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The Legislative Council on Friday endorsed a proposal by Gov. Mike Beebe to use $450,000 in rainy day funds to help cover most of the cost of the high school equivalency test.
With the infusion of money, the cost to take the GED will drop from $120 to just $16, said Sen. Bruce Maloch, D-Magnolia.
Up until two years ago, the state covered the $20 cost of the test , but that stopped last year when the National GED Testing Service began charging the state $120 per test, or $30 for each of the test's four parts.
Since the 2013 regular session, a number of lawmakers have expressed concern that the $120 cost meant few people would take the test. Last year, Beebe purposed using $450,000 from the rainy day fund to help offset some of the cost.
Maloch , who presented the proposal to Legislative Council, told members the Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review Committee endorsed it earlier this week.
Janice Hanlon, state administrator of the GED with the Department of Career Education, told lawmakers that about 7,700 people took the test in 2012. He estimated 8,000 took the test last year, although she said final numbers for 2013 are not yet available.
Jim Smith, deputy director of Adult Education at the Arkansas Department of Career Education, said the additional $450,000 will help about 9,000 people take the test this year.
Rep. Debra Hobbs, R-Rogers, noted that with the additional funds, taxpayers would be paying $104 for each test.
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Hanlon said about 1,200 of those who took the test in 2012 were 17-years-old, and 991 were 18-years-old.
Sen. Joyce Elliott, D-Little Rock, Elliott said the key to the funding is how many people it will help, and she said while she wished all students would finish high school, sometimes it doesn't happen.
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"That is not the way I want to get a bang for a buck, but that's really kind of an upside of a downside thing," she said. "They could be costing what every other student is costing in the schools everyday, or we could pay for the GED."
Smith said studies have shown that high school dropouts who later pass the GED earn an average of $8,000 more per year over their lifetime compared to those who do not.

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It's true that good things come to those who wait. But it's also true that good things come to those who get up off their duffs and seek out opportunities. The millionaires-by the way, they're all under age 30-we talked to for this piece are evidence enough that a nice balance between patience and enthusiasm is arguably the best formula for business success today, no matter what kind of business you start. (And yes, it's still possible to start a successful dotcom.)
Lara Shriftman, 28
Company: Harrison & Shriftman, a New York City public relations, special events and marketing firm
2000 sales: $3 million
2001 projections: $5 million
Even in college, something set Shriftman apart from other students. As her New York University classmates struggled through marketing exams, she hobnobbed backstage at the CFDA (Council on Fashion Designers of America) with Audrey Hepburn and Claudia Schiffer. While other students got wasted at keggers, she hosted dinner parties that landed in W magazine, interned for Perry Ellis, and deftly built relationships with editors, models and key New York image-makers.
Back in 1995, after several fashion editors recommended she start her own company, Shriftman and her current partner, Elizabeth Harrison, rented office space from a friend for $500 a month on 42nd Street and Madison Avenue and launched Harrison & Shriftman. With Gucci Timepieces and Mirabella magazine as initial clients, the partners kept their costs low by handling the little stuff themselves, including stuffing envelopes, ordering supplies and answering the phones. But it was the 1998 grand opening of the Van Damme restaurant-when a Los Angeles agent unexpectedly brought along two of his clients, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon-that really put Harrison & Shriftman on the map for its publicity efforts.
This much is clear: Harrison & Shriftman is not just a PR firm, and it's not the type of company that just sends out a press release or a postcard. When shoe store Jimmy Choo opened in New York City, the partners sent out a chocolate shoe. "We're not just about getting a shoe in a magazine," Shriftman explains. "We're about an overall strategy." She describes the company as a "midsized agency with a boutique sensibility," even though it expanded to offices in Los Angeles in 1999 and, at press time, had plans to hit Miami this month.
With a client list that includes Hugo Boss, Dooney & Bourke and Cartier, Shriftman stays on the cutting edge of what's hip in fashion. She also chooses her clients carefully. "I couldn't take on a shoe company that didn't have great shoes," Shriftman says. "I couldn't tell my editors to wear these shoes if I wouldn't wear them [or] if I knew the shoes weren't good. I couldn't take on a line of clothing that's ugly." -Eryn Gable
Weston Lemos, 25
Company:Stock Exposure Inc., a San Luis Obispo, California, online IR/PR (investor relations/public relations) firm specializing in promotion of publicly traded companies
2000 sales: $2 million
2001 projections: $2 million-plus
As the son of missionaries in Brazil, Lemos wasn't your typical American teenager. "I've always been an entrepreneur," he says. "I had a lot of plans-trying to figure out products that were cheaper in Brazil but more expensive in the United States. When I moved to the U.S., a friend and I even tried selling auctioned used cars."
Luckily for Lemos, his career as a used-car salesman was short-lived. In 2000, Stock Exposure, his first major venture, grossed $2 million at a time when scores of Internet companies were going under. Lemos, who started the company in 1998, cites the camaraderie between his 14 employees (none of whom are over age 26) as the key to Stock Exposure's success. "Our edge is that we're young and creative," he says. "We're friends in and outside of the company, and we all take pretty mild salaries-myself included. We know that when we make it big, we'll do it together."
Unlike most netpreneurs, Lemos funded Stock Exposure out of his own pocket. "You have to think your business can be successful without venture capital," he explains. "Since we didn't have any, we had to focus on turning a profit." -Peter Kooiman
Michael Branson and Scot Johnson, both 29
Company:i3solutions inc., a Sterling, Virginia, technology consulting firm
2000 sales: $7.5 million
2001 projections: $11.7 million
Just months after Johnson, the new kid his senior year of high school, took a classroom seat next to Branson, the duo began comparing visions for their perfect company. Rooming together in college helped reveal their individual strengths and weaknesses, so by the time the then-Internet consultant Johnson pitched Branson, an employee of technical product and service organizations, with his idea for i3solutions, the "synergy" was a-flowin'.
While consulting for a multimillion-dollar system integrator, Johnson felt neither its consultants nor clients were treated properly. So in 1997, he and Branson invested personal savings to build an organization with better everything: technology, consulting, and career development for employees working their way up in the company.
To cut expenses, i3solutions ran from a virtual office for 10 months. That didn't stop first client Verizon (then Bell Atlantic) from signing on. Any fears the telecommunications giant had about i3solutions' reputation were quelled by the latter's willingness to map out every detail of the job and create "a lot of safety valves in case something went astray."
Johnson jokes that i3solutions' future involves "world domination," but he and Branson are starting with expansion of the 51-employee company to New York. And as for the unstable New Economy, Johnson admits, "Every consulting company in our space wears the scars of a couple dotcoms that have gone away." But between getting jobs "by the proofs of merit" and the fact that the majority of i3solutions' business comes from existing enterprise clients like hospitals, hotels, financial institutions and telecommunications concerns, these two only have more work to worry about. -Michelle Prather
Katie Lukas, 24
Company:StickyData LLC, a New York City online custom design and development firm
2000 sales: $1.3 million
2001 projections: $2 million
At an age when most people are just getting their feet wet in entry-level jobs, Katie Lukas, CEO and founder of StickyData LLC, is kicking up her heels in the deep end. Drawing from her previous experience as an interface designer and creative director, Lukas founded her firm in 1999. "At other companies [I had worked for], I felt like people were getting in the way of me being able to do my best work for my clients," explains the entrepreneur. "I wanted the freedom and the responsibility to be able to make my own mistakes and at least be able to blame myself for them. I frequently felt like I was part of a Dilbert cartoon, and I really wanted [StickyData] to be the antithesis of that."
StickyData has achieved steady success, despite the dotcom slowdown and early growing pains. "A significant portion of our team came on in the beginning of 2000, and it really took time for them to solidify as a team," she says. "While I understood that there are perils to growth, I don't think I realized how long it takes even for smart, responsible people to work together as a team."
Staff cohesion hasn't been Lukas' only difficulty. As a young CEO, she admits some women clients feel threatened by her position. "I have to make sure I'm never patronizing, that I always make people feel intelligent and that I always give them the benefit of the doubt," she says. "As a woman, and especially a young woman, I have to prove myself much more forcefully than I do otherwise. When I walk into a room, I can't be mediocre. I have to make sure everybody walks away saying, 'Wow.' " Our thoughts exactly.-Talicia A. Flint
Waly Rizza, 27, and Ali Rizza, 21
Company: Rizza & Associates Inc., a Newport Beach, California, company selling sunglasses, cigars, jewelry and other paraphernalia via carts stationed at retail locations throughout Southern California
2000 sales: $1.1 million
2001 projections: $1.5 million
It became apparent to Waly at a young age that working for other people often proves to be boring and unchallenging, so he actively sought opportunity. Since he took it upon himself to survey retail stores about their most successful products, by the time he heard there was a cart for lease at the Irvine Spectrum, a local shopping mega-center, he already knew what he'd stock it with.
Waly didn't want to hear family and friends' concerns about the risks involved with a start-up, so he just went into business without telling them. (He didn't even tell brother and now partner Ali until three days after the fact.) "That's how it should be in life," says Waly. "You shouldn't just accept everything people tell you. You should research things yourself and make your own judgment."
Apparently, Ali's the human resources/people person and Waly's the negotiator. ("I blow up at small things like someone not coming in on time," admits the latter.) Together, they find balance. Big brother often stresses being "really down to earth" as the key to success.
Aside from the carts, the Rizzas are getting into wholesaling with their new business Elusion Technology, purveyor of eBodyLights.com T-shirts and belly lights. Exploring new business models is how the brothers avoid monotony, but aspiring to match the success of role models works, too: "Richard Branson of Virgin is one of my inspirations," says Waly. "I like how he's done business. Hopefully I can be where he is in 20 years."-Michelle Prather
Ravi Agarwal, 27
Company:BizLand Inc., an online small-business Internet hub based in Burlington, Massachusetts
2000 sales: $1 million-plus
2001 projections: $6 million to $10 million
You can't blame Agarwal for wanting to gloat after one of his closest competitors changed its business model and subsequently had to lay off more than half its staff-considering the run-in he had a couple years ago with the smug venture capitalist that funded the competitor. "[The VC] was very cocky and was saying we were going to lose the war," recalls Agarwal, who founded BizLand in 1997. "It was very satisfying to see that they weren't able to sustain themselves. I'd love to go back to him and just say, 'So, what happened?' "
It's not that Agarwal takes some sort of demented delight in seeing his competitor struggle, but there's a certain satisfaction in knowing his company is growing strong. "We've done a lot more with a lot less," Agarwal says. "We've always been leaner."
Things are looking up for this 4-year-old business, given its sales projections-but evidently, it's not all about revenue. "When building a company, the primary objective is not to make money or just to build something, but to have fun," says Agarwal, who is currently seeking BizLand's third round of funding. "Entrepreneurship is all about persistence, having the hunger. And hunger and persistence equals success." Can someone get that VC on the phone?-Kimiko L. Martinez
Laura Tidwell, 28
Company:Enginehouse Media, an interactive ad agency, and AdOctane, a media buying company, both in Troy, Alabama
2000 sales: approximately $10 million (combined sales)
2001 projections: $25 million (combined sales)
Dedication is working down to the wire to finish an important project. Sheer tenacity is closing an important deal in between contractions. Just ask Tidwell-she did just that in the early days of Enginehouse Media. "You do what you need to do," she says. "Even if that meant making that phone call to the client just minutes after I had my baby, that's what I had to do to make it work."
Making it work is what Tidwell's been doing since she started Enginehouse Media (formerly Advantage Advertising) in 1996. Operating out of her one-bedroom apartment proved to be challenging, but Tidwell managed to project the image of being a larger company. "Image was a hard [obstacle] to overcome," she says. "As a 22-year-old woman, I had to make the world think I was a huge company.without being dishonest."
Landing a few big accounts in the early days-among them Thomas Register of American Manufacturers and Encyclopedia Britannica-proved invaluable. Now 30 employees strong and with six remote offices, Enginehouse is growing solely with revenues, not with the help of venture capital. What's next for the CEO? Besides selling a projected $25 million worth of services this year-with the help of AdOctane, an automated system for media buying that Tidwell spun off into a separate company last year-Tidwell is expanding to include both online and offline media.
Even with her success, Tidwell has one regret: "I wish I would have known I could do it! I think fear slowed me down considerably in my first two years," she says. "Being able to visualize my success as an entrepreneur was the catapult that helped me take the company to the next level." -Nichole L. Torres
Lief C. Larson, 25
Company:Voyagi Inc., a Minneapolis-based provider of media and information services to the interactive kiosk industry
2000 sales: $1 million
2001 projections: $2.5 million
There are a ton of hectic things to take care of during graduation: gown rental, parties, lazing about...starting a business? That's what Larson was doing during his high school graduation. "Literally, I graduated from high school on a Thursday and started [Voyagi] on a Friday," he says.
Being an entrepreneur is never easy-but being a young entrepreneur? "A lot of people don't take you seriously," says Larson. "Their natural tendency is to think you don't know anything." He knew enough to get into this booming industry back in 1994-where kiosks are now everything from informational tools to communication devices. Kiosks that provide Internet access in public places are the next wave on the horizon, and Larson says he's ready to serve that new business sector. His Kiosk Magazine, published since 1999, is just one of the ways he keeps the kiosk constituency appraised of news.
Since entrepreneurship is in his blood-his mom owned a company for 30 years-Larson feels compelled to make each one of his nine employees feel like entrepreneurs themselves. "Everyone takes an entrepreneurial [attitude toward] the company," he says. And with sales set to hit $2.5 million this year, who wouldn't want a piece of that pie? -Nichole L. Torres
Nathan Miller, 20
Company:PocketGear.com, a PDA portal based in Huntington Woods, Michigan, that distributes software for handheld devices
2000 sales: $1 million
2001 projections: $1.4 million
"Keep an open mind, and have an imaginative outlook. It's the little surprises, the twists and turns your plans take, that make life interesting." Words of wisdom from a young entrepreneur who has seen his share of interesting twists. Indeed, Miller never imagined he could transform his Yahoo! Storefront into PocketGear.com, a major Windows CE and Palm software distributor that he launched in July 2000.
After all, Miller's reseller permits to sell PDAs sometimes don't even provide him with enough product to fill orders. But that hasn't prevented him from fulfilling his customers' requests for the trendy little gadgets-he's been known to wipe out the stock at local electronic stores just to meet their needs. His "imaginative outlook" has also prompted him to take a creative approach to his marketing efforts, relying heavily on viral marketing at developer conferences and banner ad exchanges with other PDA-lover sites.
Even the lack of a degree doesn't seem to be a problem for Miller, who recently decided to postpone completing his degree at the University of Michigan to pour all his efforts into growing his business. Says Miller, "I know exactly who, where and what I want to be 20 years from now." -Gisela M. Pedroza
Deborah Wainstein, 27
Company:Priority Staffing Solutions Inc., a New York City employment agency
2000 sales: $2 million-plus
2001 projections: $4 million
Wainstein sums up her life in two words: "It's crazy." Since starting Priority Staffing Solutions, she's seen many late nights as president and CEO. "I work probably 70 hours a week," she says. "I'm here at 8 o'clock in the morning and I don't leave until...well, let's just say 9 p.m. is an early night."
But Wainstein's not complaining. Employing more than 600 last year, the entrepreneur is proud of her efforts. Since launching Priority Staffing in 1999, Wainstein, fluent in Spanish, has implemented a bilingual program to meet the needs of companies seeking a diverse employee roster. And besides flexible hours, she also offers benefits to her employees, something that's been a great retention factor.
Even with all her success, Wainstein admits there's a new obstacle to overcome every day. But it's just par for the course. "It think it's different for everyone," she says. "But if you want to do something and have it be a success, whether it's to be a $60 million company or a $1 million company, you need to realize it's not something you walk away from. It's like a child you need to nurture." -P. Kelly Smith


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"Glee" is getting some "X-Factor" in the new season.
Demi Lovato is set to guest star on the series' upcoming fifth season, sources confirm to E! News.
The "Heart Attack" singer, who also headlines Fox's "The X-Factor," will play Dani, a struggling artist in New York who befriends Rachel (Lea Michele) and Santana (Naya Rivera). She will reportedly also have many scenes and musical numbers with another big "Glee" guest star, "American Idol" alum Adam Lambert.
VIDEO: Watch "Glee's" just-released season 5 promo
Lovato will first appear in the Oct. 3 episode (one of the Beatles tribute episode), and is schedule for at least six episodes.
Although Demi is widely known for having some killer pipes, she is no stranger to the small screen. She starred in the Disney series "Sonny With a Chance" for two years and the TV film franchise "Camp Rock," which also featured the Jonas Brothers. Lovato's other acting credits include an episode of "Grey's Anatomy" and "Prison Break."
Lovato's reps wouldn't confirm the "Glee" role, telling us: "We don't have any news to share at the moment."
READ: Four cast members not returning to "Glee"
If Lovato can pull double duty and appear on both "Glee" and "The X-Factor" (sources tell us that "Glee" will work around her "X-Factor" schedule), then perhaps Lambert could still make a return to "American Idol" as a judge. We first reported that producers were chasing the singer to be on the judging panel in the new season, as he was the "popular choice" to join the reality series.
"Glee's" recently released season five promo, titled "Once Again," featured an upbeat montage of the best season four moments, but didn't include any shots of Cory Monteith, who passed away tragically over the summer. Ryan Murphy recently confirmed that Finn will not be killed off via a drug overdose in the Monteith tribute episode.
TVLine first reported the news of Lovato's casting.
"Glee's" fifth season will premiere on Thursday, Sept. 26 on Fox.
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If you want to read the basic outline of the changes—coming to Deadspin in a matter of weeks—float on over to Gawker. The new commenting regime won't be nearly as scary and complicated as it sounds. The basic conceit remains: Smart and insightful are given primacy over dumb and boorish. Actual discussion will matter more now, and in general the comments section will be the locus of a lot more activity on the site. Writers and editors will hang around down there more often. We'll also have regular live chats, and we'll try whenever possible to open up the comments to the subjects and sources of our stories. These are all good things.
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Now, if you want to see what it looks like when a bunch of sour, self-obsessed halfwits nurture their persecution complexes and play with their toes in public, check out some of the comments beneath that Gawker post. Also, this video:
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- American Airlines and US Airways said they were "pleased" a federal judge in Washington ordered their merger trial to start in late November.
The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit to block a proposed merger between the airlines and had been pushing for the trial to start in March, The Dallas Morning News reported Friday.
The airlines had been pushing for a much earlier start to the trial, which is expected to last as long as 12 days, the newspaper said.
"We are pleased to have a trial date that will enable us to resolve this litigation in a reasonable time frame," the airlines said in a joint statement.
The airlines -- pointed to a clause in their merger agreement that allows either airline to walk away from the merger if regulatory hurdles are not resolved by Dec. 13. -- warned a delay in the trial could unwind the agreement, although both airlines have also said they are eager to merge.
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly scheduled the trial to start Nov. 25, which makes a completion by Dec. 13 possible, the newspaper said.
Both sides are expected to focus their attention on the efficiencies of a merger. The airlines have said they would save $500 million in operating costs if they merged.
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If you're over 50, do you anguish that your age ability aching your job prospects? Sadly, you could be right. As my Next Avenue editor Richard Eisenberg afresh wrote, it now takes the boilerplate 55-plus job appellant seven to eight months to acquisition a job, compared with aloof 15 weeks for job hunters amid 20 and 24.
Ageism persists, alike in this bound activity market. But according to career pros Jan Melnik (president and arch job-search architect at Absolute Advantage) and Marie Zimenoff (CEO of Resume Writing Academy), there are acute accomplish you can booty to age-proof your résumé and LinkedIn contour to advance the allowance of landing a job.
These women afresh aggregate their best practices during a webinar for the Résumé Writing Academy I attended, alleged Eluding Ageism: Writing Strategies for Clients 50 . If you're a 50-plus job seeker, or may be ancient soon, I anticipate you'll appetite to apprehend what they said. Here are 12 of my admired tips from Zimenoff, who is CEO of the Career Thought Leaders Consortium, and Melnik, who is on its board.
Your résumé
Remove academy graduation dates, except in cases of a anew minted amount or certificate. Melnik said she has no affair with the aberration of assuming a contempo date with a new amount and abbreviating an old one.
Condense the résumé bottomward to two pages max. Your best contempo 10 to 15 years of acquaintance amount most, so you'll appetite to highlight those, while abbreviating above-mentioned acquaintance into a few sentences or ammo points. As an example: "Earlier Career Background: Senior Public Accounting acquaintance (5-plus years) with two bounded CPA firms."
Replace beforehand chantry styles, such as Times New Roman or Garamond, with added a fonts like Tahoma, Verdana or Cambria.
Eliminate bifold agreement amid sentences (unless you're in academia). They're a asleep betrayal that you came of age during the typewriter era.
Omit the Objective Statement in favor of a Career Arbitrary section. The career arbitrary should advertise your key affairs credibility in four or bristles bulleted statements.
Avoid phrases that needlessly date you, like "30-plus years of experience." Use "20-plus years of experience" instead (25-plus max). This makes your point after highlighting your avant-garde age.
Remove your artery abode and add hyperlinks to your LinkedIn abode and, if you accept one, your able website.
Replace an AOL or Hotmail e-mail abode with one from Gmail. While you're at it, abstain application numbers in your e-mail abode that could be construed as a bearing year (e.g. firstname.lastname@example.com).
Omit actual basal tech abilities like Microsoft Word or e-mail that administration accept all applicants accept mastered.
If you've spent the aggregate of your career with one employer, don't account the abounding date ambit at the top of the résumé (e.g. XYZ Co. 1979-present). Instead, account dates and responsibilities for your best contempo positions and consolidate your ancient roles after advertence dates.
Your LinkedIn profile
Rewrite your arbitrary in the aboriginal person. This is a small, but significant, change that will accomplish your LinkedIn attendance feel added personal, communicative and — best important — modern. While beforehand versions of LinkedIn profiles were about consistently accounting in the third person, in contempo years, the alarm has swung in favor of first-person narratives.
Upgrade your photo. A able photo is best, but if you can't allow one, you ability be able to booty advantage of a chargeless photo shoot offered through a bounded library or career center. Use a contempo photo (no 1980s glam shots), abstain confusing backgrounds and consistently bethink to smile.
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The new Hoops In Motion
July 23, 2016
Like an ever spinning wheel, life sets us a challenge when we least expect it, to test our courage and willingness to change…
'Hoops In Motion' is a wonderfully exciting journey, a piece of circus and visual arts, originally commissioned by John Bishop and further developed by Cirque Bijou and with support from the National Centre for Circus Arts.
Film by Thomas Johansson (thomas-johansson.com/)
Infinite gratitude to Julian Bracey, Howie Bailey and everyone at Cirque Bijou for trusting me with such a wonderful opportunity.
What are your taboos?
This spring I literally threw myself into a wonderfully mad journey of self discovery with the world-renowned Gandini Juggling.
If you don't know them yet, the Gandini's are a company of ridiculously talented object manipulators, whose work has been reinventing and reinvigorating juggling over the past 20 years, whilst challenging people's perceptions of contemporary circus all over the world.
I joined them for a 5-day, French run of 'Cløwns & Queens', a beautifully brave and visceral show that comes with balls, plush penises, exchanges of bodily fluids and horizontal juggling.
'Full of sex, but never sexy', the show depicts a mad court full of queens and clowns, engaged in a 'constantly shifting dance of desire'. With echoes of Stanley Kubrick, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Federico Fellini,'Cløwns & Queens' explores the nature of lust and imbalanced power relationships in a brave cross over between circus, dance and performance art.
For me personally, this was an incredible opportunity to explore some of my own taboos, both as an individual and a performer. The risk of juggling on stage for the first time ever in my career, after only a few rehearsals with the company and the specific task of hula hooping without the shield of technical tricks were emotionally charged challenges that stripped me down to my most vulnerable… let alone the actual naked scene on the cold, white lit up tables.
The risk paid off. When life offers you the opportunity to manifest your feelings through work and by doing that, learn about yourself, that's when the most exciting adventures are bound to happen.
Immense gratitude and big respect to Sean Gandini and Kati Ylä-Hokkala, Artistic Directors of Gandini Juggling, all the performers in the company and Le Maillon Theatre de Strasbourg , for adopting me onto this crazy journey.
William Baker for Popcorn Storm Productions
November 20, 2015
Premiering as a work in progress performance at the Roundhouse in Spring 2016, Pop Circus will bring together a creative team from across the worlds of theatre, dance, music, fashion and circus – a new collaboration aiming to create a new kind of British performance, that is thrilling and glamorous but also anarchic and subversive.
All photos by William Baker.
Black Out Days – LED hula hoop act
October 14, 2015
A revamped version of my 'Black Out Days' LED hula hoop act, performed with latest technology smart LED hula hoops at Jackson's Lane Theatre, London, 2015.
Filmed by Mark Morreau and Thomas Forsyth. Music by Phantogram.
August 13, 2015
When she transformed into a butterfly, the caterpillars spoke not of her beauty but of her weirdness.
They wanted her to change back into what she always had been…
But she had wings.
Photographs by Simon Yin. Big thanks to Chenghao Liu and Jacksons Lane Theatre, London.
The hoops in these images are LED smart hoops by SpinFX. I can program them to change colours and patterns to any chosen music, which allows for endless possibilities to create bespoke acts and fit with specific requirements and special events. You can see more photos here.
I have always had a great interest in animation and mixed media, so when Cirque Bijou offered me to collaborate on a bespoke piece that mixed my hoops with Howie Bailey's visual graphics, I dived right into it.
The piece was commissioned as an intro to the John Bishop Show on BBC1, which made the whole project even more exciting.. and slightly nerve-racking.
We knew it was going to be hardcore and risky – we only had a few days to research and develop ideas and then put it all together into a live show for prime television.
Yet, despite the time and space constraints, we just went for it wholeheartedly, feeding off each other's passion and inspiring each other through laughter and relatively appropriate doses of OCD.
The result was a wonderful work of circus and visual arts that I hope will lead to more opportunities for exploration and collaboration.
Massive thanks to Julian Bracey, director of Cirque Bijou, and Howie Bailey for being absolute legends. True gratitude and respect also for John Bishop and his crew and the BBC.
Now rock on!
More lovely photos on my Flickr.
Silvia hula hoops on 'Blue Peter' – BBC
July 10, 2015
I'm not sure if it was a coincidence or through word of mouth, but just before my multi-media performance on the John Bishop Show was released on the BBC, I was invited to hula hoop live on the Blue Peter show…
It was so last minute, everything literally happened within a few hours, and that included running from London to Manchester to live TV, whilst beating a tube strike, in true ninja style… BOOM, HOOP, BANG!
You bet I got a Blue Peter badge for that!
Many thanks to everyone at the BBC Bridge House Manchester, it was great fun!
'Atma' for SmashFestUK, the Albany, London 2015
February 13, 2015
Just as 2015 kicked in, I had the immense pleasure to work with top gentleman juggler Mat Ricardo and perform 'Atma' in his End of the world cabaret at the Albany, London.
It was an 'Apocalypse now' sort of show, where the only thing left to do before the asteroid hit the earth, was to steep oneself in amazing acts of gravity-defying dexterity, laugh and be entertained by some of the greatest variety acts in London.
Did we get hit? Are we still alive now? One thing is for sure, I am still spinning like Saturn.
Valentine's cheekiness for the National Centre for Circus Arts
February 11, 2015
Photographed by Bertil Nilsson for the National Centre for Circus Arts.
'Urban Xmas' photo shoot
January 19, 2015
Back in my home town in Italy for a few days, I hooked up with old school friend and photographer Riccardo Lancia.
We drove around town, our main goal being catching up, after years of not seeing each other.
It was a beautiful, crisp winter morning and so we ended up dropping some layers off to play outside.
What came out was a totally impromptu and absolutely fun shoot – a proof that good friendships are hard to die, even with years of distance in between.
All photographs by Riccardo Lancia. You can find more lovely shots on my Flickr.


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This weekend, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li opens in movie theaters. This calls for a Japanese pop group to dress up like Chun-Li!
Ten members of 48 member idol group AKB48 showed up at a Tokyo press event today dressed up in Chun-Li garb and wearing shiny black tights.
For those keeping score: The ten AKB48 singers in attendance were Minami Takahashi, Amina Satoh, Minami Minegishi, Yukari Satoh, Natsuki Sato, Tomomi Kasai, Ayaka Umeda, Megumi Ohori, Sayaka Akimoto and Natsumi Matsubara.
The girls posed for pictures and did an original dance created just for this Street Fighter movie press event. "We practiced an hour before the press event," Umeda told reporters.
AKB48 went on to talk about their experience with the Street Fighter movie, while members of the Japanese press went on to think how much better watching this press conference was than the actual film.
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Generally, Best Smelling Perfume For Her in South Africa one essential thing that most people will think about to be the most precious thing is women's fragrance. Let's see that every woman will have one of several types of fragrances such as cologne, perfume, or even eau de toilette. This is because women's fragrance is the thing that is useful to groom women.
These days, there are various types of women's fragrances that you can choose from Online Perfume Store. There are some fragrances produced by popular designers or that are named after celebrities. As there is many selections offered, getting the right fragrance that will meet your personality will not be difficult. You may want to have more than one as your collection. This is great and fun for you.
A Short History of Women's Fragrances
The first women's fragrances wore by Nefertiti and Cleopatra of Egypt. A long time ago, perfumes were basically a symbol of status and respect.
Selecting the Perfect Fragrance
Finding women's fragrances aren't tricky as there are many choices for fragrances these days.
Nowadays, the Vera Wang fragrance for women won the votes of many because of its sweet aromatic smell that is ideal for both acidic and non-acidic skin. This women's fragrance can be a good selection for your perfect perfume favorites.
The Numerous Families of Any Fragrance for Women
There are six various families that a womens fragrance possesses. They are floral, fresh, oriental, fruity, chypre, and foody. Depending on women preferences, Online Fragrance Stores they can choose from these varieties. Keep in mind on how to opt for your fragrances so that you will be very easy to get and purchase the products that will meet your requirements.
Best Smelling Perfume For Her in South Africa?
Are you confused by all the different types of women's perfume? Do you know what the types or flavors mean? You may have heard a perfume described as being a floral or oriental, woody or citrus, but then have heard one described as a floral oriental. It can appear to be very confusing but if you have a basic understanding of the main categories, then the subcategories are just extensions of the mains, in way of blends.
Fragrance Notes
There are three fragrance notes to every perfume. The top, middle and base. They change over time which is why when you first smell a scent on yourself it is different to when you smell it an hour or so later. Depending on your own body chemistry it can become deeper and more alluring or it could become where you find the smell quite distasteful. For this reason it is wise to test a perfume on yourself and wait an hour or two before you make that final purchase.
The four main traditional categories or families are:
- Floral - This is an easy one because floral means flower and this fragrance has a flowery scent. Subtle and gentle it can be worn at any time. A famous 'floral-aldehyde' perfume is Chanel No 5.
- Woody - These have an earthy tone and are perfect for feeling fresh and alive but still giving that aura of sophistication. Angel Perfume by Thierry Mugler has woody undertones.
- Citrus - This one is fruity, fresh and crisp. Britney Spear's Believe Perfume, is a Citrus scent and can be worn day or night.
- Oriental - These perfumes are sweet and spicy and the 'strongest' of all the perfumes. They depict a certain 'strength' as they are intoxicating and sensual. Wearing this type of womens perfume and you are sure to stand out in the crowd, no matter if you are at work or play. Poison by Christian Dior is a well known Oriental fragrance.
Today you also hear perfumes described as being a 'Green, Chypre or Fougere.' As with any advances in an industry, perfumes are no different. This is why new categories are appearing. As the times change, so do people's desires and tastes. What type of women's perfume do you like? Everyone has their own choice and your choice will become your 'signature.'
Women's Fragrances - Which Form of Fragrance Lasts the Longest on Your Skin?
In the world of women's perfume there are lots of choices. Most women have a favorite particular scent, and most women also have a preference as to the type of scent they enjoy most. Often times a perfume can be chosen by occasion as well. There are romantic, spicy, floral, musky, and other types of scents that match moods, occasions, personal preference and more. Perfumes are usually categorized by specific ingredients, which is what makes the individual scent and its unique flavor.
Best Spicy Scents
Spicy perfumes fall into the Oriental Spicy category. They became popular in the 90's and offer concoctions and blends full of spices, rich musky flowers, ambers, cloves, gingers, and overall are very strong scented blends with an opium quality. Here is a list of the best in spicy designer perfumes that offer exotic, rich, very, spicy and fragrant scents. Many experts suggest these are best for evening wear because they are so rich, but I think a perfume can be worn any time the women feels like it.
1. Cinnebar by Estee Lauder
2. Youth Dew by Estee Lauder
3. Dune by Christian Dior
4. Rush by Gucci
5. Obsession by Calvin Klein
6. Magie Noire by Lancome
7. Shalimar by Guerlain
8. Ciara by Revlon
9. Chergui by Shiseido
10. Black by Bulgari
11. Still by Jennifer Lopez
12. Opium by Yves Saint Laurent
13. Samsara by Guerlain
14. Ginger by Rush
15. Gingerbread by Demeter
16. Emeraude by Coty
17. Hermes by Hermes
18. Amarige by Givenchy
19. Organza by Givenchy
20. Ysatis by Givenchy


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8 Father's Day Grooming Gifts He Will Actually Use
Hint: Dad does not want girly beauty products. Get him something a man would use
Skip to see the beauty products fit for a man's taste.
Then there's the perennial grooming gift -- the "He should really start exfoliating" or "Who wouldn't love these gorgeous smelling soaps?" While your intentions may very well be honorable, don't expect him to do back flips for girly beauty products.
Yes, we all want the men in our lives to be well groomed, but we don't want to give him a gift that's so fem he won't touch it. Solution? Get him a great "manly" (read: practical) men's body product or grooming item disguised by a "cool" man factor (read: high-tech). That way, everyone wins.
See the 12 Father's Day gifts he will actually use and like. He will have no idea they are "beauty products."
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I noticed that the violight toothbrush sanitizer was featured, that was actually one of the products I considered getting for my dad, but I opted out to get another violight product, the cell phone cleaner. I can't wait to see the look on my dad's face when I give it to him! :D
by MissXu Friday, June 17, 2011 at 10:10AM Report as inappropriate
Great gifts but the Dad in my life (hubby) would prefer tickets to a Yankees game.
by ThePolishedCowgirl Friday, June 17, 2011 at 04:12AM Report as inappropriate
These are all great gifts. My dad is more of an outdoors-ee type so he would more appreciate a new set of hand tools or something like that. Ohhh a new BBQ too!
by Shelby500 Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 02:42PM Report as inappropriate
I think my dad would love these gifts. Now, which one should I get?
by AlexDesignGod Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 02:20PM Report as inappropriate
Sorry, but most of the dads I know would rather take a trip to Bass Pro Shop!
by alictasia Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 07:56PM Report as inappropriate
I personally wouldn't get my dad any of these. They seem pretty well, generic, type gifts that are very typical. I think it would be better to give us new ideas of things that arent promoted every year.
by gaej19 Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 01:09PM Report as inappropriate
A lot of these are a bit costly!
by voyager24 Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 03:19PM Report as inappropriate
I got my husband the clarisonic a while back and he loves it! He takes it with him even when he travels!
by ladyboarder9669 Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 01:01PM Report as inappropriate
My dad is a simple guy. All he needs is a soap bar and a toothbrush and he's fine. I don't think he would use any of these, but some i these i might want to use myself! :)
by katprincess Saturday, June 4, 2011 at 04:34PM Report as inappropriate
Hooray for Dads!
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Ingersoll Rand to Enhance Shareholder and Company Value Through Two Major Initiatives
Ingersoll Rand to Enhance Shareholder and Company Value Through Two Major Initiatives
Plans Tax-Free Spin-Off of Combined Commercial and Residential Security Businesses to Shareholders
- Commercial and residential security businesses will be combined to form a new standalone global company
- Ingersoll Rand to continue as a global leader in creating comfortable, sustainable and efficient environments
Company to Revise Capital Structure and Allocation Strategy to Return Additional Capital to Shareholders and Enhance Total Shareholder Return
- Increase overall debt and leverage ratio while maintaining solid investment grade rating
- New $2 billion share repurchase program
- 31 percent increase in quarterly dividend to 21 cents per ordinary share
SWORDS, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ingersoll-Rand plc (NYS: IR) today announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved a plan to spin off its commercial and residential security businesses (the "new security" company). The separation will result in two standalone companies: Ingersoll Rand, a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable and efficient environments through its industrial, transport refrigeration, and heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) businesses; and the new security company, a leading global provider of electronic and mechanical security products and services, delivering comprehensive solutions to commercial and residential customers. Ingersoll Rand expects the spin-off, which is intended to be tax free to shareholders, to be completed in approximately 12 months.
"Given the distinct strengths and strategies of the two proposed companies, the Board believes that this structure will enable investors to value our different businesses separately, creating value for both companies and their shareholders," said Michael W. Lamach, Ingersoll Rand's chairman and chief executive officer. "We believe the spin-off, which is the result of an in-depth review of strategic alternatives by our Board and management, will allow both companies to enhance value by allocating capital and deploying resources in a more focused way, while preserving and increasing synergies within their businesses. At the same time, it will position the new security company to build scale and make the necessary investments for the future.
"The new proposed standalone companies will leverage leading market positions, well-known brands and experienced people. We believe both companies will be well positioned to better execute their respective strategic plans to capitalize on future market opportunities, serve customers, create sustainable growth, and enhance shareholder value," said Lamach, who will continue after the spin-off to serve in his current role as Ingersoll Rand's chairman and chief executive officer.
Two Industry-Leading Companies with Distinct Strengths and Focus
About Ingersoll Rand
Ingersoll Rand will continue to build on its industrial, transport refrigeration and HVAC businesses. The company will serve customers globally through a number of leading brands, including Ingersoll Rand, Trane, American Standard, Ameristar, Thermo King, Aro and Club Car.
Following the separation, the company will have annualized revenue of approximately
$12 billion on a pro forma basis based on 2011 revenues. The company is expected to maintain a strong balance sheet and financial policies consistent with an investment grade credit rating.
Ingersoll Rand benefits from strong brand recognition, leading market shares, and differentiated positioning in geographic and end markets. The company will continue to enjoy benefits from synergistic opportunities in sourcing, engineering and technology across its Industrial Technologies, Climate Solutions and Residential HVAC businesses. Moreover, the company expects to benefit from increased organizational focus and continued progress on operational excellence initiatives to drive significant margin improvement. These foundational strengths, combined with growing energy demand and energy-efficiency regulations that are driving industry transformation, will further position the company to generate profitable, sustainable growth.
About New Security Company
Under the plan, Ingersoll Rand's existing commercial security business (currently known as the Security Technologies sector) will be combined with its residential security business (currently part of the Residential Solutions sector) to form a leading global safety product and services provider. This new company's portfolio of brands will include Schlage, LCN, Von Duprin, Interflex, CISA, Briton, Bricard, BOCOM Systems, Dexter, Kryptonite, Falcon and Fusion Hardware Group.
The new company will have annualized revenue of approximately $2 billion on a pro forma basis based on 2011 revenues. The new security company is expected to generate strong free-cash flow and have the financial flexibility to take advantage of future growth opportunities.
The new security company is also expected to have strong margins, as well as strong brand recognition and market-leading products and solutions, to set a solid foundation for future growth. The company will benefit from synergies in sourcing, technology, and assembly operations across the residential and commercial security markets. It also will have the opportunity to invest in key markets to take advantage of growing trends around increased security concerns, electronics connectivity, product life-cycle costs and rapid demand growth in emerging markets.
Transaction Information
Execution of the transaction requires further work on structure, management, governance and other significant matters. Management is developing detailed plans for the Board's further consideration and approval. The leadership team of the new security company will be announced prior to the completion of the spin-off. Upon completion of the spin-off, Ingersoll-Rand plc will cease to have any ownership interest in the new security company, and the new security company will become an independent publicly traded company. The new security company is anticipated to be an Irish plc.
The completion of the spin-off is subject to certain customary conditions, including receipt of regulatory approvals, receipt of a ruling from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service as to the tax-free nature of the spin-off, as well as certain other matters relating to the spin-off, receipt of legal opinions, execution of intercompany agreements, effectiveness of appropriate filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and final approval of the transactions contemplated by the spin-off, as may be required under Irish law. The company noted that there can be no assurance that any separation transaction will ultimately occur, or, if one does occur, its terms or timing.
Shareholder-Focused Capital Structure and Allocation Strategy
Ingersoll Rand also announced a revised capital structure and allocation strategy designed to improve efficiency and return additional capital to shareholders through the following actions authorized by the Board of Directors:
- An increase in the level of overall indebtedness and leverage ratio while still preserving a solid investment grade credit rating.
- A new share repurchase program of up to $2 billion of the company's ordinary shares. The share repurchase program will begin in 2013, with an expected completion in the first quarter of 2014. The timing of the program will be dependent on the company's access to the capital markets, available liquidity and cash flow, and general market conditions. The repurchase program may be executed through various methods, including open market repurchases.
- The declaration of a quarterly dividend of 21 cents per ordinary share, reflecting an increase of 31 percent. The dividend is payable March 28, 2013, to shareholders of
record on March 12, 2013. Upon completion of the transaction, Ingersoll Rand and the new security company are initially expected to pay a combined quarterly dividend approximately equal in sum to the Ingersoll Rand dividend at the time of the closing.
Lamach said, "Over the past several years, we have generated substantial free cash flow, even through tough economic times. Our outlook has not changed in this regard. This prudent and revised capital structure and allocation strategy will accelerate our efforts to continue to deliver attractive returns for our shareholders while maintaining a strong balance sheet to fund future investments and growth."
Investor Conference Call
Michael W. Lamach and Steven R. Shawley, senior vice president and chief financial officer, will hold a conference call for investors today at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time to outline the proposed spin-off and answer questions. The call can be accessed via the company's web site: www.ingersollrand.com. Presentation materials will be available on the web site prior to the call.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release includes "forward-looking statements," which are statements that are not historical facts, including, but not limited to, statements that relate to our intent to create two independent companies as a result of the proposed spin-off, the potential and opportunities for the independent companies following the spin-off, the expected benefits of the proposed spin-off, the tax-free nature of the proposed spin-off, the expected credit profiles of the independent companies, the timing of the transaction and our capital structure and allocation. The forward-looking statements in this news release are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside of our control, and could cause results to materially differ from expectations. Such risks and uncertainties, include, but are not limited to: our ability to timely obtain, if ever, necessary regulatory approvals or to satisfy any of the other conditions to the proposed spin-off; adverse effects on the market price of our ordinary shares and on our operating results because of our inability to timely complete, if ever, the proposed spin-off; our ability to fully realize the expected benefits of the proposed spin-off; negative effects of announcement or consummation of the proposed spin-off on the market price of the company's ordinary shares; significant transaction costs and/or unknown liabilities; general economic and business conditions that affect the companies in connection with the proposed spin-off; unanticipated expenses such as litigation or legal settlement expenses; failure to obtain tax rulings or tax law changes; changes in capital market conditions; the impact of the proposed spin-off on the company's employees, customers and suppliers; future opportunities that the company's board may determine present greater potential to increase shareholder value; and the ability of the companies to operate independently following the spin-off. Actual results could differ materially. For further information regarding risks and uncertainties associated with our businesses, please refer to our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2012, and in our other SEC filings. We assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
About Ingersoll Rand
Ingersoll Rand (NYS: IR) advances the quality of life by creating and sustaining safe, comfortable and efficient environments. Our people and our family of brands—including Club Car®, Ingersoll Rand®, Schlage®, Thermo King® and Trane® —work together to enhance the quality and comfort of air in homes and buildings; transport and protect food and perishables; secure homes and commercial properties; and increase industrial productivity and efficiency. We are a $14 billion global business committed to a world of sustainable progress and enduring results. For more information, visit ingersollrand.com.
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Ellumen Inc., which specializes in electronic health records integration and digital medical imaging, successfully made its first attempt to climb into the Fast 50 this year.
The company, based in Arlington, Va., came in at No. 50 with federal sales of $5.53 million in 2009 for a compound annual growth rate of 63.7 percent over five years.
Ellumen's strong growth was fueled "by a little bit of luck, a little bit of foreplanning" and also keeping a tight focus on its core business areas of health care IT and health care data exchange, said William McCollough, principal, chief scientist and one of the company's founders.
"We were able to land some long-term contacts and [other] smaller contracts along the way that allowed us to keep to our growth rate," he said.
Those contracts included two five-year contracts from the Veterans Affairs Department with a combined value of about $27 million. The company also has won some smaller awards from the Defense Department's Military Health System.
As a result, McCollough said he expects Ellumen to maintain a 60 percent aggregate growth rate in 2010.
"Our company operates the world's largest health data exchange," he said, managing millions of patients' health care record exchanges between VA and DOD systems.
"Clinicians and doctors throughout the world use [the exchange] on an everyday basis to help the DOD guys transition into the VA, to share patient information at shared clinics," he said. "Our software and services support all that."
Founded in 2004, Ellumen was previously known as CPS Healthcare.
Its first contracts came from the Air Force for imaging systems development and integration. They led to image data-sharing projects for DOD and VA in 2006.
"We are now starting the process of diversifying into other health care IT arenas," McCollough said, citing potential work with the Health and Human Services Department and various state agencies.
Ellumen has about 35 employees, but its continued growth will require more technologists and engineers, he said. With that in mind, the company recently moved into larger offices in Arlington, Va.
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SARATOGA SPRINGS -- The annual July residency of the New York City Ballet is one of the longest-standing relationships at Saratoga Performing Arts Center. And though reduced, due to fiscal and contractual issues, from its original three weeks to just one week this summer, there is a strong possibility a second week will be restored to the schedule next summer and that the relationship will continue for years to come. "Definitely, it's very much a part of our history as a company," said Justin Peck, a principal dancer and rising choreographic star with the New York City Ballet. "The members and staff really enjoy the atmosphere there. We have quite a loyal following of audience members that come back every year, and it's nice to be able to build on that relationship. We look forward to coming back every summer." The world-class company has won this following by regularly performing for its Saratoga faithful a combination of classics from its historic repertoire, choreographed by the legendary George Balanchine and by his successors, Jerome Robbins and Peter Martins, mixed with newer works by contemporary masters like Christopher Wheeldon and, this summer, by Peck. "I think the Saratoga audience is very open to appreciating new works," said Peck, a dancer with the company for nearly a decade whose choreographic debut with NYCB came a year and a half ago. "I think they're a very balanced audience, able to appreciate the classics but also to experience and enjoy cutting-edge works." Peck will see his newest work, which premiered at New York City's Lincoln Center last October, make its Saratoga debut this season, one of the highlights of the residency. "It's always nice to get that kind of attention," Peck said of his critical plaudits. "But I try to keep my attention on the work." His "Year of the Rabbit," a work for six principal dancers and corps de ballet inspired by the Chinese zodiac and by the contemporary electronica music of Sufjan Stevens, will be one of the pieces on the opening night program next Tuesday, and it will be repeated twice more during the residency. Also on the opening night schedule are three Balanchine works set to the music of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, part of the "Tchaikovsky Celebration" that was a centerpiece of NYCB's winter season, and Martins' ballet to the Barber Violin Concerto. Wednesday's program, on a special American Girl Night that will feature crafts, promotions and the eponymous girls' dolls, will repeat several of these works and also feature Wheeldon's "After the Rain Pas de Deux." A Thursday matinee of mixed repertory by Martins and Balanchine will be followed that evening by a Sage College Date Night program that is all-Balanchine, highlighted by his classics "Serenade" and "Theme and Variations." Friday night will include Martins' setting of John Adams' "Hallelujah Junction," a repeat of the Wheeldon "Rain Pas de Deux" and Robbins' Chopin set, "Dances at a Gathering," all on a Family Night program featuring pre-concert workshops and one of the summer's "Instrumental Petting Zoo" programs, a hands-on encounter for children with orchestral instruments. A Saturday matinee will again feature "Year of the Rabbit" among mixed repertory. The residency wraps up Saturday night with the ballet's annual summer gala. This year, "The Ruby Ball" will feature Saratoga premieres of Martins' "Bal de Couture," Wheeldon's "This Bitter Earth" pas de deux and the return of two beloved classics, Robbins "West Side Story Suite" (Peck, still an active dancer with the company, will be one of the principals) and, of course, Balanchine's "Rubies." Despite the debut of his "Rabbit" and his "West Side" waltz, Peck said, "I don't have a terribly busy performing schedule this summer. It's mostly a week of rest for me." Next season, he'll choreograph two new works in New York City. But that is the point of the ballet's summer residency in Saratoga -- it's a chance for NYCB to get out of the big-city heat, show off its amazing repertoire for an appreciative upstate audience and recharge for the coming season. New York City Ballet Where: Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs When: July 9 through 13 Tickets and schedule:www.spac.org
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Oranges, blueberries, tomatoes and strawberries and more are at peak flavor in Florida. Here are several recipes to preserve these homegrown favorites long after the seasons are gone: Blueberry Citrus Conserve, Bruschetta in a Jar, Berry Blitz Freezer Jam and how to freeze berries with a bonus cobbler recipe.
To freeze blueberries, place in a single layer on a cookie sheet. Freeze. Pour frozen berries into a sealable container. No need to defrost before using.
Blueberry Cobbler
Makes 9 servings
3 1/2 cups fresh or 1 pound frozen blueberries
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 tablespoons each: lemon juice and melted butter
1 cup flour
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup 1 percent milk
3/4 cup boiling water
1. Put berries in ungreased 8-inch square baking dish. Top with cornstarch and lemon juice. Mix flour, 1/2 cup sugar, baking powder and salt. Add milk and butter until combined, not smooth. Drop 9 mounds onto berries.
2. Pour boiling water on dough and fruit. Top with remaining sugar. Bake at 350F for 45-50 minutes.
Blueberry Citrus Conserve
Makes about 4 (8 oz) half pints
4 cups sugar
2 cups water
1 small lemon (unpeeled), seeded and thinly sliced
1/2 cup orange (unpeeled), seeded and thinly sliced
1/2 cup raisins
4 cups blueberries
4 (8 oz) half pint glass preserving jars with lids and bands
1. Preparee boiling water canner. Heat jars and lids in simmering water until ready for use. Do not boil. Set bands aside.
2. Combine sugar and water in a large, deep stainless steel saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring to dissolve sugar. Add lemon and orange slices and raisins. Reduce heat and boil gently for 5 minutes. Add blueberries, increase heat to high and return to boil. Boil hard, stirring constantly, for 5 to 10 minutes, until mixture thickens. Remove from heat and test gel. If gel stage has been reached, skim off foam.
3. Ladle hot conserve into hot jars leaving 1/4 inch headspace. Wipe rim. Center lid on jar. Wipe rim. Center lid on jar. Apply band and adjust until fit is fingertip tight.
4. Process filled jars in a boiling water canner for 15 minutes. Remove jars and cool. Check lids for seal after 24 hours. Lid should not flex up and down when center is pressed.
Bruschetta in a Jar
Makes about 7 (8 oz) half pints
5 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup dry white wine
1 cup white wine vinegar
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons sugar
2 Tbsp dried basil
2 Tbsp dried oregano
2 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
9 cups chopped cored plum tomatoes (about 4 lb or 12 medium)
7 (8 oz) half pint glass preserving jars with lids and bands
1. Prepare boiling water canner. Heat jars and lids in simmering water until ready for use. Do not boil. Set bands aside.
2. Combine garlic, wine, wine vinegar, water, sugar, basil, oregano and balsamic vinegar. Bring to a full rolling boil over high heat, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 5 minutes or until garlic is heated through. Remove from heat.
3. Pack tomatoes into hot jars leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Ladle hot vinegar mixture over tomatoes leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Remove air bubbles. Wipe rim. Center hot lid on jar. Apply band and adjust until fit is fingertip tight.
4. Process filled jars in a boiling water canner for 20 minutes, adjusting for altitude. Remove jars and cool. Check lids for seal after 24 hours. Lid should not flex up and down when center is pressed.
Berry Blitz Freezer Jam
Makes about 5 (8 oz) half pints
5 Tbsp Ball RealFruit Instant Pectin
1-1/2 cups sugar
1 cup crushed blackberries (about 1-1/2 6-oz container)
1 cup crushed blueberries (about 2 4.4-oz container)
1 cup crushed raspberries (about 1-1/2 6-oz container)
1 cup crushed strawberries (about 1 1-lb container)
Zest of 1 small lemon
5 plastic Ball (8 oz) Freezer Jars
1. Stir sugar and instant pectin in a bowl until well blended.
2. Add blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries and lemon zest. Stir 3 minutes.
3. Ladle jam into clean jars to fill line. Twist on lids. Let stand until thickened, about 30 minutes. Serve immediately, refrigerate up to three weeks or freeze up to one year.


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Made from castor beans, the poison ricin causes far more scares than deaths
WASHINGTON – Ever since the anthrax and terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the poison ricin has at times been lumped in with other bioterrorism agents because it comes from a relatively common plant and seems easy to make.
But the reality is that ricin has created far more scares than victims and is more a targeted poison than something to attack lots of people.
On Tuesday, an envelope addressed to Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., tested positive for ricin after being received at a mail processing plant in suburban Maryland. In 2004, ricin was discovered in the sorting area of a mail room in a Senate office building.
Ricin is derived from the castor plant that makes castor oil. What makes it scary is that there is no antidote and it is at its deadliest when inhaled. It is not contagious.
Still, a draft of a 2010 Homeland Security Department handbook lists only one person killed by ricin. And that was a political assassination, in 1978, of a Bulgarian dissident who was injected — via specialized secret-agent style umbrella — with a ricin pellet.
People have been poisoned with ricin after eating castor beans, but it is not as well absorbed through the digestive track as it is when it is injected or inhaled, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC categorizes ricin as a "Class B" threat, which is the agency's second-highest threat level. It ranks behind anthrax, botulism, plague, smallpox, tularemia and viral hemorrhagic fevers.
It can be aerosolized, released into the air and inhaled. The Homeland Security handbook says the amount of ricin that fits on the head of a pin is enough to kill an adult if properly prepared.
Of all the biological and chemical terror agents, "it is one of the least significant; it is a poison," said University of Maryland bioterrorism expert Milt Leitenberg.
Leitenberg said he was hard pressed to remember any case when an initial chemical test that showed the presence of ricin actually turned out to be ricin. Nearly every time it is a false alarm.
The list of ricin terror acts in the Homeland Security handbook includes several people who obtained or made ricin. And even that isn't as easy as online handbooks say it is, Leitenberg said.
"Ricin is best suited for small-scale attacks rather than mass-casualty scenarios," the Homeland Security handbook said. It says the best "route of exposure" is injection into the bloodstream, like in the Bulgarian case.
The Homeland Security handbook also says inhaling ricin is more dangerous than eating it, but "formulating ricin powder to produce the necessary size to be efficiently disseminated via aerosol requires technical skill."
Ricin powder, the handbook says, "could also be delivered to indoor targets via letters or packages."
If a person is exposed to ricin, his or her clothing should be removed and the person should be washed vigorously with soap and water and get medical attention, the Homeland Security handbook says.


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6:04 pm Fergie is wearing Gaultier not Versace. Good guess though, I'll pat myself on the back. Her mom: "She's still my little rock and roll rebel."
Fergie on Kanye: "What can you not say about him, musically, that's not positive."
Jessie J is British, apparently. And this story about her rehearsing at Clive's party for Bobbi Kristina is confusing. Even Giuliana thinks she might be making it up
She's really just bangs on a floating head.
6:08 pm Katy Perry is pretty; she looks like a non-literal mermaid.
I'm the minority, but I love Kelly Osbourne's grey/purple hair.
The celebrities are doing a good job with being really explicit about their designers these days.
6:14 pm Robyn, no. We know you're Swedish, but no.
The head of the Grammys is blatantly lying about how they "help people in their family when they need it."
6:23 pm Sean: Nicki Minaj and THE POPE?
Kelly Osbourne calls it the big fashion moment of the night, because she has a bishop with her. It's this years Lady Gaga-egg.
I have an unnatural hatred for Blake Shelton.
Alberto re: Ryan Seacrest on Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton: Ryan, don't comment on how other relationships are fake.
6:30 pm Sean: If I were Alicia Keyes, I'd wear a pantsuit all the time.
Kate: Oh wait, she does…
Julianne Hough is not the new Jennifer Aniston.
Taylor Swift looks like Nicole Kidman.
I'm glad Giuliana decided to stop trying to grow out her roots.
6:39 pm RIHANNA IS 23. I just always have to remind myself that.
Giuliana's attempt to be tactful about the stars' clothes while constantly complimenting them must be a hard balance to strike.
There's a black guy in Maroon 5?
6:43 pm Common, why aren't you and Serena Williams together? Also here are his thoughts on Maya Angelo: "She is like a walking poetry, walking spirit, God coming through her." Sure.
Etta James. Don Cornelius. Whitney Houston. That is all.
I've said this before, but Kate Beckinsale is the hottest woman alive. Her daughter looks aite too.
6:47 pm This Tina Fey commercial…is confusing.
I don't really know why we'e obsessing about Nicki Minaj is wearing because she'll she'll change like a thousand more times tonight.
Also where is Gaga?
6:56 pm Adele is always wearing black.