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The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism by Ron Suskind
Ron Suskind's new book, The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism, is something of a manifesto calling readers to recover our nation's moral authority one step at a time. In case a reader doesn't see where that moral authority has been lost, Suskind chronicles how actions over the past decade have compromised our national values. Here's an excerpt, pp. 282-285:
"He's gonna die," Candace Gorman says. "He's just so sick."
The two aides to Illinois congresswoman Jan Schakowsky gaze on, solemnly.
They listen intently for the next fifty minutes as Candace tells the story of Ghizzawi, the baker from Afghanistan, with a practiced rhythm, running through his medical condition, the CSRT reversals, and his prospects of surviving another year.
Peter Karafotas, thirty-one, deputy chief of staff for Schakowsky-a liberal Democrat from the Chicago suburbs and mentor to Obama--finally asks, "What can we do?" It's not dismissive or resigned. He really wants to know.
Candace says that Schakowsky, who is both her congresswoman and a member of the House Intelligence committee, should look into Ghizzawi's case in her official capacity. Her status on the committee allows her to see classified materials.
She starts loading down Karafotas and his even younger legislative aide with documents: the famous Abraham Declaration; another declaration, out last month, from an anonymous tribunal judge who sat on nearly fifty panels and arrived at similar conclusions; and her filings to the Supreme Court, which detail her client's medical woes and claim violations of basic protections.
"How, again, do you know the congresswoman?" Karafotas asks, and Candace tells a funny story of how Schakowsky helped sponsor a show that she organized with some other detainee lawyers in April 2006. The cast of a British production, Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom, was flown to the United States to perform their edgy play of lawyers and detainees in the Foyer of the Rayburn House Office Building. "At the start, I asked Jan, can we really do theater in Congress, and she said, 'Absolutely, sometimes it seems like all we do here.' All I can say is, we had a great turnout for the show."
The aides say they'll pass everything along to their boss, and she'll bring up Ghizzawi's case on the Intel committee. But Candace isn't hoping for much.
While everyone waits for the seminal habeas corpus case to be argued before the Supreme Court in December—with a ruling probably not coming until June of 2008—there are no fundamental rights for Schakowsky, or any lawmaker, to grab hold of. It's all just political theater.
Then Candace is out the door, her smile gone. She has other offices to call on in the House and Senate. "I feel like I'm going door to door, doing a one-woman show," she says archly. In her briefcase, giving it weight and giving her a sense of righteousness, are letters Ghizzawi gave her during her last visit, on September 25. He had, essentially, written up his will and put it in an envelope.
He looked worse than ever then, and he told her he didn't expect to live much longer. One note elucidated all that had been done to him—the deprivations and torture—and requested compensation for his family. The other was a note about the disposition of his personal effects and his hopes for his daughter and wife.
He showed Candace two pictures of his daughter—one at two months old, when he was still with his family, the other when she was just a little older, in a snowsuit. He said he'd received other photos—pictures taken during the years he's been gone—where she's older, mugging for the camera, or jaunty, hands on hips. They were of a girl he'd never seen, and whom, he was now convinced, he'd never meet. "It was too painful for me to look at," he said, "I had to tear them up."
Candace said if he died, she'd do her best to help his family. He thanked her, and she pulled some documents from her briefcase. They were copies of various Supreme Court filings related to the habeas case soon to be argued.
"The injustices done to you, in a way, made this all happen," she said. "You may end up helping a lot people and helping this country get back on course."
He smiled wanly. "That's very nice," he said, with mild interest,
flipping through the documents.'
He saw his name. ABDUL HAMID ABDUL SALAM ALGHIZZAWI.
"That's not right. That's not my name."
Candace froze. Not his name? She'd filed dozens of legal documents to U.S. courts, all the way to the Supreme Court, with the , wrong name?
"Um, well that is a problem," she said, wondering if she should give him a primer on basic legal standards, dating back to ancient common law: that those who appear before a judge must use their proper name.
"What, may I ask, is your name?" she said, feeling the chill wind of suspicion she thought had long passed and would never return. Is it possible, after all they'd been through, that she didn't know who he was? Was he really even a baker, or a man who dreamed of his daughter?
"Okay, let me show you," Ghizzawi said, spinning the document around—her document—so he could explain. "There, you see, my name is Abdul Hamid al-Ghizzawi. Those other two words—Abdul Salam—are stuck in the middle." Ghizzawi looked up. "That's the name of the man in the cell next to me in the beginning, when I first came here. He's gone. He may have died. I don't know. But they made us one person."
She was speechless.
That's why Candace Gorman—mom, lawyer, soft-edged middle-aged American—is walking these halls, barging into congressional offices to perform her one-woman show.
She has no choice. Because in September of 2007, she saw it, the kind of invisible bond, really, that suffering or injustice or power, in its dark, punitive form, can create.
What happened is that she, the pencil-thin baker from Afghanistan, and the vanished man in the next cell all became one person.
Each individual in The Way of the World seeks a human solution. As Suskind says, (p. 397), "When the world works, and it often has over the recent centuries, it's because everyone moves forward, in a kind of modest unison…. It is … about defining human progress together, and making sure everyone advances, even if it's just one step." Read The Way of the World to find out what he means.
Steve Hopkins, October 20, 2008
Buy The Way of the World
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La Gaucherie aux Dames Guesthouse in France's Loire Valley
A French-American couple on turning ruins into a quaint bed and breakfast
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You know the Loire Valley. You've heard of it in reference to wines. But as it's not the home of Bordeaux, Burgundy or Champagne, you might not be aware of the fact that the region on either side of the Loire River—Pays de la Loire—is one of exquisite agricultural beauty worth experiencing. From green rolling hills and farmlands bursting with crop to historic chateaus (known as the Loire River Valley Castles) in various states of grandeur (many of which are open to the public), each and every department in the region provides access to the idyllic French countryside. And, as the appellation grows in respect, vines, vineyards and wineries with welcome centers abound.
In the midst of it all, equidistant to Angers, Cholet and Saumur and nothing else but the cattle and streams of the Maine-et-Loire department, sits La Gaucherie aux Dames. It's an independently owned bed and breakfast in the bones of a carriage house or maybe even horse stalls on the grounds of an ancient farm. And its owners—an American-born woman and her French husband—settled there after traveling the world, on a mission to make it a better place. Entering the guest rooms feels like stepping into the couple's home. Because it is—and it's even more than that.
"I met my husband in Chad, after the famine when Chad was still at war with Libya. We were both leaders of humanitarian organizations," Beverly Ott explains to us. "We met because we believed that organizations needed to collaborate more with one another. Little did we know that 30 years later we would still be collaborating!" Ott's work moved to Togo and Olivier Hauville followed her. For 10 years, they developed programs to encourage entrepreneurship as a means for getting people out of poverty. Ultimately, they returned to France—to promote fair trade.
For years, they continued their humanitarian work while based in France but they knew Paris wouldn't be home. They knew, ultimately, that they wanted a farm to reside in. "Both of us had grown up—at least partially—on farms, so… the idea of a farm in France with my favorite sheep was perfect." They knew very little about Angers (where work had taken them) or the surrounding region, but it was sunnier than Hauville's birth region, Normandy. They also didn't have much retirement money, having worked for minimum wage their entire lives.
"We spent three years looking for this place," Ott continues, walking us from the guesthouse out into the sun-drenched backyard. A "realtor took us all around. We knew we wanted a farm in a shape of a hamlet—not all the buildings together one next to the other. But we didn't find what we wanted. I think most people thought we were crazy and would never find what we wanted. I also admitted to Olivier at about this time that maybe what we were looking for didn't exist. It's like psychologically we really didn't want it, or we were looking for the impossible."
A different agent began touring them through ruins. He would bring them to Gaucherie aux Dames—a name worth dissecting. "'Gaucherie' is an old French word meaning clumsy," Ott explains. "'Dames,' of course, means ladies. Was this place for clumsy ladies? Or was it a place for clumsiness to ladies? It was probably a convent at one time but with other attractions too," she adds. Their first visit to the site was as complex as the name—and required a bit of analysis.
"I had a broken foot at the time and my husband looked at me and asked, 'Want to go inside?' It really didn't look like what we wanted. It was clean, but full of old pole barns made of corrugated iron. You couldn't see the river and there was no way of knowing the history of the place at that time. We visited and left." Ott says that in the middle of the night, her husband woke up and began laying out a plan to fix up what they'd seen. "We returned," she says. "We signed."
The couple began to renovate everything themselves—every roof, floor and window. They began with the home that they would' and do, live in. "Drywall, electricity and painting were the limits of our knowledge from the beginning," she says. "Then we—Olivier—learned plumbing and stucco work to do the outside walls of the buildings. In all, Olivier and I have now mounted at least six stairways in our days of remodeling! There is still more to be done."
During renovation, they learned much more about the property—and discovered things like a moat. "There are also bones in the east wall of the guesthouse building," says Ott. "Here we have learned that those bones are probably horse bones and they are cemented into the wall with blood. This was a medieval tradition to fight off bad omens and the bubonic plague. People working with sheep and horses never caught the plague, so these animals were thought magic." They have found stories of owners of the grounds dating back to 1428. "There are certainly foundations that date as far back as when Montilliers was founded in 1011 AD, at the request of crusader Folque (Nerra) the Black," she says.
But the guesthouse is far from being just about the past. "We hope this place can continue to be a harbor of peace for people wanting just a bit of rest and quiet," Ott concludes. "We have added and are improving, some footpaths that take you along the river to see the old bridge, cross the river and just enjoy. We have over one mile of riverside at the bottom of the hill. We also have sheep, horses and a dog named Indy who seems to be quite the attraction these days." As they have the four-bedroom guesthouse, two bed-and-breakfast rooms, one suite and one apartment (both of which can accommodate four), it's very easy to arrive, settle in quickly and simply take a moment to breathe with ease.
Images courtesy of La Gaucherie aux Dames
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Argetine Mothers
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Jews with Hogs
Commemoration of Mourning for Deceased Son Whose Picture is on the Wall
Director of the Jewish Image: Frederic Brenner's Photographs at the Brooklyn Museum
Jews with Hogs (1994) is the first image one encounters in Frederic Brenner's exhibition of photographs of contemporary Jews from around the world currently at the Brooklyn Museum. In over one hundred and forty black and white photographs the exhibition seeks to document the "multiplicity of Jewish identities." Throughout the exhibition diversity is the keyword. Diversity...hum.
Jews with Hogs is a large vertical photograph of 20 Florida Jews and their motorcycles (hog is American slang for a large motorcycle) posing in front of a Miami Beach synagogue, its name, Knesset Israel, proudly set over the entrance. The juxtaposition of synagogue and motorcycles sets the complex tone maintained throughout the exhibition. These individuals, each identified by name and profession in the accompanying caption: police officer, liquor store owner, real estate broker, accountant, etc, are in fact a perfectly respectable 'gathering' of middle class Jews. The text panel that accompanies the image tells yet another story in which a professor of Judaic Studies, Julius Lester, questions exactly what common ground he might have with these Jewish bikers. He concludes that "they are Jews and I am a Jew but that we are not Jews in the same way..." And so the issue of diversity is explored...or is it? Perhaps the themes of appearance verses reality or confrontation and irony in photographic images are actually scrutinized. Diversity, if relevant at all, is but a starting point that very quickly splinters into complex relationships between image, sign, caption, text and commentary.
In the next room the concept of Diaspora is explored in the text panel Lech Lecha: Go Forth. Diaspora is seen as a universal principle of the Jewish people. Perhaps the historical reality of Diaspora creates a disjunctive Jewish ideal even though it contradicts the Biblical text that commands Abraham to go to a specific homeland. For Brenner the Diaspora with its inherent diversity (that word again) is the paradigm with which to understand the Jewish people. Perhaps.
Frederic Brenner, initially trained as a social anthropologist, has spent the last twenty-four years visiting forty-five countries exploring and documenting Jewish life with his camera. His original impulse was to record simple social phenomena. We see here many beautiful photographs of Jews in Meah Shearim, Ethiopia and in Yemen. Documents. Then in the early 1990's his methodology shifted radically. As he observed he also began to interact with his subjects. He would do extensive research and conceive of an image he wished to create. He would then carefully craft each scene, posing his subjects to shape and determine a final iconic image after many preparatory shots. He became a director of the Jewish image.
For example, the first image, Jews with Hogs, becomes more understandable when we compare it with other images in the exhibition that are also concerned with a similar theme; Jews and their Judaism. The Jewish Community of Hong Kong Celebrating Purim (1998) are all dressed in black Chinese costume, as they proudly pose in front of, peering out of and perched upon their three story jewel of a synagogue. This image brimming with people explores issues of costume, faith and social reality in the multiracial and devoted Jewish community nestled among seven million Chinese citizens of Hong Kong.
Other Brenner photographs also depict the complex theme of Jews and their Judaism. Jewish Arts Festival in Commack, Long Island panoramically shows seemingly secular Jews photographed in front of a backdrop of the Western Wall dressed up in faux Orthodox garb. Another series of photographs depicts Portuguese Marronos performing for the camera "secret" preparations for Passover in a hidden attic. Perhaps most movingly, two photographs show Lewi Faez taken ten years apart at age 6 and 16 tracing his journey from a hut in Yemen studying with his grandfather to a bare new immigrant apartment in Israel with his young wife and infant child. Lewi tells us in the text panel how difficult the transition is to Israeli society and how he decided after the last photograph to cut off his peyos. For six months his parents didn't speak to him and "It was hard...[but] I don't act differently on the outside to what I really am." The theme of conflict and accommodation is central to modern Jewish life and one that almost all Jews must struggle with at one point in their lives, if not continuously. Brenner's use of multiple images, textual captions and commentary along with shifts in time and location create a narrative that explores many sides of these fundamental questions. The issue of cultural diversity pales in comparison.
Many diverse themes dominate and shape Brenner's engagement with essential Jewish issues. Contemporary anti-Semitism is pondered in the brilliant photograph of Billings, Montana, Citizens Protesting Anti-Semitic Acts (1994) while the chilling General David Abramovich Dragunsky, Head of the Anti-Zionist Committee, and His Wife depicts the conundrum of Jewish anti-Semitism. The complicated history of Jews in relationship to Christianity is posed in Souvenir Sellers (1992) that arrays the exclusively Jewish peddlers of miniature saints and Catholic mementos in front of the Vatican. Additionally the deeply disturbing image of an intermarried family in The December Dilemma finds no easy solution to the intolerable demands of two faiths in one house. Jewish Outsiders are explored in a prison Seder, Passover 5754, Maximum Security Women's Correctional Facility while the heartbreakingly ironic Singles Weekend in the Catskills, Concord Hotel (1994) exposes the pain and longing in the search for a Jewish mate.
One can readily see that these images are artfully constructed under the careful direction of the photographer and therefore are clearly not documents of any existing reality. Rather they are skillful compositions, fascinating tableaus that interact with other photographs in the exhibition to confront the viewer with themes great and small currently challenging the Jewish world. The relationship between image, title and text defines the actual subject of each photograph.
Mourning and loss are paramount within Jewish life cycle events. Commemoration of Mourning for Deceased Son Whose Picture is on the Wall (1990) encapsulates the tragic loss of a son in the context of an orthodox Russian family. Mother and father are inexplicably separated by the loss while the sisters standing behind them are drawn together. The departed surveys the scene from the back of the dinning room. We can understand their mourning and loss as they console each other. It is domestic. In a stark contrast the series on Argentinean mothers of "the disappeared" presents us with an inconsolable loss. Their 'missing' sons and daughters, victims of the 1970's military dictatorship, are in limbo, their fate feared but unknown. Brenner depicts the mothers in white hospital gowns against antiseptically tiled institutional walls. Their blank stares and gestures of desperation make them seem insane, indeed they are insane with grief. Their mourning is endless and interminable. Brenner's depiction compels us to comprehend their loss.
Frederic Brenner's work is easily the most exciting and intellectually stimulating photographs around today. Coinciding with the exhibition is the publication of the two-volume Diaspora: Homelands in Exile, published by Harper Collins. The book juxtaposes his photograph with provocative essays by Andre Aciman, Jacques Derrida, Carlos Fuentes, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Julius Lester, Georges Steiner, and Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg. His confrontational images are calculated to initially elicit shock and puzzlement. But once he has our attention, the subtle complexity of the images encourages a prolonged engagement with the meaningful content of each photograph. He asks us no more than to simply pay attention and care about the conflicts and struggles of our fellow Jews. There is a genuine diversity of content in that enterprise.
The Jewish Journey: Frederic Brenner's Photographic Odyssey
Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY
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Q: Reading and choosing from an Excel validation list in VBA I have an Excel spreadsheet - a lot of them actually - that have drop-down selections in them. I want to automate filling them in, selecting an option from the list.
When I inspect the cell that has the drop-down in Excel itself, I cannot click on Validation in the Data Tools ribbon section as it is greyed out. I think the sheet has protection.
When I inspect the cell in VBA, the Validation.Formula1 property contains a string like "=list_b1191f893baa0c18600db155cc008dd2_label".
How can I find the contents of this list in VBA so that I can pick one of the valid values?

A: list_b1191f893baa0c18600db155cc008dd2_label would be a (presumably workbook-scoped) named range that you can pull into a Range variable like this:
Dim legalValuesSource As Range
Set legalValuesSource = ThisWorkbook.Names("list_b1191f893baa0c18600db155cc008dd2_label").RefersToRange

Or you can let Excel figure out what Name is being used here, by passing the name string to the Range function:
Dim legalValuesSource As Range
Set legalValuesSource = someSheet.Range("list_b1191f893baa0c18600db155cc008dd2_label")

Assuming that named range is n rows and 1 column (where n is greater than 1), you can pull the validation list values to an array like this (Range.Value yields a 2D variant array whenever it represents more than a single cell; Transpose should work to make it a single-dimensional array):
Dim legalValues As Variant
legalValues = Application.Transpose(legalValuesSource.Value)

Now you can pick any value from the legalValues array, and use it in the cell you pulled the validation list from:
thatCell.Value = legalValues(LBound(legalValues)) ' picks the first one that comes up

You can use any integer between LBound(legalValues) and UBound(legalValues) to pick a legal value.

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Q: 'Dense' object has no attribute 'op' I am trying to make a fully connected model using tensorflow.keras, here is my code
from tensorflow.keras.models import Model
from tensorflow.keras.layers import Input, Dense, Flatten

def load_model(input_shape):
  input = Input(shape = input_shape)
  dense_shape = input_shape[0]
  x = Flatten()(input)
  x = Dense(dense_shape, activation='relu')(x)
  x = Dense(dense_shape, activation='relu')(x)
  x = Dense(dense_shape, activation='relu')(x)
  x = Dense(dense_shape, activation='relu')(x)
  x = Dense(dense_shape, activation='relu')(x)
  output = Dense(10, activation='softmax')

  model  = Model(input , output)
  model.summary()
  return model

but when I call the model
model = load_model((120,))

I have this error
'Dense' object has no attribute 'op'

How can I fix this?

A: You are missing (x) after your output layer. Try
output = Dense(10 , activation = 'softmax')(x)


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Q: How to add values in a single array (for parsing) So i am asking this cause i am parsing some data, and i place it in an array called 'cards'. If i print_r($cards) my output will be this:
[0] => The Hunt for Gollum
[1] => (x3)
[2] => The Hunt for Gollum
[3] => (x3)
[4] => The Hunt for Gollum
[5] => (x3)
[6] => The Hunt for Gollum
[7] => (x3)
[8] => The Hunt for Gollum
[9] => (x3)
[10] => The Hunt for Gollum
[11] => (x3)
[12] => The Hunt for Gollum
[13] => (x3)
[14] => The Hunt for Gollum
[15] => (x3)
[16] => The Hunt for Gollum
[17] => (x1)
[18] => The Hunt for Gollum
[19] => (x3)
[20] => The Hunt for Gollum
[21] => (x4)
[22] => The Hunt for Gollum
[23] => (x2/x0)
[24] => The Hunt for Gollum
[25] => (x3)
[26] => The Hunt for Gollum
[27] => (x2)
[28] => The Hunt for Gollum
[29] => (x2)
[30] => The Hunt for Gollum
[31] => (x2)
[32] => The Hunt for Gollum
[33] => (x2/x1)
[34] => The Hunt for Gollum
[35] => (x5/x2)
[36] => The Hunt for Gollum
[37] => (x2)
[38] => The Hunt for Gollum
[39] => (x2)
[40] => The Hunt for Gollum
[41] => (x3/x1)

And i am asking if you know a way so i can display this array like that : [0]=>The Hunt for Gollum (x3), [1]=>The Hunt for Gollum (x3) etc...
But with less code.. not reapeating myself [47] times Thnx

A: You create a new array like that :
$array = ["The Hunt for Gollum", "(x2)","The Hunt for Gollum", "(x2)","The Hunt for Gollum", "(x2)"];
$newArray = [];
for( $i=0; $i < count($array) - 1; $i++ ){
    $newArray[] = $array[$i]. ' '. $array[$i+1];
    $i++;
}

print_r($newArray);

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I'm totally NOT complaining about this weather! Snow means cold and I don't like the cold, so I'm not complaining about this weather AT ALL. It's Sunday and it's sunny, what more can you ask for eh? Even Simone is loving it as she is still going outside and rolls around on the cold cold patio stones - she loves it, crazy cat!
It's been a quiet week, which is good as it gave me time to complete some Xmas shopping, not that I had a lot to do this year - yeah!
Not much on the sewing side either, although I did manage to complete an Amish Puzzle ball for the wee one in the family. Hope she likes it and has fun!
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1812 Chalmers' Biography / H / Thomas Hull (1728–1808) [vol. 18, p. 300]
The horizontal line represents the person's life.1728 - born1771 - "The History of sir William Harrington"1772 - "Genuine Letters from a gentleman to a young lady his pupil"1774 - "Richard Plantagenet"1778 - "Select Letters between the late duchess of Somerset, lady Luxborough, miss Dolman, Mr. Whistler, Mr. Dodsley, Shenstone, and others"1797 - "Moral Tales in verse"1808 - died
Hull, Thomas
, a late dramatic and miscellaneous writer, and an actor, was born in the Strand, London, in 1728, where his father was in considerable practice as an apothecary. He was educated at the Charter-house, with a view to the church, but afterwards embraced his father's profession, which, however, he was obliged to relinquish after an unsuccessful trial. What induced him to go on the stage we know not, as nature had not been very bountiful to him in essential requisites. He performed, however, for some time in the provincial theatres, and in 1759 obtained an engagement at Covent-garden theatre, which he never quitted, unless for summer engagements. In one of these he became acquainted with Shenstone the poet, who, observing his irreproachable moral conduct, so different from that of his brethren on the stage, patronized him as far as he was able, and assisted him in writing his tragedy of "Henry II." and "Rosamund." It was indeed Mr. Hull's moral character which did every thing for him. No man could speak seriously of him as an actor, but all spoke affectionately of his amiable manners and undeviating integrity. He was also a man of some learning, critically skilled in the dramatic art, and the correspondent of some of the more eminent literary men of his time. His poetical talents were often employed, and always in the cause of humanity and virtue, but he seldom soared above the level of easy and correct versification. In prose, perhaps, he is entitled to higher praise, but none of his works have had more than temporary success. He died at his house at Westminster, April 22, 1808. For the stage he altered, or wrote entirely, nineteen pieces, of which a list | may be seen in our authority. His other works were, I. "The History of sir William Harrington," a novel, 1771, 4 vols. 2. "Genuine Letters from a gentleman to a young lady his pupil," 1772, 2 vols. 3. "Richard Plantagenet," a legendary tale, 1774, 4to. 4. "Select Letters between the late duchess of Somerset, lady Luxborough, miss Dolman, Mr. Whistler, Mr. Dodsley, Shenstone, and others," 1778, 2 vols. This is now the most interesting of his publications, and contains many curious particulars of literary history and opinions. The letters were given to him by Shenstone. 5. "Moral Tales in verse," 1797, 2 vols. 8vo. 1
1 Biog. Dram. Greaves's Re-collections of Shenstone. Preface to the "Select Letters."
Hughes, Jabez (1685–1740)
Hughes, John (1682–1710)
Hugo, Herman (1588–1639)
Hugo, Charles Louis (?–1735)
Huldrich, John James (1683–1731)
Hull, Thomas (1728–1808)
Hulme, Nathaniel (1732–?)
Hume, David (1711–1776)
Humphrey, Laurence (1527–1590)
Hunauld, Francis Joseph (1701–1730)
Huniades, John Corvinus
Modern reprint, vol. 18...


On episode 49 of inThirty young adult ebook author MB Mulhall takes us through her experience using Kindle Direct to publish her first book Near Death. Mary Beth explains the business to budding novelist Harry and we compare the store that Bezos built to other ebook marketplaces. Thankfully, Mary Beth convinces Chaim not to publish a novel based on chaimtime.com.


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James Allen "Candy Jim" Taylor (February 1, 1884April 3, 1948) was an American third baseman and manager in Negro league baseball. In a career that spanned forty years, he played as an infielder in the early years of the 20th century for over a dozen black baseball teams; by the mid 1920s, he would play less regularly (doing so as a pinch hitter), with his final game came at 58. In 1920, the same year of the start of the golden era of Negro league baseball, he would take on the responsibilities of manager, where he would manage 1,967 games for twelve teams. Described as one of the great strategists of his era, Taylor is the all-time winningest manager in the Negro league era, having 955 wins along with two Negro World Series titles and one additional pennant in 27 seasons as manager. He has the most seasons managed by an African American manager along with having the seventh most for a manager in the history of baseball.

Biography
Born in Anderson, South Carolina, Taylor was one of four brothers who played in the Negro leagues, along with Ben, C. I. and "Steel Arm" Johnny.

Taylor began playing ball with an amateur club in Anderson, South Carolina in 1901, starting as a catcher.

He played with several different clubs in 1902 and 1903, finally landing a position with the Birmingham Giants in 1904 where he played third base. That year, he played in 55 regular season games and only made three errors.

Taylor continued with Birmingham until 1909, and moved to the St. Paul Colored Gophers for part of a season in 1910. He was named the captain of the team. Later in 1910, he was asked to play for the Chicago Giants, but played instead for the West Baden Sprudels as a player/manager until 1913.

In 1914, he moved to the Indianapolis ABC's as a player/manager, and by 1916, he helped the Indianapolis ABC's to win the Black World Championship. During the War, Taylor seemed to rotate between three teams, the Indianapolis ABCs, Dayton Marcos, and the Detroit Stars.

In 1918, 34 year-old Taylor registered for the WWI Draft. He lists his current occupation as a "Laborer" for the Penn Freight House at Dela and Georgia Street in Indianapolis, Indiana. Taylor lists his current address as 645 Blackford Street in Indianapolis. He does not list any dependents and lists his closest relative as Charles Isaac Taylor at 446 Indiana Avenue.

When the newly formed Negro National League started in 1920, Candy Jim worked as a player-manager for the Dayton Marcos. But he moved on to the Cleveland Tate Stars in the next season. He also served as a vice chairman for the league during its tenure (his brother C.I. also served as one of the co-founders of the league and vice president).

A disciplinarian and a master strategist, as manager Taylor led the St. Louis Stars to contention in the Negro National League, which coincided with the decision to match first half and second half champions for a Championship Series, starting in 1925 (his third and final season in his first stint). That year, his team won the second half of the season and won the right to be matched against the Kansas City Monarchs. They lost that series four to three. Taylor returned in 1927 to St. Louis and managed them to their first championship in 1928, doing so over the Chicago American Giants five games to four in the Championship Series.

The Great Depression took its toll on the economics of the game, and while managing the 1933 Richmond All-Stars, Taylor was forced to sell the team bus, and later had to send the players home.

In 1943 Taylor took over as manager for the Homestead Grays, which had been led by player-manager Vic Harris. After having won the NNL title for the previous three seasons, the Grays were tasked to try and win it again for the right to advance to the newly created second incarnation of the Negro World Series title. They succeeded in winning the pennant and the World Series, for which they would repeat their success again the following year.

Death and legacy

Taylor died at age 64 of a heart attack in Chicago and was interred in the Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, Illinois. He was buried in an unmarked grave which remained that way for nearly 54 years, until the Negro Leagues Baseball Grave Marker Project raised funds for a proper headstone in 2004.

Taylor managed a variety of black baseball legends in four decades that ranged from Cool Papa Bell to Josh Gibson to Vic Harris while being selected to coach in the East-West All Star Game four times.

Managerial record

References

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We would like to thank Van Amelsvoort et al (1) for the interest in our study (2) and take the opportunity to clarify here that none of the workers were sick-listed when they participated in the baseline health survey. We mentioned in the abstract that incident (ie, not prevalent) long-term sickness absence was retrieved from an occupational health register (2). Our explanation of how to interpret the area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve as measure of discrimination between workers with and without long-term sickness absence might have given the impression that the study population was a mix of workers with and without sickness absence. Throughout the paper, however, workers with long-term sickness absence refer to those not sick-listed at baseline who had incident long-term sickness absence during 1-year follow-up.
We agree with the authors that instruments to predict long-term sickness absence for workers still at work (secondary prevention) should be distinguished from instruments for workers already on sick leave (tertiary prevention). The objective of our study was to investigate the Work Ability Index (WAI) as an instrument to predict future long-term sickness absence in non-sick-listed workers, ie, as an instrument for secondary prevention. Therefore, the term "screening" was used in the appropriate context.
Van Amelsvoort et al (1) raise an interesting point when they state that including the outcome (sickness absence) as predictor in the model will shift the focus towards the prediction of recurrent sickness absence. Obviously, sickness absence is useless for predicting the first long-term sickness absence episode of an individual who has just finished education and enters the workforce. During working life, workers develop a sickness absence history either without sickness absence episodes (ie, zero-absenteeism) or with successive sickness absence episodes. In the latter case, Navarro et al (3) recommended to use statistical techniques for recurrent rather than independent events. A worker's sickness absence history is the strongest predictor of future sickness absence episodes (4, 5). From that perspective, it would be a missed opportunity not to include past sickness absence as variable in prediction models for future long-term sickness absence.
Van Amelsvoort, LG, Jansen, NW, Kant, I, Schouten, , et al. (2015). Approaches for predicting long-term sickness absence. "Screening manual and office workers for risk of long-term sickness absence: cut-off points for the Work Ability Index". Scand J Work Environ Health, 41(3), 322-323, http://dx.doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.3483 .
Schouten, LS, Joling, CI, van der Gulden, JW, Heymans, MW, Bultmann, U, & Roelen, CA. (2015). Screening manual and office workers for risk of long-term sickness absence: cut-off points for the Work Ability Index. Scand J Work Environment Health, 41(1), 36-42, http://dx.doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.3465 .
Navarro, A, Reis, RJ, & Martín, M. (2009). Some alternatives in the statistical analysis of sickness absence. Am J Ind Med, 52, 811-6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.20739 .
Roelen, CA, Koopmans, PC, Schreuder, JA, Anema, JR, & van der Beek, AJ. (2011). The history of registered sickness absence predicts future sickness absence. Occup Med, 61, 96-101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqq181 .
Reis, RJ, Utzet, M, La, Rocca PF, et al. (2011). Previous sick leaves as predictors of subsequent ones. Int Arch Occup Environ Health, 84, 491-9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00420-011-0620-0 .


Going on an African Safari can turn out to be one of the greatest experiences of your life especially you move around in a comfortable vehicle. Imagine how unpleasant it would be if you found yourself in the hot plains of Africa, huddled in a small car with poor ventilation and yet you are trying to make the most of your sightseeing.
You would not enjoy the eye candy that is the African wild animals and the picturesque scenery. Well, finding the best vehicle for a Safari is necessary if you expect to enjoy yourself. It would be helpful therefore to learn what vehicles are the best for hire on any African Safari.
First, there are certain qualities a vehicle must possess in order to even be considered for hire. For most tourists, the journey into the bush is hallmarked by exhilarating days in the pursuit of the African Wildlife.
In order to have a less tiring, more fruitful experience, ground transportation ought to be of the highest quality. In general, the vehicle you choose must have comfy seats with headrests and be roomy enough. The windows should offer a large view. If possible, a pop-up roof or an open top vehicle would be great as well. The above are just but the basic things a Safari vehicle must have.
Thanks to innovation, some vehicles have ice chests with cooled bottled water and drinks. Other cars offer binoculars to give you a worthwhile experience in viewing animals and scenery.
One of the very best hires for a Safari would be a 4×4 vehicle and there are practical reasons for that. First, the terrain in the African wild as well as the coastal areas is mostly accessed by gravel roads. In order to travel well on such ground, a 4×4 vehicle is needed.
Any other less powerful car may have difficulty moving. Moreover, this vehicle has good ride height. What this means is that you will be able to sight-see very well as compared to moving about in a standard car. One great example of such a car is the Toyota LandCruiser.
Built for off-road purposes, this vehicle will provide you with a reliable and highly comfortable option. Well accessorized, you will find spacious roof racks, fender covers and great suspension. Trust this car especially because it has a great engine, chassis and drive train.
The ordinary vehicles do not match the practicability of the vehicles built for tough terrain. The best vehicle to hire is one that is not likely to get a flat tire easily. A vehicle that can handle off road terrains and has good ground clearance and offset differential is the option you should settle for.
You definitely do not need a car which makes all the passengers tumble over when it counters a sharp corner or a hilly climb. A vehicle with all these intricate details exists, search for it and you will have yourself an amazing African Safari.


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Leyton Orient player ratings: Jens Janse error so costly during Colchester United loss
Published: 12:00 PM May 2, 2017 Updated: 8:48 AM October 14, 2020
Leyton Orient's Jens Janse shows his disappointment after being substituted following a bad error which led to Colchester United's second goal - Credit: Archant
George Sessions provides player ratings following the 3-1 defeat at home to Colchester United in League Two on Saturday
Leyton Orient's Sandro Semedo salutes the crowd after his fine goal against Colchester United - Credit: Archant
Leyton Orient's last home match of the campaign and last in the Football League for at least a season ended in controversial circumstances after a dramatic day in E10.
Colchester United eventually ran out as 3-1 winners at Brisbane Road, but the result was almost insignificant come full time, which occured close to 7pm.
But before the pitch protest, there were a number of encouraging performances from O's players in the club's penultimate game of the season.
Sam Sargeant (6.5) – O's young stopper conceded three goals, but in hindsight there was not a lot he could have done for any of them with the cross in for the opener excellent, the second down to Jens Janse and the third a very good finish. Punched a dangerous free kick clear and his handling was largely good.
Leyton Orient and Colchester United prepare to play the final five minutes of Saturday's game - Credit: Archant
Michael Clark (6) – Talented defender was involved in Colchester's second and third with a couple of poor passes, but defended well on a whole when called upon and looks so assured at the back. Great to hear he is in talks with the club about staying at Orient for next season.
Aron Pollock (7.5) – Another good performance by the 19-year-old, who is growing with confidence. Strong in the air, good on the ball and has habit of getting in good areas to block efforts. There was one moment where he lost the flight of the ball in first half, but again was very impressive.
Tom Parkes (6.5) – Pushed off the ball too easily for Colchester's third, but fairly solid other than that moment and really assured in possession, with his composure playing a big part in Sandro Semedo's goal. A back three seems to suit him, as it allows him to bring ball forward from defence.
Jens Janse (5) – Strange decision to play Dutch defender as a wing-back and he failed to provide O's with an attacking outlet going forward while going the other way, his positioning was not great all game before terrible back pass led to visitors second, which virtually handed them the three points.
Leyton Orient midfielder Michael Collins tries to keep the ball in play against Colchester United - Credit: Archant
Michael Collins (5.5) – Experienced midfielder was not at his best on Saturday despite putting in plenty of effort and endeavour. His passing wasn't as good as usual and he got caught in possession on a couple of occasions, but never stopped trying.
Sandro Semedo (8) – A brilliant performance by the Portugal youngster, who played in the centre of midfield instead of his usual position on the wing. Not only did he score a stunning goal from 30-yards, but his defensive work was very impressive too, as he put in several crucial tackles to thwart Colchester attacks. An encouraging display and potentially a long-term position for the 20-year-old.
Callum Kennedy (6.5) – Ex-AFC Wimbledon defender started slowly before growing into the game and producing some decent crosses from the left with his delivery for Paul McCallum's chance excellent. Despite not being a traditional wing-back, he did pretty well in the position.
Tristan Abrahams (7.5) – Good showing from talented forward and what impressed me most was his desire to get on the ball and always try to make things happen. He went close on a couple of occasions in the first half and caused Colchester plenty of problems.
Leyton Orient forward Tristan Abrahams curls an effort over the crossbar against Colchester United - Credit: Archant
Steven Alzate (6) – Another classy display, although tightly marked by the U's and it seems opposition teams have clocked on to his potential, so it is a problem the teen will have to solve in the future. Despite not getting much time on the ball, he tried his best to have an influence.
Paul McCallum (6) – Former West Ham United forward won his fair share of balls in the air and several free kicks, but couldn't get involved too much and didn't link up enough with Abrahams or Alzate. He showed great movement for chance just before half time and applauded all four corners of the ground after his substitution.
Victor Adeboyejo, for McCallum 67. (6.5) – Powerful striker put himself about and did make life difficult for Colchester's defenders during his short cameo before the pitch protest.
Josh Koroma, for Janse 79.
Freddy Moncur, for Collins 85.


Shallow vestibule along with inadequate width of attached gingiva is a common cause of gingival recession especially in mandibular anterior region. Vestibular deepening procedures have always been a point of concern for the Periodontist. Multiple techniques have been developed to increase the vestibular depth. This case report presents a vestibular deepening procedure with continuous locking suture.


ISAF is carrying out a survey of its Member National Authorities to gather details on the availability of ISAF Offshore Personal Sea Survival Course.
The ISAF Offshore Special Regulations set out the rules in place for inshore, offshore, trans-ocean and extended distance races. The ISAF Offshore Special Regulations (Clause 6.01) require that for long distance offshore and oceanic races a percentage of the crew must have been trained on and completed an ISAF Offshore Personal Sea Survival Course. Details of this course are available in Appendix G of the ISAF Offshore Special Regulations - please refer to www.sailing.org/specialregs.
This ISAF approved course and status is awarded and certified by the ISAF Member National Authorities (MNA). During last year's ISAF Annual Conference, concerns were raised about the availability of the courses and numbers of sailors who have completed this course and been certified. It was agreed that the ISAF Secretariat would conduct a survey.
ISAF are therefore requesting MNAs to complete the very brief questionnaire. MNAs have been sent copies of the questionnaire and it is also available to download by clicking here.


You have been chosen. You are one of the select few who will keep this world alive, now that the virus has been defeated. You have been selected because of the superior genetics that you possess. You will help create the new race. You will be matched with someone with different, yet also superior genetics, to give your offspring the greatest possibility of being extraordinary.
I'm so confused! What does this all mean? This crazy thing that we call life? It's maddening, and it doesn't make any sense, and who decided that this would be a good idea? That we would have to procreate by interacting with other people, and ripping ourselves in half, and screaming to bring into this world a tiny new spirit so that they can grow up and realize that all of this isn't worth it.
The conductor called his age-old saying to the mostly empty platform. Few people in the states took trains these days, and even fewer even had their ears open to hear his call. New technology filled the ear canals of the new youths with music or conversation. Sometimes he thought about stepping off of the train after it had pulled away from the station to see if anyone would notice him then.
I am the sediment at the bottom of the glass when you place the sugar cube on the slotted spoon over the green liquor and light the fire. I am the fragmented memories you can feel behind your eyes but you can't ever see. I'm am the granulated specks of everything you wanted me to be as I sink into the Earth, dissolving away with time and forgetting.


Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O LORDof hosts, my King and my God.
Would that me also, wretched though I be, yet His poor servant, He might deign so to arouse from the sleep of idleness, so to kindle with that fire of divine love, that the flame of His love, the longing of His so great charity, would mount above the stars, and the divine fire would ever burn within me! Would that I had the tinder to foster, feed, and keep alight that fire unceasingly, and nourish that flame, which knows no quenching and knows all increase!
Here's a guy, at 50 years of age, a successful scholar and mentor, who decides with 12 companions to go on mission for the Lord and heads out to Gaul (France).
It's the turn of the 7th century, so this is no mean achievement in itself. But what happens over the next several years is, well, astonishing.
He works every day in the fields with his pals while continuing his life of piety and scholarship. He establishes four monasteries at which thousands – thousands – of young men are trained for the Gospel ministry and the life of martyrdom. He stands up to corrupt kings, lazy priests and bishops, and even the pope himself!
And he's crying out to the Lord to light his fire and make it shine a little brighter?
Friend, what hope is there for you and me? If this guy's idle, we're dead!
Columbanus lived as a sacrifice for the Lord every day of his adult life. He wanted nothing more than that the light of Christ's love should shine through him and radiate into the lives of the people God put in his path, and he wept to think that anything in him might inhibit that great work.
He was Personal Mission Field personified.
Columbanus was like a sparrow or a swallow, offered up on the altar of the Lord, and his only regret was that he could not burn more brightly than he did.
Who are your heroes? How do you want to spend your life? Jack Miller used to say, with a nod to Psalm 84.3, "even the bird brains know where they belong." What do you want your life to count for during the short years God gives you on this earth?
Lord of hosts, how sweet Your dwelling; how my soul longs for Your courts!
Let my soul with joy keep telling of Your grace forever more.
Like a bird upon the altar let my life to You belong.
Blest are they who never falter as they praise Your grace with song!
Use me, dear Lord, use even me just as You will and when and where!
It's spring! OK, I know we still have three inches of snow on the ground here in Vermont, and it was only 15 degrees yesterday. But it's spring, and soon everything will be putting on the garments of new life. What a perfect time to renew your commitment to working your Personal Mission Field, to pray each day, following Columbanus, that God would "light you up" with His grace and truth and send you forth like He sent Jesus, to bring near the Kingdom of the God the people in your life. Will you make that commitment? Will you follow the example of Columbanus and let this spring be a new beginning for the work of your Personal Mission Field? Here's a challenge: Take the longing of Columbanus, expressed in the quote above, and translate that into a prayer you will pray each day throughout this spring, seeking the Lord for daily revival in Him. Send me a copy of your prayer, and I'll share it with the rest of the community in this space, so that we can encourage one another in our walk with the Lord.
Don't forget, for your gift to The Fellowship of Ailbe at this time, I'll send you a copy of The Legacy of Patrick, an overview of Patrick's ministry and a summary of the Celtic Revival which grew out of his labors. Use the donate button here or at the website, or send your gift to The Fellowship of Ailbe, 19 Tyler Dr., Essex Junction, VT 05452.
Lord, kindle our flames for revival!


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Port of Seattle Names COO
By Mark Edward Nero
Port of Seattle CEO Ted Fick has promoted Dave Soike, the port's Aviation Director of Facilities and Capital Programs, to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer, the port revealed March 11.
Soike has worked for the port for nearly 36 years, beginning as a junior engineer and quickly advancing into positions in project management, maritime and aviation. Most recently he led more than 375 employees in Aviation Facilities and Infrastructure, Aviation Maintenance, and the Aviation Building Department and Conference Center. Soike holds a Bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Washington State University and a Master's in business administration from the University of Washington.
Reporting to Soike will be the Centers of Expertise for Environment and Sustainability, Strategic Initiatives, and Capital Development, as well as Police and Emergency Management.
Additionally, Soike is expected to serve as Acting CEO whenever Fick is absent.
Fick announced his intention to add a COO in early 2016 as part of a reorganization designed to enable him to focus more on regional collaboration, economic development, and internal talent development.
"Over his career, Dave has demonstrated a talent for building relationships with diverse audiences, a strong track record delivering effective large-scale and complex projects, and the ability to drive new strategic initiatives," Fick said, adding that Soike's knowledge and experience can help the port meet its job creation goals and strategic initiatives, such as long-range planning and environmental stewardship.
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This Mantra invokes the mother Goddess as entering the body as the medicine. The meaning of this Mantra is – I seek the blessing of the Goddess who is in the form of a medicine.
These Shakti Mantras are most powerful and work on the deepest levels; what is more important than anything else is the level of the spiritual growth of the one chanting the. Mantra as he should be aware what he is doing.
Hello sir, how manay times v hv to recite this mantra , at what time and after gaining siddhi how many time again v hv to recite can u tell me plz.
There are no such bindings, you can chant the mantra as many times you wish and at which ever time you want to; however preferably before and after taking the medicine.


Kildare County Council has received plans to transform much of The Waterways development in Sallins.
The Waterways was built some years ago during the so called Celtic Tiger era, but much of it remained unopened.
Now an investment company, with links to the Naas area, has signalled its intention to breathe new life into the complex.
The company wants to develop a 55 room aparthotel (a hotel which provides self catering apartments as well as conventional hotel facilities) over two floors in place of a hotel. It is also seeking to develop a gym.
It also wants to change the use of part of the building from a creche/communitycentre/ meeting room/offices to provide for educational and training use and to develop a coffee shop .
The Waterways was put up for sale in May 2015 and was effectively sold off at the request of the National Asset Management Agency.
The three storey building occupies 835 square metres with potential for retail units, a restaurant, a 42 bedroom hotel, an office block, creche and coffee shop.
Also put up for sale as a an underground car park with 202 spaces.
In 2013 there was a bid to convert the hotel into a nursing home.
But this was turned down by Kildare County Council and again on appeal to An Bord Pleanala.
There were concerns about water disposal and the suitability of a hotel structure for use as a nursing home.
Two years before the areas was hit by flooding, caused by unusually heavy rainfall, the worst in living memory.


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Appointment as Artistic Director of Pallas Theatre Collective
In February 2014, I was appointed the Artistic Director of Pallas Theatre Collective where I'd previously served as the Casting and Collective Manager. Read the press release here.
Taming of the Shrew with PTC
Happy to announce I will be directing the third show of Pallas Theatre Collective's 4th Season, Taming of the Shrew! The entire season will be produced at the new Anacostia Arts Center. Shrew will open October 8th and close October 26th.
Grieving for Genevieve at Venus Theatre
In June, I will make my debut at Venus Theatre playing Delilah Peck in Kathleen Warnock's Grieving for Genevieve. The show, directed by Artistic Director Deb Randall, will run June 6-30.
The Tragical Mirth of Marriage & Love : Short Scenes by Anton Chekhov with Pallas Theatre Collective
The Tragical Mirth of Marriage and Love : Short Scenes by Anton Chekhov will be presented at the 2013 Capital Fringe Festival. The show includes Chekhov's The Bear and The Proposal and stars Michael Boynton and Allison Galen in the lead roles.
Causality with LiveArt
In January 2013, LiveArt (rhymes with GiveArt DC) held it's first meeting for Causality, a long term, process oriented production with script by Kevin Finkelstein and direction by me. The cast of Causality currently includes James Radack, Julie Garner, Michael Rodriquez and Belen Pifel. Our creative team (cast, director, designers, playwright) will work on this project until we decide it is ready to be presented to an audience. This could take anywhere from 1-4 years, there really is no time limit.
One Night Only Concert to Benefit Pallas Theatre Collective
Pallas Theatre Collective is delighted to host violinist Amy Beth Horman with pianist Frank Conlon in recital on January 25th at 7:30pm at the First Congregational United Church of Christ. Ms. Horman will be performing a theatre-inspired program, featuring works by Bernstein, Gershwin, and Korngold, and the recital will be supplemented by scenes from Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" with actors Mike Boynton and Ty Hallmark, and lectures, and multimedia from Artistic Director Tracey Elaine Chessum, Ph.D.
The program consists of the following masterpieces for violin and piano:
Gershwin; Porgy and Bess suite
Korngold: Suite "Much Ado About Nothing"
Waxman: Carmen Fantasy
Bernstein: West Side Story
This event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! (with a suggested donation of $25). Any donations received will benefit Pallas Theatre Collective, a 501(c)3 organization.
Seats can be reserved at http://pallastheatre.org/tickets/horman
An Interview with Jacqueline Lawton
Women Directors of DC