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1000 Playwright Interviews The first interview I posted was on June 3, 2009. It was Jimmy Comtois. I decided I would start interview...
May 26, 2010
I Interview Playwrights Part 179: Cory Hinkle
Cory Hinkle
Hometown: Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Current Town: Minneapolis, MN
Q: What are you working on now?
A: I'm writing a solo piece for a Minneapolis actor, Terry Hempleman. Terry's the kind of actor that can say almost anything onstage and the audience will still like him, which works perfectly for the character I'm creating. He's a disgruntled American loosely inspired by the tea partiers and also a bit by Dostoyevsky's Man from Underground.
I've been fascinated by the tea party movement if for no other reason than a lot of my family is very much involved. I'm interested in exploring the kind of paranoia that seems to have taken hold of so much of the "real America." I'm also interested in writing a play from a more right-leaning perspective because I think this may actually be a play that provokes an American theater audience. I've read a stack of solo plays in preparation, so I feel I should know what I'm doing with the form but still it's really challenging, but helps to have an actor in mind.
I'm also re-writing my play The Killing of Michael X, A New Film by Celia Wallace, which will be in this year's Bay Area Playwrights Festival. It's a play about grief and one young girl's ability to deal with the loss of her brother only by seeing his death through the lense of the film she plans to make about him. The problem is she can't start the film, so she can only imagine the film she might make, which the play becomes.
Q: How would you characterize the Minneapolis theater scene?
A: The exciting thing is there are some really talented people here and some good small theater companies – Ten Thousand Things, Walking Shadow Theater, Workhaus Collective, Red Eye, Bedlam, Open Eye Figure Theater, and a few others. There are also some good physical theater companies and devisors who are carrying on the work Jeune Lune was doing for 25 years like Jon Ferguson Theater and Live Action Set. Also, the Jeune Lune artists are still doing really exciting work.
And the presence of the Playwrights' Center for so many years has created a community of actors that are very good with new plays. The one real negative about the Twin Cities is that even with so many playwrights here and so many new plays there are only a slim number of quality productions by the larger or mid-sized companies. You pretty much have to do it yourself, or very occasionally one of the larger theaters does a new play. That part is disappointing, but it might be changing. Smaller companies are doing a lot more quality new work now than when I first moved here so maybe the larger theaters will catch on, or maybe the smaller companies will take over.
Q: Tell me, if you will, a story from your childhood that explains who you are as a writer or as a person.
A: My dad grew up on a farm, but moved to the "big city," (Bartlesville, OK, a town of 35,000) after my parents got married and when I was young (usually on a Sunday) he would say "you wanna drive up to Cow Town?" which was his name for Copan, OK (pop. 560) the little town where he grew up. And we would drive up there and go from farm to farm and talk to whoever happened to be around. I was a quiet kid and would watch these strange, grizzled farmers (the kind of farmers who probably don't even exist anymore) talk about all sorts of things. My dad grew up there and was just as interested in how different they were from our regular lives just half and hour away. It's a long road from Sunday drives with my dad to writing plays, but they're connected – I learned early to watch for the idiosyncratic in other people.
Q: If you could change one thing about theater, what would it be?
A: More artists on the payrolls. If an Artistic Director is going to get a salary of over 600,000 dollars (like one of our large theaters here in Minnesota) there should be artists on the payroll, all year round.
Q: Who are or were your theatrical heroes?
A: Beckett, Tennessee Williams, Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory, Shepard, Fornes, Len Jenkin. Recently, I discovered Bernard Marie Koltes and was blown away (Battle of Blacks and Dogs is one of my new favorite plays).
Q: What kind of theater excites you?
A: Workhaus collaborated on a play this year called Fissures (lost and found) and the entire play was delivered directly to the audience. For me, the most exciting thing was how immediate and theatrical it felt for the audiences who saw it. We got rid of any pretense of reality and created a purely theatrical reality. I don't think every play should be direct address, but it's a good way to cut the distance audiences seem to feel now between themselves and new plays. I'm excited by theater that engages the audience in the theatricality of the play and asks them to participate one way or another.
Q: What advice do you have for playwrights just starting out?
A: As this interview series makes clear there's a lot of competition out there. It also seems there are fewer and fewer opportunities. So you have to be unbelievably prolific. And you have to create your own opportunities.
Q: Plugs, please:
A: Our resident company of playwrights here in Minneapolis: www.workhauscollective.org
In June, we're doing a workshop of Deborah Stein's collaboration with Suli Holum, Chimera.
And our entire next season is exciting: Carson Kreitzer's Freakshow directed by Ben McGovern in the fall. My play, Little Eyes directed by an awesome director Jeremy Wilhelm (http://jeremywilhelm.com) in February. And Christina Ham's Glyph directed by one of the best directors in the Twin Cities Marion Mcclinton in April.
My wife, Victoria Stewart has a production of Hardball at Seattle's Live Girls Theater in October.
And fellow Workhaus-er Dominic Orlando has two productions of Danny Casalaro Died for You at Next Theater in Chicago and Well Fleet Harbor Actor's Theater both happening in the fall.
And I would love to see Greg Moss' new play opening at Soho Rep in the fall, or his House of Gold at Woolly Mammoth.
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Oh my god, there's so much effective information above!
- Anonymous said...
This is so great because Cory really hates giving out any sort of personal info on the web, and this interveiw lets us see a bit of the actual cory
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California voters are being told that they will see the crime rate go down if they vote to legalize marijuana commercially; this has not been the case in the state of Colorado or the city of Denver.
Since the legalization of recreational marijuana in Colorado:
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Mountains rise and fall away, huge treeless flanks scraped with stone and snow. An avalanche has taken a bite off the surface below a peak a ways back, but nothing close to the road has fallen. Below them on the right, the inlet waits for the return of the tide, but Nazlı can't keep her eyes off the cliff rising from the other shoulder. One good slide could keep them stranded out here for days. All the snow winter had been putting off fell at once, complicating Thanksgiving travel and pushing the in-towners into a Christmas-shopping frenzy.
She'd thought she was going to be glad to get out of town for a night. She's thinking better of it now.
"Why? It's not like they provide benefits. This way, I can do what I want and not go with you on the stupid shit."
"I feel like you only come with me on the stupid shit."
"That's because it's all stupid shit, Julian. Do you think Bishop would even hire me for real?"
"She's never told me to leave you out of it," he says, shrugging.
"I guess she did hire you."
He glances away from the highway to grin at her. "See?"
Her fingers clench involuntarily on the edge of the seat every time the headlights sweep out over nothing, this two-lane track cut directly into the side of a mountain that, by rights, should drop directly into the sea. Tons of rock and snow hangs directly above them, and it's totally dark now the orange glow of Anchorage's collected streetlights has faded from the rearview.
They turn off at the Hope junction right as the dashboard clock flips over to midnight. Julian shakes his head.
"There's some kind of parable at this crossroads."
"Good lord," says Nazlı. "Like, if you don't have Hope, you… end up in Seward?"
"We should do a reckoning down here some day," he laughs.
The Hope Highway is even darker than the main drag, passing through dense evergreens that seem to suck any remaining light out of the night. The grope of their headlights looks like found footage from a bad horror flick. Twenty minutes later, when they turn off onto the gravel, a thread of uncertainty tickles through her. Something slippery and escaping feels strange.
The residence they are to visit is on the very outer edge of the tiny community of Hope. It's almost a gold rush ghost town, on the far side of an actual gold rush ghost town called Sunrise, and at this hour there's little to indicate that some two hundred souls do still live here. Living souls, even. The kind the census counts. Way down at the end of Cripple Creek Road, buried in trees and suffocating in darkness, is a house with a light bleeding through the curtains on one upstairs window. Julian maneuvers the truck around so it's facing out of the drive and also toward the open end of the road, because he hates feeling like he'll be hemmed into an awkward fifteen point turn in the unlikely but possible event of needing to make a getaway, and they pile out.
Above them, Nazlı sees the curtains twitch and then press to the glass from behind, as though somebody was caught looking and then withdrew fast to hold the cover closed against the window. Nonetheless, Julian has to knock twice before there's any sound of movement on the other side.
The door opens just a crack, revealing a leathery slice of an elderly woman's face.
"Are you those… people?" she says, so close to a whisper it's comical.
Nazlı opens her mouth but catches Julian's elbow in her ribs before she gets a chance to say anything.
"I'm Julian Faith and this is my colleague Nazlı Kelis. I understand there have been some… difficult to explain situations with a young person in the house?"
She looks between them. Nazlı puts on a smile. The door swings open far enough to let them through and then closes again, bolting tightly against the darkness outside.
"She's this way. With her parents."
The old woman's voice had a bit of an unkind slant on the word parents, as though there was some irony to be wrought from the term. Behind her, Nazlı and Julian exchanged a glance before following in silence.
The child and the parents are upstairs in a small bedroom, a child's bedroom, with the latter seated at either side of the narrow bed, though they stand when the two strangers arrive.
Nazlı's nerves sizzle again. The old woman has shown them into the room but not actually set foot across the threshold of the door, and the mother is smiling at the apologetically but also seems to be looking a bit over her shoulder, at the crone standing in the darkened hallway. The whole house is quite dark, actually. Nazlı doesn't always realize because she sees so well in low light, but the old woman only carried one small candle and Julian had to ascend the stairs haltingly, with one hand dragging on the wall.
"Thank you, Mother," the woman on the left side of the bed says.
Mother whispers something behind them that could have been an oath and closes the door to the bedroom, raising the hairs on the back of Nazlı's neck. Julian takes point. Her job, at this stage, is to watch, and particularly to listen, but not to him. Not to anyone in this room, really.
The child is the trouble. It's a girl, maybe six, and she's asleep at the moment, but Nazlı can tell that sleep is shallow, and feverish. There's something slant about the room, too, a fuzz of magic, but she can't quite get her fingers around it. Maybe Mother has attempted a remedy of her own. She's clearly the superstitious one, here, from the half-sentences she's catching of Julian's conversation with the adults in the room.
Mother wasn't wrong, though. This kid, if Nazlı has to place a knee-jerk guess, is either haunted or possessed. It's difficult to tell with her eyes closed. The parents—whose names, she gathers, are Mr. and Mrs. Lubbock—were at least swayed enough by the old woman's rantings that they allowed someone from… outside the medical convention to be invited to the house in the middle of the night.
Normally Nazlı and Julian show up some time after the priest and the low-budget paranormal investigators. At least, that's the joke.
Whatever is hanging around on the air has settled between her teeth like a layer of fine sand, inhaled on the road and impossible to flush by spitting but compelling you to try anyway. She wants to be alone in the room for fifteen minutes so she can dig up whatever the old lady did. Doubtless some kind of half-remembered mojo bag or malformed underground vegetable hidden in the slats of the poor kids bed or behind a panel of kickboard.
Regardless of whether you believe there is an inherent blood division between magicians and the general population, there's plenty of evidence to illustrate that a larger share of people practiced historically than they do today. As attitudes changed, as organized religions that wanted to outsource magical doings to the control of priests and prophets, cherished family traditions that represented generations of collected research faded into anecdotes and superstition, folk wisdom, a charming bit of antiquated cultural flair. As a result, instructions and interdictions get lost.
"Yes, that would be just fine, Mrs. Lubbuck," Julian says, his hand closing around her arm with a slightly tighter grip than strictly necessary to get her attention. "We'll let her sleep for the night, poor thing, but don't hesitate to come wake us if something changes."
Julian has done what Julian does best, and charmed his way into the confidence of the stricken parents, who are going to let them stay and observe, at least for the night and into the next day. Since the kid isn't presenting 'symptoms' right now, or whatever.
Mrs. Lubbock leads them back through the hallways, having taken another candle in a little, tarnished holder from a table beside the child's bed.
"I'm sorry about the dark," she says. "The snow knocked our power out the day before yesterday and it still hasn't come back. We heat by wood stove, but we try not to run the generator unless we have to."
"That's no problem. We'll manage."
Apologizing further about the scant accommodations, she shows them to a small room off the other end of the hallway, a seldom-used office by the look of the stacked papers spilling over the keyboard on the desk and dusty, out-dated computer monitor. She brought them some spare blankets, told them which door went to the restroom, and then began to withdraw.
Just before closing the door behind her, Mrs. Lubbock turns to lay her hand gently on Nazlı's forearm. Throughout all this, she's been remarkably calm, especially in contrast to the panicky old woman, but there is tension and weariness in the thin skin around her eyes.
"Tell me," she says, locking eyes with Nazlı. "Is my child dying?"
"I… we, ah, have no reason to think so, Mrs. Lubbock," Nazlı stammers, patting her hand. "I'm sure everything is going to be fine."
Julian usually does the talking, and when the woman finally excuses herself after another long moment of staring into Nazlı's face, she finds him staring.
"What the fuck was that?"
Nazlı pushes her hair out of her face, a fine tremor having worked its way into her fingers. "She knows what I am."
"Huh? …You sure?"
"Just… the way she looked at me. I think she knows. Like… she was asking me, Julian. She wasn't asking for some useless reassurance from a stranger about something none of us are equipped to know. She was asking me if I see death, here."
He kicks the chair out from the desk and scatters his limbs into something like a sitting position. "Well. Do you?"
"I don't think so. Not on the kid, anyway. But I'd like to have a second look."
They spread their borrowed blankets out on the floor, talking idly through what was going to happen when morning came. They'll need to speak to the child, to the Lubbocks, and to the grandmother to see if any folk medicine had been introduced to the scenario. Mainly, though, they're killing time and making it sound like they're satisfied that there is nothing more to be done tonight and will go to bed. The real work must begin immediately, without the interference of the family.
"Did you see where the master bedroom was?" Nazlı says, much more quietly. Now, they're knee-to-knee in the middle of the blankets with the candle Mrs. Lubbock left in between them.
"Yes, it's at the other end of the hall, next to the kid's room."
"That's gonna be delicate."
Julian nods. "We could actually wait until tomorrow."
"Fuck, no. There's even a slim chance we could get this sorted and get the hell out of here before sunrise. I do not like the smell of this place."
"You think there's more going on than… I don't know, the usual?"
"What the fuck is that supposed to mean? The usual?"
He shrugs, carefully pinching a little bit of very fine black powder out of a leather satchel that smudges his knuckles with the stuff. "Since this is even making you edgy, I guess we'll just say a prayer that this is simple, yeah?"
Nazlı looks down. "Let's just get this done. I'll feel better when we have a better idea of what we're dealing with."
Julian nods, and rubs the powder from his fingers into the yellow flame of the candle. The faint smell of paraffin wax sours for a moment with a puff of metallic smoke, leaving an odor on the air that's almost like blood. The flame gutters, and as Julian's special spice gets drawn up the wick, turns black, sucking the dim light out of the room.
Nazlı pushes her way up and reaches down to help him to his feet. The enchantment that will keep them more or less hidden from the other eyes and ears in the house, at least the human ones, could falter if he's not holding the candle. On the other hand, Nazlı's the only one of the pair of them that can see. Fortunately, they've done this move before, and Nazlı's guided their nocturnal adventures with her gifted night-vision since they were kids. She stands behind him, her right hand on his right shoulder and her left reaching beyond his candle-arm to open the door.


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Parent Advocate Program
Through the work of our Parent Advocates, staff and devoted volunteers, CURE offers families a wide range of emotional support and care by:
• Helping families understand their child's diagnosis and acting as their liaison to medical and psychosocial staff.
• Providing comfort and support through visits with patients and families who are hospitalized or at the Outpatient Clinic / Treatment Center.
• Supplying a CURE Tote Bag filled with comfort items for newly diagnosed patients and their families.
• Holding weekly Coffee Group meetings at the hospital allowing families to share their experiences and support each other.
- Delivering CURE's Patient/Parent Organizer, a tool to help newly diagnosed patients and caregivers keep track of vital information about the patient's illness and treatment
- Parent Support Groups
Every other Wednesday, CURE's Parent Advocates host a Facebook Live session at 12 PM that can be accessed by anyone on Facebook – including families who are inpatient, outpatient or even long-term survivors. They cover topics ranging from meeting hospital staff to handling a pediatric cancer diagnosis to how to handle losing a child. An Outpatient/On Treatment Support Group occurs at the CURE office (200 Westfall Road) the 2nd Wednesday every month from 12 – 1. RSVPs are not required. A Long-Term Survivor Support Group occurs at the CURE office (200 Westfall Road) the 4th Wednesday every month from 6:30 – 8PM. RSVPs are not required.
Educational Assistance
Advances in childhood cancer treatment and therapy have enhanced the long-term survival and rate of children that have been diagnosed with cancer. However, research confirms that various cancers and their therapies often adversely affect a child's educational development and functioning.
CURE helps to coordinate the varied educational needs of students into a cohesive program. This includes working with teachers, guidance counselors and school administrators in order to insure that the special educational needs of cancer patients are met. CURE's goal is to insure that a child's educational needs are met both while undergoing treatment and after treatment ends.
We work closely with parents to help them navigate their child's return back to school as well as any educational deficits they may be experiencing. Through our Education Liason consultant, parents can have a professional review their child's records and make suggestions about testing and referral services to meet the child's educational needs. In addition, we work closely with parents to talk to teachers, administrators and other educators to help them understand a child's learning limitations during and after treatment and then implement support services when needed.
We also work to coordinate free supplemental tutoring for children who need additional help with school work but who no longer qualify for tutors provided by the school district through a program supported by CURE called BOOST. BOOST uses both current and retired teachers who work with students helping them better understand the material being presented at the child's grade level and keep the student on track academically.
Agnes K Mackey Memorial Fund
The Board of Directors of CURE established the Agnes K. Mackey Memorial Fund in 1986, in memory of Agnes. K. Mackey. Mrs. Mackey was a strong supporter of CURE who had a wonderful gift for making people feel special. The fund was developed to provide families with financial assistance. A child's cancer diagnosis can create a financial burden for a family. Often parents have to take a leave of absence from work without pay at a time when they are overwhelmed with enormous expenses.
The Agnes K. Mackey Fund is available to families being served by CURE and who are treated at Golisano Children's Hospital who demonstrate a need. Grants are submitted by the social worker at the hospital and approved as soon as possible, without the wait or red tape associated with other assistance programs. In the past, grants have been awarded to help with requests for such expenses as utility bills, groceries, co-pays for medication and funeral costs. This fund also allows CURE to distribute parking vouchers for the Strong Memorial Hospital Garage to every patient in both inpatient and outpatient areas of the Hematology/Oncology Department. Meal vouchers are also distributed to parents who have a child staying in the inpatient area of the hospital. It is CURE's mission to make sure the parent(s) is/are taken care of to the best of our ability so they can care for their child.
Since it was established, the Agnes K. Mackey Memorial Fund has distributed over $500,000 to families in need of financial aid. Please contact your social worker about requesting a grant from the Agnes K. Mackey Memorial Fund.
Angel Fund:
The Angel Fund was established by past Board Chair, Marc Johnson, and serves as emergency assistance funding for families who are currently undergoing treatment or find themselves in need shortly after. A cancer or chronic blood disorder diagnosis can be devastating (both financially and emotionally) and CURE does what we can to alleviate these burdens.
Funeral Assistance:
Upon the referral of the social worker in the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Department at Golisano Children's Hospital, CURE offers a $500 grant to each family who loses a child to cancer or chronic blood disorder. We at CURE understand that families may financially struggle to pay for after life services and we want to ensure we do what we can to help these families. This assistance is made possible through the William and Mildred Levine Foundation.
BOOST Tutors
Boost provides supplementary tutoring for children with cancer and other chronic diseases, which may prevent normal educational development.
"My daughter Morgan is a patient at Strong and has been struggling academically. We were given Linda Bolan's name at Boost for tutor services. We could not believe that their services were free! We had tutors for a few subjects, and having someone teaching her one-on-one made such a difference. She was able to focus better and participate with her teacher in a positive way. I received a follow up phone call from Linda and we are going to schedule more tutoring for her over the summer! I truly believe that Morgan learned so much from the teachers at Boost. It was just the "boost" she needed to get her up to speed at school. Thank you to all the volunteers for offering your services and time to help others."
Linda D, parent
Family Events
Survivors Day – This event honors all of our survivors at a family picnic. Every survivor receives a t-shirt and there are many games and activities as well as picnic fare. This event is open to all of our survivors and their immediate family.
Morton Fun Day – This fun event is put on by the parishioners of the Baptist Church in Morton NY for CURE families. Lunch is provided as well as pumpkin and apple picking and many fun activities.
CURE Holiday Party – This event is co-hosted by BENTE and is open to CURE children 16 and younger and their immediate families. The event provides dinner and a magic show, as well as other fun games and activities, and a visit from Santa with a gift for every child.
Cancer in young adults | In Their Own Words: After a Diagnosis, Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer.College Scholarship Opportunities:
The Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults | Scholarships for survivors and siblings.
Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance Scholarship | For students who have shown strength in the face of adversity and have been affected by cancer in any way in their life.
Finaid.org | Listing of scholarships for students with disabilities.
Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation Scholarship
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Scholarship | Listing of scholarships for survivors and siblings.
The Cord Blood Center| Information about cord blood banking.
Childhood Cancer Guides | A nonprofit that publishes books to help families of kids with cancer and survivors of childhood cancer.
PTSD and Life After Cancer | Coping with cancer could put you at risk for port-traumatic stress disorder. Here's how to recognize the symptoms and know when to seek help.
School Resources:
How to Monitor Your Child's Performance in School
Learning Problems and Certain Childhood Cancer Treatments | What Educators Need to Know
Navigating the Educational System
Computer Technology & Childhood Cancer Survivors
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SAN MARCOS, TX – October marks the annual change in season as fall colors begin to take hold on our landscape but this year, one color is shining brighter than the rich autumn leaves – Pink. The color is the signature of annual Breast Cancer Awareness efforts throughout the nation. Here in Central Texas, Central Texas Medical Center (CTMC) is painting it pink throughout Hays County by joining forces with a number of organizations in a series of events and activities to provide much needed free mammograms and to raise awareness/funds in the local fight against breast cancer.
Once again, CTMC is teaming up with Community Action to provide up to 100 free mammograms to area women who have no means to pay for one and meet Community Action's criteria. In addition, the hospital has teamed up with local firefighters to sponsor and host the Pink Heals Tour and related events as well as creating a new fundraising dining event with Tres Hermanas, a locally-owned restaurant, and an open house of its new digital mammography suite will take place this month.
Here's a recap of CTMC's lineup of activities for Breast Cancer Awareness month:
All month long – 100 Free Mammograms to area women who qualify;
• Pink Carnations and inspirational book marks provided to all women who receive a mammogram at CTMC throughout the month;
• 10/16 Pink Heals Tour
• Pink Heals Rally – 1 – 5 p.m. at San Marcos Plaza Park. Join this free celebration of survival and remembrance featuring the Pink Fire Truck, food, live music, kids activities and more;
- 10/19 TX ST Dig Pink Women's Volleyball Game
• Proceeds from silent auction benefit CTMC's breast Cancer outreach efforts
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• 5:30 – 7 p.m. Enjoy hors d'oeuvres, learn about the latest in diagnosis and treatment, tour the new facility and take in some inspirational artwork inspired by breast cancer survivors;
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By Christy Olanrele
Contrabands worth a total of Two Hundred Million Nine Hundred and Ninety Five Thousand, Six Hundred and Forty One Naira, Eight Kobo {N200,955,641.8} were seized by the Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, of the Nigeria Customs Service between June 13 and July 10 2017.
This was disclosed by the Customs Area Controller of the Unit, Comptroller Mohammed Uba Garba during a press conference at Ikeja in Lagos.
Garba also said the Unit recovered a total sum of Twenty Eight Million Nine Hundred and Fifty Four Thousand, Four Hundred and Forty Eight Naira, Seventy Five Kobo only (N28,954,448) from duty payments and demand notices on general goods through wrong classification, transfer of value, and short change in duty payment, making a cumulative of N229,950,089.8 in the period under review.
Fifteen suspects, according to the Customs boss, were arrested in connection with 40 different seizures comprising vegetables oil, foreign parboiled rice, frozen poultry products, smuggled vehicles, medicaments, used Tyres, and various general.
The CAC said the Unit recently intercepted 1,442 cartons of tramadol 225/120mg in container number MSKU 98895 1 x 40ft and a MAN Diesel truck with Reg No RRU 513 x A along Apapa-Oshodi and Ijebu Expressways, wandering what could have happened if such drugs got to the public.
The drugs were be handed over to National Agency for Foods and Drug Administrative Control (NAFDAC) by Comptroller Garba to Mr. Kingsley Ejiofor, the Director of Investigational Enforcement of NAFDAC.
Comptroller Garba went further to reveal that the Unit seized seven containers that contravened Customs law by means of false declaration and breach of import prohibition list by trade.
According to him, "following series of infractions on some containers intercepted based on information, we seized seven containers that that contravened Customs law by means of false declaration and breach of import prohibition list by trade. While three of the containers carried pieces of used tyres , used fridges, used double electric burner, the other containers carried 499 cartons of Eva soap as against poultry incubator declared in the SGD. 'This act of false declaration falls under section 46 [d],[e], [f] of CEMA Cap C45 LFN 2004, which tantamount to outright seizure. You can see how clearly the Government loses revenue to these economic saboteurs.
"Just yesterday (Tuesday), we intercepted one DAF truck with Reg No. DAL 543 zx CARRYING 1200 Cartons of smuggled poultry products along Lagos Ibadan expressway. Similarly, container No. BOMU 588006/6 1X 40ft conveying 400 bales of second hand clothing was seized."
Thanking the Comptroller General of Customs for support to the Unit, Garba acknowledged the gallant performance and doggedness of his officers and men combating smuggling and smugglers towards savaging the economy of the nation.
"The commitment, doggedness, resilience and diligence of the officers and men the FOU A for foiling the antics of smugglers who used, different method for concealment cannot be over emphasized," said Comptroller Garba.
While receiving the drugs on behalf of NAFDAC, Mr Kinglsley Ejiofor, Director of Investigational Enforcement of NAFDAC, lamented over the implication of the drugs imported from India
Commending the Nigeria Customs Service for a job weldone, Ejiofor said "Words cannot describe how elated we are, these drugs would have destroyed the society, if it entered successfully. We know the implication of any drugs that is above prescription level."


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Recently, when I was watching ESPN, it played a humorous bit involving NFL insider Adam Schefter's kitchen shaking as if experiencing an earthquake, only instead it was just the cumulative rattling and vibrating from his 5 or 6 cell phones on the table. Of course the engineer in me immediately noted the impracticality of someone needing so many smart phones; however, this was not always the case in the early days of mobile computing. I met plenty of IT folks during the late 90's who carried multiple cell phones and multiple pagers, since this was before true "smart" technology put a miniature computer in people's pocket. Fast forward to today's world of ubiquitous smart phones, and one would think the need for carrying more than mobile phone would be very limited, but that's not always the case, especially within the federal government. Many folks still have both a personal and a work phone for various reasons, not the least of which is the separation of confidential work data from your Candy Crush high score. However mobile security has come a long way these past few years, and various technologies like containerization allow a personal phone to be securely used for work purposes. As a result, many enterprises are saving money by implementing BYOD policies.
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) allows employees to use their personal smart phones for work purposes, thus saving the cost of purchasing and maintaining a separate work phone for each mobile worker. Hardware and software have progressed to the point where IT can set policies to secure the data on mobile devices by controlling where it resides and how it can be used. However a major sticking point is concerning the authentication of a user's identity, which is the verification that the user is who they say they are. Establishing true identity verification from mobile devices has always been a challenge. However, the federal government already has a solution for other devices, as PIV and CAC smart cards work great for traditional physical and logical access points across the federal network. The problem with using these smart cards on phones is the form factor, as using some type of sled or other physical card reader on a mobile device is so physically restrictive as to render it useless, and workers simply reject these solutions. So how can federal agencies securely implement user authentication on mobile devices in order to finally realize the benefits of BYOD? The answer can be found within a new standard called derived credentials.
In his February 23 blog, "What is a Derived Credential Anyway?," Jonathan Benson provides a great explanation of how derived credentials work, as well as how Centrify's Enterprise Mobile Management (EMM) implements them. In short, a digital credential is derived from a valid smart card and placed onto a mobile phone, thus essentially creating a virtual smart card on that device.Derived credentials allow smart card required applications to be accessed from mobile devices, including both internal and external SaaS applications. This allows user authentication on mobile devices to adhere to federal HSPD-12 standards, and solves a major roadblock to the implementation of BYOD within the federal government.
Mainly due to the aforementioned security concerns, federal agencies have been very slow to adopt BYOD policies, and instead are spending lots of money each month on government furnished equipment (GFE), and often the only applications available on them are e-mail and instant messaging. These GFE phones generally cost somewhere between $40 and $60 a month per user. Centrify's EMM can be implemented for a fraction of this cost, thus saving even a small organization thousands of dollars per month, while additionally providing secure access to corporate applications so that users become more productive on their mobile devices. As the 2012 Whitehouse.gov document "Bring Your Own Device" stated, "The business case for implementing BYOD programs vary from agency to agency, but often involve the following drivers: to reduce costs, increase program productivity and effectiveness, adapt to a changing workforce, and improve user experience." Federal CISOs and security managers have wanted to implement BYOD for these same reasons, but historically have been hindered by their inability to comply with HSPD-12 and other security regulations, and therefore have not been able to do so. However with derived credentials and Centrify's Enterprise Mobile Management, BYOD has finally become a viable option for the federal government.
Learn more on how to secure BYOD within your enterprise here.


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Tank: Property tax shift helped steer civic election
No issue dominated this year's Saskatoon civic election, but a proposal to shift the property tax burden from businesses to residents helped turn the tide.
Among the mayoral candidates, only Mayor Charlie Clark opposed the move. Political newcomer Kelley Moore, who had built impressive momentum throughout September, backed the proposal. Incumbent Don Atchison supported the move, but only when the economy is healthy.
Among council candidates, only two who expressed unconditional support for the shift were elected: Troy Davies (Ward 4) and Randy Donauer (Ward 5). Longtime council veteran Pat Lorje, who supported it, was defeated in Ward 2 by newcomer Hilary Gough, who opposed it.
Here's how the issue unfolded in the campaign:
Oct. 3: Clark holds a news conference to stress his opposition to the proposed change in the property tax ratio and points out his two opponents support it.
Oct. 4: A Mainstreet Research poll taken the day of Clark's news conference shows Moore with a marginal lead (27 per cent) over Atchison (25 per cent) and Clark (23 per cent). It marked the third straight poll that showed substantial momentum for Moore, who based her campaign on financial accountability. Her support stalled and then dropped.
Oct. 7: Moore holds a news conference to promote her crime platform the day after a Medicine Hat man died in a police standoff. Some saw the event as an attempt to exploit the man's death for political gain. While not related directly to the tax shift, it marked the first hint of desperation creeping into the Moore campaign. Moore never found a way to talk comfortably about her support for the tax shift.
Oct. 11: Moore turns in a strong performance at The StarPhoenix debate at the Broadway Theatre that seems sure to help boost her momentum. It fails to do so.
Oct. 12: A Mainstreet poll shows a tie between Moore and Atchison at 27 per cent with Clark dropping to 19 per cent.
Oct. 13: Moore posts a bizarre statement on her Facebook page making an unfounded claim that the 2017 property tax increase could top 10 per cent. In the same post, she calls the property tax shift "fictional." She also holds a news conference to suggest job cuts at city hall warrant consideration to control spending. She later admits the 10 per cent figure was a guess. It appeared to be an effort to regain her credibility as a fiscal crusader, despite her support for the proposed shift. It looked like the sort of desperation one might have expected from the flagging Clark campaign.
Oct. 18: A Mainstreet poll shows a close race between Atchison (30 per cent) and Moore (28 per cent) with Clark still trailing (21 per cent).
Oct. 19: The desperation in Moore's campaign comes back to haunt her. The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the Saskatoon and District Labour Council criticize Moore's suggestion that job cuts at city hall will be considered. On the same day, the North Saskatoon Business Association (NSBA) slams Moore for campaigning with executives from the city's transit workers' union. The union, which is still negotiating a contract with the city, endorsed Moore. The NSBA should have been a strong ally of Moore's for her support of the property tax shift and had earlier blasted Clark for opposing it. Moore waited a day to respond.
Oct. 20: The mayoral candidates appear in the final broadcast forum on CTV. Atchison and Clark target Moore for scaremongering over city debt and the 10 per cent tax hike claim. Moore evades a direct question on job cuts at city hall. Clark points out the inconsistencies in Moore's campaign and utters the words that will define the final days of the campaign and propel him into the mayor's chair: "You know what you get with me."
Oct. 21: A Facebook post by Moore says Atchison and Clark have had their hands in the "public cookie jar" for years. Clark complains the post is libellous and Moore apologizes. It marks the last desperate attempt by Moore to regain the mantle as the defender of financial accountability.
Oct. 23: The final Mainstreet poll shows the race shift into one between Clark (28 per cent) and Atchison (32 per cent). Moore plummets to 20 per cent. With Clark's hundreds of volunteers to get the vote out, he will triumph three days later.
Whether you call it a tax shift or a reduction in the business tax ratio, Clark's confident, consistent position on the issue helped pave his path to the mayor's office. Moore's rocky response helped derail her promising campaign, while Atchison's nuanced thinking left him standing still when Clark grabbed the momentum.
Where candidates stood on the issue may not have been as important as how they responded to questions about it.


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It was not supposed to be this way. With the Surface getting better and the tablet market in seeming decline, Apple's oversized iPad Pro was seen by many as being cannon fodder for the Surface brigade, not least because of the mixed reviews the former got as compared to the largely positive response to the Surface range. And yet, when IDC released figures for the tablet sales for the last quarter of 2015, the iPad Pro had pretty much outsold the entire Surface range, in spite of being introduced later in the quarter and having a generally higher price tag.
Why did this happen?
We are not privy to the thought process of the consumers but we did discuss the matter with a few of our colleagues and a few retail players (who would not like to be named) and well, we think these six reasons might have played a role in the rather surprising turnaround (we would like to stress the word "think" here – this is not the gospel truth, but just our opinion, arrived at after discussions):
Radical change works better than marginal updates
After a series of largely similar looking iPads, Apple went and did something radically different. Perhaps that was the shot in the arm the tablet segment was looking for, burdened as it was by similarity. Microsoft's decision to stick to a largely similar format for the Surface might have made it look slightly less 'exciting.' "It looked too similar to the Surface Pro 3," a retailer complained, saying users were not being able to tell the difference between the new Surface and its predecessor – Microsoft's technological coup in squeezing a larger display into the frame of its predecessor might have had an unwanted design repercussion.
Greater reach…simple!
Strange though it may seem when you consider that Apple is considered a 'niche' product manufacturer and Microsoft a more mainstream one, Apple made the iPad available to more people than the Surface was. In terms of launch strategy, Apple pretty much threw the kitchen sink at the iPads and iPad Pro, while Microsoft opened a water tap. Even in a market like India, which gets devices months after their international launch (if at all – hey, the first Nexus and iPhone NEVER came here officially), we have had every edition of the iPad reasonably fast. The Surface, however, made its debut here only this year, after having been around for a few years. Talk of missing out on massive potential numbers.
The accessory add-on
This is something almost all the people we talked to commented on. The Apple Pencil and keyboard cover were seen as add-ons to the device, while in the case of the Surface, the keyboard was almost a necessity. Now, neither the iPad Pro nor the Surface devices ship with keyboard covers out of the box, but whereas the iPad Pro without a keyboard is just a larger iPad, the Surface devices are like Windows devices without keyboards. "You HAVE to buy a keyboard with the Surface," a friend of ours pointed out. "And you do not have to do that with the iPad Pro." And of course, adding the Type Cover to the Surface drove up its price, which many felt might have driven away consumers. There was also the feeling that the Apple Pencil was better designed for work than the Surface Pen, even though the latter was more fully featured, so bundling the Pen with the Surface Pro did not have the sort of impact people had imagined it would. We don't know the financials involved in the move, but we think that a trick was missed in not bundling the type keyboard with the Surface.
The OS/ UI edge
The iPad Pro's iOS UI had the edge over Windows 10 in case of touchscreen use. And once again, we go back to the "notebook vs tablet" issue here – the iPad Pro's UI was perfect for a tablet, while the Surface was coping with a UI that was designed also for a desktop. Yes, it did bring in benefits like USB support and a file explorer system, but on the flip side, the iPad Pro just seems to work more smoothly and – we are coming to this again – does not seem to be missing a keyboard. "We had a tough time telling people how it was different from a normal notebook with a touchscreen," a salesperson at a Microsoft retail store in Delhi admitted. Imagine Apple having launched the iPad Pro with a touch version of Mac OS X, and you will get the idea.
The appy advantage
This flows from the OS/UI edge – the iPad Pro simply came with more apps that could work with it than the Surface series did. Yes, the state of affairs at the Windows Store is improving every day but iOS has the lead there for the time being, and once again, there is the little matter of apps working better on the iPad Pro rather than the Surface – we did mention how the on-screen keyboard would not open in MS Word in the Surface when in tablet mode in our Surface Pro 4 Diaries. And well, for many people, the time the Surface takes to switch orientation from portrait to landscape within many apps is itself an annoyance.
The Surface's positioning
In the early eighties, the Indian cricket team was very confused about the role of a player called Ravi Shastri – yes, he was a great player, but people were not too sure about what his exact role was: was he batsman who can bowl a bit or a bowler who can bat a bit? We get the same feeling with the Surface. Yes, it is a great device. But is it a notebook with touch or a tablet that can type a bit? In our opinion, it is very much the former, but Microsoft's insistence on labelling it a 'tablet' has actually weakened its cause as the OS and UI are not the best for a tablet. We actually think that the Surface would be better off going toe to toe with other notebooks, as it easily one of the best portable Windows devices we have ever used, rather than being projected as a tablet with a Type Cover. Apple on the other hand, cleverly positioned the iPad Pro as a productivity device, differentiating it from the earlier iPads.


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Creamy Grilled Scallion Jalapeño Salad Dressing
This recipe has no sugar added, which made me think that I should remind you all to check out Jacqueline Smith's Go Sugar Free Course! A new course begins soon, and I want to encourage you all to at least head to her site to read about the amazing work she does to help people (like me) get control and lead their healthiest, happiest life! Taking her course changed the way I feed my family and myself and I am so grateful for that.
This is going to sound ridiculous, but I feel like I'm finally getting my life in order after having my youngest son TWO YEARS AGO. I know. It's taken me this long and I think that's probably OK and not unusual. I mean, babies are hard work. You're tired, anxious, deliriously in love, and unsure ALL THE TIME. Once you get out of that phase, which lasts about 12-18 months, you enter the omg-I-have-a-toddler-slow-the-eff-down phase. Not as exhausting as the first phase, but close. Things are dropped and broken on the daily, but you get the sweetest hugs and kisses on the face of planet, so the deliriously in love part stays as intense as ever, and you have more freedom to do things like laundry and meal prep. That's our current phase.
Fortunately, this phase is coming at a good time because the 5 year old is involved in lots of evening activities right now. I have my wits about me enough to get a meal plan together each week, which helps me have our dinner ready and in the Instant Pot/Slow Cooker/Rice Cooker before we head out for swimming/soccer/choir/etc. Now that the weather is getting warmer, my current favorite trick is throwing a ton of stuff on the grill Sunday night so we have ready-to-eat options throughout the week. Grilled meat and veggies are perfect in everything from pasta to bowls to sandwiches.
Spoiler Alert: I'm working on an eBook to help you all prep for the week with realistic recipes that are Set the Table worthy: beautiful, healthy, and delicious. Keep your eyes peeled here and here for updates on this exciting project! I cannot WAIT to share it with you all.
Annnnd moving on to this gorgeous salad dressing...
This dressing came about thanks to a big batch grilling night a couple weeks ago. I had a jalapeño and a bunch of scallions that needed to be used up, so onto the grill they went! I didn't have an exact plan for them, but getting them nice and charred helped me come up with the idea to whir them in the blender to make a tasty, easy salad dressing for the week. I used a touch of mayo, a lot of plain greek yogurt, lime juice, cilantro, garlic, and some salt and pepper. And I was immediately addicted.
My sometimes boring lunch turned into a zingy salad of all my favorite things (hearts of palm, avocado, grilled chicken thighs, crushed tortilla chips) and a healthy drizzle of this creamy grilled scallion jalapeño salad dressing.
I have also found that this dressing makes an excellent dip for cut up veggies, or a spread for sandwiches! Hello, multi-tasker of my dreams!
So the next time you fire up your grill, make sure you have a jalapeño and some scallions to add to the mix so you can make and enjoy this all week long. YOU'RE WELCOME.
Creamy Grilled Scallion Jalapeño Salad Dressing
Makes about 1 cup of dressing
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 5 minutes
Total time: 10 minutes
- 1 medium/large jalapeño, grilled, stem removed (for spicy: leave seeds intact | for mild: scrape out seeds and membrane)
- 4 scallions, trimmed and grilled
- 1/3 cup mayo
- 1/2 cup plain greek yogurt (I suggest Tillamook or Noosa)
- 1/2 cup cilantro, leaves and stems
- 1 clove of garlic
- juice of 2 limes (at least 2 tablespoons total)
- salt and pepper to taste
- milk to thin the dressing if needed
- Place all ingredients in a blender or food processor.
- Pulse until creamy dreamy dressing forms. Taste and adjust seasoning as necessary.
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge and use as needed.


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1. Suitcases
Nomad (Remastered) Vinyl
2-12" LPs, 140gram on white vinyl, gatefold jacket. Includes digital download of Nomad plus download of live set from 6.8.2013 (download code emailed).
1. Suitcases
2. Livingston Storm
3. Spiritualize
4. Plant Your Root
5. Travel
6. Greet the Mind
7. Ball of Energy
8. Jump Off
9. Colorado
Additional Info
Recorded & mixed at Mr. Small's in Millvale, PA (2004) / Produced by Lotus / Engineered by Larry Luther / Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music (2014) / All music published by Lotus Vibes Music (ASCAP)
Vinyl mastering by Alan Douches at West West Side Music / Lacquer cut by Cameron Henry at Welcome to 1979 / Pressed by United Record Pressing


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This spring, Utah became the first state to declare pornography a public health crisis, calling on businesses and educators to protect children from it. Around the same time, a Time Magazine cover story story reported that porn causes erectile dysfunction in young men whose minds have marinated in X-rated clips from the time they were teenagers.
Pornography trains the user to seek more extreme sexual experiences to receive the same satisfying flood of dopamine. It's what researchers call the Coolidge effect—the prospect of a new sexual partner excites males (and sometimes females) so much that normal sexual activity becomes boring by comparison.
Time focused on how porn usage prevents couples from having healthy sex lives. That's only the beginning of a troubling and growing amount of research and trends. We're learning more and more about the lasting impact of living in a world wired to a porn-saturated Internet.
When I was a teenager in the 1990s, when the Internet was in its infancy and all cell phones were "dumb," churches' major concern regarding sexual matters was premarital sex. In 1993, teens had to steal magazines or VHS tapes to view porn; today, all they need is an Internet connection. While the evidence continues to reveal negative effects of this multibillion-dollar industry, few secular commentators dare to say what many of us see: our porn problem is a moral problem, with drastic consequences for individuals and communities.
Studies have linked porn consumption to depression and higher drug and alcohol consumption. Researchers in Germany found that men who watch porn showed a weaker connection between the part of the brain responsible for decision-making and the part of ...1


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FOUR people were today being quizzed by detectives over the murder of a teenage boy fatally stabbed in a broad daylight attack in Birmingham.
The 16-year-old was waiting at a bus stop near Matthew Boulton College, in Jennens Road, when he was knifed on Monday afternoon.
The victim, from Ward End, lost a two day fight for life in hospital yesterday afternoon.
His family are believed to have been at his bedside when he died.
His death is now being treated as murder by police. He was expected to be named later today.
Detectives last night swooped at addresses across Birmingham to arrest three further people in connection with the boy's death.
A 16-year-old from Aston and two people from Erdington, aged 17 and 20, were arrested and were today helping police with inquiries.
A 19-year-old man arrested earlier in the week today remains in custody at Steelhouse Lane police station.
Detectives appealed to bus passengers waiting at stops in and around Jennens Road to come forward.
It is hoped they may have seen events leading up to the attack at about 3pm.
A number of roads in the area were closed as police carried out searches of the area for the weapon.
Acting Chief Insp Paul Ford, from Steelhouse Lane CID, said: "Inquiries into the incident are on-going."
Matthew Boulton College principal Christine Braddock said: "Neither the victim nor other parties involved in the incident were students at the college or linked to the college in any way.
"However, the thoughts of all the staff and students are obviously with the victim and his family during this difficult time."
Anyone with information about the incident can call Steelhouse Lane CID on 0845 113 5000 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.


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Academy Lodge No 9382 hosted a candlelit dinner and what a joyous occasion this turned out to be, although tinged with a little sadness because of the absence of the WM, Kenneth Croft and his wife Sylvia. However, the gap was adequately filled by the master elect Norman Pritchard and his wife Pauline.
At 6:30pm prompt the director of ceremonies John Walkey summoned the guests into the Banqueting Hall following a formal reception, where Norman and Pauline were introduced to well over 100 members and guests with their ladies and with 11 tables spread about its surface it looked cosy and inviting with seating for 10 guests at each table. It was quite amazing how Colin Boardman had planned the table layout and yet still managing to leave adequate room for dancing.
Norman began the evening by welcoming everyone and thanking them for their support. He referred to the fact that over the past few years, the lodge had struggled to survive, but with some new members joining the lodge and one or two more in the pipeline, he expressed his opinion that henceforth the lodge would continue to grow. The support from other lodges, emphasised by the attendance on the evening, was very encouraging.
John called everyone to the attention of the lodge chaplain, Gerald Norden who said grace.
There then followed a banquet beginning with prawn cocktail, followed by lamb shank with seasonal vegetables chosen by the chef. Crème caramel followed and then a sumptuous cheese board with coffee and tea. Wines were abundant and soft drinks were available for those guests who were not partaking of alcohol. After the meal Gerald returned thanks and Norman proposed the loyal toast.
Entertainment was provided by a trio tribute band who performed under the name of 'The Sensations'. Their music can best be described as Soul and Motown performed from their vast catalogue of songs.
Prior to their arrival on stage, Norman gave an impromptu solo before being joined by Pauline on the dance floor. They were quickly joined by guests, eager perhaps, to shed a few calories gained from the excellent banquet.
It was after this that the trio began their performance. During the interval, John called upon Eric Kehoe to make a presentation to Norman and Pauline. On behalf of the lodge, Eric explained the reasons why Norman and Pauline had hosted the evening and thanked them for standing in. Mike Southworth presented an arrangement of flowers to Pauline and Eric presented a gift of a bottle of whisky to Norman.
A raffle was also held and many prizes were drawn. The proceeds of the raffle raised the princely sum of £400. Norman, on behalf of the lodge expressed his appreciation to everyone who participated in making the evening such an unqualified success. He expressed his great delight to see so much support from other Warrington lodges and again thanked everyone for their kind support and good wishes.
Story by Eric Kehoe and pictures by Mike Southworth.


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Louis-Nicolas Ménard
Louis-Nicolas Ménard, (born Oct. 19, 1822, Paris, Fr.—died Feb. 9, 1901, Paris), French writer whose vision of ancient Greek religion and philosophy influenced the Parnassian poets.
Educated at the Collège Louis-le-Grand and the École Normale, Ménard was a gifted chemist (an early investigator of collodion) as well as a painter and historian. He was a socialist republican and was condemned to prison in 1849 for his Prologue d'une révolution, which contained radical political opinions and his reminiscences of the June 1848 insurrections in Paris, in which he played an active part. He escaped abroad, returning to Paris in 1852. Thereafter he devoted himself to classical studies. He spent several years painting in Barbizon and exhibited in the Salons (1857–69). In 1871 he supported and defended the Commune and in 1876 published Rêveries d'un païen mystique ("Reveries of a Mystic Pagan"), which expounds his philosophy. He later held academic chairs in decorative art and universal history.
Ménard's poetic works pale beside those of Leconte de Lisle and José María de Heredia, both of whom he influenced considerably. His short novel La Légende de Saint-Hilarion (1875) inspired Anatole France's novel Thaïs (1890), and his long poem Prométhée délivré (1843) was a model for Flaubert's story La Tentation de Saint Antoine (1874). His importance can best be seen in his historical and critical works.
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More students earning college credits in high school
(Wash.) Almost two-thirds of Washington high school students earned college credit in 2016 by completing dual enrollment coursework, according to data released last week by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Participation in dual enrollment courses–whether on college campuses or through Advanced Placement classes taught at the high school–has been linked to increased graduation rates and college enrollment, better grades in college, and a higher likelihood of earning a college degree or industry certificate.
"Dual credit programs are a powerful tool in getting students prepared for education and training beyond high school," Chris Reykdal, Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction, said in a statement. "Two-thirds of all jobs require at least some post-high school education or training. Helping our students prepare for this reality is an economic imperative."
Researchers from Georgetown University noted that far more students would have to earn a college degree or professional certificate than past generations in order to reach the same financial thresholds. In 1970, only 26 percent of the middle class earned an Associate's degree or higher; now 61 percent of people need some sort of degree to be middle class, according to a study published by the University in 2015.
Additionally, by 2018, 63 percent of all jobs will require at least some post-high school education or training, the report found. Employers will need 22 million new workers with postsecondary degrees, and 4.7 million workers with post-secondary certificates.
In light of numerous studies with similar conclusions, states have begun pushing even harder to better prepare students for college. Some, including California and Delaware, have increased state funding in order to expand the number of juniors and seniors in high school that enroll in local community colleges for free or by paying reduced fees.
Since 2013, the Washington Legislature has taken steps to boost participation in AP courses which can lead to college credits by encouraging local school boards to adopt policies that automatically enroll students who meets the proficiency standard on the high school statewide student assessment in the next most rigorous level of advanced courses offered by the high school. Low-income students can take the end-of-year AP tests at a reduced cost.
The state also provides supplemental funding for high school students who enroll in college-level courses. At community or technical colleges students pay mandatory fees that extend beyond tuition, which is covered by funding provided to the student's high school by the state. Colleges are required to make fee waivers available to low-income students.
In Washington, almost 18,000 more students completed at least one dual enrollment course in the 2015-16 school year compared to 2013-14. But education officials noted that, despite the increase overall, large gaps remain between racial subgroups.
While almost 190,000 students earned dual enrollment credits, 71 percent of the state's Asian high school juniors and seniors completed one of Washington's dual credit options, while only 41 percent of the state's Native American/Alaskan Native population in the same age group did the same.
Similarly large gaps were found between students in foster care and their peers, between English learners and native English speakers, and between students with disabilities and students not enrolled in special education.
Reykdal said education leaders should use the data to inform decisions targeting these subgroups and increasing their participation in dual enrollment coursework.
Past research from the U.S. Department of Education shows that disadvantaged students often benefit the most from such coursework, because it often helps low-income families avoid at least a portion of skyrocketing tuition costs. Such programs also decreases the need for remediation at the postsecondary level, thereby decreasing the overall cost of earning a degree, and increases the pool of students historically underserved by reducing high school dropout rates and increasing student aspirations by helping low-achieving students meet high academic standards.
"With this data, we are able to both celebrate our progress in increasing access to dual credit opportunities while also identifying the persistent but unacceptable gaps in access," Reykdal said. "[Collecting subgroup data] is the only way we can effectively change policies, practices and results for all students."


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Fill up on local food at Gateway's Gilbert food truck night
As you know, we're big fans of local business, but we're also fans of things that make our taste buds happy. So, we decided to combine two of our loves by sponsoring all of the food trucks at the food court on Friday, September 20th. We'll have staff there all night to talk about Gateway or point you in the direction of a tasty snack, so make sure you stop by our table to say hello.
Find your new favorite
If you haven't tasted any of the food that's coming from our locally owned and operated food trucks, you're missing out. There's some seriously gourmet stuff coming out of the creative kitchens on wheels that meet up every Friday evening at the Gilbert Food Truck Food Court at 344 N. Gilbert Rd., Gilbert AZ, 85233.
It's all about our community
We think that one-of-a-kind, local businesses like food trucks are a big part of what makes our community special. They give us something to enjoy and be proud of, as well as drive our local economy. Sponsoring the food trucks for a night seemed like a natural way for us to celebrate our community and support local business at the same time. Hope to see you there!


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Vermont state law permits citizens to review ballots after they have been counted and certified. Transparency like this promotes trust in the electoral process. During the summer of 2017, the Castleton Polling Institute examined the ballots from Rutland City's 2017 Town Meeting Day election (March 7, 2017), building a database of actual votes of Rutland city residents. That database allows us to test the patterns of voting in Rutland, to understand the relationships between support for mayoral candidates and other options, such as the city budget and choices for the Board of Aldermen, examined in an earlier blog post.
When Castleton students reviewed the ballots, they made judgements on the voters' intents and entered the results into a database. While the results from the Castleton assessment do not perfectly mirror those of the official results, they are very close. We do not suggest that our results are more precise than the results provided by Rutland City to the Secretary of State; but our results are the best representation of the actual vote that we could manage.
As Table 1 clearly shows, the difference in counts was extremely small, never totaling more than a tenth of one percent. It appears that Castleton, using its best estimate of voter intent, reduced the number of spoiled ballots slightly, and reallocated a few other votes, but nothing to make a meaningful difference. Another pass at the data may have yielded results more in line with the official results, but for the purposes of our analysis—and given the tendency for human error in any counting process that involves some interpretation—we are comfortable with the differences.
If anything, this should provide some support for confidence in the vote counting process in Rutland City.
[The Polling Institute is grateful to the City of Rutland for the opportunity to review the ballots.]


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Build Dates: May 21 & 22
Family Information:
Father- Daniel
- Age: 33
- Profession: Chauffeur
- Weekly Salary: $48
Mother- Socorro
- Age: 32
- Profession: Domestic
- Weekly Salary: $30
- Anni Michelle, 13 yrs, 6th Grade (girl)
- Jose Daniel, 8 yrs, 3rd Grade (boy)
- Joselin, 6 yrs, 1st Grade (girl)
- Magali, 4 yrs (girl)
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Colonia- Loma Linda
Time with property- 10 years
Electricity- Yes
Running Water- Yes
Family Story:
Daniel and Socorro met 18 years ago and have been together for 14 years, never getting married. Daniel and Socorro lived with Daniel's mother for 7 years. It was during those 7 years that they bought a piece of land on credit and build a home. They started out with a small trailer and began to add to it. They have gone through many difficult times over the years. Daniel has been going through different jobs where his salary varies weekly and because of this, they haven't felt the security needed to invest in building a home. Their desire is to have a house because the conditions in which they currently live are very bad. They want to be able to have their children in separate rooms.


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The Japanese Gardens. Early Edo Period II. Volume 5 [only].
[Tokyo]: [No publisher], 1989. Hardcover. 11.75" x 8.25". 94pp. Cream colored cloth hardback, in dust wrapper. Fine condition; the jacket has a very mild bit of edge wear. This nicely produced book has mostly Japanese language text. It features many color photo illustrations of famous gardens such as the Joju-in Temple of Kiyomizu-dera, the nanzen-ji Temple, the Konchi-in Temple, the Kozen-ji8 Temple, and many others. Item #7871
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Kentucky Conservatory Theatre couldn't wait to tackle 'Spring Awakening'
Kentucky Conservatory Theatre was waiting for Spring Awakening.
The rock musical based on a 19th-century German play made a huge splash when it opened in 2006, winning the Tony Award for best musical and the Pulitzer Prize for drama. It also introduced the world to Lea Michele, who went on to star as Rachel Berry in Glee. That said, it was best known for its frank depiction of teen sexuality and for tackling such tough topics as child sexual abuse and abortion.
It fell right in line with the programming for the Conservatory Theatre, which presents the SummerFest series in the Arboretum and in recent years has developed a reputation for presenting edgy, rock musicals, including Rent in 2010 and The Rocky Horror Show last summer.
So when the rights to Spring Awakening were released, KCT pounced.
"As soon as we saw that there were other regional theaters and community theaters that were getting the rights, we applied for that as quickly as possible," says Kentucky Conservatory Theatre director Wesley Nelson, who is directing the production of Spring Awakening. It opens Friday at the Downtown Arts Center for a three-weekend run.
It is a testament to the popularity of the title that University of Kentucky Theatre also will present the show in April.
"When I saw it, I thought, 'Oh, my gosh, this is amazing,'" said actress Paige Mason, 18, a senior at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School who saw a production at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. "I knew some of the songs and the story, but I hadn't really experienced it yet."
The show is an experience, from the 19th-century characters breaking into 21st-century rock songs, many of which have titles we cannot print in the paper, to the scenes of sexuality and story lines that leave several main characters dead.
Despite the show's high-profile reputation, Nelson says, KCT is conscious that for many in the audience, its production will be the first time they see the show.
Spring Awakening played the Lexington Opera House's Broadway Live series in 2010. But with a top ticket price of $17, Nelson says his production probably will bring in people who couldn't swing the Opera House's ticket prices or make a trip to New York to see it on Broadway.
"When it came to the Opera House, the audience base that goes to see Broadway Live didn't really show up for it," Nelson says.
Opera House spokeswoman Sheila Kenny says Spring Awakening received a cooler reception from its audience than other shows, but "people who saw it really loved it, and we were very proud to have presented it on our season."
She says the Opera House worked to make audiences aware of the content of the show and encouraged subscribers who did not want to go to give their tickets to younger people who might be interested, which was how Nelson got to see it.
"I liked it, but I am looking forward to doing our production in a smaller space in the black box," he says, referring to the main theater at the Downtown Arts Center. "It's an intimate show, and I think it will have a different impact when everyone is closer together."
It is a show that offers the cast some serious challenges, from the structure to the content.
Nelson says he has been asked several times how to handle a 19th-century character suddenly belting out a rock song.
"I tell them that it's like this is a sort a dreamlike state where they are getting to express things in a more vulnerable, raw way than you can in the book scenes," Nelson says.
Then there are the situations, including childhood sexual abuse, adults who mostly refuse to explain sexuality to their children, abortion, homosexuality and suicide.
"There are a lot of strong topics in this show," Nelson says. "The message is that through spring and adolescence, you will struggle and have pain. But summer will come, and maturity will come, and it will get easier, and you will understand things.
"I think that's a pretty classic message, and it will stand the test of time, and people will continue to do it."
Younger participants get it, and Spring Awakening has shown them that theater can be more than just putting on a show.
"This is so emotionally invested, you cannot not feel something when you come see this show," Mason says. "You will be touched."


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Oaken Barrel is a brew company that also has a large brewpub annex sport bar in a small strip mall just off the I-65. It is very busy on this summer day; perhaps because no one uses their outdoor seating today (it's 102F!). They have a regular bar menu, but with a culinary (and spicy) twist.
We start with the Cajun Beef Tips ($7.75): blackened bits of beef tenderloin sautéed in Cajun spices served with horseradish sauce. They warn that it is very spicy, but that is an exaggeration. The beef chunks are grilled medium, very juicy, and have a great kick to them. Delicious! As an in-betweener we get a basket of Homemade Chips ($3), which turns out to be a rather generous portion of large and thick chips, fried fresh and crispy. Delicious again! Finally, I get the Tex Mex Burger ($7.75), which is exactly how I like my spicy burgers: soft bun, well grilled burger, and the spicy comes from the jalapeños, rather than the sauce, and is complemented by the fresh tastes of homemade pico de gallo. Yum! Finally, the side of onion rings (+ $1.50) is a huge portion of thick sliced onion, freshly battered: good. Oh, and M. tells me that the beer is great too!
Outstanding bar food! They only shouldn't use the term "spicy" so lightly. ;-) Service could be better (and nicer) too.


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Book Review: Life's Golden Ticket: A Story About Second Chances
by Brendon Burchard
My Rating: ***** (5 out of 5 stars)
Why Did I Read?
I read this book because I got a promotional email from Brendon Burchard offering the book and some of his inspirational videos for only the cost of shipping the book ($5.00). I enjoyed his other books, The Charge and The Millionaire Messenger, so I wanted to give this one a try, too! (Click on the book cover above to get your free copy for only the cost of shipping).
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The classic inspirational parable from the top motivation and marketing trainer and #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Millionaire Messenger—a triumphant tale of personal growth and change that will inspire anyone who has ever wished for a second chance.
What if you were handed a golden ticket that could magically start your life anew?
That question is at the heart of Life's Golden Ticket. Brendon Burchard tells the story of a man who is so trapped in the prison of his past that he cannot see the possibilities, the choices, and the gifts before him. To soothe his fiancée Mary, clinging to life in a hospital bed, the man takes the envelope she offers and heads to an old, abandoned amusement park that she begs him to visit.
To his surprise, when he steps through the rusted entrance gates, the park magically comes to life. Guided by the wise groundskeeper Henry, the man will encounter park employees, answer difficult questions, overcome obstacles, listen to lessons from those wiser than he, and take a hard look at himself.
At the end of his journey, the man opens Mary's mysterious envelope. Inside is a golden ticket—the final phase in turning his tragic life's story of loss and regret into a triumphant tale of love and redemption.
What Did I Think/Recommendation
I loved this book! I was expecting this to be another non-fiction self-help book like Brendon Burchard's other books (all of which I loved), but I was surprised when I began reading to find this was actually a story. It was an easy read, and it held my interest throughout the entire book. This book helps you to take a good look at your life and ask yourself if you are truly happy. If you are not, it helps you to think about steps you can take to change that, to overcome your fears, and to let go of bitterness and other things from your past that may be keeping you from following your dreams.
I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in personal growth. There are many valuable life lessons taught all throughout the book. Although I didn't consider this book to be life-changing for me, I think it could be life-changing for so many people!
Here are a few takeaways I got from this book:
- Think before you speak. Words can hurt FOREVER!
- If you are the recipient of harsh words, don't take it personally. Recognize that it has nothing to do with you and is just a result of the hurt inside of the other person. Hurt people hurt people. Recognize that and don't ever take anyone else's harsh words personally.
- Recognize that everyone does and says what they do for a reason. We are all just doing our best. Don't judge
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The miracle makers in this world are the people who live by choice and live to contribute. (p.181)
Though you cannot recall it ever happening, a spell has been cast upon you, and it has mesmerized you into believing that you are not good enough and that there is something wrong with you. This spell is Society's Spell, and it has made you secretly feel inadequate, ugly, weak, slow, small, useless, and helpless for far too long. Tonight we break that spell. (p.35)