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Review: Disgraced (American Theater Company)
Written by Ayad Akhtar
'Disgraced' is a provocative, educational must-see
|American Theater Company presents
Review by Katy Walsh
When I was in Morocco, I was sensitive to the Muslim culture. I stayed covered up. I didn't wear a burka but I did wear long sleeves, pants and a scarf around my neck. One day on a crowded street, I got separated from my group. A young local confronted me hissing and shrilling inches from my face. My scarf had loosened to reveal my neckline. And in his eyes, I was a disgrace.
American Theater Company presents the world premiere of Disgraced. Amir is a recovering Muslim. He has renounced his religious roots. He's working for partnership in his law firm. Emily is his white wife. She is an artist working on a Muslim-influenced series. Isaac is a gallery owner. He wants to exhibit Emily's collection. He is Jewish. His wife, Jory, is black and also a lawyer at Amir's firm. Their common interests bring them together for dinner. Their differences ensure it's their last supper. Disgraced is an unforgettable dinner party.
Playwright Ayad Akhtar creates this contemporary, liberal American outing: Loving bi-racial marriages, tight male-female colleagues. On the surface, it looks like a politically-correct television sitcom. The dialogue is sophisticated. As the show progresses, the jocularity disappears as tensions mount. It's one implosion after another. Akhtar's fleshed-out characters left me exhausted and holding back a sob. From lights up, Director Kimberly Senior puts me in the room. The acting is so authentic that I feel like a fifth wheel. I bite my tongue not to blurt out a retort. At first, I want to join in the playful banter, and then I want to intervene in the conflict. Dialogue overlaps and lingers. It's one of those dinner parties that you leave uncomfortably full and replay the conversations over and over again.
This show is full of personality. The cast provides ongoing thought-provoking viewpoints on religion, race, gender. Stereotypes are explored and weirdly justified. In the lead, Usman Ally (Amir) plays raging paranoid perfectly. He balances heavy doses of humor with anger issues. His flawed character garners empathy for his weaknesses, as well as, his strength. An understated Alana Arenas (Jory) makes hilarious side cracks. Arenas is sooooooo natural. She's really eating cheese and just hanging out. Her responses seem completely organic in the moment. And then when pushed, she shoves…hard! The entire ensemble provides a sublime look and feel to Akhtar's multi-dimensional story.
My Moroccan incident shocked me. Not because I wasn't ready for it. Before I went on vacation, I had learned the standards for female dress. I was well-prepared. But then I arrived and met such a welcoming culture of gentle people dedicated to daily multiple prayer times. My neckline exposure enraged a young man. It was deemed disrespectful. My showing a little skin seemed to rip this guy's scab off and his wound ran deep. He had hundreds of years of emasculation simmering below the surface. Disgraced masterfully illustrates the cultural differences that start wars. This show not only entertains, it educates. Its significance makes it a must see!
|Rating: ★★★★
Disgraced continues through February 26th at American Theater Company, 1909 W. Byron (map), with performances Thursdays-Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 3pm and 8pm, and Sundays at 3pm. Tickets are $35-$40, and are available by phone (773-409-4125) or online at PrintTixUSA.com (check for half-price tickets at Goldstar.com). More information at atcweb.org. (Running time: 75 minutes with no intermission)
All photos by Michael Brosilow
Usman Ally (Amir); Lee Stark (Emily); Behzad Dabu (Abe/Hussein); Alana Arenas (Jory); Benim Foster (Isaac)
behind the scenes
Kimberly Senior (director); Jack Magaw (set); Janice Pytel (costumes); Christine Binder (lighting); Kevin O'Donnell (sound); Nick Heggestad (props); David Woolley (fight choreography); Katie Klemme (stage manager); Nils Folke Anderson (artwork); Kendra Miller (asst. director); Nick Gajary (asst. sound); Ellie Hymphrys (asst. lighting); Joe Watrach (programmer, electrician); Jenny Pinson (asst. props); Leslie Cobb (asst. stage manager); Brigitte Lehmkuhl (scenic painter); Micah Hofferth (tech director); Brandon PT Davis (tech fellow); Mac Vaughey (master electrician); Amanda Sager (sound engineer); Michael Brosilow (photos)
Category: 2012 Reviews, American Theater Company, Katy Walsh, New Work, World Premier
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Jerry Sandusky was sentenced Tuesday morning to 30-60 years in prison.
Read the Associated Press' story here. It will updated throughout the afternoon.
The Patriot News, which won a Pultizer for their reporting on the scandal, has some great coverage. Here's the paper's main story. Here's their article on the victims' statements prior to the sentencing.
Sandusky professed his innocence in a written statement.


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Remembering A Great Nation - Rhodesia.My entire family, save for one uncle, fled from Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1980 when Mugabe came to power. They all moved down to South Africa where most of us have lived ever since. Since the Apartheid regime fell in 1994 this country has also been gradually declining in many respects.
Don't get me wrong. There is hope for this country. Nelson Mandella played a wonderful role in helping this country move forward from the horrible predicament that was the old Apartheid regime. It needed to be dismantled but the question was how to do it without doing too much serious damage to the country. Perhaps a long-term strategy in terms of tackling this problem and introducing previously disadvantaged groups into the mainstream would have been ideal. But there was already too much damage done and too little time to make amends.
The loss of Rhodesia and its old nationality was very hard on my dad. He loved his country and he nearly gave his life for it in the Rhodesian Bush War 1965 - 1980. Like many ex-Rhodesians he felt betrayed and stabbed in the back by Great Britain, the mother country.
There still is a strong 'Rhodesian' identity or neo-nationality even though ex-Rhodesians are now scattered all over the world. The ex-Rhodesian community still keeps in contact and the glue that held them together back then is still there today. There's a whole new generation of ex-Rhodesians that have grown up outside of the original nation's borders.
No one in my family ever picked up a South African accent although we've lived here for decades. My parents have been told that they have 'Rhodesian' accents and so have other members of the family. I, my brothers and my cousins have a bit of a Rhodesian accent that we picked up from our parents. If you heard my accent you'd probably have a hard time knowing where I was from unless you were familiar with ex-Rhodesians.
Rhodesia was a great nation. It was a paradise on earth - beautiful, safe, the economy was one on one with the American Dollar. It was known as the "bread basket of Africa". Until it was trashed by socialism/communism under the guise of "democracy".
Yes, among a mountain of other evidence that has been documented, my dad himself picked up communist leaflets and other propaganda that had been printed in East Germany and the USSR and distributed among the enemy on more than one occasion. The communists were training them, indoctrinating them, brutalizing them and arming them. Characteristic of communist terrorism, my dad and many of his comrades witnessed horrible atrocities committed by these people. They loved to come and murder whole families, women and children, bayonet them and butcher them in the most horrendous fashion... when the men weren't there to fight them.
The war wasn't lost by the Rhodesians militarily. It was lost over a conference table. The country succumbed to severe international pressure, blockades, trade embargo's and so on. They could have kept up the fight forever and they would have had they been able to finance the war. The South African Apartheid government was supporting Rhodesia financially but they too were coming under immense international pressure and couldn't keep it up.
The Rhodesian military was inflicting terrible casualties on the communists despite the overwhelming odds. They were being armed with the latest tanks, artillery, small arms and other weapons but our people were beating them with what they had. Their Russian tanks were being knocked out by our artillery, and we only had a few of them to go around. We didn't have any tanks. We were lacking anti-tank weapons. The Rhodesian troops were relying heavily on captured enemy weapons and ammunition depots. Their own weapons were being used against them.
The Rhodesian army was one of the most professional, efficient and deadly in the world. If any army in the world knew how to fight a war it was the Rhodesian army. ex-Rhodesian military personnel, generals and officers have went on to revolutionize and train the military in the UK, United states and so on.
The Rhodesian was a unique breed of man. In both world wars, the Rhodesians turned out more soldiers for the British army per head of its population than any other Commonwealth nation. The same was true for the Rhodesian Bush War. Nobody complained. They served their time in the army, they moved on. There was never a shortage of men who were willing to serve their country.
The Rhodesians were one of Great Britain's most loyal subjects. It's a pity the same sense of honour and decency was not returned.
In retrospect, the conditions under which these Colonial nations were established were immoral and wrong. They cannot be morally justified in any way. However, two wrongs can never make a right. Hate responding against hate can only produce more problems.
It's easy to make that judgment from my perspective and that of my family and easy to overlook the sufferings of the peoples who were unjustly subjected to ill-treatment and disrespect in many ways. The best I can do is regretfully and respectfully acknowledge them and apologize on behalf of those who were responsible for history's wrongs and injustices.
The past has been left behind though and the future has gone forward. Things are fine the way they are and not all gloom and doom.
The purpose of this story was not to lament on the negatives, but merely to acknowledge and reflect on the past... from one party's perspective. Perhaps this story could give others an insight into the way one party sees these things and help bring about a greater understanding.
Thank you for sharing this. I am not Rhodesian, but a very dear friend of my family was. I knew him through my Grandfather and I was alway amazed to hear his stories of the time he spent training RAF aircrews in WW2. He passed away in the 90s and was mourned like one of our own. As I grew up I bought books and watched clips of films to learn about his country, Rhodesia. It seems now a country that existed solely on the will of it's citizens, a place where community endeavour forged a brilliant nation that was passionately defended to the end. I have great respect for the people of Rhodesia. I think it's wonderful that it still lives on through it's expatriates through a strong social media. But the more I learned the more I grew to be sickened and ashamed of my own country's role in it's demise. Like many English people I am afraid that Britain may never truly be Great Britain ever again. Betraying our natural friends proves this much. Labour governments have always been ineffectual, and the poisonous way they dealt with Rhodesia was unpardonable. If Rhodesia truly still stood today, as it did back in it's heyday, it would be a place I would want to be a part of.
Thanks for posting this well written story. As you know by now I am S.African. I have ex-Rhodesian friends who have pretty much said what you have said. Africa is full of unfortunate colonial issues. I think that open and honest stories like this are good in terms of creating greater understanding and tolerance. This is one of the cool things about EP, we can share stuff like this with people the world over just by using a PC. Many of us have ended up in S.Africa due to things that our ancestors did and now we simply have to deal with it as best we know how. My ancestors are from England/Scotland and Italy. They ended up in S.Africa due to events in the 2nd world war and this country is all I know. I'm not going anywhere, I shall die here. One of my grandmothers loved the English queen and all that. I on the other hand have no love for the queen or any other royalty for that matter.
Considering the way Mugabe treats his own people I am surprised that the man is still alive. Africa is a darn complicated place no ? :-)
Hi am happy to know that there is still such glue and contact how can i be part of this ?
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Maybe i am a little bit to late with my comment but, as you talk about the old Rhodesia so are we having still the old South Africa. It is all about humanbeings who have the money and the influence who think they can do waht they can do . The way Germany was involve in ex Rhodesia they were all over. We can never get away from History. Humanbeings make and break humanbeings. Were do hatred come from? What i would like to see is :THE YOUNGSTERS MUST LOOK FOR A WAY WE CAN ALL LIVE IN SA: One will allways have backstabbers but, the only way we can make it work is see other races as humanbeings and not as "stupids" so to say. The FIRST mistake the apartheid regime was making in SA was to underestimate BLACK people .
This is very interesting and informative reading. I have read a lot of the materials availble about Rhodisian history and I can only agree with you. Very interesting reading from an ex-rhodisian. How do you see Zimbabwe/Rhodesia after Mugabe??
I was never a huge fan of Ian Smith, but Mugabe is a disgusting big blood stain on the map of Africa. Much like the perpetrators of Apartheid.

If Malema has his way, south africa will go the same way as Zimbabwe. The apartheid regime was absolutely indefensible and it's inevitable that the native populations will reclaim their land. Question is, will they do it in the same way it was taken from them? Let's never forget our ugly past.
"The purpose of this story was not to lament on the negatives, but merely to acknowledge and reflect on the past... from one party's perspective. Perhaps this story could give others an insight into the way one party sees these things and help bring about a greater understanding."

I think this statement about sums it all up.

I enjoyed reading this piece (all 3 times, no less!) and I've also enjoyed reading the thought-provoking comments that it inspired. We are all only one small sliver of the story. Each of our memories, experiences, and even "feelings" is passed down to us from our fathers and our fathers fathers to a large degree.

Nostalgia, I believe, is a very healthy way to take heed of both the good and the bad. Through it, we can look back and see all of the ugliness while still enjoying the fond memories of all the goodness. It helps us to idealize our happy times even as we remember the not-so-happy ones.

Pieces like this one also help others to understand where we come from and why we are who/what/how we are today. Whether you disagree with a persons telling of their feelings on a matter or not, you can still respect the fact that it is their personal experience that birthed those certain feelings.

When it comes to "opinions", there are no wrong ones. Only different ones. Thank you for sharing yours. It was a pleasure to read. :)
I fully agree with NorseChief and Storm25 but I would like to add my 2 cents.

We have seen the same thing happening all over Africa: Europeans take over territory by force or trickery, build up infrastructure and actually utilize available natural resources. Mostly this occurred during times when resources in Europe were scarce and "land-grabbing" was seen as vital for survival in Europe. Fortunately the European pioneers in Africa saw the natives as a valuable asset and not as unwanted vermin to be terminated (as was the case in Australia and America). Once the land had been developed and infrastructures built, the native population saw first hand the advantages of progress and felt that they had been cheated out of having all this wealth themselves. Of course it was morally incorrect for Europeans to claim the Africans territories in the first place and this cannot be justified. The African, seeing the white man sitting in his nice villa with swimming pool etc. decided he wants his land back and as a bonus he'll claim the villa and swimming pool for himself. Fair enough, but unfortunately he neglected to realise that a villa and swimming pool require loads of maintenance which needs skilled labour and imported material. So after the African took back his rightfully owned land, inevitably the whole infrastructure which actually inspired him to take the land back, started to fall apart. Now he sits there hungry and cold, in a pile of rubble and blames Europeans for his misfortune. Also, his freedom fighting revolutionary leader gets fatter and fatter and has no qualms with sending in his militia to flatten houses, kill women and children to curb any potential uprising that may threaten his power ba<x>se.

As a South African, living abroad for the past 13 years I have loads of sympathy for Africans. I grew up on a farm in Mpumalanga and had many black friends. The general attitude here in Europe is that black people are dangerous and it's rediculous the way they are avoided. No one sits next to a black person on the trains, trams and buses. Once, after a long night of bar hopping, on the way home, I stumbled into two young black men at a tram station on the street. It was 4 in the morning, about minus 10 degrees outside and they had nowhere to go nor would anyone help them. I know how it is when you come straight from Africa and have to face such weather so I took the two young men home with me and gave them a bed to sleep in and when we were awake, my wife made us all a hearty breakfast. I really enjoyed helping these poor guys that everyone else were scared of.

While everyone in Africa is suffering and blaming each other, the real culprits are sitting here in Europe laughing their ***** off and still getting rich off Africa's resources. Does the African continent have some kind of magnetism that makes people stupid? It doesn't matter what colour or religion you are, you have the same God-foresaken maniacs in government and the only thing you can do to change that is start another war so you can replace one maniac with another. An everlasting cycle of self-destruction which keeps Africa in check so that everyone else can keep getting rich off the fat of the African land.

With the latest developments in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Ivory Coast people are forced to look for refuge abroad. The ones that make it to Europe don't go back. Not even after the war is long over. Migration policies get stricter and stricter though. These fat nations want to keep us out so that we can't enjoy the fruits of our own sweat and blood. And believe me these people would have nothing if not for exploitation of developing countries. I am convinced that if enough people would migrate to first world countries it would force them to stop controlling Africa's economy and allow it time to develop itself. At worst, people that migrate and work in first world countries or start companies there, can send money back to the mother land where it belongs.

We are living in the third millenium now and the times of being attached to a particular piece of ground for which you live and die is long gone. We can move to and work anywhere in the world and still be home for Christmas. We should take advantage of our unique character and skills to place ourselves in the world as the people that get things done. We just have to be more flexible and ready to learn other languages and cultures. The most constructive revolution for African countries is not the toppling of the own government but the exploitation of countries that have been exploiting ours for hundreds of years already.
so firstly i get what you saying and on some points i agree others i dont. when you are sepressing anyone its not right in anyway be it in SA, Australia, Darfur etc it's not right whether you a minority or a majority when you take away someone freedom and rights your taking their fundamental right to live. when you do this people are going to fight back they are going to stand up and shout until they heard how, where, when is all part of that it's exactly what happened in SA and happened in America and England and all over the world with slaves womans rights etc it's going to happen and it's a consequence you have to deal with. Yes Rhodesia may have been an awesome country but to who the majority wasnt happy the majority stood up and protested and where heard. for every action theres a reaction i'm not saying you completely wrong and i'm definately not saying that the country is better off now all i'm saying is the last goverment the current goverment are messing up so instead of sitting back in another country bitching over the internet stand up shout and scream and do something about it, it takes one person to make a change and whinning and moaning and saying the country is going to hell will not get you or that country any where!! you claim to be something and rehash facts you heard from you family or in books and become an expert you have to live in that world and you have be staying in that country if you want things to change then stop being a fair weather Rhodesian and start becoming a Zimbabwean because thats what the country's called now it has been for over a decade now - good luck!!
"Threw the country over to the dogs" who specifically were the "dogs"? Great knowledge you have about southern Rhodesia.
i know how you feel my friend we no all about them it is a f.....n disgrace
As a historian i must agree. The communists used their ever famous "we are doing nothing wrong" act while brutalizing a nation they wished to "liberate". Funny how none of those nations wanted to be liberated till the communists are in power and they must agree or get butchered. Great Britian has lost her sense of honor tho it is debatable if she ever truly had it. On behalf of those who have wronged your ppl, sir, i beg forgiveness. tho i have nothing to do with it i pray your hearts do not become bitter. bitterness is the true basis of communism along with pure evil. God bless the fallen.


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Don't count Donald Andrew Anderson, a convicted thief and forger, as a genius.
While in custody on state charges inside the Orange County Jail in March 2010, Anderson made a telephone call to a man he thought was a fellow crook interested in buying stolen financial information.
Anderson may have been the last felon unaware that jail deputies record all telephone calls.
He also didn't know that the man he called actually worked as a confidential law enforcement informant.
Double oops.
In Dec. 2010, a federal grand jury indicted Anderson and two co-conspirators–Jonathan Scott Agajarian, already a convicted felon with a history of narcotics woes, and John Alexander Burnett–and charged them with several crimes including illegal possession of access devices.
The conspiracy sold complete financial information on individuals at a rate of $600 for 50 credit profiles, according to the indictment.
Agajarian, who was born in 1981, received a sentence of 33 months in prison.
Burnett, who was born in 1973, received a term of probation for three years.
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I don't know what brought this story to mind – I almost never know what brings stories to mind – but I once starred in a movie. We are not talking "Major Motion Picture" here – it was eleven minutes long – but it was a movie and I was the only one in it, which would, by default, make me the star – so, "Letter of the Law" – I starred in a movie. "Spirit of the Law" – not quite Bruce Willis.
Regular readers and avid studiers of the IMBD ("International Movie Data Base") are aware that I did appear in an actual full-length movie called Cannibal Girls (1973). I additionally performed in a movie entitled The Merry Wives of Tobias Rooke (also in 1973; it was my "breakout" year for movies), but that classic is not listed in the IMDB because it was never completed due to insufficient funding, and was subsequently shelved, by which I mean it was "archived" in the trunk of the director's car.
All that is preamble, though, chronologically, these events occurred after the story I am about to tell, which would technically make it "postamble", if that word exists and if it doesn't it does now.
We set the "Wayback Machine" to a Los Angeles summer in 1966. I am attending the Bertolt Brecht Summer Theater Workshop at UCLA, becoming a featured player in two of the four scheduled productions, after an enthusiastically-received audition garnered me the only round of applause among more than fifty competitors.
(I was actually penciled to appear in a third production, but was "scratched" due to an already overly full plate.)
So I'm in the Theater Department, and in the building right next door, is the UCLA Film Department. And one day, a film student comes in, he walks up to me and he asks if I would like to appear in a movie he has written and will direct, a classroom assignment which, when completed, will earn him his degree.
He assures me that the film can be shot in one day, on a Sunday, when the Theater Department is closed, and we had no show that night. Was I interested?
I told him yes.
I was twenty-one.
Did I ask why he'd selected me? I did not.
I wanted to be in a movie.
The main thing I remember about this aspiring writer/director was that he was what I'd call "burly." "Football-player" burly. Maybe not "First String", but a respectable-looking bench warmer.
Slightly built people like myself reflexively engage in these assessments about strangers all the time as an integral element in our "Fight of Flight" calculations, the label overly flattering in my case, as my M.O. is virtually ninety percent "Flight."
Despite my "Early Warning System" concern, I nevertheless still said yes. I really wanted to be in a movie.
The storyline was simple:
A homeless person, sleeping on the beach, wakes up, and immediately gathers up his meager belongings. He then starts in on his "work day", scavenging the beachside refuse bins for "empties", which he would subsequently exchange at a nearby liquor store for whatever-his-"take"-would-entitle-him-to bottle of inexpensive wine.
DISSOLVE TO: The bum, climbing a hill, where, upon arriving at the summit, he would swig his wine and break into the free-spirited dance of a man who was poor in material possessions but wealthy in personal freedom.
Sounds right up my alley, doesn't it? And if it doesn't, hey, I'm a ac-tor.
So, okay. Sunday morning, the guy picks me up in his beat-up sports car, and we drive to the beach, where we "execute the beach scenes." We then proceed to a nearby liquor store, where I walk in with a sack full of "empties", and later emerge, my right hand, tightly clasping a coveted bottle of low-priced inebriate.
So far, so good. The director's happy. I am getting it done.
We then head North up the Pacific Coast Highway to Malibu. I have never been to Malibu before. It seems like a very long drive. My mind begins to churn. In reality, we were moving to our final "location." But this would be the same drive, I momentarily imagined, that a burly total stranger might take a person he has picked up on the pretext of starring him in a movie, before delivering him to a secluded area and doing him serious bodily harm.
Actors have colorful imaginations. We can not help what flies into our minds.
Finally, we arrive at our location. Before me stands a moderately high, sandy, vegetation-free bluff. A challenging climb, but hardly impossible. Even for me.
He films me, climbing up the mountain. It is now around noon, and, mistakenly not factored in, the heat of the day – the temperature now in low nineties – is having a debilitating effect. I stop frequently for water breaks. But it's fine. My progress, though slow, remains steadily upward.
Half way up, the ascent becomes harder. The bluff is now steeper and sandier, causing me to continually take two steps up the hill, and then slide in my homeless person tractionless sandals an equal or greater distance back down.
The day has turned sweltering. I am increasingly losing steam.
I start thinking, "Maybe I can't do this." Or, maybe I can't do this and not die. (There was always a darkish undercurrent to this enterprise. Or maybe it's just me.) I force myself to keep going. There is no way I can give up. The guy needs his degree.
Finally, as Popeye might say, had his efforts led him to a footrace between sunstroke and heart failure:
"That's all I can stands; I can't stands no more."
After a heroic effort to catch my breath, I inform my director that I've had it. I cannot go a step further.
The director urges me not to continue. He needs to finish this film. His grade depends on it.
So I try, pushing myself considerably past my limit. For the sake a guy I never met before in my life. A desperate guy. A desperate, burly guy.
I had scaled the bluff to the eighty percent point, maybe higher, my destination, clearly in sight. Ten more minutes. That's all it would take. And I'd be Walter Huston Treasure of Sierra Madre-ing it triumphantly on the summit.
The only problem?
I am entirely out of gas.
"That's it," I announce. "I can't make it."
I was totally spent, my store of energy entirely depleted. For a moment, I stood there in near hallucinogenic confusion, within sight of my objective, but too far for me to reach.
Then, I do this thing, that was embarrassing but totally necessary.
I turn away from the camera…
And I pee.
The director – and I am fully aware of this – continuing to film.
And that was it. The storyline had not been fulfilled as scripted. Instead of a liberated hobo dancing in exultation, the film ended with an exhausted failure, urinating down a mountain.
As we drove back to town, I tried to console him, explaining that, in fact, this was a more unexpected resolution than the upbeat cliché he had originally planned.
No, wait! It now comes back to me that, driving back, it was actually him trying to console me. I don't console people when I mess up. I brood until they forgive me. What was my memory thinking!
He sincerely believed – and his view was corroborated by his teacher who graded him highly on the movie – that this truly was, in fact, a more emotionally resonating ending – a disappointment in life, disappointed once again.
It turned out I had failed twice that day – once, in the execution of my assignment, and again, in my estimation of my collaborator.
This was no serial killer.
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For my research, I came across the Pulitzer Prize winning novel Arrowsmith, written by Harry Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) in 1925 and based upon the experiences of the (by now) famous bacteriologist Paul de Kruif (1890-1971). One of the most widely read medical novels of the twentieth century, Arrowsmith has often been lauded as a source of recognition and inspiration for both medical doctors and scientific researchers. While this explanation for the novel's enduring influence is probably true, I hope to argue in this blog post that the strength of Arrowsmith rather lies in those passages which move away from the portrayal of 'the Scientist' as morally superior human being and instead highlight the difficult tension between scientific ideals and social existence.
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Definitions for youngberryˈyʌŋˌbɛr i, -bə ri
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A hybrid between a blackberry and a dewberry of the rose family, first cultivated in the western United States.
Origin: Named for its cultivator, Byrnes M. Young.
Youngberry is a complex hybrid between three different species from the genus Rubus, the raspberries, blackberries, and dewberries of the rose family. The berries of the plant are eaten fresh or used to make juice, jam, etc. Byrnes M. Young, a businessman in Morgan City, Louisiana, who loved science and plants, had an ongoing correspondence with Luther Burbank, who had created the 'Phenomenal' blackberry–raspberry hybrid. While he had no success growing either loganberries or 'Phenomenal' berries, Young crossed the 'Phenomenal' with the Austin-Mayes dewberry that was better adapted to his area. This produced 'Youngberry' in 1905, which was then released in 1926. While the youngberry is not grown much in the U.S., it is grown in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa and was a parent of the commercially successful olallie blackberry and a grandparent of the marionberry. Like its 'Phenomenal' parent, it is a hexaploid.
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About 250 Jewish social scientists and communal leaders engaged here tonight in a two day meeting convened by the Conference on Jewish Social Studies, to discuss the relationship between the Jewish religion in the current era, the aesthetics of Jewish religious culture and modern thinking. With Dr. Joseph Blau, professor of religion at Columbia University, as moderator, the discussions revolved principally about two papers, presented by Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine, of Birmingham, Mich., and Hans Jonas, professor of philosophy on the graduate faculty of political and social science at the New School for Social Research.
The meeting was held at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, and marked the annual session of the Conference on Jewish Studies. The organization was founded in 1933 by the late Prof. Morris Raphael Cohen, of the City College of New York, and Prof. Salo W. Baron, of Columbia University. It seeks to promote, by means of scientific study and research, a better understanding of the position of the Jews in the modern world.


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Hometown: Kansas City, Mo.
Age: 31
Height: 5'7"
Weight Before: 297 lbs
Weight After: 172 lbs
Growing up, Kirk Myers lived with the nickname "Chunk." The shy teen was nearly 300 pounds, had few friends, and spent most of his free time alone in his bedroom. He did use his size to earn a place on the high school football team—but he still never really fit in, struggling to keep up with his teammates in games and practices. "I would always throw up," Myers remembers. "After we finished a game, I'd lie down and pretty much pass out."
But the emotional toll he was suffering may have been even worse than the physical one. "I was unhappy a lot," he says. "I didn't feel good about myself."
Myers turned to high-calorie junk food in an attempt to improve his mood. In addition to regular fast-food runs and a steady supply of cookies and candy bars, he had a serious taste for chocolate milk, pounding up to two gallons every day.
Those bad habits followed Myers to college at the University of of Missouri, and they might have done him in were it not for a medical scare during his sophomore year. Convinced his lethargy and lack of energy was the result of mononucleosis, his stepmother drove him to the local ER. "The doctors did a chest X-ray and saw my heart was enlarged," Myers says. He was told he had congestive heart failure and was immediately sent to the ICU, He was 21.
It took nine prescriptions and two years of hard work, but Myers slowly changed his lifestyle. Junk food was the first to go; doctors ordered him to load up on green vegetables and avoid sodium and extra sugars. He began with oatmeal and almonds for breakfast, and introduced eggs, chicken, spinach, and protein shakes into his daily meals.
Along with his new diet came new energy, so Myers started taking daily walks. He was soon in the gym, where he worked two body parts a day, four days a week. Each workout included an hour on the treadmill at a low speed and high incline. "As I got in better shape, I gained confidence and pushed harder."
A decade later, Myers has lost 125 pounds and kept it off. He's earned a degree, moved to NYC, and—having learned so much from his own experience with getting fit—became a personal trainer. (One of his first clients was a man whom he helped to lose 85 pounds in six months.) At 172 pounds, Myers is also proud to be in the best shape of his life. "I'm the happiest and healthiest I've ever been," he says. "I'm truly living my dream."
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If you're looking for the best afternoon tea in New York, the Plaza Hotel's offering is probably high on your list. But is the Plaza Hotel's afternoon tea vegetarian-friendly? I was there a few weeks ago and found it to be a great experience, and they were quite willing to substitute vegetarian options.
If you haven't been to tea at the Plaza, here's what you need to know: this is an old-school afternoon tea: scones, little sandwiches, very formal, the whole nine yards. That said, they are at least a little whimsical; because of the story of Eloise, there's an "Eloise tea" on the menu that includes more kid-friendly sandwiches (grilled cheese, peanut butter and jelly) and offers lemonade instead of the usual teas. Don't worry: if you are feeling young at heart, like my wife was, you can get an adult-sized serving of the food that goes with the Eloise tea, along with a cup of grown-up tea.
I ordered the "Golden Monkey Picked" tea from the list of reserve black teas. It was really interesting — a smooth black tea that was flavorful without the bitterness that is often an undertone in black teas. I don't know a lot of about being a "tea connoisseur," but according to the wikipedia page, this is a highly regarded tea. Among other things it is hand-picked, which sounds quite tedious. If nothing else, the name "Golden Monkey" is pretty neat.
The tower for the Eloise tea was nice: it looked just like the adult tea, so if you have older kids, they can really feel like they're participating in a "real" afternoon tea. The desserts on the top shelf were pretty similar to the adults' tower (my daughter got jello, which I didn't, and her strawberry had a pink frosting on it rather than dark chocolate). The middle shelf featured scones like everyone else's tower. But the bottom shelf was different: strawberry sandwiches instead of cucumber, and grilled cheese and peanut butter sandwiches instead of some of the other finger foods the adults get. The sandwiches all had the crusts cut off, so they looked "classy" just like other other sandwiches!
My tower was quite good, with one sort of serious glitch: although they said they would substitute vegetarian options for me where necessary, they forgot. This was a little disappointing — for a place that is as expensive and well-regarded as the Palm Court, I would have expected that they'd get this right. It wasn't a huge problem, though; they very quickly brought out a new plate (the desserts and scones on the top two plates are obviously vegetarian, so this only affected the bottom plate).
The sandwiches were both classic and unusual. There were cucumber sandwiches, which are par for the course at an afternoon tea. There were no egg salad sandwhiches, which I didn't really miss. What you see near the middle of the plate is a little tart-like thing with egg that was made with black truffle; it was quite good and probably my favorite. There was also some toast with pesto. The pesto was surprisingly flavorful for such a small dollop.
The sweets were nice, though nothing particularly mind-blowing: a little fruit tart, a little cannolo, cupcake, cookie, etc. There were also some other things I ate before taking the picture: a macaron, a dark chocolate-dipped strawberry, cream puff, and maybe a few other odds and ends. Add to the mix the usual scones (one plain, one currant) and you have quite a lot of food for your money.
All in all, the Palm Court had a great afternoon tea. It is classic, formal, luxurious, and quite expensive. And it is really expensive. Lady Mendel's serves a five-course afternoon tea for $40, more than a third less than what the Plaza charges. The Pierre serves a tea comparable to the Plaza's, with champagne, for approximately what the Plaza charges without. So this is definitely a special occasion-splurge kind of place. But for what it is, it's a great experience, and the vegetarian options are really good — you're not forcing yourself to choke down multiple cucumber sandwiches because that's all they had. In every way except price, this is an exceptional tea service.


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France Jones, an image consultant, welcomed all the ladies and discussed the all important do's and don't's when it comes to fashion. With the help from some volunteers from the audience she demonstrated colour choice dependent on skin tone, shopping trends, dressing for your body shape and much more!
The Fashion Fix evening included clothes kindly provided by Serendipity, Goods and Caza Choo.
A raffle also took place also and there were some amazing prizes to be won.
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It was a light day practice wise as the optional skate drew only a handful of players to the MasterCard Centre for Hockey Excellence.
Only Luca Caputi, Christian Hanson, Wayne Primeau, Garnet Exelby and Jeff Finger made the optional practice.
The small group of players made it cozy enough to incorporate drills that seemed to be better designed for goaltenders, while one particular was an effective lesson for any hockey player regardless of age.
Stopping in front of the net.
Notes: Curious to see Caputi stumbling a bit in the drill as he slipped in a tight turn. Skating is still not up to par, with a summer ahead to work on his overall stride and balance. His edgework, stop/starts and directional shifts in small tight spaces is polished. I attributed that to his ball hockey days, playing for Midnight Express, a top tier ball hockey team in the greater Toronto area and he agreed somewhat. The game without ice forces players to keep their feet moving, or else their out of the play. There's more on this to come.
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The judge, Leonie Brinkema, granted the order to block the Waledac botnet on Monday, and gave Microsoft permission to cut suspect IP addresses and requires Verisign to close down .com sites alleged to house the botnet.
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Most of you know I'm a big supporter of expanding gambling in Kentucky. Not because I'm a blackjack or slots addict, but because I'm tired of watching millions of Kentucky dollars finance big improvements in surrounding states while we pathetically attempt to stretch our own size four budget to cover a size twelve list of necessities.
The argument that we don't want to preyed upon by the big, bad gambling industry is disproven every day by the thousands of Kentuckians who willingly cross our borders to be "preyed upon" by casinos in more forward-thinking states. And since our legislators seem to have a pact to never, under any circumstances, engage in any meaningful tax reform, passing up this chance to inject significant new money into the Commonwealth without taking more out of our paychecks is madness.
State Senator Dan Seum and Representative Larry Clark, both of Louisville, will be spearheading one last effort during the upcoming General Assembly to get an expanded gambling referendum on the ballot next fall. And anyone who believes in the right of the people to decide important matters for themselves should support them wholeheartedly.
If the idea is defeated in such a referendum, so be it. The people will have spoken. But until that happens, we're allowing the personal moral standards of a few to stand in the way of our best chance at a solution to our economic dilemma. There's the real gamble.
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The EFL board game WORD UP was first released in 1992, and has now become the world's best-selling EFL game. The latest editions are being used in over 70 countries in homes, schools, universities and language institutes including the British Council, EF, ELS, Inlingua and many more.
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BOSTON (MyFoxBoston.com) -- U.S. Senate hopeful Ed Markey released eight years of tax data Friday.
A tax summary released by Markey's campaign lists Markey's income for 2012 as $161,443 at a federal income tax rate of 20.07-percent. His federal and state income tax combined added up to 24.61-percent.
Between 2005 and 2012, the Democratic congressman made just over $1.2 million at an average of just over $150,000 a year. During the eight-year period, Markey paid out over $230,000 in federal income tax and more than $56,000 in state income tax.
Markey's Republican opponent, Gabriel Gomez, has released his tax returns from 2006 to 2011. He received an extension for filing his 2012 taxes.
The Boston Globe says he made $10.1 million over six years as a private equity investor with the company Advent.
A disclosure sheet provided by Gomez's campaign to the paper says his total asset worth is between $11.3 and $47.7 million.
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Deutsche Bank reported on FCB Financial Holdings (NYSE:FCB), hiking its price target to $44.00 earlier today
- Updated: September 23, 2016
Yesterday FCB Financial Holdings (NYSE:FCB) traded 1.74% higher at $39.21. The company's 50-day moving average is $37.68 and its 200-day moving average is $35.16. The last closing price is up 11.66% from the 200-day moving average, compared to the S&P 500 which has decreased -0.01% over the same time period. 174,050 shares of the stock traded hands, down from an average trading volume of 202,216
Stating as potential upside of 0.12%, Deutsche Bank upped the price target of FCB Financial Holdings (NYSE:FCB) to $44.00
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By Pfc. Leah R. Burton
28th Public Affairs Detachment
LOGISTICS SUPPORT AREA ANACONDA, Balad, Iraq — Soldiers often sit in social circles and vent their frustrations and negative attitudes, and sometimes violations to Army regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice filter out of people's mouths. Though the Army does not actively seek to prosecute soldiers for engaging in free speech, some comments may violate the UCMJ.
"Because we're Americans, we believe in a right to express ourselves and know that, as opposed to tyrannical societies, we have the First Amendment right to engage in political expression," said Capt. Gregory S. Weiss, 13th Corps Support Command's Chief of Military Justice.
Once Soldiers take the oath of enlistment and once officers are commissioned, they agree to bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States. However, by becoming Soldiers, military members forfeit a certain degree of the freedoms Soldiers swear to defend.
"Though the UCMJ limits certain aspects of Soldiers' First Amendment rights, it's still important to ensure that Soldiers are guaranteed the very constitutional rights that they have taken an oath to defend," Weiss said.
Soldiers don't have the liberty of loose lips for a couple of reasons. Operational security is a major concern, especially on a deployment, and morale is affected when negative comments are made about the unit, the chain of command, the mission, the president or the Army.
One might assume that there is no harm in making such statements, oral or written, but the far reaching consequences are that the individual making the statements could very well be providing unfavorable information to the enemy to use as intelligence or propaganda.
The UCMJ contains several punitive articles that curtail Soldiers' freedom of speech. These include Article 89, disrespect toward a superior commissioned officer; the maximum punishment is a bad conduct discharge, confinement for one year and forfeiture of all pay and allowances.
Article 88, contempt toward officials; the maximum punishment is a bad conduct discharge, confinement for six months and forfeiture of all pay and allowances and only applies to commissioned officers.
Article 92, failure to obey an order or regulation; the maximum punishment is a dishonorable discharge, two years confinement and forfeiture of all pay and allowances.
Article 134, a general article that prohibits disloyal statements and "all disorders and neglects to the prejudice of good order and discipline in the armed forces, all conduct of a nature to bring discredit upon the armed forces ." the maximum punishment is dismissal, forfeiture of all pay and allowances and one year confinement.
In addition, Army Regulation 360-1 states, "Official speeches and writings must not contradict U.S. Government policy or law."
It's been said that everyone is entitled to his or her opinion; Soldiers are not always entitled to utter those opinions.
Editors Note: Pfc. Burton is a member of the 28th Public Affairs Detachment from Fort Lewis, Wash. She is currently deployed to Iraq in support of the 13th Corps Support Command at LSA Anaconda.
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Gulf Shores is a coastal city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2000 Census, the population was 5,044. However, since the year 2000, Baldwin County as a whole, has experienced rapid population growth, second only to Shelby County in Alabama.[1]
Gulf Shores is a seaside resort in Alabama Most of the city is devoted to beachfront hotels, condominiums, vacation houses and a tourism/real estate based economy. Gulf Shores (like Orange Beach and Dauphin Island) has a large beach, fronting the Gulf of Mexico between New Orleans, Louisiana and Florida. The adjacent resort city of Orange Beach offers direct access to the Gulf of Mexico for vessels, via Perdido Pass. The greater area is home to a large charter fishing fleet. Gulf Shores is served by Jack Edwards Airport, which is located on the north side of town.
Unincorporated Ft. Morgan, the City of Gulf Shores and the City of Orange Beach are contiguous from west to east. The Intracoastal Waterway forms a canal starting at Mobile Bay to the west, and cuts through to the east, into Wolf Bay. The beach from Ft. Morgan to Perdido Pass is about 30 miles (48 km) long. From there, a bridge connects Orange Beach to Perdido Key, Alabama which continues to the Florida state line.
The Alabama Gulf Coast beach is known for its bright, "sugar white" quartz sand. Although quite abrasive to CDs, sunglasses etc., it is powdery, soft and comfortable to the feet. The Gulf of Mexico waters along the beachfront tend to have an emerald green tint due to the proximity of the Mobile Bay estuary to the west, where the Mobile river meets the Gulf of Mexico. The prevailing west to east current along the beach brings suspended silt from the Mobile river delta toward the Florida panhandle, giving the water its green tint.
Gulf Shores is located at 30°16'4.069″ North, 87°42'5.285″ West (30.267797, -87.701468).[2]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 23.0 square miles (59.6 km2), of which 18.4 square miles (47.7 km2) is land and 4.6 square miles (11.9 km2) is water.
As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 5,044 people, 2,344 households, and 1,544 families residing in the city. The population density was 274.3 per square mile (105.9 /km2). There were 6,810 housing units at an average density of 370.4 per square mile (143.0 /km2). The racial makeup of the city was 97.54% White, 0.22% Black or African American, 0.44% Native American, 0.30% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.40% from other races, and 1.07% from two or more races. 1.23% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 2,344 households out of which 20.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.2% were married couples living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.1% were non-families. 26.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.15 and the average family size was 2.56.
16.4% of the population was under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 29.0% from 45 to 64, and 23.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females there were 97.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.5 males. The median income for a household in the city was $41,826, and the median income for a family was $51,862. Males had a median income of $40,259 versus $22,467 for females. The per capita income for the city was $24,356. About 6.8% of families and 9.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.4% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.
Gulf Shores is a part of the Baldwin County Public Schools system. An elementary school, middle school, high school, and a local community college serve the community.
- Faulkner State Community College
- Gulf Shores High School (grades 9-12)
- Gulf Shores Middle School (grades 7-8)
- Gulf Shores Elementary School (grades K-6)
The location of Gulf Shores on the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico makes it vulnerable to hurricanes. In September 1979, Hurricane Frederic leveled most of the town. In September 2004, Hurricane Ivan caused extensive wind and flooding damage. In 2005, while still cleaning up from Hurricane Ivan, Hurricane Katrina caused extensive damage and flooding.


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Purpose: Writing a successful grant application begins with understanding the reason for seeking grant funding from a governmental agency or private foundation. If the grant seeker is a school, the organizational assessment undertaken for improvement planning may provide useful reasons for the desired funding.
The grant seekers organizational assessment must address the subject area the funding organization has an interest in supporting. In regards to a governmental grant proposal, the assessment must address the request for proposal's focus.
Element 1 outlines the tasks involved in creating an organizational assessment.
Guideline: Organizing a project team enables the grant seeker to broaden stakeholder participation, optimize creativity, and create a better program than if one person designed it and wrote the proposal. Prior to forming the project team the grant seeker should determine its role, establish membership criteria, and identify prospective members. With the pre-planning completed the prospective members will know what is being asked of them.
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A broad range of stakeholders should be involved in the improvement process. This checklist may help the improvement team identify stakeholders in its community.
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U.S. authorities have opened an official investigation into death threats allegedly made against actor Jon Cryer, according to a new report.
Cryer is said to have turned to law enforcement last Friday, when a menacing phone call to the set of his sitcom "Two and a Half Men" left him fearing for his life.
Producers canceled plans to tape in front of an audience and recruited extra security to film scenes without any fans present in the studio.
Now FBI authorities are looking into the safety threat, reports TMZ.com.
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Happy New Year! Well, it's officially cold outside… and when the Holiday decorations come down, it always seems so bare. So what do you pull out in the Winter to make your space feel more cozy? We just pulled out the throw and pillows that we put on the sofa each year, but we also purchased a couple of new pillow cases that totally make the look complete.
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I've had this pillow and throw set for years, but you can find similar sets at many retailers… West Elm, Restoration Hardware, Pottery Barn, and I've even seen them at Costco.
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One of the main topics to be discussed next week in the meeting between Premier Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat will be the continued oil supply to Israel from the oil fields in Sinai after Israel returns the area to Egypt at the end of November Begin told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee over the weekend.
Begin said that oil was the key word for the heavy pressure Western nations were exerting on Israel recently. But, he added, Israel will not give in to oil pressure just as it will not give in to demands to return to the 1967 borders. "If people try to exert pressure then this nation will not surrender, and it prefers to eat bread and margarine rather than give way," Begin said.
Prot. Moshe Arens, chairman of the committee, urged the government to secure a long-term agreement on the purchase of oil from Egypt before the wells were returned. He said the oil contract should be integrated into the peace agreement, Arens suggested that if Egypt was not ready to sign an oil contract for 10 years, Israel ought to halt its withdrawal from Sinai.


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Scooby Doo and a Mummy Too is the twelfth (12th) episode from the original series. Spoiler Alert - details of Scooby Doo and a Mummy Too are below.
The Scooby gang is visiting the Department of Archeology at an unnamed University and is there to assist "the Professor" (last name unknown, but a friendly guy). They also meet Dr. Najib, who is also assisting the professor. The Department is in the process of restoring and displaying Egyptian artifacts, including, the mummy of Ankha.
Ankha is a 3,000 year old ruler of Egypt, who was extremely wealthy and ruthless. According to legend, Ankha's tomb is cursed and anyone who disturbs Ankha's resting place is going to be turned to stone by Ankha's mummy.
While helping the professor, Shaggy finds an ancient coin. Which the professor claims he has no idea of its significance or value. Shaggy accidentally sticks the coin in his pocket and the gang then heads out to pickup sandwiches leaving the professor alone.
While the gang is away, the Professor hears strange noises and discovers broken glass and what appears to be the mummy come to life. When the gang returns, they find the professor sitting at his desk, turned to stone. They also soon find Dr. Najib turned to stone, and the mummy missing.
After splitting up to look for clues, Scooby and Shaggy repeatedly run into the mummy. Whenever the mummy gets close, it just says "coin, coin." The gang keeps getting away, except for Scooby, who is caught by the mummy. Shaggy eventually finds Scooby turned to stone on the school's lawn.
Scooby eventually frees himself and finds Shaggy. They eventually find the Professor (tied up) and bags of quick drying cement to create the stone figures.
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The cursed mummy of Ankha
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Dr. Najib
The coin that Shaggy found is actually a key that opens a secret compartment in a little, ancient statute. That compartment contains a priceless diamond, which Najib was trying to pilfer.
Episode Trivia
Unlike the traditional Scooby Doo episode formula, there is no plan to capture the mummy, it just happens by accident.
In Where's My Mummy, Velma is technically one of the villains. She is not bad, in fact, she has nothing but good intentions - to scare away grave robbers like Evan Van Butch from Cleopatra's tomb.
Fred gets a point for unmasking in this episode.
Episode Connections
In this 1969 episode, the Egyptian Mummy supposedly turns those who disturb its resting place to stone. Of course, the stone figures are created using quick drying cement.
In Scooby Doo Where's My Mummy (2005), Cleopatra's tomb (who just happens to be Egyptian) is cursed and those who disturb it are to be turned to stone. Velma, who is acting like Cleopatra, turns people into stone by using quick drying cement. Velma apparently remembered how Dr. Najib did it and used that same technique.


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So, you bought the gym membership months ago, and you've been there how many times? Enough to not resent the monthly fee you're dishing out?
Well, if you're like most people, the answer is probably no. And you're not getting any help from your gym either. Unfortunately, many commercialized gyms have one goal in mind and that's selling gym memberships. It's actually advantageous to them if you buy a year's membership and then never use it.
So, before you go the expensive route of joining that fancy gym, you need to really focus on why you want to stay fit and create an exercise routine that will work for you. Do you want to lose weight? If so, what happens when you do lose that weight? Will you just give up or keep at it? Do you just want to be healthy? Gain muscle? Tone your body?
The first step to starting a fitness plan that will last is sitting down with a notebook and writing out your goals. Just like you would do with a life goals plan, decide where you want to be in three months, six months, and a year in terms of your weight. Then carefully decide how you are going to get there. Keep a journal of your fitness plan and slowly work in intervals of fitness into your daily routine. Remember, it takes about 30 days for a routine to set, so keep at it until you can do it without even thinking about it.
Think about when the best time is for you to get in your exercise. Are you a morning person? Can you do it on your lunch hour, or is it better to do it when you come home from work. Pick whichever time you are most likely to not skip. If it's hard for you to get out of bed in the morning, don't pick that time to exercise. You're more likely to sacrifice that time in exchange for hitting the snooze button.
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'This could very well be his bottom,' addictions counsellor says of Ford
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Toronto Mayor Rob says he is seeking professional help for his addictions and that he's committed to getting better. But at least one addictions expert believes rehab is likely to be difficult for Ford.
Ford admitted Wednesday in a statement he has a problem with alcohol and has for some time.
"I have tried to deal with these issues by myself over the past year. I know that I need professional help and I am now 100 per cent committed to getting myself right," the mayor said in the statement.
Addictions counsellor Felix Vikhman says while Ford says he's "100% committed to getting myself right," it's unclear whether Ford really is prepared to open himself up and be honest.
"Mayor Ford has shown an incredible amount of stubbornness -- almost to the point of ridiculous and absurdity. His words and demeanour are so divided from reality," he told CTV News Channel.
Vikhman says it's often hard for someone like Ford, who's been in positions of power for so long and are used to giving the orders, to listen to counsellors who have less power and prestige than he does.
"For him to humbly sit there and actually learn from them, it's going to be brutal for him to do that. If he can do that – humble himself and take in -- he's got a shot," Vikhman said.
"When we see high-profile figures with high narcissistic traits, which is what we see with Rob Ford, they're very, very difficult to work with in treatment."
Vikhman says it's difficult to say how long Ford would need to remain in rehab. The main factors that decide how long someone needs treatment are where they are in terms of their motivation to change, and how deep is the bottom they've hit.
"We can never know where a person's bottom is. We tend to think of bottoms as 'I ended up living under a bridge, I've lost all my money, my wife has left me.' Interestingly enough, those tend not to be people's bottoms. People's bottoms tend to be a moment of insight. Something small happens and there's this realization of 'Okay, I need to change'," he says.
"This could very well be his bottom."
Many in denial upon rehab arrival
Wendy Cope, a psychological associate with Bellwood Health Services, says many who enter rehab don't believe at first that they belong there.
"It's often really difficult for a person to accept the fact that they are in rehab," she told CTV News Channel. "Some people get to rehab from the pressure of others so within them, there's often still a lot of anger and resentment and blaming others."
Rehab programs can vary in length but no matter how long someone stays in an in-patient rehab program, it's just the first step, Cope says. After they are discharged, they are typically encouraged to attend an after-care addiction group, as well as join a 12-step program of some kind.
If patients follow through, there is a good chance that they will get better. But Cope says there are no "cures" when it comes to addiction.
"It's never a cure; it's a progressive, chronic disease," she said.
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Sandpiper 372LOK
Let this fifth wheel be your home away from home, with four slides, a second room which can be used as a bunkhouse or a second living, and a loft. In this Sandpiper 372LOK by Forest River you can now camp in comfort and style.
Straight in from the entry door there is a second room which has a slide with a jackknife sofa and a bunk above. On the opposite side of the room you will find a TV cabinet and a wardrobe with drawers below for all of your clothes. Above this room there is a loft which is a great hang out spot for your kids, plus provides additional sleeping space.
In the kitchen/living area you will love the dual opposing slides which help to open up the floor space. The curb side slide features a dinette and an entertainment center with a fireplace below. Opposite you will find that the other slide has theater seating, a pantry, three burner range with overhead microwave, and a refrigerator. Food prep can be done at the island, as well, clean up is a breeze with the double kitchen sink. Along the rear wall relax on the sofa, and store books or blankets in the overhead cabinets.
As you step up to the bath and bedroom area, notice the handy cabinet in the hallway. At the top of the stairs is where you will find the ladder which leads to the loft.
The side aisle bathroom includes a toilet, walk-in shower with seat, medicine cabinet, and a sink.
In the front bedroom there is a slide out queen bed or you can choose an optional king. Across from the bed find a dresser with TV hook-up, and running the width of the room there is a front wall wardrobe with shelves, and also washer/dryer prepped.
Outside you can store drinks or snacks in the exterior kitchen refrigerator. Also find extra counter space and an overhead cabinet. Enjoy grilling out with the bumper mount swivel gas grill and more!We have 1 372LOK availableView Inventory
Sleeps 9 Slides 4 Length 42 ft 10 in Ext Width 8 ft Ext Height 13 ft 2 in Int Height 7 ft Interior Color Chestnut, Cream, Pecan, Brandy Hitch Weight 2474 lbs Gross Weight 15500 lbs Dry Weight 12962 lbs Cargo Weight 2538 lbs Fresh Water Capacity 60 gals Grey Water Capacity 134 gals Black Water Capacity 52 gals Tire Size 16" Furnace BTU 35000 btu
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