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Love, Loss, Laundry: Dezart Performs' 'Maytag Virgin' Is a Literally a Perfect Time at the TheaterApril 06 2019
Dezart Performs Artistic Director Michael Shaw is ending the company's 11th season on a perfect note with Audrey Cefaly's Maytag Virgin.
Set in rural Alabama, this charming story follows the burgeoning romance between new neighbors Lizzy Nash (Kay Capasso) and Jack Key (Joel Bryant). Lizzy has taken a leave of absence from her job as a high school English teacher to mourn the loss of her husband in a roofing accident.
Jack, a physics teacher at the same school, has just moved in next door. He purchased the house not knowing that the previous owner died in the front bedroom, mere months after the man's wife passed away. After Lizzy reveals this fact, Jack—a widower himself—becomes convinced the house is haunted, and takes to sleeping out on his back porch for safety. Featured prominently on that porch is a Maytag clothes dryer that Jack stubbornly refuses to move inside. Lizzy chooses to dry her laundry the old-fashioned way, on a clothes line, and finds the appliance an irritating eye-sore.
The neighbors discover a bag of old love letters the elderly tenant had written to his wife during their decades-long marriage, and they read them throughout the play. The tenderness of the letters helps Jack and Lizzy deal with the grief of losing their own spouses, and to slowly discover their feelings for each other.
In a two-hour play with only two characters, casting is crucial. If the performers don't have strong acting chops and onstage chemistry, the audience is in for a long night. Thankfully here, director Deborah Harmon made excellent choices: Both Kay Capasso and Joel Bryant are superb.
Capasso's Lizzy is conflicted, sexually frustrated, warm, likable and hilarious. The term "motormouth" does not adequately describe her penchant for chatter: The woman simply doesn't shut up. Jacks sums it up perfectly, "You say it all out loud, huh?" When explaining why she can't fall in love with a Catholic, Lizzy quips: "It's just not done!" Her special meditation to "keep the dark thoughts out" is priceless. Capasso exquisitely captures all of Lizzy's nuances. Her acting is flawless, and her Southern accent is spot-on. She has several long monologues in this production—hundreds and hundreds of lines to memorize—and I did not notice a single flub. Quite impressive.
As Jack, Joel Bryant is equally terrific. I've seen Bryant in several other valley productions, and he's set the acting bar quite high for himself. He does not disappoint here: Attractive, well-built and charismatic, he commands the stage. Funny, friendly and kind, his Jack is the guy men want to be, and women want to be with. His attraction to Lizzy is apparent right away, but he realizes she is fragile and that he must tread carefully. Bryant's comic timing is marvelous, and he handles the serious moments equally well. Not every actor could pull off the scene in which Jack breaks down when recalling his wife's death. Bryant nails it.
It's such a joy to see truly gifted actors ply their trade onstage. That is what you'll see in this production of Maytag Virgin. I would encourage any acting student to check it out for that reason alone.
The production values are equally as good. Thomas Valach's set could not be better. Every detail—from Lizzy's collection of wind chimes to Jack's statue of the Virgin Mary—seems just right. The costumes, lighting and song selection during the swift set changes are all fabulous.
Special mention should be made of the director: Deborah Harmon chose her actors well and then guided them expertly through the script. Even outstanding thespians need someone who knows what he or she is doing at the helm of the ship.
As a theater reviewer, it's easy to second-guess yourself when you can't find even a minor flaw in the production of a play: "Isn't there something wrong here that I can write about?" But the truth is, there isn't.
Maytag Virgin is a magical time at the theater. Go see it.
Dezart Performs' production of Maytag Virgin is performed at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 2 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, through Sunday, April 14, at the Pearl McManus Theater at the Palm Springs Woman's Club, 314 S. Cahuilla Road, in Palm Springs. Tickets are $30 to $35, and the running time is two hours, with a 15-minute intermission. For more information, call 760-322-0179, or visit www.dezartperforms.com.
What better way is there to deal with heartache on a 4 a.m. subway ride than to immerse oneself in a crossword puzzle?
That's the mindset of Janet, the female character in Jerry Mayer's 2 Across, now playing the Coachella Valley Repertory Theatre. But the buttoned-up psychologist can't seem to get a moment's peace once free-spirited Josh barrels onto the subway car just as the doors close; he keeps trying to chat her up.
So opens the two-character comedy that artistic director Ron Celona has chosen to close CV Rep's romance-themed season. It's fun, funny and, yes—romantic. The dialogue and pacing are a bit reminiscent of situation comedies … which is not surprising, given playwright Mayer's many years as a writer for shows like Bewitched and Bridget Loves Bernie.
During the 80-minute Bay Area Rapid Transit ride, we learn a great deal about the backgrounds and life philosophies of Josh and Janet as they each tackle the same crossword puzzle. Their styles are very different: She is a by-the-book kind of gal who believes all rules should be followed, that "a library card is a contract," and that cheating on a crossword puzzle is sacrilege. (Her childhood nickname was "Granite Janet.") Josh, an unemployed ad exec, is the very definition of laid back. He feels calling the 900 number for help on the puzzle is no big deal, and when it all gets too frustrating, he simply throws it away. Though he's Jewish, Josh has brought a barbecued pork sandwich on the train as a snack. "I don't follow dietary rules" he explains, ignoring Janet's horror that he would dare violate the "No Eating on the Subway" sign posted in plain sight.
They banter back and forth, argue, flirt and slowly strip away the masks we all tend to wear when meeting someone new. Josh is charming, funny and likable. He's also persistent in his efforts to win over Janet. When Janet bluntly announces that "she's not the least bit interested," he retorts, "Well, try harder!"
With a two-character romantic comedy, chemistry between the leads is essential. Luckily, there is plenty between Andrea Gwynnel (Janet) and Joel Bryant (Josh). Veteran actors with impressive national credits, both are attractive, charismatic and comfortable onstage. Every moment in the arc of their blossoming friendship rings true.
Local actress Deborah Harmon, who directed the world premiere of 2 Across at the Santa Monica Playhouse in 2004, is guest director here and does a superb job.
Special mention should be made of the terrific set, lights and sound. The recreation of a BART train, complete with periodic announcements of stops, is spot-on.
Congrats to Ron Celona for selecting a perfect piece to end CV Rep's 2017-2018 season. 2 Across is light-hearted, upbeat and fun.
2 Across is performed at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; and 2 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, through Sunday, May 20, at the Coachella Valley Repertory Theatre, 69930 Highway 111, in Rancho Mirage. Tickets are $53, and the running time is 90 minutes, with no intermission. For tickets or information, call 760-296-2966, or visit www.cvrep.org.
A Reunion at a Party: CV Rep's Masterful Production of 'Later Life' Shows Off Great Acting, Universal LessonsApril 30 2017
It's a brilliant idea for a one-set play.
A.R. Gurney's Later Life, now bring produced by Coachella Valley Repertory in Rancho Mirage, takes the tiniest slice of life and expands it into universal lessons, just as Gurney expands the four-person cast into a dozen characters in the show. It's a terrific concept, and producer Ron Celona has invited guest director Luke Yankee to mastermind it.
Here it is: It's 1993, and two people who were once briefly involved find each other, years later, at a party in Boston. They are out on the huge balcony away from the noise, where it's easier to talk. As they discuss their long-ago relationship, other partygoers drift out into their space and interrupt with their own issues. The really interesting thing is that these 10 guests are played by just two other performers! It's a golden opportunity for these two character actors to show off their versatility.
Playwright A.R. Gurney is the author of Love Letters (which I've seen four times). It's an extraordinary play, and there is nothing else like it. Same with The Cocktail Hour and The Dining Room, and now Later Life. He is famous for plays about upper-class WASPs; we find that although their problems might be different from those of others, they are quite serious. Gurney's mastery of dialogue removes the theater's "fourth wall" and deeply involves the audience in their stories. The extraordinary feat of writing in Later Life is that Gurney gives each character his or her own voice—and I mean all of them: The 10 character roles each have personalities and appearances so wildly different from one another that if an audience isn't alerted to this, they might believe there really are 12 different people in the cast. There aren't many plays that give actors this kind of opportunity (though it happened to me last year when I played five roles in a play!). It's important that the audience appreciates the extraordinary work being done here—and enjoys the fun of it.
Guest-director Luke Yankee has a stunning resume that speaks for itself—and he has tackled the challenge of Later Life with zest. The 90-minute show's pace is brisk, despite the restrictions of one set and one act. (There's no intermission—a great choice! It would have totally destroyed the timing.) His firm guiding hand is evident in the body language and the impressive variety displayed by the character actors as they morph from one role into another.
The play centers around Austin, played by William Fair, whom we meet immediately. The onion-layers of Austin peel away gradually throughout the play, revealing more and more of him and creating surprises right up to the very last second of the show. Our first suspicions of stereotype crumble away as he gradually reveals an unexpectedly complex and conflicted inner life. William Fair keeps us wondering as he juggles Austin's instinctive self-protection along with his co-dependency and his longing to burst free from his shell.
Ruth is the lady who knew him Back When, and actress Barbara Niles achieves a sympathetic portrayal of a woman whose steel-trap memory contrasts with multiple mental games of, "What If?" as well as a huge need to be accepted and liked. Ruth combines her wounded past with a brave determination to be happy in the future; her struggles are thickly slathered over with what some will see as courage, and others will perceive as a dumb resistance to learning from her history. Niles gives us a deep portrait of a lovely, if sometimes exasperating, lady.
Gorgeous Teri Bibb plays five female roles who contrast wildly. We first see her as Sally, the party's hostess—sweet and efficient, looking like a model in a women's magazine. Next she is Marion, an older lady and the frustrated wife of the irrepressible Roy. Then she turns up as socialite Nancy, a sleek and stylish mystery lady who has just been dumped by her companion. As Esther McAlister, an aging Southern belle whose lively attitude makes her a perfect match for her fun-loving husband, she is trying to adjust to the culture shock of moving North across the Mason-Dixon Line. And as working-musician and personal friend Judith, she becomes a thin, tense and tightly wound redhead. She is beautiful in every role.
But it is Joel Bryant who knocks us out with his five male characters. His transformation from one role to the next is so complete that he is unrecognizable every time he comes through the door. He starts us off with an astonishing portrayal of a philosophy professor desperately trying to quit smoking. Then he transmogrifies into Roy, the cranky but feisty old bird driving his wife nuts. Next he changes into Duane, a nerdy computer whiz whose crackling internal energy (watch his blood pressure!) is about one minute away from a massive explosion. Then he switches to become Ted McAlister, an outgoing silver fox from the South with a charming interest in his fellow man and a sweet sort of breezy innocence. Last, he becomes Walt, a squash-obsessed Bostonian who is the loyal best friend of Austin, in a performance so completely realized that you will swear you know this guy. It is amazing work by Joel Bryant; I predict awards.
Let's talk about the gorgeous set, another triumph from CV Rep's award-winning resident set designer, Jimmy Cuomo. The beautiful, sophisticated decor sets us up for a fancy party overlooking Boston's famous harbor, with the city's tall buildings as a backdrop. The open stage features a patio with one door leading back into the house. Coming from there, we hear muted sounds of music and chatter; kudos to sound designer Terence Davis for keeping the background noise at the appropriate level where it's heard, but does not not interfere with these conversations. Not easy—but the balance is excellent. Karen Goodwin, the assistant stage manager and sound tech, shares in these finely tuned choices. The clever contributions of stage manager and lighting designer Moira Wilkie Whitaker are perfectly correct for this play, as are Aalsa Lee's 1993-era costumes, reminding us of the colors and styles worn "way back" then. Production manager and associate designer Doug Morris contributed his talents and keen eyes to this show, while the incomparable Lynda Shaeps designed the makeup and hair styles; wait until you see her amazing work that transforms the character actors. Selene Rodriguez assists with Shaeps' hair and makeup effects with great results.
Ron Celona's production of this "dramedy" could not be better. It shows a huge amount of thought, and fascinating results. You will never see anything else like it—so make sure you do see it!
Later Life is performed at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; and 2 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, through Sunday, May 21, at Coachella Valley Repertory Theatre, 69930 Highway 111, Suite 116, in Rancho Mirage. Tickets are $48. For tickets or more information, call 760-296-2966, or visit www.cvrep.org.
Chemistry in Spades: CV Rep's 'Frankie and Johnny' Is Funny, Moving and Simply FabulousMarch 22 2014
The first thing you need to know about Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune at Coachella Valley Repertory Theatre is that there's nudity—quite a bit of full frontal nudity, right at the top of the first act.
The second thing you need to know is that the production is fabulous. Founder and artistic director Ron Celona has hit another one out of the park.
The two-character play by Terrence McNally was first performed off-Broadway in 1987. It tells the story of two lonely people, both in their 40s, whose first date ends with a mutually satisfying roll in the hay. While Johnny is convinced he will ride off into the sunset with Frankie, she has some serious doubts: She is far more cautious, and prefers to take things slowly. As the night progresses, they slowly bare their souls to each other … which may or may not lead to a viable relationship. The "Clair de Lune" referred to in the title is a piece of music by Claude Debussy. This fact is important to the plot.
When Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune made its way to Broadway in August 2002, it starred Stanley Tucci and Edie Falco. It ran for 243 performances, and both the play (as a revival) and Tucci earned Tony nominations. I'm sure they were marvelous in the roles—but the CV Rep cast would give them a run for their money: Stephanie Dawn Greene (Frankie) and Joel Bryant (Johnny) are simply tremendous.
In a two-character romantic comedy, chemistry is vital, and Greene and Bryant have it in spades. From the second the lights come up as they're exuberantly consummating their relationship, the audience believes that these two will—or at least should—somehow end up together. Greene is spunky yet vulnerable as waitress and failed actress Frankie. We feel for her when she doesn't always understand the big words Johnny throws around—but we know, deep down, that she's probably the wiser of the two. After their apparent one-night stand, Frankie becomes anxious for Johnny to leave. He resists, sometimes with charm, and at other times with a persistence that borders on creepy. (Some women in the audience may relate to this predicament.)
Like Frankie, Johnny (a cook who works with her) is longing for acceptance and hesitant to reveal all the details of his past. He's divorced and has spent time in prison, while she is uneducated, can't have kids and has survived an abusive relationship. Both had mothers who walked out on them as children. Bryant's Johnny is funny and cocky, yet clearly desperate for love. There is one point in the second act when Johnny's emotional breakdown seems just a tad over the top and whiny, but otherwise, both Bryant and Greene are flawless. (Both are also in great physical shape—a big plus when you're running around onstage unclothed.)
Director Ron Celona elicits strong performances from the actors, and moves them around on stage quite effectively. Jimmy Cuomo's set could not be any better, and the lighting (Stuart A. Fabel) and sound (Kara Masek) create just the right mood throughout the production.
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, CV Rep's final production of the 2013-2014 season, completes the theater's retrospective of Terrence McNally plays. Congrats to Ron Celona for once again offering the Coachella Valley professional, high-quality entertainment. As long as you're not squeamish about a little nudity and some salty language, this play is a must-see.
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune is performed at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday; and 2 p.m., Sunday, through Sunday, April 6, at the Coachella Valley Repertory Theatre, 69930 Highway 111, Suite 116, in Rancho Mirage. Tickets are $40, and the running time is two hours, with a 15 minute intermission. For tickets or more information, call 760-296-2966, or visit www.cvrep.org.


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WASHINGTON — A report describing how American forces looked the other way as powerful Afghans raped boys with impunity — an issue that long plagued the war effort in Afghanistan — prompted declarations of outrage in Washington on Monday, but officials said the problem was ultimately for Afghans to solve.
The Pentagon insisted that it never ordered troops to ignore any kind of rights abuse. But among American military personnel and civilians who served in Afghanistan, it was well known that many wealthy and prominent Afghans rape boys, often making them dress up as women and dance at gatherings during which they are assaulted — and that Western officials often turned a blind eye to the practice for fear of alienating allies.
With the bulk of American troops now gone from Afghanistan, the resignation among American officials over a practice that many described as "abhorrent" was evident on Monday. It seemed to reflect the fact that while the rape of boys may shock foreigners and infuriate Afghans, it is only one of the many problems in Afghanistan.
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But it is rampant among the pro-government commanders who dominate many rural areas of northern Afghanistan and run militias that at times team with American-led forces.
As a result, the American military long struggled with how to handle cases of child sexual abuse that it encountered. Most often, according to troops who served in Afghanistan, the solution was to ignore the practice.
But troops on the front line, who often shared bases with Afghan forces, often bristled when commanders told them to look the other way. The article in The Times detailed how in 2011, two American soldiers beat up an Afghan commander who laughed when confronted with allegations that he raped boys. One of the soldiers was relieved of his command and then left the military, and the other is being forced out.
On Monday, American officials said they would never tolerate sexual assaults of boys by Afghan security forces. "The United States is deeply concerned about the safety and welfare of Afghan boys who may be exploited by members of the Afghan national security and defense forces," said Josh Earnest, the White House press secretary. "This form of sexual exploitation violates Afghan law and Afghanistan's international obligations."
Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman, called the rapes "abhorrent" but insisted there was no policy instructing service members to ignore allegations.
"I can just tell you that there is nothing that would preclude any military member from making reports about human rights violations to their chain of command," Captain Davis said.
Ultimately, he said, the problem is "fundamentally an Afghan law enforcement matter, and those are reports that are given over to the Afghan government."
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But even if reports are passed on to the Afghan authorities — a number of service members and civilian officials say they rarely are — there is little indication the Afghan government has the will or ability to prosecute men suspected of rape. That left American forces with little recourse, and commanders at times instructed their troops not to expect much if they did file a report.
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Blood Visions by L.J. Hamlin
Blood Visions
Author: L.J. Hamlin
Title: Blood Visions
Series: Visions 1
Genre: Paranormal Fantasy
Pairing: M/M
Rating: Three Petals
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Private detective Ronan Bayne is a former cop who now runs his own agency specializing in all things paranormal. After several women go missing, and the cops and FBI are equally frustrated and at a loss, Ronan is called in to see if he can find answers they can't.
After waking up from a terrible vision of a girl, darkness, and blood, Dustin tries to go to the police but to no avail. But on a visit to the crime scene, he crosses paths with Ronan.
Reluctantly, the two men join forces to locate the missing, but both the case and the partnership prove to be more complicated than either man expects...
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I received this book as an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Ronan is a private detective hired when a number of women started going missing under mysterious circumstances. Given his specialty is magical cases, he knows he's the best option to find the answer. Then he meets Dustin, whose visions might be the key to solving the mystery, but who might also distract Ronan and leave them all dead instead.
Overall I liked this start to a new series. Dustin's visions and abilities were interesting and I liked seeing how he and Ronan, a regular human without any special abilities, were able to work together so seamlessly. Their characterizations just worked and that made the book that much more enjoyable to read.
I didn't appreciate the overall plot. I won't go into too much detail to avoid spoilers, but every conclusion they came to and every step forward they made in solving the mystery was a bit of a stretch for me. Even Ronan's being hired by the police didn't quite work. Given the police were forced to ignore magic's existence, I just don't see them reaching out to Ronan even thought Ronan is friends with the chief. There needed to be something more in the world building that allowed for all the stretches to work.
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I really liked the overall characterizations, but I felt that much of the plot wasn't believable. Still, I am looking forward to reading the next book in this series and that is why I do recommend it.
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Why run for Congress when I've never run for or held a political office of any kind in my life?
America was "of all the nations in the world . . . most justly called a Christian nation" because Christianity "has so largely shaped and molded it".—Supreme Court Justice David Brewer (1837-1910). Christianity is the religion that has most shaped America throughout the majority of American history. The Founding Fathers repeatedly and consistently cited scripture and the teachings of the Bible when speaking of how this Nation was created. However, on June 25, l962, 39 million students were forbidden to do what they and their predecessors had been doing since the founding of our nation, publicly calling upon the name of the Lord at the beginning of each school day.
Since that time, God has been systematically removed from society. Christians and Religious Liberty are under constant attack. Families are being destroyed by the absence of family values, and morals once provided openly and supported by educational institutions, the workplace, and all levels of government. Subsequently, the value of God's gifts, women and children, the very essence of our continued existence, are abused, devalued, abandoned, shattered, and destroyed. As families crumble, so does the economy and society as a whole.
As part of his Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln described the government as a "government of the people, by the people, for the people." A phrase he borrowed from John Wycliffe who wrote in the prologue to his translation of the Bible in 1384, "The Bible is for the Government of the People, by the People, and for the People." It is no coincidence that the prevalence of career/professional politicians began to most rapidly emerge and grow at about the same time as prayer was banned in schools and God was being removed from society and families. That government no longer bears any resemblance to that description. We have a government full of professional and career politicians more interested in retaining and/or increasing their own power than they are in serving the people who put them in office. Too many politicians spend their entire adult lives in politics, never truly knowing what it's like to live the life of 99.9% of the American population. Very adept at self-aggrandizement, posturing, disagreeing, and raising money to perpetuate their power, incumbent politicians are rarely challenged and even more rarely defeated.
I have been a servant of the people for all of my adult life, in the military and as a criminal prosecutor. Protecting and defending the inalienable rights endowed in every human by his or her Creator. As we have seen our Creator, God, removed, this Nation has seen the loss of family values and morals these attacks on God and Christianity have caused. We cannot keep saying "someone needs to do something," IT IS TIME for action. For several years I felt myself dying inside, I felt a lack of meaning and purpose in my life. I needed to be doing more. I initially thought I should wait until 2022 and give myself time to "prepare" for an endeavor such as this. I believe now that was evil speaking to delay any action. As the Founders would have said, "But be doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves." – James 1:22. I decided to step out of the boat, and have faith that I was going to be guided and protected. I am qualified, and I am ready.
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here I am, Send me!" – Isaiah 6:8
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A Date With Destiny
And he said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few." Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. –Luke 10:2
Why Now? IT IS TIME!
Nick and Carrie met in February 2019, two Service Members nearing retirement, Nick in the Army Reserve in Austin, and Carrie on Active Duty at Fort Sam Houston. Both parents who know the difficulties associated with being single parents and Soldiers on Active Duty. To most, they would appear to be successful professionals, Nick an attorney and Carrie a Family Nurse Practitioner. Both facing life's challenges and struggling to find their true purpose. The inability to do more than they were doing was slowly but consistently draining them of their passion-PEOPLE. Both believing there was more to do and much more THEY could do.
With their military backgrounds and experience, they were both also very frustrated with the broken military medical and legal systems as well as the political system. They were both looking for someone to serve the community with. What they didn't know when they met is this would not be just an ordinary date between, professionals with similar backgrounds, experiences, concerns, frustrations, and needs to serve in a more significant way. This would be a date with destiny.
God was calling them to join forces. Carrie, learning in providing patient care how many people were dealing with the same issues, but not talking about it. Seeing and hearing firsthand how broken military families were fueling depression, anxiety, and suicide. It would be Carrie's personal experience, fleeing a near decade long marriage filled with unthinkable domestic violence from her military spouse that would teach her the most.
She tried tirelessly and desperately to get help from the military, medical colleagues, CPS, Domestic Violence Action Centers, local churches, chaplains, counselors, and even lawyers in Virginia, California, and Texas. Her family desperately flying in repeatedly over the years as they watched, but not knowing how to help her. She was shocked to learn the system is completely dysfunctional and there was no help for her on the military or civilian side. Remarks from military police such as, "I don't know why she's even reporting, he didn't even hit her", said without the military police officer even knowing her history of domestic violence at their previous duty station and that this same spouse and soldier had threatened to kill her multiple times and already had more than 20 guns confiscated by the military after discharging his weapon in their home with their son sleeping upstairs. Finally, after repeated requests for more help and in fear for her life as she finally got the courage to leave, she and her son were moved on a "THREAT TO LIFE" order by the Army who admitted in writing they could not keep her safe, and they transferred her back to her home state of Texas.
She thought back in Texas she would finally be safe, but this too was short lived as she was then told by the Bexar County Family Justice Center they couldn't help her either. At the same time, the Army was sending her abuser to training in San Antonio at his request after they believed him to be the very threat to her life. Terrified but emboldened, she was determined to have her voice heard even when lawyers and judges would threaten she could lose custody of her only son if she spoke the truth. Meanwhile, taking care of patients she saw first-hand how PTSD, domestic violence, and sexual assault, were literally killing patients and breaking down service members as the broken military medical system didn't know how to help them. She wasn't getting help, so how could she possibly recommend help for them. What Nick and Carrie learned in sharing their stories is that they are not alone. Nick and Carrie believed these experiences were not in vain and they had a DUTY to use what they learned for good. Not a duty to the Army, or to their respective professions, but a duty to God and all of His children, the PEOPLE! A common saying among soldiers who are used to being failed by the system is, "it is what it is" and throwing their hands up in disgust and disbelief. Nick and Carrie could no longer accept that as an answer. If they didn't speak, then who would? Carrie wrote in a text to Nick on 3/6/2019:
As leaders, we are here to be agents of change. That is never done without opposition, but with perseverance it paves the way for others. I can at least do that with what I've been given. I have nothing to lose. If they don't hear me on this, who will they hear?
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Rafters rescued after plunging over Ohiopyle Falls, Pennsylvania
Rafters plunged over Ohiopyle Falls in Pennsylvania on Saturday, July 13, after failing to heed warning signs on the river, local media reported.
Video posted by Cody Veronie from an observation platform shows the boat of six crashing over the falls and flipping. Officials told media that six boaters, two women and four men, were rescued. The rafters had missed a sign saying "danger beyond this point."


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his DIVISION ar Fort Pemberton, on March 21, and, being the senior, assumed command of the entire expedition, and returned to the position Ross had occupied.
On March 23, I sent orders for the withdrawal of all the forces operating in that direction, for the purpose of concentrating my army at Milliken's Bend.
On March 14, Admiral D. D. Porter, commanding the Mississippi Squadron, informed me that he had made a reconnaissance up Steel's Bayou, and partially through Black Bayou toward Deer Creek, and, so far as explored, these water courses were reported navigable for the smaller iron-clads.
Information, given mostly, I believe, by the negroes of the country, was to the effect that Deer Creek could be navigated to Rolling Fork, and that from there through the Sunflower to the Yazoo River there was no question about the navigation.
On the following morning I accompanied Admiral Porter in the ram Price, several iron-clads preceding us, up through Steel's Bayou to near Black Bayou.
At this time our forces were at a dead lock at Greenwood, and I looked upon the success of this enterprise as of vast importance. It would, if successful, leave Greenwood between two forces of ours, and would necessarily cause the immediate abandonment of that stronghold. About thirty steamers of the enemy would have been destroyed or fallen into our hands.
Seeing that the great obstacles to navigation, so far as I had gone, was from overhanging trees, I left Admiral Porter near Black Bayou, and pushed back to Young's Point, for the purpose of sending forward a pioneer corps to remove these difficulties. Soon after my return to Young's Point, Admiral Porter sent back to me for a co-operating military force. Sherman was promptly sent with one DIVISION of his corps. The number of steamers suitable for the navigation of these bayous being limited, most of the force was sent up the Mississippi River to Eagle Bend, a point where the river runs within 1 mile of Steele's Bayou, thus saving an important part of this difficult navigation.
The expedition failed, probably more from want of knowledge as to what would be required to open this route than from any impracticability in the navigation of the streams and bayous through which it was proposed to pass. Want of this knowledge led the expedition on until difficulties were encountered, and then it would become necessary to send back to Young's Point for the means of removing them. This gave the enemy time to move forces to effectually checkmate further progress, and the expedition was withdrawn when within a few hundred yards of free and open navigation to the Yazoo.
All this may have been providential in driving us ultimately to a line of operations which has proven eminently successful.
For further particulars of the Steele's Bayou expedition, see report of Major General W. T. Sherman, forwarded on April 12.
As soon as I decided to open water communication from a point on the Mississippi, near Milliken's Bend, to New Carthage, I determined to occupy the latter place, it being the first point below Vicksburg that could be reached by land at the stage of water then existing, and the occupancy of which, while it secured to us a point on the Mississippi River, would also protect the main line of communication by water. Accordingly, the Thirteenth Army Corps, Major General J. A. McClernand commanding, was directed to take up its line of march on March 29 for New Carthage, the Fifteenth and SEVENTEENTH Army Corps to follow,


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Take a listen to my latest interview with Paul Schmid of the Pursuit Zone podcast for the first insights into my 660 mile / 1,000 kilometre trek across Bangladesh. Having finished the journey roughly a month ago, this was my first chance to really look back over what was by far my longest journey on foot!
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Congressional critics and outside analysts are taking aim at the Department of Homeland Security's plan to defend passenger planes against shoulder-fired missiles.On Monday, Dr. Charles McQueary, the department's undersecretary for science and technology, announced an "aggressive" two-year study to "determine if in fact there is a viable and effective technology we could deploy to protect commercial aircraft."Under McQueary's plan, three defense contracting teams will have six months and $2 million each to put together road maps for adapting military antimissile systems to civilian jets. Then the department will decide whether to build and test a prototype. That process could take up to a year and a half.But that's too few decisions in too much time, critics contend. In a little more than a year, so-called MANPADS (short for man-portable air defense systems) have been used to attack an Israeli jet over Kenya, a DHL cargo craft over Iraq, a U.S. Army Chinook helicopter, and an Air Force C-17 transport plane. More than half a million of the weapons have been made since the mid-'60s, and tens of thousands of them are unaccounted for. The military's planes already have MANPADS countermeasures on board, argues Sen. Charles Schumer (D-New York). Why wait to put them on passenger jets?"Shoulder-fired missiles are probably the greatest danger commercial airliners face in today's world. While I'm glad DHS (Department of Homeland Security) is finally moving forward, it's at much too slow a pace. We can't afford to wait another two years to outfit planes -- it's already been 14 months since the Kenya attacks," Schumer said in a statement.My Wired News article has details on the MANPADS debate.THERE'S MORE: In September, the Bush Administration pledged $100 million towards jet defense -- and $60 million is budgeted this year towards these efforts. The month before, Northrop Grumman revealed a project to zap oncoming missiles with a chemical-powered laser.AND MORE: In the Boston Globe, MIT's Theodore Postol and Geoffrey Forden argue that "foiling aircraft attacks isn't rocket science." They point to a number of relatively simple technologies which could help prevent jetliner hijackings."Multiple tiny video cameras could be placed throughout a plane's passenger compartment to record initial actions that might lead to a takeover," they suggest. "Wireless videocams could even be worn on the clothing of flight attendants."AND MORE: On Thursday, an Air Mobility Command C-5 transport plane was hit by a missile, witnesses say. Luckily, the craft made it back safely to Baghdad airport. A Black Hawk helpicopter, struck near Fallujah, was not so lucky. Nine soldiers are dead.
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Review of Samsung Galaxy Note Edge: A remarkable technological achievement
Are you looking for a high-end smartphone with big display? If so, here is the detailed review of the new Samsung Galaxy Note Edge, which comes with curved display, a remarkable technological achievement. Read its new features, pros and cons.
When it comes to trying new stuffs, Samsung is quite innovative. The company often comes up with new fancy ideas and make that happen - something not other companies can make. In its vision of future displays, curved is the new flat. Not too long ago, the company had tinkered with flexible and curved displays on their products, including in a smartphone named Galaxy Round. Following the Galaxy Round, here's the new Galaxy Edge with a unique curved display. Basically, the Note Edge is Galaxy Note 4 with one peculiar inclusion, a curved portion on the right side of the display, opening up numerous possibilities to interact with the device. The extra curved portion of the display can be used to show app shortcuts, notifications, and so forth. Currently it is priced at Rs.57,500. With its new and completely unique curved display, it's no wonder that the Note Edge fetches a high price. But, is it worth buying?
Look and feel
At last the company has done something different with physical design of one of its device. Except the addition of curve display, essentially Galaxy Note Edge is much like the company's Galaxy Note 4 - an oblong Home button ringed with silver positioned underneath the display, a silver earpiece with the front facing camera and sensors grouped close by, etc. It feels premium in the hand and, thanks to its smart design factors, is also quite easy to use with one hand. Actually, it is lighter and thinner than the Galaxy Note 4.
Samsung Galaxy Note Edge is 8.3mm thick and weighs 174g but it feels less heavy than it actually is. Except the standby button on the top, all other buttons are positioned on the usual place. Not to mention, of course new button arrangement is to accommodate the new curved display, though that makes stretching the finger to reach the top button, which is a tad irritating. There is some metal running around the edge, which provides strength as well as some look. On the back, here also Samsung used the textured faux leather on the back cover, which provides excellent grip. Though the back cover used here is the typical thin plastic that we're now familiar with other Samsung devices. Just like the Note 4, there is a main camera accompanied by a flashlight and heart rate sensor positioned on the rear top. Luckily, the back cover is removable so you can get to the microSD card slot, SIM card and battery.
Of course the wow factor of this device is its display. Samsung managed to curve the screen using the same technology that used on the Galaxy Round handset. The added curved portion makes it more premium than company's Note 4 phablet. In this device, you get a Super AMOLED display of 2,560 x 1,600 pixels, divided into 1440 x 2560 pixel area for the main UI and an additional 160 pixel wide strip on the right side, however there is no noticeable seam between the two areas. The new curved portion is convenient to use, and looks pretty good from almost all angles. This curved feature is very convenient for right-handers, but if you are left-handed then you have to turn the device 180 degrees to make use of it. Sadly, yet now the company has made no mention of Note Edge's left-handed version.
Talking about the display quality, just like Note 4, this one also immensely bright, sharp and easy to read in all kinds of environments. Not to mention, since the device boasts Super AMOLED display, you get fantastic black levels while playing games and watching movies. Colors look so punchy and perhaps out-of-the-box a tad too colorful, which can be easily corrected from the Screen settings. If you care more about the display quality, then this is one of the best displays now you can get today.
Again, the company didn't cut any corners when it came to the Note Edge's camera specs. The device sports a 16MP rear camera, with the company's 'Smart OIS' feature that is developed to capture more details in tougher lighting conditions. One of the cool additions of Edge camera is that the controls are moved off to the curved portion of the screen, which leaves the main camera UI clean, while camera shooter button and other control settings are on that extra real estate. But, if you used to use on screen camera shutter button, then you may find this new positioning a tad awkward. As usual, here also you get Samsung's great camera app, which is very user-friendly, comes with various shooting modes, including Panorama, HDR and editing options for applying final touches to your shots.
Image quality is outstanding with high level of detail, and of course you won't find any noise in good lighting condition. Thanks to smart OIS feature, low light camera performance is also good, though you may find some noise here and there without flashlight ON in complete darkness. The Note Edge's camera is great at macro shots as well. Like the Note 4, the rear camera can also shoot 4K video. On the front of device, there is a 3.7MP front-facing selfie camera, which can take outstanding selfies and shoots quad-HD video. There's also a selfie mode that joints a trio of captured images together for widescreen.
Software, performance & Battery Life
Samsung ships the Galaxy Note Edge with Android 4.4.4 Kitkat, along with its new TouchWiz UI skin that is tinkered for the curved display. Here also you will get all the same goodies you seen in the Galaxy Note 4, including Multi-Window, Air command, S Health, and so forth. Being part of the Note series, Pen Stylus got a new sensitivity level of 2048 and gained the ability to be used like a mouse of a computer.
Talking about the internals, the Galaxy note Edge is powered by a ultra-powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 quad-core processor clocked at 2.7GHz, with integrated Adreno 420 GPU. There is an ample 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage, which can be bumped up via microSD slot that supports up to 128GB microSD card. Like the Note 4, here also you get a fingerprint scanner on the front and a heart rate sensor on the back. Coming to connectivity options, you get all the usual bells and whistles - Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, DLNA, GPS, etc.
In terms of performance, as expected, it did not fail to impress me. Like Galaxy Note 4, it can handle anything you throw at it. Multi-tasking is not an issue with this device, which means it will not show any sign of lag even while you working with more than 20 apps at a time. Gaming performance is also very impressive, there is no chance you would see any hiccups or frame drops while gaming. It got a pretty good speaker as well, even though I couldn't find the clarity and loudness of the HTC's BoomSound Speakers, it produced adequate loudness. Call quality is also good, and loud enough to hear whatever things coming from the other side.
Battery life of the Note Edge is not impressive. To power up such a big display, the device needs a lot of battery juice. Due to some mysterious reason, Samsung dropped the battery capacity to 3000mAh. May be the company was forced to choose a smaller battery pack because of the addition of curved display portion. However, you'll notice the battery goes down at the drop of a hat while you playing games or browsing Internet. The company also included a clever Ultra Power Saving mode, with this mode ON, the display turns to black & white, limit network connectivity, and you lose the edge display as well.
No doubt, the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge is an example of a remarkable technological achievement. Honestly, I couldn't find this extra space particularly useful. At the same time, it's hard to say, the addition of curved display seems to be a bad thing. The good thing is that even without the curved portion, you still have got all that goodies you find in Note 4. The only downside of this device is less battery life. Currently, the device is priced at Rs.57,500, which is a lot of money. Even with all these features and innovative technology, I doubt that it justifies the high price tag applied on this device.
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Barack Obama issued new rules for police officers this week including "softer look" uniforms for cops.
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Earlier this week, President Barack Obama banned the sale of certain military-style equipment to police departments.
Brian Kilmeade reported tonight on "The Kelly File" that Obama also thinks that police officers should have "softer looking" uniforms.
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Kilmeade explained that Obama thinks that police officers are "making things worse" when they show up to inner city communities wearing military-style equipment and riot gear.
"They're concerned about the helmet. They're concerned about the shield. It's sending the wrong message," Kilmeade stated. "I used to think from the civilian point of view that that would be a reason not to riot, because the police were ready and ready to act."
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Obama commissioned a review of the equipment programs last year after protests in Ferguson, Mo., over the shooting death of an 18-year-old black man by a police officer.


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This is my contribution to Shorts!--A Tiny Blogathon, hosted by Movies Silently.
Taking part in a movie blogathon about short films gives me a perfect opportunity to discuss the Three Stooges. The Stooges might be the most famous short film stars of all time--their comedy series for Columbia still runs on television constantly, and probably always will. If you asked the average person on the street whether they had ever actually seen a short subject film, their response might be, "What are those?" But if you asked that same person whether they had seen a Three Stooges episode, they would know exactly what you are talking about.
I've watched the Three Stooges literally all my life. I was fascinated by them as a kid, and looking back now it's easy to see why. The crude, rapid-fire brand of slapstick, the wild & wacky situations, the crazy sound effects, and the super-fast pace of the films easily got the attention of my young mind. The Stooges were perfect for the short film format. Most of their Columbia films last between 15 to 20 minutes, and unlike most full-length comedy feature films made during the same period, there's no romantic sub-plot, or musical numbers, or burdensome plot details. In a Stooges short film, it's the boys all the way....and even if you didn't like them, you have to admit they weren't boring.
My favorite Stooges short of all time is A PLUMBING WE WILL GO, released in 1940 and directed by Del Lord, with story & screenplay by Elwood Ullman. I consider this the quintessential Stooges comedy. It was made right in the middle of what I consider the Stooges' golden period--1937-1944. During this era Moe, Larry, and Curly made their funniest comedies, and the Columbia short subject unit that supported them was running like a well-oiled machine. A PLUMBING WE WILL GO has several great Stooges elements:
The Stooges running from the law
The Stooges attempting to perform a professional service
The Stooges pretending to be something they are not
The Stooges meeting up with (and annoying) snooty high-society types
About the only thing A PLUMBING WE WILL GO doesn't have is an appearance by long-time Stooges nemesis Vernon Dent--but it does feature another famed Stooge supporting player, Bud Jamison.
The short starts with the Stooges in a familiar place--a courtroom. The boys are accused of being chicken thieves, but luckily the presiding judge doesn't buy it (Curly doesn't help things by taking his hat out of his pocket and unleashing a flurry of feathers). As soon as the Stooges get back out on the street, they wind up in trouble again with Bud Jamison's angry cop. With the unknowing help of street magician Professor Bilbo, the Stooges manage to get away and steal a plumber's van. Incredibly , the swanky house they park the van in front of has just called for a plumber--so the Stooges, fearing arrest by the pursuing Jamison, act like they are plumbers.
After the boys go down to the basement, Moe sends Curly upstairs to shut off the water. What follows may be the high point of Curly Howard's entire film career. Instead of stopping the water Curly just makes it flow more and more (Curly's facial expressions and body language during this scene are a wonder to behold). Curly's solution to stopping the water is to keep adding pipes to it over and over again, until he is surrounded by them--one of the great visual moments in Stooge history.
With the water still flowing Moe tells Larry to turn the water off outside. Larry winds up ruining the lawn (when the butler tells Larry to stop, the middle Stooge gives the servant a shovelful of sod in the face). Curly escapes his pipe prison by drilling a hole in the floor, which causes him to fall straight down into the basement, angering Moe (as if Moe needed angering in the first place). Moe tells Curly to find some more pipe...and Curly does, but as he explains to Moe, "The pipe is filled with wires!!"
Of course the wires are electrical wires...and the Stooges replace those wires with water, causing every electrical device in the house to start spouting like a geyser. African-American actor Dudley Dickerson gets a showcase scene as the house cook who reacts to seeing his kitchen take the brunt of the Stooges' "repairs". Some of today's viewers might consider Dickerson's role to be politically incorrect, but the man is genuinely funny--as a matter of fact, Dickerson almost steals the short from the Stooges.
While this is going on the lady of the house decides to show her guests a brand new "television receiver". She tunes in to a broadcast from Niagara Falls--and soon a real waterfall comes through the screen. (Is this the earliest use of a television set as a comic gag in movie history?)
Finally the owner of the house comes in, finds out what is going on, and heads off to confront the idiots who have ruined his home....and the owner is none other than the judge who let the Stooges off at the beginning of the short! The judge falls through the hole Curly made in the upstairs bathroom....and once again the Stooges are on the run, jumping into the giant hole Larry made in the yard, and then interrupting Professor Bilbo's magic act yet again.
A PLUMBING WE WILL GO starts off with a very simple premise--all the Stooges have to do is fix a small leak--but that premise builds and builds, until the house the Stooges are working in takes on more water than an ocean (as Moe says, "This ain't a house, it's a sieve!!") The Stooges are not plumbers, and they know nothing about plumbing, but they carry on anyway, absolutely confident in everything they do. You can call the Stooges stupid, but they have an assurance about them that puts them on another level among classic film comedians.
Many Stooge fans look upon Del Lord as the best short subject director the boys worked with, and he keeps the story moving so fast you don't have time to do anything but laugh. That's the main reason why the Stooges comedies work so well so many years after they were made--they're as quickly edited as any action sequence in a 21st Century comic-book movie.
The Three Stooges were masters of the short comedy subject, and A PLUMBING WE WILL GO features them at the height of their powers. If you ever meet someone who has no idea who the Three Stooges are (if such a person exists), you should show them A PLUMBING WE WILL GO. It sums up the Three Stooges perfectly.


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The Jewish Holocaust Centre has launched the JHC Film Club in partnership with Deakin University. The aim of the JHC Film Club is to view and discuss films about the Holocaust, other genocides and human rights' issues. Film screenings are held at the Centre from 7:00pm on the last Thursday of every month. Entry is by donation. Light refreshments will be provided.
The films to be explored between April and June 2011 include the French thriller Mr Klein (28 April), the documentary Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (26 May), and the German-made drama The Ninth Day (30 June).
The screening of each film will be followed by informal discussion led by a speaker who has a personal attachment to the film and two other panel members. These events promise to provide enjoyable and stimulating evenings, so please feel welcome to attend.
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April 1, 2019 — On March 29, a joint committee of the State legislature approved bills to enact Governor's Ned Lamont's budget proposals for education while deleting a provision that would have forced towns to assume a portion of teacher pension fund contributions.
Also removed from the revised bills, which now move on to the General Assembly, were all references to mandates for school district shared services.
The Education Committee's action was welcome news to Weston officials, where the pension fund formula would have added close to $1 million to Town expenses once fully phased-in over three years.
First Selectman Chris Spaulding said the decision "goes to show that calm, reasoned deliberation coupled with active citizen engagement can work, and demonstrates the need for open channels of communication between all levels of government and the public."
The First Selectman had argued vigorously against the plan in a meeting with Governor Lamont and Fairfield County leaders at Weston Town Hall on February 26. The meeting had been arranged by State Senator Will Haskell.
Dr. Spaulding said he is "thrilled that the governor and local legislators took the time to come to Weston, participate in a lively and honest discussion, listen to what municipal leaders and citizens had to say, and eventually incorporate that feedback into more favorable and fair legislation for Weston."
Earlier in the week, Governor Lamont amended his bills to emphasize options for collaborative cost savings and remove language that implied mandated school regionalization.
In a statement on Wednesday, the governor said: "The truth is that our students and teachers are not getting the adequate resources they need in the classroom. Sharing certain back-office administrative services and purchasing costs is more efficient for certain schools."
"I've also heard the concern that school districts need independence to make the decisions they feel are best," the governor continued. "My revised proposal seeks to strike that balance through a collaborative process that preserves the feisty independence of our towns while providing them the tools they need to accomplish our shared vision of focusing resources on the classroom."
Senator Haskell said "I applaud Governor Lamont for clarifying his approach toward school collaboration, and I am happy to see he understands the concerns of my constituents."
Mr. Haskell added that "at his budget address, the governor said he would approach public policy with an open mind. He asked that instead of running to a microphone every time we disagree, we sit down and have a conversation. I did just that because I think that's what real representation looks like. Our constituents aren't well served when we simply say no. I'm grateful for all of my constituents who made their voices heard. I listened to their passion and knowledge and brought their perspective with me to Hartford. I look forward to continuing this discussion for the best possible outcome for our students. This is exactly what democracy looks like."


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I just could not get it to look smooth, or even or at all how I wanted it. I lost count of how many batches of frosting I made! At first the cake was white, then it was green and then I changed it to pink argh. The sweet ladies at my church gave me lots of compliments on it but I just saw a big mess.
I was, however, very pleased with my little lady bug :D Isn't she cute?
Here is the cake table at the shower along with some lady bug table confetti.
These are some cake pops I made for the favors. They were a big hit. I made a chocolate cake in a 9x13 pan, let it cool and then mixed it with a tub of frosting until the cake was all broken up and combined. Then I rolled them into little balls and refrigerated for a few hours before inserting a lollypop stick and coating in some red-colored white chocolate and letting set standing in a Styrofoam bar. If I had had a bit more time I would have liked to have decorated them with some black spots or something but I settled for a cute ladybug cup that I found at IParty.
Here are some of the decorations Bonnie, my pastor's wife, did. She made the paper ladybugs which looked great. The ladybug balloons were from Amazon.
Adorable ladybug picks in the food. Also from Amazon.
The games!
My lovely friend Tiffany doing one of the games. She had to try to multi-task while being timed and kept talking to the baby or pretending she was on the phone, I was cracking up!
At least it tasted OK. Each time I made a frosting I put a different extract in for flavor (by mistake of course) and one of the ladies said, mmm what frosting did you use? lol Seeecret.
Alynn, the shower Mommy opening her gifts. She's expecting a girl :) Girls are great for first time Mom's I think, cause you're so excited about dressing up and making the baby cute. Boys make wonderful second babies cause then you get all the cuddles! Plus you're nerves aren't so high the second time round which is a good thing with boys!
It was so much fun. I barely had time to get home and tidy before we left for a birthday party. These next two weeks I'm going to be trying to get Willow's upcoming birthday party plans finalized. Thank you all so much for the cake ideas! I think I'm going to attempt an under the sea type castle cake and place some Ariel figurines on top. This time I will ask Grandma to watch the kids at her house while I make it!


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GLASGOW, Ky. (KT) – Easter is Super Sunday for churches, the one day of the year when extra space is needed because of tightly packed pews.
It's a showcase day when churches and church members put on their Sunday finest – every bonnet straightened, every pew polished.
But in Barren County, at least in the past two years, Easter has become a day of unification among four Kentucky Baptist churches – two with predominantly African-American congregations and two with mostly white members – at a central location.
They come together on Easter morning but the bond that these four pastors have forged make it more than a one-day show for the community. They are partners in Christ, delivering the gospel message together and individually to the Glasgow community.
"Our hope is to expand that with other churches," said Ray Woodie, the pastor of Coral Hills Baptist Church, who introduced the idea two years ago of the four churches coming together for Easter. "We want to be able to see God do something in the body of Christ. The core of all we do is the gospel."
Woodie said the idea of bringing the four churches together was born three years ago when he invited sister church Immanuel Baptist to worship with them on Easter. The church typically had multiple services but wanted to combine them all on Easter.
Curtis Woods, the co-interim director of the Kentucky Baptist Convention, was the interim pastor at Immanuel at the time.
"We worshiped together and had a great experience," Woodie said. "Curtis preached with me that particular service."
It was after that service that God revealed a bigger vision to the pastor. Woodie had a strong relationship with pastors from two predominantly African-American churches in Glasgow – First Baptist Church and Harlow's Chapel.
"We approached them and they were excited," he said. "We've been working the past few years on being very intentional, not just having services once in a while (with each other) but having a unified heart with the core being of gospel sharing."
Woodie said it wasn't about racial reconciliation, although roundtables about those issues have sprung up through this partnership. It was about being "united under the cross. That's where we wanted our heartbeat," he said.
Woodie, First Baptist Church Pastor Michael Rice, Harlow's Chapel Baptist Pastor W. Keith Rowlett and Immanuel Pastor Jeremy Atwood have become much more than pastors from the same area. They have forged friendships and relationships that are ironclad. The goal is the same: Spread the gospel.
"It's a genuine fellowship of pastors," Woodie said. "We dream about what God may do through this fellowship."
What God has already done the past two Easters is bring churches with different cultural and ethnic backgrounds under the same roof with the same goal of reaching a lost community – and world – with the gospel.
On Sunday nearly 1,200 gathered at Barren County High School gymnasium in an Easter service full of the gospel message. The congregations from the four churches worshipped and prayed together, they sang together. Nobody was introduced as being from a particular church, because it wasn't important. The choirs and praise teams were a combination of the four churches and each pastor spoke. It was a day of high praise for a resurrected Christ.
"Here's the cool thing about the Easter service," Atwood said. "You cannot tell there's four churches in the worship service. We have been very intentional not to make it a showcase of four separate churches."
All four churches made the sacrifice of giving up having Easter in their own buildings. But nobody seemed to mind because God was being glorified.
"Last year would have been our first Easter in our new building," Atwood said. "I had just got here. Ray pitched the idea and everybody was 99 percent on board. It fits our vision as a church."
Atwood said when he became pastor he was surprised with the lack of diversity as far as skin color in the church.
"God put it on my heart to be intentional about being a multi-ethnic and multi-generational church. It fits in with our vision perfectly."
The relationship bond between the four pastors keeps growing stronger and stronger, Atwood said.
Harlow's Chapel will have revival services this week and each of the other three pastors are taking a night to preach.
"Each of those guys has been in my pulpit," Atwood said. "To see four guys from four different backgrounds pledge to partner together is something else. I think it has been helpful for the community to see. You don't have to agree politically or have the same skin color. The gospel can bring you together."
Rowlett said the service has "brought the community together."
Rice said his church has been blessed by the partnership with each of his pastor friends that is quickly becoming loving relationships between churches.
"I think what we are discovering is that we're more alike than we are different," he said. "What the church does dictate to a great degree what the community does. As people of faith, we work with each other, we dine with each other, we see each other at shopping centers and malls. We are developing relationships outside our culture. The church has a key role in unifying communities and country."
The total attendance of 1,150 on Easter may have been more than the four churches would have had combined, Atwood said
"People will go to the school that might not go to a church," Rice said. "It's a different kind of setup. They don't feel as pressured. When you come to a church for the first time as a visitor, everybody knows you're a visitor. All we're trying to do is share the gospel."
Rowlett said his church has their Easter service on Palm Sunday and then comes together for the service on Easter morning with the combined churches. He said they evaluate the service and decide what can be done better. "We look at what we can change. This year was pretty good. We had six or seven songs and four preachers, started at 10 and were out by 12."
Rowlett has been at Harlow's Chapel for 23 years and his vision for the church is for it to be multi-cultural so the combined service works well for him.
Woodie said he doesn't know how, or if, it's affecting the community yet. He said the congregations are learning to trust each other. The pastors are already there.
"We want to impact the community, but the community will never change until the church gets things right," he said. "We have to trust each other and see each other has a heart for the gospel."
They have taken the necessary steps to make that happen, including addressing issues from church members who had questions about coming together at first, Woodie said.
"We had to ask ourselves some deep questions," he said. "I can't say what the impact on the community may be, but God is tearing down walls and we're seeing each other as brothers and sisters in Christ."
Across the United States, a political and racial divide seems to be widening. Atwood and Woodie said they have addressed some of those issues in open meetings in the community, asking and answering tough questions from all sides.
"We recognize what's happened in other counties, states and cities could, at any moment, happen in our county," Woodie said. "We want to be like Daniel. He did his praying before being thrown in the lions' den.
"If anything like that happened, we already have presence and voice to speak into those situations with credibility."
The pastors have found strength together and that has carried on to their respective congregations.
"First of all, it's about Christ," Rice said. "It's not about sameness, it's about oneness. If we are going to be one, it's got to start in church."
On Sunday, congregations from the four churches walked out of Barren County High School gymnasium in agreement that, indeed, it's the gospel that makes the way.


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Washington - Monica Lewinsky, arguably the most infamous White House intern in modern history, is not a huge fan of foolishness. After re-entering the spotlight four years ago, the 44-year-old anti-bullying advocate has repeatedly used her platform to put bad actors on blast. Marco Rubio got some, and so did CNN spinoff network HLN. Now it's Town & Country magazine's turn.
On Wednesday, Lewinsky, who had been invited to the glossy magazine's annual philanthropic summit, tweeted that Town & Country, which expected celebrity guests such as Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bradley Cooper and Karlie Kloss, had rescinded Lewinsky's invitation. HuffPost was the first to report on the mess-up.
Lewinsky wrote, in part, "please don't invite me to an event (esp one about social change) and - then after i've accepted - uninvite me because bill clinton then decided to attend/was invited." Famed etiquette expert Emily Post, she continued, "would def not approve."
dear world:— Monica Lewinsky (@MonicaLewinsky) May 9, 2018
please don't invite me to an event (esp one about social change) and --then after i've accepted-- uninvite me because bill clinton then decided to attend/was invited.
it's 2018.
emily post would def not approve.
Lewinsky added that the magazine's alleged consolation prize also wasn't enough, tweeting, "p.s. ... and definitely, please don't try to ameliorate the situation by insulting me with an offer of an article in your mag."
p.s. ...and definitely, please don't try to ameliorate the situation by insulting me with an offer of an article in your mag.— Monica Lewinsky (@MonicaLewinsky) May 9, 2018
The public reproach is the latest example of Lewinsky's effort to reshape her scandal-scarred past in the era of #MeToo by highlighting the lopsided blame she received for her relationship with President Bill Clinton.
For its part, Town & Country issued a brief apology via Twitter early Thursday offering a mea culpa for "the way the situation was handled" but providing no further details. Who was invited first? Whose decision was it to diss Lewinsky? And also, what were they thinking? None of those questions have been (or probably will ever be) answered. The magazine has not responded to a request for comment.
We apologize to Ms. Lewinsky and regret the way the situation was handled.— TOWN&COUNTRY (@TandCmag) May 10, 2018
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"We kept our training camp going despite the change of opponent. We always train the same no matter who the opponent is.
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"Sometimes when my dad is having tough days dealing with the cancer, I want to stay at home with him, but he tells me to go to the gym and train hard. So I tell him that we're going to work hard for him. We both motivate each other.
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Predrag Peruničić
State Secretary for Sports
He was born on 27 June 1967 in Pljevlja, Montenegro. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics.
He's a top athlete, former national handball team player of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro, and the recipient of the national recognition of Serbia, with more than 20 years of sports career behind him, having started out in Rudar from Pljevlja.
He has won 12 trophies, among which are the special trophy at the European Championship and the World Cup, which marked his life, as well as big matches.
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He played in the following clubs: Rudar, Lovćen, Vojvodina, Partizan, Red Star, Al Rayyan Sports Club from Doha, as well as in several clubs of the Bundesliga.
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Darko Stanić
State Secretary
Darko Stanić is a graduated sports manager, born in Mojkovac, on 8 October 1978.
He took up handball at the age of 12 in his hometown. He played for HC "Brskovo" - Mojkovac, HC "Lovćen" - Cetinje, HC "Berane" from Berane. As of 2002 he became a member of the HC "Red Star" - Belgrade with which he won the double crown as captain in 2004.
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He was repeatedly declared the best goalkeeper in both domestic and foreign championships. Beside in our country, it was once in Switzerland, twice in Slovenia, and twice in Macedonia. Further, he was declared the best goalkeeper in the SEHA League in the 2012/13 competition year, as well as in the EHF Champions League, in the season 2013/14.
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