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Comic Studies: Dundee Comics Day
The University of Dundee in Scotland recently launched the world's first mainstream postgraduate degree course (an MLitt) in Comic Studies. In this weekly column, I cover the course from a student's perspective, looking at and discussing what the term "Comic Studies" really entails.
At the annual Literary Festival in Dundee, amongst all the authors and book signings lies an event of particular interest to the comics enthusiast: Dundee Comics Day. Historically, this event has attracted a wonderful guest list, from Warren Ellis to Bryan Talbot, and this year was no exception, featuring a remarkable line-up including John Wagner, Frank Quitely, Paul Gravett, Cam Kennedy, Colin MacNeil, Robbie Morrison and the editors of "Commando" comic, a long running and popular British war comic.
The loose theme of this years event was "Wot comics taught me…," which nods to Dundee University's new MLitt in Comics, as well as the modules on creating comics at the neighboring Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design. But while comics are breaking into the university curriculum in this city, the medium is also becoming of significant academic value across the whole of the UK. The Thought Bubble festival in Leeds later this month celebrates all sequential art and has a Comics Forum as part of its program.
Who better, then, to open the event than Paul Gravett, noted comics historian and prolific author of books about comics, most recently "1001 Comics to Read Before You Die." Introduced by Dr. Chris Murray, founder and lecturer of the Comic Studies MLitt, Gravett based his talk on his personal favorites of comics history and the influence they had had on later creators.
Gravett started with a note about his book and an observation of the audience. Of the 1001 comics listed in his book, around 60 entries were written by himself, the rest pooled from over 70 contributors in around 30 countries. 21 of the contributors, Gravett said, are women. "I point that out because we've got quite a nice gender mix in this audience, not all blokes. Although you'll have noticed, perhaps, that the program today is all blokes. Which is not entirely right, actually, I think — never mind!"
It's a fact that most dedicated comic festivals and events in the UK's guest lists remain incredibly dominated by men, partially of this is due to slightly smaller numbers of creators as a whole. If one or two invited women can't make it, you're left with a sausage fest, but I'm relieved to say that Dundee has, in the past, attracted many female guests. Larger events, perhaps, have less excuses, and Thought Bubble seems to have broken the mold. London, take note!
Gravett is an irrepressible speaker, squeezing in everyone from Rodolphe Töpffer to Osamu Tezuka in his run down of comic greats, and struggled to pick between Winsor McCay, George McManus, Will Eisner, Jack Kirby and Harvey Kurtzman as his other favorites. What I took away from Gravett's talk, and indeed, what his book heavily promotes, is the internationality of comics. Comics are far more than their US and UK representatives, more than the European flavor; they are truly a worldwide from of art and literature, something my own studies on women in comics should broaden to include.
Next up were Martin Conaghan and Will Pickering, creators of the historical comic "Burke & Hare" which will shortly be released in the US after success in the UK. Conaghan was spurred to write the comic to correct the many persistent myths that surround Burke and Hare — namely the belief that they were Scottish grave diggers as opposed to their real history as Irish serial killers.
The strongest influence on both creators was "From Hell" by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell, which is fairly self-evident when you read the comic. If you've seen the movie and would like to read the whole story, pick this one up!
Jimmy O'Ready (aka Montynero), author of "Death Sentence," an independently produced comic, had some words of wisdom for an audience made up of would-be comic creators. "[There's] no point creating comics for money…It seems to me that comics is like athletics; you've got about a thousand people running around earning good money or in some cases earning fortunes, and that's a fantastic thing…but 90% of the comics you see in previews or whatever, people really aren't making any money out of that."
Digital distribution and format dominated the first Q&A session of the day, with everyone agreeing that the distribution was sluggish and that no one had yet created a breakthrough comic that really made use of the freedom that the digital format has. As Dr. Chris Murray said, "We're all waiting for that 'Watchmen' moment, where everyone starts telling you. 'You must read this, you must read this!'"
The second part of the day was hosted by Phil Vaughan, a freelance animator/game designer and lecturer at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design. Accompanying the introduction of the great John Wagner, a large picture of a shed appeared on the overhead projector. Wagner is, of course, the creator of "Judge Dredd," "Strontium Dog," "Button Man" and "History of Violence" amongst many others. Along with his frequent creative partner Alan Grant, Wagner is the godfather of British comics. And the shed, of course, was his first office where he sat with Pat Mills and bashed out those early funnies. The photo was a new one as, on his way to the Dundee Comics Day, he'd stopped in at Mills' house to take a quick snap.
Wagner had some great advice for young writers. "If you're going to make a success of it, you have to do something to get yourself noticed," he instructed, explaining many editors have no time to read through unsolicited submissions. Mills' idea had been to choose an IPC title and they'd write every single comic in it for submission. A full envelope of strips is hard to ignore, and of the 23 submitted, 12 were bought. Once their foot was in the door, a steady stream of work began.
After getting noticed, Wagner said a great lesson comics taught him was, "everything depends on character." His popular character One-Eyed Jack, the precursor to Judge Dredd, was born out of a realization that, "although it's great to have a good hero, it's also great to have a good baddie. When you can combine them in one character, bad and good working together, it's always a strong character."
"The most important lesson I've learned is [to] work with good artists," Wagner said, pointing to a Dredd image illustrated by Brian Bolland. Wagner claimed to be somewhat of a lazy writer, but he sounded more like a great collaborator: "I like to leave a lot of room for the artist to use his own imagination, his own vision, because I don't actually think very visually myself. I think in terms of plot developments, dialogue. I have little conversations in my head, but if you ask me, even now, how many links Dredd has on his badge chain or what's on his left shoulder, I couldn't tell you."
Pointing to two artists in the audience he has worked with many times, Cam Kennedy and Colin McNeil, Wagner said: "I could say to them, picture 1 — take a full page for this, universe explodes, do us something nice."
Asked by an audience member about the acclaimed film adaptation of "History of Violence" and whether he approved of the changes made to the story, Wagner replied, "I thought they'd made a bad mistake, although I really enjoyed the film. I was still pretty pleased with it, because the previous one, the Judge Dredd film, had been such a disaster in terms of portraying the character…I was sad that they changed it, but maybe they thought my ending had been a bit too gruesome. I dunno — you wouldn't think that Cronenberg would be put off!"
Wagner was unable to say much about the upcoming new Dredd film, explaining, "the trouble about this is, I've signed a non-disclosure. I would tell you a lot, but I'm never sure what I'm allowed to say." After some thought, he added, "I think the story is better. I wish, perhaps, that the budget had been a little greater. I'm going up to see the final cut next week and I'm hoping that they've corrected some of the problems that existed in the first cut. I can't really say more than that, but in terms of the plot, the structure of the story, it's much more representative of Dredd as he is"
Asked whether Wagner dreams of retiring, the creator responded with a laugh, "I would like to! I would like to retire, but at the moment I can't afford to. I'm still enjoying it, but things take longer. I've done so many Dredds now, what do I do that's new? Yes, I'd like to quit, but I probably won't."
"I hope to be dead when they have to decide [ho Dredd's story ends]," Wagner deadpanned. "When we started the comic, our idea in the way of DC Thompson's comics, [was] that no character should feature permanently…but it was the IPC way, if you've got a winner, keep it going. So when Dredd was created, I never envisioned there would be a problem with the year on year aging. And in actual fact, in terms of writing, I prefer it that way, because much of the character development [that] has come in Dredd has been through his aging and through his maturing as he's getting near retirement, I suppose. It won't happen in my lifetime."
Asked about the possibility of a Button Man film, Wagner responded, "Well, Button Man has been optioned to DreamWorks for 4 or 5 years now, and they've had trouble getting the script. I think they have difficulty getting out of the Hollywood cliche machine. The good thing about Spielberg is that he won't accept that, he's kept it on, he's determined to get something that reflects the darkness of the book and I'm glad of that, but I think this may be the last renewal. But there are several other people who want to run it. In fact, DNA, the people who are doing the Judge Dredd film, would like to do Button Man as well. Eventually it will come, when we get the right script."
Known for his frequent collaborations with other writers, most notably Alan Grant, Wagner was asked about the pros and cons of that approach. "Collaborations with writers are interesting because you have an instant editor and it stops you wasting time going up blind alleys" Wagner answered, "but the drawback of it is, eventually, you'll come to blows. I imagine some people can get along collaborating for a lifetime, like a writer and an artist where you don't cross each others territory too much, but with writers — Pat and I split up. Over one-page funnies, we started chesting up to each other! Alan and I split up when we would spend a week on one picture, just arguing it back and forth and back and forth."
Asked about his influences and favorites, Wagner heaped praise upon Dundee's finest, DC Thompson. "In terms of comics, my main influences were DC Thompson's comics of the 60s and 70s, and they remain my favorite comics, the old three-page format, because there was sometimes such imagination and cleverness displayed in these stories, and they were nice short sharp little bites that you could read and wait for next weeks installment. I used to have a paper round, and I'd walk along reading the stories. So they're my favorite comics. Once I really got into a comic career, I stopped reading comics, I don't really read them, anymore. It's just because, at the end of the day, I've had enough of them! But DC Thompson — they influence so much of what I do, just in the way I approach a story, and the self-critical aspect. Because nothing you ever did was good enough for DC Thompson. It's a good rule that you always look at what you do and always criticize yourself. Otherwise, you'll become complacent and you'll think everything you do is perfect — and it's always far from perfect."
Another of Wagner's successful creations with Grant was "The Bogie Man," and fans are keen for a new installment. "We were talking about this the other day," Wagner mused. "I don't think the last one we did was very successful, I don't think it was as good as the earlier ones. The trouble is that Alan and I no longer live close together, so in order to work together, we either do it by phone or e-mail, or I have to travel up from England to the Borders and sit and do work for a couple of days, and then a few weeks later come up again. It's difficult. I'd like to do another one, but that's something we'll have to see. If we could get back to the standard of the first book and "Chinatoon," well, I'd be glad to do more."
Similarly, Wagner is pondering the idea of a sequel to "The Last American." "We're considering it. It's just in the wind at the moment. But I'd love to see where Mike McMahon [the artist] is now. I'd love to see him do another 'Last American' and see how it came out. We'll see. It's actually more a problem of finding a publisher. If we could find a publisher, then we'd do it."
Finally, Wagner was asked about the political aspect of Judge Dredd stories and whether that was something that gradually increased as the series went on. "Well, he was a character of Margaret Thatcher's Britain. I think the authoritarian mood then was where Dredd sprang from," Wagner explained. "Of course Alan and I are both fairly left-wing, and so we combined elements of right-wing and left-wing. The worst problem for us was when we realized that kids were reading this story uncritically, and they were regarding Dredd as a real genuine hero. So we started writing stories more to portray him as the villain, as a man with bad politics. It's always been an essential part of Dredd, the satire and the politics and reflecting today's world in tomorrow."
With that, Wagner took leave of the dias and writer of the sci-fi swashbuckler "Nikolai Dante," along with "Shakara" and "Shimura" — two very different comics despite the similar names! — Robbie Morrison took to the stage. Morrison, also known for writing Batman and Spider-Man, immediately shared an important lesson: "Comics have taught me that if you get bit by a spider then you will develop the powers of a spider!"
Morrison explained that he first broke into comics when he managed to sell a script to DC Thompson, after a year of sending out unsolicited submissions. Sadly, the strip he wrote for, "Starblazer," was cancelled only a month before his script was due to go to press! Confidence bolstered, Morrison kept chipping away and soon sold some scripts to "Judge Dredd," including the well known "Kinky Boots" story.
Explaining that he'd written Dante for 13 years, now, Morrison claimed he would soon be bringing the book to a finale. When asked how he'd feel about someone else writing his characters once he's finished with them, Morrison joked, "Oh, outraged! Hopefully they'll leave Dante as it is. I can't say that, because obviously, I've written Dredd, I've written stuff that has other people's characters, so obviously ,they've given that their blessing. Or not, as the case may be! I probably wouldn't be that happy if somebody else [carried on Dante], but technically, yeah, they can, I suppose. Grrr!"
Speaking about the declining comics industry, Morrison backed the idea of comics that weren't just created for adults: "I'd love to see comics that were aimed at a, maybe not so much a younger audience, but just a more general audience…I think it'd be far healthier for the industry if there was comics aimed at younger audiences or just a general audience, just have a greater range of stories or genres."
Prolific artist Colin MacNeil was next to be introduced, both as a former student of the local art college where he also worked for 2000 AD at the same time, and as a longtime artist for that publisher. A quiet and charming man, MacNeil was incredibly modest about his speaking skills in comparison with the previous guests, but in fact gave a wonderful talk.
The comics of MacNeil's youth, which were primarily British war comics, taught him a "sense of history, and a sense of my place within that." As for comics as a whole, he stated that what they had given him was unmistakeable: "A damned good life. Because most people in their day to day lives, they get up at some ungodly hour in the morning, so they get a bus, so they get a train, so they can go to an office, which they hate, with people that they hate, go for lunch at a place which they hate, go back to the office again, and then eventually, at the end of the day, they get to go home, eventually, after they finish commuting. For me, in the morning — well, I say 'Morning!'"
"There was actually one other thing which I did think that comics has taught me, and that was bitterness," MacNeil deadpanned. "Mainly directed towards younger, more talented, generally handsome artists who tend to arrive on the scene and, five minutes later, they're top of their game, and I'm still here. Sigh. But apart from that, I'm very well-adjusted!"
Asked by an audience member if he had any projects coming up, MacNeil replied with huge enthusiasm: "[I'm] currently researching a book which I hope to be, in the same way that 'Judge Dredd America' is my magnum opus, as it were of normal comics, let us say, I'm writing a project that I hope will be my greatest work. It will be a book all about the Battle of the Somme in 1916. I've spent about four years so far researching this book, digging through archives and old papers and books and all that, and I've probably got another two years or three years of research before I put pen to paper. It'll be 2016 before the book actually comes out…so you can ask your comic shop about that right now!"
MacNeil explained that, unlike many other war comics, his will be entirely factual, with every character on the page a representation of a real person who was there on that day.
Dr. Chris Murray took the chair for the third and final part of the day, first introducing the "Commando" boys — editor Callum Laird, deputy editor Scott Montgomery and former editor George Low. The team were there to celebrate 50 years of "Commando" comics, a British war comic which still enjoys strong sales today.
An audience member asked the team why they thought "Commando" had survived so long: "Because it's brilliant!" Laird joked. "I think the fact that they're complete, self-contained stories has quite a lot to do with that. The anthology model definitely died a death. We continued quietly, in our own way, with strong storylines throughout. It's a unique product [with] the size, the digest size. It's so many different things. But we'd like to think it's because we're brilliant."
Cam Kennedy, star artist of "Judge Dredd," "Rogue Trooper," "Star Wars," "Boba Fett" and many others, went straight to questions, obviously having huge fun talking about his prolific career in comics.
Aside from his comics work, Kennedy is a much sought after painter, which is an on and off career for him, and has travelled widely with many friends within the industry all over the world. The artist has an incredibly dry sense of humor, more so even than John Wagner(!), and so much is lost in the translation from words to text, but I highly recommend Cam for any upcoming comic convention as he had the audience in absolute stitches.
Asked whether more Star Wars would be on the cards for him, Kennedy was firm. "No, I've got vision problems now. And, I get fed up with Star Wars," he said to laughter from the audience.
When Kennedy first walked away from Star Wars, tired of drawing "a carpet and a dustbin," he was asked if there was any character from the Star Wars Universe with which he would like to continue. "The only one that makes sense to me is Boba Fett, the bounty hunter." Asked whether he'd want to write it as well, Kennedy replied, "'No, no, no — John Wagner will write it.' At this time, John had never seen Star Wars."
Adding to MacNeil's earlier assertion that being a comics artist was a fantastic job, Kennedy said, "You just sit in your house, and it's raining so you draw. And somebody eventually sends you money for it," he grinned. "Then, if it's nice, you don't draw; you go fishing."
The last guest of the day was Frank Quitely, who was keen to help out aspiring artists and writers in the audience, and to talk about what he had learned from comics. "Comics really suited me when I was younger, because I was terribly lazy and didn't really like reading words," he began. "I don't know what age I was, but I had been reading comics for years and years and years before I ever actually started reading the words. I only ever read the pictures."
Reflecting on his earliest work for "Electric Soup," a strip called "The Greens," Quitely recalled, "I loved The Broons, so I thought, I'll just do a Broons spoof!" The other artists loved his work but told him that he'd have to change it to avoid copyright infringement. Quitely, remembering his naivete, said, "But obviously everyone will know it's no' the real Broons, so would that not be okay? That's how dumb I was!"
Quitely spoke a little about an upcoming project he hopes to work on in his spare time, one which came about during his last break from drawing due to a recurring back problem. "During this period of convalescence, I started writing short stories of things that I fancied drawing. And most of them weren't really stories as such; they were just scenarios or scenes or some wee sequence that I quite fancied drawing that wasn't really part of anything else. Once I started doing that, I had loads and loads of ideas, but nearly all the ideas took place in a house — it's probably going back to The Broons again. So I ended up working out a thing where it was like a tenement block. You've got the close in the middle, you've got all these houses, and it's like a doll's house, with the front of it, you can see all the different houses — this would be like when you open it up at first, and then you go in and you get all these stories that are taking place in all the different flats. So it's all thumbnailed out, it's 40-plus pages, which seems quite daunting to try and actually start the artwork in my spare time."
Quitely also revealed that in addition to working on a number of silent strips, he would like to turn his attention to an autobiographical comic of some sort in the future, but feels he should start small when it comes to writing.
One of the first questioners asked about Grant Morrison, a frequent creative partner of Quitely. "He seems mental," said the audience member. "Is he?"
To big laughs from the audience, Quitely replied, "He thinks about things a lot. He's got some really interesting ideas and things…he can be very animated and enthusiastic about putting his point across. But he's also perfectly ordinary. He's actually a very pleasant and easy to get on with kind of guy." Quitely added, whether it's due to Morrison being so popular, or perhaps slightly nervous, that he does put on a public face which can throw people a little.
The next question involved Morrison's "Batman & Robin," for which Quitely illustrated the first three issues, before he had to step aside from the following three due to his recurring back problem. Asked whether he would have done anything different with the three remaining issues, Quitely responded, "I haven't actually finished reading Grant's 'Batman & Robin' run yet — for shame! I did the same with 'X-Men.' Once I stopped drawing it, I stopped reading it! It's terrible! It shows a desperate lack of interest ,but there you go!
"I do deliberately try not to think, 'How would I have drawn that?'" he continued. "I've got enough to do, and I'm always far enough behind without actually looking at other people's comics, going, 'Well if I was drawing that…!'"
Asked whether he had finished "Multiversity" and started his project with Mark Millar, Quitely said, "No. And no. The Multiversity thing — this is another thing that Grant's written — I know nothing about it. It's a bunch of different books, maybe 8 books, maybe more, and one of them is called 'Pax Americana.' That's the one I'm drawing, and it's the Charlton characters. It's a 38-page one-shot. I have 8 pages of script, and those 8 pages are drawn…if I do the cover next, there'll be more script for me by the time I've finished the cover.
"The thing I'm doing with Mark Millar, I also still don't know anything about," Quitely continued. "I saw Mark the weekend before last. All I know about it, he said it's like Lord of the Rings for superheroes, and it's like Star Wars for superheroes. And this is after me asking him to do something short and with a small cast, something set in the real world, not with superpowers. He just gave me the opposite of everything I asked for!"
One audience member asked who was a good person to look at for not only good art, but good storytelling. "Dave Gibbons is a brilliant storyteller. You never need to go back a page to work out how this character got in this situation." Quitely stated. "He's actually a really good guy to look at because you don't notice the storytelling. You pick up 'Watchmen' to have a look at how he does his storytelling, and between him and Alan Moore, five minutes have passed and you've just read a chapter. You're like, 'God, I wasn't actually paying any attention to the storytelling there,' and it's because it just drags you in."
The final question was about the artist's pen name, and whether he thought a pen name was something an aspiring artist or writer should consider. Quitely, whose real name is Vincent Deighan, responded, "The name Frank Quitely is a spoonerism of quite frankly. When I was 19 or 20, that seemed really clever! We were doing this comic, 'Electric Soup,' and as I say, my stuff was hardly in good taste, but there was other stuff in it that was a bit sexist and a bit predictable…and I didn't want my mum and dad to find out I was doing this type of comic. So other people in the comic were making up funny names for themselves, anyway, and I actually quite liked the idea. I thought, that sounds quite like a name, and also, it'll give me some kind of distance from this. And I just stuck with it, and I don't really think about it. I suppose because Quitely's not a real name, if you Google it, you don't get loads of other names…so I suppose it's good, from that point of view. Maybe if you're gonna make up a name for yourself, just Google loads of stuff, and whatever doesn't come up with any results, make that your name!"
Laura Sneddon is a freelance comics journalist in the UK, writing for mainstream press and websites alike. You can follow her on Twitter and read most of her work at www.comicbookgrrrl.com. In her working hours she sells comics to an unsuspecting public and formulates her plan to become an evil professor of comics.
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9The most number of times a batsman has been run out in World Cup history. Take a guess who it is was… right first time, it was indeed Inzamam-ul-Haq. Next best: Asanka Gurusinha, with six run-outs. Now, can anyone spot some kind of physical link between these two fine players that might explain why they are the undisputed Bradman and Sobers of being run out in World Cups? Anyone? (The use of the word "chunky" is acceptable in your answer.)
Gurusinha was run out for 35% of his World Cup dismissals, impressively trumping Inzi's 30%. The Multan Mountain can also chuck a couple of stumpings into the bargain, meaning that he was caught out of his ground in 36% of his career World Cup dismissals, enabling him to sneak ahead of the Colombo colossus, who was never stumped in the World Cup. The great Pakistani's 36% World Cup figure compares compared with 17.5% over his entire ODI career - Inzamam clearly raised his inept-running-between-the-wickets game for the big occasion.
Also: The number of teeth Tillakaratne Dilshan lost during the course of the research and development phase for his trademark scoop shot.
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ROSEVILLE, Minn.—Police, prosecutors and others are asking hotel employees in the Twin Cities to look for signs of child sex trafficking.
Ramsey County Attorney John Choi (choy) says trafficking usually ends up in a hotel or motel, so desk clerks and housekeepers could be instrumental in cracking down on the crime.
Choi, law enforcement officials, child advocates and hotel industry representatives are promoting an initiative that trains hotel employees to look for clues that rooms are being used to prostitute a child.
Training booklets and instructional videos will help hotel employees learn about what to look for. Guests with no luggage or identification or cash for rooms are just a few of the clues. The St. Paul Pioneer Press ( http://tinyurl.com/9mtbd7e) reports Choi estimates Ramsey County sees seven to 10 child sex trafficking cases a year.
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As any good Scot will tell you, a little dram (of whisky, usually) is good for you now and then. But researchers at the University of Aberdeen have found that a by-product from the production of Scotland's national drink can be used to clean contaminated ground and waste water in a pioneering new technique potentially worth millions.
The innovative technology – known as DRAM (Device for the Remediation and Attenuation of Multiple pollutants) - has massive potential for industry as groundwater contamination is a major problem and can hold up or even prevent land development as well as being a hazard to health and the environment, says a University Press Release.
In the UK it is estimated that there are 330,000 contaminated sites - these former industrial areas are now blighted by pollutants that have leached into the land. These areas will have housed all types of industry from small dry cleaning firms and car servicing companies to large refinery and chemical plants. The UK's annual estimated expenditures on land remediation or clean up is £1.2 billion (CAD$2.4 billion).
Until now there has been no single solution for the treatment of contaminated groundwater as different pollutants require different clean up methods that are costly and take time.
But DRAM, which the University announced earlier this month at its Innovate with Aberdeen - Frontiers of Excellence event in Edinburgh, is the first process that removes multiple pollutants simultaneously in a pioneering move that is far quicker and more cost effective than current clean up techniques.
While the new technology has so far only utilized a whisky by-product – the first time it has ever been used this way – tests demonstrate the technique could also deploy other by-products from food and drink production. These by-products are enhanced and incorporated into a unique patented device which can be introduced into contaminated waters in a variety of ways.
Scottish Enterprise has provided almost £300,000 (CAD$613,000) of funding into the research via its Proof of Concept Programme, which aims to improve the level and quality of commercialisation within Scotland's universities, research institutes and NHS Boards.
World famous Speyside distillery Glenfiddich has also helped researchers get to this stage by donating the by-product for use in the technology.
The University of Aberdeen researchers – Dr Graeme Paton, Professor Ken Killham and Dr Leigh Cassidy – are considering forming a spinout company to commercialize the technology that could be licensed to land consultants and other companies involved in remediation.
Dr Paton, a leading soil toxicologist, said: 'DRAM is a groundbreaking technology created and progressed at the University of Aberdeen. The clean up of contaminated groundwater is an absolutely massive global market. The technology that we have developed here at Aberdeen is environmentally friendly, sustainable and has the potential to put Scotland at the forefront for remediation technologies. It is not just the deployment that is novel but also the underpinning technology to predict the success.'
Professor Ken Killham, Professor of Soil Science at the University of Aberdeen, and a leading authority on the assessment and remediation of contaminated land, said: 'There is an urgent need to develop and apply sustainable technologies and to couple these to proven approaches. We should not just think about the remediation of high value land in expanding residential areas but also those forgotten sites that constitute most of the UK contaminated land bank.'
Pre-field trials of DRAM conducted in the West Coast of Scotland have shown a 99.96% success rate. Field trials are now about to begin in Glasgow.
Background notes issued by the Communications Team, of the University of Aberdeen state that the DRAM technology is different to current remediation techniques in a number of ways:
- It is the first technology that can remove metal contaminants at the same time as degrading organic pollutants such as pesticides.
- No intervention is required to apply it to contaminated sites as it can use existing infrastructure and remain in place unobtrusively for years.
- Other processes used in the clean up of sites require expensive equipment to be brought onto site, trenches to be dug and fences erected. Sometimes the cost of this, together with deadlines for remediation, means it is too costly to clean up the land.
- As the new technology is more cost effective than existing techniques it can be applied to low value land that might not have been regenerated before.
- The new technique can be gradually or intensely applied. This means long term strategies could be developed for contaminated land or quicker clean ups implemented if the land is of high value.
Eleanor Taylor, Head of the Proof of Concept Programme at Scottish Enterprise, added: 'Scotland is leading the UK and Europe in providing routes for our researchers to take their technology innovations out of the lab and turn them into growing Scottish businesses.'
The Proof of Concept Programme currently supports 206 projects, which have collectively leveraged over £210 million in post-Programme funding, and has created over 500 new jobs, 40 spin-out/start-up companies and 38 licences.


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Jonatan Leandoer Håstad (born 18 July 1996), better known by his stage name Yung Lean, is a Swedish rapper and record producer. Yung Lean has released two mixtapes, and multiple singles to YouTube under his label Sad Boys Entertainment, including "Ginseng Strip 2002", "Kyoto", and "Yoshi City". Born in Stockholm and growing up in the city's Södermalm district, Yung Lean began to attract public attention when the music video for his track "Ginseng Strip 2002" skyrocketed in popularity and succeeded over 2 million views on YouTube. Read more on Last.fm
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A.J. Green, Geno Atkins named to Pro Bowl
Bengals DT Geno Atkins and WR A.J. Green have been voted to the AFC team for this season's Pro Bowl game, the NFL announced today. They both were voted in as starters.
The game will be played on Sunday, January 27, televised on NBC beginning at 7 p.m. EST.
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"We're happy for both guys; it's a great honor from fellow players and coaches and the voting fans," said Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis. "They'll represent us well if they're in the game, but I have to add that it's our goal to make them both unavailable (by the team advancing to the Super Bowl)."
Green, a second-year NFL player from Georgia, was named to the team from the initial vote last year as well, though last year he was not voted to a starting position. Last year he became the first rookie WR voted to the game since Anquan Boldin of Arizona in 2003. This season, through 15 games, Green is tied for the AFC lead in TD receptions (11), ranks second in receiving yards (1324) and ranks fourth in receptions (95).
Green had at least one TD catch in nine consecutive games this season (Games 2-10), becoming only the second NFL player in 48 years to record a single-season receiving-TDs streak of that length. The only other instance since 1964 was an NFL-record 12-gamer by Jerry Rice in 1987.
Atkins, a third-year pro and also from Georgia, has made a runaway of the NFL race for most sacks by an interior lineman. His 12.5 total is 5.5 ahead of the next-highest total, 7.0 by Ndamukong Suh of Detroit.
With one sack this week vs. Baltimore, Atkins would have the second-highest sack total of any player in Bengals history, surpassing DE Eddie Edwards' 13.0 in 1983. The Bengals have verified their own sacks totals back to 1976, and the all-time high is 22.0 by DE Coy Bacon in '76. Atkins, who also has four forced fumbles, tied for the Bengals lead, is voted directly to the team for the first time. Last season, he was a first alternate in the initial voting and was added to the squad when New England advanced to the Super Bowl, taking DT Vince Wilfork out of the Pro Bowl lineup.
Four Bengals players were voted as alternates, the NFL also announced today. TE Jermaine Gresham and OT Andrew Whitworth are first alternates, and QB Andy Dalton and CB Leon Hall are third alternates.
Alternates are selected for the Pro Bowl when roster replacements are needed due to injuries or other reasons. This year's Pro Bowl will again be played a week in advance of the Super Bowl, so Pro Bowl selections on the two Super Bowl teams will be replaced from the alternates' ranks.
Pro Bowl spots are determined based on voting by players, coaches and fans, with each group's vote having equal weight.
The last Bengals WR to make the Pro Bowl before Green was Chad Johnson, who earned his sixth trip in the 2009 season. Other Bengals WRs in the Pro Bowl, with their total number of selections, have been Isaac Curtis (four), Carl Pickens (two), Eddie Brown (one), T.J. Houshmandzadeh (one) and Chip Myers (one).
Atkins has tied the Bengals record for most Pro Bowl selections by a defensive lineman. The last Bengals defensive lineman to make the Pro Bowl before Atkins was NT Tim Krumrie, who earned his second trip in 1988. Other Bengals defensive linemen in the Pro Bowl, with their total number of selections, have been DE Coy Bacon (two) and DT Mike Reid (two).


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Yeah got some work to do, and Ratty pointed out I should have lines on the tarmac on the chicane layout giving hints where to go Too bad the game gives me index out of bound error now so meh... no idea why, fcking game >.< No idea when done, hopefully not too long.


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Arbour Counseling Services in the Medford, MA is currently seeking an experienced Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist or Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner to work in their busy outpatient office. Applicants should possess expertise in consultation with individuals who need emotional, psychological, and behavioral support. Individual therapists will work collaboratively with the nurse to provide comprehensive approaches to patients' needs. Our staff are diverse and offer Therapeutic Modalities, that foster a healthy wellbeing for clients. Our satellite clinic is a warm and friendly environment.
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The number of unique online advertisements in April rose 5.2% to 69,838, according to Nielsen//NetRatings' AdRelevance. That total has risen steadily month to month since January, after a consistent decline from April 2001 through the end of last year.
"After a long period of decline, people are putting ads out there," said Charles Buchwalter, VP-media research at Nielsen//NetRatings. Buchwalter said the findings are an early indicator that the online ad space is in recovery.
The company's list of the top 10 online advertisers continues to reflect more traditional marketers growing their number of unique ads online. The federal government, for example, increased its ads 60% from January to April.
"The thing that really surprised us was that every single advertiser whose total increased the most were traditional advertisers," Buchwalter said. "If this trend continues, I think it's the kind of news many in the online space have been waiting for."
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For more than two years, the progress in Iraq has often appeared to be in a holding pattern - waiting for an election, the training of more Iraqi troops, or a waning of the insurgency.
Yet many of the variables for progress are at last clicking into place, as witnessed by the decision last week to hold back two US Army brigades scheduled to deploy to Iraq. With a new government and a growing domestic army, Iraq has laid the groundwork for its future politics and security. The new year will be its truest test.
"We've had a lot of these statements of progress just around the corner," says Andrew Krepinevich, a defense analyst at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. But "2006 is the crucial year."
American officials and experts have talked many times of turning points and crucial months since the fall of Baghdad. Some analysts caution against drawing too many conclusions from the year to come.
But in three crucial areas - politics, military training, and military strategy - the Iraq enterprise is moving from infancy toward maturity.
In recent weeks, there have been positive signs. The Dec. 15 election gave the country its first permanent government since the fall of Saddam Hussein. Last month, Iraqi soldiers began to take a more active role in the country's own defenses, particularly in the offensive against insurgents in Tal Afar. And a clearer strategy of patrolling border regions, clearing insurgents from cities, and holding the territory to prevent their return played a part in a drop in car bombings in November, officials said.
Now, in the long exhale after the December elections, the coming year will provide the first sketches of whether Iraq's various factions and sects can work together to run a country and an army.
While military leaders have insisted that American forces will remain in Iraq as long as is needed, they have clearly looked to the months after the election as an important time. Before the war began, the Pentagon had expected to be able to withdraw tens of thousands of troops from Iraq not long after the end of hostilities. When it became clear that the insurgency would make that impossible, eyes turned to 2006.
This past April, Gen. George Casey, the commander of American forces in Iraq, told CNN: "By this time next year - assuming that the political process continues to go positively - and the Iraqi army continues to progress and develop as we think it will, we should be able to take some fairly substantial reductions in the size of our forces."
Last week, he announced that two brigades scheduled to go to Iraq will not go - though one will go to Kuwait as a "hedge against the uncertainty of the next few months," General Casey said. It is far from the wholesale withdrawal that critics have called for, but it is significant. It will bring the total number of US troops in Iraq to about 130,000 - 30,000 less than a month ago, and 8,000 below the base line that the military has maintained as a minimum throughout much of the war.
Moreover, it hints at the gradual drawdown that many analysts expect during 2006, with the military attempting to bring its total presence in Iraq to about 100,000 by year's end.
To some, this is as much about necessity as military strategy.
"If we're still at 140,000 troops in a year, I will be severely worried about the well-being of the all-volunteer force," says Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institution here in Washington.
Then again, he acknowledges that he is somewhat surprised that the US military hasn't cracked already. There are obvious signs of strain, such as the drop-off in recruiting earlier this year and a rise in the divorce rate among soldiers. But the commitment of this generation of soldiers to the cause - most obvious in high reenlistment rates - makes it difficult to predict when, or if, the military will break.
"That the Army has held together is a great tribute to the patriotism of the American soldier," says Dr. Krepinevich.
For its part, the Army dismisses any claims that it is strained and insists that it can fill deployments to Iraq for the foreseeable future. But the military, too, sees a shift in its role. There is an effort to push Iraqi units into the front lines and increasingly use US forces to help build the Iraqi Army's poor logistics.
The idea is predicated on the expectation that Iraqi soldiers will be ready to take the lead, and it is fundamental to the broader US military strategy in Iraq of "clear and hold." Iraqis will be the ones called on to do most of the holding. Even under the best circumstances, the process of both building the Iraqi Army and defeating the insurgency could take years.
But Krepinevich suggests that now is the time for Iraq to take more of the burden upon itself: "At some point you have to start making progress."


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A MILITIA that helped end communist rule in Afghanistan battled its former allies in the new Islamic government yesterday, bombing the presidential palace in the fiercest fighting in more than three months.
The attacks by Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum's militia appeared aimed at ensuring a scheduled transfer of power within Afghanistan's fractious coalition government. Last April, a multiparty Islamic government took over from the Soviet-backed communist government of President Najibullah. But the factions have since been fighting each other, vying for supremacy.
Their battles have caused more destruction in Kabul than during the 14-year war against the communists. They have flattened entire neighborhoods, damaged or destroyed thousands of homes and shops and forced an estimated 500,000 people - about a third of the city's population - to flee.
Military and diplomatic sources say the latest fighting appeared to be a warning to President Burhanuddin Rabbani to step down as planned, a move that he said this week he would delay. The presidency has rotated among the leaders of various groups. The other nine leaders who comprise the governing Leadership Council insist Mr. Rabbani step aside as scheduled, and General Dostum appears to be on their side. It was not yet clear who among the nine other leaders would succeed Rabbani. India pledges to try Hindu radicals
India's number of dead rose to roughly 600 yesterday as Hindu-Muslim riots continued around the nation for a third day, following the Hindu demolition of a Muslim mosque on Sunday. Legislators in New Delhi forced Parliament to adjourn.
Many Indians stayed at home to comply with a one-day general strike called by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the political party whose leaders are accused of supporting the Hindu radicals who destroyed the mosque in the north Indian city of Ayodhya.
The government has said it will rebuild the mosque, create a fund for families of riot victims, and will put on trial the politicians who backed the religious extremists.
It also has taken control of Uttar Pradesh state, where Ayodhya is located, and announced a ban on fundamentalist groups.
The arrest of the accused politicians on Tuesday heightened tension between Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao's governing Congress Party and the BJP, the leading opposition group.
The government yesterday began arresting a few of the tens of thousands of extremists who demolished the mosque.


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Academic Dismissal is an action initiated by the Vice President of Graduate and Professional Studies which revokes eligibility for continued enrollment in courses or programs conducted under the auspices of the University. Students who have been subjected to Academic Dismissal must apply for re-admission to the University. Readmission is infrequently allowed in instances involving Academic Dismissal.
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Camp Shakespeare
If you can act Shakespeare, you can act anything.
– Michael Kahn, Artistic Director
Every summer, the Shakespeare Theatre Company gives students between the ages of 7 and 18 the chance to dive into the world of the greatest playwright in history: William Shakespeare.
We offer one-week sessions for Poppets (ages 7-8) and two-week sessions for Groundlings (ages 9-11), Young Players (ages 12-14) and King's Company (ages 15-18). For returning Young Players and King's Company, we offer a three-week Advanced Camp.
At Camp Shakespeare, students will:
- Transform into Shakespeare's characters through voice and movement work
- Unravel Shakespeare's plays with text analysis
- Develop fundamental acting skills
- Learn the basics of stage combat
- Perform for friends and family onstage at the Shakespeare Theatre Company
Age Groups
Our age groups are based on the optimum peer groups for creating positive, collaborative ensembles.
Camp Day: 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Monday–Friday
Performance times vary by program
Advanced Camp
Advanced Camp invites returning participants to experience an actor's journey from audition to performance. Participants will delve deeper into the text by focusing on one character's emotional journey, challenging even the most experienced camper with advanced movement and acting techniques from our Academy for Classical Acting. The advanced ensemble produces a fully realized Shakespeare production which culminates in three public performances in the Forum at Sidney Harman Hall. Acceptance into Advanced Camp is by audition only.
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
Dates: June 25– July 14
Performances: July 12 and July 13 at 7:00 p.m. & July 14 at 2:00 p.m.
Brutus and Cassius conspire to assassinate Julius Caesar, the highly ambitious political leader of Rome. When Caesar's friend Mark Antony forms an army against the conspirators, the country plunges into civil war. Political alliances form and the empire falls in one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies.
Dates: July 16 – August 4
Performances: August 2 and August 3 at 7:00 p.m. & August 4 at 2:00 p.m.
Pericles is the epic story of a young prince who falls in love with a beautiful princess after a great shipwreck. It is a tale of love and loss, hope and redemption, the cruelty of the world and the triumph of the human spirit. With pirates, riddles, knights and goddesses, this is one of Shakespeare's hidden gems.
The Forum in Sidney Harman Hall
610 F Street NW
Metro: Gallery Pl-Chinatown
Audition Dates:
Saturday, February 24 from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 3 from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Audition Location:
Education Studio, 516 8th Street SE
Washington, DC 20003
Call the Education Hotline at 202-547-5688 to schedule your audition.
Planning to audition but don't want your child to miss out if other sessions are full? Register for a regular session before January 29 and your early registration discount of $50 will be applied to Advanced Camp tuition once your child is accepted.
Tuition, Discounts & Scholarships
- One-Week Poppet Session: 10:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m., $350
- Two-Week Performance Intensive : 10:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m., $725
- Three-Week Advanced Camp: 10:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m., $1,100
Every camper receives a Shakespeare Theatre Company t-shirt!
Registration closes one week prior to the camp's start date OR once a camp is full.
Register by January 29 and receive $50 off!
Or register siblings for multiple sessions to receive $25 off each additional camp registration.
Call the Education Hotline at 202.547.5688 to register and receive your discount.
To apply for a scholarship to Camp Shakespeare, please submit the following items to the Shakespeare Theatre Company Education Department.
- A completed scholarship application form filled out by the parent or legal guardian of the student
- A 500-word typed essay, written by the student that answers this question:
Why do you want to attend Camp Shakespeare and what do you hope to gain from the experience?
- A copy of applicant's 2016 tax return for proof of income or documentation proving your qualification for free or reduced school lunch.
Applications are due no later than May 1, 2018. Scholarships are awarded on a rolling basis, so it is best to turn in complete applications early. Incomplete or late applications will not be considered.
Please mail your materials to:
Camp Shakespeare
Shakespeare Theatre Company
516 8th Street SE
Washington, DC 20003
Or fax to: Attn: Camp Shakespeare at 202.547.0226
You may also submit a scholarship application online.
Camp Shakespeare Song Contest
Win Free Camp Shakespeare Tuition!
Create your own Shakespeare Song by rewriting the lyrics to a popular nursery rhyme of your own choosing. The song can be a spin-off, a parody, or a retelling of one of the plays at Camp Shakespeare this summer. Check out an example performed by STC Education staff here.
Camp Shakespeare Songs will be entered into a contest for one session of free camp tuition, worth up to $725!
- If you are a student aged 7-18 or a parent of a student who wants to attend Camp Shakespeare, write lyrics for your Shakespeare Song about one of the following plays.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
As You Like It
The Comedy of Errors
King Lear
Much Ado About Nothing
Richard III
Romeo & Juliet
The Tempest
Twelfth Night
- Email firstname.lastname@example.com with your lyrics and the following information:
Camper Name
Email Address
Phone Number
Mailing Address
Parent/Guardian Name
Parent/Guardian Email Address
Play you wrote about
Nursey Rhyme you rewrote
The deadline to submit lyrics is April 2, 2018.
The best lyrics will be featured at ShakespeareTheatre.org and our social media sites. Entries will be judged on use of text and creativity.
By submitting to us, you are promising that the content is original, doesn't plagiarize from anyone or infringe a copyright or trademark, doesn't violate anybody's rights and isn't libelous or otherwise unlawful or misleading. You are agreeing that we can use your submission in all manner and media of the Shakespeare Theatre Company and that we shall have the right to authorize third parties to do so.
Camp Faculty
Each summer, Camp Shakespeare Teaching Artists create a unique curriculum aimed at optimizing students' physical, intellectual and artistic development. All Teaching Artists are classically trained professional actors and educators.
The energy and fervor of the faculty is one of the things I value and love best about the camp. They inspire you, and their excitement rubs off on you and makes you want to dive in.
– Sarah Hirsch, Camper
Laura Artesi
Laura Artesi has been an actor, and performer since the age of 6. She has a background in Acting, Improvisation, Movement, Dance and is SAFD certified in Stage Combat. She recently completed an MFA in Acting from The Shakespeare Theatre Company's Academy for Classical Acting at George Washington University. Since graduating, she has performed locally with Shakespeare Theatre Company, Mosaic Theater Company, Synetic Theater, Source Festival, 1st Stage, and recently took a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream on tour to China with Shakespeare Theatre Company.
Danny Cackley
Danny Cackley is an actor, teaching artist and fight choreographer in the Washington, D.C. area. Recent acting credits include: Shakespeare Theatre Company: Taming of the Shrew, The Metromaniacs; Folger Theatre: Second Shepherd's Play, Othello; Flying V Theatre: Flying V Fights: The Secret History of the Unknown World, Flying V Fights: Love is a Battlefield; Brave Spirits Theatre: 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, Romeo & Juliet; LiveArt DC: Love's LaBEERS Lost; Avant Bard: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Faction of Fools: Tales of Marriage & Mozzarella, A Commedia Romeo & Juliet, Foolish Fairytales. Danny is a proud member of the Society of American Fight Directors, an Artistic Associate at Brave Spirits Theatre and Faction of Fools, and an alum of the National Players (Tour 65).
Dan Crane
Dan Crane is the Resident Teaching Artist at the Shakespeare Theatre Company. Dan has taught at STC for 10 years as an Affiliated Teaching Artist. His STC stage credits include Lord Grey in Richard III and Hounslow in The Beaux' Stratagem. As an actor Dan has worked at companies across the United States, including Imagination Stage (Maryland), Kitchen Theatre (New York), Idaho Shakespeare Festival (Idaho), PCPA Theaterfest (California) and Portland Center Stage (Oregon). He is a graduate of the Pacific Conservatory for the Performing Arts, holds a BFA from Ithaca College and an MFA from the Academy for Classical Acting at The George Washington University.
Katelyn Manfre
Katelyn Manfre is a recent DC-transplant, having spent the last decade working as an actor, teacher, and theater critic in New York City. Locally, she has performed with the Folger Shakespeare Theatre, Capital Fringe, and Pointless Theatre Company. She is also a teaching artist with Round House Theatre and director of (the) Unruly Improv Theatre in McLean. Katelyn holds a BFA in Drama from New York University, and an MFA from Shakespeare Theatre Company's Academy for Classical Acting at GWU.
Chelsea Mayo
Chelsea Mayo joined STC as a teaching artist in 2013. She has worked with students Pre-K through 12th grade through STC, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, Del Ray Performing Arts Center, Lola's Laboratory, and Creative Kids. As an actor, she understudied productions of The Importance of Being Earnest and Tartuffe at STC and has performed at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, Annapolis Shakespeare Company, Quotidian Theatre Company, and The Enlightenment Theatre Project in Williamsburg, VA among others. Chelsea holds a B.A. in Theatre and French from Vanderbilt University.
Kiernan McGowan
Kiernan McGowan is a DC based actor, director, and teaching artist. He has performed with The Welders, Annapolis Shakespeare Company, The Source Festival, The Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, and We Happy Few Productions where he is also an associate producer. He has taught and directed at Carolina Friends School, North Carolina Governor's School, Act One Act Now Theater Company, Educational Theatre Company, and The Kirov Academy of Ballet. He holds an MFA in Acting from Catholic University.
Sarah Kate Patterson
Sarah Kate Patterson has been an affiliated teaching artist with Shakespeare Theatre Company for two years and was also the Education Fellow for the 2014-2015 season. Sarah Kate graduated from the University of Iowa with a BA in Theatre Arts and is currently attending Catholic University of America for a Masters in Arts and Theatre Education. Sarah Kate works as a freelance stage manager in the DMV theatre scene; she has worked with Sitar Arts Center, Constellation Theatre Company, Imagination Stage, Forum Theatre, Happenstance Theatre Company, and Arts On The Horizon.
Alex Piper
Alex Piper has been a D.C. based actor/ teaching artist since moving to Washington for an acting fellowship with The Shakespeare Theatre Company. He has an M.F.A. from The University of Southern Mississippi and has taught students of all ages and experience levels. Professional credits at STC include: Henry IV, Parts I & II and As You Like It. Imagination and creativity are at the core of what he enjoys about the craft and explores in his classroom.
Victoria Reinsel
Victoria Reinsel is a classically trained actor, director, and teaching artist who has acted and/or taught at a number of local and regional theatres including American Shakespeare Center, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, Imagination Stage, Constellation Theatre Company, Taffety Punk Theatre Company, Folger Shakespeare Theatre, Maryland Shakespeare Festival, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, and Encore Stage & Studio. She has taught additionally through Lola's Laboratory, Creative Kids, Trax, and the Institute of Reading Development, and has guest lectured at Georgetown University and Eastern Mennonite University. In 2011, she co-founded Brave Spirits Theatre. Victoria holds a MFA and M.Litt in Shakespeare in Performance with a concentration in acting from Mary Baldwin College in partnership with the American Shakespeare Center, and a BA in Theatre/Literature from Marlboro College.
Melissa Richardson
Melissa Richardson is a director, stage manager, and teaching artist. She has taught children and adults at all levels throughout the DC Metro Area. She has directed several youth theatre productions, and she also works with students to create and perform original, ensemble-written plays. She has been a Teaching Artist with the Wolf Trap Institute for Early Education through the Arts since 2005. In this capacity, she partners with early childhood classroom teachers to incorporate the arts into daily learning. She wrote an original, ten-minute play that she performed for preschool audiences for the Institute's Small Bites program and served on the STEM Science Task Force to develop science and engineering curriculum. She has worked with the Heyday Players, Round House Theatre's acting troupe for senior citizens, for the past five years. She has also taught drama to students from preschool through high school with Arena Stage. Adventure Theatre, and Lenore Blank Kelner and Co. Melissa is passionate about storytelling, whether from children's literature, folktales from around the world, or stories created with children on the spot. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Directing from the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama.
Michael Dix Thomas
Michael Dix Thomas is a Washington, DC actor and teaching artist, originally from Portland, Maine. Michael recently performed in the Folger Theater's production of Timon of Athens and has taught for Round House Theatre, Portland Stage Company, Theater at Monmouth, Maine Coast Waldorf School, and True to Life Training. Michael holds a BA from Emerson College and an MFA from Shakespeare Theatre Company's Academy for Classical Acting at the George Washington University.
Kathryn Tkel
Kathryn Tkel is a theatre artist originally from Northern California. She received a BA in Drama and Anthropology from the University of California, Irvine and an MFA in Classical Acting from The Shakespeare Theatre Company's Academy for Classical Acting at The George Washington University. Most recently she was seen in Everyman Theatre's production of By the Way, Meet Vera Stark. Regionally she has performed with San Jose Repertory Theatre, The San Francisco Playhouse, Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, California Conservatory Theatre, Willows Theatre, Just Theatre, Boxcar Theatre, Second Wind Productions, and the Collegiate Players. Kathryn is very excited to be making Washington, D.C. her home and is thrilled to be teaching with STC!
Michele Vicino
Michele Vicino is a Teaching Artist and performer in the DC Metro Area. Formerly a full-time teacher, Michele most recently taught Theatre and Choral Arts at Archbishop Carroll High School in DC. In addition to her work with STC, she is also affiliated with Imagination Stage, Round House Theatre, Levine Music, and Ford's Theatre. She holds a degree in Elementary Education and Music, and earned a Masters degree in Theatre Education from The Catholic University of America.
Justin Weaks
Justin Weaks is thrilled to be a part of STC's education team after having worked as a teaching artist across the country with many theaters, schools and enrichment programs. Theaters and programs include: Olney Theater Center (Olney, MD), Shakespeare & Company (Lenox, MA), Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park (Cincinnati, OH), New York Kids' Club (New York, NY). Mr. Weaks also works as an actor in the NY and DC area. He can be seen at 1st Stage, The Kennedy Center, Theater Alliance, Mosaic Theater, Imagination Stage and Theater J.
Eva Wilhelm
Eva Wilhelm holds an MFA in Classical Acting from the Shakespeare Theatre's Academy for Classical Acting at The George Washington University. Locally, she has appeared in productions at Folger Theatre, Studio Theatre, Maryland Shakespeare Festival, Baltimore Shakespeare Festival, Faction of Fools and Taffety Punk Theatre Company. In Chicago, she worked with Court Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Shattered Globe and Stage Left, among many others. She is currently an adjunct professor at Trinity Washington University, and an Associated Artist with Faction of Fools, as well as a book narrator for both Audible.com and the Library of Congress.
*Teaching Artists are subject to change without notice.
What's a typical day like at Camp Shakespeare?
A typical day begins with a Movement class, during which students do a vocal and physical warm up and explore techniques for character creation and visual storytelling. The morning continues with Acting class, during which students explore improvisation and scene work, followed by Text Analysis class, which provides strategies for understanding and communicating Shakespeare's language. After lunch, students train in the art of safe stage combat. The rest of the afternoon is dedicated to applying what they have learned in rehearsal.
Sample Schedule* for a Groundling Day
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Movement
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Text or Acting
12:00 p.m.–12:30 p.m. Lunch
12:30 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Theatre Games
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Stage Combat
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Scene Study
3:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Snack & Design
3:30 p.m.–4:45 p.m. Scene Study
4:45 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Reflection
Sample Schedule* for a Young Players or King's Company Day
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Voice and Movement
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Acting
12:00 p.m.–12:30 p.m. Text Analysis
12:30 p.m.–1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Stage Combat
2:00 p.m.–4:45 p.m. Rehearsal
4:45 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Reflection
*Schedule subject to change
Who teaches camp and what is your teacher to student ratio?
Our two week performance intensives have a maximum of 22 students. There are two Teaching Artists and an intern for each camp. All Camp Shakespeare Teaching Artists are classically trained professional actors and educators. All of our interns are college-aged students pursuing degrees in theatre and/or education. Check out our faculty bios here.
What if my child is on the cusp of an age group? Can they move into the older group?
We ask that students remain in their designated age group or corresponding grade level. Our curriculums are designed for each specific age group and we have found that these peer groups are the most successful for creating strong ensembles. There is a an extremely big difference, both developmentally and socially, between an 11-year-old and a 14-year-old, or a 14-year-old and an 18-year-old, which leads to a lot of group dynamic challenges. Camp Shakespeare is also a true performance intensive, which means it's a very long and demanding day. We pace each age group appropriately throughout the day. We pride ourselves on the caliber of training all of our age groups receive.
What if my child has special needs?
The Shakespeare Theatre Company encourages children of all abilities to discover and develop their full creative potential through the performing arts. In order to plan the best experience for your child, we ask that you provide us with specific information regarding special circumstances or conditions that may impact your child's learning or participation in Camp Shakespeare. As our team of Teaching Artists plan the camp curriculum in early June, this information will help us address the needs of your individual student.
Do you offer before- or aftercare?
We do not offer before- or aftercare. Camp Shakespeare runs from 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Students may be dropped off at 9:45 a.m. and must be picked up by 5:15 p.m. There is no supervision on the premises prior to 9:30 a.m. or after 5:30 p.m. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer parking or drop-off zones at any of our locations in DC.
What is your refund policy?
Full tuition is due upon registration. 50% will be refunded if registration is withdrawn before May 1, 2018. After May 1 tuition is non-refundable.
Do you offer a payment plan?
We offer a payment plan option that divides the total camp tuition into two installments. The first half of the payment is due upon registration. The second half of the payment is due by May 1, 2018. You must call the Education Hotline at 202-547-5688 to utilize this payment plan.
What measures are in place to ensure the safety of my child?
Your child's safety is our first priority. All of our camp Teaching Artists and interns are trained and certified in First Aid and CPR. All STC locations have procedures in place in case of an emergency and parents and guardians will be contacted immediately. As Camp Shakespeare is a performance intensive, students stay indoors for the duration of the camp day except when departing their rehearsal room at lunch.
What is your lunch policy?
All Poppets, Groundlings, and Young Players must stay on site for lunch. Parents must provide non-perishable lunch food and snacks. Poppets, Groundlings, and Young Players have thirty minutes for lunch and ample time for snack breaks throughout the day. Students in King's Company and Advanced Camp will not be supervised during the hour lunch break. Students in King's Company and Advanced Camp may leave for lunch, but students are also welcome to remain onsite with a lunch from home.
Are campers allowed to have cell phones?
Because of the distraction and disruption caused by cell phones, we ask that campers do not use cell phones during class or rehearsal. There are periodic breaks during the camp day where students can check messages and make calls if necessary. In order to avoid interruptions, we ask that if a parent needs to contact a child, they call our Education Hotline at 202.547.5688 and we will relay the message to your child.
Does Camp Shakespeare arrange carpools?
Camp Shakespeare does not arrange carpools on behalf of parents, but we are happy to send an email request for a carpool to other parents registered for your session.
Where can I find permission forms and emergency contact forms?
Forms can be downloaded here. Forms must be returned to the Education Department by June 1, 2018. Please be sure to fill out and return ALL THREE PAGES. Forms can be returned via fax at 202.547.0226, via email to firstname.lastname@example.com , or by mail to the address: Camp Shakespeare, 516 8th Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003-2834
When is the final performance and how many people may attend?
Final performance times, dates, and locations vary by program. Poppets Sharings are at 5 p.m. on the last day of each session. Groundlings and Young Players performances are 10 a.m. the Saturday after the last day of each session. Most King's Company performances are Friday evenings at 7 p.m. or Saturday at 12:00 noon at the end of each session. If you are attending a camp in Washington, D.C., performances will be held at either the Lansburgh Theatre, 450 7th Street NW, or the Harman Center for the Arts, 610 F Street NW, Washington, D.C., 20004. If you are attending a satellite camp, the performance will be held at that location. Specific performance times will be listed in an information packet emailed in May. You may invite as many people as you want. Families are encouraged to watch the entire performance, but if you need to leave early, we ask that you leave during intermission to ensure that the students acting onstage are not disheartened and the audience is not distracted.
Will the performances be videotaped?
We will have a professional videographer at the performances in Washington, D.C.. After the performance families will be able to order a DVD for $30.00. For performances at the Lansburgh Theatre and at all of our satellite camps, you are also allowed to video tape and photograph the performances yourself, but we ask that you do not use flash photography as it is distracting to the actors. For King's Company and Advanced Camp performances at The Forum in Sidney Harman Hall, you are not allowed to videotape or photograph the performance due to the audience's proximity to the actors.
How are Poppets Sharings different?
Our Poppets do not work with a script during each session, as we believe that exploration and play are more developmentally appropriate for this age group than memorizing large amounts of text. Poppets Sharings take place in their classroom, last approximately fifteen minutes, and include a variety of songs, movement, design work, and characters that Poppets have explored throughout the week.
For Registered Campers
We are very excited that you will be participating in Camp Shakespeare 2018! The following information will prepare you for a successful camp experience.
Please fill this form and return it to the Education Department by June 1, 2018.
Forms can be returned via fax at 202.547.0226, via email to to firstname.lastname@example.com, or by mail to this address:
Camp Shakespeare
516 8th Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003-2834
What Should I Bring to Camp?
- Three-ring binder: To hold your script. A thin (1/2 inch) one is easiest to handle.
- Pencil: For taking notes in your script.
- Clothes to move in: As much of the day requires physical activity, please wear clothes that are easy to move in such as shorts, sweat pants, t-shirts and tennis shoes. Please DO NOT wear skirts, sandals, heels or big pieces of jewelry as they hinder movement and can be unsafe. The building is air-conditioned, so layers are encouraged.
- Closed-toed sneakers or tennis shoes: Flip flops and sandals are not allowed at camp.
- Hair-ties: Hair should be tied back for rehearsals and stage combat class.
- Water bottle: To keep hydrated.
- Healthy lunch and snacks: Please note that students will not have access to a microwave or refrigeration, so all lunches need to be non-perishable.
What Sort of Snacks Should I Bring?
Camp is a long, vigorous day for young actors as they are physically active most of the day and need to consistently maintain focus. We ask that you limit sugary snacks and choose healthy alternatives such as:
- Chopped, raw vegetables
- Granola bars
- Cheese and crackers
- Celery, apples or mini rice cakes with peanut butter
- Nuts and dried fruits, especially raisins
- Fresh fruits, applesauce, or other fruit cups
- Breadsticks or pita chips with hummus
- Pretzels or popcorn
- Graham crackers or gingersnaps dipped in applesauce


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Do you remember the good ol' days when your laptop used to be able to run for hours on end without needing to be plugged in? Just like anything, laptop batteries only last so long How to Optimize Windows 10 for Battery Life How to Optimize Windows 10 for Battery Life Battery life is a pretty important factor for mobile devices. While Windows 10 does offer new features to manage power settings, the defaults are not necessarily contributing to optimal battery life. Time to change that. Read More , and after a while, they might need to be replaced. But how do you know if it's time to replace yours?
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Once the command prompt is open, type powercfg /batteryreport and press Enter. This will generate a file with all the information you need to know about your battery. Windows will tell you where it's saved in the command prompt window (it'll be in the User folder).
Now, navigate to the file and open it. The stat you really want to look for is Design Capacity versus Full Charge Capacity. In my case, my laptop is pretty new, so the difference is small, with only 4627 mWh separating the two.
If there's a big difference between the two, it means your battery has depleted over time, and you should look into purchasing a new one. 5 Tools to Analyze Laptop Battery Life 5 Tools to Analyze Laptop Battery Life Without a decent battery, your laptop is little more than an underpowered desktop — here are some of the best tools to help you stay on top of your battery life. Read More
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Design capacity and Full charge capacity both show mWh without any values
I knew my battery was bad as my laptop does after about an hour and a half, but I didn't think it was this bad.
Design capacity: 62,160
Full charge capacity: 22,056
The battery is 6 years old though.
This does not appear to work on Windows 7.
powercfg -energy i think in windows 7
Thanks Ameya, but that seems to be something different.
Dave, can you find the equivalent for Windows 7?
Don, it worked for me in Windows 7 Enterprise. Search the report for "Battery:Battery Information".
Where is the solution for those of us who do not DO windows?
My 'Design Capacity' and 'Full Charge Capacity' both show the same figure. Now, what does this mean?


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If you use a Sprint PCS wireless phone you may have wondered if you can take part in a three-way call. With a three-way call you will be connected to two other numbers at the same time. This will allow you to talk to multiple different parties without having to hang up the phone and dial the other person to tell them what you just discussed with the other individual. Any Sprint cell phone can do it and it only takes a few moments.
Dial the phone number to your first party and press "Send." As long as the other individual picks up your two phones will be connected.
Dial the phone number of the second person you want to connect to while the other individual is still on the line. You can do this either by opening up your contacts list or by punching in the phone number.
Press "Send" after dialing the second number and you will be connected with the second individual party now. Press "Send" a second time to connect all parties. All three parties will now be able to communicate back and forth with each other.
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When planted high and dry, most desert plants can thrive in areas of high rainfall and low temperatures-even as far north as Boston. We plant in a soil mixture that consists of two parts ground pine bark, one part coarse concrete sand, and one part pea gravel.
To the soil mix we often add a well balanced organic fertilizer. Follow label directions for application rates. If the native soil is extremely acid the addition of a horticultural lime can also be of great benefit. Top-dressing the surface around each plant with pea gravel or crushed granite helps to prevent weeds, shades the roots in summer, and collects heat during winter.


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