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Q: mongodb sort order on _id I wonder how mongodb compare the "_id" field when doing query like the following:
db.data.find({"_id":{$gt:ObjectId("502aa46c0674d23e3cee6152")}}).sort({"_id":1}).limit(10);

Is it purely based on timestamp portion of the id?

A: To expand slightly on what Andre said:
Since the ObjectID timestamp is only to the second, two (or more) ObjectIDs could easily be created with the same value for the timestamp (the first 4 bytes).  If these were created on the same machine (machine ID - the next 3 bytes), by the same process (PID - the next 2 bytes), then the only thing to differentiate them would be the "inc" field, the last 3 bytes at the end.
Update: Jan 2020
This answer continues to be popular so it is worth updating a little. The ObjectID spec has evolved since this answer was written 8 years ago and the 5 bytes after the timestamp are now simply random, which will greatly decrease the likelihood of any collisions. The last three bytes are still incremental, but initialised at a random value to start, again making collisions less likely. The ObjectID now contains less context (you can't easily tell where it was generated and by what process) but I would guess that the information was not being used in any meaningful way and has been deprecated in favor of better randomisation of the ID.
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See here for the full spec:
https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/method/ObjectId/#ObjectIDs-BSONObjectIDSpecification
That "inc" field is either an ever incrementing field (then you can reasonably expect the sort to be in the insert/create order) or a random value (then likely unique, but not ordered), assuming the spec is implemented correctly of course.  Note that the ObjectIDs may be generated by the driver, or the application (or indeed manually) rather than by MongoDB itself, so unless you have full control over how they are generated, then any or all of the above may apply.

A: In a way you are correct, if you sort by the _id you will sort by the insertion time.  This does not mean that the only comparison is done on the timestamp portion.  ObjectID's are a BSON object type in their own right, they can be directly compared with each other.  As they start with a timestamp, it follows logically that those in the past will be less than those in the future.
You can find more detail in the documentation

A: copy paste from Mongo specs
https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/bson-types/#objectid
The relationship between the order of ObjectId values and generation time is not strict within a single second. If multiple systems, or multiple processes or threads on a single system generate values, within a single second; ObjectId values do not represent a strict insertion order. Clock skew between clients can also result in non-strict ordering even for values, because client drivers generate ObjectId values, not the mongod process.

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"Arguably it is one of the best pieces of legislation on the statute books, although we know it is often misunderstood and misinterpreted. It has protected millions of British workers and driven sharp reductions in incidents of occupational death, serious injury, and ill health," HSE Chair Judith Hackitt said.
Britain's Health & Safety Agency is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Health and Safety at Work Act this summer, three years after OSHA and the Department of Labor marked the 40th anniversary of the signing of the OSH Act by President Richard Nixon. The law created OSHA, NIOSH, and the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
HSE Chair Judith Hackitt's post earlier this year said, "This year will mark 40 years since Health and Safety at Work Act received Royal Assent. Arguably it is one of the best pieces of legislation on the statute books, although we know it is often misunderstood and misinterpreted. It has protected millions of British workers and driven sharp reductions in incidents of occupational death, serious injury and ill health."

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Hollerado announces final album 'Retaliation Vacation'
Adam Wallis GlobalNews.ca
WATCH: Hollerado's nostalgic video for their latest single, 'One Last Time'
Canadian indie rock outfit Hollerado has just announced its fourth studio album, Retaliation Vacation. Unfortunately for its fans, it will also serve as the band's final album.
Along with a brand new single, One Last Time, it was also revealed on Sunday afternoon that the four-piece would be calling it quits after releasing the album and conducting one final tour.
Hollerado was formed in Ottawa in 2007. Since then, they've released three albums, a number of demos and EPs, and even launched their own record label Royal Mountain Records (PUP, Mac DeMarco, Calpurnia), in 2009.
"It was 12 years ago yesterday that we played our first ever show at our friend's bar in Montreal for $40 and a whole bunch of weed," the band wrote in a lengthy Instagram post. "Since then, we've had the best time, all the time, and now it's time to move on to other things."
"All adventures have an end and we feel that we have reached ours," they added. "We wanted to say goodbye by making one last record."
Retaliation Vacation will be released under Royal Mountain Records on June 7. It's the band's first album produced, engineered and mixed by themselves.
Hollerado performs at the 2013 Wolfstock festival in Peterborough, Ont.
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Hollerado is comprised of longtime friends Menno Versteeg (singer and guitarist), Dean Baxter (bassist), Jake Boyd (drummer) and Nixon Boyd (lead guitarist).
Although many fans are sad to hear of the group's demise, the guys wanted to make sure people knew there was no bad blood and that their decision was mutual.
"We are all still best friends in the world," they ensured, "and will cherish every second that we got to spend playing music together."
@hollerado has announced their last ever album, "Retaliation Vacation," which will be released on 6/7. For now, listen to their first single and video, 'One Last Time' and join us in the nostalgia. Link: https://t.co/3QW5XyHGXu
— Royal Mountain Rcrds (@royalmtn) February 19, 2019
"Of course we're gonna do one last tour and it's going to be the best time ever," they wrote. "We're gonna play with all our dear friend bands and maybe even coax a few out of retirement (we're looking at you Free Energy, Fang Island, Young Rival, Malajube, Topanga, Bob Marley)."
"The thing we are most grateful for is the friends we made along the way," they added.
"Much love, thanks, and beautiful memories (and some still to come), Menno, Nick, Jake and Dean," they concluded.
(L-R) Nixon Boyd, Jake Boyd, Dan Baxter and Menno Versteeg of Hollerado attend the 2012 Juno Awards Gala on March 31, 2012, in Ottawa.
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A number of close friends and fans took to Twitter to share their sadness and kind words regarding Hollerado's impending disbandment.
Cheers ❤😘 https://t.co/37coZJkjXr
— Hollerado (@hollerado) February 20, 2019
.@hollerado is one of the greatest bands that (most of) america has never heard of. joyous, riffy, sing-along rock played by genuinely righteous dudes. it bums me out to think i may not see em live again, but i'll be damned if the few shows i did see weren't among the best. https://t.co/tOdNV53syj
— Zachary Ryan (@ZachariusD) February 20, 2019
@TheBalconies killed it, @puptheband became my favourite band ever that night but @hollerado taught me how much music means when, even though their equipment was crapping out, they invited everyone on stage and we had a huge party and I fell in love with music
— Lance Warwick (@lancewarwick_) February 20, 2019
Aww this is sad. I remember finding out about Hollerado the same day I found out about Said The Whale (I was 13) and within 6 months they were both my top 2 artists on https://t.co/j8J58nXqdr . Sad times! But excited for the new album. https://t.co/LuflDFqQjr
— Harrison (@harrisonjling) February 20, 2019
1st show I saw at the Silver Dollar was Hollerado. There was maybe 6 people in the crowd. They killed it. I didn't have any money but they gave me 'a cd in a bag' from their merch table. The cd never worked
— Luca Capone (@TheNightShiftTO) February 19, 2019
I have so many tumultuous feelings about @Hollerado releasing their final album this year. So much of my teenaged life found meaning through their music, their values, and their performances. This is a deep growing pain.
— maddi (@maddigagnon) February 20, 2019
Gutted. My favorite @hollerado show ever: Barfly in Montreal for Valentine's Day 2009 with Barn Burner. Tore the gosh dang roof off that tiny bar. https://t.co/Ocw4IuIUzo
— Lilly MacTavish (@hardroadlilly) February 20, 2019
rip @hollerado. this is the most impactful celebrity death of my life.
— 🥴 (@it0_pal) February 19, 2019
@hollerado sad to see you end – all things must pass – but I hope you get back together for 8 reunion tours starting in 2020
— m a r t y (@martyzylstra) February 20, 2019
I'm literally SO SAD!!!!!! Going to Hollerado shows has been such a staple in my life for the last decade 😭😭😭😭😭
— Robin (@RobinPahks) February 20, 2019
Been fun seeing all the @hollerado love on social media today… We've had some great nights over the last 11 years, look forward to one more in #Winnipeg.
— TJ Connors (@tjconnorstweets) February 20, 2019
Sad News — #Manotick rockers @hollerado will be retiring at the end of 2019. #ottnews #ottmusic #ottcity pic.twitter.com/vhSBGtn5L0
— Manotick Messenger (@RideauOsgoode) February 20, 2019
The band also hinted at one final performance on The Strombo Show, where Canadian radio DJ and journalist George Stroumboulopoulos often invites local or popular bands to perform in his own home — or the 'House of Strombo.'
"As if we're not stopping by for one last lil' rip at Strombo's house," wrote Hollerado.
I mean as if we're not stopping by for one last Lil' rip at Strombo's house.
"Dates to be announced soon," the band concluded. "You can expect some further surprises and more music news to be announced soon."
(L-R) Nixon Boyd, Jake Boyd, Menno Versteeg and Dan Baxter of Hollerado pose on the red carpet at the 2011 Juno Awards at the Air Canada Centre on March 27, 2011, in Toronto.
Jag Gundu/Getty Images
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As of this writing, Hollerado has only revealed their final show, which takes place at Toronto's Danforth Music Hall on Dec. 13.
More are expected to be announced soon. "If you don't see your town," wrote the band, "don't hesitate to ask. We'll do our best to make it work."
JUST ANNOUNCED: Canadian indie-rock band @Hollerado are playing their last show at @TheDanforthMH on Dec 13th, in support of their upcoming final album, 'Retaliation Vacation'! Don't risk missing out on these tickets, get yours this Friday at 10am. RSVP: https://t.co/SsIgJBEcSI pic.twitter.com/0mEacLPlr4
— Danforth Music Hall (@TheDanforthMH) February 19, 2019
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on Feb. 21.
Hollerado farewell tour
Dec. 13 – Toronto, Ont. @ The Danforth Music Hall
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CURATOR INDEX
Donna deSalvo
Museum Exhibition Catalogues, Monographs, Artist's Projects, Curatorial Writings and Essays
ACTIVE BACKLIST
Andy Warhol: Prints
The updated edition of the definitive, authorized catalogue raisonne of Andy Warhol's prints, reproducing more than 1,700 prints -- all in full color with complete scholarly documentation
Clth, 9.75 x 11.75 in. / 400 pgs / 1500 color / 20 bw. | 4/1/2003 | Out of stock
Postmodernism: A Virtual Discussion
THE CENTER FOR ART, DESIGN AND VISUAL CULTURE/GEORGIA O'KEEFFE MUSEUM
Edited by Maurice Berger. Contributions by Robert Rosenblum, Michelle Wallace, Maxwell Anderson, Catherine Lord, Jonathan Weinberg, Olu Oguibe, Michael Leja, Dan Cameron, Yvonne Rainer, Donna deSalvo, Simon Leung, Chrissie Iles, Jennifer Gonzalez, Wendy Ewald, Kellie Jones, David Ross, and Jerry Saltz.
Paperback, 9 x 6 in. / 150 pgs. | 7/2/2003 | In stock
Apocalyptic Wallpaper
WEXNER CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Edited by Annetta Massie. Text by Donna deSalvo.
Paperback, 7 x 9 in. / 56 pgs / 15 color / 12 bw. | 6/2/1997 | In stock
OUT OF PRINT LISTING
Ed Ruscha: Course of Empire
Essays by Joan Didion, Linda Norden, Frances Stark and Donna De Salvo.
Paperback, 10 x 5 in. / 64 pgs / 10 color | 9/15/2005 | Not available
Edited by Christoph Grunenberg and Max Hollein. Essays by Chantal B»ret, Christoph Grunenberg, Max Hollein, Thomas Kellein, and Mark Taylor.
Hardcover, 9.75 x 11 in. / 272 pgs / 200 color. | 1/2/2003 | Not available
Words Of Wisdom: A Curator's Vade Mecum
INDEPENDENT CURATORS INTERNATIONAL (ICI)
Edited by Carin Kuoni. Essays by Jean-Christophe Ammann, Carlos Basualdo, René Block, Francesco Bonami, Dan Cameron, Lynne Cooke, Bice Curiger, Donna De Salvo, Richard Flood, Thelma Golden, Yuko Hasegawa, Jean-Hubert Martin, Gerardo Mosquera, Hans Ulrich Obrist.
Paperback, 5 x 8.5 in. / 144 pgs / 100 bw. | 6/2/2001 | Not available
Staging Surrealism
Text by Mary Ann Caws, Donna De Salvo.
Paperback, 9 x 6.5 in. / 96 pgs / 26 color / 24 bw. | 2/2/1998 | Not available
John Chamberlain: Choices
Published by Guggenheim Museum Publications.
Text by Donna De Salvo, Susan Davidson, Dave Hickey, Helen Hsu, Adrian Kohn, Don Quaintance, Charles Ray.
John Chamberlain rose to prominence in the late 1950s with energetic, vibrant sculptures hewn from disused car parts, achieving a three-dimensional form of Abstract Expressionism that astounded critics and captured the imaginations of fellow artists. For a seven-year period in the mid-1960s, the artist abandoned automotive metal and turned to other materials. Motivated by scientific curiosity, Chamberlain produced sculptures in unorthodox media, such as urethene foam, galvanized steel, paper bags, mineral-coated Plexiglas and aluminum foil. Since returning in 1972 to metal as his primary material, Chamberlain limited himself to specific parts of the automobile, adding color to found car parts, dripping, spraying and patterning on top of existing hues to an often wild effect. In recent years, the artist has embarked on the production of a new body of work that demonstrates a decided return to earlier themes. John Chamberlain: Choices accompanies the Guggenheim Museum exhibition, which comprises 95 works, from the artist's earliest monochromatic iron sculptures to the outsized foil creations he is working on today, encompassing shifts in scale, material and methods informed by the collage process that has been central to Chamberlain's working method. This fully illustrated exhibition catalogue includes essays by Susan Davidson, Donna De Salvo, Dave Hickey, Adrian Kohn and Charles Ray with an extensive chronology by Helen Hsu and a lexicon by Don Quaintance.
Guggenheim Museum Publications
Hardcover, 9.5 x 11.25 in. / 248 pgs / 210 color.
Out of stock indefinitely
STATUS: Out of stock indefinitely.
Published by Hatje Cantz.
Inspired by the symmetrical, Jeffersonian layout of the American Pavilion's Neoclassical architecture, and by Thomas Cole's cycle of the same name, Ed Ruscha installed this ten-painting exhibition titled Course of Empire at the 2005 Venice Biennale. Five pieces are painted in color and five in black and white. The artist paired each work from his 1992 Blue Collar series with a new color canvas depicting the future of the same urban landscape, some deteriorated, some growing and changing, some seemingly gentrifying. The exhibition will travel in 2006 to The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Essays from Linda Norden, the U.S. Commissioner for the Venice Biennale, and artist Frances Stark celebrate the work, while Joan Didion's coolly written but deeply felt piece about her own brokenhearted longing for Los Angeles hits a perfect note.
Paperback, 10 x 5 in. / 64 pgs / 10 color
STATUS: Out of print | 5/23/2006
Museums Of Tomorrow
An Internet Discussion
Published by The Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture/Georgia O'Keeffe Museum.
Edited by Maurice Berger. Introduction by Barbara Buhler-Lynes. Conversations with Alexander Alberro, Maxwell Anderson, George Baker, Stefano Basilico, Jonathan Binstock, Dan Cameron, Donna de Salvo and Olu Oguibe.
What is the future of the art museum? Should artists and critics have greater say in museum programming? What role can new museum technologies play in the future of the art museum? How should art museums address and correct past histories of prejudice and exclusion? Are art museums doomed to extinction? These pertinent questions and others are asked, discussed and sometimes even answered in Museums of Tomorrow--documentation of a two-week online conference on the role and future of art museums. Thirty scholars, artists, museum directors and curators participated in the discussion which was moderated by curator and essayist Maurice Berger for the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum's Research Center Website.
Paperback, 6 x 9 in. / 234 pgs.
What is Postmodernism, and is it a useful concept for understanding American art and visual culture of the past 40 years? When and to what extent did Modernism wane as a phenomenon in American art? How have the various liberation movements, from civil rights to feminism, influenced American art and culture and contributed to the rejections of the Modernist ethos? How has globalism changed American art and culture? How have the new technologies of the past 50 years--television, personal computers, the Internet--altered the nature of progressive art in the United States? Are any of these changes intrinsically Postmodern? These issues and more were debated during the two-week online conference The Modern/Postmodern Dialectic: American Art and Culture, 1965-2000, held on the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum website during Octobert 2001. Postmodernism: A Virtual Discussion gathers the edited proceedings, with contributions from an international group of scholars, artists and curators, including Dan Cameron, Donna DeSalvo, Wendy Ewald, Chrissie Iles, Catherine Lord, Olu Oguibe, Yvonne Rainer and Robert Rosenblum.
Pub Date 7/2/2003
Catalog: FALL 2002
A Catalogue Raisonné 1962–1987
Published by D.A.P..
Andy Warhol: Prints, in its fourth edition, with corrections, is the definitive scholarly reference source for collectors, auction houses, libraries, curators, academics and art dealers. Andy Warhol spent his career working so prodigiously as to assure long-lasting renown. In the printmaking field alone, his output was prolific, and his appropriation of silkscreen as a fine-art medium forever altered the way prints look. This thoroughly revised and expanded fourth edition of Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonne 1962–1987 traces Warhol's complete graphic oeuvre from his first unique works on paper in 1962 through his final published portfolio in 1987.
More than 1,700 works are illustrated, an increase of 500 from the previous edition of the catalogue raisonné, and complete documentation is provided for each. New additions include a section focusing on Warhol's popular portraits, with documentation of prints that were related to paintings commissioned during the 1970s and 1980s, and a new supplement featuring prints and illustrated books from the 1950s, including the beloved 25 Cats Named Sam and One Blue Pussy.
An essay by Donna De Salvo addresses Warhol's self-published books and portfolios from the same era. An extensive chronology of printmaking activity, a complete exhibition history, a selected bibliography and a greatly expanded appendix to published prints complete the book.
Clth, 9.75 x 11.75 in. / 400 pgs / 1500 color / 20 bw.
List Price: $85.00 CDN $112.50
Temporarily out of stock pending additional inventory.
A Century of Art and Consumer Culture
Shopping--the word nowadays signifies more than the mere purchasing of goods. From the Paris arcades to the suburban mall, buying has been an essential part of urban life throughout the 20th century. As a ritual, shopping has both created and transformed our identities. For artists, consumer meccas and all their forms of presentation have long been a source of inspiration and criticism. If Walter Benjamin's description of the flaneur in turn-of-the-century Paris was the turning point in our understanding of the complex interchanges between consumer society and art, the cultural productions that followed his theorizing hardly proved him wrong. Consider only Pop Art, a mode of art making created by a generation of artists who themselves were designers of advertising materials, and who used those same products as source material for work that now hangs in museums. Shopping is the first publication to be extensively devoted to this topic. It documents and analyzes the fascination and influence of the fine arts, architecture, film, and music on the aesthetics, structure, and environment of consumer culture. Numerous illustrations reveal the crossover work of artists like Eug»ne Atget, Berenice Abbott, Walker Evans, Claes Oldenburg, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Christo, Duane Hanson, Barbara Kruger, Jeff Koons, Andreas Gursky, and others, as well as pieces conceived by fine artists, architects, and film makers. Complete with contributions by internationally renowned authors, Shopping serves as a diversified basis for the discussion of a topic more dear to us than most of us would admit. You simply must buy this book.
Hardcover, 9.75 x 11 in. / 272 pgs / 200 color.
STATUS: Out of print | 8/1/2007
Published by Independent Curators International (ICI).
A modern update of the Medieval trade manuals--the 'come-along-with-me' (vade mecum) of Medieval craftsmen--Words of Wisdom: A Curator's Vade Mecum is an invaluable guidebook for anyone interested in contemporary art and the practice of curating. In over fifty short essays, this compendium offers advice to a new generation of curators from veterans of contemporary art exhibitions who, over the past 25 years, have played a crucial role in shaping what we see today, and how we see it. While providing an intimate look at the minds of these master curators, Words of Wisdom also establishes the curator's craft as an important vocation that has changed tremendously over the past quarter-century. In the course of their musings, the curators offer behind-the-scenes insights into influential exhibitions and institutions and the contemporary art world they represent. Among the contributors are Jean-Christophe Amman, director of the Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt, Germany; Donna de Salvo, curator at the Tate Gallery, London; Richard Flood, chief curator at the Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis; independent curator Hans Ulrich Obrist; and Marcia Tucker, founding director of the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York.
Paperback, 5 x 8.5 in. / 144 pgs / 100 bw.
Catalog: SPRING 2001
A Succession of Collections
Published by Wexner Center for the Arts.
Staging Surrealism assesses what is perhaps the twentieth century's most influential movement by tracing its legacy in contemporary art. René Magritte, Salvador Dali, Max Ernst and Man Ray (as well as Surrealist predecessors or comrades such Eugène Atget and André Kertész) are presented alongside contemporary artists in a section titled Correspondences: A Dream Album that features dream journals by such filmmakers and artists as Isaac Julien, Tom Kalin and Kara Walker. Essays by curator Donna De Salvo and Surrealist scholar and translator Mary Ann Caws consider the impact of Surrealism on art and culture today.
Paperback, 9 x 6.5 in. / 96 pgs / 26 color / 24 bw.
Forces Of The 50S
Selections from the Albright Knox
Edited by David Moos. Text by Donna deSalvo.
The first in an ongoing series of exhibitions and related catalogues, Forces of the Fifties presents one of the premier museum collections of Abstract Expressionist paintings, that of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, NY. This concise survey also features a timeline and selected bibliography for further reading.
Paperback, 6.5 x 9 in. / 80 pgs / illustrated throughout.
This publication borrows critic Harold Rosenberg's memorable phase "apocalyptic wallpaper" to describe the work of contemporary artists who have created wallpaper of their own design or appropriated the patterns of others, finding entirely new possibilities within this medium. Andy Warhol's celebrated Jersey Cow wallpaper, for example, humorously subverts the landscape motifs conventional wallpapers often use to bring nature indoors. Featured artists include Warhol, Robert Gober, Abigail Lane and Virgil Marti.
Paperback, 7 x 9 in. / 56 pgs / 15 color / 12 bw.


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Members of the IUP community will have the chance to shop for professional attire at a 40 percent discount, which will include all business and business casual clothing, shoes, and accessories.There will also be coupons for shoppers to come back at a later date and receive 20 percent off their order, as well as coupons for the salon and for a Sephora mini-makeover.IUP faculty and staff volunteers will be there to assist students in identifying professional clothing options. The JCPenney's team will be there as well to assist all shoppers.
Although pre-registration is not required to attend, students are encouraged to let the CPDC know they plan on attending the event by filling out the Student Registration form (please indicate "Suit-Up" in the Event You Plan to Attend space). For more information about the IUP Career and Professional Development Center, please call 724-357-2235 or e-mail career-development@iup.edu.


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de Patrick Goujon, Hélène Grémillon, Maël Piriou
Devised and directed by Jeanne Herry
Vx-Colombier
22 January 1st March 2020
For her return to directing for the stage after having distinguished herself behind the camera with "Pupille" in 2018, Jeanne Herry has chosen the theme of the Internet forum – this immaterial and very vast public arena that acts as a space of exchange between people with common but also radically opposed life problems, in which all kinds of neuroses, anxieties and joys express themselves, both funny or poignant.
For years now, it has provided a snapshot of our time, such is the opportunity for self-expression offered by each subject. "The stage is the only place where such an abstract space and such concrete issues can be represented", states Jeanne Herry. Following an original idea by Maël Piriou, she formed a collective of authors, novelists in particular, to broaden themes, open up points of view and develop registers of language – essential components of this eclectic practice of public speech. This diversity is the driving force of a human comedy that today is constructed around the idea of raising and dissolving barriers.
Emphasising the playful form presented by the overlapping of these communal and solitary voices, she is already imagining the actors' freedom to shift from a choral moments in collective tableaux to more intimate scenes. While acknowledging the coldness that characterises online life, she points to the vibrant heat of the opinions that can be exchanged there. The contrast between neurotic violence and mass benevolence provides her with a raw and unfiltered material: "what is articulated in the forums, in the shadow of our society, is the most striking expression of its complexity."
NEW PRODUCTION
Devised and directed by: Jeanne Herry
Scenographiy: Jane Joyet
(Currently being casted)
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    """
    result = {}
    for i in dir(obj):
        if callable(getattr(obj, i)) and not i.startswith('_'):
            result[i] = getattr(obj, i)
    return result

def check_for_exceptions(resp, body):
    if resp.status in (400, 422, 500):
        raise exceptions.from_response(resp, body)

def print_actions(cmd, actions):
    """Print help for the command with list of options and description."""
    print("Available actions for '%s' cmd:" % cmd)
    for k, v in six.iteritems(actions):
        print("\t%-20s%s" % (k, v.__doc__))
    sys.exit(2)

def print_commands(commands):
    """Print the list of available commands and description."""

    print("Available commands")
    for k, v in six.iteritems(commands):
        print("\t%-20s%s" % (k, v.__doc__))
    sys.exit(2)

def limit_url(url, limit=None, marker=None):
    if not limit and not marker:
        return url
    query = []
    if marker:
        query.append("marker=%s" % marker)
    if limit:
        query.append("limit=%s" % limit)
    query = '?' + '&'.join(query)
    return url + query

def quote_user_host(user, host):
    quoted = ''
    if host:
        quoted = parse.quote("%s@%s" % (user, host))
    else:
        quoted = parse.quote("%s" % user)
    return quoted.replace('.', '%2e')

class CliOptions(object):
    """A token object containing the user, apikey and token which
       is pickleable.
    """

    APITOKEN = os.path.expanduser("~/.apitoken")

    DEFAULT_VALUES = {
        'username': None,
        'apikey': None,
        'tenant_id': None,
        'auth_url': None,
        'auth_type': 'keystone',
        'service_type': 'database',
        'service_name': '',
        'region': 'RegionOne',
        'service_url': None,
        'insecure': False,
        'verbose': False,
        'debug': False,
        'token': None,
    }

    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
        for key, value in self.DEFAULT_VALUES.items():
            setattr(self, key, value)

    @classmethod
    def default(cls):
        kwargs = copy.deepcopy(cls.DEFAULT_VALUES)
        return cls(**kwargs)

    @classmethod
    def load_from_file(cls):
        try:
            with open(cls.APITOKEN, 'rb') as token:
                return pickle.load(token)
        except IOError:
            pass  # File probably not found.
        except Exception:
            print("ERROR: Token file found at %s was corrupt." % cls.APITOKEN)
        return cls.default()

    @classmethod
    def save_from_instance_fields(cls, instance):
        apitoken = cls.default()
        for key, default_value in cls.DEFAULT_VALUES.items():
            final_value = getattr(instance, key, default_value)
            setattr(apitoken, key, final_value)
        with open(cls.APITOKEN, 'wb') as token:
            pickle.dump(apitoken, token, protocol=2)

    @classmethod
    def create_optparser(cls, load_file):
        oparser = optparse.OptionParser(
            usage="%prog [options] <cmd> <action> <args>",
            version='1.0', conflict_handler='resolve')
        if load_file:
            file = cls.load_from_file()
        else:
            file = cls.default()

        def add_option(*args, **kwargs):
            if len(args) == 1:
                name = args[0]
            else:
                name = args[1]
            kwargs['default'] = getattr(file, name, cls.DEFAULT_VALUES[name])
            oparser.add_option("--%s" % name, **kwargs)

        add_option("verbose", action="store_true",
                   help="Show equivalent curl statement along "
                        "with actual HTTP communication.")
        add_option("debug", action="store_true",
                   help="Show the stack trace on errors.")
        add_option("auth_url", help="Auth API endpoint URL with port and "
                   "version. Default: http://localhost:5000/v2.0")
        add_option("username", help="Login username.")
        add_option("apikey", help="API key.")
        add_option("tenant_id",
                   help="Tenant Id associated with the account.")
        add_option("auth_type",
                   help="Auth type to support different auth environments, \
                                Supported values are 'keystone', 'rax'.")
        add_option("service_type",
                   help="Service type is a name associated for the catalog.")
        add_option("service_name",
                   help="Service name as provided in the service catalog.")
        add_option("service_url",
                   help="Service endpoint to use "
                        "if the catalog doesn't have one.")
        add_option("region", help="Region the service is located in.")
        add_option("insecure", action="store_true",
                   help="Run in insecure mode for https endpoints.")
        add_option("token", help="Token from a prior login.")

        oparser.add_option("--json", action="store_false", dest="xml",
                           help="Changes format to JSON.")
        oparser.add_option("--secure", action="store_false", dest="insecure",
                           help="Run in insecure mode for https endpoints.")
        oparser.add_option("--terse", action="store_false", dest="verbose",
                           help="Toggles verbose mode off.")
        oparser.add_option("--hide-debug", action="store_false", dest="debug",
                           help="Toggles debug mode off.")
        return oparser

class ArgumentRequired(Exception):
    def __init__(self, param):
        self.param = param

    def __str__(self):
        return 'Argument "--%s" required.' % self.param

class ArgumentsRequired(ArgumentRequired):
    def __init__(self, *params):
        self.params = params

    def __str__(self):
        returnstring = 'Specify at least one of these arguments: '
        for param in self.params:
            returnstring = returnstring + '"--%s" ' % param
        return returnstring

class CommandsBase(object):
    params = []

    def __init__(self, parser):
        self._parse_options(parser)

    def _get_client(self):
        """Creates the all important client object."""
        try:
            client_cls = client.TroveHTTPClient
            if self.verbose:
                client.log_to_streamhandler(sys.stdout)
                client.RDC_PP = True
            return client.Dbaas(self.username, self.apikey, self.tenant_id,
                                auth_url=self.auth_url,
                                auth_strategy=self.auth_type,
                                service_type=self.service_type,
                                service_name=self.service_name,
                                region_name=self.region,
                                service_url=self.service_url,
                                insecure=self.insecure,
                                client_cls=client_cls)
        except Exception:
            if self.debug:
                raise
            print(sys.exc_info()[1])

    def _safe_exec(self, func, *args, **kwargs):
        if not self.debug:
            try:
                return func(*args, **kwargs)
            except Exception:
                print(sys.exc_info()[1])
                return None
        else:
            return func(*args, **kwargs)

    @classmethod
    def _prepare_parser(cls, parser):
        for param in cls.params:
            parser.add_option("--%s" % param)

    def _parse_options(self, parser):
        opts, args = parser.parse_args()
        for param in opts.__dict__:
            value = getattr(opts, param)
            setattr(self, param, value)

    def _require(self, *params):
        for param in params:
            if not hasattr(self, param):
                raise ArgumentRequired(param)
            if not getattr(self, param):
                raise ArgumentRequired(param)

    def _require_at_least_one_of(self, *params):
        # One or more of params is required to be present.
        argument_present = False
        for param in params:
            if hasattr(self, param):
                if getattr(self, param):
                    argument_present = True
        if argument_present is False:
            raise ArgumentsRequired(*params)

    def _make_list(self, *params):
        # Convert the listed params to lists.
        for param in params:
            raw = getattr(self, param)
            if isinstance(raw, list):
                return
            raw = [item.strip() for item in raw.split(',')]
            setattr(self, param, raw)

    def _pretty_print(self, func, *args, **kwargs):
        if self.verbose:
            self._safe_exec(func, *args, **kwargs)
            return  # Skip this, since the verbose stuff will show up anyway.

        def wrapped_func():
            result = func(*args, **kwargs)
            if result:
                print(json.dumps(result._info, sort_keys=True, indent=4))
            else:
                print("OK")

        self._safe_exec(wrapped_func)

    def _dumps(self, item):
        return json.dumps(item, sort_keys=True, indent=4)

    def _pretty_list(self, func, *args, **kwargs):
        result = self._safe_exec(func, *args, **kwargs)
        if self.verbose:
            return
        if result and len(result) > 0:
            for item in result:
                print(self._dumps(item._info))
        else:
            print("OK")

    def _pretty_paged(self, func, *args, **kwargs):
        try:
            limit = self.limit
            if limit:
                limit = int(limit, 10)
            result = func(*args, limit=limit, marker=self.marker, **kwargs)
            if self.verbose:
                return  # Verbose already shows the output, so skip this.
            if result and len(result) > 0:
                for item in result:
                    print(self._dumps(item._info))
                if result.links:
                    print("Links:")
                    for link in result.links:
                        print(self._dumps((link)))
            else:
                print("OK")
        except Exception:
            if self.debug:
                raise
            print(sys.exc_info()[1])

class Auth(CommandsBase):
    """Authenticate with your username and api key."""
    params = [
        'apikey',
        'auth_strategy',
        'auth_type',
        'auth_url',
        'options',
        'region',
        'service_name',
        'service_type',
        'service_url',
        'tenant_id',
        'username',
    ]

    def __init__(self, parser):
        super(Auth, self).__init__(parser)
        self.dbaas = None

    def login(self):
        """Login to retrieve an auth token to use for other api calls."""
        self._require('username', 'apikey', 'tenant_id', 'auth_url')
        try:
            self.dbaas = self._get_client()
            self.dbaas.authenticate()
            self.token = self.dbaas.client.auth_token
            self.service_url = self.dbaas.client.service_url
            CliOptions.save_from_instance_fields(self)
            print("Token acquired! Saving to %s..." % CliOptions.APITOKEN)
            print("    service_url = %s" % self.service_url)
            print("    token       = %s" % self.token)
        except Exception:
            if self.debug:
                raise
            print(sys.exc_info()[1])

class AuthedCommandsBase(CommandsBase):
    """Commands that work only with an authenticated client."""

    def __init__(self, parser):
        """Makes sure a token is available somehow and logs in."""
        super(AuthedCommandsBase, self).__init__(parser)
        try:
            self._require('token')
        except ArgumentRequired:
            if self.debug:
                raise
            print('No token argument supplied. Use the "auth login" command '
                  'to log in and get a token.\n')
            sys.exit(1)
        try:
            self._require('service_url')
        except ArgumentRequired:
            if self.debug:
                raise
            print('No service_url given.\n')
            sys.exit(1)
        self.dbaas = self._get_client()
        # Actually set the token to avoid a re-auth.
        self.dbaas.client.auth_token = self.token
        self.dbaas.client.authenticate_with_token(self.token, self.service_url)

class Paginated(object):
    """Pretends to be a list if you iterate over it, but also keeps a
       next property you can use to get the next page of data.
    """

    def __init__(self, items=[], next_marker=None, links=[]):
        self.items = items
        self.next = next_marker
        self.links = links

    def __len__(self):
        return len(self.items)

    def __iter__(self):
        return self.items.__iter__()

    def __getitem__(self, key):
        return self.items[key]

    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
        self.items[key] = value

    def __delitem__(self, key):
        del self.items[key]

    def __reversed__(self):
        return reversed(self.items)

    def __contains__(self, needle):
        return needle in self.items

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text:
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Clooney's Rare Fightback Against "Untrue" Stories
By Lauren Milligan 9 July 2014
GEORGE CLOONEY has taken the rare step of writing a response to a tabloid article about his personal life. The Daily Mail wrote on July 7 that Clooney's fiancée Amal Alamuddin's mother - Baria Alamuddin - did not approve of the couple's marriage for religious reasons. Although the article has been amended slightly, it still maintains that Baria has told friends that her daughter "could do better" and should marry within her religion - a fact that the Oscar-winner strongly refutes in the statement, printed below in full:
"I want to speak to the irresponsibility of Monday's Daily Mail report. I seldom respond to tabloids, unless it involves someone else and their safety or well being. The *Daily Mail * has printed a completely fabricated story about my fiancée's mother opposing our marriage for religious reasons. It says Amal's mother has been telling 'half of Beirut' that she's against the wedding. It says they joke about traditions in the Druze religion that end up with the death of the bride.
Let me repeat that: the death of the bride.
First of all, none of the story is factually true. Amal's mother is not Druze. She has not been to Beirut since Amal and I have been dating, and she is in no way against the marriage - but none of that is the issue. I'm, of course, used to the* Daily Mail* making up stories - they do it several times a week - and I don't care. If they fabricate stories of Amal being pregnant, or that the marriage will take place on the set of Downton Abbey, or that I'm running for office, or any number of idiotic stories that they sit at their computers and invent, I don't care.
But this lie involves larger issues. The irresponsibility, in this day and age, to exploit religious differences where none exist, is at the very least negligent and more appropriately dangerous. We have family members all over the world, and the idea that someone would inflame any part of that world for the sole reason of selling papers should be criminal.
I'm the son of a newsman; I accept the idea that freedom of speech can be an inconvenience to my private life from time to time, but this story, like so many others, is picked up by hundreds of other outlets citing the Daily Mail as their source, including Boston.com, New York Daily News, Gulf News, Emirates 24/7 and so on.
The Daily Mail, more than any other organisation that calls itself news, has proved time and time again that facts make no difference in the articles they make up. And when they put my family and my friends in harm's way, they cross far beyond just a laughable tabloid and into the arena of inciting violence.
They must be so very proud."
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text:
Author: Jill Shalvis
"She knows."
"Tell her," Mallory insisted.
"I changed my life," Amy intoned.
Mallory rolled her eyes and gave Amy a shove.
"Fine," Amy said. "I changed things up, opened myself to new experiences. Like…camping."
Mallory sighed. "Killing me."
"And love." Amy gave Mallory a little shove back. "See, I can say it. I found someone to love me. Me," she repeated, clearly still boggled by that fact.
Grace understood the sentiment. She'd had boyfriends—some had lasted a night; some that had lasted much longer. She'd even fallen in love and gotten her heart broken. She'd learned a lot—such as how to keep her heart out of the equation.
"The truth is," Amy said, "I came to Lucky Harbor searching for myself. Even though deep down, I was afraid that whatever I found wouldn't be enough. But actually, my real self kicks ass."
"Yeah, it does," Mallory said softly, smiling at her.
Grace stared at the two of them. "You're a pair of saps."
"Look, forget us," Mallory said. "We're not the point. The point is that you're not living up to what you said you'd do. You're not having fun."
"I don't know," Amy said slowly, studying Grace. "Posing in the nude, walking McSexy's dog…Sounds like fun to me."
"I didn't pose nude," Grace said. "Sheesh!"
"Well maybe you should," Mallory told her. "And maybe you should have fun with the sexy doctor while you're at it. He's just about perfect."
Grace understood the logic, convoluted as it was. But there was a flaw, a fatal one. Having grown up trying to live up to being damn near perfect, she refused to date it.
The diner door opened, and a man strode in wearing paramedic gear with FLIGHT CARE in white across his chest.
Ty Garrison.
Mallory took one look at the man she was going to marry and grinned dopily. She brushed her hands off and headed straight for him, meeting him in the middle of the nearly empty diner. In her scrubs and sneakers, she seemed tiny compared to the tall, leanly muscled flight medic as she leaned into him. Tiny and cute.
Ty must have thought so, too, because he bent and kissed her with lots of heat, easily boosting her into his arms, the muscles in his shoulders and back rippling as Mallory wrapped herself around him like a pretzel.
"Aw," Grace said in spite of herself.
"Get a room," Amy said.
Behind Ty's back, Mallory flipped Amy the bird and kept kissing her fiancé. They were holding on to each other, and even from the length of the diner, Grace could see how much Ty loved Mallory. It was in every touch, every look. She sighed and pulled out her phone, which was ringing. "Crap," she said, looking at the caller ID.
"Bill collector?" Amy asked.
"Worse. It's my mother."
"The rocket scientist?"
The one and only. Grace sucked in a breath and looked down at what she was wearing before she got a hold of herself and remembered that her mother couldn't actually see her. "Mom," she said into the phone. "Hi, what's wrong?"
"What, a mother can't call her only daughter?"
Grace smiled at the imperious tone and could picture her mother in her lab, working in Dior and a white doctor's coat to protect the elegance and sophistication that she couldn't quite hide behind all the degrees and doctorates.
Grace didn't have elegance and sophistication emanating from her every pore because of one simple truth—she hadn't been born into it. She'd done her damnedest to absorb what she could and fake what she couldn't. "It's not the first weekend of the month," Grace said.
"True, but I just finished up that three-week seminar on the design for NASA's new deep-space exploration system, and I realized I missed our monthly check-in. How are you doing, darling?"
This wasn't a "tell me about the weather" sort of question. This was a request for a full, detailed report, and guilt flooded Grace. She quickly scanned through her options. She could tell her mom what she'd been up to—which was that she'd been using her fancy college education not at all—or continue to slightly mislead in order to keep her happy.
Mallory disconnected her lips from Ty and led him back to the Chocoholics' table. He took a cupcake, kissed Mallory, and left.
"And how's Seattle?" Grace's mom asked. "How's your new banking job? You the CEO yet?"
Grace grimaced. "Actually, I've sort of moved on to something else."
Grace looked down at Amy's shoe box full of receipts. "Something more accounting based." Vague, and hopefully impressive. But there was no denying it truly was a total and complete lie, which meant she was going to hell, doubly so for telling the lie to her own mother.
"A lateral move, at least?"
A beep sounded in Grace's ear, her call-waiting. Saved by the beep. "Hold on, Mom." She clicked over. "Hello?"
Nothing. Damn phone. She'd dropped it one too many times. She slapped the phone against her thigh and clicked again. "Hello?"
"Grace. You available for tomorrow?"
Josh and his deep voice, the one that continuously did something quite pornographic to every womanly part in Grace's entire body. Was she available? Unfortunately, yes. "Hang on a sec." She clicked back to her mom and decided that since she was going to hell, she might as well make her well-meaning mom happy before she did. "I've made a lateral move from my usual banking specialist schtick. Nothing quite as exciting as being a rocket scientist or a biologist, but I am working for a doctor."
"Sounds fascinating," Josh said wryly. "Do I know this doctor?"
Grace froze. Crap. "Just a minute," she managed. She smacked herself in the forehead with her phone; then, ignoring both Amy and Mallory gaping at her, she clicked over again. "Mom?"
"Yes, of course, dear. Who else?"
Who else indeed. Grace swiped her damp forehead.
Mallory and Amy, both clearly fascinated by the Grace Show, were hanging on her every word.
Grace twisted in the booth, turning her back on them.
"So tell me about your job," her mom said.
"I'm…working for a doctor," she said again.
"Using your CPA to handle his finances? Or research on that dissertation you never finished?"
She was saved from having to answer when her phone beeped again. "Hold on." She clicked over. "Josh, I can't talk right now."
Good Lord. She really needed a new phone. She smacked it again for good measure and clicked back to her mom. "Sorry, Mom. Yes, I'm going to be putting my CPA to use." She looked at Amy's box. "Sort of. I'm trying some new things out. And some…research. But listen, I've really got to—"
"Trying new things," Josh said. "I like the sound of that."
"Oh for God's sake— I have to go." She clicked again and drew in a deep breath. "Mom?"
"Yes. Darling, you sound quite frazzled. You're working hard?"
"Very," Grace managed, rubbing the spot between her eyes.
"What? Hello? Grace, I can't hear you—"
Grace swore and hit the phone again. "Mom? Sorry, bad reception. But yes, I'm working hard, very hard. Hey, I'm a Brooks, right? That's what we do."
"This conversation just gets more and more interesting," Josh said.
"Oh my God! I thought I told you I had to go!" Grace disconnected him and fanned herself. "Damn, is it hot in here?"
Mallory and Amy were wide-eyed. Mallory opened her mouth to speak, but Grace pointed at her, then grimaced as she spoke into the phone. "Mother?"
"Yes. Grace, what are—"
"Going into a tunnel, Mom. We're going to lose reception—" Grace disconnected, closed her eyes, and took her medicine like a big girl. "I suppose you're still there," she said into the phone.
"Yep," Josh said. "So the dog walking. Overqualified much?"
"I don't want to talk about it."
"I bet."
"I'm going into a tunnel," she said desperately.
"There are no tunnels in Lucky Harbor, Grace."
"Then I'm throwing myself under a bus."
"You can run," he said, clearly vastly amused, "but you can't hide."
And that's where he was wrong. She'd been hiding all her life, right in plain sight. Pretending to be a Brooks, when the truth was, she wasn't pedigreed. She was mutt. She disconnected, tossed her phone to the booth seat, and thunked her head onto the table.
"Wow," Amy said approvingly. "When you embarrass yourself, you go all the way, don't you?"
"I'm going to go to hell for that."
"Nah," Amy said, pushing the tray of cupcakes closer to Grace. "I don't think people go to hell for making an unbelievable ass of themselves. My grandma used to say you go to hell for abusing yourself."
Grace thought about how she'd abused herself in the shower just that very morning and sighed.
If not for chocolate, there would be no need for control-top hose. An entire garment industry would be devastated.
Thanks to a crazy ER shift, Josh didn't get home until 3:00 a.m. He crawled into bed and immediately crashed, dreaming about a certain beautiful, willowy banking-specialist-slash-model-slash-dog-walker in a wet sundress that clung to her curves and made his heart pound.
And thanks to his own stupidity, he could also dream about kissing said beautiful, willowy blonde.


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"Knee Deep in the Blues" is a song written by Melvin Endsley, and recorded by American country music artist Marty Robbins. It was released on December 17, 1956 as the lead single from his compilation album Marty's Greatest Hits. The song reached #3 on the Country Singles charts.

Guy Mitchell version

Guy Mitchell released a cover version of the song the same year that reached No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100. In the UK, it reached No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart.

Cover versions
 The Derailers on their 1999 album, Full Western Dress.
 The International Submarine Band on their 1968 album, Safe at Home.
 Del McCoury on his 1988 album, Don't Stop the Music.
 Carl Smith on his 1968 album, Country on My Mind.
 Tommy Steele in 1957, which went to No. 15 on the UK charts.

References

1957 songs
1957 singles
Marty Robbins songs
Guy Mitchell songs
Tommy Steele songs
Carl Smith (musician) songs
Songs written by Melvin Endsley
Columbia Records singles

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Anyone who has visited the Shakespeare-Festivals of recent years at the Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen and at Schauspiel Essen knows that something special, unusual, and exciting is on offer here. Drama students from 5 different countries perform a piece by Shakespeare. Firstly, they put on their own production in their own language. Next, in a short rehearsal phase, they create an international performance in which all language barriers are dropped, and in which the theatre is truly international – with fire and passion. This energy and playfulness has always succeeded in enthusing its audiences.
For these audiences, and for us, it is now the sixth time. And this time it is one of the most famous comedies of the young Shakespeare, one of his first extravagant masterpieces, which connects several levels of the plot in a masterful and fascinating manner, with biting humour, with radical fantasy and imagination, and with precision, and therefore it truly is "A Midsummer Night's Dream". It is about love, its inconstancy, and its nadirs – a confusion of feelings. And it is also about the theatre itself. We show Shakespeare's gripping comedy in our own special international context, acted and loved by young people, whose talents are at the centre of the project.
This time there are four partners from across the world. The Lucian Blaga University Sibiu and Columbia University School of the Arts, two long-standing partners, will be represented again. The Drama Academy Ramallah in Palestinian territory is closely connected with Folkwang; and one of the best institutes of higher education in China, the Shanghai Theatre Academy, are taking part for the first time.


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In this sequel to Disney's beloved classic The Shaggy Dog, Wilby Daniels (Dean Jones) no longer morphs into a wooly sheepdog at embarrassing moments. A successful lawyer, Wilby and his family are gearing up to hit the campaign trail. See, he's running for district attorney. But before you can say "fetch," thieves steal Wilby's magic ring -- the one that keeps him from turning into a canine. Doggone. Suzanne Pleshette and Tim Conway co-star.


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Erdogan Instructs New Institution to Address Armenian Genocide Strategy
June 24, 2020 Guest Contributor News 1
Turkish President Erdogan, June 20, 2020 (Photo: Presidency of the Republic of Turkey)
An article appeared in the Hurriyet newspaper on June 23, 2020 addressing the outcomes of the June 16 five-hour Presidential High Advisory Board meeting. Following is the English translation of the article by Nurhan Becidyan.
In order to respond to one of Turkey's main foreign policy issues, i.e. allegations of genocide against the Armenians, it was suggested to develop and form "a new autonomous and civilian structure." This was the agenda of the High Advisory Board meeting, chaired by President Tayyip Erdoğan. Erdogan gave instructions for necessary work after the briefing.
ON THE BEŞTEPE [Presidential Office] AGENDA
According to the information obtained, the proposal to develop a new strategy regarding the Armenian Genocide claims came up in the agenda three months ago when new lawsuits were filed in US courts by Armenians. However, the meeting was postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak and was held in the past few weeks.
IT WILL DETERMINE THE NEW STRATEGY
The Presidential High Advisory Board was briefed by the owner of the proposal Cemil Çicek and presidential advisor Seyit Sertçelik. At the meeting, it was expressed that there is not a single institution that deals directly with and develops Turkey's strategy regarding the Armenian claims and arguments. It was also stated that depending on the topic relevant ministries were engaged, but a holistic policy had not been developed.
[RELATED: Dr. Taner Akçam's statement on the imperative need for Armenian Genocide research at North American universities]
THEY CANNOT BRING TO THE JUSTICE DISTRICT
In the briefing, it was emphasized that the Armenian lobby had not brought the genocide allegations to the International Court of Justice due to the possibility of rejection, but recently had changed their strategy. It was stated that the lobbying efforts were focused on calling it a crime against humanity instead of genocide. The report prepared with the participation of five universities was also discussed at the meeting. President Tayyip Erdoğan, while also participating in the proposals, ordered the completion of the work as soon as possible.
AN INDEPENDENT INSTITUTION WILL BE CREATED
At the meeting, it was stated that this issue, which used to be followed by the National Security Council, was taken away from that institution after the amendment of law in 2015, and it was given to the Prime Ministry Recent History Research Center. After the Prime Ministry was abolished this institution's function was eliminated. It was stated that there is a need for an institution whose only job would be to look at the issue from all angles and not only politically, but would also include cultural, historical, propaganda and legal aspects. It has been decided that this institution will be an autonomous, independent civil structure that is not directly related to the government and the state.
Guest contributions to the Armenian Weekly are informative articles or press releases written and submitted by members of the community.
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Armenian Genocide
Millions of witnesses, hundreds of written evidence by the young Turks, the acknowledgment by Enver Pasha, And Talaat Pasha. Let's not forget the sultans who carried out genocide in the 1800's Upon the Armenians. The real issue is that the rest of the world is afraid to stand up against a bully who is currently committing crimes against humanity. Example. Israel and United States have not acknowledged the Armenian genocide which feeds into this nutcases ego. His committee will be a committee of one. Just him.


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Pelletized fertilizer is really only considered pet safe if you follow certain precautions such as being sure to give your grass a good long watering to allow the fertilizer to sink into the soil. Most websites advise waiting 24-48 hours after fertilizer application before allowing your pet back onto the lawn. I would recommend reading the instructions that came with your fertilizer for more specific information on how to safeguard your pets.


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2 NRZ wagons up in flames
TWO disused National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) wagons caught fire in Bulawayo on Monday.
Bulawayo Fire Brigade acting chief fire officer Linos Phiri confirmed the incident yesterday.
"We received a call at 6:43pm on Monday that there was a fire at the NRZ materials yard, off Birkenhead Road in Bulawayo. On arrival, we found two disused railway wagons on fire and flames could be seen from a distance. The fire spread from the first to the second wagon, and it almost caught the third wagon," he said.
"The first wagon was almost completely burnt, indicating that the fire had been burning for a while before being reported."
Phiri said sparks from the grinder used to cut metal is believed to have caused the fire.
NRZ acting spokesperson Martin Banda yesterday confirmed the fire outbreak.
"I am advised that Panel Link, which bought scrap metals, were the ones that accidentally started the fire, and they left before they noticed it," he said.
"The fire then spread and burnt the wagons which they were buying scrap from."
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Mozart Healthcare acquires Sunrise Nursing and Rehab Center
Mozart Healthcare acquired Sunrise Nursing and Rehab Center, a 119 bed Skilled Nursing Facility in San Antonio, TX . The facility was leased to Mozart Healthcare by a national operator since Q3 2017. Due to the significant capital investment over the last 8 months as well as the operational improvements made by the operator, Mozart Healthcare had achieved the necessary value to exercise their purchase option. This purchase represents a continued expansion into Texas for Mozart Healthcare, who now have 6 facilities in Texas.
Bridging the 'Disconnect' Between Skilled Nursing Operators and Landlords
As multiple skilled nursing tenants struggle to pay their real estate investment trust (REIT) landlords, a Chicago-based real estate management company is looking to change the model of skilled nursing leases by getting operators to see it as a partner.
For Mozart Healthcare, the goal is to be "on the ground with our operators," CEO and co-founder Archie Shkop told Skilled Nursing News.
His brother and co-founder Ben Shkop, who serves as chief operating officer, agreed.
"We want to be viewed as a business partner who happens to get their distributions in the form of a rent check," he said.
Away from REIT model
Over the last few years, multiple skilled nursing tenants have struggled to pay the REITs that own their buildings.
HCR ManorCare notably declared bankruptcy and had to be taken over by its landlord, Quality Care Properties (NYSE: QCP), before finding a buyer in hospital chain ProMedica. Signature Healthcare has struggledto pay its landlords Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE: OHI) and Sabra Health Care REIT (Nasdaq: SBRA), while Omega's tenant Orianna is in the middle of bankruptcy proceedings.
In Ben Shkop's view, the REIT model of leasing has forced SNF operators into rents and structures that are never allowed to be profitable, which keeps them from running the operating business the way it should be run.
"There's a disconnect between the people that are buying the real estate and the people that are operating the actual nursing home," he said. "If you have a disconnect with those two, you are setting yourself up for failure."
Mozart currently works with seven different nursing home operators, and the company is hoping to double in size by the end of this year. It has locations in Ohio, Texas, and Michigan, and aims to expand to the West Coast shortly.
When they assess operators, the Shkops try to go beyond pro formas to stress-test for every adverse event, Archie Shkop said.
"We're buying facilities and business valuations with the understanding that things are going to go wrong," he said. "We need to make sure that operators have significant coverage ratio and the capital to sustain tough times."
Though capitalization rate has historically been considered the basis for lease structures, lease coverage is the primary focus for Mozart, Ben Shkop said.
"We want to understand what it's going to take to make the nursing home successful, and that is the basis for our rent discussion," he said.
Having that understanding — and maintaining a sense of partnership — requires operators to provide "a tremendous amount of information," Archie said. This could include daily census, their case mix index roster, and survey information, among other updates.
Mozart's purchase options for tenants are usually eight to 10 years out, with leases about 10 to 15 years, Archie said. Building improvements are a key part of this strategy, as Mozart tries to incentivize operators to make improvements by framing the decision as a way of bolstering their potential asset — and not merely sprucing up their landlord's property.
"The operators of the future understand that less is more," Ben Shkop said in an email to SNN. "Mozart is looking to align themselves with operators who want to focus on targeted regional growth, as opposed to the national operator model which has proven disastrous for our industry."
With the timeline of their leases and the fact that the company was founded in 2016, it remains to be seen how the deals will play out. Still, the firm has seen targeted lease coverage ratios, Ben noted, and the Shkops are bullish on the industry as a whole, he added. He predicted a rebound for the industry starting in about 2024, which will benefit experienced operators.
"As the baby boomers age and the clinical complexities of SNF patients continue to rise, many of the large corporations that are not involved in day-to-day patient care are going to have to hand over those operations to the actual caregivers who've been waiting decades for the opportunity to care for their own patients," he said.
Written by Maggie Flynn
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Mozart Healthcare Hits a High Note
Mozart Healthcare is on the move in the Old Northwest. Last month, the company acquired a 145-unit mid-rise independent living community last month in Allen Park, Michigan (Detroit MSA), in a transaction led by Ben Firestone and Michael Segal of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors. Now, the firm, which is headed by Benjamin and Archie Shkop, has added two more skilled nursing facilities in Ohio to its portfolio. These recent deals were the fifth and sixth acquisitions for Skokie, Illinois-based Mozart, which was founded in 2016.
The Ohio facilities were built in the 1990s in major metro areas and feature good physical plants. They were, however, deemed to be non-core by the not-for-profit seller, which decided to focus on its core businesses outside of the skilled nursing market. In an all-cash transaction, Mozart paid approximately $65,000 per bed for the two facilities, which will be leased to an Ohio-based operator. Chad Elliot and Kevin Laidlaw of Lancaster Pollard handled the Ohio transaction.
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2. George R Richards was born Abt 1889, Illinois, USA.
George — Marvel B Epton. Marvel (daughter of Augusta Maria Welch) was born 23 Jul 1890, Minnesota, USA; died 01 Oct 1971, Los Angeles, California, USA; was buried , Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA. [Group Sheet]
3. Marvel B Epton was born 23 Jul 1890, Minnesota, USA (daughter of Augusta Maria Welch); died 01 Oct 1971, Los Angeles, California, USA; was buried , Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA.
7. Augusta Maria Welch was born 16 Nov 1861, Longburton, Sherborne, Dorsetshire, England (daughter of Samuel Welch and Elizabeth Betsy Durant); died 15 Feb 1944, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada.
3. Marvel B Epton was born 23 Jul 1890, Minnesota, USA; died 01 Oct 1971, Los Angeles, California, USA; was buried , Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA.
14. Samuel Welch was born 18 Feb 1825, Milborne Port, Somerset, England; died 24 Sep 1907, Anson, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada.
Samuel married Elizabeth Betsy Durant 13 Jun 1852, Corton Denham, Somerset, England. Elizabeth was born 07 Jul 1829, Wootton Glanville, Dorsetshire, England; died 13 Dec 1915, Anson, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]
15. Elizabeth Betsy Durant was born 07 Jul 1829, Wootton Glanville, Dorsetshire, England; died 13 Dec 1915, Anson, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada.
James Welch was born 17 Jun 1853, Glanvilles Wootton, Dorsetshire, England; died 20 May 1935, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada.
John Welch was born 18 Jan 1856, Wootton Glanville, Dorsetshire, England; died 07 Jul 1937, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada.
Mary Jane Polly Welch was born 07 Mar 1859, Wootton Glanville, Dorsetshire, England; died 15 Feb 1924, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada.
7. Augusta Maria Welch was born 16 Nov 1861, Longburton, Sherborne, Dorsetshire, England; died 15 Feb 1944, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada.
William Welch was born 27 Sep 1865, Longburton, Sherborne, Dorsetshire, England; died 16 Jul 1937, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada.
Henry Samuel Welch was born 19 Mar 1868, Longburton, Sherborne, Dorsetshire, England; died 13 Aug 1932, Anson, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada; was buried 15 Aug 1932, Minden Cemetery, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada.
Minnie Kate Welch was born Abt Jun 1873, Sherborne, Dorsetshire, England; died 29 May 1884, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada.


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The greatest gift: the Gift of Life charity gala in London raises over £720,000
On January 13, 2020, London's Savoy Hotel hosted the 9th annual Gift of Life Gala to raise funds to help severely ill children. The evening raised over £720,000 for children with oncological diseases in Russian hospitals.
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In 2019, you've aided 38 kids receiving treatment for severe oncological, haematological and immunological illnesses, and the total cost of the medical and educational expenses amounts to £488,800.23. Thank you!
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The story of Nastya Zerova, a girl from the little town of Gubakh in Perm Krai, can be called nothing but amazing. All manner of remarkable things happened to Nastya and her mother Vera thanks to the acute myeloblastic leukaemia Nastya was diagnosed with in 2008.
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PhDArts offers an international, high-level doctorate in art and design. The PhDArts research trajectory consists of two elements: individual research and participation in the doctoral study programme. An appropriate team of supervisors is sought for each doctoral student. The doctoral study programme, which consists of lectures, seminars, trainings, and workshops, is an essential part of the research environment in which the student undertakes his or her research.
The public defense by visual artist Andrea Stultiens of the research project entitled 'Ebifananyi' takes place in two stages. On 20 November at 12.00 Stultiens will publicly elucidate her artistic work for the Doctoral Examination Committee in the exhibition 'Ebifananyi – Mutualities', at the Gallery of the Royal Academy of Art The Hague. At 16.15 on the same day Stultiens will defend her dissertation in the Senate Chamber of Leiden University.
How do we establish, sustain and nourish a vital research culture in the arts?
An archive of dissertations and artistic outcomes of PhD projects and interviews with PhDArts doctors.
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Guest Blog: Abraham Lincoln's Caution
By ROBERT STEIN
Popular history renders even the most towering figures in a few bold strokes -- the Emancipation Proclamation, the Gettysburg Address, that night in Ford's Theater -- but as the 44th president now obsesses over the sixteenth, what comes to mind are the complexities and contradictions that are demanded of leaders in times of crisis. To embody and act out the deepest feelings of an unruly nation on the brink of a civil war, Lincoln perhaps even more than wisdom and moral strength, needed a highly developed political sense of the possible.
On his way to greatness, during the Lincoln-Douglas debates, he said:
"Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed. Consequently he who molds public sentiment, goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or pronounces decision. He makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to be executed."
The aspect of Lincoln's genius reflecting that understanding is the exquisite caution that led him to minimize, even mask, his deepest beliefs until he felt the public was ready to accept them. Consider this extraordinary example from one of the Douglas debates.
Faced with a banner depicting a white man, a Negro woman and a mulatto child, Lincoln declaimed:
"I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races, that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people . . . I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race. I say upon this occasion I do not perceive that because the white man is to have the superior position the negro should be denied everything. I do not understand that because I do not want a negro woman for a slave I must necessarily want her for a wife. My understanding is that I can just let her alone."
Historians may argue whether such seemingly bigoted statements reflected Lincoln's convictions at the time or were strategic concessions to white racism by the man who was then also saying:
"I hate it because of the monstrous injustice of slavery itself. I hate it because it deprives our republican example of its just influence in the world, enables the enemies of free institutions, with plausibility, to taunt us as hypocrites, causes the real friends of freedom to doubt our sincerity, and especially because it forces so many really good men amongst ourselves into an open war with the very fundamental principles of civil liberty -- criticizing the Declaration of Independence, and insisting that there is no right principle of action but self-interest."
On the surface, this might be branded timidity, even hypocrisy but, in the face of overwhelming evidence of Lincoln's deeply passionate nature, the answer is surely in his tactical skills. One observer noted:
"He plays what chess-players call a 'safe game.' Rarely attacking, he is content to let his opponent attack while he concentrates all his energies in the defense -- awaiting the opportunity of dashing in at a weak point or the expenditure of his adversary's strength."
Harriet Beecher Stowe described Lincoln's unique strength as "swaying to every influence, yielding on this side and on that to popular needs, yet tenaciously and inflexibly bound to carry its great end."
Such gyrations have led historians such as Doris Kearns Goodwin to a deeper aspect of Lincoln's character, that he "possessed extraordinary empathy -- the gift or curse of putting himself in the place of another, to experience what they were feeling, to understand their motives and desires."
Looking back at an array of presidents and all their accomplishment and folly, it is astonishing to find a figure so well-suited to the demands of a nation in danger of breaking apart forever. As Lincoln's one-time law partner William H. Herndon put it:
"Not only was his cautious, patient, and enduring; not only had he concentration and great continuity of thought; but he had profound analytical power.
"His vision was clear, and he was emphatically the master of statement. His pursuit of the truth . . . was indefatigable. He reasoned from well-chosen principles with such clearness, force, and directness that the tallest intellects in the land bowed to him. He was the strongest man I ever saw, looking at him from the elevated standpoint of reason and logic . . . The office of reason is to determine the truth. Truth is the power of reason, and Lincoln loved truth for its own sake. It was to him reason's food."
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(TOP) Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address from the East Portico of the Capitol on March 4, 1865. John Wilkes Booth is barely visible in the top row, right of center.
(UPPER RIGHT) President-elect Obama and his family visit the Lincoln Memorial with a Secret Service entourage on January 10, 2008.
(MIDDLE LEFT) Depiction of one of the seven 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates.
(MIDDLE RIGHT) Uncle Tom's Cabin author Harriet Beecher Stove, who was harshly critical of Lincoln when he refused to free the slaves after taking office in 1861 but later came to deeply admire him.
(BOTTOM LEFT) William H. Herndon began collecting stories of Lincoln's life after the president's assassination determined to present him as a human and not a saint.
As memories go, Robert Stein has collected an enormous number of them as an editor, publisher, media critic and journalism teacher who has brushed shoulders with and advised the high and mighty. The former chairman of the American Society of Magazine Editors and author of Media Power: Who Is Shaping Your Picture of the World? rolls a lifetime of experiences into his terrific blog, Connecting the Dots.
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Judge Denies Mother's Petition to Keep 'Brain-Dead' Daughter on Life Support
CP Current Page: U.S. | Tuesday, December 24, 2013
By Audrey Barrick, Christian Post Reporter | Tuesday, December 24, 2013
A California judge declined on Tuesday a mother's petition to keep her 13-year-old daughter on life support at Children's Hospital Oakland. Nailah Winkfield, mother of Jahi McMath, is praying for a miracle.
The Children's Hospital must keep McMath alive until 5 p.m. Dec. 30, Alameda County Judge Evelio Grillo ruled. Unless a higher court intervenes, the hospital will stop providing medical care to the young girl, who suffered complications after her tonsils were removed.
McMath was declared brain-dead on Dec. 12 by doctors who wanted to remove her from the ventilator. The same conclusion was made by court-appointed doctor Paul Fisher, chief of neurology at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford.
But McMath's family believes she is still alive and can recover.
In an open letter on Saturday, Winkfield wrote: "I am a mother. She is my daughter. I am alive. Despite what they say, she is alive. I can touch her, she is warm. She responds to my touch. I can love her - I can feel her love.
"She is on a respirator - with air she lives, her heart beats, her kidneys produce urine, she is warm and soft. They have been pressuring me to 'pull the plug.' I can't. I won't. I can't let them kill my baby a second time."
McMath had surgery on Dec. 9 to remove her tonsils and adenoids. Her uncle, Omari Sealey, told CNN on Monday that doctors had recommended the procedure to treat the eighth grader's sleep apnea, weight gain, short attention span and uncontrolled urination.
Though she seemed fine coming out of surgery, the young girl began bleeding from her nose and mouth and went into cardiac arrest.
The mother recalled in her letter: "They gave me a cup for her to bleed into and said it was normal. She bled more and more. I couldn't keep up with it. I asked for help, they gave me a bigger bucket. She bled more. They did not answer our pleas for a doctor. Her surgeon never came back. She had a heart attack and her heart stopped beating. Then they came- then. They shocked her back into life. Now they say she is dead."
The mother was granted a restraining order last week after the hospital tried to pull the plug.
The Children's Hospital maintained in court documents that "McMath is deceased according to California law if she has sustained 'irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem.'" Three doctors have now said she is legally brain dead and thus the hospital is seeking to stop treatment.
"Because Ms. McMath is dead, practically and legally, there is no course of medical treatment to continue or discontinue; there is nothing to which the family's consent is applicable," it contended.
"To be blunt, Children's is currently merely preserving Ms. McMath's body from the natural post-mortem course of events. There is no legal, ethical or moral requirement that it continue to do so or that the family consent in the decision to stop doing so."
The hospital has expressed its condolences to the family and says it is "committed to learning what led to this catastrophic outcome."
"We have the deepest sympathy for Jahi's mother who wishes her daughter was alive; but the ventilator cannot reverse the brain death that has occurred and it would be wrong to give false hope that Jahi will ever come back to life."
The family has not yet indicated whether it will appeal Tuesday's ruling.
Sealey told the media that there's "still time for a miracle."
"Christmas is tomorrow. It would be great if she woke up," he said. "Prayers are more important than ever before."
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What to do in Milwaukee this weekend: March 24-26
Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Art in Bloom, the Milwaukee Art Museum's annual ode to spring, continues through Sunday with 40 floral installations inspired by works at the lakefront museum, 700 N. Art Museum Drive. Attractions include a container garden hands-on workshop on Friday and an Iron Design Competition on Saturday. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. Admission at the door is $17, $15 for seniors and students, $5 for members, free for kids 12 and younger.
Info: mam.org/bloom
The US FIRST 2017 Wisconsin Regional Robotics Competition continues Friday and Saturday at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, 400 W. Kilbourn Ave., where teams of talented young engineers work together to create amazing things — including teamwork. Admission is free.
Info: wisconsinfrc.com
The Realtors Home & Garden Show takes root for the first of two weekends in the Wisconsin Exposition Center at State Fair Park, 8200 W. Greenfield Ave., West Allis. More than 350 exhibitor booths, with everything from landscaping to roofing, fill the hall, along with presentations from gardening, cooking and home improvement experts. Hours this weekend are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. (The show continues at the Expo Center March 29 through April 2.) Admission is $8, free for kids 12 and younger and for active military personnel.
Info: mkehgs.com
The Riverwest Follies are back, with more than a dozen performers ranging from musicians to DJs to belly dancers. The neighborhood variety show kicks off at the Falcon Bowl, 801 E. Clarke St., at 7 p.m. Saturday, with an open jam at 6:30 p.m. Admission is pay-what-you-can.
Info: riverwestcurrents.org
A Retro Affair, a fashion show fundraiser to benefit the Stars and Stripes Honor Flight, is planned for Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center, 750 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive. Organizers say the first-time event also will promote retro fashion companies "and a positive female body image for all shapes, sizes, ages and colors." Tickets are $55 in advance (at retroaffair.eventbrite.com) and $60 at the door.
Info: pam2481.wixsite.com/retroaffair or the A Retro Affair Facebook page