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Asking an actor to carry an entire show presents a formidable challenge, but Deena Marie Manzanares proves more than up to the task in "The Twelve Dates of Christmas," Pygmalion Productions' debut offering this season. Entertaining an audience for 90 minutes takes an actor who has either plenty of charm or talent, and Manzanares is blessed with both.
Ginna Hoben created the romantic comedy as a performance piece for herself, backed up by a trio of doo wop singers. In the original show, she played all the peripheral characters, but director Barbara Gandy has wisely chosen to divvy those parts up among the singers, which gives Manzanares the opportunity to play off of other actors and injects a jolt of collaborative energy into the production.
Manzanares plays Mary, a young New Yorker who views her engagement ring as "the promise of love-filled holidays forever." However, while enjoying Thanksgiving with her family in Ohio, Mary catches a glimpse on television of her fiancé nuzzling another woman at the annual Macy's parade.
"Everything I've been counting on — reality as I know it — is destroyed," she tells us and then proceeds to describe "a year's worth of holiday disasters" with various men she meets and dates.
Along the way, she holds a drunken debate with herself whether or not to kiss an old friend on New Year's Eve, reels off a long list of the duties of being maid of honor at her sister Sally's wedding, explains how ordering the perfect man compares to ordering the perfect pizza, describes the disastrous consequences of breaking her cardinal rule: "Do not give out private information on public transportation," and imitates a failing artificial tree singing "Silent Night" in the lobby of her apartment building.
Doo wop singers Angela Trusty, Marylynn Ehrengard and Tamara Johnson Howell sing snatches of appropriate songs, ranging from "Deck the Halls" to "Hush, Little Baby" and "Your Cheatin' Heart," accompanied by Howell on guitar, and portray a bevy of colorful, quirky characters. Howell, who has a lovely voice, adds some sweet solos.
John Wayne Cook's simple split set features a living room with a Christmas tree stage right and a platform for the doo wop singers stage left. Every time Mary rejects a boyfriend, she puts an ornament on the tree, and it chimes and lights up. James Kline Larsen's warm area lighting creates a feeling of intimacy. Gandy's direction is efficient but embellished with humorous touches.
"The Twelve Dates of Christmas" is lightweight holiday fun, but its feminine perspective allows Manzanares and her supporting trio of ladies to shine.
'The Twelve Dates of Christmas'
R Deena Marie Manzanares' standout performance in "The Twelve Dates of Christmas" gets the holiday season rolling early.
When • Reviewed on Friday; Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. through Nov. 16 with an extra matinee on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 2 p.m.
Where • Leona Wagner Black Box Theatre at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W. Broadway, Salt Lake City
Tickets • Tickets are $20 in advance; $25 day of the show with discounts for students. Call 355-ARTS or visit www.arttix.org for tickets and www.pygmalionproductions.org for information. The show contains adult language.
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The condition known as Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder (HSDD) is the most prevalent of four female sexual disorders, according to Barry Lubin, an internist and medical director of National Clinical Research, a Norfolk center that specializes in women's health studies. The other disorders are arousal disorder, orgasmic disorder and pain. "There are blurry lines, but for a diagnosis of HSDD, loss of desire is primary," he says.
In order to participate in the clinical trials, women have to report a decrease in sexual desire that is not associated with any known factors — personal distress, marital problems, illness, medication use, substance abuse or psychosocial factors.
In short, the only women eligible are those who report diminished sexual desire for no apparent reason.
The subjects must also be concerned about their diminished interest. "What makes it a disorder is the distress," says Lubin. He reports that several studies have been done on the condition, and that probably 90 percent of those affected, particularly pre-menopausal women, have not had gynecological surgery. "They're pretty darn healthy," he says.
Originally studied as an antidepressant, the drug under trial works on dopamine levels and is not a hormonal drug. It's now in Phase 3 trials and has been submitted to the FDA for approval, a process that usually takes about nine months.
Lubin estimates that approximately 10 percent of women — of all ages — suffer from the disorder. "Doctors do a poor job of asking people about their sex lives. It's not part of the review of systems by primary care doctors. They don't go down that road. Women and doctors are inhibited. And there are currently no drugs available."
Though in some cases it's possible to find physiological explanations, that's far from the case with most. "We can come up with theories, with fabrications," says Lubin, who is trying to educate other doctors about the disorder.
For more health information, go to www.dailypress.com/health.
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(Admission Info) MGSIPAP PG-Diploma in Administrative Research and Training (ART) : 2011
PG-Diploma in Administrative Research and Training at MGSIPAP : 2011
Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration, Punjab (MGSIPAP) has invited applications for admission to "Post Graduate Diploma in Administrative Research and Training (ART) In Governance" course (One Year) commencing in July 2011.
To train graduates/ post graduates for:
- Carrying out research in important aspects of administration and impart training to the employees of selected department.
- To enhance both theoretical and practical knowledge which will help them to face competitive examinations, interviews and advanced research assignment as also becoming well informed reporters and journalists.
- To prepare them for administrative executives jobs in public and private sectors.
About the course:
- Course Name: Post Graduate Diploma in Administrative Research and Training (ART) In – Governance
- Duration of the Course: One year
- Number of seats: 40 (10 seats will be reserved for SC, ST and BC candidates)
Eligibility for admission:
- M.A in Public Administration, Psychology, Sociology, Geography, Economics or Political Science and
- Graduation in any discipline or equivalent.
- Public Administration as one of the subject at BA level will be given preference.
- Must have passed Punjabi at matriculation level.
- Annual Fees: Rs. 18,000/-
- The students are required to pay fee of Rs. 1500/- per month to the cashier of accounts wing who will issue receipt for the same.
- SC/BC students will be given 20% fee concession.
Important Dates:
- Date of admission : First week of July 2011
- Date of final examination : April 2012.(Last week)
Application Process:
Download the application form from www.mgsipap.org or register in person at the address mentioned below. All correspondence, including requisition for application, should have "PGDART" admission 2011-12 super scribed on the envelope. 9 Process of selection for admission : Selection will be based on the aptitude test consisting of three subjects: (1) Paragraph writing in English (2) Mental ability (Maths) (3) General Knowledge. Each of these subjects will carry equal marks. Ability for group handling and speaking ability (in English & Punjabi) will also be tested. Forty (40) candidates who are at the top of the gradation list will be selected for admission. Written test will be on first day and Oral test on the Second day.
All correspondence, including requisition for application, should have "PGDART" admission 2011-12 superscribed on the envelope. Completed application forms should be submitted along with a demand draft of Rs 100/- payable at Chandigarh in favour of the Director General, MGSIPAP, Punjab, Chandigarh instituti onal area, Sector-26, Chandigarh-160019 on or before 30th May 2011.
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This is just another 'Chilul HaShem' which will bring on more anti-semitism in America.
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ARLINGTON, TX - APRIL 05: Texas Rangers President Nolan Ryan watches the Texas Rangers take on the Toronto Blue Jays on Opening Day at Rangers Ballpark on April 5, 2010 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
Exactly three months after announcing his resignation as chief executive of the Texas Rangers, and selling his ownership stake in the team, the Hall of Fame pitcher was back at Rangers Ballpark on Friday night.
"I've been pretty good at this retired deal. I go to the office in Round Rock and go to the ranch a lot, have spent a lot of time with the grandkids," Ryan said. "It's really been good, because I've been able to set my own schedule and don't have nearly as many requirements and requests. ... It's been a nice break for me."
Two weeks shy of his 67th birthday, Ryan returned to the stadium as the featured speaker for the University of Texas-Arlington's preseason baseball banquet.
Ryan, baseball's strikeout king, pitched the last five of his record 27 major league seasons with the Rangers. He spent nearly six years in the team's front office, a time when Texas made its only two World Series appearances.
"It was different driving up here today ... because that six years I was here, I was very committed to it," said Ryan, who arrived early and visited some of the team executives. "It was really nice to see them, get caught up on how they're doing."
Ryan's oldest son, Reid, became president of the Houston Astros last year. Nolan Ryan has repeatedly dismissed any speculation that he left the Rangers to join his son.
"Well, I think everybody is making that assumption because of Reid being over there, and the fact that I played there longer than I did anywhere else," Ryan said. "I basically was a Colt .45 and Astros fan, and that's my hometown in a sense. I could see where that's the expectation."
Ryan said he would be open if somebody had an interest in him, but isn't looking for a job right now. After going basically non-stop for decades, he seems to be enjoying his new pace.
"It's kind of nice because I'm not in a hurry doing things, and that's different than what I've been accustomed to," he said. "And I'm enjoying the fact that I can set my schedule and go to the ranch and I can stay three days or I can stay a week because I don't have to be somewhere else."


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Come on over to Marfa next Tuesday for a perfect antidote to the hearts and fat cupids of Valentine's Day. You'll never think of dry cleaners and strip clubs the same way.
"Don't ask, don't tell" takes on a whole new meaning in JP Chan's DRY CLEAN ONLY when the hilarious Debargo Sanyal faces off with Aaron Yoo over a serious need for some clean clothes.
Following the screening, take a look behind the g-string in THE GRIND, Victoria Linchong's latest, the "pilot episode" of a live performance series about a group of girls who work in a strip club circa 1997.
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As a stay-at home Mum (Mom to us, Americans), Miffy Jones whipped up her first batch of marvelous muffins back in 2003. Made with organic whole wheat flour, organic oats, and love, this Aussie discovered that baking and eating muffins was fun, but assembling the dry ingredients was tedious.
Is wasn't until 2012, however, that she formally launched her Miffy's Marvelous Muffin Mix bringing a healthy twist to time-starved moms. Her mixes are now available at Nature's Choice Markets, Bob's Red Mill, on-line, and through other delicious retailers. In just 14 months, her raving fans have devoured over 75,000 muffins and counting.
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As a media producer at Nike, Miffy filmed athletes such as Michael Jordan and LeBron James as they shared their passion with the world; they didn't shoot hoops to become famous - they were just compelled to do what they loved. From these superstars, she recognized the power of pursuing your passion. For Miffy, it is cooking and bringing a bite and a smile to all.
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Konfusion sells women's clothing, accessories, bags and stunning silver jewellery. We also stock babies and toddlers clothing. Some ranges that we stock regularly are: Fabulous-Tranquillo, Surkana and Smafolk for the littl'uns! Konfusion's owner regularly travels to South East Asia to find fairly traded items and other beautiful stock that make the majority of items in the shop. Many of the items in the shop are not only unique to Dublin but also unique items and can not be purchased anywhere else.
From humble beginnings in the Blackrock Market selling children's gifts and clothing we expanded into selling adult clothing and accessories. It became apparent we needed our own shop. So we located to Crown Alley in the vibrant Temple Bar area of Dublin and have been here for about 8 years. Not forgetting our market roots we can often bee seen at Christmas Markets and Music Festivals around the country.
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The Fountain Mercury 38 Lightning is the end result of decades of supremacy on the world's race courses. Definitely the first think that will attract your attention is not going to be the 2007 new design or the new features but the performance.
The Fountain recommends for its 38 Lightning model a Twin Staggered Mercury 525 EFI w/Bravo 1-XR/SSM/ITS engine, but like usual they provided three optional power options. So if you want more power you can choose one of the following engines: Twin Mercury 425 HP 496 MPI MAG w/Bravo I-XR/SSM/ITS; Twin Mercury 600 SCI w/Bravo I-XR/SSM/ITS, or my favorite Twin Mercury 700 SCI w/NXT #6 drives. The last engine really "transforms" the 38 Lightning in a "rocket".
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The 38 runs smooth, it takes the curves very well even at high speeds, and the passengers feel comfortable and secure. Let's talk about the performance! You definitely know very well that when you're driving a Fountain powerboat you're always ahead of the competition. The 38 Lightning doesn't break that "rule"! With the recommended engine – the Twin Staggered Mercury 525 EFI w/Bravo 1-XR/SSM/ITS – the top speed is around 95 mph. But if you really want to feel the adrenaline rush I recommend the Twin Mercury 700 SCI w/NXT #6 drives engine that reaches a top speed of 115 mph in good weather conditions.
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Bilge blowers, (2)
Bolster seats w/electric drop down
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Depth gauge
Engine room billet accents includes: battery box w/ chrome engraved step pad, fender holders, hatch rams, water fills (blue only), trim pump caps, motor well panel, sea strainer, & drive line cover
Fresh water flush
Fuel vapor detector
Graphics, standard selection
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Hour meter
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Rails, bow and stern, 316L stainless steel, thru-bolted
Sea strainers
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Steering, heavy duty hydraulic, offshore hi-performance w/dual pumps, tie bar, external
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Fire extinguisher, automatic
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Galley w/sink and cold water pressure system
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Horns, electric
Ice chest, built-in, insulated
Propellers, stainless steel to match engine and drive package
Rubrail with stainless steel insert
Sirius satellite radio (tuner & antenna)
Staggered engines
Stereo, marine AM/FM/CD w/four marine speakers
Super ventilated positive lift hull
Throttles, billet race
Trim switch on throttles
Windshield frame, powder coated
Bimini Top W/Front & Side Enclosures
CE Certification Kit
Deck Graphics
Faired Engine Compartment
Hatch, Colored Mirror With Logo
Oscillating Fans in Cabin (2)
Refrigerator in Wet Bar
Shipping Cradle
Shower, Transom (Fresh Water)
Storage Cover over Gunwale
TV, 15" Flat Screen/ DVD Combo
LOA: 38 ft. (11.58 m)
Beam: 8 ft. & 6 in. (2.6 m)
Weight, Dry: 8,950 lbs (4,060 kg)
Fuel Capacity: 180 gal (681 l)
Freshwater Capacity: 13 gal (49 l)
Draft w/ Drive Down: 35 in. (0.9 m)
Recommended Power:
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Engine Option:
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- Twin Mercury 600 SCI w/Bravo I-XR/SSM/ITS
- Twin Mercury 700 SCI w/NXT #6 drives
Speed: 83+ knots (95+ mph)
Hull Warranty: 6 Years
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Re "'Strong mayor' to get vote" (Page A1, Nov. 6): The news that the Sacramento City Council will put a "strong mayor" measure on the November 2014 ballot should be good news for city voters.
For more 25 years as a volunteer protecting county seniors, and as former executive director and president of the County Taxpayers Association I faced five Sacramento City mayors and city councils and found them often disconnected. Sacramento is one of the few large cities left in California run by a city council.
The other cities, managed by mayors who hire city managers, and are responsible for city budgets and actions appear more efficient. If the strong mayor vote is successful I believe it would soon demonstrate its superiority over what we have now, and why so many other cities have strong mayors.
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It all started innocently enough.
Every Tuesday when I sit with in the studio at 94.9 FM for my 20 minutes of fame (8:10-8:30), he is kind enough to let me talk about some of the many great stories we have every day on Patch.
A few weeks back, I mentioned that a Stonington High softball pitcher, , meaning that not only did no opposing player make it on base, but she struck out all 21 opposing batters. It was , .
"I could hit a home run off her," Lee immediately says.
Now, for those who know Lee, they know he says this with some history to back him up. He did, after all, have an all-star career in baseball locally. And he played in the St. Louis Cardinals' organization.
But still. Come on. Really? A home run? He kept at it, enough to get under my skin, so I ended up issuing him a challenge that no, in fact, he could not hit a home run off this pitcher, and let's make it a fundraiser.
When I got home I emailed softball coach to ask her if this was do-able. It was. It is. It is happening Saturday, May 19, at about 3:45 p.m. at the Stonington High softball field, in between games.
Blink, and you will likely miss it.
Here's the challenge: If Lee hits a home run, I will make a donation to his charity, .
If he does not hit a home run, he will donate to my charity, .
You can go to 94.9 FM's Facebook page and join Team Lee or Team Elissa and make a donation to either of these worthy causes as well.
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We are proud to have recently awarded Best of Recruitment 2012, as well as a host of internationally recognized awards, and are eager to build on the talent amongst our workforce in light of recent expansion plans.
If you're ambitious, self-motivated and enthusiastic, you could fit the bill as an Oil and Gas Trainee Sales Consultant.
THE ROLE will fundamentally consist of building up client portfolios in the Oil and Gas space through cold and warm calling and networking. You will also oversee the entire recruitment cycle, from sourcing and screening candidates, advertising, managing the interview process and acting as a mediator in negotiating a sale – the placement of your candidate!
In return, WE CAN OFFER a competitive base salary as well as an attractive commission scheme providing the opportunity to earn an average of $60-80k in year one, around $100k in year two and $150k+ in year 3! Further incentives range from team vacations to destinations like Miami, Cancun and Las Vegas and monthly lunch clubs at top-class restaurants, as well as 22 days paid time off - and that's just in your first year! Naturally, you can expect industry-leading and recognized training throughout your entire career, even through to senior management.
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The term "shaping" includes any operation to modify parts and create details that does not separate the wood into two pieces. Common shaping operations include making grooves, rabbets, dadoes and moldings as well as raising panels and shaping edges. Shaping is accomplished with a regular saw blade, a dado head or a molding head on a table saw and with bits of various profiles in a router.
Most shaping operations can be done in more than one way. For example, you can make a rabbet with two passes of the saw blade, with one pass over a dado head or with one pass using a rabbeting bit in a router. Deciding which way to proceed involves the tools available, the amount of wood that must be removed, the number of passes required to remove all of the wood and the number of pieces you intend to machine. It's always best to minimize the number of passes across the saw blade or cutterhead. Each additional pass increases the risk of error.
For accurate results, the workpiece must first be surfaced with a face side and face edge. Routinely prepare extra stock for test pieces. An alternate top bevel (ATB) or flat-top carbide-tipped saw blade can be used for shaping on the table saw.
The blade height depends on the shape you want to make. To ensure the consistency and accuracy of the cut, focus your attention on tight contact between the workpiece and fence. When shaping with a regular saw blade, you can use the regular table insert. Dado heads and molding heads, however, require inserts with wide slots.
Here are some common shaping operations on the table saw:
Sawing grooves — The simplest groove is one pass along the fence and over the saw blade. To make wider grooves using a standard blade, make the two outer cuts first, then make multiple cuts to remove the waste from the middle. Wider grooves are best done with a dado head.
Sawing rabbets — A rabbet is a rectangular cutout along the corner of the wood. A dado head makes cutting these quicker.
Sawing dadoes — A dado is a groove made across the grain of the workpiece. It's possible to do this with a regular saw blade, but a dado head will speed this operation.
Molding head — A three-knife molding head that mounts on the saw arbor gives the table saw some of the capability of a shaper. You can profile the faces and edges of furniture parts as well as run quantities of moldings for carpentry.


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Wow that's amazing! You guys should totally do this again (and warn us so you get even more people), but this time, get everybody to group back up again at the gates (get a few level 70s to clear the space) and THEN charge into the city! There would be so many of us that there wouldn't be nearly enough guards to kill a select few, and you'd get way farther.


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Six months after a 2010 toxic spill in Ajka, Hungary, Spanish photographer Palindromo Meszaros decided to capture the indelible aftermath resulting in his series, The Line. The remnants of the spill, which included nine fatalities and massive amounts of damage, feature a ghost town marked by a rust-colored line reaching two meters high. To view his work in such stark reality hits home the endless, irreparable void created by man. Visit Meszaros' website for the complete series.
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Friends forever
SRK and Sourav Ganguly enjoy a very fruitful relationship and that hasn't turned one bit sour after Dada's unceremonious exit from KKR two years ago. In this picture, a very old one, taken in 2003, SRK and Dada are seen chatting during a friendly charity cricket match between India and Sri Lanka, in Mumbai.
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Welcome to Katmai Country
Katmai National Monument was established in 1918 to protect the volcanically devastated region surrounding Mount Katmai and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. Today, Katmai National Park and Preserve remains an active volcanic landscape, but it also protects 9,000 years of human history as well as important habitat for salmon and the thousands of brown bears that feed on them.
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What's for dinner? Salmon of course! Watch Brooks Camp's iconic brown bears as they fatten up on salmon for the long winter.Read More
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For at least the last 9,000 years—before the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and before Brooks Camp was a haven for bears—Katmai was a home for people.Read More
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Want to lose weight? Find a hot stock tip? Get a new job? In these and most cases, we humans almost always seek out the newest advice.
We want the latest and freshest ideas. We crave novelty.
Yet sometimes the best advice is also the oldest. Which may explain why the Bible, the I Ching and the Bhagavad-Gita have been in print and read around the world for thousands of years.
With that in mind, Id like to share with you one old and one new way to find your next job faster...
1) Something Old: Win Friends and Get Hired
If you havent read the Dale Carnegie classic, How to Win Friends & Influence People, you should. It may be 70 years old, but its advice is timeless -- the equivalent of a masters degree in human relations.
In it, Carnegie tells the story of one Charles T. Cubellis, who answered a help-wanted ad for a financial position on Wall Street. He mailed his reply and, a few days later, was invited to a job interview.
Before that interview, Cubellis spent hours in Wall Street finding out everything possible about the person who had founded the business. Later, during his interview, he said: I should be mighty proud to be associated with an organization with a record like yours. I understand you started 28 years ago with nothing but a desk, a room and one stenographer. Is that true?
Almost everyone likes to talk about themselves, and this employer was no exception.
He talked at length about how he had started his business with just $450 and an idea. After weeks and months of toil, he finally built it into a successful venture. The employer was proud of his story and enjoyed telling it.
Finally, he questioned Mr. Cubellis briefly about his experience, then called in one of his vice presidents and said: I think this is the person we are looking for.
Now. How can this apply to your job search?
It behooves you to research your prospective employer, and show an interest in that employer and his/her problems. You may not always get hired, as our hero in Dale Carnegies book, but you will always -- always -- make a winning impression in every job interview if you can show an informed, intelligent interest in their business.
Heres the best part: Thanks to the Internet, you wont have to spend countless hours in your research, as Mr. Cubellis did so many years ago. Instead, you can uncover a treasure trove of data about your potential employers on sites like Zoominfo.com, Linkedin.com or Google.
2) Something New: Use MySpace To Get Interviews
OK, now heres something from the 21st century -- how to find a job using MySpace.
(Unless your mailing address is: A Cave, New Guinea, you know that MySpace.com is the hottest social networking Web site around, especially among recent college grads.)
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Sunday Sausage StrataFrom: EatingWell
The "strata" in this classic casserole are layers of bread, cheese and sausage baked in an egg-rich pudding.
Servings: 12 servings
Prep: 30 mins
Total: 3 hrs 15 mins
1/2 pound turkey breakfast sausage, (four 2-ounce links), casing removed
2 medium onions, chopped (2 cups)
1 medium red bell pepper, seeded and diced (1 1/2 cups)
12 large eggs
4 cups 1% milk
1 teaspoon salt , or to taste
Freshly ground pepper, to taste
6 cups cubed, whole-wheat country bread, (about 7 slices, crusts removed)
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 1/2 cups grated Swiss cheese, (4 ounces)
1. Coat a 9-by-13-inch baking dish (or similar shallow 3-quart baking dish) with cooking spray.
2. Cook sausage in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat, crumbling with a wooden spoon, until lightly browned, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer to a plate lined with paper towels to drain. Add onions and bell pepper to the pan and cook, stirring often, until softened, 3 to 4 minutes.
3. Whisk eggs, milk, salt and pepper in a large bowl until blended.
4. Spread bread in the prepared baking dish. Scatter the sausage and the onion mixture evenly over the bread. Brush with mustard. Sprinkle with cheese. Pour in the egg mixture. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight.
5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Bake the strata, uncovered, until puffed, lightly browned and set in the center, 55 to 65 minutes. Let cool for about 5 minutes before serving hot.
MAKE AHEAD TIP: Prepare through Step 4 the night before serving.
MAKE AHEAD TIP: Prepare through Step 4 the night before serving.
Nutrition Facts
Calories 256, Total Fat 13 g, Saturated Fat 4 g, Monounsaturated Fat 4 g, Cholesterol 224 mg, Sodium 552 mg, Carbohydrate 20 g, Fiber 3 g, Protein 16 g, Potassium 333 mg. Daily Values: Vitamin C 72%, Calcium 23%. Exchanges: Starch 0.67,Milk 0.33,Vegetable 0.5,Lean Meat 1,Medium-Fat Protein 1.33.
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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FORT WAYNE | Ron Howard and wife Reesha don't have cell phones Duct-taped to their wrists, anxiously awaiting "The Call" or a life-changing text.
They pray daily that it happens, and soon, but they have busy lives, you know, with No. 1 priority being adorable daughters Chloe, 7, and 3-year-old Peyton.
Next is basketball. Lots of basketball.
Ron, 31, is the face of the Fort Wayne Mad Ants' franchise in the NBA Development League.
This is his seventh season as the only player to have been on every Mad Ants team since the franchise began in 2007. He is referred to as "Mr. Mad Ant" and is the hands-down crowd favorite at home games.
Reesha attends every game at the cavernous Fort Wayne Memorial Coliseum, sits among the blue-collar fans, is usually the last one to leave the building with her husband and their little girls, and is affectionately called "Mrs. Mad Ant" by fans young and old.
The Howards love Fort Wayne's small-town feel, love the caring nature of its people, love giving back with their Game Day Sports Camp each summer and Christmas toy party for the needy — all while Ron's dream continues to burn like a branding iron.
He wants desperately to play in the NBA.
The ex-Valparaiso University star has come close in training camp with the Milwaukee Bucks (2008), New York Knicks (2009) and Pacers (2013) through their exhibition seasons.
Indiana really liked Howard, still keeps in touch, but it had three point guards at the time.
At 6-foot-5, he is the complete player with one knock against him according to scouts: He doesn't shoot the 3.
The personable Howard counters by saying his primary role as a point guard is to attack, draw fouls, distribute the ball and shoot the mid-range jumper when open.
In 24 games through Friday night, he is 2-of-8 from downtown while leading the Ants in scoring at 23 points per game.
It should be noted during the 2009-10 season, Howard was 42-of-109 from deep, almost 40 percent.
"I don't put myself on a timetable," he said. "I signed with the Indiana Pacers this offseason, had a very good camp and was really close to making the roster.
"I treat my body right. I eat right. I do the right things. I work hard to stay in shape, continue to get better, and that's what I've been doing every single year."
Howard learned all about commitment and focus while playing for Tom Crean at Marquette, then Homer, Scott and Bryce Drew at Valparaiso.
There are 16 D-League teams and more than 200 players all scrapping, clawing, competing for an NBA look-see. It takes luck, good timing, and game.
This D-League season, there have been 16 call-ups involving 15 players, most of them given 10-day contracts to show what they can do while the guy they replace recovers from injury.
Howard has also played briefly in Mexico, Holland, Venezuela, Israel, Australia and China.
The Pacers, Bucks, Charlotte Bobcats, Detroit Pistons, Memphis Grizzlies and Orlando Magic all are NBA affiliates of the Mad Ants, though a D-League player can be signed by any team.
Coach still betting on his guy
"So much of today's game is either you get a layup or you get a 3," said Mad Ants' coach and former Celtic Conner Henry. "That's the mentality of most (NBA) coaches, most offensive systems. I don't completely buy into that.
"When I watch the Pacers play, they do not shoot a high number of 3-point shots. They shoot a lot of mid-range distant shots ... the kind of shots Ron is probably the best at in the whole D-League."
Howard is close to a 50 percent career shooter.
"Is he the type of player who should be in the NBA? I truly believe so," Henry said. "It just takes one door to open, one coach to evaluate him over a lengthy period of time — not just 10 days."
Is Howard too old at 31?
"Ron can run all day. He's got a great basketball body," Conner said.
Mr. Mad Ant's better half
Reesha met Ron Howard their freshman year at Whitney Young High School on Chicago's tough south side.
They've been an unbeatable team ever since. Reesha is a pillar of strength who says she'd be happy for her man if he wanted to quit the game and be a garbage collector.
"I thank my wife all the time for the support she gives me, for the peace of mind she gives me when I'm on the road for six days and how well she takes care of our daughters," Ron said. "I don't have to worry about anything."
That's what basketball wives do, says Reesha.
"We are regular people who work for everything we get and make the best of it," she added. "My desires in life are simple and as long as (Ron) is happy, I'm happy."
The Howards live in a modest prefab home which the Mad Ants helped them find on the campus of Fort Wayne Concordia Theological Seminary. They are the only non-students there but have been welcomed with open arms by school administrators.
With much of their personal belongings still unpacked and storage space at a premium, Ron and Reesha get by with the bare necessities and a smile.
They have a roof over their heads and food on the table. There is no reason to complain.
Many in the Mad Ants' organization believe Howard's best chance for an NBA call-up is with the Pacers, who are non-committal on the subject.
But they really do like the perennial MVP candidate who holds 12 Mad Ants' franchise records.
The Pacers sent a truckload of toys to the Howards' Christmas needy party. And when Chloe had her 7th birthday while Ron was in training camp, the team rented out the Indianapolis Zoo for her party.
"I got to pet a dolphin!" she squealed with delight.
Meanwhile, life goes on for Ron, Reesha, Chloe and Peyton. It's a very good one when you think about it.


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Chapter Seven:
Refining the Message, Defending the Resources: The Quest for Institutional Support, 1980-1996
On a crisp fall morning in November 1995, the buildings and grounds of Fort Davis National Historic Site stood as empty as when the post was abandoned a century before. The eery silence occurred because of the failure of the U.S. Congress and the President to agree on a budget for the federal government. For the third time in 15 years, park personnel were "furloughed," or sent home indefinitely because their parent agency, the Interior department, had received no congressional appropriation with which to operate. Thus the park staff could not fulfill the mission mandated by Congress 35 years earlier to preserve the past for the future, and to instruct the visiting public about the heritage and tradition of the Davis Mountains.
It was fitting that the restored example of the "finest frontier military post in the Southwest" had no visitors or staff in the week before Thanksgiving, as the last two decades of the twentieth century bore little resemblance to Fort Davis' first 20 years of existence. A more conservative political climate under the presidential administrations of Ronald Reagan, George Bush, and Bill Clinton reduced spending overall to public agencies. This meant that parks like Fort Davis would receive less attention and funding, especially as Congress continued to establish new units of the park service. From personnel to preservation to interpretive services, the staff and management of Fort Davis spent much of the latter part of the century consolidating the gains of the 1960s and 1970s, while trying to find more creative means to advance the cause of history in the far Southwest. [1]
The four superintendents that managed Fort Davis in its third and fourth decades of existence all faced the challenge of enhancing the richness and variety of historic resources that the park service had inherited and preserved. From Doug McChristian (1980-1986) to Steve Miller (1986-1988) to Kevin Cheri (1988- 1992) to Jerry Yarbrough (1992-present), the park's directors and staff knew that they would not soon return to the days of 1960s restoration, or the excitement of creating the living history programs of the 1970s. Perusal of their correspondence and reports, along with oral interviews, indicates the maturing process of Fort Davis as a park service unit, along with the need for staff and managers alike to be ever more thoughtful in meeting the needs of visitors and guarding the historical tradition of the old frontier post. This process began in the spring of 1980, when former supervisory ranger Doug McChristian returned to manage the park. In a 1994 interview, McChristian remembered how he wished to "influence the history of an area," and how concerned he had been as a special assistant in the Southwest Regional Office about the "decline of quality in the living history program." His first objective became the revitalization of the work that he and Mary Williams had undertaken in the early 1970s to bring the past to life, with better maintenance of the ruins and their foundations as allied priorities. [2]
McChristian's personnel, like many public officials in the early 1980s, found it difficult to accept the political rhetoric ushered in by the socalled "Reagan Revolution." The conservative Republican had swept to victory in the 1980 election by promising to "get government off the backs of the American people," and suggesting that those employed in public service did not measure up to the standards of the private sector. Reagan's promise to reduce federal spending for domestic programs, and expand dramatically the appropriations for the nation's armed forces, marked a significant shift in emphasis from the more generous spending habits of the Democrats in the White House and Congress. Compounding this was Reagan's choice as Interior secretary James Watt, an arch-conservative lawyer from Wyoming whose Mountain States Legal Foundation had championed the causes of the "Sagebrush Rebellion;" a 1970s protest movement originating in the public land states of the arid West, with citizens outraged at the regulatory power of federal officials and their perceived insensitivity towards the property rights of individual landowners. [3]
Even before the inauguration of Ronald Reagan in January 1981, Supervisory Park Ranger James A. Blackburn had to issue a memorandum to the staff entitled, "Support for Public Policy." He had noticed that "certain remarks made by employees in the presence of visitors have not thoroughly supported public policy of the United States Government." Conceding that his staff had the right of free speech, Blackburn nonetheless wanted no one "making remarks that might lead a visitor or other employee to feel that we do not care for the job or policy of our government (our employer)." The supervisory ranger recognized "the austerity of our present financial posture;" a condition that he agreed had "resulted in curtailed programs and reduced visitor services in the area of interpretation." Yet the Fort Davis staff "have not reduced our visitor services when it comes to quality -- if anything, we are constantly improving quality." Blackburn asked his colleagues "to provide our visitors with a positive outlook," and "to curtail negativism." If the staff would "all take a look at ourselves," they would realize that "we all experience some dissatisfaction with the restraints imposed upon us." Yet "we can gain public support," said the ranger, "by portraying to our visitors a can-do attitude; one that says we are aware of certain limitations in funding and personnel," and one that would keep "this dissatisfaction from showing to our visitors." [4]
The superintendent had to acknowledge that the ambition of the NPS in the 1960s had given way to a more conservative time. In the 1970s, the Park Service had refurnished several buildings at Fort Davis, including an officer's quarters, a kitchen and servants' quarters, and the post commissary. Yet these facilities required personnel to interpret their story to the visiting public, and historians to research that story. McChristian soon realized upon his return to Fort Davis that one reason for the perceived "decline" in living history was the reduction in staff in the late 1970s. In a memorandum to the regional office in March 1981, the superintendent provided a table of hiring trends since 1975. In the division of interpretation, for example, there had been ten seasonals that year, along with two permanent staff and three "Cooperative Education" employees. By 1980 the Park Service, responding to declines in congressional support, reduced the number of workers at the park. The regional office also lowered the pay grades for new hires; a pattern that McChristian called "a false economy because it naturally tended to lower the quality of programs and caused some activities to be canceled entirely." A second indicator of the fiscal constraints of the 1970s was the requirement by Congress that the NPS absorb the "Classified Pay Increase" (CPI) in each park's operating budget. Rampant inflation in the years after the conflict in Vietnam had driven consumer prices and wages upward in a seemingly endless spiral, as much a function of the rise in energy prices as in the explosion of government spending criticized by conservative politicians. McChristian would thus have to find money in his allocation from Santa Fe to cover 60 percent of the staffs pay raises; a situation that he called "the single most [important] factor adversely affecting the park's funding." This meant no hiring of seasonals for the summer of 1981, delays in standard maintenance procedures (such as mowing the grounds, painting the trim on buildings, clearing of nature trails, etc.). [5]
Since a commitment to public service was a hallmark of the NPS, and because Fort Davis represented a signal achievement in living history interpretation, McChristian decided to press forward with as thorough a program of storytelling, reenactments, and scholarly research as his budget limitations allowed. In May 1980, he provided his staff with a clear explanation of his principles and goals. "I believe that we have an obligation to insure that what [the visitors] are seeing, touching, tasting, and so forth," said the superintendent, "is a worthy substitute for the real thing." He challenged the idea that "visitors won't know the difference anyway" by suggesting that it was "unprofessional" and misleading to the public to denigrate the personal nature of living history. "Visitors look to us as the experts," said McChristian, "and depend upon us to be correct." He extended the quest for "authenticity" to the daily dress of his staff "from the skin out," mindful that wool undergarments were "often uncomfortable at first to a 20th Century person.' Nonetheless, accuracy in detail meant "interpreting life by their standards [the nineteenth-century frontier]," so that the staff could dramatize to visitors "the contrasts between the quality of life then and now, changes in style and custom, health factors, and the uses of energy as contrasted with the present day." [6]
Interpreting the authenticity of Fort Davis through living history led McChristian to develop plans to study other aspects of the park's natural and cultural resources. He asked Dr. James T. Nelson, professor of range animal science at Sul Ross State University, to undertake a vegetation study "to recreate and maintain the natural features" that "accurately reflect the historic scene of the late 19th century." The superintendent needed base maps of vegetation such as "grasses, trees, shrubs, and cacti." He also wanted to know of the "various vegetative zones," the plant life "now present but exotic to the area," and those plants "not present but.. . probably a part of the historic scene." Yet Fort Davis also faced intrusion into the serenity of the park with the increase of Air Force flight testing in the Davis Mountains. Superintendent McChristian had to write in February 1981 to Colonel Harold Dortch, commander of Tactical Training at Holloman Air Force Base (HAFB), to complain as his predecessors had of the "sonic booms" occurring as part of the overflights of high-speed aircraft. "I hope that you share our concern for preserving our nation's military history," said McChristian, since "a public that has the opportunity of understanding our military's role and traditions are more likely to be supportive of its actions today." The Air Force, however, did not respond to the superintendent's entreaties, leading McChristian in November 1981 to complain to regional officials: "Apparently, the Air Force would like me to believe that I am imagining things." McChristian and his staff contended that "when one hears a thunderbolt-like crack from a cloudless sky and feels the entire building tremble, he can assume either an F-15 has overflown the area or that the Almighty is upset with the National Park Service." The staff thus had no choice but to record the time and date of the sonic booms, since "until we have hard evidence upon which to base our complaint, we cannot present a convincing case for claiming possible damage to the structures at Fort Davis." [7]
A critical factor for the staff and management of the park was the continued imbalance of interpretation of the black experience at the post. Prompted by the NPS' inquiry about Fort Davis' "Minority Interpretation Action Plan," the staff discussed in 1980 what Mary Williams described as "the positive and negative aspects of our interpretive programs as they effect and are affected by minority cultures." As part of Doug McChristian's call for more authenticity in telling the Fort Davis story, the staff reviewed its exhibits, collections, publications, and interpretive presentations. They discovered, for example, that two slides in the museum audio-video program that supposedly depicted black troopers of the 9th Cavalry "actually were of white soldiers." The noted Southwestern artist Rogers Aston donated to Fort Davis "two beautiful historically accurate bronzes - one of an Apache Indian and the other of a Buffalo Soldier." Mary Williams acknowledged that these statues replaced "a large copy of a [Frederick] Remington sketch of an Apache and a Buffalo Soldier" because the original, "like some of Remington's other sketches of black men, . . . depicted the Buffalo Soldier as a very physically unattractive person." Fort Davis also redesigned the "shared officers' quarters" to represent the rooms of Lieutenant Henry Flipper, and also examined the possibility of commemorating in 1981 the centennial of Flipper's court martial. Less successful were the staffs efforts to hire a black seasonal. One young man from Howard University in Washington, DC, wrote that he could not afford to move to Fort Davis, while a second student from Tuskegee Institute in Alabama reported that "because of personal problems he could not accept the appointment." Fort Davis then turned to Sul Ross for help, but "no qualified black students have expressed any interest in the program." [8]
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Star Trek - Insurrection (1998)
Average Rating: 5.8/10
Reviews Counted: 67
Fresh: 37 | Rotten: 30
Although not terrible, the sluggishly paced Insurrection plays like an extended episode of the TV series.
Average Rating: 6.7/10
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Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 4
Although not terrible, the sluggishly paced Insurrection plays like an extended episode of the TV series.
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Star Trek: Insurrection manages to recall the original 1960s series' spirit of liberalism, while transcending it for sheer boldness, embracing issues that are on the political cutting edge in the 1990s and beyond. The fact that the first 30 minutes are presented as a mystery only makes the material more engrossing. While assisting a survey team of Federation allies observing the populace of a distant planet, Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner) seemingly goes berserk and attacks the survey team,
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The extravagant makeup and special effects are actually unobtrusive because they're demanded by the pleasantly formulaic story, whose conflicts--and broad, innocuous political allegory -- justify the heartwarming resolution.
Despite the usual strained stabs at topical social significance, Frakes maintains a brisk pace, staging the battle scenes with panache and undercutting the absurd techno gibberish with crass but leavening humour.
The latest and ninth installment in that line, Star Trek: Insurrection, lacks the adrenalized oomph of its predecessor, but no adventure of the Starship Enterprise is without its gee-whiz affability.
The problem with Insurrection [isn't] that it's like a two-part episode. The problem is that it's like a one-part episode that was more than doubled in length without having nearly enough drama.
It's like one of those not-quite-favorite episodes from the series that you might enjoy watching again if it happens to air during a marathon, but it comes nowhere near achieving the best that Star Trek can do..."
It's an interesting story, more accessible to non-Trekkers than previous entries.
Genial, well-crafted tribute to the moral values Gene Roddenberry instilled in his sci-fi series, that suffers from a recurring flaw in the franchise, a lack of real threat and danger.
This is really just a pretty good episode of the series, which is not really a bad thing.
Not one of the most successful of the "Star Trek" films, it's always nice to see the cast reunite.
The plot feels like something dug out of an old pile of Next Generation scripts, with a fuzzy focus on the wonderment of newfound youth.
There are some nice moments early on.
Stewart looks great as usual and is impeccable in his familiar role, but most of the other principals were seriously underused.
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I'm not gonna sugar coat it, gotta be cold here. For me this was easily the weakest Trek film so far, even worse than 'Star Trek V'. I know I have used the term 'outstretched TV episode' a few times in previous reviews with Star Trek but this one term really sums up this film to a tee.
Apart from the quite dreadful grey scale shade tone that accompanies every scene on board the 'Enterprise' which somehow now seems more intrusive than in the previous two films, the plot is utterly non-engaging or even remotely interesting. A planet which harbours immortal regeneration powers that 'Starfleet' and the alien race 'Son'a' wish to keep for themselves whilst at the same time evicting the local hippie population.
Say what now?? yes that's right, its basically all about evicting some perfect happy go lucky boring blonde haired blue eyed farm folk off their planet...and that's it. I'm not even sure if there were any bad guys in this! I suppose they were naughty, not really much of a threat though, it was just a few groups fighting amongst themselves really, nothing more.
The whole film is so so utterly pointless and dull for virtually the entire run time! It only kicks into action for a small segment near the finale and even that was very mediocre stuff. Everything looks exactly as it does on the TV show, there is nothing that would make you think this is a big budget movie. The effects are no better! you would think they might be getting better but no, this film actually goes a step backwards.
There is just something about the next gen design, even though these are movies they just can't seem to shake the look and feel of the TV series. The classic crew movies didn't always look tremendous but they were always much better looking than the original show, they always had real silver screen moments. I'm afraid to say this entry has none what so ever.
It seems as though everything is now fully cgi here, I'm not a fan of computer generated effects and I think this is a good example why. The only thing that looks good and realistic in this film are the space vista's, nebulae, planets etc...which is exactly what cgi is good at. Starships can be done well but here they are no better than their TV counterparts, satisfactory at best. There are still the age old issues of dodgy bluescreen going on but now they also have the added downside of completely fake cgi sequences on top.
So apart from the dreadful plot and god awful cgi are there any plus points? I guess F. Murray Abraham does add a sprinkle of class onto the proceedings, its just a shame he does completely nothing of interest for the whole film. The alien race he portrays (Son'a) are such a generic concept with little to no imagination in design, their faces are simply plain grey just like all the uniforms of the 'Enterprise' cre...zzzzz.
So the film ticks along with tonnes of dialog including so much space jargon I felt completely bewildered and detached. I'm sure this one film has more Trek technical mumbo jumbo speeches than any other, by the end of the film I had actually lost how or what they were all suppose to be doing.
Add to this some really vomit inducing romance with 'Picard', really hokey sets, really fake plastic looking props, hokey fights and the very annoying practically perfect farm civilisation in their typically 'I'm a goodie' beige loose fit garments. Yeah I know its a Star Trek film and you come to expect this kinda stuff but by this point I think certain aspects of this really should be better.
The classic Trek crew were loved for their quirky comedic like adventures and Shatner's fluffy fist fights. The next generation crew just can't pull that off, they are too serious and too dull basically haha. For me they can't get away with the charming nonsense that the classic crew got away with.
This film lacks punch and energy, its a complete non entity and in my opinion will only please Trekkies. For fans it basically has all you need as its pretty much a very long TV episode so you can't go wrong. For neutral non-fan folk it will be a slow slog through some heavy dialog that will probably leave you dizzy and not much of a reward at the end.
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Iceberg Lettuce and Snow Peas with Creamy Dill Dressing
Prep: 12 minutes. Buttermilk gives the creamy dressing a rich, full-bodied flavor.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 cup)
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- Calories: 77
- Calories from fat: 62%
- Fat: 5.3g
- Saturated fat: 1.1g
- Monounsaturated fat: 0.1g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.1g
- Protein: 1.9g
- Carbohydrate: 5.5g
- Fiber: 1.7g
- Cholesterol: 6mg
- Iron: 0.9mg
- Sodium: 302mg
- Calcium: 45mg
- 1/4 cup light mayonnaise
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- Combine first 6 ingredients in a small bowl, stirring with a whisk. Combine lettuce, snow peas, and celery in a large bowl; add dressing, and toss.
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Paolo Petrocelli is an arts administrator, musicologist, violinist, researcher, professor and UNESCO Expert in Music (Italian National Commission for UNESCO). He is also founder and president of EMMA for Peace, Euro-Mediterranean Music Academy for Peace, a non-profit global umbrella organization for music education and cultural diplomacy; a network of music institutions, universities and philanthropic foundations brought together in the shared interest of music and the promotion of peace in the Mediterranean and Middle East regions.
His other positions are: UNESCO Youth Delegate for Italy (2011), President Junior Chamber International Italy (Rome), Leader of the Italian National Network of the European Cultural Parliament Youth Network, Member of the Global Shapers Community of the World Economic Forum, Member of the Youth Committee of the International Music Council, Member of the Youth Committee of the European Music Council (2008-2010) and Ambassador for the Manifesto for Youth and Music in Europe, Family member of The Festival One Week. One Europe. Berlin 2012, Board Member of Plain Ink and Powering Education.
Paolo worked in the organization of international music and film festivals such as Tuscan Sun Festival, English Music Festival, Rome Chamber Music Festival, Accademia delle Crete Senesi, Rome Film Festival, Roma Independent Film Festival.Tags: arts management, cultural management, international projects, music, non-profit organizations, performing arts, UNESCO
Hannu Saha
Hannu Saha is the arts and culture policy maker as well as a composer and a musician based in Finland. As a researcher, he specialises in research on creativity, its meaning and use in arts, cultural and music policy. As a musician Mr. Saha is known as a master of the Finnish lap harp, or kantele.
Hannu Saha holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree and is a docent/senior lecturer at the University of Tampere. Between 2004-2006, Mr. Saha was the Chair of the Arts Council of Finland. He also worked as an Educational Advisor (1980–1985) and Director (1985–2002) of the Folk Music Institute and as the Artistic Director (1997–2002) and Director (2003) of the Folk Arts Centre. Additionally he served as the Professor of Ethno-musicology at the University of Tampere and the Director of the Department of Music Anthropology 2002–2003. Mr. Saha has been a member of various arts councils as well as in numerous trusts in culture and arts.Tags: arts and cultural policies, creativity, cultural research, Finand, music
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Juliana Hodkinson is an artist, academic and a policy maker as well as a freelance composer and an arts writer. Her interests lie in the collaborative projects, financing the arts and culture, status of the artist, performing arts and international cultural cooperation. Her expertise as a cultural leader is in linking the dynamics between the individual, volatile, highly particular and often ad-hoc project-based production processes of new artistic work with the systematic and structural responsibilities of arts organisations and funding bodies.
Juliana Hodkinson is presently a board member for the Danish online music journal Seismograf.org, and member of the artistic advisory board to the Australian company Chamber Made Opera. She has formerly chaired the Danish Arts Foundation, and its music panels, and has been on the board of the Danish Composers' Society.
As a board member, chairman and a panel of the music-section of the Danish Arts Foundation, she has focused on cultural and arts policy, collaborations between public institutions (eg. at state and local level, or between funding and media organisations), the influence of arts education on diversity in the arts world, gender, diversity and equal access, the status of artistic endeavour in public discourse, and appreciating inter-disciplinarity in artistic practices.
Juliana Hodkinson also lectured at Technische Universität Berlin, alongside a productive freelance career in composition for music-theatre and inter-arts contexts. Her artistic work ranges from chamber music and intimate semi-staged object pieces to large-scale electroacoustic orchestral works, and often involves visual or theatrical elements. Installations, electronic performances, field recordings, samples, text, foley and soundtracks for fashion videos also figure in her recent work. This set of interests has led her to develop collaborative practices spanning ad-hoc freelance and large institutional frameworks.
Her academic research background is in the musical and inter-arts aesthetics and the subject of her PhD thesis is 'Presenting Absence: constitutive silences in music and sound-art since the mid-20th century'. Since completing her PhD, she has also researched, lectured and published on sound art, music and film/video, and music and the internet.Tags: arts and cultural policies, cultural cooperation, cultural research, culture and art, Denmark, financing the arts and culture, music, performing arts, status of artists
Natalija Macura
Natalija Macura is a researcher in the field of cultural policy. She holds a PhD in Cultural Policy and Management Culture from the University of Arts in Belgrade (2011), and a M.A. in Theory of Arts and Media (2005). She is actively involved in cultural policy making on local, regional and international level. She was Cultural Policy Researcher in "European Music Council a Regional Group of International Music Council of UNESCO," in Bonn, on research project "Structure of the National Music Council," 2006/2007.
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- "Cultural policy in the field of music," Belgrade, 2006, Zadužbina Andrejevic
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Talladega, AL-The Tougaloo College Volleyball Team traveled to Talladega, AL to take on Talladega College in a crucial match-up for the Lady Bulldogs. The Lady Bulldogs would cruise past the Lady Tornadoes in straight sets 25-21, 25-11, 25-14 to capture position of first place in the north division and set school record of most consecutive wins in a season.
With both teams standing at 4-0 in conference play, the Lady Bulldogs were looking to hand the Lady Tornadoes their first conference loss and capture first place in the north division of the conference. Also, the win would give the Lady Bulldogs a five game winning streak, the longest in the program's history. In set one, the Lady Bulldogs and the Lady Tornadoes would battle back and forward, trading points. But somewhere along the line, the Lady Bulldogs would get tired and trading points and go in for the kill, taking the set 25-21.
In sets two and three, the Lady Bulldogs would make it look too easy, as in set two the Lady Bulldogs would score the first 8 points before the Lady Tornadoes would score. The Lady Tornandoes would continue to struggle and the Lady Bulldogs would capitalize on the struggles to take an easy straight sets win over the Lady Tornadoes to move to first place in the division. The win puts the Lady Bulldogs at 14-6 overall, 5-0 in conference play.
Leading the way for the Lady Bulldogs was Dayane Souza with 12 kills, 14 digs, and 4 blocks. Briana Murphy tacked in 6 kills and 11 blocks, Jana Williams chipped in 4 kills and 14 digs, Marcella Oliveira added 3 kills and 14 digs, and Mariana Candelot had 2 kills and 22 assists. The Lady Bulldogs will be back in action on Saturday as they play host to Fisk University in a conference match-up beginning at 1:00 P.M. in the Dawg Pound.


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URL: http://www.entrepreneur.com/answer/221824Debt and equity backing are two different concepts.
Normally you will utilize a traditional lender to provide debt or search out various investors that are looking to be a debt backer vs. equity partner. A lot will depend on the profitability projections, your credit, etc., as to the ease of finding this backer. Also, they'll want to know what you are using the debt for...few will provide debt for operating so they'll be looking to see what types of assets you are using the funds for.
Equity backers are usually more open to risk as they are looking for opportunities for a higher return -- though bottom line is they want to see how this business is going to make money so they can get a return on their investment.
Visit with your accountant for specifics that will work for what you are hoping to achieve.
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