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Trouble in Utopia and Survey are two recent good works by Joe Hamilton. Both projects work under the disorientation and hyper-reality created by Joe working through animated collage, numerous layers, transitions and different perspectives. The first one was created for BYOB Melbourne 2013 which took place at the new RMIT design Hub building designed by Sean Godsell in Melbourne. As Joe Hamilton told us; "the video work Trouble in Utopia is about the building. The building is quite brutal and moderist which really appeals to my taste but at the same time the starkness of the concrete and metal surfaces is quite dystopian. The piece is about these contradicting thoughts about the building. The title for the piece was taken from an episode of the documentary series shock of the new by recently deceased art critic Robert Hughes. The episode is about modernism's failure to bring about the utopian city through architecture." (Into the post you can see the video but I recommend to see it at the project page as the video works together and synchronized with several backgrounds which makes the entire piece.)
The second piece into the post titled Survey is quite crazy, this time Joe has used real video footage and did an excellent exercise of tracking, by attaching onto the building and its outdoor another imagery source. I also like how he complemented the perspectives and structures with flat green plans which fit perfect but at the same time make a big contrast with the high presence of vegetation. See more;
Trouble in Utopia, 2013
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Frequently Asked Questions
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The General Assembly of Pennsylvania enacted a statute (Senate Bill 539) in 1990 "requiring institutions of higher education to evaluate their faculties for fluency in the English language; providing for certifications as to that fluency; imposing penalties; and conferring powers and duties upon the State Board of Education." The act includes "every member of an institution of higher education, other than visiting faculty but including graduate teaching assistants, who teaches one or more undergraduate credit courses at a campus of that institution within this Commonwealth except: 1] such courses that are designed to be taught predominately in a foreign language; 2] student participatory and activity courses such as clinics, studios, seminars and laboratories; 3] special arrangement courses such as individualized instruction and independent study courses; and 4] continuing education courses." The act requires each institution of higher education to file annual reports with the Pennsylvania Department of Education showing compliance. The Secretary of Education may impose penalties for each course taught by an uncertified faculty member.
What is the fluency policy at Penn?
The full policy is located in Section VI.I of the Faculty Handbook (page 303-309), which can be read online at this link. The policy was adopted in 1991 and last amended in 2010.
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How can I become certified as fluent in English?
Initially, you must speak to your department chairperson, who can certify you immediately if you can produce evidence of a rating of Superior on an ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview or a score of 27 or higher on the Speaking component of the iBT TOEFL. The evidence you need is official score results. If you have not received sufficient scores on any of these measures, or have not taken any of these tests, you will need to contact the ELP for information on in-house testing.
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Most students will take the SPEAK as an initial measure of language proficiency. The SPEAK is an institutional version of the Test of Spoken English (TSE). It evaluates English speaking proficiency in four areas: coherence/organization, audience awareness, linguistic accuracy and functional competence. The test takes 20-30 minutes to administer in the language laboratory. Your responses to test questions are recorded and later judged by a team of trained raters.
Candidates may also need to take the Interactive Performance Test (IPT), which is designed to evaluate the fluency and intelligibility of English spoken by nonnative instructors in a simulated university classroom setting. In this test, you prepare and give a ten-minute lecture on a topic specific to your field of study before a class of mock students who are trained raters and will listen and ask questions during your lesson. After the lecture, you will be asked to sit for a five-minute meeting with one of the "students"; much like a meeting during office hours. The performance is video recorded for later review and evaluation. Students may not take the IPT without first taking the SPEAK test.
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If you receive a SPEAK score above 55 out of a possible 60, you will be certified as fluent in English. However, if you don't reach that score but receive a score of 45 or above, you have the option of taking the Interactive Performance Test in the same testing period. The IPT is rated Pass/Fail based on a holistic rubric. If you pass this test, then you will be certified.
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The SPEAK and IPT are administered three times per year, prior to the start of each semester: August, December & April. If your department wants you to take on teaching duties for the fall semester, for example, the last opportunity you would have to test would be in August. During each testing round, the SPEAK is scheduled about two weeks before the IPT so students who need to take both tests can do so within the same testing period. See test dates for details.
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Candidates who receive a SPEAK score below 45 out of a possible 60 will not be permitted to take the IPT. In such a case, the candidate would need to retake the SPEAK in a subsequent testing cycle. Candidates who receive a SPEAK score of 45-55, who take and fail the IPT, will need to retake the IPT in a subsequent testing cycle. IPT candidates receive detailed feedback on their score reports with suggestions for strengthening skills.
A student who does not attain fluency certification will not be eligible to take on any duties that involve oral instructional communication with undergraduate students.
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I graduated from high school/college in the United States (or other English speaking country). Does that mean I'm exempt from the Fluency Certification requirement?
The state of Pennsylvania requires specific proof of language fluency, and will not accept a high school or college diploma in place of English proficiency test results. Please note that this requirement is different from your department's language requirement for admissions. Thus, even if test results were waived for you for admissions purposes, you will likely still need to take the SPEAK test or IPT.


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You have just until Saturday to catch the engaging revival of George Bernard Shaw's Heartbreak House at Chichester Festival Theatre (it closes on 25 August). Derek Jacobi stars in a production by Richard Clifford that, especially towards the end, conjures up something of the intensity, eccentricity and sheer strangeness of the text. Seeing the production on Friday night has prompted me to return to Shaw on the small screen – and I want to promise a short 'festival' of blog posts about the writer over the next fortnight (after a summer recess when we have rather neglected the blog).
In the Penguin edition published in 2000 of Heartbreak House, which was first performed in 1920, David Hare noted that the plays of 'the problematic figure of George Bernard Shaw' had lost their previously central place in the modern repertory. 'Sometimes,' Hare observed, 'it is as if we no longer quite know what to do with him.' ('Introduction', Heartbreak House, London: Penguin, p. 9) In two previous posts, here and here, I detailed how this eclipse of the writer can be traced in the decline in presentations of his work by the ITV companies (although the progressive disappearance of stage plays from the screen from the mid-1960s onwards also played a part in this).
Such recognitions of the theatrical disappearance of GBS are hardly original. Writing in The Manchester Guardian in May 1958, nearly eight years after the playwright's death (but only three months after the London opening of My Fair Lady, adapted from Shaw's Pygmalion), Gerard Fay lamented that 'Shaw is suffering from the post-mortem slump which so often affects the reputation of great authors'. The only notable Shavian event of the year (apart from the opening of My Fair Lady) that Fay could identify was a BBC broadcast of Heartbreak House which had apparently been seen by six and a half million viewers, 'certainly the largest Shaw audience of all times'. ('Slump in Shaw not absolute', 28 May 1958, p. 5)
That first Heartbreak House came during a golden decade for Shaw on the small screen. During the 1950s there were at least twenty-four full-length adaptations of his dramas for television, and that includes counting as just one the five-part Back to Methusaleh presented by the BBC in the early summer of 1952 (nothing of which was recorded). The only other occasion that British television has tackled the sprawling state-of-the-nation piece that is Heartbreak House was in 1977, when a Play of the Month presentation was something of a directing swansong for the long-serving producer of the strand, Cedric Messina. Messina was about to take on The BBC Television Shakespeare, which was perhaps just as well, at least in the opinion of Sir John Gielgud, who played Captain Shotover in Messina's presentation. In a letter to Irene Worth, Gielgud wrote
'Had rather a boss shot at Shotover I fear – a very indifferent production by Cedric Messina, who has no talent as a director, whatever qualities he may have as a producer.' ('To Irene Worth, 17 February [1977], Wotton Underwood', Sir John Gielgud: A Life in Letters, introduced and edited by Richard Mangan, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004, p. 410; with my thanks to Dr Billy Smart for the reference)
(Another television version of the play was produced in 1985 by the American cable channel Showtime and broadcast also in the Great Performances strand on PBS. This was taken from a Broadway production, and has Anthony Page directing Rex Harrison, Amy Irving and Rosemary Harris.)
Heartbreak House for World Television Theatre, 1958
Only one section running just under twenty minutes of the two-hour 1958 production appears now to survive. The viewing copy from the BBC film library bears the label "incomplete" and the on-screen timecodes note that the existing footage comprises two almost-ten-minute reels from a total of ten; the second of these follows on from the first. It may be, as Amanda Wrigley has noted about the BBC's Women of Troy, also from 1958, that only this part of the production was telerecorded 'for the archives'. What we have is the concluding part of Act II, from Ellie's question, 'Does nothing ever disturb you, Captain Shotover?' through to the end. There is then just the briefest glimpse of the opening of Act III, which is set in the garden of the rural villa that Ellie has dubbed 'Heartbreak House'.
As Shaw envisaged the action, Acts I and II are contained in 'a room which has been built so as to resemble the after part of an old-fashioned high-pooped ship with a stern gallery' (opening stage directions, Heartbreak House, Act I), and this naval quality is very apparent in the studio design. Mark Dignam, who had been a television regular from before the war, plays Shotover and the central role of Ellie is taken by Josephine Stuart, but in the preserved extract neither makes much of an impact. Something between one-sixth and one-quarter of the text has been cut (this is also the case in the 1977 production, although the excisions are different), most of the scene is played by the cameras in mid-shot, and the only music cue, which has a modernist, electronic quality, covers the act break.
The critics at the time appear to have been respectful if not overly enthusiastic. In The Listener, Ivor Brown suggested that 'the heartbreak, and jawbreak, on board Captain Shotover's script… was agreeable to the intelligence, if not exceptional as performance.' ('Assorted sizes', 6 February 1958, p. 254) Maurice Richardson for The Observer was also engaged, although there is something a little dutiful about his summation that 'the production kept up a nice, fast tempo, and two hours flew by.' ('Sparks and thuds', 9 February 1958, p. 13)
The producer of Heartbreak House was the BBC's Head of Television Drama Michael Barry (the link is to a detailed and informative biography by Oliver Wake at the British Television Drama website) and the production was part of his cherished strand Television World Theatre. This series ran through the early months of 1958 (the first production was Shakespeare's Henry V, shown on 29 December 1957) and – as simply World Theatre – during the summer of 1959. These were ambitious and unapologetically 'high-brow' studio stagings of major theatrical classics from both the British tradition and from abroad (for discussions of other productions in the two series, see the blog posts about Women of Troy, 12 January 1958; Julius Caesar, 5 May 1959; and Brand,11 August 1959).
Barry's commitment to the cornerstones of the canon, however, was increasingly perceived by the Corporation's executives to be inappropriate at the moment of ITV's populist challenge. Oliver Wake at British Television Drama quotes the producer Don Taylor on Barry's departure from the BBC in September 1961:
Rumour and bar conversation had it that Michael had resigned – it had been a real resignation, not a polite sacking – because the sixth floor, the programme controllers and directors, had demanded of him a change of policy with regard to BBC Drama output that he could not accept. More series and serials were required, and Michael, who regarded himself as a plays man, was not prepared to preside over such a change. (Days of Vision, London: Methuen, p. 99)
Barry was replaced just over a year after his resignation by the architect of ITV's drama achievement, Sydney Newman, who would oversee popular triumphs such as Doctor Who (1963-85, 2005-ongoing) and the critically-acclaimed The Wednesday Play (1964-70). Newman, however, would also recognise the need to continue Barry's mission in Play of the Month, which began in October 1965 and ran until the autumn of 1983. Too tight a focus on high-rating popular drama, he wrote in an internal memo dated 24 July 1963, would 'risk losing the very influential but minority audience who have a fine taste in drama and who shun the trivial.' (WAC T5/2, 079/1, quoted in William Smart, 'Old wine in new bottles: adaptation of classic theatrical plays on BBC Television 1957-1985', unpublished PhD Thesis, Royal Holloway College, 2010)
Heartbreak House for Play of the Month, 1977
Play of the Month was initially conceived as a BBC1 home for large-scale productions with starry casts, and its exclusive focus on theatrical adaptations came only with the third series. In 'Old wine in new bottles…' William Smart quotes a memo from Controller BBC1 Michael Peacock:
I am moving towards the view that as long as we have The Wednesday Play offering original television plays dealing with contemporary themes, Play of the Month should present plays written originally for the theatre and which have been recognised as classics – as part of our cultural heritage. This would mean Shakespeare, Chekhov, Shaw, Ibsen, etc, and also Miller, Anouilh, Osborne, etc. (23 November 1966, WAC T5/1, 794/1)
A decade later, the astute critic W. Stephen Gilbert, writing in the recently initiated television preview column of The Observer, reflected that 'With Shakespeare and Chekhov, Shaw is a member of the triumvirate that dominates [Play of the Month producer] Cedric Messina's output.' ('The week in view', 15 May 1977, p. 33) Gilbert was drawing the attention of his readers to the tenth Shaw play to be done for Play of the Month during that decade, Heartbreak House. He hails the production of this 'lovely, larky, unforgivably tongue in cheek play' as one that 'pits a sumptuous cast against a luscious set, radiantly lit.'
Well, up to a point. Certainly the text can be presented as 'lovely, larky' (as a colleague said of the current Chichester production, 'played as if it were Noel Coward… all breezy inconsequentiality (more Hay Fever than Heartbreak)'). But David Hare in the 'Introduction" mentioned above suggests that 'far from the governing tone of the play being either light-hearted or elegiac, it is, on the contrary, full of the feverishness of a genuine despair'. Shaw referenced extensively the plays of Chekhov in his statements about the play, but he also saw it as his King Lear.
There is little sense of despair in Messina's production, but nor is there really a unity of tone, as John Gielgud observed in his letter to Irene Worth:
'The young Ellie – a girl named Lesley-Anne Down was very willing and extremely pretty but not experienced enough for that very difficult part. Dan Massey awful (and tiresome too) as Hector, Sian Phillips not at all right for Hesione – no comedy – she played it as a Burne-Jones romantic, Barbara Murray rather good as Ariadne, and David Waller and Richard Pearson excellent as Mangan and Mazzini, but it was all very uneven – enormous baroque sets! quite unnecessary and rather unsuitable, everyone rushing about to try and justify the amount of talk. I was very glad to be finished with it.'
He is spot-on about the sets, which were designed by Tony Abbott. Instead of the action of the first two acts being kept to the single room of Shaw's original, it sprawls across the ground floor of a mansion, takes a trip of two up (and down) a twin staircase, and even spills out into the garden, which Shaw was careful to reserve for the concluding act. The garden itself is a bleak assembly of empty flower beds, abandoned classical statuary and piles of dead leaves – a metaphor if ever there was one for the dessicated remnants of European civilisation just before the First World War. 'Quite unnecessary and rather unsuitable'.
The broader context of the play's composition and its contemporary resonances is suggested by the interpolation of newsreel (and perhaps also model shots) of early twentieth century zeppelins, then World War Two footage of bombing raids and finally a freeze-frame of a mushroom cloud over which the closing credits roll. In The Times, Michael Ratcliffe was initially impressed by the device, but 'it became too brilliant, too sharp, exposing ever further the lack of ominous resonance in the production itself.' More generally, he wrote of the cast that 'they ran through the play at such a smart lick that they almost ran the play through.' ('Heartbreak House', 20 May 1977, p. 13)
Have there been, I wonder, any television productions of Shaw that seek another way of approaching the words, words, words of his dramas? Can we imagine a small screen presentation 'full of the feverishness of genuine despair'? Certainly, neither of these productions, at least on the partial evidence of what has come down to us, achieves anything close to that – or to an intensity of something comparable. And without that, both on screen and on the stage, Shaw will continue to take a place in which, as David Hare wrote, 'we no longer quite know what to do with him'.


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Introduced in 1906 - just before Henry Ford made famous the
model "T" automobile - these cars were the defining characteristics
of steam passenger trains for the Union Pacific - the Illinois
Central - the Southern Pacific and other associated railroads.
For the traveling public - this was a step up for people riding
in wooden coaches that would break like a match stick in
the event of a derailment. So durable were these all steel
cars that some they lasted until 1968. A life span of 60
The great Edward Henry Harriman who controlled the Chicago & Alton
Railroad - the Union Pacific - the Southern Pacific - the Illinois
Central - the Central of Georgia - the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company - Wells Fargo Express Company - directed the development
of the "Common Standard Specifications" among the Associated
Lines. The Common Standard allowed common specifications
of parts - car and locomotive design to be shared with all
Harriman-controlled railroads. This allowed economical bid
prices due to the sheer size of standardized orders. Further -
it allowed the Harriman-controlled railroads to standardize
on part inventories and method for car repair. These cars
were designed with the all distinctive arched roof and diamond
underframe crossbearers - a departure from the clerestory
roof design.
Developed by the Associated Lines for all Harriman controlled
roads - these wide window coaches seated 68 passengers on
Hale and Kilburn reversible seats. These C-4 and C-4 (Common
Standard Specifications CS 217) were built by Pullman 1909
to 1912 and numbered 395 cars.
Initial purchasers of these cars were the Illinois Central -
the Oregon Railway & Navigation - the Oregon- Washington
Railroad & Navigation (UP) - the Oregon Short Line (UP) -
SP Pacific Lines (SP - CP - O&C) and Texas and Louisiana
Lines (T&NO - GH&SA - H&TC - HE&WT). The most
famous "second hand" purchasers was the 20th Century Fox
used in Hollywood movies. Later - it became Sierra Railroad
No. 11. These cars were introduced in 1909 and some lasted
more than 60 years later.
SP Sacramento General Shops added lunch kitchen cabinet
to 25 60-C-3 and 4 cars; and 6 60-CC-1 cars starting in 1916
through 1927. They provided lunch service to patrons on day
coaches and tourist sleepers. Typically - these cars were
placed near the head end of the trains - followed by day coaches
and tourist sleepers. Regular dining cars were placed between
the tourist sleepers and Pullmans. On long trains - two All-Day
Lunch cars were used. The lunch kitchen cabinet was located
on one end of the car which included a gas stove - steam plate -
2'-9" x 3' refrigerator - coffee urns - sink - and serving counter.
Only two cars were modified with air conditioning. Some cars
were equipped with Waukesha propane system for power and
others simply had their original gas tank for power. Some
cars had a pillow locker installed on one corner blocking
out the corner vestibule-trap door.
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During the late 1950's and early 1960's - Espee converted a number of their heavyweight passenger cars for Maintenance of Way services - since the reduction in passenger train service in conjunction with the newer lightweight equipment made these standard cars obsolete. MW 833 is one such car that was downgraded yet still was in a good state of repair. This car was assigned to "S.P. Line Gang #2 Communication Dept."
Coaches used in drover service transported workers who move their livestock by train. They rode with their train carrying livestock between the ranch and the processing plant (slaughter house). Union Pacific ran "fast" special livestock trains with drovers coah to Los Angeles over their LA&SL line. The workers took care of their animals during rest stops. With improvements to train and signaling technology - UP (c. 1947) was able to reduce their Salt Lake to LA trip from 32 to 27 hours. This eliminated the mandatory Federal requirment for rest and watering the animals every 28 hours. In the 1950's - UP just took 5 days from Omaha to LA. stock cars were loaded from Montana - Wyoming - and Idaho and were then assembled into "Stock Specials" (later "Day Live Stock") behind EMD F-3s - ALCo FA's or SD-24's. This Harriman coach entered Drovers service in March 1957. It was a former UP Oregon Short Line car built by Pullman 1910 - Lot 3737 - Common Standard Specifications 217 - class 60-C-1.
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Union Pacific No. 902450 started as Union Pacific's Oregon Short LIne 100 renumbered to OSL 65. In July 1949 - it was assigned to Maintenance of Way as 02450. It was renumbered to 902450 around 1959. Many of these Harriman cars are still in use today in Mof W service. This car was originally from a large batch of coaches that UP ordered from Pullman in 1911 (Pullman Lot 3838 - Plan 2387) - Common Standard Specifications 217 - Class 60-C-1.
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The Southern Pacific Railroad leased a number of Harriman baggage-express cars and coaches to SP de Mexico. In 1951 - SP sold a number of rolling stock to the Mexican government under the new ownership of Ferrocarril Del Pacifico. FCP no. 1369 Harriman coach was formerly SP no. 1369 - while FCP no. 1100 baggage-express car's former SP number is not known. FCP operated from Benjamin Hill - Sonora to Guadalajara - Jalisco via Mazatlan - Sinaloa. Ferrocarril Del Pacifico was absorbed by NdeM in 1984 when the Mexican government nationalized the railroads.
*Wig-Wag Note: We received two car numbers for the FCP baggage No. 1100 & 1110. The car will obviously come in one of the two numbers - but we have requested a confirmation on the true number.
Union Pacific Railroad ordered Harriman common standard
60-ft baggage express cars (CS214). Length over buffers:
63'-7". Oregon Short Line (UP subsidary) Nos. 1837 -
1844 (former OSL 454 - 461) retired March 1956 and march
1961 - respectively. No. 1701 (former 1152) was a 1909
Pullman with 4-wheel truck - retired in March 1956 The
model reflects car with the original Utilty vents and
in the 1939 san serif lettering scheme which lasted
until the 50's.
coaches were built in June 1911 under Common Standard
Specifications 217 - Pullman Plan 2387. Nos. 866 and
877 were originally O&W before OWR&N. They seated
72 passengers.
the sublettered T&NO? SP's line east of El Paso
operated under a separate title due to Texas law (1853)
which required railroads operating in their state to
be headquarters there - until the U.S. Supreme Court
upheld the I.C.C. decision for KCS Ry. - headquartered
outside of the state - to lease a locally owned railway
in Texas. Espee's Texas & New Orleans subsidary
was merged into SP in 1961. § The principal companies
of T&NO were Galvston - Harrisburg & San Antonio;
Houston & Texas Central; and T&NO's own lines.
The GHSA and H&TC were leased and later consolidated
into T&NO in 1934.
No. 173 Harriman baggage car was formerly GH&SA
173 - a 1912 Pullman class 60-B-5 - and Harriman coaches
were always T&NO - 1911 Pullman - class 60-C-4. The
coach carried 72 passengers.
The last separate Texas railroad was the Fort Worth &
Denver which finally merged into the BN in 1982.
Express Agency / Mail Storage" - Modernized Roof -
3-axle trucks - 3-window doors - fishbelly underframe -
flat ends. Brown & Orange Harriman Coach (CS217)
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Part #: WoT-131TS - Union Pacific - Harriman - 2-car add on set - 2 coaches in dark olive with san serif lettering
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Number of pieces: 2 -
Road #s: 656 - 705
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the orders placed while the item was on hold. Also
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During the last few years, Alice has been approached to direct more and more Musicals, including the sell-out production of Billy Elliot, which saw the 60 strong cast winning a competition to perform on the Victoria Palace stage, London. Her interest in Theatre has also allowed Alice to start taking on more Producer roles too.
2018/9 – Director – Cinderella – Panto in a Day – 2 Teams for TIE throughout London/Midlands
2018 – Assistant Producer – Panto in a Day – Stockwell Playhouse, London
2015 – Director / Choreographer – Our House – LOST Theatre, London
2015 – Assistant Producer – Singin' in the Rain – John McIntosh Arts Centre, London
2015 – Director – Hairspray Workshop – London
2015 – Assistant Director / Choreographer – Oliver – Watermans Theatre
2015 – Assistant Director/Producer – The Plaza Suite – Waterloo East Theatre, London
2014 – Assistant Director – Wind in the Willows – Richmond, London
2013 – Choreo / Director – West End At The Fringe – The Space, Edinburgh Fringe
2012 – Choreographer/Director – "Icons and Inspirations" Summer Show – Worcester
2011 – Artistic Director / Choreographer – PantoLand! – Christmas Show – Jago
2011 – Director / Assistant Choreo – Billy Elliot [Youth Theatre] – Malvern Theatres
2010 – Director / Assistant Choreographer – Charlie and The Chocolate Factory – Jago
2008 – Director / Choreographer – High School Musical – Camarthen
"The five piece ensemble performs passionately, clearly loving what they are doing. The big production numbers are exciting, energetically sung, and well-choreographed, while the intimate character ballads are atmospheric and moving."
4 * for West End at the Fringe – Three Week Review, see more here.
"The musical based on the music of Madness was an entertaining and enthralling night out. Given the weather was awful the brave souls who ventured out were rewarded by a lively and energetic show with strong principles and a supportive chorus that really added to the overall impact. Alice Bendall clearly had a good vision for the show and developed this as both director and choreographer. Good use of the stage space and the talent available was moulded by her into an impressive whole. The dancing being aided by a superb dance captain in Aimee Bevan was a strong part of the shows visual impact." Our House – The Madness Musical, NODA review 2015


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Who would have ever thought of starting a blog as a New Year's Resolution? Shelley Wilson, that's who. What began as a way of being accountable to her resolutions became a new way of life. Spurred on by comments and encouragement, Shelley has created a beautiful space to come for motivation and inspiration. The proof is in the pudding, having won The Most Inspiring Blog Award during the 2016 Blogger's Bash in London, UK.
The blog, Motivate Me, was the basis for her bestselling, non-fiction book, How I Changed My Life In A Year, which has sold over 10,000 copies and has literally 'changed her life'.
Shelley is passionate about empowering women to be the best they can be. On her blog, you will find articles about well being, happiness, holistic health, lifestyle goals, and self improvement. Everything you need to help you achieve success and live a productive and happy life.
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Do any of you watch HGTV's Flea Market Flip? I love that show! So many clever ideas.........
It was while watching one of the episodes that my husband and I saw one set of contestants turn an old window into a wall cabinet.
I told my husband that I liked that idea and that I had an old window (hidden under a guest bed of all places) that would be perfect for the project. Well, the next day he got to work and surprised me with the cabinet almost completed!
He used pine tongue and groove to build the cabinet box and dividers that section off the interior. A fresh coat of bright white makes the inside really pop. (I did have to stop him from painting over the original paint on the window though!)
Today he attached the hinges on the top and a magnetic closure and brought the finished cabinet in from his workshop in the barn. It is securely hung on the wall so I can load it with some of my favorite items. It hangs in the corner of our bedroom and looks so cool. My husband is really talented and now that he is retired he finally has the time to get creative! And I am getting so many of my wished for projects done!


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Pizzeria Delfina
(1) 415 – 437 6800
3611 18th Street
San Francisco, California 94110
5:00 pm – 10:00 pm Monday
11:30 am – 10:00 pm Tuesday – Thursday
11:30 am – 11:00 pm Friday
12:00 pm – 11:00 pm Saturday
12:00 pm – 10:00 pm Sunday
Since 2005 Craig and Anne Stoll's neighborhood gem has been serving up their crunchy delightful pizza, along with soups, antipasti, salads and deserts. As is the excellent trend in the Northwest, they are using local and seasonal ingredients as much as possible. This is the type of pizza that is so good, you wind up ordering one for dessert!
We were lucky, staying with a friend and ordered a couple pies for pick-up. I wish we had ordered more. The star for us was the Broccoli Raab pizza featuring Star Route Farms broccoli raab, caciocavallo, mozzarella, olives and hot peppers. On our next strip to San Francisco, we will definitely be making a more detailed visit to Pizzeria Delfina!


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One goal for this year is nightly push-ups! Something simple to do, right? Sure if you enjoy them and last I checked, I'm not super fond of these. However, once I get into the 'groove', they are not so bad. It's the starting of them that I do not like. If you are interested in some more, advanced versions of push-ups, I found this website that is beneficial to making sure you have good posture with your pushups, plus, the site will give you those harder modified versions!
For another version (that is not found on the above website), try push-ups on a stability ball (found here).
Alright all... time to get to the push-ups for the night.
Here's to a new decade, health, and fitness!


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How Mother Earth quietly became one of our most successful breweries
Brewing in Idaho even made its Vista beer better
Ian Anderson 8 a.m., Jan. 17
Schitzophonics have a record-release party set for February 8 at the Casbah, on a bill that includes Neighbors to the North, Amerikan Bear, and Gloomsday. "It's a three-song seven-inch that Munster Records is putting out," says Lety Beers of the overseas label they hooked up with while touring Spain and Italy with El Vez. "We only have a few of them to sell at the show."
Also new this week, the 28-song Kate Bush tribute album Running Up That Hill features Marie Haddad's cover of "Night Scented Stock," along with fellow locals Optiganally Yours and their version of "There Goes a Tenner."
Kids' rock band Clint Perry and the Boo Hoo Crew drops a new CD on February 15 at Belmont Park, Time of Our Lives, featuring 13 rock-calypso-country tracks about San Diego, a "virtual vacation through music" that comes with a song map inside matching song titles to landmarks on an enclosed map. "The show is free," says Perry. "And if you buy an album, you get a ticket to ride anything free at Belmont Park."
Aaron Poehler's post-punk rock album Dietrich (due February 18), co-created with frequent collaborator Ryan Tully-Doyle, features 11 songs running 36 minutes, produced by Poehler, mixed by Rob Allsopp and Larry Crane, and mastered by Tardon Feathered.
February 23 will see the second of five monthly album release shows being staged through May by jazz cat Nathan Hubbard at the Taoist Sanctuary in University Heights, for his five-volume set Encinitas and Everything After. "All of the music has something to do with Encinitas, whether historical or geographical," he says of the collection, which includes over five hours of unreleased tracks from band projects such as Cosmologic, Return to One, Ogd_S(11) Translation Has Failed, Everything After, and Hourglass Ensemble.
Alt-rockers Idlehands will debut a new seven-inch on February 27 at the Soda Bar. The next day, Abject is dropping their For Profit Death EP. According to singer/guitarist Sean Farrens, "The theme is related to the implications of our culture's tendency to value material goods and capital over human life and rights, and [it] questions the generally apathetic sentiment the population has in regards to addressing the matter."


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15 Dunlin and 4 Ruff. Sanderling and a solitary Grey Plover have also been seen over recent days. Peter Barker thought he heard Redshank on Sunday but couldn't find them. I thought i heard Redshank today on Big Otmoor but again couldn't find them. However i have just seen on the Oxon Bird Log Redshank have been seen on Big Otmoor.
My first Otmoor Curlew of the year was feeding among a small flock of Canadian Geese on Greenaways on Tuesday evening and was found in the same area Wednesday morning. Bearded Tits are being seen regularly around the 1st screen area and the path to the 2nd screen. I have found them on my previous two visits giving fantastic views by said screen area. Hen Harrier and Peregrine were both viewed over the reedbed heading towards the flood field. Every time a raptor flies over the Flood field or Big Otmoor thousands of Goldies, Lapwing and various Wildfowl take to the air making for some spectacular sights.
Among a plenitude of Tits, Finches and various other passerines, the Marsh tit is still a regular visitor to the feeders in the Car Park field. It provided welcome entertainment whilst waiting for either a Short Eared or a Barn Owl to make an appearance in the Car Park field on Tuesday evening. That and a most spectacular sunset, didn't quite make up for the fact that i gave up at 5:45 pm when the light had all but gone. Only to get home, look at the Oxon bird Log, to see Short Eared Owl seen in Car Park field at 6:00 pm. ARGHHH!! The second time recently, i have missed them by minutes. The first being last Friday. Ambling slowly back to the car i met a chap by the Cattle pens, who informed me he had just seen a Short eared Owl fly over him as he was getting out of his car. That's birding for you.
There are still a few Redwings around. A flock of 20 plus were in the car park field early am Wednesday. With the odd one or two in various other locations on the reserve. fieldfare are also still present but in smaller numbers. With only three found feeding on Greenaways (Wednesday). A Chiffchaff was again in the bushes at the top of the path to the screens. Two Little Egrets and three Snipe were located from the hide. One of the resident Great Spotted Woodpeckers was very confiding around the feeders and posed nicely for the camera. Showing it's falcon like talons, chisel bill and vibrant colours.
My list for February is up to 71 so far. Not bad considering there are a few Otmoor residents i have yet to catch up with.
Otmoor photos...
Confiding Great spotted Woodpecker..
Sunday's Bearded tit..
Bearded Tit in flight..
Long Tailed Tit in evening sunlight..
Goldies in V formation..
Golden Plover..
Marsh Tit..
Buzzard over Big Otmoor..
And surprising a Coot..
Two very distant Black Tailed Godwits..
L,B,B Gulls..
Early morning mass..
Going down of the sun. Fiery Sunset Tuesday 18th..
Dawn's early light. Wednesday 19th..


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In 1971, a group of west coast mountaineers made a decision to do business differently, and they turned an unconventional retail model into a thriving business. Although MEC has evolved over time, our grassroots foundation still holds up: make things happen, deal fairly, find strength in community, and inspire adventure.
A startup idea
In the late sixties and early seventies, climbing in Vancouver wasn't yet mainstream and climbing gear was hard to find. If you wanted a rope or an ice axe, your best bet was to cross the border and gear up at REI in Seattle.
The idea of making gear available in Canada surfaced on a trip to Mount Baker in 1970. A group of four climbers, socked in at the base of the glacier, had nothing to do but sit in the tent and talk. Through the weekend, the talk of opening a gear store crystalized into a commitment to start something like REI in Canada, a co-op with low mark-up, operating with democratic principles.
"I had begun to see co-operative economics as a viable alternative to private ownership." – Jim, MEC founding member
Initially, they considered a structure that would have benefited the small group of founders. But ultimately, they decided the business would be a consumer co-operative with an unlimited number of equal membership shares, and that they would sell gear for rock climbing, mountaineering, ski mountaineering, and hiking. They decided to charge $5 for a membership share, and with this limited operating capital, people who wanted products would have to pay in advance and trust the Co-op to deliver.
Early operation
Equipment came from REI and another small Seattle company, MSR. With a lean mark-up of 20%, the new Co-op could buy wholesale, pay duties, and be competitive in the Vancouver market. Gradually they could afford to purchase a few items without advance payment. They drove them around to outdoor club meetings, where they would show off the gear and talk to people about co-operative operations.
For the first three years, the Co-op was run solely by volunteers. There were no paid employees until the business could support a store with regular hours and gear on the shelves. These early stores weren't so much places to buy stuff as they were places to hang out, plan trips, get advice, and talk about gear.
Coming into our own
Things weren't easy at the start. There were disagreements, there wasn't much money, there were vendors who refused to sell to a co-op that didn't charge the manufacturer's suggested retail price, but the philosophical attachment to doing business differently was powerful. The founding members and many others who joined them were willing to give time and energy and to be steady patrons.
Fuelled by members who believed in being part of a co-operative enterprise, MEC thrived, and continues to demonstrate the best of what business can be in our society.
1971 The Co-op is formally incorporated on August 2, with six members, and about $65 of operating capital.
1972 The first catalogue is produced: a single page, typed and taped to a door in the UBC Student Union Building. Membership grows to 250 by the end of the year and the operation moves to the Dominion Building on West Hastings Street.
1973 The store moves to 2068 4th Avenue to accommodate the in-stock gear.
1974 The year begins with a healthy membership of 700. They begin to receive catalogues in the mail.
1976 The Board votes to return patronage dividends to members in proportion to their purchases. This stabilizes the financial situation considerably.
1977 The Canadian Mountain Co-operative votes to be absorbed by MEC, and two members drive a U-haul full of gear to Alberta to open a store in Calgary.
1978 Rain gear technology takes a huge leap forward with the introduction of Gore-Tex parkas, pants and anoraks.
1979 MEC and Hine-Snowbridge agree to set up a Canadian factory to make backpacks and panniers. The company evolves into Serratus Mountain Products, the "house" brand for 25 years.
1980 The first ever member survey is conducted. Members note that the availability of equipment could be improved. (It turns out not to be the last time we hear this feedback.)
1981 The Co-op reaches 57,000 members.
1982 The Vancouver store moves to West 8th Avenue, where it remains for a dozen years.
1983 The Co-op begins accepting payment by credit card, but to signal their importance, membership shares must be purchased in cash.
1985 For the first time there are more candidates than positions available on the Board. Prior to this, elections had been won by acclamation.
MEC opens a store in Toronto.
1987 MEC establishes The Environment Fund and makes a donation to the Federation of Mountain Clubs of BC to purchase property containing the Smoke Bluffs, a climbing area threatened by development. The bluffs were purchased for $70,000.
Members receive a share redemption of $350,000.
1988 In-house product development begins. The first major product produced is the Nevé Gore-Tex Parka. The group initially thought a product run of 1600 would suffice. By year end, they'd produced 10,000.
1989 Several staff members take leave to clean up an oil spill on the west coast of Vancouver Island. The staff are paid honoraria and reimbursed for expenses.
Members receive a share redemption of $650,000.
1990 Membership reaches 250,000. At the time, this is 1% of the population of Canada.
1991 The Co-op reaches 20 years, 330,000 members and $36.5 million in annual sales.
1992 MEC opens a store in Ottawa.
1993 The Endowment Fund for the Environment is created as a charitable public fund to support the creation of parks and protected areas.
Members receive a share redemption of $900,000.
1994 MEC starts making fleece jackets and pants out of recycled polyester made from plastic soda bottles.
The Board creates a policy that requires environmental consultation for all new buildings and renovations.
1995 One of the 47 environmental projects funded is a $100,000 land acquisition grant to aid the purchase of Jedediah Island and preserve it as a Provincial Park.
1996 In a survey, 44.9% of members report that they would use the internet to get information or to communicate with MEC, if we were connected to it.
1997 MEC reaches 1 million members. At the end of the year, we launch mec.ca, a small online brochure of backcountry information.
1998 We create a line of garments made from 100% organically grown cotton.
The MEC store in Edmonton opens.
1999 Pack technology evolves to the point that MEC no longer sells external frame backpacks, once a staple piece of outdoor gear.
2000 Split boards arrive in the product assortment so snowboarders can access the backcountry.
Members receive a share redemption of $1.2 million.
2001 The website becomes transactional so members can buy gear online. MEC opens in Halifax.
Members receive a share redemption of $1.2 million.
2002 MEC opens a store in Winnipeg that is rated the most energy-efficient retail building in Canada.
2003 The Co-op comes to Quebec. MEC opens a store in Montreal, and begins to translate all its communications into French.
2004 MEC opens stores in Quebec City and in North Vancouver. Membership reaches 2 million.
Members receive a share redemption of $1 million.
2005 After years of declining sales for Serratus products, MEC closes the manufacturing facility, one of the most difficult and contentious decisions the Co-op has ever faced.
Members receive a share redemption of $2 million.
2006 The website becomes fully bilingual. MEC opens a store in Victoria.
Members receive a share redemption of $2.1 million.
2007 MEC joins 1% for the Planet, a group of businesses that donate 1% of gross sales to environmental causes.
Members receive a share redemption of $3.6 million.
2008 MEC opens a store in Burlington with a rooftop solar system that feeds power into the Ontario grid.
2009 Membership reaches 3 million people, nearing 10% of the population of Canada, and we open a store in Longueuil.
Members receive a share redemption of $344,000.
2010 We develop our own line of MEC bikes and open a store in Barrie, our fourth in Ontario.
Members receive a share redemption of $2.2 million.
2011 The Co-op turns 40 and reaches $261 million in annual sales and 3.3 million members. MEC opens in London, Ontario.
Members receive a share redemption of $2.4 million.
2012 A boutique-style MEC opens in Saint-Denis, Montreal.
We release an iPhone app that makes it possible to buy a membership and shop for products on a smartphone.
2013 We receive accreditation from the Fair Labor Association, open a store in Langley and unveil a new logo.
Membership tops 4 million people.
2014 Members receive a share redemption of $4.5 million.
2015 Head office staff move to a new building that's designed to a LEED Platinum standard.
Members receive a share redemption of $5.4 million.
2016 MEC opens new stores in Kelowna, Laval, South Edmonton and North York. The London store moves to a new location, doubling in size.
Members receive a share redemption of $1.8 million.
2017 The Co-op welcomes its 5 millionth member.
MEC breaks ground on the site for the new Vancouver store, which is relocating to Olympic Village.


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Many parents have inquired about cancellation/interruption protection to cover Program Costs. We make available a competitively priced program that we believe meets the needs of our families. We highly recommend you review this comprehensive protection plan created especially for the Camp/Summer Study industry.
Complete details of the plan and enrollment forms are available online at www.travmark.com. Purchasing the plan is simple, after reviewing the plan provisions; you need only to do the following:
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- Purchase coverage with a credit card or download the mail in enrollment form and send it along with your check payable to Trip Mate. It's as simple as that!
The Protection Plan provides coverage for:
- Program Cancellation – (protects your non-refundable payments if you cancel program before it begins) for covered reasons such as injury, sickness, terrorist acts, job termination, transfer of employment of 250 miles.
- Program Interruption – (protects your non-refundable payments if you interrupt your program) for covered reasons such as injury, sickness, terrorist acts, job termination & transfer of employment of 250 miles.
- Medical Expenses/Emergency Assistance – medical bills for up to one year and for any special transportation required for medical reasons including expenses for parent to visit if hospitalized 3 days.
- Baggage – for damage, lost, or stolen personal articles.
- Medical Records On Line – at your option, instant access to your medical records is available with the plan.
Please be advised that some important coverage enhancements are time-sensitive and require that your premium be paid by March 1st, if your initial deposit for your program was made prior to March 1st, or within 30 days of your initial deposit if made after March 1st.
Additional Information:
- If the plan is purchased after March 1st or more than 30 days after your initial trip deposit (if your deposit is after March 1st), the plan will not include coverage for Terrorist Acts and the exclusion for Pre-Existing Medical Conditions will not be waived.
- Once paid, the premium is non-refundable.
Or, what if you want to cancel for any reason?
With our new Cancel For Any Reason Benefit Option, you can cancel your Camp/Summer Study Program up to 2 days prior to the Session Commencement Date for any reason not otherwise covered by the plan, provided: your premium is received by March 1st (or within 30 days of the initial deposit/payment for your Camp/Summer Study Program, if your initial deposit/payment for your Camp/Summer Study Program is made after March 1st); and you insure all prepaid Program costs that are subject to cancellation penalties or restrictions and also insure within 7 days of the payment for those arrangements the cost of any subsequent arrangements added to your Program. With this benefit, you will receive 75% of the non-refundable program cost.
The plan is offered and administered by Trip Mate. If you have any questions regarding this coverage, please call Trip Mate, the Plan Administrator, at (800) 888 7292 (8am-5pm CST) and refer to Plan ID#550.


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- 002_Act One Part One.mp3 0:34:38
- 003_Act One Part Two.mp3 0:26:08
- 004_Act Two Part One.mp3 0:30:44
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Molly Sweeney, by the great Irish playwright Brian Friel, tells the story of married couple Molly and Frank, who live in a remote Irish village. Molly has been blind since birth, but now a surgeon – Mr. Rice – believes he may be able to restore her sight. In a series of interwoven monologues, Molly Sweeney takes us into the minds of three people with very different expectations of what will happen when Molly regains her vision.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Jenny Bacon, Robert Breuler and Rick Snyder.
Featuring: Frances Fisher, Jeanie Hackett, Shannon Holt, Amy Pietz, Brittany Snow, Jocelyn Towne. Additional voices by Josh Clark.


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To the layperson, the idea of moving an interior wall wouldn't even cross your mind as a possibility. While we've all seen home improvement enthusiasts, professionals and amateurs alike gleefully taking a sledgehammer to drywall, much more goes into the process when you want to create an open space, while reattaching the wall elsewhere.
There are factors that need to be considered prior to removing a wall, namely what might be beneath the surface. Is it a load-bearing wall? What, if any, electrical wiring is there?
Why Move a Wall?
Most times, homeowners consider moving or removing a wall to create a larger open floor plan. Besides creating the feeling of a larger living area, an open space may also make the larger room brighter, since there is less to hinder natural light.
Moving a wall can also be done to create a new use for the space previously occupied by the wall. The best example might be a wall between a kitchen and dining area. An island may be installed for more storage and food preparation space. The open space can also provide more seating space and improve social interactions, since it's easier to connect with other people you can make visual contact with.
Factors to Consider
There's more to consider in a wall removal than most people realize. The approach in a two story home is likely different than with a single story residence. A two story structure presents more challenges, which will require a structural engineer, among other possibilities.
It's also not always easy to determine if a wall is load bearing. Generally speaking, if the wall is toward the center of the home and it's perpendicular to the joists above it, it's bearing weight from above. Regardless, it's usually best to consult with a professional.
Flooring and ceiling materials also need to considered prior to moving forward with a wall moving project. It's not always easy to match existing material, which might mean new floors and ceiling remodeling need to be budgeted for.
What is revealed inside the walls matter, too. This is especially challenging in older homes that might have electrical wiring or plumbing that don't meet current code standards. Gas, plumbing and electrical lines might also need to be rerouted.
Who Should You Hire to Move Walls?
While there are instances where homeowners might consider doing their own wall removal, hiring a professional contractor is the best scenario for most people. G and C Construction has extensive experience with architectural and electrical improvements and precision drywall installation that matches the texture of the existing drywall.
If the project includes HVAC, plumbing or other concerns, G and C Construction partners with other highly qualified contractors to complete interior wall removal. To begin with, we can set up a consultation and assess your needs. Contact us today!


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Subdivision: St. Thomas At Silver Shells
Welcome to St. Thomas, the premier building at Silver Shells. This open and expansive floor plan provides optimal views, privacy, a large gulf front living, kitchen and breakfast room with fabulous views out of floor to ceiling glass.The gulf front Master opens to an expansive terrace as does the living room. The 2 guest bedrooms share a second terrace that offers views of Henderson State Park. St. Thomas is a rental restricted building with an elegant lobby, boardroom/library, private beach side pool for residents only, deeded garage parking, climate controlled storage units and semi-private elevators. Silver Shells is a gated community boasting every amenity imaginable including 24 hour security, cardio and weight rooms, 4 tennis courts, basketball court, large lagoon pool, indoor pool
Waterview: Bay, Gulf
Waterfront: Gulf
Parking Features: Deeded, Garage, Guest
Project Facilities: BBQ Pit/Grill, Beach, Dumpster, Elevators, Exercise Room, Gated Community, Minimum Rental Prd, No Short Term Rental, Pets Allowed, Playground, Pool, Sauna/Steam Room, Separate Storage, Tennis, TV Cable, Waterfront, Whirlpool
Construction/Siding: Block, Concrete, Steel
Exterior Features: Balcony
Interior Features: Breakfast Bar, Elevator, Floor Tile, Floor WW Carpet, Furnished - All, Window Treatment All
Appliances: Cooktop, Dishwasher, Disposal, Dryer, Microwave, Oven Double, Oven Self Cleaning, Range Hood, Refrigerator W/IceMk, Smoke Detector, Stove/Oven Electric
Utilities: Electric, Public Sewer, Public Water, TV Cable
Energy: AC - 2 or More, AC - Central Elect, Heat Cntrl Electric, Water Heater - Elect
Master Suite: MBed Balcony, MBed Walk-in Closet, MBed Waterfront
Financing: Conventional, Other
Fees Include: Accounting, Ground Keeping, Insurance, Internet Service, Management, Master Association, Recreational Faclty, Security, Sewer, TV Cable, Water
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Nobody in Granite City, Illinois will ever vote Democrat again. In a move that can support almost 10% of the city's households, U.S. Steel is bringing 500 jobs, all thanks to Trump.
Recently, Trump announced new steel tariffs that have putting pressure on contractors to use American-made steel. Now, if you want to build in the States, you'll be getting your steel made down the street instead of looking for third world suppliers. The steel tariffs, along with the construction boom thanks to a President who cares about business opportunities, is enough evidence for US Steel CEO David Burritt to make a business decision. Speaking with media last night, Burritt announced that his company would be recalling 500 employees to the US Steel plant in Granite City.
It will take approximately four months to restart the two blast furnaces and get the steelmaking back on track, which was put on ice in 2015. At the time, Burritt defended the action which put 500 people out of work:
"If you don't have customers here to sell to and you can't make money, you have to shut them down."
CEO Thanks Trump
David Burritt thanked Trump during an appearance on CNBC.
Also on that night to talk tariffs was Wilbur Ross, Trump's Commerce Secretary. Ross said that The Don isn't trying to "blow up the world" with the import taxes and that Trump is willing to play ball with Canada and Mexico… if they'll work with him on fixing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Burritt, who once worked for Caterpillar, said that the Trump era "feels like the beginning of a renaissance for us" and that they want to do it right.
"You've got to be able to make stuff in the United States. If you take away our ability to make things, you don't really have a society."
He pointed out that the United Kingdom used to have a lot of manufacturing, and shutting down the blue collar jobs killed the whole country.
Trump's kids all say that they know how to drive a cat just as comfortably as a car, because their father pushed them all to understand every part of the construction business.
Steel Tariff Details
Last week Trump proposed the following:
- Import tariffs of 25% on steel
- Import tariffs of 10% on aluminum
After announcing these new taxes on all incoming products, a longtime White House economic adviser resigned. Gary Cohn must have been surprised to see that Trump was serious about helping out the American worker. Cohn was once the number two honcho over at Goldman Sachs, and he doesn't like import taxes. Poor baby. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
U.S. Steel
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. Steel operates in America, Canada and in Central Europe. They are the world's 24th largest producer of steel, and second only in domestic production behind Nucor. The company was founded as Carnegie Steel Company by Andrew Carnegie in 1892 and was later stole to a group of owners in 1901 to men including J.P. Morgan.
Their greatest employment year was in 1942 during the war effort where they boasted over 340,000 employees. Democrat President Harry Truman attempted to take over their steel mills in the early 1950s to please the United Steelworkers of America union, and they were later bullied by Democratic President JFK into adjusting their price increases.
Reagan's administration handed down tax breaks starting in the 1980s in order to help steel producers survive when JFK's price changes and cheap imports almost killed the domestic producers.
Granite City Jobs
Located in the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area, Granity City has a population of just under 30,000 people and was officially founded in 1896 as a company town for steelworks.
Census data from 2010 indicate that there are 12,214 households in the city with an average household size of 2.42, and an average family size of 3. Assuming that all 500 jobs will be going to either a household or family, there is a potential for 1,210 households to be supported by the mill, or 1,500 families to be supported by the mill. Almost 10% of households in the city that can potentially be supported by these jobs!
The Greater St. Louis area is named for the neighboring city in Missouri.
[READ MORE — Parents Furious That Illinois School Tests Students On How They Feel About Trump]
Upcoming Primary
Early voting has already started this week in Illinois as party voters choose Democratic and Republican nominees for governor and attorney general, along with many other offices.
The primary is scheduled to take place on March 20th, and the state enjoys an "open primary" system where you do not need to be a formal party member to vote in the primary.
2016 Election Results
Though Trump lead the charge in the rural areas of the state, Hillary Clinton won the popular vote with over 3 million votes to Trump's 2.1 million votes in November of 2016. Hillary's votes were overwhelmingly from Cook County, where Chicago is located.
In 2016, even we were reporting the fake news that Cruz would take Illinois over Trump. Trump ended up with 39% of the primary compared to Cruz with 31%.
Granite City is in Madison County, where voters chose Trump. And I'll bet they're glad they did.
Sources: Fox News, CNBC, Wikipedia, Chicago Tribune


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September 19, 2005
Well, this ought to make things right:
Church of England bishops have suggested Christian leaders apologise to Muslim leaders for the war in Iraq.
A report from a working group of bishops says the war was one of a "long litany of errors" relating to Iraq.
As the government is unlikely to offer an apology, a meeting of religious leaders would provide a "public act of institutional repentance", it said.
It urges a "truth and reconciliation" meeting, but acknowledges that arranging it could be difficult.
… The Church of England has criticised the war, saying it was not a "just war".
But a dilemma now exists for those within the Church - to pull out of Iraq without a stable democracy in place would be irresponsible, but to stay suggests collusion with a "gravely mistaken" war, the bishops said.
… The report said errors in the West's handling of Iraq included support of Saddam Hussein over many years as a strategic ally against Iran, a willingness to sell him weapons and the suffering caused to the Iraqi people by sanctions.
It also says the war appeared to be "as much for reasons of American national interest as it was for the well-being of the Iraqi people".
The insights here are simply stunning.
(OK, that was a low blow. If you want to read the report, there's a link on this page.)
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TRIVIUM Frontman: SOPA Would Set Our Country Back Into The Informational Dark Ages
Guitarist/vocalist Matt Heafy of Florida metallers TRIVIUM has posted the following message on his official blog:
"SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act)
"The movement to end all online piracy for the music and movie worlds and restore order?
"SOPA is an explosive-device tucked between the legs of a smiling, waving businessman in a teddy-bear costume, asking if you want a Popsicle out of his cellar.
"In legal terms — SOPA is textbook overboard. It's stated aim is to curb online piracy and restore and protect the rights of content creators. That's a noble goal. But it gives its wielders oh so much more power than that. It's like giving a Tomahawk missile to an exterminator to take out a bee hive from your front porch. Sure, the bees are dead but so is everything else in a hundred yard radius.
"Yeah — maybe it would cut piracy back and get bands more money from CD-purchases (because, let's face it — pirating music does stifle bands' existences, hurt income and all that for everyone involved = label, label's employees, producers, studios etc.) however that's just what SOPA wants you to think its entire cause is.
"What business or school isn't changed by our ever amorphously-evolving technological times? Paper goods and books in universities are being phased into digital-tablet-read collections; the days of paying for 100's of crap channels of TV can now be selected through Internet streaming-subscription sites instead; our music collection can now be stored and streamed or rented and constantly swapped in and out.
"This is the technological golden age and all businesses are having to adapt or die. In this day and age business is chaos as things change so fast. That's why a band like us realizes that — yes — in a perfect world, more people would stop illegally downloading (would you forfeit what you do for a living for free because I said it's not fair?) and purchase physical CDs or iTunes bundles or get their music from other 'authorized' sources. But the fact is the CD aisle in Best Buys are shrinking and the old record stores are up closing shop. Bookstores are going away. Video rental stores? Dead. That's the thing — adapt with the times… You have to. Physical has given away to digital for the most part.
"We recognize being a band nowadays that things are changing. For us musicians, it is better for us to support programs pushing authorized digital purchasing or streaming of music, selling merchandise on tour and being on the road constantly to turn a profit. This is the life we chose. But the way we all approach the issue of supporting digital rights is a very important issue of our time in that we need to respect the rights of content creators but we also need to support the free flow of information and ideas online. SOPA is not the solution of that balance.
"It was cute that my recent 'royalty check' caused such passionate backing and distaste. The truth is is that I said no side that I was taking. That picture had no information of a political-stance of 'anti' or 'pro' piracy; did I say in the oh-so-arrogant tone, 'Listen here, you fucks! Screw your parents — download my shit for freeeeeeahhhh!' Did I say, 'Hey um… It's totally not sweet that you bros aren't buying my totally awesome new album from your local record store?'
"Hell — did anyone even take the time to try to think what it was actually for? It was a royalty check from an authorized streaming website that shouldn't have even sent it to me. They were supposed to send it to the publishing company to accumulate, then send.
"I allowed everyone to decide. But I do appreciate that they actually took the time to legally license the stream and send me the check. Thanks for that.
"I appreciate the people that love and back our band backing me… And those who, even though can't stand anything I ever say — who still take the time to read every word? Thanks for putting your knee-jerk reactions online and getting me more Twitter followers. Maybe next time your brash jab of whose-holier-and-culter-than-though can be slightly more intelligent than 'look how much more I have than you.'
"I digress…
"This bill, if passed — would set our forward-thinking country back into the informational dark ages. This country was founded on escaping from persecution of what we were 'supposed' to live like – to be free to do what we want to do in the pursuit of happiness and longevity in life. SOPA would fling the USA into a digital online backwater overlorded style-controlled society, potentially creating a situation where regulations tell us what we can say and do. Controlling what we learn and say.
"Where are all our backers of 'constitutional amendment rights' when our first amendment is at stake? America is the informational and technological super power in our time. Look at Apple — always 10 steps ahead of what all the other technological-superpower companies are always bringing to the table. They brought iTunes to us because they knew people wanted their music quicker; the got rid of the cd-drive because people wouldn't be using CDs; they developed easily-useable cloud-style file-storage. That company was founded in this country where so many flock to start up their dreams — not unlike being in a band.
"My stance: should people take groceries because they're hungry? Should you give me a car because I need it? Should I be granted free manicures and pedicures and meat and tuxedo rentals simply because I think it's not fair that I pay? No tips at restaurants, no fees at bars, free drinks on you just because? No. I'm not a religious person at all — but thou shalt not steal… Or some shit like that, right?
"The times of the blacksmith and butcher and hunter have changed to the car-maker, the deli owner (with online deliveries over $20), and the farmers' market chef who hunts with a precision laser sighted cross-bow.
"We all still need to make 'a living' to stay living. But a movement like SOPA? That will cripple and kill a big part off of this free country we all live and love in.
"What needs to happen?
"The head honchos of the music and movie businesses who are backing this SOPA need to go meet up with and make friends with tech guys in Silicon Valley instead of fighting. They should go out for drinks and figure it out together one night. Surely there is a better solution out there that supports and protects the rights of us content creators online but one that doesn't potentially cripple the free flow of innovation and thought online."


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Today I sat down with a delicious cup of green tea and read Rapaport's article "Mughal Magnificence." Magnificent it was. The author, Amber Michelle, explains that the elaborate and fascinating jewelry made during the Mughal period in India, which spanned from 1526 to 1857, left behind a legacy of art that is unique and iconic to Indian culture.
Mughal Jewelry is exotic and beautiful, using great amounts of emeralds and Golconda diamonds.
"The Mughal style of jewelry combined enameling and Islamic motifs of flowers, paisley and birds with the Hindu style of goldwork and the generous use of precious stones" (Rapaport Journal). Enameling in Mughal jewelry is done in a combination of vibrant shades of red, blue and green with white. Gorgeous pink and white enameling, like the elephant bangle on the cover of this magazine, was only done in Banaras- the oldest and holiest city in India. How lovely!
So, not only does the most delicious food in the world come from the Indian culture, but immaculate, amazing, colorful jewelry does too!
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Rethinking the Narrative at Evergreen Community Garden
By Brunilda Estrada
White canopies cast a shadow on the gardeners sun-kissed faces as they wait in line to be served traditional American and Korean dishes at this year's Independence Day Picnic. Hot dogs, baked beans and kimchi were served by cheerful Asian and non-Asian gardeners. Yet the harmonious tone at the garden is a stark difference to the discord of years past. "This is the first year we didn't have police present at the garden," said one relieved gardener. Evergreen Community Garden has had a tumultuous history of violence and death threats, a menacing tension symptomatic of something deeper. While the media's negative portrayal of the garden may have dissuaded some from taking part in this seemingly disturbed community of gardeners, these reports have hyper sensationalized the symptoms and overlooked potential root causes. An untold story exists, that if unearthed would shed light on the garden's complex dynamic and illuminate its full potential.
Taking a closer look at New York City's largest community garden, one can see that beyond the vegetables produced, a unique story is revealed. The narrative, manifested in distinct farming techniques and the selection of crops grown, is a profound display of a tradition longing to remain alive in the soil. Comprised of predominantly first-generation Korean and Chinese immigrants, the garden is a cultural hotspot—a living library of biocultural knowledge—reflective of a distant memory of the homelands left behind, observed through patterns of plant knowledge and use. Crops represent a rich cultural identity, making community gardens an ideal space to unravel.
Community gardens play a vital role in urban settings to promulgate these cultural practices so that they can remain alive and vibrant. Without green spaces to grow food, we run the risk that people will instead opt to buy their food at supermarkets (devoid of a connection to the natural world), and thus lose these rich traditions which can invariably impact health. To begin to conserve this knowledge, it is important to understand the deep-rooted sociopolitical and historical influences that may contribute to the garden's complex dynamic. Therefore, we are extending our gaze beyond the garden to ask: what are the social and political factors that make for such a contentious and explosive space?


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Wow you're going to have some very well cared for birds! You've asked a lot of questions so I'll just go down the list.
- What direction should the house face? In the northern states like Michigan, the birds prefer the early morning sun coming in the front of the house as it faces the east. However Eastern Bluebirds can nest in a bird house that faces in another direction. It's just not their 1st choice.
- Should I change the direction of the house? No, if the bluebirds have accepted the nest box and started to build, don't disturb the nest.
- Can I put a baffle on the pole? Wild Birds Unlimited has wrap-around baffles that go around 4"x4" poles or metal poles that wrap around pole without disturbing the house. If you already have a baffle, it would be alright to remove the house and put it back the way it was as fast as you can.
- When do I attach the Bird Guardian? The Guardian can be put on after the eggs have been laid. The instructions recommend monitoring the nest after you've attached the guardian. If the birds haven't re-entered the nest within 30 minutes, remove and attach it the next day, repeating as needed with continued observance. Once the pair have both been seen entering the box, you have success.
- How often can I check on my birds? I can tell you are a very caring landlord but let's not be too nosy. The bluebirds are tolerant of humans but it's best check on the nest no more than twice a week during active nesting season until the nestlings are 12-14 days old. After that leave the birds alone. We don't want the babies to fledge too early by accident. If you do find a fledgling on the ground, scoop it up and plop it back in the nest.
For much more information go to the Michigan Bluebird Society website at: http://www.michiganbluebirds.org/nestbox-basics#nest