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Comic Daniel Tosh has apologized for rape jokes he directed at a female audience member during a stand-up show at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles.
After a blog post about Friday's performance went viral on Tumblr, Tosh tweeted, "All the out of context misquotes aside, I'd like to sincerely apologize."
"The point I was making before I was heckled is there are awful things in the world but you can still make jokes about them. #deadbabies," he added.
The Tumblr post, written by audience member's friend, detailed her version of the story. According to the blog, the Comedy Central comedian said "some very generalizing, declarative statements about rape jokes always being funny." In response, the writer's friend yelled, "Actually, rape jokes are never funny!"
The host of "Tosh.0" then retaliated with a joke. The Tumblr post claimed that Tosh said, "Wouldn't it be funny if that girl got raped by like, 5 guys right now? Like right now? What if a bunch of guys just raped her."
The audience member and her friend immediately left the show, receiving two complimentary Laughing Factory tickets after complaining to the manager, according to the blogger's account.
A spokesperson for The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network expressed her outrage to E! News. "When will this 'funny man' realize that rape jokes aren't funny? By suggesting that an audience member deserved to be gang raped, Tosh took his shtick to a new low. Applause is due to the woman who had the guts to vocalize what many in the room were thinking," she said.
Tosh's defenders included Jamie Masada, the owner of the Laugh Factory. "I understand where she is coming from, but Daniel Tosh did not attack this young lady," Masada told E! " I feel bad for her and I apologize to her. If you are a member of the audience and you start dishing out something to a comic and try to be funny, you better be able to take it."
Tosh also had comedian Louis C.K. on his side. "Your show makes me laugh every time I watch it. And you have pretty eyes," he tweeted.
Selected Reading: E! News, Cookies for Breakfast Tumblr


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El Salvador's Unfortunate Lesson
Two years ago in a Cato study I documented El Salvador's remarkable liberalization process and the significant progress in economic and social indicators that resulted from those free market reforms. I also warned then about how those achievements were threatened by the likely victory of the former Marxist guerrilla group, FMLN, in the presidential election of 2009.
Even though Mauricio Funes, the then FMLN candidate now turned president, has proven to be a relatively moderate figure when compared to his radical left‐wing party, El Salvador is reversing many of the gains of the past decade. Mary O'Grady's column in the Wall Street Journal today, which describes how "the wheels came off" of the "once thriving Salvadoran economy," is a reminder to all countries not to take progress for granted.

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Stage listings are compiled by Guardian staff. Performance times may change; call venues to confirm. Reviewers are Robert Avila, Rita Felciano, and Nicole Gluckstern. Submit items for the listings at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Disney's Beauty and the Beast Curran Theatre, 445 Geary, SF; www.shnsf.com. $60-160. Sat/21, 2 and 7:30pm; Sun/22, Dec 29, and Jan 5, noon and 5:30pm; Dec 23-28 and Dec 30-Jan 4, 2pm (also Dec 28 and Jan 3-4, 7:30pm).Through Jan 5. Disney's version of the classic tale comes to the stage. Bring it, Mrs. Potts!
Amaluna Big Top at AT&T Park, Third Street at Terry A. Francois Blvd, SF; www.cirquedusoliel.com. $50-175. Check website for schedule, including special holiday showtimes. Through Jan 12. Cirque de Soleil is back in town, this time bringing its Tempest-inspired Amaluna to the big top set up outside AT&T Park. Touted for being a celebration of "women [sic] power," it seems initially odd that the design elements are so focused on the male peacock feather — all greens and blues and graceful, with curving "fronds" rising up from the stage. Jungle sounds chirp in the background as a bevy of Amazonian women in bejeweled headdresses and a mischievous lizard-man circulate the room until the show starts with the lovely abstraction of a floating red cloud of translucent fabric dancing in a single beam of light. The flimsy plotline is forgettable, a coming-of-age and courtship tale between the island's young princess, Miranda (Iuliia Mykhailova) and a shipwrecked young Romeo (Evgeny Kurkin), though the parallel courtship between the two comic figures of Jeeves (Nathalie Claude) and Deeda (Shereen Hickman) provides a bit of levity and a novel use for footballs. The most realized character is probably Cali (Victor Kee), the half-lizard, whose prehensile tail and neon body paint give him an otherworldly allure, but it's the aerialist goddesses and fierce embodiments of the storm that are most memorable from an acrobatic point-of-view, and Lara Jacobs' unique balancing act from a meditative one. (Gluckstern)
Avenue Q New Conservatory Theatre Center, 25 Van Ness, SF; www.nctcsf.org. $25-45. Wed-Sat, 8pm; Sun, 2pm. Through Jan 12. New Conservatory Theatre Center performs the Tony-winning comedy.
The Barbary Coast Revue Stud Bar, 399 Ninth St, SF; eventbrite.com/org/4730361353. $10-40. Wed/18, 9pm. Blake Wiers' new "live history musical experience" features Mark Twain as a tour guide through San Francisco's wild past.
The Book of Mormon Orpheum Theatre, 1192 Market, SF; www.shnsf.com. $60-120. Wed-Sat, 8pm (also Sat, 2pm); Sun, 1 and 6:30pm. Through Jan 19. When approaching the oeuvre of South Parkcreators Matt Stone and Trey Parker, it's best to check your political correctness at the door. That's certainly no less true of their 2011 Broadway musical The Book of Mormon, co-penned with Robert Lopez (of Avenue Q fame), despite the clean-scrubbed appearance of their fumbling albeit well-intentioned missionary protagonists. Sent to Uganda for two years, top mission pupil Elder Price (Nic Rouleau) and his clumsy but affable partner Elder Cunningham (A.J. Holmes) are faced with a village oppressed by a scenery-chewing warlord, a demoralized coterie of fellow missionaries who have yet to have a successful conversion, and their own fraught, odd-couple dynamic. Rouleau's Price is an appropriate blend of smarm, charm, and secret self-doubt while Holmes excels in his portrayal of a perennial-loser-turned-prophet (his power ballad-esque solo in "Man Up" is one of the show's best). Of their hosts, the wry Mafala (James Vincent Meredith) and his sweet but strong-willed daughter Nabulungi (Syesha Mercado) get the most stage time, but it's the crude and caustic General (David Aron Damane) who grabs the most attention. The gleefully profane "Hasa Diga Eebowai," a Forbidden Zone-style "Spooky Mormon Hell Dream", and the deliriously blasphemous "Joseph Smith, American Moses," round out the entertaining, and strangely informative, score. Though it's (very) unlikely to convert you to the Church of Latter-Day Saints, there's a good chance you'll want to convert to the church of Parker and Stone, if you haven't already. (Gluckstern)
A Christmas Carol Geary Theater, 415 Geary, SF; www.act-sf.org. $20-95. Wed/18-Sat/21, 7pm (also Sat/21, 2pm); Sun/22, 1 and 5:30pm; Mon/23, 2 and 7pm; Tue/24 and Dec 26-27, 1pm (also Dec 27, 5:30pm); Dec 28, 1pm. Through Dec 28. American Conservatory Theater mounts its annual production of the Dickens classic, with James Carpenter as Scrooge and Ken Ruta as Jacob Marley's ghost.
Cinderella Buriel Clay Theater, African American Art and Culture Complex, 762 Fulton, SF; www.african-americanshakes.org. $12.50-50. Sat/21-Sun/22, 3pm (also Sat/21, 8pm). African-American Shakespeare Company presents this fairy-tale production for the holidays.
Crones for the Holidays: The Sequel Exit Theatre, 156 Eddy, SF; www.crackpotcrones.com. $20. Sat-Sun, 3pm (also Sat, 8pm). Through Dec 29. Vignettes, improv, songs, and more, written by and starring Terry Baum and Carolyn Myers.
Foodies! The Musical Shelton Theater, 533 Sutter, SF; www.foodiesthemusical.com. $32-34. Fri-Sat, 8pm. Open-ended. AWAT Productions presents Morris Bobrow's musical comedy revue all about food.
The Golden Girls: The XMAS Episodes Victoria Theatre, 2961 16th, SF; www.trannyshack.com. $30. Thu/19-Sat/21, 8pm; Sun/22, 7pm. Plastic Christmas tree, 80s TV jingles, men in muumuus — it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Two new (old) episodes from the classic television sitcom enliven this year's staging of the seasonal favorite, starring drag luminaries Heklina, as Dorothy; Cookie Dough, as Sophia; Matthew Martin (who also directs), as Blanche; and Pollo Del Mar, as Rose. Decked to the halls in frighteningly festive outfits courtesy of costumers Landa Lakes and Van Hedwall, the ladies bring out the geriatric within, while proving over and over again that nobody ever really grows up anyway. Laurie Bushman, Manuel Caneri, Peter Griggs, and Jordan Wheeler round out the cast, along with a rotating roster of special guests (including opening night's appearance by Donna Sashet). Yule laugh, Yule cry, mostly Yule laugh. (Avila)
It's Christmas, Carole! Creativity Theater, 221 Fourth St, SF; www.itschristmascarole.com. $10-20. Thu/19-Fri/20, 7pm; Sat/21-Sun/22, 2 and 5pm. Michael Phillis's broadly comic, all-ages take on A Christmas Carol proves a sweet, amusing, and admiringly well-acted 60-minute Christmas pudding in the hands of director Andrew Nance and his charmingly offbeat cast, which includes physical comedienne Sara Moore as the eponymous Christmas grouch. Playwright Phillis, with equally sharp timing and rubbery features, plays Carole's coworker Bob, a young gay urbanite longing to go back home for Christmas and reconnect with his estranged, disapproving mother. Carole drives a hard bargain but eventually agrees to take over his workload for the day —namely Christmas day, a workday by any other measure for their terrifyingly mean old boss, Mr. Scrooge (Dave Garrett). Also working that day is the cloying goody-goody of the office, played with a hilarious excess of syrup by Dawn Meredith Smith, who doubles as the sassy Ghost of Christmas Breaks in the fitful imagination of slumbering Carole. There the Ghost of Christmas Bonuses (Rory Davis) also makes an appearance, and Carole of course makes a discovery about family, friends, and loved ones that turns even her boss's bitchiness right around. (Avila)
The Jewelry Box: A Genuine Christmas Story The Marsh San Francisco, 1062 Valencia, SF; www.themarsh.org. $15-40. Fri, 8pm; Sat, 5pm. Through Dec 28. Brian Copeland performs the world premiere of his new, holiday-themed work, an Oakland-set autobiographical tale that's a prequel to his popular Not a Genuine Black Man.
My Beautiful Launderette New Conservatory Theatre Center, 25 Van Ness, SF; www.nctcsf.org. $25-45. Wed/18-Sat.21, 8pm; Sun/22, 2pm. In this stage adaptation of the 1985 Hanif Kureishi-Stephen Frears film, SF newcomer Javi Harnly takes on the role of Omar, a British-Pakistani youth with an eye for business opportunity, while Robert Rushin portrays his former schoolmate and eventual lover Johnny, a working-class tough and erstwhile fascist whose navigation of Thatcher-era London is fraught with poverty and violence. While the play sticks to much of the original's plot, the cast is reduced to a chamber septet, with the perhaps unintended consequence of creating an extra layer of isolation for Johnny, whose former "mates" remain offstage, leaving him to be defined almost solely by his relationships to Omar and Omar's family. Director Andrew Nance's pacing errs on the side of sedate, subduing the more passionate responses of many of the supporting characters: Omar's restless cousin Tania (Radhika Rao); his widowed, alcoholic father (Ravi Bhatnagar); his mercurial entrepreneur uncle Nasser (Keith Stevenson); and Nasser's kittenish mistress (Cat Luedtke). Only Daniel Redmond as the unrepentantly shady Salim gets to fully embody his character's extremist views and actions, while the sweetly awkward chemistry between the two protagonists does produce a nice bit of heat, their refreshingly matter-of-fact relationship encompassing a full spectrum of emotion and circumstance. (Gluckstern)
The Oy of Sex Marsh San Francisco, 1062 Valencia, SF; www.themarsh.org. $20-100. Thu-Fri, 8pm; Sat, 8:30pm. Through Jan 18. Comedian Alicia Dattner performs her solo show, based on her stories from her own life and love addiction.
Storefront Church San Francisco Playhouse, 450 Post St, Second Flr, SF; www.sfplayhouse.org. $30-100. Tue-Thu, 7pm (no shows Dec 24-25 or Jan 1); Fri-Sat, 8pm (also Sat, 3pm); Sun, 2pm (also Sun/22, 7pm). Through Jan 11. Weighty themes come leavened by sharp comedy and engaging characters in this 2012 play from New York's John Patrick Shanley (Doubt), now enjoying a strong and lively Bay Area premiere at SF Playhouse in director Joy Carlin's well cast production. Ethan, a gregarious retired accountant and professed secular Jew (a hilarious and endearing Ray Reinhardt) tries to get some relief for his Puerto Rican wife, Jessie (a bubbly Gloria Weinstock), who is perilously behind on her loan payments. But it's like getting the proverbial blood from a stone during his meeting with her humorless and immobile — indeed, partly paralyzed — loan officer (a quietly shattered Rod Gnapp). Ethan appeals to morality; loan officer Reed sticks to the rules of the system. Enter Donaldo (an admirably sure yet understated Gabriel Marin), the Bronx's upstanding borough president and the son of Jessie's old friend. Donaldo has much bigger business with the bank underway (a proposed mall deal that will bring jobs, if at the expense of local character) and at first begs off — until he learns his mother has co-signed the loan. Soon, Donaldo is visiting the source of Jessie's money problems: a somber Pentecostal preacher and Katrina-refugee named Chester (a gently solemn Carl Lumbly) who has installed a traffic-less church in the storefront below her apartment but remains himself paralyzed by depression and uncertainty. Donaldo, himself a preacher's son, and Chester soon engage in a fiery and captivating debate that turns on the contradictions between moral conviction and worldly compromise. From there on, a fractured congregation of sorts begins to form around the preacher and Donaldo, including the unctuous yet aloof CEO of the bank (played with bounding confidence by a fine Derek Fischer). It all leads to a rousingly funny and tender scene that makes good on the season's usual lip service to fraternal feeling and communal values. (Avila)
Too Many Tamales: A Holiday Story for the Whole Family Marsh San Francisco, 1062 Valencia, SF; www.themarsh.org. $8-35. Opens Sat/21, 2 and 8pm. Runs Sun/22-Mon/23, Dec 27-30, and Jan 2-4, 2pm. Through Jan 4. Marsh Youth Theater and author Gary Soto collaborate on this high-energy holiday show — complete with puppets and Mexican music — based on Soto's picture book.
Edward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness Ashby Stage, 1901 Ashby, Berk; www.shotgunplayers.org. $20-35. Wed-Thu, 7pm; Fri-Sat, 8pm; Sun, 5pm. Through Jan 11. Shotgun Players performs Anthony Neilson's comic romp set in "a sensual Edwardian world of top hats, fantastical puppets, and flash powder."
Little Women Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield, Palo Alto; www.theatreworks.org. $19-79. Tue-Wed and Dec 30, 7:30pm (no shows Dec 24-25; Dec 31, show at 2pm only; no show Jan 1); Thu-Sat, 8pm (also Sat and Dec 26 and Jan 4, 2pm); Sun, 2 and 7pm. Through Jan 4. TheatreWorks performs the musical adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott tale.
Mame Hillbarn Theatre, 1285 East Hillsdale, Foster City; www.hillbarntheatre.org. $19-40. Thu/19-Sat/21, 8pm (also Sat/21, 2pm); Sun/22, 2pm. Hillbarn Theatre performs Jerry Herman's classic musical.
The Pianist of Willesden Lane Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Thrust Theatre, 2015 Addison, Berk; www.berkeleyrep.org. $29-89. Tue and Thu-Sat, 8pm (also Sat, 2pm; no shows Tue/24 or Dec 31); Wed and Sun, 7pm (also Sun, 2pm; matinees only Sun/22 and Jan 5; no show Dec 25). Extended through Jan 5. Mona Golabek stars in this solo performance inspired by her mother, a Jewish pianist whose dreams and life were threatened by the Nazi regime.
"Broadway Bingo" Feinstein's at the Nikko, Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason, SF; www.feinsteinssf.com. Wed, 7-9pm. Ongoing. Free. Countess Katya Smirnoff-Skyy and Joe Wicht host this Broadway-flavored night of games and performance.
"A Chanticleer Christmas" St. Ignatius, 650 Parker, SF; www.chanticleer.org. Sun/22, 8pm. $30-65. The Grammy-winning vocal ensemble performs profound and joyous seasonal tunes.
"Comedy Bottle with Tom Smith" Purple Onion at Kells, 530 Jackson, SF; www.purpleonionatkells.com. Fri/20-Sat/21, 7pm. $10. Headliner Smith performs with Matthew Groom and Ira Summer.
"Exquisite Corpse Theatre: Sci-Fi: Defenders of Intergalactic Donuts" Stage Werx Theatre, 446 Valencia, SF; www.stagewerx.org. Fri/20-Sat/21, 7pm. $23. Mikl-em, Stage Werx, and Foul Play present this combination party, writing game, and performance. Dress in sci-fi togs and assist the artists in writing the show.
"Fiesta Navidena" Peña Pachamama, 1630 Powell, SF; www.carolinalugo.com. Sat/21-Sun/22 and Dec 27-28, 6:15pm. $15-21. Carolina Lugo and Carolé Acuña's Ballet Flamenco performs a holiday show.
"From the Bay to Bahia" Brava Theater Center, 2781 24th St, SF; www.locobloco.org. Sat/21, 8pm. $5-20. An evening inspired by Loco Bloco's summer cultural exchange in Bahia, Brazil, with dance, spoken word, and musical performances.
"G. Scott Lacy's Holiday Cabaret" Society Cabaret at Hotel Rex, 562 Sutter, SF; www.societycabaret.com. Fri/20-Sat/21, 8pm; Sun/22, 2pm. $20-40. A seasonal blend of music and song.
"Happy Birthday Jesus: The Alaska Christmas Show" Rebel, 1760 Market, SF; www.brownpapertickets.com. Wed/18-Fri/20, 7:30 and 10pm. $22.50. RuPaul's Drag Race fan fave Alaska Thunderfuck performs her off-Broadway show.
"Hark, the Herald Angels Swing!" Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness, SF; www.cityboxoffice.com. Sun/22, 8pm. $18-65. The SF Girls Chorus and School, plus Alumnae Chorus, perform jazzy holiday songs arranged by Marcus Shelby.
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas: An Evening with Connie Champagne as Judy Garland" Feinstein's at the Nikko, Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason, SF; www.feinsteinssf.com. Wed/18, 8pm. $25-35 ($20 minimum food and beverage purchase). The acclaimed performer presents her annual holiday show.
"Hysterical Historical San Francisco, Holiday Edition" Shelton Theater, 533 Sutter, SF; www.sheltontheater.org. Sun, 7pm. Through Dec 29. $30-40. Comic Kurt Weitzman performs.
"Jackie Beat's O Holy Hell!" Rebel, 1760 Market, SF; www.brownpapertickets.com. Sun/22, 7 and 9pm. $26. "Everyone's favorite Grinch" returns to SF for her annual anti-holiday tribute.
"Kung Pao Kosher Comedy" New Asia Restaurant, 772 Pacific, SF; www.koshercomedy.com. Dec 24-26, 6pm (dinner show); 9:30pm (cocktail show). $44-64. Stand-up with Gary Gulman, Adrianne Tolsch, Samson Koletkar, and Lisa Geduldig.
"Mark Foehringer's Nutcracker Sweets" Southside Theater, Fort Mason Center, Marina at Laguna, SF; www.brownpapertickets.com. Fri/20-Tue/24, 11am and 2pm (also Sat/21-Sun22, 4pm). $18-28. Contemporary ballet company Mark Foehringer Dance Project SF performs its fifth annual production of this Nutcracker-inspired work aimed at families with young children.
"Mittens and Mistletoe: A Winter Circus Cabaret" Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th St, SF; www.sweetcanproductions.com. Fri/20-Sat/21, 8pm; Sun/22-Tue/24, 2pm (also Sun/22 and Tue/24, 4pm). $15-60. Light-hearted, circus-themed holiday variety show, with juggling, clowning, trapeze acts, and more.
"Okeanos Intimate" Aquarium of the Bay, Pier 39, SF; www.capacitor.org. Sat, 8pm. $20-30 (free aquarium ticket with show ticket). Extended through Dec 28. Choreographer Jodi Lomask and her company, Capacitor, revive 2012's Okeanos — a cirque-dance piece exploring the wonder and fragility of our innate connection to the world's oceans — in a special "intimate" version designed for the mid-size theater at Pier 39's Aquarium of the Bay. The show, developed in collaboration with scientists and engineers, comes preceded by a short talk by a guest expert — for a recent Saturday performance it was a down-to-earth and truly fascinating local ecological history lesson by the Bay Institute's Marc Holmes. In addition to its Cirque du Soleil-like blend of quasi-representational modern dance and circus acrobatics — powered by a synth-heavy blend of atmospheric pop music — Okeanos makes use of some stunning underwater photography and an intermittent narrative that includes testimonials from the likes of marine biologist and filmmaker Dr. Tierney Thys. The performers, including contortionists, also interact with some original physical properties hanging from the flies — a swirling vortex and a spherical shell — as they wrap and warp their bodies in a kind of metamorphic homage to the capacity and resiliency of evolution, the varied ingenuity of all life forms. If the movement vocabulary can seem limited at times, and too derivative, the show also feels a little cramped on the Aquarium Theater stage, whose proscenium arrangement does the piece few favors aesthetically. Nevertheless, the family-oriented Okeanos Intimate spurs a conversation with the ocean that is nothing if not urgent. (Avila)
Paula Poundstone Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon, SF; www.palaceoffinearts.org. Fri/20, 8pm. $35. The comedian and NPR personality performs.
"Point Break Live!" DNA Lounge, 373 11th St, SF; www.dnalounge.com. Jan 3, Feb 7, March 7, and April 4, 7:30 and 11pm. $25-50. Dude, Point Break Live! is like dropping into a monster wave, or holding up a bank, like, just a pure adrenaline rush, man. Ahem. Sorry, but I really can't help but channel Keanu Reeves and his Johnny Utah character when thinking about the awesomely bad 1991 movie Point Break or its equally yummily cheesy stage adaptation. And if you do an even better Keanu impression than me — the trick is in the vacant stare and stoner drawl — then you can play his starring role amid a cast of solid actors, reading from cue cards from a hilarious production assistant in order to more closely approximate Keanu's acting ability. This play is just so much fun, even better now at DNA Lounge than it was a couple years ago at CELLspace. But definitely buy the poncho pack and wear it, because the blood, spit, and surf spray really do make this a fully immersive experience. (Steven T. Jones)
"San Francisco Magic Parlor" Chancellor Hotel Union Square, 433 Powell, SF; www.sfmagicparlor.com. Thu-Sat, 8pm. Ongoing. $40. Magic vignettes with conjurer and storyteller Walt Anthony.
"Santa Claus is Coming Out" Eureka Theatre, 215 Jackson, SF; www.combinedartform.com. Thu/19-Fri/20, 8pm; Sat/21, 9:30pm; Sun/22, 5pm; Mon/23, 6pm; Tue/24, 3pm. $20-35. Jeffrey Solomon performs his solo play exploring "the secret romantic life of the holiday icon."
"The Santaland Diaries" Eureka Theatre, 215 Jackson, SF; www.combinedartform.com. Sat/21, 7pm; Sun/22-Mon/23 and Dec 26-29, 8pm (also Sun/22 and Dec 29, 2pm); Mon/23, 8pm; Tue/24, 1pm. David Sinaiko performs David Sedaris' tale of working as an elf, adapted to the stage by Joe Mantello.
"Shotz: Orwellian Consumer-mas" Tides Theare, 533 Sutter, SF; www.amoisnyc.org. Wed/18, 8pm. $10. AmiosSF presents five short plays relating to the theme of "Orwellian Consumer-mas." Each is required to include the line "It's free. Freee!"
"Sing You A Merry Christmas" Grace Cathedral, 1100 California, SF; www.gracecathedral.org. Sat/21, 11am. $5-25. A sing-along for younger children and their families
"Speechless Faux Holiday Christmas Event" Public Works, 161 Erie, SF; www.speechlesslive.com. Thu/19, 7:30pm. $20. Entertainers, entrepreneurs, and audience members present spontaneous PowerPoint presentations. In keeping with the season, this edition is formatted as a faux holiday party, complete with an ugly sweater contest.
"A Verry Merry Murder Mystery" Bayfront Theater, B350 Fort Mason Center, SF; www.improv.org. Fri/20-Sat/21, 8pm. $20. This concession to the holiday season has more red in it than green. The return of the popular improv show by Bay Area Theatre Sports (BATS) technically has Christmas in it: Along with the 1930s English manor house, it's part of the setting for murder, as well as the sleuthing and shenanigans that must invariably ensue. Nothing else is certain, however. The audience provides the necessary ingredients to get this full-length completely improvised who-knows-who'll-have-dunit up and running, including the murder weapon (a dirty sock, the night I went, fiendishly enough). The fine cast (which changes slightly each night) includes the highly imaginative, lightening quick Tim Orr along with fellow BATS veterans like William Hall (who did exceptional work in a Scottish brogue and imaginary kilt), Kasey Klemm, Jenny Rosen, and Regina Saisi; as well as relative newcomers like Ben Johnson and company guest Ethan Karson, both of whom are outstanding. The masterful Joshua Raoul Brody improvises the musical score. (Avila)
"XXmas: The Christmas Ballet, 2013 Edition" Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Lam Research Theater, 700 Howard, SF; www.smuinballet.org. Wed/18-Sat/21, 8pm (also Sat/21, 2pm); Sun/22, 2 and 7pm; Tue/24, 2pm; Dec 26-28, 8pm (also Dec 26, 2pm). $24-64, Smuin Ballet's annual holiday show boasts festive ballet, tap, and swing-dance numbers.
"The Biggest Gift" Lesher Center for the Arts, Margaret Lesher Theatre, 1601 Civic, Walnut Creek; www.leshercenter.org. Thu/19, 11:30am; Fri/20, 9:30am, 11am, and 6:30pm; Sat/21, 10am, 11:30am, 1pm, and 4pm; Sun/22, 11am and 1pm. $14. Fantasy Forum Actors Ensemble presents a Christmas-themed, family-friendly musical.
"The Nutcracker" Paramount Theatre, 2025 Broadway, SF; www.ticketmaster.com. Sat/21-Sun/22, 2pm; Tue/24, 11am. $20-59.50. Oakland Ballet performs Graham Lustig's version of the classic ballet, with music by the Oakland East Bay Symphony.
"Scrooge: The Haunting of Ebenezer" Ashby Stage, 1901 Ashby, Berk; www.shotgunplayers.org. Mon/23-Tue/24, 8pm. $15. Jeff Garrett plays all the Christmas Carol parts in this solo version of the classic tale.
"A Swell Noël" Aurora Theatre Company, 2081 Addison, Berk; www.auroratheatre.org. Wed/18-Sat/21, 7:30pm; Sun/22, 5pm. $25-32. Cabaret star Craig Jessup performs songs by Noël Coward, Jacques Brel, Stephen Sondheim, and other composers. *


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OMG, did I love this movie! Queen has supersized Bollywood in regard to good contemporary female roles. We watch Rani. (Kanagana Ranaut) brilliantly evolving from a place of innocence and learned helplessness vis-a-vis men, to resilience and newly conquered strengths. Most movies that succeed in doing so don't dare to combine drama with comedy. Queen does. That's why you walk out uplifted and hopeful. Which, let's face it, is the ultimate success formula. The beast (of your fears) is conquered. Off to new lands.
Many Indian movies I have seen, do the opposite. They start out uplifting and then start sagging through the second half, with intro of unforeseen dramatic events. Queen goes the other way. We start emphasizing with sweet and innocent Rani, who gets dumped a day before her wedding.What exactly motivates her to go on her honeymoon by herself, isn't very clear, or maybe it is that seed of rebellion against becoming a victim and after locking herself in a room reliving her relationship with fiancee Vijay (Rajkummar Rao) in her mind. She remembers all that was good, and it's breaking our hearts.
When the wedding banner "Rani Weds Vijay" gets thrown into the garbage, unknownst to her, her will to live, despite this obvious downfall, takes the upper hand. She reemerges from her 2 day exile and soon after, with the support of her loving family, she boards the plane to Paris.
Here she gets forced out of her protected childhood shell and has to switch gear to survival mode. This never comes easy. But in this movie it's plastered with funny episodes. You cheer for Rani, you laugh with Rani and you see the West through her eyes. But contrary to many Indian films that make all Westerners and foreigners look like devils reincarnate, there is only one mean guy who she encounters. And she triumphs. Thank you, Vikas Bahl, for your kind portrayal of all foreigners in this movie. Makes it unique.
The whole cast in this movie is OUTSTANDING!! from mom, dad, grandmother and lil bro to all the people she encounters abroad. A well-chosen cast! Kudos to Parita Mandalia and Atul Mongic, (mentioned as the casting team in the credits). They found the quintessential Indian family in , people I would like to have as my family and everybody should have in their closet.. they are kind and understanding and supportive. Don't you just love the father, played by Yogendra Tiku, the mom, (Alka Badola Kaushal), the rocking grandma (Tripita Lakhshanpal) and the lovable brother Chintu (Chinmaya Agarwal).
From Wild Wild Paris we follow Rani to Wild Wild Amsterdam, where she courageously dorms with her new pals Taka, Tim and aka Sikander (Jeffrey Ho, Joseph Guitobh, Mish Bogko) and emulates Emraan Hashmi's lip-to-lip with restaurateur Marcello (Canadea Lopez Marco).
What I love most about her is that she never becomes anybody else. She sticks to her Rani-ness, to her Indian-ness throughout her journey of self-realization. She doesn't alter her standards. She stays her ground and only becomes stronger. She learns about her fears. She also now opens her mind to seeing the 'real Vijay', his narrow-minded self. Rani sheds embellishments, biases, fears and returns to the fuzzy womb of her family invigorated and self-assured. Ready for the challenges of independence and freedom.
Every time I watched the movie, I discovered sth else, little symbolic gestures. Like the light that goes dark momentarily during the wedding dress rehearsal. Just like Rani's life gets darkened by a cloud that then lifts and gives rise to a beautiful new day.
When best buddy Vijaylakshmi (Lisa Haydon) enters the room and the wind tousles her hair and reaches the impatiently waiting father and son duo, who want to get a glimpse of the beautiful and carefree Vijaylakshmi. So tender.
The cinematography and direction is flawless. Vikas Bahl has made it to the top. Thank you, Vikas, Kangana, everybody.
AND not to forget, letting us indulge in the foodie waves filling the theater with the spices and aromas of India, and glimpses of Her Majesty, Paris, and Amsterdam in her upper and underworld glory. What a fun ride this was!


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Escape Velocity/ dEVo Spring Series 2008 March 2nd, Langley BC
Report courtesy Colin Campbell, Team Escape Velocity
Race #1: Impressive Rider Turn Out for First Race of the 2008 Season
On Sunday March 2, the much-anticipated start to BC's 2008 road racing season was held under cloudy skies, dry roads, very gentle winds, and cool but not chilly conditions. Although the west coast has experienced a cooler and snowier winter than usual, the racing community was out in force to test their early season fitness on the narrow roads east of the Fraser Valley's historic Fort Langley on a flat 6.2 km rectangular circuit.
The A group had 53 starters, the B group had 85 starters, while the C group rolled out with a pack of 75 working to fit onto the narrow roads adjacent to the Fraser River. Due to the flat topography of the River Road circuit, both the B and C Group races ended in a pack sprint. In the B group, Jenny Trew (Giant/Team Whistler) was the class of the large field and powered away for the win. In the C group, Brian Hill (TNA/Shape) was first to the line.
Unfortunately, the A and Novice Group races were stopped short of their allotted number of laps due to a number of crashes during the finish in both the B and C group races. With a number of riders down on the course and ambulances attending to the injured, race organizers made the decision to pull the remaining groups from the course and stop the racing. "I think we just had a case of the opening race jitters" said Austin MacDougall, Race Director when asked about the crashes. "It was simply too dangerous for us to keep the other races going with ambulances and riders down on the course. We are sorry that the A and novice riders didn't get to finish, but it was the right call to make in order to prevent further chaos.", added MacDougall.
The Spring Series continues next weekend with racing on both Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, the race venue is the gently rolling Zero Avenue course adjacent to the US border near Aldergrove, BC. On Sunday the racing shifts back to Langley and the infamous Armstrong hill course - a climber's delight!
B Group
1. Jenny Trew (Vanderkitten)
2. Bruce Dennis (Coastal)
3. Unknown
4. Mark Rainer (La Bicicletta Pro Shop)
5. Owen Sampson (Mighty Cycling)
C Group
1. Brian Hill (TNA/Shape)
2. Jeff O'Connell (TNA/Shape)
3. Jen Tabbernor (Giant/Team Whistler)
4. Stuart Lynne (Escape Velocity)
5. Jennelle Cassidy (Giant/Team Whistler)
For full Spring Series details and race results go to www.escapevelocity.bc.ca
Special thanks to our Spring Series sponsors:
Powerbar - Be Great
Louis Garneau - The Global Solution
Wentings Cycle
La Bicicletta Pro Shop
Our sponsors provide great prizes for the Spring Series and are fantastic supporters of the cycling community in British Columbia. Escape Velocity and dEVo appreciate their continued involvement and commitment to the sport.
About the Spring Series:
Intended as training races, the Spring Series features some of the toughest competition of the year. With a variety of race courses and categories the series is the perfect venue for those new to cycling to hone their racing skills and for experienced cyclists to test their early season fitness.
For 2008, the Spring Series will consist of seven races on consecutive weekends March 2 through to March 23, culminating with the dEVo Stage Race on the weekend of March 29 and 30. All races will be held in the Fraser Valley area, near beautiful Langley, B.C.
The Spring Series races are organized by Escape Velocity's youth development program dEVo. All riders in the dEVo program help run the Spring Series races and learn the organization and commitment that is required not only to be successful on the bike, but as an organizer and leader in the sport of cycling. Money raised at the Spring Series races will go to further support of the dEVo racing program.
About Escape Velocity:
Founded in August 1989, Team Escape Velocity is a Vancouver, BC based cycling club committed to promoting and developing the sport of cycling in Canada. With membership ranging from novice Category 5 riders to Canadian National Team members and North American champions, we pride ourselves in our community involvement, race organization, youth development, and leadership activities. For more information on EV see the club website: www.escapevelocity.bc.ca
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Making A Donation
April 27, 2012 Patti Poshek and Nancy Hilger, right, members of the Shell Islands Garden Club present to Teresa Riska-Hall, executive director of Sanibel Community Association, a check for $550 to assist the SCA... more »»
Upcoming Sanibel Uncorked to be at Lily & Co
January 19, 2012 The Sanibel-Captiva Optimist Club will present its annual wine festival from 4 to 8 p.m. Feb. 22 and Lily & Co Jewelry Store. There will be music, a silent auction, raffle and a cooking demonstration. more »»
Complimentary Blood Pressure Screenings
December 30, 2011 The Sanibel Fire District will offer complimentary blood pressure screening from 9 a.m. to noon Jan. 2 at the Sanibel Recreation Center. more »»
Make a Splash at Sanibel Rec Center
December 30, 2011 Expecting visitors over the holidays? Looking for something to do? Head over to the Sanibel Recreation Center! The water features pool and slide hours have been expanded to noon to 5 p.m. more »»
Sanibel Rec Center offers children's holiday camp
December 14, 2011 Sanibel Rec Center offers tour of the globe in children's holiday camp The Sanibel Recreation Center invites school-aged children the chance to learn about nations around the globe during holiday... more »»
Homes needed for large impound of cats
December 14, 2011 On Dec. 13 Lee County Domestic Animal Services assisted a local resident with the voluntary surrender of 69 cats. LCDAS is hoping to adopt the cats into permanent loving homes. more »»
Living Nativity at Sanibel Community Church
December 14, 2011 The Sanibel Community Church will host a drive-through living nativity from 7 to 9 p.m. Dec. 16-17 on its campus. more »»
Sanibel Public Library to have book sale
December 14, 2011 The Sanibel Public Library will be holding it's $1 for a Bag Book Sale beginning in Jan. 2. Bring your reading wish list. Proceeds from the book sale go to the Sanibel Public Library Foundation, In. more »»
Rec Center members eligible for discount to Winter Wonderettes
December 14, 2011 The BIG ARTS Herb Strauss Theater, at 2200 Periwinkle Way, is offering "Sanibel Recreation Center Member Show Rates" at discount ticket prices for all City of Sanibel Recreation Center members. more »»
Island Cinema offers discount to Rec Center members
December 14, 2011 The Island Cinema of Sanibel, at 535 Tarpon Bay Road, is offering Sanibel Recreation Center Member Movie Rates at half price movie ticket prices for all City of Sanibel Recreation Center members. more »»
The Rev. Weston-Jones to speak on Sanibel
November 23, 2011 Unitarian Universalists of the Islands will meet at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4 in Fellowship Hall at the Sanibel Congregational United Church of Christ, 2050 Periwinkle Way. The public is welcome to attend. more »»
Luminary at Sanibel Community Church
November 23, 2011 Luminary night at Sanibel Community Church is no ordinary spectacle, with all the lighting and the praise and special music on the stage. more »»
Shell museum to participate in annual Fossil Show
November 23, 2011 The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum will have an informational booth at the Fossil Club of Lee County's 2011 Fossil Show from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 3 at the Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium. more »»
Shell museum sponsors free beach walk program
November 23, 2011 Enjoy a beach walk with The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum volunteer Dotty DeVasure to help burn off some of those Thanksgiving calories. more »»
Volunteers Needed for Christmas Bird Count
November 23, 2011 San-Cap Audubon will conduct its annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) Dec. 17. more »»
Backyard Game Night for All Ages at Community Park
October 31, 2011 On Nov. 4, islanders and island visitors are invited to take part in Backyard Game Night hosted by the Sanibel Recreation Center. From 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. more »»
Complimentary Skin Cancer Screening offered at Sanibel Recreation Center
October 31, 2011 Harris Dermatology is offering a free skin cancer screening at the Sanibel Recreation Center from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Nov. 4. Screenings are quick and easy and the exam is non-invasive. more »»
Bobcat Siting
September 29, 2011 On the morning of Sept. 20, Captiva resident Queenie spotted this bobcat as she saunters through the neighbors' shrubs and toward Murmond Lane. more »»
Star-studded service: Island Celebrity Dinner returns for a good cause
September 17, 2011 For one night, island celebrities will trade in their star status for aprons and trays to serve dinner guests at the 2nd annual Celebrity Island Dinner from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. more »»
Captiva revives its tree population
September 17, 2011 When Hurricane Charley hit the northern tip of Captiva in 2004, it was at its peak intensity of 150 miles per hour. more »»
Area Info Poll
October 3, 2011 Even the most diligent exercisers tend to forget one of the most important components of any exercise program –stretching. more »
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"Just a moment, sir!"
Security guards, in uniform and in plain clothes, seemed to materialize from every quarter.
"May I ask you what you have in your pocket?"
In no time at all he was being patted down by a person or persons he could not see. He reached into his pocket and came up with the handful of red stones he had picked up on Sinai.
The security woman looked at him questioningly.
"From Sinai," he told her. "To keep."
"Because they're from here," he said.
She stared at him for a moment and then gave him a smile of such radiance that all the angular suspicion of her features passed away. It made him think again of the Zohar: "The light is the light of the eye."
He was flying out business class; he had gotten an upgrade on mileage. He took his aisle seat in the cabin and ordered champagne. Moments after takeoff, the plane was over hazy blue ocean. The brown land fell away aft.
The stones were still in his hand, and when his champagne came he spilled them out onto the tray table. When the flight attendant brought him the drink she asked about them.
"Just rocks," he said. "From Sinai. Or what's supposed to be Sinai."
"Oh," she said, "were you there?"
He began to stammer. Perhaps it was the prospect of champagne in the morning. Had he stood on Sinai?
"Yes," he said. "I guess so."
When they approached Frankfurt, where he would be changing planes, he had a moment's panic. New York? But he had no life in New York. No one there. Yet that was a ridiculous notion. One always had a life. Whatever you lived, wherever you lived it, was life.
Yet he kept thinking of life lost. A woman lost, a faith, a father lost, all lost. So he had to remind himself of something an American painter whose work he had once seen at the Whitney had offered as a credo, which had been fixed on the wall beside his work, and which Lucas had never forgotten:
"Losing it is as good as having it."
It was a hard text, one of great subtlety. One needed the pilpul, the analytical skills, of a Raziel to interpret it.
It meant, he thought, that a thing is never truly perceived, appreciated or defined except in longing. A land in exile, a God in His absconding, a love in its loss. And that everyone loses everything in the end. But that certain things of their nature cannot be taken away while life lasts. Some things can never be lost utterly that were loved in a certain way.
At Frankfurt airport, between planes, it was a different world.
—Robert Stone, Damascus Gate


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From Brad DeKanick, President:
I hope your school year went well! Enjoy the summer and all of your activities. Sun, swimming, camps, the fun stuff that we wait all year for in Minnesota.
We will see you at Registration in late August. Watch the newsletter for details about registration.
We have received the results from the survey. We have a response rate of approximately 10%. It is helpful to have feedback; however we are cautioned to make sure we make decisions that are representative of the membership. If you have not completed your survey, you can still do so by sending feedback to me (Brad) or Niki Gjere.
From Brian Johnson, Vice President
IYHA is planning to participate in 3 parades this summer. We will be rollerblading, distributing candy, and having a great time! Mark these dates on your calendar:
August 6 - Villagefest Parade, St. Anthony
August 12 - Stockyard Days Parade, New Brighton
August 22 - Festival in the Park, Mounds View
Dryland in August and September:
Brad DeKanick will be conducting dryland sessions in August and September. We need ideas for stations, volunteers for stations. If you are interested, please contact him at 651-639-9110.
Junior Gold News from Jeanne Falconer:
IYHA has now become part of the Twin Cities District. The TC District does have a Junior Gold program. The teams (A, B, U16) are comprised of players from all of the associations in the TC District. Notices are posted in the Ramsey County Arenas when it is time for tryouts. (We will also post information in the Newsletter as it is available to us.)
The Board of the Lake Region Hockey Association meets on the third Tuesday of every month at various locations. If you are interested in attending the next meeting, please call Niki Gjere and she will connect you with Lake Region.
All IYHA Board Meetings are open meetings.
Please feel free to come to the meetings, which are held at the Mounds View City Hall in Conference Room C. Also, if you wish to have a copy of any information which is distributed at the meeting, please email or call Niki and it will be mailed to you. Upcoming dates for Board meetings (all Wednesdays):
July 21, 2004; August 18, 2004; September 22, 2004; October 20, 2004; November 17, 2004; December 15, 2004.
If you wish to be on the agenda, please contact Brad DeKanick.
Girls Program news from Chris Tahti, Girls Coordinator
I had a meeting on June 3rd with the U14 parents to discuss options for their daughters and answer questions. As the summer progresses, we will have further discussions, but right now, the 6 girls in question are trying to sort through their options for the coming season. The Youth hockey option for them is to participate in the District-wide tryouts for U14; it
appears as if a total of 3 teams will be formed by combining all the girls from all the associations into one massive pool and dividing them up via tryouts. It is unlikely that IYHA would be allowed to 'host' one of these teams, so if families choose this option, they will have to travel to another association for their base of operations.
At U14, it looks as if the metro will be divided into two leagues, so for games, no matter where we play, travel is involved. It has not been determined yet if it will be a north/south split or an east/west split.
This leaves one last item - pay attention to what is happening at the upper level of Girls youth hockey. Realistically, with the new age categories, U14 is an option for a youth hockey player for one year only. The second year of U14, in most cases ninth grade, the player will likely move to the high school program. Unless MAHA sees U8, U11, and U14 as a better solution as it relates to numbers, and creating a two year opportunity for U14's prior to high school, this problem will be around awhile.
Knowing this, we have two solutions to this ongoing problem:
1) We have to move approximately 13 athletes into U14 at the same time - and I mean 13 age-appropriate U14's. Subjecting physically immature athletes to this rigorous program is an irresponsible solution and it subjects them to potential injury. 13 athletes to U14?! This can only be accomplished by a very aggressive recruitment campaign - leaving it to others to bring girls into the program is a way to insure this problem will perpetuate itself for years to come. E-v-e-r-y-o-n-e must recruit players.
2) We have to invest in the future. At some point, we need a group to agree to the co-op tryout system of TC District at U14. Yes, that keeps the athletes in youth hockey for an uncomfortable year somewhere else, but they are playing nonetheless. The second year, that same group of athletes would all have to commit to not playing high school in ninth grade and coupled with the incoming U14's, we would have our first IYHA U14 team that would not have to co-op. Because, once we lose a first year U14 to high school, they will not come back to youth hockey for the second year of U14. Which group of girls will be the first to break this cycle, by making a group commitment and a sacrifice of sorts, for the long-term benefit of IYHA?
Option One is the more realistic solution and where we all should invest some energy immediately for the future.
U12: As long as the numbers do not change and all girls return and participate in the girls program, we have a roster and should not need to co-op. If we are in need of a skater or two, it is likely we will be able to bring in a skater or two from another TC association.
U10: Looks like we will be replacing the girls who aged up with girls from IP so another year with two teams at this level if the numbers remain where expected.
I commend the U14 parents for attending our initial meeting, as well as the phone calls and the emails that came before and have happened since. Your commitment to your children is obvious and I look forward to working with you all as you make your decisions.
Chris Tahti
Girls Coordinator
There have been several teams that have sponsors for their teams. These are listed below. This part of the newsletter will continue throughout the rest of the IYHA season. Please notify Niki Gjere of any additions or corrections. (Please forward information about websites and addresses, etc.) Many thanks to our sponsors!
Pee Wee B Team:
**John Bailey—our goalie Beau's Dad**
**Victor Kretsch, Quality Post Service (Zach Ewing's Grandpa)**
**Mike Bridgeman**
Girls 10U Maroon Team:
**Champp's New Brighton**
**Real Estate Appraisers (the Slipka's)**
**Fuji-Ya Restaurant (the Hanson's**)
Girls 10U Gold Team:
**Razor's Edge, New Brighton**
**New Brighton Sportsmen's Club**
**Lake Region Hockey Association**
Once again, many, many thanks to our sponsors!
Please support them! When you see them, please tell them you are from Irondale Youth Hockey!
Present: Brad DeKanick, Brian Johnson, Niki Gjere, Jeanne Falconer, Becky Ewing, Chris Tahti, Randy Bortot, Tom Welty, Pat O'Connor.
Absent: Dan Marcouiller.
Guests: John Dalnes, John Donovan.
Meeting called to order by President Brad DeKanick at 7:02 p.m.
Minutes reviewed, motion to approve (CT) (TW), motion carried.
1. Twin Cities District Update:
a. Went to first District meeting, St. Anthony still needs to submit a letter to the D2 and TC Presidents to state they are coming with Irondale.
2. Lake Region Report:
a. Lake Region Board has decided to send $5000 each month to each Association on a 12 month year. Will review periodically so they can review potential additional pay-outs.
b. Lake Region will forward a copy of their financial report. They would like the same from us. Primarily they are interested in seeing that the monies are being used for the kids. Sue Sentieri is the Treasurer for Lake Region.
c. Questions from Chris: Is there a contract or any thing in writing between Lake Region and Irondale and Lake Region and Mounds View? Will check on this.
d. What is the fiscal year for Lake Region? The same year as Irondale.
e. What was the total amount given to Irondale last year? Pull tab income of $45,000. They had a total of $85,000. So even though the years are the same, it is not balancing. Need to check into this. It depends on when the check was written and when it was deposited.
f. Will keep some record of the date of the check, the check amount and when it was deposited. May assist us in keeping track.
3. Volunteering Ideas: Deferred until next meeting.
New Business—Board Roundtable:
1. President: Brad DeKanick.
a. Received a check for $440 from 10,000 Rinks Foundation. American Family Protect the Net Donation. January 14th. Thank you!
b. Sunday, August 22nd—Mounds View Parade. Received information about this. Brian will follow through on this. Will also participate in the Stockyard Days parade.
c. Chris is doing a great job with the TC District and Girls Program concerns.
d. Welcome to the new Board members! KARE-11 News: took a skate to the throat. Parents are now working to have it be mandatory for Lakeville Hockey Association skaters to wear neck guards. They are advocating for Minnesota Hockey to adopt this policy. Discussion.
2. Vice President: Brian Johnson.
a. Introduced self.
b. St. Anthony may have a parade, will check on this. Will include information about all of the parades for the newsletter.
3. Treasurer: Jeanne Falconer.
a. Received information from Cindy. Accounts are open at Premier.
b. Must have budgets. If you need to have the information from last year, contact Cindy.
c. Junior Gold information will be placed in the newsletter.
d. Would like to have try-outs early in the season, so teams can be on the ice in early October. Motion to have warm-ups and tryouts in September and teams hit the ice in October (JF) (PO). Discussion. Not sure what the time line is for TC District. Need to check on this—it may not be as stringent. There are concerns about having Fall sports finishing their tournaments and playoffs, so there may be a conflict with try-outs. Puts the child in a difficult position. Concern about assuring that players are insured. Motion tabled. Seems that we are already asking a lot of our coaches, Girls Program coaches said it is difficult to be on the ice any sooner than they have been in previous years. ACE Coordinator can run practices during the early season—will be up to the Program Coordinators.
4. Secretary: Niki Gjere.
a. Newsletter deadline is June 1st.
b. Linda DeKanick is unable to do the website. Niki will take it over for the time being and will start in late June.
5. Registration Coordinator: Pat O'Connor.
a. Copy of draft registration form distributed. Social Security number will be removed from form. Email and date of birth are in bold. Do we need to add Junior Gold? Jeanne will ask TC. Costs will be changed to $150.
b. Waiver of liability form is not changing from last year.
c. Medical form and code of conduct forms are same as last year.
d. Members will be able to download forms from website and bring a check.
e. August 16 is the TC Registration Coordinator meeting.
f. Will plan on having two partial days of registration (week night and Saturday morning) and a late registration. Will be held at the Freedom Park Neighborhood Center (Warming House).
g. Thoughts about using parade and Stockyard Days activities to distribute registration information.
h. Last year, registered 285 players.
6. District Representative: Tom Welty.
a. The information about the HEP program is on June 21st, at Arlington High School at 7:00 p.m. for any Board Members encouraged to attend. HEP is a sportsmanship award program where there are points for sportsmanship.
b. TC Director is Gene King, he wants to step down. They are thinking of this being a paid position. If interested, contact Gene King or Tom Welty.
c. Did we get anything from Dodge this year? We could not get follow up last year. Dodge gave away $336,000 to Associations, Irondale got zero. Need to pursue this year.
d. Minnkota District—numbers of players and coaches through the years—distributed information.
e. Match penalties information for Minnesota hockey distributed—information by age category.
f. SKATE program involvement—went from 38% to 61% involvement. Tommy Cunningham won an Acceleration Minnesota gift certificate for SKATE. Tom W has drafted a press release.
g. Tom received 4 DVDs—hockey fundamentals. THESE ARE FREE!
7. Ice Commissioner: Becky Ewing.
a. Has received information from Mick in transition.
b. Put teams in the tournaments early. Can register for tournaments without having the teams formalized. This was brought up at the coaches meeting. Suggested we talk with the coaches from last year and see what tournaments were good. Ice time must be designated for tournaments, and it comes up quickly. The Coordinators should spearhead this.
c. Has called other arenas to get ice. Comments from survey—9:00 p.m. on a weeknight is not okay. Can ask for other arenas—this may be more expensive. Will need decision at the next meeting. We need to share more ice this year.
d. Initiation program should get the best ice at the best times—to support their interest in hockey.
8. Initiation Coordinator: Open. No update on filling this position.
9. Girls Coordinator: Chris Tahti.
a. A lot of questions and not a lot of answers. TC District likes to co-op teams. Chris is going to a meeting tomorrow to see where the kids are going to play. There will be 6 girls for sure for a 14U team. Many unknowns. For the 10U and 12U, those girls will be staying.
b. Do not think there will be any 16U girls, depending on what happens at the High School level.
c. TC would like to see a full Girls Initiation program. We are on the road to that, not this year. However, in the near future it would be helpful.
10. Boys Coordinator: Dan Marcouiller. Absent, no report.
11. Equipment Manager: Randy Bortot.
a. Received key to the equipment shed. Will have more keys made.
b. What would it cost to have the Irondale logo on pucks for the game pucks? This would promote Irondale Pride. Will check into this.
Motion to adjourn (NG) (CT), motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 8:40 p.m. Next meeting: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 at 7:00 p.m. in the Mounds View City Hall Conference Room C.
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Giant shrimp raises big concern as it invades the Gulf
Asian tiger prawn has scientists worried
A truly jumbo shrimp is causing big worries about the future of the Gulf of Mexico's ecosystem.
The Asian tiger prawn, a foot-long crustacean with a voracious appetite and a proclivity for disease, has invaded the northern Gulf, threatening prized native species, from crabs and oysters to smaller brown and white shrimp.
Though no one is sure what the ecological impact will be, scientists fear a tiger prawn takeover could knock nature's balance out of whack and turn a healthy, diverse marine habitat into one dominated by a single invasive species.
"It has the potential to be real ugly," said Leslie Hartman, Matagorda Bay ecoystem leader for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. "But we just do not know."
The tiger prawns from the western Pacific - which can grow up to 13 inches long - have been spreading along the Gulf Coast since 2006, but their numbers took off this year. Shrimpers pulled one from Texas waters for the first time in June.
In all, shrimpers have found three tiger prawns in Aransas Bay, one in Sabine Lake near the Louisiana border and one in Gulf waters about 70 miles from Freeport, according to the Texas Sea Grant program at Texas A&M University.
Marine scientists will conduct genetic studies on the shrimp to determine their origin. Hartman said they will need at least 60 prawns for an accurate analysis.
Several theories
Some speculate that the Gulf invasion began with an accidental release of farmed prawns in South Carolina in 1988. Another theory: The prawns may have escaped from flooded industrial shrimp ponds in the Caribbean Sea during recent hurricanes.
The threat underscores concerns about large-scale fish farming, also known as aquaculture, in the Gulf. The federal government opened the waters to fish farms in 2009 despite fears from environmental and fishing interests over how to protect wild stocks.
Disease normally would exist in relatively low levels in fish around the Gulf but can run rampant in densely packed fish farms. Tiger prawns are a known carrier of at least 16 viruses, such as white spot, which can be lethal to shrimp.
The Gulf policy calls for only native species to be farmed, but it does not have the force of law, said George Leonard, who leads the Ocean Conservancy's aquaculture program.
"We need to be really, really cautious," Leonard said. "There has to be rules and regulations."
No farming of species
Texas allows industrial-scale shrimp ponds, but requires permits for the cultivation of non-native species. No one in the state is farming tiger prawns, said Tony Reisinger, a marine and coastal resources expert for the Texas Sea Grant program.
Marine scientists have yet to find any juvenile tiger prawns in Texas waters, a sign that the species is breeding. It is a difficult assignment because they look similar to native white shrimp at a young age.
Tiger prawns weigh more than a half-pound and have distinctive black and white stripes on the tail. They eat the same types of food as native shrimp species, but also prey on their smaller cousins, as well as crabs and young oysters.
"It's a large, competitive species," Reisinger said.
It's also tasty, fetching a higher market price than native brown shrimp on the New York market this month.
Some shrimpers have wondered if the large prawns could become the fourth harvestable shrimp species off the Texas coast.
Hartman, of Texas Parks and Wildlife, is skeptical.
"It could be another crop, but at the expense of our native crop," she said.


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Welcome to the World Breastfeeding 2013 Blog Carnival cohosted by NursingFreedom.org and The San Diego Breastfeeding Center!
This post was written for inclusion in the WBW 2013 Blog Carnival. Our participants will be writing and sharing their stories about community support and normalizing breastfeeding all week long. Find more participating sites in the list at the bottom of this post or at the main carnival page.
For me, breastfeeding has never been weird. When I was little and my mom was doing lactation consulting, we had a parade of very tired mamas and angry babies that came to our house for breastfeeding help. I didn't have little brothers or sisters to see breastfeeding, but I saw plenty of it at our house nonetheless. And I was walking through Walmart with my shirt hiked up, nursing the heck out of whatever poor baby doll I was dragging with me that day.
There are days when I really wish I still had the confidence that 4 year old me had as I was traipsing through the Pop-Tart aisle with a baby doll glued to my chest. But now? I think my old lady ways have turned me into a nursing coward. My goal is to get more comfortable with nursing in public and to just quit worrying about it so darn much and do it!
Ever since I got pregnant, and especially since I started nursing, I've been on the lookout for other mamas nursing their babies in public. I want to give high fives. Or wait, maybe that's just creepy. But I have yet to see one person to potentially high five. I honestly could not tell you of one time that I've seen a mom nursing in public. Not on all my trips to Target, not at the mall, not at the grocery store, not at any restaurant I've been to. Where are they? Are they in their cars? Are they in the bathroom? Am I just the only person nursing?
But what I've realized is that this lack of seeing other nursing moms makes me not want to nurse in public either. So more times than I care to admit, I end up going to the car if I'm out in public. Granted, it's been easier with a 4 month old who doesn't need to nurse basically every second he's awake. But I wish I could be comfortable enough to just nurse wherever, without fooling with a cover, and not worry about what anybody thinks. I say I don't care what they think, but when it comes down to it, I still sometimes don't feel comfortable enough to nurse in public. I think it's sort of a vicious cycle - nursing moms don't see anyone else nursing, so it adds to the feeling that what you're doing isn't normal.
Some of my favorite outings have been the few times we've gotten together with girls from my childbirth classes, and most of us are still nursing. It's so much easier to sit in a big group of other moms in the middle of Panera and nurse than it is to sit alone.
I have to say, I feel like I deserve a gold star because I've now nursed outside of several restaurants on a bench or in a rocking chair when Ira has lost it. I've also nursed in the ring sling in a few different stores (which is super convenient, might I add). Last time I sat in the rocking chair in front of a seafood restaurant an older lady saw me and joked, "Is he having fish for dinner too?" It was so nice to know that someone else was comfortable enough with what I was doing to actually make eye contact and joke with me about it and comment on how blessed I am to have a sweet baby.
I am just not going to sit in the hot, cramped car or in the bathroom. I hope that I can be the person to make at least one mom feel more comfortable about nursing in front of other people. Maybe we can start a chain reaction so that we ALL feel more at ease when we breastfeed in public.
***Visit NursingFreedom.org and The San Diego Breastfeeding Center for more breastfeeding resources and WBW Carnival details!
Please take time to read the submissions by the other carnival participants. Below are a list of links for today's participants; you can find a complete list of links (updated throughout the week) at our main carnival page:
(This list will be updated by afternoon August 3 with all the carnival links.)
- Breastfeeding and NIP: A Primer — Rachel Rainbolt of Sage Parenting, featured today at NursingFreedom.org, uses her informative and candid voice to share with you everything you need to know to breastfeed successfully in public, from the practical how-to's to handling the social stigma.
- Lactivist Ryan Gosling — Breastfeeding mamas, the time is long overdue for a Lactivist Ryan Gosling. Fortunately, Dionna of Code Name: Mama has created some for your viewing pleasure.
- In Defense of Formula — Amy of Mom2Mom KMC, guest blogging for Breastfeeding in Combat Boots, asserts that formula is a medical tool rather than a food. She examines how this perspective supports breastfeeding as normal and eliminates the negative tensions between breastfeeding and non-breastfeeding mothers.
- World Breastfeeding Week 2013 Blog Carnival - Breastfeeding Tips & Tricks — Throughout her breastfeeding journey (since March 2009), Jenny at I'm a full-time mummy has shared countless tips and tricks on the topic of breastfeeding.
- Nursing in the Wild — Meredith at Thank You Ma'am posts about how seeing other moms nurse can make all of us more comfortable with nursing in public.
- Normalizing Breastfeeding — Sara Stepford of The Stepford Sisters confronts the social stigma vs. the reality of breastfeeding and opens up about the steps she takes to make herself and others more comfortable with the process.
- Breastfeeding Alrik at two years old — This is where Lauren at Hobo Mama and her second-born are at in their nursing relationship, two years in.
- Perfectly Normal — Stephanie from Urban Hippie writes about the way she and her family have done their part to try and normalize breastfeeding in a society that doesn't get to see breastfeeding as often as they should.
- Diagnosis: Excess Lipase — Learn about excess lipase and how to test if your expressed milk has it. That Mama Gretchen shares her own experience.
- Redefining Normal — Diana at Munchkin's Mommy reflects on how we can normalize breastfeeding in our society.
- Nursing Openly and Honestly — Amy W. at Me, Mothering, and Making it All Work feels that the most socially responsible thing she can do as a mother is to nurse and nurture her children openly, honestly, and with pride.
- Wet-nursing, Cross-nursing and Milk-sharing: Outdated? — Jamie Grumet of I Am Not the Babysitter shares a response to the Wendy Williams quote about milk sharing being akin to slavery, by giving a brief history of the wet nurse.
- Tackling Mastitis with an Older Nursling — Much of the advice available for supporting recovery from mastitis seems to be aimed at mamas with younger nurslings. Juliet of Twisting Vines, posting at Natural Parents Network shares tips for dealing with mastitis while breastfeeding a toddler.
- Milk in the eye — Gena from Nutrition Basics discusses how breastmilk cured her 3 year old's case of pink eye.
- Boobie Biter — Rachel Rainbolt at Sage Parenting offers guidance on how to survive and thrive a boobie biter with your breastfeeding relationship intact.
- My take on breastfeeding advice — Diana at Munchkin's Mommy shares her insights on nursing for both new moms and new dads.
- My Top Five Breastfeeding Tips for Delivery Day: Think "A-B-C-D-E" — Mothernova shares how her continued success at breastfeeding with her second child rests on a foundation of five key things she did to prepare for baby's arrival, along with things she did when she and baby first met. Easily enough, these tips can be categorized as "A-B-C-D-E": Access to lactation consultant, Baby-friendly hospital, Communicate your plan to breastfeed exclusively, Demand, and Expect to room in.
- Breastfeeding Buddies: Twin Brothers Nurse while Living in the NICU — Twintrospectives at How Do You Do It? shares her 5 tips for learning to breastfeed multiples while in the NICU.
- Breastfeeding on a Dairy-Free Diet: Our Journey and Our Tips — Finding herself nursing a baby with food allergies, Jenny at Spinning Jenny embarked upon a dairy-free journey with her son for eight months. Here she relates her reasons for making the decision to give up dairy in her diet, why it was worth it, and tips for moms on the same path.
- Normalizing Breastfeeding in my Home — Shannah at The Touch of Life shares how she plans to help keep breastfeeding normal for her own children, even when her breastfeeding years are over.
- A Year With My Nursling — The more you see and hear, the more normal it becomes, so That Mama Gretchen is sharing her heart on the last year of breastfeeding - the ups and downs, but mostly the joy of her priceless relationship with her son.
- From Covered to Confident — Krystyna at Sweet Pea Births shares her personal NIP evolution: she started by covering up from neck to ankle while nursing in public. Eight years later, she has gained confidence and the ability to nurse without stressing about flashing a little skin. She shares her views on normalizing breastfeeding - what influenced her and how she hopes to help others.
- Normalizing Breastfeeding for Older Kids — Sadia at How Do You Do It? hopes that openly discussing breastfeeding with her (now weaned) daughters will help her children feel comfortable with breastfeeding and their bodies in general as they grow.
- Nursing in Public — Listen up, mammas. Those other people around . . . they don't matter. It's not about them. It's about you and that beautiful baby. Nurse on, says The Swaddled Sprout!
- How to Nurse a Teenager — Sarah at The Touch of Life declares: the purpose is to help normalize breastfeeding a toddler.


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As dusk settled Monday, firefighters had gained the upper hand on the Cinnamon Bear Fire southeast of Pagosa Springs.
Fire managers estimated that 70 percent of the fire, about 10 miles southeast of the city, would be contained, U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Ann Bond said.
Managers said favorable conditions today could push them nearer full containment, Bond said.
The fire was estimated at 85 acres Monday, down from the 120 acres reported Saturday. Better mapping was credited for the new estimate.
The number of firefighters remained at the 78 sent from various fire agencies. One Type 1 and one Type 3 helicopter were being used.
During the weekend, single-engine air tankers limited the advance of the fire.
The Goblin Fire in the Animas Canyon in the San Juan National Forest north of Durango was going nowhere Monday. The fire grew only 2 acres overnight to 42 acres.
An ember from a Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad locomotive is suspected in starting the fire.
Rocky terrain prevents an effective ground attack, Bond said. A helicopter was on standby, she said.


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NASCAR Sprint Cup Engine - Ford's Sprint Car Resurgence - Open Wheel
In The World Of Sprint Car Racing, Fords Have Been A Non-Factor For Years.Roush Yates Engines Plans To Change All That In A Hurry.
Ever wondered how NASCAR Sprint Cup technology would translate to other racing series? Yes, hot rodders with deep pockets have been putting old Cup motors in their cars for years, however they've always been detuned to make them more manageable on the street.
But what about applying all the tricks Sprint Cup engine builders have learned to another class of race cars where all-out performance is still demanded? Despite all that technology, how would it hold up to racing on dirt tracks? Or can these engines, which are routinely rebuilt after every race, withstand a season's worth of punishment?
Interestingly, a number of factors converged in the right time and at the right place so that we can find out. Roush Yates Engines currently builds all the race engines for every Ford team competing on NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series. It also builds Ford engines for the Nationwide and Camping World Truck series and has recently branched out into several other non-NASCAR racing series such as USAC.
Roush Yates also leads the way in the development of Ford's new FR9 race engine that is scheduled to see competition on racetracks by the time you read this. The new FR9 engine uses a completely new block, crank, cylinder heads, and even intake, so that means Roush Yates is facing a large inventory surplus when the new race engine is phased in.
The solution, of course, is to find racing homes for many of the components that still have useful racing miles left in them. The aluminum cylinder heads, intakes, and valve-train work well when mated with aluminum Windsor blocks to make big-inch Dirt Late Model motors, but that leaves the short-deck, cast-iron blocks with no home. At least, that is, until Roush Yates engine builder Jeremy Anderson volunteered his time to help a buddy rebuild is Sprint Car race engine.
"That engine was a Chevrolet, and the guy was competitive," Anderson says, "but as I was going through the engine I kept seeing ways that we could make it a lot better. In a lot of areas it was 15 years behind what we were doing with Sprint Cup race engines."
After that rebuild, Anderson felt he could build winning Ford Sprint Car engines based on the components used in Roush Yates' Cup program. It turns out that the Windsor block and short-throw racing crank are a near-perfect fit for 360 cubic-inch Sprint classes using American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) style rules. So Anderson developed a brand-new Sprint Car motor using a NASCAR Sprint Cup block, crankshaft, connecting rods, and more.
"We put our first motor together in February of 2009," Anderson says, "and it was competitive right away. But we stuck with what we have learned from decades of Cup and Nationwide Series racing, so much of the development had already been done, in a sense."
And the proof that this engine is effective in 360 Sprint racing came quickly when Sprint Car driver Chuck Hebing won an Empire Super Sprints race in one of the engine's first outings.
"That win was gratifying because Fords haven't been a popular engine choice in Sprint Car racing in a long time," Anderson says. "And this is a way racers can get a motor that's more than competitive against what's out there for a great value. This new Ford motor makes really good power, and it has a flat power curve that makes it very forgiving with gearing choices."
Dyno results are included here, but the big number is 715 horsepower at 8,500 rpm to go along with an incredibly flat torque curve, very similar in performance to the Roush Yates motor in Project DLM. Anderson says that the engine should be able to maintain those power levels for a complete season of racing between rebuilds-after all, the Cup motor was designed to last for a 500-mile race plus practice and qualifying.
As you can guess, we were quite intrigued by this new motor and jumped at the chance when Roush Yates' own Doug Yates invited us to take a closer look. It is definitely a very interesting piece, and one that should be capable of producing victories. Take a look at what we found . . .


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Over the past several weeks, Canada has been gripped by an increasingly divisive and loud parliamentary debate over Bill C-38, which is ostensibly a budget bill.
However, this is a very unusual budget bill. It is called an omnibus bill which means it deals with changes in multiple laws. It is over 400 pages long. It goes far beyond the tasks of a budget of setting plans for raising government revenues and authorizing expenses for the coming fiscal year.
It commits to change, amend, repeal or introduce 60 laws dealing with environmental regulations, immigration and refugees, fisheries, old age financial supports, oversight of government spies, employment insurance, charities, food safety, and rules governing approval of pipelines and natural resource projects.
More than 100 pages of Bill C-38 address environmental regulations. In virtually every case, the proposed changes in C-38 weaken existing environmental rules.
The federal government would have the right to exclude specific proposed resource projects from public environmental assessments. Only certain fish species and water bodies would be protected in the proposed legislation. Natural resource projects being examined by the National Energy Board would be exempted from the "species at risk" legislation.
Environmental assessment hearings for pipelines and natural resource projects would limit the time available to complete their work, and who can speak at the public hearings. The federal cabinet would to be free to ignore and overturn the decisions of the National Energy Board.
Bill C-38 repeals the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act which requires the Canadian government to publish annual reports on its progress (or lack of progress) in addressing climate change by reducing its greenhouse gas emissions.
Opposition politicians have focused on the far reach of this omnibus bill which addresses so many issues that it makes adequate parliamentary debate on the different parts of the bill impossible in the limited time available to debate and approve a budget bill.
They insist that Bill C-38 be broken up into several bills where each can receive adequate examination and debate. This criticism has been taken up by many media commentators, even those normally supportive of the Conservative government.
Andrew Coyne of the National Post insists that Bill 38 "is not remotely a budget bill, despite its name." Faith and community groups have added their voices opposing Bill C-38. Citizens for Pubic Justice, led by WCR columnist Joe Gunn, calls C-38 in its present form "an affront to the democratic process."
Denis Drainville, the Anglican bishop of Quebec, issues a sharp warning that this bill minimizes the role of Parliament. He calls for the people of Canada to speak out and react, lest they "find themselves not only slaves to a corporate and political domination that they never chose" and "experience the extinguishing of the hopes and dreams that they once had for a nation firmly based upon the foundations of compassion, justice and peace."
Environmental groups, seeing Bill C-38 presenting a great threat to the environment for present and future generations, organized the "Black Out, Speak Out Campaign" with national newspaper ads and a public protest action where over 13,000 websites were darkened on June 4.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has defended Bill C-38 as an urgent forward-looking financial program in tough economic times. In fact, he has called it the "jobs, growth, and long term prosperity act." He argues that "streamlined" environmental reviews and reduced government regulation in different social sectors will lead to increased economic growth.
While so far Catholic leaders have not spoken out officially in this debate, I think that important ethical principles from Catholic social teaching are being challenged.
The principle of "participation" is especially relevant here. People, individually and in community, do have a right (and responsibility) to speak out and participate in important decisions that affect their lives. Citizens for Public Justice gets it right when it affirms that a just approach to public governance should be "transparent and accountable."
Bill C-38 sees the environment as a peripheral issue to be subordinated under the overarching concern of short-term economic growth. Increasingly, both scientists and theologians are telling us this is a backwards approach. In fact, the economy can only be successful over time within a healthy and sustainable environment.
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when i began this blog, it was to help me get through the long, blank days that kept on going after my mother died. it was alarming how i could just sit and stare and the walls for hours, doing absolutely nothing else. i could pass entire weekends that way. and writing was what kept me sane, when i could actually do it.
so it's been five years. here i am, back in the world of typing out my thoughts for anyone to see. in 5 minutes, it will be the one-year anniversary of my father's death.
it affected me much differently than my mother's did. mom and i were close. so close. we were so much more friend and friend than mother and daughter, although that is a bond closer than any other. and when i became her caregiver, our relationship grew in a whole new direction. she needed me. she relied on me. i did for her, as an adult, what she did for me as a baby. cancer ate her body from the inside, out. it was terrible. but when she died, she did so with grace and with peace. that probably sounds weird, but it's the honest truth.
after mom died, i stopped. just stopped. stopped living. stopped doing. stopped dreaming.
i was allowed, for a season, to live in a world where i stopped, but the world kept on going around me.
and bit-by-bit, i started living again. God brought purposes to my life. not big purposes. little purposes. bite-sized ones. things i could do without too much pain or effort. things i could succeed in. those purposes were closely related to people, and they were a critical part of re-discovering myself.
one of the people who had always been in my life, who had allowed me to stop so i could heal, who understood how much it hurt, was my papa. and who would have guessed that this man who had known me every second of my life would become such an important part of it?
how many girls get to be grown-up friends with their daddies? not very many, i think. i was one of the lucky ones. would i have had this blessing, this treat, if my mom were still alive? probably not. i told papa once that the one and only blessing i could think of that came out of mom's death was that he and i got to be friends.
i miss him.
one year ago, january 29th, i was on the road between kampala and kabale, uganda when i got a phone call saying that he died. he had a seizure. it was unexpected. he was healthy. he was only 70 years old. and just like that, he was gone.
my last words to him, as i was leaving for the airport for a two-week missions trip, were, "i love you, papa!" he smiled at me, and said, "mmm, i love you too."
i hope to share some stories of the adventures papa and i had during those five years after mom went to heaven. right now, my abba is with his Abba, and i have to believe that i've got two daddies looking down, taking care of their little girl.


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