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Kedarnath has released and the verdict though is yet to be seen, the film has received very mixed reviews more on the negative side.
The film marks the much talked about debut of Sara Ali Khan who was pitted against Janhvi Kapoor making both of them compete with their debuts.
Looking at the response one feels that achieving big numbers would be a task for Kedarnath as compared to Janhvi's debut Dhadak that fared well at Box Office and garnered good TRP for their television premiere.
Before the release of Kedarnath, the trade analysts were predicting a good opening for the film but while Sara has been appreciated, the case with the film is disappointing with most people trashing it on social media for a jaded story and no substance.
Sara Ali Khan's debut is tagged as Saawariyaan of her career.
Now the eyes are on Rohit Shetty's Simbaa that can definitely save her with good box office numbers but again the fate of the film would be largely on Rohit Shetty and Ranveer's shoulders.
On the other hand, Jahnvi has a strong slate of films ahead in 2019 with Takht and Gunjan Saxena biopic while Sara is yet to sign any film post Simbaa.


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Hawk meets with Southern Dallas for the first time
DIANE XAVIER | 3/9/2015, 8:36 a.m.
The Dallas Examiner
Residents of South Dallas packed the house during a town hall meeting to meet the new district attorney for Dallas County, Susan Hawk, at Concord Baptist Church on Feb. 16.
It was Hawk's first town hall meeting in Southern Dallas since she became district attorney in January.
"It's my hope that we can address some of these issues between law enforcement and the community, but also build some positive relationships based on trust, respect, understanding and encouragement," she said. "I want to spend as much time as we can talking about issues that matter to all of us."
Hawk defeated former District Attorney Craig Watkins in the November elections in a tight race. She became the first woman district attorney in the history of Dallas County when she defeated Watkins, ending his eight-year tenure in office.
"For the past 20 years, I have dedicated my entire career to the criminal justice system," Hawk said.
She served as a prosecutor for five years in the child abuse division before becoming a criminal court judge.
"As a prosecutor, I prosecuted the most violent types of offenses and as a criminal court judge, I presided over 30,000 felony cases in 11 years," she said.
Before taking questions from the audience, Hawk discussed what changes she would bring to the table as the new district attorney.
"As a judge, I was very discouraged by the number of offenders that were mentally ill," she said. "Those with mental health issues accounted for over 30 percent of those that were incarcerated. It's a huge problem in our criminal justice system and what we have been doing is only treating the symptom and this means that the same individuals would end up in my courtroom. To help reduce this number, I created the first mental health diversion program. It was a year-long program to help mentally ill offenders get the medical help they need and also counseling services they deserve. This way, we can help them get their lives back on track and help them get out of trouble."
According to Hawk, the program has been effective.
"We saw that these individuals had a 70 percent reduction in new arrests and a 67 percent reduction in recidivism," she said. "It was a privilege to create a program to see how this works. This is a perfect example of how we win outside the courtroom. I hope our office is able to redefine success by making a difference in someone else's life instead of winning a corporate battle. I believe that we can do this by shifting the focus of our office from prosecution to transformative justice."
Hawk said her goals include creating innovative law solutions that respect the needs of the community and still deliver equal justice.
"That means prosecuting our most violent offenders and the individuals that commit crimes in your neighborhood every single day and they come to the DA's office and receive the minimal sentence and go and repeat the same offense," she said. "We are going to change the way we prosecute those individuals."

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Meditation is another way to help reduce stress. In order to meditate you need to sit somewhere comfortable. Close your eyes and focus on this moment. Be aware of your body. Listen to your breathing. Now begin to breathe in for five seconds, hold it for 5 seconds, now exhale for five seconds. Try to clear your mind and not think about anything. Soon you will be relaxed.
When you are relaxed begin to imagine a beautiful place such as a beach, a waterfall or maybe a forest stream. Imagine that you are there. Listen to the sounds of the water. Hear the birds calling as they fly overhead. Smell the scents of the place. Taste the salt water or fresh water on your tongue and against your skin. Walk along the water letting the fresh air fill your lungs. Stay for a while and enjoy the beauty around you. When you are ready open your eyes and bring the peace of the place you were just at with you into the outside world. You will find that you are calmer and more at ease than you were before you meditated. Do not worry if you are not great at meditation the first time you try it. It takes practice and with time it is something that anyone can master.
Sometimes it can be helpful to write about things if you are stressed out. Sit and write about all the things that are stressing you out. Write about everything you are worried about. Now write about all the good things you have in your life. Write about what makes you happy and your future dreams and plans. When you are done you will find that pressure and tension you hold with you has been released.
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Tesora, a Cambridge, Mass.-company building a business around Trove, an open-source database for the OpenStack crowd, just netted $.4.5 million in fresh funding.
The company, once known as Parelastic, changed its name and its focus early last year. Up till then the company was all about making the popular-but-limited MySQL (ORCL) database more flexible and scalable. Since then it's focused on the OpenStack-oriented Trove database, and providing it as a service to businesses.
Other companies in this field include Cloudant, another Boston-area company which bought by IBM (IBM) right around the same time Parelastic morphed into Tesora.
The new investment represents a "financial endorsement of a technology that's making strides in enterprise and business computing," Tesora founder and CEO Kenneth Rugg told Fortune via email.
"Database-as-a-service is in demand and is big business. The two fastest growing services on Amazon [fortune-symbol="AMZN"] after launch were DBaaS products DynamoDB and RedShift," he noted. The issue now is that big companies want to run similar products in private clouds, but it's not easy to do so. Tesora will solve that problem, he said.
Rho Canada Ventures joined existing backers General Catalyst, CommonAngels, Point Judith Capital and some others. Total funding now stands at $13.2 million.
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By day I work in public relations, a professional word game if there ever was one. By night I work fighting crimes against humanity by technology writers who don't pay attention to their words or arguments.
The latest comes from online tech rag writer Ross Rubin who says the 'Next Apple Watch faces the long road to mass smartwatch appeal.' Really? Since when has anything Apple does been for the great unwashed masses of humanity?
Niche, Not Masses
The argument goes something like this:
Smartwatches have been great companion devices for smartphone giants like Apple and Samsung, and they've been a check-off item in the portfolio of luxury and fashion brands. But their growth will be limited as long as they live in the shadow of phones.
There is much to argue with here, so let's get started.
Samsung has a smartwatch? Who knew? Yes, Samsung's smartwatch arrived well before Apple Watch, which technology writers wrote off as a failure, yet which of the two industry giants still has a presence in the nascent smartwatch industry? Hint: not Samsung.
Notice the contradiction between the headline, which challenges Apple on the road to mass smartwatch appeal, and the subhead which says smartwatch growth is limited because they're attached only to premium smartphones.
Uh huh. Since when has anything Apple makes been the darling of the masses? The Mac has low double-digit marketshare vs. Windows PCs. iPhone has low double-digit marketshare vs. Android smartphones. Ditto for iPad vs. cheap-assed tablets and iPad knockoffs. Does anyone believe that a $160 pair of wireless earbuds is made for the masses.
In fact, what, if anything, does Apple do for the masses or for marketshare? I have a list. iTunes on Windows and Apple Music on Android. What did I miss? Everything else Apple does is not for the masses because in nearly every case Apple carves out a perch (I picked up some mixed metaphors on Amazon Prime Day) in the premium space which is exactly where the masses don't congregate.
Apple remains in a unique position to shape the future of the device. To serve its developers, it is bound to keep the Apple Watch an app platform for the foreseeable future. And in keeping with its traditional product evolution, it will no doubt keep advancing the watch's capabilities and keep it a premium companion to the iPhone.
That's a very fancy set of sentences which can be translated thusly.
Isn't this somewhat like a car industry writer grumbling that Lexus or Mercedes-Benz needs to up their game to gather the masses of car buyers who don't have a luxury car?
Here's a segment of The World According To Bambi.
With somewhere just over 3-billion citizens of planet earth as smartphone owners, we should realize that such gadgets are not luxury items, but among the smartphone segment there are premium models. That is where Apple rules the roost. It is unlikely that humanity will have another iPhone-like product for decades (at least until voters are given an implant that helps them determine qualified candidates for political office). iPhone was a game changer.
Watch is not a game changer for humanity as much as Watch is a game changer for the watch industry.
Watch is an accessory to iPhone and thanks to the physics of a small screen, definitely will not sell in iPhone-like numbers; probably ever. Now, stick in a solar-powered watchband, a glucose sensor, a blood oxygen sensor, always-on heart rate monitor, and a brainwave recordable thought detector, and I'm willing to bet Watch sells better than it does now. But even 4G LTE and a standalone Watch not tethered to the iPhone will not be a bauble for the masses.
Is that a problem for Apple? No.


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More than 47,700 pedestrians were killed in the U.S. between 2000 and 2009. And 4,212 of them - nearly 9 percent - died on the streets and highways of Texas, giving the state the 9 th highest Pedestrian Danger Index (PDI) in the country. The Austin metro area, with 231 pedestrian accident deaths during this period, was ranked the 14 th most dangerous city for pedestrians among southern cities of a million residents or more.
While 12 percent of all traffic deaths involve pedestrians, states have traditionally ignored them by allocating only 1.5 percent of federal funds to enhance their safety. As a result, pedestrians on "arterial" roads - those designed strictly to promote the speedy flow of traffic - have proven particularly deadly. For example, nearly 60 percent of pedestrian fatalities happened on roads with speed limits of 40 mph or more. Also, more than 40 percent were killed on roads that lacked a crosswalk.
Racial and ethnic minorities, children and older Americans - groups less likely to have access to a car - suffered disproportionately. Between 2000 and 2007, 526 pedestrians 65 or older were killed in Texas, a rate of 3.0 per 100,000 residents, significantly higher than the 1.9 per 100,000 for residents under 65. The data ranks Texas 12 th nationally in pedestrian fatalities for those over 65.
Communities Trend Toward a Complete Streets Approach to Improve Safety
But times are changing. Since 67 percent of all pedestrian fatalities occurred on roads eligible to receive federal funding for construction or improvement, communities throughout the U.S. are prompting Congress to make pedestrian safety a higher priority. Investments in "complete streets" are adding sidewalks, bicycle lanes and crosswalks to make walking and biking safer.
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Andrew Gelman analyzes voting preferences:
Those 10% or so of voters who plan to vote Republicaneven while thinking that the Democrats will do a better jobare not necessarily being so unreasonable. The Democrats control the presidency and both houses of Congress, and so it's a completely reasonable stance to prefer them to the Republicans yet still think they've gone too far and need a check on their power.
I find the current GOP about as repellent as anyone. I can also believe, as I do, that the stimulus of the last two years was a sadly necessary measure to prevent the bottom falling out in ways no one could have controlled, once started. Now I want a focus on long-term debt reduction. Do I trust the GOP on the debt? Is the Pope gay? Do I trust the Dems? No. Do I think Obama is suited to forging a sane compromise out of the debt commission? Yes. Do I think the GOP can rise to the occasion? Probably not.
But in a strange way, the more anti-debt and anti-spending their rhetoric becomes and the plainer it is that serious defense and entitlement cuts are necessary for the problem to be solved, the more I'd like to see the GOP be deprived of their obstructionist no-responsibility posturing of the last two years. I'd like to see their bluff called on spending to escape the current impasse and get to a real debate rather than a phony one. If they win back the House, as it seems inevitable they will, they will have to offer something at last instead of criticizing everything in comically tired tropes and waiting for 2012, as the president is stymied from enacting the reformist change we elected him for.
So you throw some tea into the mix. The point is not that voters are somehow in an fit of pique backing a party whose policies they actually reject. It is that they want to break the logjam of one-party rule where the opposition party is strong enough to sabotage but denied the responsibility of actual government. And if the Republicans blow it like they did in 1996, Obama is revealed as the transformative pragmatist he has the potential to be - something now obscured by the FNC-RNC's risk-free inflammation. There is, after all, something quite disturbing about a political party as extremist as the current GOP both dominating the debate while bearing no responsibility for anything that actually gets done in the country or world.
And in a real debate between the GOP and Obama on the economy - like that memorable interaction with the Congressional Republicans over healthcare - Obama wins on most points, and where he loses, he deserves to. He is, in my view, at his best when he is directing conservatives toward logical reality, and guiding liberals toward what can actually be done. And a Republican victory might bring those very virtues to bear in ways so far prevented by conservative ideology and cynicism.
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By Synovia Moss, Program Director, Child Advancement Network (CAN), and Vroom Wisconsin Initiative, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, the Medical College of Wisconsin
"It is in the neighborhoods and communities where the world begins. That is where children grow and families are developed, where people exercise their power to change their lives."
– Dr. Dorothy I. Height
"And how are the children?" This simple question posed by an elder in Milwaukee, goes to the heart of building healthy communities. Honest and authentic engagement—the process of working collaboratively with those brought together by geographic proximity, special interests or urgent needs—is exactly what is happening in SE Wisconsin, all centered around supporting children and the caring adults in their lives.
Stakeholders in this community engagement process are many and incredibly diverse: parents, caregivers, business leaders, church leaders, academic partners, museum directors, nonprofit leaders, policy makers, doctors and scientists. For true engagement to take hold, all must work together through partnerships and coalitions to mobilize resources and influence systems, and to serve as catalysts for changing policies, programs and practices.
What does this look like in Milwaukee? Much like the diversity of shareholders, community engagement takes many forms. It is outreach activities in museums, discussions and proposals at school board and city council meetings. It's inclusion in church bulletins, debate at barbershops and hair salons. It's a scientist sharing the science of brain building with parents and caretakers. It's op-eds in local papers and galvanized grandparents at senior centers. It's a doctor sharing knowledge with new parents. It's job training and job fairs created by local businesses.
We can achieve the best care for our children and communities by combining the science with our love for our children to provide the type of care that yields an early learning nation that answers the question, 'the children are well.'"
The coalitions and partnerships in Milwaukee illustrate how community engagement can be a powerful vehicle for generating environmental and behavioral changes that improve the health of the community and all its members, especially among the most vulnerable populations. Milwaukee still has a long way to go, but the vision for the future is clear, and that vision is applicable to all communities.
Community Engagement
It works like this: a healthy early learning community—not to mention an early learning nation—provides a continuum of high quality care—from prenatal support for new parents; brain-building efforts for infants; high-quality child care for infants and toddlers; and strong preschool and kindergarten programs. Building and cultivating a healthy early learning nation is accomplished one child, parent, neighborhood and community at a time.
The concept of an "early learning community" can truly gain traction when stakeholders are able to learn from the research around child development and build quality relationships—with each other and with the children in their lives—thereby supporting the success of all children. Improving the long-term health of the community depends on enhanced individual (increased parent/caregiver interactions) and community engagement, with research—the science—at its core.
Vroom, an initiative of the Bezos Family Foundation, has provided a centerpiece for many of Milwaukee's community engagement efforts. Vroom is based on a powerful notion that "You already have what it takes to be a brain builder." Vroom offers 1000+ easy activities for parents and caregivers, all based in science and available in multiple languages, that turn everyday activities between parents and caregivers and children into brain-building moments. Each activity is paired with a "brainy background," that explains the scientific, child-development rationale about why this activity promotes learning and development. These are fun activities, personalized for children 0-5, that build on everyday moments: mealtime, bath time, bedtime and anytime. Vroom tips are available, free, through a mobile app, a text message service and online via PDF download from the vroom.org website.
The Vroom Milwaukee Initiative
The Vroom Milwaukee Initiative provides many examples of community engagement campaigns to reach underserved families, integrate brain science into existing programs and support the overall goal of kindergarten readiness and thriving families. Through the exemplary leadership of Herzfeld Foundation President William Haberman and Senior Program Officer Leslie Seib, a new synergy has been forged to encourage community organizations to break down silos and build new collaborations across sectors.
Vroom's Brain-Building Moments have been layered into the work of more than 100 community groups and organizations, including Milwaukee Succeeds, a collective impact collaboration. Individuals, organizations and institutions across sectors have embraced "You already have what it takes" to promote the science.
Range of Examples Crossing Many Sectors
Hayat Pharmacy, an independent pharmacy chain founded in 2011, has a strong and strategic presence in Milwaukee. Its mission to build and support healthy communities has been achieved via creative collaborations with the Milwaukee Fire Department's Community Paramedic program and the Homeless Task Force; the Betty Brinn Children's Museum; the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin; and most recently, by sharing the Vroom tips and messages such as "You Have All It Takes" to be a great parent and a brain builder.
The Milwaukee Art Museum created Museum Moments Enjoy Art Togetheractivity cards for families to enjoy while visiting the museum to remind parents "you have what it takes to be a brain builder" while nurturing a love of art.
Milwaukee Area Technical College and Milwaukee PBS hosted an hour-long special "What Matters Most: Your Child's First Five Years"to emphasize the research and reinforce the importance of the parent/child relationship on brain development to promote language development, executive function skills and stress the importance of "serve and return" interactions between children and adults. VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE.
A Milwaukee Succeeds Funders Collaborative grant enabled Milwaukee Child Care Alliance and 4C-For Children, two prominent child care alliances, to provide "Brain-Building Moments – Activating Vroom into Your Child Care Center" workshops to 100 child care centers to illustrate how valuable Vroom can be when shared with staff and with parents in the child care community.
CTSI 500 Stars, college /high school students at the Medical College of Wisconsin, served as the Vroom Social Media Teamto translate knowledge into behavioral interventions. #VroomBabyVroom.
We create knowledge and learn from the results to advance health through science and discovery. The best care for our children and communities is through effective community engagement embraced by individuals and organizations that make the science actionable and applicable. We can achieve this by combining the science with our love for our children to provide the type of care that yields an early learning nation that answers the question, "the children are well."
What types of engagement is happening in your communities and cities? We'd love to hear your community engagement success stories!
Synovia Moss is the Program Director for the Child Advancement Network (CAN) and Vroom Wisconsin Initiative at the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) focused on narrowing the achievement gap in Southeastern Wisconsin. She leads the charge to introduce Vroom, a national initiative of the Bezos Family Foundation to introduce the importance of brain science in communities focused on how the science is reaching parents, strengthening their skills and empowering both organizations and parents for collective impact.


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Peaceful Presence in an Anxious World
A few days ago I posted a blog titled "Freedom is Not a Zero Sum Game." In the wake of police shooting black men and a black man retaliating by killing police, my point was that freedom is not an all or nothing, win or lose, zero-sum venture. True freedom only exists for one when it exists for us all. This way of seeing does not come to us easily. The non-dualistic, radically embracing way is one that we have to intentionally pursue. We need new lenses to see like this. Perhaps, by God's grace, we'll even receive new eyes.
I tend to be a very fast moving person. By that I mean that I like to get a lot of things done in as little time as possible. I have a high value for efficiency and direct communication. "Productive" is one of my favorite words. But from time-to-time, I find my desire to move fast seriously impeding upon my desire for deep relationships and social change. While I believe that what we do is important (changing unjust laws, protesting, speaking up and out against brokenness in the world,) I believe that who we are matters more. Are we actually becoming better people? Are we experiencing regeneration in such a way that we are truly more loving? More embracing? Better listeners? Slower to anger? Abounding in love?
Many people have been quoted as having said, "You can't use the same level of consciousness that created a problem to fix the problem." To truly change the world requires some measure of transcendence and transformation. Or so I think.
This all came to me around 3 AM this morning. Sleeping has been tough the past few nights as I've attempted to make sense of the world and times that we're living in. In any case, around 3 AM this morning, I realized that I can't actually fix or change any of the problems around me. I can't change anything because I'm not in control of all the variables. Sure, I can use my voice to speak up, and I will. And of course, I can use my body to protest and raise awareness, and I will. And sure, I can write eloquent blog posts and send out newsletters to educate and inspire the people around me, and I will.
But at the end of the day, I can't make anyone live or think or do something different than what they want to do. My self-control is just that – control over myself. The one place that I do have the authority to change whatever I would like is inside of me. I can choose to live justly. I can choose to stand in solidarity with the marginalized. I can choose honesty, patience and humility. I can choose to think in less divisive and dualistic ways. These are ways of being that I can nurture and grow much like anything else in life. It's my own personal garden plot and God has given me free reign here.
I am drawing attention the importance of the internal world for a few reasons. One is because I strongly believe that external integration will flow from internal integration. Secondly, I think that the internal work of becoming a more whole person is harder, takes longer and is less glamourous. Lastly, I feel like God wants to move in and through a people who are rooted and established in him. And let me tell you, being rooted and established doesn't happen over night. Just ask a pecan tree.
This is a journey that I'm always on. A big part of it is learning how to slow down and being intentional about growing in contemplative prayer practices. Another big part of it is being sensitive to my emotional state and trusting that if Jesus could be a peaceful presence in an anxious world, then I can too - if I will work towards it.
A few resources that you should check out if anything I'm saying is resonating with you are Richard Rohr's "Everything Belongs" and The Gravity Center for Contemplative Action which is based in Omaha. I'll keep unpacking these ideas in the weeks to come.
Happy Tuesday, friends. May Love move powerfully in the center of who you are today.


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Continued excitement on the diamond, field, track and courts highlighted the week that was. Here's the latest:
Baseball: Red Storm keep winning
On the diamond, while South Portland was giving powerhouse Deering all it could handle, Scarborough has won five straight. The latest victories were 3-2 at Bonny Eagle, 4-1 over visiting Noble and 9-2 at Windham. Junior Jake Rutt had a superb start against the Scots, senior ace Chris Bernard fanned 15 against the Knights, and junior Andrew Myers earned the win on the hill against the Eagles. The Red Storm (8-2 and third behind Westbrook and Deering in the latest Western Class A Heal Points standings) went to Kennebunk Thursday (too late for print), visit Marshwood Friday and host Biddeford Tuesday.
In Western B, Cape Elizabeth took a two-game skid into Wednesday's home game against St. Dom's (played too late for print). The Capers fell 7-2 at Yarmouth last Wednesday and lost 7-3 at York Monday to fall to 7-3 on the year (good for second in the Heals). Cape Elizabeth is home with Fryeburg Monday and goes to Falmouth Wednesday.
Softball: Capers gear up for showdown
With Monday's home showdown (and regional final rematch) against visiting Fryeburg in the back of their minds, the Cape Elizabeth softball team improved to 9-1 and stretched its win streak to four games earlier this week with a 1-0 victory at York and a 15-0 (five inning) home romp over Lake Region. The Capers' bats exploded for 14 runs in the fourth inning against the Lakers. Senior catcher Colleen Martin had a home run and senior pitcher Trish Thibodeau allowed just one hit. Cape Elizabeth (sixth in the latest Western B Heals) hosted St. Dom's Wednesday (too late for print), then turned its attention to the undefeated, top ranked Raiders, who ended their season and reign as champions a year ago. Next Wednesday, the Capers go to Falmouth.
In Western A, Scarborough continues to shine. The Red Storm held off visiting Gorham 2-1 (in 10 innings) last Friday, then downed host Massabesic 12-0 (in six innings) Monday to improve to 11-0 on the year. Sophomore Abby Rutt had the game-winning hit against the Rams. Freshman Mo Hannan dominated on the hill and senior Catie Funk homered against the Mustangs. Scarborough (first in the Heals) was home with Thornton Academy Wednesday (too late for print) and goes to Biddeford for a regional final rematch Tuesday.
South Portland is quietly putting together another stellar campaign. The Red Riots made it eight straight victories and improved to 9-1 with a 12-0 home win over Windham and a 9-2 victory at Noble. Against the Eagles, the stellar sophomore tandem of Alexis Bogdanovich (three-hitter on the mound) and Danielle DiBiase (four RBI) carried the day. Against the Knights, senior Lauren Tuttle threw a one-hitter. South Portland (tied with Gorham for fourth in the Heals) was home with Marshwood Wednesday (too late for print), visits Gorham Friday and hosts Massabesic Tuesday.
Boys' lacrosse: Cape Elizabeth rocks South Portland
Following Saturday night's 13-7 home loss to Portland, the Cape Elizabeth boys' lacrosse team was looking to take out its frustrations. Unfortunately for South Portland, the Red Riots were next on the Capers' schedule.
Monday night in South Portland, Cape Elizabeth improved to 6-2 with an 18-3 win, as senior Mike Holden scored five times and junior Tom Foden added four goals and four assists. The Capers (first in the latest Western A Heals) host Greely Friday.
The Red Riots (who had also lost 14-5 at Scarborough last Friday) fell to 3-4 after Monday's loss and are ninth in the region. South Portland hoped to even its record when it hosted Windham Wednesday (too late for print). The Red Riots visit Waynflete Friday and host York next Wednesday.
Defending Class A state champion Scarborough not only beat South Portland, but also downed visiting Freeport 7-3 Monday night to improve to 6-2. The Falcons led 2-0 after one period and the Red Storm only had a 3-2 halftime lead before opening it up a bit in the second half. Scarborough (third in the Heals) played at Cheverus Wednesday (too late for print), then have six days off before hosting Kennebunk in a regional final rematch.
Girls' lacrosse: Scarborough heats up
On the girls' side, the Red Storm of Scarborough improved to 5-3 with recent wins over host York (17-10) and visiting Falmouth (14-9). Against the Wildcats, junior Lindsay Hagerman scored six times. Hagerman had six more versus the Yachtsmen and junior Ellie Morin added five. Scarborough (eighth in the latest Western A Heals) was at Massabesic Thursday (too late for print), then has a week off to prepare for a home showdown with Kennebunk, the team which eliminated the Red Storm from last year's playoffs.
South Portland had a great chance to even its record Tuesday night at Portland, but wound up suffering an agonizing 7-6 defeat to fall to 2-4. The Red Riots (ninth in Western A) were home with Thornton Academy Thursday (too late for print), visit Fryeburg Saturday and play at Sanford Tuesday.
In Western B, Cape Elizabeth returned to play after six days off and gave perennial Eastern B power Yarmouth a scare before losing 12-10 at home Tuesday. Senior Maggie Darling scored three goals. The Capers (4-3 and third in the Heals) hosted undefeated, defending Class B champion Waynflete Thursday night (too late for print) and go to Falmouth Tuesday.
Track: Regular season concludes
When Cape Elizabeth hosted Falmouth, Greely and Yarmouth in an outdoor track meet Thursday (too late for print), the curtain came down on the 2009 regular season.
Scarborough wrapped up its year (with Gorham and Windham) at Westbrook Tuesday, where both teams came in first.
South Portland (along with Cheverus, McAuley and Portland) competed at Deering Monday. The boys were second and the girls came in third.
Both the Western Maine Conference and Southern Maine Activities Association championships meets are May 30. The Class A and B state championships are the following Saturday, June 6.
Tennis: Scarborough boys pass a big test
On the hardcourts, while the tennis singles tournament was getting underway (please see story, page 13), team play continued to produce victories.
The Scarborough boys avenged last year's playoff heartbreak Monday with a 4-1 win at Cheverus to improve to 9-0. The Red Storm (third behind Windham and Westbrook in the Western A Heals) are at the Blue Blazes Friday and host the Eagles Tuesday. Scarborough's girls are 8-1 and tied with McAuley for second in Western A behind Portland.
South Portland's girls improved to 5-4 after a 5-0 win at Massabesic Monday. The Red Riots were ninth in the latest Heals. The boys (sixth in the standings) are 4-5 after a 5-0 home win over Massabesic Monday.
In Western B, Cape Elizabeth's boys took a 7-1 mark and the No. 5 spot in the Heals to Fryeburg Wednesday (too late for print). The girls were 6-3 (fourth in the standings) and are riding a four-match winning streak.
Sports Editor Michael Hoffer can be reached at [email protected]
South Portland junior Hannah Noll had to contend with some serious defensive pressure from Portland sophomore Abby Scrutchfield during the teams' game Tuesday night. (Jason Veilleux photo)
South Portland sophomore Maggie Solomon does battle with a Portland attacker during the Red Riots' 7-6 loss. (Jason Veilleux photo)
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Resolution supports parents via Only Dads Family Law Panel
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12 Aug 2014
Not for profit group Only Dads and Only Mums recently launched Family Law Panel made up of Resolution members, to support separating parents/
Established in 2007, OnlyMums and OnlyDads provide accurate and easy to access advice and support to single parents in areas such as family law, mediation and parenting.
Family law lies at the very core of their work. In response to the large number of enquiries they receive each year, they have developed a service to respond to parents directly.
The Family Law Panel provides answers to questions from parents, providing independent, specialist support within 24-28 hours. It is made up exclusively of Resolution members.
If you're a Resolution member interested in joining the Family Panel you can find out more and apply here.


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Wilkommen and leave your troubles outside! Cabaret directed by Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall makes it's return to Studio 54 to heat up the stage. We are transported to the Kit Kat Klub complete with cocktail tables and lamps instead of the normal theater row seating.
Making his return as the Master of Ceremonies is Alan Cumming, perfectly cast as the impish and androgynous Emcee. Mr Cumming steers the show and keeps the action moving along, always seeming lurking around, on stage and even in the house. He seems to have been born to play this role and you can feel his excitement creeping on your skin. This version is grittier and scarier than the Cabaret made famous by Joel Grey and Liza Minelli and I love it. It feels more real and on the verge of punk. Michelle Williams does a solid job as Sally Bowles and even though I didn't think her voice was as strong as others I have seen in the role I believed the vulnerability and sadness she brought to the role.
The supporting cast including the "beautiful" orchestra round out a fantastic show and a definite "must-see"on Broadway. This is the perfect show for those with an open mind and looking for some inspirational performing and just an all around good time.


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Just wanted to let y'all know that I'll be teaching and performing at Dulci-More Festival 21, on Memorial Day weekend (May 22-24.) This will be my first time attending this festival, and I'm really excited about checking it out.
Hope to see some of you there! For more information about the festival (including the classes I will be teaching) check out their website http://dulcimore.org/festival.htm.


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I don't have an exact date for when my cooking skills went out the window, but I am not up to par.
Marilyn returned last evening, with her friend and neighbor, who picked her up at the airport. I promised to cook dinner and I worried about that all day long, so I tried extra hard to make it good.
I burned the rice.
I think my cooking skills have been altered so much that I'm confused. First, I learned to cook from my mother and when my kids were growing up, I did okay, but it was always simple, American food.
Then I became a partial vegetarian who had to cook for myself and then a husband came along who needed meat and three meals a day. I sort of gave up on becoming a vegetarian, and my husband made my life so cozy, that I got fat from the evening cake, and the mid-morning snacks and the afternoon snacks, oh, and the snack time before bed. It's all so very Dutch.
AFter he passed away, I went back to no red meat in my diet, and then I was back to not knowing how to cook for one person who doesn't eat meat.
Enough about my cooking. I'm having a good time in the mountains in Marilyn's lovely home. We visited her friend this afternoon, and I marveled at her wonderful, creative landscaping. There is a pond that comes from creek water, lots of stone structures, gorgeous flowers – including a bright red begonia in a basket.
The grass is thick and just begs me to lie down and watch the clouds.
Marilyn will soon have her hand operation, and then I'll have much more to do. I hope to be able to help her out to partially pay for my wonderful time here in the mountain mansion.


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A Symposium regarding the Pathophysiology of Successful and Unsuccessful Ageing was held in Palermo, Italy on 7-8 April 2009. One lecture from that Symposium by G. Campisi, L. Ginaldi and F. Licastro is summarized. Ageing is a complex process which negatively impacts on the development of various bodily systems and its ability to function. A long life in a healthy, vigorous, youthful body has always been one of humanity's greatest dreams. Thus, a better understanding of the pathophysiology of age-related diseases is urgently required to improve our understanding of maintaining good health in the elderly and to program possible therapeutic intervention.
A Symposium regarding the Pathophysiology of Successful and Unsuccessful Ageing was held in Palermo, Italy on 7-8 April 2009. Elderly patients constitute a very heterogeneous group with a wide range of cultural, social and educational backgrounds. A worldwide phenomenon of the increasing number of elderly people has been recognized, with older people comprising a larger proportion of the population. This demographic phenomenon is related to an increase in chronic and at times debilitating diseases, associated with advancing age and an exponential growth in health costs. In some cases, a modification to life-style can reduce the so-called 'indirect' and 'intangible' costs of diseases in terms of public health. Thus, a better understanding of the pathophysiology of age-related diseases is urgently required to improve our understanding of maintaining good health in the elderly and to program possible therapeutic intervention.
Section 1: Giuseppina Campisi and Rosario Guiglia – Systemic diseases in the elderly: relationships between hard and soft oral tissues
Oral health in the elderly
The demographic changes described above could have a dramatic impact on mucosal and dental health: the elderly are at greater risk of oral diseases since gains in longevity result in more medically compromising conditions or systemic diseases, together with several oral-related manifestations.
Ageing affects oral tissues in addition to other parts of the human body, and oral health (the health of the mouth, teeth and associated structures, and their functional activity) is an integral component of general health. Indeed, oral diseases can have a profound impact on general health, as documented by the World Health Organization, whilst problems relating to general health can, and frequently do, manifest themselves in the mouth. This relationship has been extensively treated in the literature, by scientific societies and Journals dedicated to this area of specialization.
The most common oral conditions in the elderly are: dental caries, gingivitis, periodontitis, xerostomia, candidosis, denture stomatitis and oral cancer, while the most common systemic chronic diseases in this age group are arthritis and osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease (AD), metabolic syndrome with diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular diseases with myocardial infarction (MI). Furthermore, these latter conditions have potential sequelae in the oral district, particularly in older people and in medically-compromised adults. Finally, the treatment of these diseases with medication, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy has severe implications for the maintenance of oral health.
In such a context, it is worth noting that the relationship is not only in one direction (from ageing and systemic diseases towards to oral health), but more interestingly from the oral towards systemic diseases and potentially to unsuccessful ageing. Age-related oral changes are based on the same pathological dynamics as those generally recognised in all tissues: from tissue desiccation to diminished reparative ability, from reduced elasticity to altered cell permeability.
Older patients are more susceptible to root caries due to inadequate oral hygiene, infrequent dental examinations and cleaning, salivary gland dysfunction, an insufficient use of fluoride-containing oral hygiene products and removable partial dentures, which can trap plaque around the teeth and create an environment encouraging the formation of caries. External tooth changes include discoloration (from yellow to brown) and loss of enamel due to abrasion, erosion or occlusal attrition. Thinning around the neck of teeth, often related to the use of hard-bristled toothbrushes over many years of improper tooth brushing, is frequent. Severe dental caries and periodontitis can lead to tooth extraction. Tooth loss impairs chewing, swallowing, and speaking, leading to nutritional deficiencies, social isolation, and depression.
Infections of the oral cavity constitute another important area in clinical dental practice. In elderly patients, atrophy of the oral mucosal epithelium occurs with aging but it may be more probably related to extrinsic factors (e.g. dentures) or disorders (e.g. vitamin B12/folate deficiency). This thinner and weaker oral mucosa may be more vulnerable to local irritation, resulting in a greater risk of candidal infection and/or reactivation of the varicella-zoster infection.
Pathological Modification of oral flora in the elderly
Candidal infections are the most common of diseases due to an increased prevalence of salivary gland dysfunction, the use of removable prostheses, drugs that alter oral flora or the immune function (e.g. antibiotics, anti-neoplastic, corticosteroid and immuno-suppressing drugs), diabetes mellitus, malnutrition, and other immuno-compromising conditions. Oral candidosis may present itself as: a) acute pseudomembranous (commonly labeled 'thrush'), characterized by white plaques or patches that may cause pinpoint bleeding when scraped; b) being hyperplastic, with confluent leukoplakic plaques that cannot be scraped away; c) atrophic, characterized by painful erythematous mucosal lesions, frequently located beneath dentures; or d) angular cheilitis, characterized by leukoplakic and erosive lesions on the lip commissures.
Oral zoster is caused by the reactivation of a latent varicella-zoster virus infection. Precipitating factors include thermal, inflammatory, radiological or mechanical trauma, immuno-compromising states including cancer, Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and physiological or emotional stress. Since these conditions are more prevalent in elderly people, herpes zoster is likely to an issue. Its appearance is characterized by a painful segmental eruption of small vesicles which rupture to form confluent ulcers. Vesicles appear on the skin and oral mucous membranes, occurring unilaterally along the ophthalmic, maxillary, or mandibular divisions of the trigeminal nerve. Post-herpetic neuralgia can last for months after the vesicles have erupted and cause considerable pain and neuralgia.
As a consequence of these infective events, dysphagia (i.e. difficulty in swallowing) or xerostomia can occur. The latter two are not considered as 'diseases' but conditions that give rise to a nutritional deficiency and reduced salivation respectively. Dysphagia and xerostomia in the elderly may also be caused by a variety of medical conditions, such as immunological (e.g. arthritis, diabetes), neurological (e.g. Parkinson's disease) or psychological disorders (e.g. depression, dementia), or by various types of medication (e.g. anticholinergic, antipsychotic, antihypertensive drugs).
Oral cancer and potentially malignant lesions are concomitant with ageing. Indeed, exposure to oncogenetic factors (i.e. tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption, exposure to ultraviolet radiation, high risk human papilloma virus) as well as the inflammatory burden involved in onco-pathogenesis, increase during a person's lifetime and could determine the occurrence of oral cancer precursors.
Periodontal disease as a model of inflamm-aging
However, periodontal disease (PD) is, as a model of chronic inflammatory disease, able to influence the general status of health and the quality of ageing. PDs are a heterogeneous group of diseases that affect the supporting structures of the teeth (gingiva, root cement, alveolar bone and periodontal ligament). Generically, it is possible to distinguish gingivitis, as an early stage of the disease which does not involve tooth attachment and which displays irritated gums, from periodontitis, which affects all the tissue surrounding the tooth, concluding with regrettable dental loss. Its aetiology is complex, clinical manifestations are various and several classifications have been proposed. In 1999, the American Academy of Periodontology successfully classified PD in relation to its aetiology in an International Workshop for the Classification of Periodontal Diseases and Conditions.
The chronic stimulation of inflammation sustained by the Gram-negative anaerobic bacteria of dental plaque has been correlated with various systemic diseases, such as pre-term and low birth- weight, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases, worsening control over diabetes and the slow healing of wounds, aspiration pneumonia and osteoporosis.
Different models of the aetiopathogenetic mechanisms of oral bacteria exist:
1) Common susceptibility involves a genetically determined phenotype. In the presence of periodontal pathogens, a susceptible patient develops PD. This same person would also be susceptible to atherosclerosis, diabetes or pulmonary infections but, in this model, PD does not cause a systemic condition;
2) at present, a more complex model is accredited, in which direct and indirect dynamics as well as innate, endogenous and exogenous factors are involved. Local adaptive immunity reacts to produce cytokines which are capable of altering vessel permeability, thereby enabling monocytes to penetrate the inflamed tissue. The chronic stimulation of inflammation by bacterial plaque involves several cell populations and several networks of cytokines, facilitating detachment and the formation of bone defects, since the cell populations amplify the inflammatory reaction and activate the effector mechanism, which is responsible for tissue destruction. At the same time, bacteria reaches the blood circulation directly or by means of their lipopolysaccharides;
3) this model offers the basic rationale for the documented link between local effects and various related systemic diseases. Specifically, a bi-directional relationship has been reported to exist for many diseases, the latter which could be reciprocally influenced. Of these, diabetes is one of the most reported diseases with a very precise pathological dynamic: the higher susceptibility of diabetics to periodontitis. The latter enhances insulin resistance and complicates glycaemic control, in addition to determining a more severe case of periodontitis, leading to defining periodontitis as the sixth complication of diabetes.
The second bidirectional condition is the presence of osteoporosis (primary and secondary one), which is correlated with the loss of alveolar bone and teeth. Hence, osteoporosis involves the same percentage of the stomatognathic apparatus as with the skeleton, and in numerous studies it has been correlated with a loss of alveolar bone and teeth (see the next paragraph). This model had previously been established in relation to unidirectional pathogenesis (from osteoporosis forward to PD), but today the same dynamics for osteoporosis have also been hypothesised as for diabetes, based on the release of cytokines at the onset of PD. The latter induces an uncoupling of normal bone homeostasis, an increase in osteoclastic activity and decrease in bone mineral density.
Recently new links have been hypothesized between PD and renal disease, obesity, dysmetabolic syndrome and pancreatic cancer. However, possibly the most interesting link suggested to date is that with Alzheimer's disease (AD), a chronic age-related disease depending on systemic and local inflammation. The invasion of the brain by oral bacteria was posited as recently as 2002: of the periodontal bacteria, various species such as Actinobacillus Actinomycetemcomitans, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Treponema denticola and Fusobacterium nucleatum have been found to be capable of invading the brain, modifying the cytokine milieu and possibly contributing to existing pathological mechanisms. In particular, Treponema species, including T. denticola, have been detected in 14/16 AD and 4/18 non-AD brains. Moreover, AD specimens have displayed a greater number of Treponema species than the controls.
Two mechanisms may be involved in the PD-induced onset/progression of AD:
1) inflammatory; and 2) bacterial mechanisms. The first mechanism implies that PD-derived inflammatory molecules increase brain inflammation. The interaction between periodontal bacteria and host response results in the locally increased production of inflammatory molecules, including interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, IL-8, Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)-α, and C-reactive protein (CRP).
The host response to subgingival periodontal pathogens engages both innate and instructive immune responses, resulting in the alteration of local vasculature, generation of an inflammatory response, immune cell priming, and the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines. The bacteria and host response of a patient in good periodontal health are in equilibrium. In cases of gingivitis, the bacterial challenge elicits an innate immune response in the adjacent gingival tissue, which is capable of limiting a bacterial-induced pathology. When periodontitis has been diagnosed, the balance between bacteria and host response is disrupted, thereby resulting in an increased inflammatory infiltrate and the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Tissue destruction occurs mainly by the activation of osteoclasts, matrix metalloproteinases, and other proteinases by the host inflammatory response.
In cases of severe PD, these pro-inflammatory molecules may induce a systemic inflammation and may, therefore, access the brain via systemic circulation. Pro-inflammatory molecules, derived locally from periodontal tissue, may stimulate trigeminal nerve fibers, leading to an increase in the number of brain cytokine. These cytokines may act on the already primed glial cells, resulting in an amplified reaction and possible progression of AD. A test for this hypothesis would entail examining whether PD affects the progression of AD, which clinically presents as earlier onset or as a more severe stage of the disease.
The second mechanism by which PD could contribute to brain inflammation is direct, through bacteria and/or bacterial products. Several bacteria, including oral bacteria, have been hypothesized as being implicated in the pathogenesis of AD. The mechanism by which periodontal bacteria access the brain is unknown. However, the mechanisms described for other bacteria accessing the brain via systemic circulation is possible. Orally-originated bacteriaemia occurs relatively frequently during dental and non-dental manipulations. A further route by which bacteria may reach the brain is via the peripheral nerves. Riviere' studies have demonstrated that spirochete species were detected in the trigeminal ganglia, thereby suggesting the ability of oral spirochetes to invade the central nervous system via the peripheral nerves. However, the simple presence of periodontal bacteria in the systemic circulation or in the territory of peripheral nerve fibers does not imply access to the brain. Additional co-factors may be required, such as age, the presence of inflammatory cytokines or other infection. Although it is most probable that infections are not causative in these types of diseases, their possible role as aggravating co-factors in patients with susceptible genetic backgrounds should be seriously considered. Consequently, every chronic peripheral infection may contribute to the global infectious/inflammatory burden and participate in the aetiopathogenesis of relevant diseases.
Several related cross-sectional studies and various longitudinal studies have demonstrated that patients with dementia are more likely to have poor oral health. For example, the Nun Study, a longitudinal study of ageing and AD, provided an opportunity to study oral health and cognitive function. The authors of this study confirmed that fewer teeth increased the risk of a higher prevalence and incidence of dementia (also in patients without the Apo-E4 allele), albeit without conclusive evidence regarding the 'causal or casual' role played by each factor .
In conclusion, evidence-based data regarding the association of PD with neurodegenerative disorders are still lacking. However, it seems plausible that there is an increase in the number of brain cytokines activating the neurodegenerative pathway via a contribution to systemic/brain inflammation.


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Linlithgow Rose crashed out of the William Hill Scottish Cup after dominating the game against Aberdeenshire opposition Banks O' Dee but failing badly in front of goal.
Manager Mark Bradley was an angry and disappointed man after watching his Rose side make the long journey home without a place in the first round of the competition after a 2-1 defeat.
"That was a game we should never have lost, but we wasted so many opportunities to win it," lamented Bradley. "We tried too hard to make things look good rather than getting your foot through the ball.
"Even a sclaffed effort or a miss hit strike would have been better than what we tried. That's not what I expected from a Linlithgow team. I'm very disappointed for the supporters who made their way to Aberdeen because they deserve much better that the team gave today.
"I have to be fair though because Banks O' Dee did their job well. They had only three or four chances and took two of them, while we had probably opportunities – I wouldn't call them all chances – and failed to find the net.
"We had a couple of good penalty claims turned down by a referee who didn't do us any favours. There will have to be a big improvement in our play or someone or some people will be leaving."
The first real chance in the game on Spain Park's plastic pitch fell to Linlithgow's Owen Ronald in the 15th minute, but his effort was weak and straight at Craig Duguid in the Banks goal.
The hosts were pushing hard and took the lead in the 20th minute. The Linlithgow defence failed to clear a corner from the left and as the ball fell to Liam McCall some 20 yards out and he curled the ball past Rose keeper Ritchie Barnard.
For the rest of the first half Linlithgow dominated, creating opportunities to grab an equaliser, but all too often they overplayed them and the Dee defence threw themselves in front of everything.
As the half time whistle drew near, Rose winger Roddy MacLennan raced in on goal. He knocked the ball past Duguid and looked to have won the race until the keeper's right foot caught him to send him tumbling to the ground. It looked like a penalty, but to everyone's surprise, the referee booked the winger for diving.
Linlithgow started the second half well, having the ball cleared off the line three times.
Then, on the hour mark, they last another goal. Jamie McKenzie gave the ball away with a crazy pass to midfield. Dee pushed forward and again the Linlithgow defence failed to clear the danger, allowing Jack Henderson to score from a tight angle.
Almost from the restart Linlithgow pulled a goal back. However they didn't score it – it came via an own goal from Dee's Liam McCall.
Linlithgow took heart from this and pushed hard for an equaliser once again. The last throw of the dice came with a second strong penalty claim for a deliberate hand ball on the goalline, again though the referee turned a blind eye to the claims.
Banks O' Dee: Shearer, Duguid, White, Allan, McCall, K Winton, Henderson, Barbour, Watt, Philipson, Hall. Subs: Smith, Murray, J Winton, Buchanan, MacLennan, McLeod, Sammalviato.
Linlithgow: Barnard, Thom, Turnbull, McKenzie, Leiper, Sloan, Ronald, Ru MacLennan, Batchelor, Coyne, Ro MacLennan. Subs: Shields, Malone, Devine, Strickland, McLair, Hill.


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Hans Sigmund Jaretzki's Park Lichtspiele Cinema in Berlin.
The Cinema Park Lichtspiele was built in 1930 by the architect Hans Sigmund Jaretzki. In the1930ies the cinema became one of the most successful entertainment venues in Albrechtstraße49, Berlin-Steglitz. The building survived the war without any damage, but after the warit became less popular or maybe unaffordable for the residents of this neighbourhood. Thecinema was closed in 1968.
After that the »Park Lichtspiele Kino« suffered some drastic chances. The EDEKA Supermarketchain completely changed the interior design to suit its purpose as a modern food marketpurpose with modern amenities to store goods and fresh groceries. When the supermarketmoved out, the place was rented by a Music Instruments Store and soon afterwards by an ElectronicsStore called Atlas Multimedia, which still uses the building today. Today the old cinemais entirely cluttered with washing machines and refrigerators that have regularly been updatedso that the modern models at the entrance continuously push the older ones into the depth ofthis building. It has became the ideal place for the manager of the shop who used almost everycorner of the interior to sell, store and archive these products. As he began to tell the historyof the building from his process of appropriating the place the project continued to investigatemore about the life and work of Hans Sigmund Jaretzki.
With the empowerment of the Nazi regime in 1933 the architect who was Jewish felt forced toleave Germany and to emigrate to Great Britain with his family. He started working again inLondon, first as an interior architect and then also furniture designer. Soon he started his ownpractice. In 1943 he was one of the founders of the Germany Austria Association of Architectsand Engineers called »The Circle«. Hans Sigmund Jaretzki died in 1956 in London.
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2018 Clinics & Activities: check back for details!
Be Better at Bouldering with Ethan Pringle
Come join Professional climber Ethan Pringle for a half-day on the rocks! Have you ever wondered what to do if you have snot paws? What about if it's too hot to hike in your pants? You'll get to learn ALL of the secrets from his 20+ year professional climbing career.
Saturday, October 6th @ 9 am (meet at rec center)
Movement On & Off the Rocks with Carrie Cooper
Join professional climber and Doctor of Physical Therapy Carrie Cooper for a half-day clinic on and off the rocks! This 4-hour clinic will focus on prevalent climbing injuries, their anatomy, and methods for keeping your muscles, ligaments and tendons safe from injury. Injury happens to all athletes and having a basic understanding of therapeutic concepts can prevent them from occurring or becoming chronic. We will learn to apply concepts so be ready to move in comfortable clothing.
Dr. Carrie Cooper is a Doctor of Physical Therapy dedicated to moving athletes
through injury and into performance. She is a USA Climbing National Team PT
and loves traveling and working with an international cohort of athletes and
health professionals. She owns Rev Physical Therapy in Salt Lake City and has
two children.
Saturday, October 6th @ 9 am (meet at rec center)
Photography with Jeff Skalla
Want to learn how to take rad climbing photos?! Jeff Skalla, aka @jefftheclimber, will be teaching two photo clinics at the Fest!
Saturday, October 6th @ 9 am (meet at rec center): The advanced clinic will delve deep into composition, movement, and lighting for climbing photos.
Saturday, October 6th @ 11:30 am (meet at rec center): The beginners clinic will feature an intro to climbing photography.
Climbing SJ Classics with Steven Jeffery
Renowned setter, prolific Joe's Valley developer, and Joe's Valley guidebook author Steven Jeffery will show you how to get up all Joe's boulders you've ever wanted to! Steven has roamed the hills of Joe's Valley for over 20 years and developed several of today's boulder problems. Don't miss this rare chance to learn from Joe's expert himself!
Saturday, October 6th @ 9 am (meet at rec center)
Local Artisan Clinic: Makin' Beef Jerky
Ever wondered how that incredible stuff is made? Well, wonder no more! Join Ungerman's Meats in Huntington, UT for some jerky makin'! This will be an hour-long class with a take home gallon bag of beef jerky in any one of their 4 flavors.
Friday, October 5th @ 3:00 pm. To ride-share or carpool, meet at rec center at 2:30 pm.
Local Artisan Clinic: Makin' a GIANT Pizza
Come learn how to create R Pizza's signature dish - the Giant Pizza - and take some of it with you! This 1-hour clinic will be at R Pizza Place in Castle Dale, UT.
Friday, October 5th @ 4:30 pm
Local Artisan Clinic: Makin' Caramel Apples
Darcey Powell is the owner and artist of the creations at Forbidden Fruit Sweet Shoppe. Her caramel apples are craved across the country and now you have the chance to get in on the action! Hear from Darcey about her story and dip your own caramel apple to enjoy at the Emery County Rec Center!
Saturday, October 6th @ 3:30 pm. This clinic is $10 per person. Pay at the booth.
Local Artisan Clinic: Screen Printing
Join the folks at TC West and learn the art of screen printing with this hands on clinic! Fun fact, TC West prints the Joe's Valley Fest shirts every year! Choose from two awesome designs and you get to keep the shirt!
Friday, October 5th @ 3:00 pm. To ride-share or carpool, meet at rec center at 2:30 pm.
Yoga in the Park
Two yoga sessions are included with your festival ticket! Meet at the Orangeville City Park for a little restorations between climbing sessions.
Friday, October 5th @ 1:30 pm with Nicole Passeri
Saturday, October 6th @ 2:00 pm with Blake Cason
Donations accepted for non-ticket holders.
Legends and Lore of Castle Valley
The Lore of settling Castle Country, the Legends that developed the boulders, and how we got the Joe's Valley and towns we know and love today. Don't miss this animated slideshow by Steven Jeffery, one of the main developers of Joe's Valley bouldering, and Neal Peacock, a local with all the gossip.
Saturday, October 6th @ 8:00 pm.
Free for everyone.
Mindfulness & Mental Training with Blake Cason
While fear can feel debilitating and overwhelming, it is a powerful motivator and calming anchor of focus. Learn how the practice of mindfulness can radically change our threshold of discomfort and turn fear into an acceptable, even inspiring, part of climbing and life.
Come ready for actionable insight, discussion, and guidance. Facilitated by Blake Cason, Behavior and Lifestyle Coach, who has 12 years of experience helping people find more calm, time, joy, play, and energy in their lives.
Saturday, October 6th @ 3:30 pm. Meet at the Old Orangeville Fire House.
Included with your festival ticket. Donations accepted for non-ticket holders.


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Has Hungary Gotten a 'Bad Rap' on Migrant Crisis?
ROSKE, Hungary -- The massive wave of illegal migrants entering Europe has changed direction. Instead of attempting to transit Hungary, the migrants are now looking for alternative routes to Germany.
And they're becoming desperate, violently confronting police at the borders of Hungary and Croatia.
There was chaos at the edge of Europe as Hungarian police responded with tear gas to stop migrants from storming a border fence.
"Baby. Baby gassing. Baby, problem," Syrian refugee Mohammed Mahsun told CBN News, gesturing to indicate gas spraying.
One group of migrants camped out on the Serbian side of the border after Hungary closed the crossing earlier this week. Instead of seeking legal access or alternative routes to Germany, some demanded immediate access to Hungary.
"We came and our goal is to cross the border," Zahed Charkari, a migrant from Afghanistan, said. "Yes, we will stay here until we cross the border. There is no alternative."
Hungary closed its borders because it requires prior approval and processing to enter the country. Hungarian border police have stepped up their patrols to stop illegal entry and even Hungarian army troops are helping secure their country's border.
There are still some gaps in the 100-mile fence along the Serbian-Hungarian border. But it's unlikely anyone would dare get through the razor wire, which would cut them severely.
Many migrants are seeking an alternative route, traveling through Serbia and illegally entering Croatia. From there, they hope to go on to Austria and finally, cross into Germany.
"What we are trying to do is to fulfill our duty to defend Hungary's -- and therefore the Schengen Zone's -- borders, apply the rule of law as it should be applied by all member states, and as a matter of fact we are being criticized for doing that," Hungarian government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs told CBN News.
The 29 European Union states require migrants to be registered at the first E.U. point of entry. Greece has not done that so Hungary -- and now Croatia -- are attempting to do so.
While some E.U. states allow open travel, countries on the periphery, like Hungary and Croatia, must check migrants before they can cross into those areas.
Kovacs believes Hungary has gotten a bad rap. He said his country is simply following the rules and protecting Europe.
"The sheer number is a security risk and especially these people are coming from conflict zones. You never know -- even if they are fleeing for their life whether they have fought before in a civil war in Iraq or in Syria. Obviously this is a very, very serious security risk," Kovacs explained.
European leaders plan to meet soon to discuss emergency measures, including possible migration quotas for each member state.
In the meantime, what does Hungary ask of Americans?
"Don't ask from Hungary -- or any other European country -- a thing that you wouldn't do, that is, letting in people without any control or discipline," Zoltan said.