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Try to remember the kind of musical where the sets were small and the pace so mellow…
You have to go way back: before the Andrew Lloyd Webber spectacles, before the Sondheim brain-teasers, to the reign of kings Rodgers and Hammerstein.
In the 1950s a young, eager duo yearned to offer a new kind of alternative to the grand creations of R & H – something simple yet sophisticated that would appeal to cultural neophytes as well as those who knew the Western literary tradition.
Thus "The Fantasticks" was born. Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt's modest story about a neighboring boy and girl and their tortuous paths to enlightenment and romance succeeded beyond their (or anyone's) wildest predictions. Its original off-Broadway production, which opened on May 3, 1960, lasted 17,162 performances and almost 42 years, a record that will probably never be broken.
These days, "The Fantasticks" is showing its age. You can hear the creaks at certain points in South Coast Repertory's production, which opened Friday on the Segerstrom Stage. The show's many literary and Biblical allusions, which once seemed fresh and clever, now come across as labored and overly obvious.
But Director Amanda Dehnert, who has a knack for reinventing the classics, has come up with an ingenious and surprisingly resonant new context for "The Fantasticks": an abandoned amusement park. The locale works for several reasons.
The sad detritus and rusty signage (mined from a real Rhode Island amusement park, Rocky Point, that operated from the 1840s until 1995) is a graphic evocation of moribund joys and passions — the fleeting diversions of youth that the story's foolish teens, Matt and Luisa, leave behind. It reminds us that the world into which this musical was born – a more innocent and less cynical America – is long gone, too.
The setting is also the perfect backdrop for this production's biggest asset: its use of classic magic routines, once a common form of entertainment in such places.
Master illusionist Jim Steinmeyer has worked with the performers to create familiar yet amazing tricks, from the simple (the ball-and-cup sleight-of-hand, with a few neat twists) to the "How'd they do that"? (making people appear and disappear). This kind of legerdemain is probably small potatoes for the man who made the Statue of Liberty vanish during a David Copperfield TV special, but in a dusty theme-park setting the tricks connect us viscerally to the timeless magic of theater and its ability to astound.
The musical's story owes a big debt to Shakespeare and the Bible. It's part Adam and Eve, part "Romeo and Juliet," with a little "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "The Tempest" thrown in.
Two neighboring fathers, Bellomy and Hucklebee, pretend to have a feud in order to trick their children, Luisa and Matt, into falling in love. The dads hire a mysterious enabler, El Gallo, who sub-contracts two itinerant actors to stage a mock abduction so that Matt can heroically save Luisa, ending the fake dust-up. (El Gallo, a bit of a drama queen, throws himself into the act as well.)
It works, but everyone's happiness is short-lived. The kids discover their fathers' ruse, which ruins the love match. Going their separate ways, they're brutalized by the outside world, reuniting sadder, wiser and finally ready to wed.
In Dehnert's production, most of the cast members perform some magic. Even minor roles have been significantly changed as a result.
The illusions are smoothly integrated into the show, and they're accompanied by some wonderful performances. Addi McDaniel and Anthony Carillo play the young lovers without a trace of knowingness, and both have remarkably pliant singing voices (McDaniel deftly handles a few operatic moments).
Perry Ojeda's El Gallo nicely captures the mysterious character's many layers. El Gallo must play the villain, but his ulterior motives are pure. And he must be sexy. Ojeda is up to the complex task.
Two enjoyable veterans, Gregory North and Scott Waara, slyly underplay the dads, Hucklebee and Bellomy. Nate Dendy, deeply skilled as a mime and trickster, is perfect for the expanded role of the Mute. And SCR stalwarts Richard Doyle and Hal Landon, Jr. steal a few scenes as the bumbling hired players. Doyle's improvised ramblings are a hoot.
This production, which has been seen back east at Trinity Repertory Company, the Long Wharf Theatre and Arena Stage, works seamlessly. Eugene Lee's scenic design, more elaborate than most "Fantasticks" sets, combines Rocky Point's remains with newly built elements to create a stage-in-stage effect and an onstage bandstand for the musicians. They're ably led by frequent SCR guest Dennis Castellano at the piano.
Dehnert's vision and its crisp execution are the reasons to see this "Fantasticks." Whether you think it reinforces the musical's genius or hides its flaws, you'll come away entertained. And you'll ask the same question the crowds asked at Rocky Point back in the days of corsets and top hats: How'd they do that?
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TRAINING: My training has been great, intense. I'm training with great athletes, and I'm prepared for everything.
When and why did you start training for fighting? Since I was kid. When I saw Capoeira at the college for the first time, I was crazy for that, and that was the start.
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On my way home from work one evening in February 1979, I was passed by a semi-truck carrying a strange object as I pulled onto I-80. After catching up to the truck, I saw a "mystery tractor" with four equal-sized wheels, a long red hood, and a cab on the rear before I had to slow for my exit. A few days later, I attended the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville and there was my "mystery tractor" in the International Harvester display. The sign said it was the new International 2 + 2 tractor.
The unique International 2 + 2 tractor was an articulated, 4-wheel-drive tractor designed to be a row-crop tractor with the operator's station located on the rear half. The front portion had the engine located ahead of the front axle to provide more weight for the front wheels. The engine compartment was fully enclosed to reduce the noise level. The fuel tank was located in the front portion, behind the engine and front axle. The rear half of the 2 +2 tractor, behind the articulated joint, was essentially the rear portion of the 86 series of 2-wheel-drive tractors.
The International 2 + 2 tractor was introduced as two models. The 3388 was rated at 130 PTO horsepower and the 3588 at 150 PTO horsepower. Both models were powered by 6-cylinder International turbocharged diesel engines with a 436-cubic-inch displacement for the 3388 and 466 cubic inches for the 3588. The Torque Amplifier transmission used a 2-range on-the-go shift with an 8-speed transmission to provide 16 forward speeds. The cab with an integral ROPS was equipped with a heater and air conditioning. The control console to the right side of the deluxe seat contained the hydraulic controls and the one on the left side provided the shift levers for the transmission. The wheels were mounted on bar axles which provided adjustable wheel treads of 60 to 104 inches. The 3-point hitch and independent PTO were standard equipment.
For the 1980 model year, International Harvester expanded its line of 2 +2 tractors with a third model, the 3788. It was rated at 170 PTO horsepower with the 6-cylinder, 466-cubic-inch International turbocharged diesel engine and provided 12 forward speeds. The 88 series of 2-wheel-drive tractors replaced the 86 series for 1982 with new cabs with a right-side control console, lower sound levels, and a choice of interiors. These changes carried over to the 2 + 2 models, along with a new electro-hydraulic brake for easier shifting, and the 3388, 3588, and 3788 became the 6388, 6588, and 6788, respectively. The power ratings remained at 130, 150, and 170 PTO horsepower. At the 1984 fall farm shows, IH introduced two models of the Super 70 series of 2 + 2 tractors. However, these never reached full production due to the purchase of International Harvester's farm equipment division by Tenneco.
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Despite an equipment malfunction — his tape gun jammed — and a call for a recount, a team led by actor Ben Affleck filled the most boxes with 25 pounds of nonperishable food in a drive to "send hunger packing" Tuesday morning at Food Bank of the Rockies.
Affleck's team bested one led by U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and U.S. Rep. George McGovern 17 boxes to 15 in a five-minute period. "We've demanded an official re-count," Durbin said, adding that packing boxes is "A lot harder than anything I have to do (on a daily basis) in the senate." Durbin chairs the Senate Hunger Caucus.
Affleck's commitment to feeding hungry Americans began when he toured the Boston neighborhood in which he grew up with a representative from America's Second Harvest. "I was shocked to see how many people there were, right in my own neighborhood, that needed help." Feeding the hungry, Affleck said, is an "Issue that transcends politics and is something we can do something about."
McGovern pointed out that there's "Not a single community in America that is hunger-free" and encouraged both government and the public to step up with aid. "As the price of food goes up, donations tend to drop. Groups like Food Bank of the Rockies do a tremendous job, but more help is needed."
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In a Colorado first, Longmont Humane "bites the bullet" to serve more pets
Two years ago, the Longmont Humane Society opened a clinic at its Nelson Road shelter to handle shelter animals and the pets of residents. But the demand exceeded space and the shelter was forced to think about expanding.
So, in the words of Brianna Beauvait, director of humane education, shelter leaders decided they had to "bite the bullet".
On March 26, the shelter celebrated the grand opening of Longmont Humane's Well Pet Clinic, which is believed to be the first off-site clinic created by an animal shelter in Colorado.
The goal, Beauvait says, is to reduce pet overpopulation and to encourage regular health checks for the family pets.
It has been a considerable undertaking for a shelter known among peer groups as being at the leading edge of animal welfare.
"The clinic is open to everybody," said Beauvait. "As far as we know it is the lowest-cost clinic in a 50-mile radius. We kept it bare-bones for that reason."
The off-site clinic offers preventative wellness care, spays and neuters, dentistry, some routine surgery, heartworm treatment, feline leukemia care and micro-chipping, among other things.
Appointments are not neccessary.
"It's for people who don't have a lot of money," Beauvait said. "We fund it. I've written grants for it."
She added: "Is it a drain on the shelter? Absolutely. We decided to bite the bullet. We just decided we had to do this. If you have to wait for the economy to turn around…"
Beauvait said Longmont Humane hopes that, eventually, after the clinic is up and running, it can sustain itself.
"Your startup is always expensive," she said. "If we can get past the startup we'll be OK"
Beauvait said the clinic is an example of how Longmont Humane has tried to take a leadership role. She cited others.
"We've become a training institution," she said. Organizations such as the Best Friends Animal Society in Utah and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in New York send people to Longmont to learn techniques.
"We are cutting-edge in behavior training," Beauvait said. "Members of our behavior team will go to the homes of people who adopt animals to keep those animals in the house."
Longmont Humane has also been a leader in animal enrichment programs, such as play groups for dogs so they can get out of their cages regularly for exercise and socialization, keeping them from going "kennel crazy" and making them more adoptable.
Longmont Humane, along with the Humane Society of the South Platte Valley in Littleton, has also partnered with the nonprofit arm of the Boulder-based Camp Bow Wow chain to bring such methods to shelters elsewhere in the country.
The Well Pet Clinic is located at 230 S. Main Street in Longmont, just northeast of the South Main Street and Ken Pratt Boulevard intersection.It is open from 9 a.m to 4 p.m. The clinic can be reached at (303) 651-0610. You may also check the shelter's website at www.longmonthumane.org.
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A guide to men's knitwear
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The warmth and comfort of a wool sweater is a much-welcomed luxury when the mercury begins to drop. Aesthetically timeless and effective against the chill, knitwear is a must-have item, completing any stylish wardrobe.
But just as there are various coats for different situations, sweaters too have their own unique features to be explored.
Roll neck
Also known as the turtle-neck, the roll-neck is an oft overlooked gem in the arsenal of male style.
Traditionally fitted, making it ideal for leaner frames, it can either be worn on its own with chinos and boots for a more casual look, or teamed with a suit for a more rakish affect.
The most common of sweaters, crewnecks have a versatile style that can be worked into any outfit. The slightly roomier fit is perfect for larger body types.
There are some who believe that the crewneck shouldn't be worn without shirting. This might be true for more bulkier knits such as cable where they help add contrast to the heaviness but lightweight versions, such as those made with Merino wool, can be easily sported without anything underneath.
Slightly more fitted than a crew neck, although nowhere near as lean-bodied as the roll neck, the V-neck is easily sported by all body types.
More casual in style than the other styles, the V-necks are perfect for relaxed weekends and in offices that take a more laid-back approach to dress codes.
The V cut into the neck should never reveal more than two buttons, and the collars of your shirt should always be tucked into the jacket. While there are some thicker knit varieties, the finer knits provide a much streamlined, minimalist aesthetic.
One of the key garments in the art of layering, cardigans are a must have of gentlemanly style. These do their best work on more athletic body types, as they cinch in at the waist and accentuate broader shoulders.
Heavier styles, as such an Aran knit or longer belted styles with a shawl collar, are ideal with jeans and boots for a rugged, masculine look. More refined knits in Merino wool can be layered into suiting in lieu of a vest. A general rule of thumb in regards to buttoning is to always leave the top, and bottom, undone.
While not technically a sweater, the vest gets special mention as an underestimated trans-seasonal garment.
Worn with a suit, the knitted vest can provide a softening contrast to the suits more conservative look. In casual settings, they can add texture and be a colourful flourish to finish an outfit.
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This week's winner of the you-can't-make-this-stuff-up contest is undoubtedly a front-page story in this morning's New York Times. When New York art dealer Ileana Sonnabend died in 2007, she left her children a fabulous collection of modern art valued at $1 billion. Her children have already paid $471 million in estate taxes on the collection, being forced to sell off most of it to meet the bill. (This is a beautiful example, by the way, of why estate taxes should be abolished and replaced with a capital gains tax on inherited assets—the collection, an artistic whole in itself, had to be destroyed to pay the taxes due.)
But there is one item in the collection, a work by Robert Rauschenberg that cannot be sold. It contains a stuffed bald eagle and under the terms of the 1940 Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the 1918 Migratory Bird Act, it is a felony to "possess, sell, purchase, barter, transport, import or export any bald eagle — alive or dead." The estate, advised by three experts, including one from Christie's, therefore, valued the work at zero. The IRS decided it was worth $65 million, and is demanding $29.2 million in taxes and $11 million in penalties because the heirs "inaccurately" stated its value.
The trouble, of course, is that the heirs didn't inaccurately state its value. Anything that cannot, for whatever reason, be sold, is worth zero by economic definition. The value of anything is only what someone else is willing to pay for it. And to pay a dime for this particular artwork would be to commit a federal felony. To sell it for a dime would be to commit a federal felony.
The IRS has an "Art Advisory Panel," that provides expert advice on the value of art works involved in estates. It was the panel that decided it was worth $65 million. Stephanie Barron, a member of the panel and an art curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, said that, "It's a stunning work of art and we all just cringed at the idea of saying that this had zero value. It just didn't make any sense."
It makes perfect sense and Ms. Barron's statement is a classic example of the fallacy of the just price, that things have inherent value independent of the marketplace. They may have artistic value, emotional value, religious value, etc. But if they cannot be sold then they have no monetary value because they cannot be converted into money.
The IRS Art Advisory Board, I assume, is made up of art experts. It should add an economist to give the other board members a lesson in economics 101 when necessary. And the IRS should have someone empowered to tell the Bureau, "Are you crazy? This will make us look like idiots, and vindictive idiots at that."


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NIAGARA FALLS - A Niagara County economic development agency has scheduled a public hearing on allowing Covanta Holding Corp. to refinance $165 million worth of bonds on its energy-from-waste incinerator on 56th Street.
The Niagara Area Development Corp., a subsidiary of the county Industrial Development Agency, will hold the hearing at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 2 in City Hall, said Susan C. Langdon, IDA director of project development.
Its board, which has the same members as the IDA board, is expected to act on the request Oct. 10.
The refinanced bonds will enable Covanta, based in Morristown, N.J., to save money on interest on a variety of bond issues, which are tax-exempt to the investors.
The IDA first issued bonding authority for the incinerator in 1980, when Hooker Chemical Co. sought to go into the energy-from-waste business. Those original bonds were refinanced by American Ref-Fuel Co., when it bought the incinerator from Hooker's corporate successor, Occidental Chemical Corp., in May 1994. They were previously refinanced in 2001.
The incinerator employs 86 people with an annual payroll of $8.9 million. It burns 821,000 tons of garbage per year.
Langdon said the County Legislature also must approve the bond refinancing. The Legislature's Economic Development Committee signed off on the deal Sept. 18. Langdon said the bonds are a debt that must be paid by Covanta.
Langdon said the Oct. 2 public hearing will come right after a hearing on an IDA tax abatement request by the new owners of the closed Hotel Niagara. That hearing is slated to start at 4 p.m. in City Hall.
JSK International, headed by Harry Stinson of Hamilton, Ont., plans to buy the 88-year-old hotel for $2.6 million and invest $21 million to renovate and reopen it.
According to its request for a 10-year property tax break, JSK plans to create 70 full-time and 85 part-time jobs within three years, plus 100 construction jobs on the makeover. Its request also includes an exemption on paying sales tax on building materials and furnishings.
In all, the IDA abatement, if granted, would save JSK an estimated $5.64 million.
Langdon said the IDA has approved a 15-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes, or PILOT, for Sustainable BioElectric of Cleveland, which plans to open a $4.1 million facility on Liberty Drive in Wheatfield to convert organic waste into electricity by using microbes to digest it into methane and carbon gas that would drive a generator. The plant also would produce a liquid effluent that could be sold to farmers for use as fertilizer.
Seven jobs would be created over two years, the company estimated. The tax breaks, including sales tax exemptions on materials and equipment, would save the company an estimated $236,000.
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CHICAGO - The U.S. Senate may vote this week on overturning Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules aimed at guaranteeing an open Internet, whereby corporations were forbidden to give some people better access to the Web than others. And the fate of the so-called "net neutrality" rules could affect future protests like Occupy Wall Street.
At Occupy Chicago, communications volunteers count more than 33,000 Facebook "likes," 20,000 Twitter followers, and several thousand website hits every day.
So, some are asking, what would happen if the corporate entities that are the targets of protests were able to limit Internet traffic? That was tried at one point by the Egyptian government during the Arab Spring protests, and Betty Yu with the Center for Media Justice says it's a legitimate concern.
"A lot of this organizing that happened - sure, it was organic - but it would not be able to happen the way it happened, the way it flourished, if there wasn't an open Internet, period."
Opponents of net neutrality rules say they're not necessary and stifle business growth. Yu says the consolidation of wireless phone companies - like the proposed AT&T and T-Mobile merger - could also lead to a situation where the companies - or the government - could hamper Twitter communications.
Andrew Smith volunteers in the communications area of Occupy Chicago, where he says social media are used not only to mobilize demonstrators, but to make sure mainstream media report accurately on the protest.
"If false information is reported, then we can be like, 'Whoa, no; this is what really happened and here's why.' And using social networks to keep ourselves on message and to keep people informed is critical."
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Yu says mainstream media no longer determine how protests get covered.
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Adherents.com is a growing collection of over 43,870 adherent statistics and religious geography citations: references to published membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc. The religions of the world are enumerated here.
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Aaronic Order: 2,000 (4 recs.)
Abecedarians (2 recs.)
Abenaki, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot (2 recs.)
Abkhazian: 594,500 (5 recs.)
Aboriginal Evangelical Missions
Abyssinian Frontiers Mission (2 recs.)
Acharya's Yoga and Meditation Centre: 5,000 (2 recs.)
Acheh (3 recs.)
Achomawi (2 recs.)
Acolapissa and Tangipahoa (2 recs.)
Acts Full Gospel Church
Adai (2 recs.)
Adja (3 recs.)
Advent Christian Church: 28,000 (47 recs.)
Adventist (18 recs.)
Aetherius Society: 650 (12 recs.)
Afar: 350,000
affiliated (205 recs.)
affiliated - black
affiliated - full communicant (7 recs.)
Africa Evangelical Church (4 recs.)
Africa Evangelical Fellowship (11 recs.)
Africa Inland Church (3 recs.)
African Baptist Assembly, Malawi
African indigenous churches (58 recs.)
African Methodist Episcopal Church: 3,500,000 (27 recs.)
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church: 1,252,369 (66 recs.)
African Orthodox Church (10 recs.)
African Orthodox Church of the West (6 recs.)
African People's Socialist Party
African Protestant Church
African Reformed (NGK-South Africa)
African Traditional Religion: 80,000,000 (333 recs.)
African Union First Colored Methodist Protestant Church
African Universal Church
African Zion Church (2 recs.)
Afro-American Army
Afro-Brazilian religions (6 recs.)
Afro-Cuban religions (2 recs.)
Agapemonites (9 recs.)
Aggressive Christianity Missionary Training Corps: 19 (2 recs.)
Aglipayan Church: 4,500,000 (8 recs.)
Agnostic (96 recs.)
Agudat Israel World Organization: 500,000
Agul (2 recs.)
Ahirs (3 recs.)
Ahl-I Haqq
Ahmadiyya: 10,000,000 (27 recs.)
Ahmadiyya - mosques (10 recs.)
Ainu (8 recs.)
Ais (2 recs.)
Aiyetoro Community
Ajivikas (5 recs.)
Akan (2 recs.)
Alacaluf (2 recs.)
Alamo Christian Foundation: 400 (3 recs.)
Alaska Yearly Meeting (2 recs.)
Alaskan Athabaskans
Alawi: 1,400,000 (7 recs.)
Albakourat al-Durzeyat (25 recs.)
Albani-Sinai Orthodox: 100,000
Albanian (5 recs.)
Albanian Orthodox (6 recs.)
Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese in America (11 recs.)
Albanian Orthodox Church in America (2 recs.)
Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America (7 recs.)
Albigensianism (2 recs.)
Aleut (2 recs.)
Alevis (6 recs.)
Alexandrian Wicca (3 recs.)
Algard Wicca
Algemene Doopsgezinde Societeit
Alianza Evangelica Menonita
All Africa Conference of Churches
Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection: 2,302 (21 recs.)
Alliklik (2 recs.)
Alpha and Omega Pentecostal Church of God of America
Alsacian Churches (2 recs.)
Alsea (2 recs.)
Alternative Religions (14 recs.)
Altkolonier Mennonitengemeinde (5 recs.)
Altkolonier Mennonitengemeinde (Colonia Manitoba)
Altkolonier Mennonitengemeinde (Colonia Nueva Durango)
Altkolonier Mennonitengemeinde (Colonia Rio Verde)
Aluk To Dolo (2 recs.)
Amal (2 recs.)
Amalgamated Flying Saucers Club
Amana Church Society: 1,200 (10 recs.)
amaNazaretha (2 recs.)
American Association of Atheists (2 recs.)
American Association of Lutheran Churches (26 recs.)
American Baptist Association: 250,000 (8 recs.)
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A.: 3,337,400 (74 recs.)
American Bible Society - volunteers
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church (19 recs.)
American Catholic Church (2 recs.)
American Catholic Church (Syro-Antiochean) (7 recs.)
American Council of Christian Churches
American Eastern Orthodox Church (2 recs.)
American Episcopal Church: 13,200 (4 recs.)
American Ethical Union: 4,000 (4 recs.)
American Evangelical Christian Churches
American Evangelistic Association
American Family Association
American Gospel Band
American Holy Orthodox Catholic Eastern Church
American Independent Orthodox Church (Bridges)
American Indian Evangelical Church
American Lutheran Church: 2,300,000 (13 recs.)
American Lutheran Conference
American Muslim Mission
American Muslim Society
American National Baptist Convention
American Nazi Party (2 recs.)
American Orthodox Catholic Church (Irene)
American Orthodox Catholic Church (Propheta)
American Orthodox Catholic Church, Archdiocese of Ohio (6 recs.)
American Orthodox Catholic Church, Western Rite Mission, Diocese of New York (6 recs.)
American Orthodox Church
American Prelature: 20,000 (2 recs.)
American Rescue Workers: 2,700 (9 recs.)
American Unitarian Association
American World Patriarchs (4 recs.)
Americanism (4 recs.)
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Amhara: 12,000,000 (8 recs.)
Amidism (7 recs.)
Amish: 128,000 (54 recs.)
Amish - other (6 recs.)
Amway: 14,000
Anaak (3 recs.)
Anabaptist (5 recs.)
Ananaikyo (2 recs.)
Ananda Community: 300 (2 recs.)
Ananda Marga: 250,000 (9 recs.)
ancestor veneration (10 recs.)
Anchor Bay Evangelistic Association
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite: 300,000
Ancient and Mystical Order of the Rosae Crucis: 250,000 (8 recs.)
Ancient Church of the East
Ancient Tridentine Catholic Church: 360 (6 recs.)
Andamanese (6 recs.)
Andes Evangelical Mission
Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church
Angkola and Mandailing
Anglican: 80,000,000 (254 recs.)
Anglican - active: 23,000,000 (3 recs.)
Anglican - attend at least yearly
Anglican - confirmed
Anglican Catholic Church: 20,000 (3 recs.)
Anglican Church of Canada (4 recs.)
Anglican Church of North America
Anglican Communion: 78,000,000 (10 recs.)
Anglican Episcopal Church of North America: 1,000 (2 recs.)
Anglican Mission in America (2 recs.)
Anglican Orthodox Church: 300,000 (7 recs.)
Anglican Rite Jurisdiction of the Americas: 15,000 (4 recs.)
animism (7 recs.)
Anthroposophical Society: 55,000 (6 recs.)
Anthroposophical Society - full-time
Anti-cult movement (3 recs.)
anti-missionary movement (2 recs.)
anti-Semitism (7 recs.)
Antigua Barbuda Baptist Association
Antiochian Orthodox (3 recs.)
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America: 300,000 (14 recs.)
Apa Tanis
Apache (6 recs.)
Apalachee (3 recs.)
Apostelamt Jesu Christi
Apostolic (4 recs.)
Apostolic - historic Apostolic succession: 1,369,299,968
Apostolic - independent: 18,000,000
Apostolic - other
Apostolic Assemblies of Christ
Apostolic Catholic Church of the Americas
Apostolic Christian Church (3 recs.)
Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarean): 3,730 (26 recs.)
Apostolic Christian Churches of America: 16,916 (36 recs.)
Apostolic Church (10 recs.)
Apostolic Church (Australia)
Apostolic Church of Christ
Apostolic Church of Christ in God (2 recs.)
Apostolic Church of Jesus (8 recs.)
Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ
Apostolic Church of Pentecost of Canada (3 recs.)
Apostolic Church of Queensland
Apostolic Faith (3 recs.)
Apostolic Faith (Hawaii) (4 recs.)
Apostolic Faith (Kansas): 10,000
Apostolic Faith Mission (3 recs.)
Apostolic Faith Mission Church of God (5 recs.)
Apostolic Faith Mission of Portland, Oregon: 54,000 (7 recs.)
Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa
Apostolic Gospel Church of Jesus Christ (8 recs.)
Apostolic Lutheran Church of America (21 recs.)
Apostolic Lutheran Churches: 12,000,000 (2 recs.)
Apostolic Lutherans (Church of the First Born)
Apostolic Lutherans (Evangelicals No. 1)
Apostolic Lutherans (Evangelicals No. 2)
Apostolic Lutherans (Heidmans)
Apostolic Lutherans (New Awakening)
Apostolic Methodist Church (2 recs.)
Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God: 12,514 (6 recs.)
Apostolic Spiritual Baptists
Apostolic United Brethren: 8,000 (6 recs.)
Aquarian Foundation (2 recs.)
Aquarian School of Yoga
Aquarian Spiritualist Centre
Aquarian Tabernacle Church: 530 (3 recs.)
Ar nDraiocht Fein: 400 (3 recs.)
Arab (30 recs.)
Arab & Muslim combined
Arab Liberation Front: 800
Arapaho (5 recs.)
Arapaho and Atsina (2 recs.)
Arawak (3 recs.)
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mennonitischer Brudergemeinden in Deutschland
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mennonitischer Gemeinden in Deutschland
Arbeitsgemeinschaft zur geistlichen Unterstutzung in Mennonitengemeinden
Arcane School
Arianism (6 recs.)
Arikara (4 recs.)
Aristotelian (4 recs.)
Armenian (6 recs.)
Armenian Apostolic Church: 4,000,000 (39 recs.)
Armenian Apostolic Church of America (11 recs.)
Armenian Apostolic Church of America - Eastern Prelacy (13 recs.)
Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church of America (2 recs.)
Armenian Church of America (4 recs.)
Armenian Church of America, Diocese of the (5 recs.)
Armenian Evangelical Church
Armenian Orthodox Church
Arminianism (3 recs.)
Armitage Baptist Church
Arya Samaj (37 recs.)
Aryan (2 recs.)
Aryan Brotherhood
Aryan Nations: 500 (4 recs.)
Aryan Warriors
Asatru (3 recs.)
Asbury Bible Churches
Ashanti: 1,000,000 (2 recs.)
Ashkenazi Judaism: 9,800,000 (9 recs.)
Asociacion Bautista de El Salvador
Asociacion Convencion Bautista de Costa Rica
Asociacion Convencion de Iglesias Menonitas de Costa Rica
Asociacion de Iglesias Hermanos Menonitas de Colombia
Assam Baptist Convention
Assassins (11 recs.)
Assembleias de Deus (3 recs.)
Assemblies of God: 30,000,000 (220 recs.)
Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ
Assembly of Brothers
Assiniboine (6 recs.)
Associacao das Igrejas Menonitas do Brasil
Associacao dos Irmaos Menonitas de Portugal
Associacao Evangelica Menonita
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (General Synod): 38,763 (25 recs.)
Associated Brotherhood of Christians
Associated Churches of Christ (4 recs.)
Associated Gospel Churches of Canada (13 recs.)
Association des Eglises Evangeliques Mennonites de France
Association for Research and Enlightenment (5 recs.)
Association Mennonite Luxembourgeoise
Association of Baptist Churches
Association of Baptist Churches in Israel
Assyrian: 3,300,000 (7 recs.)
Assyrian Church of the East: 300,000 (28 recs.)
Assyrian Church of the East (Chaldean-Syrian/Daly)
Assyrian Evangelical
Assyrian Orthodox: 170,000 (4 recs.)
astrology (8 recs.)
astrology - astrologers (3 recs.)
astrology - full-time astrologers (3 recs.)
astrology - part-time astrologers (3 recs.)
Atakapa (2 recs.)
Athanasianism (4 recs.)
Atheism: 240,310,000 (186 recs.)
Atheism and Agnostic (90 recs.)
Athiopisch-Orthodoxe Kirche
attendance - at least monthly (7 recs.)
attendance - at least occasionally (2 recs.)
attendance - irregular or not at all (5 recs.)
attendance - regular (12 recs.)
attendance - weekly (244 recs.)
Augsburgian Confession (2 recs.)
Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church (5 recs.)
Auldearne Witches
Aum Shinrikyo: 12,000 (15 recs.)
Aum Shinrikyo - full-time: 1,100 (4 recs.)
Auroville: 900 (5 recs.)
Australasian Conference of Seventh Day Baptists
Australian Aboriginal religion (3 recs.)
Australian Aborigines: 265,000 (28 recs.)
Australian Conference of Evangelical Mennonites
Australian School of Yoga
Australian Transmission Meditation Network: 4,000 (2 recs.)
Autocephalous Slavonic Orthodox Catholic Church (In Exile) (2 recs.)
Autocephalous Syro-Chaldean Church of North America (3 recs.)
Avar (2 recs.)
Avoyel (2 recs.)
Aymara: 2,520,000 (6 recs.)
Azali Babis (2 recs.)
Azande (2 recs.)
Azerbaijani: 40,000,000 (10 recs.)
Aztec (7 recs.)
43,940 adherent records.
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Former Major League Soccer midfielder Santino Quaranta has spoken before about a story that is both disturbing and uplifting — signing with MLS when he was 16, battling abuse of cocaine and painkillers, becoming sober, returning to the game and playing for his country.
But Quaranta said Tuesday's speech to about 650 Baltimore-area high school athletes was special. It was the largest crowd to hear his deeply personal message. It was delivered near where he was raised (he attended Archbishop Curley). And its target audience was an age group he believes can relate to his story.
"This was the most enjoyable because this is kids," said the former D.C. United player, 27, who presented his anti-drug message without the aid of notes.
Quaranta was so young when he signed with MLS that his mother had to drive him to his first practice at Washington's RFK Stadium because he didn't have a driver's license. He was an MLS All-Star his first season ("I felt bulletproof") but hadn't learned how to handle money and success, injuries and disappointment.
When he was injured, he said, pain pills were easily accessible. At 17, he said, he did his first line of cocaine.
"My life spiraled out of control," said Quaranta, leaning into the lectern in the ballroom of a Timonium hotel. "Lost my wife. She was gone. Daughter gone. I stole from my grandmother. I was stealing out of her purse at night.
"This is real stuff, guys," Quaranta said. "I'm not reading off a paper, because this comes from here," he said, tapping his chest.
Quaranta was the keynote speaker at the sixth annual conference sponsored by St. Joseph Medical Center's "Powered by ME!" awareness program. Previous conferences have served as public confessionals for Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts and New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez to talk about using performance-enhancing drugs.
This year's conference, also attended by U.S. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a Maryland Democrat, included a diverse set of workshops for students. Topics included eating disorders, teen dating violence, gambling and financial management.
"We try to do things that nobody would do in school," said Michael Gimbel, director of "Powered by ME!"
Quaranta's story was intended as a cautionary tale. But it had a happy ending.
"I went to treatment for three months in 2007. I was given a second chance in life," he said.
Three months into sobriety, he was asked back by D.C. United. "That year, I was the lowest-paid player on the team," he said.
In 2009, he played for the United States in the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Quaranta said he became emotional listening to the national anthem. Three years earlier, he had missed a chance to play in the World Cup because of substance abuse.
The audience seemed to respond to Quaranta. Megan Strayer, a three-sport athlete at Franklin, said his sincerity "put power into his words." She said substance abuse "is definitely a huge issue. It's always going to be a danger" for high school students.
In December, Quaranta's MLS contract wasn't renewed, and he began devoting time more of his time to a Parkville-based youth soccer program he co-founded called Pipeline Soccer Club.
Quaranta, who lives in the area with his wife — with whom he is reunited — and two young children, recently accepted an offer to play in a new soccer league in India beginning this year.
"I've been sober for five years," he told the students, who greeted the declaration with applause.


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Nationals' 10-game win streak ends, Giants romp
WASHINGTON — As the deficit grew from two to four to eight, even the Washington Nationals — who grew so accustomed to comeback, last-at-bat heroics during their 10-game winning streak — had to admit that their good thing was coming to an end.
The Nationals fell 10-3 to the San Francisco Giants on Friday night, ending a streak that tied a franchise record and included seven one-run victories, five come-from-behind wins and five walk-offs.
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"When the score was 4-2, I think everybody believed that 'You know what? We still have a chance to win this game,'" outfielder Denard Span said. "When it got 10-2, I was like, 'Ah, OK, turn the page.'"
The Nationals fell victim to a Panik attack: Rookie Joe Panik went 4 for 5 — his first four-hit game — and gave the Giants the lead for good with his first major league homer, a three-run shot just right of the 402-foot mark in center field in the fourth inning.
"Thankfully, it wasn't AT&T Park," Panik said. "But I'll take it. It's definitely nice to get into a little trot instead of having to bust it into a triple or something."
Tim Hudson (9-9) allowed one earned run over 5 1-3 innings for his first since win July 19. Javier Lopez, Jean Machi, Sergio Romo and Juan Gutierrez finished the job for the Giants, who have won six of eight.
Doug Fister (12-4) threw six innings and uncharacteristically gave up a pair of homers — Nos. 12 and 13 allowed this season.
"I just wasn't sharp," Fister said. "I left too many balls over the plate."
The Nationals' streak had become suspense baseball theater at its best, always with a happy ending for the team in red and white. The staff ERA over during the 10 games was 1.82, and there were regular Gatorade baths for the player who inevitably would get the game-ending hit.
"It was a good run, just a lot of excitement the last 10 days," Span said. "We came back, a lot of come-from-behind wins, and I think we jelled as a team, and it was a lot of fun."
Manager Matt Williams found himself having to answer to a promise he made to a television network earlier this season about doing his famous Babe Ruth impersonation if his team won 10 in a row. He says he'll do it eventually, but that the middle of a pennant race is not "the proper time."
After the loss, Williams said it had been a "hectic week" and declared Friday's game "kind of a clunker all around."
"It's pretty rare to see 10 in a row," he said. "But we've got to get back to work tomorrow and see if we can start another one."
Fister appeared to have a cut of several inches on the side of his neck. Asked about it, he said: "I had some skin cancer removed a couple of days ago, and it had no effect tonight." He said he was now OK.
After further review, Anthony Rendon has been given an infield single on the walk-off play from the Nationals' 1-0 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday. The play was originally ruled a two-base error on third baseman Jordan Pacheco, whose low throw got past the first baseman and allowed Span to score from second. The play is now scored as a hit and an error.
Giants LF Michael Morse received a partial standing ovation and was serenaded by some fans with an impromptu chorus of "Take on Me" when he batted in the second inning. It was his first return to Washington since 2012, when his walk-up song became a rallying cry as helped the Nationals win the NL East.
Giants: CF Angel Pagan left the game with an upper calf injury and is day-to-day. ... 1B Brandon Belt (concussion) was moved from the seven-day disabled list to the 15-day DL. He hasn't played since Aug. 6.
Nationals: OF Nate McLouth had surgery on the torn labrum in his right shoulder. "It went fine and it's all put back together," Williams said. The Nationals expect McLouth recover in time for spring training.
San Francisco's Tim Lincecum (10-8, 4.48 ERA) faces Jordan Zimmermann (8-5, 2.97) on Saturday in the second game of the three-game series.


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So you're ready to step up to the plate and begin growing your own eSports career. Awesome! Before you take too many steps, allow me to stress a couple of lessons I wish I knew before I started!
Lesson #1: Unique ideas don't mean much.
I get a million emails at Day[9]TV in which people mysteriously allude to a brilliant idea that they just had. "We need to meet and talk," they say. "Our idea is worth millions. We should cooperate and join forces."
They would like to tell me more but first require that I execute a non-disclosure agreement. Because the idea is that good. Then they warn me: the "idea" is gathering momentum. If I don't act swiftly, the startup train will leave the station without me and I will end up crying in my beer.
My response to this is generally to roll my eyeballs. I myself get about twenty fabulous business ideas in the shower every morning, staff them in my head while brushing my teeth and imagine growing them into giant monopolies over breakfast. This is enormously pleasurable to me, but has very little to do with the realities of running a business.
So this blog is intended to challenge the notion that a start up is all about the "idea." Don't get me wrong: a great idea is very, very important, but far more important is how you execute that idea. How you sell it, how you grow it, how you keep it moving.
I see too many people in eSports who have a fantasy that if they could just come up the "winning idea," they could have a business empire.
These folks often cite the pet rock business or the hula hoop business or PlentyofFish.com as examples of a "winning idea." "That pet rock guy made a killing!" they say. "He did it all by himself out of his apartment! That could have been me!"
The truth is that very few ideas in any marketplace are all that unique. I am pitched the same ideas over and over again by eSports fans, all of whom passionately believe that they are completely original in their thinking. Many of these ideas are almost identical to ones I myself dreamed up in the shower. In fact, the other day I pitched a totally unique idea to Twitch TV, and they promptly sent me to a website where someone was already doing the very thing I'd described.
I see some folks crumble when they are confronted with the competition. Like a guy rejected by a girl, they mourn the loss of "what could have been." They feel like their idea has been stolen. They give up.
Don't do this.
Again, the point is that a start up or a product is not as much about the "idea" as it is about the execution of the idea. Think MySpace, which was an internet sensation until Facebook came along and steamrolled it. Simply do your research on your competitors and figure out how to do things better.
Lesson #2: Keep the competition out and continually innovate.
The corollary to this is that someone is always going to be trying to beat you at your game. Even if you come up with a completely original idea, there may folks out there who will be trying to walk off with your market two minutes after you launch. How? By appreciating your idea and learning from your mistakes. By doing what you already do, but doing it on a grander scale, with more money and more employees. By scaling faster. There is nothing immoral about this. Many ideas are surprisingly difficult to patent or surprisingly easy to spin off into legal variants. Always be looking over your shoulder and staying one step ahead.
This leads us to another important question you should be asking yourself when formulating your business idea: how easy will it be for someone to imitate me and push me out of my own niche? What entry barriers exist to keep potential competitors out?
Ideally, you want to create something that is not only compelling and unique for users but also difficult for competitors to imitate. Alternatively, you want to quickly grow your user base to such a critical size that your competitors can never catch up to you.
Remember you are working in a rapidly evolving marketplace, where the rules and the players change all the time. You are going to want to keep reinventing your business as you grow, so that you stay ahead of everyone else. (They call it "pivoting" in Silicon Valley).
Did you know that YouTube started as a video dating site called Tune in Hook Up before its founders changed direction? Or that Flickr was originally conceived of as part of an MMO role playing game? Or that Shopify (which by the way, has a kickass StarCraft team in the After Hours Gaming League) started as an in-house purchasing solution for an online snowboard business?
This means you shouldn't be wed to your original idea to the point of rigidity. Keep it fresh and keep it moving. You may launch one eSports business model and end up running something completely different within a year. That's fine! You probably wouldn't even have thought of business number two, if you hadn't launched business number one. Get into the eSports marketplace now, start to meet people, and start to test your ideas until you find something that works.
Lesson #3: Have a clear plan for gaining audience or customers.
"How do I gain audience or customers?" This is the big question, the one many people don't want to think about. In fact, I am always amazed by people who tell me they want to build a business but don't want to get into sales. In fact, they get a funny look on their faces when I mention marketing and sales, as if I just farted in their direction. They hate the very idea of selling. They want to be eSports idealists, not corporate hacks. But the truth is that a great idea is worthless unless you can drive users or audience to it and unless you can generate money to cover your day to day operational expenses.
Start thinking about all the ways you are going market your business from Day One. (We will give you more detailed advice on this in future blogs).
I had a business mentor once tell me that a lot of businesses are by necessity 60-80% sales effort and 20-40% production effort. In other words, money is needed—lots of it—on the front end in order to drive the engine which operates the company on the back end. This was a real eye opener for me. Until then, I'd had a kind of naïve "build it and they will come" attitude.
The Bottom Line.
I'll say it again: business is like StarCraft. You need to know your opponents' strategies, you need to know your build orders, you
Likewise, don't gamble on an eSports business until you learn the ropes. Be prepared for lots of setbacks. Be nimble and flexible about changing your tactics. Understand your own shortcomings. Don't quit your job tomorrow, run up debt on your credit cards, and chase an eSports dream without a solid game plan, a lot of skill, and a coach or two. Start small, gain experience, and make calculated bets that slowly raise the stakes.
As Steve Jobs said: "Follow your heart, but check it with your head."
Next up: Producing eSport Tournaments 101


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We don't have all the results, but we do have the names of two more BIS winners for you. The first is the Wire Haired Pointing Griffon, CH Flatbrooks Royal Point Attitude, who won his very first BIS all the way up in Palmer AK at Friday's Cook Inlet Kennel Club show. Our congratulations to breeder Ginger Hughes, owners Richard & Lorine Byrne, and handler Valerie Nunes-Atkinson.
The country's number two Working Dog, number eight dog all breeds, the Boxer, CH Winfall Brookwood Styled Dream, made it back to back NIS in Harrisburg PA at today's Penn Ridge Kennel Club show. Looks like Scarlett and handler Diego Fernando Garcia are determined to improve on that number eight ranking.


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