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British authorities have taken the UK subsidiary of French train and turbine maker Alstom to court over alleged bribery charges in three countries, including for the Delhi Metro project in India.
Alstom Network UK Limited allegedly paid bribes of around USD 8.5 million to win infrastructure orders in Poland, Tunisia and for the Delhi Metro between June 2000 and November 2006.
The allegations also involve bribes to bag tram and infrastructure deals in Warsaw, Poland and Tunis, Tunisia during that six-year period.
"Alstom Network UK Ltd, formerly called Alstom International Ltd, a UK subsidiary of Alstom, has been charged with three offences of corruption contrary to section 1 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906, as well as three offences of Conspiracy to Corrupt contrary to section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977," the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said in a statement.
"The alleged offences are said to have taken place between June 1, 2000 and November 30, 2006 and concern large transport projects in India, Poland and Tunisia," it added.
The first hearing of the case was held at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday and the next hearing at Southwark Crown Court is scheduled for October 6.
The SFO investigation commenced as a result of information provided by the Office of the Attorney General in Switzerland concerning the Alstom Group, in particular Alstom Network UK Limited.
The UK's financial watchdog had filed charges in July.
"As the case is ongoing, I'm afraid I cannot provide further information," Simon Varcoe, Press and Communication Officer, SFO, told PTI.
The alleged agreements were struck by Alstom Network UK, certain directors and others with Indo European Ventures and Global King Technology in India, SagaxEngineering Limited and Kavan BV in Poland and Construction et Gestion NEVCO in Tunisia, according to SFO court filings.
Indo European Ventures allegedly received Rs 1,98,95,000 disguised as payments from Alstom while Global King Technology allegedly received 3,131,600 euros disguised as payments for favouring the Alstom group in relation to the DMRC project, according to court documents.
In New Delhi, the Urban Development Ministry said it is likely to seek a detailed explanation and the concerned file pertaining to the alleged bribery that happened between 2000 and 2006 from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).
"We are yet to receive the report through official communication. Once we receive it, we will take further action of seeking details from DMRC," said a senior Urban Development Ministry official.
The Alstom group stressed that the charges related to past misconduct.


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26/6/17: The children had a good night after a very busy day. Yesterday they did a number of team-building exercises plus swimming and high ropes work. The weather is ideal for today's program which includes canoeing and hiking.
The bus will return to school for 3.15pm.
25/6/17: The coach has arrived and the children are settling into their new surroundings. No doubt, they will be starting activities very shortly. We hope to have another update before the end of the day.

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The hotel has a large outdoor swimming pool surrounded by sunbeds that is also heated in autumn, winter and spring.
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AFC president congratulates Iran's advance to 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
EghtesadOnline: President of Asian Football Confederation Sheikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa sent a message to President of Iran's Football Federation Mehdi Taj on Saturday congratulating Iran's advance to 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
In AFC U-19 Championship in Bahrain, Iran ranked third to gain the ticket for world cup due to be hosted by South Korea next year, according to IRNA.
In his letter, Sheikh Salman said that the Iranian team presented nice games and deserves to be appreciated.
'I'm certain that the young players will have bright future and there is no doubt that Asia and the Iranian nation will feel proud of them,' Sheikh Salman said.


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11 years ago Lin Xiaofen, from Taiwan, was in critical condition after a near-fatal car crash and needed an emergency blood transfusion. Doctors were able to save her life after she received 10 pints of donor blood.
Lin met her current boyfriend, Lian Zhicheng two years ago. In a recent conversation, she told him about the accident. He revealed that at that time he donated blood on a regular basis and wondered whether it was possible that his blood was used to save Lin.
Out of curiosity, Lin requested the information from the local blood station and was surprised to discover that her boyfriend's blood was indeed the one that saved her life.
The couple was taken aback as they found out the news. Lian told that he felt some sort of mental connection with his girlfriend and encouraged everyone to donate blood because "it might save your future spouse's life".


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Do you meet people and they tell you they are into home based businesses? Yes, almost everyone is reaping the benefits of Home businesses and living 8 Figure Lifestyle. Home Based businesses are the new trend today. But, the question that must be pondering in your mind is "Why so many people are considering "8 figure home based Business" options? The answers to this question are mind blowing and once you know them, you too would love to get into a lucrative business and earn with utmost comfort.
So, here are 5 powerful reasons that ensure you must start an 8 figure home based business today:
Be Your Own Boss:
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Work at your Ease:
If you are fed up of a set schedule, you must venture into Home based businesses. You get the liberty to work as and when you want when you are into a work from home model. However, you cannot compromise with the commitment, discipline & consistency of your work.
No More Job Insecurity:
Yes, you are the owner of the job so you do not have the fear of losing it. No more worries of laybacks & retrenchments and no chances of getting fired for any random reason. However, this calls for additional responsibility.
You can Take it Part Time:
If you are working as an employee and do not want to quit your job, you can take your work from home job on part time basis. This will help you do your job as well as add to your income substantially.
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When you have the responsibility of the entire business, you become more confident & responsible. You acquire new skills and knowledge & feel more contented while dealing with vendors, customers, or other business associates.
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With proper guidance and a bespoke marketing platform, you can earn to the best of your abilities. Once established your home-based business can make your 8 figure dream come true. You can try text message marketing and experience amazing results. The success rate of home-based businesses is much higher than the conventional business models. You not only get to earn current profits but a stream of profits and residual income for the long term. Home based businesses when paired with text message marketing reap tremendous ROI making you a "successful" & "Rich" businessman. You earn so well that you can easily live your 8 figure dream lifestyle.
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Take a Look Inside Frank Ocean's 'Boys Don't Cry' Zine
Including Kanye West's McDonald's Rap.
Here's a closer look at Boys Don't Cry, Frank Ocean's oft-talked about but hard to find zine released to celebrate the launch of Blonde. Earlier this year the designers behind the project, Zak Kyes and Grégory Ambos, spoke about the zine, the process of making it and working with Frank Ocean. Of the latter the duo said: "We knew it would happen – but we did not know when, or the extent that our work would be used. I think we were in the same position as a lot of people – like Wolfgang Tillmans who only found out that his track was used in its entirety when the album came out."
The zine uses shots by Tillmans, as well as photographer Vivianne Sassen and illustrator Daniel David Freeman. The zine is largely photography based, focusing on Frank Ocean's love of vintage cars and features Kanye West's McDonald's poem, which prompted a response from the company back in August.


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My Other Life … Curling!
As I write this, the Winter Olympics are well underway in Sochi, Russia. Some of you may know curling has been a big part of my life: I was fortunate to compete in seven national championships, and in 1992 I was part of Team USA at the World Championships where we won the silver medal.
Later that same year, Denny and I moved to Philadelphia and joined the Target Marketing team. It was a good time to hang up my competitive shoes. (Yes, one sole has a Teflon slider ... and the other a rubber gripper.) Moving off the ice and into the board of directors, I became president of the association in 2002 when the winter games were in Salt Lake City. It was a fantastic experience.
Four years later, I served as Team Leader for the women's curling team in Torino. Staying in the Olympic Village, driving the team van with police escorts fore and aft, and being at the medal plaza when our men's team donned their bronze medals are moments I will never forget.
Now, watching the curling from Sochi, I have been struck by the continuing evolvement of the sport. There are subtle changes to the sliding delivery ... the release ... the equipment ... and the strategy. And I am sure the same is true in every sport. For example, take the new BMW bobsled or the questionable Under Armour unitards for the speed skaters — both with the goal of shaving hundredths of a second off their time.
So what's my segue here? Last week I moderated a Brunch & Learn webinar with Bob Hacker. He was talking about various direct mail tests that could lift response by a mere percentage point. Is all that work really worth it? You bet it is!
Peggy Hatch is a senior advisor at NAPCO Media. A direct mail copywriter, she co-founded Who's Mailing What! with her husband Denny Hatch. Her previous position at NAPCO Media was Group President for the Target Marketing Group.


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Can't delete items from Reminders....
Hi-I have a lovely new XS phone and I use Reminders for my grocery list. I have tried to delete the items that I have in my cart but they reappear. I swipe left and tap on Delete. Is there something I am not doing right? I went from a 6 to the XS and there are certain things I am having to learn how to use so maybe this is one of those things.
I have upgraded to the latest OS-12.1. Maybe there is a setting on my MBP (running Mojave) that needs to be changed. I don't know. Thank you for any tips!
OK, so going back to first principles.....
Are these reminders stored in an online service/account? eg. iCloud?
If so, my first port of call with syncing issues is to log in to the web interface of that account (eg. icloud.com) and check to see which ones are there. In effect by using the browser interface you're looking at the state of play on the central server. Try deleting, or updating, via that interface then see if that change propagates back to the iPhone. Then do vice versa - delete from the phone & see if any update (at least temporarily) can be seen via the browser (ie. on the server).
If you have any other device, such as your Mac, that is also syncing those reminders try doing the same thing - it might not be the iPhone that is repopulating them and it could possibly be related to a Mojave issue.
All of this is to isolate which device is causing the issue.
Logging out of the account & back in (if iCloud), or deleting & re-adding the account if another provider might be needed to properly force a full re-sync..... but the caveat with that is you are reverting to the version of the data on the server.
I'm not running Fantastical, but from memory it simply uses the data that is already syncing to the phone, so if you were to check the status of the reminders in the Apple Reminders app I'd assume you'd see the same state of affairs?
Hi Graham-I logged into my iCloud account and went to Reminders and deleted the items on my Food list. They came back. I went to my iPhone and deleted them all and as of now they are all gone! But I can't delete them permanently on iCloud. Some have gone and stayed away but not all.
Update-a few minutes later. Still gone from the iPhone but there are 5 items that refuse to stay deleted! I think I will delete the Food list and add it again. See if that works....
Ha! I deleted the Food list and deleted one other list I no longer need and the Food list appeared magically all on it's own. With the same 5 items. I don't know how to delete a Reminders list on my iPhone. BTW-the iPhone list is still showing no items.
I will read the rest of what you posted now but thought I'd try Step 1. Thank you for your patience...
I should mention that I used my Mac to sign into iCloud. And the items on the Food list are back on my iPhone. And my 4th gen iPad.
Aha! I think I fixed it. No, it didn't fix it... I thought by deleting all the Reminders in Fantasical that would delete them for good but no they repopulate. I don't know if this issue is a Fantasical problem or a Mojave problem.
It sounds to me like it is having problems syncing to the cloud service of your Reminders account. If your reminders are part of your iCloud account double check that you are fully signed in to iCloud.
Or you might try TOTO - within iCloud settings turn reminders off, then turn on again to prompt a re-sync.
Additionally - because iOS Reminders app has no way of forcing a sync/refresh to the server, I have found that going in to the Calendar app then tapping on the "Calendars" button at bottom then dragging the screen down to request a refresh.... will also refresh Reminders.
Graham McKay..... THANK YOU!! It was the refreshing the calendar that did it. All is well! And now I can add more food to my grocery list! lol
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Graham.... The items are back this morning in my Reminders list!!! Again, I can't delete them. I tried refreshing the Calendar but that didn't fix it. I'm using Fantasical if that makes any difference.
So, one of your devices/apps is not syncing as expected. Sounds like you've got an iPhone plus iPad plus Mac. The next phase of isolation would be to only have one of them turned on (or connected to the internet) at a time.
For example, turn on airplane mode on both the iPhone & iPad and then use the web browser on the Mac to delete those items. See what happens within both the browser and the Reminders app on the Mac. If nothing strange happens reconnect one other device and do some tests, etc.
Ok. I will work on that today. Thank you!
Ok. It's the Mac that's the culprit. I turned on Airplane mode on my iPad and iPhone and logged into iCloud. Deleted the items. They reappeared.
Tested the iPhone first. Turned off Airplane mode. Deleted the items. They are still deleted even with the wifi turned back on and the wifi turned on on the Mac.
Same results with the iPad. Items still not appearing even with all iDevices using wifi. EXCEPT for the Mac, the items have reappeared.
Hi Graham! I thought I would update you about my issue... I don't know exactly how I was able to permanently delete most items from my Reminders list but all but one seem to be gone except for saffron. lol I think that food 'might' be gone from my food Reminders list.
I think I was able to delete them from the Reminders in Fantastical...
Thank you again for your patience with me, Judy
Glad to hear that. (I had one client for whom a particular calendar grouping exhibited similar signs of constant refusal to sync properly no matter what we did. In the end we had to completely move away from even trying to use it.)


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A Multi-Character Tour de Force: Chuck Yates and Alan Denny Hilariously Reprise Coyote StageWorks' First-Ever Show, 'Greater Tuna'March 25 2019
Q: What is a "tuna?"
A: Well, snort, obviously, a fish.
Q: And what else?
OK, here it is, confidentially from me to you: A tuna, my darlings, is a kind of prickly pear cactus found in the desert! And there really was once a town called Tuna … in the Texas desert. It doesn't exist anymore—well, except it's still "real" in the theater world.
And this brings us to Coyote Stageworks' production of Greater Tuna at the museum's Annenberg Theater at the Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Springs, directed by the steady and inspired hand of Larry Raben. Written by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard, this production of the first play in the four-part Tuna series is one of the most unforgettable shows you will ever see. Why? Because here, the cast of about 20 characters is played by only two men!
It's an acting tour de force. I have seen this same play done elsewhere with a cast of 20 actual actors, each playing just one part, so this production goes beyond genius. You want to see quick changes? Stars Chuck Yates and Alan Denny transform themselves in split seconds to move from one role to another—and not just by slapping on a different outfit or wig, but by totally changing. More about this later.
The Josh Clabaugh set that greets us is moodily lit by Danny Durand. A prototypical Western setting of three barn-tall plank flats with angled roofs is sparsely decorated by a Lone Star, a pair of Longhorn horns, a dusty old Texaco sign, two tables with chairs … and, under the spotlight at center stage, a huge free-standing console radio so old-fashioned it will date you if you recognize it. It is 1978, and we are in the "third smallest town in Texas": Greater Tuna.
The stage-right flat contains a midsection which revolves to create the background for radio station OKKK to start the show. Everything is broadcast live, and we open with two local yokels smart-talking their way through the morning news, giving the audience instant belly laughs. Thurston Wheelis and Arlis Struvie (not made-up radio names, clearly) give us rapid-fire patter and signature banter before announcing a weather forecast from a roving reporter.
Now here is where it gets interesting: Both of our actors are already busy playing the announcers. Who is going to be the weather person? Well … with timing that would make a magician turn emerald with envy, throughout the play, an actor vanishes and then re-appears as another character with no resemblance to the one he was just playing. And just as quickly, he returns to update the prior role, or even goes on to a different one! This happens over and over; each actor plays 10 different parts, and he plays many of them multiple times! Yes! They play bratty kids. They are in drag as the ladies of the town. They play a cliché-spouting preacher, a sullen youth just emerged from reform school, a sheriff, a grandma, the town drunk … practically everyone in Tuna!
We find out about the relationships, the secrets, the ambitions, the shame, the problems, the vanities of these characters—and they will capture your heart even as you laugh. The costuming deserves mention, as some were hoarded from Coyote Stageworks' first-ever Tuna show back in 2009, with Alan Denny and Chuck Yates then playing these roles and creating the costumes. Wardrobe master Frank Cazares and Jim Lapidus have updated and augmented them. And the wigs! Cazares has created some of the most outrageous and hilarious looks ever.
However, it is all about the acting. Wigs and costumes certainly help change an actor physically, no question, and they have simplified their labors by miming the props. But both Yates and Denny take this show to a higher level by transforming themselves for each role in ways that chameleons only dream of. Each voice was unique. They grew tall or shrank; they gestured differently; their postures and spines were different; they changed their very face shapes—they seemed to even change their skin textures. They breathed in different ways. This is beyond acting—it is becoming someone else, inhabiting roles so completely that the audience could be forgiven for thinking that they were watching a huge cast of actors. I've played multiple roles in a show, and it is an enormous challenge—but it was nothing like seeing the accomplishments of these two amazing thespians. This is what actors yearn to do all their lives—and here it is, performed perfectly. There is considerable physicality involved (wait until you see the high school cheerleader—yikes) as well as an intellectual process of creating the characters plus the emotions of playing them, but in this show, you will see the actual spirit of each character on display. That's how deeply mined this script has been by Denny and Yates.
You could tell by the frequent spontaneous applause and the waves of laughter that the audience totally enjoyed the show, but there were also moments of breathless anticipation when we all cared very much about what was happening. There's not much of a storyline, but we learn about small-town life and the sometimes horribly misguided attempts to better or control their tiny world. The radio blithely plays Tammy Wynette or Patty Page or Hank Snow, set against the heart-wrenching struggles of Petey Fisk from the Humane Society or that innocent-looking but murderous grandmother. Contrasts.
This is a show not to be missed, and it so deserves the standing ovation it earns. Every actor should see it as a master class in classical technique. Non-actors should see it because it's such great fun and an extraordinary experience. And it's not just laughing at hillbilly silliness; it twangs your heartstrings like a good country tune.
And you, personally, can feel superior, knowing what a tuna really is.
Greater Tuna, a production of Coyote Stageworks, is performed at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; and 2 p.m., Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, through Sunday, March 31, at the Annenberg Theater at the Palm Springs Arts Museum, 101 Museum Drive, in Palm Springs. Tickets are $45 to $60. For tickets or more information, call 760-325-4490, or visit www.coyotestageworks.org.
Mae West in Motion: Coyote StageWorks' Brilliantly Acted 'Dirty Blonde' Is Perfect for 'The Year of the Woman'February 03 2018
In the program notes for Dirty Blonde, Coyote StageWorks Founding Artistic Director Chuck Yates mentions he has wanted to present this play, which focuses on Mae West, since the theater's inception 9 years ago. Since 2018 has been dubbed "The Year of the Woman," he chose the perfect time to do so: Whether or not you're a Mae West fan, it's impossible to deny that she was an icon of womanhood, in her own way.
Written by and starring Claudia Shear, Dirty Blonde ran Off-Broadway in 2000, and on Broadway in 2000 and 2001. (Interestingly, it's one of just a few plays in Broadway history to have its entire cast nominated for Tony Awards.) The show explores the phenomenon of West through the eyes of two devoted fans—aspiring actress and office-temp Jo, and public-library film archivist Charlie. They meet while visiting West's grave, and develop a warm friendship based on a mutual love of the bawdy sex symbol.
Both Charlie and Jo are lonely and seem to be missing something in their lives, so finding in each other a fellow Mae West groupie seems like coming home. Jo idolizes West as an example of female strength, confidence and sexual liberation; after all, West spoke her mind and didn't care a whit what anyone else thought. Mild-mannered Charlie, who actually got to meet and spend some time with West in her later years, is simply in awe of the star, describing her as "blonde and tough and ready for sex." He basks in her flirtatiousness, and some of her sexual confidence even seems to rub off on him: When in her presence, he becomes the man he's always wanted to be.
The scenes between Charlie and Jo are interspersed with vignettes from West's career, from her early days in Vaudeville to her decline into parody while she was in her 80s. The audience is reminded of what a trailblazer she really was. Her battles with censors were legendary; she defied orders to tone down her hip swiveling in dance numbers, and even spent 10 days in jail for public lewdness during the run of her self-penned play Sex on Broadway.
Director James Gruessing has assembled a stellar cast; each member plays multiple roles with great skill. As Mae West and Jo, Bets Malone is simply superb. She perfectly captures both the sweet insecurity of Jo and the bold outrageousness of West. Though prettier than West herself, Malone nails it when it comes to West's toughness—including the "don't mess with me, but jump into bed when I snap my fingers" message to men. Of course, she has some of the play's best lines: "I've seen more men than you've had hot lunches." When an assistant is dismissed by West's suggestion that he run down to the corner, he challenges her by asking, "What's down on the corner?" Her answer: "YOU!" A strong actress, Malone also exhibits great pipes during the musical numbers.
Also an outstanding actor, Steve Gunderson plays Charlie with subtlety and tenderness. His growing affection for Jo is touching and believable, as is his conflict over whether he's simply attracted to Mae West … or does he actually harbor a desire to be her? The onstage chemistry between Gunderson and Malone—crucial to this play—is quite strong.
Rounding out the cast is the fabulous Larry Raben, who portrays multiple characters, including West's little-known husband, Frank Wallace. An actor knows that jumping back and forth between characters (and costumes) throughout a production is not easy, but Raben handles it with ease. He has great comic timing (as does the entire cast), and owns the stage whenever he appears.
Josh Clabaugh's lovely set and Moira Wilkie's lighting design are spot on. Special mention must be made of Bonnie Nipar's lush costumes: The bright colors, sequins, glitter and boas are perfect for West's larger-than-life persona. The hair and makeup are quite well-done in this production as well.
The musical numbers (the original score is by Bob Stillman) are a delight, especially "Dirty Blonde" and "Oh My, How We Pose."
Kudos once again to Yates for choosing to mount this production now. It is so relevant to the current national conversation (long overdue) about what kind of sexual banter is and is not appropriate, and the movement for women to finally have both equal power in the workplace and complete control over what happens to their bodies.
I have a feeling Mae West would have quite a bit to say on the matter. Thank you, Mae, for your courage, your bluntness and your refusal to be anything other than what you were. And thank you, Chuck Yates and Coyote StageWorks, for giving valley audiences such a compelling and enjoyable evening of theater.
Dirty Blonde, a production of Coyote StageWorks, is performed at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 3; 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 4; 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 7; 2 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 8; 7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 9; 2 and 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 10; and 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 11, at the Annenberg Theater at the Palm Springs Art Museum, 101 Museum Drive, in Palm Springs. Tickets are $45 to $60, and the show runs one hour and 40 minutes, with no Intermission. For tickets or information, call 760-325-4490, or visit www.coyotestageworks.org.
Amazing 'Lessons': Loretta Swit Brings Star Power and Incredible Talent to Coyote StageWorks' Fantastic New ProductionFebruary 04 2017
So, off you go to the theater to see Loretta Swit. The question in your subconscious, or even in the forefront of your mind, has to be: Am I going to spend the evening with Maj. Houlihan?
Hey, she played the iconic role for an incredible 11 years. You know her. You have watched her for hours of your life. You have suffered with her, howled at her outrageous comedy and grown with her. You know Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan better than certain members of your own family. Even though it's been decades since M*A*S*H originally aired, there are DVDs and endless reruns on TV, so she is always with you.
The endlessly creative Coyote StageWorks has brought her to the Annenberg Theater at the Palm Springs Art Museum for Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks. So here you sit, breathlessly waiting, this giant unspoken question in your head.
Here's the answer: Loretta Swit delivers! No, you will not spend the evening with Hot Lips. Swit proves herself to be the ultimate actress, transforming herself completely into Lily Harrison for this play, and making you forget all about that military nurse.
There's nothing that fills the seats of a theater like the appearance of a celebrity, and Loretta Swit's name, plus the proven reliability of Coyote to deliver stellar shows, brought out a bustling audience for opening night. If you want to exhaust yourself, read through the dizzying credits in the program, where everyone associated with the production lists their phenomenal career successes, educations, awards and honors. Whew.
Produced by the always-amazing Chuck Yates, Coyote's founding artistic director, Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks will captivate you with its terrific music, the tension between the two actors, the witty dialogue and its quirky creativity. The director, Larry Raben, is a co-founder of Coyote who has masterminded many of their shows. Direction for this show had to be a challenge, as one setting with two characters doesn't give one a lot of variety to work with. However, Raben has managed to mine opportunities everywhere. We won't go into detail for fear of ruining the surprises for you, but we promise you'll be really delighted.
Co-starring with Swit is the superb David Engel as Michael Minetti, the dance instructor. Also a co-founder of Coyote, he smoothly and skillfully glides through his multifaceted role with apparent ease. Lily has hired Michael to teach her to dance with private lessons at her home, but despite his breeziness and jokes, the two lock horns immediately—and the relationship nearly craters at the start. The dialogue turns snarky. She fires him. That's obviously not the end of the play; the complexity of their relationship is aggravated by old baggage, scars and some outright lies. Add politics, pain and some prejudice, and watch what happens. The two strut and stumble and grope their way through the choreography of their strange friendship … which is contrasted with the dance styles that they explore weekly, from Viennese waltz to cha-cha to tango and beyond. Engel is beautifully cast here.
Playwright Richard Alfieri has created an unforgettable script. A Floridian himself, he sets the action in a St. Pete's Beach high-rise condo, and then creates two characters whose worlds would otherwise be unlikely to intersect. This play has been translated into 14 languages, and has been performed in 24 countries. It opened at the Belasco on Broadway; in Los Angeles, it starred Uta Hagen; his self-penned screenplay starred Gena Rowlands. Now Loretta Swit plans to tour in it! Nothing succeeds like success.
Let's talk about Loretta Swit and her transformation into this role. Lily is an older character, but, of course, so is Swit, now 79. So how did she transmogrify into Lily from the role we all know so well? She gives us a master class in acting. First, vocal quality: Her voice is different because of her breathing, which changes everything. Lily speaks in short puffs, fragmenting her sentences into strings of phrases. Anyone over retirement age will tell you that your lungs can indeed change as your years progress, and Swit shrewdly uses this. Next, although she is still slim and youthful in appearance, we see that her very energy is changed, depleted, giving her posture the impression of advancing years. Her gestures, too, are different—here, she is more fluttery and feminine, a far cry from her severe portrayal of Houlihan. Physical changes include different hair (a rather heavy look, with bangs hiding or shadowing half of her face), and signs of aging such as dry skin, which she dismisses with self-deprecating humor. We view a lot more of her profile than of her full face, but Swit certainly knows her way around a punch line, no matter in which direction she is gazing.
Yates has chosen his staff with care, and the results are pleasingly wonderful, due to stage manager Diane David, scenic designer Josh Clabaugh, and Moira Wilkie's scenic elements and lighting design (whose set earned instant applause at the first curtain), as well as the costumes of Bonnie Nipar. They all share in the compliment of a standing ovation at the show's end.
Any problems? Not really, because the few little first-night stumbles will be ironed out by the time you see this play. Swit's tight black cocktail dress revealed the outline of the microphone battery's fanny pack, giving her a lumpy side view; perhaps it could be covered with a light jacket (or as they say in warm climes, "a little sweater")? Other than these barely-worth-mentioning points, Six Dance Lessons is a show with which everyone can identify, and it is marvelous. There are laughs aplenty, counterpointed with some painful shocks and surprises. You will be charmed, moved and touched by the final scene.
At the Annenberg, you'll always be treated to comfortable seats and most excellent sound quality—basics not present in every venue. Add this to the fabulous experience of the play itself, and you'll treasure the experience of seeing Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks.
And there won't be an Army major in sight.
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, a production of Coyote StageWorks, is performed at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Friday, Saturday; and 2 p.m., Thursday and Sunday, through Sunday, Feb. 12, at the Annenberg Theater at the Palm Springs Art Museum, 101 Museum Drive, in Palm Springs. Tickets are $45 to $60. For tickets or more information, call 760-325-4490, or visit www.coyotestageworks.org.
A True Work of 'Art': Coyote StageWorks Returns to the Annenberg With a One-Act Comedy That's Perfect in Every WayMarch 26 2016
Coyote StageWorks, now back home at the Annenberg Theater at the Palm Springs Art Museum, earned a richly deserved standing ovation from the opening-night audience at ART. This one-act comedy runs about 1 1/2 hours, and earns the highest marks in every aspect of the production: set, lighting, costumes, direction, sound and acting. It's so great in every department that it leaves your mind free to explore its unusual and beautiful theme: friendship.
Does art imitate life, or does life imitate art?
Before the play even begins, we can ponder the eternal question of life vs. art, because we know the three characters in the play, all best friends, are also friends off the stage. Chuck Yates, the founding artistic director of Coyote StageWorks, is joined by fellow actors Larry Raben and David Engel, both founding members and original board members of CSW. This gives their onstage friendship just a little extra frankness and intimacy: There are some things that are beyond acting.
Read their résumés in the program. It shows experience beyond talent—and they've done it all: Broadway, films, TV, screenwriting, directing, acting, singing and dancing, regional theater. Whew!
The script of ART comes from Yasmina Reza, creator of seven plays and six novels. She's based in France, and her original French language has been translated by Christopher Hampton. They both deserve credit for the success of the writing, which is witty, snappily paced and hugely satisfying.
Though the play is set in modern-day Paris, director Don Amendolia has chosen to completely Americanize it. There's not so much as a Gallic shrug or a French lilt to his interpretation, and never a Gauloise in sight. But the theme of friendship is universal, so it plays perfectly anywhere in the world. Amendolia's fabulous blocking keeps the stage magnificently balanced at all times, making marvelous use of Josh Clabaugh's delightful set, which uses obtuse angles and clean lines. The décor includes only two modernistic white leather chairs and a matching hassock, with a white section rug. Upstage are two display shelves which can be lit from behind or can look solid. The versatile set rises up like a little mountain range upstage, with a riser running by in front to create two levels. The extraordinary lighting, designed by Moira Wilke, blends with Amendolia's inspired direction, best of all by highlighting the monologues in pools of light on a suddenly dark stage, breaking down the Fourth Wall when the actors speak directly to the audience. Huge kudos to the actors, and stage manager Diane David, for everyone flawlessly hitting their marks in the dark … gulp.
We must also applaud the fascinating pacing that the director has masterminded. The hills and valleys of intensity give such variety that both chaos and peaceful times are intensified by their contrast. It's classic, and it's lovely to watch such professionally guided timing, especially in moments of rapid-fire AK-47 dialogue.
We get to know the three characters quickly. Part of this is due to Bonnie Nipar's beautifully thought-out costumes, which immediately tell us a lot about them. The overall comic energy of the play is hugely appealing—the actors start earning hearty laughs early, and it never stops.
It's worth it to take a moment to analyze the quality of the comedy in ART. If you ask comedians, "What's funny?" you'll get a variety of answers. Here, it seems that the amusement comes from this play holding up a mirror to humankind in general, because we are never more ridiculous than when we're stubbornly defending our righteous point of view. This comedy plays off the three different personalities—their opinions, vulnerabilities and vanities. (Watch them each eat an olive.)
It starts when Serge (Larry Raben) buys a painting. There aren't many topics that divide people like modern art does, and with these three friends, their feelings about this painting are strong ones. Interestingly, this painting is completely white. (One of my art professors actually did this! Through the year of studying with him, we grew to understand and appreciate what he was doing, and he taught us to see art with different eyes. His white-on-white work looked different to us at the end of the year. However the characters in this play didn't get to learn from my teacher, and so their opinions are … well, theirs.)
What the painting actually does is this: It touches off discussions—OK, arguments—that whip away the thin veneer of civility that covers the unexpressed hurts, misunderstandings and misinterpretations that can occur between people. Emotions, which have been suppressed in the name of friendship, suddenly bubble up to the surface. Because they now disagree, this opens up old wounds about the past, as well as some surprising thoughts and ideas about each other's present situations. For example, Serge is divorced; Ivan (David Engel) has a significant other/life partner; Mark (Chuck Yates) has a fiancée busily planning their impending nuptials. Opinions about each other's partners blurt forth, too, with tragicomic results. We see the ebb and flow of power in their relationships, with which everyone in the audience will identify.
The highlight of the play is a breathtaking monologue by Engel that caused an eruption of spontaneous and gleeful applause from the entire audience. However, all three actors are wonderfully cast. Their perfect diction is so rare nowadays (alas) as to demand a mention. You'll be treated to some delightfully inspired gestures. They are each well-schooled and creative, and every one of their theatrical choices is awesome. Their highly sharpened skills allow the audience to relax into the story of the play, because Raben, Engel and Yates are so very convincing.
There is absolutely nothing to criticize in this work—and that's the stuff that earns spontaneous joyous standing ovations.
ART, a production of Coyote StageWorks, is performed at 2 and 7:30 p.m., Wednesday; 2 p.m., Thursday; 7:30 p.m., Friday; 2 and 8 p.m., Saturday; and 2 p.m., Sunday, through Sunday, April 3, at the Annenberg Theater at the Palm Springs Art Museum, 101 Museum Drive, in Palm Springs. Tickets are $45 to $60. For tickets or more information, call 760-325-4490, or visit annenbergtheater.org.
We'll Buy! Coyote Stageworks Is Back, With Help From the Amazing Emerson Collins, in the Wonderful 'Buyer and Cellar'March 28 2015
Chuck Yates and his Coyote Stageworks are back!
They have a great new show, Buyer and Cellar, with a spectacular new script, in a gorgeous new venue—the theater at the Helene Galen Performing Arts Center. Coyote Stageworks completely dominated the win list in last season's Desert Theatre League awards, leaving all the rest of us coughing in his dust. When Coyote Stageworks suddenly found itself homeless at the end of last season, it made for a surreal contrast.
Thank goodness Yates landed on his feet.
Jonathan Tolins is the author of Buyer and Cellar, which was named "Best Unique Theatrical Experience" by the Off-Broadway Alliance. However, this information did not prepare me for the surprise of this play. None of the publicity gave away what we were about to see, either. Chuck Yates mentioned to me that although Tolins' play is now running in New York, and will open soon in San Diego and Los Angeles, our little Coyote Stageworks is the second place to acquire the rights in the country.
Turns out Buyer and Cellar is a one-man show. The actor, Emerson Collins, currently appears as one of the stars of Bravo's The People's Couch. His extensive history with the infamous Del Shores is beyond interesting; Collins played Max in Sordid Lives: The Series and appeared in Shores' Southern Baptist Sissies, plus he produced Shores' play Yellow, and then directed AND produced DVD live tapings of Shores' one-man shows. His credits go on and on.
It's hard for me to keep quiet about the subject of this play; part of the fun is the surprise you'll get, and I only hope other critics will not give away the topic. Let's just say that Emerson Collins plays all the parts, including the female characters, and that the play is about an American "megastar" of stage, film and recordings. It was even more interesting to me because I just happen to be reading a book about this very megastar's early years and influences. Go figure.
Collins starts off playing the role of Alex More, a luckless actor forced to seek other employment when he loses his job in Anaheim at The World's Happiest Place, as a result of an indiscretion at work. Maybe this would be the time for me to slip in a small language warning—frankly, it's hardly worth bothering with, and it's used more for humor than shock. Alex comes out of the closet early in the show, and we soon get to meet his new boyfriend, Barry—also played by Collins, of course. The humor is often Southern California stuff, like cracks about "the 405" and Malibu, so the denizens of our area might find even more to appreciate than, say, a New York audience. We watch Alex go off to apply for a new job, which brings him into contact with more new characters, all played by Collins. It is an extraordinary job, which he gets. And so it starts.
Collins immediately grabs the audience and never lets us go. He keeps everyone on the edge of their seats with his rapid-fire delivery, instantly morphing from character to character—with no props, wigs or costume changes, do you mind. For almost two hours, without intermission, he bounces, slides, flops, struts, flirts, sashays and even dances. Every character has its own voice. The laughs are so original and surprising that the first-night audience broke into spontaneous applause three times—and this does not include his lengthy standing ovation at the end. The sole criticism I could offer is that he dropped his voice on the last words of a punchline a couple of times, so we didn't get the joke. The other 99.9 percent is flawless.
How much of the performance was Emerson Collins, and how much credit belongs to director Larry Raben? Impossible to tell, as always, but both deserve the very highest praise for the results.
The brilliance is breathtaking. We have no sense of time going by, which speaks not only to the comfortable seats of the Helene Galen Performing Arts Center theater, but also to the brisk pacing, the wonderfully fluid writing, and the astounding memorization challenge of what is basically a two-hour monologue on an almost-bare stage: It's dressed with only one armchair and one coffee table. Collins changes the scenes by changing the angles of the "furniture." We should mention there's some help from back-lit upstage panels which display sketches, too. The props consist of one book—everything else, he mimes. Emerson has a masterful command of facial expressions, amazing body language and—so rare for many actors—a fantastic use of gestures. Like in hula, his hands tell the story. It's fun; it's fascinating; it's overwhelming to watch him work.
Yates, when asked about the new 600-seat Helene Galen Performing Arts Center, which is now Coyote Stageworks' home, responded by enthusiastically praising the high school students who volunteered their time and effort to run the lobby and box office during their spring break to make this show a success. Throughout the year, he gives them the chance to learn from him. What an opportunity for these kids! The young lady who showed us to our seats admitted to being a junior, and hopes to spend her life in theater. Good luck!
By the way: Other attendees joined me in experiencing brief panic while trying to find the new Galen Theater. It's so new that our GPS (we named her Amelia Earhart) hasn't yet heard of the place! It's north of Ramon Road, between Bob Hope and Duvall drives, at Rancho Mirage High School. Look for the traffic lights at Rattler Road.
Do find it. Not only is it the newest, cleanest theater around; it's home at last for Coyote Stageworks and Chuck Yates. Huzzah!
Coyote Stageworks' Buyer and Cellar is performed at 7:30 p.m., Thursday through Saturday; and 2 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, through Sunday, April 5, at the Helene Galen Performing Arts Center, 31001 Rattler Road, in Rancho Mirage. Tickets are $45 to $60. For tickets or more information, call 760-202-6482, or visit www.coyotestageworks.org.
What a Show! Coyote Stageworks' 'The Andrews Brothers' Features Broadway-Quality TalentJanuary 25 2014
If you don't like to have fun, then you absolutely must stay away from Coyote Stageworks' The Andrews Brothers, at the Palm Springs Art Museum's Annenberg Theater. Stay home; be a curmudgeon; be a grinch—because this show might get to you. Opening night's nearly full house at the gently raked theater found itself whooping and applauding in fits of wild enthusiasm.
Let's discuss why.
Part of it is the music: a live band! On the stage! True, we don't get to actually see the musicians, who are parked behind a fence so they don't distract from the action. (Bravo to the seven-piece group; they never missed a lick, despite their not being acknowledged, or even mentioned, in the program. Why aren't they? They are performers too, right?) Nonetheless, nothing adds excitement like the thrill of live music. A gigantic YAY to Coyote for this decision!
Yes, The Andrews Brothers is a musical, written by Roger Bean, whose credits are breathtaking. It's set in 1945 on a Pacific island where an evening USO show is planned for "the boys." The plot is as flimsy as that of some 1940s movies, but nobody minds. The setting for Act 1 is a military camp (with a surprising amount of scenery for a stage like the Annenberg, which has such little room backstage), and Act 2 changes to "the stage" of the show. Also in keeping with Annenberg tradition, the sound is flawless, and the face microphones all function perfectly.
Coyote Stageworks' artistic director, Chuck Yates, opened the show at exactly 7:31 p.m., observing military promptness rather than the theatrical tradition of starting five minutes late for the tardy. After a charming little talk, he invited all the veterans to stand so we could thank them with our applause. I hope this wasn't just an opening-night thing, because it is lovely, and it is always very affecting. Whether or not this idea was lifted from the Palm Springs Follies, I don't care—because we can never thank our warriors enough.
So we GI-jive into the show, meeting the three USO stagehands who are planning their upcoming production. They have been assigned to this job because they are "effies," or 4F. A lot of the humor in the play, incredibly, comes from the disabilities which kept them out of active duty; this may be hard to believe in the uber-correct 21st century, I know, but it works. Tall, slim Michael Paternostro plays Lawrence, who is helpless without his glasses. Sweet, youthful Larry Raben is Patrick, a stutterer. Crafty, bossy Jamie Torcellini is Max, and I won't ruin the joke by revealing his problem (and it's not what you're thinking).
They are awaiting the arrival of Peggy—played by sweet, crisp-voiced Bets Malone—a contest winner and pin-up girl from Seattle who is nervous about launching her professional showbiz career with tonight's presentation. All four of these actors are Equity professionals with stunning résumés, so it is no surprise when they trot out terrific vocal harmonies, fantastic footwork and knockout comedic timing. They are also awaiting the Andrews Sisters, who are scheduled to fly in and perform—but we soon find out they are not going to arrive. Horrors! Will the troops be sent off the next day without a show? Well, in the best Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland tradition of here's-a-barn-let's-put-on-a-show, the stagehands offer to step in as performers. Corny? Sure. Cute? Totally.
I'm not going to give away what happens, but I will report that the Hawaiian number drew actual cheers from the crowd, and the staging of the "Slow Boat to China" number was beyond clever, while the "Six Jerks in a Jeep" was inventive and adorable. Kudos to the director Nicholas DeGruccio, choreographer Roger Castellano, musical director Colin Freeman, and stage manager Jill Gold for their work. Nothing in the world is more difficult than comedy. (Remember the story of the dying actor who is asked "Tell me, is dying hard?" He snarls in reply: "Dying is easy. COMEDY is hard.") However, this combination of perfect timing and superb craftsmanship hits a home run.
But ah, the music. You know many of the songs, from Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn, Johnny Mercer, Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen, Billy Rose, Frank Loesser—the usual suspects. Some more-obscure tunes are thrown into the mix, giving us variety and laughs and keeping the show from wandering off into cliché.
This all gives the actors an extraordinary chance to show off. In Act 1, we see enough glimmers of their talent to acknowledge the finely honed skills of these four performers, but Act 2 really lets them cut loose. (By the way: The film clips that are run during the intermission, all from that era, are astonishing—everything from war-bond appeals, to a cartoon with a cow playing the flute in Bugs Bunny's orchestra, to a three-little-pigs animation in which the wolf is wearing a swastika armband; I was left quite speechless!) The quality of their performances, with the beautiful sureness of their footwork and the hilarious sight gags, is wonderfully innovative. It's two hours and 15 minutes of feel-good Broadway quality, right here in Palm Springs.
But don't go if you don't want to have fun.
Coyote Stageworks' The Andrews Brothers is performed at various times, Wednesday through Sunday, through Sunday, Feb. 16, at the Annenberg Theater at the Palm Springs Art Museum, 101 Museum Drive, Palm Springs. Tickets are $39 to $55. For tickets or more information, call 760-325-4490, or visit www.psmuseum.org/annenberg-theater.


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Welcome everyone to the special education inner circle podcast. I'm excited to be here with you today. We're going to dig on a hot topic for both special education teachers and parents. Actually for everybody who's at the IEP table. In fact, as I was preparing for this hot topic, I opened up my Facebook and I'm scrolling through it and I see almost within the first three posts, I see a story about a man with autism who couldn't get a job. So he opened up his own coffee shop. That is exactly the type of story that we're going to be talking about today and how teachers and parents in the special education system, you are smarter than the system itself and you have to start working together to make things happen. So here's, here's the scoop. Let's just kind of step back just for a minute and talk about how special education is only 44 years old, which in some ways that is a baby.
That is just a little start to what we can do in special education. In...
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It's important for you to know that a school does not diagnose a child with a disability. A school only has eligibility criteria when it comes to special education. Eligibility criteria, it's set by the federal law IDEA.
Remember, I'm not a lawyer, but I can teach you where to look in the law.
There are different buckets for eligibility. During an eligibility meeting for special the team goes over data that has been collected, testing that has been done or information that has been taken in.
Next, they go through checklists and they say... everything seems to fit into this bucket.
Finally, a child gets an educational eligibility to receive special education services.
Now let's go back over here to medical diagnosis. Okay, so medical diagnosis is when you meet a set of criteria and the doctor has a recommendation that says... based on this label, your child should have this therapy or take this medicine or do...
This season of celebration in school can lead to more children feeling isolated, lonely and left out.
Let's make sure that your child or students don't feel this way!
Ask yourself these questions and then get creative in planning an inclusive experience for everyone... this is the best gift you can give a child. A feeling of belonging, for exactly who they are.
I don't have many negative experience as a special needs sibling, but seeing my brother...
I've received dozens of emails from parents, teachers and leaders in special education asking me about seclusion rooms and special education in the state of Illinois. (In case you don't know, Illinois is my home.)
I've tried to put together an answer that makes sense because yes, I've seen seclusion rooms that are inappropriate with my very own eyes. It's a real problem.
Whether it was a school I was working at, a client family I was helping or a school tour I was viewing as a Master IEP Coach... my stomach felt physically ill when I saw the rooms and knew they were being misused.
The reality is that it takes media and big voices to get big changes in special education and that is exactly what is happening right now in IL.
However, I am not new to the special education system and it would be foolish for me to believe that a ban on these rooms being used inappropriately is going to stop the misuse.
Let's get serious. There's no way that every staff member is going to...
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We have been so so busy, and finally a proper date! (Yes, and finally a personal blog post...)
The past semester was packed with assignments, tests, projects and finally exams.. We've been spending time together almost daily, but mostly studying together and having our meals in school canteens, those are just not dates!
And now, after exams, moving out of hall, job searches and stuff, finally we have time for a proper outing! Nothing special too, but it felt so good to just spend my day with him, without thinking about schoolwork at all..
Lunch was at Manhattan Fish Market, and we ate their lunch specials! Dory rice for him and Fish and Cheese for me~
He's forever such a cutie! ♥
My right arm looks muscular here hahaha.
Cutie and his dory rice..
The fish and cheese is mad sinful, those who love fried food and nacho cheese, you'll love this I swear!
We also shopped around and we watched Iron Man 3. I know right, we're so slow... But it was good! So many iron mans flying around near the end lol~ We waited for the part after the subtitles, kind of disappointing though! D:
Enjoyed my day out with him!
And I actually made a list of things that we can do together and places to go together, so hopefully we won't be too busy with work and can manage to tick some stuffs off the list this holidays! Then I can blog about my personal life more :D
I have quite a few advertorials and beauty reviews to do... Been busy unpacking the stuff I moved home from hall these few days... Plus I am not very photogenic recently so when I tried taking photos for some ads, the photos all not nice one!! Take photos for advertorials also need to wait for 好日子.. Hope that the day comes soon~
Okay I shall go draft other blog posts now! #hardworking


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If you want to catch a glimpse of the Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg in workmen clothes with sweat dripping on his brow, then make sure you are at the Manie Mulder Adventure Centre in Roodekrans, Roodepoort, tomorrow, Saturday 19 October 2019.
As it has become the norm these past two years, Mayor Mashaba will join hundreds of Joburg residents as they take part in the monthly A Re Sebetseng clean-up campaign.
He will be joined by Region C Regional Director Mlamleli Belot and residents in tackling dirt and grime along the Greater Roodekrans Ridge.
Cleaning teams will be out in force throughout the City, clearing rubble, cutting grass, sweeping streets and picking up litter. Across town in from the City of Joburg's Region A to Region G will pick up litter, clear debris, clean neighbourhood streams, watch as the Joburg Roads Agency repaint roadmarkings and City Power change streetlight globes.
A Re Sebetseng's mission is to improve the environmental quality of the City of Johannesburg by working together with communities and businesses to create cleaner and safer places to work, live and play.
Instead of playing golf on a lazy Saturday morning with his mates, Mayor Mashaba has made it a monthly ritual to be out and about the City getting his hands and those of his mayoral team dirty.
"Every effort counts. The City of Johannesburg belongs to all those who live in it and I cannot overstate the importance of each and every one of us playing our part in turning Johannesburg into a true city of golden opportunities," says Mayor Mashaba.
Not to be outdone, Joburg City Parks & Zoo will cut and poison new Spanish reed growth on road bank, remove or chip cut plant debris, cut and poison small trees and poplars in the grassland and wetland, remove Pampas grass in stream channel, repair of colonial fencing, to conduct educational awareness.
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Acharyya Rupak, also known as Rudy Rupak, has been sentenced to 24 months in jail and must pay a fine of $10,000 for crimes he committed relating to his international surrogacy company, Planet Hospital.
Rupak founded Planet Hospital at the beginning of 2003 and has been the sole operator since then, doing business with companies in San Diego, Calexico, and Calabasas, California.
The hospital has facilitated medical tourism services, which are the visit of foreign patients to hospitals across international borders in order to receive medical treatment, including organ transplants and cosmetic surgery.
In 2006, the hospital began offering international surrogacy services, which is a surrogacy agreement involving an overseas country, and generally involves the carrying of a pregnancy by a surrogate for intended parents.
From September 2012 to January 2014, Rupak made interstate wire transfers with the intent to facilitate commercial bribery, solicited, and instructed Planet Hospital employees to solicit medical tourism and international surrogacy clients by falsely representing that their funds would be "set aside" or put in escrow accounts and used only to pay for medical services provided to the respective client.
In some instances, however, Rupak caused funds obtained from new Planet Hospital clients to be used to pay for services provided to existing Planet Hospital clients like in December 2013, he directed an employee to solicit funds from PH clients by fraudulently representing that the clients' funds would be maintained in an escrow account.
The clients were also told their funds would be sent to My Donor Cycle, a San Diego-based business for surrogacy egg donation services and Rupak instructed the employee to make the representation to the clients without the knowledge or consent of My Donor Cycle.
On December 5, 2013, the Planet Hospital clients, wire-transferred $24,000 to a bank account controlled by Rupak but he did not place those funds into escrow and instead comingled some of their funds with funds received from another client.
He then wire-transferred the combined funds to My Donor Cycle to pay for services already provided to prior clients.
Rupak also initially undercharged clients for the cost of medical tourism and international surrogacy services in order to induce them to begin services through Planet Health without knowing that additional payments would be required however, Rupak often failed to forward clients' funds to service providers.
The service providers included the Fertility Clinic Cancun and the IREGA Clinic which were clinics that provided surrogacy services in Cancun, Mexico.
Rupak's failure to forward client funds to these clinics caused the service providers to demand additional funds from the Planet Hospital clients in order to initiate or continue international surrogacy services.
Rupak then made several excuses to those clients for its failure to provide successful surrogacy services and created a fraudulent website and email address through which he sent unauthorized emails in the name of a clinic and its physician to Planet Hospital clients in order give false excuses why the hospital had not provided promised services.
Rupak also instructed the hospital's employees to make misrepresentations to its clients regarding prior medical tourism and international surrogacy successes and those unsuccessful surrogacy procedures were the fault of foreign service-providers, restriction from foreign laws, or failed bank transactions.
Rupak also identified himself with an alias to potential employers in order to conceal his true identity and pending fraud allegations and acknowledged that he caused total losses of at least $247,620.
In imposing custody, Judge Bashant noted that Rupak lied to vulnerable victims who were sick, and who were desperate for children.
"The defendant betrayed the trust placed in him by people desperate to have a child. By preying on their vulnerable emotions, he was able to extract more money on the false promise that he was doing everything possible to help them obtain a baby. To use the dream of parenthood as leverage for obtaining fraudulent proceeds is intolerable and heartbreaking," said Acting U.S. Attorney Robinson.
"Today's sentencing is justice overdue for the many victims affected by this defendant's deceitful practices. Acharyya Rupak can no longer prey upon those desperate to have a family," stated FBI Special Agent in Charge Eric S. Birnbaum.
Rupak is scheduled for a restitution hearing on September 13, to determine exactly how much he must pay back to his victims.


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Sharing the stoke through the sports of longboarding, Overboard is the first event of its kind and we're glad to consider Overboard as the first downhill skateboarding and push race event India.
Oinam Sports Association is organizing the third edition of Tanglei Festival from 2nd to 7th March, 2018. The festival is based on the productive resources of the people of the state and is mainly focused on sports, education, entrepreneur and human resource events.
Designed and initiated to explore and promote the local trend, landscape and culture of Oinam and the surrounding towns and villages it is the sole campaigner of its kind in the area providing a vast scope for opportunity to the locals who were sidelined of such events by any public or private firms.
This year the festival will feature Tanglei Cup (football tournament), Muktunaba (Mukna tournament under All Manipur Mukna Association), Tanglei Badminton Tournament (by Oinam Badminton Association), Tanglei Edufest(educational competitions) and Tanglei Music Festival (rock music concert) among the earlier events. As a new addition to the festival the second edition of Oinam Volleyball Championship by Iron Gym Oinam will be held under the recognition of All Manipur Volleyball Association. To promote extreme sports the Tanglei Festival will also feature Overboard, the first ever longboarding competition in India and Cross Country Manipur, an off-road MTB challenge.
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The Ambria system was a star system located within the Airon sector in the Inner Rim region of the galaxy, and was centered around Amber in the Stenness Node. Planets in the system included Ambria.
- Tales of the Jedi Companion
- The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons
- The Official Star Wars Fact File 11 (PLA8, Planets of the Inner Rim)
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Higher rates of pay, flexible working hours and the ability to choose which projects you work on are just some of the many reasons people choose to go contracting. If you do decide to move into contracting you'll need to know how to best market yourself in order to stand out from the crowd in a competitive field. Let's take a look at the most successful forms of advertising your services…
Word of mouth
Why is this so great? It's free! Impress your previous and current clients/employers and you're more than likely to gain referrals. Referrals often come about on their own however, a contractor who waits for the referral to show is more than likely the same contractor who waits for the job to show up. Think proactively!
Consider the referral process before you've even started the job, begin your conversation with how important your reputation is and how valued their referral could be, if they know in advance they are more than likely to pay attention to the quality of work you're producing throughout the assignment.
Don't forget to ask clients and colleagues to provide testimonials to use on social media, or as a reference for recruiters/clients. LinkedIn is the perfect place for this – pick and choose which recommendation to include in your personal profile.
Keeping your CV updated
You need an up-to-date and striking CV - this is essentially what's going to get you the interview. Your CV needs to stand out from the rest. Remember, your CV should be no more than two pages long, typically a contractor's CV will get scanned for 20 seconds before a decision is made to contact you for an interview. It needs the 'wow' factor and to create high impact by being targeted directly for the role you're going for. It is very common now for contract seekers to have creative CV'S, paperless web-CV's or even a vine video showcasing their skills and past employment (video CV). Try thinking outside the box and you may surprise yourself with the additional attention from potential hirers.
Promoting your presence online
In this day & age ensuring you have a substantial online presence. I.e. advertising yourself on all social media platforms such as LinkedIn and Twitter is essential. Maybe you could even create a website or start a blog? Through writing keyword rich content applicable to the industry you work in, you're bound to obtain a valuable and relevant following (post them on information sites / industry bulletin boards). Remember also to keep in touch with colleagues, other contractors and clients and connect with them via your social media accounts.
Partner with the right people
Associate yourself with other contractors, or use a contractor management company like us! That way, we can help you along the contractor journey and provide you with a personal service meaning you can concentrate more on the job in hand and will have more time to market your services!
Polish up on your skills
Make use of training courses, books, ebooks and anything else related to your field of work that will enhance your skill set, which in turn will also help you in promoting yourself.
As an independent contractor, you are your own best marketer. Make the most of the inexpensive and convenient resources available to you, to boost your name and service offering.
If you found this blog useful you may also wish to read our more extensive guide; 'How to market yourself as a contractor'
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Look in the Windshield, Not the Rearview Mirror
When you get to be my age, you seem to spend an inordinate amount of time looking in the rearview mirror. I have tried to figure out why looking backwards holds so much appeal. After all, more often than not, what you see back there isn't all that bad; could have used a bit of tweeking, could have used a bit more attention to details, could have used more thought, more compassion, more effort, more enjoyment….
The entire exercise is not unlike a painting that keeps drawing you back in, in hopes that it can be salvaged/improved upon. I have paintings sitting right here in my studio that have been with me for 8 or more years, with the expectation of closure and the promise of satisfactory completion. When should one decide that enough is enough and that no more energy need be spent on beating the proverbial dead horse. Maybe the situation is just as it is meant to be and that painting lurking on the perimeter is fine just as it is. Move on, next step, new adventure.
For one who weighs options ad infinitum, both professionally and personally, the rearview mirror is nothing short of exhausting. I have friends, for instance, that can paint a large 30 x 40 painting in 2 hours….finished. done. They don't look backwards, don't wonder 'what if'. Their process is a sense of marvel for me. That same painting for me might take weeks and 5 years from now I might be wondering if I had truly finished it. I long to make a decision, commit, execute and c'est fini.
The act of creation is bred on inspiration, ingenuity, exploration and the unleashing of our divine spirit. Since each day and each painting is our creation, looking through the windshield is our only viable option. I have a friend to thank for this little bit of inspiration. Thanks friend. Onward!
Bon soir, mes amies!……yep, I am still working on my French. 🙂