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Daily Archives: April 9, 2018
Time posted: 7:45 pm
Monday Evening Update
Good evening, folks. We are putting the wraps on a very Kentucky-like weather day. Many of us woke up to another accumulating spring snow, but it was all gone by the afternoon with temps closing in on 50. As we look forward, we are getting ready for a big temps surge and the potential for severe storms.
Before that, we have one more little system to dive in here on Tuesday. This may produce a shower or two, with temps still running on the chilly side. Lots of upper 40s and low 50s will show up.
Wednesday starts our warm up, with highs hitting the 60s. Thursday and Friday will give you a full-blown case of spring fever as highs hit the 70s. 80 degrees is possible by Friday on a strong southwesterly wind.
A powerful plains storm system slowly heads our way later Friday into the weekend, bringing the potential for strong to severe storms, and heavy rains…
Much colder air comes back in behind this for the rest of the weekend…
Additional systems will then roll our way through the rest of the month, bringing the chance for more big storms and cold shots.
Enjoy the rest of your evening and take care.
Time posted: 1:28 am
Winter vs. Spring: The Fight Continues
Good Monday to one and all. Old Man Winter is paying anther visit to the bluegrass state early today, but spring throws some haymakers later this week. That said, the pattern for the rest of April looks to continue to epic battle between winter and spring. That spells a lot of active weather for our region.
This morning's flakes can leave behind some light accumulations, but that will quickly go away by late morning into the afternoon. That's when temps climb into the upper 40s and low 50s, with a mix of sun and clouds.
The chill continues on Tuesday and I can't rule out isolated showers.
Wednesday is a transition day as winds become southwesterly. That boosts the numbers into the 60s, with the 70s surging in on Thursday. Temperatures make a run at 80 degrees by Friday as southwest winds really crank.
That's ahead of a powerhouse of a system rolling slowly across the plains and into our part of the world. That has the looks of a severe weather maker for a large chunk of real estate…
Colder weather comes in behind this, but a quick rebound is likely early next week. Still, we are seeing the cold shots outweighing the warm shots through the rest of the month.
The GFS Ensembles 5 day temp departures from April 19-24th are impressive…
The CFS average temp anomalies for the rest of April as a whole are not good…
The more things change, the more they stay the same. 🙁
Speaking of staying the same, let's get back to tracking the in and out flake system to start your Monday…
I-275 approaching KY 20/Airport
Near Covington
I-71/I-75 at Buttermilk Pike
Near Covington
I-71/I-75 at 12th St.
Hamburg Area from WKYT Studio
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Downtown Lexington
I-75 @ Newtown Pike
I-75 @ Clays Ferry Bridge South
Between Lexington and Richmond
US 60 @ Chenault Road
Near Millville
I-64 at KY-801
Near Morehead
I will have another update later today. Make it a good one and take care.


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Roasted Green Beans with Sea Salt and Asian Dipping Sauce
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One small handful of green beans per person. (maybe 10 each). Trim the ends off.
Olive oil spray
Sea salt to taste
One half cup of sweet and sour sauce
1 tsp (or to taste) of Asian hot chili oil
Put your green beans in a 9-by-13-inch pan. Spray lightly with olive oil spray to coat them. Grind a bit of sea salt over them. Toss. The amount of sea salt can vary. If you like your potato chips salty you'll like these with a little extra salt too.
Roast in your 400 degree oven for 15 minutes. You want them crisp tender.
Meanwhile, stir the Asian hot chili oil into the sweet and sour sauce. You can add or subtract hot chili oil, depending on your taste for spicy food.
Serve the warm green beans with the dipping sauce on the side. I just put the beans on a platter and let people eat them with their fingers. The dipping sauce can be in a bowl on the side.


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>> Saturday, May 28, 2005
Today we took Brenna to her very first Renaissance Festival. She was an angel; smiling for everyone who said hello to her and garnering so many compliments.
Brenna at her first Fest
If you look closely at the blanket you will notice that her name is at the top. Her last name is at the bottom. And the plaid has celtic knots. It was made for Brenna by one of our dear friends. She wove a perfect blend of my Irish and Doug's English heritage into that blanket. I think she did a wonderful job.
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My grandmother bought it at an auction about 3 months before I was born. When I had Brenna my mother passed it on to me. It has seen better days and has spent years in a basement. I hope to have some restoration done on it someday, but, for today, it was perfect. I have no idea how old it is; best guess is at least 110 years. It really stood out from all the wagons and strollers.
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I made both my costume and Brenna's. (I should have taken better photos. I'm pretty crafty.) I actually made them to match Doug's jacket. Don't we look like Lord & Lady of the Manor?
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The Google Toilet Redux: Humor for the Value Compromised
HITS shows us that YouTube is the perfect medium for messaging about….YouTube.
Internal Warner Music Memo Shows Google's Notice and Shakedown Business as Usual
If they're not funding terrorists, they're shaking down artists and songwriters….
Music Business Worldwide posted this internal memo from Warner Music chief Steve Cooper about Google's DMCA abuse and the effect of YouTube's notice and shakedown negotiation tactics.
"YouTube has a bigger audience than any other streaming service, which presents huge opportunities for the creative community, and we're always hopeful about the future. But our experiences during these negotiations were proof positive of the acute need to clarify 'safe harbor' provisions under US and EU copyright legislation. That's the only way to conclusively close the gap between the revenue YouTube generates and what songwriters, artists, publishers and labels make in return.
Our sustained investment in new music and the pace with which we embrace emerging technologies, is resulting in some promising growth. However, 'safe harbor' laws that don't protect artists, songwriters and rights-holders remain the weak link in the music ecosystem. We're now calling for change more loudly than ever."
via Internal Warner Music Memo Shows Google's Notice and Shakedown Business as Usual — Artist Rights Watch
A Must Read by @thetrickness: The Digital Music Business and the Rashomon Effect
[This post is based on an insightful keynote that Jim McDermott gave at the A2IM Annual Meeting aka Indie Week. Full disclosure: Jim worked at PolyGram when I worked at A&M Records and I'm a fan. That doesn't color my appreciation–there are a lot of people who worked at PolyGram whom I never was and am not now a fan of.]
….The folks at YouTube probably show up to work thinking they're good guys too, although Irving Azoff and others are making that a little harder lately. YouTube seem to have a "gated community" mentality about artists — they get that artists provide needed services (content), but they don't want to see them too much, and rarely want to hear their complaints. YouTube uses the DMCA as a shield and an excuse to behave like internet companies did in the Napster and Limewire days, when iffy behavior about copyright was still getting hashed out. The fact that consumers can listen to pretty much anything on YouTube for free certainly impedes the value proposition of streaming services that charge listeners fees. YouTube enables large scale theft in plain sight and benefits from it to the tune of billions of dollars. To hide behind the DMCA, to pay artists little or nothing in their legitimate deals they do offer and then have "Do The Right Thing" as a corporate motto is the ultimate irony. Vinyl revenue is bigger than YouTube revenue in the U.S. and U.K. — come on….
….The truth is, the music industry needs YouTube as much as YouTube needs music; nobody wants it shut down.
But we must speak truth to power. It is an obligation. Google has been called out on so called "revolving door hiring" in both the U.S. and EU governments, where employees in key government policy making positions are hired by Google and then go back to government. The Google Transparency Project said that in the EU, these hires "dramatically stepped up" just after the European Commission launched its first investigation into alleged anti-trust violations by Google. As big a threat as Napster once was to the survival of our industry, Google is a much greater existential threat, now and in the years to come. Napster didn't have the ambition or the deep pockets required to influence governments. It's going to be an incredibly difficult battle, and our industry is outgunned. We're going to need consumers on our side, which means the artists are going to have to get a lot more vocal.


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Jane's Addiction - Live in NYC
Jane's Addiction were not like this when I went to go see them late into the Ritual de lo Habitual tour, right before they eventually broke up. And you could see it. Though frontman Perry Farrell was on fire, the rest of the band seemed to be thinking about what to have for breakfast the next day. No, the CD/DVD of Live in NYC (recorded at Terminal 5 in December 2012 with most of the original band intact minus bass player Eric Avrey) shows a rejuvenated band breathing new life to their classic repertoire.
Opening up with 'Whores' from their brilliant 1987 self-titled debut, the album rockets through their impressive back catalogue. Highlights include the wonderful 'Irresistible Force (Met The Immovable Object)' from 2011's The Great Escape Artist and a blistering version of 'Three Days' from Ritual de lo Habitual (1990) showcasing Dave Navarro's virtuoso guitar playing.
The show finishes off with a triple shot of their most beloved tunes: the behemoth that is 'Mountain Song' (Nothing Shocking, 1988), 'Stop' and the classic beauty 'Jane Says' from the debut. Stripped down with Navarro on acoustic and Stephen Perkins on bongos and steel drums, the crowd sings along as inflatable animals and balloons shower down upon them while Farrell takes long swigs from a bottle of red wine.
Having fallen a bit out of love with them after that disappointing show, this CD and DVD brings home just what an important legacy Jane's Addiction has. Having apparently ironed out their old differences they seem to be a band reborn. Let's hope the entente cordiale lasts.


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Saeed Ajmal vows to come back stronger
Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal who has been having a torrid time ever since his comeback has vowed to return stronger. In the two ODIs and one T20 that he played since his comeback with a remodelled action, he has picked up only one wicket and has leaked runs at a rate of 6.57.
"For me it's been a tough last eight months and I knew it will be tough moving forward also," he told ESPNcricinfo. "I'd said prior to coming here that I need time and I am disappointed that I am not able to fulfil the expectations of the nation. But I spoke to the captain and the coach and they have a plan for me. I need time to regain my confidence. It doesn't come in overnight."
"I don't want to play cricket on the basis of reputation. I want to play with my head held high and with the same confidence level I had in the past. Things are not going well presently, but you will see in coming days that I have improved. If I am benched, that is the plan and the players playing in place of me are the best and performing well," he said.
"It's true that you can go from bad to good and it's also true that you can go from good to bad. I don't think I have changed my action significantly, only minor tweaks. I know my doosra is not being effective which is reflecting in my performance. But I am doing my best to get myself back on track as soon as possible. I am bowling with different angles from top and from side and things are improving and I am optimistic that I will be same Ajmal as I was."


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San Diego SeaWorld Discount Tickets
In the slide show above, you're viewing pictures of SeaWorld attractions in San Diego, California. SeaWorld offers entertaining...and sometimes whimsical...animal shows. You'll also find a selection exciting rides, including the new-for-2018 Electric Eel roller coaster. If these SeaWorld pictures are making you want to plan your visit to the park ASAP, then perhaps some of the ticket discounts mentioned on this page will be just what you've been looking for!
How much do SeaWorld San Diego tickets cost?
Planning ahead may keep you from paying full price for your tickets!SeaWorld San Diego ticket prices: During Spring & Summer 2018, full-priced admission tickets to Sea World San Diego are priced at $89.99 for adults (all guests age 10 and up) and $84.99 for kids (age 3 thru 9.) Babies and toddlers age 2 years old & under are admitted to SeaWorld free of charge. Believe it or not, admission tickets at this price are a relative bargain in the Southern California theme park scene. SeaWorld tickets have remained hovering around $89 for several years now, while admission to Universal Studios Hollywood has soared to as much as $124 per day. Nevertheless, full price tickets still make for an expensive day, so it's always wise to plan ahead before going to the park to get a good bargain.
SeaWorld San Diego discount tickets: Is it easy to get San Diego SeaWorld discount tickets? YES---incredibly easy! In fact, if you plan ahead, you'll almost ALWAYS find a Sea World discount ticket of one type or another. In the following sections on this page, we'll discuss the various types of discounts, coupons and deals that are currently available for SeaWorld, both thru the park's own website---as well as from other sources. Then, take your pick!
Note: this page is about SeaWorld CALIFORNIA discounts. Be sure to see our SeaWorld San Antonio Discounts page if you'll be visiting the Texas park!
SeaWorld San Diego one-day discounts
Good SeaWorld deals thru the AAA, Costco and local merchants
In the slide show above, you are viewing pictures of colorful fish, beautiful sea plants, and unusual sea creatures from SeaWorld's Aquarium de la Mer. While the park features exciting rides and entertaining shows, you can also enjoy the simplicity of observing fascinating sea creatures (fish, mammals, reptiles and birds) in multiple locations around the park.
In the list of deals below, you'll first find a list of good specials from the park's own website. Then next, you'll find SeaWorld specials which are being offered from other sources.
a.) SeaWorld San Diego Fun Cards! At the time of this update, SeaWorld is promoting their 2018 Fun Cards as their featured discount. The Fun Card is always one of the park's most popular discounts---and for a very good reason. For the same price as a 1-day ticket, you'll get admission to SeaWorld in California for ALL of 2018...clear through December 30th!
b.) Single-day discounts: If you won't be visiting SeaWorld San Diego again this year, you won't need a Fun Pass...but there is always a one-day discount available on SeaWorld's website. Often, you'll get a discount of about $10 to $20 per ticket...and sometimes more. At the time of this update, you can get a $20 online discount (and no, you don't have to sign up for their newsletter to get it. If you get a pop-up page asking you to sign up, you might actually enjoy the newsletter. But if not, you can ignore the message and still find the $20 discount waiting for you on the ticketing page.) Early birds will find a $30 discount valid for weekday visits ONLY...but that offer must be purchased and used by June, 29, 2018.
In addition, they've got some equally appealing offers going: (1) Single day admission PLUS free all-day dining for the usual $89.99 ticket price. At some theme parks, this might not be a very good deal...because the food at some theme parks isn't so tasty or nutritious. That's not the case with SeaWorld. The park features a variety of sit-down restaurants. Yes, you can get fast food, if that's what you want. But you can also find restaurants that feature tasty meats, hot vegetables and luscious desserts. Cafeteria-style serving (in some restaurants) keeps the lines flowing and waiting times for your food at a minimum. The terms for All Day Dining include getting 3 items each time you go through the line, and you may go through the line as often as every hour. This is a deal you might wish to consider. (2) Two-visit tickets valid thru 9/30: A second offer that's available at the time of this update is a 2-visit ticket. If you can't make multiple visits, you don't need a Fun Card. The two-visit ticket will give you two different admissions to SeaWorld, yet saves you $10 over the cost of a one-day ticket or a Fun Card (which both cost $89.99.)
c.) SeaWorld's best luxury ticket discount: Yet another discount you'll want to seriously consider this summer is SeaWorld's All Inclusive Experience sale. This includes not only admission AND all-day dining, but ALSO a Quick Queue front-of-line pass for the day. Quick Queue lets you bypass the normal line for the much shorter quick lane, plus allows you to enter a special reserved-seating area for shows. (No skipping ahead at restaurants, however.) The price for this normally-expensive experience at the time of this update is a tempting $109.99. If you only wish to visit SeaWorld one day, then it's an extremely good deal, especially if you plan to visit during the summer while the crowds are thick. Simply put, you will see and do much more during your one day.
LINK TO SEAWORLD'S TICKET PAGE: here is a link to Sea World's SeaWorld San Diego Single Day Ticket page so that you can check out today's current deals.
Luckily, when one discount ends, another one begins. If you discover that one or more of the SeaWorld San Diego discounts that we described above are currently not available, it's certain that you will find a different one.
2.) SEAWORLD'S COMBINATION PASSSES FOR MULTIPLE ATTRACTIONS: Tourists often like to visit OTHER parks, along with SeaWorld. At the time of this update, 2 different combo tickets are being offered by SeaWorld:
1.) For Animal Lovers: A combo pass which includes SeaWorld, the San Diego Zoo and the San Diego Zoo's Safari Park. This special is good for a 7-day pass to these three attractions---and repeat visits are included within this 7-day period. Currently, the price is $149 online. (Tickets for kids age 3 - 9 is $139.) This is quite a nice price for all three parks, especially since prices for the San Diego Zoo and it's separate-fee Safari Park are not cheap. In fact, this pass costs less than it did several years ago, making this an especially good time to visit these well-liked attractions.
2.) For Water-Park Lovers: A combo pass is available to both SeaWorld and Aquatica San Diego---which is SeaWorld's own water park! At the time of this update, the cost is $89.99...which means that you're essentially getting a FREE water park ticket! (Offer good summer only.)
Note: No more Theme-Park Lover's combo: A combination pass which included both SeaWorld San Diego and Universal Studios Hollywood was available for many years. However, this type of discount ticket is no longer being offered. However, if you're interested in either the Go Card or the CityPass combo discount plans, SeaWorld also sells these passes on its website.
To check out any of these discount packages, here's a link to the SeaWorld Multi-Park tickets page, where you'll find complete details.
3.) Costco SeaWorld discount tickets: Costco SOMETIMES sells one-day SeaWorld tickets online and/or in its stores. If not, you can generally buy a combo ticketing plan at Costco which INCLUDES SeaWorld Park (such as the San Diego Go Card.) If you're ALSO planning to visit the San Diego Zoo and the San Diego Safari Park on your vacation, Legoland, and various other independent San Diego attractions, you can get these for a good price nearly all the time at Costco. For your convenience, here's a link to the Theme Park Discounts page of Costco.com where you can check for current offers. If you do not see any SeaWorld offers at this link, then there is no current promotion going on. Note: Costco.com MAILS any tickets you purchase to your home; it's NOT a print-at-home ticket. So, in order to use this special, you'll have to pre-order at least a week ahead of your vacation to give your tickets time to arrive.
4.) AAA Discount Tickets: The popular AAA automobile club has two different types of discount tickets. (Note: you have to be a member of the AAA to be eligible.) (1.) SeaWorld discount tickets sold through your local AAA office, and (2.) "Show your card and save" discounts (that you can get in-person at SeaWorld's ticket booths.) Naturally, if you can visit your local office to get tickets, you'll undoubtedly get a better discount than if you use the last-minute discount at the gate. Still, some type of discount is better than nothing...and if you've got no other last-minute plan, don't forget to whip out your AAA card at the ticket booth.
5.) SeaWorld Twitter or Facebook discounts: Are you a Twitter or Facebook user? SeaWorld has accounts with both of these social media sites. The SeaWorld parks are very dedicated to the social media, and they post frequently...but mostly about what their animals are doing. We haven't found them to be a great source of discounts, but every now and then, something comes along.
6.) OCTOBER IS "FREE KIDS" MONTH AT SEAWORLD SAN DIEGO! If you can arrange your vacation for the Fall of the year, here's a money-saving hint to keep in mind. The "Kids free in October" promotion is a yearly discount-fest led by San Diego's tourist bureau...and MANY different attractions in metro San Diego, California participate! If you head to San Diego for Fall Break, your family will get to choose from many different deals, BOGO's and freebies around town. Sea World takes part in this program, too--- and it's a good way for families to enjoy the park with some of the best single-day prices of the year. There are many rules and regulations regarding this promotion, and a big one is usually that you can ONLY get this promo if you buy a special "buy-1-adult-get-1-child-free" ticket from the SeaWorld San Diego website. This means that NO other discount can be used---AAA, corporate discounts, credit union discount, military savings program, etc. (These special tickets are only sold on SeaWorld's website near promo time, so you won't find them offered during other parts of the year.)
Beginning in September, you may check to see if these special tickets are being listed at SeaWorld's website. Here's a link to Sea World's SeaWorld San Diego Single Day Ticket page. where you can find further details. Tickets will only continue to be sold thru October 31st. After that time, they will be removed from SeaWorld's website and you'll have to choose a different discount.
Details about Multi-Park Specials
What other attractions team up with SeaWorld for discounts?As you've read above, there are several excellent multi-park specials you can enjoy. If you're thinking about participating in any of these programs, you may feel that you need more information about them before reaching a decision. Multi-attraction programs may indeed give you good discounts, but ONLY if you truly like and enjoy the other attractions that are bundled along with the SeaWorld passes. So, here are some of the details that we merely glossed-over in the sections above...for those who want a more comprehensive look at the benefits of these plans.
1.) San Diego Go Card multi-attraction discount program---
The popular San Diego Go Card multi-attraction discount pass has now included SeaWorld on its long list of attractions included in the program. This is such exciting news for San Diego visitors because it makes the cost of one-day visits to Sea World more affordable than ever before!
The San Diego Go Card is ideal for out-of-town vacationers because it allows them to see a wide variety of San Diego's remarkable attractions...WITHOUT having to pay full price at ANY of them.
All of San Diego's most popular tourist attractions are included in the Go San Diego Card discount ticket program. For one low price, you may visit Legoland and its on-site Sea Life Aquarium; you may tour the world-famous San Diego Zoo and its sister-park, The San Diego Zoo's Wildlife Safari Park.
Other popular places to visit in San Diego that are included on this popular San Diego sight-seeing plan include Belmont Park amusement park at Mission Beach; numerous museums at Balboa Park, including the very popular San Diego Natural History Museum and the Fleet Science Center & IMAX; San Diego Embarcadero's USS Midway Museum; the interesting PETCO Park Stadium tour downtown; plus a host of other attractions and tours...including Gaslamp Quarter tours, whale-watching cruises, harbor tours, bike and kayaking adventures, and day-trips to Mexico!
The biggest drawback? Having to plan ahead about how many days you'd like to tour & what sights you'd like to see on your San Diego trip. That's because the Go San Diego card isn't sold at any of its member attractions. It's best to order the Go Cards ahead of time, because there are only a small handful of offices where you can pick them up when you arrive. We've used the Go Card discount pass ourselves...and we can vouch for the fact that it's readily accepted at the member attractions on its list.
If you'd still like further information about this terrific discount, please check out the colorful ad to your right. No purchase is necessary to obtain complete info about the Go Card plan. You will probably be offered a further discount if you sign up for the Go Card newsletter (if your website allows pop-up pages.)
You'll receive a small savings by getting a 3-in-1 pass (over the cost of purchasing your 3 tickets one at a time at each location.) However, if you do NOT visit all three parks, you'll actually lose money on this deal...so be sure that you really have the time & interest to visit all three before making your purchase. You may buy your tickets in person at any one of these 3 attractions, or on-line at the SeaWorld Multi-Park tickets page of SeaWorld.com. (This ticket is cheaper at Costco, if you're visiting SeaWorld during one of the periodic times when Costco is offering them; see next paragraph for details.)
3.) The Southern California City Pass---
The City Pass is a terrific discount. It keeps even the most ambitious tourists busy! We've used the CityPass special offer ourselves when showing out-of-town relatives around town...and have found it to be easy-to-use and hassle-free. Furthermore, the City Pass is the ONLY discount plan which also includes Disneyland---which is SoCal's most popular tourist attraction. For more info on the Southern California CityPass, here's a link to the CityPass.com website. If you like the plan, it's available at SeaWorld's ticket booths as well as online...so you don't have to commit to purchasing it until you're actually ready to use it.
SeaWorld Annual Passes -- "Regular" & "Platinum" Memberships give frequent visitors terrific savings!
In the slide show, you're viewing pictures of SeaWorld's fun Sesame Street attractions for kids. If the show has stopped before you reach this point, you may refresh the page to re-start it.
When does it make sense to an annual pass...rather than taking advantage of Fun Cards or 1-day ticket specials every time you visit SeaWorld?
2.) If you'd like to take advantage of SeaWorld's "EZ Pay Option" (which is available for purchasing an annual pass...but NOT for purchasing a SeaWorld Fun Card)...then you'll be able to pay for your family's passes in easy, interest-free payments spread over the entire year.
The SeaWorld/Busch Gardens theme parks where you'll get free admission if you're a Platinum pass holder are as follows---
ANNUAL PASS INFO AT SEAWORLD.COM: If you'd like to check out the current prices & benefits for a SeaWorld annual pass, here's a link to the SeaWorld San Diego Annual Pass & Membership Page where you can find more information.
SeaWorld Discount Tickets -- FREE admission for military personnel and families!!!
If you belong to one of the 5 armed services branches---both active duty or active members of a reserve or National Guard unit---then NOW IS THE TIME TO VISIT SeaWorld!!!
With SeaWorld's "Waves of Honor" program (formerly called the "Here's to the Heroes" program,) you and 3 dependents will each get a free day's admission to SeaWorld San Diego! Come enjoy all of the rides, shows and exhibits that SeaWorld has to offer!
You may sign up for your FREE TICKETS on-line, and also at the park's ticket booths. What a deal!
Veterans are GENERALLY able to get discounts, too. Both Memorial Day and Veteran's Day are times when veterans can often get extra-nice discounts. And at many other times of the year, veterans might discover money-saving deals, as well.
If you're interested in either the Active Military or the Veteran's specials, you may use the following link to head to the
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Maestro ClassicsPosted by: | Comments
We love music. I encourage my children to develop an appreciation for the art, beauty, and talent in every genre. I'll admit, it's a little harder to find in some, more than others, but it is possible.
In December, I had the opportunity to take my children to hear the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The youngest, especially, were amazed to hear and see the instruments at the same time. I loved watching them, as they heard a new sound, searching to find the instrument it was coming from. It was a wonderful experience.
"Listening to symphonic music allows a child to listen to the sounds that various instruments make and then make an informed decision on which instrument they might like to try playing." It's true. My child could envision herself playing the flute. Actually, she mimicked playing it throughout the entire concert. I don't know if she had even seen a flute before then.
Maestro Classics is classical music for kids. It is geared for children ages 6 – 12. The music is performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
They have 9 productions available:
Peter and the Wolf
The Soldier's Tale
The Story of Swan Lake
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
My Name is Handel: The Story of Water Music
The Tortoise and the Hare
Casey at the Bat
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Juanita the Spanish Lobster
Each CD is $16.98 or purchase a MP3 download for $9.98. Nearly an hour of music, by brilliant composers, narration and background information.
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Let the Games Begin!Posted by: | Comments
According to their website, Griddly Games is committed to "bringing innovative and engaging games to people 'across the grid." They've consistently gained recognition for their ingenuity and creativity in designing games that are fun and educational. Many of their games have won the Teacher's Choice Award for the Classroom and the Dr. Toy Winner award, among others.
We like board games at our house. I buy them new and second-hand. Some have been given to us as gifts and some as hand-me-downs from children or families that out grew them. We've even been known to create a few of our own over the years. I have boxes with the games intact and then I have boxes or bags of pieces, to replace pieces that inevitably get lost. The family that plays together gets to know one another better! Chess, Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit, Sorry, games of memory and concentration, Wits & Wagers, card games like War, Go! Fish and Golf, Yahtzee!, Boggle, Chutes and Ladders and Pictionary come to mind with ease. Several have been played by all eleven of our children, at one time or another, while others are special editions or upgrades. Griddly Games are new to our house, but Wise Alec has become a fast favorite.
Wise Alec is an educational trivia game "covering topics in History, Science and Spelling." Nature Nuts is a stand alone, nature trivia, travel game, and a Wise Alec expansion set.
The box has a magnetic lip on the lid that is excellent! This is a no game board = play anywhere kind of game. Slips into the beach bag. Travels well to doctor's and dentist's offices. Rides well on long car trips and suffers no ill effects when played sitting Indian-style on the bed.
Designed for 2 – 6 players, ages 8 and up. In my opinion, it easily accommodates more players because in it's simplest game the die is rolled, questions are asked & answered and points are tallied. Plenty of questions for everyone! Each card, Animal, Plant, and Earth has two levels of questions, novice and expert. (The cards are a little thin and gloss-coated on the graphic side only; so, not quite as durable as I like.) The Wise Alec cards pose challenges that may cost the player points or add bonus points.
- Brain Teaser ~ Name 3 mammals + 3 points
- Action! ~ Make your best fish face + 3 points
- Yoga Time! ~ Do the tree pose. Hold your arms above your head with palms pressed together. Lift one leg off the ground so that your foot rests by your other knee. Hold for 30 seconds. + 7 points
- Tongue Twister ~ Real rock wall. Repeat 5 times. + 5 points
- Yes! ~ You do your 3 r's: you recycle, reuse and reduce! + 2 points
- Study Break! ~ Hop from side to side 15 times. +3 points
- Oops! ~ You put old cheese into the composting bin! – 2 points (We threw out one Oops! card ~ Your horse passed gas! – 2 points – It seemed like unnecessary coarse jesting and we didn't want to encourage it.)
- plus, Double Chance!, Roll Again!, and Still My Turn! cards.
We've learned something new every time we've played this game! You'll find the Wise Alec Family Trivia Game, Wise Alec: Nature Nuts, retailing for $14.99, Wise Alec: Civilize This and Wise Alec: Sports Buffs, along with other Griddly Games, at your local toy/game stores and at various online retailers. Discover the fun at Amazon.com!
This graphic is from Kidz Zone. A place for kids to play interactive online games and print coloring sheets! A Griddly FREEBIE!
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My First Blog AwardPosted by: | Comments
I was recently discovered by Catherine @ Our Village Is A Little Different and she nominated me for the Stylish Blogger Award.
It matters not to me that this is not a one-of-a-kind award. I'm just excited that she picked ME! to receive it. "Thank you, Catherine. I'm honored." In my enthusiasm to accept this, I neglected to read the small print. It never crossed my mind that I would have to give up chocolate for a year…
Fortunately, I don't have to, but there are a few simple rules ~
- Thank and link back to the person who nominated you for this award.
- Share 7 things about yourself.
- Select 15 recently discovered, great bloggers, to receive this award.
- Contact these bloggers and tell them about the award.
I believe that Jesus Christ is The Way, The Truth and The Life and that absolutely no one gets to The Father, God, except through the saving knowledge of His grace – not works, but unmerited favor.
I believe there will be enough time to organize the clutter in my house when my children are grown. Right now, there's just too many edu-fun things to do with them.
God never whispered in my ear, as a child nor as a teenager, and said, "I want you to have 11 children." I wouldn't give up or trade even one of them, but… if He had told me ahead of time, I'd probably have run the opposite direction, sure that this was the first mistake He'd ever made. I still feel ill-equipped, but I am so, very blessed.
If I could – I'd have a bin for everything (labeled) and every bin in it's place (alphabetized).
Green. Sage. Forest. Olive. Spring. Pea. Camo. Moss. Clover. Emerald. Army. Asparagus. Sea. GREEN. Any of them. All of them. I really like the color green.
If you tell me something in strict confidence, you can count on me holding it in the strictest confidence. "Treat others the way you want to be treated." I don't hang my dirty laundry on the line; so, I'm certainly not going to hang out yours.
I would downsize, pack up everybody, and move into a motor home to travel the country – in a heartbeat or at least in 60 days. It's a mentality… only the back yard would change. All of the truly important things would stay the same. God, Family and Home. Faith, Hope & Love. All I need is a wealthy sponsor.
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Call of Duty is more than just a gaming franchise, it is an institution. It's one of the biggest-selling game series of all time, has a player base of millions and, alongside Mario, FIFA and Grand Theft Auto is one of a few games that is a household name. Despite all this, the latest addition to the franchise was met with unfavourable reviews and lackluster sales. The Call of Duty series simply feels tired, lacking in imagination and in desperate need of a dramatic overhaul.
While the Call of Duty designers covered new ground in the form of Advanced and Infinite Warfare, it's not a move that has gone down too well with much of the fan base. Modern Warfare helped to shape modern first-person-shooters, but Sledgehammer Games are going to have to really show their skills if they want to contend with the likes of Battlefield and Titanfall in an overcrowded FPS market. Call of Duty has helped to define the genre and the team shouldn't be afraid to break some of the rules and hit the audience with some fresh ideas.
For the uninitiated, Call of Duty shall henceforth be referred to as CoD (for those of you who thought I'd gone off on some bizarre culinary tangent). So with this in mind, let's take a look at some things that could help get the franchise back on track and help spice things up a bit.
15 Make Some Interesting Enemies
I'm a gamer and therefore I'm also a mass murderer. At this point, I've killed hordes of zombies, alien invaders, gelatinous blobs, androids, wildlife, Koopas (and their brothers) and more recently I've even stooped to slaughtering robot dinosaurs. But the one thing I've killed more than all the rest... generic, anodyne army minions. How many more must be sacrificed before Treyarch and Infinity Ward switch it up?
Recently CoD has introduced robots (who also look like generic, anodyne minions) but surely the time has come for us to face off against something more than just another suicidal, gun toting maniac dressed in army gear? 'But its a war based FPS' I hear you cry. And yes, this inherently comes with limitations (so probably no gelatinous alien robot dinosaurs), but at this point I'd even settle for a suicidal, gun-toting maniac dressed in spandex.
14 Create Some Unique Weapons
Ratchet and Clank has the Groovitron, a gun that throws out disco balls which force enemy minions to 'get down' to a funky rhythm. Half Life 2 has the infamous Gravity Gun (or 'Zero Point Field Manipulator' to those in the know). Perfect Dark even had loads of great weapons - not least of all the N-bomb, a grenade that sucks in light and disarms enemies.
And though it was tragically removed from the final game, Saints Row 3 had a poop gun (cue violin solo and poop gun sound effect). Call of Duty has automatics. Lots and lots of automatics. There's only so many times we can get excited about acquiring a shotgun, rifle, semi automatic or a sniper rifle. Frankly, if you play games as regularly as I do, you've probably reached your quota and we think CoD needs a little more variety. If you think the guns we described are too cartoony, then you've forgotten how you felt the first time you picked up the Raygun.
13 More Stylish Outfits
What's wrong with a little flair? Gun-metal grey and FPS brown have been in fashion for waaaaaay too long. What's this? Another burly man dressed like a US Marine? How exciting. I appreciate the need for campaign characters to fit neatly into the world around them. It would not make a lot of sense for our burly covert marines to be dressed as clowns hiding in the bushes, waiting to take point (though admittedly it would be pretty terrifying). But let us at least have some cool clothing and weapon skins for our avatars, particularly in multiplayer.
My character of choice in Perfect Dark was always an alien with a lab coat on. I wanted to strike fear into the hearts of my enemies. To have them remember the last thing they saw before their inevitable demise. And what better to achieve this than by dressing our characters in unique and stylish attire?
12 Take A Look At History
Many unique and bloody wars have been fought throughout history. The American Revolution, the Napoleonic wars, the Chinese Civil war, even the Dutch war on the isles of Scilly is more interesting than this. The success of Battlefield 1 has proven that audiences are keen to explore these interesting periods of conflict. World at War is definitely one of the best Call of Duty games and much of that is down to the aesthetic.
The sci-fi shooter is a tired genre by all accounts and, to be frank, Titanfall is doing it better. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's reveal trailer managed to accrue just under 3.5 million dislikes on YouTube! Compare that to Battlefield 1's 2 million 'likes' and it's easy to see that fans are looking to the past, not the future, for their FPS fix.
11 Bring Back Cheats
Games are supposed to be fun. But some games (like CoD) can feel more like a second job these days, so someone needs to bring back the joy. What better way to reward us for completing an epic game than by giving us a few tasty extras? Some cheats were given for game completion, others for exploration and some from elaborate button combinations. But whatever the method, cheats are always a welcome addition to any game. I miss the days of GoldenEye's 'big head mode' or Mario 3 and its now legendary 'warp whistles', which allowed players to transport themselves to other worlds.
How about low gravity or unlimited ammo with double weapons? Turbo mode and explosive deaths anyone? There are all sorts of things they could add to bring a little more amusement to the table. I'm not sure why cheats went out of fashion, but it's time for a mighty revival.
10 Four Player Campaign
I don't know about you, but I would be much more happy dispatching generic minion number 6785 and listening to the questionable script if I had some friends along for the ride. Adding different classes, each with different roles and load-outs, could add a really different feel to the game.
One player hacks in to the computer system and relays information from the cameras to the other players, while another opens fire from a helicopter. Meanwhile the two remaining players sneak in the back and silently dispatch enemies. Everything coming together to give us that sweet feeling we can only get from cunningly plotted teamwork. Delicious. CoD has supported two player co-operative play for a while now, but it's time to up the game.
9 Upgrade Systems
Nothing hooks me into a game like a good upgrade system. The knowledge that my efforts will be rewarded by new abilities and possibilities has been enough to propel me through the most boring of games. Choosing what skills you want to empower your character with is always going to be cool. Do you want your game to be rich with traversal-based mechanics or are turrets and tech more your thing? Or maybe you want to stick to good old fashioned running and gunning, placing the focus on your firepower and explosive capabilities? They don't need to go crazy… but a little choice goes a long way to helping us feel ownership over our characters, plus it gives us something more to work towards.
8 Bring Back One Shot Kills
I know this was originally a game mode from GoldenEye, but my point still stands. There's nothing quite like the intense feeling of knowing you are one false move away from certain doom. Countless hours of my childhood were squirrelled away on GoldenEye's "Licence to Kill" mode and it would be a highly welcome addition to CoD's roster of options. I would even settle for a Golden Gun style match, with a single one-shot-kill pistol hidden somewhere in the map.
One shot mode was an option in "Infinite Warfare," but it limited the players to only using Sniper Rifles. Not much fun if (like me) you are useless with a scope. Imagine one shot kills with throwing knives or pistols! The danger, the excitement, the drama! It's too much.
7 Cut Down On The Cinematics
Game developers are often talking about the importance of immersion and yet too often control is wrestled away from the player as they're plunged into another cut-scene. Nothing pulls us out of the game more than stopping the gameplay and forcing us to watch a video. CoD has not yet reached the epic proportions of Metal Gear Solid's cut-scenes, but Infinite Warfare is particularly guilty of this crime within the series. It's far more immersive to keep us in control while the action and narrative takes place around us.
The BioShock series in particular did an excellent job of delivering a fascinating story without ever pulling you out of play. This technique left me woefully involved in the characters by the end of Bioshock Infinite and it's something that should be considered for a lot more first person shooters.
6 Increased Verticality
While wall running and double jumping have been a standard since Advanced Warfare, the sad fact is that there is usually little room to manoeuvre in most of the multiplayer maps in modern CoD games. Many times have I fallen down a hole or thrown myself to an irritating death, just when I thought I was jumping at a traversable wall.
This is something that Titanfall does so well and I can't help but feel that Advanced Warfare's attempt to follow suit fell short of the mark. That is not to say that CoD's jumping and wall running are bad, just that there's definitely room to grow this aspect of the game and make it more central to the game play. Proper jetpacks, clinging to walls, increased wall-running distance and speed could all help the next instalment to shine.
5 Put In Some Sassy Banter
What made films like Commando and Robocop classics great was the perfect blend of overblown action hero antics being counter balanced with lines like "Dead or alive, you're coming with me." CoD should be aware of how utterly ridiculous it is to blow up a mech warrior while diving out of an aircraft or flying through space spraying bullets. A little self awareness goes along way in games (and life), and I can't help but feel the protagonists would be a lot more endearing if they had something funny to say now and again.
Duke Nukem was a classic gaming hero. Really, all we knew about good ol' Duke was that his love for murdering demons was only matched by his passion for sassy one liners. I won't repeat any here due to their explicit content, but if you're not familiar with his now infamous lines, I suggest you do some speedy research. You won't regret it.
4 Bring Back Health
This has been a gripe of mine for a long time with first person shooters in general. It really breaks the tension of a battle if all you have to do to recover is cower behind a wall for 10 seconds to get your health back. The latest instalment of Doom has bought back health packs and is all the better for it. Whilst the harder modes in CoD are still undoubtedly tricky, this infinite health regeneration diminishes the sought-after feeling of victory when you finally overcome insurmountable odds and take out a room full of foes with a dangerously low health bar. I know we're not playing a survival horror here, but regenerating health has to go. As the saying goes... if at first you don't succeed, try hiding behind a wall until you feel better. Oh wait.
3 Cut Down On The Clichés
"My hands are tied!" "That's an order Private!" "Today is a good day to die!" This kind of thing is fine if it's meant to be funny, but CoD is literally never trying to be funny. It takes itself far too seriously and comes off as silly when it's trying to be edgy. Awkward. The intro video to Advanced Warfare is so rife with clichés and large jocks patting themselves on the back for being heroic that it's practically a parody of itself. War films and games tend to be inherently cheesy and that's fine, but the developers need to know where to draw the line and when to drop another clichéd line in favour of something unexpected. Like humour.
2 Give The Characters Some Personality
Out of all the Call of Duty campaigns I've played, I can only really remember one character properly. Soap MacTavish. And that's only really because his name is Soap. Despite the sometimes-convoluted plot lines, we never learn anything about our character's motivations. We're never informed of their back-stories, their likes and dislikes or the psychological effects they suffer from being constantly at war.
They're always too busy responding dutifully to the call (get it?), throwing around cliché one-liners and questioning how the villains could be so darn evil (moments before they burst in to a room and massacre everything that moves…). These heroes are too perfect. Where's the self doubt? The moral ambiguity? The bad hair days? Saving the world is a pretty hefty responsibility and it would make sense to reflect that in the character writing. Here's to hoping the next CoD delivers some characters we can care about (before they're inevitably murdered off).
1 Flesh Out The Zombies Mode
Zombies is a fantastic part of the franchise and, in my house, it generally gets played a lot more than campaigns do. Even though the last instalment took a turn for the worse (by making the aesthetic silly instead of creepy), it still provided hours of entertainment. Four player split screen would be a great start. Player controlled zombies, maybe even a b-movie style story to go along with it (but an actual story, not just an intro video).
Having missions and levels alongside the wave survival mode would also be a highly welcome addition. How about characters that level up and gain new weapons and cards to take into the next mission. A few tweaks here and there could really make this stand up as a Left 4 Dead contender.
So I leave it with you folks, Call of Duty has to change. What do you think needs work?


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Hide and Seek
"Mummy! HIDE AND SEEK?"
This week, I'm going to try just writing a bunch of short posts about my life currently. I don't know how it will go, but I hope you enjoy it 🙂
At just shy of three, my son has quite suddenly become a hide and seek enthusiast. An ongoing fascination with making things appear and reappear plus a wish to get into things he generally shouldn't meant this was somewhat inevitable. I tried to teach him a few months ago but it didn't really click. Now, a very catchy song that made the whole thing clear and several Mickey Mouse clubhouse episodes later, he gets it.
Well, sort of. He doesn't quite understand how only counting to one makes hiding a bit difficult, or that hiding in the same place I just did is a little obvious. He is definitely struggling with the idea that him not being able to see me doesn't mean I can't see him, especially when he "hides" with his face in his hands about five steps from where I'm standing.
It's actually fun, though. I've been looking forward to the stage where he wants to actually play more structured games and if it's all a bit of a work in progress, his mad giggles at the whole thing make it worth it.
4 Months
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Mother's Day 2017
Yesterday, I successfully navigated my second Mother's Day. My own mother is lovely and R, despite not even noticing the occasion until a morning radio segment brought it to his attention, came through in the end and picked up some flowers and chocolates for me on Mr K's behalf.
I'm always a bit baffled by people who get pissy about these as a present choice. No, it doesn't require much thought or effort. But flowers and chocolates are two of my favourite things!
I feel like I'm reading a lot more analysis of the whole Mother's Day phenomenon this year, in defense of it and criticizing it. I suppose that's unsurprising, given society tells us that mothering is the bestest, most important job in the whole world while simultaneously devaluing it at every turn. I wonder the whole working/stay at home thing is such a mindfuck.
A lot of it has been frustrating to read, on both sides. I wish we could all just accept that parenthood is a big deal but not the only, all-defining deal. That mothers are people, no more and my God, no less. That working rights and sensible hours would be good for everyone, parents or not. That Mother's Day is hard for some people and the reasons for that might vary greatly and be intensely private. That most of us know that it's an overcommercialised load of bullshit, deviating far from its humble origins and that an epilator or – I'm looking at you, department stores of Japan – an apron are not the greatest gift ideas.
I know.
But I've had only a handful of good nights of sleep in the last two years, wiped up a lot of body fluids and juggled a whole brunch of things that become a lot harder when you constantly have to work out what to do with a very small, dependent person in the mix. I just want to enjoy my cheap flowers and nice chocolates.
Becoming a new mother
I think that I am maybe possibly settling into this life as a mother now. Give me one afternoon where Mr. K cries and cries and cries and or, God help me, another "growth spurt" and my firm belief in my own incompetence will reassert itself completely, but when I am outside those hellish moments, I can start to think I'm getting my head around all of this.
The last month and a bit has felt longer than I could have imagined yet if I get thinking about October 29th, it still feels like something that only just happened.
I read an article a week before Mr. K was born about the things that one could do for new mothers that would actually help, the things she actually needs, and yes, it's true. I'm so grateful to the people who have helped me so far and who continue to help me, who show their support in all these little ways and help offload some of the pressure I tend to heap on myself.
Becoming a mother is shocking. I have no doubt, especially after observing R, that becoming a father is as well, but actually birthing a baby, becoming its primary caregiver and having it gnaw at your breasts more times a day than you really want to count and transitioning from the haze of pregnancy to not-quite-back-to-normal and forever a bit sleep-deprived is tough.
There are quite a few stories I could tell about all of this, things I need to get out of my system, but grabbing the time to sit down and do so is still hard. All of this is hard.
I've read more articles than I can count, trying to work out what the line between maternity blues and postnatal depression is so I can try to fix myself accordingly because yes, I've struggled. I feel like I may have crawled through the worst of my own emotional issues, but I'm still not sure. I read this by Yumi Stynes nearly a month after Mr. K was born, and even if I haven't gotten to the point where I need anti-depressents myself, it still felt strangely validating to just know that I wasn't the only person not feeling okay and struggling to admit it. Once I did, though, and acknowledged that there were good reasons for not being fine, that it was a difficult pregnancy, that R working six days a week was not ideal, that I was 8000 kilometres from home and that was tough in itself and perhaps I needed to just go a little easier on myself… that was when things started to improve.
I'm getting there, anyway. Finding new little things to do, taking time to myself and not feeling bad about it, and having largely physically recovered from the birth now… all of this helps. I may even start to improve the blog post rate soon?!


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Play born in South Africa explores universal, resonant themes of fear and connection
Music, dance and story intertwine as Citadel launches Ubuntu
Ubuntu (The Cape Town Project)
Theatre: The Citadel
Cast: Mbulelo Grootboom, David Jansen, Erin McGrath, Andile Nebulane, Tracey Power
Directed by: Daryl Cloran
Where: The Maclab theatre of the Citadel, 9828 101A Ave.
Running: Oct. 11 to 22
Tickets:citadeltheatre.com or through the box office at 780-425-1820
Love, lies and culture collide as Canadian and South African theatre folk take to the stage in the latest Citadel production, Ubuntu (The Cape Town Project).
The show is set in two different time periods. It opens with Jabba, a young black man from Cape Town who comes to Canada in search of his father, Philani, who moved to Canada as a student 30 years earlier. Philani sent money home faithfully for his son, but never returned for a visit. His son is tormented by this, and wonders why.
While it's a very specific story about the journey of this father and son, Ubuntu speaks to themes which reveal themselves nearly every day in our own city, including the struggle of immigrants to be seen, and understood, for who they truly are.
The play was co-created 12 years ago in Cape Town by a group of Canadian artists (including Daryl Cloran, the Citadel's artistic director) who teamed up with artists from South Africa. The collective of writers and actors aimed to explore how to create meaningful stories that can affect change.
"Because we built this from scratch together, it's one of the things that I am proudest of and which most represents the work that I'm interested in and has my voice in it," says Cloran, who is directing Ubuntu. "It's a really good representation of what can be built by putting two different cultures in a room together, and seeing how you negotiate through themes of culture and identity."
Two of the project's original cast members, Mbulelo Grootboom and Andile Nebulane, are in Edmonton for the remount of the play, which had its world premiere in Toronto in 2009, and has since played in Halifax, Calgary, Vancouver and Kamloops.
"This play, I love it," says Grootboom, who co-wrote the work back in 2005 and has performed his role repeatedly during the play's numerous presentations in this country.
Grootboom plays Philani, who comes to Canada to study viruses at university and finds himself torn between his African culture's views of healing, in which shamanism figures prominently, and the Western perspective, which views science as the only answer. While in Canada, Philani falls in love with a white woman, which further complicates his situation. How much of himself can he change, and what must he do to stay true to his roots?
In South Africa, the name of the play, Ubuntu, means "I am because you are." It reflects a traditional African belief, which is that humanity is tied together, and that we are all responsible for each other. The play explores complex relationships amongst its characters, who are linked by a secret that's not revealed until late in the 90-minute show.
Grootboom says the play explores one of his favourite themes, which is "how we connect as people, men and women, black and white. And what makes us different."
He notes that in South Africa "we are afraid of the unknown." The country's divisive history of apartheid means strangers can be perceived as dangerous because you don't where they are coming from, politically and personally. Fear of strangers, however, is not restricted to South Africa, and the play is an effort to get past that very human reaction. It emphasizes the common ground of its characters, even as they clash over cultural differences.
Ubuntu is structured in the tradition of "poor theatre," which relies heavily on actors' abilities to tell stories with their voices and bodies. The set is simple, dominated by a wall of some 300 suitcases that can become a desk or a bookshelf. There is music, dance and drumming. Dialogue is sparse in the first 20 to 25 minutes of the show, and even then, the words spoken are in the African language of Xhosa. But Cloran says it's easy to understand what's going on.
"There are no subtitles or surtitles. And it totally plays," says Cloran. "Even if the audience isn't getting the literal exchange, we're understanding what is happening between the characters."
When Ubuntu was created 12 years ago, some people thought it was all about Barack Obama. Today, you could read reflections of our fears about terrorists between the lines of the script.
"It's a universal play," says Grootboom.
Cloran echoes that sentiment.
"The search for where I belong, that has resonated with audiences from all kinds of different backgrounds," he says. "People say, 'That's my story' even though they're not South African. That search for one's identity is something everyone can relate to."
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Absolutely classic montage of old video from WEWS here.
First, see clips of Cavs management sitting around a table on a conference call during draft night when they select Austin Carr (and notice the gorgeous Cavs pennant display in the background.)
Then check out glimpses of the old Cleveland Arena (cool for all us youngsters who never saw it).
And, finally and most importantly, watch Bill Fitch talk to the American Dairy Princess, who gives Fitch a certificate for 71 gallons of milk. Just priceless.
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Supreme Court Guide: Four Big Decisions Remain
The Supreme Court is scheduled to issue more decisions Friday, with four major cases remaining on the docket, and could also release opinions next week. Still to be decided is the gay-marriage case, along with closely watched rulings involving congressional redistricting and power plant emissions. Here's a list of the remaining cases.