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A Bird in the Hand. As soft to hold as it is fun to carry, this Angelic Bird Coin Purse is roomy enough for cell, keys, and a credit card—all the necessities. Adorably designed by American artists Lesley Hansard and Rebecca Welsh. Zipper closure. Imported. 100% hand-felted wool. 9"l. x 6"w.
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America's largest estuary, the Chesapeake Bay, nurtures more than 300 aquatic creatures, including the delectable blue crab. Harvested by the bushel and served steamed and spiced by the dozen, crab feasts (or pickin's) are the pinnacle of gustatory pleasure for coastal residents of Maryland and Virginia. Recreate that sense of endless summer with this delectable shore-inspired collection, each inspired by holdings in our National Museum of American History's costume collection or Division of Domestic Life.
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Vernon County Farm to School is taking it to the next level! We will increase local foods in school lunches, develop local distribution and Wellness Policies for every Vernon County school. Our strong community food coalition will hire a county-wide coordinator and expand our AmeriCorps program. We envision every child eating local, healthy food and having fun trying new vegetables.
Transformation is the act of changing and once transformed you cannot change back. Marathon County is transforming into the ideal place to live, play, learn, and do business. We have EBT/debit access at Farmers Markets, built new community gardens, adopted a bike/pedestrian plan, and decreased access to tobacco products. Next we will implement Farm to School, Joint Use agreements and smoke free housing. Through our strong partnerships with stakeholders, organizations and businesses we are making healthy choices the easy choice.
Mobilizing our strong base of existing coalitions and true community partnerships will enable our county to achieve total wellness and affect community-level action with state-level impact. Fond du Lac County residents will eat healthier, be more active and breathe smoke-free air as a result of our focus on improving outcomes related to specific public health concerns as identified in our latest community-wide health assessment.
La Crosse County will become the healthiest county by 2015. Thirty community organizations will continue collaborating to make this dream a reality by improving access to local fruits and vegetables though County-wide farm to school initiatives and EBT/Debit card acceptance at farmers' markets, helping children lead active lifestyles before, during and after school, and increasing all residents' opportunities to live tobacco free through increased access to smoke free housing and decreased access to OTP.
Smiling faces and beautiful places are what you can find in these Monroe County spaces. Let's get Monroe County Schools ROCKING so we can see bigger and brighter smiles and fruits & veggies that go on for milessssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's time to step it up! Building on the collaborative partnerships of the Healthiest Manitowoc County 2020 coalition, we will improve our youth's future through increased access to healthy activities, foods, and tobacco free housing.
Where you live, work and play MATTERS. 65.3 percent of Rock County residents are classified as overweight or obese. Innovative partnerships will increase access to: •Healthy foods: local farmers and the school districts will collaborate to offer healthy choices. •Low-cost family access to school athletic facilities. •Smoke-free housing through education aimed at local landlords.
I scream! You Scream! We all Scream for Smoke-Free Apartments! Because quality and affordable housing is a concern of Monroe County residents and 72% of WI renters would prefer non-smoking buildings we will work with the community to increase the availability of smoke-free apartments and work with youth to decrease OTP access.
Fun, fit, and active in Clark County! Watch as our community comes alive through proactive partnerships and active residents!!
re:TH!NK is eager and ready to transform our community! Through effective collaboration, re:TH!NK is creating an environment that enables healthy food choices, promotes active lifestyles and deters tobacco use in order to improve the quality of life for all of our Winnebago County residents.
Polk County is excited to work with a variety of community partners to create a stronger, healthier and more active Polk County. With effective community collaboration, Polk County is striving to achieve and sustain a healthier community through innovative efforts to institutionalize farm to school programs, create environments conducive to active lifestyles, provide opportunities to live in smoke-free apartments and facilitate learning about new tobacco products.
The journey from seed-to-cafeteria tray is being nurtured in Columbia County with the aim to re-connect schools with locally grown fresh food produced by our neighboring farmers. Several organizations will champion this initiative, which will, cultivate eating healthy food, build a strong local food economy, and encourage a cultural change that will help other schools replicate.
Burnett County is bursting with Places to Play! The Places to Play Initiative will ignite a transformation…towards a healthier future for people of all ages in Burnett County. Our safe parks, premiere wildlife areas, numerous trails, lakes, rivers, and open indoor gyms will provide our children, families, adults and senior citizens, opportunities to participate in and enjoy physical activity.
Through the partnership of 25 community agencies, the Childhood Obesity Prevention Collaborative mission is to develop and advance policies to improve the physical activity and nutrition environments for children in Dane County. The Collaborative will implement a CHANGE assessment process, and the results will lead policy, systems, and environmental change strategies to make the healthy choice the easy choice for increasing physical activity, including Joint Use agreements.
Smoke-free housing and reduced youth access to Other Tobacco Products. Oh my! Ozaukee County, through its community coalition partners, plans to educate and influence local policies to ensure smoke-free housing is available. In addition Ozaukee youth (also known as Munchkins) deserve to be free and clear from Big Tobacco's influence and their push for Other Tobacco Products. "Toto, I have a feeling we aren't in Kansas anymore."
Providing opportunities for Richland County residents to fit physical activity into each day is a priority for RichlandFIT! This project will create a one-stop online database of all existing programs that utilize the joint use agreement between the Richland School District and City Park &Rec; Department. It will also create a social support campaign highlighting community leaders as role models to encourage neighbors, friends and families to be active together.
Everyone has the right to breathe smoke-free air and live tobacco-free. Step 1: Children and families in Dane County will be given more options to live in smoke-free housing and understand that 'Home is Where the Heart Lives. Step 2: Reducing Dane County children's access to Big Tobacco's OTP.
Healthy People Kenosha County will mobilize community resources to increase children and family access to and awareness of fun and safe places to be active, access to and education of healthy foods and smoke-free apartments to live in, and decrease access to other tobacco products.
Wood County will be the healthiest place to live, learn, work and play! Together, Wood County and more than 100 community partners will collaborate to collectively impact residents' health. Our active coalitions of local and regional leaders will pursue policy changes that support tobacco-free environments, access to healthy foods and increased opportunities for physical activity. Healthy will happen here!
Join the East Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission as it seeks to make our region more active! We are starting by seeking joint use agreements in the Shawano School District Area. This will be followed up with a region wide program that seeks to make being active easy! Our vision is to be more active on a regional scale by working with the great school districts, local governments, and advocacy groups that make up our region.
Healthier Together, our county-wide, community health improvement initiative, has the capacity to move priorities into action. With dynamic, multi-sector coalition partners, engaged communities and continued collaboration county-wide, Healthier Together is capable of making long-term sustainable changes. Our vision is to contribute to the transformation of St. Croix County through the creation and promotion of healthy environments – tobacco-free living (smoke-free housing), farm to school programs (local fresh fruits and veggies) and active communities (places to play for families and children).
We believe that every person in our community should have access to safe and enjoyable places to be active - from walking to school, biking to work, playing on a school playground, or sharing our gyms - we can get everyone up and moving. Our vision is to make Brown County, WI the healthiest community in the nation!
Central Rivers Farmshed recently launched The Greenhouse Project, an all-encompassing community revitalization effort to transform an abandoned garden center into a community food center. The acquisition of this property has afforded Farmshed the opportunity to deepen our region's relationship with the food system in all forms: from growing, to processing, preserving, cooking and finally eating.
Changing the culture of school lunch is critical for obesity prevention among our youth. When children are repeatedly exposed to fresh local foods in school and have the opportunity to meet the farmer who grew their food or see exactly where their food comes from, they absolutely WILL eat their veggies… and even ask for more. We will work to secure policies and programs so that all students in Madison schools will be served fresh healthy food grown on local farms, and further share these models with school districts throughout Dane County.
We want to transform our community into a place where health, academic achievement and the economy are supported by increased access to affordable, healthy, local food – starting with the cafeteria. Our vision is to make Brown County, WI the healthiest community in the nation!
Growing Community, Growing Healthy Children, Growing Economy, Growing Opportunities Through Local Foods. The Driftless Wisconsin Grown Initiative will connect farmers and consumers by nurturing the local food economy through greater consumer access to locally grown, healthy foods and increased ability of local farmers to add value to their products.
Community Action For Healthy Living, Inc. has a long history of making positive changes in communities. This grant will enable our multi-jurisdictional coalition partners to change lives through farm-to-school programs in Outagamie and Calumet Counties; increase activity in Outagamie and Calumet Counties through education and expansion of multi-use spaces; and promote smoke-free multi-unit housing in Brown and Waupaca Counties; and tax equity for OTP in Outagamie, Brown, Calumet, and Waupaca Counties.
Everyone in Ashland County deserves the opportunity to "breathe easy," especially in their home. Science clearly shows that secondhand smoke is greatly damaging to our health and often deadly. People living in rental properties too often do not have a choice in the matter because they are regularly exposed to their neighbor's smoke. This includes many vulnerable children and seniors. ALA in Wisconsin and the Northwest Wisconsin Tobacco Free coalition believe that this situation needs to be changed. We will bring the community together to work to assure that many more rental properties will go smokefree. We will also educate the community and community leaders on how we can reduce the use of very harmful "other tobacco products" that big tobacco is marketing to our young people.
Breathe Free Racine County (BFRC) will work to educate owners of Multi-Unit Housing (MUH) on the benefits of smoke-free apartments because many people, especially children and the elderly who are low-income, are affected by the harm of second hand smoke. BFRC will also seek to increase the amount of smoke free housing options and work to equalize the cost of Other Tobacco Products (OTP's) as a way to decrease use by children and young adults.

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Sports Update > National Signing Day
Boys and girls soccer: Marcus seniors make it official on National Signing Day
By Justin Thomas,
Published: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 4:28 PM CST
FLOWER MOUND — With boys and girls soccer teams that have been represented in the postseason since at least the mid 1990s respectively, there hasn't been any shortage of skilled players that have made their way through Marcus.
That talent is typically displayed with large signing classes and Wednesday was no different as the clubs combined have 10 players sign scholarships to continue their careers at the collegiate level.
The Lady Marauders — currently ranked eighth in the nation by the Elite Soccer Report — had seven players pen their names to letters of intent, while the Marauders — ranked No. 19 in the country — had three members ink in addition to multiple players who have yet to declare their intentions.
"We really have a special class," said Chad Hobbs, Marcus girls head coach. "This is a group that has gone 60-6 at the varsity level over the past four years, won a district title in 2011, led the nation in shutouts the past two seasons and has been ranked in the top 10 nationally each of the past two years. It's a great group of kids and they are going to be tough to replace."
The Lady Marauders had three four-year varsity players who will be dispersing throughout the country, including Katelyn Mountjoy (North Carolina-Greensboro), Courtney Forte (Oklahoma) and Emily Morrow (Tennessee).
Also signing LOI's were Emily Preston (Texas A&M Corpus Christi), Maddie Thornley (undecided), Alexsis Cable (Southeastern Louisiana) and M.J. Eckart (Lamar).
Mountjoy — last season's District 8-5A Midfielder of the Year — will be joining another program with a solid tradition as Greensboro won its conference last season.
"I'm feeling great," she said. "It's a great moment and I'm proud of everyone on the team. I think (signing day) shows that the Marcus soccer program is very strong. The coaches are great and help us bloom on the field and it's a great experience to go through."
In addition selecting a strong program, Mountjoy was intrigued by the area and the attention she received during the recruiting process.
"I love North Carolina," she said. "It's so pretty. And the coach really reached out to me and showed me how much they wanted me there. It's a great academic school and the coaches, players and city just made me feel right at home. I think I'll be able to get everything I want there."
Also heading to a large non-Texas school is Morrow, who is currently rehabbing an ACL injury that has forced her to miss her senior campaign.
But if it wasn't for a spring shower last season, Morrow could be headed elsewhere.
"The coach came to a tournament here locally and there was a rain delay and he ended up seeing us play," Morrow said. "So I guess he liked what he saw and it went from there. I absolutely loved the coaches and team and the facilities and the campus are just unbelievable. I went out there twice and loved it."
Morrow noted that her injury didn't discourage the Lady Vols in any way, and it also increased her appreciation for the sport.
"It's really been a blessing in showing me how much I love soccer," she added.
While Mountjoy and Morrow head east, a trio of teammates will soon become foes as Preston, Cable and Eckart are all headed to different programs in the Southland Conference.
"It will be fun to play against them," Eckart said. "We've been teammates and it will be fun to go against them. And I've played against teammates in club before, so it really won't be that awkward."
Eckart was drawn to Lamar because its lack of size and relative proximity to home. A location near the beach didn't hurt either.
Also swayed by the sand and sun was Preston, who is part of the inaugural recruiting class A&M Corpus Christi.
"I'm really excited," she said. "I'm going to Corpus and get to play with my best friend Tori (Stephens). The coaches are really cool and it's exciting to be part of the first Islander soccer program. We are the first women's team they've had. It's a brand new team and I've already gotten a chance to meet a bunch of the girls I am going to be playing with."
One of those girls is Stephens, who is the goalie at Southlake Carroll. It was when Preston accompanied Stephens on her visit the possibility of playing for the Lady Islanders arose.
"I wasn't even interested, I was just there to hang out with and support my friend," Preston said. "But the coach asked 'Hey, you play soccer, right?' and I hadn't looked at any other colleges. So I went to a soccer camp last summer and it was great. I loved the campus and being around the beach. We had an official visit and met the other girls and that was it. I feel like we're going to make a good program down there.
"(Facing Cable and Eckart) is going to be competitive because we want to beat each other, but it's also great because we get to see each other. We want to be the new program that goes out there and kicks a little butt."
While some like Mountjoy made their decisions more than a year ago, others, like Cable, took more time but knew the right place instantly.
"I decided over Thanksgiving," she said. "I went down there and decided a couple days after that. I really only knew the coach for six hours. I went there after a tournament and the assistant coach contacted me. I really liked it, so I called them the next day and made my decision."
Marcus' boys that signed letters of intent were Alex Totilo (St. Edwards), Tyler Mouton (Ouachita Baptist) and Brandon Costello (Texas-Tyler).
Totilo selected St. Edwards three weeks ago after much deliberation and after encouragement from a former teammate currently playing there.
"This is a surreal feeling," he said. "I've seen many of my friends sit up there signing and last year I remember saying 'I want to sit up there' but I didn't know where I wanted to go. I finally made a decision that I'm going to stick with and I'm very happy."
Totilo knew he wanted to attend a smaller school and a program situated in the heart of Austin was an added bonus.
"It doesn't get much better than that," he said.
Totilo is also hopeful the Marauders moving on to the next level will drive the younger players just as it did him.
He also wouldn't mind a current teammate heading to St. Edwards.
"One of my best friends is Haiden (Stiles)," he said. "We've known each other since we were six or seven and he's torn between St. Edwards and another school. He said he was leaning to St. Edwards and I told him to come on and we can be the Marcus Smart and Phil Forte (freshman basketball players at Oklahoma State) combination up there."
But before the seniors head off to college, they have unfinished business at Marcus, with the Marauders and Lady Marauders opening their respective District 5-5A seasons Friday against Denton Ryan.
"This is a big relief and we can focus on the season," Mouton said. "This is in the back of my mind and we're ready for district to get going and see how far we can go."
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Final exam: Lamar the last test in Allen's quest for second state title in five years
BY Kevin Hageland,
Published: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 12:09 PM CST
The week leading up to a state final is undoubtedly pressure packed for most teams.
The scene was a little different at Allen (ranked No. 4 nationally in the Rivals100 and No. 6 in the MaxPreps Xcellent 25) Monday as many of the players engaged in a version of baseball prior to the start of film sessions.
"I think you can see they are pretty relaxed," said Tom Westerberg, Allen head coach. "They are goofing around and playing tape ball, or whatever they call it, just like they have all season."
The creation of artificial pressure isn't needed prior to the Class 5A Division I State Championship (8 p.m. Saturday vs. Houston Lamar at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington).
"Things don't change for us because we are used to playing in big games," Westerberg said. "We'll continue to focus on what we do and prep for Lamar because our kids already know this is the last game and they know what's at stake."
What's at stake is a state title.
For Lamar (15-0), a magnet school in the vein of Skyline that has been in the playoffs 13 straight seasons, a win would equate the Houston ISD's first 5A football championship since Houston Yates won in 1985. For the Eagles (14-1), they are seeking the second state title in program history following a 21-14 victory against Fort Bend Hightower in the 2008 Division I Finals.
Talk about Lamar starts with its defense, which has given up a total of 21 points in its last three playoff victories, including Saturday's 15-7 semifinal win over San Antonio O'Connor.
"Lamar has a very good defense," said Cade Camp, senior offensive lineman. "They have a bunch of big kids and they always play hard."
"Lamar has a tremendous defense and they are playing extremely well right now," Westerberg added.
Lamar's 4-3 defense is anchored by lineman Zelt Minor.
"[Minor] is playing well and has been breaking through the line," Westerberg said.
"That kid is a difference maker," added Jeff Fleener, Allen offensive coordinator. "He is wreaking havoc on the line, so we have to be smart because he is extremely strong, physical and fast."
Minor is one of two Lamar players committed to SMU, along with defensive back Cedric Lancaster. Lancaster and John Bonney are the two players Allen has focused on most on the backside of the Redskins' defense.
"They run a lot of man coverage in the defensive backfield," Fleener said, "and they will also switch their safeties and cornerbacks based on matchups."
Lamar is strong in its linebacking corps as well with a group Fleener said is, "fast and can fly to the ball." The Redskins, however, do not have a great deal of depth in the middle, a stark contrast to an Allen team that will rotate players in across the board on both sides of the ball, particularly on the lines.
Lamar's offense is balanced, but not as vaunted as its defense.
"They are very base offensively," Westerberg said. "They want to run the ball, but can throw when they need to."
Lamar will run the ball with Ronnie Wesley, Levy Whiteing and Darius Durall, with plenty of carries also going to quarterback Darrell Colbert. Colbert has 2,900 yards of offense this season and 36 touchdowns, but is different than the dual-threat quarterbacks Allen has faced the past two weeks.
"[Colbert] is a big guy," Westerberg said, "almost built more like a running back."
Allen players got to see Colbert on film Monday, as did some former players as Eagles alumni like Jonathan Williams (Arkansas) and LaChris Anyiam (North Texas) were at practice.
"That all started a few weeks back and we've been getting more and more former players on the sidelines as we've gone on," Westerberg said. "It's been a lot of fun having those guys back and it's great to see when your former players want to come back and be around the program."
Some of the alumni were last on the field with the Eagles in 2008 when the team won its lone state title.
"That was exciting because Allen had never been to the finals," Westerberg said.
The one aspect Westerberg found less than exciting was transporting the team to Reliant Stadium in Houston. The commute will be significantly easier come Saturday.
"I was worried all week about how the kids were going to handle the trip," he said. "This will be unbelievable because we can dress here, we can tape here and then it's just 45 minutes to Arlington."
For those that can't make it to Cowboys Stadium, the game will be broadcast live on Fox Sports Southwest.
"I'm excited for our guys and I'm excited for the community," Westerberg said. "It's going to be crazy out there Saturday night."
A craziness that could transfer to Eagle Stadium if Allen wins state title No. 2.
"If you look at probably three of the last five games (Mesquite, Skyline, DeSoto), there were people saying we were going to lose, so our guys have been playing with a chip on their shoulder," Fleener said. "And we want them to keep doing that; we want them to keep playing with that mentality because our goal wasn't to make it to the championship, our goal is to win it."
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A certain Tom Kleinschmidt (firstname.lastname@example.com) has posted a huge archive of taped broadcast material, including copies of the above-noted Welles interviews. Wouldn't it be grand, indeed, to trade Mr. K (that can't be a coincidence) for them in return for something on his "want list"?
Certainly knowing Cavett as we do, there's every chance the OW segment with him will be a delight to take in.
As for "Close-up", for those unfamiliar with it, this was a Sunday night public affairs-oriented series produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation which happened, one fine evening, to air a lengthy interview with our man. Here's how Allan King, one of Canada's leading documentary filmmakers , describes its coming about:
"I had become established in London with my own company. There were many Canadians there. Sidney Newman was the head of BBC drama... Ted Kotcheff was there, Mordecai Richler, Norman Jewison, Sidney Furie and Elaine Grant and Bernard Braden and his wife Barbara Kelly, who did interviews...for 'Close-up'. We made great efforts doing interviews, at first and we shot all sorts of famous people, like John Paul Getty and Bertrand Russell. In fact we did an extraordinary interview with Orson Welles with Bernie doing the interviewing in the film. We shot an hour-and-a-half, and the CBC used one hour and 23 minutes. It was only supposed to be a half-hour interview, but they got their money's worth."
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Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge. When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable. All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind. They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster. You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart. Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together.... Author unknown... |
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Carmelo Anthony was out for the New York Knicks and J.R. Smith was hot, stepping in for his injured star teammate to take on the bulk of the scoring load.
So the Oklahoma City Thunder knew who would get the ball when the Knicks had time for another shot, down one with seven seconds left -- especially since Smith had nailed these types of game-winners before.
But this time Russell Westbrook stepped up and Smith was left with a missed turnaround jumper at the buzzer -- along with some regrets that he didn't drive to the basket.
Despite Smith's season-high 36 points, the Thunder outlasted the Knicks with a 95-94 win at Madison Square Garden, giving Oklahoma City six wins in its last seven games as well as a 3-1 mark so far on its five-game road trip.
"We lost. I can't say it was a great night," Smith said after the Knicks dropped their second straight home game in the final minutes to one of last year's NBA finalists. "I've had high-scoring nights, but it doesn't really mean anything, because we lost.
"I tried to get to my spot where I wanted to get to. A turnaround jumper is a tough shot. I should have gone to the basket."
Durant scored 34 points to lead the Thunder (45-16), including their final six as the team traded leads five times in the last five minutes. Westbrook added 21 and Kevin Martin had 16 for Oklahoma City.
With Anthony out for a second straight game with a sore knee, Smith stepped up to provide most of the scoring for the Knicks, nailing six 3-pointers along the way. But New York (37-22) ultimately fell for just the second time in the past seven games; the Knicks also lost a close one to the defending champion Miami Heat on Sunday.
On Thursday, Raymond Felton and Amar'e Stoudemire scored 16 for the Knicks.
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Charles knows something about preaching. Millions of people around the globe grew up with the sound of his sermons ringing in their ears.
He has preached from the pulpit of First Baptist Church Atlanta for 40 years. Tall and lean, he delivers homespun sermons in a rich baritone while holding his black leather Bible aloft for emphasis. He's written at least 40 books.
In Touch Ministries sits like a Greek temple on the crest of a hill overlooking the Atlanta skyline. A large American flag stands near its entrance, beside a row of gushing fountains. A mammoth portrait of a smiling Charles Stanley hangs just inside and bears the inscription: "Obey God and leave all the consequences to Him."
It's an impressive sight, but it's not the type of life Andy envisioned for himself growing up. His father never raised him to be a pastor.
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I would go so far to say that, after post-structuralism, communication is now the dominant force in design innovations. PQ provides designers with an international art-based platform where they can wrest back the current valorization of time-based performance modes, which visual artists have ruthlessly co-opted for their own ends
December 3, 2012
"Hands-on experience is an ideal way to learn about best practices in the international arts context, the Venice Internship offers such experience and much more. I look forward to sharing my curatorial process with these bright young Emiratis." Reem Fadda, Curator.
March 27, 2012
Vibrating within a new discipline that is up for grabs, From the Edge proposes one approach toward an American version of performance design. Future curatorial teams will really have to find the courage to contend with the challenge of displaying the U.S. anew in a competitive international environment.
Reflections on curating and creating national expositions in an international art-based mega-exhibition in Prague
Interview by AMANDA WHITE THIETJE:
RANDY GENER and I met in Prague this summer, where we were both attending the 2011 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (PQ). I was wandering through the exhibits, soaking up the inspiration and the beauty of the city; he was serving as both curatorial advisor of "From the Edge" (USITT's USA National Pavilion) and Editor-In-Chief of this year's PQ daily newspaper.
Randy agreed to talk with me about the PQ, and there's so much in this interview I want to share with you that I'm going to post it in three parts. Click on the titles of each article below so you can read each part of the interview:
>> "A first-rate writer and editor. Randy Gener understands culture in the widest sense: as news, as art, as politics, as media," Margo Jefferson, Pulitzer Prize–winning writer.
>> "Mr. Randy Gener's 'in the theater of One World,' a showcase of his own individual work, is taking up the slack that print journalism is leaving behind. You won't find this in your local papers," Superfluities Redux.
>> "The visionary," Instinct Magazine.
>> "An internationalist, a champion of cultural exchange and dialogue," The New York Daily News.
>> "Randy Gener's command of theatrical subjects is unequalled among his contemporaries," American Theatre magazine/Theatre Communications Group.
>> "Randy Gener sheds light into censorship and repression of the arts," Judges of the Deadline Club Award, New York chapter of Society of Professional Journalists.
>> "Randy Gener is one of the most compelling voices of our era of globalization," Ioana Ieronim, author, poet and Fulbright Program Director of Fulbright Commission Romania.
>> "Gener draws our attention to largely ignored voices and visions on the international theatrical scene," Judges of the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism.
>> "Mr. Gener holds himself to a high standard in his long-form journalism — perhaps a model for young journalists," Superfluities Redux.
>> "Gener's writing on theater, especially as it interacts with LGBT lives, is beautifully done, knowledgeable and almost lyrical in its language," Judges of NLGJA Journalist of the Year.
>> "Randy Gener demonstrates the ripple effect that spotlighting artistic passion can have," Judges of the Deadline Club Award, New York chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
>> "Randy Gener's 'Love Seats for Virginia Woolf' is a meditative homage. Gener has staged his play with a subtle grace that complements the art objects' sedentary ingenuity. Never has Virginia's room of one's own been so suggestively furnished," The Village Voice
>> "Gener's accumulation of words in his play 'Love Seats for Virginia Woolf' are the feathery evanescence of the butterfly's wings clamped together with the bolts of iron that are the four loveseat sculptures. The actors become words personified. I was left astonished," The Virginia Woolf Miscellany of the International Virginia Woolf Society.
>> "His essays wed critical intelligence with a love of the telling and unruly fact," Judges of George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism.
>> "Gener went above and beyond with regard to enterprise, resourcefulness and overcoming of obstacles in the pursuit of the story," Judges of Deadline Club Award, New York chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
>> "Randy Gener has been a tremendous asset to American Theatre ever since he was selected as a Jerome Foundation Affiliated Writer back in 1995-96, and especially since he joined the staff full-time in 2001," American Theatre magazine/Theatre Communications Group.
>> "One of the leaders of the Asian American community," The New York Daily News.
>> "In conferring the Pamana ng Pilipino (Legacy of the Filipino Nation) Presidential Award to Randy Gener, the President recognizes Gener's excellence in the field of theater arts and creativity, and diligence in promoting Filipino-American interests and accomplishments to mainstream audiences in Europe and the United States of America," His Excellency Benigno Simeon Aquino III, President of the Republic of the Philippines.
Randy Gener is the Nathan Award-winning editor, writer, critic, curator, playwright and visual artist in New York City.
His conceptual installation, "in the garden of One World," debuted at La MaMa La Galleria in New York. He is the author of "Love Seats for Virginia Woolf," and other plays.
For his editorial work and critical essays as the senior editor of American Theatre magazine, Gener has received the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism, the highest accolade for excellence in dramatic criticism in the United States; the Deadline Club Award for Best Arts Reporting from the New York chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists; five media awards for excellence in travel-writing from the annual North American Travel Journalists Association Awards competition; and the NLGJA Journalist of the Year 2010.


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FORT MYERS, Fla. >> As bad as 2012 was for the Boston Red Sox, it was equally bad for Jon Lester. So, count him among the many players itching to get back at it.
Lester, a left-hander, went 9-14 with a career-high 4.82 ERA last year. That he posted a team-high 17 quality starts only highlighted the frustration that enveloped the team all season. In the second half, as the Red Sox saw any hope of a respectable season slipping away, Lester was 4-8 with a 5.23 ERA. As a result, he became one of the poster boys for a team that symbolized dysfunction. In the end, the Red Sox finished 69-93 and in last place of the American League East.
So, Lester, who turned 29 in January and is entering his eighth season, knows many eyes will be on him this season. And without veteran Josh Beckett, among other familiar faces, in the Boston rotation this year, he knows what his role is.
"I love it. It's great. Bring it on," he said Wednesday, a day after pitchers and catchers reported to JetBlue Park. "Because what you guys expect of me is nothing (compared to what) I expect of myself. I expect a lot. That's why as far as me being serious, that's why I am the way I am. I try to live up to my own expectations before everybody else's. Obviously, that's never going to happen.
"But I take my job serious and I want to reach those (expectations). Just because I don't doesn't mean it's a failed season."
Boston manager John Farrell, who was the Red Sox pitching coach from 2007-10, could be a key. After two years as manager in Toronto, he is back with the Red Sox and Lester, who had some of his best seasons during Farrell's previous tenure.
"He's a vital member of our team and certainly our rotation," Farrell said. "Just having Jon pitch to his capabilities and his talent, there's a number of years that speak to that."
August's blockbuster trade with the Dodgers saw the dispatching of Beckett, Lester's close friend. As such, the latter is now the longest-tenured member of the rotation, and will be looked on as a leader.
"There are those who lead by example — how they carry themselves between the lines, (how they put in the) work that they do when no one sees them in between starts, (how they) stand up and acknowledge that when things don't go well, (they) take responsibility for that," Farrell said. "There's different ways that people show their leadership capabilities or skills. And he has those."
But Lester knows there are things — other than command and mechanics — that need work. He has often been criticized for his demeanor on the mound — the body language and the verbal griping that can't disguise his displeasure. He knows those are things that have to change. Continued...
"I know I've had some problems with umpires. I know I've had some problems with body language at times. A lot of people have," Lester said. "It's something that we all struggle with and it's something I can get better with. Every year, I strive to get better at it."
Boston can sometimes be a roadblock in that quest. There is a lot of pressure, a lot of expectations, and a lot of media watching his every move.
"I love baseball. I love Boston," he said. "People don't see me other than the fifth day. When I'm out there, I'm not out there to kid around. I'm not out there to joke around with hitters. At the same time, I'm having fun. It may not look like it. I may be cussing up a storm and yelling at somebody, but I'm having fun. I love to pitch. I love everything that is pitching, everything there is to baseball."
Lester won 34 games in the previous two seasons leading up to last year.
"I don't want to also come across as lackadaisical and not really caring about working hard. I take everything I do very seriously. I want my workouts to be the way they should be. I want my bullpen (session) to go the way it should. I want my game to go the way it should," he said. "If it doesn't, I'm going to be (upset). That's just who I am. At the same time, yeah, I can improve on those in-between days where you don't take it as serious. But I'd rather be on the serious side and work my way down than be the goofball and work my way up."
Despite all the negatives last season, Lester insists there were positives, too. There where he wants his focus.
"Hopefully, you just keep building off those," he said, "and your expectations get higher and higher from there."
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Internet censorship is going to a vote in the Senate on January 24th (known as PIPA in the Senate and SOPA in the House). While Senators are in their home states for the January recess, we need to flood their public meetings and offices with our concerns about the bill. Learn More
"Thank you very much for taking the time to write to the Senator about the Protect IP Act.
We would like to give you the opportunity to speak with a senior level advisor on the Senator's staff who works directly with this issue. We are planning to schedule a conference call for this coming Friday in the early afternoon.
Unfortunately, there are a limited number of lines so please let me know if you are able to join us for the call. I will send the conference call information to those from whom I receive an RSVP."
I'll post the conference call information as soon as I get it.
I'm nervous, because writing is my strong suit---not speaking. If a lot of people are backing down on this, then I will join, but I know my skills and feel that others would make a stronger delivery than myself.
Here's what she said:
Thank you very much for taking the time to write to the Senator about the Protect IP Act.
We would like to give you the opportunity to speak with a senior level advisor on the Senator's staff who works directly with this issue. We are planning to schedule a conference call for this coming Friday in the early afternoon.
Unfortunately, there are a limited number of lines so please let me know if you are able to join us for the call. I will send the conference call information to those from whom I receive an RSVP.
Erin Vincent
State Scheduler & Outreach Representative
U.S. Senator Patty Murray
Thank you for contacting me regarding your opposition to H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act. I appreciate your taking the time to write to me on this important issue, and I welcome the opportunity to respond.The Internet is an extremely important engine for economic growth, innovation, and communication. It helps facilitate the flow of technology and business methods, which help in small business growth. However, the producers of intellectual property (IP) content, such as TV, music, movies, and software, are facing a crisis due in part to IP theft from rogue websites. These companies lose an estimated $250 billion dollars annually due to piracy and cost the U.S. an estimated 750,000 jobs. Furthermore, if IP content holders are unable to protect their investments, consumers may lose out on the very content that they use the internet to access.
As you may know, H.R. 3261 would allow the Attorney General or an intellectual-property owner to take legal action against individuals associated with an internet site dedicated to infringing activities (ISDIA). An ISDIA is defined as a website having no significant purpose other than engaging in or facilitating copyright infringement. It would also facilitate legal proceedings taken by the Attorney General and the Department of Justice against foreign nationals that are associated with delinquent domain names that harm American Internet users.
I will not support legislation that will harm the internet, free speech or innovation. Congress must pursue a course that maintains a balance between the free flow of information across the Internet and the protections needed for individuals who publicize their intellectual property. H.R. 3261 is at the beginning of the legislativeprocess now that hearings have been held in the Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet. If the Subcommittee approves the bill, it may modify the text based on testimony it has received and the same may happen at the full Committee level if the bill receives hearings and a mark-up within that body. I hope that the bill will be amended to address the concerns which have been made, as I have strong reservations about the bill in its current form.
If you are interested in following a particular piece of legislation through the legislative process, the website hosted by the Library of Congress at http://thomas.loc.gov is extremely helpful. It provides a wealth of information about legislation under consideration in the current Congress as well as bills introduced in earlier sessions. The site is called Thomas to honor President Thomas Jefferson and his belief in public access to the workings of government.
Again, thank you for contacting me. I welcome your views, and look forward to hearing from you in the future.
Sincerely,Jim McDermottMember of Congress
The call will be this afternoon at 2:00 PM PST with Jason Park.
The call in information is as follows:
Call-in Information: 202 228 2663
Dear Senators, Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray,
Dear Representatives of our state,
My name is Alex and I oppose SOPA and PIPA.
I ask you please to reconsider your position on those
measures and meet with your constituents before January 24th, 2012. Please keep
the Net Neutrality alive. Do not smear your hands.
YOU HAVE SEEN THE FACEBOOK REVOLUTION. You have seen what
the internet can do for people's rights and freedoms. You have witnessed
internet destroying totalitarian and dictatorship regimes in North Africa and Middle East. Egypt
and Libya
would not be possible with out internet neutrality, without people being able
to freely communicate, express, report, expose and destroy evil.
is still yet to set itself free with the help of internet social media.
December revolts were just the offshoots after 20, TWENTY YEARS, of silenced brutalized
destroyed opposition. It would not be possible to fight the ruling party
without this internet framework. And how the ruling party keeps the masses in
check is by control of the media, control of access to news, control of access
to internet.
Please do not align yourself with regimes like China and Russia where step by step voices
are silenced and lights are turned off. Please do not get yourself on the
slippery slope of limiting information, denying people access and protecting
internet rights. Freedom and information must march on. You know that if you
turn the lights off on the infants of humanity you are just as much signing off
condemning them to blindness, you are just as much creating the doorsteps of
Dark Ages, you are just as much. Do you remember what Rupert Murdoch said about
the capability of information against totalitarian regimes in 1993? Do you
remember the response of China
to his words? Do you remember the contradicting steps Rupert Murdoch took with
the START network in 1994? Please do not repeat this example.
It was not accidental that in 620 BC there was a cry of
warning about this, it was in Aesop's tale about blind men and an elephant.
People's perception of reality, of what is right and what is just, and what is
freedom can only formulate in a free society. If the information they receive
is dictated by the information controlling regimes, their perception of reality
is distorted. You surely have seen the effects of this in Belarus where
dictator Lukashenko distorted perception of reality by similar steps. And Kazakhstan? And
And former USSR
republics who were not able to shake off their dictators? Or is the example in
Venezuella is far erased from our memories? Or is Cuba less of burning wound? Or Haiti? Or Burma? Or North Korea? Or
Or Syria?
Please stop and ask yourself, why would companies like
Google (who's motto is 'to do no evil'), Twitter, Facebook, Wikipedia, Yahoo
and craigslist be opposed to the passage of this bill? Why would Human Rights
Watch be opposed to it? Why would Nancy Pelosi be opposed to it?
Are you courting the ones like Walmart? VISA? Mastercard?
Nike? News Corporation? Why and Why again? Are you proud of their track records
at home and abroad of these companies? Does their reputation speak for who they
Please consider why were books like Orwell's 1984 and
Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 were written.
I picked up a great
book few months ago, The Laws That Shaped America Fifteen Acts of Congress and
their Lasting Impact by Dennis W. Johnson. No law is a separate, removed from
reality, an explicit thing of itself. An Act is born out of a situation,
brought up by either a few or many. You have witnessed why the Act in Arizona discriminating
against Latino population was only able to pass in this economic times. You
have witnessed in our state why initiative 1183 was passed and the chosen time
for its passage. You can see why passage of this bill is beneficial to the
likes who stand to profit, who have spent to buy votes. But is conscience
really for sale?
Erich Maria Remarque
saw the unfolding of the oppressive regime that distorted reality of its
constituents, and CHOSE not the offered luxurious life at the height of the
regime but rather a conscientious decision to live in exiled far from his heim.
He did far more with a pen and paper for his people that those who stood to
limit information.
2:14 am, January 15th, 2012.
Yes, I am in support for WA internet freedom there is so many thing wrong with this bill not just on its function, to pass a bill that would take away freedom on something that no one person can own, would be to say you can take away the air and tax us to breath or water to drink...
I use water because I remember a court room proceeding on a town who did not like the water company taking there natrole water supply, and the companys defeants againts the people was this... Being no one man or woman owns the water, there shall be no laws that prohibit use of it..
So I ask you all this, if you can deny the people of the USA freedom on the net.. Then would you not have to deny the companys who ruin this land and our parks?
We need to stop having one sides debates and stay consistent on what we say or do, could any of you stand in front of our fourfathers and not be seen as demastic terrist, they did everything to make sure you all had a home to grow up in and a place to where you can be safe from opression, and yet you dishoner there memory by making something that would take away our rights, its getting to the point where my family and I are to scared to live in the USA in fear that one day our borders our citys and our HOMES will be shut down, did we only leave the Queen to have her children run back to her?
Emails to/from Jay Inslee:
Thank you for the reply. I will agree with you that the copyright owners have a
right to get money from them. However, it is the way this law would allow them
to do so and the fact that there would be no way to defend oneself from the
I'm in my 40's so I grew up listening to stories about how
bad it was in Soviet Russia, with camera's on the streets to make sure everyone
was doing the bidding of the government officials. This law allows private
companies to spy on people's private use of the internet and gives them the
right to remove their right to access the net. This is different times from the
late 70's and early 80's of my childhood; now people talk and discuss things on
the internet. Should that right be taken away because somebody thinks it might
lower their bottom line? What if I had bought a cd/DVD and didn't like it and
posted that thought online? The company that put it out could cut off my ability
to say what I thought, and how would I appeal it? How many citizens wouldn't
have the millions of dollars to fight it in court? I wouldn't.
The law
also goes after the software that people MIGHT use to download illegal copies of
songs and movies... I have used bit torrents in the past and will agree that
there is a lot of pirated movies and music to be found. There is also a lot more
on the file sharing networks that is legal, such as what I use it for. I do a
lot of programming (It's a hobby) and I use it to get Linux programs and
updates. (Speaking of which, since Linux is a worldwide user
supported/made/updated operating system, it will never add the spyware that will
be required of windows to make this law actually work, how long will it be until
I get cut off the net because I use it? After all, that will fall under the part
of the law that states "used to engage in such activities". Or did I miss a part
of the law that protects people from using software that might or might not be
used for pirating/trading?)
Please, I urge you to look at why so many
tech companies are against this law, like Google, Facebook, Craigslist, and so
many others. It takes so many rights and freedoms away from the people you are
sworn to protect to protect the profits of a few.
PS. Hope you are in the other Washington right now. I've got almost a
foot of snow outside right now, and a lot more supposed to be on the way. And I
have to try to drive to work tomorrow. Yippee......
From: Congressman
Jay Inslee<mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January
To: a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:*****@gmail.com
If legislator has issue with some of the language of a bill, that bill should die on the floor. This is yet another episode of big business using our government to fund their dirty work. The Feds data mining programs can gather any information they think they want on us. This is all about some corporations being able to charge us for what has been free. There has never been a time in history like this one! So many things to learn free for anyone. Babblefish has lowered language barriers,and knowledge is echanged globally at a rate never before possible. When a girl is murdered in Teheran, the whole world can know and be outraged in half an hour. Keep this precious tool away from corporate corruption!
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Toyota 86 + Lexus 5.0-liter V8 = plenty of smoke
While production of the Toyota 86— the Scion FR-S and the Subaru BRZ in the United States, the Toyota GT-86 for Europe—started in early March, there is no shortage of power-hungry tuners going to town on the latest Japanese sport coupe.
This particular Toyota 86 is a D1 competition drift car in development for driver Manabu "Max" Orido's 2012 campaign.
According to his Drift Japan bio, Orido is an underground street-racer-turned-legitimate competitor who has been involved with the drift scene since its official beginnings in Japan in 2000. He also competes in the Japanese Super GT series.
While this "Hachi-Roku" is not yet finished, the Lexus IS-F 5.0-liter V8 shoehorned between the wheels dismantles the rear rubbers quite effectively in testing, as seen in the video below.
Details on the design and the specifications are sparse, but from the video it appears that the 86 is far from stock, with a full race interior, engine bay and what appears to be a carbon-fiber roof, in addition to the widened front fenders and the stretched rear quarters.
The 2012 D1 Grand Prix begins April 14-15 in Tokyo at the Odaiba circuit.
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Sunday, November 4, registration 9 a.m., leave at 10 a.m. Finish times vary. Longer route should finish by approximately 1 p.m.
Bicyclists of all ages and riding-levels.
7th Annual Cranksgiving: BicycleWORKS non-perishable food-raising bike ride for area food pantries. Food items collected will be donated to Food Outreach.
Start and end at Schlafly Bottleworks, 7260 Southwest Ave., Maplewood, MO 63143. Three routes will be available for riding at approximately 5, 10 and 25 miles.
More people are using food pantries than ever before. As a fundraiser, cyclists typically spend $10-$20 total at participating grocers (TBA) and carry their own non-perishable items on the ride. Put on by local non-profit BicycleWORKS volunteers, proceeds go to Food Outreach another local non-profit. Cash donations are also accepted.
Cranksgiving will take place in all but strong rain or ice. For more information, visit online: www.bworks.org or email email@example.com.
Last year, the St. Louis Cranksgiving attracted more than 700 riders who collected more than 7,000 pounds of food, making it one of the leading Cranksgiving rides in the country.
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