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Abertillery Orpheus Male Voice Choir
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Aber Valley Male Voice Choir
The Aber Valley Male Voice Choir was founded in 1959 and counts performing at the Houses of Parliament as one of their many highlights.
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Hip hop maverick from Anglesey sharing a label with 50 Cent and Eminem.
One of the most enduring arena rock bands, The Alarm were one of the 80s' best-selling Welsh acts.
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Aled Jones was a ubiquitous presence in the 1980s after millions watched him on TV.
Allan Yn Y Fan
Newbridge's Welsh traditional band Allan Yn Y Fan have carved a reputation as one of the top Celtic-influenced bands on the 21st century, with three albums and international tours under their belt.
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Al Lewis is a bilingual singer-songwriter who's working with Paper Aeroplanes' Sarah Howells and releasing his first English album in 2010.
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Amen Corner
Amen Corner formed in south Wales in 1966, bringing together six musicians from around the area, plus vocalist Andy Fairweather-Low.
Amy Wadge
The Cardiff-based singer-songwriter with a steadily rising profile.
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Ar Log (Welsh for 'for hire') are a long-running folk outfit who have over the years had many members and many records.
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Attack! Attack! are a Cardiff rock band whose work ethic and background in bands over the past decade have made them a name to watch.
One of the most exciting new bands to have emerged from Wales in recent times, The Automatic formed in the not-very-rock 'n' roll town of Cowbridge, but their disco punk sound easily established them as stars.
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Hailing from the small village of Waunfawr, near Caernarfon, Big Leaves came together as a band before the members had even reached their teens.
One of the most hotly-tipped new hard rock/punk acts to come out of Wales in recent years, The Blackout are a heavy but poppy sixpiece who combine furious drumming, soaring melodies and a dual vocal assault.
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Born Gaynor Hopkins on 8 June 1951, the artist known as Bonnie Tyler began her musical career in the picturesque village of Skewen, near Swansea, where she grew up listening to Tamla Motown and 1960s blues records.
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Originally known as Jeff Killed John, Bullet For My Valentine formed in 1999 while studying music at Bridgend College.
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Since forming in 2007, this Welsh rock band is one of the new scene of likely contenders.
Calan are a new, vibrant five-piece folk band who are breathing new life into traditional Welsh music.
Cantorion Colin Jones
Colin Jones established this North Wales male choir in 1991, with members travelling up to 100 miles to rehearse in Betws-y-Coed.
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The Ardwyn Singers are recognised as a formidable choral force on the national and world stage.
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The Admiral Cardiff Big Weekend is the UK's largest free outdoor music festival.
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Equally cursed and blessed, few bands from Wales have fallen from grace quite so spectacularly as Catatonia, and few bands leave behind a legacy so full of success and failure.
Cate Le Bon
Cardiff's folk rock multi-instrumentalist and singer songwriter is a name to drop on the indie and alt-folk scenes, and she already has friends in high places.
Catrin Finch
Britain's foremost harp performer, former Royal Harpist to Prince Charles and classical crossover success.
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In the world of traditional Welsh music, Catrin O'Neill chucks in the kitchen sink, the waste disposal unit and the slightly leaky u-bend.
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Time was when the public couldn't get enough of Cerys Matthews. The public face of Catatonia, for a time she was everywhere: on every TV show, in every magazine, all over the front page.
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Charlotte Church was the ultimate teenage star, swept to fame and fortune with classical records before deciding to persue a pop career.
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Wales doesn't quite have a male voice choir on each street corner, but there are many choirs and brass bands popularising the styles.
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For Christopher Rees, seeing Velvet Underground founder John Cale was something of a revelatory experience.
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Claire Jones, the royal harpist, will be performing for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in April 2011.
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There is a considerable wealth of classical music and opera in Wales. The popular perception of a tradition of the harp and the male voice choir is a long way from the 21st century reality of a growing number of hugely talented singers, instrumentalists and composers, making an impact not just in Wales but across the world.
Colwyn Male Voice Choir
Located in one of the principal towns on the North Wales coast, the original choir was founded in 1895.
Crook Family
In a gradual and very natural way that suits their Pembrokeshire roots, the Crook Family formed in 2006 when vocalist Tim Williams met double bassist Jon Sharpe. To complete the trio, Tim's long lost cousin Sarah Richards joined on piano.
Culprit One
One man, a bank of keyboards and a bagful of dirty beats and bleeps.
Dance and electronica
While Welsh music is perhaps best known for either its choral tradition or the indie stylings of 'Cool Cymru' bands, there's a great underground of Welsh dance artists packing the dancefloors.
Darling Buds
Formed in Cardiff in 1986 by the 19-year-old Andrea Lewis, The Darling Buds were for six years one of the most promising acts coming out of the UK indie scene.
Hailed as the first truly modern Welsh-language group, Datblygu's (Develop) influence on Welsh music is immeasurable.
Dave Edmunds
Born in Cardiff in 1944, Dave Edmunds began playing in local blues bands The 99ers and The Raiders. In 1966 he left Wales to join The Image, and The Human Beans the following year.
Dave Stapleton
"Dave Stapleton is a real find for British Jazz... a young musician of real maturity and vision." So says jazz music magazine Jazzwise.
Dead Residents
Dead Residents are a Cardiff troupe with a fine pedigree and even finer grasp of humour-laced hip-hop.
Dennis O'Neill
The Welsh have been called "Italians in the rain" - a term which could have been coined for Dennis O'Neill.
Donna Lewis
Born and raised in Cardiff, Donna Lewis emerged from the Welsh College Of Music And Drama with flute and piano qualifications and a voice that set her on the path to world stardom.
Dorothy Squires
In the days before 'pop' existed in the cultural vernacular, popular artists recorded and performed songs written by professional songwriters, backed by specialised orchestras. Carmarthenshire's Dorothy Squires was one of the most popular singers of the pre- and post-War music world.
Dub War
Along with 60ft Dolls, Novocaine, Ether and a few others, Dub War emerged from Newport in the early-90s, smack in the middle of the death of grunge and with Britpop about to explode.
Duffy has come seemingly out of nowhere to become of the biggest worldwide sellers of 2008 with her album Rockferry.
Elin Fflur
Formerly the singer with the group Carlotta, Elin Fflur rose to prominence after winning the 2002 Can I Gymru (Song For Wales) competition.
Elin Manahan Thomas
Elin Manahan Thomas is one the UK's most gifted sopranos.
Escape Into The Park
By far the biggest dance event in Wales and the South West of England, Escape Into The Park has become one of the must-play events for some of the world's best DJs and dance acts.
Exit International
Exit_International are a Cardiff-based trio featuring two bass guitars and no lead.
Exit International
Exit_International are a Cardiff-based trio featuring two bass guitars and no lead.
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MCICOM Becomes a Vietnam War Commemorative Partner Organization is the first Marine Corps Command to Support the Program
ARLINGTON, Va. – The Marine Corps Installations Command (MCICOM) recently announced its participation in the Vietnam War Commemorative Program. Congress authorized the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) to plan and execute the program in conjunction with the war's 50th anniversary.
The Commemorative Program focuses on thanking and honoring veterans and their families for the sacrifices they made during the Vietnam. In all, 58,259 U.S. servicemen and women were killed in conflict and another 153,363 were wounded.
MCICOM is participating through the Commemorative Partner program, which includes a commitment to hold two events annually from 2015-2017 that "recognize Vietnam Veterans and their families' service, valor and sacrifice." It is the first Marine Corps Command to become a partner.
Major General Juan G. Ayala, Commander of MCICOM said the organization's involvement was especially fitting due to the role played by the Marine Corps during the war: "The U.S. Marine Corps provided ground, air, supply and logistic support in Vietnam for over two decades as part of III Marine Amphibious Force. Our Marines bravely fought the Viet Cong forces time and time again, such as during the battles of Hue City and Khe Sanh to name a few examples. The Marine Corps protected countless Americans and South Vietnamese during the war: 57 Marines were awarded a Medal of Honor; 13,000 Marines gave their lives protecting others."
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Monday, April 19, 2010
the "it's not really a bento" bento
But these things have a way of coming together, you see, I was practically powerless to stop it.
Little girl's snack - hummus on whole wheat white bread, cucumber and fishies.
It only took like two minutes to throw together. So it's not really a bento, is it? ;-)
*packed in a sandwich-sized Lock & Lock box.
5 comments:
- AVM said... [Reply to comment]
I just found your blog and I'm loving it! I, too, am powerless to the bento - even when my daughter is off from school. I'm so glad I found this!
- April 19, 2010 at 10:41 AM
- Jenn @ BentoForKidlet said... [Reply to comment]
If being packed in two minutes means it's not a bento, then I rarely pack a bento haha :P Looks like a tasty bento to me!
- April 19, 2010 at 12:28 PM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
I've never posted before, but I love your blog! I am also a Melissa with four kids. I've been inspired by your blog to have less waste, and less junk, in our lunches.
We have one of the disney boxes like you, but my lid has survived so far. I don't like it because small foods mix together. I got it to be a snack holder for my nine month old, but now I use it for snacks for me, big stuff that can't leak through. We just got a sassy box and I'm looking foward to trying that out. We have a bunch of those little crayola sandwich boxes and we use those now - one for the sandwich and one for the chips/veggies/etc. It's not all in one, but it saves some baggies at least. I also have a EZ-Freeze StayFit™ Lunch 2 Go Container that I got at walmart. I like it because the lid can go in the freezer, and it has a built in icepack, but the food mixes in there too. It also has to be washed by hand, which can get annoying at times. I don't think I've ever seen one of those on your site.
Anyhow, I look forward to more blogs from you!
- April 19, 2010 at 5:44 PM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
Hello Melissa! You know, I think I might have that container you are talking about. It is a large container and the ice pack creates a barrier to put two small containers on top of it, all under one lid? I haven't used it a lot, and a few times I've meant to use it I can't find the freezer pack for it! And it doesn't all fit together without the freezer pack. Finding missing pieces to various contraptions is the bane of my existence! LOL
Anywho, welcome and thanks for your nice words! :)
- April 20, 2010 at 11:33 AM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
On mine, the freezer back is built into the lid, I don't think it comes out at all. It looks like this http://preview.tinyurl.com/y7utesz
I don't know if that link works, I used tinyurl because the real link was really really long.
I used my sassy box today, and it worked really well. I'm a fan of them now!
- April 20, 2010 at 3:56 PM


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Here's more evidence that small business owners are turning sour about the direction of the economy. "U.S. small business owners' net capital spending intentions for the next 12 months plunged to -14 in November, the lowest level in more than two years," according to the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index. The -14 score in November comes from 20% of small business owners saying they expect to increase their capital spending over the next 12 months but 34% forecasting a decrease. The 34% "decrease" reading is the highest since July 2010. In the current survey, 45% of owners expect no change in their capital spending. As recently as summer, net capital spending intentions were level. The decline "suggests the nation's small-business owners are likely to pull back on their business investments even more, given their negative expectations for the next 12 months," according to the Wells Fargo/Gallup quarterly survey, conducted Nov. 12-16 of 607 small business owners. Small business owners' capital spending expectations were slightly positive during the first two quarters of 2012, before turning neutral in July, and then plunging in November. The last time net capital spending intentions were lower than they are today was in July 2010, at -20.
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Small business owners pull back on capital spending plans
A good Washington Post op-ed piece looks at why small business owners tend not to take advantage of a valuable tool — the federal Research and Development Tax Credit. Although the fiscal cliff negotiations put many tax credits in peril, Dean Zerbe, national managing director of AlliantGroup, a tax consulting firm based in Washington, D.C., and former senior counsel to the Senate Finance Committee, writes that the R&D credit "enjoys broad bipartisan support and is expected to be extended as part of any resolution" of the country's fiscal problems. "However, in working with thousands of CPA firms and businesses across the nation, I've found that only one out of 20 small businesses that are eligible for the R&D tax credit are taking this enormous tax benefit – the other 19 are leaving money on the table," Mr. Zerbe writes. Indeed, a Government Accountability Office study found that 75% of the benefit of the R&D tax credit "was going to businesses with receipts of more than $250 million," according to Mr. Zerbe. Businesses with less than $5 million in receipts only received about 7% of the benefit of the credit. So why is this happening? "The No. 1 reason is self-censoring, " he writes. Business owners and their tax advisors have a fundamental misunderstanding of what is required to qualify for the R&D tax credit (not a problem for the Fortune 500 firms that have a thousand tax lawyers on staff). The R&D tax credit is not just about test tubes and lab coats (although those certainly count) – but rather, it's about an enormous range of activities, like improving an existing product, making a building greener, and reducing the costs to make a product." He urges Congress to take steps to give the R&D credit an even bigger bang for small businesses: "That would entail allowing the credit to count against the alternative minimum tax as championed by Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa); that is, change the Treasury regulations to ensure that the business-friendly version of the credit — the Alternative Simplified Credit — can be taken on amended returns (as recommended by the U.S. Government Accountability Office) and allow the credit to be used by startups as suggested by Sen. Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.).
Outgoing U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich's Lakewood office won't be vacant for long. Lakewood Patch reports that David Stein, the owner of home furnishings store Plantation Home on Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, plans to sign a lease to move into the nearby Kucinich office, also on Detroit Avenue. Rep. Kucinich will leave his post at the end of the year. In the office, Mr. Stein will start a venture called Cotton, which Patch.com says will offer high-end linens and tableware. He expects to open the new store in April after redesigning the space. "We have really outgrown this space," Mr. Stein tells the website. "I need competition, so I am really going to give myself competition. If Crate and Barrel or the Pottery Barn opened across the street, I'd be very happy." Patch.com notes that the building at 14400 Detroit Ave. was built in the early 1920s as Bailey Buick and has housed Rep. Kucinich's Lakewood office for nearly 20 years.
Cleveland is one of the cities in which a mobile cab-hailing app called Flywheel is opening its platform to allow rides from cars other than taxis, such as licensed black cars. Forbes.com reports that the startup, formerly known as Cabulous, "is still focusing primarily on taxis, but is adding other types of rides in case there are no taxis available or in case people want a different type of ride. Flywheel CEO Steve Humphreys says those other types of cars, which will all be licensed, are not yet on the system but will come soon. Flywheel now has more than 2,000 taxis nationwide; one-third of the taxis, though, are in San Francisco. Flywheel "works with taxi fleets, integrating to their dispatch systems," according to Forbes.com. "Taxis can therefore accept rides via their central dispatch or through the mobile app that drivers use on Android devices in the taxis." You also can follow me on Twitter for more news about business and Northeast Ohio.


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An e-mail this morning informed me that my nephew had posted a photo of me on Facebook. Fuck, I thought. I dislike posing for photos and it shows. I either look like Judge Jeffreys presiding at the Bloody Assizes, or worse, I wear a patently unfelt smile, like someone unaccustomed to the effort involved. There is also these days the repeated shock caused by the fact that the self-image I carry in my mind has not been updated since I was 35, while the external image has obviously moved on. 'I luke int mirror,' my maternal grandma once said, 'and lukin back, thiz an owd woman!' She said this with a kind of fascinated horror, as if it were the last thing she had expected to see. She had been a beauty in her time. I could have pointed out that the shock might be cushioned somewhat if she put her dentures in before consulting the mirror, but forbore.
Anyway, the photo James has dug out was taken long before I developed my present self-consciousness. It's the Christmas of perhaps 1965, and shows the approximately six-year old me on the left, my three-year old sister Tonie in the middle and my second cousin Jonathan on the right. I am holding a ventriloquist's dummy, my top favourite among the year's haul of prezzies, and visible on the right is a three-storey toy garage. I wonder about the garage. I know for sure it wouldn't have figured on my wish list, whereas the ventriloquist's dummy most certainly did. Were my parents hoping to balance the dummy with something a tad more butch? Quite possibly.
There's a photo from an earlier Christmas Day in which I sit miserably on a new tricycle, the picture of resentfulness and disappointment. There might be poignancy in such ungrateful repudiation of a loving gift long saved for, had I not been at pains to point out repeatedly in the run-up to Christmas that I really, really didn't want a bloody bike. I didn't know then that the damn thing had already been bought and my parents were trying hard to bring me round to liking the idea. As a small boy I had a tendency to live in my head, invent stories which I told myself out loud, and was forever pretending that my toys and other objects around me were something other than what they actually were. This tendency to want to be alone and my active dislike and avoidance of other boys probably inspired the decision to get me 'mucking in with the other lads' on a fucking bike. Some hope. My favourite bit of the mockumentary 'The Big Tease' has the mother of the gay hairdresser protagonist proudly showing off the chess set her son had received as a boy. He had dressed all the pawns in grass skirts to represent the chorus of 'South Pacific'. I actually think the desire for the ventriloquist's doll was a symptom of emerging control-freakery ('I'm making him call me 'sire' ') rather than any – what do they call it these days? – 'gender atypical' behaviour. Still, something must have been nagging at my parents' minds, minds shaped up to that point largely by the rigid gender roles of the fifties.
Eventually both trike and garage came into their own. The garage had a battery operated elevator, which fascinated me even if the cars never did. My sister and I collected frogspawn, and when the tadpoles emerged and grew to early froghood, she would divert them with rides in the garage lift. The battery compartment on top of the lift shaft had a removable lid and inside, an intriguing mechanism of cogs and wires and whatnots. Some of the day-tripping frogs got caught up in this and were tragically minced even as their fellows were riding happily up and down. I think this gumming up of the works with frog parts probably wrecked the elevator once and for all, and Tonie had to resort instead to feeding up the goldfish. She'd give them entire packets of digestive biscuits at a sitting ('din-dins!') and once tipped a large bag of rabbit oats into their bowl. This might have choked a small shark, but the goldfish lived.
The good, clean, healthy fun my parents had envisioned with their present of a bike materialised eventually. Sort of. A friend, Christine, and I invented the game 'Death Hospital'. We would hurtle up and down the street on our trikes, transporting imaginary patients to a make-believe hospital at the far end, staffed by doctors and nurses trained in the most implacable sadism. Here patients were extravagantly maltreated before we dropped by to deliver a new batch of victims and cart off the cadavres for interment. I'm pretty sure that other boys would merely have ridden their bikes, no doubt competing to see who could reach the far end of the street first. That would have struck us as brain-curdlingly boring and pointless.
These days, parents would probably take kids who devised such pastimes as 'Death Hospital' to be gently talked to by deeply concerned health care professionals, and get them playing violent computer games instead. Our parents never even knew. We grew tired of 'Death Hospital' soon enough, and grew up as normal as the rest of you.


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The Public Theatre is seeking dedicated students ages 11-16 to participate in a three week intensive training program featuring master acting classes, stage combat, movement, voice and speech, singing and text analysis. The program will culminate in a free public performance on July 28th.
Whether you're an experienced young performer wanting intensive theater training, or a "raw talent" looking to channel your creativity and imagination, this high quality theatre program is for you. Taught by theatre professionals, with professional standards and insights, this challenging and inspiring program is a unique alternative to traditional "drama camps".
Public Theatre Co-Artistic Director Janet Mitchko says, "We're not looking to reinforce old habits by having the single focus be the "putting on of a play". In this training program we encourage each child to fully explore their imagination and intellect, challenging them to expand beyond their "comfort zone" and express themselves in an integrated and dynamic way."
"We want young actors to tap into their potential in ways that might surprise them, and to understand that the process of creation is as important and exciting as the final show. Aside from improving their basic acting and concentration skills, students are taught to work as an ensemble and think on their feet, helping them to develop a greater sense of confidence and self esteem - all while having a ton of fun. Although there will ultimately be a performance piece, the goal of the piece is to showcase the skills they are learning, and reinforce a new way to think about performing."
Participation in this program is through audition only. Serious students who seek professional training are urged to apply.
Scholarships or discounted tuition will be available for a limited number of students with appropriate financial need.
Following Auditions, upon acceptance into the program, a non-refundable $50 deposit will be required to hold your space.
Students interested in attending this the program will be asked to audition with a memorized monologue of their own choosing. The monologue should be approximately one minute long and can be taken from a play, a poem, or adapted from another form of literature. Monologues that work best are those in which one character is talking to another character from whom they need something.
Also, please prepare a one-minute segment of a song which you may sing a cappella. Students should also provide a resume of their theatrical experience.
Students will have the opportunity to audition for the program starting mid-March, 2017. Additional opportunities to audition will be scheduled in April and May, until all spots are filled. Serious students who seek professional training are urged to apply as soon as possible. You will be contacted upon receipt of your Audition Application for an Audition Appointment.
If you would like to apply, but might not be available on the audition date, please contact us at 782-2211.
Auditions will be held at:
The Public Theatre - 31 Maple St., Lewiston
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Those serious about pursuing acting are encouraged to apply regardless of their ability to pay. No scholarship application materials will be requested or accepted prior to the Audition process.A limited amount of scholarship funds are available.
If, after acceptance into the program you would like to be considered for scholarship funds, please let us know no later than May 8th, so that we may forward the appropriate materials.
Scholarship Application Deadline: Friday, May 12, 2017
Scholarship Support provided in part by: Robert & Jackie Laskoff
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*Refund amount will be adjusted down if you received the Early Bird tuition of $475
Ms. Baker has been writing, directing, teaching and performing in theatre for over 30 years. She is a member of Actors Equity Association, as well as SAG and AFTRA, and in 2000 appeared as Aunt Mae in The Public Theatre's production of "Italian American Reconciliation".
Since 1997 she has been committed to and focused primarily on training young actors, and taught at an acclaimed theatre program in San Antonio Texas. Continually interested in furthering her own education as an actress and teacher, she participated in the esteemed Master Acting Teacher Workshop with Ron Van Lieu, Chrisopher Bayes, and Slava Dalgachev at The Actor's Center in New York.
A former resident of Maine for many years, Ms. Baker has returned to spend some time with her grown family, and is eager to bring her theatrical experience to the children of Maine. While living in Maine, Ms Baker produced the Fame in Maine project which featured a 17 year old Patrick Dempsey.
A native of Wisconsin, Mrs. Cavanaugh worked as a professional singer, dancer, actress in New York and Los Angeles for 12 years. Credits include: Broadway/National tours: Cats (u/s Grizabella and Demeter), Anything Goes (Lincoln Center revival), Disney Magic (Snow White) at Radio City Music Hall. Off Broadway/ Regional: Leading roles in productions at Musical Theatre Works, NYC (Hamelin), York Theatre Company, NYC (Nephrotite), Robert Townsend Theatre Center, LA, Goodspeed Opera House (Phyllis in Mr. Cinders), Sharon Playhouse, CT (Lizzie in Baby and Sandy in Grease), North Carolina Theatre Company (Jesus Christ Superstar), Theatre by the Sea, NH (Gilmer in Godspell). Other favorite rolls include Sheila in Hair and Katy in Liz Swados' Runaways. Other TV, Film, Music credits include: Little Feet (Chanticleer Films), Field in the Heart (Natural Company), Another World, numerous TV commercials, jingles, and industrial films, featured soloist in the Nashville Music Express, a Columbia Artists national tour (premiere performance at The Grand Ole Opry). Katy attended the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Musical Theatre major) and currently serves as faculty (applied arts, voice) at Waynflete School in Portland.
Ms. Bonacasa relocated from Chicago to Maine in April of 2007. She is a Certified Teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors, as well as an experienced fight director, actress, director, monologue and scene coach, and has extensive experience as a workshop coordinator.
She has worked as a fight director and choreographer at theatres in Chicago, New York, and across the country on productions such as Romeo and Juliet, Richard III, Henry IV, Part 1, Macbeth, The Oresteia, and Peter Pan (and many more).
Every summer, Angela serves as the Coordinator for the North Carolina School of the Arts Summer Stage Combat Program, as well as being brought in throughout the year to serve as a scene coach and director of stage combat finals performed by NCSA sophomores and juniors.
Prior to her move, Angela was on staff of Roosevelt University's Chicago College of Performing Arts and the Actors Gymnasium. She has also been a guest artist at numerous institutions, including the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Purdue University and Texas Tech. Most recently she has done fight direction and consulting for The Penobscot Theater Company, The Theater at Monmouth, Orono Community Theater, and the Belfast Maskers.
A professional actress, teacher and director for over 20 years, Janet is currently the Co- Artistic Director for The Public Theatre. In addition to performing at The Public Theatre, she also serves as its casting director and has directed over 30 acclaimed productions. Prior to her life in Maine she earned her living as an actress, director and acting teacher in NYC. Over the years she has been heard as the voice of KitchenAid as well as other numerous products. Teaching credits include: The American Academy or Dramatic Arts, Colby College, USM, Steppingstone Theatre, as well as private coaching. She is a graduate of the Acting program at Carnegie-Mellon University.
Christopher Schario has been a professional director and actor for 40 years. He has directed and performed Off-Broadway, national tours, regional theatre, summer stock, dinner theatre, films, television and commercials. He has taught acting and directing at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Carnegie-Mellon University, University of Colorado, University of Tennessee and privately in NYC. His adaptation of A Christmas Carol has been published by Dramatists Play Service and has been performed by professional and amateur theatres throughout the world. He is in his 21st season as the Executive/Artistic Director of The Public Theatre.


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PITTSBURGH — The number of gas drilling rigs is declining in Pennsylvania and nationwide, due to a combination of low natural gas prices and renewed interest in oil.
There were 98 drilling rigs in Pennsylvania during the week of March 23, according to Baker Hughes, a company that monitors national counts. That's down from a peak of 116 reached during the summer of 2011. Drilling rigs bore the holes and set pipes, but all wells don't go into production immediately.
Experts said the decline doesn't mean the natural gas boom is over, in Pennsylvania or elsewhere. Now, many companies are investing in pipelines and other distribution facilities.
"Where we're seeing a lot of development is taking that gas to different markets," said Kathryn Klaber, president of the Marcellus Shale Coalition, an industry group.
Klaber added that while the number of rigs drilling in Pennsylvania has declined, companies are shifting to target the more profitable "wet gas," which is used to produce specialty products such as butane and ethane.
The Marcellus Shale, which lies thousands of feet underground, has attracted a rush by major oil companies, who have drilled almost 5,000 new wells in the last five years. The Marcellus covers large parts of Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio and West Virginia.
But as production boomed the wholesale price of natural gas dropped. When the shale drilling boom started in 2008, the average price for a unit of gas was about $8. Lately, it's been about $2.30. The drop has driven a nationwide move towards oil and away from gas wells.
"There is a large shift away from dry gas. There's a big debate whether people can make money at current prices," said Keith Crane, director of the Environment, Energy and Economic Development program at Rand Corporation, a Washington think tank.
Three years ago, only about 200 oil drilling rigs were in operation nationwide. Last week, the number was 1,317.
In the fall of 2008, about 1,600 gas drilling rigs were active nationwide; by last week, the number had dropped to 652.
"It is an industry of boom and bust," Crane said, speaking of both oil and gas.
But Klaber noted that even the slowdown in gas drilling leaves plenty of room for related businesses.
In early March, three companies announced plans for a $1 billion gas pipeline to connect production facilities in northeastern Pennsylvania with markets such as Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington.
UGI Corp., Inergy Midstream L.P. and Capitol Energy Ventures proposed the 200-mile pipeline. The companies set a completion goal of 2015 but still need regulatory approval.


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29 Jun 2006
Design development now complete
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill have revealed detailed refinements made to the Freedom Tower design, bringing to a close the design development phase of the World Trade Center's most iconic building. The refinements build upon the conceptual designs that were unveiled last year and provide a much greater level of detail with regard to critical design elements including: the prismatic glass cladding for the tower's reinforced base, the antenna at the top, the white glass curtain wall and the generous allotment of open spaces and landscaping for public use. The Freedom Tower is designed to facilitate emergency response with enhanced emergency communication cables, together with a dedicated stair for use by firefighters. These are used in conjunction with enhanced elevators housed in a protected central building core that serve every floor of the building. In addition, "areas of refuge" are located on each floor.Freedom Tower architect David Childs said "Our design team has spent the past year refining the concept we unveiled in June 2005. The result is an open, welcoming building that both radiates light and is filled with light, we think we have achieved our goal of creating a great urban place -- a building that serves the people who work in it, welcomes those who visit it, and plays an integral and vibrant role in the city that surrounds it."Construction on below-ground utility relocations, footings, and foundations for the Freedom Tower started in April 2006 and it is projected that steel for the building will be visible above grade in 2008, with a topping out in 2010. The building is projected to be ready for occupancy in 2011.


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TOWN OF GORDON, Wis.—The fire hall that served as a command center during a massive forest fire in northwestern Wisconsin has been destroyed in a blaze that also burned six fire trucks.
Town of Gordon Fire Chief Mike Chmielecki says the fire hall is a total loss. Chmielecki says there were several explosions inside the hall as it burned Thursday, which he says likely came from the truck equipment.
No one was injured in the fire. WDIO-TV ( http://bit.ly/1aQjLyW) reports five agencies worked to extinguish the fire which also destroyed the volunteer firefighters' gear.
The Gordon Fire Hall was the incident command center during the Germann Road fire last May. Hundreds of first responders used the hall as they fought the blaze that consumed 7,400 acres and caused residents of dozens of homes to evacuate.


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The Bethel middle school boys' basketball team finished undefeated after Saturday�s championship win.
All Tyler Sutton could do was tautly hug his coaches and his teammates.
He was at a loss of words as he looked up at the basket just moments after becoming a champion.
The Bethel Christian Academy middle school boys� team won the inaugural Middle School Classic title Saturday at the Bethel gymnasium.
The Trojans defeated a tough Contentnea-Savannah School squad, 49-38.
Sutton, who had a game-high 22 points and 12 rebounds, made several big plays to give his team the edge over the Cougars. He scored in the low post to tie all at 9-9 early in the opening quarter and a pair of his putbacks would help sustain the Trojans down the stretch.
He spoke few words after the game but let his excitement do all the talking.
Besides, the Trojans had a perfect season that put area middle school hoops on the map.
�It was just effort,� Sutton said of his team�s win. �It feels great (to win the championship). We know that not only Contentnea-Savannah but Neuse Charter also came in expecting a huge victory over us.�
Earlier in the evening, the Trojans (12-0) beat Neuse Charter Academy, 45-23, to advance to the championship round with CSS.
The Cougars and Trojans battled it out the first half, but BCA�s Christian Jones� basket put Bethel up, 20-19, headed into the locker room. He had seven points and eight rebounds.
Jones� brother Caleb opened the second half with back-to-back 3-pointers.
But when BCA gave up a few costly turnovers and CSS captain Colby McLawhorn started dropping his shots, it wouldn�t be an easy win for the Trojans.
McLawhorn finished with 10 points, while Jordan Blow scored a team-high 11 for Contentnea. The Cougars had 29 rebounds as a team and four assists, with Tahj Ramsey having a team-high six boards.
Bethel grabbed 41 rebounds but only three assists � with two on the front half of Caleb Jones� treys. He drained a trio of them, and Bethel�s Austin Eubanks accounted for the team�s fourth 3-pointer.
When Jones� last high-arching 3-point attempt was soaring through the air, the crowd knew it was headed straight for the basket. But the ball danced around the rim and whirled out, only for Sutton to grab the rebound and score on a reverse layup.
It was Sutton�s first basket of the second half, and it spurted a BCA run that ended with five free throws to seal the win.
�We practice free throws every day,� Bethel coach Brick Crowder said. �It�s kind of funny, we haven�t been shooting them that well in practice this week, but man, when the game was on the line, our guys came through.
�I�m just super proud of them as a coach.�
He added the game against the second-place CSS was the hardest they�ve played all season.
The Middle School Classic featured nine middle school teams from as far as Smithfield. The proceeds raised from the tourney will go toward mission trips for Bethel ministry high school students.
Crowder looks forward to hosting the tournament again next year, expecting it to grow.
�I believe (the Middle School Classic) is huge for middle school basketball in the area,� he said. �We hope to get more local area schools, especially public schools in Lenoir County, involved in the tournament next year.�
Jessika Morgan can be reached at 252-559-1078 and email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @JessikaMorgan.


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When Tessie Orcino entered the Toronto East General Hospital's psychiatric ward two years ago, she didn't know she had taken the first step to ending nearly a decade of couch-surfing and homelessness.
The Philippines-born mother of three wouldn't be returning to her sister's care this time around.
"It's killing me. It's just toxic for me," Orcino recalled telling the doctor.
Her relationship with her sister was strained and Orcino's mental health was poor. She said a life as a single mother with a mortgage had simply been too much to manage. "I worked three jobs, four jobs, not sleeping. Forgetting about myself. I just wanted my kids to have the better things that I didn't have as a child," she said.
The doctor sent her to a women's shelter where a worker had her sign up for a project called At Home/Chez Soi, run by the Mental Health Commission of Canada. Soon, Orcino was part of the largest research project on homelessness and mental health of its kind in the world. She was given a choice of apartments to live in, a rent subsidy and a case worker for support.
The five-year project has housed about 1,000 homeless people with mental illness in cities across Canada since it began. The study randomized about 1,000 more applicants into a comparison group that was offered only the services they would already have access to in their cities. Randomization ensured researchers weren't only studying people who were motivated enough to apply for At Home in the first place.
At Home is based on the idea that people should receive housing first, instead of waiting until they're deemed ready to re-enter society. Participants don't have to accept treatment for mental illness or addictions, but most of them have chosen to get help. As the study approaches its final months, researchers say many participants are thriving.
Orcino has been accepted into George Brown's Assistant Cook program beginning in January. She volunteers, sits on committees, and says she wants to help women who have been abused. About 80 per cent of participants have been successfully housed, although some are in their second apartments.
There are five local studies across the country, each with its own specifications. In Toronto, care is geared toward the city's high proportion of ethnic minorities, nearly half of the homeless population.
Those involved with At Home say it's ground-breaking research with the potential to drastically alter not only our approach to homelessness or social policy -- but our entire health care system.
It's in part about gathering data that clearly demonstrates to policy-makers how health is inextricably linked to social situation, income and environment. That knowledge isn't new. But the researchers in this study say it's rarely addressed in our policies or understood by the public.
Orcino and many of her fellow participants illustrate a relationship research has established elsewhere: health begins long before a visit to the doctor, at work, at home, and in our neighbourhoods.
"It's like a game of musical chairs, when there are fewer chairs, those that are least able to compete for these chairs will be left standing," said Vicky Stergiopoulos, one of the Toronto site's principal researchers. She said a lack of elements such as affordable housing and employment opportunities for low-skilled workers are some of the main reasons people end up homeless in the first place.
Stergiopoulos said policies that address inequalities are lacking throughout North America, and those that do exist are often poorly implemented. At Home is investigating how well housing first works for homeless people with mental illness but it's also assessing cost-effectiveness. "It was both to close gaps in the knowledge base but also to make the case, the business case, for funding in Canada," Stergiopoulos said.
According to preliminary results, the costs of housing first are offset by savings in other social services. Patricia O'Campo, another principal researcher with the Toronto study, said that for every dollar spent on housing first, the system saved 54 cents from fewer days spent in jail, in the hospital, and fewer visits to the emergency room. For those who used services the most, those savings amounted to $1.54 for every dollar spent.
She says those are promising results for a study that promotes spending money on social programs during a time when that hasn't been a priority. "Right now Canada is on a path of increasing health inequities and that has a lot to do with the kind of policies that are put in place," she said. "Not just health policies but social policies, labour policies, economic policies. All of those impact the way in which health inequalities are expressed in society."
Stephen Hwang, one of the principal investigators for the Toronto site of the study, said Canada is falling short in several areas that affect population health, including income distribution and child poverty. "Canada is doing much worse than it thinks it is in addressing the social determinants of health," he said.
UNICEF ranked Canada 24th out of 35 industrialized countries this year in a report on child poverty. Similarly, the Conference Board of Canada gave Canada a "C" grade for income inequality based on what it deemed a significant increase in the gap between the rich and the poor in recent years.
Hwang said the At Home study could provide ways to improve those scores. "What we think we are going to achieve is an intervention that radically changes people lives and provides benefits to society at a very reasonable cost."
For now, the benefits are most apparent when we look at individuals whose stories are documented as part of the research. Take Steven Roberts, a young aboriginal man who suffered from depression and alcoholism when the study began. He moved to Toronto five years ago before discovering he was HIV positive. "It all just spiralled downhill from there," he said.
Roberts was diagnosed with depression the same year and he gave up his apartment to be with his partner. "From there I was in and out of shelters and in and out of that relationship." He was living at the Salvation Army Gateway shelter two years ago when he applied for At Home.
This December 3, Roberts will have been sober for six months. He lives in an apartment at Church and Wellesley and he has just completed training as a facilitator for harm reduction outreach, to help others with similar struggles.
"It's my way of giving back to the community," he said. He's also part of the Positive Youth Outreach advisory committee for the AIDS Committee of Toronto. Roberts says he's going to apply to the University of Toronto's Transitional Year Programme with the goal of becoming a social worker.
However, the first test of whether At Home will produce the kind of large-scale change its proponents hope to see will come at the end of March, when the original funding allotment for the project runs out. It's unclear whether the program will be given ongoing funding to support the people it provided with apartments.
Faye More, Project Site Co-ordinator for Toronto, says she's optimistic the funding will continue but she awaits word from the federal government. Participants have to pay 30 per cent of their rent during the study, which most pay using social assistance. If the funding were to end after March, those tenants would have to cover the entire cost of the rent.
"In some cases they wouldn't be able to do that. They wouldn't be able to afford it," More said. It's crucial for participants to remain supported, she added, in part because it opens the door for follow-up research on how they're doing.
Still, More said some have commented that $110 million is a lot to spend researching a method based on a simple concept -- homeless people benefit from housing. Organizations in the U.S. have already implemented housing first. But Faye says it's about taking action, here.
"One can say, 'Well that's common sense, that's common sense.' Yeah, well who did it? We did."
Lindsay Jolivet is an intern with the Evidence Network of Canadian Health Policy (EvidenceNetwork.ca). Her work has been published in the Montreal Gazette, Huffington Post Canada and broadcast on the CBC.


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Spring Garden
1795 S. Victoria Ave.
It seems everyone is looking for the perfect Chinese restaurant. I know that for me, as a child, we always went to a Chinese restaurant when none of us could decide where to go, but we all liked Chinese. Now, in the world of fusion combinations and artsy crafted international cuisine availabilities, it is good to find an old-fashioned traditional, moderate and not fancy, but reasonable middle-of-the-road Chinese restaurant.
And even better when that restaurant delivers and has take-away. Such a place can be found on Victoria Avenue, just two doors away from Trader Joe's.
For the last year, the new owners of Spring Garden (Cindy and Jacky Hai) have been trying to bring consistently tasty and well-prepared food to this restaurant. (They previously owned the well-liked Grand China in Camarillo.) All dishes I have sampled tasted freshly made and attentively created. Recently, I ordered the General Tso chicken (a spicier Szechuan offering) and could tell that the onions, chili slices and pea pods had been recently sliced (and had not been sitting around the kitchen for hours) and just combined with the tender chicken and piquant sauce.
Similarly, if you order potstickers, they will have been freshly made for your order (you might have to wait 20 minutes or so for them to be crafted), so that when they arrive they are beautifully presented and have that fresh-from-the-wok crispness and flavor. The wontons in their many presentations also have a fresh taste and fullness. As at many Chinese restaurants, there are a number of soup options, and I particularly like the war wonton here. This very light, yet full-flavored broth is filled with pork, shrimp, chicken and a large fresh wonton. It is flavorful, light and a good beginning to a Chinese repast.
A friend of mine loves the seafood hot and sour soup. A nearby diner ordered the three-flavor sizzling rice soup; and if it was as good as the noisy and impressive presentation, I'm sure all diners were pleased. The available appetizers are not particularly imaginative. In fact, none of the offerings I sampled at Spring Garden were culinarily innovative. It was the freshness of the ingredients that made each offering seem like homemade Chinese comfort food.
One of almost everyone's favorite familiar Chinese offerings is eggrolls. Sadly, at Spring Garden, they are my least favorite item. Instead of the cornstarch and water combination as ingredients for the rolls, Spring Garden's taste more like rice flour (more spring roll than egg roll), and are smallish and crispy. The inside ingredients are delicious and fresh-tasting, but I'd prefer a different preparation.
Some of the chef's special entrees are noteworthy. I'm quite fond of the Mongolian beef, a combination of thin strips of tender beef sautéed in a hearty brown sauce redolent of ginger, spring onions and unique flavorings. (Oyster sauce?) Portions are large and a chef's special dish can easily be apportioned fir at least three people. I also enjoy the kung pao three delights, which has jumbo shrimp, thin beef strips, chicken, peanuts and red peppers in a spicy sesame oil, soy sauce and chili-paste gravy. If you like spicy or extra spicy, remember to order any of the Szechuan dishes extra hot, and ask for chili paste or hot oil on the side.
Shrimp dishes abound at Spring Garden; one day at lunch I ordered the shrimp fried rice and wound up taking quite a bit home as the restaurant was not stingy at all in the serving size and number of shrimp included in the preparation. Two very appealing-sounding menu items are the salt pepper shrimp with shell and also the cashew shrimp.
Fortune cookies and tea at the end were adequate, as is the décor. This is not a place to impress a guest with the real estate or decoration. But if you want to dine in or take away good old-fashioned Mandarin or Szechuan cuisine, Spring Garden is a great choice.


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The World's Most Unfortunate Wedding Monogram
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Note from john: For those you you who may not know, usually "DOA" stands for "Dead On Arrival." Less common meanings are "Dead Or Alive", "Date Of Arrest" and the ever-popular, "Darkener Of Apricot."


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Were about 15 minutes into the 2009 NCAA Tournament Selection Show. 65 Teams will be chosen to compete in the tournament to crown a National Champion. I'm sure whether you watch basketball or not, most of us join in the festivities by filling out our brackets to try and predict the winners for all 63 games.
I have created a group for ROH, PWG & Chikara Wrestling fans to compete against each other to earn even more coveted bragging rights.
goto espn.com and login or register. Once you create an entry(you can create up to 4 or 5) it'll give you the option to join a group, search for: 'Ring of Honor Madness' and the password is: 'AmDrag' to join.
The play-in-game is tuesday night but the first round doesnt begin until Thursday Morning, this gives you plenty of time to register, fill out your winning brackets and join your fellow Indy Wrestling fans in a little March Madness, and prove youre promotion is best(at picking college basketball games)
once again its the Group Name is: 'Ring of Honor Madness' and the password to join is: 'AmDrag'


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World Alzheimer's Month September 01 2013
Going Purple for Poppy
To support causes near to her heart, jewelry designer Holly Freeman started a line of limited edition pieces withfriend and actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler. In honor of World Alzheimer's Month, the two philanthropists designed a purple bracelet. Proceeds go to the Alzheimer's Association.
Alzheimer's has touched so many. I know firsthand.
My grandfather was an incredibly talented artist. His works spanned from beautiful flowers and landscapes, to drawings of my favorite cartoon characters he made just for me and my friends. His mind was as precise and colorful as the paintings and drawings he created.
But Alzheimer's changed that. The details and precision that had always been a hallmark of his art started to shift. There were inaccuracies—the first sign to me that his health, and more specifically his mind, were declining.
As we spent time together while I attended college near his home, the changes became more and more painful to watch. Alzheimer's was slowly taking him away – and more than anything, I wanted to be able stop this devastating disease.
There were good days when Poppy would turn and look at me with a half smile when I called his name or squeeze my hand when we were sitting together. These moments were small gifts – moments of recognition. But as the disease progressed, there came a point when my grandfather didn't recognize me at all.
I don't want any other granddaughters to lose their grandfathers to Alzheimer's disease. That's what is driving me to help fund research, programs and care for people dealing with this disease. I'm taking action not only for the sake of the individuals suffering, but also to spare their loved ones the pain of simultaneously living through this disease.
Back when my grandfather was diagnosed, we didn't have such easy access to information. People weren't on the Internet sharing their stories. But today, we have the opportunity to come together and support one another. And we each have the opportunity to take action.
Friday September 21 is Alzheimer's Action Day. If we each choose to do something – even if it is as small as talking openly about Alzheimer's – we can raise awareness, get more funding for treatments, and move closer to a future where our children won't see their grandparents, their parents or anyone else slowly be taken by this disease.
This blog was first published by heart coach Amanda Daniels on her blog Voicestoshare.com.
A note from Amanda:
I met Holly five years ago in a baby group class. We immediately connected through our passion for jewelry and philanthropy. Her line, CJ Free Jewelry, is unique and timeless. Last year Holly and her business partner, actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler, approached me about creating a red-corded bracelet in honor of my battle against heart disease. I jumped at the opportunity to raise money and awareness for the American Heart Association. Today, Holly and Jamie are launching a new campaign with a limited edition bracelet to raise money and awareness for the Alzheimer's Association. Alzheimer's is an illness that is close to Holly's heart. I'm honored to share Holly's voice.
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'GCB': Come for the Christian-Baiting, Stay for the Bad Sex Jokes
If "Love is Patient" then why does "GCB" feel the need to devote an entire episode solely to sexual self-gratification in marriage?
On March 18, the "Good Christian" show spent 40 minutes focusing on the sexual frustrations of married couples and touting remedies such as "googling the Holy Spirit and horny" and heading to the Bible bookstore to buy "guides to spicy Scripture," and no that last one is not referring to a cookbook.
"GCB's" trend of maliciously using Christian terms takes a wild turn when Carlene Cockburn's husband can't get his "steeple to stand up straight." The two must resort to religious role-play as Heaven's first "original sinners" Adam and Eve to amp up their pillow play, the most juvenile twist on religious imagery yet.
The adolescent sex talk was accompanied by the show's usual instances of attacking Christianity while pushing adultery and a gay subplot.
In just three episodes, the anything-but-Christian show has chalked up more than 100 anti-Christian remarks, gags and plot twists, in a calculated attempt to offend believers. Now, with an episode full of moronic sex jokes, they seem want to alienate everyone but teenage boys.
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This code indicates that a fault has been detected in the immobilizer lamp control circuit. The PCM or one of the other supporting control modules has detected this fault. These control modules may include (but are not limited to) the alternative fuel control module, the body control module, the antilock brake control module, the instrument panel control module, the fuel injection control module, the turbo control module, the anti-theft module, the cruise control module, the traction control module, proximity alert module, and the climate control module.
In the event of an immobilizer lamp control circuit fault, a trouble code will be stored and a service engine soon lamp will be illuminated. Some models require multiple drive cycles (as many as 8) with a failure in order for the service engine soon lamp to be illuminated and others will activate it on the initial failure.
Symptoms may include a stored trouble code, a flashing or illuminated immobilizer lamp, and possibly an illuminated service engine soon lamp. If this code is stored, and a service engine soon lamp has not yet been illuminated, the code may be shown as pending.
The most likely cause of this code being stored is a defective immobilizer lamp bulb or immobilizer lamp circuit in the PCM. Most immobilizer lamp control circuits are integrated into the PCM. Other causes may include corroded, open, or shorted wiring or connectors in the CAN Bus harness, a loose control module ground strap or broken ground wire, the CAN bus may also be defective.
Symptoms and stored codes that are present as a reaction to a communication failure are often misdiagnosed and repaired as the cause of the problem. Obviously, this leads to an unsuccessful repair.


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Income Tax Law: An Overview
In 1913, the Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. It empowered Congress to tax "incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration." The Internal Revenue Code is today embodied as Title 26 of the United States Code (26 U.S.C.) and is a lineal descendant of the income tax act passed in 1913, following ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment. While some states do not have an income tax (Nevada), all residents and all citizens of the United States are subject to the federal income tax. Not everyone, however, must file a return. The requirements for filing are found in 26 U.S.C. § 6011. As the largest contributor, its purpose is to generate revenue for the federal budget. In 1985 for example, the government collected over $450 billion in income tax from a total of $742 billion in total internal revenue receipts. The funds collected are essential for the shaping and preservation of a free market economy.
Some terms are essential in understanding income tax law. "Gross income" can be generaly defined as "all income from whatever source derived;" a more complete definition is found in 26 U.S.C. § 61. Other important definitions like "taxable income" and "adjusted gross income" can also be found in Chapter I of Title 26. These terms are not fixed nor should anyone be confident in understanding their true meaning after a cursory reading because their imputed definitions change with time. The Supreme Court, through case law, demonstrates the changing meaning of taxable income.
Individuals are not the only ones required to file income tax returns. Corporations do as well. While they are subject to may of the same rules as are individual taxpayers, they are also covered by an intricate body of rules addressed to the peculiar problems of corporations.
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For more than 20 years The Copperfield Inn Resort has topped every list of Adirondack accommodations, dining and entertainment in the Lake George & Gore Mountain Region. We have 31 spacious and comfortable guest rooms & suites, attentive customer service, delicious Mediterranean-inspired small plates and entrees in our highly acclaimed Lorenzo's Restaurant and hearty pub fare & entertainment at Trappers Tavern, plus loads of amenities you'll love. These include: health and fitness center with spa services, indoor sauna, hot tub, swimming pool, tennis court and free wi-fi.
Gore Mountain Ski Center and Hudson River Rafting are just minutes away from our door. We offer year round seasonal packages including white water rafting adventures, fly fishing trips, boating, biking & hiking outings, romantic getaways, all inclusive specials and ski vacations. Our reservations specialists can even build a custom package tailored to suit your needs and interests.
Located on North Creek's vibrant Main Street, steps away from great shops, restaurants and nightlife, The Copperfield is just a short 20 minute drive from Interstate 87. In any season, come to The Copperfield for a weekend getaway, family vacation, meeting or corporate retreat, Adirondack wedding, banquet or conference. Plus we are a Pet Friendly Hotel & Handicap Accessible.
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Montreal, CANADA – Qatar Airways officially announced that its relationship with the city of Montréal has further blossomed as the award-winning airline became the co-presenter of Mosaïcultures Internationales Montréal 2013 (MIM2013) at the Montreal Botanical Gardens.
Almost two years to the day since the launch of its inaugural route to Montreal, Qatar Airways participated in the opening ceremony of MIM2013, kicking off what has become the world's most prestigious competition of horticultural art, and reinforcing the company's strong ties to the local community.
Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker said: "We are proud to be the co-presenting sponsor of the 2013 edition of the Mosaicultures Internationales in Montreal. The botanical masterpieces are truly impressive, showcasing wonderful talent from around the world.
"These exhibits show the rich and vibrant experiences this great city of Montreal offers year round to its own citizens, as well as to travellers visiting Montreal either for the first time or on a repeat visit."
Qatar Airways Country Manager Canada, Riyaz Saduddeen added: "Qatar Airways believes in integrating ourselves in the communities we serve, and we are honoured to support such a prestigious event and help the Montreal Botanical Garden brighten up the city even more."
Several dignitaries and senior officials gathered before an audience of over 1,000 guests at the launch event of the horticultural art exhibition.
Guests included Mr. Pascal Bérubé, Minister for Tourism; Mr. Yasutomo Suzuki, Mayor of Hamamatsu; Mr. Ghislain Picard, Chief of the Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador; Mr. Louis L. Roquet, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mosaïcultures Internationales de Montréal; Ms. Lise Cormier, President of the International Mosaiculture Committee; Mr. Charles-Mathieu Brunelle, Director of Space for Life; and Mr. Gilles Vincent, Director of the Montreal Botanical Garden.
"Since the first edition of the horticultural event 13 years ago, the expertise of the mosaiculture crafts people has developed, reaching an unequalled level of excellence. The jury will have very difficult choices to make, at both the international and national levels," declared Ms. Cormier, President of the International Mosaiculture Committee.
Qatar Airways' partnership with the international horticultural competition includes a variety of activities that will allow MIM2013 visitors to travel around the world without ever leaving the city.
The Land of Hope exhibit at the Montreal Botanical Gardens is open until September 29.
Visitors will have a chance to win a prize trip for two when they place their votes for their favourite botanical piece. The Qatar Airways People's Choice Award will see two lucky winners set out on a trip to Doha, Qatar – the airline's home – with Business Class return tickets and five nights' accommodation.
The winner will be named at the end of the competition on September 29.
This year, more than 50 creations from 20 countries are on show. The event will test the participants' ingenuity as they compete to win the Grand Honorary Award given by the international jury, as well as the Qatar Airways People's Choice Award.
Visitors will also be invited to the Qatar Airways International Hub to discover the countries represented in the competition. While there, they can vote for their favorite horticultural work of art, thereby participating in the process of awarding the Qatar Airways Peoples' Choice Award.
The 2013 edition aims to amaze visitors while raising their awareness of the importance of preserving the richness of life on Earth.
Organisers have integrated sustainable development practices at every level. Mosaïcultures Internationales Montréal 2013 is the largest event ever to have received green certification from the City of Montreal. This certification meets the environmental requirements of the Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ – Quebec standards bureau).
Qatar Airways International Crossroads
Located at the end of the visit trail in the large exhibit greenhouse, Qatar Airways' International Crossroads will give visitors the opportunity to learn more about the various horticultural pieces of art they have seen and explore the represented countries through interactive stations and kiosks. This zone truly represents Qatar Airways' commitment to give Montrealers an instant access to the world and expanding their horizons.
All details of the contest are available at mosaiculturesinternationales.ca.
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Notes to Editors:
Qatar Airways currently has orders worth over US$50 billion for more than 250 aircraft, including Boeing 787s, 777s, Airbus A350s, A380s and A320 Family of aircraft. At the recent Skytrax World Airline awards at the 2013 Paris Air Show, the airline was awarded Best Business Class in the World, Best Airline Staff Service in the Middle East, and Best Business Class Lounge in the World. In October 2012, Qatar Airways became the first of the major Gulf carriers to officially announce plans to join a global alliance having been invited into the oneworld group. For more information, visit www.qatarairways.com


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FOXBORO -- All Danny Nickerson wanted for his sixth birthday was a lot of cards. Mission accomplished.
The Sun Chronicle reports that Danny received 10,000 cards from around the world on Wednesday and 30,000 on Thursday, more mail than the town's other 16,000 residents combined.
Danny was diagnosed with a rare form of a brain tumor that is inoperable. Less than 10 percent of patients diagnosed with DIPG survive past 18 months of diagnosis.
In May, more than 4,000 people turned out for a "Danny's Family Fun Day."


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The measure of quality
A truck must be able to handle important transport assignments 24 hours a day. It has to be reliable: reliability is the measure of quality in trucks. And reliability equals uptime.
This view on quality is our guiding principle when we build a Volvo truck, from no-tools preventive maintenance to continuous materials testing, and from dealer testing to global parts resourcing. It is the outcome of quality in the entire development chain - design, engineering, materials, manufacturing, sales, and aftermarket services.
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One man was killed and another wounded in South Side shootings overnight, authorities said.
A man in his 20s was shot in the head and body near 76th Street and South Shore Drive in the South Shore neighborhood about 3:30 a.m. Sunday. He died at the scene, a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner's office said.
Authorities said the man's body was found at Rainbow Beach, 2860 E. 76th St., and that the man's feet and hands were bound with duct tape when his body was discovered. No one is in custody.
Additional details about that shooting weren't immediately available.
A 19-year-old was shot about 10:30 p.m. Saturday near 79th Street and South St. Lawrence Avenue in the Chatham neighborhood.
The man was on a sidewalk with a couple others when someone walked up and shot him.
Police said the man wasn't "exactly cooperative," and that he's expected to recover from the single gunshot wound he sustained to his abdomen.
He was treated for that wound at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County.
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OXFORD, Miss. (AP) Kyle Wiltjer scored a career-high 26 points and Nerlens Noel set a school record with 12 blocked shots as Kentucky beat No. 16 Mississippi 87-74 on Tuesday night.
Kentucky (14-6, 5-2 Southeastern Conference) looked like it might run away with the win, taking a 73-56 lead with 10 minutes remaining. But the Rebels roared back with 16 straight points, cutting the deficit to 73-72 with 4:22 left.
Ryan Harrow nailed a 3-pointer to stop Ole Miss' run and Kentucky was able to hold on and win for the fifth time in seven games. Archie Goodwin scored 24 points and Alex Poythress added 15.
Ole Miss (17-3, 6-1) had its nine-game winning streak snapped. LaDarius White led the Rebels with 22 points while Marshall Henderson added 21. Henderson made 5 of 19 shots from the field, including just 2 of 11 from 3-point range.
Ole Miss had almost no production in the paint thanks to Noel, who was the game's most important player despite an off night on offense. The 6-foot-10 freshman was everywhere, blocking the 12 shots and altering countless more.
The Rebels' Murphy Holloway is the only player in the SEC averaging a double-double with 14.8 points and 10.4 rebounds per game, but he was held to 10 points and eight rebounds.
With Noel awesome on defense, Wiltjer provided the offense. The 6-10 sophomore made 10 of 19 shots from the field and 5 of 12 from 3-point range.
Ole Miss led 38-37 at halftime despite making just 13 of 44 shots (29.5 percent) from the field. Henderson led the Rebels with 16 points and White had 15.
Kentucky stayed close thanks to Wiltjer's 17 points while Goodwin added 10, but the Wildcats struggled at the free throw line, making just 10 of 20.
Both teams struggled with foul trouble for almost the entire first half and had to dig deep on the bench for bodies.
But once the second half started, the Wildcats were back at full strength and their offense exploded. Wiltjer hit two early 3s to push Kentucky ahead and the lead grew to 71-56 with 11:27 remaining.
Kentucky's offense was good during that stretch, but the Ole Miss defense was just as bad. The Wildcats made several easy baskets in transition and off offensive rebounds.
And with Ole Miss needing points, Henderson was mostly silent in the second half. The Rebels came back anyway, with a stunning 16-point run that cut the deficit to 73-72 with 4:22 left.
Once again, the Rebels were let down by their defense. Harrow hit the wide open 3-pointer and the Wildcats were able to slowly put the game away.
Holloway became Ole Miss' all-time leading rebounder on Tuesday, passing Walter Actwood's record with his 946th rebound in the second half.
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