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Mandy Patinkin is an American stage, film and television actor and tenor vocalist. Patinkin is a noted interpreter of the music of Stephen Sondheim and is known for his work in musical theatre, originating iconic roles such as Georges Seurat in Sunday in the Park with George, Archibald Craven in The Secret Garden and Burrs in The Wild Party. He has also appeared in television series' such as Chicago Hope, Dead Like Me, the first two seasons of Criminal Minds, and Homeland. His most noted film role was as Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride.
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte by Georges Seurat is one of the great paintings of the world, and in "Sunday in the Park with George," book writer James Lapine and composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim bring a story based on the work brilliantly to life. While the painting depicts people gathered on an island in the Seine, the musical goes beyond simply describing their lives. It is an exploration of art, of love, of commitment. Seurat connected dots to create images; Lapine and Sondheim use connection as the heart of all our relationships. Winner of the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Originally broadcast as part of "American Playhouse" on PBS (season five, episode nineteen).
Sunday in the Park with George
Based on Victor Hugo's famed novel, the story of Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer of Notre Dame, and his unrequited love for the gypsy girl, Esmeralda.
An adaptation of Arthur Miller's play.
Documentary revealing the inner workings of the world's most powerful intelligence organization, with unprecedented access to America's spy network, all 12 living CIA directors and top agency operatives, who talk candidly about torture, secret prisons, drone warfare, alleged assassinations and the constant threat of attack, which begs the question: how far should America go to keep us safe?
The Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs
What happened in the house that Jack built? It all started with the cheese that lay in the house that Jack built.
This Is the House That Jack Built
A few years from now, Earth will have the first contact with an alien civilisation. These aliens, known as Newcomers, slowly begin to be integrated into human society after years of quarantine.
Rebbe Mendel is a single father who teaches the Talmud, a sacred text of Judaism, to the boys of his small Polish town. Behind closed doors, he also instructs his daughter, Yentl, despite the fact that girls are forbidden to study religious scripture. When Yentl's father dies, she still has a strong desire to learn about her faith -- so she disguises herself as a male, enrolls in a religious school, and unexpectedly finds love along the way.
Elmo loves his fuzzy, well-worn blue blanket more than anything in the whole world. Elmo's blanket gets sucked into colorful, swirling tunnel into Grouchland, the yuckiest place on earth. Elmo goes on an adventure to Grouchland to retrieve his blanket.
Sesame Street: The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Two men face the consequences of gambling after playing with men beyond their league.
The Music of Chance
The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in New York in the 1960s, Daniel is involved in the antiwar protest movement and contrasts his experiences to the memory of his parents and his belief that they were wrongfully convicted.
When Nick and Jan move into their new apartment in San Francisco, the batty landlady upstairs tells them about a girl who used to live there in the 20's: a brash young party girl named Maxie, who died in a car crash the morning before her big audition for a Hollywood studio. The trouble is, Maxie, or rather her ghost, hasn't left the house. Worse, she can take over Jan's body. And the only way she's going to leave is if she gets that audition.
A team of federal investigators have to comb through the wreckage of a crashed airplane to find the cause of the fatal downing. Was it terrorism? Negligence? Human failure? Or just a tragic accident?
"Fact-based story about the sexual harassment suit filed by Anita Hill during the appointment trials of Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court during the George Bush Presidential administration. The film gives both parties a fairly even presentation and does not try to assess blame. It does, however, show a lot of background political maneuvering that took place, particularly on the part of Kenneth Duberstein, an administrative spin doctor."
Strange Justice
This real-life documentary explores the passionate & energetic presence of renowned Italian violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (she moved to the Unites States at the age of eight to study at The Curtis Institute of Music and later studied with Dorothy DeLay at The Julliard School.) The film focuses on her professional life, starting in 1981, when she burst onto the classical music scene as the youngest (at 17) recipient ever of the Walter W. Naumburg International Violin Competition.
Speaking in Strings
Peter is searching for his long-lost sister when he crosses paths with a fortune teller in the market square. His one one question is: is his sister still alive? The answer, that he must find a mysterious elephant and the magician who will conjure it, sets Peter off on a journey to complete three seemingly impossible tasks that will change the face of his town forever.
The Magician's Elephant
In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.
In 1830s France, pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin is pursued romantically by the determined, individualistic woman who uses the name George Sand.
Emily Crane is fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, and takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. One day her attention is drawn to a noisy argument being conducted largely in German in a neighbouring house, the more so since one of those involved is her main senator prosecutor. Starting to look into things, she gradually enlists the help of FBI officer Cochran who was initially detailed to check her out. Just as well when things turn nasty
The House on Carroll Street
Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has seen medicine, hospitals, and doctors from a patient's perspective, he realises that there is more to being a doctor than surgery and prescriptions.
Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics.
The social anxiety of a morbidly shy Ecuadorian dishwasher working in a Queens diner provides the psychological engine that powers this blend of drama and magical realism.
Choking Man
Muslim prince Ali and Georgian aristocrat Nino have grown up in the Russian province of Azerbaijan. Their tragic love story sees the outbreak of the First World War and the world's struggle for Baku's oil. Ultimately they must choose to fight for their country's independence or for each other.
Featuring archival clips from his many groundbreaking productions, the performance-documentary includes interviews with many of Prince's collaborators, including Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Mandy Patinkin, John Kander, Susan Stroman, and Angela Lansbury, all sharing their firsthand insights into his pioneering achievements in the theatre.
Harold Prince: The Director's Life
In 1993 New York City, dysfunctional co-dependent sisters discover that the mother they thought had died when they were young is alive and starring on a popular daytime soap opera.
The cast of The Princess Bride is together again! The stars of the iconic 1987 fantasy film reunited for a virtual table read hosted by Jason Reitman. The 3-hour virtual reunion included director Rob Reiner and actors Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Billy Crystal, Carol Kane, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shaw, and Christopher Guest. A Q&A after was moderated by Patton Oswalt. Guest stars stepped in for actors who were not available, including Finn Wolfhard, Josh Gad, Eric Idle, and Whoopi Goldberg.
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
Aidan Bloom, a struggling actor, father and husband, is 35 years old and still trying to find a purpose for his life. He and his wife are barely getting by financially and Aidan passes his time by fantasizing about being the great futuristic Space-Knight he'd always dreamed he'd be as a little kid. When his ailing father can no longer afford to pay for private school for his two kids and the only available public school is on its last legs, Aidan reluctantly agrees to attempt to home-school them. Through teaching them about life his way, Aidan gradually discovers some of the parts of himself he couldn't find.
Wish I Was Here
After her experiences in Nazi Germany, actress Macarena Granada traveled to Hollywood, where she became a star. In the 1950s, the diva returns to Francoist Spain to star a Hollywood blockbuster about Queen Isabella I of Castile. (A sequel to The Girl of Your Dreams, 1998.)
The Queen of Spain
As a young New York couple goes from college romance to marriage and the birth of their first child, the unexpected twists of their journey create reverberations that echo over continents and through lifetimes.
A "behinds the scenes" documentary about the making of the 1987 film THE PRINCESS BRIDE with original archive footage and new interviews with cast members.
As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride'
This film is about a famous jazz saxophonist, Izzy who's life is forever changed after he is accidentally shot.
Lulu on the Bridge
Dr. Fuentes is a medical professor approaching his retirement and journeys to find old students, with sometimes disturbing results.
Men with Guns
In this fully animated, all-new take on the Smurfs, a mysterious map sets Smurfette and her friends Brainy, Clumsy and Hefty on an exciting race through the Forbidden Forest leading to the discovery of the biggest secret in Smurf history.
The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
Animated-family adventure based on a true story that tells the heart-warming, coming-of-age story of a man and his best-friend, a lovable and fearless dog named, Jock. Set in the Bushveld near what is today the world famous Kruger National Park, this animated family tale is about Jock's adventures with Fritz, his master. Jock escapes death, builds crazy friendships and displays his unrivalled loyalty to Fritz. The story is set in the late 1880s when Africa's mineral richness, teeming animal life and incomparable natural beauty drew and captivated explorers and adventurers from all over the world. A place where big game roamed in their thousands and the wildest tales were true! Jock Of The Bushveld is a great story and the only animal classic to come out of Africa.
Jock the Hero Dog
This film from acclaimed theater director Lonny Price charts the journey of the original cast of Stephen Sondheim's "Merrily We Roll Along" in the 30-plus years since the musical debuted on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre in 1981.
Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
Stella Farrell is a southern belle in 1860's Charleston, South Carolina who is determined to hang onto her aristocratic family's mansion following the Civil War.
Jo is chained down in a dead end supermarket job while all her friends are all out on their own separate adventures. But a chance encounter with some diamond thieves sends their separate worlds on a collision course with not only each other, but fate itself.
The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
The golden age of the annual Tony Awards ceremony lasted from 1967 to 1986 — the period during which Alexander H. Cohen and his wife, Hildy Parks, were the producers of the show. This film offers a compilation of performances from Tony Award broadcasts during those years. They are presented with color-corrected footage and digitally re-mastered sound.
Broadway's Lost Treasures
An ex New York cop is desperate to find his kidnapped daughter.
Night of the Juggler
French Postcards rings both comic and true. The believable, fresh-faced characters are young naives from American colleges spending their French-English dictionaries, they compulsively seek out hundreds of monuments, romanticize the nomadic artist's life, and look for grown-up love. The French tutor them well, as befits their reputation. Jean Rochefort is the harassed headmaster with a hankering for affairs, and Marie-France Pisier is his very sexy wife. Watch for a newcomer named Debra Winger, and another-Mandy Patinkin.
French Postcards
A backstage documentary film including footage from the legendary 1985 concert performance of Stephen Sondheim's classic musical at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall. The plot of the musical centers around a reunion of showgirls who appeared in an annual Follies extravaganza when it was staged between the wars.
Follies: In Concert
Documentary examination of the role of Hamlet, in which ten prominent actors who have played the part discuss Hamlet's personality, Shakespeare's play, and the enduring popular fascination it has inspired. The actors interviewed are Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Richard Burton, Nicol Williamson, Ben Kingsley, Jean Louis Barrault, Vittorio Gassman, Maximilian Schell, Innocenti Smoktunovsky, and Mandy Patinkin. Includes excerpts from various film and television versions of Hamlet, featuring these actors and others.
To Be Hamlet
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
Squanto is a high-born Indian warrior from a tribe on the Atlantic coast of North America which devotes its life to hunting and rivalry with a neighboring tribe. Everything changes forever after a ship arrives from England, prospecting the region's commercial potential for the rich Sir George, who uses all his wealth and influence only for ever greater profit. When it returns, several Indians find themselves captives on board, including Squanto. The arrogant Christians consider themselves utterly superior to the 'heathen savages' and treat them as brutally as they do beasts. Squanto fights a bear in a circus, not understanding how men can be so cruel to that creature either, and manages a spectacular escape, but where must he go? He finds shelter and help in a rural monastery, where it takes his protector some effort to prevent the others considering the unknown as diabolical. In time sir George's men come looking for him most brutally...
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale
Secret agent Harry Hannan suffers a mental breakdown when a botched mission in Mexico results in the death of his wife. He is sent to a mental asylum, after which he eventually returns to work. But, once again, he begins to doubt his sanity when he receives a bizarre death threat written in Hebrew. Not knowing which of his colleagues wants to kill him, Hannan teams up with pretty young college student Ellie Fabian to attempt to unravel the mystery.
Last Embrace
Private detective Moses Wine is hired by his former college girlfriend to investigate a political smear campaign and he sets out to find out who is responsible, with deadly results.
From the rain of Japan, through threats of arrest for 'public indecency' in Canada, and a birthday tribute to her father in Detroit, this documentary follows Madonna on her 1990 'Blond Ambition' concert tour. Filmed in black and white, with the concert pieces in glittering MTV color, it is an intimate look at the work of the music performer, from a prayer circle with the dancers before each performance to bed games with the dance troupe afterwards.
Madonna: Truth or Dare
A boy begins a grand journey to return Babe Ruth's baseball bat before the deciding game of the 1932 World Series comes to a close.
Everyone's Hero
Join us for a rousing celebration of the life and works of one of Broadway's greatest legends — the one and only Stephen Sondheim. For the master composer and lyricist's 80th birthday, many of musical theater's brightest stars gathered in March of 2010 to perform more than two dozen sensational numbers from Sondheim's illustrious career, and several of these enduring songs are performed by the original Broadway cast members. David Hyde Pierce hosts this magical event with Stephen Sondheim's longtime collaborator Paul Gemignani conducting the New York Philharmonic. Originally broadcast as an episode of the PBS series "Great Performances" (season 38, episode 2).
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Michael Chapman, a former child TV star, runs a struggling talent agency specilizing in child acts. When a young girl off the street puts on a real performance after he catches her picking his pocket, he may have just found the next big thing.
Life with Mikey
The link between heart disease and blood cholesterol is a medical dogma that has existed for the past fifty years and has led to the development of a billion-dollar, low-fat, food industry, as well as to statins, a drug that lower "bad cholesterol" levels, so it has became one of the most prescribed medicines in the world. But more and more researchers are openly questioning the mainstream opinions on cholesterol…
Cholesterol: The Great Bluff
This intimate documentary explores the life and career of the stage legend Stephen Sondheim through six of his best-known songs.
Six by Sondheim
An all-star cast tells the inside story of the Broadway theater, and how it came back from the brink thanks to innovative work, a new attention to inclusion and a sometimes uneasy balance between art and commerce. Legends of the stage and screen—including Helen Mirren, Christine Baranski, August Wilson, James Corden, Alec Baldwin, John Lithgow, Viola Davis, Hugh Jackman and Ian McKellen—take us behind the scenes of Broadway's most groundbreaking and beloved shows, from A Chorus Line to Hamilton. Iconic performances by Lin Manuel Miranda, Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters, James Earl Jones and Mandy Patinkin lead the way on a hurly burly ride through Times Square, once again the main street of American show business in this documentary directed by Academy-Award nominee Oren Jacoby.
A redneck with an uncanny knack for getting arrested becomes the star of his own reality program.
Run Ronnie Run
To celebrate the 90th birthday of Broadway songwriting great Stephen Sondheim, an A-list group of performers sing songs of inspiration from his songbook in a concert event filmed in their homes. Hosted and co-produced by Raúl Esparza, the acclaimed one-night-only event was created as a benefit for ASTEP (Artists Striving to End Poverty).
Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.
Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.
An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.
Principal Steven Harper runs Winslow High School as best as he can while dealing with the demands of the faculty, the students and their parents.
When her life comes to an abrupt end, George discovers that death is nothing like she thought it would be. Recruited to collect the souls of others as they die, she suddenly finds herself an unwilling participant in a line of work she never knew existed: Grim Reaping!
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois. The show is set to return in the fall of 2013 on TVGN in reruns.
Three Rivers is an American television medical drama that debuted on CBS on October 4, 2009, starring Alex O'Loughlin in the role of an infamous transplant surgeon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. On November 30, 2009, after just eight episodes of the season had aired, CBS announced that Three Rivers had been pulled from their schedule with no plans to have it returned, and the series was later officially cancelled. However, the series later returned to the network on June 5, 2010 to burn off the remaining unaired episodes.
The Jewish Americans was a three-part miniseries that originally aired on PBS during the month of January 2008. It was written and directed by David Grubin. The series focused on the traditions and styles of American Jews, as well as their contribution to American culture and subsequent impact on American society at large. The series was narrated by Liev Schreiber, and featured many well-known American Jews, including Louis D. Brandeis, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Henry Morgenthau, Hank Greenberg, Betty Friedan, Molly Goldberg, Carl Reiner, Sid Caesar, and Tony Kushner.
The Jewish Americans
CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even sanity, at every turn.
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
A list of celebrity interviews and sensational topics.
The Reichen Show
The Rosie O'Donnell Show was an American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell. It aired for six seasons from 1996 to 2002. Topics often discussed on the show include Broadway, children, extended families and charitable works, people and organizations. The show was based out of Studio 8G at NBC's Rockefeller Center studios in New York City, NY, USA and was produced and syndicated by KidRo Productions, Telepictures Productions and Warner Bros. Television.
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
Picking up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of "The Good Wife", an enormous financial scam has destroyed the reputation of a young lawyer, Maia Rindell, while simultaneously wiping out her mentor and godmother Diane Lockhart's savings. Forced out of her law firm, now called "Lockhart, Deckler, Gussman, Lee, Lyman, Gilbert, Lurie, Kagan, Tannebaum & Associates", they join Lucca Quinn at one of Chicago's preeminent law firms.
How do you solve a murder in a post-fact world? Especially when sailing the Mediterranean on an ocean liner filled with the wealthy and powerful. Everyone on board is hiding something… but is one of them a killer? That's what the world's once greatest detective, Rufus Cotesworth, and his protégée, Imogene, aim to discover.
Career Opportunities In Murder & Mayhem
Tracing the origins of anti-government extremism by examining a deadly series of historical events that galvanized far right radicals to take violent action.
Indivisible: Healing Hate
Follow Herc's many labors during the years he spent training on how to be a hero under the tutelage of satyr Phil. Many of the Olympian Gods and Goddesses pay visit to the young hero-to-be and help or hinder him in his new adventures.
Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late night, where he talks with an eclectic mix of guests about what is new and relevant in the worlds of politics, entertainment, business, music, technology, and more. Featuring bandleader Jon Batiste with his band Stay Human, the Emmy Award-nominated show is broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater. Stephen Colbert, Chris Licht, Tom Purcell, and Jon Stewart are executive producers. Barry Julien and Denise Rehrig serve as co-executive producers.
Explore the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century's most consequential and compelling personalities, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States.
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus spontaneous, hilarious and unpredictable talk.
LIVE with Kelly and Ryan


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No huge updates to report on the therapy end – well, not like the last post…which was sort of a big one! I do have updates though – along with a quick video I put together.
1) Claire's walking is about the same as last month. That's okay though – we know patience, and although we still don't know if she'll independently walk without assistance, we do know she's getting stronger and more confident with her movements.
2) Claire is starting to explore her surroundings a bit, and is getting better with her "motor planning" execution. In other words, within the past month, she has learned how to crawl from the family room to the toy room – and that there is a purpose in doing so. She now knows (well, remembers) that in order to get to her toys, she first needs to pass through the kitchen. It's a simple task that may seem easy to do. But for Claire, she knows what she wants to do or where she wants to go, however, telling her body to do it, is extremely difficult. Many times she gets stuck at the kitchen table or chairs, and does not know how to get around them. The fact that she's trying, though, is huge.
3) For the 1st time in a year, she is starting to remember how to cruise along furniture. Some days she can go from the couch to the loveseat (using the end table to bridge the gap) and other days, she can only from one end of the couch to another. A few months ago (and for the past year, really) she was unable to do any of this, so again, there is progress.
Claire is starting to lift her left hand a little bit more. She is also becoming more purposeful with her swiping or swatting with regards to her right hand. She especially reminds me to "hurry up" when I'm feeding her… if especially hungry, she'll leap forward in her highchair and successfully knock the bowl over in an attempt to "do it herself." She's demanding independence! On a side note, she reminds us that she's a typical 2 year old when she refuses to open her mouth when you feed her because she doesn't like what you are giving her. She'll close her lips tightly, and turn her face the other way. When you say "Claire…" she will look at you, sparkles in her eyes, and those lips turn into quite the smirk.
My dream for her, in terms of occupational therapy, is for her to color or paint by herself, feed herself, or pick up an object she wants. We are exploring adaptive equipment right now, along with additional bracing for her hands. Crossing fingers, although I do know this category in particular is extremely difficult for our Rett girls. It's a long shot – any of the above dreams, so I've been told. However, they are still dreams, and I'm not ready to dismiss these just yet.
We've been focusing a lot this past month on literacy. Ms. Glenna needed to test Claire for some paperwork to track her progress, and we discovered Claire knows her ABCs. We are currently working on numbers, and I picked up some "easy to read" books because if Claire learns to read, this can really unlock her world in many ways.
Unfortunately, Claire's therapist has been out on medical leave so she hasn't been in the water much. I hope to get her back in asap. I called a different location and we're hoping to get her started within the next couple of weeks.
Claire, her brother, and "Grammy" (one of Claire's grandmothers) went to a music class – for all kids ages 0-5. It is through a place that offers individual music therapy. The class was a huge hit and we'll get her enrolled somewhere – right now, I'm thinking that she would enjoy more of the class type setting vs. individual, because she's showing a big interest in being around other children.
I remember at one of our 1st Rett support meetings, another mom told me that with Rett, everyday is "consistently inconsistent." I understand what this means now. Some days, Claire does great and is on top of her game in therapy, or just in 'general'. Other days, apraxia sets in, and it's almost like a "reset" button, where she is starting from scratch and really struggles to do even the simplest of tasks… even the tasks she's done over and over previously. I especially struggle with these days because Claire is frustrated and tells us with her communication book that she "wants to do what the others are doing," that "she's mad, or sad" or "frustrated." Or some times, she cries a lot, and I don't know what's wrong or how to help her… and she doesn't know how to tell me… so this takes its toll. Those moments are the ones that are the most difficult. With any parent, when you child struggles, you want to help them, disability or not. So those are the times where you chalk it up to 'one of those days' and know that tomorrow is a new day.
One small goal I had for myself, was to learn how to put together a slideshow. I know, I know. I may be a bit behind technological times. But, it's been on my list as a personal goal for a while, and somehow last night, I just did it. Hope you enjoy!
I call it: Blessings in Disguise.
As Claire continues to work hard in her daily therapy sessions, her brothers, who are many times behind the scenes by default, shine through in so many ways. These boys are amazing, and we are so proud of them. They have learned about a unique type of love that's extraordinary and hard to put into words. We all have. And this is a small example of what people refer to as a "blessing in disguise." These boys are something else. All three kids are. And for this, Sean and I are blessed.


Tyga loves swisher blunts as much as the next rapper, but sometimes he likes to switch it up and blaze a Hookah. (Guess he changed his mind since 2013's Hijack, on which he specifically stated, "We ain't smokin' that hookah.") A promo single unattached to any forthcoming set, this joint finds the Young Money signee linking up with a rising star from the Dirty South to get faded, Egyptian-style. Young Thug jumps on London On Tha Track's trap-tinged beat to deliver the opening verse and hook. The ATLien foregoes the thick layer of Autotune used on his first and, to date, only Booth feature, Danny Glover (Remix), in favor of a clean delivery punctuated by falsetto squeaks. As mentioned above, this joint isn't part of a larger set. If you're craving more, though, you can check out Senile, the West Coast spitter's contribution to label compilation Rise of an Empire.


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ConspiracyETs UFOsRecent Articles
Declassified NSA Document Proves They Intercepted and Decoded 29 Extraterrestrial Messages
Alexander LightDecember 10, 2015
by Ancient Code
"The dangers of excessive concealment of facts, far outweigh the dangers that are cited to justify them. There is very grave danger, that an announced need for increased security, will be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning, to the very limits of official censorship and concealment." – JFK
On October 21, 2004 the National Security Agency (NSA) authorized the release of a then top secret document, NSA Journal Vol. XIV No 1, which is in fact a report presented to the NSA by Dr Howard Campaigne.
The report addresses the decoding of extraterrestrial messages that were received from 'outer space'. To verify the authenticity of the document, visit this link, which will take you to the official website of the NSA.
To download the document click here.
According to reports, the messages were intercepted by the Sputnik satellite but no one had the necessary knowledge to decode them at the time they were received.
The document is composed of 29 extraterrestrial messages that were received in 'Alien Code'.
The article reads the following:
KEY TO THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL MESSAGES
Dr. Campaigne presented a series of 29 messages from outer space in "Extraterrestrial Intelligence." NSA Technical Journal, Vol. XI. No. 2. Pp 101 ff.
The following article develops a key to these messages. Paragraph numbers parallel the serial numbers of the messages reprinted in the appendix below. This includes two new series -30 and 301- not included in the previous article.
Only a few people know about the existence of the unclassified document from the NSA that is considered by many as the irrefutable piece of evidence that extraterrestrial beings do exist. Why this document hasn't been spread and shared is something that remains a mystery.
Titled Key to the 'Extraterrestrial messages', the unclassified document can be found on the official NSA website by visiting this link.
The official document was cleared for disclosure over 10 years ago, in October 2004, but mysteriously, the document wasn't made available until April 2011.
The Document is considered by Ufologists as one of the best pieces of evidence that suggest the government has knowledge of Aliens outside our solar system.
The document authored by a Dr. Campaigne, presents a series of 29 messages received from outer space. Here's an extremely interesting snippet from the journal:
"Recently a series of radio messages was heard coming from outer space. The transmission was not continuous, but cut by pauses into pieces which could be taken as units, for they were repeated over and over again. The pauses show here as punctuation.
"The various combination have been represented by letters of the alphabet, so that the messages can be written down. Each message except the first is given here only once. The serial number of the messages has been supplied for each reference."
According to reports, Dr Campaigne is one of the best cryptologists working for the government and he was deemed as the best shot for deciphering the alien code.
Today we live in a time where information about Alien life and the UFO phenomenon is something that has become part of our everyday lives.
In the online archives of dozens of countries, we can find countless documents that speak about Alien life and extraterrestrial visitations to planet Earth.
Yet, for some mysterious reason, no one has taken the matter seriously and analyzed the complete information thoroughly.
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Posted: Aug 15, 2021 / 01:22 PM PDT
Updated: Aug 16, 2021 / 05:56 AM PDT
RED BLUFF, Calif. (AP) — A child infected with an extremely rare brain-eating amoeba while swimming in a Northern California lake died in a hospital, his family confirmed Friday.
David Pruitt, 7, of Tehama County, died from primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, or PAM, on Aug. 7, said his aunt, Crystal Hayley.
The boy was rushed to the emergency room on July 30 and then flown to UC Davis Medical Center where he was on life support with severe brain swelling, Hayley said in a fundraising site she created for the family to raise funds for his care and funeral.
The infection is extremely rare, and there have only been 10 cases reported in California since 1971, the Tehama County Health Services Agency said in an Aug. 4 news release. It said the boy was likely infected in a lake in Tehama County but didn't identify the boy or say where he got infected.
Tehama County public health officials did not return telephone messages from The Associated Press seeking comment.
His parents declined an interview request from The Associated Press. But Hayley said "they want people to be aware of this amoeba and the illness signs."
The parasite, called Naegleria fowleri, usually infects people when contaminated water enters their body through the nose, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Infection normally occurs when people go swimming or diving in warm freshwater places, like lakes and rivers. In rare instances, people can get infected if warm water from a swimming pool that has not been adequately treated with chlorine enters the nose, the CDC said on its page about the infection.
"Once the ameba enters the nose, it travels to the brain where it causes PAM, which is usually fatal," it said.
In the first stage of infection, patients report having a severe headache, fever, nausea and vomiting. As the infection worsens, they can develop a stiff neck and experience seizures or hallucinations, according to the CDC.


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Last night, Dash went off to a concert in Eugene so I took the kids on our first Corvallis Arts Walk!
For those not familiar, it's this nifty event held every third Thursday where art studios and galleries around town are especially open from 4pm-8pm, providing wine and treats, and giving folks an opportunity to meet some local artists and see what beautiful creations they are making.
She told me to swing by some time to check out some prints she had featuring me and that the CAW might be a good opportunity to do it.
The weather was fiiiine (50+ degrees, I want to say??) so me and the kiddos headed out on a lovely and inspirational walk.
Gotta love the space of this converted building~!
I let Ella take home this handmade felt skull. Yay for supporting local artists!
The local bead shop in town is such a feast for the eyes. Every kind of bead imaginable (glass, wooden, vintage, etc) and the organization set-up is very creative and friendly (like using old library card catalog drawers!).
After a long trek back home, the kids promptly passed out and I spent the rest of the evening on the phone with Kathy-neechan, thinking up more story ideas. :)))) Just loooove our creative process together!
Today, I decided to keep Ella home since she's coughing a bit much, so we took advantage of our time together to bake up some persimmon muffins for our new neighbors!
Until next time, take care and Happy Corvallis Arts Walk!!


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Are some of Labour's critics old enough to understand that we have a national health service and welfare state, and had a free education service with maintenance grants , an Open university, all because of the Labour Party? All is provided universally – for us all – free at point of use. So when troubles happen, when the unthinkable happens, they are not alone.
In addition , when starting out in life, I had assistance with housing – a Birmingham City 100% mortgage to help me get a first home. Thatcher sold off social housing and people who could not afford their mortgage lost their homes which eventually fell in the hands of wealthy, so they became private landlords. Young people today have no chance of a home, and are left with huge student debts.
To those who are not old enough to remember, this and more is possible. It is because I believe young people deserve the chances I have had, that I will be voting Labour on June 8th.
Maintenance grants will be reinstated, and tuition fees scrapped, an NES will be set up providing an education for everyone, free at the point of use. The NHS is to stay in public hands, and Labour will be returning water, energy, rail and mail to public ownership and control. We must not allow foreign speculators to gamble with these basic needs and our food, our health and education. What was the point of #Brexit if we allow this to continue?
The #LabourManifesto is the Book of the Year, and it is well worth spending time reading it, it is there on the internet, and not to give time or credence to the evil lies which the very rich are peddling because they don't want to share an ounce of their wealth with you, me, or our grandchildren.
The Conservatives social care policy is based on a #DementiaTax taking costs from the sale of any property left in your estate when you die. But when a recession hits, it has been predicted, and growth is slowimg , house prices will inevitably fall. How will the Tories then fund social care – bring in workhouses? It is likely they will snap up cheap housing and become landlords of your grandchildren, leaving people with no hope at all.
Who, with any sense of justice, compassion – or any empathy can vote Tory? For goodness sake, for all our sakes, we must #VoteLabour on June 8th.
There are several people saying websites down. Social Media being curbed. The army is on our streets. Silence is not golden. Who is defending freedom, and democracy as we lurch towards a one-party-state? The right wing press is abhorrent.
Readers of evil Daily Mail and the Sun being taken in by scare tactics and lies of the establishment. I want none of it, or them.
We must support and work for peace, liberty, equality, fraternity and justice.
I hope I will not cry alone.
So, Jeremy Corbyn, winner of the Gandhi Peace prize wants us to all come together in solidarity, to support one another, while Theresa May, after the death of poor children, whose lives we still mourning , wants to divide us, frighten us, and put the army on our streets?
Why, when the man responsible was known to authorities did this atrocity occur? Why have police numbers been cut to the bone, when she was a home secretary? Why use hatred to divide us for political gain? Why?
It is despicable that Theresa May seeks to use this for political gain. It is shameful, callous and wrong. Could it be because the Labour Party's policies are caring and popular? Could it be because people are noticing, and want to hear Jeremy Corbyn speak? Is she trying to stop free speech and discussion? Is she trying to halt the democratic process.
Terrorism will not weaken us. It will not halt our democracy, We want to rebuild society. We want homes, and educated people. We want jobs. We want a health service. We want a clean planet. We want to be secure and safe. We don't want all our resources going to profits for very rich people, while our people starve. Austerity is a political choice.
We want peace. We don't want to be inflicting death on children by bombs or starvation.
That's why we need a new start, and to Vote Labour on June 8th.


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A voter castes his ballot during the New Hampshire primary. AP Photo/David Goldman
'Demography Favors the Democrats'
A complex set of demographic factors are at play in this year's presidential election, but most them are working against the GOP.
We know that the racial identity of the average American is changing, and with this demographic shift comes monumental political consequences. We already witnessed the effects of this in the 2008 presidential election, for example, when young and minority voters carried Barack Obama to victory. That year, it seemed, a switch flipped in favor of the Democratic party. And if voting preferences and turnout trends continue as they have been in the past seveal elections, America's increasingly diverse electorate isn't going to make it easy to flip this switch back.
That's according to a comprehensive new report put together by the American Enterprise Institute, the Brookings Institution, and the Center for American Progress. In it, authors Ruy Teixeira, Rob Griffin, and William Frey simulate six possible scenarios based on past voting patterns and project a range of outcomes for the presidential election this year, and subsequent ones through 2032.
"If nothing changes, in terms of party strategies and party appeals, I think it's a fair statement to say...that [demography] favors the Democrats," Teixeira said at a panel discussion about the report this week. "What it means is that all else cannot remain equal, because I don't really believe that the parties are going to remain static. Demography is not destiny in the sense that it pre-ordains certain kinds of outcomes. It pre-ordains certain kinds of shifts in strategy."
Trends that help and hurt the Democrats
The electorate that voted for President Obama in 2012 looked significantly different from the one that elected George W. Bush for his first term at the beginning of the century. In 2012, the share of minorities among eligible voters was 29 percent, up from 23 percent in 2000 (above). If that doesn't seem like a significant difference, consider this: In 2000, only eight states and the District of Columbia had higher than a 30 percent share of minority voters; In 2012, the number of such states grew to 17 (plus D.C.). With each election year, non-white political clout is strengthening, in some states more than others.
The voter turnout rate among minorities also jumped up in the last two elections. During the 2012 election, black voter turnout was actually higher than white turnout for the first time in history (pictured above). Latinos and Asians also came out to vote at higher levels in the last two presidential elections than in any other since 1992. Minorities generally tend to vote for Democrats, so higher turnout is generally beneficial for them.
One trend that's been working against the Democrats is that the country's white population has been growing older. This is good news for Republicans because older, white Americans are generally more likely to vote, and vote conservative. Plus, they still remain the dominant voting bloc in most states.
So who will win in 2016?
This election year, a complex set of demographic factors are at play. Latino voters, in particular, have reached record high numbers. Single women, too, may have considerable political sway this time around. On the flip side, the fact that many low-income Americans are not feeling the economic recovery could depress voter enthusiasm, as Anna Greenberg, a political consultant at Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, noted.
These factors are important to keep in mind while looking at the six hypothetical scenarios below, which the researchers designed to estimate the direction of the popular and the electoral college votes in this election:
Scenarios A, B, and C assume that voters of each age group, race, and state will show roughly the same turnout rates and partisan preferences as they did in 2012, 2008, and 2004, respectively.
The next three are modifications of scenario A:
Scenario D, or the "maximum minority turnout" scenario assumes that Hispanics and Asians will turn out to vote at the same rate as their white counterparts did in 2012.
Scenario E assumes that a higher share of Hispanics, Asians, and other "new minorities" will support the GOP within all age groups and states than they did in 2012.
Scenario F is what Brookings' Frey, who co-authored the report, calls the "Donald Trump Dream" scenario. In this one, a higher share of white voters will support the Republican candidate than they did in 2012.
The graph below shows the resulting differences in the share of popular votes between the two parties for each of the above scenarios in the 2016 presidential election. The "Donald Trump Dream"—scenario F— is the only one that would lead to a clear Republican win in 2016. Even scenario C, which mirrors the voting patterns of the 2004 election Bush won, doesn't favor the GOP here. That said, Democrats would win the popular vote in this scenario by only a hair—the margin of victory here would be even lower than what it was for Bush in 2000.
And here are the electoral college vote tallies generated by the simulation for each scenario, alongside maps showing red, blue, and swing states:
What's interesting here is that in scenario C, Republicans—who lose the popular vote—win the electoral college vote. (This mirrors Bush's win in 2000.) Electoral college vote tallies for all other scenarios show the same outcomes as those projected for the popular votes.
Where you can really see the effect of America's shifting demographics is the change in swing states. Take scenario A, for example, in which Americans vote in exactly the same way they did in the last election. Nevada, which was a swing state in 2012, now turns blue. Georgia, which has traditionally been red, becomes a swing state. That Asian and Latino populations are fanning inwards from traditional immigrant hubs along the coast, and that the black population is migrating to the South to opportunity-rich cities like Atlanta, play a role in these outcomes.
Of course, a Republican win is definitely conceivable in 2016 and future elections. After all, whatever Trump is doing certainly seems to be working to get out the white vote, at least in the primaries. But alienating minority workers is likely not going to be a longterm solution for the GOP, Frey says. Because even the edge Republicans have in their most favorable scenario—the "Donald Trump's Dream" or scenario F—will shrink and eventually disappear at some point over the next two decades. Frey estimates that even in scenario F, the popular vote will flip in favor of Democrats by the 2028 election and the electoral college vote will be theirs by 2032.
"Demographic change is going to have large effects on elections going forward," Teixeira concluded at the report's presentation Thursday. "I think the way scenarios play out suggest that a one-dimensional strategy on the part of either party is going to produce some problems. So it shouldn't be 'either-or'… it should be 'both-and.'"
@Tanvim
Tanvi Misra is a staff writer for CityLab covering immigrant communities, housing, economic inequality, and culture. She also authors Navigator, a weekly newsletter for urban explorers (subscribe here). Her work also appears in The Atlantic, NPR, and BBC.


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George Dombart is an aggressive criminal defense attorney based in San Antonio, Texas who has has devoted himself to representing individuals who have been accused, investigated, or charged with State or Federal Crimes. The Law Offices of George B. Dombart has successfully represented the people of South and Central Texas for almost 20 years. George Dombart is passionate about making sure the rights of his clients are heard. He believes each person deserves fair treatment, and he works to ensure each client has a fair chance. He represents people in a variety of criminal defense cases, including DWI, drug...
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Christine Dauphin Hernandez
(726) 999-0619 85 NE Loop 410
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Tulane University School of Law
I was born in Lafayette, Louisiana and moved to San Antonio, Texas in the Summer of 1987 with my mom and younger brother. That was the year that Mom, the late Jo Ann Dauphin Moore, was recruited by former Mayor Henry Cisneros as the first Executive Director of Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS) of San Antonio. As a child, I often accompanied my mom to work, where I learned the value of community service and community leadership. As a result, my family and I began to see San Antonio as home. Although time with my mom was cut short by her sudden...
Christopher Peng
(210) 679-1818 3011 Nacogdoches Rd
Bldg. #1
Free ConsultationDWI, Criminal, Domestic Violence and Immigration
The Law Office of Christopher Peng - we are a San Antonio based, full service law office that specializes in immigration and criminal law. With extensive big firm experience, we are able to offer you personal and dedicated service. I never take for granted any opportunity I get to provide my services, and always remember I serve my clients' best interests. Our office can help with all immigration issues ranging from family/residency cases, deportation and citizenship, to complex investment / employment based visas. We also have extensive experience in the Criminal Defense field here in Bexar...
Gary J. Hillier
San Antonio, TX DWI Attorney with 4 years of experience
DWI, Criminal and Domestic Violence
I worked in the criminal justice system in England, as a police officer, for fifteen years. I moved to San Antonio and became a United States citizen in 2014. I have worked as a prosecutor and now work in the criminal justice system in a different capacity—as a criminal defense attorney. I truly believe that the United States is the land of second opportunities. I want to help you get your second chance.
My experience within the criminal justice system has helped me to develop excellent communication and advocacy skills. These skills led to me developing strong values of...
Justin Allen Hill
(210) 960-3939 445 Recoleta Rd.
DWI, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Hill Law Firm is a personal injury law firm located in San Antonio, Texas. Firm founder, Justin Hill, has been practicing personal injury law in South Texas since 2007. In 2015 Justin started Hill Law Firm to dedicate his time to help plaintiffs in cases against wrongdoers. Justin is passionate about helping victims who have been injured due to the negligence of someone else. From car accident injuries to product liability cases, pharmaceutical drug litigation, wrongful death and more, Justin Hill can help your case. If you or someone your love have been injured in South Texas, call Hill Law...
Gary Churak
(210) 545-3850 14310 Northbrook Dr #210
Free ConsultationDWI, Criminal, Domestic Violence and White Collar Crime
Attorney GARY F. CHURAK has been providing quality legal representation on criminal matters including but not limited to DWI, domestic violence, theft, drug possession, sex crimes and assaults since 1982. The Law Offices of GARY F. CHURAK is a small firm offering personal attention to each and every client's case. Attorney GARY CHURAK understands that being charged with a criminal offense is stressful not only for the client but also for the family. He is there to offer his experience and knowledge of the law to assist the client through this trying time. Attorney GARY...
Case Jefferson Darwin
14627 Jones Maltsberger
DWI, Appeals, Criminal and Immigration
Case served as a Briefing Attorney for the Honorable Terry Jennings of the Houston First District Court of Appeals (handling numerous criminal causes) and subsequently worked for an "Am Law 100" law firm, Haynes and Boone, LLP. Deciding to become a criminal defense attorney, he then worked as a state prosecutor. Case is licensed to practice law in the State of Texas. Case's Lawyer Credentials: Fluent in Spanish University of Texas, B.A., Higher Honors, Phi Beta Kappa, 2003 Texas Tech University School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, Texas Tech Law Review, Order of the Coif, 2007...
Brian Thomas Powers
(210) 222-9446 3011 Nacogdoches Bldg 1
Brian Powers has over twenty years of experience in the criminal justice world. For five years, he patrolled the streets as a police officer investigating all offenses and making life and death decisions. Later, Brian went to the University of Iowa where his concentration was on criminal procedure and criminal law. After law school, Brian was a felony prosecutor in the Bexar County District Attorney's Office. He prosecuted exclusively areas involving family violence, dating violence, sexual assault and murders. After leaving the DA's Office, Brian because a defense attorney where he has spent the...
Brent Hardy
(210) 415-6662 8000 IH 10 West, Suite 600
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I am a San Antonio attorney who defends those charged with crime or juvenile delinquency. I understand how traumatic arrest or indictment can be. I consider aggressive and decisive action indispensable to the timely, successful outcome of every case.
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Brett "Colin" Hobbs
(210) 787-3916 8930 Wurzbach, Ste 280
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Cesar Ornelas II
San Antonio, TX DWI Lawyer with 6 years of experience
(855) 710-4912 11459 Huebner Road
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Originally from Kyle, Texas, Mr. Ornelas is a first generation college graduate and a first generation attorney. Licensed in Texas, Cesar Ornelas's nationwide practice is entirely contingency fee based and consists of a wide variety of catastrophic personal injury and death cases. He has represented countless victims of catastrophic accidents across the United States. Mr. Ornelas has devoted his entire career to giving a voice to the voiceless.
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Mark Philip Haby
(210) 224-4221 6243 IH-10 West, Suite 840
DWI, Criminal and Family
Ashley Christian Specia
(210) 225-6649 10001 Reunion Place, Suite 600
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Blakely Ian Mohr
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..all the drinks were dead/And all the glasses dirty (Philip Larkin Unpublished 1965)
It's happened, so it's finally safe to say it now: Owen Hargreaves has joined Manchester United for approximately £16 million. No one is saying that his injuries of last season have lost him a yard of pace – whatever that actually means.
Two Queens Park players who disappeared during a team orienteering exercise in the Highlands under then-manager Ian Holloway in 2004 have become Sven Goran Eriksson's first signings for Manchester City.
Marlon Harewood is reported to be a target of Martin O'Neill at Aston Villa, who is also considering that thing called a swoop – for Shaun (shouldn't that be Sean, really?) Wright-Phillips. I really can't think of anything at all to say about this.
Derby County are reported to see David Nugent as the ideal foil for Robert Earnshaw.
Shinto comes to Britain as Tottenham Hotspur buy Kensal Green cemetery, the last of London's great burial places that actually has room for more. Japanese fans will be able to purchase plots for themselves and their ancestors from the club, and it is reported that some 1500 exhumations are already underway in Honshu alone. It has been a clause in the contract of all players who have joined under Martin Jol that the club own their burial rites, and negotiations with the families of many former players with regard to putative moves to Kensal are said to be advanced. Guji Yukitaka Yamamoto, author of "Kami no Michi" has been on Spurs' payroll since 2005 and will be in sole charge of Kensal from the start of the new season.
Lawrie Sanchez, who has done well so far to keep Fulham out of the news, is supposed to be interested in Leeds striker David Healy once a deal is done regarding the Yorkshire club's current administration status. It will be genuinely interesting to see how Healy does in the modern Premiership given the quality of his international performances in front of an otherwise mediocre Northern Ireland line-up; one might argue that he deserves a more highly-powered club than the Cottagers, whose stadium is a listed building.
Spurs are also in negotiation with the Netherlands Football Association and UEFA in regard to their desire to move all Tottenham teams, from the reserves on down, to the Dutch leagues. Martin Jol is concerned at the low level of fare available to his young, developing players, and sees Holland as the best answer to the lack of skill and thought of the British youth and reserve leagues. It was rumoured last year that Arsene Wenger had a similar aim in mind regarding French football, but opposition from clubs in the south of France led to him dropping the idea.
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Flashcards: Venn Diagrams
Given the Venn diagram below, which of the following does not belong to ?
The symbol stands for the union between two sets. Therefore, means the set of all numbers that are in either A or B. Looking at our choices, the only number that isn't in either A, B, or both is 23.
Sixty high school seniors were polled to see if they were taking history and calculus. A total of 29 students said they were taking calculus, and a total of 50 students said they were taking history. What is the minimum number of students who take both history and calculus?
We can draw a Venn diagram to see these two sets of students.
We need to find the overlap between these two sets. To find that, add up the total number of students who are taking history and the total number of students who are taking calculus.
Notice that we have more students this way than the total number who were polled. That is because the students who are taking history AND calculus have been double counted. Subtract the total number of students polled to find out how many students were counted twice.
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Archives|Napster Runs for President in '04
Napster Runs for President in '04
By FRANK RICH DEC. 21, 2003
EVEN after Saddam Hussein was captured last weekend, all that some people could talk about was Howard Dean. Neither John Kerry nor Joe Lieberman could resist punctuating their cheers for an American victory with sour sideswipes at the front-runner they still cannot fathom (or catch up to). Pundits had a nearly unanimous take on the capture's political fallout: Dr. Dean, the one-issue candidate tethered to Iraq, was toast -- or, as The Washington Post's Tom Shales memorably put it, ''left looking like a monkey whose organ grinder had run away.''
I am not a partisan of Dr. Dean or any other Democratic candidate. I don't know what will happen on Election Day 2004. But I do know this: the rise of Howard Dean is not your typical political Cinderella story. The constant comparisons made between him and George McGovern and Barry Goldwater -- each of whom rode a wave of anger within his party to his doomed nomination -- are facile. Yes, Dr. Dean's followers are angry about his signature issue, the war. Dr. Dean is marginalized in other ways as well: a heretofore obscure governor from a tiny state best known for its left-wing ice cream and gay civil unions, a flip-flopper on some pivotal issues and something of a hothead. This litany of flaws has been repeated at every juncture of the campaign this far, just as it is now. And yet the guy keeps coming back, surprising those in Washington and his own party who misunderstand the phenomenon and dismiss him.
The elusive piece of this phenomenon is cultural: the Internet. Rather than compare Dr. Dean to McGovern or Goldwater, it may make more sense to recall Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy. It was not until F.D.R.'s fireside chats on radio in 1933 that a medium in mass use for years became a political force. J.F.K. did the same for television, not only by vanquishing the camera-challenged Richard Nixon during the 1960 debates but by replacing the Eisenhower White House's prerecorded TV news conferences (which could be cleaned up with editing) with live broadcasts. Until Kennedy proved otherwise, most of Washington's wise men thought, as The New York Times columnist James Reston wrote in 1961, that a spontaneous televised press conference was ''the goofiest idea since the Hula Hoop.''
Such has been much of the reaction to the Dean campaign's breakthrough use of its chosen medium. In Washington, the Internet is still seen mainly as a high-velocity disseminator of gossip (Drudge) and rabidly partisan sharpshooting by self-publishing excoriators of the left and right. When used by campaigns, the Internet becomes a synonym for ''the young,'' ''geeks,'' ''small contributors'' and ''upper middle class,'' as if it were an eccentric electronic cousin to direct-mail fund-raising run by the acne-prone members of a suburban high school's computer club. In other words, the political establishment has been blindsided by the Internet's growing sophistication as a political tool -- and therefore blindsided by the Dean campaign -- much as the music industry establishment was by file sharing and the major movie studios were by ''The Blair Witch Project,'' the amateurish under-$100,000 movie that turned viral marketing on the Web into a financial mother lode.
The condescending reaction to the Dean insurgency by television's political correspondents can be reminiscent of that hilarious party scene in the movie ''Singin' in the Rain,'' where Hollywood's silent-era elite greets the advent of talkies with dismissive bafflement. ''The Internet has yet to mature as a political tool,'' intoned Carl Cameron of Fox News last summer as he reported that the runner-up group to Dean supporters on the meetup.com site was witches. ''If you want to be a Deaniac,'' ABC News's Claire Shipman said this fall, ''you've got to know the lingo,'' as she dutifully gave her viewers an uninformed definition of ''blogging.''
In Washington, the only place in America where HBO's now-canceled ''K Street'' aroused histrionic debate, TV remains all. No one knew what to make of the mixed message sent by Dr. Dean's performance on ''Meet the Press'' in June: though the candidate flunked a pop quiz about American troop strength (just as George W. Bush flunked a pop quiz about world leaders in 1999), his Internet site broke its previous Sunday record for contributions by a factor of more than 10. More recently, the dean of capital journalists, David Broder, dyspeptically wrote that ''Dean failed to dominate any of the Democratic candidate debates.'' True, but those few Americans who watched the debates didn't exactly rush to the candidate who did effortlessly dominate most of them, Al Sharpton. (Mr. Sharpton's reward for his performance wasn't poll numbers or contributions but, appropriately enough, a gig as a guest host on ''Saturday Night Live.'')
''People don't realize what's happened since 2000,'' said Joe Trippi, the Dean campaign manager, when I spoke to him shortly after Al Gore, the Democrats' would-be technopresident, impulsively crowned Dr. Dean as his heir. ''Since 2000, many more millions have bought a book at Amazon and held an auction on e-Bay. John McCain's Internet campaign was amazing three years ago but looks primitive now.'' The Dean campaign, Mr. Trippi explained, is ''not just people e-mailing each other and chatting in chat rooms.'' His campaign has those and more -- all served by countless sites, many of them awash in multi-media, that link the personal (photos included) to the political as tightly as they link to each other.
They are efficient: type in a ZIP code and you meet Dean-inclined neighbors. Search tools instantly locate postings on subjects both practical (a book to give as a present to a Dean supporter?) and ideological. The official bloggers update the news and spin it as obsessively as independent bloggers do. To while away an afternoon, go to the left-hand column of the official blogforamerica.com page and tour the unofficial sites. On one of three Mormon-centric pages, you can find the answer to the question ''Can Mormons be Democrats?'' (Yes, they can, and yes, they can vote for Howard Dean.) At www.projectdeanlight.com, volunteers compete at their own expense to outdo each other with slick Dean commercials.
But the big Dean innovation is to empower passionate supporters to leave their computer screens entirely to hunt down unwired supporters as well and to gather together in real time at face-to-face meetings they organize on their own with no help from (or cost to) the campaign hierarchy. Meetup.com, the for-profit Web site that the Dean campaign contracted to facilitate these meetings, didn't even exist until last year. (It is not to be confused with the symbiotic but more conventional liberal advocacy and fund-raising site, MoveOn.org.) Its success is part of the same cultural wave as last summer's ''flash mob'' craze (crowds using the Internet to converge at the same public place at the same time as a prank) and, more substantially, the spike in real rather than virtual social networks, for dating and otherwise, through sites like match.com and friendster.com. From Mr. Trippi's perspective, ''The Internet puts back into the campaign what TV took out -- people.''
To say that the competing campaigns don't get it is an understatement. A tough new anti-Dean attack ad has been put up on the campaign's own site, where it's a magnet for hundreds of thousands of dollars in new contributions. The twice-divorced Dennis Kucinich's most effective use of the Web thus far has been to have a public date with the winner of a ''Who Wants to Be a First Lady?'' Internet contest. Though others have caught up with meetup.com, only the Wesley Clark campaign is racing to mirror Dr. Dean's in most particulars. The other Democratic Web sites are very 2000, despite all their blogs and other gizmos.
''The term blog is now so ubiquitous everyone has to use it,'' says the author Steven Johnson, whose prescient 2001 book ''Emergence'' is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand this culture. On some candidates' sites, he observes, ''there is no difference between a blog and a chronological list of press releases.'' And the presence of a poll on a site hardly constitutes interactivity. The underlying principles of the Dean Internet campaign ''are the opposite of a poll,'' Mr. Johnson says. Much as thousands of connected techies perfected the Linux operating system's code through open collaboration, so Dean online followers collaborate on organizing and perfecting the campaign, their ideas trickling up from the bottom rather than being superimposed from national headquarters. (Or at least their campaign ideas trickle up; policy is still concentrated at the top.) It's almost as if Dr. Dean is ''a system running for president,'' in Mr. Johnson's view, as opposed to a person.
In that sense, the candidate is a perfect fit for his chosen medium. Though his campaign's Internet dependence was initially dictated by necessity when he had little organization and no money, it still serves his no-frills personality even when he's the fund-raising champ. Dr. Dean runs the least personal of campaigns; his wife avoids the stump. That's a strategy befitting an online, not an on-TV, personality. Dr. Dean's irascible polemical tone is made for the Web, too. Jonah Peretti, a new media specialist at Eyebeam, an arts organization in New York, observes that boldness is to the Internet what F.D.R.'s voice was to radio and J.F.K.'s image to television: ''A moderate message is not the kind of thing that friends want to e-mail to each other and say, 'You gotta take a look at this!' ''
Unlike Al Gore, Dr. Dean doesn't aspire to be hip about computers. ''The Internet is a tool, not a campaign platform,'' he has rightly said, and he needn't be a techie any more than pilot his own campaign plane. But if no tool, however powerful, can make anyone president in itself, it can smash opponents hard when it draws a ton of cash. Money talks to the old media and buys its advertising. Dr. Dean's message has already upstaged the official Democratic party and its presumed rulers, the Clintons. Thanks to the Supreme Court's upholding of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform, he also holds a strategic advantage over the Democratic National Committee in fund-raising, at least for now.
Should Dr. Dean actually end up running against President Bush next year, an utterly asymmetrical battle will be joined. The Bush-Cheney machine is a centralized hierarchy reflecting its pre-digital C.E.O. ethos (and the political training of Karl Rove); it is accustomed to broadcasting to voters from on high rather than drawing most of its grass-roots power from what bubbles up from insurgents below.
For all sorts of real-world reasons, stretching from Baghdad to Wall Street, Mr. Bush could squish Dr. Dean like a bug next November. But just as anything can happen in politics, anything can happen on the Internet. The music industry thought tough talk, hard-knuckle litigation and lobbying Congress could stop the forces unleashed by Shawn Fanning, the teenager behind Napster. Today the record business is in meltdown, and more Americans use file-sharing software than voted for Mr. Bush in the last presidential election. The luckiest thing that could happen to the Dean campaign is that its opponents remain oblivious to recent digital history and keep focusing on analog analogies to McGovern and Goldwater instead.
A version of this article appears in print on December 21, 2003, on Page 2002001 of the National edition with the headline: Napster Runs for President in '04. Order Reprints| Today's Paper|Subscribe


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