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Current cast features Ruthie Henshall as Mrs Wilkinson and Thomas Hazelby, Brodie Donougher, Ollie Jochim and Bradley Perret as Billy.
A decade after it first stamped, swore, and pirouetted into audiences' hearts, 'Billy Elliot the Musical' continues to mark itself out as one of the best nights in town. Both as tough as a miner's fist after a Friday night booze-up and as soaringly sensitive as one of Tchaikovsky's swans, it's a gritty story of hope that works its magic by defying sentimentality and slaying stereotypes.
Book writer Lee Hall has displayed a talent for comedy that has been noted by critics ever since he hit the radio airwaves with the less successful, but darkly Ortonesque 'Cooking With Elvis' in 1995.
By taking the miners' strike as the backdrop to Billy's tale, he taps into a period of history that powerfully resonates as the last great iconic clash between left and right in British politics.
What works so beautifully in 'Billy Elliot the Musical' is the miners' staunch embodiment of grimy-faced beer -without-frills masculinity – as threatened by the 12-year-old Billy's 'effeminate' attempts to express himself as a dancer, as they are by the rapacious, gorgon-style femininity of Thatcher. Hall and director Stephen Daldry exploit the gender clash to the full, both verbally and visually: so whether you're laughing at foul-mouthed ballerinas or miners in tutus, this is a glorious comedy – and near-tragedy – of dissonant values and shifting perceptions.
It was Jamie Bell, of course, who so successfully captured the popular imagination in the 2000 'Billy Elliot' film. Now, the myriad practicalities of staging the story of the motherless miner's son whose priorities go from pasties to pas de deux mean there must be several Billies. On the night I went, Dean Charles Chapman showed triumphantly that this is not a process of diminishing returns. As solemnly beautiful as a medieval knight, he brought both streetwise punch and the precision of a true professional both to his performance and the dance routines.
A good musical demands great stage pictures, and 'Billy Elliot' is full of them. The extraordinary, starkly lit ballet of men with wooden chairs, cigarettes, and pint glasses, as his dementia-ridden grandmother serenades Billy's 'bastard' of a dead grandfather; the devastating scene where a frustrated Billy smashes a tap dance against an advancing phalanx of darkly glinting police riot shields.
The theatre poster cliché is 'I laughed, I cried' – here you really do. Elton John's music – despite having no stand-out numbers – sensitively underscores a thrilling, devastating evening.
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Returned for the second time last night and was disappointed. Still as amazing as the first time I saw it. Incredible actors, especially the children. Rousing music and awesome choreography. Not to be missed
The worst thing was, I was too bored to even fall asleep. I just don't get the hype. If you're looking for good dancing, catchy songs and flawless singing, you wont find it here!
The story totally trivialised the miners strike and developed into something utterly bizarre by the interval - dancing dresses - what? Needless to say, I couldn't bare sitting through the second half, making it the only production I have ever walked out of.
I really wouldn't recommend this musical to anyone!
If you want to see a ballet get yourself tickets to something by the English National Ballet or Royal Ballet. You'll find cheaper tickets, with stunning dancing and the most sublime music to compliment an already magical production. If you're looking for a musical with a good storyline, catchy songs and fab dance routines, go and see Kinky Boots or the Book of Mormon.
For something that's been recommended to me countless times, I was truly disappointed.
I absolutely loved this musical. Not recommended for the family due to bad language, however a stunning performance.
The actors conveyed the fear and extent of the miners strikes exquisitely bringing much of the audience to tears. Unfortunately I did not see this live but instead at a cinema live broadcast of the 10th anniversary show. Even in the cinema you could feel the suspense of the performance. The songs were brilliant and really touched everyone's hearts. The Billy that was performing was Elliot Hanna. He was beyond superb. You could tell that he was a Billy who danced better than he sang as he did more dancing than singing compared to previous Billy's. I agree with some other reviewers that the Angry dance was borderline awkward but it did represent the frustration of a young boy living in the midst of the mining strikes. All actors were superb and their performances touching. Could not recommend this musical enough.
I was told that Billy is now in its 11th Year! No wonder really - It's a fab show.
Word of warning, it's labelled as a family show but the language is a bit fruity at times if you want to avoid that awkward moment
If you haven't seen it, you've got to ask yourself why? It's brilliant - go see it!
Saw this for the first time last night and it was SO GOOD. Cried, laughed and cringed at all the swearing (brought my boyfriends little nephew with me). Great cast and really heartfelt performances. I especially liked Billy's nan - legend!
Go and see this before it closes!
brilliant show - I've seen it so many times and think the music is exceptional. Each song I can usually imagine Elton singing himself. I would love to see a concert version of him singing songs from the show one day.
I had a great time here
I must admit that Billy Elliott would not ordinarily have been my first choice of a musical. I am not a big fan of ballet dancing and was not too bothered by the film. However, being a dutiful husband I accompanied my wife and was glad I did. The show as you would expect followed the storyline of the film. The child performers in particular were excellent and the dancing simply astounding. By the end of it I was hooked and would certainly see again. The humour came across very well and was even added to by some of the accents; I am reminded in particular of the dance teacher who seemed to go from Geordie, to Scot back to Geordie and then into Irish. I am sure this is a difficult task and one I could never manage.Overall a wonderful performance that had me mesmerized and on occasions brought me out ingoosebumps.
At Billy Elliot now and let me be clear it's not a family show and timeout should be more explicit in its recommendations!
The language is foul bad swearing not for the family class A swear words used!
The F word the T word all used avoid this show with children!
So much fun. Great night out! Amazing performance by every one in it.
Absolutely fantastic! I highly recommend it. The best performance I have seen in some time!!!!
was expecting to have a hard time understanding the English, but the play is so well directed, you can't miss a thing.
amusing, moving, funny - it has it all, including fabulous dancing by Billy Elliot, and all the other children.
you can see they are all very talented.
three hours flew past...
highly recommended!
Fantastic... I laughed, I cried, I was deeply moved and enjoyed every minute of the show! The work of the cast is brilliant! The children are INCREDIBLE! Thank you, thank you all for this unforgettable experience!
"My new favourite musical"
I have just returned from my trip to London and Billy Elliot was definitely one of the highlights of my stay. In my opinion, the boy who played Billy is a genius. The night I saw the show it was Bradly Perret, only 11 years old (I had to look him up on the internet straight away when I came home). Professional dancing/ballet, singing and remembering the lines of all those beautiful songs. Chapeau, Bradley!!! It was a very touching and highly entertaining evening for me. The whole cast did a great job, thanks to all of you! The powerful sound of the show and the intoxicating song "Solidarity" is still in my ears, I will definitely buy it :-)
Allowedly, for me as a German the dialect which was spoken was hard to understand at times although I had learned the language for many, many years. I would say that I understood around 2 thirds of what was said, but that was ok. You still get the meaning of what is going on even when you do not understand every joke. All those lines concerning politics and Maggie Thatcher are probably better suited for the UK visitors, but so what, this was all part of the miner´s strike, wasn´t it?
Anyhow, I can highly recommend the musical
to everyone who is looking for an unforgettable evening! If you want to
laugh and cry at the same time then go, go, go and see it!
@Terry-Ea:My favourite scene was when Billy got truly mad and angry when his father denied him going to that school first, yelling and running around like crazy. Incredible how he let it all out. Just imagine doing that yourself, in front of an audience on top of it - wow!
Living in London you often say "oh I must go and see XY or Z" but somehow never get around to it. This was me with Billy Eliot, not even seen the film. However, I finally got around to it this weekend and what an absolute knockout it is.
The basic story is set during the infamous miner's strike of 84/85 when a young male sprog from Durham decides he doesn't fancy boxing but instead wants to give dancing a go. Sounds simple, but the interplay of the ever nastier strike and Billy's secret dance lessons work well to explain so much about the people of that time and how that strike affected so many both directly and indirectly.
So, what to say about the show itself? Absolutely marvelous. Billy is a 12 year old boy and the young actor playing him has the entire show on his shoulders. On stage for virtually the entire performance, Billy displays amazing talent in taking us through his story using a combination of song, dance and language that would have got me a slap form me Mum if I had used it at that age.
The stage itself is well used with scenery popping up or in from all over the place but only when its needed and never as a gimmick - unlike Dirty Dancing - and with scene changes so smooth that it feels really natural when Billy's house and bedroom turn into the Miner's social club and vice versa.
Favourite scenes for me? A few immediately spring to mind. The unexpected and magical sequence in Act II where Billy dances scenes from Swan Lake with his older self is just amazing with the two dancers working together so well to create a flawless performance worthy of any ballet company. Others classics, the scenes between Billy and Michael are so lovely, as the friends are growing up and discovering who they are culminating in a wonderful song about individuality. Two more massive scenes, "The Angry Dance" where the power of Billy's emotions scream out from the stage to the audience sharing his emotions and, probably the most famous song "Electricity" which I'm sure could be the anthem for many professional dancers when asked how they feel when the dance.
Its easy to forget the adult actors when thinking about BE but they must have one of the hardest jobs in theatre-land. They say never work with animals and children but these guys don't just work with the kids - of whom there are quite a number - but they change the leading man and other main characters every performance just to make things a bit more difficult. So, full credit to everyone involved in keeping the production as slick as it is.
Final word from me on this. Although they are booking until May 2015, Day tickets are available and you can get amazing seats for a small outlay.
Waste of 3 hours - acting was mediocre, technical glitch in between, and the final and most impactful scene from the film isn't even included. Ending is a complete anticlimax. Found it quite painful to be honest.
Amazing!!!! The cast is absolutely fantastic- the children are so talented! Great story line, music, dancing and production! I wondered how they would stage the miners strikes but they did it wonderfully by juxtaposing the strikes against the ballet classes. You won't know what I mean unless you go and see it!
It is really inspiring!!! I really enjoyed it. The kids are so brilliant. I will recommend it to my friends.
Fabulous. Fantastic range of talent from all the cast, from the singing and dancing to the authentic geordie accents.
Fantastic. Exceeded my expectation. Absolutely outstanding
never could imagine I'd like the musical better than the movie. Outstanding just perfect! the kids were amazing and the scenario is just ideal for the show! Couldn't enjoy more
Outstanding! Loved it! One of the best I have ever seen. Laughed and cried at the same time. Excellent performance from all the artists and a huge "well done" to Billy performed by the so cute boy named Mitchell Tobin. Definitely a must see!
I love Billy Elliot story, but having seen it in this production made me cry and laugh histerically all the play...The Elton John songs and the Elliot Hannah performance are absolutely enchanting. The boy is the cutest boy in the world, sharing the scenes with his fantastic Dad Deka Walmsley and his amazing teacher Anna Jane Casey. I don´t know how the cast could be so touch provoking like this...Write this review makes me remember and cry again!!!!!!
Excellent - we loved it! The kids were brilliant, music fantastic & it's a great story with lots of comedy to boot. We went for a special birthday celebration & it was perfect!
This musical was amazing. The actors danced and singed very well! I laughed, I also cried. The music, the rythm was really brillant. I will see this again! I recommend!
Fantastic! We enjoyed ourselves for the full 3 hours! Dance, music, singing, play was amazing.
I can not find words to describe this theater experience. I have seen many plays and musicals in London and elsewhere, and I can honestly tell that this was ultimately the best I have ever seen. I was laughing and crying in turns and my heart was bursting throughout the show. The rhythm, pace and scene-structure of this musical was exceptionally perfect and there was no single scene which would have bored me or been too long. Timing was perfect in terms of songs, monologues, dialogues, dances etc. and something surprising happened when you least expected it and when you did not yet expect it to happen. I also, especially, loved the progress of this musical; Billy developed very very slowly and the best parts of his dance happened only closer to the end. This kept the audience at excitement from the beginning til the end. Summary: An excellent show with amazing actors and actresses (where did you find these children from???), perfect costume design, lightning, musics and special effects. The stage had been built amazingly well and the space used very efficiently. This was a pleasure for all five senses --and I think I actually discovered my sixth sense as well, so impressed I was of this spectacle. :)
I was very much impressed about the performance of such a player who is so young. He was on the stage almost through out the whole play, sang, danced and acted, without any mistake... And it was very amazing the contribution of other young players, at a very high level of professionalism and disipline. From the first scene to the end, I enjoyed and watched without any bore. It was first time in my life watching a performance of such young artists.. Recommend it to everybody.
BRILLIANT !!!! the artists at their best...a must see! you leave the show dancing on the streets !!!


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New Orleans, LA – Administrator Lurita Doan, invited to address the National Black Chamber of Commerce on Friday, will highlight the U.S. General Services Administration's (GSA) ongoing commitment to small businesses in the Gulf Coast states and nationwide.
GSA during Doan's tenure has tried to ensure that Gulf Coast small businesses are included in clean-up, renovation and other work made necessary by Hurricane Katrina. More than 62 percent of the contracting dollars that GSA awarded in the third quarter of Fiscal Year 2007 for work performed in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana have gone to small businesses.
"We're going to keep pushing to make sure that any interested and qualified small firm can get on the GSA schedule, that we do a thorough job of tracking that participation, and that we continue holding outreach events aimed at teaching small businesses how the process works," Administrator Doan said.
Organizers expect the Chamber's 15th annual conference to draw some 300 business owners and chamber leaders from around the nation. The chamber, dedicated to "economically empowering and sustaining African-American communities through entrepreneurship and capitalistic activity," invited Administrator Doan to speak because of her record as a successful small businesswoman and her current position as GSA Administrator.
"As one of the only federal agency heads who is a former small business owner as well as a GSA schedule holder, I understand and appreciate what it takes for small firms to succeed," Administrator Doan said. "We're going to keep chipping away at any bureaucratic barriers that stand between government contracting opportunities and small, women, service-disabled veteran, HUBZone and minority-owned businesses.
Administrator Doan will also present a special commendation to Harry Alford, president, CEO and co-founder of the Black Chamber of Commerce. Alford will be honored for championing the cause of African-American entrepreneurs, and, "for leading and co-founding an organization dedicated to the economic empowerment of African-American communities throughout the nation."
Founded in 1949, GSA serves as a centralized procurement and property management agency for the federal government. GSA manages more than one-fourth of the government's total procurement dollars and influences the management of $500 billion in federal assets, including 8,300 government-owned or leased buildings and 205,000 vehicles. GSA helps preserve our past and define our future, as a steward of more than 420 historic properties, and as manager of USA.gov, the official portal to federal government information and services. GSA's mission to provide superior workplaces, expert technology solutions, acquisition services, purchasing and eGov Travel solutions and management policies, at best value, allows federal agencies to focus on their core missions.
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I'm new to Backtrack 4 and tried finding a solution to this on the forum, but have had no success. My situation is this: I have a laptop with a built-in IPW2200 wireless card. It works fine for browsing the web and capturing data with airodump, but it will not support packet injection. For a week I tried to find a solution and could not. I found an old WG111 v2 in a desk drawer and tried it but Backtrack didn't even recognize it. After some research, I found that the WG111 v2 could be used, but after following other people's solutions, it still will not work. I would like to be able to inject and capture packets. Should I try to use my IPW2200, WG111 v2, or both? If so could someone lead me in the right direction on how to get them working? Thanks in advance and any help is appreciated!
When I use the lsusb command, I get this:
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0846:4240 NetGear, Inc. WG111(V1) rev 2 54 Mbps Wireless [Intersil Prism54 Intersil 3886]
The adapter itself has v2 on its side, but it is recognized as v1 on Backtrack.
When I type iwconfig, the only thing that is being read is my built-in card.
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Chris Stapleton Announces New Album And Tour
Chris Stapleton is set to release the follow-up to his acclaimed album Traveller. The still-unnamed album is due out May 5th.
He also announced the 32-city All-American Roadshow tour, which kicks off on May 5th in Alpharetta, Georgia and wraps up on August 25th in Gilford New Hampshire. He's chosen Anderson East, Brent Cobb, Brothers Osborne, Lucie Silvas and Margo Price as his openers at various dates.
Tickets go on sale on February 24th at 10 a.m. local time.
Presale and VIP info at https://t.co/mdwpy5kNBm. pic.twitter.com/ODySo3N94E— Chris Stapleton (@ChrisStapleton) February 16, 2017
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Re: Transformation rule problem
Oliver Buerschaper schrieb:
> Hi there,
> I'm stuck with a problem concerning transformation rules and was
> wondering whether somebody could give me a hint on this. I wouldn't
> mind a complete solution either ;-) Here's the problem:
> In a sum like for example
> a^2 b^4 + a^3 b + a^5 + a^5 b
> I'd like to replace every instance of the product (a b) by a different
> expression, let's call it d. Thus my result should look like
> d^2 b^2 + a^2 d + a^5 + a^4 d
> This replacement is required to work for arbitrary a and b (especially
> when they're functions). I've already tried some simple transformation
> rules but they couldn't do the job.
a^2 b^4 + a^3 b + a^5 + a^5 b/.
{Power[a, m___ : 1] *Power[b, n___ : 1] :>
Power[d, Min[m,n]]*Power[a, m - Min[m, n]] *Power[b, n - Min[m, n]]}
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The Brevard College Sports Information Department is proud to announce that Women's Cyclist Jo Tuttle has been named Tornado Athlete of the Week for the tenth week of the athletic season. Tuttle earned 32 of the 51 votes cast by visitors on BCTornados.com, or 62.7%.
Tuttle finished as the women's individual overall National Champion as last weekend's USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships. Tuttle finished fifth in the cross country event, seventh in the short track race, second in the downhill, and first in the dual slalom to finish as the overall champion. Tuttle is the first individual national champion in BC Cycling history. Thanks to Tuttle's strong performance, the Tornado team finished fourth overall in the team competition, the best finish in school history.
The Tornado Athlete of the Week is determined by a fan poll on the frontpage of BCTornados.com. Candidates for the Tornado Athlete of the Week award are announced and voting opens every Saturday night at 10 p.m. Voting closes on Tuesday morning at 10 a.m.
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Week 2 - Bailey Varley, Women's Soccer
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It's not every day that I get to meet Olympians so please forgive me if I veer from the topic of ROI for one day. But I promise you this is a good story. Last week I got a chance to meet a very special group of people. They work at Bromley Technologies – a small but dedicated group of engineers and world-class athletes based in Sheffield, England. Bromley Technologies focuses on sports technology and offers design services to professional teams for pretty much every piece of sports equipment including hockey sticks, bikes and bob skeletons.
The organization's CEO is Kristan Bromley who is not only a mechanical engineer but also one of the most successful winter sports athletes in the UK. Kristan is a three-time Olympian, the 2008 World Champion and is currently ranked the 6th in the world in his event. The Bromley Technologies team consists of Kristan (also known as Dr. Ice), and fellow directors Mike Maddock, Dan Fleetcroft and Richard Bromley. They are a really close-knit group and no one escapes a bit of good-natured banter. What's truly unique about Bromley Technologies is that the team has first-hand knowledge of sports as athletes and engineers. For example, Mike has also clocked a fair bit of track time as a member of the British skeleton team and Dan has an extensive background as an engineer in the field of F1 racing.
The organization serves as the backbone behind Team Bromley, a squad of athletes supported by the company's technology. The team consists of Shelley Rudman (the 2009 European Champion), 2009 World Champion Nicola Minichiello and of course Kristan Bromley. Both Shelley and Kristan compete in bobskeleton while Nicola competes in the bobsleigh events. Team Bromley had a very impressive season this past year – 8 out of the 9 medals which were won by the British team this past year were won by Team Bromley (2 golds, 2 silvers and 4 bronzes). Very impressive indeed.
Before my visit, I was very ignorant of the sport. I won't go into all the details of the sport – if you'd like to know more please go to the FIBT World championships site which has a really good primer. But what absolutely blew me away during my meeting was that in bobskeleton hundreds of a second can mean the difference between walking away with a gold, silver, bronze or no medal. As a result, in a sport where every fraction of a second makes a difference, good design is paramount.
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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 23.171 Friday, 27 April 2012
Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 6:17 PM
Subject: Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing
One of the odder vanity productions I know about is Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing. We have known that this was to be filmed for some time, but photography is apparently complete according to this New York Times article on Whedon's The Avengers. The link to the entire article is here: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/movies/joss-whedon-directs-the-avengers.html
The paragraph referencing the Shakespeare film is, "In characteristic Whedon-esque style he took about two weeks after finishing principal photography on "The Avengers" to shoot a film version of "Much Ado About Nothing" at his home in Santa Monica, Calif.
The direct link to the film website is: http://muchadothemovie.com/
The PDF press release is here: http://muchadothemovie.com/documents/MuchAdoPressRelease.pdf
I'm not optimistic that the film will go into general release, but it may well turn up on the web at some point.
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Robin Thicke hasn't watched his VMA performance with Miley?
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(Yahoo!) - There is apparently one person who hasn't seen Miley Cyrus's wild VMA performance with Robin Thicke … the "Blurred Lines" singer himself.
"I spent my whole career playing it safe, being a gentleman, never doing anything controversial," Thicke, 36, tells Vanity Fair. "I didn't see [the performance] because I was onstage singing my ass off."
Well, Miley, 20, was certainly twerking hers off, a move Thicke was sort of warned about.
"They told me [beforehand] that Miley's going to take her clothes off and dance around and she might bend over … I just said, I don't care, let's entertain the people," Thicke reveals. "Let's give them something they're not ready for, let's make them talk."
Well, it worked! Five and a half weeks later, people are still discussing the raunchy performance. (Though we can't help but wonder if Robin would have drawn the line at being molested by a foam finger.)
Fortunately, the singer's wife, Paula Patton, wasn't upset about the MTV fiasco. These things come with the territory when you're married to an R&B star.
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"We've been married for eight years, and together since we were 16," he adds. "We're very lucky to have the greatest friendship; we're John and Yoko — whatever that is — that's who she is to me. I've always put her before everything and will continue to. But, yeah, be careful what you wish for."
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He's alive, he's ALIVE! Steve Aoki has given us a look into the neon future, in his new music video for his track with Angger Dimas and My Name is Kay, "Singularity." The video shows Aoki, being transformed into a super human by one mad (but extremely beautiful) scientist, and her assistant.
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• palliative •
Pronunciation: pæl-i-yê-tiv • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Meaning: 1. (Adjective) Reducing pain or suffering, ameliorating, improving. 2. (Noun) Anything that reduces pain or suffering or improves a situation without offering a permanent cure or solution.
Notes: Today's Good Word is the adjective of the verb palliate "to help, ameliorate, reduce bad effects". As a Latinate verb, the process noun palliation is available alongside the agent noun, palliative. This word has a synonym from the same verb, palliatory, which is occasionally used instead of today's word. Both have adverbs; for instance, medicine may be used palliatively or palliatorily.
In Play: Today's Good Word basically refers to agents that reduce physical or mental pain: "I wish aspirin were a palliative for the pains-in-the-neck I have to work with at the office." However, any improvement that does not solve a problem may be a palliative: "Closing the street would only be a palliative for the damage the potholes are doing to cars traveling over it."
Word History: Today's Good Word is the adjective of the verb palliate from Latin palliare "to cloak, palliate", a verb based on the noun pallium "cloak". Pallium is an extension of palla "upper garment worn by women", also the origin of English pall. These words all came from a predecessor, pol-/pel- "skin, pelt, covering", in Proto-Indo-European, the ancient language from which most European and Indian languages developed. In French we find it as peau "skin" and poil "body hair". The Ps in this language changed to Fs in English and other Germanic languages (Latin pater, English father), so this root came to English and German as Fell "pelt", though the English word is now rather archaic.
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Re: PALLIATIVE
The heart asks pleasure first,
And then, excuse from pain;
And then, those little anodynes
That deaden suffering;
And then, to go to sleep;
And then, if it should be
The will of its Inquisitor,
The liberty to die.
By Emily Dickinson
And then, excuse from pain;
And then, those little anodynes
That deaden suffering;
And then, to go to sleep;
And then, if it should be
The will of its Inquisitor,
The liberty to die.
By Emily Dickinson
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Dr. Caroline H. Shiboski, Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Orofacial Sciences, announces the appointment of Ophir Klein, MD, PhD, as Interim Chair of the Division of Orthodontics in the Department of Orofacial Sciences.
Dr. Klein is Larry L. Hillblom Distinguished Professor in Craniofacial Anomalies and Chair of the Division of Craniofacial Anomalies [1] in the Departments of Orofacial Sciences and Pediatrics. He is also the Director of the UCSF Program in Craniofacial and Mesenchymal Biology.
Dr. Klein attended Yale University School of Medicine, where he received a PhD in Genetics, and an MD degree. He then completed residencies at Yale-New Haven Hospital in Pediatrics, and at UCSF in Clinical Genetics.
Dr. Klein's research focuses on three main areas. The first area involves understanding the processes underlying craniofacial and dental development. His lab uses mouse models to study the mechanisms responsible for the normal and abnormal development of teeth, facial skeleton and other organs, as well as the regeneration of these organs. A second major area of investigation involves studying the function of positive and negative regulators of receptor-kinase signaling. A third focus is on the stem cells that renew the lining of the intestine, oral cavity, and other organs.
Dr. Klein has strong connections with the Division of Orthodontics, since both his research and his clinical practice closely intersect with the specialty. He has also demonstrated outstanding leadership as the Director of the Center for Craniofacial Anomalies, completing implementation of the use of the Apex system for the Center's Electronic Health Records, and significantly strengthening ties with the UCSF Medical Center.
"Dean Featherstone and I are very grateful to Dr. Klein for accepting the appointment as Interim Chair of the Division of Orthodontics," says Dr. Shiboski, "and for taking on the additional responsibilities of leading the division until a permanent chair is appointed. Please join me in welcoming him to this new position."
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General Assembly/3C: Statement by Ambassador Wittig at the adoption of the resolution on "The Right to Privacy in the Digital Age"
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"Mr. President,
As one of the two main sponsors of draft resolution L. 45/Rev.1 entitled "The Right to Privacy in the Digital Age", Germany is pleased to see that this Committee is ready to tackle new and growing human rights challenges: In this case challenges that are side effects of the digital revolution. I thank the co-sponsors for their important support. We appreciate the frank and open spirit that prevailed throughout the informal consultations and the flexibility displayed by all sides. Since the tabling of the revised draft, the following countries have joined as additional co-sponsors: Belgium, Bulgaria, Columbia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Lebanon, Malta, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine.
Mr. President,
When introducing the draft resolution, we asked the following questions: Is the human right to privacy still effectively protected in our digital world? And should everything that is technically feasible also be allowed?
The resolution provides much-needed guidance in finding answers to these questions.
- For the first time in the framework of the United Nations, this resolution unequivocally states that the same rights that people have offline must also be protected online.
- It also emphasizes that unlawful and arbitrary surveillance and the interception of communications are highly intrusive acts that violate the right to privacy and may also violate the freedom of expression. Furthermore, the resolution expresses deep concern at the negative impact that various forms of extraterritorial surveillance may have on the exercise and enjoyment of human rights.
- Finally, it requests the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to present a report on the right to Privacy in the context of domestic and extraterritorial surveillance to both the next General Assembly and the 27th session of the Human Rights Council.
Mr. President,
We strongly believe that global challenges such as enhanced surveillance capacities in our digital age call for global answers. By adopting this resolution, this Committee will underscore once more the United Nations' ability and readiness to address the pressing challenges of our times, challenges which are of great concern to citizens around the globe.
Mr. President,
Among the issues raised during the informal consultations, the applicability of Human Rights in general, and of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in particular to various forms of surveillance and data collection was at the center of our discussion. While the Covenant of 1966 could certainly not foresee the technical possibilities of our age, both, Article 2 and 17 of the Covenant, as well as subsequent jurisprudence provide us with sound ground on which to base the tenets of this resolution. As main sponsors of this initiative, Germany and Brazil are looking forward to examining these questions in greater detail with all of you. We will soon launch a thorough, open follow-up process in Geneva, inviting the active participation of all interested delegations.
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Joe Budden to rap battle in Shady Records event
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Rappers Joe Budden and Hollow Da Don will face off in a live rap battle put on by Eminem's Shady Records.
Taking place at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom on July 12th, the "Eminem Presents: Total Slaughter" show will also feature a rap battle between Loaded Lux and Murda Mook.
Shady Records President Paul Rosenburg says the event will help "elevate battle rap." Ahead of "Total Slaughter," WatchLOUD.com will release a four-part series called "Road to Total Slaughter," chronicling the journey of eight rappers who battle for a chance to take part in the "Total Slaughter" show.
"Road to Total Slaughter" will arrive in June. Tickets for "Eminem Presents: Total Slaughter" will go on sale May 16th.
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Dries Van Noten Fall 2014
"Unexpected elegance," said Dries Van Noten backstage at his show, which was a study in controlled, wearer-friendly chic that played with the idea of mixing naturalistic forms with man-made geometry. Dries was inspired by a book on a little-known Italian Op Artist from the '60s and used those kinetic drawings as a starting point for the eye-popping prints, as well as for the pattern for skirts with curving seams that fluttered into a graceful flare. Those prints—and some boldly colored floral patterns—were often used in juxtaposition with solid-color fabrics, playing matte against shine at the same time. "I wanted to contrast the functional sharpness of the graphic lines with the freedom of the hand-painted," said Van Noten, and some of the statement pieces had flower embellishments literally applied by hand, while necklaces and corsages sprouted with sprigs of overscale mimosa blossoms or giant tiger lily blooms and tendrils "to play with the idea of 2-D and 3-D," as Van Noten explained. This idea also extended to the dimensional textiles, blurring the lines so it was, at times, difficult to tell if the fabrics were printed or woven. Lugubrious traditional menswear colors—gray flannel, burgundy, forest green, navy—were ignited with dashing accents of brilliant tiger lily orange, magenta, electric green, and silver.
Some of the silhouettes had a vaguely Bloomsbury-heroine flavor to them, with awkwardly proportioned, loose-fitting dresses that seemed as though the wearer had tried on a 1930s frock made for a more amply figured woman. The embellished sweaters, or deconstructed sweatshirts, meanwhile, were paired with those curvaceously seamed skirts cut to the mid-calf and worn with T-bar strap sandals in silver kid leather. And there was a contemporary fillip with nylon bomber jackets and multizippered army fatigue pants—the unforced layerings and mixes reflecting the way the cool modern woman dresses today.


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Ports' Kirkland plays hero in 17th inning
A's shortstop pitches two innings, hammers walk-off home run
By Ashley Marshall / Special to MLB.com | May 21, 2013 6:10 PM ET
After getting mobbed at home plate following his 17th-inning walk-off homer, Wade Kirkland made his way down the dugout steps at Banner Island Ballpark.
With his jersey untucked and his helmet, gloves and bat still in his hand, Kirkland was greeted with a hug by Monday night's hero, Tony Thompson, whose three words summed the afternoon up perfectly.
"Yes. It's over."
After five hours and 44 minutes of baseball in front of 4,551 fans under central Californian sun, it was Kirkland who proved to be the difference-maker. First, he pitched two innings of relief, then he smacked his third longball of the year in the Class A Advanced Stockton Ports' 11-9 win over the Lake Elsinore Storm.
"It was a marathon. It was back and forth," Florida native Kirkland said. "They scored two, then we came back for two. They scored one, we scored one.
"I've been in one other game that was one inning longer, but nothing this crazy. Just the amount of runs in extras was crazy."
Kirkland came into the game in the top of the 16th in relief of first baseman Tony Thompson, who struck out three batters over two scoreless frames less than 24 hours after homering twice in the same inning.
Then Kirkland, 24, gave up a run on a pair of singles sandwiched around a sacrifice bunt, but Philip Pohl tied the game again with his first longball of the season in the bottom of the frame.
"They asked me if I could [pitch] and I said no problem," Kirkland said. "Just knowing a game like this, the bullpen was spent. I stretched a little bit, threw a bit on the side, had my seven warmup pitches and I was ready to go. It was fun and exciting.
"I pitched a lot in high school and threw an inning earlier this season against Lancaster. It wasn't in extras, but they got to our bullpen in the second inning and they scored a lot of runs that day."
The instructions for Kirkland -- who tossed a scoreless inning of relief in a 19-13 slugfest against the JetHawks on May 10 -- were simple. Throw it over the plate and let them get themselves out.
"I think I was around 79-81 mph," he said, "I was just trying to let them hit it. It was all fastballs, maybe two knuckleballs, but they weren't very effective. I just wanted to show them something different. I think my teammates want to see me throw more knuckleballs."
Kirkland worked around a one-out walk in the 17th and he ended the game with a two-run homer to left field with one out in the bottom of the inning.
"I was on deck getting ready as usual and [Max] Muncy got on base, so my mind-set was to get a pitch to hit and put a good swing on it," said Kirkland, selected by the A's in the 11th round of the 2010 Draft out of Florida Southern University.
"I figured [John Hussey] would give me a first-pitch fastball in extras because he didn't want to waste pitches. I was flying high at that point, it was fun. I got to home plate and got mobbed, it was a good feeling."
Just as Thompson homered twice with big leaguer Kevin Kouzmanoff's bat Monday, it was also some Major League lumber which brought an end to Tuesday's proceedings, a game that saw a combined 38 hits, 29 strikeouts, 16 pitchers and five lead changes.
"I was actually using a bat I got from Daric Barton in Spring Training," the 5-foot-10 right-hander said. "I've been switching between that and a Louisville Slugger. Everybody was thrilled that it's over. It was a long day for sure."
On Tuesday, Stockton plated three runs in the first, but Lake Elsinore reponded with a six-spot in the third. The Ports clawed one run back in the fourth and two more in the eighth to send the game to extras.
The Storm scored twice in the 13th and once in the 16th, both times seeing the lead evaporate in the bottom of the frame before Kirkland's walk-off hit.
Tuesday's victory gave the Ports -- who recorded a season-best 21 hits -- their California League-leading fourth extra-inning victory of the year.
Stockton's Antonio Lamas was 5-for-7 with three doubles, three RBIs and a run scored, becoming the first player in the league this season to record multiple five-hit games. He was also 5-for-7 against High Desert on April 27.
Ports leadoff hitter Myrio Richard was 4-for-8 with two doubles and three runs scored, shortstop Addison Russell hit his sixth homer and left fielder Rashun Dixon reached base safely five times. Dusty Robinson was 0-for-8 with seven strikeouts.
Lake Elsinore's Jace Peterson was 4-for-8 with a double, a walk and a run, while Travis Whitmore was 3-for-7 with a double, a walk, two runs scored and an RBI.
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United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, namely:
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, including purchase of three passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, $2,525,000, and in addition, not to exceed $100,000 may be reimbursed or transferred to this appropriation from other accounts available to the Department of the Interior: Provided, That hearing officers appointed for Indian probate work need not be appointed pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (60 Stat. 237), as amended.
For expenses necessary to provide education and welfare services for Indians, either directly or in cooperation with States and other organizations, including payment (in advance or from date of admission), of care, tuition, assistance, and other expenses of Indians in boarding homes, institutions, or schools; grants and other assistance to needy Indians; maintenance of law and order, and payment of rewards for information or evidence concerning violations of law on Indian reservations or lands; and operation of Indian arts and crafts shops and museums; $41,764,995.
For expenses necessary for management, development, improvement, and protection of resources and appurtenant facilities under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including payment of irrigation assessments and charges; acquisition of water rights; advances for Indian industrial and business enterprises; operation of Indian arts and crafts shops and museums; and development of Indian arts and crafts as authorized by law; $12,432,000, and in addition, $200,000 of the Revolving Fund for Loans, Bureau of Indian Affairs, shall be used in connection with administering loans to Indians.
For construction, major repair, and improvement of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, roads and trails, and other facilities; acquisition of lands and interests in lands; preparation of lands for farming; and architectural and engineering services by contract; payment to the Klamath Tribe of Indians, Oregon, as authorized by section 13c of the Act of August 13, 1954 (Public Law 587); to remain available until expended, $7,979,003, of which not to exceed $11,647 shall be available for reimbursing the city of New Town, North Dakota, for the cost of improvements to streets and appurtenant facilities adjoining property under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for assistance to the public-school district for constructing additional classroom facilities at Seligman, Arizona: Provided, That no part of the sum herein appropriated shall be used for the acquisition of land within the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming outside of the boundaries of existing Indian reservations: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation
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shall be used for the acquisition of land or water rights within the States of Nevada, Oregon, and Washington either inside or outside the boundaries of existing reservations: Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to purchase, without regard to the prohibition against the acquisition of land or water rights contained herein, not to exceed fifteen acres of lands within the Klamath Indian Reservation, Oregon, required for the construction of two pumping plants and an equalizing basin for the Modoc Point Indian irrigation system and not to exceed four hundred acres of lands within the Colville Indian Reservation, Washington, required for the construction of Mill Creek Reservoir of the Nespelem Unit of the Colville Indian irrigation project: Provided further, That of the amount included herein for the construction of roads and trails, such part of the amount as determined by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall be available only for roads and trails which State and local governments agree to take over and maintain when the improvement is completed.
For liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to authority contained in section 6 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 73), $7,000,000, to remain available until expended.
For expenses necessary for the general administration of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including such expenses in field offices, $2,600,000.
For necessary expenses of completing the relocation of the Yankton Sioux Tribe, South Dakota, in accordance with section 8 of the Public Law Numbered 478, Eighty-third Congress, to remain available until expended, $56,500: Provided, That said amount shall be assessed against the costs of the Fort Randall Dam and Reservoir, Missouri River Development.
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (except the revolving fund for loans) shall be available for expenses of exhibits; purchase of not to exceed one hundred and seventy-five passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, which may be used for the transportation of Indians; advance payments for service (including services which may extend beyond the current fiscal year) under contracts executed pursuant to the Act of June 4, 1936 (25 U.S.C. 452), and legislation terminating Federal supervision over certain Indian tribes; purchase of ice for official use of employees; and expenses required by continuing or permanent treaty provisions.
In addition to the tribal funds authorized to be expended by existing law, there is hereby appropriated $3,100,000, from tribal funds not otherwise available for expenditure for the benefit of Indians and Indian tribes, including pay and travel expenses of employees; care, tuition and other assistance to Indian children attending public and private schools (which may be paid in advance or from date of admission); purchase of land and improvements on land, title to which shall be taken in the name of the United States in trust for the tribe for which purchased; lease of lands and water rights; compensation and expenses of attorneys and other persons employed by Indian
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tribes under approved contracts; pay, travel and other expenses of tribal officers, councils, and committees thereof, or other tribal organizations, including mileage for use of privately owned automobiles and per diem in lieu of subsistence at rates established administratively but not to exceed those applicable to civilian employees of the Government; relief of Indians, without regard to section 7 of the Act of May 27, 1930 (46 Stat. 391), including cash grants; and employment of a recreational director for the Menominee Reservation and a curator for the Osage Museum, each of whom shall be appointed with the approval of the respective tribal councils and without regard to the classification laws; Provided, That in addition to the amount appropriated herein, tribal funds may be advanced to Indian tribes during the current fiscal year for such purposes as may be designated by the governing body of the particular tribe involved and approved by the Secretary: Provided further, That not to exceed $100,000 from the funds credited to the Indians of California under the Act of May 18, 1928 (45 Stat. 602), for expenses of moving and relocating houses available to said Indians under the Act of August 2, 1954 (68 Stat. 590, 613), but not more than $300 may be expended for any one house: Provided, however, That no part of this appropriation or other tribal funds shall be used for the acquisition of land or water rights within the States of Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming, either inside or outside the boundaries of existing Indian reservations, if such acquisition results in the property being exempted from local taxation.
Salaries and expenses: For expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act of August 13, 1946 (25 U. S. C. 70), creating an Indian Claims Commission, $119,500, of which not to exceed $3,600 shall be available for expenses of travel.
Approved, June 16, 1955.


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It's been seven years since Dr. Hannibal Lecter escaped a maximum security hospital for the criminally insane. FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling still holds a special place in Hannibal's mind palace although he has contacted her only twice since his freedom. Mason Verger has never forgotten how Hannibal butchered him and has an elaberate plan to see that Lector pays for leaving him to live as a vegetable. His plan is to lure Hannibal by using Clarice a...
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Hannibal Lecter is forced to watch his little sister be devoured by war criminals and grows up to be a demented young man with a mission to avenge her death. In the height of World War II, Hitler has invaded the Soviet Union with his eyes on the Baltic Region including Lithuania. The country is in complete upheaval as the invasion turns violent and the people are forced from their hopes in an effort to survive. A young boy named Hannibal Lector, finds hi...
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The Silence of The Lambs
Clarice Starling, a student at the F. B. I Academy, is summoned by Jack Crawford, Chief of the F.B.I's Behavioral Sciences, to interview famed killed Hannibal Lecter. As Starling travels to the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, where Lecter is kept, she finds herself disturbed by her interviews with the serial killer. Lecter seems oddly kind to her, even as he is dangerous. He asks Starling personal questions but also reveals importa...


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Cervix position help!
Hi I'm 13 weeks and have been on progesterone pessaries (finishing this week) and have noticed almost the entire time that my cervix changes positions. Usually up higher at night and lower in the morning. Ofter very low. It's scaring me. GP seems to not be worried. Says cervixes are dynamic and change a lot. But shouldn't it be up high n stay there by now? I'm so worried. It feels firm and closed from what I can tell. Please help!
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Hi CJ13,
I will let Jane know that this question is here (she's our resident midwife) but one thing I would suggest is that you not "bother" your cervix at all. If you can tell that the cervix is low due to it being uncomfortable when you are straddling your husband during sex, then just be gentle with that. But if you are actually trying to feel your cervix with your finger, I would suggest that you not do this. You pretty much want to leave it alone and not disturb it if you are worried about threatening miscarriage.
I chose to avoid internal checks and pap smears during early pregnancy just because I didn't want to disturb the cervix at all.
If your GP is not worried, then the best thing you can do for yourself is to relax in knowing that it is probably normal and give your body the added benefit of avoiding stress hormones which are created when we worry.
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The Menlo Park Police Department said that the suspects in these cases call using unknown or blocked numbers from areas such as Kingston, Jamaica, or Las Vegas. After gaining the victim's interest, the suspects ask for a loan in exchange for a large financial gain, or to help claim a prize.
The scammers often have the victims write checks or wire large amounts of money, acting as their agents in other states or countries. Sometimes they ask victims to purchase gift cards and provide the scammers with the card numbers via phone so they can redeem the cards for cash.
In other local cases, suspects call elderly victims pretending to be members of the family, claiming to have had an accident or been incarcerated. The suspects then ask for money to help out with legal expenses.
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Peter Olson, director of the Little House Activity Center in Menlo Park, said there have been incidents of elderly fraud reported at Little House. "It does go on more frequently than we might hear about it," he said. "Anybody would fall for it."
The California Department of Justice estimates that Americans lose $40 billion each year due to fraud committed over the telephone.
Elderly people are targets of such scams for financial and psychological reasons, the FBI says. Older people are likely to own their home and have good credit. Suspects also hope that the effects of age on memory will affect a victim's ability to accurately report the scam details to authorities.
"Older Americans are less likely to report a fraud because they don't know who to report it to, are too ashamed at having been scammed, or don't know they have been scammed," the FBI says on its website. "Elderly victims may not report crimes, for example, because they are concerned that relatives may think the victims no longer have the mental capacity to take care of their own financial affairs."
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When historian Rebecca Reid heard about the chance to help catalog Dun Iain's treasures, she jumped at the chance. After all, how often does a historian get to visit an exact replica of an ancient Scottish castle in the middle of Ohio? She knew that James Forbes, the castle's owner who had just passed away, owned the Erskine letter - a letter which just might prove that Mary, Queen of Scots' son was switched at birth for another woman's. It was just what...
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Rebecca Reid and Dr. Michael Campbell met while they were cataloguing Dun Iain's artifacts in the book Ashes to Ashes. After months of long-distance dating, Rebecca was thrilled to be working with Michael on a dig in Scotland at the Rudesburn Priory in Eidon Hills. It was rumored that the abbey's last prioress, Marjory Douglas, still haunted its halls and that Robert the Bruce's heart was buried there and never found. Leading a group of archeology studen...
Garden of Thorns
Mark Owen was excited that Hilary Chase had chosen to accept a position cataloguing the Coburg collecting in Fort Worth, TX, his hometown. They had met on a previous dig in Scotland (in Dust to Dust) and there was a definite attraction between the two. Mark was trying to take things slowly so that Hilary would not be frightened of physical intimacy and men in general. Hilary was trying to not be frightened of Mark and his need for a more physical relatio...
Memory and Desire
Claire Godwin has always been a paler shadow of her vivacious, larger-than-life foster sister, Melinda Varek. Melinda is always the one who comes up with some madcap plan and Claire inevitably follows, just as she has this time. Melinda has been missing for over a year. She just suddenly disappeared after performing in a play about Elizabeth Spenser, a beautiful young woman who was hanged for being a witch in the 17th century. Everyone has tried to persu...
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Amanda Witham is a graduate student working Virginia's Melrose Hall. She doesn't enjoy the heat of her authentic 18th century clothes, but she does enjoy playing the part of Sally, the plantation owner's daughter, while she takes tourists around the house. Everything is running smoothly until the archaeologists find a skeleton buried in the garden. That same night, Amanda sees a ghost in the hall and knows that it is James Grant, a dashing British soldie...
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Wildside, Dec 2001, 37.95, 245 pp. ISBN: 1587153750 Amanda Witham enjoys wearing the eighteenth century garb while working as a tour guide at Williamsburg, Virginia's Melrose House even with the unbearable heat wilting her. To Amanda, her job enables her to live history and provide some joy to visitors. Archeologists discover two-century-old bones in the nearby garden of Melrose House that prove to be the remains of James Grant who wa...
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(Brecksville) - If you live in one of the more than 200 Ohio communities where city or village income taxes are filed through RITA - the Regional Income Tax Agency - you're not alone if you have had problems going onto their website to file your taxes.
The executive director of RITA tells The Plain Dealer they have received twice the number of website hits in recent days than in any peak period over the last six years. Add to that the volume of people trying to call RITA to ask questions or complain, and they are getting fast busy signals.
As an example, it took four and a half hours for WTAM 1100s Tom Moore to wait for pages to load and re-log the website Monday to finally get his RITA return filed and paid.
Despite the problems, taxes filed through RITA are still due on April 15, even though some cities are looking to see if they can be a bit flexible.
John Veres, director of finance for the city of Independence, says any resident or business in that city will be given until April 30 to file their city income taxes. David Malinowski, the city of Mentor's finance director, tells WTAM 1100 that they'll allow city taxes to be one day late. Malinowski says it's understandable if you can't reach RITA on the phone, as he was told in an email that RITA received over 2,000 phone calls on Monday, with the average wait time being 15-20 minutes.
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CHICAGO -- Drought conditions in the Midwest are sending commodity grain and soybean prices soaring. "Plants are listing, stalks are spindly and corn ears are small," a Reuters story reported.
This year's weather does not bode well for the snack-food sector. Rows of popping corn typically flourish near fields of soybeans in the Midwest. But this year's rainfall shortage and triple-digit temperatures have stunted the popcorn crop.
As a result, retail prices for a 50-lb. bag have jumped this summer, from about $20 to $30 or higher. Wholesale prices are reportedly edging up, too.
In 2010, the popcorn industry sold $985.7 million worth of unpopped kernels, down 2.2% from five years earlier, the Reuters story said. That's scarcely an economic nibble out of the country's corn world. Most popcorn consumed worldwide is grown in the U.S., and export demand is gradually rising in China and Russia.
Major popcorn producing states are Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska and Ohio. Americans consume 16 billion quarts of popped popcorn annually, or 52-plus quarts per person, according to The Popcorn Board (Chicago).
While consumers may soon have to pay more for popcorn snacks in grocery stores and other retail outlets, prices for popcorn buckets at movie theaters are not likely to increase much because the popcorn portion of the product represents a small fraction of the price.