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Bringing back a discarded government program could save taxpayers millions in health-care and bureaucracy costs and dramatically shrink poverty, just as it did in Dauphin almost 40 years ago.
The problem is, even the province's left-leaning NDP government likely doesn't have the political will to use it.
That was the feeling Tuesday at a standing-room-only lecture about a hot public-policy idea — a guaranteed annual income that would replace welfare.
It's an idea with roots in Manitoba. Nearly 40 years ago, Dauphin was the site of an experiment on the effects of a guaranteed income. Every low-income person in town, including the working poor and people not eligible for welfare, got a top-up to ensure a basic level of income.
At a discussion hosted by Winnipeg Harvest, University of Manitoba researcher Evelyn Forget said the results were remarkable: People had much better health, far more children graduated from high school and people didn't stop working just because they were guaranteed an income.
Several inner-city and poverty activists at Tuesday's forum said the idea is a no-brainer. Replacing Manitoba's complicated welfare system could free up social workers to do what they do best — help people deal with addictions, get skills training and find daycare and decent housing, instead of parsing a huge menu of welfare rules.
And it could shrink the city's burgeoning poverty industry — food banks, charities, non-profits and social-services agencies that eat up millions in government funding.
Manitoba's new minister in charge of welfare, Peter Bjornson, wasn't available for comment Tuesday, and neither was staff in the province's employment and income assistance branch.
A government spokeswoman said the province is "interested" in the Dauphin experiment, but she also touted the province's five-year-old back-to-work strategy and the recent move to merge the welfare program with provincial training programs.
It's that approach to welfare, which favours moving people into jobs and makes welfare a last resort rather than a basic income guarantee, that makes it unlikely the Selinger government will touch radical welfare reform.
Several activists, including former NDP MLA Marianne Cerilli, said it's unlikely any government would risk the political backlash.
Forget said one hurdle is convincing the public that people, especially able-bodied men, won't stop working if a guaranteed income is created.
And, it would also likely need to be Canada-wide, instead of piecemeal.
"It's very hard to conceive of 10 provinces and the feds getting together to agree on it, and it would be hard to do it any other way," said Wayne Simpson, an economics professor at the U of M. "It has to replace what exists, in particular social-assistance programs, which are jealously guarded by the provinces."
What was Mincome?
Between 1974 and 1978, The Dauphin area was part of a groundbreaking study, one of five at the time across North America. Everyone in town was guaranteed an annual income, an amount roughly similar to welfare but where people wouldn't see big clawbacks if they had a job and where the eligibility rules were more relaxed. And, the money — roughly $3,800 at the time — was theirs to do with as they wished. There where no rules such as the ones that govern today's welfare allotments. The pilot project helped mostly the working poor, ensuring they could afford a little cream for their coffee, in the words of one participant.
The Dauphin experiment, including all the researchers and staff, cost $17 million.
The experiment was meant mostly to study the effect of a guaranteed annual income on the labour market. If you give people money and don't make them work, will everyone quit their job? The answer was no, followup research by University of Manitoba economics professor Wayne Simpson found. Adults didn't stop working full time, but married women stayed home longer after having children and teens waited a little longer before getting full-time jobs.
What was the effect?
A few years ago, University of Manitoba community health Prof. Evelyn Forget used reams of data to test the health and social impacts of Mincome. She found huge spikes in Grade 12 enrolment during the years Dauphin was part of Mincome. There were more kids in Grade 12 in 1977 than there were in Grade 11 the year before, meaning dropouts returned to school.
Hospitalization rates dropped 8.5 per cent, especially for accidents and injuries, since poor people often work more dangerous jobs and are more susceptible to violence, including family violence. Folks in Dauphin also ended up in hospital far less often because of mental-health problems. That could have a huge impact on Canada's ballooning health-care budgets, including $50 billion spent on hospitals. But, "when the money stopped flowing, the effects started to disappear," said Forget.
And, people in Dauphin also had fewer babies — the drop in birth rates was higher than the continent saw through the mid-1970s.
Why did Mincome end?
New provincial and federal governments lost interest and never analyzed the results of the experiment — data squirrelled away in 1,800 boxes. And economic turbulence caused by oil-price shocks and inflation made the idea of a GAI politically unpalatable.
Why is it coming up now?
It's had a rebirth as an interesting, if seemingly radical, policy alternative to the confusing, expensive hodge-podge of welfare systems in Canada. We've already adopted some targeted elements of a GAI, such as the national child benefit and the guaranteed income supplement for seniors. Yukon toyed with a version of the GAI in 2007, and there was an international conference focused on the idea in Toronto in May.
One of the questions is what a guaranteed income amount might be today, especially because no one agrees where the poverty line lies. What's a reasonable amount to give a family a modest but decent standard of living? Here are some options for two parents with two kids:
Market basket measure: $29,333
Statistics Canada's low- income cut off (before tax): $41,307
Winnipeg Harvest's acceptable living level: $52,548
Income from two minimum wage jobs: $43,257
Welfare and federal benefits: $21,072
Source: Winnipeg Harvest report, A More Inclusive and Generous Canada: The 2012 Acceptable Living Level (PDF)
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Update: To clarify, the Touchstone charger doesn't actually charge the Lumia 920. It just actives the charging protocol but due to a mismatch in frequencies, it does not actually do anything. In fact, as webOSNation's Derek Kessler tells us, it could even damage your phone were you to leave it on there for an extended period of time. In other words, don't do this!
The Nokia Lumia 920 (and 820 with backplate) uses the Qi standard for wireless charging. In simplest terms that means universal charging plates (as opposed to some proprietary system) can be mass produced and the 920 will work with future products. It also means that past wireless charging systems, like Palm's Touchstone charging dock also work with the Lumia 920 as demonstrated in the video above.
That video, posted by Nokia Developer Ambassador Rich Dunbar, clearly shows the 920 instantly charging with the Touchstone...
Even more cool is the fact that Touchstone docks can be found for less than $6 on Amazon. The downside though? Palm's dock was smartly angled so that you can view the phone was charging. They accomplished that by having alignment magnets in it which would secure the phone to the pad (something we lamented in our review as missing on the 920). In other words, we do not recommend you go and pick up a half dozen Touchstone chargers as your slippery Lumia 920 will just slide off.
Sure, we imagine some of you may hack up a chin to keep it from sliding but that's not exactly ideal either. Hopefully some third party accessory makers though will get creative as Qi catches on e.g. an all-in-one toilet paper dispenser and charger. Eh? Maybe not.
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An important matter for Muslims to realize is that Dawah is an obligation upon them. Allah (subhanahu wa Ta`ala) says in the Quran:
"Invite to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided." (Quran, an-Nahl: 125)
"Let there arise out of you a group of people inviting to all that is good, enjoining al-ma`roof (i.e. Islamic Monotheism and all that Islam orders one to do) and forbidding al-Munkar (polytheism and disbelief and all that Islam has forbidden). And it is they who are successful." (Quran, Aal Imraan: 104)
The second verse may seem to be restricting the general obligation given in the first verse, but a close look at the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) reveals that calling to Allah is an individual obligation, rather than a collective one. The Prophet (p.b.u.h.) has said: "Convey from me, even one verse." (Bukhari) Conveying the message therefore does not require a high level of scholarship, it is in fact a responsibility of each and every Muslim, according to his or her ability.
The obligation is further emphasized by the following verse which explains that not conveying the message - hiding knowledge - is disobedience to Allah that causes Allah's curse to descend upon such people, which shows that such a sin leads to the Hellfire.
"Verily, those who conceal the clear proofs, evidences and the guidance, which We have sent down, after We have made it clear for the people in the Book, they are the ones cursed by Allah and cursed by the cursers." (Quran, al-Baqarah: 159)
In the same connection, the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) has stated, "Whoever hides knowledge, Allah will brand him with the branding iron from the hellfire." (Ahmad)
Calling people to Allah also means completing our own worship, the reason for which we are created. It is one of the noblest acts that entails a high reward.
"And who is better in speech than he who (says: 'My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness),' and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and) invites (men) to Allah (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: 'I am one of the Muslims.'" (Quran, Fussilat: 33)
With regards to the reward, the Prophet (p.b.u.h.) has said: "Whoever guides (another) to a good deed will get a reward similar to the one who performs it." (Sahih Muslim) Also, "By Allah, if Allah were to guide one man through you it would be better for you than the best type of camels." (Bukhari, Muslim)
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"They used the Internet to find inspiration for their recipes, but in the end used their own imaginations and the ingredients available to make their masterpiece snacks," Minchin said in an email to the Sanford News.
The students created the calendar as part of a Service Learning project focused on developing healthy habits in the community. For each month, they chose a recipe based on the ingredients' harvest availability in the area.
The recipe for each month was chosen first based on harvest availability in the local area.
"For months when there isn't a local harvest, the recipes were aimed at ideas for healthy holiday treats," Minchin said.
January's recipe is for a "Snowman Yummy." To prepare this treat you need a skewer, an apple, raisins, a grape, a carrot, pretzel sticks and bananas.
The directions, submitted by a student named Ayden, are as follows:
■ First, wash your hands.
■ Second, peel the banana and cut three chunks and put it on the skewer.
■ Then put one sliced apple on the head of the top banana for the hat.
■ Next put a grape on top for the bell.
■ Afterward, put raisins for buttons and eyes.
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I laughed myself sick reading Don Desbien's vitriolic claptrap in the Reader Forum on Sunday.
He presents as totally divorced from reality, as do the rest of the Republican "base" who control the morons presently enjoying a 10-percent approval rating, representing the House.
These guys (and gals, unfortunately) are systematically ensuring their Greedy Obstructionist Party will never again win a national election, no matter how hard they try to keep potential Democrats from voting. Same, a little later, at state level.
When your only source of information is a money-grubbing bigot on talk radio, or Faux News, where truth goes to die, who is methodically coining in millions, scaring white guys going to lunch in their pickup trucks, how can you possibly distinguish reality from manipulation?
Just once, I'd like to hear a Republican admit the only thing wrong with this president is the color of his skin. They will throw this country under the bus in a vain attempt to prove that a black guy couldn't possibly do that job, even if he did somehow manage to "cheat" his way into office.
2014 and 2016? Bring 'em on.
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The city offers a multitude of other exciting activities and attractions too. Sitting on the banks of the mighty Mississippi River visitors will love Sun studio, STAX, Rock n Soul Museum, the National Civil Rights Museum and Beale Street. Beale Street is one of the most important districts in African-American history. It was part of an area that after the abolition of slavery provided a safe haven. It was also a melting pot of musical styles and many musicians, Elvis among them, learned their trade on Beale Street. A historic street that today, lives the legacy of the Blues, Rock 'n' Roll and Soul everyday and night of the year.
Memphis is renowned as the home of the Blues and the birthplace of Rock 'n' Roll, but Memphis is perhaps best known for Graceland, Elvis' longtime home and shrine to millions of visitors.
Elvis was just 22 when he paid $102,500 cash for Graceland in 1957. A self-guided audio tour leads you through the 'wild' interior reflecting the 70's décor. At the end of the mansion tour, visitors enter The Meditation Garden where Elvis is buried alongside his father, mother, grandmother and twin brother, who died at birth. Opposite the Graceland mansion is the Visitors Centre with Elvis' cars, Harley Davidsons and his customised airplane, the "Lisa Marie", as well as gift shops and restaurants.
The STAX Museum of American Soul Music celebrates great Memphis Soul music made famous by the likes of Otis Redding, Booker T and the MGs, Isaac Hayes, the Bar-Kays, Al Green and Aretha Franklin. The award-winning introductory documentary film is worth the visit alone. The Smithsonian's Rock 'n' Soul Museum on Beale Street tells the story of why Memphis is a root of nearly all American music from Jazz to Blues to Soul to Rock 'n' Roll. Also on Beale Street, the Gibson Guitar Factory offers tours to see how these handcrafted pieces are made.
Not far from Beale Street is the legendary Sun Studio. Elvis was 18 when he recorded his first song at Sun, whilst others such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison and BB King also made their 'start' at Sun Studio. The Studio is still recording by night, but by day it is a tourist attraction with tours every hour. The National Civil Rights Museum is located at the historic Lorraine Motel where Dr Martin Luther King Junior was assassinated in 1968. The museum trails the long history of the Civil Rights movement from slavery to modern times, and a new annex to the museum explores the conspiracy behind Dr King's murder.


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Empowered Patient, a regular feature from CNN Medical News correspondent Elizabeth Cohen, helps put you in the driver's seat when it comes to health care.
Dr. Gail Gazelle, a patient advocate, says doctors can be quick to dismiss complex cases as psychological.
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- When teacher Karen Myhre fell to the floor after taking attendance one morning, her third-graders knew exactly what to do: Ring the bell to alert the school office, and run to get the school nurse.
The children were well-trained because Myhre had fainted in class before -- she'd also fainted in the principal's office, at the copier machine, at church, at a pizza restaurant and at home alone with her two small children.
Karen has seen an internist, a neurologist, a neurosurgeon, an anesthesiologist, a cardiologist, a psychiatrist, a psychologist, an electrophysiologist and an integrative medicine specialist, not to mention countless other physicians during three hospital stays, and she's still fainting. "It's extremely frustrating, and it's exhausting," Myhre says.
Myhre's experience is far from unique. Back pain, fainting, muscle aches and dizziness are just some of the problems doctors seem to have a hard time solving.
To help shed light on what to do when it seems no one can help, we put Myhre on the telephone with two physicians, Dr. Michael Victoroff and Dr. Gail Gazelle. Both are patient advocates; people pay them to help navigate medical mazes when they're not getting answers on their own. The following is their edited conversation with CNN medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen, and a list of tips for what to do if you're in a similar situation.
Myhre: Thank you for trying to help me.
Gazelle: The first thing you should know, Karen, is that you're not alone. You've had to walk through the mud and the mire of the medical system -- neurologist, psychiatrist, anesthesiologist -- this is quite a list here. This scenario is all too common. There are some problems the medical profession is ill-equipped to manage and treat. Fainting is one of them.
Cohen: Karen, tell us how this all started.
Myhre: It started with a migraine in September last year. I'd never had one before. I went to my internist and he gave me a shot of Demerol [a narcotic pain reliever] and Phenergan [an anti-nausea drug]. Then the next day I went into a cold sweat. I started shaking. I couldn't get words out. I was confused. I could hear people talking and I couldn't respond. I was in a wheelchair, and my hands contracted like a child with cerebral palsy. I was admitted to the hospital. They said it was serotonin syndrome -- a reaction between the Demerol and the Phenergan with the [antidepressant] Zoloft I've been taking for years.
Victoroff: Karen, tell me about the timing of all this. When did you have these symptoms?
Myhre: Almost exactly 24 hours after I got the Demerol and Phenergan shot.
Victoroff: Serotonin syndrome happens while the drugs are actively metabolizing. By 24 hours, I think the Demerol and the Phenergan would have already been metabolized. I don't know. But I'd want to grab a DPharm [doctor of pharmacy] and say, "Listen to this story. Does this sound right?"
Karen continued having migraines for several months. In January 2007, she had debilitating spasms in her neck. A neurosurgeon diagnosed bulging discs, and the pain went away with radiofrequency ablation, a process that destroys the nerves with heat. In May, she had her first fainting episode, quickly followed by several more. Karen went back to her family doctor.
Cohen: What did he say?
Myhre: He said, "Nothing's causing you to faint. You're making yourself faint intentionally. You're making yourself do this." He referred me to a psychologist.
Gazelle: This is what doctors do sometimes. If something doesn't fit into a nice, neat medical box, they say, "It must be psychological."
Victoroff: If your doctor had done even a cursory literature search, he would have seen there are 492 diseases that could cause fainting. How could he tell you you're just crazy? Had he ruled out all 492 other causes?
Later that month, Karen was admitted to a major research university for further testing. They diagnosed orthostatic hypotension -- low blood pressure when standing, and prescribed pindolol and Florinef, which still don't stop the fainting episodes.
Victoroff: Did you ask the doctors in the hospital, "Out of nowhere, I have these migraines and this nerve thing in my neck and the fainting. Could they all be related?"
Myhre: My husband, Jay, asked that -- could one be causing the other? And the neurologist was very quick to say, "No, no, it doesn't work that way." The neurologist had three residents with him, and they all nodded their heads. Jay thought, "Who am I to go up against four neurologists?"
Victoroff: In that situation, you can ask, "Can you help me understand why they're not connected?" Ask them what exactly makes them think that.
Myhre was discharged from the hospital in May, and in June her internist reduced her dose of Florinef, a drug that causes the kidneys to retain sodium and acts as a replacement for cortisone when the body doesn't produce enough on its own. Then, in August he increased the Florinef. In July, he took her off pindolol, a drug used to treat high blood pressure, and started her back up on it three days later. That day, she fainted in church. Her internist told her the problem is "severely dysfunctional coping skills." She fired him, and went to see a physician who specialized in integrative medicine. Myhre says under his care, her fainting episodes have decreased, but she still has them and is still extremely fatigued.
Cohen: So Karen, right now, how many different drugs and supplements are you taking?
Myhre: Florinef, Provigil, Cortef to increase cortisol levels, Yasmin [a birth control pill] to even out hormone levels throughout the month, and Vitamin B12 shots, Vitamin D, potassium, magnesium, and evening primrose oil.
Cohen: How many different doctors prescribed these?
Myhre: Five.
Here are some of the tips the doctors offered Myhre
Cohen: Dr. Victoroff, Dr. Gazelle -- if you were Karen's old college buddy and she called you up asking for advice, what would you tell her to do at this point?
Elizabeth Cohen is a correspondent with CNN Medical News.


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Hours before the start of a major NATO summit in Chicago, the Taliban's main spokesman released a lengthy statement signaling the insurgency was open to a political solution to the conflict, but accused NATO of "wavering in their stance" on negotiations.
"The Islamic Emirate has left all military and political doors open," read the statement, written in English and attributed to spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid. "[H]owever the invaders are utilizing a one step forward, two steps backwards tactic. They are conjuring artificial excuses to prolong the occupation of Afghanistan, are wavering in their stance and do not seem to have a clear strategy for a political solution."
Until NATO stops wavering, the statement continues, the Taliban considers the coalition's calls for talks to be "meaningless."
It was the Taliban who suspended negotiations in March following the burning of the Quran on a US base and a shooting spree by a US soldier. But the United States and NATO have continued to talk of seeking a negotiated settlement to the 11-year conflict.
Most recently, President Obama backed negotiating on a visit earlier this month to Afghanistan. However, he also outlined a new strategic pact with the US-backed government in Kabul that would let some American soldiers stay in Afghanistan past 2014 until 2024.
Obama's two-pronged message of peace talks but prolonged troop presence unsettled what appeared to be a Taliban strategy of running out the clock on the US withdrawal target of 2014. The Taliban's statement today suggests the insurgency is irked by the move to "prolong the occupation."
Whether Mr. Obama's gambit pushes the Taliban to publicly return to negotiations remains to be seen. While today's statement signaled openness again to negotiations, it also expressed doubts about NATO's sincerity in wanting to leave.
"The foreigners should forgo prolonging and complicating the Afghan issue for their colonialist objectives," the statement reads.
It goes on to remind NATO that, despite the 2024 extension, there are domestic pressures to wrap up the war soon. The statement cites a recent CBS News/New York Times poll in which 69 percent of respondents said the US shouldn't be involved in Afghanistan. Indeed, Monitor polling on the new US-Afghanistan strategic pact found nearly two-thirds of Americans reject the broad outlines of the deal.
The Taliban statement also reiterated the group's stance that they were not involved in the 9/11 attacks and will not allow Afghan soil to be used to launch attacks on other countries.
"The Islamic Emirate once again declares that it holds no agenda of harming anyone nor will it let anyone harm other countries from the soil of Afghanistan hence there is no reason for the occupying countries including America to continue the occupation of Afghanistan under the pretext of safeguarding its own security," the statement reads.
NATO helped overthrow the Taliban government in 2001 after the regime failed to hand over Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in the days following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — During a recent visit to Tallahassee, Seminole great and All-ACC basketball star Michael Snaer stopped by for a visit with Seminoles.com.
Snaer, one of the Seminoles' most decorated players, played for Enel Brindisi in Italy during the 2013-14 season. He averaged 25.3 minutes played per game and averaged 7.6 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.2 assist per game as he played in 30 of the Enel Brindisi's 32 games. Snaer shot .441 from the field and ranked second on the team with a .857 free throw shooting percentage and was the sixth leading scorer on his team.
The Most Valuable Player of the 2012 ACC Tournament, he led the Seminoles to three NCAA Tournament appearances and to the 2012 ACC Championship. He was a three-time All-ACC and two-time ACC All-Defensive Team honoree and finished with career high averages of 14.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.5 assist per game as s senior. Snaer earned his degree in family sand child sciences in 2013.
Snaer is recognized as the all-time NCAA leader with six buzzer-beating, game-winning shots during his career – two during his junior season (Jan. 21, 2102 at Duke and Feb. 16, 2012 at home against Virginia Tech) and four during his senior season (Jan. 24, 2013 at home against Clemson, Jan. 30, 2013 at home against Maryland, Feb. 5, 2013 at Georgia Tech and March 7, 2013 at home against Virginia). Each of the buzzer-beating shots came within 4.4 seconds of the end of the game with five coming within 2.6 seconds of the final buzzer. Of the six game-winners, four came on 3-pointers and two on drives, three came on kick-out passes and he created for himself against Virginia.


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Ahhh... it might officially be summer still, but fall is in the air. At least it is food-wise, that is.
August was a popular month for folks wanting to put up tomatoes, eat peach ice cream, cook up some ribs, make watermelon rind pickles, and indulge in southern style potato salad for sure.
But... unseasonably cooler weather in this part of The South and other parts of our fine country, have had folks hankerin' for some comfort foods too. Bean dishes, soup, old fashioned chicken pot pie and even good ole chicken and dumplings were being sought after.
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Watermelon Rind Pickles
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Mary-Arrchie Theatre's THE GLASS MENAGERIE to Move to Theater Wit, 5/22-6/30
Due to overwhelming demand, Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co.'s Jeff Recommended production of THE GLASS MENAGERIE directed by Hans Fleischmann will be moving the wonderful Theater Wit in Chicago with performances beginning May 22nd, 2013 for 6 additional weeks! The original 9 week run and extension at Angel Island is completely sold out. The critically acclaimed production will feature all the original Mary-Arrchie cast members.
Tickets for the remount will go on sale tomorrow Saturday, February 2nd at 12 pm online at www.theaterwit.org or by calling Theater Wit's box office at 773-975-8150.
Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co. presents a gritty re-imagining of Tennessee Williams' haunting, semi-autobiographical masterpiece THE GLASS MENAGERIE. The original memory play was the legendary playwright's first major success and is considered one of the great American plays of all time. Mary-Arrchie's version tells the story through the memories of a homeless man living on the streets of St. Louis, post-WWII. In his imagination, he relives the events that led to his ultimate demise. LA-based Jeff Award winning ensemble member Hans Fleischmann returned to Mary-Arrchie to direct this production, featuring an original score by Chicago musician Daniel Knox.
The production team for THE GLASS MENAGERIE includes: Rudy Galvan (asst. direction/dramaturg), Andrew Donnelly (stage mgmt), Matthew Gawryk (lights), Anna Henson (projections), Daniel Knox (composer), Grant Sabin (set), Stefin Steberl (costumes), Joe Court (sound design), Arianna Soloway (props), Gaby Labotka (rehearsal assistant), Mark Hackman (choreography).
Directed by Hans Fleischmann, the cast features: Walter Briggs (Jim), Maggie Cain (Amanda), Joanne Dubach (Laura), and Hans Fleischmann (Tom).
Performances will take place at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont, Chicago, May 22nd - June 30th, 2013, Thursday-Saturday at 8 pm; Sundays at 3 pm. Tickets: $37 General Admission ; $32 for Students/Seniors. Tickets available at www.theaterwit.org or by calling Theater Wit's box office at 773-975-8150.


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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Rory McIlroy abruptly walked off the course Friday at the Honda Classic, telling reporters who followed him to his car he's "not in a good place mentally."
He later said it was more dental than mental, releasing a statement that he couldn't concentrate because of a sore wisdom tooth.
The surprising departure raised serious questions about golf's No. 1 player with the Masters just more than a month away. McIlroy has played only four rounds in three tournaments this year, and this was a clear sign of frustration.
McIlroy was asked three times if anything was wrong physically and said there was not.
"There's not really much I can say, guys," he told three reporters before he drove away. "I'm not in a good place mentally, you know."
McIlroy already was 7-over par through eight holes of the second round when he hit his second shot into the water on the par-5 18th at PGA National. He shook hands with Ernie Els and Mark Wilson and was headed to the parking lot before they even finished the hole.
Els also hit into the water on the 18th and was complaining to a rules official about the muddy conditions of the fairway when he realized McIlroy was through.
"I was dropping my ball and I realized he wasn't dropping his ball," Els said. "I thought maybe his ball crossed further up (the hazard). When I hit my fourth shot, he just came up and said, 'Here's my card. I'm out of here.'"
About an hour after he left, McIlroy released a statement that pinned his withdrawal on dental problems.
"I have been suffering with a sore wisdom tooth, which is due to come out in the near future," McIlroy said. "It began bothering me again last night, so I relieved it with Advil. It was very painful again this morning, and I was simply unable to concentrate. It was really bothering me and had begun to affect my playing partners."
He was seen eating a sandwich on the 18th fairway.
McIlroy apologized to the tournament, saying he had every intention of defending his title at the Honda Classic. He said on Twitter he was "gutted."
"I'm a great fan of Rory's, but I don't think that was the right thing to do," Els said.
Told about McIlroy's statement about the sore wisdom tooth, Els softened his stance, not wanting to judge another player's pain.
"I didn't see anything, but if he had a toothache, that's what it is, you know?" Els said. "Hey, it's tough. If you ask him how he's feeling now, he's obviously feeling terrible for what's happened this morning."
"I didn't notice anything," Wilson said. "He wasn't playing the way the world No. 1 plays normally. Didn't hit the ball where he wanted to, and he's a true gentleman, though. He ... wasn't treating Ernie and myself in a different way. He was upset with his golf and I guess he had enough for the week."
McIlroy, coming off a year in which he won a second major in record fashion, already set himself up for scrutiny when he left Titleist to sign an equipment deal with Nike that was said to be worth upward of $20 million a year.
Nike introduced him with blaring music and a laser show in Abu Dhabi, but it's been all downhill from there.
McIlroy missed the cut in the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship with rounds of 75-75. He took a four-week break, and then was eliminated in the opening round of the Match Play Championship to Shane Lowry in one of the most poorly played matches of the round.
McIlroy played 36 holes with Tiger Woods at The Medalist on Sunday and said Tuesday it was no time to panic.
"Even though my results haven't revealed it, I really felt like I was rounding a corner," McIlroy said. "This is one of my favorite tournaments of the year and I regret having to make the decision to withdraw, but it was one I had to make."
It looked more like McIlroy was sinking than rounding the corner, not difficult to do on a course with so many water hazards. And he found plenty of them.
McIlroy, who opened with a 70, hit two poor chips that led to double bogey on No. 11, and a wild tee shot to the right led to a bogey on the 13th. His round really unraveled on the par-4 16th, when he hit his tee shot to the right and into the water, took a penalty drop and then came up short of the green and into the water again. He made a 6-foot putt for a triple bogey.
He three-putted from 40 feet, running his first putt about 10 feet by the hole, for a bogey to go 7 over. And then came the approach on the 18th that found water for the third time on his short day.
McIlroy is scheduled to play next week in the Cadillac Championship at Doral, which has no cut, and then the Houston Open. But on the first day of March, he has completed only four rounds of competition.
Els said the attention on McIlroy was sure to increase.
"I didn't think much of the equipment change. We've all made equipment changes before," said Els, who has used three brands of clubs to win majors. "I think there was a bit of criticism somewhere, and then I think he's furthering responding to that, and I think he's got a bit of pressure coming on him that way. I thought he played quite well yesterday. I thought he was pretty close to playing good golf, and unfortunately this morning ... hopefully he gets it together. We've got next week, got four rounds there. Such a talented player, he'll get it figured out."
It was the second straight year one of golf's biggest stars failed to finish a tournament on the Florida swing. Woods withdrew after 11 holes on the final round at Doral last year because of tightness in his Achilles tendon, raising questions about the seriousness of his recurring leg injuries. He won Bay Hill two weeks later.
McIlroy at least drove off from PGA National without a helicopter camera following him.


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Hey friends in Riverside, Willowbranch Library is hosting a party for the 80th anniversary of the branch opening. The Zine Collection will have a small display set up so stop by and check out a few zines. There will be games, arts, crafts and face painting for the kids. Celebrate local history in Riverside and support your public library.


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1 (15 oz) container Ricotta Cheese
1 large egg
1 small handful of Italian Parsley (about 1/3 cup) chopped
a small pinch of red pepper
2 and 1/4 cups freshly grated Mozzarella cheese, divided
3/4 cup freshly, fresh grated Parmesan cheese, divided
1/3 cup freshly, finely grated asiago cheese
1/4 tsp salt
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10-12 uncooked lasagna noodles
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2 Tablespoons olive oil
2 cloves garlic roasted and minced
dash of nutmeg
1 and 3/4 cups heavy cream
3 Tablespoons cream cheese or cooking creme (if you don't have any, increase heavy cream to 2 cups)
1/4 heaping teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese (if you grate it yourself it's smoother than the pre-grated for some reason)
2 teaspoons parsley
1/2 heaping cup mozzarella cheese
1 recipe homemade pesto, or 3 Tablespoons of store pesto in a jar or one package Knorr Pesto sauce mix (in the seasoning aisle), prepared as directed with oil and water.
Melt butter and olive oil in medium sized pan over medium/low heat.
Add the garlic, cream, and cream cheese, bringing mixture to a simmer, stirring frequently.
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While this cooks (3-5 minutes) quickly saute about 1/3 of a bag of fresh spinach in a pan very lightly brushed with olive oil and a dash of garlic powder until wilted (use only a minimum of oil or a non stick cooking spray, you don't want extra oil).
Remove Alfredo sauce from heat and add spinach. Pour a cup into the bottom of a cooking pan. Place 4-8 lasagna bundles seam side down (I cooked five so there was lots of yummy sauce left). Pour remainder of sauce over lasagna bundles and tent lightly with foil (should not touch sauce). Bake in preheated 375 F. degree oven for 35 minutes. Stir sauce around bundles before serving.
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1 cup fresh basil leaves
1/3 cup pine nuts or walnuts
2 garlic cloves
1/3 cup olive oil (use really good quality oil)
1 cup grated Parmesan
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Reader review by Kooshmeister. This is the 1976 remake featuring Rick Baker in the suit and the giant gorilla climbing the World Trade Center. It also includes Kong gazing luridly at the lovely Jessica Lange.
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June 27, 2007, 03:16:44 AM »
Well, OK, the log-rolling scene does make it look like this movie's a bit hokey. I don't see why anyone would hate it, though. I mean, there's a kind of humor in repetition, and this certainly had some humor to it that way, intentional or otherwise.
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June 27, 2007, 08:13:01 AM »
I was in the air force when I saw this one. Everybody LAUGHED at the "tragic" ending!
Why did they bother to have a cast? That jerk hippie did almost EVRYTHING as the origonal cast!
In the theaters, hippie-boy cheered when the chopper hit the building. In the TV version, this was eith cut out or they have him cheering when the guys with the flame-throwers got crushed. BUT since the torch-men were on the roof of the tower hippie-boy was on, he couldn't possible see that happen!
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June 27, 2007, 09:17:08 AM »
Thanks for the great review, Koosh.
You brought back a childhood memory for me: I was nine when I saw this and I remember bawling my eyes out when Kong bit the pavement.
I agree, this film was unfairly panned: IMO, it was better than the original and miles better than the sequel.
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June 27, 2007, 12:21:37 PM »
A rather enjoyable outing, though I remember it dragging a bit--I was just 14 at the time. I am not the only one, however, that thought Peter Jackson's remake was s l o w. I give a well-deserved nod to Rick Baker's ape-up, but I still prefer Willis O'Brien's stop-motion monkey shenanigans.
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June 27, 2007, 09:10:24 PM »
Jessica Lange was quite the babe back in the day. She looks even better in the remake of The Postman Always Rings Twice (though you have to put up with Nicholson in the buff as well in that).
The 1976 version has its quirky charms at times, I'll give it that, but overall it just doesn't do anyting for me.
and I also didn't have any problems with the Peter Jackson version.
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June 28, 2007, 06:49:58 AM »
I loved the Peter Jackson version. The first section which everyone complains about as being "too slow" is important for the character development of all the major players except Kong, and the movie isn't just about him. But then I do have a real soft spot for movies set during the Depression, don't ask me why.
I also loved the 1976 version though, and I thought the original was goofy. Not just for the special effects, which were pretty standard for the time, the original just never resonated with me.
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Sorry, I absolutely despise this and the horrendous sequel, King Kong Lives. I was under the impression only Dino thought highly of his wretched version of a monster classic. It's just utterly putrid. The effects are awful, the modernisation of the film is diabolical, it's just bad,bad, BAD!
In fact the nicest thing I can say about it is that it is better than KKLives but to be fair, a film of a dog turd being rolled around a tumble dryer would be more entertaining. It's not good bad, it's just garbage.
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"White sailors die, token black sailor lives."
Oh, for... Given that in 90% of horror/monster movies the token black guy dies horribly (occasionally just tossing his life away to save the white stars, as in the end of
), this isn't something even the most race-obsessed insecure little white boy should get his panties bunched up over.
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June 29, 2007, 11:26:47 AM »
When I got on the site and read it, I honestly thought Andrew wrote it (just with a lack of humor).
I was raised on those giant monster movies, and this one held itself as one of my favorites.
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This movie has some bright spots -- that is, the two or three spots in the movie where something actually happens. In the '33 original, there was stuff happening from the time Kong showed up to the time he fell off the Empire State Building. In this one, nothing happens for a while. Kong shows up. Nothing happens for a while. Kong knocks some guys off a log. Nothing happens for a while. Kong pretends to wrestle a rubber snake he keeps around to impress the ladies. Nothing happens for a while. Kong stands around and gets pasted by choppers. The end. (I don't count Kong casually strolling into a hole full of dry ice vapor as something happening.)
You know, I hate Jack Prescott. Kong killing soldiers and smashing a helicopter I can deal with; he's just an animal defending himself. However, there are several reasons
Jack Prescott
should not be cheering when Kong does it!
Kong himself is kind of cool. I know the reason he walks upright is because they couldn't make it look convincing for Rick Baker to walk on all fours but I like to imagine Kong is supposed to be some kind of giant hominid in this version.
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I think the main reason this movie got such lousy reviews was people wanted to hate it even before it was released. Up to then, KK was considered one of the untouchable classics (think: Wizard of Oz, Gone With the Wind, etc) that couldn't and shouldn't be remade. I remember De Laurentiis started taking flak when he began the project, and it didn't let up until after it hit the theaters. It would've had to be the best movie ever to overcome that kind of pre-judgement, but unfortunately it wasn't. I also remember they even did a skit about the situation on SNL, with John Belushi as De Laurentiis, protesting "Hey, when-a Jaws die, nobody-a cry. When-a my Kong dies, EVERYBODY-a cry!" (sorry, I couldn't find a clip of that online; it's a lot funnier than it sounds in writing.)
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There's a multitude of reasons this film fails, many more than I want to go into here, but I'll go over a couple.
Kong in this film isn't a "King!" In this film Kong doesn't do anything to demonstrate why he should be as worshipped as he is (yes, he's huge, but that's not enough). When Kong fought dinosaurs in the original, it showed that not only was the island a dangerous place, but that Kong
to be the best to survive; he
the title of king. In the '76 version, his title is really based on people's memory of the original. It doesn't stand on its own.
Something completely absent in this review is the mention of the awful full-size Kong puppet used in about 5 seconds of screen time, when he's presented in the arena in a cage. That moment pretty much summed up the entire film to me, a big hollow spectacle that fails to impress.
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Quote from: Happenstance on June 29, 2007, 05:53:18 AM
"White sailors die, token black sailor lives."
Oh, for... Given that in 90% of horror/monster movies the token black guy dies horribly (occasionally just tossing his life away to save the white stars, as in the end of
), this isn't something even the most race-obsessed insecure little white boy should get his panties bunched up over.
Now where did I mention that Boan (the black sailor) surviving was a bad thing? Why does my mentioning it offhand in the "Stuff to watch for" section automatically make you assume I have something against it? Sheesh. The very fact the black guy almost always dies while the white guys live is
why I mentioned it
in the first place. Besides, no one else does, amazingly. Given how often it goes the other way, you'd think the black guy living while all the white guys swan-dive off the log would get some more attention but I've seen exactly one other review for this movie mention it.
Quote from: Frank3 on July 09, 2007, 02:35:09 PM
Something completely absent in this review is the mention of the awful full-size Kong puppet used in about 5 seconds of screen time, when he's presented in the arena in a cage. That moment pretty much summed up the entire film to me, a big hollow spectacle that fails to impress.
You yourself said it's only in there for about five seconds anyway, so I don't see the point in focusing on something that you'll miss if you blink, good or bad, in a review that covers only the basics. I will admit I probably should've at least mentioned it under the "Stuff to watch for" section, but I just generally don't focus much on special effects type stuff, especially if, as you say, it's barely there at all.
EDIT: Having said that, I do have a much longer review for the movie posted somewhere and I think I do mention the robot Kong prop in it. If I don't, feel free to pelt me with sno cones (and no, I don't know why I said "sno cones" XD).
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I remember being 9ish in the late 80s and catching bits of the latter half of this while playing at a friend's house. Even then, that snake made me think almost out loud: "boy I hope this isn't the only other monster here"...but I was struck by the comparatively more realistic monster blood.
This contributes nothing to the subject of the conversation, but I wanted an excuse to say that the author of king kong also wrote that he didn't think of aboriginal africans as people. Regardless the original and latest say nothing about human on human colonialism and everything about human on wildlife/nature colonialism.
I look forward to the day when more black movie-makers seek to make non-'black culture'-targeting movies, and more white movie producers fund them, and we all watch the monster rather than the ethnicity of who he kills.
In Peter Jackson's version the friendship between the black sailor and the white street urchin was totally plastic and unnecessary, but I saw his move to kill kong up close portray him as the toughest guy on the boat...and I still cried at the end no matter who kong killed.
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"I was scared," she said.
By turning to herbs, she said she was able to avoid any doctors' bills while her children were growing up. If one of her daughters was coming down with a cold, she would give her Echinacea tea, which has proven powers to soothe respiratory symptoms. It is sometimes used for asthma patients.
Echinacea is another flowering plant that grows in the Flint Hills, but residents can look in their own back yard for remedies. Woodward praised the abilities of dandelions, which are good for cardiovascular and digestive health and are chocked full of B and C vitamins. She also grows many herbs herself like basil and sage.
"I've learned a world of information," Woodward said of her four-decade journey as an herbalist. "How to take care of yourself; how to become responsible for your health. Your body uses what is natural. You can have a healthier lifestyle."
Woodward is giving a class May 18 at her home 111 W. 6th St., Florence that includes recipes using herbs.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Flooding brought on by heavy rains in Pakistan is creating a humanitarian and national disaster not seen in generations, a U.N. official said.
Heavy monsoon rains are soaking parts of Asia, triggering massive floods throughout the region. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said more than 1,600 people have died and another 6 million are in need of emergency assistance.
Pakistani authorities said around 2.6 million acres -- around 4,000 square miles -- of crop land are under water and more than 300,000 homes were destroyed.
"Thousands of villages and towns in low-lying areas have not seen flooding on this scale in generations," Andrej Mahecic, a spokesman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, was quoted by the United Nations as saying.
OCHA said it received more than $44 million for flood relief, with another $91 million pledged. The U.S. Agency for International Development said it was committing another $20 million in financial assistance.
"Our response is consistent with our humanitarian values and our deep commitment to Pakistan," a statement from the U.S. State Department read.
Heavy rain and flooding have cut parts of Pakistan off from the rest of the country, though U.N. agencies said weather conditions have improved.


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With the continued success of Apple over the last several years, it's easy to forget that things haven't always been rosy in Cupertino. At one point things were looking pretty grim—it even seemed as though the end was near, and some may argue it was. Then things started to turn around: the Steve took over, the iMac shipped, and it has been, pretty much all gravy since. However, it is always good to look back on past mistakes for "those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it." A web site called "New Launches" has compiled a list of the "Top 10 Apple products which flopped" to humble us during good times.
The list, like many lists of this type, has some products that we couldn't agree more with, but also has some that make us scratch our heads. Among the "flops" we agree with are Cyberdog, Tailigent (Taili-what?), and eWorld. The obvious head-scratchers, for us, include the the "Apple" Pippin and the Motorola ROKR. It seems odd to blame a product's lack of success on a company who wasn't solely responsible for the failure. The Bandai Pippin, in my mind, was more of a failure of Bandai then Apple, and the Motrola ROKR lack of success can hardly be blamed on Apple, can it?
I also question the lack of success of the 20th Century Mac and the Macintosh TV considering they were limited runs of 10,000 each. I'm not sure that the article got more correct than incorrect, but that's what makes it fun. In my eyes, the iPod HiFi should probably be added to the list of flops while some of the other entries that I mentioned should probably be taken off. There are a few that saw moderate success that should have been flops. So we ask you, what are your personal top five Apple flops?