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In discussing miraculous occurrences as recounted in the Bible, we often see apologists swing back and forth as to what part of the miracle was actually supernatural, and what part of it was natural. Obviously, God could use both to his advantage, having the foresight to utilize an opportune moment and make it look like a miracle, yet there would be no way for us to tell.
How does a Christian come up with a system, by which we determine God just had good timing, as compared to God actually intervening? There is no way.
I was reading elsewhere as to a re-definition of the First Plague, that of turning the water into Blood. The author was indicating that "Blood" may actually have been a color, and that the First Plague may have been some sort of pestilence, red in color, that killed all the fish, and made the water undrinkable.
If I read this correctly, the author was arguing that instead of the water being Blood, which would be red, it was a pestilence that was red. Instead of the blood killing the fish, it was the pestilence killing the fish. Instead of the blood rendering the water undrinkable, it was the pestilence. I was trying to figure out, for the life of me, why it made a difference? About the only difference I could tell, that was not even addressed in the Biblical account, was that blood would coagulate, and the "pestilence" would not.
As if the author was attempting to explain away that it could not be Blood, so as to avoid people asking why the Nile did not turn into one big scab.
Excuse me? I thought the idea of the plagues was that God was doing something miraculous. If God could turn an entire river into Blood, He certainly could have made it blood without the ability to coagulate! Somehow, the author had no problem with God intervening with the entire water system of Egypt at once, but not creating something that is physically impossible to exist. Curious. If God made water into Blood, he was stuck with all the properties of Blood.
I have seen the argument that the crossing of the Reed Sea was done at the time of a tsunami, and the reason why the water had receded. Did God cause the tsunami? Or was it good timing? Or was it a natural event that people attributed to God? (The timing is all off, anyway. It would take more than 30 days for 2 Million to cross a sea, and no tsunami lasts that long.)
Probably one of the biggest contenders of this characteristic is the Flood. Christians talk about the supernatural aspect of enough water being produced to cover the entire earth.
Then they use the fact that all this water is there to give natural explanations for fossils, continents, and mountains forming. Couldn't the fossils also miraculously appear? Occasionally we mix and match parts of natural/supernatural. Like God supernaturally calling all the animals into the Ark, but naturally fitting them in, and then supernaturally causing them to hibernate, rather than require food.
Even Christians understand the problem of fitting all the provisions and animals on the Ark, so they begin inserting "miracles" as necessary to resolve the problem. Re-define "kinds" so as to require supernatural evolutionary rates. Or have the animals all shrink. Or have "pockets" of fresh water for some fish to survive. As the natural explanation is being given, if there is a speed bump, simply interject a "miracle." Shoot, the whole thing is a miracle, what is wrong with a few nudges of miracles along the way?
The problem comes in that we no longer can determine how much was a miracle, and how much was not. If it was ALL a miracle, why the silly charade of having a flood, a boat and a dramatic rescue? Easier to kill all but a few humans and animals with God's laser-beam eyes.
For some reason (that the Christian enthusiastically admits they cannot even hope to explain) the God must be mixing and matching natural and supernatural events. Either there is some limitation in which he is bound by some laws, or the humans are picking and choosing which parts to label "miracle" and which to not by arbitrary means.
I wonder if even the Christian begins to understand how "it's a miracle" begins to wear thin as an excuse.
"How did God get the animals to the Ark?"
"It's a miracle."
"How did God fit them in?"
"It's a miracle."
"How did Noah feed them?"
"It's a miracle."
"How did Noah exercise them?"
"It's a miracle."
"How did the Ark sustain the build-up of gases?"
"It's a miracle."
"Where did the water come from?"
"It's a miracle"
"Where did the water go?"
"It's a miracle."
Yet that is not what we see. Instead we see blogs, and articles, and even entire books dedicated to explaining how a world-wide deluge could only supernaturally occur, but preservation of animal-life could naturally occur. Was God reduced to one miracle a year?
Or Joshua's extra day, which was recently discussed. Again, a miracle. Yet Christians are often caught in attempting to explain how the earth rotated differently, or "time bubbles" were created or how the axis spun differently, or the earth's crust stopped spinning. We have even seen the urban legend of astronomers attempting to account for the "lost day" as natural proof of a supernatural event! Natural explanations for a supernaturally claimed event.
Why not just shrug, and toss yet one more of millions of other things into the "We don't know, but by labeling it as 'God just did it' makes it a more intellectually satisfying explanation than 'We don't know.'"
Another common natural/supernatural event is the Resurrection. We all agree that a person that is dead for 2 days does not come back to life. That is a supernatural event. But then Christians insist on Jesus having a very natural body. One that walks, talks and eats. (Luke 24:42-43) Not so natural to fly, so that one gets chalked down to the miracle bit. (Acts 1:9)
Or, more interestingly, Jesus having the ability to teleport in and out of rooms. (Luke 24:31, 24:36; John 20:19, 20:26) Again, we have arbitrary choices, as mandated by various books, attempting to claim that parts of Jesus were natural, and parts were supernatural.
"Visions" and supernatural ghosts appear in and out, without requiring open doors. "Physical bodies" require opening and shutting doors. Which was Jesus? Well, that depends on the moment.
If Jesus could teleport from room to room (and teleport from city to city) why did the Stone have to be removed from the tomb? Could you see Jesus coming back from the dead? There he was, in a tomb, the linens neatly folded. "Great. Here I am back from the dead. I can vanish, appear and even fly. But I can't get out until somebody moves this blessed rock." Talk about frustrating!
Why would the rock need to be moved from the tomb? According to the tales, Jesus convincingly no longer needed doors.
Mark recounts the women visiting the tomb, and the rock is already removed. The tomb is empty. An open door, a missing body—pretty clear how that body was supposed to get out. (Mark 16:4-6) Luke follows Mark's lead with the same implication. (Luke 24:2-3) John also has a moved rock, and missing body. (John. 20:1)
Only Matthew recounts even how the stone was moved by indicating an angel moved it. An angel so bright that the soldiers fainted. Is that when Jesus escaped? (Matt. 28:2-3) Remember, this was Jesus that could vanish and re-appear at will. He just needed that rock out of the way! The angel even says, "Come see where he lay." I am often told that just because one account doesn't say something happened, doesn't mean it didn't happen. Hey, I can play that game too! Just because the angel doesn't say it, the angel could have muttered under his breath, "Come see where he lay…(until about two seconds ago, when I had to open the stone, because Jesus forgot his key again. Had you come in here a bit quicker, you would have seen him teleport out of here naked!)"
By the time the Gospel of Peter was written, it was made even clearer that Jesus needed that rock moved to get out. The Gospel of Peter has the stone rolling away by itself; two angels come down from heaven, go into the tomb, and bring Jesus out. We know that actually happened, because it was recounted as something the centurion said, and early Christians would have been too fearful to quote testimony from a living Roman Soldier. (I hope you understand the sarcasm of that last sentence after reading such claims from apologists.)
In the very earliest elements of the resurrection story, Jesus can't get out without that stone being moved. Now…it may be stated that it was not a question of inability, but of demonstration to his followers that the tomb was empty. I would hope one would seriously consider that statement, and recognize how unpersuasive it is.
Apparently having Angels appear at the tomb, and say "He is risen" would not be enough. Seeing Jesus would not be enough. Placing one's fingers in the wounds would not be enough. Watching Jesus eat, hear him talk, watching him cook and clean fish would not be enough. Watching him fly off into the sky. Nope, all that would never quite convince the disciples that Jesus was resurrected. God needed to have that stone moved, so the Disciples could clearly see it was not a clever imposter. ('Course a clever imposter could have also moved the body, once the tomb was open, but let's not think about that.)
Moving the stone for a "look-see" would not make a whit of difference to his followers. There would not have been any need to connect an empty tomb to the miraculous personage appearing before them.
I imagine one of the earliest conversations between a Christian and a non-believer could have looked like this:
"Jesus is risen!"
"How do you know?"
"Oh…er…'cause his disciples said his tomb was empty!"
"How could they see that?"
"They must have looked."
In order to look, the stone had to be out of the way. From this simple story, Mark incorporated the myth of the moving Rock. Only later, in order to add panache, did stories develop about how Jesus could teleport—never realizing it made the earlier stories of a moving rock unnecessary.
Again and again, we see an interesting mixture of natural and supernatural explanations, without a system for us ever to determine which could be miraculous, and which can be naturally explained away. Odd that Christians, in order to bolster their claims of miracles, often hinge the miracle's effect and aftermath on natural events.
When my children were much, much younger, I had them largely convinced I could open doors with my mind. As we approached the grocery store I would call out, "Watch this. Watch this." and would nod my head with emphasis, with my face contorted as if I was thinking very hard. At the correct moment of the nod, I would step into the radar, making the door swing open. "See? I can open doors with my mind."
A few times of this, and they were almost (but not quite) firmly convinced. When they asked me to repeat this trick at home, they began to suspect it was not totally within my psychic ability.
Miracles are like that. At first, the stories sound fantastic, but upon inspection and contemplation, they begin to fall apart.
No, I do not assume miracles cannot exist. I am having a hard time, though, hearing Christians agree as to what is a supernatural miracle, and what is good timing, and what is natural. If Christians cannot agree what is a miracle, why should I assume that what some particular Christians claim is a miracle—really is?
Jesus needing a rock to move, because naturally he could not leave without it, and later teleporting sounds exactly as to how humans create myths.


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Baby's going home outfit. I know it's all very plain and the pants for sure are going to be, like, way too big (they're 3-6 months) but I hardly bought any newborn clothing because it's proven to be such a waste of money in the past, and whatever 0-3 month clothing I do have is very, very boyish. Like, they literally have the word "BOY" on them. And to be clear, I don't mind that one bit--it is my contention that babies can't read and I'm standing by that--but I just want to avoid weird looks from the nursing staff. I don't even think the baby really needs pants even--we're talking about Atlanta in July--but, you know, I'm thinking about fussing with carseat buckles and those skinny little chicken legs that they have at that age should probably be encased in something.
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- A nicer, non-iPhone camera that I'll probably hardly use at all because it's such a pain to get it out of the bag and download the photos in order to e-mail them, blah blah blah, first world problems. Actually, the camera on the iPhone is really pretty nice, I find that I'm using my "real" camera less and less, but it seems kind of mean to the new kid not to even bring it, so OK, into the bag it goes.
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See Acting. I don't separate Film from Stage acting in the training of the actor
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I have two graduate degrees: one in Music and the other in Dance and Theater studies.
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I've taught children and grown ups for many years. I have a strong performing career and love the way teaching keeps me in a giving and learning place.
*** Lesson Details ***
With beginning students I am very laid back and patient and believe strongly that in the play of games and experiments technique will develop and manifest. As the student becomes more advanced I become more demanding as do the materials.
As an Acting teacher I have the capacity to take students along all the way to professional and beyond. I'm a member of the Actors Studio, the performing unions and ha
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*** Studio Equipment ***
I have supplies and space. Visual Art students need to contribute to materials by finding or purchasing whatever they like and adding to the mix. My students are welcome to use what I have here and I am always adding materials. Many people throw away materials that are perfectly good for art making so keep your eyes open and you'll find all kinds of good things. Visual Art students need to book a 2 hour minimum and I will lower the price if you just let me know you need it.
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*** Travel Equipment ***
just a space to work in - we can create a work space out of any space.
*** Specialties ***
In dance I teach classical ballet principles for beginners or those who are returning and want to work carefully and privately. I teach from the tradition of Alfredo Corvino's principles of relationship to organic forms and structures for sound development. I studied with Mr Corvino for years and continue to study with Ernesta Corvino.
For acting I teach a combination of classical acting technique with American sense memory and relaxation skills. I am well versed in the teachings of Lee Strasberg and then spent time in London to 'fill in the cracks' of my training with analytical skills as well as the various european influences that the Royal National embrace.
I teach creative discovery in combination with classical devices so the student can discover their own artistry while learning actual classical devices for accomplishing specific goals.
· Dance · In studio
Highly recommend working with her!
· Acting · Online
· Abstract Painting · In home
Gina B.
Gina B.
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Acting for film requires finding simple powerful ways to transmit the emotions and inner world of the character. I work with the student to keep their work simple, yet powerful.
About Amy
I believe, within all of us, Is the ability to express something distinctive and original. I work to help students discover their unique voice, whether it be through singing, acting, or writing. I share with my students an array of tools to gain the ability
My students have gone on to become recording artists, Broadway performers, movie actors, Blues and cabaret artists, and published writers.
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I am an empathetic teacher, sensitive to the student's individual process of learning. My singing lessons usually start with breathing and relaxation exercises. Vocal technique exercises come next. When the student is fully warmed up, we will begin to work on songs. It is important that students be a part of the process of picking material since the more personally they respond to the material the more apt they are to become engaged in their lessons. After three to six months beginning students will have gained an understanding of the fundamentals of breathing, relaxation, and basic performance skills. With more advanced students the focus will be on range extension and the on-going development of vocal style through song interpretation and performance related exercises.
As an acting teacher and coach, I tailor my classes to the needs of each student. I utilize improvisatory and sensory techniques to help unleash spontaneity. I also encourage the students to use their personal experiences as a way to access a full range of emotions. I enjoy working with the student on script analysis, so as to discover the underlying motivations of the character the student is working on.
Creative and Lyric Writing
I use prompts as a way to get the student writing. Often, I will ask the student to write for stretches of time without editing themselves. It is important to unleash imagination before beginning the process of editing. Many times it is the unexpected that is the most compelling.
*** Studio Equipment ***
home- 10 minutes away from Manhattan with piano, seating for parents
-practice studio seating for parents
*** Travel Equipment ***
I provide a piano, cd/mp3 player and an large library of songbooks to work from. The student should bring sheet music of songs they want to work on and a recording device.
*** Specialties ***
I specialize in teaching how to sing rock, pop, musical theater, jazz, cabaret, and blues without hurting the voice as well as method acting instruction.
· Speaking Voice · In home
· Method Acting · In studio
· Film Acting · Online
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Amy C.
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Learn film acting technique that allows you to be truthful every take. Eventually you'll be able to quickly get into character even if you had little time with the material.
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Students come from all walks of life. All voice types, all ages, all levels, all mediums (TV-film-theatre), all character - ingenue actors, and ALL genres (Rock, Pop, Alternative, Funk, Soul, Musical Theater, R&B, Jazz, Opera) welcome!
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Owner/Teacher: Rachel M.
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17+ years of teaching to children - teens - adults (Ages 6+ group classes, 8+ private lessons)
Rachel is a member of SAG-AFTRA, The National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS certified), VASTA (Voice And Speech Trainers Association), NARAS (The Grammy Awards), NAMTA, NJMEA (New Jersey Music Educators Association), NAfME (National Association of Music Education), NYSSMA (New York State School Music Association,) MAC (Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs), The NJ Theatre Alliance, NSA (Nashville Songwriting Association International), and BMI (Broadcast Music Inc). She has been teaching Bel Canto singing technique for the modern singer and Stella Adler-Stanislavsky-Chekhov-Meisner acting technique for all mediums for 16+ years to children, teens, and adults.
Rachel has trained at The Hages Music Studio under a master teacher for 22+ years in the Bel Canto singing technique for all genres, studied at The Stella Adler Studio of Acting in NYC as well as recorded and released her first album called "Just Meant To Be". Other credits include commercials, films, TV shows (One Tree Hill, AMC, Food Network), music videos (including Rachel's singles "Don't Even Try", "You Will Love On"), & numerous stage credits (Off-Broadway/NYC Theatre). Rachel most recently was seen in the reading of a new play "Vanishing Son" by Peter Gil-Sheridan performed in NYC. She is also a songwriter (16+ years), scriptwriter (10+ years), director (14+ years), and an international recording artist (10+ years).
Rachel has been performing for 20+ years, has performed in front of sold out crowds, and has been honored with many standing ovations. Other honors include magazine covers, featured articles, singing to thousands of people, studio recordings/albums, originated the role of "Antigone" in "Oedipus: The Musical", 2002 Helen Hayes Nomination for" Outstanding Vocal Performance in a Musical" ("Miss Adelaide" in "Guys And Dolls"), & 2008 finalist for NYC Singing Idol Competition. Rachel has also been fortunate to have worked & performed with many people in the business including Grammy-Tony-Emmy Award Winners/Nominees.
Whether you are a parent looking for instruction for your child, or for yourself, Rachel can customize the right program that best suits your needs. Her students come from all walks of life and have different goals, but they all have one thing in common. They love performing and have the desire to be the best at their chosen craft (singing/acting).
Some students want to sing/act for themselves, others want to sing/act for a hobby, and others want to be professional performers. That's where Rachel comes in. No matter what your goals are, she can help. Rachel teaches her students how to become true artists without tearing them down and without taking away the part of them that makes them unique. She teaches healthy technique that is based off of the human anatomy; the science of how the body/mind works and how the body/mind can work as efficiently as possible while singing or acting.
Learning how to sing/act is a process and doesn't happen overnight. Rachel's ultimate goal as a teacher is to not only make her students the best performers and singers they can be, but also give them all of the proper tools they need to have a more productive mind frame and become self-sufficient. Of course this can take years to master. It takes time and dedication.
SINGING: Bel Canto singing technique for the modern singer is taught in private and group classes. No one sounds like old opera singers, even if the student wants to sing opera. Students are allowed to choose most of the material they learn in the lesson. There will be times when Rachel will suggest a song to a student but if the student doesn't enjoy the song, they will work as a team to find a song that does work for the student. Gain a better tone quality, complete control of your voice, bigger range, more flexibility, and confidence. Learn healthy voice technique, how to fully take care of your own voice so you can sing for the rest of your life (even after lessons), and become a self sufficient performer for life.
ACTING: Stella Adler, Stanislavsky, Chekhov, and Meisner Acting Technique for Theatre/Camera is taught in private and group classes. All students are exposed to each technique and Rachel sees which technique each student responds to the most. Once the student and Rachel are able to identify the technique, Rachel continues to use the terminology of that technique for the remainder of the time the student is in lessons. Students eventually are able to play roles truthfully and realistically, even if the roles are opposite of the student's own personality.
1. Gain a lifelong, solid, consistent, and healthy technique that they can always count on in practice and performance.
2. Gain specific technical and personal notes in a notebook and/or computer file that is organized and always accessible for review.
3. Gain artistry, performance skills, and a strong voice that will look/sound authentic; Singers will sound appropriate to whatever style of music they are singing. (No fake sound or look.) Actors will just be in the moment and truthful whether they are on stage or in front of the camera.
4. Gain the confidence to always put on a great performance.
5. Gain focus and a more productive mind frame.
6. Become self-sufficient by knowing how to assess a problem and then fix it without creating a new issue.
*** Studio Equipment ***
PRIVATE HOME STUDIO: Keyboard, speakers (smartphone, iPod, iPad), CD player, tape recorder/player, digital recorder, music stand, mirror, laptop, sheet music selections, HD video camera, tripod, video editing software, audio editing software, USB microphone, and high speed WiFi internet. Full PA, two mixers (one mixer with 8 inputs and the other with 4), 8 Lavaliere microphones ("body mics"), multiple hand held microphones, laptop stand, and music stands.
*** Specialties ***
We specialize in Bel Canto voice technique for the modern singer. Each student can sing all genres without sounding too classical, "fake", and without losing their voice while singing for long periods of time.
Other Specialties: Teaching acting technique for theatre-TV-Film (Stella Adler, Stanislavsky, Chekhov, & Meisner), performance skills, songwriting, and creating self-sufficient singers-actors-performers (Artist Development).
CANCELLATION: 48 hour lesson cancellation policy and emergencies (determined by Rachel Menconi) are handled on a case by case basis. All students (or their parents/guardian if under 18) who have scheduled vacations and other activities (meetings, parties, school shows, concerts, rehearsals...etc) that interfere with the student's regularly scheduled lesson time, need to contact Rachel Menconi as soon as the vacation/other activity is scheduled but no later than two weeks in advanced before their missed regularly scheduled lesson to prevent from forfeiting the lesson.
MAKE-UPS: Make-Up lessons will be scheduled if time allows. No Make-Up lesson or class will be given to 'no shows' or "late cancellation", and no extra time to extend their lesson will be given to students who are late to their lesson or class. If there is ever a time Rachel Menconi is running late, extra time will be given to make the lesson a full 60 minutes. If Rachel Menconi needs to reschedule, a Make-Up lesson will be scheduled as close to the same week as possible. Make-Up lessons are scheduled at Rachel Menconi's discretion.
ONLINE LESSONS FOR IN-PERSON LESSON CLIENTS: In the event that the student is sick but still would like their lesson, an online lesson will be scheduled instead. Students can NOT come to their in person lesson sick, coughing, sneezing, with a runny nose, cold, flu, allergies, fever, etc. (This is to make sure no germs will be spread).
An online lesson will also be scheduled if there is bad weather, if a student is having car trouble, or any other reason for the student not being able to physically get to Rachel Menconi's private studio during their normally scheduled lesson time. Online lessons are conducted through FaceTime, Google, Hangouts, or Skype.
Lessons are weekly, on the same time/day of the week unless we have rescheduled or we have discussed in writing another lesson plan. If the student's lesson falls on a holiday, we will either reschedule or if no other day is available, resume the following week.
If a student is going to be late they need to contact Rachel Menconi as soon as possible, to let her know they will be late. Lessons will end on time unless she is able to extend the lesson due to a late student or her schedule allows for it though please understand, Rachel Menconi would be extending a courtesy and would not be obligated to do so. If on the rare occasion Rachel Menconi is running late, she will always make up the time.
Parents/Guardians are ONLY permitted to stay for the first lesson and are NOT permitted to sit in for any other lesson/class unless invited. This is to promote good/strong teacher-student relationship quickly and easily. Also, many times students feel more comfortable when their parents/guardians leave.
Of course there will be times when the parent will be invited back in at the end of some of the lesson to showcase progress.
COMMUNICATION: Due to Rachel Menconi normally scheduling students one right after another without breaks, being in the recording studio, performing, or being on set, the best way to contact her is through text AND email. Please ALWAYS leave messages when calling Rachel Menconi with your name, contact info, AND the reason you are calling. Please be specific. Thank you!
"I try to be as fair as possible to both parties when it comes to cancellations, rescheduling, lateness, and make ups. Have a concern or question? Just talk with me. I'm all about communication!" - Rachel Menconi
· Stage Performance · In home
· Singing · In home
· Acting · In studio
Rachel M.
Rachel M.
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Acting is such a broad term! What are your goals? Do you want to be in films? Do you want to do Shakespeare? Do you want to be in a sit com? Depending upon what your interests are and where you want to go, we will build a plan together. My philosophy on acting techniques is that they are tools to help you, not tests you pass if you're a good actor and fail if you're a bad one. Different techniques work for different people and it is our job to find out what inspires you.
I've worked as a professional actor for many years, performed on Broadway, have my MFA in Performing Arts, and my BA in Arts and Education. I was an assistant director to Tony-winner Sharon Ott and have written and produced my own work. I have experience in both stage and camera acting, which have specific technical differences, but are both a lot of fun once you get used to the medium. Audition technique, preparing monologues, and creating promotional materials are also things I can help with. Anyone who wants to ...
About Rebecca
Over 95% of my career is from attending open calls, including finding representation and my Broadway debut.
I continue to audition for film, television, and theatre, as well as perform in concerts and other venues. I write and produce my own work and am currently signed with Roth and Associates East.
· Singing · In studio
· Singing · In studio
· Acting · In home
Rebecca L.
Rebecca L.
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Tony Nominated Broadway Producer Stephanie Rosenberg has been teaching acting for years both in class rooms and private settings to a variety of ages and level of actors.
A graduate of Samford Meisner's Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theater, a BFA in Acting from Adelphi University, and a working knowledge of what it takes to make it in the market today, Stephanie is passionate about supporting her students to meet their artistic goals.
Whether you are looking for a good basic technique on which to build your career, or how to nail your next audition, Stephanie will support you in an approach you can count on again and again.
Stephanie has also supported students in creating a game plan in approaching their career development.
Stephanie utilizes techniques by Meisner, Stanislvaski, and other great masters to support her students to reach their goals, all while coming from a compassionate point of view. Her technique will teaches her students how to be self empowered in artistic
About Stephanie
I look at my job as being a support system to give you the tools to help you get there. My teaching modalities come from Sandford Meisner, Stanislavski, and many of the other great teachers.
We look at your skill set to identify what is working for you. What should you keep, and celebrate. (Learning to act is a lot of work and it can be fun!). From there what needs to be adjusted becomes very apparent and we can start to tackle those elements one by one. We can also take the time to look at your career goals, and create a game plan to get there. This career is a journey.
The key is that you come out with skills you c
For private coaching in the NYC area, I teach out of many of the Professional Rehearsal Studios in NYC, such as: Shetler Studios; Ripley Grier; Simple Studios; Pearl, etc...Virtual coaching is also available.
To learn more about me as a producer please go to: TheEmpressProductions.com
Past productions include ANASTASIA, ON THE TOWN, MATILDA, GORE VIDAL'S THE BEST MAN, LAST SMOKER IN AMERICA.
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Stephanie R.
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For private consultation sessions I start at the beginning. We begin by assessing your "type", what type of work you see yourself doing, and how you want to progress in your acting. I then suggest work for my students to familiarize theirselves with ranging from books to television and plays, so that they feel immersed in the world they desire to enter.
For audition prep I work to make sure my students feel prepared and excited for their audition pieces so that they have the confidence to walk into the room and book the role!
For audition prep, I coach:
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About Simone
I provide a positive and fun hands on environment that allows for nothing but the growth and success for my students.
For private consultation sessions I start at the beginning. We begin by assessing your "type", what type of work you see yourself doing, and how you want to progress in your acting. I then suggest work for my students to familiarize theirselves with ranging from books to television and plays, so that they feel immersed in the wo
For audition prep I work to make sure my students feel prepared and excited for their audition pieces so that they have the confidence to walk into the room and book the role!
For audition prep, I coach:
-Scene Work
-Theater -from the original audition to creating the role
-Film and TV-where we go over the nuances and subtly of film
Simone B.
Simone B.
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I trained at the same school as Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family), Ray Fischer (Justice League), Tyne Daly (look her up, you won't be sorry) and Jason Derulo. I am well versed in dialects, American Standard, stage combat (armed and unarmed), film acting, acting for stage, classical, acting and more! Even if you just want to work on a monologue. Im happy to help! I've been a working actor both on stage and screen for almost three years now, but let's be real. We all need a side hustle. I can even help you with learning how to self-produce/promote on a budget.
About Dakota
Now if you are a parent, let me direct you to the babysitting agency Pinch Sitters, on whose website you can see that I work with kids and have been background checked through the company.
· Acting · In home
Dakota W.
Dakota W.
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Upon moving to New York City almost two years ago, I have
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Hannah V.
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I have experiences from playing lead and supporting roles as an actress in feature films and tv series.
I have taken many classes, intensives and private acting coaching lessons in LA from the top coaches: John Homa, Bobbie Chance, Ivana Chubbuck Studio, Margie Haber Studio, Lynette Mcneill, Jeff Seymour, etc.
Due to my experience, I can offer valuable critique, encouraging and helpful advice and insight on career path, performance improvement and mindframe change.
We will talk about your career, answer questions, do exercises, and ACT! We will also improv in most cases.
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My experience started in modeling and evolved into acting; I was a Maxim/FHM model, and as an actor I have worked on a multitude of feature films and tv series including playing the character of Tom Sizemore's daughter in an action film.
I can give you real life advice, exercised, coaching and help with personal development and growth.
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This article is part of an ongoing series of tutorials on how to understand and use the new Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors to create applications and adapt legacy software to run at high performance. The previous article in this series showed how to utilize multiple Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors to solve a single problem. Asynchronous data transfers and concurrent execution were utilized to increase application performance by a factor approaching the number of Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors in the system.
This article discusses the use of MPI (Message Passing Interface) to tie together thousands of Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors. Scaling and performance results from the new TACC (Texas Advanced Computing Center) supercomputer, Stampede, which utilizes Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors to deliver a peak theoretical 10 PF/s (petaflops per second) of performance are compared. The MPI code in this example delivers 2.2 PF/s when running on 3000 nodes. MPI performance results from a two Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor workstation using MPI are also reported.
A key challenge to programming large numbers of MPI nodes lies in the scalability of the parallel mapping and in minimizing or hiding communications overhead through the use of global broadcast or by overlapping data transfers and computation. This article combines C language MPI calls with Intel offload pragmas to evaluate a single least-squares objective function across all the nodes in an MPI system. As discussed in the previous articles in this series, many other device characteristics such as memory bandwidth, memory access pattern, and the number and types of floating-point calculations per datum all determine how close an application can get to peak performance when running across all the Intel Xeon Phi cores in each computational node.
Near-linear Scalability of the Parallel Mapping
My MPI mapping (Figure 1) is the same as the mapping used to create a purely offload mode, multi-device objective function in the previous tutorial.
Figure 1: Mapping an objective function to multiple devices.
This mapping has demonstrated near-linear scaling on most parallel architectures developed since the 1980s. The scalability to 60,000 processor cores on the TACC Ranger supercomputer is shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2: Scalability of the mapping to 60,000 processing cores.
Walking through the runtime of the three steps in the mapping:
- Parameters are communicated via a global broadcast. In general, global broadcast is extremely efficient and has a constant runtime. The time spent broadcasting data is usually limited by the bandwidth of the network interconnect hardware.
- Each partial sum calculated in this step runs independently on the MPI node, which means this step scales linearly according to number of processing nodes. The runtime of this step is determined by the amount of data per MPI node and the speed of the node.
- The scalability of the mapping for very large systems is affected mainly by the scalability of the reduction operation. Most MPI reduction operations require an
O(log2(N))runtime, where
Nis the number of MPI nodes. In practice, the latency of the network interconnect limits the performance of this step, as the number of bytes in the partial sum is small.
While the scalability graph in Figure 2 looks linear to the eye, the
O(log2(N)) of the reduction operations means the runtime is near-linear. There is also a slight bend at the beginning of the scaling curve because more routers were required to communicate with more MPI nodes. The extra layers of routers introduced additional latency into the computation.
It is important to account for all communications overhead when reporting the performance of a parallel algorithm. This is why Figure 2 references an "Effective Rate," and the example codes measures runtimes that include communications delays.
A Scalable Data Load
The high performance of current supercomputers means that large amounts of data must be loaded so the runtime will be dominated by the calculation of the partial sums and not by the latency of the reduction operation. For example, the TACC Stampede supercomputer will eventually contain 51.2 trillion bytes of Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor memory. Happily, current parallel supercomputer file systems such as Lustre and GPFS can support tens of thousands of computational nodes and deliver hundreds of GB/s of streaming storage bandwidth.
A scalable data load is illustrated in Figure 3.
Figure 3: A scalable data load.
In this example, the master MPI node broadcasts the starting offset and number of examples to all the nodes. This way, each MPI client knows what data it should read. Each client then:
- Opens the data file and seeks to its correct offset.
- Reads its data.
- Closes the file.
Each disk in the file system (denoted by the blue disk icons) contains a portion of the data set stored in a single complete file. The parallel file system has been designed to concurrently transfer all the requested data segments (indicated by the colored boxes) from each disk to the requesting client. In this fashion, the aggregate throughput of the parallel file system can be realized with large numbers of streaming I/O operations, which is why even very large multi-terabyte data sets can be loaded on big supercomputers such as Stampede in a few seconds to a few minutes.
The same high performance can be achieved when many individual files are read by the MPI clients. For simplicity, the MPI clients in this article will append the MPI rank to the filename passed via the command-line for the data load. Utilizing a single file is preferred because it does not require that the user manually split the data based on the number of nodes in the MPI run. Instead, the application code can perform the partitioning to eliminate a potential source of error.
The mpiTrain.c Source Code
train.c source file used in the previous tutorials has been modified to work in an MPI environment. While these changes could have been made to
myFunc.h, a new training source code will make it less confusing for those readers who wish to adapt the
mpiTrain.c source code run multiple coprocessors in an MPI environment or hybrid coprocessor and CPU environment.


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Bulls' Eye: Chicago stuns Heat with late rally
Miami, FL – The Chicago Bulls are hoping to be more than just streak busters.
Nate Robinson netted the Bulls' final seven points, including the go-ahead jumper with 1:18 left, to lift Chicago to a stunning 93-86 triumph over the Miami Heat in Game 1 of this Eastern Conference semifinal.
The Bulls finished the contest on a 10-0 run.
Robinson tallied 24 of his 27 points in the second half and added nine assists for Chicago, which had snapped the Heat's 27-game winning streak during the regular season and ended a run of 12 consecutive victories this time.
It was the latest spectacular late-game performance for the diminutive guard, who racked up 29 points in the fourth quarter and overtime of Chicago's triple overtime win over the Brooklyn Nets in Game 4 of their first-round series.
The 5-foot-9 Robinson has also had his fair share of bumps and bruises. He dealt with the flu last week, got his head stepped on by Gerald Wallace on Saturday and left Monday's tilt temporarily after suffering an upper lip laceration in the second quarter that required six stitches. While going after a loose ball along the left sideline, LeBron James landed on top of him and Robinson's face smashed into the floor.
Jimmy Butler registered 21 points and 14 rebounds, while Joakim Noah added 13 points and 11 boards in the victory.
"This is just one game. We have to play a lot better in our next one," Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau said.
Chicago held a commanding 46-32 advantage on the glass and a 17-8 edge in second-chance points.
The Bulls are hopeful that Luol Deng can join the team in Miami. Deng underwent a spinal tap last week to rule out meningitis and has been sidelined due to complications from the procedure that forced further hospitalization. Chicago was also without Kirk Hinrich due to a calf injury.
James, who was awarded his fourth NBA MVP in the last five seasons prior to the tilt, had 22 of his 24 points in the second half for Miami, which dropped just its third game in its last 44 contests dating back to Feb. 3.
"Our offense was not as fluid and efficient as it normally is and you have to give credit to their defense for that. We need to show more poise, patience and aggressiveness," Miami head coach Erik Spoelstra said.
Dwyane Wade netted 14 points in defeat.
Game 2 is slated for Wednesday in Miami.
After James split a pair from the charity stripe with 2:22 left, Noah secured an offensive rebound off a Marco Belinelli miss, which led to an wide-open look for Belinelli from the right corner and he nailed the triple to knot the contest at 86-86.
Bosh missed a jumper at the other end. Robinson had Mario Chalmers on him on Chicago's next touch and following some fancy dribbling, Robinson pulled up from the top of the key and knocked down the jumper for an 88-86 Bulls lead.
Wade then misfired from beyond the arc and Robinson's driving finger-roll layup with 45.5 ticks to go pushed the margin to four. James airballed a short jumper for Miami and Robinson made 1-of-2 from the line before James was off the mark on a long triple. Robinson then sunk two foul shots to secure the win.
Earlier, Chicago raced out to an 8-2 start before the defending champs responded with an 8-2 spurt to tie the game at 10-10. The Bulls then answered with the next five and took a 21-15 advantage after a quarter of play.
The Heat shot just 26.3 percent (5-of-19) in the opening frame.
The trio of James, Wade and Chris Bosh combined for just 12 points in the opening 24 minutes, their lowest first-half total of the season. James was just 1-of-6 from the field for two points, but it was still a tie game, 37-37, entering the break.
Miami took a 62-58 cushion after three and led 76-69 midway through the final frame after James converted a three-point play, but Chicago netted the next seven points to tie it.
Game Notes
The Bulls had a 40-32 points in the paint advantage ... Chicago outscored Miami 35-24 in the fourth ... The Heat tallied 22 points off 16 Bulls turnovers ... The Heat shot 39.7 percent (31-of-78) from the floor.


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Last week, I introduced the notion of a data-structure audit routine. I would like to continue that discussion with a concrete example.
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In 1988, I wrote what I think may be the first generic associative-array library that anyone had ever written for C++. Such facilities had long existed in other languages, of course, but C++ did not yet even have templates available, so writing generic programs was an interesting challenge. I met that challenge by using — some would say abusing — the C preprocessor. I defined a macro named
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