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Want more strategy in baseball? Then you definitely want to use the DH
A few weeks ago I took part in an online discussion about the designated hitter, which remains controversial even after 40 years of existence. I am pro-DH and the person I was talking to was surprised to learn my reason why: I like the DH because it increases strategy.
I can hear the gasps. Increases strategy? But the common wisdom is that the DH decreases strategy.
As is often the case, common wisdom is much more often common than it is wise.
Defining strategy
Let's digress for a moment to address the concept of strategy. By definition, strategy is a plan to achieve a specific goal. In the broader terms of going head to head with someone, it is devising a plan that the opponent is not expecting in an effort to gain an advantage. Doing the expected is not strategy.
Military commanders constantly strive to create plans that the enemy is not expecting in order to gain the advantage in battle. George Washington sent his troops across a nearly-frozen Delaware River on Christmas night in order to attack the Hessian mercenaries hired by the British.
It was a brilliant strategy. The Hessians, not expecting an attack, had celebrated the holiday as many people do even today by getting drunk. They discovered that it's hard to fight a battle with a raging hangover.
In baseball, strategy also involves trying things the opposing team isn't expecting. While managing the Cubs, Don Zimmer once called two pitch outs in succession with a known basestealer on first. On the next pitch the runner took off because common wisdom says no one will call three straight pitchouts, right? Except that's what Zimmer did and the runner was gunned down at second.
A brief history of the DH
So that is strategy. Now let's look at a brief history of the designated hitter.
Many people are surprised to learn that the concept of the designated hitter is almost as old as baseball itself. Legendary manager Connie Mack proposed the idea in the early 1900s. In 1929 National League owners seriously discussed changing their rules to allow a DH, but it failed to gain enough support to be enacted.
Then came the pitching era of the 1960s when the bottom dropped out of offense. The mound height was lowered starting in the 1969 season and while offense recovered, the American League seemed to lag behind. In hindsight, we can see that probably was mostly due to some of the best pitchers in baseball history all playing at roughly the same time, plus the fact that American League still had some older, larger parks.
The solution, the AL decided, was to eliminate the nearly-useless bat in the pitcher's hand and insert a permanent pinch-hitter. The first DH in history was the Yankees' Ron Blomberg, who came to the plate in the first inning against the Red Sox on April 6, 1973. He walked with the bases loaded.
The DH initially gave a lot of older players and those who were essentially disabled a chance to remain in the game. Rusty Staub, Tony Oliva, Orlando Cepeda, Lee May, Frank Robinson and Harmon Killebrew were among the early DHes
Here are the runs per game averages for each league in the five years before and after the DH.
Runs per game before the DH
Runs per game after the DH
Now the DH has been a part of baseball for 40 years, more than a third of the American League's existence.
As I stated before, common wisdom says that the DH decreases strategy. The thought is that managers no longer have to think, they can just sit back in the dugout and wait for their sluggers to outslug the other team. Of course, that isn't true at all.
The overrated double switch
Before I go on, I want to address the most common argument for the NL having more strategy – the double switch. This is one of the most overrated moves in a baseball.
To hear announcers talk, you need the educational equivalent of a NASA scientist or at least a membership in Mensa to be able to figure out the double switch. They always worry about AL managers in an NL park having trouble with the double switch.
In reality, even Little League managers use the double switch and, having spent a few years coaching at that level, I can attest that most of them could barely spell NASA. It's a simple maneuver. I'm sure most AL managers would be surprised to learn that their ability to make this change is being questioned.
And it's not like having a DH prohibits the double switch. AL managers still make it, just not involving the pitcher. You send an outfielder up to pinch hit for the second baseman, then leave the outfielder in the game in right field. That means you slide the new second baseman into the right fielder's spot in the batting order. The double switch doesn't happen all at once on the field, like it does in the NL, but it's the same concept.
Looking at an NL situation
Now, finally, let's get to how the DH adds strategy. First, let's look at a typical NL situation with the pitcher batting in the ninth spot.
Let's say Bennigan, the No. 7 hitter, gets on first. What do you do now as the manager? Well, you won't have Bennigan steal because if he's successful the other team would simply walk Chipotle, the No. 8 hitter, to face the pitcher.
You probably won't call for the hit and run because if it's unsuccessful you've made another out and you're already assuming an out from the pitcher's spot. And you're not going to sacrifice, because what is the point of putting the runner in scoring position for someone who can't hit. So the answer is simply to let Chipotle hit away.
The pitcher comes to the plate - and bunts
But suppose it's Chipotle who gets on first, bringing up the pitcher, McDonald. If there are less than two outs, what is the call? If you said anything other than bunt you haven't watched any NL games. The pitcher will always bunt in that situation. The third baseman usually plays at about 45 feet in anticipation.
Bunting is strategy, right? While many people define this as strategy, if we go back to the earlier definition of strategy, of doing something other than what the opponent is expecting, then clearly this isn't strategy. (Besides, one thing sabermetricians have shown us is that the chances of a runner scoring from first with no outs is greater than one scoring from second with one out, so giving up the out on a sacrifice is almost the opposite of strategy.)
No manager will ever signal for a steal with the pitcher batting. He'll never call for the hit and run with the pitcher batting. It will always be a bunt, sometimes with the bases loaded or even with the bases empty.
The pitcher reaches base
Now let's suppose that McDonald, the pitcher, somehow reaches base. It happens occasionally even with the worst hitting pitchers. That brings Applebee, the leadoff man, to the plate with McDonald at first. Now what?
Well, McDonald isn't going to steal. He's the pitcher. You're not going to call for the hit and run. It's highly unlikely that you'll give the sacrifice bunt signal, because a pitcher at second base doesn't necessarily put him in scoring position, plus managers are loath to have their pitchers do any extra running. So the solution is to have Applebee hit away.
The potential of a pinch hitter
Let's return for a moment to McDonald's at bat. The manager has the option of sending in a pinch hitter for McDonald, and many NL managers do that. Rarely does a starting pitcher bat more than twice in a game unless he's pitching extremely well and his team has a reasonably comfortable lead. NL relievers rarely bat. So the NL, in effect, has a revolving DH.
But even sending up a pinch hitter doesn't do a great deal to increase strategy. Suppose in the above scenario, Chipotle reaches first and the manager sends King up to hit for McDonald.
That pretty much means you're not going to bunt, because if you were, you'd have left McDonald in the game. Pinch hitting is by no means an easy thing to do, especially if the manager makes a split-second decision and the hitter has had no time to mentally prepare.
With that in mind, the hit and run is also probably out the window. You might have Chipotle steal and, depending how good Applebee is at hitting, the opposing team probably won't intentionally walk the pinch hitter. So you do increase strategy slightly by inserting King to bat for the pitcher, but not by a great deal.
So with the pitcher in the lineup, the NL manager has potentially four spots in the batting order where he virtually has no decision to make. Conversely, the manager and players of the defensive team have much less to worry about in terms of counter strategy.
A look at the scenario with the DH
Now let's view the same scenario in the American League (or any of the minor leagues, college, high school, AAU, Little League or slow-pitch softball, since the NL is the only league in the United States to not use the DH).
In this case, McDonald, the pitcher will not bat. The designated hitter will probably be in the middle of the lineup, so he's not even going to factor into this discussion. We'll still have Bennigan bat seventh and Chipotle eighth, but now the speedy leftfielder Friday is in the nine hole (Thurston Godwin Ignacio Friday, but he just uses his initials, TGI).
So many options
Let's go through the same scenarios. Bennigan reaches first. Now what do you do with Chipotle? You have options! Not only do you have more options as the manager of the offense, but the manager of the defense has to be much more wary.
Obviously Bennigan could steal and the opponent probably won't walk Chipotle intentionally to face Friday. You could employ the hit and run or you could sacrifice Bennigan into scoring position.
Suppose it's Chipotle on first with Friday at the plate. Do you sacrifice? You might. Or you might not. You could have Chipotle steal his way into scoring position. You could hit and run. Options abound.
And if it's Friday who reaches first? He's got speed, so a steal is a viable strategy. Applebee, your leadoff man, is up and can handle the bat so there's the hit and run to consider. And depending on the situation, Applebee might put down a bunt to get Friday into scoring position for the big lumber coming up behind him.
In other words, you now have strategic options to think through with each batter in those four positions, and the opposing team has to be on its toes thinking through counter-strategies. While the DH himself may not figure into any of these strategies, having him in the lineup creates the possibilities throughout the batting order.
Judging a pitcher on his pitching not his hitting
This also now allows the AL manager to make pitching moves based on the pitcher's pitching ability rather than his hitting ability. I've often seen an NL manager remove a starter who has been throwing well in a close game in favor of a pinch hitter, then sending a lesser pitcher to the mound the next inning.
Suddenly his team is no longer behind 1-0, it's 4-0. While there's no guarantee the starter wouldn't have imploded that inning, too, the chances are that if he was feeling good he would have continued to keep his team close for another inning or two. But because he can't hit a lick, he's on the bench watching his team fall farther behind.
While this was a strategic move on the part of the NL manager, it was a move made from a position of weakness rather than on a strength. Those often don't work out favorably.
Other strategic options
Beyond the playing field, the DH also opens up other strategic options. The Yankees have been pioneers at using the DH slot as a way to give their veterans a partial day off. This helps keep them fresher by the end of the season while still keeping their bats in the lineup.
Of course, there are occasions where a pitcher does come through with a hit. He didn't get that .167 batting average by never putting the bat on the ball. But with rare exception, such as a Micah Owings or Ken Brett, even your backup second baseman has a better chance of being successful at the plate than a pitcher.
And just because an AL manager has more strategy available to him, it doesn't mean he's going to use it. Managers often let the bottom of the order hit away without calling anything strategic. But the option, at least, is there.
Agreement from the experts
But my contention is that using the designated hitter opens up many more strategic opportunities for a team to win than does having a pitcher bat.
You don't have to believe me, though. All you have to do is look to the experts, the National League managers. Every one of them, without exception, when playing in an American League park will use the DH. Even a master strategist like Tony LaRussa used the DH.
Don't you think that if having the pitcher batting increased strategy and improved a team's chance of winning that the NL managers would eschew the use of the DH? Of course they would. You do what gives you the best chance of winning, and the DH does that.


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Friday, March 15, 2013
Photo Friday: View from La Caravelle
One of the places which was a must-visit was the Old Port, known as Le Vieux Port.
We decided to have a café at La Caravelle, a restaurant with a small balcony overlooking the boats that were docked just right in front of us.
My other photo was selected for the exhibition in conjunction with Marseille-Provence being the European Culture Capital 2013. Here is the site, it's lovely to spend a quiet afternoon looking at the photos, especially those that are quite ancient. I have grown quite fond of the place while looking at the photos and wonder if I will have the chance to spend more than just a few days there, in future.
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As strange as this is going to sound, I'm learning that it's possible to feel low, but also not feel low, at the same time. I think this is the gift of the ketamine-infusion therapy, and now I'm glad I didn't judge it rashly after Friday's treatment. For all I know this gift is life-saving.
Let me explain what I mean: as I hinted in an earlier post, it seems that my body is showing the typical physical signs of low mood; I find myself sighing a lot, I lack energy, and my facial expressions are limited (usually favouring a stern look). I also have the circumstances in place for a mood drop (also outlined in an earlier post – I'm home alone for eight days), so this isn't surprising.
What's changed since I last wrote here is that I can see the accompanying misery, and almost touch it, but yet I'm numb. If the low mood is a coat, I can see it on the peg and even slip it on, but my skin isn't quite in contact with it. A long sleeve t-shirt (ketamine-infusion) is acting as insulation against it. So, I know the coat is there, and I can even see it on me, but it's not properly changing my immediate situation.
I have no idea if that makes sense to anyone other than me – I hope it does. The fact that I'm more aware of the low mood floating out there than I was a couple of days ago makes me think the ketamine is probably wearing off, which fits the timeline on the information sheet, but I'm really grateful for the time it bought me, and I hope I've got at least a little more time before the darkness creeps in. Unfortunately, I don't doubt that it will creep back in, but I currently seem to be having a decent break from it.
I've been pretty quick to criticise the ketamine-infusion therapy I've had in previous posts, mostly because I hated how it played with my self-control (the pull towards dissociation during the infusions is irresistibly strong). There was no long term benefit in return for this cost, but now I see the real value for me: it keeps me safe when my mood would have me in danger. I wasn't in this position around the time of the first two infusions, but I am now, so I can finally really understand why this form of treatment is being so keenly researched.
So, ketamine-infusion therapy, I salute you.


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Q: What is it? A: The classic luxury hotel on 44th Street that was one of the original Ian Schrager hotels. Philippe Starck's iconic design has sadly been wiped out of the public areas, but guestrooms still provide a journey back to 1988.
"And so she was charmed to find that her countryman Philippe Starck had made the phantoms visible in his renovation of the old hotel." Quote from "The Afterlife of Emerson Tang: A Novel" by Paula Champa.
I stayed here for the first time in 2000. Since then, bedrooms have been kept surprisingly intact, (note the mahogany cabinet) although they removed the bedside fax machine. And the iPod docking-station is "new".
Quite the 80s experience, although the room I had 14 years ago didn't come with a round bathtub. And it certainly didn't come with the feeling of being inside of a discotheque mirror ball. You know, that kind of bathtub feeling…
Restaurant Forty Four used to offer dining as pretentious as the former design. Now, the menu has been simplified in a rather burgerish way. The surrounding neighborhood is a happy hunting ground for foodies, though.
Back in the days, the whole wall to the right was lined with those "softly glowing horn lamps overlooking a ship's deck worth of seating" (Paula Champa again), designed by Mr. Starck. Now gone. Roman and Williams are the firm behind the new design.
The old lobby of the Royalton is sadly gone.
Detected nostalgia in the captions above? You're right. I'm one of those who think that the old design; the hotel world's first lobby turned into a cat-walk – yes literally – was a timeless icon. But Morgans Hotel Group's new owners, business-people lacking the vision of Ian Schrager, wanted something new. So in 2007, Roman and Williams (Ace Hotel, The Standard High Line) were brought in. That was the end of horn-shaped lamps and polished mahogany. Look above! The new design? Not unattractive. Certainly not iconic.
At the Royalton they still know how to run a hotel.
Front desk, still tucked into the left wall (most first-timers will pass it!), is as friendly and efficient as ever (thanks for the unexpected upgrade!). The doormen are cheerful and full of energy (they should be!). The Forty Four restaurant, with rather low culinary ambitions (mostly burgers and BLTs) but nice staff is a smooth operation. All together very competent without being totally amazing.
Surprise! Rooms are very much Starck. Still.
When I enter my room, I'm traveling in time and detecting a few signs of the room not being brand spankin' new. It's still more 1988 than 2014, which works fine for me (they removed the fax-machine, though). The mahogany cabinet around the bed is still there. My bathroom is something extra with its round tub section with mirror mosaic walls. Sinks and mirrors are still 1988. The experience is way different from the lobby. Maybe only architectural buffs like me will notice, but still…
We have lost an icon.
I will stay here again. And again. It's a fine hotel. But when the Royalton opened on October 10, 1988 it changed the hotel world forever. It was copied by thousands. Starck in an interview: "I'm always moving on. Life is life" but he also mentions the calls he's getting from people telling him how much they miss the old Royalton. If I had the man's number, I'd call too. I write this with the ZTT-recording "Absolutely Immune" by Act (1987) in my headphones. When I visit Pearl & Ash on Bowery, hipsters nod nervously to a well-cured 80s playlist (including Bryan Adams). One thing the Morgans Hotel Group should have noted: Even if the clock stops, it still shows the correct time twice per day.
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It appears five Somali "pirates" (pirates my ass, they're just terrorists in a boat) won't be spending their share of the $3 million ransom they received this week.
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Five of the pirates who hijacked a Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a $3 million ransom, a relative said Saturday, the day after the bundle of cash was apparently dropped by parachute onto the deck of the ship.
The Sirius Star and its 25 crew sailed safely away Friday at the end of a two-month standoff in the Gulf of Aden, where pirates attacked over 100 ships last year. Hundreds more kidnapped sailors remain in the hands of pirates.
The drowned pirates' boat overturned in rough seas, and family members were still looking for four missing bodies, said Daud Nure, another pirate who knew the men involved.
Too bad they all didn't go to Davey Jones' locker. But never fear, in true terrorist fashion, it's not their fault for getting killed during the commission of a crime.
Abukar Haji, uncle of one of the dead pirates, blamed the naval surveillance for the accident that killed his pirate nephew Saturday.
"The boat the pirates were traveling in capsized because it was running at high speed because the pirates were afraid of an attack from the warships patrolling around," he said.
"There has been human and monetary loss but what makes us feel sad is that we don't still have the dead bodies of our relatives. Four are still missing and one washed up on the shore."
Pirate Daud Nure said three of the eight passengers had managed to swim to shore after the boat overturned in rough seas. He was not part of the pirate operation but knew those involved.
"Here in Haradhere the news is grim, relatives are looking for their dead," he said.
Looking for the dead? No, it's grim because the money went down with the terrorists. Too bad all of them didn't drown. Good Riddance!
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Misbah stands by decision to play four spinners
Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistan's captain, has said he changed a winning line-up for Monday's match to play to the team's strengths. Pakistan had won the second game but, after replacing fast bowler Sohail Tanvir with Shahid Afridi in a four-spinner attack, lost the final match in Sharjah and also a chance to record their first ODI-series victory over Australia in ten years.
"Spinners are our strength. Moreover, everyone knows that the Sharjah track is slow and so opposition players struggle against spin, so we went in with only one pacer," Misbah said after the final ODI. Afridi had missed the…
See the article here: Misbah stands by decision to play four spinners


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My boys have been blessed over the years with visits from their real life Uncle Wesley, their paternal grandmother, and their maternal grandfather and grandmother on numerous times. But not growing up in the States meant that they lacked in the extended family area of life - cousins and family reunions and every body at Grandma's on holidays. Things that I did have as a girl.
But my boys did have and still do some incredible missionary uncles and aunts and many adopted MK cousins. I can still remember the first time William might a cousin's son about his age at a wedding on one of our furlough's. He insisted I take a photo of him and his newly discovered Real Live Cousin. I did not explain how far "removed" his was as a third cousin or it would have entirely destroyed the moment.
This post is just a little about the people in my boys' live who have stood in the gap and went out of their way to fill a hole in some MK's hearts...
Missionary boys get the grand privilege of having lots of aunt and uncles. I don't know about all mission fields, but at least here in the Northeast of Brazil it's true. MK's call other missionary adults by their first name with Aunt or Uncle attached to the front. Today I'm going to tell you about some of those uncles...
|Uncle Joel Johnson and Dalton at SHA, 2015
|Uncle Joel and Aunt Melissa caught up with William and his girlfriend earlier this year.
Uncle Joel and Aunt Melissa arrived in Fortaleza the same year that Uncle Byron and Aunt Michele did. They were graduates of Piedmont Bible College just like us and we did a lot of things together as families before and after the boys were born. After William was born and came home from the hospital, Aunt Melissa came and stayed with us for a week! All through the years inspite of many moves we have always kept up with them. Uncle Joel even went to make a visit to Dalton when he was in boarding school in Georgia.
|Uncle Randy Small on a boarding school visit with Uncle Joel, too.
|Monster Truck Jam, Roanoke, 2009
Uncle Bruce Dennis was the principal of Fortaleza Academy for several years in Fortaleza. Our boys first met him and his wife, Carol, when they filled in for us at the church in João XXIII once for a furlough. When we went back to Brazil, they stayed on for several months at the church. There, the boys always heard people called him "Pastor Bru-cy" in Portuguese - so since all the boys were little they always called him Uncle in English and Bru-cy in Portuguese. Once another MK asked me why they did that. I tried to explain but she never figured it out - did you? Anyway, Uncle Bruce moved to our region of Brazil a few years ago and helped the boys with homeschool chemistry once a month for a year. They had some fun experiments!
|Chemisty, 2012
|Chistmas Day, 2014, Petrolina
Uncle Tim Reiner lives about an hour from us. When we first came to Bahia, he committed to be a special uncle to our boys. He is the one that helped the boys make their sand rail. They worked for a whole year sanding the frame and rebuilding the engine and doing all the work. Uncle Tim loves to go fishing for piranhas and used to take the boys on midnight fishing trips! He and his wife, Aunt Vicki, always remember the boys on their birthdays and on Christmas. William stayed with them some while he was in Brazil by himself for six months.
|Uncle Tim helping William weld his super bike frame in 2012.
|Sometime in 2012 here in Sobradinho. Tim in his sandrail, boys' in background.
Last but not least is Uncle Doug Reiner. Uncle Doug and Uncle Randy were in the same high school class at the missionary kid school in Fortaleza with your Uncle Byron. He was the one we most worked with out on the island camp. Many of our holiday celebrations since coming to Bahia have been with Uncle Tim and Uncle Doug's families - they are brothers! Their father was the missionary that started the camp - Treasure Island. His name was Uncle Harold. He passed away a few years back. Uncle Doug's father and his mother told us frequently that our boys were just as important to them as their own grandchildren. Uncle Doug did his best over the years to make that happen for our boys with lots of pool parties and outings and lunch meetings at the McDonald's in the mall in the big city.
|Uncle Doug Reiner teaching the Island song at kids' camp, 2013.
Doug Reiner is currently in the hospital in Cleveland, OH. Prayers would be greatly appreciated by his immediate and missionary family right now as he awaits news about test results concerning a mass in his pancreas.
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Byron and I are grateful for all the men in our boys' lives -
near and far, blood and water, thick and thin.
Philippians 3:17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.


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Telles Qualifies For U.S. Women's Amateur
NORTH PLAINS, Ore. – Former Oregon State golfer Seshia Telles fired a 2-over 74 at the Pumpkin Ridge Witch Hollow Golf Course on Monday to earn one of the five automatic bids to the 2014 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship.
It's the second time in three years Telles has qualified for the U.S. Women's Amateur, as she won in a playoff at a sectional qualifier in Woodburn, Ore., two years ago. Lauren Sewell, who also just finished her Oregon State career, qualified for the U.S. Women's Amateur last year when she survived a playoff at a qualifier in Elum, Wash.
The 114th U.S. Women's Amateur Championship will be held Aug. 4-10 at Nassau Country Club in Glen Cove, N.Y. and televised on the Golf Channel. A total of 156 players will compete over two rounds of stroke play and the top 64 will advance to match play on Aug. 7. The tournament was established in 1895 and is the leading event in the United States for female amateur golfers.
The top five golfers at the 56-player qualifier in North Plains earned automatic berths to the 2014 U.S. Women's Amateur. Hannah O'Sullivan claimed medalist honors with a 4-under 68, while Telles, Dorsey Addicks and Krista Fenniak all tied for second with a 2-over 74. Taylor Kim punched the fifth and final ticket by winning a three-player playoff.
Telles concluded her sensational four-year Oregon State career first in scoring average (75.59), tied for fifth in top-10 finishes (7) and second in rounds played (133). On Oregon State's single-season scoring average list, she is first (74.79 as a senior), third (75.27 as a junior), fifth (75.81 as a freshman) and 14th (76.46 as a sophomore).
A native of Tualatin, Ore., Telles shot 11 sub-par rounds at Oregon State, including a career-best 3-under 68 as a sophomore in the second round of the Stanford Intercollegiate, which equaled the second-best score in school history. She never missed a tournament in her four years as a Beaver.
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5 reasons why once in your life you need to work in the service sector
In the yard, fortunately, in 2013, I finally finished College and can do whatever you want. And I'm sure if during my studies I worked in that fucking cafe, then my life would have turned out very differently. Now I, like many of the graduates of my provincial Philology, worked (Oh my God!) a teacher or a reporter for regional news in ten thousand per month with rosy prospect to get to the press service five years, if you guys are good. When every day spinning among all the people begin to understand many things. And some still remains in the restaurant business and making a good career while making good money, goes on vacation is a good option. So, dude, today I will tell you about why everyone though time in life should work in the service sector.
1. Art to leave a tip
No matter what your career plans: are you going to become CEO of Google or whole life being a waiter. It is always useful to be able to tip the appropriate amount. When I started working at the coffee shop, I always tip no less than 20% of the check amount, even if service was bad. Why? Because I knew what it means when you leave an extra fifty. Because I know how it is when the fat cats will get a few thousand and will not leave you to tea nothing. Because I knew that the waiters do not just take your order and bring you food: they do a ton of work, which the visitors do not have the slightest idea. Because I knew how much the wait staff comes to work to prepare for opening, and what time he goes. When our coffee shop worked until ten at night, I haven't been home before one o'clock.
I came to the conclusion that the work in the service sector needs to be something like service in the Israeli army: everyone should do this for six months in my life to understand how it is when people spend on lunch on a few thousand and treat you like dirt. Know how much effort each received a rouble. To know how it is when you're twelve hours a day on my feet and can't eat, as without end suffer the most food to people. When visitors you are rude and it is directly dependent on your earnings, namely from the check amount from which you get a percentage from the tip. Look, man, whose life depends on your tips. That you yourself work for free? No? Then why do you think someone is doing so? If you go somewhere to eat and expect that you will serve the Board for it.
Having worked in the service sector, you will remember when you leave a tip, the waiter will also be able to eat. When you leave a tip, can you compare it with an impossible situation: imagine that you are sitting in the office, your boss comes and says: «Today you work for free. Just an honour to work on me.» The same does not happen? And then, that can compare with the moment when you open checkbook, and there is a tip equal to half the amount of the check? Just because the guest wanted to. It's nice.
2. Respect
In this job I learned to respect the people with whom, in principle, many never face. If three years ago I was told that I would be happy to chat with a seventy-year-old Uzbek, I would not have believed it. But it was our dishwasher was the most understanding person in the entire coffee shop. And the most pleasant. She told me: «Sit down, monatery plates, and so the whole day on their feet.» It's worth a lot. And there were many people who spoke to me in broken Russian, talked about their family and other activities, joking and very funny.
The majority looks at them as simple migrant background, which notice is not necessary. Ignore them, do not respect them. However, I realized that they are very good people. From them I have learned humility, which many modern people just don't have. I realized that there was no other, if you get a higher education and speak well in Russian. You can even be a Professor and this piece of shit. The dishwasher can be much more friendly and it will be possible to rely on. And all these educated guys cannot. And I don't think that someone who brings my food, than below me. Why? We level. And these guys even have something that many working in the «real» work to do. Respect.
3. Self-sufficiency
I remember how I felt when my friends were working «real» jobs, and I just rubbed the tables and carried the food in the cafe. And who else went and sat on the neck of the parents. Then the crisis came, the yard was in 2008, and they started to lose their jobs. Lawyers, bankers, managers. Someone continued to sit on the neck of his parents. I continued to RUB the tables and listened to another interview did not bring any fruit dude, how bad was the labor market and how the guys planned to find a job and didn't find it, «because I can't do full-time through University as a waiter I do not want.» I wondered, listening to the stories about how someone has run out of savings, they are moving out of rented apartments and home do not allow thoughts of having to go to work in the space below — in the service sector.
What am I? I didn't have to move in with my parents, I could afford to rent a house. I could afford to buy clothes. I didn't have to go to work in a stupid awkward costume to fit the dress code. I didn't need to get drunk to forget about work troubles, and to find the strength to go back to work tomorrow morning. I didn't have to take work home. These people are «serious» work, no happier than me.
Of course, working in the service sector not so fashionable, but such work is very little. Everywhere has its disadvantages. But there are advantages. I'm no longer ashamed of their work when they realized that thanks to her well settled. I lived in prosperity. I had a flexible schedule, I could even afford to go somewhere. I realized what a true labor. I was independent and I didn't care that the «waiter» doesn't sound as cool.Many of the waiters and bartenders have greater financial stability than do the managers. Trust me, I know whereof I speak.
4. The ability to interact with people
There were days when I had to count to ten before speaking. There were days when I lost my patience. There were days when I told the dudes behind Barca, I hate them all. But all these things taught me to handle anything. Women were yelling at me because their steak was not medium rare and well-done. And the table was too small. And the drink is too weak. And wait for the order too long. And the food is tasteless. And I've seen it all. And I managed to make laugh the evil guest, to force vile visitor to feel like an idiot and the coldest woman — ask me about my life. My colleagues treated me fine, because I knew how to handle them. I could serve and crazy lesbian who hated those who have a member.
I just read people. I know how to behave with the rich and the migrant workers: I had no choice, I learned. Depended on my salary. I had to please people, otherwise I would not have paid. It all depended on how I behave. I needed to know what to say, what to advise. If I don't like, don't pay me. I do not reprimand, do not bring me to the boss — just do not give money. The service industry teaches you to be versatile. I've seen a lot of different people and can predict how they will behave and how to handle them. The experience is priceless.
5. Life wisdom
There were days when I hated my job. I was tired, I was annoyed visitors, I am offended, I had pain in my back and legs, I was irritable, people are assholes, the guy is a freak, and aunt is very harmful, blah-blah-blah. But the truth is, I liked my job. There I had fun. There were my friends. We can talk about life, about our business, who we'll be in five years and all the cases. When I under from work, all the stress was still there. If I needed a break, I went on a break. If I needed a day off, take day off. Two: I could replace. I in the end don't do heart surgery! The most important lesson that gave me a job as a waiter, is incredibly simple. All of what we worry and worry, really not worth it. In our life we consider important completely unimportant things — something like that happened. All of these conferences, business meetings, no anything. Good memories, good relationships with people.
Build a life around their work. They rest, meet with someone to go to weddings and funerals only when it allows them to work. Because they believe that the world exists only because of her. Working as a waiter gave me to understand that work is not my life. It's just a job. I'm just taking out people coffee. I was able to provide for themselves and not become an arrogant prick — and this is important in our lives. I stayed myself, and my job became my life — thanks to her, I just make money.
Yeah, I was just brought coffee. Because of this, I realized that if I get fired, the world will not stop. So around hundreds of cafes and bars — what's the difference? To worry about work. So enjoy your life, pay your bills and hope for the best. It worked for me.


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Man sentenced in home invasion
A Vandalia man convicted of attempted robbery in a Tipp City home invasion was sentenced July 11 to two years of community control in Miami County Common Pleas Court.
Cody Allwood, 22, originally was charged with felony robbery in which three men went inside a home where a resident was injured.
One of the man, Benjamin Danon, 28, of Tipp City was sentenced in June to six years in prison. A Tipp City woman was sentenced earlier this month to community control after pleading to attempted robbery. Police said she was driving the car with the men. They went to the house to retrieve stolen drugs, police said.
Allwood was ordered to pay court costs and to have no contact with any of the co-defendants.
A third man allegedly involved in the crime remains at large.
School board OKs hiring
The Tipp City Schools Board of Education approved several personnel items during its meeting July 10.
The board accepted the resignation of Angela Keating as middle school guidance counselor effective Aug. 31.
The following were hired for the 2017-18 school year: Amy Janning, high school ELA/theater; Chad Kuhn middle school technology; Crystal Luce, high school TESOL/ELA; Kristen Marsh, second grade teacher; and Julia Soldi, elementary art.
Changes of positions for the upcoming school year were approved for the following: Megan Schaurer, from fourth grade teacher to second grade teacher; Anne Toohey, from middle school/high school intervention specialist to middle school guidance counselor; and Saundra Wagner from second grade teacher to fourth grade teacher.
Planning Board OKs plat
The Tipp City Planning Board approved the final plat for the Regal Beloit property on the city's north side including creating a 27-acre lot for the Gateway Plastics, which proposes a new plant on the land at 725 N. Third St.
The property includes the 27.5-acre northern lot for Gateway and a southern lot of 30.6 acres for Regal Beloit. Gateway Plastics said last year it would build a plastic food container/lid production facility on the property.
The Wisconsin-based company received approvals for a 12-year, 75 percent abatement of real property taxes.


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Mareva Arnaud Tchong, Council of Twelve Apostles
by Mareva M. Arnaud Tchong,
Council of Twelve Apostles
The Gospel of John recorded the fundamental mission of Jesus with this phrase, "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son…" Christ's mission was to express God's love in a human form to a world that believed in a quite different God.
In simplest terms, Christ was the human expression of God's love for the Earth and its entire people, and Christ's mission was to live that love in the daily walk and events of life.
Community of Christ, in its expression of Christ's love, is being called to unchain, unleash, and unfetter its understanding and inclusiveness so all people might fully experience all facets of Christ's love. This will be possible if we imitate God's generosity. The word imitate used in the text has a profound meaning and significance…
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F.L.O.W. gets $50K to fight water rate hikes
Tim Dewar, Ojai Valley News publisher
After a couple of hours of community input Tuesday and a split vote on how to proceed with leaf blowers, the Ojai City Council was able to agree on one thing. With the four-and-a-half-hour mark of the meeting fast approaching, council members voted unanimously to give up to $50,000 to the citizens group Ojai Friends of Locally Owned Water (F.L.O.W.) to help cover the costs of participating in the upcoming Golden State Water Company (GSWC) rate case.


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Carbonate Sedimentary Rocks and the Origin of Heavy Crude Oils
Irving A. Breger, 1984. "Carbonate Sedimentary Rocks and the Origin of Heavy Crude Oils", Petroleum Geochemistry and Source Rock Potential of Carbonate Rocks, James G. Palacas
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Questions concerning the origin and constitution of so-called heavy crude oils have multiplied immensely with escalating interest in recovery of these oils. Although defining the term heavy crude oils presents a major and as-yet-unsolved problem, substances such as naturally occurring tars, asphalts, and bitumens are all considered to be expressions of heavy crude oils and are so treated in this presentation. Much evidence indicates that some heavy oils are residues of biodegraded conventional oils or are conventional oils from which the light ends have been stripped. On the other hand, such observations do not readily explain the origin of all heavy oils, among which are those found at great depth where neither biodegradation nor evaporative stripping is a likely mechanism.
The association of vanadium and sulfur with heavy crude oils also suggests that many such oils may have been formed by mechanisms other than those thought to be basic to the origin of conventional oils. In particular, evidence has recently been accumulated to show that carbonate rocks may be source beds for many heavy crude oils and that mechanisms leading to the direct formation of heavy oils are probably unlike those by which conventional oils are formed. Moreover, oil formed in carbonate sequences may have accumulated in source-bed reservoirs if conditions of porosity and permeability were appropriate.
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Petroleum Geochemistry and Source Rock Potential of Carbonate Rocks
Carbonate rocks have diverse characteristics. They can be excellent reservoirs as well as prolific source rocks for oil. Oils from carbonate rocks commonly have distinctive bulk chemical and molecular characteristics that reveal their origin. The lack of widespread appreciation for these facts in the geological community was one reason that a symposium entitled "Petroleum Geochemistry and Source Rock Potential of Carbonate Rocks" was organized and held at the Geological Society of America annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, in October 1980. The symposium was sponsored by the Organic Geochemistry Division of the Geochemical Society during my term as chairman of the division. Of the 18 papers given in the symposium, 12 papers and four abstracts are included herein. Also included in this volume are two papers that were prepared later.
I hope that this collection of original papers, which synthesize data from about 20 different sedimentary basins, will help to correct any lingering misconceptions concerning the effectiveness of carbonate rocks as major sources of petroleum. I also believe that the information presented herein, including the references, will serve as a valuable resource for evaluating petroleum occurrence in other carbonate sequences and for locating petroleum reserves in unexplored, partially explored, and even maturely explored basins where possible carbonate-generated oil and gas may have been overlooked.
The first 11 papers, arranged in geo-chronological order, are descriptions and interpretations (that is, case histories) of specific carbonate source rocks that range in age from Precambrian to Miocene. Some of the highlights of these papers are summarized below.
The paper by Fu Jia Mo, Dai Yong Ding, Liu De Han, and Jia Rong Fen, in addition to describing the geochemistry of petroleum accumulations and source rocks ranging in age from Precambrian to Triassic, points out some interesting differences in thermal histories of Precambrian carbonate-rock sequences in eastern China. In one basin, Precambrian carbonate rocks are surprisingly thermally immature and have yielded heavy oils and asphalts. In another basin, on the other hand, Precambrian carbonate rocks are definitely overmature and have generated methane-rich gas.
The paper by McKirdy, Kantsler, Emmett, and Aldridge on the Eastern Officer basin, South Australia, includes the first reported examples of nonmarine carbonate rocks and oils of Cambrian age that are similar to those of the Eocene Green River Formation, Utah.
In their study of crude oils in the Michigan basin, Gardner and Bray indicate that the interreef, laminated carbonate rocks of Silurian age are the primary source of commercial oil accumulations in the Silurian pinnacle reefs.


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A glimpse of some things that have been happening here over the last week or so.
I finished off an order for 30 Heart Boxes for a corporate client.
It's school holidays... Roxy and I met some friends at the Children's Festival which was a lot of fun. The last photo is of a wire mesh fence and some plastic cups which entertained the kids for ages. Simple huh?
Edit: I just realised how empty and boring the festival photos look! I took them right at closing time. Despite appearances, it really was fun, so if you're in Sydney over the weekend with kids, do check it out.
I spied this sweet little graffiti drawing.
I embroidered one of my printed panels and made a little gift for a friend.
I got in and printed a whole lot of notebook covers for an upcoming market. I also printed lots of timber cards in new designs... I'll show you those later.
Roxy cut shapes out of folded paper and we spent a morning making and laughing at all the crazy little characters we created.
I looked through a few stacks of my vintage childrens books for images to use in Vintage Heart Boxes and Vintage Storybook Tiles which I'm getting ready for the markets.
I took delivery of 10kgs(!) of toy stuffing which literally doubled in size when it came out of the box - it's bigger than a five year old! Roxy then decided that the box would be a good place to eat her breakfast and to spend the morning.
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Radio jockey, theatre actor, television anchor, emcee, impresario, gadget freak, event manager, writer and director- Roshan Abbas is a household name for shows such as Toofan Mail, Live Wire and Public Demand. He is now a Media Entrepreneur and angel investor in the media and technology space. Talking about the 'Roadless' travel instead of the road less travelled, Mr. Abbas emphasises on the need to 'fail fast' but 'learn faster' and to aim high all the time. He urges people to look for newer goals to conquer every time, using instances from his own life.
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Why You Should Know Jennifer Morrison: Her 4 Most Amazing Looks
Once Upon A Time star Jennifer Morrison is living a real-life fairy tale off the small screen at the Monte Carlo Television Festival. Outfitted in one dreamy frock after another, the actress is in the midst of a serious fashion moment, and her impeccable taste in jaw-dropping gowns is certainly not lost on us. With her show's anticipated return in the fall, we can expect to see more in the way of noteworthy style moments from Morrison—so keep your eyes peeled!
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For a cocktail reception at the Ministere d'Etat on Monday, Morrison opted for an ethereal nude rose silk tulle gown by Romona Keveza, finished with Demarco diamond earrings and a bright red lip.
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For the Once Upon A Time photocall, Morrison went for understated elegance in a Jasper Conran sheer top and leather skirt, paired with a Christian Louboutin clutch and Grey Mer heels.
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Morrison was picture perfect at the Monaco Palace in perhaps her most breathtaking look of the event: a Georges Hobeika floral applique dress from the F/W 13 Couture collection, paired with a blush Christian Louboutin clutch.
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To close out the festival (and her string of stunning looks), Morrison shined in a Georges Hobeika mint gown from the S/S 14 collection and Suzanne Kalan oval chalcedony and diamond ring, which was made all the sweeter with her braided crown.


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Prior to WilliamsMarston, Ryan was a Senior Associate in the Assurance practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in their Florham Park, New Jersey office. While at PricewaterhouseCoopers, his clients included various companies within the pharmaceuticals, medical technology and life sciences industries. He provided assurance services pertaining to US GAAP, SEC reporting and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
Ryan is a Certified Public Accountant in New Jersey and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and Business Administration with a concentration in Management from Muhlenberg College.


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United States District Court, D. New Mexico
December 5, 2017
PEDRO J. "PETE" AMARO, Petitioner,v.R.C. SMITH, Warden, ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO, Respondents.
the Court is Pedro Amaro's Class Action Petition Under 28
U.S.C. § 2254 for Writ of Habeas Corpus. (Doc. 1). Amaro
asks the Court to vacate all criminal judgments entered in
New Mexico's Ninth Judicial District Court between 1979
and 2012/2013. (Doc. 1, p. 1). Amaro also appears to
challenge his state court murder conviction based on, inter
alia, judicial misconduct, prosecutorial misconduct, and
ineffective assistance of counsel. (Doc. 1, p. 9). As
discussed below, the Court will dismiss all "class
action" claims and require Amaro to show cause why his
own habeas petition should not be dismissed as untimely.
was convicted of first degree murder, tampering with
evidence, and burglary in New Mexico's Ninth Judicial
District Court, No. D-905-CR-2001-00182.' Judgment on his
conviction was entered no later than 2004. See NTC:
Entry of Judgment entered April 20, 2004 in D-905-CR-2001
-00182.[1]Amaro filed a direct appeal from the
criminal judgment, which was affirmed on August 19, 2005.
See Mandate/Affirmed entered August 19, 2005 in
D-905-CR-2001-00182. Amaro's conviction and sentence
therefore became final by November of 2005, when the
"ninety-day time period for filing a certiorari petition
with the United States Supreme Court expired."
Harris v. Dimviddie, 642 F.3d 902, 906 n. 6 (10th
Cir. 2011) (addressing finality in § 2254 cases). Nearly
twelve years later on August 30, 2017, Amaro filed the
federal § 2254 petition. See Doc. 1.
Class Action Claims
As an
initial matter, Amaro seeks to vacate the judgments of
thousands of prisoners convicted over the course of about 32
years. He argues that all judgments entered in New
Mexico's Ninth Judicial District Court between 1979 and
2012/2013 "are void for lack of jurisdiction"
because they were "procured by fraud...." (Doc. 1,
p. 1). Even if § 2254 afforded this type of relief -
which it does not - a pro se litigant cannot
represent or act on behalf of others. As the Tenth Circuit
pointed out, "the competence of a layman is clearly too
limited to allow him to risk the rights of others."
Fymbo v. State Farm Fire andCas. Co., 213 F.3d 1320,
1321 (10th Cir. 2000) (quoting Oxendine v. Williams,
509 F.2d 1405, 1407 (4th Cir. 1975)). Amaro's "class
action" claims purporting to challenge the convictions
of other unidentified prisoners will therefore be dismissed.
Timeliness of Amaro's Habeas Claims
for a writ of habeas corpus by a person in state custody must
generally be filed within one year after the defendant's
conviction becomes final. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(A). The
one-year limitation period can be extended:
(1) While a state habeas petition is pending, §
(2) Where unconstitutional state action has impeded the
filing of a federal habeas petition, § 2244(d)(1)(B);
(3) Where a new constitutional right has been recognized by
the Supreme Court, § 2244(d)(1)(C); or
(4) Where the factual basis for the claim could not have been
discovered until later, § 2244(d)(1)(C).
tolling may also available "when an inmate diligently
pursues his claims and demonstrates that the failure to
timely file was caused by extraordinary circumstances beyond
his [or her] control." Marsh v. Soares, 223
F.3d 1217, 1220 (10th Cir. 2000).
appears that the one-year limitation period had expired over
a decade before Amaro filed his § 2254 petition. Amaro
argues equitable tolling applies based on the State's
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You might like to visit New York City's Statue of Liberty and gaze upon this remarkable icon of freedom and of the United States. You will also cruise to Ellis Island. Alternatively, pay a visit to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, located on the World Trade Center site. For those seeking iconic city views, ascend 102 stories in 47 seconds to the One World Observatory and gaze out onto this concrete jungle.
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Snake along the coast to Rhode Island and the city of Newport, a well-known east coast summer vacation destination. After a tour, continue on to Boston. With a free evening, step out and embrace all that this innovative city has to offer - art, architecture, sports and food.
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New Delhi: With retail onion prices remaining high, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today sought Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar`s "urgent" intervention to curtail export of the basic vegetable.
In a letter to Pawar, Dikshit said curtailing export of onion would help in bringing down the price of the vegetable which is selling between Rs 30-35 per kg in the city.
At a meeting to review the price situation, the Chief Minister directed Food and Civil Supplies department to keep a close watch on the market trends and take strict action against hoarders.
The meeting was attended by Food and Civil Supplies Minister Harun Yusuf and senior officials of the department.
Prices of onion have almost doubled as it was selling between Rs 15-20 in the city couple of weeks back.
"The Chief Minister instructed the department to take all possible measures to bring down the prices of onion," officials said.
They said the price of the vegetable is likely to come down in the next couple of weeks when supply from states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal improves.
Pawar had yesterday termed the rise in onion rates as "temporary phenomenon" and said supply would improve in the coming days.
Wholesale prices of onion at Lasalgaon in Nashik, Asia`s largest onion market, have increased by more than five folds to Rs 20.50 per kg today from Rs 3.55 per kg in the year-ago period, according to government data. A similar increase is seen in the retail prices across the country.
Onion rates have hardened as its production in Maharashtra fell significantly due to drought. Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat are the top three onion growing states in the country which suffered drought.
As per the official data, retail prices of onion have increased to Rs 28 per kg now from Rs 13 a kg last year in most parts of the country.
Officials said the Azadpur wholesale fruit and vegetable market received 150 truckloads of onion in the last couple of days and there was no shortage in supply.
The Azadpur Mandi is considered one of the the largest fruit and vegetable wholesale markets in Asia.


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Granite State theater groups compete
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Community theater companies that are willing to hear what professionals have to say about them have the chance to show off each fall. They can bring something new, or pull from one of their full productions to compete in the New Hampshire Festival of Community Theatre.
In its 37th year, it takes place over two days at the Amato Center in Milford, Saturday, Sept. 27, and Sunday, Sept. 28.
Each group has 60 minutes to perform plus 10 minutes for setup and 10 minutes for breakdown of their set and props. Nine theater companies entered this year.
Every two years, the event feeds into a regional festival that, in turn, feeds a national community theater festival. Having nine entries allows New Hampshire to choose two to send to the regional in Groton, Mass., in March.
The only other thing in the state that's somewhat comparable is the New Hampshire Theatre Awards, Mariah Sefel said. That trains volunteers from each participating professional and community group to judge other performances. Dozens are entered.
Sefel has either directed or stage managed or produced for competing companies in past years. As president of the New Hampshire Community Theatre Association this year, she's a festival co-chair.
"The nice thing about this one is [that the] same three adjudicators are looking at all the shows," Sefel said about the community festival. The adjudicators give their assessment directly after each performance. That means everyone gets to learn from each entry, Sefel said. The audience and participants can see each performance at this one. At the Theatre Awards ceremony, the winning and nominated shows are usually long over.
The theater professionals who adjudicate also run workshops both mornings of the festival. All three adjudicated in the past. "It's a nice variety," Sefel said.
Genevieve Aichele is the artistic director of the New Hampshire Theatre Project. PeggyRae Johnson is a theater professor at Keene State College and Franklin Pierce University. Rick Lombardo is soon leaving Massachusetts to take over the role of artistic director of the San Jose Repertory Theatre.
The workshops are open to the public and participants. One's on directing, another is on using your voice and the other on using your body, Sefel said. "It's really nice to be able to offer to public that," she said.
Lombardo will teach "Directing Actors to their Best Work." PeggyRae Johnson presents "Making Sound AND Sense: Exploring Vocal Choices." Aichele offers "Creating Character: The Physical Actor."
Sefel said it's been a great experience working with the adjudicators as well as the American Association of Community Theatre. The organization has been "extremely helpful," she said. For example, they helped take care of finding the author and rights for a piece that one of the groups wanted to use.
Being judged
What: New Hampshire Festival of Community Theatre
When: Saturday, Sept. 27, and Sunday, Sept. 28
Competitors: Saturday, at 1:30 p.m.: Manchester Community Players produce Surviving Evil: The Holocaust Though The Story of Stephan H. Lewy; Community Players of Concord present Dinner for One; The Acting Loft teens present Rhinoceros, by Eugene Ionesco. Dinner break, followed at 7 p.m. by Nashua Theatre Guild's production of Dinner With Friends; and Milford Area Players' The Party Guest. Sunday sessions starts at 1 p.m. with the Resort Players of Mt. Washington's performance of Shirley Valentine; Franklin Footlight's I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change; the Actorsingers produce Vital Signs; and Ghostlight Theater Company of New England will perform short plays. Awards follow.
Workshops: Saturday at 9 a.m. "Directing Actors To Their Best Work," and at 10:45 a.m., "Making Sound and Sense: Exploring Vocal Choices." Sunday at 10 a.m. is "Creating Character: The Physical Actor."
Where: Amato Center of Performing Arts, 56 Mont Vernon Road in Milford
Tickets: $10 per session, $5 per workshop, or $25 for access to everything.
Contact: Call 930-9536 or visit www.nhcommunitytheatre.com.
What: Second annual New England Fringe Festival
When and where: Thursday, Sept. 25, through Saturday, Sept. 27, at the Boston Center for the Arts Plaza Theater, 539 Tremont St., Boston; and Thursday, Oct. 2, through Saturday, Oct. 4, at the 14 Court St. Theater in Nashua.
Fringing: The audience votes for their favorites at this relatively new event produced by Atlantis Playmakers, based in Burlington, Mass. All kinds of performance can register, including dance, comedy, music, theater and clowning. In its second year, NEFF saw fewer groups register for the Nashua stage. "I'm not sure exactly what happened," said organizer Kimberly Davis Basso. Some improv groups might be at a comedy festival in Lowell happening at the same time. NEFF moved their dates, this year, hoping that New Hampshire Festival of Community Theatre competitors would bring their entries to the NEFF. Each show is expected to be 40 minutes long for Fringe.
NEFF was held at Roxbury Center for the Arts at Hibernian Hall in 2007, plus Court Street. Basso said the move to the BCA means a higher profile, but NEFF could fit fewer acts there for 2008. She hopes to use more BCA spaces in 2009.
Nashua acts: Atlantis Playmakers presents FIGHT!!! Episode V: Return of the Jed-Pie (www.AtlantisPlaymakers.com); Traveling Rose Theatre Company presents three short plays in "Unbalanced," written and performed by Michael Molineaux and Amy Laffin; Sonar Dance presents "Miscellaneous Madness" (www.sonardance.com). Shows start at 8 p.m. on Oct. 2 and Oct. 3, and at 2 and 8 p.m. on Oct. 4.
Contact: Read more about NEFF acts in Nashua and get the Boston schedule at www.nefringefestival.com. Also call (978) 667-0550.
Tickets: $10-$20.
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Divide In Albany Evident With Lack Of Bills From Goodell
It certainly doesn't pay to be a conservative Republican in the New York state Assembly.
State Assemblyman Andrew Goodell, R-Jamestown, has struggled not only to get sponsored legislation all the way to the desk of Gov. Andrew Cuomo thus far in the 2017-18 state legislative session, but to get legislation through the state Assembly.
Goodell's struggles are just more proof of the divide between rural counties like Chautauqua County and the chamber's leadership that comes from bigger cities and affluent suburbs.
Among the legislation Goodell has introduced, and which has gotten little traction, is A. 04283, which would create a right of private action for landlords and employers who suffer actual losses as a result of domestic violence.
Much like state Sen. Catharine Young, R-Olean, Goodell has introduced bills that could help restructure education in New York state. Goodell has again introduced regional high school legislation (A. 04284) as well as the School Board Empowerment Act (A. 04287) would allow local school districts to declare a fiscal emergency under designated conditions and fiscally restructure so as to minimize adverse impacts on student education. The legislation would freeze salaries and benefits for a 90 day period during contract negotiations, with the support of PERB mediation, Thereafter the school board shall have the power by majority vote to change the terms and conditions of the contract. School boards would also have the express statutory authority to enter into new collective bargaining agreements that change employee contribution levels and/or the amount of employee salaries considered by the retirement system for pension purposes.
A. 06625 would amend the civil service law to provide that a public employer is not required to pay increases in wages or benefits after the expiration of collective bargaining agreement pending negotiation of a new collective bargaining agreement.
The assemblyman has generated much discussion over the past few years with repeated calls for legislation that would authorize random drug testing for those receiving public assistance benefits. Goodell has introduced the legislation again in this session (A. 07097) but has also worked for legislation that could help those using safety net programs.
A. 04295 would allow those claiming unemployment to obtain part-time work without losing their benefits. Rather than lose the entire amount of benefits for each day of part-time work, the legislation would reduce the amount of the unemployment benefit by 50 percent of the part-time earnings, allowing a claimant to increase their overall net income by one-half of their part-time employment income while reducing the cost of unemployment to the former employer by one-half of the part-time income.
Being in the Assembly's minority is difficult work. Goodell has often talked about the need to co-sponsor legislation and make deals with other legislators to advance his own legislative agenda. Goodell has actually co-sponsored many more bills in the state Assembly than he has introduced himself through the first year of the legislative session.
Among the highlights of Goodell's co-sponsored legislation is A. 07302, would enact the New York State Child Protection Act of 2017. The legislation would further protect children from child abuse by allowing for the prosecution of a sexual offense committed against a child to be commenced at any time; waive notice of claim requirements for civil claims for certain sex offenses against a child less than eighteen years of age; expanding the list of mandated reporters of such abuse and the types of child abuse which must be reported; mandates a criminal history search of employees working with children and provides reimbursement of criminal history searches done by non-profit corporations.
Goodell has also co-sponsored a NY Hire tax credit (A. 06936) which would provide a tax credit to a business for each new job created, up to $5,000. An additional $3,000 would be provided if the job goes to someone who is currently on unemployment. It also provides a Small Business Tax Credit of 10 percent to small businesses, as defined by the economic development law, and has a business income of less than $250,000, and that file under the personal income tax. Manufacturers would be exempt manufacturers from the Corporate Franchise Tax and Personal Income Tax for taxable years 2017 and thereafter while it would eliminate the Ton-mile Tax imposed on vehicles with maximum gross weights of 18,000 pounds or more by Article 21 of the Tax Law, effective January 1, 2001.
Another interesting piece of legislation is New York State Procurement Integrity Act (A. 06355). The legislation was spurred by recent criminal charges brought by the U.S. Attorney's office and state Attorney General and would create more independent oversight for procurements, create specific requirements for state officials to recuse themselves from any conflict of interest in writing and include that recusal in the procurement record.
Goodell has continued to work on reform of the NY SAFE Act, this time co-sponsoring A. 06140 to limit the law to Kings, Queens, Richmond, New York and the Bronx.


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NCMA Summer Movie Series/
So a couple of weeks ago we went to see a movie at NCMA in the park. But we didn't just go any night. We chose the Mad Max: Fury Road night and it was awesome! They had a costume contest, a punk band, fire spinners, and of course the movie. Oh! And food trucks! Some of whom got into the spirit of things! Check out the photos below.
Not only did American Meltdown nail the Mad Max look, their sandwiches were on point. Curious where they'll be next? Click here!
Cirque de Vol blew my mind with their fire spinning skills. Seriously! I'm scared to use my fireplace sometimes and this group just flung it around like it was no big deal. Interested in seeing them in action? Click here!
That last photo is my idea of cosplay. I chose gladiator shoes and an olive romper. I feel like that should count ;)
But seriously, NCMA did an AMAZING job of throwing this apocalyptic event. Interested in their summer movie series? Then you should click here. They are a few other themed nights, like Big Lebowski that look like fun or you could take the whole family to a Disney film. Hope to see you out there!


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