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Mother's Day is almost here, but it's not too late to express your thanks and love to the special women in your life, while also empowering mothers in Five Talents' microsavings and microcredit programs.
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Click on the icons below to jump to stories and a video about Five Talents' program in and around Jakarta, Indonesia.
Five Talents partners in Indonesia with GERHATI. The organization was founded in 2002 by Five Talents, the Anglican Diocese of Singapore and the expatriate Anglican community of All Saints Church in Jakarta.
GERHATI offers two loan products to its clients. The first is the Trust Bank Loan Program. Loan sizes range from $53 to $214. The second loan product, Small Business Loan Program, is available to existing GERHATI clients who improve their business, are diligent in repayment, and finish the Trust Bank Loan Program. These loans can go as high as $500.
This short Five Talents USA video ad is featured in Episode 70 of Anglican.tv's current affairs Web show "Anglican Unscripted." A generous donor covered the cost of the 15-second spot, which features footage from our work in Indonesia, South Sudan, Burundi and Bolivia.
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When Tina lost her factory job in Jakarta, Indonesia, her children, Putri and Willy, also lost the funds they needed to cover school fees for books and uniforms.
Tina, 40, needed to act fast. But her options were limited. While her husband continued his work as a driver in Jakarta, Indonesia's capital, Tina opened a small salon. Unfortunately, it was one of many in the neighborhood. While she was skilled in cutting and styling hair, her business did not survive, in part due to the cutthroat competition on her street.
So Tina took Putri and Willy with her to Cileungsi, a suburb of Bogor, which is about 60 km south of Jakarta. She once again set up a salon, and once again, it failed to generate any income.
Many people might have despaired if they found themselves in Tina's shoes, but she did not give up. Her children's future depended on her finding a way to make money.
It was around this time that she learned about Five Talents' local partner in Indonesia, GERHATI. The project in Indonesia maintains three core programs that provide financial support, training, and technical assistance to poor entrepreneurs.
One thing that distinguishes Five Talents from other microfinance organizations is our focus on under-served communities. We don't work in places laden with traditional banks and large for-profit microfinance institutions. We focus on the poor who live well off the beaten path and who have little or no access even to basic financial services.
One such community is in Bekasi, Indonesia, a slum area outside of Jakarta. In January, the city and some outlying slums, including Bekasi, suffered devastating flooding.
Our partner on the ground, GERHATI, which Five Talents helped to found in 2005, recently sent us photos of their efforts to aid local Bekasi residents. These pictures offer a glimpse into an under-served community that's desperately in need of basic financial services and training that can empower micro-entrepreneurs and equip them for success.
GERHATI staff put together bags of food and essential goods for people in flooded Bekasi.
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Bekasi residents wade through the flood waters.
In this photo taken by David Middleton for Five Talents, a woman tends to her food business on a side street in Bekasi, just outside of Jakarta, Indonesia.
Five Talents partners in Bekasi with GERHATI to set up savings and loan groups, provide loan capital for small enterprises and train micro-entrepreneurs in basic business skills and financial literacy. Group members and their community also have free access to health clinics organized by GERHATI.
This photo taken by David Middleton for Five Talents captures a typical alley road in the Bekasi neighborhood outside of Jakarta, on the Indonesian island of Java.
Five Talents partners in the country with GERHATI, an organization that was co-founded by Five Talents, the Anglican Diocese of Singapore and the expatriate Anglican community of All Saints Church in Jakarta.
Click here to watch a video profile of the project in Bekasi, which provides savings and loan opportunities, business training for micro-entrepreneurs and free health clinics for group members and others in the community.
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May 23rd, 2013, 9:01 am byFULLERTON, Alexandra Avramescu: There must be more rules and regulations on passengers using electronics aboard airplanes. The article, "Airline logs boost case that tablets, phones pose threat" [Business, May 20] reports: "Government and airline reporting systems have logged dozens of cases in which passenger electronics were suspected of interfering with navigation, radios and other aviation equipment."
Aviation is a dominant mode of transportation. That reason alone should be enough for everyone, especially our government, to do more research and be more educated on what must be done to reduce the malfunctions of aircrafts. This is a serious problem, and many people are not aware of the possible consequences. Sadly, other people do not care about this situation and use all their electronics when told not to do so.
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VOORHEESVILLE –– Amanda Gatt's stack of softball accolades has landed her a deal with Temple University. The Voorheesville senior will take her astounding pitching to the Division I level.
Gatt is a National Honor Society member who wants to study kinesiology –– the mechanics of human motion –– in college. She has racked up 580 strikeouts over the last two softball seasons, including 335 strikeouts last spring (156 1/3 innings) to break her previous Voorheesville record of 245. She said this week that she's going to try for more strikeouts in 2013.
"It's nice to break your own records," Gatt said. "That's another thing I like to work at."
Gatt's chances of breaking her own strikeout record in 2013 seem inevitable because, as she's gotten older, she's become more serious about softball. She's been training and playing club ball for the East Coast Elite Gold. Also, she pitches practically every inning for the Blackbirds.
Most high school softball teams have two pitchers. Voorheesville has Gatt.
Playing for East Coast Elite put Gatt in touch with college coaches, but she does not take her school ball for granted.
"Voorheesville is more about the team and the games," said Gatt. "With East Coast, everyone is nice, but we're all competing for a spot in college. You have to stand out as much as you can."
During the summer, fall, and winter months, Gatt travels to New Jersey once a week with Jenna Cubello and Mallory Harrigan of Guilderland for East Coast Elite activities. Temple Head Coach Joe DiPietro first saw Gatt during a tournament in Colorado last summer.
DiPietro said this week that he really likes Gatt's presence on the mound. "She doesn't show it if she gets hit hard and keeps a calm demeanor," he said. "She is a hard worker that strives to be better."
In Colorado, Gatt gave up a homerun when DiPietro was watching, but she didn't get upset and moved on to the next batter. Gatt said that giving up homeruns can be "sad," but she has to keep pitching and not worry about it.
"I think he liked my reaction," Gatt said of the homerun in Colorado. "Playing as long as I have played for, I've been in bad situations. It helps. I don't get too down, so I keep going."
DiPietro said that Gatt and he share a hatred for losing. "I do hate losing," Gatt said, "because I'm always putting forth my best effort. Losing is always a disappointment."
Even with Gatt setting all sorts of records and getting all kinds of recognition, Voorheesville hasn't won very many games. The Blackbirds can't seem to get past the first round of sectionals. Gatt is hoping her senior season is special before she leaves for Philadelphia.
"I think my records have made an impact, but we still have to try and be better," Gatt said of Voorheesville. "The goal is to win a playoff game."
An upside for Gatt is her pitch speed. She already throws in the mid-60s, and Temple's weight training program will probably increase that some. With her fastball already at a fantastic level, Gatt spends time working on other pitches.
"We have some good pitchers here, and I think Amanda has a chance to be special," DiPietro said. "It's up to her how hard she works to achieve greatness. I think she needs to work on her inside pitches to be more consistent as well as her change-up."
Temple becomes a member of the Big East Conference on July 1, so DiPietro said he needs quality players like Gatt to be able to compete in a tougher league. DiPietro hopes that Gatt will have an immediate impact for the Owls.
"I really need to work on my other pitches, and I've been practicing a lot more," Gatt said. "Once you have the speed, then it's all about the other pitches. I've been throwing and throwing and staying loose. I don't want to go backwards."
Gatt started playing softball as a little kid, fell in love with the sport, and eventually dropped other sports to focus on softball. The hard work paid off with a scholarship to Temple. Voorheesville is a small school, but that never stopped Gatt from dreaming big.
"It's a good feeling and I'm very grateful," Gatt said.
Gatt doesn't know much about big-city life, but she really likes Temple's campus, and the people she met were nice.
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When the dust settles, I'm almost certain it will look like this in the morning: 1.Winless 2.Dre 3.Ralph 4.Max 5.Darth 6.Shark Round 1 Winless & Dre get byes Ralph vs. Shark-winner plays Dre in round 2 Max vs. Darth -winner plays Winless in round 2
Good regular season guys. Have a good first round and we wait to battle you in the second round. Good luck!!
Looks like we play each other. My team has cooled down a bit and I hope I did not jinx anything by making one last minute roster change. Slippy - I feel for you. Congrats to Ralphie and all but if Himat lost 1-8 by not setting his lineups then you got a raw deal.
Himat did set his line- ups. So I face Loanshark,whom my squad beat 8-1 a couple of weeks ago. Problem is that back then GWall and Mo Williams were injured. If I had faced him last week, he would have won, as I had 2 injured players in Marion and Wilcox. If they both don't get healthy this week, I don't see my team having a chance since all of his players are healthy. Wilcox is even considering to end the season early.
Guess what number I ended up with Darth? That's right - 97. (which wasn't good enough) I guess your maths didn't take into account variables such as teams who played the bottom 3 teams in the final round. Attention to detail my friend... :nerd2: He actually had 7 games sitting on the bench. Billups x2 Prince x2 Harpring x2 Green x1 Probably not enough to do much damage but all the same.
Thought I might throw a few stats out there now the season is over: Category Champions FG% - Winless .480 Warthog .480 16 Mile .475 FT% - Warthog .814 Jammer .793 Winless .792 3PM - Jammer 892 Tater 879 Dre 875 PTS - Dre 12783 3-Peat #1 11544 Tater 11476 REB - Pastor 5129 Motown 4787 16 Mile 4562 AST - webz 2732 Dre 2670 Tater 2580 STL - Ralphie 847 webz 825 Dre 780 BLK - Slippy 667 Pastor 582 Max 565 TO - The Low 1051 Pastor 1118 Max 1129 Interesting that 7 of the 9 cats were won by non-playoff teams.
Also got a question for commish. Will teams who are eliminated from the playoffs (either championship or consolation) have their rosters locked to ensure nothing crazy happens like player-dumping, etc? Can't remember if it happens automatically or not. Just curious because it can ruin a league, whether it maliciously or unwittingly occurs.
Webz, Good job Webz. Yeah, that happened to me in football last season. I think rosters should be locked once a team is eliminated. On the 97 wins , yep, I didn't take the teams who had quit into account.Oops!:nerd2: Thanks for the stats on the category champs.
Good Luck to all!! This has been a pretty good season. Hopefully next year will be even better. I can't wait to see who I will face in the next round.
We have all benifited from Himat and Sour Notes not setting their lineups. Sorry to single you out there. Thanks for the stats Webz. I don't what that loser you guys hired to do the official league stats is up to.
Yeah. We apologize. You guys did a great job. Don't forget to sign up early for next year's keeper league. My spot will be open.
Wow, you weren't kidding. I can't even change my team name anymore! What, afraid I was going to change my team name to Motown Sucks?
BTW, Keeper League sounds like a fresh new change. I will look into it immediately. Only problem is I think it eliminates Yahoo from consideration because I don't think they do keeper leagues....


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Jonathan Speirs Scholarship Fund
18th June 2013 saw the anniversary of the sad and untimely death of world renowned lighting designer Jonathan Speirs. As you may already be aware the 'Jonathan Speirs Scholarship Fund' (JSSF) was set up in November 2012 with the express aim of providing financial assistance to students of architecture who wish to move into the rapidly expanding field of lighting design.
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For Finns, the forest is a traditional source of stories and tales, as well as a source of food and place of refuge. These facets plus collective memory all stem from the forest – and possibly our greatest fears as well.
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Amsterdam Light Festival is calling on artists, architects and engineers from across the globe to submit designs for the second edition of Amsterdam Light Festival. The festival will be held from November 28th 2013 until January 19th 2014 in downtown Amsterdam, with 'Building with light' as its central theme.
Daylighting summer course
The course from 8. to 19. July, 2013 introduces the culture of daylight, both as an expressive device, and as a technical tool for a sustainable design approach. Artificial light is presented not as an independent topic, but both in its integration with daylight and its increasing capacity as a key component for a positive impact on human well-being. An intensive educational experience set against a backdrop of the Italian Veneto, where partecipants are involved in daylight matter and its design, simulation and integration.
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The Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS, DIFFA, in the USA regularly stages charity events, the proceeds of which benefit uninsured HIV/AIDS patients. In December 2012, local architects, designers and artisans from the San Francisco design community donated their time to a DIFFA Dining by Design event.
New for old
Burlington Arcade is almost two hundred years old, its history running practically parallel to the development of artificial lighting. Initially gas lit, the arcade was subsequently illuminated by incandescent lighting and until recently discharge lamps, losing historic fixtures on the way and a legacy in terms of conduits, cabling and defunct equipment. The arcade was purchased in 2010 by Meyer Bergman, who were keen to revive the dignity of the arcade and to re-establish it as a key luxury retail destination.
BIG selected to design the Smithsonian Institution Master Plan
BIG leading a Core Design Team including Surface Design, Traceries and Robert Silman Associates, further supported by Atelier Ten, GHT Limited, Wiles Mensch, Weidlinger Associates, VJ Associates, Protection Engineering Group and FDS Design Studio is today officially announced as the winning team to rethink the historic Smithsonian campus, world's largest museum and research complex consisting of 19 museums, the National Zoological Park and nine research facilities.
Lumiville Trophies 2013
Four categories each awarded with €3,000!
The Lumiville Lighting design Trophies: an international contest aiming at distinguishing interior and outdoor lighting design projects for their originality, aesthetic and innovative aspects.
The contest is organized around four themes: the Architectural Prize, the Public Space Prize, the Young Light Designer Prize, the "Lumibat" Interior Lighting Prize.
Embracing the winter
Those who know the City of Montreal appreciate the beauty, culture and flair of the French Canadian city. On 12 May, 2006 Montreal was appointed a UNESCO City of Design. Is there a down side? Well, the winters are hard. Snow cover lasts from mid-December to the end of March and nights can hit the −20 °C (−4 °F) to −30 °C (−22 °F) mark. Reason enough to introduce some light art projects to brighten up the dark and icy time of year.
ÅF Lighting creates the largest lighting consultancy company in the Nordic countries
On the 11th of June 2013 two of the leading players in the field of lighting consultancy and design - ÅF Lighting and Ljusarkitektur - signed an agreement to merge and create the strongest multidisciplinary competence center in Scandinavia within lighting. With this merger ÅF Lighting will be having an even stronger position in the home market in the Nordic countries and at the same time be able to perform on an international basis.
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Erin Ryan, a graduate student pursuing her master's degree in lighting at the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is the recipient of a $15,000 Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Graduate Grant. The grant program encourages advanced scholarly work in the field of lighting design and illuminating engineering by funding student research projects leading to advanced degrees.
New Petroleum Lighting Sales Manager at Cree
Cree, Inc. announced the appointment of Mark Richard Holman as new Petroleum Lighting Sales Manager of Cree Europe. Mr. Holman, who will be based in the UK, will be responsible for developing the high-potential petroleum business for the indoor and outdoor lighting of petrol stations in the EMEA region, leveraging interesting opportunities in the area and reinforcing collaboration with key clients, as well as building a new channel network.
Lighting Designer of the Year 2012 - David Atkinson, to speak at GIS International Architecture Expo Conference in Bucharest
The third edition of GIS International Architecture Expo Conference continues to promote the recent innovative and sophisticated projects in architecture and interior design, highly awarded at the latest editions of Red Dot Design Awards, Interior Design Best of Year Awards, AIA / LA Design Awards, A.R.E. Retail Design Awards, Good Design Awards and Lighting Design Awards.
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Clones need to be condensed into other character's extra costumes.
Example.. Mario is selected, mario can be changed into: Mario, Fire Mario, Dr. Mario, Luigi, so on..
Make room for unique character's slots.
I say give Bomberman his blue bombs, c4, and claymore/landmines (or is that to much like Snake)
Or give him different style bombs like only vertical or only horizontal, and regular explosion.
Agreed, Luigi has only one or two moves similar to Mario (but only by appearance), but the rest is unique.
Honestly, I would prefer it didn't. Smash Bros. is a cartoony game, with cartoony, nintendo-y characters. That's why I hate Snake in the game so much, he didn't fit IMO.
I wouldn't mind a few randoms from other series, like as I said, Banjo Kazooie, or Sackboy. But the second they start introducing realistic characters from all these shooters and sht, it would ruin the series. I say keep the game nintendo, maybe with a couple of cartoony third party characters here and there.
I'd like it to have some third party characters, but only in style of SSBB (wacky), and still enough Nintendo characters to know this is a Nintendo game.
If it's real, there's no idea, the only "screenshot" of it was the one with the clown from Twisted Medal.
Megaman is the character that needs to be there the most. XP
Just let me keep Lucario. Only character I used :P
I'm not sure I agree with the idea that only characters who fit this "cartoony" or lighthearted stylistic criteria should be allowed entry, and it's not exactly taken into consideration by HAL or Sakurai anyway. The only reason I could imagine Snake not fitting with the Brawl universe is due to the violent nature of the Metal Gear Solid series, which is why most of his moveset is based around explosives and CQC, rather than firearms. Other than that, I thought he fit well enough. Plus, someone like Samus Aran is already fairly realistic in terms of design and character proportion, and in fact originates from one of Nintendo's darker franchises.


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Potty Training Crunch Time
6/3/2008 | by Jennifer Shu
Parents know that preschool and potty training often go hand-in-hand. But what happens when preschool is on the horizon and your child still can't use the potty on their own? As
Parents know that preschool and potty training often go hand-in-hand. But what happens when preschool is on the horizon and your child still can't use the potty on their own? As a pediatrician, I frequently see parents who find themselves having to meet a training deadline under pressure.
If you've tried to start the potty training process and aren't seeing results, I recommend taking a step back and making sure your child is ready for the process.
Here are a few signs of potty-training readiness I tell parents to look for:
- Your child wants to be trained:
- Wants their wet diaper changed
- Shows interest in the bathroom
- Wants to wear "big kids" pants
- Your child talks about training:
- Indicates by words or body language that it's time to go
- Understands simple directions
- Your child can act on it:
- Stays dry for at least two hours
- Can remove their pants and/or diaper
- Can go to the potty and sit on it
Starting preschool (and completing the potty training process) can be nerve-racking at times for you and your child - I know it was for me when my almost 4-year-old showed no interest until he saw his classmates using the potty! Luckily for parents, there are many different resources to help make the process easier like Pull-Ups® with Easy Open Sides. They allow for quick and easy removal by parents for those times when it is needed – just in case.
With "potty training crunch time" on the horizon just remember to gather the tools you'll need, stay positive and keep your child in a consistent potty routine. When your child is ready, they'll master the task!


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Anybody knows where i can download this HDR's:
And the Smart IBL format spec defines:
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ICOfile = "HWSign3-Fence_Thumb.jpg"
Name = "Hollywood Sign"
Author = "Blochi"
Location = "Hollywood"
Comment = "Sunset and a clear sky, lots of blue dusk light"
GEOlat = 34.13404881298771
GEOlong = -118.32163274288177
Link = "http://www.hdrlabs.com/sibl/archive.html"
Date = "2007:03:08"
Time = "08:03:00"
Height = 2
North = 0
From there i'm more interested about last 2 (how can i properly setup scene lighting in Blender and Luxblend)?:
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North = FP number [2.0]
This is a horizontal marker of the the north direction in the panorama images, ranging from 0.0 to 1.0. It is used to align the entire lighting setup. Advanced implementations may also use it in conjunction with GPS data, date and time to setup a physical sky or physical sun system.
Height = FP number [2.0]
This is the capturing height of the panoramas, measured in meters from the lens center to the ground. In a lighting setup this height value helps to minimize projection distortion by having the correct distance between the ground plane and the lighting domes.


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Police Logs: Mutliple Shoplifting Incidents Reported, House Egged, Vehicle Windows Broken
Burlington Police Department logs for Nov. 22 to 23.
Following are excerpts from the Burlington Police Department log. Note that this is a sampling of activity in the log, not a complete account. We report all arrests included in the daily police log. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Nov. 22
- At 12:54 a.m. a caller on Leroy Drive reported two vehicles traveling at a high rate of speed, possibly drag racing. Vehicles gone when police arrived.
- At 9:25 a.m. a Donna Lane caller reported her house was egged the past evening.
- At 12:15 p.m. a caller at the Burlington Mall reported her vehicle was struck while parked in the lot.
Nov. 23
- At 8:22 a.m. a female party came to that station to report that her motor vehicle was struck on Nov. 20 while parked at the Outback Steakhouse. Officer observed left-rear quarter damage.
- At 10:30 a.m. Building 19 reported detaining a female shoplifter. Store to handle.
- At 12:02 p.m. police arrested Phillip Smith, 43, of 32 Grew Avenue, Roslindale on a charge of larceny over $250. Arrest made after a shoplifting complaint by Macy's.
- AT 1:47 p.m. Lord & Taylor reported two male shoplifters stole $135 in clothing. Store to handle.
- AT 2:13 p.m. a Cutting Lane caller reported a babysitter stole a check and credit card.
- At 3:20 p.m. Lord & Taylor loss prevention reported detaining three female juvenile shoplifters. Same released to the custody of their parents.
- At 7:38 p.m. a Putnam Road caller reported someone rang his doorbell and left before he answered. Caller said this has been happening the last few nights.
- At 8:35 p.m. another Putnam Road caller reported someone rang his doorbell and ran away.
- At 8:55 p.m. Mobil Oil Service Station at 50 Mall Road reported three black males attempted to shoplift about $10 worth of snack food and candy. Men fled in a vehicle before police arrived.
- At 9:57 p.m. a Mall Road caller reported an unknown man in a motor vehicle yelled at her and used foul language.
- At 11:14 p.m. a Beacon Village caller reported the windows of a vehicle in the lot were broken. Police observed that both of the driver's side windows were broken. Unknown if anything was taken. Police could not contact owner so left a note on the vehicle.
Betty Bullock
7:32 am on Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Since when is there a Mobil Station on Mall Road?
Richard Hosford
1:39 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Hi Betty, good catch. The Mobil is on Middlesex Turnpike. Thanks


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Now in its 50th year, the Shaw Festival of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, has zigzagged its way though a half-dozen artistic directors, always coming out ahead. The repertory enterprise is still named for George Bernard Shaw, and, sure enough, each of the three stages there has a Shaw play, one of them almost never performed. Production values of what you see usually exceed the standards of Broadway and the West End, and it's commonplace to hear applause for the sets and lighting before the action begins. But whether the presentation is comedy, drama or, more recently, the musical, sheer, jaw-dropping surprise is the company's best asset. That can be a familiar or shopworn item refitted anew or, more often, a little-known delight plucked from obscurity.
The show you don't want to miss is an hour and five minutes of ecstatic giddiness revived from summer 2008, when the entire run was immediately sold out. That's Ferenc Molnar's madcap takeoff on Shaw's Pygmalion story, here called The President (through Oct. 9 at the Royal George Theatre, 85 Queen St.). Under its original title, One, Two, Three opened in Budapest just before the Depression and was then performed everywhere in a dozen languages, despite the limited market for one-act plays. The dialogue, delivered at a speed that tests the human capacity to speak and comprehend, might well run twice as long if slightly slowed down, as it was in the Billy Wilder-Jimmy Cagney movie comedy One, Two, Three (1961), reset in Berlin during the Cold War.
This version, revised by Welsh-Canadian playwright Morwyn Brebner, moves the action to Manhattan sometime in the 1930s. We can see that art deco icon the Chrysler Building outside the window. In his private office, financial power broker Norrison (Lorne Kennedy) is trying to leave town when trouble falls into his lap. Lydia (Julie Martell), the reckless and visibly libidinous daughter of one of the most conservative clients, has married scuzzy-looking cab driver Tony Foot (Jeff Meadows), who is a member of the Communist party. Within an hour, Norrison must polish this zircon-in-the-rough into a gentleman of high station acceptable to the parents. By comparison, Henry Higgins' task looks small time. The slum boy needs a complete makeover, head to, um, foot, inside and out. Otherwise, Norrison's reputation and fortune are at stake.
With words geysering out in every direction, Norrison takes charge, sometimes talking to six characters at once. Actually, there are 21 supporting characters coming and going, played by 14 actors. In a delicious conceit, director Blair Williams has cast actors with distinct presences, like roundfaced William Vickers, the shortest player in the company, or wide-cheeked Ken James Stewart, so we know exactly who they are when they show up a few minutes later with a different name and false mustache or a skirt.
Lest this sounds as though Molnar is making a case for the resourcefulness of the capitalist manager, the playwright throws pies in the faces of both ends of the political spectrum. He deftly pries the cabbie loose from feckless Marxists, and just as easily secures him a title from the no-account Count von Schottenberg (Michael Ball). As with Liza Doolittle, the young man must be taught to speak, but also to dress, and to eat. Toute de suite! All this while Norrison must also keep the young marrieds out of each other's pants, and, we realize, his own unseen wife, sweetie pie Begonia, is making other plans.
Even with 21 supporting characters, Lorne Kennedy's Norrison spouts more than half the lines. No comment is ever made about his diminutive stature, apparently shorter than Cagney or the late Peter Falk. But in a director's trope, Norrison is often seen communing with a bust of Napoleon. Indeed, the triumphant role makes Lorne Kennedy into the emperor of verbal velocity.
A perfect fit for the 328-seat Royal George Theatre, The President's breath-stopping hilarity would be dissipated in a larger space. For theatrical exhilaration no other company we know can touch it.
A few blocks up the street sits the 327-seat Court House Theatre (26 Queen St.), where the festival likes to put on riskier fare, such as Shaw's absolutely least-performed play, On the Rocks (through Oct. 8). It appeared just once before in Niagara, in 1986, drawing small audiences. Shaw wrote it at age 77 in 1933 when Western democracies were on their backs economically, and the playwright uttered some of his most chuckleheaded public pronouncements, including kind words for dictators Mussolini, Stalin and even Hitler. Characters in On the Rocks are all fictionalized, fortunately, and all speak better, if rashly, than the playwright did himself. So the problem for the festival is something like what Shakespeareans face with Titus Andronicus: how to extract the author's gold from all this muck.
Enter Canadian comic playwright Michael Healey, best known in these parts for his Drawer Boy, a big hit at Ithaca's Kitchen Theatre Company four years ago. He slashes the top-heavy exposition, changes one character's gender and transposes most of the second act to go before the first. Talk about a play doctor. To the extent that the remodeled creature now gets up and dances intellectually (to a witty original score by Paul Sportelli), the surgery can be declared a success.
Action begins with the English government paralyzed in acrimony. (Healey's rewrite could be pointing to the administration to his south.) A well-meaning but ineffectual Liberal, Sir Arthur Chavender (Peter Krantz), leads an all-party coalition in which every faction shouts and no one listens. Shaw and Healey try to put plausible speeches into the mouths of all points of view, but characters given to stridency tend to sound shallow, not unlike life.
Working-class hellion Aloysia Brollikins (Marla McLean) chews out a doddering but obviously enlightened peer, the Duke of Domesday (David Schurmann), because his ancestors drove tenants off the family property centuries ago. The Tory leader, Sir Dexter Rightside (Steven Sutcliffe), speaks loudly for positions close to what we hear today from Reps. Paul Ryan and Eric Cantor. As his rage multiplies, he blows his integrity in a racist slur against an elegant Anglo-Indian woman, Dame Adhira Pandranath (Cherissa Richards). Her righteous, stinging response equals the power of Shavian grand rhetoric written in his top works.
Simply for bragging rights, On the Rocks will rank high for steady theater-goers. Its themes can be discussed side-by-side with those of the much admired Heartbreak House (1920), also in Niagara this summer. The pared text still retains an abundance of Shavian zingers, such as Chavender's comment, "I see the art of oratory prevents the advent of thought." The production boasts some of the company's best talent: Mary Haney, Norman Browning, Guy Bannerman, Claire Jullien and especially Peter Krantz as Chavender, melding Jimmy Stewart's self-mockery with Henry Fonda's purity of purpose.
The 869-seat Festival Theatre (10 Queen's Parade) at the east end of town is the favored venue for the poshest productions likely to attract the largest audiences. That's what happens to the No. 1 draw of the summer, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's My Fair Lady (until Oct. 30), once known as the musical version of Pygmalion. It seems strange that the company never mounted it in 50 years, especially after artistic director Jackie Maxwell declared her admiration for classic Broadway about 10 years ago. As one might expect, the company pulls out the stopper to make sure Lady's a whopper.
Dramatic star Benedict Campbell as Henry Higgins both knows how to sing and speak as an elocutionist. As Liza, diminutive Deborah Hay (Billie in Born Yesterday two years ago) can make any accent her own and still make you think she's struggling to learn. Her labor-averse father Alfred is rotund, bumptious Neil Barclay, whose high-kicking "Get Me to the Church on Time" will make a cardiologist gasp. Company favorites Patrick Galligan (Pickering), Sharry Flett (Mrs. Higgins), Mark Uhre (Freddy) and Patty Jamieson (Mrs. Pearce) can do no wrong. Molly Smith's direction, especially of the ensemble numbers, Paul Sportelli's musical direction, Daniel Pelzig's choreography and Ken MacDonald's sets all meet the highest professional standards.
Two cautions. The script follows George Cukor's 1964 movie rather than the original book, so "I Could Have Danced All Night" is now in the first act. And the first act does not end with Liza, Higgins and Pickering's exit, but rather with the challenge from Zoltan Karpathy (Jeff Irving) at the ball. Secondly, Judith Bowden's costumes, sure to erase the memory of Cecil Beaton's black-and-white frocks for the movie's "Ascot Gavotte" number, have turned the hoity-toity horsey people into so many macaws and Carmen Mirandas. Order a ticket if you can get one.
A second big production at the Festival Theatre is the once-admired, now little-seen The Admirable Crichton (until Oct. 29) by J.M. Barrie. With the undying popularity of Peter Pan (1904), we sometimes overlook what a huge success the rest of Barrie's career was. The 1902 Crichton, with its provocative things to say about status and class, sounds from a distance like a Shaw play, only Barrie's agenda points in a different direction. The Earl of Loam (David Schurmann), a radical peer, lives in Mayfair, London's most fashionable quarter. To demonstrate his commitment to his own view of egalitarianism, he obliges his entire household of cooks, chauffeurs and dishwashers to share tea with the family, forcing everyone into extreme discomfort. Unruffled but concerned is the takecharge butler, Crichton (Steven Sutcliffe), who avers that nature tells us certain people were meant to be in charge.
Begging plausibility, the second act finds the earl's family and much of his household marooned on a desert island, a la Swiss Fam-ily Robinson. All the aristocrats, not surprisingly, turn out to be maladroit, unable to feed or dress themselves, and are dependent on the servants. They are led by the redoubtable Crichton, the man who knows how to get things done. His flash and moxie attract the affections of the eldest Loam daughter, the flame-haired Lady Mary Lasenby (Nicole Underhay), who has herself become a Diana-like huntress, bagging wild game to turn over to Crichton. The social order is completely inverted, and it's the doers who win the beautiful girls.
When the entire party returns to Mayfair, there is some ambiguity about just what happened. A lazy, self-satisfied toff, Ernest Woolley (Kyle Blair), has published an outrageously dishonest account of the adventure, in which the privileged are seen as prevailing. Clearly chastened, the Earl of Loam announces his switch to the Tory party. And what of the island lovers, Crichton and Lady Mary? In his notebooks Barrie writes of two contrasting endings, unsure which audiences would prefer. In this version, director Morris Panych allows for both.
A Canadian playwright with an international reputation (Seven Stories), Panych did far more damage to Georges Feydeau's golden farce Hotel Paradiso three years ago. Here he introduces a host of zoomorphic, kabuki-like characters to comment on the action and also deliver musical interludes. Six men and women, dressed in formal wear and sporting animal half-masks such as a wolf, hare, fox and crow, speak with Cockney accents as they introduce and comment on the action. This means reading Barrie's witty stage directions when characters enter, although Barrie's own exposition clearly tells us what they are about.
J.M. Barrie speaks wonderfully well in his own voice, thank you. Audiences should add this version of The Admirable Crichton only if the time at Niagara allows for an open matinee or evening.
The most disappointing of the five items seen during a recent Syracuse New Times visit is one of Shaw's early "pleasant" plays, Candida (until Oct. 30 at the Royal George). The title character (Claire Jullien) is a beautiful if mature wife of a liberal clergyman, Morell (Nigel Shawn Williams), and the daughter of a reactionary but ironic businessman father, Burgess (Norman Browning). Into her life comes an unexpected admirer, the young poet Eugene Marchbanks (Wade Bogert-O'Brien). The love triangle has long been one of Shaw's more popular plays, happily produced by Syracuse Stage in 1978 and musicalized as A Minister's Wife by Austin Pendleton at Lincoln Center last spring.
The touch of Krakow-based director Tadeusz Bradecki, alas, is ponderous and slow. Many wonderful performances, including Kate Colosimo as the reverend's secretary, and enchanting lighting effects from Jock Munro are not enough. The prime mistake is making Marchbanks a dithering fool instead of an obsessed romantic. Decades ago Marchbanks was the first important stage role of two adolescents named Orson Welles and Marlon Brando. Not recommended.
Word on the street in Niagara-on-the-Lake argues that two other best bets are a little-known Irish play and an American classic. Lennox Robinson's Drama at Inish—A Comedy (until Oct. 1 at the Court House) explores what happens to the population of a seaside community when a visiting theater company introduces the soul-rending dramas of Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (until Oct. 23 at the Royal George) is now one of Tennessee Williams' three most-often performed works, and for good reason. The Festival gives the show its best with company favorite Jim Mezon as Big Daddy and porcelain-skinned beauty Moya O'Connell as the vulnerable Maggie.
Also at this year's fest: Shaw's Heartbreak House (until Oct. 7 at the Festival Theatre), the Portuguese-themed musical Maria Severa (through Sept. 23 at the Court House), Topdog/Underdog (through Aug. 27 at the Studio Theatre, 10 Queen's Parade, in the Festival Theatre complex) by Syracuse-linked Suzan-Lori Parks, and When the Rain Stops Falling (through Sept. 17 at the Studio).
The shows will be performed in repertory, Tuesdays through Sundays, 2 and 8 p.m., with performances of The President at 11:30 a.m. Admission is $32 to $106 (Canadian), with discounts for seniors, families, students and groups. The Shaw Festival is in Niagara-on-the-Lake, north of Niagara Falls, Ontario, about a 3-hour drive from Syracuse. Tight accommodations require advance planning. Call (800) 511-SHAW or visit www. shawfest.com for details.


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Weed search: Montana dogs hit the woad
The west's version of kudzu — a noxious weed known as Dyer's woad — is being sniffed out by specially trained dogs as part of a program in Montana aimed at eradicating the fast-spreading, yellow blooming, Russian-born member of the mustard family.
First found in Montana in 1934, the weed, native to southeast Russia, can grow four inches in a week, produce as many as 10,000 seeds, send its roots five feet underground and climb waist high, leaving little room for native plants.
While most prevalent in Utah and eastern Idaho, it's classified as a Priority 1B noxious weed in Montana and not yet so widespread there that it can't be eradicated.
That's where the dogs come in.
Deb Tirmenstein and her dogs — a Labrador named Wibaux and a border collie called Seamus — joined Montana's Dyer's woad eradication project in 2011.
Wibaux, initially trained to find cadavers, and Seamus, who was rescued from a Bozeman shelter, now scramble up and down mountains sniffing out pockets of the weed. When they find some, they get a treat, and the weed gets sprayed with herbicides.
The project grew out of research conducted at Montana State University, acording to an article by the Montana State University News Service, published in the Helena Independent Record.
Montana Dyer's Woad Cooperative Project started in 1984, and it has seen the weed's presence drop from 17 counties down to seven – Beaverhead, Silver Bow, Carbon, Flathead, Gallatin, Missoula and Park.
The dogs are just the most recent tool in the battle.
Kim Goodwin, a research associate in the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences in MSU's College of Agriculture, started investigating the possibility of using dogs to detect noxious weeds when she was a master's degree student at MSU.
Goodwin's research showed that dogs and people complement each other when looking for noxious weeds. People can spot large flowering patches of the plants ; dogs can detect single plants, even before they start sprouting.
"Through our research, we found they are able to detect twice as many small plants as the surveyors do," Goodwin said.
This year on Mount Sentinel in Missoula the dogs detected about 40 locations that humans missed, said Goodwin, whose original research used German shepherds and focused on knapweed.
Goodwin said she got the idea for using dogs to detect noxious weeds after reading about the "Beagle Brigade," which inspects luggage and boxes for the USDA at U.S. airports and ports of entry.
Trainers introduced Wibaux to Dyer's woad by hiding the weed inside a box with holes in the lid and placing the box next to boxes containing other weeds.
When Wibaux realized she would receive a treat or get to retrieve a ball every time she detected Dyer's woad, she started honing in on it.
(Photos of Wibaux and Seamus by Sepp Jannotta / MSU)
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I taught my girls to sew while they were growing up. However, it's easy to get into an adult sewing class. Most shops that sell machines have beginning sewing classes. Don't let not knowing how to sew hold you back if you think it's something you just might enjoy. Plus, why throw out a piece of clothing if all it needs is a simple repair? My machine has saved me lots of money over the years.
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As important in India as Christmas is in North America, Diwali was celebrated for the sixth time at the Maple Ridge Library on Saturday.
Diwali is sometimes known as the festival of lights and represents the triumph of good over evil.
There was no need to be from India, however, or have any knowledge of cultural events in that part of the world, to enjoy the celebration.
The family-oriented event is put on cooperatively by the library and the Family Education and Support Centre.
"We have been partnering with the library for six years to put on this event," noted family ed's Jassy Maghera.
It has seen increased attendance over the years as people take in the entertainment, activities, and food, while they learn about Indian culture.
"The crowd has grown," said Maple Ridge Councillor Michael Morden. "It is at least double the amount of people from the first time I came," four years ago.
A number of other dignitaries attended including the mayors of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, as well as councillors from both commun-ities.
"Today in India, a billion people celebrate with many lights and food and festivities," said Dr. Biju Mathew.
"Now, Diwali is celebrated globally. Even Obama celebrates Diwali at the White House."
Food for the festival has been sponsored by Mathew and the Ridge Meadows South Asian Cultural Society since the event's inception.
Performers, volunteers, helpers and attendees weren't just from the local community. Some came from Surrey, Abbotsford, and beyond.
"Last week she [co-organizer Minakshi Sidhu, of the library] told me about the event and I said I would come," said Pam Birk, who drew henna tattoos on a number of guests with the help of her daughter.
Refreshments included traditional dishes like samosas, jalebis, cholays, and besan along with non-traditional pizza which was provided by Mona Pizza.
The kids' craft activity was painting small clay pots. Clay pots are part of the celebration of Diwali in that they are often the container for candles as part of the celebration of light.
"We came so she can get a taste of other cultures," said Rosa Diaz of why she brought her daughter, four-year-old Emma Sala to the event. "She's so young and has asked about pictures of other cultures."
"It was awesome," summarized four-year-old Trey Vanderkooi of attending the event with his family.