right or wrong answer when it comes to this decision, but you will need to look at your own situation and your money saving habits to help determine how you can afford to avoid ending up in extreme financial debt. It could be possible to save for both at the same time, but it will require a lot of research, saving and willpower.
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Universal Health Keeps Dividend Steady
Hospital chain operator Universal Health Services announced today its third-quarter dividend of $0.05 per share, the same rate it's paid since 2010.
The board of directors said the quarterly dividend is payable on Sept. 17 to the holders of record at the close of business on Sept. 3. The hospital operator has made quarterly payouts to investors since 2003. It paid a special dividend of $0.40 per share last December.
The regular dividend payment equates to a $0.20-per-share annual dividend, yielding 0.3% based on the closing price today of Universal Health Services' stock.
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Seeds and saplings, musical instruments, elderly parents leaving home for the first time. Telephones containing recordings of voices, festivals, pictures of the missing and the dead. Recipes for eggplant stuffed with hot peppers. A nursery rhyme sung in a dying language. These are just some of what Syrian and Iraqi refugees and migrants bring with them as they travel across borders and into new lives.
In September, when I set out on what will be a two-year project to tell the stories of disappearing cultural heritage in the Middle East, I found myself struggling to grasp the magnitude of upheaval because of war: countless lives lost and upended, archaeological sites destroyed, soap factories bombed, textile weavers and artisans in exile, religious communities and ancient languages vanishing. I hoped that by speaking to some of the millions of displaced people, I might begin to understand what had been lost.
As I've begun meeting migrants and refugees from Iraq and Syria, in churches and border towns, subway stations and restaurants, in the Middle East and European villages, the stories they tell reveal not only what they have lost, but also the beautiful things they have saved, or remade.
I learned in Jordan that a city can be sewn into a dress. In a cramped apartment on the outskirts of Amman last fall, I met Hana Slewa Mosaky. She, along with nearly all of the Christian inhabitants of the northern Iraqi city of Qaraqosh, had fled on the night of Aug. 6, 2014, as the Islamic State seized control. Two years later, with no hope that the political situation there would stabilize, she was waiting with her family for visas to be resettled in Australia.
As family members huddled around the television, watching images of burned buildings in Qaraqosh, Ms. Mosaky brought out a folkloric wraparound dress she had recently sewn. Over four months she had embroidered Qaraqosh's heritage against a bold background of red-and-black checked fabric: images of the church of St. Mary al-Tahira and the nearby monastery of Mar Behnam, the city's agricultural fields, the traditional wedding dance. On one corner was her name in Arabic. In the other, "Bakhdida," the name of Qaraqosh in her native Syriac language.
"When I knew that we were going to travel, I thought that it was one last memory that I could take with me," she said. Both the church and the monastery on her dress have been ransacked.
I met Naseer Alhamdani, also from Qaraqosh, in a church lobby in Amman. Once a professional singer in Iraq, he, too, had lost hope of returning home. He sang a haunting melody for me in Syriac, a dialect of Aramaic spoken in northern Iraq now in danger of extinction. For Christians from Qaraqosh, it was perhaps their greatest heritage — a dialect of the language probably spoken by Jesus.
They had fled their homes in the middle of the night, with no time to pack, but their language was something they could bring with them. "We can't leave the Syriac language behind," his wife, Rana, said. "We'll have to continue to speak it to our children."
In Ramtha, a city on the Jordanian border with Syria, I came upon small, purple eggplants and red peppers in the market, and learned that refugees fleeing the city of Daraa in Syria had crossed the border carrying seeds to plant in exile. The eggplants and peppers in Jordan didn't taste the same, and small eggplants were necessary in making "makdous" — the stuffed eggplant dish beloved in Daraa.
Majeda Jabali, a refugee from Damascus, opened a Syrian restaurant with her sister outside of Paris, serving regional specialties like kibbe, ground meat cooked in a shell of bulgur. She covered the restaurant tables with the famous Damascus aghabani tablecloths and hung window frames on the wall with views of the Syrian countryside pasted inside. When her brother-in-law recently traveled from Syria, she asked him to bring a jasmine sapling, noting that the jasmine in France doesn't smell the same.
For her, cooking food was a way of holding onto the large communal meals they had shared in Damascus. "Here, even when my husband goes out, he'll come back with an entire crate of oranges or apples. I'll say to him: 'What are you doing? We're only two people!' But this is who we are."
What refugees carried with them, tangible and intangible, taught me not only about the places they left behind, but also about the people they had been in those places, before war took over.
Mouiad, a Muslim refugee from Daraa living in Irbid, Jordan, spoke of the easy relationships he'd shared with his Christian friends before the sectarianism of the war had taken over. "During Ramadan, sometimes the Christians wouldn't eat — they wouldn't smoke in front of us out of respect for us," he told me. "I would say, 'Smoke, my friend!' But they would refuse." When Christians fasted in preparation for Easter, on some days he would also choose to fast with them as a gesture.
Though he had left most of his belongings in Syria and his apartment in Jordan was spare, he wanted to show me one thing he kept with him. Though a devout Muslim, he had an Arabic copy of the New Testament on his shelf.
Mohanad Aljaramani, a professional oud player and percussionist from Sweida in Syria now living in Paris, brought his music with him, noting that his small region in Syria had been the homeland of Farid al-Atrash, the "King of the Oud." When Mr. Aljaramani's 70-year old mother visited from Syria a few years ago, she asked what she could bring with her. He and his brother Khaled, also a musician, requested that she carry a qanun, a trapezoidal wooden string instrument made by the master instrument maker Ibrahim Sukar, whose workshop had been reportedly destroyed in the war.
"Perhaps one of our children will play it one day," he said.
Migrants and refugees have no common story. Some travel intentionally, by boat, in the back of trucks, by plane if possible. Others leave home for what they thought would be only a week or two, never to return. Some are waiting to return home, others have given up hope of ever going back and are simply trying to move forward. One spoke with fear of the Palestinian experience and the possibility that their exile might extend for generations.
The cellphone is the one device that they seem to share in common. This is how they receive news of the world they left behind. But it is also where they keep their photo albums, filled with images of birthdays before the war, families now scattered, houses now abandoned, brothers now missing.
Samer Tarabichi, a painter and doctor from Aleppo, could not have known when he traveled to France to study that war would break out while he was gone and that he would not be able to go home again.
Now, after treating patients, he paints images from his childhood. In one painting, a woman sleeps beneath a blanket covered in images of Aleppo, pastel buildings piled one on top of another. Mr. Tarabichi points to each image and says its name: the citadel, the al-Tawhid mosque, the Maronite church.
"I don't choose by looking at the map," he told me. "I take the image from my memory. The church there was near my grandmother's house. The restaurant of the Amir Palace was where we went for wedding parties. It's not because the places are more or less important that I paint them, but because it's what I remember. I'm trying not to forget my city. I try not to look at pictures of Aleppo destroyed. I want to remember what she was."
He named the painting "Nocturne," after a piece by Chopin. "I play the piano, and it was the last piece I played on the piano before I left Aleppo," he said.
"I didn't know that it would be the last piece that I heard" before going to France, he added. "But it was."


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