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Let me see where to start. I recently received a pair of atx dual processor motherboards.
One of them is dual 500 socket sevens. The other is dual 256 socket eights? I've personaly never heard of socket eights, but that isn't my question.
I know I can run Windows NT 4.1 and up, and get usage of both processors. I am not familiar enough with how dual processors actually work. But I am ready to learn. Is there a distro of *Nix that will support the dual processors? Any good refrences, tuts, and or good advice. If I can use *Nix and further my personal experiences, great.
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Indira Klotzer 10/14/2012 8:50:04 PMAwesome and congrats! I remembered doing that for my parents everytime I graduated from something! #1492347
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I had not been to a college graduation in many years, so I didn't know
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My son's proud moment was more than enough thanks for me!
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Meeting Marion
Poor Jacek. I had 24 hours of her from Saturday through Sunday and he got nothing. Saturday morning it was a screening for Little White Lies (Les Petits Mouchoirs) directed by Guillaume Canet. It's not a bad movie, and she's lovely in it, but goddamn, the film started at 9am. I had to be in makeup by 11am to make it to her red carpet before noon, and at 11:30am the movie was still happening and finally at 11:35pm I had to run with a bare face to slap some concealer on at the office to head to the theatre. The f-ck?
Unless Daniel Day Lewis is in your picture and your name is Martin Scorsese, there is no reason it should be two hours FORTY MINUTES LONG!!! I love Guillaume, so much, but it's a bit vain. Enjoyable enough, but a bit vain. You don't need to include all your favourite songs in a montage.
So I met them on the carpet. He had a broken hand sustained by extreme parasailing, and surgery two days before. He's beautiful. And he's chill. And he's friendly. I was delighted. Then she came and reminded me of my own ugliness.
Seriously, if you ever want to feel badly about yourself, go look at Marion Cotillard in real life. Goddamn. She's exquisite. These are the way that features should be arranged. Her eyes, her skin, barely any makeup, her neck, her mouth, it's not possible, and there she is, living and breathing right in front of you. Maybe it's a good thing Jacek wasn't around. He would have embarrassed himself.
For that particular interview, Marion was thoughtful enough, spoke softly, very shy, a little like Michelle Williams in that way, like she'll break if you aren't careful. And in English she doesn't know yet how to play very well, to have light moments with the language, so when she talks it's mostly airy fairy floaty, and spiritual. Didn't bother me so much on the carpet but one on one... more on this later.
First there's the drama that went down at the screening. They couldn't get the movie to play and eventually the screening had to be moved to a different location entirely and it was a clusterf-ck of a herd getting people to a different venue. Guillaume handled it ok, but Marion apparently took it badly. She was so upset, she couldn't go to the after-screening cocktail. And on the one hand that's cool for her to care so much about Guillaume's film (it's an ensemble, he wrote and directed) and on the other it's a little... too much emotion. Marion doesn't seem like she can roll easily with the sh-t of life.
Having said that, she did recover in time to make it much later for the Vanity Fair party where I saw her in much better spirits by the bar, at one point leaning across and nipping Guillaume on the neck. Please. I die. Later on they were talking to Vincent Cassel. I die more. And then Josh Brolin came over to tell some story about what I can only assume was a crazy person because he was bulging his eyes and huffing up his face and shouting out an imitation and I could only turn to Laura and say: Mel Gibson?
Sunday afternoon it was the junket. One on one interview. Guillaume, again, was good. Marion, again, looked incredible – it's SO f-cking crazy how goodlooking she is – but goddamn that girl is a downer. Maybe it was a really low energy morning. Maybe she partied too hard the day before. But there was a stoner quality about her that was a little eye rolly by the end, particularly when I asked her about her own little white lies and she replied that she thinks honesty is freeing and blissful and she tries be free and blissful all the time.
It could be the ultimate in cleverness, sure, but I don't know that she's down like that, subversive like that. And then later on when I was exchanging war stories with French journalists at another event, when the conversation turned to Marion, they told me it was widely known in France that she and Guillaume are notorious weed smokers. Don't know if I trust the accuracy of the French gossip circuit but she didn't give me any reason to doubt it either. And it's not like I object to the habit or anything, not at all. But I can't help but feel just a little disappointed that she wasn't a little more...engaging.
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International Accounting Course Helps Set Sails
September 6, 2013
While counting pieces of construction equipment in the rain in Panama isn't the usual idea of a summer break, it was fine with Jeffrey Baumgartner '14 MSA '14, an intern with Caterpillar Inc.
"The most memorable part of my internship was the hotel in Panama," he said. "There were 5-foot-long iguanas walking around everywhere. It was a beautiful country. Most accountants don't get very close to the actual product at Caterpillar, so it was pretty amazing to be physically touching the equipment."
This experience was the third time the Naperville, Ill., native interned for the Peoria-based Fortune 50 company. In addition to his time at the product distribution center in Colon, Panama, Baumgartner also traveled from the company's headquarters for projects at other facilities. These assignments included an accounts payable audit and transferring information from older to newer data systems. His normal 40-hour workweek would grow to as many as 60 when audit completion dates neared.
"Some days, I would do nothing but interview employees involved in the process I was auditing," he explained. "Other days, I would piece together all the information I gathered and summarize it."
The heat and frequent rain showers in Panama required some adjustment, he noted, as did the language difference: "All the documents in Panama were written in Spanish. I would have the employees translate the information I required."
His Bradley connection also continued overseas. "I met a lot of Bradley students and alumni during my internship," he commented, adding one alum arranged a lunch where all the Bradley accounting interns met the company's recruiters.
With goals of passing the CPA, Certified Internal Auditor, and Certified Management Accountant exams, Baumgartner credited his international accounting course with putting him on the road to the internship. "I traveled to London for that course, which was the only reason I had a passport. Because I had the passport, I was able to go to Panama," he said. "My auditing course also taught me the skills I needed to be successful."


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Looking for a small and portable VA with a Vocoder. I'm Thinking about an Micron or a Microkorg.
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sepiakeys wrote:Looking for a small and portable VA with a Vocoder. Alternatives?
Syn303 wrote:andrew13 wrote:The MicroKorg is purely analogue
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Photo Gallery: Angoulême, Circuits des Remparts 2011
The city of Angouleme hosts many superb festivals and colourful events throughout the year, and the third week in September is no exception seeing the annual Circuits des Remparts return to the town. Weeks of preparation have seen crash barriers put in place, marquees erected, local people reminded, and shop windows decorated with a race theme. Race weekend is here, and the place will again ring to the sound of engines.
Since 1937 the track has retained its 1.279 km lap, virtually unchanged since that first meeting, when Raymond Sommer won in his Alfa, ahead of the likes of J P Wimille and a young Maurice Trintignant, as well as an Englishman in a K3MG. The war put an abrupt end to the event until re-established in 1947, when struggles between Bugatti and Delahaye eventually gave way to the likes of lighter Simca, Cisitalia, Frazer Nash and DB Citroen cars, more suited to the tight circuit. Famous names like Ferrari and Maserati also made their presence felt with drivers like Fangio, Gonzales and many more competing. From 1955 until 1978 following the tragedy at le Mans there was no racing in Angouleme. Since then we have had an uninterrupted period of unique street racing in Angouleme, matched only by Monaco and Pau. Today the famous names still show up and return to share in the atmosphere, with Jean Pierre Beltoise and Jean Pierre Jabouille enjoying this year's event.
Friday is the relaxed entry day to the weekend and sees drivers and teams arriving, booking into hotels, unloading their cars in the paddock and signing on for the races. The Rallye contingent receive their Saturday route instructions, and the press and journalists prepare to record the happenings, cameras notebooks and pencils at the ready. Enthusiast visitors frequent the many cafes and restaurants, soaking up beer, wine and the atmosphere of hundreds of classic cars filtering into the city centre.
The weather forecast was mixed, but Friday evening was warm and clear, and saw a wonderful line up of beautifully prepared cars mount the ramp in front of a packed audience in the Champs de Mars, the huge square in the shopping area, for the Concours d'Elegance. Under the ever watchful eye, and cigar of Inspector Colombo (ably played by Yves Lecoq) we were treated to cars like Theophile Schnider, la Licorne, Delage, Sandford, Porsche, Alfa and many others, large and very small. Dressed in the style and period of their cars, it was lights, music and action all the way for owners and vehicles alike. A great way to kick off the Race weekend.
The skies were overcast and the ground damp for the departure of the Rallye at breakfast on a rather grey and misty Saturday morning. Chais Magelis on the banks of the Charente was full of even more magnificent machinery, as they were flagged off on their tour through the beautiful relaxing Charente countryside. Lunch was taken in Cognac (the town, but I feel sure some was sampled!) with the return to Angouleme late in the afternoon, in time for more food and drink amongst restaurants and cafes in the tiny streets of Angouleme. The party in les Halles the huge market place in the middle of town saw the competitors sampling the local produce and toasting the day's winners. Promises of an early night from the serious racers saw them leave early, the others enjoying the night life that the centre of Angouleme had on offer. It is a great opportunity to make new friends as well as catch up with those one has met in previous years. It really is quite a unique experience.
During the course of the weekend the gardens of the hotel de Ville were given over to a selection of very special cars from the brothers Ballot. They competed at Indianapolis the Targa Florio, the French and Italian grand prix, and manufactured cars between 1921 and 1932. A beautifully presented collection.
Sunday morning, race day dawned and 0800h seemed to come up very early! Practice commenced with the first competitors getting used to the cool and damp conditions on a circuit that takes no prisoners. Guard rails seem all too close at that time, and in the semi-dark! As the morning progressed, the sun made its way up into the blue French sky, slicing between the old buildings creating sharp contrasts of light and shade, as the cars darted between corners. The sounds of Bugatti, MG, GN, Frazer Nash and the aero engined Morgans very quickly woke everyone up! We were all also treated to an interlude of blue and noise with a group of Matras screaming their way around the circuit. Memories of classic Grand Prix racing and le Mans, it was wonderful! Times were being set, the opposition established, grid positions achieved and the lunch interval quickly approached. There were a few mishaps but nothing that tape, elbow grease, the odd hammer and a few prayers could not fix.
During the lunch interval when some were taking on food and water, the track still rang to the sounds of Volkswagen, Alfa and Maserati, as their cars were demonstrated to the public. The rest of the town was full of every marque of car you could possibly think of, either sitting in displays of being paraded around the main square. This is a very special event indeed. It does clash with Goodwood and a number of other motoring festivals each year, but still attracts its own particular and regular attendance.
The weather was still warm and dry following the lunch break, but the clouds had something up their sleeves for later as the first cars made their way to the grid for the plateau Wimille. All the small engined MG, Morgan and Amilcars were dwarfed by the 10,000litre Schneider! Stuart Dean brought out the lovely Jacobs MG coupe which finished second to the Morgan of Charles Reynolds.
A sad note this year as we mourned the loss of the 'voice of Angouleme', as Jean Louis Mathieu passed away recently. A man with immense knowledge of his car passion he will be much missed, by French and all other participants.
Damien Kohler flung the Diva around the streets ahead of the Ancelin Lotus Elan in the Pescarolo plateau. There were great tussles down the field with three wheeling Mini and Autobianchi mixing it with the bigger engine sports cars. All close stuff!
The rain decided to come down for the first of the Bugatti races which spoilt a potential close wheel to wheel race. The Grand Prix cars slithered and slid, carefully avoiding the ever so close barriers in the wet conditions, with the yellow 35B version of Gregory Ramouna crossing the line ahead of Chris Hudson. Martin Overington in his most wonderful sounding 35B could not get the power down on the wet surface and came home a disappointing fourth, but at least finishing here for the first time. Next year?
The fabulous little T13 Brescia Bugattis followed and had to cope with both dry and damp conditions, spraying their way to the line, lead by Andy Johnson in his lovely 1924 machine. Some very close and brave racing was watched by the enthusiastic crowd, sheltering under their umbrellas in the stands and lining the walls of the Remparts.
A close finish in the Larousse Tourisme GT and GTS race, saw the Mondy Alpine cross the line a second in front of the Porsche 911 of Francois Rondel. An amazing mix of cars which also saw the Reliant of Mark Jordan work his way through from the back of the field to finish a creditable sixth. Passing here is not at all easy!
French Protos sports cars saw most of them make the finish in their race, won by Gilles Terrones in his blue and orange LRP B 100 1984 machine. The fast Hema of Laurent Bayers unfortunately stopped in a plume of steam/smoke early on, robbing the race of some close racing, the driver exiting his car fairly quickly!
Rain again introduced an additional element to the Trintignant race, with the monster 6litre GN of Justin Maeers over-steering his way to the flag! He was followed by similarly directional Tim Greenhill in the Wolseley, and the always sideways Dougal Cawley in Piglet, the Frazer Nash! Unfortunately the two Morgans of Sue Darbyshire and Gary Caroline had a very gentle coming together in the slippery conditions early on, which ultimately changed the course of the race.
Eric comas came to Angouleme again and demonstrated just how to throw a Renault Alpine around the streets in a fashion that was guaranteed to produce a win. And he did in the Trintignant race! Close racing between the fast following Porsches and the sole Lotus Cortina produced exciting and very close racing through the field.
The very large crowd was again entertained to the sight and sounds of the Matras in GP and le Mans guise, as well as the wonderful sounding Tecno, all managing to negotiate the tight turns. Echoing between the high walls made it a tingling experience. It brought many a smile to gathered faces.
The final race was for the top finishers in Tourisme, GT and GTS catagories, and once again saw Monsieur Comas give us all a demonstration in race driving, finishing around 45 seconds ahead of the fast charging and close racing Porsches, Mini, Lotus, swapping positions throughout the race!
Angouleme gets back to normal very quickly after its annual race event, it is not long before the next city event, and the evening saw all its goodbyes said, cars strapped on trailers, last handshakes performed, and promises made to come back again next year and to tell those who have not been yet to definitely put the date in the diary.
I hope you do too, my reader!
by Ian Wilson
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Kurt Russell remembers Paul Walker
Calling his late castmate Paul Walker "a terrific guy", Kurt Russell has said he is not sure what will happen with his role in the latest Fast And Furious movie.
Kurt joins the seventh film in the franchise and plays a father figure to Vin Diesel's character Dominic Toretto. The 62-year-old actor said he had one day left of filming when Paul died in a car crash outside Los Angeles last November.
"They're having to rewrite, they're having to do whatever they're having to do to deal with the situation. Listen, it's catastrophic. It's the worst thing that could happen to a movie, but it's not as bad as what happened to Paul," Kurt said in an interview at the Sundance Film Festival, where he's promoting a documentary about his father's minor-league baseball team, The Battered B******s Of Baseball.
''So everything is in perspective. He was a terrific guy. And life is full of curveballs."
The latest film in the fast-car franchise, directed by James Wan, is now set for release in April 2015. Kurt expects to return to set sometime this year.
The actor said of his character, whom he didn't name: "Whether or not this guy dies off in the movie, we don't know, and that may have changed now significantly, too."


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Dining in Barossa - Be Consumed
'Barossa - Be Consumed' showed the world the amazing food culture of Barossa. Indulge in a degustation experience with local wines, a table of shared dishes showcasing local produce or simply enjoy a humble but delicious bakery pie.
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"Bill Byrne has worked very hard for the University of Nebraska, and his accomplishments have been good for the City of Lincoln. In particular, the Haymarket Park baseball and softball complex is a lasting symbol of the partnership we were able to forge among the University, the City and the private sector. The park would not have been possible without the cooperation and commitment of Bill, and it was a pleasure to work with him on this community project. I wish Bill and his family well as he takes on his new position at Texas A&M University."
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I would love the regular admin interface to work via my iPad so that I could use the template editor to maintain stores on the run..
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I have the shopify iphone app and it crashes all the time, it also has very limited functionality…it would be just as easy for me to log into my store via my phone's web browser. Only nice thing about the app is that it allows me to see live web traffic stats, whereas I am only able to see yesterday's info on the site.
July 29 2011, 12:37AM
This looks great. But, I will love if you just worked out all the problems in the iPhone app so we can really use it. As well as Daniel, it crashes a lot. Also, the only reason why I installed it, was to get push notifications when new orders are made, this has never worked for me.
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when I am trying to get into the admin by the safari browser on my Iphone nothing is showing up. Only a white page?
Is it another URL something with m like mobile?
August 11 2011, 09:05AM
So, was this just for a certain few people to try out? Says this option is turned off so I can't request to try it. But I'd really like to so please let me know when it's available!
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I have a Blackberry but also found that the option to sign up is turned off. I am a very good tester – I promise :D
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I have a Blackberry but also found that the option to sign up is turned off. I am a very good tester – I promise :D
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The mobile admin is now available for everyone.
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With todays update on the iPhone iOS 5 the Dashboard isn't working for me. Everything else is fine but I get zeros for both Page Hits and Visitors.
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What is the status of a mobile admin for Shopify as of 2013?
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I like this book because in the story it said that Tortuga likes grapes, and I love grapes too. My favorite part is when Tortuga plays the flute, because I love how he plays it. I thought the illustrations were amazing because it looks like Mexico.
People who live in Mexico or like Mexican folktales would like this book because the title is in Spanish, and the story takes place in Mexico. I think that this book is easy for second-graders to read because it has pictures to show you what the words mean. Adults and kids would like this book because it is about turtles and about children trying to catch a turtle.


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What judges will want to see in Olympic halfpipe
The results from slopestyle have been confusing for some so we talked to the head Olympic judge to see what the judges will be looking for in pipe.
Men's halfpipe qualifiers start on Tuesday at 2 p.m. Moscow time, 2 a.m. Pacific.
Big spins and new corks like the Cab 1440 double have generally been thought of as the must-have tricks to win Olympic pipe gold, but despite a recent FIS rule change that eliminated mandatory straight airs, there's still a place for a method or stalefish. The same panel of judges who scored slopestyle will be judging pipe, and after Sage Kotsenburg beat Mark McMorris and his triple corks in slope with tricks like a Cab double cork 1260 Holy Crail and a Stony Surfer (a layback press on a rail), combos like Danny Davis's backside 360 to switch method suddenly seem much more likely to be rewarded at Sochi.
The judges here are using the overall impression format to rank riders, meaning they take into consideration eight criteria including amplitude, difficulty, execution, variety, course use, progression, risk taking, and combinations and assign a score based on how well the rider meets each criteria. That's why you could see someone win with a run that includes a big, stylish straight air over a guy hucking every hit.
"Let's say you've got someone spinning double corks all the way down and he's only doing 10 foot airs," says head Olympic slopestyle and halfpipe judge Brandon Wong. "And then you've got Shaun White who's doing a 20-foot plus backside air. Can anyone else do backside air that big? It's arguably more difficult than doing a tiny double [cork]. Amplitude increases difficult exponentially. If amplitude was easy everybody would be doing 20-foot switch McTwists."
So, throwing a massive straight air when everyone else is spinning also checks the boxes for the judges on risk and variety. Among those eight criteria the importance of variety, course use, and combinations suggest why Danny Davis has a good chance at a medal with his unusual trick selection.
Danny's winning run from the 2014 X Games pipe
"Everybody appreciates looking at straight air or a switch method, huge," says Brandon. "The judges that you see at most every event are going to be snowboarders first and foremost, they're going to be stoked on the new, hottest trick that nobody else is doing. It's our job to rank riders from first place to last place using those eight criteria—it's a comparative, one rider to the next of the day."
It seems unlikely that what the judges are looking for while have any negative effect on Shaun White's score come Tuesday though. Shaun goes massive on this straight airs, has the most technical tricks, and it's hard to argue that his method and front five stalefish don't look really good. Based on those eight criteria the judges are using he meets all of them better than most. But if the slopestyle results have taught us anything, it's that anything can happen.
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When it comes to pipe it really is all about the US team. Shaun White defined the level of riding with his gold medal run at the Vancouver 2010 Games and hasn't faced many real challengers since. At the 2013 Winter X Games he added a frontside double cork 1260 to his lineup but until the final Mammoth Grand Prix this January he hadn't needed to update his trick selection much to keep winning. At Mammoth, just to show the rest of the field that they still have some catching up to do, Shaun put down consistent Cab 1440 double corks. And then you've got guys like Danny who bring a new level of style and creativity to the game, as well Taylor Gold who has a mean 1260, and Greg Bretz with his back-to-back double corks and 1080s. (A note on Greg: he usually spins every hit.)
Shaun's Cab 1440 double cork
In the international field keep an eye out for Iouri "IPod" Podladtchikov and his Cab 1440 double cork "YOLO Flip" and 15-year-old Ayumu Hirano out of Japan who will for sure be keeping his amplitude scores high. Dude is like a combination zen monk/ kamikaze with his quite style and massive airs.


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Texas Game Wardens Enhance BWI Enforcement Efforts
AUSTIN – Law enforcement officers across the U.S. are gearing up for Operation Dry Water – the nation's boating while intoxicated (BWI) awareness and enforcement campaign. The nationwide event will take place June 27-29.
Alcohol use is the leading known contributing factor in recreational boater deaths in the United States. "Texas Game Wardens as well as our law enforcement partners will be on heightened alert for those violating boating under the influence laws," said Cody Jones, TPWD Law Enforcement Assistant Commander for Marine Enforcement and Texas State Boating Law Administrator.
In 2013, officers from across the country contacted 144,044 recreational boaters and made 290 BWI arrests during the three-day weekend. Thousands of law enforcement officers, along with their boating safety partners, will be on the water during Operation Dry Water educating boaters about the dangers of boating under the influence of drugs and alcohol as well as removing from the water those who choose to boat impaired.
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NWSB Insider and Seattle Mariners blogger Brandon Choate reminds us that the World Baseball Classic is upon us and the Mariners will be well represented in the tournament. Besides Michael Saunders, Alex Liddi and Oliver Perez, the Mariners are sending 4 young players and a grizzled veteran in Brian Sweeney. Luiz Gohara, Kalian Sams, Thyago Vieirs, and Pedro Okuda are all looking to show the Mariners they have what it takes to advance in their system while trying to propel their home countries to a tournament win.
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Part 8: Saturday night fever
A Prommer with a spectacular cough nearly upstaged pianist Stephen Hough, writes Tristan Jakob-Hoff
I felt so sorry for the chap standing beside me at Saturday's National Youth Orchestra Prom. About 45 minutes before the music began, he started coughing. Seriously coughing, though. Not one of those 'I've got a slight tickle in the throat' kind of coughs, but one of those 'I have some sort of unusual tropical disease that makes me cough like a cantankerous tuba' kind of coughs.
This is not, in all honesty, the sort of cough you want to be stuck with in a classical concert. By the time soloist Stephen Hough (seen right at the First Night of the Proms this year) and conductor Vasily Petrenko came out on to the platform, every other audience member in the Royal Albert Hall was staring at this poor gentleman wondering just how long it would take for him to add his own unauthorised cadenza of suppressed barking to the score.
On the one hand, you couldn't help thinking that perhaps turning up to the Royal Albert Hall in such a condition was not the wisest of moves. But on the other you had to admire the sheer determination and obvious devotion it takes for someone to make the effort of overcoming such a malady for the sake of a musical experience.
Of course, watching Stephen Hough play is a musical experience worth risking the ire of your fellow Prommers for. He rarely fails to astonish and he performed Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto with the usual mix of translucent delicacy and raw muscularity for which he is justly celebrated.
Sadly, though, it was not to be for my coughing friend. The moment the dynamic dropped below fortissimo, he started convulsing violently in an attempt to contain a veritable eruption of expectoration. It was a fruitless endeavour. Within three minutes of those famous opening chords, he was out the door.
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Massive congratulations to our very own Afrobeats star Fuse ODG on winning the MOBO award for Best African Act.
Fuse was up against some of Africa's biggest stars in the category – the other nominees were Atumpan, Ice Prince, Tiwa Savage and Wizkid.
His blistering performance at the awards show, absolutely the best of the night, underlined just how much he deserved to win.
Ghanaian Fuse won the hearts of UK voters with his uplifting, positive and infectious blend of West African and hip-hop influences. His single "Antenna" shot to number 7 in the UK chart earlier this year and he's currently teaching the world to "Azonto".
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by Len Lear
Yinka Orafidiya, 33, has lived in West Mount Airy, a few blocks from the Weavers Way Co-op, for seven years, and before that she lived in Germantown. On the surface she would appear to have everything going for her. She is charming with a quick smile, personable and highly intelligent, having earned two degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in 2002 — a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and a B.A. in Mathematics.
And although people with a scientific background generally are not thought to be artistically creative, Yinka is also a very talented craftsperson. The lifelong Philadelphian (her African last name comes from her father, who was born in Nigeria) was awarded a Leeway Foundation Art and Change Grant in 2010, which provided funding for her first solo exhibition at The Clay Studio, 139 N. 2nd St. in Old City, in January of 2012.
That was followed by four other exhibits of her highly distinctive work last year at galleries in Philadelphia, New York State (twice) and Ann Arbor, Michigan. Yinka enjoys throwing pots, using pots and pursuing non-traditional studies of the ceramic process. She spends the remainder of her time writing, daydreaming, feasting on dark chocolate and watching reruns of "Murder She Wrote" online.
But despite Yinka's many talents and lofty likeability factor, she has been plagued for many years by the demon of chronic depression, something that affects millions but which very few want to discuss in print. In fact, for her exhibit at The Clay Studio Yinka made 600 tumblers, bundled them in a net and suspended them over a lone figure, eventually giving almost all of them away. This was done to convey the burden of depression.
Many online postings from viewers who attended the exhibit praised Yinka's courage and artistry. A typical one from a Carina Giamerese stated: "I started my rounds at The Clay Studio, where Yinka Orafidiya's 'All or Nothing' exhibition was the main event. I was in awe of her courage in transcribing her journals on the walls of the space and exploring her struggle with chronic depression through her pottery."
"The gesture of giving the tumblers away," Yinka explained, "both symbolically and literally, lightened the burden by disseminating it among many, as opposed to one person bearing the weight alone. In sharing the burden, my intentions were to build solidarity and connect further with the audience. Depression thrives in isolation, so I really just wanted to demonstrate how vital it was for me to have the support of others."
Yinka, who says she is "single and ready to mingle," has always suffered from depression. "As a very young child I remember constantly feeling extremely sad and disconnected," she recalled, "but I think adults often interpreted this as intense shyness. I was officially diagnosed with depression when I was 17 yrs old during my freshman year of college. It has been a lifelong battle, some days definitely better than others, but regardless of any particular life situation, I find that the underlying depression is always there."
Although Yinka likes to think that depression doesn't define who she is as a person, she cannot dispute the impact it has had on her life. "I feel depression has always hindered me from meeting my full potential," she explained. "It robs me of productivity, motivation, lust for life and the ability to function with any regularity. My issues with social anxiety, self-esteem, self-loathing and body image are all fueled by the depression.
"I often fantasize about where I would be now if I weren't constantly at war with my thoughts, trying to manage this disease. That being said, I have zero desire to instigate a pity party. It was my depression that led me to The Clay Studio in search of the artistic therapy that has ultimately changed the course of my life. Depression is most definitely a debilitating burden, but in struggling to endure, I also feel I have become a stronger, more compassionate, intuitive and self-aware individual."
Regarding the fact that Yinka is remarkably candid about her chronic depression — something that most people hide — she has a typically honest, self-aware explanation: "I suffered in solitude for a very, very long time, disguising the pain behind big smiles and a false front. At some point, though, things got so bad that I realized that I really had nothing left to lose by being vocal about what I was going through. It was the only thing I hadn't tried."
One of the issues that has plagued Yinka for years has been her highly unusual 6-foot-4 height. While extreme height is usually seen as a major plus for men, it is often quite a different story for women. "It's actually one of the core issues that feeds the depression," explained Yinka. "Body image has always been a problem for me…It's very hard to feel feminine at this height. You can only imagine what the schoolyard teasing was like…relentless! I even own a t-shirt with 'No, I don't play basketball' printed across the chest. People find it really funny when I wear it, but that tends to just open up the door for more questions!"
The hundreds of tumblers that Yinka has given away have words on them that some people who would use them to drink from, hold pencils, etc., might find troubling. Words such as "No one loves me," "Suffering," "So ashamed," "I'm all alone," "Failure," "Lonely despair," "Ugly," "I am nothing," etc. But for Yinka, it's all about fostering solidarity, compassion and support. "It's exciting, though, when people post updates about how they're using their cup or who they've passed it on to. It makes me feel less isolated and more connected somehow."
Like almost all contemporary Americans who suffer with clinical depression, Yinka has tried many combinations and dosages of prescription medications over the past 16 years. According to her, some were good, some were great, and others were just plain awful.
"And yes," she said, "when I fall into a deep downwards spiral, medication is definitely helpful in re-stabilizing my mood and bringing me back to baseline. But in my experience, the effects are temporary because ultimately the underlying issues are still there. I'm trying to get to a place of self-awareness about the core issues at the root of my depression, which I think will help me to manage the illness and still lead a productive and functional life.
"At this point in my life, my chosen plan of treatment mostly involves lots of therapy, journaling, strong support systems and artistic expression. I still struggle with depressive thoughts and emotions every day. And although I know that meds might make this chronic battle a less painful experience, right now my personal decision is to reserve antidepressants for my most critical 'life or death' moments. I am not anti-medication."
In September of this year, Yinka plans to participate in a month-long residency at the International Ceramics Studio in Kecskemet, Hungary. She will learn about the Hungarian ceramics tradition by visiting local village potteries, industrial ceramics factories, architectural sites and museums.
She will be working in collaboration with ceramic artist Jennifer D. Martin, who has been her artistic mentor at The Clay Studio ("Everything I know about ceramics I learned from Jennifer"), and their primary goal will be to merge the Hungarian and American aesthetic to create a new body of functional pottery. This new work will represent a cross-cultural blend of ceramic tradition, production and design.
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Jerry Adler and Richard Kline to Star in CRT's THE SUNSHINE BOYS; Full Cast Announced!
Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) announces the complete cast for its production of Neil Simon's THE SUNSHINE BOYS, the second show of its three-show Summer Nutmeg Summer Series onstage June 14-29 in the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theater, Storrs.
The comedy is led by Broadway and Television veterans Jerry Adler as Willie Clark and Richard Kline as Al Lewis.
They are joined by Broadway stars Tina Fabrique (Ragtime, Bring...Funk, How To Suceed...), Sara Andreas (Catch Me If You Can) and UConn alum Richard Ruiz (National Tours of Sweet Charity, Urinetown and CRT's Man of La Mancha) will play Ben Silverman.
The cast also includes Steve Hayes (CRT's Seussical: The Musical, Man of La Mancha and The Pirates of Penzance), Thomas Brazzle (CRT's Three Musketeers, Romeo and Juliet, Legally Blonde: The Musical) and Conor Donnally. The production is directed by CRT's Artistic Director, Vincent J. Cardinal.
Tony Award nominee Jerry Adler returns to the CRT stage, along with TV's Richard Kline, in his CRT debut, to star in Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys. Jerry Adler, of The Soprano's, Rescue Me, and The Good Wife, was last seen on CRT's stage in 2012's hysterical world-premiere of I'm Connecticut by The Simpsons writer Michael Reiss. Richard Kline, best known for playing Larry Dallas on the television sitcom Three's Company, made his Broadway debut in City of Angels and was featured as The Wizard in the first national tour of WICKED. The Sunshine Boys affectionately and hilariously tells the story of Lewis and Clark, vaudeville's undisputed Kings of Comedy, as they reunite an once-in-a-lifetime television special. The only problem is they haven't spoken in 40 years and the shtick hits the fan when old grudges begin horning in on the act.
Performances begin on June 19 and run through June 29 at the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre on the UConn campus in Storrs, CT. For tickets and information, call 860-486-2113 and visit www.crt.uconn.edu.
Vincent J. Cardinal (Director/Artistic Director) has produced and/or directed productions starring Jerry Adler, Joyce DeWitt, Tina Fabrique, Barrett Foa, Eileen Fulton, Liz Larsen, Dirk Lumard, Terrence Mann, Andrea McArdle, Kevin Meaney, Pat Sajak, and Kim Zimmer. Cardinal was identified as one of the top five directors in Connecticut by CBS WFSB Connecticut. Cardinal was the Director of off-Broadway's Circle Repertory Company School of Theater. He was also an Associate Artist with the Circle Repertory Company and a member of its LAB. He graduated in Playwriting from the Yale School of Drama where he was honored with the ASCAP-Cole Porter Award for Best-Collected Work and served as production assistant to August Wilson for the Broadway transfers of Two Trains Running & The Piano Lesson and John Guare for Moon Over Miami.His play, The Colorado Catechism, premiered at Circle Repertory Company. The Los Angeles production of the play garnered actors Timothy Daly and Amy Van Nostrand Dramalogue Awards for Best Performances. He is the Artistic Director of Connecticut Repertory Theatre and Chair of the Department of Dramatic Arts at the University of Connecticut.
The Design team includes: Tim Brown, Scenic Designer; Lisa Loen, Costume Designer; Greg Purnell, Lighting Designer; Geoffrey Borronda, Stage Manager and Mike Skinner, Sound Designer.
JERRY ADLER (Willie Clark) is a veteran of over 50 Broadway productions as Prodcer, Director and Production Stage Manager, including the original My Fair Lady (the revival of which he directed), Coco, The Homecoming, Annie and many more, as well as the Tony Award-winning Good Evening which he directed with Dudley Moore and Peter cook - before he began his new career as an actor. He then appeared in Woody Allen's Manhattan Murder Mystery and The Public Eye with Joe Pesci. He has been seen on many television productions, including The West Wing, Law and Order, Northern Exposure, CSI: Miami and was a regular on Mad About You. He is an orginal cast member of The Soprano's and was Hesh, Tony's mentor/advisor, throughout that award-winning HBO Production's run. His recent films include In Her Shoes opposite Shirley MacLaine and Cameron Diaz, Prime with Meryl Streep and Uma Thurman, Synnecdoche playing Philip Seymour Hoffman's father, and the soon to be released Last Angry Man in Brooklyn with robin Williams. On TV, he was the Fire chief in Rescue Me with Denis leary and is presently Howard Lyman on The Good Wife. He is the 2013 recipient of an honorary Doctorate from the University of Connecticut.
RICHARD KLINE (Al Lewis) recently returned from the Maltz Jupiter theatre where he appeared in Other Desert Cities. He will be playing Liberace in the pre- Broadway try-out of All That Glitters. Last year, he co-starred with Tyne Daly in the musical It Shoulda Been You directed by David Hyde Pierce. Prior to that he was seen as the Wizard in the National Tour of Wicked . Broadway debut: City of Angels. Film debut: Barry Levinson's Liberty Heights. TV debut: The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Richard has appeared in many musicals including The Rothschilds, Titanic, Hello Again, They're Playing Our Song, Do I Hear A Waltz, and Andrew Lloyd Weber's By Jeeves as Jeeves directed by Sir Alan Ayckbourn. Tv: Among over 70 shows,Three's Company, Bluebloods, The Americans, That 70's Show, Gilmore Girls, Judging Amy, NYPD Blue, LA Law, St.Elsewhere. Richard holds a Masters Degree in Theater from Northwestern University.
TINA FABRIQUE (Registered Nurse) has been honored with the Kevin Kline Award, the Acclaim Award, and a Helen Hayes Award Nomination for her performance as Ella Fitzgerald in Ella, which she originated at Hartford TheaterWorks, and has performed in more than 20 theaters across the country. Broadway/National credits include: How to Succeed..., Ragtime, Bring in Da Noise..., South Pacific, The Wiz. NY credits include 70, Girls, 70! (Encores!) Regional includes: Trouble in Mind, Ma Rainey, Comedy of Errors, Women of Brewster Place. TV/Film: L&O: SVU, Today, sang the theme songs to "Reading Rainbow" and "Mad Hot Ballroom." Her latest CD: Tina Sings The Great Composers (available at www.tribaldisorder.com).
RICHARD RUIZ (Ben Silverman) Off Broadway: Two Gentlemen of Verona for the Public Theatre. National Tours: Sweet Charity, Urinetown, Man of La Mancha and Jesus Christ Superstar. Regional: Cyrano (Folger Shakespeare Theatre, DC), The Winter's Tale (Yale Rep), Tis Pity She's a Whore (Baltimore Center Stage), Guys and Dolls (Long Wharf Theatre), Moby Dick:Rehearsed (Berkshire Theatre Festival), Candide (Arden Theatre, PA), Romeo and Juliet (CRT), Treasure Island (People's Light and Theatre, PA) A Midsummer Night's Dream (Two Rivers Theatre, NJ) and Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Theatre Virginia).
Call 860-486-2113 for tickets or for more information. Please call or visit the box office for specific show dates and times because performance schedules vary and are subject to change. Tickets available online at www.crt.uconn.edu. Weeknight evening performances start at 7:30 p.m. Weekend evening performances start at 8 p.m. Matinee performances start at 2 p.m. Ticket prices range from $10 - $43.


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by Hugh Gilmore
Dear Pete,
I hesitate to file copy originating from deep within a spruce forest, a mile from the nearest two-lane blacktop, on a deck overlooking a large, quiet pond. The setting leaves me speechless. I've fled Chestnut Hill to recuperate from certain, shall I say, "insults," in … let's call it "Maine."
Blame the pleasant setting, I guess, but I have nothing to say. It's all so … quiet … in these parts I think my mind has gone to sleep. I'd stomp it a few times, like I do my foot when it goes to sleep, but I'm not sure how to get my leg over my head.
Even if I could, where would that get me? I'd be up here "Down East," and fully mindful of all the duties, noise and pollution awaiting me back home. Not to mention certain persons who think I'm a lazy writer who's been running a journalistic scam.
What do I mean, Pete? Well, I've been on the run up north ever since the Chestnut Hill Book Festival opening night cocktail party at the Valley Green Bank. On entering that sophisticated scene, I foolishly, without even the shield of a wine glass, stepped up to a conversation in progress. A lady festival planner looked at me, and without so much as a "Hello, handsome," gave me the old vaudevillian fish-in-the-face,
"Well, we're joined by the guy who gets other people to write his columns for him," she said.
Ouch! She was referring to my recent "Reading Roundup" series, where I yielded column space to some of our eloquent neighbors who wanted to describe their love of books and reading.
Well, Pete, I mean to tell you I haven't been slapped in public like that in quite a while – and by a lady whose tone suggested she'd rehearsed this acute assessment of me before the mirror a few times.
What did I do, Pete?
I recoiled, and started to say, "You don't understand – it takes three times longer to write an edited collaboration piece," but I instantly remembered Einstein's mantra, "Never explain" and shut up.
Pete, you've always told me, in your avuncular way, that the worst crime one can commit against oneself is to seek understanding from someone who doesn't "get you." I finally understood. I put my thumbs to my temples, waved my fingers, and said, not especially at her, but meant for her, "booga booga," hoping such eloquence spoke louder than mere words. Then I backed away and spent the rest of the reception standing behind a clear plastic cup of white wine, nodding to people whenever their lips stopped moving.
As the evening wore on, however, I remembered the plot of John O'Hara's "Appointment in Samara," (Cadillac dealership owner throws drink in face of one of his investors at Christmas party, thereby ruining his own life) and immediately began to regret the possible consequences of my "booga-booga" speech, certainly a small-town social gaffe. As soon as I got home, I packed my bag and rented a car. The next day I drove up here to the land of the loons.
But now what, now that I'm in the Witless Protection program up here? The Book Festival's over, a success once again (no particular thanks to me this year, as I had a diminished presence). And I'm sitting on the deck overlooking the pond, nervously listening for the sound of Chestnut Hill Aesthetics Committee squad cars crunching up the gravel path through the forest. I'm trying to avoid rubbing up against my life back home.
The cabin does not have television reception or a telephone. Every other day, disguised as a tourist, I drive to an Internet café in the nearest town. In fact: bye for now. I'm going there now to check the Phillies score from yesterday. (Yes, I know, an "enemy of reading.")
Hi, Pete, I'm back. I know what you're thinking. It came to me while driving back to the cabin: "He can save this piece if he writes something about books or reading." Thanks, I'll take the hint.
You know, I selflessly asked everyone in Chestnut Hill what he or she was enjoying as summer reading, but I didn't mention my own ambitions. For six months I've wanted to read Jennifer Egan's "A Visit from the Goon Squad." This book won the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. It is now being adapted by HBO into a television series. My interest in the author was also piqued by reading several interviews she's done with various book critics. She seems like a very appealing, dauntless, talented person who has worked hard to develop her craft.
The only impediment to my reading this book at once was that I don't usually buy new books. I borrow them from the Free Library of Philadelphia. As vacation approached, however, my place in the waiting line decreased slowly, from number 67 in mid-June to number 42 when I left for Maine. I'd have to buy a copy, I decided.
When we arrived in Belfast, Maine, after our long drive, our first stop was for provisions: bread, milk, hummus, beer, and "Goon Squad," items easily found at, or near, the Renys shopping plaza on Route 3. In this small shopping center, a wonderful bookstore, Mr. Paperback, sells a wide range of tasteful new books. Part of the bookstore's space houses the equally wonderful Bell The Cat Wi-Fi café.
I began reading "Goon Squad" that afternoon and finished it in three easy sittings. Quite enjoyable. Brilliant scene writing. Vivid, believable characters. Strong on psychological insight. Never quite ties together, other than in quick biographical summaries of what happened to the characters later.
There, Pete, how's that for in-depth critical analysis? If you noticed, I made my review exactly as long as someone at a dinner table will listen if they bother to ask you, "Oh, you read that? How'd you like it?" Then the conversation can return to the only two things that matter in modern middle-class life: who's eaten at what restaurants? And, who's seen what movies?
I then, I confess, bought a mystery. I loathe mysteries so much I don't count them towards my "Books Read" list. But there are a few long-tenured authors I invested in years ago and I feel absolutely compelled to read their latest productions. In this case, I'm a sucker for anything by Nevada Barr, creator of the Anna Pigeon series.
Anna Pigeon is an intelligent, fallible, gutsy, middle-aged U.S. National Park Service ranger. Each of Barr's many novels is set in a different U.S. national park and filled with fascinating behind-the-scenes details of how that park operates and what kinds of problems besiege the rangers as they perform their duties.
Barr's latest Anna Pigeon book, "Burn," is set in and around the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park in post-Katrina New Orleans. I enjoyed "Burn," but only because I'm a fan. Mysteries require too much "suspension of disbelief" for their plots to entertain me. I always sense the author manipulating the puppets ' strings. However, I very much enjoy learning to sense what kind of person Nevada Barr must be from reading 20 years of the interior monologues she's placed in the mind of her all-too-human protagonist, Anna Pigeon.
That's it, Uncle Pete. Please write and tell me when it's safe to come home.
Your errant nephew,


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Large Carnivores Losing Ground
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The majority of the world's terrestrial large carnivores have undergone substantial range contractions and many of these species are currently threatened with extinction. However, there has been little effort to fully quantify the extent of large carnivore range contractions, which hinders our ability to understand the roles and relative drivers of such trends. Here we present and analyse a newly constructed and comprehensive set of large carnivore range contraction maps. We reveal the extent to which ranges have contracted since historical times and identify regions and biomes where range contractions have been particularly large. In summary, large carnivores that have experienced the greatest range contractions include the red wolf (Canis rufus) (greater than 99%), Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) (99%), tiger (Panthera tigris) (95%) and lion (Panthera leo) (94%). In general, the greatest range contractions occurred in Southeastern Asia and Africa. Motivated by the ecological importance of intact large carnivore guilds, we also examined the spatial extent of intact large carnivore guilds both for the entire world and regionally. We found that intact carnivore guilds occupy just 34% of the world's land area. This compares to 96% in historic times. Spatial modelling of range contractions showed that contractions were significantly more likely in regions with high rural human population density, cattle density or cropland. Our results offer new insights into how best to prevent further range contractions for the world's largest carnivores, which will assist efforts to conserve these species and their important ecological effects.
The solution depends on something that doesn't really seem to exist.
If we are obliged to consider only areas with low human population, few livestock, and a generally positive attitude to large carnivores, then we've pushed them off the map. That's already where they live. It's the problem right now.
So important to all of this is that it's made clear to everyone, the general public most of all, that the whole idea of a species is inseparably connected to a role in an given ecological system. A species is not just the body and bits of any individual of that species, but the range of behaviors it employs in the environment it inhabits. We can't keep large carnivores out of the environment for a protracted time and expect them to be able to fulfill their ancient role when they come back, because they will no longer be the same species behaviorally.
Of course, there's also the impact the loss of those apex and secondary predators will have on the food web, with their primary prey animals' populations under less predatory stress, the consequent effect on the food they eat and its role in the ecology... too complex to predict, too many variables, and too much at stake.
The same question has been asked for decades, but we're still only half answering it. Do other animals' ecology take precedence over human groups' needed living space? If so, how would we arrive at this? Enforcement? How can a democracy achieve something like this? Wouldn't it be political suicide to uproot large numbers of people and make them leave their homes?
As far as I can see, most of the large predators in the world are essentially already doomed. They're in progressive stages of extinction right now. We'll keep their appearances in zoos, we'll maintain a genetically diverse breeding stock, and they'll live out many generations at least in a walled enclosure where they're fed carrion every day. But their role will disappear and I don't know how anyone can express any degree of certainty that their ecological role can come back.
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Grace Lutheran Church Lenten Workshop
MORRIS – Grace Lutheran Church will gather for midweek Lenten worship at 7 p.m. on Wednesday evenings through April 9. A light supper will be served beginning at 6 p.m.
These midweek services, under the theme "Lessons from the Passion of Christ" are designed to put our focus on the last days of Jesus' ministry here on earth and all that leads up to Resurrection morning.
Grace Lutheran is located right across from the Morris Municipal Airport, north on Route 47 in Morris.
Bethlehem Lutheran Church Lenten services
MORRIS – Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 202 W. Jefferson St. in Morris, will hold weekly Lenten services. Services start at 6:30 p.m. There will be a soup and sandwich supper at 5 p.m. This year's Lenten theme is "Jesus and His Holy and Precious Blood."
Friends in Christ Lenten services
MORRIS – During the season of Lent, Friends in Christ Lutheran Church of Morris will hold services at 7 p.m. on Wednesday evenings. Pastor Mark Willig will bring messages based on "Jesus' Prayer - Our Prayer," which will be a walk through of the Lord's Prayer.
Before the services, at 6 p.m. there will be a pot luck supper. Meat will be furnished. Bring a salad or dessert dish to pass.
All are welcome to this time of fellowship and worship. The church is located at 180 E. Waverly St. Regular services are at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday and at 8:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. on Sunday. Sunday school meets at 9:30 a.m.
Minooka United Methodist Lenten Fish Fry
MINOOKA – Minooka United Methodist Church, 205 W. Church St., Minooka, will have Lenten Fish Fry from 4 to 7 p.m. March 28 and April 4, 11 and 18. There will be a variety of meals and sides to choose from, complete with beverage and dessert. Other items on the menu include grilled cheese and fries, chicken strips and fries.
The prices vary from $5 to $12 and will be served in the annex just north of the church. Carry out is available and the events are open to the public. No reservations are needed. For information, call 815-467-2322.
St. Rose card game
WILMINGTON – The St. Rose C.C.W. annual card party will be held at noon on Sunday, March 30 in the St. Rose School Gym, 626 S. Kankakee Street, Wilmington.
All card games and Bunco will be played. A light lunch will be served and there will be table prizes, door prizes and raffles. The donation is $6.50.
Peace Lutheran Church Midweek Gatherings
MORRIS – Peace Lutheran Church, 101 Candlelight Lane in Morris, is offering a unique midweek gathering for Lent.
On Wednesdays through April 9, at 6:30 p.m. a gathering will be held and sharing of soup and dessert.
Following the soup supper, there will be an informal time of learning about where Jesus walked in the last week of his life. This presentation by Pastor Lu contains scripture, maps, a power point presentation and a time for discussion. The evening will conclude around 7:45 p.m.
Channahon Knights of Columbus Fish Fry
The Channahon Knights of Columbus Counsel 12863 will be holding Lenten Fish Frys from 4 to 7 p.m. every Friday through April 11 in the St. Ann Parish Center at 24500 S. Navajo Dr. in Channahon. Dine in or carry out. There is a 10 percent discount for dine In before 5 p.m.
Coal City United Methodist Church to hold last "Hallelujah" Soup Supper of season
COAL CITY – Coal City United Methodist Church, 6805 E. McArdle Road in Coal City, invites the community to join them for their last "Hallelujah" Soup Supper of the season from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 5.
They will be serving delicious homemade stuffed green pepper and cheesy potato soups. The cost will be $8 for adults and children age 13 and older; $4 for children age six to 12; $2 for children ages three to five; and children two and under eat free.
Each meal includes choice of soup, choice of ham or turkey sandwiches, crackers, a beverage, ice cream and dessert. Carry-outs are available. All proceeds will go to the church's building fund. Tickets will be sold at the door.
Palm Sunday Breakfast in Seneca
SENECA – Palm Sunday Breakfast to benefit Lutherdale Bible Campers Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.
Breakfast will be served between 8 a.m. and noon on April 13 at Our Saviors' Lutheran Church, 300 E. Union St., Seneca.
The menu will consist of eggs, sausage, pancakes, biscuits and gravy, orange juice, milk and coffee.
Ticket prices are $6 for adults, $3 children 12 and under and children under three years old are free.
Mothers of Preschoolers Group
MORRIS – Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 202 W. Jefferson St. in Morris, has started a Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS) group. They meet the second and fourth Fridays of the month from 9:30-11:30 am. If you are a mother of a newborn to preschool age child, you are invited to join their group as they discuss parenting, do crafts and develop friendships. Contact Cindy Johnson at 618-967-8784 for more information.
Holy Week at Channahon United Methodist Church
CHANNAHON – Holy Week & Easter Services at Channahon Untied Methodist Church, 24751 W. Eames in Channahon, starts April 13.
Palm Sunday, worship is at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. April 13; Seder Meal 7 p.m. Thursday, April 17; Good Friday Worship 7 p.m., April 18; Easter Eve Movie 7 p.m. Saturday, April 19 - 1970's Night at Channahon UMC; and Easter Morning Celebration 6 a.m. service, breakfast at 6:30 a.m. worship 9 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday, April 20.
There will be a non-perishable food collection Easter Sunday for the Minooka Bible Church food pantry.
Mazon United Methodist Church Women's Circle
The Mazon Methodist Women's Circle will be holding their Annual Ham & Turkey Buffet from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 12 at the Mazon United Methodist Church, 509 7th St, Mazon. Donation is $10 per person or $9 if you bring a canned food item for the MVK Food Pantry, $5 for children 5 to 12 years old, and children under 5 eat for free. Take-home boxes will be available as well.
First Presbyterian Church Pam Sunday Service
MORRIS -- What do the Easter Bunny, Easter Eggs and the Resurrection have in common? The Sunday School Kids will fill you in at the Palm Sunday Service, 10 a.m., April 13 at First Presbyterian Church. 200 E. Jackson St. in Morris. For more information call 815-942-1871.
Jehovah's Witness program a success
ROMEOVILLE -- The previously announced two day spiritual program held at the Romeoville Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses was an overwhelming success with a peak attendance of 2,222.
Twelve individuals symbolized their dedication to Jehovah God by water baptism. The title of the first day's symposium was "Reject Strange Teachings." The next day's symposium was "How God's Word is Beneficial." The concluding talk titled "Work Hard to Remain in Jehovah's Teaching!" was to say the least motivating to all in attendance.
At any event hosted by Jehovah's Witnesses, there is never a charge for admission or parking and collections are never taken. For more information or to request a free home Bible study visit JW.ORG.


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A paid public notice in Wednesday's Gilmer Mirror announced intent to introduce in the 83rd Legislature's regular session "a bill to be entitled an Act 'relating to the Upshur County Juvenile Board.'"
The notice gave no other details, but State Rep. David Simpson (R-Longview) made the announcement.
Fowler and 115th District Judge Lauren Parish are the board's only two members. Fowler indicated that Judge Parish proposed the change, but "I'm certainly in agreement with it."
(She was not immediately available for comment Thursday morning when The Mirror contacted her Gilmer office.)
Fowler said the potential legislation "really takes the Commissioners Court out of the mix," so that only the board is in charge of the county's Juvenile Probation Department.
The proposal also "clarifies that the County Judge is the chairman of the Juvenile Board," he said.
Every Juvenile Board in Texas consists of the County Judge and whatever State District Judges serve in that county, he said. Since Judge Parish is the only State District Judge whose court is in Upshur County, the local board is comprised only of her and Fowler.
He said 2-member boards aren't unusual "in a small rural county" like Upshur, although he noted that Marion County—which Judge Parish's 115th District Court serves in addition to Upshur—has a 3-member board.
Fowler that is because Marion County has two State District Courts, Judge Parish's and the 276th District Court of Judge Robert Ralston.
Upshur County Pct. 2 Comm. Cole Hefner said he doesn't object to the proposed change in the Juvenile Board's power.


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OCCA strengthens the arts by ensuring that the Oregon coast has a rich and vibrant arts community through support and promotion of arts organizations and individual artists.
This directory represents the coastal areas of Oregon, which include Clatsop, Tillamook, Lincoln, Coos, and Curry counties and the coastal towns of Lane and Douglas counties. OCCA is the regional arts council for this area. Learn more about OCCA's regional arts activities.
A beautiful open space filled with the art of more than 20 local artists including, photography, felting, painting of all media, ceramic, glass, wood, jewelry, sculpture, altered art, prints, cards, books and more.
NEW! C.R.O.W. Center for the Performing Arts
The Florence Events Center (FEC) is a 21,000 square foot facility that annually hosts events ranging from ballet to blues and everything in between.
Throughout the years, the Florence Playhouse has become synonymous with high quality plays, musicals and special events on the Oregon Coast. Located in the beautiful "Old Town" section of Florence, the playhouse is steps from the Siuslaw River, a boatload of quaint merchants, delicious eateries, and spectacular art galleries. Join us for a performance, and then venture out into our beautiful coastal town.
FRAA's mission is to unify and support all of the arts, enrich cultural life, and stimulate the economic vitality in the Florence area through the arts. The Arts Center offers both a gallery of local artists work in a variety of mediums as well as offers an area for classes and workshops.
Juried art show and sale with jazz and wine.
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A Powerful Tool to Get Low-Income Voters to the Ballot Box
The democratic ideal is based on a vision of citizens from across the social and economic spectrum making their voices heard through political participation. True democracy breaks down when large groups of people are excluded from the process. Indeed, the slow movement toward ever greater inclusion of previously disenfranchised communities is one of the great struggles that defines the history of the United States.
Despite our successes in broadening access to the franchise over the past 200 years, troubling disparities in participation—including a large gap based on income—remain. In the historic presidential election of 2008, for example, voter turnout among citizens in households making $100,000 or more a year was 79 percent; of those living in households making less than $25,000 a year, only 54 percent voted.
In all states but one, voters must register before being allowed to cast a ballot—usually weeks and often up to a month before Election Day. Disparities in voter turnout can, at least in part, be traced to gaps in voter registration rates: Only 65.3 percent of low-income citizens were registered to vote in 2008, as compared to 84.6 percent of their more affluent peers.
But millions of unregistered low-income American citizens can be brought into the political process through effective implementation of an often-neglected provision of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA). Although the law is best known for requiring states to provide voter registration as part of driver's license applications, Section 7 of the Act also requires states to provide voter registration services to those applying for or receiving public assistance benefits.
In particular, Section 7 requires state public assistance agencies—including those offices administering the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children—to provide voter registration services to applicants and clients, including the distribution of a voter registration application with each application, recertification, renewal, or change of address related to benefits. It also requires that agency employees assist with completing registration forms and transmit them to election officials in a timely manner.
Maintaining compliance over the years has been a challenge: Voter registration applications from public assistance agencies fell 62 percent between the initial implementation in 1995-1996 and the latest reporting period, 2007-2008. However, states that have focused attention on effective implementation of this provision (whether voluntarily or following pressure from the Department of Justice or from organizations focused on improving compliance, including Demos, Project Vote, and Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law) have had remarkable success in registering more low-income voters. For example:
- In Missouri, the Department of Social Services saw a 1,600 percent rise in voter registration applications from low-income citizens, with 246,020 processed in the twenty-two months following a successful court action to improve compliance.
- Ohio's Department of Job and Family Services reported over 101,000 voter registration applications completed at its offices in just the first six months after a litigation settlement agreement, with a monthly average roughly ten times higher than it was prior to the filing of the lawsuit.
- In North Carolina, over 100,000 low-income citizens applied to register to vote through the state's public assistance agencies after the State Board of Elections voluntarily improved NVRA compliance, a six-fold increase over the state's previous performance.
- The number of voter registration applications from Virginia's public assistance agencies increased five-fold after Demos worked cooperatively with state officials to improve their procedures.
- Voter registrations from Illinois' Department of Human Services increased over 1,200 percent to an average of 6,162 per month under a settlement agreement with the Department of Justice (compared to an average of only 446 in the preceding two years).
- After a court order in 2002, over one in six public assistance registrations in the nation came from Tennessee in the 2007-2008 reporting period.
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Based on these results, between 3.8 and 5 million voter registrations could be submitted at public assistance offices if all states were in compliance with this law.
How can you help ensure enforcement of this important civil rights law in your own community? Local groups can make site visits to public assistance offices to ascertain whether voter registration applications are available and provided to those seeking benefits, can advocate for and seek legislative oversight hearings, and can meet with local or state agency heads to demonstrate their concern about voter registration procedures at public assistance offices.
The Census Bureau has just reported that the percentage of Americans in poverty rose to 14.3 percent in 2009, the highest level in decades. As the poverty rate soars, the NVRA has never been more important for ensuring that low-income citizens have a voice in the democratic decisions that affect us all.
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Wabash has over an 80 percent acceptance rate to medical school. One in eight Little Giants is President or CEO of a company. Many other Wallies go on to law school after graduation. With all of these successes, sometimes the campus forgets about the arts, or at least that is what Careers Services Peer Adviser Hezekiah Eibert '15 believes.
That desire to spotlight the arts was the inspiration for Career Services' Arts Events this weekend. "Something that I see as a big part of the liberal arts is the arts itself," Eibert said. "That is something that I see as kind of downplayed here. Even though there is a lot of talent here, there are not a lot of people who take the time to look at what is going on in the arts both here at Wabash and in the bigger picture after school."
The weekend will kick off on today with an information session titled "All About THE Arts" aimed at informing current students about career and internship opportunities in the fields of the arts. An open panel discussion called Dine and Discuss will be held Friday at noon in Goodrich Hall. Brigham Mosley, an up-and-coming writer and performer; Ashley-Marie Quijano, artistic director of Odradek Theatre Company in Chicago; and Jonathen Wikholm executive director of Odradek, will all be present to speak with students and answer questions about their fields.
Friday, Mosley will perform his latest full-length work, "Mo[u]rnin'. After.," at 7 pm in the Fine Arts Center. "Mo[u]rnin'. After.," premiered at 9th Space in NYC's lower east side in February 2012. The weekend will conclude with a workshop led by Mosley on Saturday from 2 pm – 4pm in the Fine Arts Center as well. Both events are free and open to the public.
Eibert, who is a psychology major and religion and history double minor, has always appreciated the arts himself and participated in plays during high school. He hasn't tapped into his love of arts since coming to Wabash, but he thought his resources at Career Services would serve perfectly to spotlight those who are pursuing the arts at Wabash.
"We have brought a lot of other people like economists, energy traders, etc [to Wabash]," Eibert said. "You name it, and we have got connections or brought people to the school, but I haven't really seen anyone here since I started working for Career Services my freshman year that deals with the arts so this is something that I have felt we could bring better to the college."
Milan Vydareny '66, is the finance director for Odradek, helped connect Eibert with Mosley and the other event speakers. Vydareny has not been back to campus in a few decades but saw this as a good way to give back to Wabash and bring something to campus.
Mosley, who will be performing and leading the workshop, is a recent graduate from Southern Methodist University (SMU). He focuses on queer autobiographical work and his "Mo[u]rnin'. After.," highlights identity struggle for his ancestors as well as for himself as a gay man. "It is a show about grief and the sort of magic and ancestral line that is built in that process," Mosley said. "It's also along the tracks of Oklahoma! so there are songs and dream ballets and it is hopefully funny as well."
Mosley has also led theater workshops in New York City in addition to the writing and performing he has done, but this will be his first time leading a workshop at a college or university. Mosley said his first experience with autobiographical work came while he was an undergrad. "Tim Miller [my mentor] came to SMU, and he taught a workshop about making your own work and telling your own story and that really set the course for my career and the work that I am doing now," Mosley said. "It is exciting to be on the other end of that and to be teaching the skills that I have built. I'm nervous, I'm excited, and it's going to be a lot of fun."