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About York County Community College
According to Wikipedia , York County Community College is a public community college in Wells, Maine. YCCC is part of the Maine Community College System. History York County Community College was established in 1994 as York County Technical College by the 116th Maine Legislature. In 1995, YCTC opened with an enrollment of 156 students as well as three associate degree programs and two certificate programs.
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If you graduate from York County Community College, then you can expect to earn an average of $30,800 per year. You also have a 82% chance of being employed after 10 years.
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York County Community College is located at 112 College Drive, Wells ME 04090
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Wells has a violent crime rate of less than .01% and a property crime rate of less than .01%.
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Published: Nov. 5, 2017 at 05:15 p.m.
Updated: Nov. 5, 2017 at 07:58 p.m.
New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton believes Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans should have been ejected for shoving rookie defensive back Marshon Lattimore to the turf during the third quarter of Sunday's game.
"If there's not an ejection in that situation then I don't know when there's supposed to be an ejection," Payton told reporters after the game.
Lattimore got into a verbal confrontation with Buccaneers players on the sideline, including an injured Jameis Winston, who touched Lattimore. Lattimore turned around and shoved Winston before Evans ran in quickly from the field and shoved Lattimore down before falling on top of him as he threw punches. Coaches and players on the Bucs' sideline quickly separated the two players, and Evans was flagged for a personal foul.
Buccaneers coach Dirk Koetter said after the Bucs' 30-10 loss he didn't see the hit and didn't offer an opinion on who might have been at fault.
As for Evans, it appears he's frustrated at how the season has gone for Tampa Bay through Week 9.
"We are very bad. We are 2-6 so that's terrible," said Evans after a game which saw Winston replaced by Ryan Fitzpatrick after halftime due to a shoulder injury. "We are too talented to be 2-6. We are just in a bad spot and have to come together to fix it. Time is running out."
When asked whether he thought he might be suspended, Evans responded, per Greg Auman of the Tampa Bay Times: "I want to play. I want to help my team. The league's going to do what they're going to do."


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So after one year of beating around the bush, it is finally made clear that, as many were expecting all along, the ultimate goal of the Greek "bailouts" is nothing short of the state's (partial for now) annexation by Europe. According to an FT breaking news article, "European leaders are negotiating a deal that would lead to unprecedented outside intervention in the Greek economy, including international involvement in tax collection and privatisation of state assets, in exchange for new bail-out loans for Athens. People involved in the talks said the package would also include incentives for private holders of Greek debt voluntarily to extend Athens' repayment schedule, as well as another round of austerity measures." Thus Greece is faced with the banker win-win choice, of not only abandoning sovereignty, a first in modern "democratic" history, in the pursuit of "Greek" policies that are beneficial for Europe, or not get a bailout, which would only serve to prevent senior bondholder impairments. How could Greek leaders and its population possibly not accept such an attractive option which either leaves the country as another Olli Rehn protectorate, or forces it to not bailout Europe's overleveraged banker class. In essence Europe is now convinced, just like Hank Paulson was on September 14, 2008, that the downstream effects from letting Greece implode are manageable. But the key development is that the Greek bankruptcy, which from the beginning, and as Peter Tchir's note below demonstrates, was always simply a Greek choice, was just made that much easier.
In the latest setback, the Greek government failed on Friday to win cross-party agreement on the new austerity measures, which European Union lenders have insisted is a prerequisite to another bail-out.
In addition, the European Central Bank remains opposed to any restructuring of Greek debt that could be considered a "credit event" – a change in terms that could technically be ruled a default.
One senior European official involved in the talks, however, said ECB objections could be overcome if the rescheduling was structured properly.
Despite the hurdles, pressure is building to have a deal done within three weeks because of an IMF threat to withhold its portion of June's €12bn bail-out payment unless Athens can show it can meet all its financing requirements for the next 12 months.
And the latest set of very timely observations from TF Market's Peter Tchir.
Well, it seems as though this week's news flow has spurred the mainstream media into action. Everywhere you look there are stories about the Greek credit crisis. It is encouraging to see that more of them now agree with my view that a restructuring would occur sooner rather than later. Only a month ago, almost every article and every piece of official street research made it clear that a restructuring was at least a year off, if not longer. I demonstrated why I thought that opinion was wrong, and although I haven't been proven correct yet, I am no longer in a tiny minority. Restructuring (reprofiling or default or whatever you want to call it) will not be easy, but I remain convinced that it is the best outcome for Greece and in the long run will be the best outcome for Europe even with the short term pain it will cause.
It has also become painfully obvious to everyone that the actions of the ECB are making any resolution more difficult. Someone, other than me, has now called the ECB 'pathological' in their resistance to restructuring. The ECB, led by Trichet, made a major mistake in their purchase of Greek bonds in the secondary market. It is unclear what they intended to gain (other than a short squeeze) as Greece was not tapping the capital markets for new bond deals. If Trichet worked at a real bank, he would have been fired by now, or allowed 'to pursue time with his family'. Someone who was not part of the bad decision would be brought in to oversee the positions. The ECB needs to change personnel immediately and bring in someone fresh to be part of the negotiations who can focus on what is best going forward and not on how best to cover up previous mistakes.
I continue to be confused by the fact that most people talk about the issue from the lender's perspective. "Should Greece be allowed to default?" "Does it teach Greece a bad lesson if they let them walk away? " "Won't Greece just default again if the ECB lets them walk away?"
The reality is the IMF, or ECB, or EU can offer money to Greece, but it is Greece's decision to borrow more to pay off old debts. Only Greece can decide to make payments and not default or demand restructuring. Other entities or countries can make it easier for Greece to kick the can down the road, but in the end, only Greece can decide whether or not to pay its bills.
The people of Greece seem to prefer default. It is fairly clear that this is not a short term liquidity problem, but a longer term solvency problem for Greece. Greece has some assets it can sell, but as I have said time and again, they will still have those assets to secure new funds after a default/restructuring. I continue to believe it is in the best interest of Greece to default and it is their decision, no one else's. It may be bad for the rest of Europe if Greece defaults, but that really should not be the priority of the Greek government.
If Greece defaults, the creditors can then take steps to enforce their rights. If a person fails to pay on their mortgage, the banks can enact their rights to foreclose. If a U.S. company fails to pay its debt, creditors will suit, and the company and debtors will typically resolve the issue in the courts under Chapter 11 or Chapter 7. There are similar statutes for corporate defaults in other countries. The real reason that we are hearing so much about this from the lenders perspective, rather than the borrowers, is because it is not very clear what the lenders' rights are if Greece stops paying.
If Greece stops paying, the lenders cannot 'foreclose' on it. There is no law that dictates how to proceed like chapter 11 does. The bonds have very few if any covenants. The lawsuits would have to be won in Greek courts and then enforced by people employed by the Greek government. Good luck with that.
The reason the lenders have an almost irrational need to avoid a default, is they don't know what they will get if Greece does default. There is no good way to analyze it. Their ultimate recovery will be based on some threats of future lending, rights of set-off, and maybe some threats of trade sanctions, but unlike a mortgage or a corporate bond, there is no good way to analyze the potential outcome. There is a reason 'vulture' funds focus on corporate debt much more than sovereign - there is a way to analyze the outcomes, it is not just guess work.
So people can continue to comment on whether Greece should be allowed to default, but that misses the point. Lenders can make it easy for Greece to make payments, but choosing to default or not remains solely a Greek decision and they should do what is best for them.


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A night at the opera: Tipping Point's production of A Comedy of Tenors
Originally published at EncoreMichigan here …
"Dying is easy, but comedy is hard" goes the old mantra, hyperbolically detailing the degree of difficulty for making an audience laugh. That said, it probably should be modified to read: "Dying is easy, comedy is hard, and farce is impossible." Whether you love farce or not (I sorta don't), it requires the crack timing of a Swiss clock, the physicality of a gymnast, and the rapid-fire delivery of a machine gun.
Fortunately, for those in the opening night audience of Tipping Point's latest A Comedy of Tenors, farce is one of the company's super powers.
The piece, a sequel to Ken Ludwig's Lend Me A Tenor, details the chaotic hours before an operatic concert of three (maybe four) tenors in 1930s Paris. As the performance hangs in the balance from the tempestuous machinations of a set of male divas (toxic masculinity in its absurdist reality), producer Saunders (a hellzapoppin' human stress-ball performance by company mainstay Dave Davies) flips every lever, ethical and otherwise, so that the show can go on.
As you can imagine, many doors are slammed as the cast romps about Monika Essen's creamy-fine French Moderne set (someone be sure to reinforce all those floor joists for the duration of the run!). Costuming by Suzanne Young is period-perfect, ultra-tailored gorgeousness. And with Midwesterners trying their hands at a world's atlas worth of dialects (high and low country Italian, Brooklynite, Russian), dialect coach Christopher Corporandy has his work cut out for him … and succeeds with "it's a small world after all" aplomb. Able lighting and sound design, effortlessly transitioning the action from hotel suite to arena stage and back again, are provided by Neil Koivu and Julia Garlotte respectively.
The cast is on the balance terrific. As opera superstar Tito, the emotional vortex of this comic storm, Richard Marlatt is clearly having a ball, and, pun intended, never misses a note. I won't spoil the first-act surprise, but he has to work double-time and applies a refreshing amount of nuance to differentiate the contrasting moments he has to play. He is aided and abetted by the ever-fabulous Sarab Kamoo as his long-suffering, take-no-prisoners wife Maria.
Joe Zarrow brings a lovable accessibility to production assistant turned singing sensation Max, and Nick Yocum sparkles as young matinee idol sensation Carlos. Tito and Maria's Hollywood hopeful daughter Mimi could be a thankless role, bringing more narrative complication than character definition, but Hope Shangle nicely blends the hot-headed charm and earnest pragmatism of her stage parents. Last but certainly not least, Melynee Saunders Warren is a Molotov cocktail tossed into the play's second act as a Russian chanteuse whose unrequited love for Tito escalates the mania to a fever pitch. She is sheer slinky stage magic.
The script is more sitcom than art, and that's just fine. The opening night audience was enrapt by the crackerjack performances. Directed with military precision by Angie Kane Ferrante (assistant direction by Mary Conley), this top-of-their-game cast elevates the material and delivers a fine and fun evening of escapist entertainment. And, heaven knows, we all could use that. A frisky holiday offering from the always exceptional Tipping Point.
Tipping Point Theatre presents Ken Ludwig's A Comedy of Tenors Thursdays through Sundays, November 15 through December 23. Previews November 15 and 16 include talkbacks the producing artistic director James R. Kuhl and director Angie Ferrante. Tickets are $26. Senior citizens 62 and older: $2 off per ticket; groups of 15 or more: $3 off per ticket for all performances, excluding previews and opening night. This may be combined with the senior discount. All tickets are available online at http://www.TippingPointTheatre.com.
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Thanks, David Liebrecht of Heartland Home Health & Hospice, for the nice shout out at the 57 minute mark here on Mark S. Lee's "Small Talk" program. And to Brenda Zawacki Meller of Meller Marketing for alerting me! Always a fun and informative show.
Plus, Blaire Miller, CCM, MBA of Hunter Group, Sheilah Clay and Linda Little MBA, RN, CCM of Neighborhood Service Organization – NSO, Bob Lambert of Detroit Foundation Hotel, and Paula Christian Kliger, PhD of Psychological Assets Pc.
Listen to Small Talk with Mark S. Lee – November 18th, 2018 by Lee Group #np on #SoundCloud
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As if in a dream: Tipping Point Theatre's Impossibility of Now wows
Originally published by EncoreMichigan
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"Words – so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them," the novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne once observed. For all intents and purposes, this quote could serve as the central thesis of Tipping Point Theatre's latest offering, the Michigan premiere of Y. York's The Impossibility of Now.
With a narrative conceit that wouldn't have been out of place in mid-century episodes of Playhouse 90, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, or my mother's beloved The Loretta Young Show, York's play details the recovery of a successful non-fiction writer Carl (a dazzling Dave Davies) whose slate is literally wiped clean when a utility pole falls on his car and renders him an amnesiac. His wife Miranda (poignantly portrayed by Julia Glander) has suffered for years, married to a pre-accident Carl who was terse, cruel, distant, and unkind, keeping her an emotional prisoner in their isolated three-story Las Vegas condo.
In the midst of her heartache, Miranda had taken up with a hunky man-child dentist Anthony (Glander's real-life husband Alex Leydenfrost) who may or may not have fully healed from his own recent divorce. Yet, Carl returns from the hospital a changed man – innocent and loving, full of wonder about this new world around him … and pretty darn smitten with Miranda. Needless to say, Miranda is at a crossroads.
What keeps the piece from devolving into maudlin soap opera? Sprightly dialogue by York that values adult wit over self-indulgent shtick and, perhaps more importantly, smart direction from Frannie Shepherd-Bates that allows each of her talented actors to shine and genius set and projection design from Moníka Essen that elevates the narrative with a hauntingly dream-like quality.
The interplay between Davies and Glander, as a couple rebuilding a life from ash, provides the production its most affecting moments. Essen's set – a series of (literal) jigsaw puzzle pieces – is a nod toward Carl's attempts at reconciling a sea of memories, real and imagined.
Her projection work aids and abets the exceptional onstage connection between Davies and Glander: a series of animated words appear at key junctures on a screen above the stage, representing the ever-spinning algorithms in Carl's mind, and provide exquisite punctuation (sometimes riotous, sometimes heartbreaking) on the unfolding tragicomedy.
I was transfixed by the interplay of these elements; an effect that can only be achieved in the theatre, expanding and elevating a good play into something great.
Quintessa Gallinat's nuanced sound design is a key element in this experience as well and must be acknowledged for the immersive but unobtrusive use of music and sound effects.
My only quibbles are more with script than production. At two hours, the narrative at times seems attenuated past its breaking point, and the capable and compelling Leydenfrost is saddled with a role which, at times, seems to be more a sitcom-level complication than fully developed character. He and Glander are fun to watch with their dental chair trysts, but those moments are jarring, like lost pages from Neil Simon's Plaza Suite, given the high-wire act Davies brings to Carl's reclamation of self. They almost seem like two different universes entirely. It doesn't hurt the show, and the cast all soldier through admirably, but the script would be more of a gut punch with fewer shenanigans and even more focus on Carl and Miranda's fascinating pas de deux.
Davies is a marvel. His crack comedic timing coupled with a deep-feeling pathos engenders a wealth of audience empathy. Davies has built an extraordinary number of layers into a role that in lesser hands could have been Forrest Gump-redux. He never condescends to the character nor to the situations and is electrifyingly present throughout. Don't miss his work here. "Deft and exhilarating" can't begin to describe it.
Tipping Point and its Producing Artistic Director James Kuhl are perhaps too-often unsung for the consistent level of quality and engagement they bring to their work. Productions there are consistently top-notch, relatable, and transporting. They take chances on new material, use their space in clever and creative and economical ways, and provide a safe place for an extraordinary array of talent to play. The Impossibility of Now is a perfect example of the humane and humanistic approach they take to theatrical arts, and, for that, this critic is grateful.
The Impossibility of Now runs through August 19.
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Addendum … I'm participating in this event (below) on Thursday …
Theatre NOVA, Ann Arbor's professional theatre with an exclusive focus on new plays and playwrights, presents their semi-annual Michigan Playwrights Festival, now in its third year. Five new plays by Michigan playwrights will be given readings July 25-29, 2018.
Theatre NOVA focuses on new plays and new playwrights and is dedicated to working with new and local playwrights to help them develop their craft and to offer brand new plays for audiences. The theatre created the Michigan Playwrights Festival to nurture Michigan playwrights and to develop full-length plays for future seasons. They recently produced "Clutter," an original script by Michigan playwright Brian Cox, as a result of its staged reading at a previous festival. "Clutter" was lauded by audiences and critics and earned two Wilde Award awards, including Best New Script.
In the previous year, "Irrational" by R. MacKenzie Lewis and David Wells was given a full production and also received a Wilde Award for Best New Script. Other plays that began as staged readings at Theatre NOVA and have gone on to full productions are "Katherine" by Kim Carney, "Spin" by Emilio Rodriguez, and "Bird" by Kristin Hanratty. "Resisting" by David Wells and "Mrs. Fifty Bakes a Pie" by Linda Ramsay-Detherage also benefited from readings at a Michigan Playwrights Festival and had their world premieres in the current Theatre NOVA season, with "Resisting" being nominated for a Wilde Award for Best New Script.
This activity is supported by the MICHIGAN COUNCIL FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS and the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS.
Schedule of the July Michigan Playwrights Festival:
"Sex and Innocence" by Emilio Rodriguez, Wednesday, July 25 at 8:00 pm
After hours, inside a fictional museum for 1950's Hollywood plastic figurines, a statue of Rita Moreno comes to life and runs into a statue of Marlon Brando. When Rita's statue discovers that she is tucked away in the basement of the museum and remembered as merely a sex symbol instead of an Oscar-winning actress, she attempts to re-brand herself while simultaneously confronting her tumultuous relationship with Marlon. Can she change how she is revered, or will her interactions reaffirm the very image she seeks to shatter? This reading, directed by Emilio Rodriguez, will feature Chloe Castro-Santos and James Busam.
"Hollywood Lies" by Jackie Sue Salter, Thursday, July 26 at 8:00 pm
A story of friendship amidst the Hollywood blacklist, "Hollywood Lies" presents 1948 Hollywood where a just-past-her-prime actress attempts to revive her stalled career. "Hollywood Lies" features Colleen Gentry, Roy Sexton, Laurie Atwood, Robert Schorr, and Ellen Finch, and is directed by Brian Cox.
"Under Ceege" by Jeffry Chastang, Friday, July 27 at 8:00 pm
Following the death of her father, a retired hospital worker finds herself not only at odds with her son, in the middle of a lucky lottery streak, but also at a financial disadvantage as she struggles to buy the home she's lived in all of her life. Featuring Monrico Ward and directed by Lynch Travis.
"Dirt" by Kristin Andrea Hanratty, Saturday, July 28 at 8:00 pm
All that Saundra wants to focus on during her sixth year of college is parties, avoiding schoolwork and herself. However, after she returns from a road trip to the Southwest, she finds herself plagued by the pains of others and the mysterious substance found in a hole of a New Mexican church. Directed by Aliyah Kiesler, "Dirt" features Danielle Wright, Carlos Westbrook, Rishi Mahesh, Maggie Alger, Connor Hutchins, Alan Gibson, and Joe Sfair.
"Dirty Glass" by Micealaya Moses, Sunday, July 29 at 2:00 pm
Teenaged Meghan returns home a year after running away and has to find a way to fit herself into her old life. Meghan and her community grapple with their responsibility concerning Meghan's choices in a world that often doesn't see young black girls as children and refuses to acknowledge when they have been victimized. This reading of "Dirty Glass" features Arabia Little, Shelia Johnson, Doug Monds, Dan Johnson, Aseneth Peek Parker, Jillian Diane Craighead, and Lorenzo Orlando, and is directed by Casaundra Freeman.
The Michigan Playwrights Festival will run October 10-15, 2017 at Theatre NOVA (410 W. Huron, Ann Arbor), a downtown performance space. Show times are 8:00 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Theatre NOVA features free parking for patrons, as well as quick access to the city's restaurants, bars, bakeries, and coffee shops.
Tickets are $10 for each reading, while festival passes good for all five readings are $30. Theatre NOVA continues its commitment to making theatre accessible by offering pay-what-you-can tickets for those who need them for all readings. For tickets or more info, visit TheatreNOVA.org, call 734-635-8450 (Tuesdays through Fridays from noon until 3 p.m.), or buy them in person at the box office one hour before show time.
Theatre NOVA is Ann Arbor's resident professional theatre company. Its mission is to raise awareness of the value and excitement of new plays and new playwrights in a diverse and expanding audience and to provide resources and outlets for playwrights to develop their craft, by importing, exporting, and developing new plays and playwrights.
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Attention Must be Paid: Tipping Point Theatre's "Ripcord"
Originally published by Encore Michigan.
One day you wake up, and you find you relate to characters and situations that just the other day felt safely, pleasantly distant and remote. In our home, we have a nightly ritual of watching an episode of a (now) classic sitcom right before going to sleep: Everybody Loves Raymond, Will & Grace, Friends, and increasingly The Golden Girls. I always had finite patience for the self-absorbed whimsy of Friends, and, now, I can barely stomach the show. Once, I thought Raymond's Marie and Frank Barone were an affectionately nuanced portrayal of meddlesome parents; now, I completely relate to their affable frustrations over "young people" who don't appreciate their elders' hard-won advice and perspective. And The Golden Girls? Well, let's just say, someone get the lanai and the caftan ready. I'm on my way.
It is through this lens, then, that I approached TippingPoint Theatre's Michigan premiere of Ripcord!, a comedy by David Lindsay-Abaire (Pultizer Prize-winner for Rabbit Hole). Ripcord!, on its surface, is Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? if written by someone who actually likes women. Similarly, the narrative is an escalating emotional arms race between two grand dames, aging in place and trapped in one location (in this instance, one of those "high end" independent senior living facilities). However, unlike Baby Jane, the women have agency from having "seen it all" (think Elaine Stritch's seminal performance of Sondheim's "I'm Still Here"); they wear some kicky resort clothes (think Golden Girls with better tailoring and fewer shoulder pads … fun costume design by Shelby Newport); and no one gets served a pet parakeet on a platter (although there is a LOT of business with food being brought up from the cafeteria … I kept waiting).
The Blanche and Baby Jane of Ripcord! are Abby (played with broken glass sparkle by Ruth Crawford) and Marilyn (a heartbreakingly impish Susan Craves). Abby has lived in the same room for four years, mostly alone, as her brusque bravado drives off anyone unfortunate enough to be assigned her roommate. Along comes Marilyn, a ray of sunshine with an iron will – Little Orphan Annie as designed by Sun Tsu. In the 80s, yes, Abby would have been played by Bea Arthur, and Marilyn by Betty White. In this contemporary milieu, Crawford and Craves couldn't help reminding me of Jane Lynch and Carrie Fisher, respectively. I'm uncertain whether that was intentional on the part of director James Kuhl and his production team or just happenstance, but that dynamic contrast in type and in look works really well.
Marilyn is determined to melt the permafrost around Abby's cold heart, and Abby is hell-bent to get this bounding golden retriever puppy-meets-Marquis de Sade jettisoned from her life forever. Or,at least have her relocated to a newly vacated room downstairs. Consequently, they place a bet. If Marilyn can scare Abby (who claims no fear), she gets the better bed in their room with an epic view of the park and all the sunlight she can stand. If Abby succeeds in making the relentlessly chipper Marilyn angry, Marilyn vacates the premises, only to be seen at the occasional bingo night. Hijinks ensue.
As plays go, Ripcord! is, in fact, more sitcom than Broadway. The narrative is too episodic by half, and thinly drawn supporting characters come and go primarily as forgettable story beats and harmless complications. However, Abby and Marilyn–built as they are on familiar, near-mythological archetypes (broken monarch, trickster god) – are the show. Lindsay-Abaire wisely commits the lion's share of the piece to exploring the debilitating isolation and the liberating joys of aging, as evidenced through the pranks, shenanigans, and outright cruelty these women exact upon one another.
At the end of the day, neither Abby nor Marilyn much gives a rat's-patootie what anyone thinks of them. That is refreshing. Otherwise, we would have yet another tired male-crafted narrative pitting one woman against another. Ripcord! pulls just shy of that, offering a study of two humans who have suffered devastating setbacks, chiefly at the hands of their own spouses and/or children, and who find themselves thrown together like randomly assigned college roommates in their "golden years." Together, they discover their authority and their appreciation for each other through the artificial tension such circumstances naturally bring.
All of that said, this is the kind of show that TippingPoint does so well. Acerbic, witty, expertly paced, and polished, Ripcord! rarely misses a beat. At Saturday night's performance, there were some minor flubs here and there, and an actor or three stepped on each other's lines–all of which will disappear as the run progresses and this already incredible ensemble tightens the performance. Director James Kuhl has cast the show expertly, with two leads who take the sitcom tropes the script hands them and turn in masterfully crafted, compelling character turns – believable humans who are as delightful, maddening, confounding, and damn funny as any family member you may get trapped with at a Thanksgiving dinner.
Dez Walker is great deadpan fun as Scotty, the nursing attendant and foil for the worst these two rivals can dish out. I don't want to spoil the surprises, but let's just say their warfare may or may not include skydiving, haunted houses, surprise relatives, muggings, CraigsList phone pranks, and drug-laced peach cobblers. Walker's reactions to it all are priceless and pleasantly understated. At times, I felt I was watching a Tom and Jerry cartoon brought to life.
Vanessa Sawson, Jason Bowen, and Patrick Loos round out the cast, playing an assortment of family members and haunted house performers (there is an ironic joke in there somewhere). They all do fine work and have some sharply comic moments. Bowen is comedy gold as said mugger who devises an unfortunate and hysterical use for the "legs" in his pantyhose mask.
The ensemble suffers at times, however, from tonal inconsistency. Whereas Craves, Crawford, and Walker imbue their characters with a believability and a subtlety that contrasts nicely and, at times, poignantly with the proceedings, the other performers occasionally devolve into a broader comic style that felt a bit jarring. It's a minor quibble and is as likely a function of the play's construction as the performance itself.
The cast is aided and abetted by clever, kitschy, surprising production design. As noted, the costumes by Newport are divine. The efficient and evocative set by Monika Essen is comprised of a series of modular units that can serve as the independent living facility, haunted house, park, etc. Essen supplements the physical set with some eye-popping projections and some nifty animation, all of which creates a captivatingly immersive experience.
Sonja Marquis has a blast with the sound design, weaving techno, hip hop, and some delightfully daffy dance remixes (Carmina Burana? BRILLIANT!) into the musical cues. I would love to download that soundtrack. I particularly appreciate that Marquis resists the urge to employ "age appropriate" music (whatever the hell that would even mean) and delivers a rocking score that gives as good as it gets and adds a fantastic level of manic urgency to the leading characters' conflict. I also geeked out that the poster and program cover (by graphic designer Quintessa Gallinat) go for POP! over lace doilies, with a fab Roy Lichtenstein spin on the play's iconography. Well played, TippingPoint!
If, like me, you feel your age every time you read a headline, turn on the radio, or just get out of bed in the morning and if you wonder sometimes whether all this running about and people-pleasing we do in life really matters, you will love Ripcord! If you think these experiences and feelings are still tucked away behind the nebulous and protective curtain of "your future," then you must see Ripcord! Now. Let's kick ageism in its collective ass. This isn't a play about "old people." This is a play about all of us and the need for kindness and empathy and acknowledgment in. the. moment. Attention must be paid
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Read more about Ripcord 03/22–04/22
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Collectible stickers are awarded for completing the training, all of which can be used in the imaginative 'End of School Photo' game.
Featuring the characters plus all the familiar music and sound effects from the TV show – BEN & HOLLY'S MAGIC SCHOOL is guaranteed to offer a magical experience for all little fans that they will enjoy time and time again.
WAND MAKER – Visit the wand factory and create your own magic wand.
WAND PRACTISE – Practise your wand skills on the Wise Old Elf. Cast your spells by touching the flashing or numbered stars to see what you can turn him into.
POTION MAKING – Create weird and wonderful potions for Ben to drink with very funny results.
MAGIC PICNIC – Princess Holly has used her magic to make everything extra yummy. But not everything is quite as it should be. Try to remember what each character wanted for lunch and avoid feeding them the yucky mistakes.
MAGIC JELLY – Another spell has gone wrong! Touch only the elves and fairies that are covered in jelly with your wand before the Jelly gets out of control.
SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPH - Collect stickers as you play and then use them to create a school photograph. There are 50 stickers to collect and 4 fantastic background scenes to choose from.
© 2013 P2 Games Limited. All rights reserved. Developed by Scary Beasties Ltd. BEN & HOLL'S LITTLE KINGDOM © THE ELF FACTORY LTD/ENTERTAINMENT ONE UK LTD 2008. All rights reserved. Under licence to P2 Games Ltd. All rights reserved.


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You love photography! And You love Sports! And you have decided that you want to take your photography skills up a notch. And you have decided it's time that you commit yourself to your own goal; you want to become a Sports Photographer. And a Good One Too!
Sports photography can be a very challenging skill to master, whether you desire to photograph an NFL, Major League Baseball game or you just want photos of your child's soccer game to be exceptional.
Either way, learning about Sports Photography and how to do it the right way can pay off with some big rewards. And some GREAT personal satisfaction as well!
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Aside from the Nativity, which I leave out until Passover, all of our Christmas decorations have been taken down and put away except for these. They are small colored lights and they reside in the boys bathroom and are now serving as a night light. This works well for me because I get Jack up a couple times each night to take him to the bathroom. He sleeps hard, and in his words: "My pee doesn't tell my brain to wake up my body!" Last night I took a picture of Jack who had sweetly tucked Bingo into bed with him, to include covering him with a blanket. On the way back to my room I got these shots of the lights in the bathroom. So pretty!
shooting out of focus, I learn that what looks out of focus "enough" through the lens, is downright convoluted in reality. So I aim for slightly blurry to get the fun bokeh look I want.
This is what had me getting my camera out after midnight in the first place. I used my light scoop here and stood in front of the white door. Their room is blue so if I'd been in front of a wall it wouldn't have worked as well. All the lights were off in this room.
This is my dad. He was diagnosed in March with stage 4 primary liver cancer and was given no more than 6 months to live. I guess they FAILED on that one!?! The latest "time of death" is estimated to be about 30 months from now, and not from the cancer but from liver failure. But what do THEY know!?! They got it wrong the first time, they can get it wrong again. He could be around for EONS!! Don't you just love his Santa pajamas and Aussie hat and curly white hair! He's Santa Papa!
Dad and Mom, in the fairly dark hallway. I used my "lightscoop" on these pictures because it was after dark, and the otherwise sunny house was only lit by a few moderate lights. The lightscoop is a GREAT alternative to JUST using a flash OR keeping your shutter open so long that things are blurry no matter how still they stand.
Jack and hubby Scott, hanging out at my folks house. Again I used the lightscoop. A few tips, up your flash strength and make sure you're standing in front of a white or light wall. If you're standing in front of a dark wall, or other dark item, or in front of nothing, you won't have anything to bounce the light off of.
Max, dirty face from all the delicious food he'd had! Scott has secretly nicknamed him "chowhall' because that boy can eat!
Noah, playing with Lily's toy after she'd gone to bed. Silly Noah! He said he was blogging for her. Goofy guy, I sure do love him!
My grandmother used to live in an attached apartment behind my parents house but recently moved out. My mom told me to go through and gather up any thing I wanted. I picked these bowls and cofffee cups and a few kitchen tools I thought I could use. Lily saw my stash and said "hey Scott (that's what she calls me) let's haffa tea party!" And she proceeded to pour me tea, give me cereal and cut up pizza (all imaginary, of course) for me. What a sweetie!
Max had picked gloves from grandmas apartment, Lily plays with them here.
We really enjoyed our weekend and were so glad to spend time with family. Seeing my dad so healthy was the best Christmas gift I could have received this year. I still have a few more pictures from this weekend to go, but I'll post those later. For now I'll leave you with this. I took it right before we pulled into our neighborhood. Max just looked so peaceful in the back of the van, sleeping safely while Scott drove us home. p.s. he WAS buckled up!
so sweet and relaxed, knowing home was just a short drive to go.
Christmas Day is Noah's Birthday! He turned 14. FOURTEEN!!! I can't believe it. He's the best 14 year old boy I've ever known and I'm so glad he's mine!
ME! Target sweater, Dots jeans, Blowfish booties and ThirtyOne eyeglass wristlet.
Noah loving on his niece Lily. We had her living with us for awhile last year so it's more than a normal cousin bond.
Give us a kiss.Lily really adores Noah. I think he's her favorite of all the "brousins".
Lily and Max playing on the driveway wall.
Lily got a new bike for Christmas.
Later, once we're back home I will post pictures from INSIDE the house, the food and laughs and a bit about my light scoop.
We went out tonight to look at Christmas lights. I wanted to try getting a few shots in RAW, in different exposures and layer them. It was harder than I thought! I did have my tripod and was very careful to not noticeably shake the camera, but it seemed hardly avoidable. This layer combo looked the best.
Today was 70 degrees and rainy all day. Not much to get one in the mood for Christmas. I had a little fun in picnik though and added some snow. Cute? Tacky? What do YOU think? I love getting feedback and I don't get my knickers in a twist like most folks. So tell me your 2c worth!


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For the risotto: Heat the stock with 1 1/2 cups water and the saffron and keep warm. Heat 2 turns of the pan EVOO in a pot and cook the pancetta to render, 3 minutes. Stir in the garlic and onions and cook until softened, 3 to 4 minutes, and then add the rice and toast 1 minute. Pour in the wine and cook until evaporated, then begin adding the warm saffron liquid a few ladlefuls at a time, stirring frequently to develop the starches. The risotto will take exactly 18 minutes time from first addition of liquids. Stir in the cheese and butter and remove from the heat. For the meat and mushroom filling: Heat the stock in a small pot along with the mushrooms, and chop once reconstituted (keep the liquid). Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter in a large skillet and cook the onions to a light caramel color, then transfer to a plate. Melt the remaining 1 tablespoon butter, raise the heat slightly and stir in the chicken livers. Sprinkle with the thyme, some salt and pepper and cook 3 to 4 minutes. Pour in the sherry and transfer the livers to a plate. Pour the EVOO into the center of the skillet. Once the oil is hot, brown the beef and sausage, breaking up the meat as it cooks. Stir in the garlic and cook 1 to 2 minutes. Return the onions and livers to the skillet along with the tomato paste, mushrooms and mushroom soaking liquid. Simmer over low heat to thicken and combine the flavors, about 3 minutes. To assemble: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Mix together the mozzarella, peas, basil and tomatoes in a small bowl. Grease a baking mold or ovenproof bowl with butter and dust with breadcrumbs. Fill the mold evenly with half of the risotto and top with the meat sauce. Create a small well in the center, and fill with the mozzarella, peas and tomatoes. Layer the rest of the risotto on top and smooth the surface. Dot the top with butter and remaining breadcrumbs. Bake 45 minutes. Let cool on a rack while in the mold 15 minutes before loosening the edges with an offset knife. Place a plate on top of the mold, invert, and serve.


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The Wallace Shawn-André Gregory Project
"A corrosive, original voice…a significant and sui generis playwright."
Ben Brantley, New York Times
"Wallace Shawn is at once the U.S.'s most profound and most overlooked playwright."
David Hare, Playwright
The Designated Mourner
By Wallace Shawn
Directed by André Gregory
Featuring Deborah Eisenberg, Larry Pine and Wallace Shawn
AMERICAN PREMIERE
Grasses of a Thousand Colors
Featuring Emily McDonnell, Jennifer Tilly and Wallace Shawn
Queen Elizabeth Hall Anniversary screening of My Dinner with André; Photo by Hemanth Kissoon (www.filmaluation.com)
Our season's climax will be a thrilling co-production with The Public Theater of The Wallace Shawn-André Gregory Project, a celebration of a remarkable theatrical collaboration. Wallace Shawn is one of America's most significant playwrights, long overdue for a major retrospective. André Gregory, his My Dinner With André co-star, has been directing Shawn's plays for forty years, and here he directs his two most recent plays: the first New York revival of the acclaimed masterwork The Designated Mourner and the American premiere of the profoundly provocative Grasses of a Thousand Colors. Shawn is a multifaceted figure: an internationally famous character actor as well as an incomparably courageous playwright whom critics have placed in the first rank of contemporary dramatists. Gregory is the acclaimed director who has brought his most challenging works to fruition, including Our Late Night, Wallace Shawn's first play in New York City, which was presented at The Public Theater in 1975.
Shawn's theatrical vision is bleakly hilarious, intensely passionate, and utterly original. He gestates his plays over many years, often builds them around demanding monologues, and (with Gregory) envisions performances that approach the intimacy of film. The works are sexy and morbid, acute and loquacious, realistic and fantastic in equal measure, and they invariably expand in scale, coalescing into sweeping visions of human folly, compromise and tragic self-destruction.
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In the Pisces and Leo love compatibility both will enjoy the new view on life they can show each other. The Leo star sign will be strong and assertive. The lion will have the independence to do what they want. They will be able to take control of the situation around them. The Pisces sun sign will be more soft and withdrawn and introspective. They will be very opposite of each other. However, they will both be dreamers at heart. When they are in love, they will be able to give each other what they are lacking on their own. The Pisces Leo relationship will be caring and will benefit them both.
The Leo personality will be a natural leader. When they are in a relationship with the fish, they will likely guard over their weaker partner. Pisces will easily be able to give the lion the audience they need for their motivations and social performances.
The Pisces personality is like water and will fill whatever container they are poured into. The fish will give everything they have in a romantic relationship. They will have a kind heart that will let them know the lion in a way that other zodiac signs will not be able to. The Leos can be very direct. These traits mixed together will not have the lion being selfish like they might alone. The fish will not be shy like they might be alone.
Pisces is a Water sign. Leo is a Fire sign. They can be very happy and progressive with each other. However, they will both have to recognize each other's needs. The fish and the lion will use introspection and creative motivation to take care of matters of the heart. Pisces can teach the lion to be humble and to think about other people's needs. Leo can teach the fish to go out into the world and to lighten up some.
The Pisces born can be overly emotional. Because of this, they can hurt the Leo's enthusiasm. However, too much Fire can boil away the Water. Because of this, the lion can leave the fish feeling emotionally burned. Pisces and Leo in love will have to learn to communicate with each other in an effective way to keep their relationship balanced.
The best thing about Pisces Leo love compatibility in a romantic relationship is how they will both be receptive to each other's teachings. The fish can show the lion how to be more sensitive and caring. The lion can teach the fish to make their dreams reality instead of just thinking about them. They will both be able to give each other what they need. The Pisces Leo friendship will be a relationship that will benefit both of them.
The fish and the lion will likely be fascinated with each other when they meet. Because of this, they will likely be very attracted to each other. Leo is attracted to Pisces' ethereal aura. Pisces is attracted to Leo's strength and confidence. Their star sign compatibility will likely be very romantic. The Leo man or Leo woman will sweep the Piscean off their feet. Pisces will be sensitive and surround the lion with love. They can have a courtship that has a lot of magic. The Pisces man or Pisces woman will be infatuated with everything that the lion will seem to be.
Pisces is a Mutable sign. Leo is a Fixed sign. The fish will not work well as the leader of the relationship. They will be happiest when they are making the world and the universe a better place. However, they will want to start with their partner. The lion will think of new ideas. They will suggest little things that should change in the Pisces Leo relationship.
Pisces and Leo marriage might be a successful relationship. They might be able to understand each other and let them both shine in their own way. Pisces will completely trust their partner. Leo will take that responsibility seriously. They will not be likely to hurt the fish on purpose. At the same time, lions are regal and have a lot to learn from the gentle fish. The lion will learn from the fish how to be spiritual.
If the Leo male or Leo female can see this, they will have more respect for the Pisces. Because of this, they will be more compatible. They can have a relationship that is very creative, mysterious, and almost other worldly. They will both be able to benefit a lot from each other.
The Pisces Leo love compatibility might be challenging. They will both need to learn a lot about each other. The fish and the lion will have a zodiac compatibility that is somewhat uneven. Leo is the royal of the zodiac. They will demand encouragement from their partner. Pisces is the dreamer of the zodiac. They are gentle and will need their own encouragement. They will likely be lost in their own world too much to give the lion the adoration that they want and need.
Leo men or Leo women have a strong personality. Pisces might find it intimidating. The fish and the lion can be compatible but it might be complicated. They can have a love compatibility that is as great as a fairy tale. At the same time, they can have compatibility that is a nightmare.
The Pisces and Leo in bed can have a very steamy relationship. They will both be seductive and have an intense magnetic attraction. However Leo's fire can boil away Pisces' emotions who can be very hurt by this. The fish can be needy and overemotional. Because of this, they can extinguish the warmth of the lion. Leo will be drained of all their sexual energy and excitement. Pisces and Leo soul mates can hurt each other's personalities if they are not compatible.
Pisces and Leo in love might find it hard to be compatible when reality sets in and the romance is not as strong. They will both want a different social life. Pisces likes to have more privacy. Leo will like to have a lot of attention. They will both work on different emotional levels. The lion is open and will display their emotions. The fish might feel overwhelmed and will find it hard to express their emotions. Because of this Leo men and Leo women will be likely to display all of their feelings. Pisces will be likely to withdraw and not communicate. This will make the lion angry. When they are angry, then the fish will withdraw more. They will both have to work hard to break the cycle or be prepared for a Pisces Leo breakup.
The planets Jupiter and Neptune will rule over Pisces. The sun will rule over Leo. It symbolizes the self will bring light and life to the relationship. Planet Neptune will be concerned with overall pictures, ideas, and illusions. However, they will be concerned with disillusion and fantasy. Leo will be able to help Pisces make their dreams into reality. The planet Neptune will work with Pisces to help soften the lion's selfish nature and sudden actions. They will focus the energy into a more creative and productive outlet.
Pisces is ruled by planet Neptune which is the planet of illusions. Because of this, the fish will find it easy to live in a fantasy world. Leo born will be grounded in reality. However, they might want to talk about things if they can avoid a fight. They will both need to communicate with each other if they want to have a strong Pisces Leo compatibility and a successful relationship.


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New College Day
In September we launched our new College day which benefits the health and learning capacity of our students. The new day means students have up to 50 hours more teaching each year, start lessons at 10am and have greater scope for enrichment activities. The fresh approach to timetabling is based on academic research into the optimum learning methods for teenagers.
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Sara Russell, Principal explains: 'We are excited to launch the new College day in September. We took the decision to adapt our current model based on the academic research and from feedback over time from students and members of the College community. The main benefit is that the new day provides students with increased teaching time, around 1.5 hours a week which is more than most other Colleges and other School Sixth Forms offer. There are also fewer, longer lessons which will give a fantastic opportunity to really explore subjects. Our students are amazing and each year I'm so impressed and proud of their outstanding achievements and having longer lessons will give them more dedicated time to delve into their subjects.'
She reassured that although the longer lesson is up to three hours in length, this didn't mean students sitting still and sustaining concentration without a break. She said 'We will of course offer a break during the longer three hour lessons, a change of activity and students could even change rooms during the lesson depending on that activity. We are not offering three hours of working from a book.'
The advantages of starting later in the day is based on evidence from many academics. Colin Epsie, Professor of Sleep Medicine in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Oxford explained the research findings on teenage sleep patterns in The Guardian. He said: 'We know that something funny happens when you're a teenager, in that you seem to be out of sync with the world. Your parents think it's because you're lazy and opinionated and everything would be ok if you could get to sleep earlier. But science is telling us that teenagers need to sleep more in the mornings.'
Dr Paul Kelly from the Open University and formerly Research Associate at the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford agreed and applied this to teenage learning. He said he had been in contact with with 'sleep experts' from the UK and internationally. He explained: 'A better way of learning: Why does starting school at 10am improves education and health? Teenage years are critical for both education and health. During late adolescence major physical changes mean teenagers need more sleep. In addition, biological changes occur, making them naturally wake up and go to sleep later in the day. So later starting times protect student sleep and student health. The later start will also improve learning, partly because students will be in better health, and partly because teenagers and university students learn better later in the day.'
Ms Russell continued: 'For many years, students living outside of the town have found the early start time of 8.50am difficult. We have up to 2,000 students a year from around 80 different schools travelling across four counties to study with us. Some of them are leaving their homes before 7am to get here. Coupled with the academic research which informs us that teenagers learn better later in the day, the benefits of changing our start time to 10am are obvious.'
She said the majority of students travel in by bus and the College is working with public bus company Stagecoach to ensure that the buses will arrive in time for a 10am timetable start, but if students wish to come in earlier for independent study time, there will be earlier buses that arrive around 9am.
Martin Gibbon, Operations Manager for Stagecoach in Basingstoke and Andover, said: 'Having worked in partnership with Alton College for many years to provide transport for thousands of students across Hampshire, Surrey, and West Sussex, we are pleased to support them with their new College day. We are happy to adapt our service to ensure students can arrive and leave to fit with the new timetable launching in September 2017. No changes to the existing routes will be necessary to accommodate this.'
Assistant Principal, Jon Myers echoed Ms Russell's enthusiasm for the new day and explained further. 'The new look College day is a really positive change for the College. The new day is more aligned to a university style programme and the increased teaching time per year will equate to around 50 extra hours (or four weeks) for A level students on first year of an A level programme. It provides an even better way of learning which in turn will better prepare our students for their futures. There will also be more opportunity for enrichment activities and for part-time working'.
Mr Myers said that last year 29% of A level students that studied at Alton College went on to achieve a First Class Honours degree compared to 22% nationally at Sixth Form Colleges and Schools with a Sixth Form.
He confirmed the College's general opening and closing times remain unaffected and said: 'The new timetable will not affect the College's opening times. We will open at 8.30am and close at 5pm as usual. Students are always welcome to come in before 10am to use the Learning Resource Centre or other independent study areas'. He explained the new timetable will be in place for all students apart from the Skills for Learning students who will remain on the traditional timetable with the same start and end of day timings.'
He described the new personal tutor time: 'Tutor sessions will take place at the end of the morning lesson, with the teacher who has just taught the lesson. This will be a session with a small group of students focusing on academic progress and progression. In addition, there will be a large weekly group 'Forum' session where specialist staff will cover a range of issues from UCAS to Apprenticeships and Resilience to Cybersafety.'
Find out more altoncollege.ac.uk/newcollegeday
Alton College offers a diverse range of A level, vocational and Foundation Degree courses. Applications are open for studying at Alton College in September 2017 please visit altoncollege.ac.uk/applynow. The next Open Day takes place on Thursday 5 October, 3.30-8pm. For more information altoncollege.ac.uk or email hello@altoncollege.ac.uk


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Rödpannad koua (Coua reynaudii) är en fågel i familjen gökar inom ordningen gökfåglar.

Utbredning
Fågeln förekommer i regnskog på norra och östra Madagaskar.

Status
IUCN kategoriserar arten som livskraftig.

Namn
Fågelns vetenskapliga artnamn hedrar franska filosofen Jean Ernest Reynaud (1806-1863).

Referenser

Externa länkar

Gökar
Fåglar i etiopiska regionen
Endemiska fågelarter på Madagaskar

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Echosmith and American Authors rock The Depot
Sydney Sierota, lead singer of Echosmith, in a view from the front row. (Photo by Danielle Murphy / The Signpost)
At the front of The Depot in Salt Lake City, only a metal gate separated fans from the band. Screaming and jumping up and down, we were all unified.
Attending the American Authors and Echosmith concert Monday night sent chills down my spine, since I have been a fan of both bands for quite some time now.
Echosmith, an indie pop band from Los Angeles, was the first band to walk onto stage. I fell in love with this band the second I discovered them on Pandora.
Echosmith is a band of three brothers and their sister Sydney. Sydney, 17, Noah, 18, Jamie, 21 and Graham, 15, started playing instruments at a very early age.
If you are still not able to put faces to names, you may know this band for one of their top songs, "Cool Kids."
The crowd moved as one as we belted each word from every song. Standing next to us were parents and their maybe 4-year-old daughter, who seemed slightly on the grumpy side about the loud noises going on around her.
Colored lights danced on our faces and hands as we swayed and jumped to the familiar songs that we have sung in the car countless times.
The lights dimmed and one by one the American Authors walked onto the stage. Screaming fans pushed forward and we were now much closer to anybody in front of us. Phones were thrust high into the air as everyone was trying to get a glimpse of the band on their phone.
American Authors is an American rock band that got their start in New York City. Some of their well-known songs are: "Best Day of My Life" and "Believer."
Zac Barnett, lead singer of American Authors, from the front row. (Photo by Danielle Murphy / The Signpost)
Midconcert, lead singer Zac Barnett reached out from the stage and waved his hand out into the crowed. Gripping the metal bar with one hand, I reached out to him with the other. In an instant he clutched onto my hand. I couldn't believe it, and I never wanted to let go.
By time the concert ended I felt as if I was on cloud nine. Barnett had announced that he and his band members would be out to take pictures and chat with the crowd.
As my friends and I made our way to the front of the line, my excitement continued to escalate. My two favorite bands stood there posing for pictures. I couldn't believe I was in the same vicinity as them.
We made our way to take a picture with American Authors, who smiled at each thrilled fan. As we approached, Barnett reached out to wrap his arms around both my best friend and me. After the picture was snapped, Barnett told us how awesome we were and that he was thankful we came out tonight.
Finally the last line of the night. We now stood waiting to have our picture taken with Echosmith. Their management team talked to us as we waited, and the butterflies in our stomachs doubled.
Our turn at last, I asked if all the band members would sign my phone, which they did. Before the picture was snapped Sydney looked at us and asked us if we could scream with our mouths shut. It was indeed an odd question, but she's a rock star; she can ask as many weird questions as she wants.
The picture was snapped and they too thanked us for coming out to see their show tonight. The night was pure bliss.
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Looking through the images of armigers blazon I noticed a few things (alright -- a LOT, but ... ) that I wanted to gather the group's thoughts on.
Helmets. The American College of Heraldry is extremely strict on helms: great helms or crusader helms only. Visor closed. All helms facing dexter unless you have title or Knighthood. Yet herein I see Or bared helms, facing forward, a few helms that would imply nobility. I understand that as an international group armigers are going to follow the traditions of their country.
My question: does the openness or closedness of the visor really matter if not specified in the blazon? Same for the bars? And lastly the same question for where the helm faces?
Next big question: crowns & cornets. The ACH follows the English rules and limits the use of cornets & crowns to those who can claim them in their own right. Should we follow that same rule? I see that many of my fellow armigers to my frosty north (as I sit in the 92 degree heat) use a crown with maple leaves on it. Why? I may or may not be a linear descendant of a man who bought a HRE title. If I am not using the title but merely claiming decent why shouldn't I amend my blazon to have a Knight or Barron's cornet included in the crest? And maybe open up that visor?
If we follow English rules, the use of coronets of rank [that is, coronets assigned to Dukes, Marquesses, Earls, Viscounts, and Barons] is restricted solely to those who are Peers. Other crowns and coronets may have specific uses, e.g. mural crowns may be limited to towns and cities, and may also be very strictly regulated in that regard.
The ACH may frown upon the use of any crown or coronet in the Untied States, but as long as it is not a coronet of rank, I see no problem with it. Were I so inclined, I could have included a naval crown in my arms to show my family's naval heritage and replaced the fouled anchor with another charge. Others in the Air Force could use an astral crown, and mural crowns are not unheard of for those who served in the Army.
Canada allows for the use of coronets and crowns in arms as long as they are not coronets of rank or one of the Loyalist coronets. Loyalists are those people from the 13 American Colonies who either fought for England or who fled the United States and settled in Canada between 1776 and 1789, and all their children and descendants. All such persons are entitled, once descent from a Loyalist is proven, to use the post-nominals U.E. and to the use in their arms of a Loyalist coronet, either military [a coronet composed of a rim set alternately with maple leaves and swords crossed in saltire] or civil [a coronet composed of a rim set alternately with maple and oak leaves] in their arms. In the arms I've designed for my wife, I included a coronet érablé (a coronet composed of a rim set with maple leaves, the word érablé roughly translating from French to "maple leafy") in the crest since she is Canadian. It is not uncommon for Canadian armigers to use coronets érablé just to have a maple leaf somewhere in their arms.
Moving away from crowns and coronets to the helms, I believe the rule in England is that gentlemen and esquires may use a steel great helm or a steel tilting helm with a closed visor facing to dexter, knights and Baronets may use a tilting helm affronty with an open visor, Peers of the Realm use a silver barred helm [possibly with gold accents] facing dexter with the appropriate coronet of rank displayed upon the helm with the crest emerging therefrom, and the Sovereign alone may use a gold barred helm affronty. [I may be wrong on some details, but the overall appearance is there.] To avoid having to rewrite the blazon should an armiger receive a knighthood or Peerage, the crest's blazon is typically written as "upon a helm befitting his degree..."
The arms of New Jersey uses a gold barred helm affronty. There has been prior debate as to whether this is proper, and I think the unwritten agreement is that those involved in said discussion can agree to disagree.
I would like to point out, that where there is no law, there is still custom and general practice. In the USA it is perfectly legal for me to call my self Sir Ryan, or even Henri Plantagent, Count of Maine as long as I am not doing so for reason of fraud. It is a faux pas to imply one has greater honors in one's achievement, than one is actually entitled too. Some people may say that everyone is equal, so everyone should have a right to crest coronets/coronets/helms. I would say that such symbols of rank are not in the spirit of egalitarianism.
To avoid being anglo-centric I will point out that in many places, what would be a crest coronet, is a coronet of rank. I am not saying that those having a crest coronet should not use them. As far as I know all coronets assigned a special status are metal, mostly gold. (I know the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha uses an Crown vert, but that is a crown) Although the coronet erable is often gules and is so often and as far as I know exclusively used to indicate Canadianness, that it could be argued to be reserved in practice for those with ties to Canada.
Now to helms. I don't think the direction matters, but the rank of the helm should always match the rank of the armiger. Although, I am unsure if the baronial helm is a generally accepted concept.
If this ever was a rule it is not now the case. I know of many examples of grants to those of no greater rank than gentleman where the helm faces to the front if that is a more suitable angle to display the crest appropriately.
Thank you for the clarifications, Martin. But the closed visor for gentlemen and esquires is still enforced, correct?
Jeremy Kudlick wrote: But the closed visor for gentlemen and esquires is still enforced, correct?
As far as I'm aware this is the case, yes.
I have however seen one or two examples of the use of an open (knights) helm by knights of St. John but the examples I have seen are privately commissioned (I haven't seen any in actual grants or matriculation ... or none that I can recall) so whether this is self adopted or approved by the heraldic authorities I can't really say. That said, one of the examples which springs to mind is that of Charles Burnett, Ross Herald, (now Ross Herald Extraordinary). He is a knight of St. John and has used the open visored helm whilst in office so I presume that there must have been some acceptance by the Lord Lyon (but who knows!).
I guess one question raises another. What is considered a knight? To keep the topic on track, I will ask, what is the practice with helms of rank outside of British tradition?
Ryan Shuflin wrote: To keep the topic on track, I will ask, what is the practice with helms of rank outside of British tradition?
Is there such a thing as a helmet of rank outside the British tradition?
Jeremy, Thank you for the description of the Loyalist crown. That explains a lot. There have been some excellent points brought up so far & I am curious what some of our more Eastern European (and I think there is one blazon that has an Oriental flare to) armigers have to say.
Yes. A very extensive and even more complex system in Spain, a similar if slightly less complicated one in Italy. The Italian system is described in the technical regulation of the former Consulta Araldica of the Kingdom of Italy, which can be seen at http://www.cnicg.net/rtca.asp.
In Germany and Sweden, the barred helm was traditionally limited to the nobility. The more conservative German heraldic societies (Der Herold and Zum Kleeblatt in particular) still limit the barred helm to the nobility and to non-nobles who can show an ancestral use of the barred helm before 1815. In France, commoners (roturiers) were denied the use of a helm altogether.


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Division of archives and records management—Allocation of costs of services—Public records efficiency, preservation, and access account.
(1) The secretary of state and the director of financial management shall jointly establish a procedure and formula for allocating the costs of services provided by the division of archives and records management to state agencies. The total amount allotted for services to state agencies shall not exceed the appropriation to the *archives and records management account during any allotment period.
(2) There is created the public records efficiency, preservation, and access account in the state treasury which shall consist of all fees and charges collected under this section. The account shall be appropriated exclusively for the payment of costs and expenses incurred in the operation of the division of archives and records management as specified by law.
[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 50 § 932; 2003 c 163 § 1; 1996 c 245 § 3; 1991 sp.s. c 13 § 5; 1985 c 57 § 22; 1981 c 115 § 4.]
*Reviser's note: The "archives and records management account" was changed to the "public records efficiency, preservation, and access account" by 2011 1st sp.s. c 50 § 932.
Effective dates—2011 1st sp.s. c 50: See note following RCW 15.76.115.
Effective date—1996 c 245: "This act takes effect on July 1, 1996." [ 1996 c 245 § 5.]


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Q: How to replace the legend in interactive Bokeh graph, rather than augment the legend? I am using a selection dropdown in Bokeh to change what the chart shows. I'd also like the chart's legend to change accordingly. However, what happens instead is the legend becomes augmented every time the user selects a new dropdown value. Eventually, the legend displays every value from every possible dropdown option simultaneously. How do I "clear" the old legend on every new dropdown select?
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import os

from bokeh.plotting import figure
from bokeh.io import output_file, show, save, curdoc
from bokeh.models import HoverTool, CategoricalColorMapper, BoxSelectTool
from bokeh.models import ColumnDataSource, Select, Range1d
from bokeh.layouts import row, column, gridplot
from bokeh.models.widgets import Panel, Tabs
from bokeh.transform import factor_cmap

team = ['Bears', 'Bears', 'Bears', 'Bears', 'Bears']
player = ['Charles Leno', 'James Daniels', 'Cody Whitehair', 'Kyle Long', 'Bobby Massie']
position = ['LT', 'LG', 'C', 'RG', 'RT']
year_acquired = [2014, 2018, 2016, 2013, 2016]
round_drafted = [7, 2, 2, 1, np.NaN]
star=[False, False, False, True, False]

position_loc_x = [-4, -2, 0, 2, 4]
position_loc_y = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]

year_acquired_color = ['green', 'yellow', 'blue', 'purple', 'blue']
round_drafted_color = ['grey', 'green', 'green', 'purple', np.NaN]
star_color = ['black', 'black', 'black', 'red', 'black']

df = pd.DataFrame({'team':team, 'player':player, 'position':position, 'year_acquired':year_acquired,
                   'round_drafted':round_drafted, 'star':star, 'position_loc_x':position_loc_x,
                   'position_loc_y':position_loc_y, 'year_acquired_color':year_acquired_color,
                   'round_drafted_color':round_drafted_color, 'star_color':star_color})

p = figure(x_range=[-5,5], y_range=[-5, 5])

source = ColumnDataSource(data=df)

p.rect(source=source, x='position_loc_x', y=0, width=1, height=1, line_width=5, line_color=None,
       fill_color='round_drafted_color', legend='round_drafted')

hover = HoverTool(tooltips=[('Name', '@player'), ('Round', '@round_drafted'), ('Year', '@year_acquired')])
p.add_tools(hover)

def update():
    p.rect(source=source, x='position_loc_x', y=0, width=1, height=1, line_width=5, line_color=None,
           fill_color=select.value, legend=select.value.rpartition('_')[0])

select = Select(title='choose an attribute', options=['round_drafted_color', 'year_acquired_color', 'star_color'],
               value = 'round_drafted_color')

select.on_change('value', lambda attr, old, new: update())

p.legend.click_policy="hide"

layout = column(select, p)
curdoc().add_root(layout)

A: Instead of plotting the rectangle again with a new color/legendname, you should update the ColumnDataSource used to plot the rectangles. You can do this by editing the source.data dictionary.
#!/usr/bin/python3
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import os

from bokeh.plotting import figure
from bokeh.io import output_file, show, save, curdoc
from bokeh.models import HoverTool, CategoricalColorMapper, BoxSelectTool
from bokeh.models import ColumnDataSource, Select, Range1d
from bokeh.layouts import row, column, gridplot
from bokeh.models.widgets import Panel, Tabs
from bokeh.transform import factor_cmap

team = ['Bears', 'Bears', 'Bears', 'Bears', 'Bears']
player = ['Charles Leno', 'James Daniels', 'Cody Whitehair', 'Kyle Long', 'Bobby Massie']
position = ['LT', 'LG', 'C', 'RG', 'RT']
year_acquired = [2014, 2018, 2016, 2013, 2016]
round_drafted = [7, 2, 2, 1, np.NaN]
star=[False, False, False, True, False]

position_loc_x = [-4, -2, 0, 2, 4]
position_loc_y = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]

year_acquired_color = ['green', 'yellow', 'blue', 'purple', 'blue']
round_drafted_color = ['grey', 'green', 'green', 'purple', np.NaN]
star_color = ['black', 'black', 'black', 'red', 'black']

df = pd.DataFrame({'team':team, 'player':player, 'position':position, 'year_acquired':year_acquired,
                   'round_drafted':round_drafted, 'star':star, 'position_loc_x':position_loc_x,
                   'position_loc_y':position_loc_y, 'year_acquired_color':year_acquired_color,
                   'round_drafted_color':round_drafted_color, 'star_color':star_color, 'legend':round_drafted, 'color':round_drafted_color})

p = figure(x_range=[-5,5], y_range=[-5, 5])

source = ColumnDataSource(data=df)

glyph = p.rect(source=source, x='position_loc_x', y=0, width=1, height=1, line_width=5, line_color=None,
       fill_color='color', legend='legend')

hover = HoverTool(tooltips=[('Name', '@player'), ('Round', '@round_drafted'), ('Year', '@year_acquired')])
p.add_tools(hover)

def update():
    #Use select.value to get the right key from the dictionary and set its list as color/legend item
    source.data['color'] = source.data[select.value]
    source.data['legend'] = source.data[select.value.replace('_color', '')]

select = Select(title='choose an attribute', options=['round_drafted_color', 'year_acquired_color', 'star_color'],
               value = 'round_drafted_color')

select.on_change('value', lambda attr, old, new: update())

p.legend.click_policy="hide"

layout = column(select, p)
curdoc().add_root(layout)

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Little Pig Who Fell Off a Transport Truck on the Highway Needs Your Help to Pull Through (PHOTOS)
By Michelle Neff
The only time pigs raised in the meat industry get to see sunlight is on the transport truck to the slaughterhouse. This is all after spending their entire lives in a crate that doesn't even allow them the opportunity to turn around. It's a horrific existence, but at least one lucky pig will now know love and kindness after falling out of a transport truck onto a highway.
Thankfully, a highway repair worker spotted the pig and immediately brought him to Refuge RR, a non-profit organization located in Alexandria, Ontario that, "rescues, rehabilitates and provides permanent homes for animals," You can really feel for him just by looking into his eyes…
From there, he was rushed to a local vet where it was decided he needed to go to the 24-hour emergency veterinary hospital.
At the hospital it was evident right away he was in bad shape. He was given oxygen and IV fluids, had blood tests, ultrasounds, and x-rays done.
After many vets and trauma specialists, the sweet little pig was diagnosed with pneumothorax, bleeding into his lungs and a fractured pelvis in two areas, a broken femur, as well as bleeding from his femur. The prognosis was not good.
Because of the bleeding, vets believed it's possible he could have a blood clot and could die. The vets made him comfortable with pain relief and continued oxygen and IV in hopes he would pull through the night.
And we have promising news to share! Now named Newman, the pig made it through the night! His oxygen tube and IV line have been removed and Newman felt well enough to stand up and walk around his room, Refuge RR noted on their Facebook page. Go, Newman, go!
Once his lungs heal, Newman will need to have surgery to fix his broken femur and his pelvis will heal in time. As you can imagine, Newman's medical bills are piling up, with Refuge RR predicting at least $5,000 in cost. Once destined to go to a slaughterhouse and end up on someone's plate, Newman now has the second chance that many pigs don't. If you are able to donate to Newman's care and give him the life he deserves, you can donate here. Even just a dollar can go a long way!
Pigs often get a bad reputation as being dirty, stupid animals but in reality, they are incredibly intelligent and emotional beings. Scientists have determined that not only are pigs smart, but they are smarter than dogs, some primates, and three-year-old children. They are ranked as the fourth most intelligent creature on earth!
Newman may have had a rough start in life, but it sounds like this piglet will have a bright future ahead of him!
To learn more about the wonderful work of Refuge RR and to stay up to date on Newman's progress, visit their Facebook page.
Image source: Refuge RR/Facebook
Mohamed Sandwich says:
I love pigs!
ahimsa42 says:
the very sad thing is that as bad off as he was, Newman was the lucky on. the other pigs he was travelling with were likely in similar physical condition but had a knife in the throat or suffication by gas waiting for them and all died a violent, painful death instead of getting emergency medical care like Newman did. i wonder if the people who saved and helped him went home and ate the bodies of Newman\'s friends and relatives?
"A universe is indeed to be pitied whose dominating inhabitants are so unconscious and so ethically embryonic that they make life a commodity, mercy a disease, and systematic massacre a pastime and a profession."- J. Howard Moore
JOHN PASQUA says:
HOPE NEWMAN THE PIG LIVES.GREAT PEOPLE TO HELP HIM .


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Mit dem Begriff Erleichterung kann gemeint sein:

Hilfe, Hilfsmittel
Trost
Lachen
in der Medizin: Palliation (Linderung)
in der Sprachpsychologie: Semantisches Priming
in Sozialpsychologie und Pädagogik: Social Facilitation
im Bankenwesen: Fazilität
im Rechtswesen: Amnestie, Begnadigung

Siehe auch
Befreiung
Entlastung
Entspannung
Förderung