The Toronto Marlies got back to winning ways with a resilient performance against a fast and physical Springfield Thunderbirds team on Saturday.
With a 4-2 victory, the Marlies extended their point streak to five games (4-0-1) and are now 12-10-3 on home ice after owning a losing record at Coca-Cola Coliseum for the majority of the season to date.
Toronto almost got off to the perfect start, but Sam Gagner's blast from distance struck the iron, hit the back of goaltender Samuel Montembeault, and didn't have enough pace to cross the goal line.
Just 19 seconds later, Springfield took the early lead with a highly-debatable goal.
Michael Hutchinson appeared to have hold of a shot by Jamie McGinn, but the puck squirted loose and a scramble ensued in front of the Marlies net. While Jonathan Ang prodded the puck across the goal line, there was a definite whistle blown beforehand that was disregarded by the officials, much to the Marlies' consternation.
It took the Marlies until the midway mark of the period to respond — they had Springfield hemmed inside their own zone for the better part of two minutes, but they were unable to find a way past Montembeault.
The breakthrough arrived inside the final three minutes, when Toronto struck seven seconds after their first power play expired. A fancy passing movement involving Dmytro Timashov and Adams Brooks was deftly finished by Gabriel Gagne for his fifth of the season and first as a Marlie.
Toronto was fortunate to head into the intermission down by just a goal, however, as Calle Rosen's risky pass across his own blue line was cut out by Bobby Farnham and Hutchinson came up with a huge save with 10 seconds remaining in the opening frame.
Offsetting penalties to end the opening stanza meant the second period began with four-on-four action, where Martin Marincin took advantage of the extra space by almost scoring a highlight reel goal after a give-and-go play with Jeremy Bracco.
That near miss resulted in a second power-play opportunity for the Marlies during which Chris Mueller was robbed by Montembeault.
Almost out of nothing, Springfield retook the lead four minutes into the middle frame as McGinn's speculative shot took a deflection off the body of Thomas Schemitsch driving the net.
The ice was tilted for the following three minutes as the Thunderbirds swarmed the Marlies and could easily have extended their advantage.
The Marlies' fourth line turned the tide for the Marlies with Timashov drawing a penalty. On the resulting power play, it was the inevitable combination of Bracco and Mueller combining to tie the game at two apiece. Mueller finished a tap-in from Bracco's pinpoint slap pass after Gagner struck the post seconds earlier.
There was almost an immediate response by Springfield, but Hutchinson denied Sebastien Repo from the slot.
The physicality was now ramping up as the Marlies went to yet another power play. It wasn't for a lack of trying that Toronto couldn't convert with the extra man — the unlucky Gagner was denied by some good saves and blocks by defenders on the line, while Calle Rosen also fully tested Montembeault.
The almost inevitable fight arrived with five minutes remaining in the middle frame as Vincent LoVerde took umbrage with Paul Thompson after the forward delivered a questionable hit on the returning Rasmus Sandin.
The Marlies defenseman came out slightly worse for wear in both the physical contest and penalty count as he was handed a two, five and ten for his actions.
Toronto responded by shutting down the league's top-ranked power play unit and scored a shorthanded goal to add salt to the wound. With three Springfield players caught below the goal line, Adam Brooks won a battle on the left half wall, creating a 2-on-1 break for the Marlies.
Moore sped away down the left side and showed NHL quality by out-waiting the trailing defenseman before presenting Brooks with his first ever professional shorthanded tally.
Following a second period that featured a combined 29 shots, three goals and 28 penalty minutes, the Marlies got back to their structure in the final frame and never allowed Springfield to build up a head of steam or create any sustained offensive zone pressure.
Brooks really should have doubled the Marlies lead 15 seconds into the period, but he fired high from between the hashmarks with time to pick his spot.
The Thunderbirds first real scoring opportunity of the period resulted in Matt Marcinew striking the post before Hutchinson was forced into a sharp right pad save on the same play.
The aforementioned Marcinew had a second excellent chance after exiting the penalty box to create a 2-on-1 rush with nine minutes left in regulation. Set up by Ang, Marcinew was stonewalled by Hutchinson, who showed excellent concentration after a spell of inaction in front of him.
Toronto's goaltender was only forced into one more save of note through the remaining time, turning aside Juho Lammikko with his left pad.
The victory was then secured by Pierre Engvall's empty-net marker, ensuring the Marlies remain third in the North Division with Utica Comets hot on their tail.
– Special teams and discipline were two of the keys to the game against a Springfield team that looks to antagonize at every opportunity. The Marlies were 1-5 on the power play, scored one shorthanded goal, and gave just one extra man advantage to the team leading the power play rankings.
– Michael Hutchinson was a regular recipient of Springfield's brand of physical and intimidating hockey — ran into, hacked, and slashed on multiple occasions. He kept his cool and turned aside 28 shots for the victory in what was a good bounce back for him following a poor performance against Belleville.
– With two assists, Jeremy Bracco returned to the top of the AHL rankings in that category, tied with Daniel Carr with 34 on the year. It also means he's back at a point-per-game pace through 47 games.
– Chris Mueller scored for a fourth straight game, has recorded two points in each of his last three outings, and is riding a five-game point streak (4-4-8).
– Adam Brooks hit the 20-point mark in his 35th game with a goal and assist and now has 10 points in his last 10 games. With his sixth multi-point haul this season, he's now surpassed his rookie year total of 19 points (8-11-19) accrued in 57 games.
– Dmytro Timashov also hit a point milestone with a lone assist. It was the winger's 30th point in 45 games as he is continuing to flourish on a line with Colin Greening and Michael Carcone.
– Calle Rosen extended his point and assist streak to five games (0-7-7) with a secondary helper on the power play goal.
– Rasmus Sandin made his return to action since sustaining an injury at the World Juniors. Considering how physical the game was, the rookie handled himself well and formed a solid enough partnership with Jordan Subban.


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Canada is playing a significant role in the establishment of the Pan African Heritage World Museum in Ghana, says Senator Patricia Bovey.
Bovey, who is on the institution's international curatorial council, recently told the Senate that a sod-turning ceremony for the museum, set to open in 2023, has been held.
"Canadian Black artists from all creative disciplines, from every part of Canada, have been engaged with me in meeting to discuss the approaches for our physical exhibition in the new building and the online virtual exhibitions," she told the Senate.
A content steering committee, with membership by Canadian Black artists, will determine the themes and curators for both physical and virtual exhibitions, said Bovey, a former director of the Winnipeg Art Gallery.
She said discussions thus far "have been rich, the realities brought forward both tough and inspirational, and the visions of the artists truly exciting."
Source: Senate of Canada
18 May 2021 issue Pan African Heritage World Museum Patricia Bovey

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2009 Provenance Sauvignon Blanc – This wine has a very light yellow color. Nose is very obvious, citrus and melon. Flavors of citrus, melon and floral back-notes. A good amount of acid gives this wine a clean finish of moderate length. None of the grassy flavors I find objectionable in some Sauvignon Blanc. There is a slight bitterness on the finish that tastes of orange peel. Just as pleasant as the 2008. Pete likes it almost as much as the 2008 which is his favorite white wine.
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Perhaps we only ever fully leave our fear behind in other people's stories.
Here are a few truths I know to be absolute. One: women are people. Two: there are no perfect people. Ergo, Three: there are no perfect women.
That little syllogism is a no-brainer, right? Everyone but the most severely deluded acknowledges it to be true, and even though all of us have at one time or another placed another person on a pedestal, after enough time, we have likewise all seen that person get knocked off. What is less widely acknowledged, however, is the fact that there is also no such thing as a perfect person for me, a truth fervently undermined by our current entertainment culture.
As part of the work I am doing on the screenplay I am currently (pre)writing, I have been studying a lot of romantic comedies and have discovered in them again and again the implicit affirmation that "true love" between a man and a woman is something that is "found." This is, I have long believed, a pile of horse-excrement. True love is not something you step into as you wander life's pasture, it something you build in a place you fence off with another person.
Now, I will acknowledge that some pairings make that building more difficult than others. A woman who thinks Barack Obama is basically Jesus is going to have a hard time getting along in a long-term romantic relationship with a man who is fervently convinced that he (Obama, that is) is the antiChrist. A man who only feels happy riding a subway with a latte in hand is going to be hard-pressed to make it work with a girl most comfortable holding hay on the end of a pitchfork. But again; love isn't something two people fall into - they build it - so even an Obamafight can produce some interesting love connections.
I deeply believe this, but have been realizing recently how much the Mythology of the Perfect Hollywood Romance has shaped my everyday thinking. As I have thought about future relationship possibilities, I've spend most of my brainpower trying to suss out how to tell if a woman fits me, what she offers me, and what there is about her that would have to change to make her be perfect fit for me. Although it goes against my core expressed beliefs about relationships, I have taken Divine Will and selflessness right out of the equation, and instead have gone around parroting the very ideology I find so repugnant and destructive in Hollywood.
It is a mystery where romantic love (eros) comes from. It may be fate, it may be chance, it may be a divine nudge; but once it's there, you have to be willing to sacrifice bits and pieces of yourself and your desires for it, if you want it to last.
This theme seems as much a no-brainer to me as the bit about there being no perfect woman. But for some reason, only by forcing my protagonist (his name is Joel, by the way... and pleased to meet you) to go through the Grinder of Story to learn this, have I been able to really confront the ways in which I do not live this out in my own life, and to mull over just how willing I am to sacrifice what seems most right for me in order to really love another person. Because while there is no such thing as the perfect woman, there is such a thing as perfect love, and while I may not ever be capable of it, I believe that as an ideal and an aspiration, it is the only Story worth hoping and living towards.
They myth of the "perfect fit for me" is so appealing - in Latin America they call it "mi media naranja" - I think in part because it takes the onus for a successful relationship off the self. The hard part isn't the relationship, in this mythology, it's the search.
The most disillusioning part of marriage for me was discovering my own selfishness. Before getting married, I honestly thought I was an unselfish person. It was a shock to realize that no matter how much I loved my wonderful husband, I did not enjoy giving up doing things my own way. I think one of the reasons God brought my husband to me (besides blessing my socks off) was so I could face up to this blind spot.
Your last sentence was beautifully said Josh.


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TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION
Content (c) 2019 Sideshow Theatre Company | (773) 809-4782
60 minutes. 30 years. 22 actors. 5 countries. 1 stage.
South Africa, Northern Ireland, Rwanda, Bosnia and Zimbabwe. Five devastating conflicts, thirty years, one room and one burning question: can reconciliation be found when the reluctant truth is finally spoken? Twenty-two actors bring debbie tucker green's sixty-minute unblinking exploration of loss to life. Stories from across the world weave together in a search for justice, as victims and perpetrators alike struggle for meaning in the aftermath of crime.
Approximate run time: 1 hour, with no intermission
Richard Christiansen Theatre at Victory Gardens
2433 N Lincoln Avenue
Production Sponsor
This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCES
Sideshow is happy to provide the following accessible services for the performances listed:
Audio Description and Touch Tour:
Friday, April 14: 6pm Touch Tour; 7:30pm performance
Open Captioning:
Thursday, March 23: 7:30pm performance
Friday, March 31: 7:30pm performance
Saturday, April 8: 7:30pm performance
Sunday, April 9: 3pm performance
Jennifer Mathews
Latrel Crawford
Ashley Crowe
Travis Delgado
Almedia Lee Exum
Sam Guinan-Nyhart
David Lawrence Hamilton
Kayla Raelle Holder
Michael Holding
Ann James
Tiffany Renee Johnson
Ian Damont Martin
Éamonn McDonagh
Monette McLin
Tiffany Oglesby
Jeremy Pfaff
Bradford Stevens
Keith Surney
Isabel Thompson
Netta Walker
Sean Wiberg
Northern Irish Woman A
Jennifer is thrilled to work with Jonathan and the Sideshow gang again, having last appeared (as one of the humans) in Heddatron. Jen has previously worked around town with various theaters, including Steppenwolf, Polarity, Circle, Chicago Dramatists, Infamous Commonwealth, Will Act For Food, and Pride Film & Plays. She is a proud company member with Erasing the Distance, an arts organization that sheds light on mental health issues through theatre. Jen received her BA in theatre and drama from Indiana University and is represented by NV Talent and Big Mouth Talent. Daddy…this one's for you.
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South African Son
Latrel is so ecstatic to be working with the cast of truth and reconciliation and Sideshow Theatre Company. He is a senior at King College Prep. Latrel truly finds theatre astonishing because he is able to use his creativity and imagination freely and of his own accord. Latrel is a member of the Lookingglass Young Ensemble and American Theatre Company's Youth Ensemble. Some of his works include: Zora Neal Huston: One Acts, This Beautiful City, The Odyssey, and Annie. For Latrel, working on truth and reconciliation has truly been a remarkable experience. Not only has he been able to share his connections with the play, he has also been able to bond and create beautiful work with this ensemble of actors. He would like to thank all of his supporters!
Zimbabwean Woman
Ashley is thrilled to be working with Sideshow Theatre Company for the first time! A recent graduate of Loyola University Chicago, Theatre credits include fml: how Carson McCullers saved my life. Film/TV credits include Chicago PD and Miriam's Going to Mars. Ashley would like to thank her family and friends for the constant love and support and to the cast and crew at Sideshow Theatre for giving her this fantastic opportunity!
Rwandan Man
Travis Delgado is proud to join the cast and crew of truth and reconciliation with Sideshow Theatre. Travis graduated from Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi and now lives in Edgewater. He is best known for playing Jurgis in Oracle Productions' The Jungle, as well as The Foundling Father in The America Play, for which he received a Jeff nomination. He was also in the ensemble of Mary Zimmerman's world premiere adaptation of Treasure Island at Lookingglass Theatre. Travis would like to thank his mother, father, and brothers for their love and support.
South African Daughter
Almedia is excited to be apart of this is production! After receiving her BA in performing arts, Almedia returned to Chicago and began working in the theatre and film community. She recently booked a guest star role in TV ONE's television series Fatal Attraction. She has previously been seen in the Chicago Home Theatre Festival, the short film Star, E.T.A Theatre's production of It Shoulda Been Me, and Urban Gateways' The Birmingham Children's March. "Love what you do and do what you love."
San Guinan-Nyhart
South African Officer
Sam is working with Sideshow Theatre for the first time. Chicago credits include: Betrayal (Raven), Pocatello (Griffin); Love and Human Remains (Cor); The Sweeter Option, Detective Partner Hero Villain (Strawdog); Rose and the Rime, The Iron Stag King (House); and City of Dreadful Night (Den, Jeff nominated for best actor). Sam received a BA in philosophy from the University of Chicago and is a graduate of the School at Steppenwolf. He is represented by Paonessa Talent.
Rwandan Husband
David Lawrence Hamilton is grateful for the opportunity to work with Sideshow again and perform in this provocative play. He thanks his parents and brother for their unwavering support. Credits include: The Bottle Tree and The Firestorm (Stage Left Theatre); Antigonick and The Golden Dragon (Sideshow Theatre); Down Range (Genesis Theatrical Prod); CCX (Modofac Production); A Lesson Before Dying (Lincoln Square Theatre); To Kill a Mockingbird (Chase Park Theatre).
Bosnian Woman's Friend
Kayla grew up in small town Galena, IL and is thrilled to be a member of the truth and reconciliation ensemble. She is a recent graduate of The Theatre School at DePaul University, where she studied acting and sociology. Her favorite DePaul credits include A View from the Bridge, (dir. Krissy Vanderwarker); The Children's Hour, (dir. Nathan Singh); Metamorphosis, (dir. Kelvin Wong). She spent the last two summers working as a teaching artist at Northwestern University's "Cherubs" program and is proud to have been a "cherub" herself. Kayla is represented by Grossman & Jack Talent.
Serbian Man 2
Michael is excited to perform with Sideshow Theatre Company for the first time. Chicago credits include: Posh (Steep Theatre; Jeff Award for ensemble), The Rivals and The Winter's Tale (Lakeside Shakespeare Theatre), Shining City (Irish Theatre of Chicago), Really Really (Interrobang Theatre), The Diviners (Organic Theater Company), The Madness of Edgar Allen Poe and The Merchant of Venice (First Folio Theatre). Regional: 4000 Miles (Theatresquared). Film: Finn and the Sea of Noise. BFA Illinois Wesleyan University.
Northern Irish Woman
Ann James is a Sideshow ensemble member and has appeared in its productions of Caught, Antigonick, Maria/Stuart and Idomeneus. Among the companies with whom she has also worked are 16th Street, Goodman, Jackalope, Organic, Pivot Arts, Provision, Shattered Globe and Stage Left. She is the founding director of Chicspeare Production Company, which has brought Shakespeare alive for more than 100,000 Chicago area residents in the past 20 years.
Rwandan Widow
Tiffany is so excited to be working with Sideshow! She's a proud Chicago native and has a BFA from Howard University. Theatre credits include Vanya (or, 'That's Life!') (Rasaka Theatre); RACE (Next Act Theatre); Coming Home (Erasing the Distance); Gem of the Ocean (u/s, Court Theatre); Hairspray (Drury Lane Theatre); The Nativity (Congo Square); The Bluest Eye (Environmental Theatre Space). TV credits include APB, Embeds, Chicago PD, Chicago Fire. Tiffany thanks her mother, family, and Ade for their undying love and support. She is represented by Gray Talent Group. "The sun is my limit and I won't stop reaching until I hold it in my hands!" To God be every ounce of the glory.
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Zimbabwean Husband
Ian makes his Chicago and Sideshow Theatre Company debut. He is a recent transplant to the city and a recent graduate of Indiana University, where he received a BA in theatre and drama. Regional credits include To Kill a Mockingbird (Tom Robinson) for Cardinal Stage; As You Like It (Jaques), Midsummer Night's Dream (Peter Quince), Twelfth Night (Orsino) and The Miracle Worker (Anagnos) for Indiana University Summer Theatre; Macbeth (Macbeth), In the Red and Brown Water (Shango), Intimate Apparel (George), The Art of Bowing (Akwasi) and Dontrell Who Kissed the Sea (Dad) for IU Theatre; The Blizzard Sells Out (Ensemble) and Vintage Scenes (Ensemble) for the Bloomington Playwrights Project. Ian is an alumni of Awkward Silence Comedy long-form improv troupe, the winner of 2015 Bloomington Chapter NSAL Drama Competition and a 2015 NSAL National Drama Competition Honorable Mention scholarship recipient. He is the artistic producing apprentice at Goodman Theatre. Ian is originally from Cincinnati, Ohio.
Northern Irish Man B
Éamonn's last work on stage was with Northlight Theatre in their production of Outside Mulingar. Eamonn has worked with many theaters in Chicago in the Chicagoland area, including Lookingglass Theatre, Metropolis Theater (acting as well as being technical director for almost seven years), Artistic Home, Griffin Theater, Irish Repertory Theater, Timeline, Steppenwolf Theatre, Goodman Theatre, and the now-passed-on Mary-Arrchie Theater, of which he was an ensemble member for many years. After a self-imposed hiatus from acting for two years, Éamonn is grateful to the Sideshow project for this opportunity.
South African Mama
Monette is excited to be back with the Sideshow family again! Other credits include: Theresa Slater in Leavings (Polarity Ensemble Theatre), Mutha Gbadu in For Her as a Piano (Pegasus Theatre), Bonnie Metzgar's Liberty Tree (Sideshow Theatre), a Museum of Contemporary Art scene on ACRE-TV, Kara in Mai Dang Lao (understudy, Sideshow Theatre), Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath (understudy, The Gift Theatre). TV credits include NBC's Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. Her project "Going for the Gig" documents her acting experiences via YouTube and Facebook. She's a proud member of SAG/AFTRA and is represented by Johnson McKay Talent.
South African Nana
Carolyn is making her Sideshow Theatre debut. Additional Chicago credits include The Dowager Daughters of Transcendence (ETA Performing Arts Center), The Little Foxes (Shattered Globe Theatre), Katrina: The Girl Who Wanted Her Name Back (Adventure Stage Theatre), Good Black, The Trial…,When the Ancestors Call, Every Night when the Sun Goes Down, Whispers Want to Holler and many children's shows (ETA Creative Arts Foundation), Flyin' West (Thymly Theatre). Regional credits include The Housekeeper (Muse Theatre, La Crosse, WI), Junie B. Jones (Des Moines Playhouse Theatre), A Scent of Magnolias (Rat Pac Theatre Co, Aransas Pass, TX), The Housekeeper (Rialto Theatre Co., A.P. Tex). Film credits include The Suitcase, Overpass, many training films, and extra roles.
Zimbabwean Wife
Tiffany is thrilled to make her Sideshow debut. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia she received her BFA in performance art from the Savannah College of Art and Design and received her MFA in acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University. She has had the pleasure of working with theatre companies such as Writers, Congo Square, Lifeline, Raven, and Definition. TV credits include seasons one and two of Chicago Med. Grossman & Jack Talent Agency.
Northern Irish Man A
Jeremy Pfaff recently appeared in Every 28 Hours at Goodman Theatre and Incident at Vichy at Redtwist Theatre. Other credits include work with Raven Theatre, Emerald City Theatre, The Arc Theatre, and 20% Theatre Company. He holds an MFA from The Theatre School at DePaul University.
Rwandan Grandfather
Bradford Stevens, a native Chicagoan, fell in love with the stage while attending Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, and working with FAMU Essential Theatre. Upon graduation, he returned to Chicago and earned his MFA in acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University. Since then, he has had the privilege of working with a number of great theatres across town including the Goodman, Steppenwolf, Second City and recently Oracle Theatre's production of The Hairy Ape. He's also appeared on Chicago P.D., and the indie film For the Cause. A proud member of the Barrel of Monkeys theater troupe, and co-founder of Land of Misery Films. Brad was last seen in Winterset with Griffin Theatre. Brad is crazy excited to work with Sideshow Theatre and this talented ensemble, and dedicates this performance to his amazing family and friends.
Rwandan Brother
Keith Surney is a graduate of Columbia College, a proud veteran of the U.S. Army, and a member of Kinfolk Collective. His latest work includes Starting Over, El Stories, Road to Freedom and Rocky Road. This is Keith's first production with Sideshow Theatre and he is thrilled to be a part of the cast and honored to tell this story.
Bosnian Woman
Isabel is so stoked to make her Sideshow debut. Recent theater credits include Tug of War (u/s, Chicago Shakespeare Theater) and A Winter's Tale (Lakeside Shakespeare Theater). TV/Film credits include Chicago P.D. Represented by Shirley Hamilton Talent, Isabel is a recent graduate of Northwestern University, where she studied acting and playwriting.
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South African Child
Netta is very excited to be working with Sideshow for the first time! Most recently she understudied Rose, Ruthie and Winfield in The Grapes of Wrath (The Gift) and PROUDLY made her Chicago debut as a little boy. Currently a junior musical theater major at CCPA at Roosevelt, she wants to thank everyone at Sideshow for allowing her to grow in this experience, and the cast for giving her so much to learn from. She also wants to thank her three older brothers and parents for teaching her how to love and appreciate human experience in all forms. She dedicates everything to her mother and father. "Love you, old people."
Sean Wiberg is thrilled to be working with Sideshow Theatre Company for the first time. His recent Chicago theatre credits include Steep Theatre's Posh (dir. Jonathan Berry), The Arc Theatre's As You Like It (dir. Mark Boergers), and The Artistic Home's Macbeth (dir. Scott Westerman). He has also worked with Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Griffin Theatre, Red Tape Theatre and LiveWire Chicago Theatre. On television, Sean has appeared on Chicago P.D. He received his BFA in acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University.
debbie tucker green
Jonathan L. Green
Yu Shibagaki
Noël Huntzinger
Jared Gooding
Eva Breneman
Colleen Layton
Gabrielle Randle
Brian Sprague
debbie tucker green won a 2011 Obie award for the US premiere of born bad at Soho Rep, NYC. UK writing/directing credits include nut (Royal National Theatre – Shed) and truth and reconciliation (Royal Court Theatre). Select UK playwriting credits include: random (Royal Court Theatre); generations (Young Vic); trade (RSC New Work Festival – Stratford); stoning mary (Royal Court Theatre Downstairs); born bad (Hampstead Theatre); dirty butterfly (Soho Theatre). TV/film: second coming (writer/director); random (writer/director), which won a 2012 Bafta Award for Best Single Drama; heat (writer/director); and spoil (writer). Radio credits include: gone, random, handprint and freefall (BBC Radio 3); to swallow (BBC Radio 4).
Jonathan has been the artistic director of Sideshow Theatre since its founding in 2007. He has directed and assisted for Sideshow, Greenhouse Theater Center, Lookingglass, Steppenwolf, Goodman, Diversionary Theatre, Chicago Dramatists, Theatre Seven of Chicago, Pavement Group and the Earl Hamner, Jr. Theatre. Recent projects include truth and reconciliation, The Happiest Place on Earth, Antigonick, Stupid Fucking Bird, Idomeneus (Jeff Award for ensemble), and others. Recent dramaturgy credits include Blind Date, Objects in the Mirror, Gloria, War Paint, The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window, and Disgraced, all at Goodman Theatre. Jonathan is a graduate of the University of Virginia, currently serves on the board of directors of the League of Chicago Theatres, and is the literary manager for Goodman Theatre.
jonathanlgreen.com
scenic designer
Yu is honored to be back at Sideshow Theatre after designing Antigonick. She was born and raised in Nagoya, Japan. She has been fortunate to design The House That Will Not Stand, Appropriate, Mojada (Victory Gardens Theater); The Island, The Year of Magical Thinking (American Players Theatre); Both Your Houses (Remy Bumppo Theatre); Let Me Down Easy/Mercy Strain (American Theater Company); Walk Across America for Mother Earth, Saturday Night/Sunday Morning, Drunken City (Steppenwolf Garage Theater); and The USA Student Exhibit (2011 Prague Quadrennial World Theater Convention).
yushibagaki.com
Noël hails from Tulsa, Oklahoma and is a graduate of Oklahoma University. Noël is an artistic associate at Sideshow Theatre Company, where her credits include: truth and reconciliation, Stupid Fucking Bird and Antigonick. Noël is a resident artist at Filament Theatre, where her credits include Robin Hood, Van Gogh Café, Pinocchio: A Folk Musical, Hank Williams Lost Highway and others; and an ensemble member at Interrobang Theatre, where she designed Still, North Pool, Pitchfork Disney and others. Noël designed the 2016 New Stages at the Goodman: Blue Skies Process and Support Group for Men. Noël wrapped her first full-length film design, Olympia: an Instruction Manual for Everything, in the summer.
Jared Gooding is excited to be working with the Sideshow for the first time. A graduate of The Theatre School at DePaul University with a BFA in lighting design, and native of Houston, Texas, his credits include the associate design of Lookingglass Alice (Lookingglass), serving as the lighting assistant for The Wiz Live on NBC, designs for The Hypocrites, TimeLine Theater, American Blues Theatre, About Face Theatre, MPAACT, Windy City Playhouse, Pegasus Theatre, Next Theatre, Congo Square, Citadel Theatre and Fleetwood Jourdain Theatre. He spends his free time as a DJ in area bars.
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sound designer / composer
Michael is a composer for film and theatre who has had the pleasure of working with such companies as Steppenwolf, Lookingglass, Sideshow, Adventure Stage, North Park University, Filament, and many others. Music and more can be found at: officialmichaelhuey.com.
dialect designer
Eva Breneman is a voice and dialect coach who works in the Chicago region. She is delighted to be back at Sideshow, where she had the great pleasure of working on No More Sad Things last year. Most recent Chicago credits include The Hard Problem (Court); The Columnist (American Blues); A Disappearing Number (Timeline); Pygmalion (Remy Bumppo); King Charles III (Chicago Shakespeare); Discord (Northlight); Arcadia (Writers Theatre); The Compass (Steppenwolf); The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (Chicago Children's Theater); The Little Foxes (Goodman Theatre); Posh (Steep Theatre); and Blood Wedding (Lookingglass Theatre Company). Regional credits include Death of a Salesman; The African Company Presents Richard III; A Streetcar Named Desire and The Island (American Repertory Theatre); Love's Labour's Lost (Actor's Theatre of Louisville); Around The World In 80 Days (Centerstage/Kansas City Repertory) and Mamma Mia! (National Tour/Las Vegas). Television credits include Betrayal and The Chicago Code. Eva is an associate artist at TimeLine Theatre Company.
Colleen is excited to be working with Sideshow Theatre again after stage managing Mai Dang Lao, Caught, and Give It All Back. Colleen's other stage management credits in Chicago include Troll (Fraud and Phony Theatre Collective), The Lisbon Traviata (Eclipse Theatre Company), and Feathers and Teeth (Goodman Theatre). She has also had the pleasure to work the Repertory Theatre of St Louis, the Byre Opera, and the Royal Ballet.
Ben Jones is a Chicago-based production manager. In Chicago, he has worked with Goodman Theatre and The Second City. He is also the production manager for Post Comedy Theatre, a one-person touring show that he has taken to a middle school cafeteria in Arizona, The Kennedy Center in Washington DC, and every size venue in between.
Gabrielle Randle is a graduate student, director, and dramaturg who is passionate about social justice, storytelling, and the power of performance to change the world. She has a dual BA degree in drama and sociology from Stanford University and an MA degree in performance as public practice at The University of Texas at Austin. She has directed, devised, dramaturged, and produced professionally across the United States in Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Austin, and New York City (off-Broadway) and internationally on three continents. In Chicago she has worked with Sideshow Theatre Company, Chicago Dramatist, Victory Gardens Theater, and Court Theatre. She is a second year PhD student at Northwestern in the interdisciplinary PhD in theatre and drama.
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Todd E. Okerlund (Burnsville, Minnesota, 1964. szeptember 6. –) amerikai profi jégkorongozó.

Pályafutása
Komolyabb junior karrierjét Minnesota állam középiskolai ligájában kezdte, szülővárosa csapatában, a Burnsville Blaze-ben, 1981-ben. A következő évben is a középiskolai csapatban játszott és az 1982-es NHL-drafton a New York Islanders kiválasztotta a 8. kör 168. helyén. Részt vett az 1984-es U20-as jégkorong-világbajnokságon és hatodikak lettek. Ezután a Minnesotai Egyetemre nyert felvételt, ahol játszott az egyetemi csapatban egészen 1987-ig. 1986. október 18-án egy mérkőzésen súlyos térdsérülést szenvedett, ami kihatott a további pályafutására. Az egyetem után az amerikai férfi jégkorong-válogatottban játszott 40 mérkőzést és részt vett az 1988-as téli olimpián is, ahol hetedikek lettek. 1988. február 29-én leigazolta őt a New York Islanders. Négy mérkőzést játszott a National Hockey League-ben és pont nélkül maradt. Ezután lekerült az American Hockey League-be, a Springfield Indiansba 13 mérkőzésre. A szezon végén visszavonult krónikus térd problémák miatt.

Díjai
Burnsville MVP: 1983
Minnesota Középiskola All-State Első Csapat: 1983
WCHA All-Star Honorable Mention: 1986
WCHA All-Academic Csapat: 1986

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Anna Přemyslovna, numită și Anna de Boemia (n. 15 octombrie 1290, Praga – d. 3 septembrie 1313, Ducatul Carintia), aparținând familiei Přemyslid, a fost cea mai mare fiică supraviețuitoare a lui Venceslau al II-lea al Boemiei și al Poloniei și a primei lui soții Iudita de Habsburg. Frații ei au fost Elisabeta de Boemia și Venceslau al III-lea al Boemiei.

Familia
Anna s-a născut în 1290 la Praga în Regatul Boemiei. Mama ei, Judita de Habsburg, a murit în 1297 când Anna avea șapte ani. Dintre cei zece copii ai mamei ei, doar patru au atins vârsta maturității: Venceslau, Anna, Elisabeta și Margareta.

În 1300, tatăl văduv al Annei, Venceslau al II-lea, s-a recăsătorit cu prințesa poloneză Elisabeta Richza aparținând dinastiei Piast. Urmarea acestei căsătorii tatăl Annei a devenit rege al Poloniei pentru următorii cinci ani (el a murit în 1305). Cei doi au avut o fiică: Agnes de Boemia (1305–1337).

Tatăl Annei a avut, de asemenea, numeroși copii ilegitimi, între care Jan Volek (d. 27 septembrie 1351) care a fost episcop de Olomouc.

Căsătoria
În 1306 Anna s-a căsătorit cu Henric de Carintia, fiul lui Meinhard al II-lea, duce de Carintia și al Elisabetei de Bavaria.

După ce în 1306 fratele Annei, Venceslau al III-lea, a fost asasinat, soțul ei a fost ales rege al Boemiei și rege titular al Poloniei. Curând însă puterea în Boemia a fost preluată de Rudolf de Habsburg. Anna și Henric de Carintia, au părăsit Praga plecând în exil în Carintia. Rudolf a domnit doar un an, iar la moartea sa în 1307 Henric a preluat din nou tronul Boemiei.

Cuplul regal și-a îndreptat atenția spre Elisabeta sora mai tânără a Annei. Ei intenționau să o căsătorească cu Otto de Bergow, dar Elisabeta s-a opus fiind susținută de nobilimea boemă. În 1310 ea s-a căsătorit cu Ioan de Luxemburg, care a ocupat Praga în luna decembrie a aceluiași an. Anna și Henric au plecat din nou în exil în Carintia. Anna nu și-a mai revăzut patria vreodată. Ea murit pe 3 septembrie 1313 într-un castel din Carintia la doar douăzeci și doi de ani fără a avea copii. A fost înmormântată în Mănăstirea Călugărilor Dominicani din Bozen. Soțul ei s-a mai căsătorit ulterior de două ori.

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Bibliografie

 Alfred Thomas: Anne's Bohemia, Czech Literature and Society, 1310–1420, University of Minnesota Press, 1998

 Božena Kopičková: Eliška Přemyslovna. Královna česká 1292–1330., Praga, Vyšehrad, 2003. ISBN 80-7021-656-5

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7th Circuit: State Farm estimate $89K lower than final award not proof of bad faith
By John Huetter on November 18, 2019
Business Practices | Education | Insurance | Legal | Repair Operations
An initial State Farm residential estimate more than $14,000 below the company's independent appraiser's and nearly $89,000 below the final umpire award wasn't proof of bad faith, the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled earlier this month.
"At best, it may suggest that State Farm's first inspection was inadequate," Circuit Judge Amy St. Eve wrote for a unanimous court Nov. 8. "But this alone does not constitute bad faith."
The court also found the appraisal clause of the Indiana condo complex's policy was unambiguous and enforceable.
St. Eve and Circuit Judges David Hamilton and Frank Easterbrook's 3-0 ruling in Villas at Winding Ridge v. State Farm affirmed a March U.S. District Court decision to grant State Farm a motion for summary judgement. (Hear appellate court oral arguments here.)
The case involved the scope of Winding Ridge's "Residential Community Association Policy," but is worth noting by body shops and motorists given the parallels to issues and policy language which might arise in auto claims.
Under Winding Ridge's July 1, 2012-13 residential policy:
If we and you disagree on the value of the property or the amount of loss, either may make written demand for an appraisal of the loss. In this event, each party will select a competent and impartial appraiser. Each party will notify the other of the selected appraiser's identity within 20 days after receipt of the written demand for an appraisal. The two appraisers will select an umpire. If the appraisers cannot agree upon an umpire within 15 days, either may request that selection be made by a judge of a court having jurisdiction. The appraisers will state separately the value of the property and amount of loss. If they fail to agree, they will submit their differences to the umpire. A decision agreed to by any two will be binding.
This sort of thing can be found in automotive policies as well.
In 2014, Winding Ridge hired contractor Rocklane Company to examine the 9- to 16-year-old roofs on the 33-building complex (32 condos and a clubhouse). Rocklane found 12 of the condo roofs suffered hail damage, and Winding Ridge filed a claim.
State Farm adjuster Eric Meador visited the site and agreed that hail damage had occurred, but not to any shingles. He estimated $65,713.54 in damage. Winding Ridge objected and hired Crossroads Claim Consulting public adjuster Matthew Latham, who wrote for more than $1.975 million encompassing what the appeals court described as "full replacement for all shingles, decking, metal vents, flashing, caps, gutters and downspouts on all 33 buildings."
Meador checked out the site again and hired engineer Doug Brown to do the same. Brown found no functional damage to shingles and the granule losses flagged by Latham just normal aging and blistering, and Meador didn't budge off the initial estimate.
Winding Ridge asked for an appraisal in September 2015, and State Farm agreed. State Farm's independent appraiser Michael Scott wrote for $79,921.80 — but no full shingle replacement. Winding Ridge's independent appraiser Garrett Kurt wrote for $676,842.07, including full shingle replacement on just 13 buildings.
Both sides agreed to use Al Kalemba of Illiana Claims Services as umpire. In May 2016, he proposed $154,391.77, including what the appellate court called "(1) 20% repair allowance for roofing shingles on 13 buildings, (2) replacement costs for soft metal damage on all 33 buildings, and (3) replacement costs for roofing shingles around new turtle roof vents on all 33 buildings."
Kurt then produced a November 2015 letter from shingle manufactuer GAF stating the OEM had discontinued the shingle, and the new replacement options wouldn't match the color of the remaining old shingles. However, according to the court, Winding Ridge never brought that up to State Farm before.
Kalemba refused to change his award, stating that his job was to examine damage and "matching issues are in the realm of policy coverage issues which are not a part of this appraisal process."
Scott signed off on Kalemba's decision, and State Farm cut the check for the amount represented.
Winding Ridge at some point during the claim had taken out a $1.5 million loan to redo the shingles on all 33 building, and it ultimately sued State Farm for $1.5 million plus both loan and prejudgment interest, claiming breach of contract, bad faith and promissory estoppel.
Winding Ridge appealed and argued the policy was ambiguous, which the court rejected. The complex also argued that the umpire mistakenly determined the level of the loss.
"Winding Ridge has not identified any exceptional circumstances such as unfairness, manifest injustice, fraud, collusion, or misfeasance that would warrant setting this award aside," the opinion authored by St. Eve states. "Second, the mere presence of coverage disputes (like matching shingles) in addition to an amount of loss dispute does not negate an appraisal award."
St. Eve and the other judges also disagreed with the condo that issues of material fact existed. She wrote that Winding Ridge's own appraiser only found full shingle replacement on 13 roofs, and both State Farm's appraiser and the umpire agreed that some damage merited covering on those 13 roofs.
"The award compensated Winding Ridge for 20% shingle replacement on those buildings," St. Eve wrote. "The fact that Winding Ridge independently replaced the shingles on all 33 buildings for $1.5 million while its claim was pending does not obligate State Farm under the policy or mean State Farm breached the policy."
The final award also "plainly resolved the entire claim," not just 13 buildings worth of the claim, she wrote.
St. Eve's ruling also suggests that auto policyholders shouldn't sit on new information that might matter to the claim. According to the court, even if that evidence existed prior to the umpire's decision, a policyholder can't get a do-over on the appraisal process. In examining the revelation from GAF that no matching shingles existed anymore, St. Eve wrote:
Winding Ridge's matching shingles argument was untimely. It tendered the initial claim to State Farm in April 2014. The parties inspected the property several times before Winding Ridge demanded an appraisal. During the appraisal process, the appraisers and umpire inspected the property, and the umpire reached a proposed award on April 30, 2016. It was not until May 20, 2016 that Winding Ridge's appraiser first reported that the shingle manufacturer discontinued the original shingles. Winding Ridge could have raised this issue on November 18, 2015, six months earlier, when it received a letter from the shingle manufacturer GAF stating that direct replacements are not available. It did not. To permit this kind of second guessing would only frustrate the purpose of a binding appraisal in the first place.
The appellate court also threw out Winding Ridge's argument that it would have had matching roofs if the hail damage hadn't occurred, since the condo hadn't brought up that issue before the district court. (You can't generally raise an issue during the appeal if you didn't do so in the lower court, according to St. Eve.)
Not bad faith
State Farm went through the appraisal process as demanded and paid the amount of the umpire's claim, St. Eve also wrote regarding bad faith.
"There is no evidence that State Farm delayed payment to Winding Ridge, deceived Winding Ridge, or exercised an unfair advantage to pressure Winding Ridge to settle the claim," she wrote. "The only question is whether State Farm made an unfounded refusal to pay policy proceeds to Winding Ridge."
In Indiana, bad faith requires a plaintiff prove both that the insurer knew their denial was illegitimate and knew they were culpable, according to St. Eve.
"This is a high burden of proof," she wrote, echoing the Indiana Supreme Court in Inman v. State Farm.
An umpire watches a baseball game. (RBFried/iStock)
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals is located in the Everett McKinley Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago. (Rex_Wholster/iStock)
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Sandra Ajaja
EDD Young Leader, Nigeria
Sandra Ajaja is the founder of FemPower Africa, a social enterprise that seeks to teach women in Nigeria and Africa about technology, leadership and entrepreneurship (financial literacy, business plans, soft skills). FemPower Africa has over 2000 members, 30 volunteers, accelerated 52 women owned business (achieving funding for 10), has trained 2000+ individuals in 3 countries, and has trained 200 individuals with Google Digital skills. She has worked for a year and a half for an organization studying and investing in start-ups/entrepreneurs (for local and global firms seeking expansion in Africa). Sandra has an interest in ecosystem for women tech-preneurs/developers/designers and advocates. Sandra has a Bachelor in Engineering from the University of Agriculture in Makurdi.
High-level panel: Investment and financial inclusion
Carlo Angeles
EDD Young Leader, Peru
Carlo Angeles is an advocate for sustainable development. At 25, he was appointed as National Director for Organization of Youth at the Ministry of Education, becoming peruvian youngest senior government official. In this capacity, he designed Peru´s first civil society participation and accountability mechanism for the Sustainable Development Goals. He represented youth in various international development processes and served as regional focal point for Latin America and the Caribbean at the United Nations Major Group of Children and Youth for the UN Habitat III process. Currently he serves as Executive Director at Lab2030. In this capacity, he is leading a national discussion that represent over 500 USD million annual investment for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, by implementing Sustainable Procurement processes.
High-level panel: Addressing the challenge of inequalities in middle income countries, tailoring tools and priorities to the circumstances and inequality dynamics of these countries
Aaron Atimpe
EDD Young Leader, Ghana
Aaron is a youth advocate for access to education, health and sexual reproductive rights, with a rural development background. As part of his work as the Chair of the Marie Stopes International Ghana and Ghana Health Service Youth Advisory Boards, he has been advocating for increased investment in youth sexual reproductive health and rights in Ghana. In total, they have trained close to 1,000 young advocates to become ambassadors for adolescent health and development with support from UNFPA and UNICEF. An alumnus of the Kufuor Scholars Programme and a volunteer in a number of youth-led organisations, Aaron currently serves as an Emerging Public Leaders Fellow at Ghana's Ministry of Finance. He holds a Bachelor in Geography and Rural Development with Political Science.
High-level panel: Gender inequality
Lourence Balatbat
EDD Young Leader, Philippines
Lourence is currently pursuing an MA in Political Economy with specialization in International Relations and Development from the University of Asia and the Pacific. He is working with The American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines as a Research Assistant to The Arangkada Philippines Project - a major advocacy aimed at boosting investment and increasing employment in the country. Lourence is also a Community Development Mentor at the Young Leaders Access Program of MCW Global - New York where he guides a group of youth leaders in developing community projects across the globe. He previously worked with Edukasyon.ph, a social enterprise in education technology that connects Filipino students to educational opportunities. He is the founder and president of ASEAN Youth Philippines, a not-for-profit organization that engages Filipino youth in sustainable development and he has held leadership positions in the Department of Education Federation of Student Governments (President) and the Caniogan Library Initiative (Project Manager). Lourence would like to advance the idea that poverty alleviation through tailored social protection programs must always be supplemented by state-initiated labor market integration if a government aims to reduce income inequality.
High-level panel: Social Protection and the EU Social Market Model
Leticia Pinheiro Rizerio Carmo
EDD Young Leader, Brazil
Leticia has an MA in urban planning, sustainable development and territorial systems and a BA in civil engineering. Currently, she is a Local Pathways Fellow at UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Youth Projects, and is working on "The voices of Belo Horizonte's women: collectively building public spaces that are safe and inclusive for all". She is also involved in dialogue with local stakeholders, focusing on the most marginalized areas of cities. Leticia works on women empowerment and the creation of public policies with a gender perspective in public places in order to enable women to engage and participate in political and economic decision-making processes. She was a youth representative to the National Delegation to the World Urban Forum 9 for the implementation of the NUA. Leticia has spoken at the World Urban Forum 9 and at the conference "innovating for tomorrow's management: challenges and opportunities for young leaders.
High-level panel: Territorial inequalities
Inota Cheta
EDD Young Leader, Zambia
Inota Cheta is co founder of She Entrepreneur. The organization focuses on enhancing livelihoods of females with a focus on entrepreneurship and job readiness. At the centre of it all is a focus on financial literacy which is paramount for both approaches to livelihood. She has worked with youth at community level and has also worked with teen mothers, helping them to identify and initiate opportunities for income generation. Inota was selected as a Mandela Washington Fellowship (YALI) in 2018 and as a Youth Global Leader under Restless Development Youth Power Project which saw her develop global campaigns that sought to hold leaders accountable to their promises made towards the fulfillment of SDGs. She has an academic background in Economics, Finance and Statistics.
High-level panel: Inequality of opportunity
Inès Tatiana Houndjo
EDD Young Leader, Benin
Inès is an African IT expert, currently interning at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in coordination with the Ministry of Planning, doing technical support, capacity building for CSO, and previously interned at Comtel Technologies. She has also participated in programs to increase digital capacities of young women and is a mentor for Women TechMakers initiative as volunteer. She wants to address access to digital tools and its barriers (financial means or education). Inès has a BS in Computer Science from The Benin School of Applied Economics and Management (ENEAM).
High-level panel: Bridging the digital divide: managing digitalization and technology for inclusive growth
Judicaelle Irakoze
EDD Young Leader, Burundi
Judicaelle is a feminist writer, social entrepreneur and refugee advocate highlighting positive contributions of migrant people. As an immigrant in the US, she has worked on different projects focused on racial and gender equity in Maine where she organized the first conference to celebrate the contributions of immigrant women. She interned with UNHCR Uganda and has worked with young women refugees in the Nakivale refugee camp in Eastern Uganda on sexual and reproductive health. She raised funds for refugees children in Northern Kivu to go to school and launched a movement for immigrant youth to tell their stories through art and fashion. She also co-organized the Refugees Matter show in Rwanda.
High-level panel: Mobility and inequalities
Louison Mbombo
EDD Young Leader, Democratic Republic of Congo
Louison Mbombo Bitilo is the founder of the Mbombo Initiative Against Malaria (Solidariedade Na Mokili), a non-profit organization that, in partnership with Google and Microsoft, implements data analytics and machine learning to advance in Malaria prevention and research, raising money for treatment, providing health education to families and health professionals, and distributing mosquito nets. The initiative has reached over 10 million people since its creation in 2015. In 2017, he was rewarded by the UNESCO at the Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition for the best project to prevent childhood malaria death. Louison is a student in Medicine at the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Brazil.
High-level panel: Education and health inequalities (Health)
Sephutile Mhlongo
EDD Young Leaders, Eswatini
Sephutile Mhlongo works for an organisation dedicated to increased access to healthcare in the Kingdom of Eswatini. Sephutile was previously a Finance Officer in Budget and Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance where she tracked and approved public expenditure for three government departments and ministries. She would also assist these departments and ministries in creating their annual budgets vis-a-vis a budget ceiling (restriction). Sephutile has a BA in Social Sciences.
High-level panel: Taxation, public financial management, financial flows and equity
Mwala Mooto
Mwala Mooto is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Mooto Cashew Suppliers Ltd, a social enterprise aimed at reforesting Zambia and addressing gender inequality by empowering women with perennial cashew trees that will supply them with food and an extra income. They have 50,000 cashew seedlings that will be ready for planting this year. Mwala's company has established a network of 100 women who they are training on Eco-inclusive entrepreneurship and will be supplied with cashew trees for planting. They have acquired 100 hectares of land where they intend to plant cashew trees this year. Mwala has spoken at Global Entrepreneurship Week and International Youth Day in 2018. Mwala is currently pursuing an MBA in Finance at the University of Zambia.
High-level panel: Inequalities, trade and private sector development
Rejoice Namale
EDD Young Leader, Malawi
Rejoice is working on fostering youth/women participation in socio-economic and political decision-making processes in Malawi. She founded the Youth Arise Network to teach entrepreneurship skills and train over 120 youth into bricklaying, electrical installation, carpentry, woodwork, joinery and painting. She trained over 300 urban youth volunteers and reached over 1,000 youth in numerous speaking engagements focused on enhancing volunteerism, leadership skills and personal development. In Kenya, she successfully assisted in facilitating a Training of Trainers session on budgeting and social accountability with youth trainees and she mobilized over 600 women to participate in county budget planning processes. She holds a Bachelor in Communication and Cultural studies and a certificate in Youth Employment and Development.
High-level panel: Reducing inequalities: a catalyst for economic growth, poverty reduction, and ensuring that no one is left behind
Yasmine Ouirhrane
EDD Young Leader, Italy
Yasmine is the newly recognized "Young European of theYear 2019". She is an advocate for Social and Gender Justice in Europe.
She is an expert on Peace & Security at the AU-EU Youth Cooperation Hub, mandated by the EU and the AU. In this role, she wrote a proposal in tracking basic services in fragile contexts with accessible digital support to feed into peace processes. She is also an award-winning fellow at Women Deliver, a member of the Gender Innovation Agora at UN Women and she was appointed 'Young European Ambassador' by EU Neighbours.
Since the age of 16, she worked in underprivileged neighbourhoods of France, committed to address inequalities and promote social inclusion. Last year, she helped organising the YO!Fest, gathering 8000 youth at the European Parliament.
High-level panel: Reducing inequalities: a precondition for peaceful, inclusive and resilient societies
Akosua Peprah
Akosua Peprah is the Founder of the Mmaakunim Foundation, a social venture with the aim of educating, creating opportunities and making resources available to marginalized women in Ghana. Through this foundation, Akosua engages with peers and experts in underprivileged communities and works with government officials to influence policy in ways to make education accessible and available to kids in rural Ghana. Akosua has launched the Happy Flow Project, providing access to sanitary well-being to 135 girls between the ages of 13 and 18 in Damongo in Northern Ghana. The initiative provides monthly sanitary materials and organizes workshops on sex education, leadership, health and nutrition, and hygiene. Akosua holds a B.A. in English and Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies from Ohio State University.
High-level panel: Education and health inequalities (Education)
Val Amiel Vestil
Val Amiel Vestil is the Executive Director and Founder of the Association of Young Environmental Journalists in the Philippines. Their flagship project is "Camp SEWI: Student's Environmental Writing Initiative," a youth-led capacity-building workshop on environmental journalism and stewardship for university journalists all over Negros Oriental, Philippines. This project has trained more than 50 young journalists across five universities in the region, published numerous environmental stories, and pushed university publication policy to include environment in its editorial agenda. This initiative won them the 'Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations in the Philippines 2019' and '2nd Negros Young Heroes Award'. Val has a Bachelor's Degree in Mass Communication, with high honors. He has had several public speaking experiences at programs including 'VOX 2019: The Cagayan de Oro Young Leaders' Parliament,' the '44th Ship for Southeast Asian and Japanese Youth Program (SSEAYP)', and the 'Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Academic Fellowship program in Kennesaw State University, USA.'
High-level panel: Climate change and environmental inequalities: exploring the interlinkages between climate change, environment and inequality
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Those aren't the words of a man who doesn't believe entirely in all he writes, of the power of the people on his pages, of their absolute reality: They are you and me, and there is no space between them and us.
This is the vicarious joy Carlos produced: A love for the tragic fact of life here and now, for the auténtico, and for the unending voyage through history to see again that so much never changes. Generals or their progeny will always occupy the president's office; gringos will always come over the border, drink and then go off into the perilous night in search of finality.


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February 9, 2018 9:00AM PT
Gina Rodriguez on Her 'Jane The Virgin' Directorial Debut: 'I Found It Very Freeing'
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After starring in 73 episodes of "Jane The Virgin," Gina Rodriguez is stepping behind the camera. "Chapter Seventy-Four," which airs Feb. 9, marks Rodriguez's debut as a director.
"I found myself enjoying directing and acting [simultaneously] so much because I feel so instinctual with Jane and because as a director you're given direct access to Jennie's brain and what Jennie wants and what Jennie's looking for and the tone," Rodriguez tells Variety about collaborating with creator and showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman. "Usually it goes from Jennie to the director to then us, so the director is translating what Jennie told them. I had the direct connection, and because of that, I was able to go out there and know that I was giving exactly what Jennie wanted."
Collaborating with her creator was key for Rodriguez since she wanted to put her own stamp on the episode, although the show already has such a distinct look with its color palette and a unique tonal blend.
"We do magical realism, we do fantasy, we do crazy costume changes, we do green screen. For my episode I had a wolf, a stunt, green screen," Rodriguez says.
Here, Rodriguez talks with Variety about how she prepared for her directorial debut and the challenges that arose.
Often when actors direct an episode of the show they're in, the writers try to give their characters fewer scenes, but that doesn't seem possible when you're playing Jane in a show called "Jane The Virgin."
Jennie was definitely like, "Just so you know, I'm not writing you lighter, but I know you can do it, damn it." And I was like, "OK, thank you for the challenge."
How did you balance being in an actor's frame of mind and a director's on set?
I know every nuance of [Jane's] behavior, and it's so instinctual — it's so ingrained. If somebody on the street told me to turn into Jane, I could. She's just so much a part of me. And I discovered a system for directing. What ended up being the best flow for me was I would do one take, I would go to playback, I'd watch it, I would fix everything either technically with the camera or with acting or staging [or] blocking. And then we'd run into a sequence where we'd take three takes — not only to get into a groove but also to do different levels. I felt like I was so free in not having to interpret someone else's interpretation of what Jennie wanted. I was just doing exactly what my creator wanted. And so there was a lot of confidence in my performance — more so than I think ever before. I actually found it liberating, which was a discovery I didn't know I was going to have. I thought I was going to find it overwhelming and difficult, but I found it very freeing.
What kind of extra preparation did you do so that you didn't get overwhelmed on the days of shooting?
Because I am so heavy on all episodes, [Jennie] set it up so that I directed the one right after break, and so that gave me Christmas break to go to town. I not only watched every single episode we've ever done, but studied what directors I really enjoyed and seeing what's possible and [planning] where we were headed and what I had to set up. I've always been a pretty studious human being when it comes to preparation as an actor, but I went ham. By the time it was time to direct, I knew every single line in the script. Maybe I went a little next level in preparation, but that's what I think allowed me to fly. And when I was doing it, I said to my boyfriend, "This is a lot of work, why did I take this on again?" And he said, "Because you can, and all of the work you're doing now is going to allow it so that when you're on set, there will be less work." He was not wrong, and I knew [that], and it was great to have someone reminding me that the reason why you work hard now is so that when you do it you're going to fly — or at least you're going to feel like you can have fun because you're not going to feel like you're playing catch up.
With all of that preparation, was there still a moment that caught you off-guard and required a major adjustment on the day?
We shot at a sex shop, and I'm balancing the legal — which is like, "You can't show x, y and z," but then if I can't show that, how do I show where we are? There was a lot of restrictions I had to navigate around. Originally when I scouted the shop it looked a certain way and then we had gone for the second tech scout it looked a different way, and then when we got on set it looked a different way.
How did you handle that?
I was, luckily, about two hours ahead of schedule on that day. When we did the location move and I walked into that space I was thanking the heavens I was ahead because I needed all of the time in that store. So I started moving things around to make things look a little bit more like what I had imagined. That was definitely a curveball, but we have things on "Jane" that I call landmines, and they will be like, the page says, "And the books fly off this shelf." So it may look like the scene's only an eighth of a page, but it's visual effects, it's seven different set-ups. So we had a few of those, but I was definitely looking out for them. There's always so many challenges on "Jane" that you just have to be decisive and go with your gut.
Who were some of the previous directors who inspired or influenced you?
Brad Silberling and Melanie Mayron are two of my favorite directors. Brad Silberling is very poetic with the camera — the way he sets up blocking and the way he tells a story is very poetic, where it's a reflection of the script and it's telling a story inside of the story. Melanie Mayron sets up really stunning shots — whether it's a really big wide where you have somebody running through the scene or it's inserts of a hand moving a chair, or it's a cut between a look and a look.
How did you balance the usual look and shot design of the show with your own ideas?
Because I've lived in this world for so long I really thought about the whimsical that I love and what I find romantic. You do a block meeting with Jennie and you go over your blocking and what you want for the episode. So you are living in the confines of the beautiful tone that both Jennie and Brad Silberling set up together and made this beautiful world, but you do have the ability to get in and tell her, "Here's a funny thing that I was thinking about." You can actually, before shooting, get your ideas in there with her and discuss new, maybe riskier things you want to do. I was able to do that with a few different shots.
What shots made it in that you're particularly proud of?
There's this one shot with Petra where I pop out from behind her, and I was so excited to try that funny angle and make it like Jane is literally Petra's shadow. [And] when I have all the women against all the men in the kitchen scene where they're talking about male postpartum depression, I wanted to block that in a way where you have all of the women against all of the men. It happened organically, but you have this battle between the men being like, "This is what male postpartum depression is like" and then the women being like, "No, no, no, no, no."
What was your technique for getting reaction shots out of the baby?
The writer for the episode, Micah [Schraft], who is a phenomenal writer and also a phenomenal director, was on set, and it was like having a godfather on set, as well. After a while it became kind of like a joke that he didn't have any notes. And so then we had the little baby, and we're getting reaction shots, and as a joke, I said, "You got any notes, Micah?" And he said, "Actually, can you get the baby to make a sour face?" So Jaime [Camil] was dancing around and trying different things, and he snapped his finger, and the baby was like, "Huh?" Like, "What was that?" And I was like, "Great, we got it." It felt fantastic because we did it and then I got to use it. It was just so awesome. What luck! I got lucky that day.
"Jane The Virgin" airs Fridays at 9 p.m. on the CW.


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Sydney, Are You Ready For Cricket On Christmas Day???
Australia's cricketers have reportedly agreed to play a BBL fixture on Christmas Day.
The move comes several years after Cricket Australia first pushed for a Christmas Day game.
It now seems the governing body has finally won approval from the players to stage a match on the festive and religious holiday, according to a News Corp report.
A clash involving the Sydney Sixers and the Sydney Thunder at the SCG is considered the most likely Christmas Day fixture.
The report claims players will be allowed to excuse themselves from the game based on religious beliefs.
CA says it will accommodate the players' families and host a festive-season function as part of the agreement.
The 2018-19 BBL schedule includes the Sixers and the Thunder figuring in a Sydney Christmas Eve derby at Spotless Stadium.
It will be the second of two games on December 24 with the Hobart Hurricanes hosting the Melbourne Stars.


Hazel beat South Fayette's Brett Beltz 10-0 in the semifinals on Saturday, then used a first-period throw-by to propel him past Bowlen in a low-scoring championship match.
That was just fine with Penns Valley coach Joel Brinker.
Hazel is 35-1 this season and is second only to Bermudian Springs' Colton Dull in the latest edition of Off the Mat's rankings.
Decker, who entered the day with a 29-7 record, lost three consecutive matches but still qualified for the newly expanded state tournament, which will include 20 wrestlers in each bracket. Decker lost 6-2 to Bedford's Jon Gabriel, 3-2 to Derry Area's Stone Kepple and 5-2 to Mount Pleasant's Mike Novak on Saturday.
Still, the Rams coach knows there is some tweaking to be done before Thursday.
"There's obvious things we need to work on," Brinker said. "On top, he was giving up reversals, and he didn't give up reversals all year. I think he got reversed every match here.
Penns Valley sophomore Darren Yearick, senior Andrew Hurd and sophomore Jared Hurd were eliminated on Saturday.


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Boeing and Porsche team up to build flying cars for the rich
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The race is on to capture the publics imagination and create concepts for the next generation of transportation – flying cars. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. It looks like no one wants to be disrupted in...
The race is on to capture the publics imagination and create concepts for the next generation of transportation – flying cars.
Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, download a free E-Book, watch a keynote, or browse my blog.
It looks like no one wants to be disrupted in the future by the arrival of flying cars, or flying robo-taxi's as they're also known – or just big flying drones that carry people – with almost everyone, from Airbus, Aston Martin, Audi, E-Hang, Rolls Royce, to Uber and Volocopter, piling into the space and creating their own concepts, products and even flying taxi stations. Now though, in yet another announcement, German carmaker Porsche is teaming up with aerospace giant Boeing to build a resplendent flying car — a speedy and elegant way for the ultra-wealthy to glide over frustrated peasants stuck in road traffic below.
Space Adventures signs an agreement with SpaceX to take tourists into space
"Porsche is looking to enhance its scope as a sports car manufacturer by becoming a leading brand for premium mobility," said Porsche exec Detlev von Platen in a press release. "In the longer term, this could mean moving into the third dimension of travel."
Courtesy: Boeing and Porsche
According to Boeing NeXt executive Steve Nordlund, the partnership will provide "an opportunity to investigate the development of a premium urban air mobility vehicle with a leading automotive brand" with emphasis on premium, so this isn't going to be an aircraft for the average Joe.
Fittingly, the renders are gorgeous, with sleek accented lines that seemingly are inspired by Porsche's iconic car designs, and hopefully one day we'll see it go into production.
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Dutch startup unveils the world's first long range commercial solar car
Skies beckon as NASA takes delivery of it's first all electric X-Plane


Can someone explain to me how it is that an incandescent dimmer will make a fan hum and ruin the motor, but a fan controller will not? How does the fan control accomplish speed control without ruining the fan motor?
Also, how does a low voltage (transformer)dimmer differ from an incandescent dimmer? I have seen low voltage transformers fail on an incandescent dimmer, but I don't know why.
Well I will give this my best shot.
Most modern incandescent dimmers use a Triac that switches off every time the Sine wave reaches 0 volts, and then "turns back on" at some point in the wave according to where the dimmer is set.
More dimming = more of the sine wave being "chopped" out.
Less dimming = less of the sine wave being "chopped" out.
So that being said you can imagine what the sine wave would look like on an "O"Scope with this type of dimmer. Light bulbs being a resistive load it really doesn't matter what the sine wave looks like.
Inductive loads however really like a nice sine wave or they tend to become very inefficient which in turn causes heating which can lead to failure.
I am not exactly sure of what a fan controller is made up of (maybe a triac and caps to smooth out the sine wave?) but I do know that they don't "mess" up the sine wave near as much as a incandescent dimmer does.
Hope this explains things, and if my explanation isn't 100% correct I hope someone here will help me out and correct me.
Another thing with all the fan controllers that I've seen is that they have a small trimming potentiometer which you set so that you can't stall the fan when it's turned to the lowest speed. Dimmers don't have these.
As for low voltage dimmers, I was told that they are just a higher quality dimmer capable of handling magnetic (transformer) loads.


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How to know my essay is formal or informal? I'm learning English and don't know what is formal language or informal. Anyone can help me???
If it is assigned in a English class, and it is called an "essay," and it is on a non-fiction topic, and it is not "creative writing," and it is not specifically called an "informal essay," then it is "formal." "Formal English" means the correct, standard English you are learning in your classroom. If you are unsure about specific words, use a dictionary. If it identifies the word as "informal," "colloquial," "nonstandard," or "slang," don't use it. Song lyrics are often in informal English. News stories in newspapers and magazines are usually in formal English. Textbooks, encyclopedias, and nonfiction are usually in formal English. Wikipedia is in formal English. The magazine "The Economist" is written in excellent, formal English. So are "The New Yorker" and "The Atlantic." In a novel, or other pieces of fiction, often the words in quotation marks--directly spoken by the characters--are informal, while the author's words telling the story are formal. However, some writers like to use an informal style, as if they were telling a story out loud to the reader. This is a quotation from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," by Mark Twain: 'Mary gave him a tin basin of water and a piece of soap, and he went outside the door and set the basin on a little bench there; then he dipped the soap in the water and laid it down; turned up his sleeves; poured out the water on the ground, gently, and then entered the kitchen and began to wipe his face diligently on the towel behind the door. But Mary removed the towel and said: "Now ain't you ashamed, Tom. You mustn't be so bad. Water won't hurt you."' The first sentence is formal. Notice that it is fairly long and contains various pieces of punctuation including commas and semicolons. Mary's words are informal. They contain a word, "ain't," which dictionaries identify as "nonstandard." The phrase "Water won't hurt you" is perfectly correct English, but is informal because it has a slightly joking or teasing quality to it.
Unlike languages like German, French and Spanish, there is no formal form of 'you' in modern English.
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This is a view of the stage and audience area on the eve of the Rainforest World Music Festival 2006, shot from Dewan Lagenda. The field will look rather destroyed by Sunday night.
I will be at the Festival starting tomorrow, shuttling between Santubong Kuching Resort and Sarawak Cultural Village for press conferences, workshops, concerts, writing, emailing, food and sleep. The whole idea of the event gets my engine going.
The Press Room facilities look impressive this year. Tan did some chest-thumping over that fact and seemed a little shocked when I decided to hug him. HEE.
Met a good number of familiar faces, renewed acquaintances, swapped news, made new friends and checked out the working crowd this year. It's good to actually attend the media briefing and opening dinner this time, and I'm quite excited over the prospect of meeting new people.
I am a little bummed because I can't seem to locate my trademark Green Dinosour Hat.