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Yesterday I attended a conference entitled "40 Years of National Unification and the Cause of Reform, Development, and International Integration of Vietnam." It was an interesting experience. An academic conversation 39 years and 363 days later.
The conference had two main sessions, one in the morning one in the afternoon; the first addressing the "greatest victory of the 20th century of the Vietnamese people under the leadership of the Party," the second on the country's achievements of the last 30 years of reform (yes, 30 years of reform!). What lies ahead for this country of 94 million remains unclear. What is clear is the country has come a very long way in 39 years and 363 days, though perhaps not far enough to comfortably say that it has fully come to terms with its past.
These last statements might be considered controversial and even objectionable among Vietnamese authorities, among whom I have many friends. I say it because while Vietnam has indeed come along way, the traumas of multiple wars and its social and political legacies have yet to be addressed in a manner consistent with the admittedly fuzzy notion of 'national reconciliation.' Then again, millions of bombs and deaths across several decades followed by two decades of isolation and a penchant for Leninism will do that to a country.
Listening to the papers yesterday I would say that, by and large, the spirit and content of the discussions were more introspective than 10 years ago. And yet the tendency to embrace a single "correct" narrative clearly remains. Differences are expressed on the margins. At the end of yesterday's conference a comrade/gentleman from the Police Research Institute gave a brief and well articulated paper festooned with references to 'political security,' 'internal Party security,' 'ideological security,' and so on. Liberation?
Over the past few years I have expressed the view that Vietnam is on a path toward a more open political society. But the thought police are still there in force. My personal hope is that in the ten years between now and the 50th anniversary of the 30th of April 1975, and hopefully much sooner, the Communist Party of Vietnam will at last recognize the benefits of a more open, transparent, and pluralistic political culture; a Vietnam in which 'internal party security' is not permitted to douse, stomp on, and stamp out reasoned and open debate.
One reason to be skeptically optimistic is the very strong appetite in Vietnam these days for speech about a "just, democratic, and civilized" Vietnam. I do not think its just talk. But I also am of the view that the sort of political vision and courage needed to put the country on the road to a more comprehensively independent, democratic, and prosperous social order in Vietnam are still lacking. The greatest obstacles to Vietnam's development really are institutional.
I do not believe the brightest, most forward-looking people in the Communist Party of Vietnam have China or Russia or Singapore in mind for their preferred political and social model. Brighter Vietnamese know that Russia is run by a Mafioso, that Beijing's expansionism is real, and that Singapore is boring. Nor do I assume they desire America's bankrolled version of 'the best democracy money can buy,' with large swathes of the population left neglected in countless ugly suburbs and burning ghettos.
Social democracy is the most promising path for Vietnam and comes closest to the true aspirations and will of the Vietnamese people. Can social democracy be built in a developing country? Conservatives will say no until someone says no to them.
Whatever Vietnam becomes over the next decades will be the result of political decisions made by the Vietnamese themselves, within and outside the Party. The more deliberative, transparent, and public these decisions are the more confident I will feel about Vietnam's social, political, and economic future.
Secretary Trong's Beijing Adventure
Posted on April 2, 2015 by Jonathan London
Today I was asked to comment on Vietnamese General Party Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's upcoming trip to Beijing…. I'm no Carl Thayer, but here's what I had to say:
Trong's trip is an important opportunity for he and Xi to establish greater clarity on relations between the two states, particularly though by no means only with respect to the East Sea. In the past, Chinese leaders have always seemed to present Vietnam with a combination of "carrots" and "sticks" and there is no reason to expect this to change. At present, China appears intent on using "infrastructure diplomacy" to gain favor with countries across the region and around the world together with provocative displays of military expansion. Xi is also going full steam ahead in efforts to change the status quo by unilateral means, most notably by building up installations in disputed areas.
For Secretary Trong it is an opportunity to state his positions and his views of his own party to China in his own terms and to explore areas of mutual interest in party-to-party relations, ideology, the emerging global situation, and Vietnam's relations with US in particular. The strategic calculus of the talks will be different this time however, in part owing to China's aggressive behavior and challenges to Vietnam's sovereignty and in part owing to the ability and willingness of Vietnam to collaborate with other regional and world actors in promoting its legitimate rights and interests.
As in the past, Trong is likely to hear a combination of seductive offers of assistance and threats of collaborating with "external" powers. Trong's warm personality and great interest in cultivating stronger ideological ties are likely to result in a public display of friendship and solidarity. Nguyen Phu Trong and the Communist Party of Vietnam recognize the importance of having good and stable relations with China. The Party – and it is hoped Trong, too – also recognize that though China is a large and powerful country, a subordinate relationship based on outdated the principles of "big brother dominates little brother" are not in the best interest of mutually beneficial relations.
Perhaps not the most nuanced analysis, but my two cents for the moment.


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Decoding Da Vinci: View from the pulpit
Da Vinci Code Tuesday May 16, 2006 Religion News Blog
Christian leaders rally to curb what they fear could be a faith-shaking movie experience
With a religious blitz of books, lectures and educational DVDs, Christian leaders are trying to defend the faith against the highly anticipated release of the movie "The Da Vinci Code."
One prominent evangelical leader, Rev. Erwin Lutzer of the Moody Church in Chicago, calls Dan Brown's best-selling novel and the upcoming film "the most serious attack against Christianity" he has known in nearly 30 years of ministry.
More than 7,800 evangelical pastors across the nation have purchased Lutzer's educational DVD and study guide in hopes of responding to questions raised in "The Da Vinci Code" movie, which opens Friday. Lutzer also has organized a six-part Sunday lecture series where he dissects the novel to separate fact from fiction.
For their part, the nation's Roman Catholic bishops have set up a snazzy Web site (www.jesusdecoded.com) and produced an hour-long television documentary to educate the public on the divinity of Jesus, his relationship to Mary Magdalene and the formation of the New Testament.
Lutherans, Presbyterians and other mainline Protestant churches are holding panels and discussions, partly in hopes of engaging and evangelizing nonbelievers. Church Web sites and blogs poke fun at the phenomenon, invite debate and attack fallacies in the fiction. On May 21, the California-based Church Communication Network will broadcast a "Da Vinci" discussion via satellite to hundreds of congregations.
So error-laden is The Da Vinci Code that the educated reader actually applauds those rare occasions where Brown stumbles (despite himself) into the truth. […] In the end, Dan Brown has penned a poorly written, atrociously researched mess.
Source: Dismantling The Da Vinci Code By Sandra Miesel, Crisis, Sep. 1, 2003
Research resources on The Da Vinci Code
Perhaps most surprisingly, the orthodox Catholic group Opus Dei, depicted in the book as a secret society with a murderous albino monk, has chosen to use the negative portrayal as a chance to speak out publicly about the real Opus Dei.
So, what is it about "The Da Vinci Code" that has prompted the Christian community to respond so strongly? What's so scary about a Hollywood movie starring Tom Hanks on a search for the secret of the Holy Grail?
Rev. Hilary Mahaney, pastor of St. Mary of the Angels in Chicago, the only U.S. parish run by Opus Dei priests, says the movie's threat is real. He sees possible dangerous consequences for the Catholic Church and even Christianity.
"I really think it has the potential to do a lot of damage to the church," he said. "This book and the movie has the capacity of destroying someone's faith because of the way it confuses historical fact with fiction."
Lutzer, senior pastor at Moody, agrees. He said the success of "The Da Vinci Code" and the media attention surrounding the newly discovered "Gospel of Judas" has fueled an attack on Jesus in popular culture that is certain to have destructive after-effects.
"Once the debate has died down, Jesus will probably no longer be in the news," Lutzer said. "But the long-term damage of these views will continue. Because people will now have in their minds this misconception of Jesus that they will live with, that they in turn will pass on to their children."
Brown's novel is a thriller that interweaves church history with a fictitious conspiracy to hide that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married. After the crucifixion, the novel states, Mary and her daughter fled to Europe and began a royal dynasty. In the book, Opus Dei conspires and kills to keep the truth about Jesus secret. The book contends the emperor Constantine invented the divinity of Jesus for political purposes.
The "code" alludes to cryptograms and clues hidden in works painted by artist Leonardo Da Vinci that allegedly reveal the true nature of Jesus, his relationship with Mary Magdalene and the alleged cover-up by the Catholic Church.
Lutzer said the public's insatiable appetite for conspiracy theories and the role of women as a pillar of the church are key to the story's success. But the biggest factor, he said, is the way Jesus is portrayed.
"The book presents a Jesus who's a mere man, who will never make any demands on you," Lutzer said. "A Jesus who will never confront the sin in your life. A Jesus who you can take like putty and make him into whatever shape you like. And there is a great desire on the part of people to believe that, because they want to be comfortable with what they are presently doing and believing."
Because the Catholic Church is presented in the book as the villain, those followers might seem to have the most at stake. Yet a recent poll commissioned by Catholic Digest found that 73 percent of Catholics surveyed said "The Da Vinci Code" did not affect their faith or opinion of the church.
Msgr. Francis J. Maniscalco, director of communications for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said he doesn't believe someone's faith would be shattered by seeing the movie–but it might be shaken.
"Faith is a gift from God. And I don't think he's going to withdraw it because a person saw this movie," he said. "But I do think people can be disturbed by it. And get questions like: `What's going on here?'"
For that reason, the Catholic Bishops view the film as an opportunity to educate Catholics.
"Our way of dealing with this is to get people the right information," Maniscalco said. "Maybe we've forgotten our church history, just as we forget our American history as we grow up."
Chicago Tribune, USA
Margaret Ramirez, Tribune religion reporter
www.chicagotribune.com
Christian Groups Wary of 'Da Vinci Code' Movie
Most Da Vinci Code readers believe Jesus fathered a child, UK poll finds
Da Vinci prequel filming is banned
Could the code be true?
Scottish Catholic Church launches DVD to debunk Da Vinci Code

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LIGHTS. Cameras. Action! Our city and county are no strangers to the sound of the clapperboard.
The picturesque countryside, unspoilt villages and historic towns, complete with fine architecture, have often attracted film crews looking for that ideal location to shoot the next blockbuster movie or television series.
In 1985, camera crews moved into the Corah factory on Burleys Way, Leicester, to film a 13-part Central Television drama series called Connie, starring Stephanie Beacham in the eponymous role.
Already a well-known TV actress after her role in the BBC Second World War drama Tenko, the glamorous star brought traffic to a standstill during filming in the heart of the city.
The series was set in a knitwear factory and, clearly, Corah's was an ideal location, with filming taking place in the courtyard, dyehouse and production rooms.
Workers turned up to find cameras on rooftops and window ledges and power cables laid all around the ground.
Even the factory name was changed with Corah's becoming the fictitious Cawrey's for the duration.
Speaking to the Mercury at the time, Stephanie, 36, impressed our reporter with her authentic regional accent.
Connie used other locations in the county, too, including Diseworth church, near Castle Donington, where they filmed a funeral scene with actress Pam Ferris.
The same year as Connie was filmed in Leicester, Stephanie swapped knitwear for couture gowns as she took on the ultimate glamorous role of Sable Colby in the US soap opera The Colbys (1985-87), reprising the role in Dynasty from 1988-89.


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Саут-Віндзор () — місто () в США, в окрузі Гартфорд штату Коннектикут. Населення —  осіб (2010).

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Згідно з переписом 2010 року, у місті мешкало  осіб у  домогосподарствах у складі  родин. Було 10243 помешкання

Расовий склад населення:

До двох чи більше рас належало 2,0 %. Частка іспаномовних становила 4,3 % від усіх жителів.

За віковим діапазоном населення розподілялося таким чином: 24,1 % — особи молодші 18 років, 60,5 % — особи у віці 18—64 років, 15,4 % — особи у віці 65 років та старші. Медіана віку мешканця становила 43,3 року. На 100 осіб жіночої статі у місті припадало 93,2 чоловіків;  на 100 жінок у віці від 18 років та старших — 88,6 чоловіків також старших 18 років.

Середній дохід на одне домашнє господарство  становив  долари США (медіана — ), а середній дохід на одну сім'ю —  доларів (медіана — ). Медіана доходів становила  долар для чоловіків та  доларів для жінок. За межею бідності перебувало 2,7 % осіб, у тому числі 0,8 % дітей у віці до 18 років та 5,9 % осіб у віці 65 років та старших.

Цивільне працевлаштоване населення становило  осіб. Основні галузі зайнятості: освіта, охорона здоров'я та соціальна допомога — 24,7 %, фінанси, страхування та нерухомість — 16,2 %, виробництво — 12,3 %, науковці, спеціалісти, менеджери — 11,4 %.

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These photos show just how true to the real-life disaster HBO's 'Chernobyl' series is
Valentina Resetarits and Ruqayyah Moynihan,
Jessie Buckley (left) as Lyudmila Ignatenko (right).
Movie Insider
The Chernobyl nuclear accident is one of the most shocking and devastating catastrophes of modern times.
This may be, in part, why the hype around the HBO and Sky series about the disaster has been so substantial.
Series maker Craig Mazin said in a podcast that the intention behind the show was to make the scenes as true to the actual events of the nuclear catastrophe as possible.
Many of the scenes, costumes, and characters bear an uncanny resemblance to their real-life counterparts.
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The events and following aftermath changed the world forever — so it's no wonder HBO and Sky's new series "Chernobyl" has been met with such phenomenal intrigue.
Series maker Craig Mazin explained that the intention was to make the events that unfolded in the show as true to the actual nuclear catastrophe as possible, according to a podcast he did about the series.
During the podcast, Mazin said that it was particularly important to him to represent the facts as accurately as possible because of those who really had to go through the events in 1986.
Read more: Real-life characters in HBO's 'Chernobyl' on the moment they found out about the world's worst nuclear-power-plant accident
While not all the details in the series are 100% historically accurate — the nuclear physicist Ulana Khomyuk, for example, is a fictitious character — the series' team made a real effort to recreate scenes, storylines, characters, and even individual conversations as faithfully as possible.
Read more: HBO's 'Chernobyl' series invented a main character to depict the world's worst nuclear power plant accident
Scroll down to see how closely stills from the series represent the real events of the disaster.
Those involved with the set studied drafts and photos of the city prior to the incident
The team working on the show made every effort to make the city they were shooting in to be as true to the original as possible.
Getty / HBO
Before the series came out, very few people were aware that Pripyat was the city that had to be evacuated after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, rather than Chernobyl itself — which lies outside the 10-kilometer exclusion zone.
They shot in a city in Lithuania that was built around the same time as Pripyat, part of which was also in Ukraine.
Special effects also helped to make the Pripyat depicted in the series look as real as possible.
The casting directors, make-up artists, and costume designers put in a lot of effort to ensure the actors resembled the real-life characters as much as possible
Lyudmilla Ignatenko, pictured above, is the widow of firefighter Vasily Ignatenko, who was one of the first responders to the Chernobyl incident and died of acute radiation poisoning just weeks later.
Viktor Bryukhanov, former director of Chernobyl nuclear power plant
Viktor Bryukhanov (right) was played by Con O'Neill (left).
Although Oleksiy Breus — the engineer who entered the control room of the reactor just hours after the explosion — criticized Bryukhanov's portrayal in the miniseries as "distorted and misrepresented", the physical resemblance between the actor and the character is uncanny.
Valery Legasov, chief of the commission investigating the Chernobyl disaster
Valery Legassov (right) played by Jared Harris (left).
A day after the second anniversary of the incident and one day ahead of announcing the findings of his investigation into the causes of the disaster, Legasov took his life.
Mikhail Gorbachev, former President of the Soviet Union
David Dencik (left) played Mikhail Gorbachev (right).
Gorbachev was the last leader of the Soviet Union.
Mazin also tried to ensure the storyline was as accurate as possible, including the following trial
Paul Ritter played Anatoly Dyatlov in the series.
This photo shows the series' version of the trial of those responsible for the nuclear disaster one year after the accident.
The real-life version of the event, where Bryuhkanov, Anatoly Dyatlov, and Nikolai Fomin were tried
Anatoly Dyatlov, Viktor Bryuhkanov, and Nikolai Fomin were sentenced to work in labor camps and to serve time in prison.
It's not just their positioning in the dock that's the same; even the curtain in the background was recreated for the series.
A lot of attention to detail went into the set design
This photo posted by one of the cameramen on Twitter shows how obsessed the set designers were with detail.
The image above shows a block of graphite used as a moderator at nuclear power plants like the one in Chernobyl.
—Philip Grossman (@PGPImages) May 23, 2019
In one of the most striking scenes in the "Chernobyl" series, a firefighter picks up a block of graphite from inside the core after the explosion and burns his hand instantly as a result of the radiation.
The cameraman claimed on Twitter to have found a graphite block in a lab in Pripyat that hadn't been used in the construction of the nuclear power plant.
The control room in the series is also quite a faithful replica
The control room of the nuclear power plant.
This is what the Control Room of Reactor No.4 at Chernobyl looks like now. This is where Anatoly Dyatlov, Aleksandr Akimov, Aleksandr Kudryavtsev, and Viktor Proskuryakov were working on that fateful night in April 1986. . . @HBO @canonusaprovideo @manfrottoimaginemore #documentaryfilmaker #ChernobylHBO #chernobyl #Cinematographer #ExploringTheZone #craigmazin #pgpimages
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The series' creator, Craig Mazin, said in a podcast that Soviet Union's economy made it easy to find authentic costumes for shooting
A respirator as it was used in Chernobyl (left) beside a still from the series (right).
Getty/HBO
There was only one kind of miner's helmet in the whole Soviet Union, which is why the outfits were so realistic.
While it may seem in parts like the script was exaggerated for dramatic effect, many of the lines were taken from the original events
Many of the lines from the series were said in the real control room.
The series doesn't depict what happened in the control room of the nuclear power plant on the run-up to the explosion.
Rather, spectators get a view of the reactor exploding from a distance.
Only then do viewers get to see that it was the technicians at the plant who triggered the devastating explosion during a safety test.
While it may seem as though the script for this scene was exaggerated by the scriptwriters for dramatic effect, in actual fact, many of the lines in the series were actually said in the control room on April 26, 1986.
In the series, nuclear technician Alexander Akimov said: "Don't worry, we did everything right. Something... something strange has happened."
According to Mazin, this was actually what Akimov said in real life.
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The movie is based right here in South Florida and follows the life of a young man trying to discover himself.
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Oklahoma is now number 2 in this week's poll. We can stay here all season until the National Championship game. That would be fine with me.
Rick...maybe you and I should go ahead and be buying tickets to the championship game!
I'm sure we'll both be there!
Sure, if you really want to see OU and USC play for the championship.
Tide ain't gonna roll that far.
I kind think playing Chattanooga, Cincinnati, and Washington don't give us much of an idea of what OU can do against an equally matched opponent.
Are you guys gonna be able to get past Mizzou and OSU? Both of those teams seem to have pretty potent offenses.
OU is definitely looking good, and should be number 2. I just think there are plenty of high-powered offenses in the Big XII that could cause y'all problems.
Or...you could be like Georgia. What have they done? Started the season at #1...won three games...and dropped to #4 in the nation...maybe they just need an off week, so they don't drop any more!
Rick...just wait until the BSC scoring kicks in...I'm not sure OU can maintain their current high ranking, due to the lack of strength of their competition...you have to admit, they really haven't played anyone! No one!
I'm definately NOT happy with our schedule this year. As Tide Steve has implied, it appears that we are only playing HS or Jr College level teams.
I wish we had a better schedule to showcase our boys.
You are right. OSU & Missouri will be some of our more tougher opponents this year. I truly hate a soft season. I don't know who makes up these schedules or how they are done, but I don't like it.
Oh, yes. The good ole "love to hate" BCS scoring poll. I am afraid of what that will do to us, too.
I'd just as soon be able to pick our own, but that would be total chaos.
Strength of schedule isn't on your side this year ole friend...and who picks the schedule? Your school makes the picks!


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The task of successfully establishing an Infant Oral Health referral infrastructure in your community and your state that involves the collaborative interaction of dentists and pediatric medical providers requires that the 'I' equation be changed to a 'We' equation.
To that end, the following project was designed to assist in changing the practice behavior of involved participants in order to achieve this goal.
"Points of Light" is a project that brings together two operational items in order to overcome multiple, inherent obstacles to having infants presented to a dentist by age one and prior to the emergence of dental decay. The first item is the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry's 'Enhanced Care Through Appropriate Medical Referrals' program (ECTAMR) and the second item is the American Academy of Pediatrics' oral health policy 'Oral Health Risk Assessment Timing & Establishment of the Dental Home'. ECTAMR is a format written for dentists to define and ease the process of interacting with physicians in order to encourage early dental referrals. The AAP oral health policy directs pediatric medical providers to administer oral health risk assessments and refer 'at risk' infants to a dentist and establish a 'Dental Home' prior to the need for restorative care.
Heretofore, the reluctance of the medical community to make early dental referral has primarily been the result of two areas of concern. First, they perceive that there are too few dentists accepting infants to make effective referrals and second, patients at risk of caries often cannot afford to see a dentist. The third and often unspoken obstacle is that some physicians are unwilling to change their clinical behavior for reasons they do not completely understand and therefore suspect may be more about enhancing one dentist's patient base rather than enhancing the oral health of the community. 'Points of Light' addresses these issues head-on by changing the 'I' equation into a 'We' equation.
Select a pediatric or general dentist in multiple communities in your state to implement the project and send them a recruitment letter and template packet. (An example recruitment letter is included in your packet). The template packet should include a template of the In-service PowerPoint presentation for general dentists, an example letter to medical providers, a physician information sheet, a copy of the AAP oral health policy, an anticipatory guidance sheet, an example of a list of dentists and a copy of ECTAMR. Attempt to geographically space the pilot communities.
Have the lead dentist assemble a list of dentists from their community that are willing to see infants in their practices. Their lists should reflect geographic distribution and public assistance program participants. (Letting community dentists know that they will gain an entirely new set of patients and that a list is being compiled to present to medical providers are strong incentives for them to participate).
Have the lead dentist provide an In-service on Infant Oral Health to participating dentists and their staff. (A template PowerPoint presentation is included in the packet).
Have the lead dentist mail an informational packet to the pediatric medical providers in their community. This packet should include a cover letter announcing the project, an information sheet, a copy of the AAP oral health policy, an anticipatory guidance sheet and a list of participating dentists. (Examples of all of these items are included in the packet).
Have the lead dentist contact and schedule In-service sessions with the pediatric medical providers in their community using ECTAMR as a format.
Once the pilot communities are operational and infants are being referred to local area dentists, additional communities should be selected and lead dentists recruited to implement the project as previously described. The underlying goal is to continue creating multiple communities where infant oral health networks are established until all of these communities (Points of Light) merge into continuously expanding areas with operational referral infrastructure. Ultimately, the practice of medical practitioners referring infants to the dentist, parents presenting infants to the dentist and dentists integrating infants into their practices will be accepted practice.
First, it steps around the issue of an isolated dentist advocating early referral and substitutes a strong message from one professional collective to another professional collective. By compiling a list of participating dentists, the message to local medical providers is, "We, the dentists of the community are ready and willing to manage these patients prior to the need for restorative dentistry". While they may not completely comprehend the value of early preventive intervention, it is difficult for the medical community to ignore this genre of message.
Second, this project brings dentists and physicians into participation simultaneously and solves the issue of physicians not knowing who will accept infant patients.
Lastly "Points of Light" offers a comprehensive vision for changing referral patterns throughout large geographic areas by creating a potentially limitless dental participation infrastructure. It is only through the creation of this infrastructure that parents and medical providers of this country will overcome a generational misconception that children should not go to the dentist until three years of age or until they have a problem.
In the end, everyone who participates in "Points of Light" is a winner. The general dentist gains a new set of patients, the pediatric medical provider delivers more comprehensive and higher quality care, and the pediatric dentist gains those very young patients who already have significant dental decay. Most importantly, by bringing early preventive oral health care to general acceptance, the oral health of children across your state will be significantly improved.


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Joan Rivers Medical Malpractice Lawsuit SettledThe family of comedian Joan Rivers, who died days after undergoing a routine endoscopy at a New York City clinic, has settled a medical malpractice lawsuit against the facility, the family's attorneys said Thursday.
Melissa Rivers Files Lawsuit In Mother's DeathThe lawsuit paints a picture of a careless staff of doctors who ran roughshod over Joan Rivers while she was unconscious, and suggests that she died because of their incompetence.
Joan Rivers Left Money For Charities In WillJoan Rivers left her daughter in charge of her fortune, and left money for some of her favorite charities, including Guide Dogs for the Blind and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Medical Examiner: Rivers' Death Caused By Lack Of Oxygen To BrainThe New York City medical examiner says Joan Rivers died from low blood oxygen during a medical procedure. The New York state health department is investigating the circumstances.
Citing Joan Rivers, Gov. Perry Backs Clinic LawRick Perry cites Joan Rivers' death in defense of controversial Anti-Abortion Law
#Trending In Entertainment: Joan Rivers' Doctor's Selfie & Bono Isn't ApologizingThis week, a doctor picked the wrong time to take a selfie, rockers don't care if you're mad, and a rapper has a very unique job opportunity for his fans.
Joan Rivers Remembered At Star-Studded FuneralOn Sunday morning, a legion of notables turned out at New York's Temple Emanu-El to remember Joan Rivers, who died Thursday at 81
Comedian Joan Rivers Dies At 81The comedian was hospitalized on Aug. 28 when she suffered cardiac arrest after her breathing stopped during vocal cord surgery at a Manhattan clinic.
Joan Rivers' Daughter Melissa: 'Mother Has Been Moved Out Of Intensive Care'Rivers was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital last Thursday morning after she went in for a procedure on her vocal cords at the Yorkville Endoscopy Clinic.
Family Has "Fingers Crossed" For Joan RiversThe loved ones of Joan Rivers said on Sunday that they remain hopeful about her recovery three days after she went into cardiac arrest at a doctor's office.
#Trending In Entertainment: Brangelina Weds, Joan Rivers Is Hospitalized, and Bieber's Draws Comparisons.This week Hollywood's hottest finally got hitched, a pop start thinks he's a princess, and there's plenty of irony.
Joan Rivers Resting After Cardiac ArrestJoan Rivers remained in a New York City hospital on Friday morning, one day after the 81-year-old comedy legend went into cardiac arrest at a doctor's office.


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In default operation, Code Central will constantly receive coverage uploads from Collector machines whenever a covered process execution completes. In some scenarios it is desirable to interrupt that continuous operation and upload coverage in batches. Such scenarios may include offline testing, regression testing, or even offshore QA. Default operation in an offline environment continually gathers coverage, storing the data for the next available connection to Code Central server. Rather than leave the data synchronization gateway at the control of network connections NCover does provide manual controls to pause and resume data synchronization to Code Central. With the release of v4.1.2115.1049 that feature has been extended to the command line.
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Satterthwaite saves New Zealand with match-winning 49
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New Zealand 8 for 151 (Satterthwaite 49*, Farrell 3-26) beat Australia 8 for 150 (Fields 52) by 2 wickets
New Zealand struck first in the five-match Rose Bowl Series with a tight two-wicket success over Australia in Whangarei. Chasing Australia's 8 for 150, the hosts were in desperate trouble at 7 for 74 before Amy Satterthwaite led the successful recovery with an unbeaten 49 off 91 balls.
Satterthwaite added 74 crucial runs with Lucy Doolan to push the team within sight of victory before Doolan was run out for 34 with three still needed. Rachel Priest stayed with Satterthwaite and the win was sealed with 4.2 overs to go. The result was harsh on Emma Sampson and Rene Farrell (3 for 26), who took the first five wickets for 28 runs as Australia started their defence in brilliant style.
Australia's innings had also begun in horrible fashion as they slipped to 5 for 39 in the 16th over. Jodie Fields put her head down for 52, which included six fours from 94 deliveries, and she gained the most help from Ellyse Perry (29).
Abby Burrows took 2 for 15, including the important wicket of Karen Rolton for 2, in an impressive debut while Suzie Bates also captured a couple of victims. The next game of the series is at the same ground on Tuesday as both teams prepare for the World Cup in Australia in March.


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For centuries, low technology has been used extensively across the Pacific as a simple, traditional technology with very little capital input required. An example is the use of water containers or buckets drawn from wells for family and livestock use, and watering of crops.
The evolution of low technology, transitions low inputs into a system that is workable and affordable by the majority of grass roots people. This includes using recycled waste materials such as buckets and containers, or local material such as bamboo combined with a simple hose irrigation system.
An example of low technology promoted and showcased at this year's Samoa Agriculture Show held from 13 – 16 October, was the raised or elevated cultivation model using bamboo and waste containers for cultivating vegetables.
The idea behind the model was to use local, waste material such as buckets and containers, bamboo and other appropriate materials for vegetable farming with a simple irrigation system used.
These models were amongst the benefits of learning and sharing of skills amongst participants from 15 countries, in relation to low tech appropriate technologies at the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Pacific Agricultural Plant Genetic Resources (PAPGREN) Meeting held in Fiji in 2014.
The meeting was facilitated by the European Union (EU) supported projects under the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)'s Land Resources Division - Pacific Agriculture Policy Project (PAPP) and Increasing Agriculture Commodity Trade (IACT). This was co-hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Treaty Benefit Sharing "Strengthening the resilience of Pacific agricultural systems to climate change through enhancing access to and use of diversity" Project. The main outcome of the meeting was to empower and impart knowledge and skills to participants to develop these skills further to their countries for use by farmers to better their livelihoods.
Malouafuli Pueata Tanielu, Principal Crops Development Officer of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is happy with the opportunity to learn these skills from the training held at the Fiji Koronivia Research Station during the Pacific Plant Genetic Resources Network (PAPGREN) field visit.
"The high cost of vegetable and low supply during the off season period are the main constraints in the availability of vegetable varieties for household consumption. The vegetable supply in Samoa is dependent on the commercial production which representing only 20% of total number of vegetable growers. High incidence of pests and diseases during rainy season is the main reason for the dramatic decline in vegetable supply and of course high price due to supply and demand".
"The model is perfectly suited to alleviate supply constraints using bucket irrigation system and shade house combinations. Promotion and adoption of this model is also in line with the new settlements of quarter acre land allocated at Vaitele, Vailele and Nuu-fou areas. This population in these new settlements accommodate almost 30 to 40 percent of total urban population. The technology will use as a back yard garden to provide vegetables for their own household use".
Showcasing of this model during the Agriculture Show has generated a lot of interest from the public, farmers and schools that have participated. Two farmers have already used bamboo technology for planting leafy vegetables such as lettuce and cabbages.
"This model has been promoted in atoll countries such as Kiribati and Tuvalu and proved useful due to the limited land space available and increased urbanisation. In big countries, families living in urban or town areas can use this technology to grow their own vegetables in the backyard for improved health" says Valerie Saena-Tuia, Genetic Resources Coordinator managing the PAPGREN network.


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La consonant fricativa postalveolar sorda es representa  a l'AFI, una essa medieval allargada i cursiva (ſ) però estilitzada, similar al signe d'integral ∫, anomenada esh. En la notació romànica es representava []. És un so de la parla present a la majoria d'idiomes actuals.

En anglès: Voiceless dorso-palatal velar fricative o Sj-sound i en suec:Sj-ljudet, és una consonant fricativa que cobreix un rang des sons similars usats en la majoria dels dialectes de l'idioma suec, es transcriu com . En el suec de forma comuna se'n fa referència com el so sje, en función de la seva escriptura més comuna. Una altra grafia de  acostuma a ser sk davant de les vocals e, i, ö i ä. El mateix so acostuma a aparèixer amb l'ortografia stj, skj, ti, entre d'altres. Els sons dins del rang tenen unes propietats acústiques molt similars, no massa diferents del so  del neerlandès meridional, o de l'alemany ch després de o i, i una labialització característica. L'Alfabet Fonètic Internacional descriu  com uns " i  simultanis" (sh anglesa i j en castellà), però aquesta afirmació està acceptada per alguns fonetistes, incloent-hi un antic president de l'AFI.

Fricativa no sibilant postalveolar sorda

Característiques
 És una consonant pulmonar oral central.
 És un so sibilant fricatiu, perquè l'aire produeix una turbulència en el seu pas per la boca.
 S'articula recolzant la llengua darrere les dents, gairebé tocant el paladar per modificar la columna d'aire que ve dels pulmons.
 És un so sord perquè no causa la vibració de les cordes vocals.

En català
És un fonema que pot aparèixer al principi, enmig o al final de mot, i sol estar representat en català per la lletra x (xeix, com a la paraula xocolata) o el dígraf ix (com a la paraula caixa). Alguns dialectes pronuncien aquestes lletres de manera africada i no fricativa. En les onomatopeies, s'usa per demanar silenci o baixar el to de veu.

Referències

Enllaços externs
 Informació acústica , del projecte "Els sons del català".

Consonants


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Prince Ito Hirobumi state funeral, 1909.
1900s • Government • Historic Events
Tagged with: Empire of Japan, Ito Hirobumi, Japan-Korea relations, Korea, Modernization (Meiji)
Prince Ito Hirobumi's funeral procession, Nov. 4, 1909. Ito was revered in Japan as father of the first constitution and its parliamentary democracy. But, he was despised in Korea as the personification of Japan's colonial imperialism of the Korean peninsula in Ito's role as the colony's first administrator-general. Ito was assassinated at Harbin, Manchuria, by a Korean nationalist patriot, An Chung-gun, on Oct. 26, 1909.
"The establishment of the protectorate [in 1905, after Japan's defeat of Russia] placed Korea in much the same relation to Japan that Egypt bore to England when the latter intervened in the Nile country in 1882. Japan could no more take the risk of another power gaining a foothold in Korea, and thereby threatening her causeway to the Asian mainland, than England could take the risk of another power gaining a foothold in Egypt, and threatening her sea-road to India.
"… England sent to Egypt, as proconsul, her greatest administrator, Evelyn Baring, later Lord Cromer. Japan sent to Korea her greatest administrator, Marquis Ito. Each was confronted with the same problem: to reform a government rotten to the very core, and to effect the regeneration of a people reduced to the lowest depths of misery and degradation be centuries of spoliation and oppression.
"Had Ito not fallen by the bullet of a Korean assassin, at the very moment when the patient, tactful, sympathetic administration which he had established was beginning to show results, there is little doubt that he would have met with an astonishing success in rehabilitation the Land of the Morning Calm as Cromer did in the Land of the Valley of the Nile.
"… The imperial rescript proclaiming the annexation [in 1910, after Ito's assassination] was the signal for the systematic Japanization of Korea to begin. And it was begun with all the method and thoroughness so characteristic of the people of Nippon. The conciliatory policy of Marquis Ito gave way to the Bismarckian policy of blood and iron."
– Japan's Policy in Korea, by E. Alexander Powell, The Atlantic Monthly, March 1922
State funeral of Prince Itō Hirobumi, 1909.
From the wiki: "Prince Itō Hirobumi was a Japanese statesman and genrō. A London-educated samurai of the Chōshū Domain and an influential figure in the early Meiji Restoration government, he chaired the bureau which drafted the Meiji Constitution in the 1880s. In 1885 he became Japan's first Prime Minister. He went on to hold the position four times, becoming one of the longest serving prime ministermeijis in Japanese history, and wielded considerable power even out of office as the occasional head of Emperor Meiji's Privy Council. (In 1889, Ito also became the first genrō, the retired elder Japanese statesmen who were considered the 'founding fathers' of modern Japan.)
"Itō's foreign policy was ambitious. He strengthened diplomatic ties with Western powers including Germany, the United States and especially the United Kingdom. In Asia he oversaw the First Sino-Japanese War and negotiated Chinese surrender on terms aggressively favourable to Japan, including the annexation of Taiwan and the release of Korea from the tribute system.
"The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905 made Itō the first Japanese Resident-General of Korea. He initially supported the sovereignty of the indigenous Joseon monarchy as a protectorate under Japan, but he eventually accepted and agreed with the increasingly powerful Imperial Japanese Army, which favoured the total annexation of Korea, resigning his position as Resident-General and taking a new position as the President of the Privy Council of Japan in 1909. Four months later, arriving at the Harbin Railway Station for a meeting with Vladimir Kokovtsov, a Russian representative in Manchuria, Itō was assassinated by Korean nationalist An Jung-geun.
"Korea would be forcibly annexed by Japan in 1910, the year following Ito's assassination.
"A portrait of Itō Hirobumi was on the Series C ¥1,000 note of Japan from 1963 until a new series was issued in 1984. His former house is preserved as a museum near the Shōin Jinja, in Hagi city, Yamaguchi prefecture.""


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Hard To Handel | Max Riebl
Heather Bloom
Max Riebl, Melbourne's favourite countertenor has done it again, bringing his latest baroque/pop mash up to the masses with Hard to Handel. After the success of The Great Pretender, Riebl continues to break through the barriers of elitist opera with his down to earth approach to musicianship, and command of the material.
Taking on some of the most difficult aria's originally sung by the castrato; those young men of the baroque era blessed with angelic voices who in order to maintain their talent were subjected to rigorous training, not to mention the risky procedure of castration in order to prevent vocal changes due to puberty.
Riebl explains these castrati were the first superstars of the music world. Girls would swoon, composers would create great works for their favorite's and the top performers would command sums of half a million dollars a performance. The comparison is not dissimilar to today's pop stars, and Riebl effortlessly intertwines modern pop with ancient baroque, finding the similarities between Farinelli and Whitney Houston.
Both exceptional performers who were the finest singers of their era, both a spectacle to behold and both were to an extent one might say "freakishly talented".
This concept of the "freak" of the "different" and for the castrati, the genderless, is touched upon throughout Hard to Handel, and Riebl finds the balance between humor and respect with the issues that remain at the forefront of today's news.
But it is of course Riebl's own freakishly beautiful voice that the audience have come to hear and as he covers some of the more difficult arias of history he does not disappoint.
Mixing it in with some modern superstars, Riebl sings a divine cover of Dusty Springfield's "You Don't have to Say you Love me" and finished with a very special Radiohead treat for all the fans in the audience. Joined by Adam Cook on keyboard, they are a dynamic duo. Through the magic of music and Riebl's remarkable talent for bringing opera to the masses, Hard to Handel isn't so hard after all, in fact, it's a history lesson for anyone who loves, likes or simply listens to music, from classical to contemporary, Riebl covers all the bases and will leave you breathless with his talent.
The Butterfly Club
Hard To Handel
by Max Riebl
Director Max Riebl
Venue: The Butterfly Club | Carson Place Melbourne
Dates: 23 – 28 April 2018
Bookings: thebutterflyclub.com
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Jihadists killed her friend, now she prays for their conversion
By Kathryn Jean Lopez
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Christina Shabo clutches a flag given to her by World Youth Day pilgrims from Iraq and a Knights of Columbus rosary, replacing the one she left at home. (photo: Kathryn Jean Lopez)
KRAKOW — Christina Shabo wanted to go to Iraq this summer, but her father would have none of it. Instead she's here, at World Youth Day, giving her testimony to 20,000 young people and the world.
Krakow is described as the "capital of Divine Mercy," home to the Divine Mercy shrine where St. Faustina, known as the "secretary of Divine Mercy," received revelations from Jesus in her prayer about the depths of his mercy.
Shabo, a 25-year-old who was born under a tree in a Turkish refugee camp, switched out "us" for "ISIS" in the Divine Mercy chaplet, the devotion that developed around the Divine Mercy image that was revealed to Sr. Faustina.
She spoke Friday after New York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan, chairman of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA), at the Mercy Centre hosted by the Knights of Columbus at the Tauron Arena.
"I won't be able to feel as driven or as complete unless I go back and help my own people. It's been something that's been in me for a while," she tells me.
"I don't know where it comes from. I don't know why it's there. But it's there and it's undeniable. There's a lot of shame and guilt that comes from not being able to do that and pursue it. But hopefully with the grace of God, it'll happen."
Can you really forgive ISIS? I ask her. She's completely honest with me; no, she doesn't forgive ISIS. But she's trying – thus the prayer. And into her prayer she pours the truth. She's angry. She's frustrated. She's sad.
She remembers a relative who was "chopped up in a dozen pieces." There is a cousin who was killed recently in a bombing in Baghdad and his mother is fighting for her life in a hospital there.
"But I did," she says, "I really did take it to Him… I go to [Eucharistic] adoration."
She was in adoration one day — meaning that she spent time praying before the Eucharist — while repeating the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. "I couldn't stop thinking about what I had heard that morning," Shabo explains.
"And it just kind of came to me: pray for them."
She insists that no one is powerless when it comes to Christian persecution and genocide.
"Take that anger, take that frustration — and do things politically. Do things on that front. But don't forget the prayer," she says, because that's where God's grace really gets working.
God has "softened my heart," Shabo says. She's found it transformative. And it's the only way to operate, she observes.
"Anger doesn't do anything. Anger just makes you bitter; nothing good comes out of it. But when you take that and you turn it into mercy and forgiveness, you see how fruitful that can be… [and] you can't stop doing it," she says.
Recalling how often Iraqi Christians have suffered persecution of one kind or another in recent decades, she observes that "without changing their hearts," good will never prevail, peace will never be a reality.
Without changing hearts, she says, persecution will continue, and Christians may very well be driven from their homeland permanently.
"If there are no Christians in the Middle East aside from our people aside from the connection that I have with them, that in itself is a tragedy, because that's where Jesus is from," says Shabot, a Chaldean Catholic whose liturgy is in Aramaic, the language Jesus spoke.
"That can't happen. I don't want to see that happen," she says of the genocide Christians in Iraq and Syria have been facing. "I don't want to live in that world. If we don't do something about it, then unfortunately that will be our reality."
She's heartened by World Youth Day, seeing the love and concern fellow young pilgrims from throughout the world have for her and her people. She even recorded the long standing ovation Archbishop Bashar Warda from Erbil, Iraq, received earlier in the week.
She wants to use the warm welcome the archbishop from Iraq received as an encouragement to the young people at the Shlama Foundation she's worked with back home, which reaches out to the persecuted in the land of her heritage.
Shabo considers herself a miracle baby, surviving a hike through the mountains in utero, when a young cousin didn't. And she feels a special closeness with Iraqi Christians living in Erbil, having fled ISIS-controlled territory, and having been born in a refugee camp.
She feels called to "take what God has given me, the faith that my parents have been able to instill in me since I was a child, and to take all the goodness that is there, and give it back to the people there."
Meantime, she does crisis intervention on a suicide hotline in Detroit and knows that the refugees of the ISIS genocide need that kind of help.
"It's hard not to feel that I can take what I have and help them," she says. "Because I have been blessed," living in Detroit most of her life.
She sees quite clearly God's purpose in the "talents, the abilities, the connections, the stories, [and] background" that is uniquely hers.
"When you feel that purpose, and you feel him working through you, it's hard not to want to continue," she smiles.


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Richard Taylor Pearson
When I was twenty, I thought all I had to do was get to New York City. Fate would surely smile on the brave boy who left Houston with nothing but a dream, right? Isn't that how it always happens? I'd find a little spot in Central Park to rehearse a monologue, and everyone who passed by would become entranced. A big-time agent would stumble upon the crowd, offer to represent me, and then I'd rush home to my shoebox apartment to tell my roommate. He'd be a writer, though I wasn't sure whether he'd be a journalist, a novelist, or a playwright. All I knew was that he'd have black hair, glasses, and be just a little too skinny to be considered hot; though, of course, I'd see his inner beauty. He'd offer me a glass of cheap Chianti and ask me to read his newest work. I would be so overcome by the beauty of his words that we'd push our beds and bodies together that night. We would make love, and I would finally know the kind of passion that I'd seen on stage so many times. The next morning, my agent would call and demand I rush to an audition. I'd kiss my new love good-bye, burst through the casting agency doors, and land the lead role. Then, when opening night arrived, the Times would herald me as Broadway's newest star. The city just needed me to get there.
After five years in the city, the only part of that dream that's come close to true is that I did eventually fall in love with my roommate. My boyfriend Eric, and I have lived together for three years, but are still a few weeks away from our one year anniversary as an official couple. Eric is almost as I imagined him: skinny, glasses, black hair, and a writer. Though I suppose saying he's a writer is a bit of a stretch. He writes code for videogames, so it's not exactly a thrilling read. Still, I can't really complain. The city owed me nothing, but led me to the love of my life. The rest is up to me, so I keep auditioning.
"Hello, I'm here to audition for Masque," I announce to the front desk assistant of the casting agency.
"You and everyone else." He doesn't even bother looking up from his computer screen.
"Is there a big turn out?"
"Um, of course there is. It's a James Merchant production." He stops browsing the web to give me a withering glance.
"Oh." James Merchant is basically Broadway royalty. An absolute genius director. I spent almost twenty-four hours waiting outside the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park last summer to get free tickets to his reimagining of Much Ado About Nothing.
"You do know who that is, right?"
"Of course! I love his work!" The words come out so eager they sound false.
"I'm sure you do," he says, with a condescending smile.
"Anyway, auditions are being held in Studio 6B. So you go down the hall, take the first left, and it's the second door on the right."
"Thanks so much. Have a nice day," I reply instinctively. Five years in the city has yet to wipe out the southern charm my mother instilled in me.
To get to the studio I have to make my way through the gauntlet of actors who are warming up, practicing lines, and coming and going from other auditions in various states of anticipation, exultation, and disappointment. Although these places were designed to house multiple auditions at a time, the cheapskates who built them cut every corner imaginable so the walls have about as much sound insulation as a paper bag. While each of them is trying their best, the combination of a woman belting out the hits of Wicked, a man wailing unintelligibly through a monologue, and the blaring hip-hop a group of dancers is using to rehearse their choreography disorients me for a moment. I lean against the wall, hoping the dizziness will pass, when suddenly the door next to me swings open and pins me against the wall.
"Ah!" I yelp, as the door handle barely misses punching me in the gut.
"Oh, man! Hey, are you okay back there? Sorry!" I instantly recognize the voice coming from the other side. Kevin Caldwell. Most people probably know of him from his minor roles on television. Kevin played a charismatic cult leader in a Lifetime movie, and had a short recurring role as a sexy undercover cop on Law & Order SVU, but I met him long before his brush with television fame. After I finally made it to New York, I enrolled in an acting class that was supposed to help me break into the business. Kevin and I were scene partners, so we spent countless hours together that summer. Unfortunately, I spent most of that time trying desperately to get him to fall in love with me instead of getting casting directors to notice me.
"Kevin?" I ask, as the door pulls away.
"Mason? Oh man! Is it really you?"
"Have I changed that much?" My heart races as he looks me over, and I feel my face flush as I take him in. I thought that over the past few years my mind had exaggerated how gorgeous he was, but Kevin looks even better than I remember. Six feet tall, with the lean and toned musculature of an Olympic swimmer, Kevin is one hundred percent leading man material. He actually seems to glow, partly because of the way his wavy blond hair always manages to catch the light, but it's more than just superficial, he radiates confidence like a true star. He's like the sun god Apollo, only in designer jeans. I have a hard time looking directly at him for more than a few seconds.
"Of course not! You look just the same as I remember."
"I hope not! I'm hideously out of shape now." To most of the world this isn't true, but in terms of gay New York theatre boys, I'm practically a lost cause. Since I'm only five foot eight inches tall, my thirty-two-inch waist typecasts me as the "less attractive best friend" whenever I audition.
"Don't be ridiculous. You've still got the cute 'boy next door' thing going on," he says. It's the nice way of saying "less attractive best friend."
"Thanks. Hopefully that's what they're looking for."
"So, you're here to audition?" Kevin asks, eyeing me suspiciously.
"Yeah, for Masque," I say, and Kevin breaks out a huge smile. I try to smile back, but realize I've been smiling since I saw him. Everyone always smiles when they look at Kevin. It's like an instinct, the same as raising the pitch of your voice when you talk to a baby. I often wonder if Kevin even knows that people can frown, outside of times in which a script specifically calls for it.
"I bet you'll do great!"
"If I even get seen. You know how it goes when you don't have an Equity card."
"You're not Equity yet?" he asks, making me feel like even more of a failure. Membership in the Actor's Equity Association requires the equivalent of fifty weeks' worth of work in theatres that adhere to union standards. Of course most union theatres hire actors who are already members of the union. This makes sense because one of the perks is that every union member is seen before the casting directors will even consider seeing non-Equity. It's a big advantage.
"Nope. I've only got thirty-six weeks of work on my resume."
"Oh, that totally sucks," he says, his smile fading quickly.
"Yeah, but you've got to keep trying, right?"
"Well…right," he says, and then drops his voice to a whisper. "Look, I probably shouldn't be telling you this, but I'm working the audition for Masque. I'm the reader." Meaning he is the person who reads with whoever is auditioning when a scene has more than one character.
"That's a great gig."
"Right, so…what part were you thinking about trying out for?"
"Part? Oh, I was just hoping to be in the ensemble."
"Mason, come on, you can talk to me," he says, throwing one of his long, lanky arms over my shoulder. The second his skin touches mine, a shiver runs from the top of my head all the way down to my toes, and Kevin pulls me in a little closer. He knows exactly what he's doing. The arm-over-the-shoulder move was just one of many tools Kevin liked to use to get me to partake in whatever mischief he had planned. It was never enough for him to just go out and do outlandish stuff in the city. He needed an audience, and he knew how to get me to follow him anywhere.
"Honestly, I'll take anything."
"I didn't ask what you'd take." He brings his lips close to my ear and in a rich baritone, speaking slowly, so as to draw out every word, says "I'm asking what you want."
"Well…" I start, but my brain feels like it is short-circuiting. I turn my head as far away from him as I can, and eventually I can finish the thought. "I thought I might be a good fit for Lord Dyne, the advisor. That's why I planned to use a Polonius monologue. Last time I did it, I was cast as Cinna the Poet in Julius Caesar. So I'm pretty confid-"
"Dyne? No way, I bet they want someone older," he says, before returning my face to meet his. "You should try for Caleb."
"Isn't that a lead?"
"Yeah. Why?"
"I'm not really a lead actor kind of guy," I say, causing Kevin to look at me as if I'm some sort of alien. I guess if I were Kevin, I'd also find it odd that anyone would pursue a supporting role. They're not glamorous, but as some Greek philosopher once famously chiseled on a wall: KNOW THYSELF.
"What kind of guy are you then?"
"Oh you know, the leading man's best friend, his lackey."
"Then Caleb is perfect for you. His whole thing is that he's a manipulated innocent, and who wouldn't see that when they look at your little face?" he says, pinching my cheek a little too hard.
"Ah! Not so rough." I rear back.
"Sorry, but…I mean, look at you. You're adorable! Even that vest looks a little period."
What I wear to auditions is more of a uniform than anything else – white button down shirt layered under a slate gray vest, black tie, dark jeans, and knock-off designer boots. The vest is my favorite, and not just because Kevin complimented it, but because it was made specifically for me. It was part of my costume in a show. Ever since then, it has served as my own personal corset, helping me hide the ten extra pounds I seem incapable of losing.
"I'm just not sure I'm what they are looking for. I think that-"
"Mason," Kevin interrupts. "Stop making excuses! Do you know how lucky you are to run into me?" He seems to have already forgotten that he's the one who hit me with a door only a few minutes ago. "How many times are you going to have someone on the inside?"
"I know I'm right, so just listen to me and do exactly what I tell you. Go sign up on the non-Equity list, and then use your phone to look up the first scene in Edward II by Marlowe. The end of the scene has a monologue by Gaveston that would make the perfect audition piece for this show."
"Okay, but even if I manage to memorize it in time, what's the point? There's a ton of people here. They probably won't even see any non-Equity people, let alone one who's so late to sign up."
"Have a little faith, Mason," Kevin protests. "You focus on learning that monologue, and let me worry about trying to get you inside. If they like you, you'll get to read with me. It'll be like old times."
I blush at the mention of old times. I would've thought a couple of years away from Kevin's glow would have made him easier to be around, but it hasn't at all. In fact, I've seemingly lost my tolerance completely. He's more intoxicating than ever, but unlike before, I have Eric now. Thinking of him helps me remember I'm stronger than I was back then.
"Okay. But if this works, don't show me up like you did in class! We all know you're brilliant," I say, rolling my eyes.
"I'll see what I can do. Remember, stay in the waiting room no matter what. If I don't get you in, drinks are on me."
"I think you're more excited than I am," I say, finding it hard to keep pretending I'm not thrilled at the chance to get seen.
"It's just…well…it's just really good to see you again!" He flashes me one last smile before returning to the room.
 I always wonder whether it's just me, or if everyone else feels slightly depressed when Kevin turns his gaze away from them. I shake my head to clear it. I don't have time to lament. I need to get my name on that list and start memorizing. Something tells me the other part of my Broadway dream is about to come true.


Conservative MP for Broxtowe, Anna Soubry, has learned how Ilkeston-based house builder Fairgrove Homes is investing in the future talent of the building trade during a visit to its redevelopment of the former Kimberley Brewery last week.
Ms Soubry visited Fairgrove's Hanson's View development on the site of the old Kimberley Brewery and met six new apprentices that have recently joined Fairgrove across multiple trades.
These six new apprentices will be spread across bricklaying and joinery and follows recent success with a number of trainees completing apprenticeships for the company. One apprentice, Jordan Haywood, won Apprentice of the Year last year while studying at Webs Training College.
The new-starters will be joining Fairgrove's current team in redeveloping Hanson's View in Kimberley – creating a unique development of characterful refurbished old properties and stylish contemporary new homes on this currently run-down site. It's a development that is generating much excitement amongst the local community and further afield thanks to its prime location, and Anna Soubry was impressed with Fairgrove's vision for the local area.
"It is a credit to Fairgrove Homes to be investing in the future so heavily and hiring apprentices within the building trade," said Ms Soubry. "Meeting the skills shortage and continuing to build quality new homes is crucial in order to meet demand, and I am delighted to see Fairgrove Homes is tackling this issue head on," she added.
In addition to the trade apprentices, Fairgrove has also appointed an 18-year-old school leaver as a Management Trainee, and will be sponsoring him and another staff member through a university degree apprenticeship course at the University of Derby.


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Silent Hills Cancelled According to Reedus and Del Toro, PSN Removing P.T.
Recent comments from Guillermo del Toro and Norman Reedus suggest that their collaborative project with Hideo Kojima, Silent Hills, has been cancelled. Furthermore, its Playable Teaser, P.T., will be taken off of the PlayStation Network.
Survival horror enthusiasts have been up in arms about whether or not development would continue on Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro's collaborate project, Silent Hills. Unfortunately, recent comments from Guillermo del Toro suggest that the project has been killed by Konami. Silent Hills was going to be done by Kojima Productions, Hideo Kojima's in-house team at Konami. All signs are pointing towards Kojima leaving Konami after nearly three decades of game development at the company, including the dissolving of Kojima Productions and the removal of the infamous tagline "A Hideo Kojima Game" from all of the Metal Gear Solid franchise's promotional material and box art. With Kojima Productions gone and Hideo Kojima's departure all but confirmed, Konami has supposedly pulled the plug on the development of the anticipated new Silent Hill game.
Norman Reedus, of The Walking Dead fame, recently Tweeted that he was bummed about the game's cancellation.
We should note that Norman Reedus linked UndeadWalking's report of the game being cancelled, which linked a Tweet of photojournalist Matt Hackney's eyewitness accounts of Guillermo del Toro stating that the project has been cancelled. Del Toro supposedly said "It's not gonna happen and that breaks my greasy heart" in regards to Silent Hills during a Q&A sesssion at the historic Castro Theater in San Francisco, CA. Hackney also made a statement in regard to the ruckus that his quote of Del Toro has caused.
Furthermore, IGN reports that P.T., the Playable Teaser of Silent Hills, will be removed from the PlayStation Network on April 29. This is another grim sign that the project is being cancelled. At the same time, Konami has yet to release any official statement in regards to Silent Hills' cancellation. The company has also not confirmed that Kojima is leaving the company after the Sept. 1 release of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, despite how obvious it is getting.
Konami may not have confirmed the cancellation of Silent Hills or Kojima's departure yet, but things are certainly looking grim. Stay tuned as we'll provide up-to-date coverage on Silent Hills and Kojima's status at Konami once more information is released.
Hideo Kojima and Team Absent From Famitsu Game Awards
Filed Under: Hideo Kojima, Kojima Productions, Konami, P.T., Silent Hills
Categories: Horror Games, News


UVA's most intense library is getting renovated this summer! Furniture is being removed, carpets are being ripped up, and so many dead things are probably being uncovered. While no one is really surprised by the ginormous amount of death and despair that is festering in the walls of Clem, it's still interesting to see exactly what has been dug up.
Starbucks cups, paper Newcomb mugs, those cans that they sell in Croads, needles — the list of ways UVA students funnel caffeine into their bodies is never-ending. The dumpster behind Clemons has become a museum of empty coffee containers of all shapes and sizes. Rumor has it some of the Miller's scholars are planning an artistic performance in which they strategically place the empty caffeine machines near students stuck in summer school so that they may emulate their reactions.
For some reason, people seem to think that standing in a pathway throwing tiny pieces of paper at unwilling college kids is the best way to promote their club/concert/satanic ritual. Since UVA students are far too busy to walk to a trash can, these slips have been known to layer the floors of Clem like an extra layer of carpeting.
So. Many. Damn. Squirrels. Apparently, the little buggers constructed an underground tunnel system in order to maximize the number of places they could pop up on grounds, and the center was right underneath Clem. Builders found a mass squirrel burial ground just under the surface of Clem 1. It seems the term "where souls go to die" applies to more than just students.
It has always been a joke that Clemons library is hell, but no one knew exactly how true that was. A UVA ambassador who was patrolling one night claims that he smelled smoke from inside the blocked off doors of Clem, and, when he went to check it out, saw a bunch of demonic looking creatures singing the Good Ole Song around a painting of Jefferson that had been set on fire. The ambassador, realizing that he had no real ability to protect anyone from harm, ran away as fast as he could, but at least he made sure that a 'Right to Know' email was crafted.


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A score of less than six-fifty ensures that you will not get a consolidation loan. You could still pay back your debt sooner and lower your expenses along the way, though. There are a variety of other choices out there.
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You will have an expense, however. A percentage of the amount of debt you'll be settling will be charged to you, which can be a great deal in some cases. If you have lots of financial debt and credit score stops you from consolidation options, a debt settlement program begins to look pretty alluring, despite the price.
Typically, consumer bankruptcy should be looked at as a solution if all the other options are exhausted. If you're confronted with a bankruptcy proceeding being a sincere option, then you're by now face-to-face with economic devastation, and you are at the place where you are prepared to agree to the major damage for your credit scores. Expect to see it to give rise to your inability to receive financial loans for years.
Your credit score will also decline, swift and hard, when you declare bankruptcy. Using a Chapter Thirteen or Chapter 7 individual bankruptcy proceeding, you will probably watch your credit rating immediately decline by more than 2 hundred pts. Anything that necessitates a credit assessment, any sort of financial loans, any transactions you would like to create - these elements would be inaccessible for you, when your credit history is damaged by bankruptcy.
You may need a legal professional, and you'll have to fund processing charges, so a bankruptcy proceeding can also be a pricey option. If you can work with a legal professional, you'd be wise to do it, and keep the full situation manageable and make it through it more quickly and simply. You will need to spend money on a retainer for your lawyer, a fixed charge, or a portion of your total financial debt, depending on how the lawyer itemizes their service.
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AT&T on Wednesday announced new data plans for smartphones and tablets on its network that will become available on Sunday, January 22nd. Customers currently under contract will not be forced to choose a new plan, however new customers moving forward will have to the select a data plan from among the new options. Smartphone users will have three new plans available: AT&T Data Plus ($20 per month for 300MB), AT&T Data Pro 3GB: ($30 per month for 3GB) and AT&T Data Pro 5GB ($50 per month for 5GB, with mobile hotspot/tethering). Additional data will cost $10 per gigabyte on AT&T's Data Pro plans or $20 per 300MB on the Data Plus plan. Tablet users will have a choice between the AT&T DataConnect 3GB plan ($30 per month for 3GB), the AT&T DataConnect 5GB plan ($50 per month for 5GB) or the existing 250MB plan for $15 per month, which will remain unchanged. AT&T's full press release follows below.
To help customers determine which data plan best matches their needs, AT&T has helpful tools atwww.att.com/dataplans – including a data calculator where customers can estimate usage for their typical data activity. Once smartphone and tablet customers are on a plan, AT&T keeps them informed of their usage levels by sending usage alerts as they consume data within their plan. For example, a smartphone customer with AT&T DataPlus 300MB will receive a text message when they consume 65 percent of their data bucket, plus two additional alerts as they approach the 300MB provided with their plan.
Customers are encouraged to keep their device's Wi-Fi turned on because data usage over Wi-Fi does not count against a customer's monthly data plan. As an added value, AT&T smartphone and tablet customers have access at no additional charge to AT&T's 29,000 Wi-Fi hotspots nationwide – the nation's largest Wi-Fi network.** Customers can get more information at www.att.com/wifiaccess.
For more information, visit www.att.com/dataplans.
* Plans are for 30 days and automatically renew every 30 days, unless you cancel service prior to the start of the 30 day renewal. Overage rates only apply to postpaid tablet plans – not session based pricing – and include: $14.99 for 250MB with AT&T DataConnect 250MB; and $10 per additional gigabyte with AT&T DataConnect 3GB and AT&T DataConnect 5GB.


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