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Got ideas on reducing and preventing homelessness? Your feedback is desired!
The Government of Canada is committed to preventing and reducing homelessness in Canada. To support this commitment, the Advisory Committee on Homelessness, chaired by Adam Vaughan, Parliamentary Secretary (Housing and Urban Affairs) to the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, was recently announced.
To assist the Advisory Committee with its work, an online engagement process has been launched to gather feedback and ideas from Canadians on how to prevent and reduce homelessness in Canada. All Canadians are invited to share their views and ideas through the online survey and by sharing their stories before the end of August 2017.
The Advisory Committee will consider the feedback and ideas from the engagement process and will provide the Minister with options for the redesign of the Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS).
The Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS) provides almost $600 million over five years (2014-2019), with a focus on the Housing First approach to help people secure stable housing while providing them with support for underlying issues such as mental health and addiction.
Budget 2017 proposes a total investment of $2.1 billion over the next 11 years to expand and extend funding for the HPS beyond 2018-2019 in order to better prevent and reduce homelessness.
This new investment builds on funding provided through Budget 2016 of $111.8 million over two years ($57.9 million in 2016-2017 and $53.9 million in 2017-2018) to give communities the support and flexibility they need to help prevent and reduce homelessness and test new and innovative approaches – particularly among specific homeless populations such as Indigenous Canadians, youth, women fleeing violence and veterans.
Since 2007, nearly 35,000 Canadians who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless benefitted from education and training opportunities; over 17,000 individuals have received help to find part-time work and 17,000 have received help to find full-time employment; more than 6,000 new shelter beds have been created; and over 82,000 people were placed in more stable housing between 2007 and 2014.
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Send an email to NC-ACH-CCI-GD@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca to share your ideas on how to prevent and reduce homelessness.
Too late it's already upon us but to alleviate it, time to fix the abandoned buildings and make small rooms to house the homeless.
Do we know what kind of housing is required? Do people want permanent shelter or is it transitory? It would be helpful and perhaps more important to have food service, counselling and medical services available too. I think it is nice when proper traditional housing is available but perhaps we need to start just thinking in terms of shelter particularly in the winter.


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Georgia athlete details NIL deal with Taco Bell and role of social media
8 December 2021, 5:09 pm
University of Georgia student-athlete Matthew Boling joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss deals he's making with brands through the NCAA's new NIL rules.
ADAM SHAPIRO: University of Georgia track and field running star Matthew Boling joins us now along with our sports correspondent Josh Shafer. And just got to say, when you've got 16 million viewers on TikTok, you're more than just fast, Matthew. Josh, take it away.
- That's right, Adam. And Matthew, we'll start right there with kind of how you've been able to leverage your platform. So you have a pretty big following on a couple of different social medias, from your success at the University of Georgia and running track, kind of, in Team USA. I guess, how did this come about with Taco Bell? Can you kind of take us through the process of how this name, image, and likeness deal came out for you?
MATTHEW BOLING: Yeah, so I signed with my sports agency back in August. And I think three weeks into the process they had called me and said Taco Bell was interested in making a video on TikTok. And I thought that it was really cool, because I like tacos. And it's a big company who I was interested in starting a relationship with.
So I said, yes, and made the video. And it kind of blew up from there, got around 10 million views on TikTok, I think. But yeah, it was a cool experience. This is my first NIL deal. It's something I won't forget.
- And I know you're a marketing major at University of Georgia, if I'm correct with that. I mean, how have you sort of viewed this experience. How are you approaching NIL, and what kind of deals are you looking for?
MATTHEW BOLING: Yeah, the deals that I'm looking for-- I don't want to take every deal that comes, stuff that I see myself kind of working with the brand long term and doing future stuff. So that's kind of been the biggest thing for me and my agency. And they know that, when they come and approach me with deals.
So yeah, that-- and it's interesting to how I can bring kind of knowledge that I'm gaining from working with these brands into my marketing courses. Because a lot of other students I feel like do internships and stuff, but this is like kind of how I do my internships.
ADAM SHAPIRO: Yeah, right [INAUDIBLE]
- I was going to ask that. So I just-- what did you-- how has that sort of worked for you as far as what happened-- did you ever think that you are going to use your social media in this way and kind of be able to monetize it.
MATTHEW BOLING: I really didn't, up until I heard about the NIL rule being passed. For my whole life, I just thought like social media would be a good way to reach my fans and post content of me at track meets or working out. But then when the NIL stuff dropped, it was really a way that I saw I could use my following to maybe show my fans different stuff I'm interested in with these companies that I'm working with.
So I've been working really hard for the past couple of months to put out good stuff on TikTok and Instagram to kind of show everyone like what I'm doing with the NIL deals.
- So how much time do you spend on this? Like, I know you're pretty busy with sports and probably didn't have a job before, because of the demand of sports. How much time are you able to put into this?
MATTHEW BOLING: I'm able to put a lot of time into the videos I create, like with the Taco Bell one. And then I recently did something for STX Films, where I watched the movie "National Champions", and that was actually really, really cool, because I was also able to invite some of my friends to come with me. But I think the most important thing for me with time management, I don't want it to become a distraction for me on the track. Because I put so much of my time into my workouts and eating right, recovering right.
So what's really helped me is having an agency that I trust to bring me the best deals or have my best interest in mind. So it's a whole team effort. Like I trust my coaches with my training and getting me better, in the same way I trust my agency with navigating me through these NIL deals.
- Absolutely. Matthew Boling, University of track and athlete, thank you for joining-- University of Georgia track athlete, thank you for joining us today. Adam, back to you.
A day before the U.S. Senate was expected to take up significant legislation on voting rights that is looking likely to fail, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s eldest son condemned federal lawmakers over their inaction. Speaking in Washington, D.C. on Monday, Martin Luther King III said though he was marking the federal holiday named for his father, he wasn't there to celebrate. Monday's holiday marked what would have been the 93rd birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., who was just 39 when he was assassinated in 1968 while helping sanitation workers strike for better pay and workplace safety in Memphis, Tennessee.
Novak Djokovic's sponsors seek a 'please explain' after Australian deportation fiasco
Novak Djokovic made a subdued return to Serbia on Monday as sponsors sought discussions with him over his dramatic deportation from Australia.
Alice Temperley Launches The Ultimate Wedding Stationery For Fashion-Loving Brides
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1,165 new COVID cases in Singapore, infection growth rate rises to 1.6
It is the first time since 2 December that the city-state reported over 1,000 new daily infections.
NEW YORK, US - Media OutReach - 18 January 2022 - New York Medical Group (NYMG) and Keiser University entered into a doctoral scholarship cooperation. The New York Medical Group will screen and recommend several outstanding medical students to the United States to pursue a doctorate in chiropractic every year, and the Keiser University School of Medicine will provide scholarship funding. Eligible students will be able to join EC Healthcare to provide pain management services after completing the
India's HPCL to raise Iraqi oil imports by 45% in 2022 -sources
Indian state refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corp will lift 45% more oil from Iraq this year to meet its expanded refining capacity, sources familiar with the matter said. The refiner will buy 3.2 million tonnes or about 64,000 barrels per day (bpd) from Iraq this year, up from 44,000 bpd in 2021, they said. Iraqi state-owned marketer SOMO and HPCL did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment.

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I recently had the chance to chat with Jesse Sussman, the man behind 10 Million Sounds, a label which releases compilation albums and donates 100% of the earnings to charity. He had many interesting things to say, and I am very honoured to feature him on my website and raise awareness on his work. Check out the interview and also the music, which besides serving a higher purpose is actually good.
Earlier this week I had the chance to have a chat with brandon*, a very talented musician and beatmaker. He started music from a very young age, and so far he has released 11 albums, with the next one coming in 2016. He has a very unique way of sampling and composing, with Jazz and Bossa Nova being on the centre of his influences. And as it turns out, he is also really fun to talk to.


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Stressed? How bout some grown up Play Doh
By Michael Rivera Oct 30, 2020
So Hasbro is looking to help adults relive some of their childhoods by releasing a new line of adult Play-Doh. The new line comes with "Grown Up Scents" and is aiming to entice elders with the mature aromas of "Overpriced Latte" or "Mom Jeans," a fragrance also known as "clean denim." Play-Doh officials say that the scents should evoke the pleasures of adulthood, such as the floral ambiance of a "Spa Day" or that strong smell of suburban success like freshly cut grass, for the "Lord of the Lawn" in your life. Doh cups are available for those adults who fancy smoked meat, with "Grill King," but don't forget about "Dad Sneakers" which smell like rubber.
However, big kids will have to wait as the new line of modeling putty is currently sold out on Amazon. Hasbro says that sales of Play-Doh, along with the game of Monopoly, have soared during the coronavirus pandemic as parents and their children are spending a majority of their time together indoors. They anticipate that trend will continue.


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La ferrokinoshitalita és un mineral de la classe dels silicats que pertany al grup de la mica. Va ser anomenada en referència al seu contingut de ferro i la seva relació amb la kinoshitalita, de la qual n'és l'anàleg mineral.

Característiques
La ferrokinoshitalita és un silicat de fórmula química Ba(Si₂Al₂)O10(OH)₂. Cristal·litza en el sistema monoclínic. La seva duresa a l'escala de Mohs és 3.

Segons la classificació de Nickel-Strunz, la ferrokinoshitalita pertany a "09.EC - Fil·losilicats amb plans de mica, compostos per xarxes tetraèdriques i octaèdriques" juntament amb els següents minerals: minnesotaïta, talc, wil·lemseïta, ferripirofil·lita, pirofil·lita, boromoscovita, celadonita, chernykhita, montdorita, moscovita, nanpingita, paragonita, roscoelita, tobelita, aluminoceladonita, cromofil·lita, ferroaluminoceladonita, ferroceladonita, cromoceladonita, tainiolita, ganterita, annita, ephesita, hendricksita, masutomilita, norrishita, flogopita, polilitionita, preiswerkita, siderofil·lita, tetraferriflogopita, fluorotetraferriflogopita, wonesita, eastonita, tetraferriannita, trilitionita, fluorannita, xirokxinita, shirozulita, sokolovaïta, aspidolita, fluoroflogopita, suhailita, yangzhumingita, orlovita, oxiflogopita, brammal·lita, margarita, anandita, bityita, clintonita, kinoshitalita, oxikinoshitalita, fluorokinoshitalita, beidel·lita, kurumsakita, montmoril·lonita, nontronita, volkonskoïta, yakhontovita, hectorita, saponita, sauconita, spadaïta, stevensita, swinefordita, zincsilita, ferrosaponita, vermiculita, baileyclor, chamosita, clinoclor, cookeïta, franklinfurnaceïta, gonyerita, nimita, ortochamosita, pennantita, sudoïta, donbassita, glagolevita, borocookeïta, aliettita, corrensita, dozyita, hidrobiotita, karpinskita, kulkeïta, lunijianlaïta, rectorita, saliotita, tosudita, brinrobertsita, macaulayita, burckhardtita, ferrisurita, surita, niksergievita i kegelita.

Jaciments
La ferrokinoshitalita va ser descoberta a la mina Broken Hill, a Aggeneys (Cap Septentrional, Sud-àfrica). També ha estat descrita al Canadà i els Estats Units.

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Grup de les miques
Minerals d'alumini
Minerals de bari
Minerals de ferro
Minerals que contenen hidròxid
Minerals descoberts a Cap Septentrional

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These are the 2 English language files from the US Lucent Heart client, they have already been renamed to the correct name for the Japanese client.
2. Copy these 2 files into that folder.
The game should now be in English.
Latest Suba Games version 10, March 2016.


Cardinal Health has reached an agreement to pay $600 million to settle a shareholders class-action lawsuit.
Cardinal's shareholders sued the company in 2004 after the company revealed that the Securities and Exchange Commission was looking into accounting and financial-reporting problems at the medical supplier.
The suit charged that Cardinal and its officers and directors misled investors about the company's operations and financial conditions, resulting in an inflated stock price.
The deal's details were included in documents that the supplier, based in Dublin, filed yesterday with the SEC. Cardinal also said in the filing that it set aside $40 million more to cover a potential settlement of a class-action suit by the company's workers who own Cardinal stock through their retirement plans.
At the same time, Cardinal told the SEC that the company reached agreements with four of its insurers to receive $94 million that could help lead to the settlement of yet another suit.
"This is a step forward toward resolving these various legal issues that the company has been addressing for a couple of years now," Cardinal spokesman Jim Mazzola said.
The company last month put $600 million in a reserve account to cover the expected settlement of the shareholders suit. That cost Cardinal $384 million in after-tax charges during its fiscal third quarter, which ended March 31.
Shareholders who filed the suit "are pleased with the agreement in principal," said Henry Rosen, an attorney with the San Diego firm that represented several large investors.
The deal still needs to be approved by the U.S. District Court in Columbus. A hearing on the matter is scheduled Oct. 19.
An internal audit by Cardinal's board of directors determined that errors were made, and the company restated earnings going back more than four years.
A number of Cardinal employees were disciplined or fired.
The company last year reached an agreement with the SEC's staff to pay a $35 million fine to resolve the agency's lengthy investigation into the accounting and reporting problems.


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Commerce is a Mississippi River village in Scott County, Missouri, United States.  The population was 67 at the time of the 2010 census.

History
In 1788, the present site of Commerce was first occupied by French settlers, making Commerce apparently the third-oldest present site settlement in Missouri after St Louis and St. Charles. A trading post established in 1803 served as the center of commerce for the region, hence the name of the settlement. In 1823, the circuit court ordered a board of commissioners to be appointed to lay out lots here. From 1864 to 1878, Commerce was the county seat of Scott County. Commerce was one of the few areas in Scott County to have uninterrupted mail service during the Civil War, as guerilla bands elsewhere made delivery unsafe for the northern carriers. Commerce, along with the German settlement of New Hamburg, were the two enclaves of Union sympathizers in Scott County during the war. On November 1, 1861, Colonel Oglesby landed in Commerce with about 3,000 men, where his soldiers soon exchanged shots with M. Jeff Thompson. On December 29, 1861, Thompson raided Commerce. On February 21, 1862, General Pope landed here with 140 troops, but when he left a week later his force consisted of 26,153 men. The island in front of Commerce was known as Cat Island at least as early as Mark Twain's time; however, it has been absorbed by Powers Island to the south. Commerce was a Methodist town, with a congregation established as early as 1825 and without a Baptist church until 1906.

Geography
Commerce is located at  (37.157131, -89.446512).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 67 people, 30 households, and 18 families living in the village. The population density was . There were 41 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 92.54% White and 7.46% Black or African American.

There were 30 households, of which 23.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.7% were married couples living together, 3.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.0% were non-families. 36.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 26.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.94.

The median age in the village was 46.5 years. 19.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 12.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 16.5% were from 25 to 44; 29.8% were from 45 to 64; and 22.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 56.7% male and 43.3% female.

2000 census
As of the census of 2000, there were 110 people, 42 households, and 30 families living in the village. The population density was 344.0 people per square mile (132.7/km2). There were 49 housing units at an average density of 153.3 per square mile (59.1/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 96.36% White, 2.73% African American, 0.91% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.82% of the population.

There were 42 households, out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.3% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.2% were non-families. 26.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the village the population was spread out, with 26.4% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 25.5% from 25 to 44, 29.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 111.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.5 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $36,667, and the median income for a family was $48,750. Males had a median income of $33,125 versus $16,607 for females. The per capita income for the village was $17,552. There were no families and 4.3% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 28.6% of those over 64.

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Cities in Missouri
Cities in Scott County, Missouri
Missouri populated places on the Mississippi River


Guest post of Anastasia Goncharenko, certified English language tutor at EnglishLine.
These days many young people are preparing to enter foreign colleges and universities as it provides wide range of opportunities both for professional and personal development. It is well known that one of the entry requirements of the majority of institutions is the IELTS certificate with at least 7.0 band score as it demonstrates a high level of English language – a necessary condition for receiving higher education in this language. As a result, the question of effective IELTS preparation via Skype or in the traditional way is one of the most pressing among those who aim to gain a foreign university degree.
Undoubtedly, it is a matter of fact that IELTS preparation through attending courses or an English language course is an effective way for those who appreciate teamwork and collaboration with group mates. Although, a possible drawback is that each student of such a group has to follow an average pace keeping up with the rest of the group.
This disadvantage can be avoided in individual lessons with a private tutor, which is undeniably the most effective way of IELTS preparation. It is even more attractive when using such technology as Skype – something that was a kind of science fiction not long ago. Now IELTS lessons via Skype is a demanded and popular way of learning English with a large number of people from all over the world. No wonder more and more students who are going to pass IELTS prefer to learn distantly as it saves their time and is the best value of money. As we know, time and money are the most valuable resources these days, so the choice of English language learning method is an important one.


Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT), Rourkela (Odisha State) has published Indicative Advertisement for Administrative Positions at BPUT, Odisha. The last date for submission of applications is 30th May 2016.
The applications are invited in the prescribed format. The last date of receipt of application by the undersigned at BPUT, CHHEND, ROURKELA -769015 is 30/05/2016.


Progressive companies and investors are making public commitments to respect community rights in their operations, but implementation of commitments has been uneven and opaque. Demand for land is intensifying, but little has yet been done to implement commitments, and local peoples continue to be marginalized in the face of growing threats.
In its effort to develop broader collaboration and commitment by companies and financial institutions to prioritize recognition of community lands, Rights and Resources Initiative has played a role in the development of a series of new tools and alternatives, aimed at leveraging and influencing the private sector—one of the most powerful stakeholders in the forested areas of the developing world—to support secure community land rights.
Learn more about the Interlaken Group, which gathers representatives from leading companies, investors, and NGOs jointly committed to addressing this issue.
Respecting Land and Forest Rights – An Interactive Guide: A new guide produced by the Interlaken Group that offers support for companies seeking to align their operations with the Voluntary Guidelines on the Governance of Tenure.
The LandMark Map: Spearheaded by RRI and 12 other organizations, LandMark is the world's first interactive global platform to provide maps and other critical information on lands that are collectively held and used by Indigenous Peoples and local communities.
IAN products: Two tools which draw on geospatial data to help investors identify and manage tenure risk; enhance environmental, social, and governance (ESG) diligence; and engage local people in land and natural resource deals.
IAN: Risk is a quantitative assessment tool designed to give investors a quick, easy means of identifying and approximating tenure risk.
IAN: Diligence provides sector‐specific and step‐by‐step guidance on how to negotiate tenure risk throughout the project lifecycle in agriculture, mining, and hydropower projects.
Amid the realities of major political turbulence, there was growing recognition in 2016 that community land rights are key to ensuring peace and prosperity, economic development, sound investment, and climate change mitigation and adaptation.
This analysis seeks to provide evidence-based insight into the thousands of investment projects stalled to date in India.
This report explains what tenure risk is and offers objective evidence that the problem is widespread and of increasing frequency, as well as provides highlights from a real-world analysis of over 360 case studies.
The Interlaken Group developed this Guide to support companies aiming to align their operations with the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security.


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Pioneer Valley Theatre News July 30, 2015
July 30 – August 19, 2015
Here we are at the 10th edition of the newsletter already! Thanks for all the support you've given this endeavor so far. Please keep sharing to anyone else who might be interested - I'm sure there are lots of events I don't know about yet! I don't have time to search everything out so the newsletter is still by submission only and the idea is to be as inclusive as possible.
The next issue will include events through August 26. Submit upcoming events via the link below or by emailing me. Any questions, comments or feedback? Email me at pioneervalleytheatre@gmail.com
MR. BURNS, A Post-Electric Play at New Century Theatre through August 8!
from The Guardian
Here's what happened when we asked audiences to set their own ticket prices
by Annabel Turpin
From the article: When was the last time you went to a new theatre show you knew nothing about? In a venue you had never been to before? Where you read the blurb, looked at the image and decided to buy a ticket, despite having never heard of the company or the show, or read any reviews of it?
(Contributed to Pioneer Valley Theatre News by Seth Lepore)
TheatreTruck presents THE EMILY DICKINSON PROJECT
July 30 - August 2nd,
Wednesdays - Sundays, 8pm
The Emily Dickinson Museum Homestead, 280 Main St. Amherst, MA
" I dwell in possibility..."
In her poetry, Dickinson often included lists of carefully selected word variations. Rather than settling on a single meaning, she wrote multiple possibilities. In this production, multiple possibilities of Emily herself are offered, each character a variation of the unique voice that makes up the single persona of the poet. Get to know them as they welcome you as a guest in the poet's own home!
The words spoken by The Variations are entirely Dickinson's, drawn from her personal correspondence and poetry. Each existed in her house, walked the floorboards, loved and danced and worked through the years of her life. In this play, they come together in the space that shared them - her gardens and the Homestead.
A co-production of The Emily Dickinson Museum and TheatreTruck, THE EMILY DICKINSON PROJECT takes place in the poet's home, tracing moments of her life through a journey from room to room.
JOIN US July 15 through August 2, 2015
Reserve your tickets in advance.
Pauline Productions presents 4000 MILES by Amy Herzog
July 30 - August 1 at 8:00 PM
First Congregational Church, 420 Main Street, Ashfield
Starring Jeannine Haas, Theo Gabriel, directed by Toby Vera Bercovici.
Leo (Gabriel) a new-style lefty, has just completed a 4000 mile bicycle trip and arrives unannounced at his grandmother's (Haas) Greenwich Village apartment.
"A lovely, insightful play that is as funny as it is touching."- Hartford Examiner.
-Winner of three 2012 Obie Awards
-Best New American Play
Tickets available online.
New Century Theatre Presents MR. BURNS,
A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY
by Anne Washburn
Directed by Sam Rush
July 30-August 8
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday at 7:30 PM, Friday, Saturday at 8:00 PM, Sunday at 2:00 and 7:30 PM
Theatre 14, Mendenhall Center for the Performing Arts, Northampton, MA
Ben Brantley of the New York Times hails Anne Washburn's new play, "Downright brilliant! When was the last time you met a new play that was so smart it made your head spin?" In a post-apocalyptic world a group of strangers pass the time attempting to retell the infamous CAPE FEARE episode from THE SIMPSONS. Flash forward seven years to a theatre company doing the same thing. Flash forward 75 years to a story told with Homer and Marge as a pop culture inspiration for a new kind of theatre – where one mythology evolves into another. Join us for a play unlike anything you have ever seen – "scary, sweet and funny." (Time Magazine).
Tickets are now available online or by calling 413-585-3220.
Ko Festival of Performance presents DAY JOBS, OPERA DREAMS
July 31 and August 1 at 8:00 PM,
August 2 at 4:00 PM
Holden Theater, Amherst College
By and about Peking Opera performers who've left China to try their luck in the U.S. On arriving in NYC, the truth is stark – not stardom, but work in restaurants and nail salons. Told through a blend of Peking Opera, storytelling and contemporary theater techniques. Part of the 24th Ko Festival of Performance summer season theme: NEW | HOME | LAND: Strangers, Newcomers & Neighbors in a New America.
KoFest is Western Massachusetts' popular summer experience: 5 weekends of theatrical performances, 2 one-night events, and 3 6-day intensive theater workshops. On the Amherst College campus.
Real Live Theatre presents The Lion & The Clown: A Rumi Lovesong for Beauty & the Beast
Saturday, August 1 at 7:00 PM
Gateway City Arts, Holyoke MA
Real Live Theatre presents a wholly revised version of "The Lion & The Clown: A Rumi Lovesong for Beauty & the Beast" in a one-night-only celebration!
Join us at Gateway City Arts starting at 5pm for food and drink available to purchase from their exquisite Beer Garden menu - mingle with the artists involved in the production and savor the summer. At 7pm, RLT performs The Lion & The Clown in its new incarnation, ready to launch RLTours (this fall headed to venues in VT, NY, and MA).
Follow Sarah (cursed into a lioness) and Faerie (the one who cursed her) as they entangle themselves in the life of a modern American down-on-its-luck circus. Experience poetry, obscenity, and magic. Witness the power of choice and the redemptive force of love as felt by a Faerie, a Lioness, a Clown, a Juggler, a Wire Walker, a Ringmaster Lion-Tamer, and the Porter.
Mature Content, Not Intended For Children.
$20 general admission, $15 if you really need a cheaper ticket. More information and tickets online or at the door if still available (door tickets cash/check only).
The Majestic Theater presents The Majesters
August 5, 12, 29, 26 at 7:00 PM
Improv with the Majesters is the new Wednesday night tradition during Majestic summers! Our own troupe of improvisational comics take suggestions and inspiration from the audience each night to create hilarious scenes on the spot. They play improvised games like you've seen on "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" And then in the second act, they create a fully-formed musical on the spot. It's a fun evening full of surprise and antic comedy!
Every Wednesday is a brand new experience, so come back week after week for a new show each time!
More information online.
Ko Festival of Performance presents SERIOUSLY…WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?
August 7 and 8 at 8:00 PM,
Moss, a beloved storyteller and Valley resident, brings the season home with an autobiographical solo that focuses on her quest to cultivate her own Africentric identity. Ko Festival of Performance's 24th summer season theme: NEW | HOME | LAND: Strangers, Newcomers & Neighbors in a New America.
Happier Valley Comedy Show featuring The Ha-Ha's & The Majesters with special guest Joan Holliday from 93.9 The River
The Arts Block Cafe, Greenfield, MA
In this very special Happier Valley Comedy Show, local radio DJ Joan Holliday provides inspiration for the improv comedy at this very special Happier Valley Comedy Show. The audience comes up with a suggestion about a topic, and Joan Holliday will tell a true story based related to that suggestion. Her stories will inspired the madcap antics improvised on the spot by The Ha-Ha's and their special guest performers, THE MAJESTERS, The Majestic Theater's house improv team.
Audiences can look forward to a full evening of comic entertainment rated PG-13 in this handicapped-accessible space. For more information about The Happier Valley Comedy Show, visit the show website at www.happiervalley.com.
Tickets $10 in advance online or $13 at the door. Doors open at 7pm.
AUDITION:
Clue Murder Mystery Dinner
Auditions are Thurs Aug 6th and Fri Aug 7th from 12-2 and 4-6 pm.
The location is Lattitude Restaurant at 1338 Memorial Ave West Springfield MA
The show date is Thurs Oct 29th. Two shows..the first is 5-7 and the second is 8-10pm.
This is a paid performance at Wistariahurst Museum in Holyoke.
TheatreTruck hosts a Meet-and-Greet for The Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Community!
August 24 at 5:30 PM
The Dirty Truth, 29 Main St. Northampton, MA
We had a great time last month. It's time for round 2! Please help spread the word and add your company members and colleagues to the guest list!
A casual night out of chatting and networking. Come grab a drink, say hello, talk up your latest project. We hope to see you there.
Easthampton High School is seeking a Director for its annual musical production. Candidate must have experience and knowledge in all aspects of stage and production including technical, choreography, set design, and acting. EHS is a division IV school with approximately 500 students in grades 9-12. This is a stipend, not salaried position.
Interested candidates please submit a resume and cover letter to: Mr. Kevin Burke, Principal, Easthampton High School 70 Williston Avenue Easthampton, MA 01027
USHER at New Century Theatre and see a show for FREE! Call 413-585-3220 or email boxoffice@newcenturytheatre.org to sign up.
A Message from Laurel Turk about an upcoming project: Looking for a woman actor, who has had bilateral mastectomy and no reconstruction, for a performance piece entitled "Breastless." I know that's a pretty specific requirement, but the piece focuses a lot on body image, and the main character has that body type. Singing ability is a plus, but not absolutely necessary. A 45-minute version of the piece will likely be performed at the Double Take Fringe Festival in Greenfield mid-October. If you're interested, I'd be happy to talk with you more. Contact me: laurelt@crocker.com
Looking for Voice Actors ASAP:
The development team for Through My Window, a multimedia educational project, is looking to hire voice actors as soon as possible! We are casting the parts of a 14 year-old boy and girl to voice over a series of short videos about cyber-bullying. Applicants must be available in Northampton this summer. If interested, please send an informal email of relevant experience and availability to Emma Martin (esmartin@smith.edu).
Crowdfunding for Creatives: A half day workshop
How to make your campaign functional, efficient, and streamlined!
Saturday August 1st
Easthampton Co.Lab
116 Pleasant St. Suite #301
In this 3 hour workshop we'll go over the ins and outs of effective online fundraising campaigns. The first hour and fifteen minutes is a crash course in fundamentals. The next hour and forty five minutes is hands on crafting of your messaging, content and perk descriptions.
Asking for money to fund your project doesn't have to be anxiety inducing. Getting strategic and understanding your donors is key.
Taught by local performer and educator Seth Lepore
$25. More information and registration online.
Summer Storytelling Institute
with Rona Levanthal
* Three days to luxuriate in learning the art and craft of storytelling
* Three days of PLAYING with movement, voice, characterization, story arc and meaning through the lens of improv theatre and movement
* Three days to join in community with others who share your passion
* Three days of immersing yourself in a calming, beautiful setting, complete with hot tubs and a pool!
* Twenty PDP's for Massachusetts Teachers!!
WHY BOTHER?
To teach and inspire
To develop communication skills on many levels
To be a better boss
To enter into the 21st century of business
To be a better public speaker
To be more easeful with physicality
To grow and learn
To be a better teacher, therapist, lawyer, nurse, librarian, artist, actor, activist, person!
For more info and Registration:
www.ronatales.com/events.html
rona@ronatales.com
Happier Valley Comedy presents Improv for Scaredy Cats (And Non-Scaredy Cats Too!)
Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015,
3:00-5:00pm (two hours)
Does the idea of improvising in front of people scare the dickens out of you? Have you ever watched improv and thought, "I could never do that!" Have you ever watched improv and thought, "Damn, I could do that!"? Do you not give a flying fig about improv comedy but want to become more confident speaking in public, quiet your judgmental mind, and be more mindful in the moment? Are you ready to let go of the idea that improv is hard?
If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, "Improv for Scaredy Cats (and Non-Scaredy Cats Too)" is the workshop for you. Join Pam Victor in this very gentle, very fun, very easy introduction to the joys of improv comedy. NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED! Being funny is not required. Want to stretch your wings for a couple hours and laugh in in the process? Register for "Improv for Scaredy Cats (and Non-Scaredy Cats Too!)" today.
Class fee: $25 (Add $1 if you're paying with PayPal)
There are a limited amount of student discounts (ages 18+) available upon request. All students receive a $6 OFF coupon for that night's Happier Valley Comedy Show!
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Pioneer Valley Theatre News July 9, 2015


Obama was sold to the American voters twice on the strength of shrewd marketing, but as the truth of his unsuitability for this high office becomes increasingly obvious to all but his most uninformed base, even advertising cannot help him pull out of his nosedive.
People who know a thing or two about medical care, insurance, and simple math warned about the doom embedded in the very heart of ObamaCare, warnings the media ignored or made fun of.
"The apocalypse bidness just ain't what it used to be. Global warming alarmists, nuclear holocausters, and gluten averters also take note. You could live a long and happy life, die in your bed surrounded by loved ones on a glorious spring morning while birds sing outside, with all your dire predictions come to naught."
But this time, the dire predictions were, if anything, understated, probably because most of the law and the thousands of pages of regulations were not fully known. As Obama and his family head off for another vacation in Hawaii --17 days and millions of our tax dollars -- Jim Geraghty summarizes some of the most obvious failures of Obama's signature legislation and singular domestic "achievement."
● Insurers are getting payments from persons whose "enrollment" they have no record of.
● Potential enrollees are giving up on the unworkable plan to get insured by January 1.
● Understandably, consumers who have health issues are growing increasingly anxious about getting the coverage they need.
● State insurance directors are resigning.
● Promises of "fixes" to the enrollment process are not kept.
● One state, Maryland, may scrap its state exchange entirely.
● The pace of enrollments remains low.
Add to these problems consumers' new awareness of the higher price of insurance and the diminution of the coverage they had in place before ObamaCare, and the president and his party, in fact, the entire left-wing notion of competent federal government as a provider of necessary services are now all practically toast.
Even media luminaries like Peggy Noonan and Barbara Walters are getting it through their coiffed heads that Obama is incompetent and not a "new Messiah". The Washington Post acknowledges that Democrats have every reason to fear a repetition of this ad against every incumbent Democrat running for office next year. In it, New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen is repeatedly quoted supporting the unpopular law. The message is "If you like your Senator you can keep her." Last week we learned that even Senators Udall and Landrieu are facing tough re-election campaigns because of their support of ObamaCare, and I doubt the landslide ends at their feet especially given the latest Gallup poll showing Americans now overwhelmingly believe big government is the biggest threat to the country.
Faced with overwhelming and growing opposition and a law that is unworkable, the administration is relying on propaganda (advertising and marketing itself) in what I think is a futile effort to reverse its fortunes. Both family dogs have been trotted out along with Michelle and the girls -- until they vanish behind security teams on their costly vacation -- and counting on women still being as blinkered as Noonan and Walters once were, moms are being enlisted by Michelle to haul in the nets of dumb kids who are refusing to sign up on their own by talking up ObamaCare in grocery stores. With a reported ad budget of $684 million to promote this stinker, Obama is having no more success than the dogs and kids and moms are, but he is giving his critics fodder for great satire.
Obama's ministry of propaganda arm, Organizing for Action, using an epicene model in red and black footies whom David Kahane says "looks like the love child of Buddy Holly and Rachel Maddow," asks young people home for the holidays to pitch the Act for them. Pajama Boy reminds Michael Walsh of the weak sniveling Eloi of H. G. Wells' The Time Machine.
Among the many appalling traits of the modern Left -- and they are legion -- their fatuous air of unearned moral superiority has got to be among the most annoying. Sheltered, protected, coddled from birth, shepherded through a credentialing system along with thousands, perhaps millions, of like-minded clones, they are the children of the bubble, swathed in their footie pajamas, cuddling their cups of hot chocolate, and dreaming of that well remunerated regulatory job in the imperial capital that surely awaits them. Grow up? Why bother? Life is so much easier when you know absolutely nothing of it.
Online satirists couldn't sit still and countless takeoffs of Pajama Boy hit the net. Here are some of the funniest.
Some brainiacs undoubtedly paid big bucks to devise an ad for ObamaCare designed to appeal to gay men came up with this ad, an ad I doubt will find substantial appeal even among the targeted audience.
None of this can compare favorably to what is the greatest ad I recall seeing, a charming take on early parenthood by Coca Cola in Argentina, but then perhaps they are selling something worth spreading, the joy of love and family and new birth. Maybe, this stuff just sells itself and ObamaCare with any amount of money couldn't possibly.
Now's not the time to listen to pitches from feckless wimps about ObamaCare, it's time to celebrate life and love. Listen to Handel's "Unto Us a Child is Born." And that child is not full grown sitting around his parents' house in plaid footies drinking cocoa and prattling praise for this Obama disaster.


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Industry welcomes tax break for craft brewers and distillers
04 May, 2018 by Andy Young
Australia's craft brewers and distillers have widely welcomed Treasurer Scott Morrison's announcement on changes to tax rates on smaller kegs and also an increase in the alcohol excise refund scheme cap.
The Treasurer revealed that the Government will increase the amount beverages companies can claim back on their excise and that it will also extend the concessional draught beer excise rate to smaller kegs, typically used by craft brewers.
The alcohol excise refund scheme cap will increase from $30,000 a year to $100,000, from 1 July 2019 for all brewers and distillers.
Morrison said: "This additional tax relief, on top of the Government's legislated tax cuts for small and medium businesses, will allow craft brewers and distillers to compete on fairer terms with large beverage companies.
"This not only champions the craft brewers that we've all grown to love, it raises a very tantalising prospect for Australians: the likelihood of cheaper craft beer.
"The extra help to craft brewers and distillers will drive competition in a sector currently dominated by large domestic and multinational brewers, opening the door to new products and will likely put downward pressure on prices."
Stu Gregor co-founder of Four Pillars and President of the Australian Distillers Association (ADA) was understandably welcoming of the news, although he did caution that more still needs to be done to fully correct alcohol taxation in Australia.
"The excise break is terrific news and sensible policy from the government and we warmly welcome it. We also are pumped for our craft beer mates who won't get slugged if they want to use smaller kegs," he told TheShout.
"We still have some way to go to get proper equity in excise but the increase in the rebate from $30,000 to $100,000 is terrific news and we thank the Treasurer and also we thank all those distillers and consumers who have been lobbying their local members on this issue for the past couple of years."
In revealing the changes to the taxation on smaller kegs, Morrison added: "Currently, draught beer sold in kegs exceeding 48 litres is taxed at lower rates compared with beer sold in smaller kegs. This is unfair for smaller brewery businesses. Extending the concessional draught beer excise rates to kegs of 8 litres or more will level the playing field for craft brewers, which typically use smaller sized kegs, to distribute their beer to pubs, clubs and restaurants."
The Independent Brewers Association (IBA), welcomed the announcement as great news for the industry.
"This is great news for independent brewers, great news for consumers and great news for job creation," said IBA Chair, Ben Kooyman.
"Having the Federal Government make these changes shows that they realise what an amazing industry we have and will enable our members to expand.
"Australia's 450 small, independent brewers will take that additional excise rebate and invest it back in their businesses. That will mean they will be able to increase their production, invest in quality improvement and most importantly hire more staff to join over 2400 Australians the industry already employs."
He added: "A reduction to the excise rate on smaller kegs has the potential to fundamentally change the way many of our members do business. It will allow them to win customers in smaller venues and in distant markets. And having to deal with full 50 litre kegs is one of the biggest workplace health and safety issues in many breweries. This will give brewers more options."
Cameron Syme co-founder and of Limeburners and Vice President of the ADA also welcomed the move, but called on more action from the Government, highlighting how much Australian distillers pay in tax compared to their colleagues in the US.
"From our point of view this is a very welcome release with an increase in excise rebate to $100,000 and we appreciate what Government is doing there, but distillers are still taxed at a very discriminatory rate compared to beer and wine, and very discriminatory compared to overseas," Syme told TheShout.
"We've done some research which shows that in America, by the time their distillers have paid $180,000 in tax, we will have paid about $36m in tax. So internationally we are still significantly disadvantaged but we see this second excise release as very significant and important for our industry, and we look forward to Government making further changes to help grow our industry, which can become one of Australia's big export industries in time."
Australia's craft brewers have also widely welcomed the news, with Richard Adamson, co-founder at Young Henry's, telling TheShout: "Any excise relief is welcome and will be of particular benefit to breweries on their journey. It's great that all sides of politics are recognising the contribution the sector is having to the economy."
"It's a very sensible decision and it's giving more recognition to a very important industry," Lawrence Dowd, National General Manager at Colonial Leisure Group, told TheShout. "It will allow us to invest money in things that will improve the output and quality of what we do."
Commenting on the reduction in excise on smaller kegs, Dowd said that this change will allow Colonial to get some of its more experimental beers out to a wider range of small bars and pubs.
"I think it will create a bit of a market there for people that focus purely on smaller batch beers. It's going to create a lot of opportunities," he added.
Australian Distillers Association,
colonial leisure group,
Excise,
Four Pillars,
Independent Brewers Association,
Kegs,
Young Henrys,
Excise increase sees prices rise again
Young Henrys and Foo Fighters collaborate on beer
How the Government can help during COVID-19
Pub industry celebrated at AHA National Awards


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1930 Teignmouth Fabric Saloon
By Steve O'Hara
We never had a car when I grew up in Birmingham - my Dad had a succession of old bikes. So, it was buses or nothing. I rode the bus every day to school and the sound of a bus engine and gearbox became a sort of music to me.
I bought an old Rover 10 when I was 17 and owned quite a number of cars over the years before buying a Standard Ten in 1992, my first classic car.
I joined the club and soon discovered what a wide range of vehicles bore the name 'Standard'.
I wanted an older car and in 1999 bought a 1935 Nine from Phil and Lynda Homer. That was a lovely old car, but I had a hankering for a Standard with a rigidly-mounted engine and crash gearbox, just like my favourite buses.
In 2003 at a car show at Gaydon a 1930 Teignmouth turned up, having been driven from furthest Essex.
I wanted to photograph it for the Standard Car Review and asked the owner to drive it across the site. He offered me a ride and I was hooked. Fast forward four years and the Review had an advert for a vintage Nine. It was the same one!
I motored across to see it down in Essex. The owner drove it around the local lanes and I had a drive. His wife was in the back seat. Listening to those straight cut gears and rigidly-mounted engine she remarked apologetically 'It sounds like an old bus!'.
I agreed a deal and went to collect it the next week!
I became editor of the Standard Car Review a few months later and of course, my new Teignmouth had to be on the front cover of my first edition in October 2007, using the photo seen above.


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Politics / By Gwynne Dyer
The 'Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance' was passed into law in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on 28 November, providing jail sentences of up to ten years for Muslim men who marry Hindu women with the intention of converting them. 'Love Jihad' must be stopped at all costs, to preserve the Hindu majority in India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (occasionally known in the White House as 'India Trump') depends almost exclusively on Hindu votes to win elections, so anything that threatens to reduce the number of Hindu voters is obviously a problem for him. People with mathematical skills, however, may calculate that the threat isn't really very big.
India's population is one-and-a-third billion people (1,353,000,000 people, to be precise), and there are currently only 195 million Muslim Indians – 14% of the whole. For Muslims to become the majority by 'love jihad' will require Muslim men to marry at least
481 million Hindu girls.
There's probably no more than 75 million Muslim men of marriageable age in India, and most of them are already married. According to Islam (and to Indian law), Muslim men can have up to four wives, but there's still not enough Muslim men to marry all those Hindu women without exceeding four wives each.
Moreover, the conspirators behind the love jihad are condemning Muslim women in India to very crowded marriages, or alternatively no marriage at all. They clearly haven't thought this through properly.
In the three weeks since the Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance was passed in Uttar Pradesh, no more than one mixed-religion couple per day has been arrested in the whole state. And around half the couples who were arrested have already been released by the courts after the female (Hindu) partner said there had been no compulsion. (Hindu men married to Muslim women, of course, are exempt from the law.)
If the government can't stop the 'leakage' caused by judges who fail to get into the spirit of the thing, it's definitely going to be slow. At that rate, it will take quite a while to create a Muslim majority in UP (pop. 235 million). A bit faster if Prime Minister Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) can bring the judges to heel, but still…
Four more BJP- ruled states are already planning to pass identical laws against 'love jihad', but for the sake of argument let's assume for a moment that they don't work. Those wicked Muslim boys go on marrying innocent Hindu girls. How long would it take for the 'love jihad' to create a Muslim-majority India?
I'm glad you asked. By my calculation, around 200,000 years, give or take a millennium or two. So the disloyal thought occurs that maybe the BJP's goal in passing laws against an alleged Muslim 'love jihad' isn't really to defend the majority status of the Hindu population and its own voting base.
Maybe it's to stir up anti-Muslim hatred and paranoia and energise Hindu voters who are getting a bit disillusioned with the BJP.
That's not to say that Uttar Pradesh's Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the part-time Hindu monk who passed the first of these laws, is not a religious extremist and a fanatical anti-Muslim bigot. Of course he is. But there are more calculating people in the BJP who simply work out what will play best with Hindu voters.
The BJP won a landslide victory in last year's national election thanks in large part to a fortuitous military confrontation with Pakistan at just the right time, but its economic performance has been poor and it has been losing state elections even in its traditional strongholds.
Unemployment is high, the BJP's initial response to the coronavirus was chaotic, and the farmers are starting to revolt. And, of course, the government lost a mini-war with China in the Himalayas last June. It's definitely time for a morale-boosting hate campaign, and unfortunately a lot of people in northern India, especially higher-caste BJP supporters, quite enjoy hating Muslims.
Of all the populist leaders that have come to power in democratic countries in the past few years, Modi is by far the most dangerous – partly because he is cleverer and more disciplined than people like Donald Trump, Boris Johnson and Rodrigo Duterte, and partly because India is the second-biggest country in the world.
Actually, Modi is more like Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan: also clever, also cynically manipulating religion even though he is genuinely a believer – and seventeen years in power. Indian democracy has quite deep roots, but it probably wouldn't survive seventeen years of Modi.
Indian journalist Tavleen Singh may have been right when she wrote recently in the Indian Express: "We seem in India to be regressing into a Hindu version of Pakistan." After 73 years of democracy in India, that would be a very great pity.
To shorten to 725 words, omit paragraphs 6 and 7. ("In…still")


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Q: Make the input text bold when reading from the console How can I make bold the text in eclipse?
 To be more clear I give an example: we write in syntax
System.out.print("Name: ");
String name = in.nextLine();

When we run the program the user should input the name: NAME: David I whant to make David bold and change the size

A: @Tomasz is completely correct. However, if you want to set a bold font on "most" terminals, you can write out
      private final String setPlainText = "\033[0;0m";
      private final String setBoldText = "\033[0;1m";

e.g.
      System.out.println (setPlainText + "Prompt>" + setBoldText);

This isn't quite universal, but it works for most all terminals in popular use. To get any fancier, you'll want to look at something like What's a good Java, curses-like, library for terminal applications? or switch to building a GUI, e.g. perhaps using Swing.

A: Actually You can't change size of the font in text terminal. There is no such an information sent to terminal by Your application. (Only plain text is sent through the stream) This is possible and easy in graphic applications, made in Java and managed by Java API.  Before You begin with these I advise You to start from some easy books or tutorials about Java essentials.
Essentials of the Java Programming Language, Part 1
By the way this is the code than can make Your task (excluding change of font size or font style)
    import java.io.*;
    public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    BufferedReader br =new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
    String name = br.readLine();
    System.out.print("Name: "+name);
}

    }

Only one thing possible to change using eclipse console is the font color of the output stream and error stream. (Right click on the console screen and preferences)

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This is about the tv movie.
This quiz is based mainly on the early years of the show.
A quiz about "The Facts of Life" televison show. I hope you have fun.
This is fairly easy. Have fun!
This should be a very easy quiz if you know the show 'The Facts of Life' very well.
This was my favorite show growing up. You might be surprised who passed through their door over the years!


established the Roc-a-Fella rapper as a mainstream star, debuting at number one on the Billboard charts and winning the Grammy for the Best Rap Album of the year. At a party on Saturday celebrating the pending release of his new video game, NBA 2K13, Jay-Z told the story of how Vol. 2 was born out of his meeting a 17-year-old Swizz Beatz.
"I wanted Dame Grease, 'cause he was workin' on the DMX album [It's Dark and Hell Is Hot]. I was like, 'Where's the guy that's making all of those songs?'" Jay recalled in an interview with MTV News. But instead of Grease, Darrin "Dee" Dean, co-CEO of Ruff Ryders Entertainment, recommended that Jay work with his teenage nephew, Swizz Beatz.
"'My nephew, Jigga, I got my nephew!'" Jay recalled, impersonating Dean. "I'm like, 'Nah, don't try and hit me with the nephew.'"
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He stayed up most of the night packing. His bags were heavy, but his heart was light. The room cleaned out, he felt the impact of the decision he had made and worked so hard for. It had been 4 years in the making, but I could argue that it had actually been 32 years in the making. The ride to the airport with his mother and brother was full of fond memories and good jokes. His brother has always had a way of waiting until the last minute to crack some jokes. However, this time, the brother had one more piece to add. "Tons of people thought that you couldn't do this. You worked your absolute *$# off in order to make it. I am proud of you. Go change the world." The tears welled up in our characters eyes. He has always been close to his brother, but these words changed him. It was the first time that he felt such pride. The goodbyes were said, and he knew he had to go on from here alone.
The walk through the airport was quick. It didn't seem to be overly crowded. NSA check point went smoothly. Now he had a few hours to kill. Always the over-punctual one. Better too early than missing this most important of flights though. He drank a beer to calm the nerves, although the actuality of this new adventure had yet to set in.
Fast forward to the airport in San Jose, Costa Rica. He walked out of the airport and into the throng of cab drivers trying to take bags and make money. The humidity change had him sweating like an iced-tea in a Louisiana summer. He kept his cool and pressed forward to await his Uber. Once in the car, he attempted to speak some Spanish. Fail. However, his driver knew how to get him to his new home. After the 40 or so minutes through backroads, traffic, and incredible views of his new city, he arrived at the home-stay. The place was beautiful, different than any place he had been in the US but somehow felt like his first time at the university.
He got to his new room and arranged his belongings. Trying to unpack and feel at home, he sat on the bed and took his first deep and calming breath. It was true. He had made it. He ventured into a new country with no friends, no family, no idea about how to do most everything. He then took a short tour of the neighborhood and found a place to eat and have a coffee. The owner of the place had to come and help with the translation, because the waitress spoke no English, and the newbie spoke no Spanish. However, the waitress was sweet, patient, and very polite. He was so thankful that he left a bigger tip than he knew. He returned to his new home and listened to a hockey game online while trying to adjust. He slept with trepidation and awoke many times.
The start of his new career was upon him and he of course became lost immediately. He took the wrong bus on the first day. He made it to the office, sweating, panicking, and on-time. The first few weeks, he had almost no idea how he was going to ever get the hang of it. However, with patience, support from his coworkers, and his strength of will, he slowly started to adjust to the amazing opportunity that he was given. Now he was hooked.
Getting the Feel for It
Eventually he found the rhythm. His days became easier and less confusing. The support of his mentor sent him on the path of finding the best and fastest ways to get through his planning. He was off to see the figurative wizard.
He found that his rhythm was getting better also because of the challenges he set for himself. It is amazing what one can become accustomed to when they possess the correct mentality. At this point, he had really begun to enjoy himself. His classes filled him with joy as he pressed on every day. His new companions and he were really starting to have some fun. The company had begun to feel like his new family. He could count on them for any questions he still had, which were many.
One night, he went with a good crew for a night of dancing and merriment. After a few bars that felt like all the other clubs he had never cared for, they found a place with a view, good drinks, great vibes, and the right kind of music. They had added some random strangers to their entourage and took the entire party to the next level. He and his new companions danced until the bar closed. His morning was spent sharing metaphysical discussions until the sun came up. He found the groove.
Friends in all the Right Places
He had moved to a new apartment with his best friend in the new country. The excitement of having more space, more privacy, and more companionship enticed him to making the jump to the next level. He and his bestie would work through the motions of the day and then return home to each other's comfort, and conversation. On the weekends they would stay up late, sharing music, beers, and stories. It is friendships like these that can change lives.
Throughout this time, he built his friendships to levels that hold for as long as both people are interested. Many times, he would laugh into the night with nothing but happiness in his heart. He knew that some of them are what I call "lifers." Meaning, these friends will last a lifetime.
However, with the good always comes the bad. During this time of seeming bliss, he was given some bad news from the motherland. It doesn't help our story to go into details, but this bad news was the type that makes someone long for the comfort of family. He fell into a depressive state. He struggled to find quality sleep. He fought off the mood during the days, while in his classrooms and at the office, but at night, he was haunted by the facts. He woke frequently in the middle of the night. He had many nightmares. And he eventually ruined a good relationship because of his inability to convey his true feelings. Even through this though, his best friend had his back. He let him have those long moments of sadness without pressuring him to "feel better." In fact, the two of them went through similar problems at the same time. It was as if the universe knew they needed to be around each other at this place in history. Eventually, they were both able to break the cycle and return to the bliss. The mountains in view sure didn't hurt the healing process either.
At times such as those, the reality of being away from the closest people in one's life really takes its toll. But when we have the friendships that these two were able to formulate, the richness of life returns stronger than ever.
Becoming the Teacher
When starting at Idioma Internacional, he found that the learning curve was rather steep. There is a lot of information to absorb and he was a sponge. He soaked it all up as best he could, but at times he felt that he wasn't doing enough. He wasn't sure if he was making an impact on the students. Didn't know if he was delivering the lessons correctly. Had no idea what it meant to be a teacher.
He adhered to the lesson plans with the grip of epoxy. He tried his best to memorize the better part of the information for each class, reviewing and reviewing. Sometimes he felt that the class went great, excellently, fantastically. Others he wished he would have given more thought to this or that, practiced the grammar more, tried out the directions with a wall. However, through all of his doubts, there were always ways to get excellent critical feedback. Also, part of the company's many aspects of developing the teacher, were the evaluations by administrators. These helped him focus on his teaching abilities that needed some polishing.
After some of these feedback sessions, he would reflect and find a new style, new practice, or new method. As he told himself and occasionally needed reminding about, failure is part of the learning process. He failed. He learned. He succeeded. With time, patience, and amazing support, he eventually found that his methods improved. His classes were not only fun, but very informative. He was often complimented by his students and sometimes by the fellow teachers. Realizing this change, gave him great comfort and confidence. He had become the teacher.
Adventures Abound
During all of the trials and errors, the friendship building, the growth of the professional teacher, there was still some time to take on the unlimited amount of adventures in Costa Rica. He went to several beautiful beaches, the mountains, rivers, fresh springs, waterfalls, hikes. The list went on.
On his first visit to a beach, he was told by the local populace and many of the other teachers that the beach he would be seeing was "the worst beach in Costa Rica." He was sure that he didn't care. The bus was crowded and hot on the way out. He brought only the essentials with him, but that was enough. When he and his 3 friends arrived at this beach and he walked upon it, he said to himself, "worst beach? This is the most beautiful beach I have ever visited." Apparently however, this was the "worst" beach. To this day it still makes him laugh. The thought that the worst is better than most will ever see in a lifetime is a testament to what can be found in this amazing country.
Another aspect that he found about adventuring in Costa Rica, was that sometimes, oftentimes, the adventures find you. Sometimes you go to find a new restaurant or bar and end up on an urban adventure. He found that the ways to best enjoy these adventures is with the same sense of wonder that brought him here in the first place. Stay positive, be patient, and everything will work out. So far, it has worked every time.
The final aspect of adventure was found in the realm of mentality. Multiple occasions, he found that his life would take an unexpected turn, but he thrived through those. He learned from each and every situation. His mind broadened. His heart grew. His adaptability increased.
He remembers everything, the good and the bad, the happy and the sad, the failures and successes. He could not be who he is now without the friendships and support he gained in this year. He knows that he will take everything with him for the rest of his life, where ever that leads him. He learned so many valuable lessons in the short year. What a year it was. He has too many people to thank for everything they have done for him. So now, as he prepares to leave, he becomes pensive, writes at his table and hopes that someone will read this. If you are reading it and know me, thank you. I couldn't be here without you. I will strive to bring all of these lessons with me everywhere I go. I am sad to leave this company, but I am excited to see what will happen next. Again, thank you. You have no idea how much you mean to me.
Similar to many other nations around the world, Costa Rica has a strong celebration for the nation's independence. September 15th marks the day that Costa Rica was granted its independence from Spanish Colonial rule in 1821. The date was the final victory by Mexico in the Mexican War for Independence. After Mexico's victory, "Guatemala declared independence on behalf of Central America." (www.costarica.com) Spain granted the claimed independence without further conflict.
"Independence Day celebrations begin on September 14th, when the Torch of Freedom arrives in Cartago." Many young children will crowd the street with hand-made lanterns that are symbolic of the Torch of Freedom. That night, when the torch reaches the final destination of Cartago, the original capital when independence was claimed, the entire nation stands to sing the national anthem. The rest of the celebration takes place on September 15th with street parades honoring traditions of the nation's forming. These are held in every town throughout the country. (www.costarica.com)
With that little piece of history in mind the author decided to ask Costa Rican's what Independence Day means for them. The results below are told by former and current students in Idioma Internacional's program, and give a much broader understanding of what Independence Day truly means to the people.
What does Independence Day Mean for You?
"Everything that the Costa Rican people did to be today the country [it] is… every year that passes since we [became] independent we must try to love and protect the country more and make it a better place for the future generations" -Axel H.
"[T}he day of independence is one of the days where Costa Ricans unite to celebrate the importance of being an independent and democratic nation. Also, it is one of my favorite days of the year for the colorful parades, the hymns, "la marimba," that are part of the national identity that we can still enjoy in the country." -Cameron Z.
"For me [it] means peace, love to Costa Rica… the country in that moment shows [strength] and power." -Noelany A.
"It's a free day! Haha! In Costa Rica a little percentage of the habitats don't have traditions or celebrate so much that day… [However], so many people have the tradition to go see the Patriotic March, with bands and mascaradas. In the schools, [we] celebrate that date [all] week (Civic Week) and all days [we] sing the national anthem and have activities. For me, it's another celebration!" -Jeison V.
"Independence means peace, love, pride, and sacrifice. It's a special day to commemorate all those who fought for freedom." -Melannie M.
"For me Independence Day means liberty. It is something that [changes] our perspective about the world. It changes the reality of Costa Rica, [and] our economy increases. When we see the nature, it reflects the most beautiful part of our nation. When we go to our traditional parade in San Jose, we enjoy the music, the dancers and also we feel proud our country is without an army! We think about the poor areas and just want to eradicate all their problems. I feel proud because we don't have an army and we spent the money on education!" -Edwin B.
"For me this day is important and very significant for us because since that day we receive the most valuable feeling that we have as human beings: Freedom. We as citizens of this country have the privilege of saying that we live in a country that solves any conflict with a dialogue and not by fighting because everyone has the freedom to express what they think. That's a privilege that not all countries have and we must appreciate it and celebrate for that!" -Tatiana O.
"Independence Day is a synonym of freedom, and it means that we have the opportunity to reflect [on] our identity. [It is] one of the multiple reasons to be proud of our beautiful country. It means peace, gratitude, happiness, opportunities, development, growth. For me Independence Day is a reminder of how Pura Vida we are!" -Alexandra M.
"For me, Independence Day means like a celebration of our freedom because we were slaves of the Spanish people. Our culture was given back to us. Also, to give honor to those who fought for us to set us free. And to live in peace with all the countries around the world." -Dariana D.
Although Costa Rica celebrates many national holidays, there are few as vibrant and culturally inclusive as the Annexation of Nicoya to Costa Rica (Guanacaste Day), which takes place on July 25th. Unlike most annexations throughout the world, the annexation of Nicoya, and thus the province of Guanacaste, was made possible by the request of the inhabitants, not some militant coup, uprising, or any such violence.
Prior to annexation in 1824, the province of Guanacaste (including the incredibly beautiful Nicoya Peninsula) was part of Nicaragua. At the time, Nicaragua was struggling with unrest and civil war which led the inhabitants of this region to request to be annexed to Costa Rica. The Central American Federation approved the request and the region became part of Costa Rica. Being that the inhabitants were the catalyst to annexation, the saying "de la patria por nuestra voluntad" (literal translation: of the country by our will) became an illustration of Costa Rican democratic values. *
Here in San Jose, I couldn't participate in a full-scale celebration. However, by the invitation of my students, I was able to gain access to a sample of the cultural festivities. Their colegio, or high school, held a small festival that celebrated by showcasing the cultural diversity of the entire nation.
I took the bus out to the colegio and was met with open arms. The students, as well as the administrative staff, led me to a seat in the front row to watch the final dance number. (I was there before other members of the public were allowed to visit, but missed some of the other presentations). I felt so welcome with my smile stretching from ear to ear. The dance number concluded and I began to mingle with the students and faculty. A band listlessly played classical Costa Rican music, booths were being manned by the student presenters, and the food was quickly prepared.
Some of my students quickly found me and began to show me around. Each class represented a different province and gave historical presentations, offered typical food, played music, and adorned decorations. Before I knew what was really happening I had a plate of corn tortillas with natilla (similar to sour cream), corn on the cob, and arroz con leche (sweet cream with rice). I tried to pay, but my students refused to allow that. I felt so incredibly welcome. After I conversed with a few more students, I made the rounds to see each of the provinces represented, listened to the histories in Spanish, and ate or drank something from each booth. The experience was incredible. I will forever be grateful to my students for inviting me to such a wonderful cultural learning experience, and for showing me an amazing time.
Not only is this National Holiday a symbol of the democratic values of Costa Rica, but it is truly a time to celebrate all of the cultures that make Costa Rica the rich and diverse country that it is today. Without seeing something like this first hand, I would have never known the importance that Costa Rica places on its very core. The people will always come first and especially their individual values and traditions.
*http://www.costaricaguides.com/guanacastes-annexation-to-costa-rica/
*http://www.guachipelin.com/blog/nicoya-annexation-to-costa-rica-july-25-1824/


The Kentucky Music Hall of Fame is preparing to induct it's newest class this Friday, May 11, 2018.
Very disappointing that Billy Ray Cyrus could not show up! Jason Crabb made it there even with a death in his immediate family! All the performers were great! But I will have to say, it was Jason that stole the show! His performance was top notch, as always! Nice to see a young man that gives all the glory to God like he does and never forgets his humble upbringing!


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Sunart Centre News - February 2019
Our FRIDAY NIGHT CINEMA film on Friday 22nd February is WADJDA, a 2012 Saudi Arabian drama written and directed by Haifaa al-Mansour. It was the first feature film shot entirely in Saudi Arabia and the first feature-length film made by a female Saudi director. It won numerous awards at film festivals around the world. The film was selected as the Saudi Arabian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards (the first time the country made a submission for the Oscars, but it was not nominated. It successfully earned a nomination for Best Foreign Film at the 2014 BAFTA Awards.
An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school's Koran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.
Certificate PG, run time 1hour 38 minutes, comedy / drama. Start time 7:30pm, tickets £5 (under 18s £3) at the door
On Monday 25th February we host a double bill production from the excellent MULL THEATRE; the world premiere of THE ELECTRIFYING MR JOHNSTON by Robert Dawson Scott and BITE-SIZE (script-in-hand play excerpts).
THE ELECTRIFYING MR JOHNSTON is a new play about one of Scotland's great unsung heroes, Tom Johnston, once described by Churchill as the 'King of Scotland', focusing on his struggles to bring "light to the glens." Through incredible feats of engineering and political manoeuvring he sought to transform the lives of everyone in the north of Scotland by bringing hydroelectric power to the Highlands & Islands. A story of power - and the struggle for it.
BITE-SIZE is an informal programme of script-in-hand play readings of new plays and works-in-progress. Readings, encounters, questions & answers, feedback and chat offers the audience the chance to be part of and enjoy the fun of the creative process. It aims to connect with all of the audience and may be of particular interest to writers, poets, writers' groups, wordsmiths and theatre-makers.
Start time 7:30pm tickets £10 (OAPs & under 18s £8) at the door only.
High Life Highland staffing for the Sunart Centre and wider area is gradually falling into place, with the appointment of a new Youth Development Officer (part time) Alan Gray, who will be taking up post at the end of January. Alan also has a post as Relief Centre Supervisor for the Sunart Centre, joining our team of Sean Turner, Pat Adams, Laura McConnachie and Hollie Taylor. Active Schools Co-Ordinator Fiona Beattie is now off on maternity leave and we hope that by the time this issue of DtD appears we will have cover in place to continue Fiona's good work until she returns.
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Summary form only given. The collisionless transport coefficients are computed in fully ionized plasmas heated by high-frequency electromagnetic waves. For this, the electron Fokker-Planck equation is solved with the use of the continued fractions. The thermodynamic potentials considered are electrons temperature, the plasma electric field, the electron fluid velocity, and the drift velocity. For simplicity, the electron-electron collisions are modeled by the Krook operator and this interaction is kept in the isotropic and anisotropic part of the Fokker-Planck equation. In the end, we give the concluding remarks.