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Imagine it's a snowy evening and you've settled down in front of the fire with a big mug of hot chocolate and a fluffy blanket. The hot chocolate is piled high with whipped cream and topped with marshmallows. It's sweet and frothy and likely to make you feel like you've had your weekly allowance of sugar all in one go but it's perfect for an evening when you've nowhere to be and nothing to do. This, for me, is what reading Let It Snow was like.
Let It Snow is a collection of three connected short stories, all of which are set over the Christmas period and during a blizzard. The first story is called 'The Jubilee Express' and was written by Maureen Johnson. The story begins on Christmas Eve as the eponymous Jubilee excitedly looks forward to going to her boyfriend's house for his family's annual Christmas Eve Smorgasbord (for those not in the know, a smorgasbord is a kind of Scandinavian buffet-type meal). Unfortunately her plans are ruined when her parents are arrested as part of the 'Flobie Five'; a group involved in an altercation at the showroom of a collectibles company. Jubilee is put on a train to her grandparents but her Christmas Eve is further disrupted by the arrival of the 'biggest storm in fifty years', which causes her train to break down just outside of a small town called Gracetown. Jubilee's decision to abandon the train for the sanctuary of a nearby Waffle House sets off a chain of events that affects not just her own life but the lives of several other characters that will later appear in the book.
The second story in the collection is titled 'Cheertastic Christmas Miracle' and is written by internet-favourite John Green. This story takes place late Christmas Eve/early Christmas morning and focuses on a trio of friends: Tobin, the Duke and JP. The story is told from the point-of-view of Tobin as he and his friends set out on an ill-advised journey through the snow to the Waffle House, where they have heard that a group of cheerleaders (who were travelling on the same train as Jubilee and followed her example after she escaped the train) are taking refuge from the storm and are desperately in need of Twister (the game that is, not a further weather phenomenon). Tobin and JP are very enthusiastic about their quest, the Duke less so, as the only girl in the group she is less enamoured at the thought of a roomful of cheerleaders, although the prospect of Waffle House hash browns ultimately sways her. Over the course of the night Tobin has somewhat of a revelation as he realises that perhaps his prospects for love lie closer to home than he realised and that actually the journey really is as important, if not more so, than the destination.
The third, and last, story in this collection is called 'The Patron Saint of Pigs' by Lauren Myracle. It is now Christmas Day in Gracetown and our latest protagonist Addie is heartbroken after splitting up from her boyfriend Jeb (who was also on the train with Jubilee and the cheerleaders, and later at the Waffle House with Tobin, the Duke and JP). Addie's story develops over Boxing Day as she tries to discover why she sabotaged her relationship with Jeb and also tries to come to terms with the fact that several people in her life think she's self-centred. As the title suggests, there is a pig involved and it ends up being part of Addie's redemption quest.
Overall, I liked this book. It was sweet, light-hearted and entertaining. However, I probably wouldn't recommend it to others unless they were specifically looking for an easy read as I felt it lacked depth, which is perhaps unsurprising in a book about teenage romance. I liked some of the characters (The Duke might have been my favourite) and found some of the others slightly annoying (mainly Addie) but the plot was fairly basic and there were some loose ends that I felt were just abandoned (such as the fate of the Flobie Five). I think the authors did a good job of interweaving the stories and characters and I think the book had a good sense of atmosphere. Let It Snow is worth a read if you're looking to escape a stormy night, or feeling nostalgic for your years of teenage angst.
(I've also posted this on the website for the book group I attend – The Edge of Reading.)


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Do remakes stifle creativity or do they provide an opportunity to get more creative with the same story plot? What's your opinion? Leave a comment and I'll publish the survey results.
To me, remakes mean that the Hollywood machinery spends less time looking for new ideas and promoting them. It is cheaper, after all, to market a public domain story than SELECT a new one from the stacks and make it into a blockbuster. How many authors are there with amazing stories that can and will become classics if given the marketing packages that these remakes receive? Classics like Cinderella have been redone so many times that when a new Cinderella version comes out I cringe to just think how little girls' minds are being programmed to believe that if they have a good heart and work hard, the valiant prince will show up with a slipper their size. I cringe, too, when I think of the writer whose job it is to retell the story in a different angle. And they succeed. Every Cinderella story brings out a new, more sophisticated viewpoint than the previous, and so it is with Beauty and the Beast. Sure, Emma Watson is a beauty, but she is also homely, and the beast, well, he is surely furry all over and his feet are those of a goat. But his heart, well, his heart is as pure as gold. Even so, how could a young tender girl even imagine being in love with such?
Enough about that. What brings me to write about the new remake of Beauty and Beast is one of its cinematic scenes -the library scene. As I was watching it, I remembered an Audrey Hepburn movie in a library scene just like it. I'm sure they planned it on purpose, the only thing that was different was the dialogue but not much. In Audrey Hepburn's movie, Funny Face, she owns or works at the bookstore and an older (much older) protagonist, kisses her out of the blue. Did they go through the list of movies with library scenes and pick out Funny Face? Or did they do it inadvertently? Surely, that's a question for the director. But if you are an Audrey Hepburn fan and IF it spikes your interest, watch Funny Face on YouTube and then look for the library scene in Beauty and the Beast. Compare the shots and the scenes. See how much they are alike. The two scenes show the beauty on a ladder looking at books during a dialogue with the ugly protagonist.
My point is that not only plots are remade but also shots and locations. If you look closely, how many other similar shots and sets will you find along the history of Hollywood's remakes? Below you will find a list of movies where bookstores play a vital role. You would think they could be more creative than repetitive. But we, the consumers, love the familiar and are willing to support it with our tickets to the show, every time. As a woman in film, should I follow Hollywood's example and create shots ad scenes that are already tried and true, or should I follow my instinct and be creative in my own way? Certainly, I must offer some of the same with a twist. That is the Hollywood formula that seems to work. And if my objective is to be like them, then I must follow the leader. But wait, my book, Utopia is about doing just the opposite. Does anyone out there want to follow the "creative instinct" instead of the tried and true?
Did you know there were that many bookstore movies?
This is Funny Face, Audrey Hepburn on the ladder.
The new Beauty and Beast-library scene.

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When it comes to modern transportation methods, there are two methods that will always be at war with each other, the bicycle and the motorcycle. While the bicycle has it's advantages that may make it seem superior to motorcycles (it's green, it provides exercise, etc.), you'll realize upon taking a step back and analyzing the cultures that surround them, bikes come in a distant second place. Please consider the following:
Most of us have seen cops on motorcycles, and those cops seem a little more badass than the rest of the force, but what about the cops on bicycles? I'm sure there are situations where cops on bikes are useful, and I'm sure they're particularly great if you're ever in a position when you need to outrun the cops… but I bet everyone at their precinct, ESPECIALLY the cops on horses, giggle when the bicycle cops go by.
Adequate head safety is crucial for both bicycles and motorcycles…but that is about all their helmets have in common. When wearing a motorcycle helmet, you look like you just walked out of the video game Metroid. With a bicycle helmet, you look like some nerd who is dressed daily for school or work by his mom… who must also be blind.
Bicycle attire may have motorcycle attire beat in the area of climate control, that's about it. It's standard to be sporting the skin of what was another living creature when cruisin on a motorcycle. But bicyclists on the other hand are wearing a synthetic material that is so tight that it too is like a second skin. A skin that leaves nothing to the imagination as to the physical form of the person wearing it. Now on the one hand, this can be totally awesome if it's being worn by an athlete, but on the other hand it can make everything and everyone uncomfortable when being worn by someone not so physically blessed. And there are a lot of cyclists out there who like to stand when they peddle… Talking about accessories like backpacks – let's make it clear. An ordinary motorcycle backpack looks way much better than a worn-down school pack so many Sunday cyclists love to wear. Ugh.
Fictional Character Preferences
You know who loved his bike more than anyone else in the whole world? Peewee Herman. Nobody was permitted to get between that obnoxious dork and his wheels. But you know who loved his motorcycle, even though he was never able to cry?…The friggin TERMINATOR! Sorry but I'm going to trust the taste of a heartless cyborg over the preference of some bow-tied, nasally creep any day.
Nonfictional Character Preferences
Sometimes bicyclists and motorcyclists do have some things in common. Lance Armstrong, before his fall from grace, was the poster boy of professional bicycle athletes. Even after his disgrace his achievements are still pretty impressive, even with the drugs. Then on the other side of the cycle spectrum is the infamous Hell's Angels. There aren't many authentic tough guys running around that will leave a mark on history like the Angels, and they too were frequently on drugs. The only real difference between the two is the Angels don't hide their unsavory personalities; while with Armstrong, though the world already knew he was a jerk, still acted surprised when that fact was confirmed.
Personally speaking, after taking these things into consideration, and despite the fact that bicycles may help control my ever widening waistline, and makes my carbon footprint a little less deep, they just don't even compete with a motorcycle.


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Wise County is located in North Texas, near the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. It covers approximately 900 square miles with a population estimated at 65,000 living in and around some 18 towns and communities.
Wise County EMS provides emergency pre-hospital care as well as critical care and non-emergency transfers for the entire county. We have a staff consisting of 30 full-time and 15 part-time EMTs and Paramedics.
We staff 4 Full-time MICU level ambulances, a Rescue Unit that is operated by a shift supervisor and secondary medic 24/7, and a part-time MICU unit which is in service Monday through Friday from 0900-1900. Our units are staffed by an EMT-B/EMT-I and a Paramedic working 24 hour shifts on a 24(on)/48(off) schedule.
EMS Administrator: Charles Dillard B.S., LP, FF
Medical Director: Dr. Roger Leaton D.O.
A Shift Supervisor: Randall Preuninger EMT-P, FF
B Shift Supervisor: Kirstie Caruthers RN, EMT-P
C Shift Supervisor: Brandon Daughtery EMT-P, FF
Supply Coordinator: Jason Paradise EMT-P, FF (C Shift)
Training Coordinator: Brandon Sutter EMT-P, FP-C, FF (B Shift)
We have 3 stations within the county:
Station 1: Decatur – Medic 1, Medic 4, Medic 5 & Rescue 1 (Shift Supervisor/Secondary EMT-P)
Station 2: Bridgeport – Medic 2
Station 3: Boyd – Medic 3


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- Sam McPherson is responsible for this interview and its transcription.
Steven Labrash as Morgue employee
Steven Labrash is an actor who has made an appearance on Lost as a Morgue employee in the episode "Not in Portland". These questions were created by Sam McPherson, and asked via email on June 16, 2008.
Lostpedia: Do you watch Lost? If so, are you a die-hard fan or just a casual viewer? And do you have a favorite episode, character, etc?
I didn't watch lost at first, but then I started to hear the buzz about the show it peaked my interest. I heard from a few people that the show was a little confusing to pick up mid season so I decided to watch it from the beginning when the DVD's came out. I bought it and ended up watching the entire season on a 3 day weekend. I absolutely loved the first season. The second season was a bit of a letdown for me and by the time the last season came around i considered myself a casual viewer. My favorite character has got to be Locke. For me he is the "everyman" and overcomes whats been thrown at him. My favorite episode is "Not in Portland" but that's probably because of the cast.
Lostpedia: What was it like to act alongside Elizabeth Mitchell? Are there any memorable stories from your time on the set?
Elizabeth was nice to work with, but to be honest I didn't know her character on the show yet (no one did), the only thing i recognized her from was "Santa Clause". The person that I was geeked about was Zeljko Ivanek. I have always been a huge "OZ" fan and i loved his character on that show. I felt sorry for him during the first part of our shoot because the anatomy lab is about 65 degrees and he had to lay down on an metal autopsy table shirtless. I originally had 3 lines on the show and the first two lines got cut during editing. These two lines were the ones where Zeljko (Edmund) had to lie on the cold table.
Lostpedia: You had previously stated that you were concerned about Lost filming in the labs at your university, but later changed your mind. What were your concerns, and what adjustments were made by the crew to calm these concerns?
Originally the show contacted us during the second season and wanted to film in the anatomy lab. I politely told them we could not allow it and the request went away. During the third season the same request was made and once again I vetoed the idea. Then someone went farther up the chain and I was requested by my bosses boss to be supportive of the shoot. My basic concerns deal with our Willed Body Program. I did not want the families of our donors to think their loved ones were being used to film a TV show. Some one from the publicity department at Lost got the local paper to write an article about the shoot and mention that although the cadaver lab was being used to film, the cadavers had all been removed and replaced with dummies.
Hawaii is such a small community and the show has such a great following on the Island that I just wanted to make sure our families didn't think we were compromising their loved ones.
Lostpedia: Were there any lines that you filmed but were cut from the final broadcast of the episode? If so, what were they?
I actually had 3 lines but the first 2 got cut. I don't remember exactly what they were but they had to do with Juliet identifying Edmund, and that she was his "ex-wife".
Lostpedia: Have you thought about doing any more acting roles?
I am honored to be a small part of such a great piece of pop culture. My getting this part is a lot like lightning, I don't ever think it will strike again. I joked my way into this role and was lucky enough to get the part. I was also my good fortune to do my audition in the anatomy lab, on the same spot that they would eventually film. If I had to do my audition in a studio, in front of the casting director instead of in the anatomy lab surrounded by cadavers i would never have gotten the part.


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Granard and Mullinalaghta finish all square
St. Mary's, Granard . . . 0-11
St. Columba's
Mullinalaghta . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Deniese O'Flaherty reporting from Higgingstown
A point from Ciaran Mallon deep into stoppage time earned St. Mary's Granard a draw in their opening fixture of the Division 1 League as they ended the game with 14 men while Mullinalaghta finished up with 12.
It looked like St. Columba's had snatched the win when Eric Sullivan scored a goal in the 56th minute but in stoppage time Granard were awarded a free. But before Mallon stepped up to take it a scuffle broke out with Rian Brady getting sent-off. Mallon missed the free but made amends with the follow-up. Shortly after, a goalmouth scramble led to Glen Kelly being injured and in another clash Mullinalaghta brothers Ruairi and Conor McElligott and Granard's Thomas Devaney were all sent-off.
Granard had been dealt a blow in the 5th minute when David Blessington was shown a black card but his replacement Glen Kelly made a good impact. Derek Sheridan opened the scoring for Granard one minute later. Gary Rogers replied for Mullinalaghta before Granard started to dominate. Another Derek Sheridan point and two from Glen Kelly put them in front by three by the 12th minute.
David McGivney fired over a free for St. Columba's in the 13th minute before a neat Glen Kelly point restored Granard's three point advantage. In the 23rd minute Paul Smith's '45 put four between the sides. David McGivney responded with a fine point before David Donohoe was shown a black card.
Points were exchanged between Ciaran Mallon and James McGivney as Granard went in at the break three in front, 0-7 to 0-4.
David McGivney got the opening score of the second half before a fine Stephen Lynch point put three between them again in the 42nd minute. Granard had chances but failed to add on scores and points from Conor McElligott and Rian Brady cut the gap to just one by the 49th minute.
The lead was three again in the 52nd minute with points from Ciaran Mallon and Darren Gallagher but a David McGivney free and a goal from Eric Sullivan in the 56th minute turned the game in Mullinalaghta's favour.
But Granard (under new manager Niall Sheridan) fought hard to get something out of the game and they did just that in a dramatic finish with Mallon coming to the rescue to score a point as the sides finished all square.
ST. MARY'S GRANARD: Declan Hynes; Declan Murphy, Thomas Gallagher, Jody Connolly; Brian Sheridan, Charlie Martin, Kevin McGauran; Darren Gallagher (0-1, free), Fergus Kelly; Paul Smith (0-1,'45), Ciaran Mallon (0-3, 1 free), Stephen Lynch (0-1); Derek Sheridan (0-2), Timmy Jackson, David Blessington.
Subs:- Glen Kelly (0-3) for D Blessington (black card, 6 mins); David Hynes for T Jackson (half-time); Thomas Devaney for F Kelly (36 mins); Bernard Clyne for K McGauran (45 mins); Andrei Bogdan for G Kelly (nine minutes into stoppage time).
ST. COLUMBA'S MULLINALAGHTA: David O'Rourke; Bernard Donohoe, Paddy Fox, Simon Cadam; Luke Meehan, James McGivney (0-1), Francis Mulligan; David McGivney (0-4, 2 frees), Shane Mulligan; Aaron Earley, Conor McElligott (0-1), David Donohoe; Eric Sullivan (1-0), Gary Rogers (0-1), Ruairi McElligott.
Subs:- James Mooney for D Donohoe (black card, 28 mins); Rian Brady (0-1) for B Donohoe (half-time), Jayson Matthews for A Earley (52 mins).
Referee: John Hughes (Killoe Emmet Og).


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Rockabilly Hall of Fame® Archives
Welcome to our Internet hall of fame web site. A place where you will find educational and historical information about the performers who gave us the true beginning of American rockin' music ... sounds that sprang from the late 1950s and early 1960s. Read about Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Bill Haley ("Rock Around the Clock"), Chuck Berry, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Ricky Nelson and their peers. Dream about the days of Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, vintage clothing, hot rods, retro hair styles, poodle skirts, hula hoops and Leave it to Beaver. We also feature modern authentic rockers like the Stray Cats. You'll quickly discover that The Beatles and Rolling Stones did not create rock n roll. Our office is located in Burns, Tennessee. E-mail: email@example.com. Opening page: www.rockabillyhall.com.
2 February 98
ROCKER'S REUNION - JANUARY 31st 1998 (UK)
by Rod Pyke
A bitterly cold night did not deter over 1700 people from attending the 15th annual Rockers Reunion at the Battersea Town Hall. The event had moved back to its original venue by public demand after last years switch to the Brixton academy. By opening time the queues were already four deep around the Town Hall. Coaches were arriving from all parts of Europe for this multi national occasion. Rock and Rollers were even attending from as far away as America and Japan. The Rockers Reunion is the ideal name for the event, as old friends from all corners of the world renew acquaintances and make new friends. Once inside the buildings foyer people gathered while they got their bearings.
There was a big Dance Hall with a good sized stage which was raised well above ground level which enabled good viewing. Upstairs at the back of the hall was a balcony with theatre style seating. In a room at the back of the Hall was a large bar area. Also at the back of the hall was a temporary bar selling canned beers and an area where a tattooist was doing his artwork. Two long corridors either side of the Hall provided a rest area. At the end of one corridor and downstairs was the main stall area. All types of merchandise were on sale, records, clothes, biker gear, buckles etc. There was also a DJ, a collection of vintage motorbikes and a video show area. At 8pm at the back of the foyer another section of the Town Hall was opened up. A long corridor led to another stall area and a room which had been transformed into a replica of the ACE CAFE, which incidentally has now been re-opened on the North Circular Road in London NW10. The Foyer also had a few stalls, one selling Rocker's Reunion merchandise and a spot for the Joe Brown Fan Club.
This years line up was all that was best in British in Rock 'n' Roll. The first band on stage were BLAST OFF who have gained a lot of friends in a short time and are hotly tipped as one of the success stories of 1998. They provided an excellent opening act and warmed the audience for what was to come. As usual BOOGIE DEL RICHARDSON of CMR Radio was the master of ceremonies and favourite DJs PETE BRUCE and WILD CAT PETE provided the records between acts.


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RCMP in West Kelowna are looking for witnesses after a flagger was injured in a hit and run collision on Westside Road Monday morning.
The incident occurred about 10:30 a.m. in an active construction zone in the 1100 block of Westside Road.
According to police, the traffic control person was stopping northbound traffic when the driver in the lead vehicle insisted on being let through.
The driver allegedly uttered threats during a verbal exchange, then proceeded to move forward, knocking the sign out of the flaggers hand, injuring her hand.
"The suspect allegedly stopped and exited his vehicle briefly when flagged over at the opposite end of the construction zone," said Cpl. Tania Carroll.
"The suspect was reportedly directed by the woman's coworkers to remain on scene to await the arrival of police. The suspect remained confrontational and allegedly fled the scene."
The vehicle in question was a white commercial Ford pickup. Police say they are following up with the company to determine the identity of the driver.
An independent witness apparently captured the incident on a dash cam.
Anyone with information is asked to contact West Kelowna RCMP at 250-768-2880.


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Posted 8/12/09 (Wed)
By Neal A. Shipman
Farmer Editor
Kevin Sanford has signed a letter of intent to play baseball at Western Nebraska Community College in Scotts Bluff, Neb., a Division I Junior College.
With the Cougars, Sanford will be playing shortstop, second base and pitching.
Sanford is undecided on a major.


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For the month of Sep 09, the theme is "Cutest Baby with BOTTLE". Check out the contest details here
1x FIRST PRIZE
· - One Medium Landscape or Medium Portrait HARDCOVER Photobook by PhotoBook Malaysia (worth RM144)
· - One bag of our choice (pick ANY bag) from AliceWonders (worth from RM50-RM200)
1x SECOND PRIZE
· - One Medium Portrait or Medium Portrait Classic SOFTCOVER PhotoBook by Photo Book Malaysia(worth RM80)
1x THIRD PRIZE
-One Large Landscape POSTER by PhotoBook Malaysia (worth RM68)
3x CONSOLATION PRIZE
· - One PurseHook each from AliceWonders (worth RM20)
The First and Second Prize winners will be automatically qualified for the 2009 Cutest Baby of the Planet contest (will be held on January 2010 with more great prizes).
Below are some pictures of Shone(DOB: 20 June 2009) with his bottle:
I shall update KY's bottle picture shall I find it...hehe seems that I rarely capture her bottle drinking gimmicks. And yes by now(at age 3) I think slowly, we would need to weaned her off bottle and transit to cup...
Here's a picture of them(sorry a bit blur as I took at night with no flash light on) having their milk at night together..their favourite time together and guess who won the milk-drinking competition? It is Shone!! haha..
When we first scouting for bottle for my first child, we have Dr.Brown in mind, but then later on my DH stumbled upon another brand called Bfree(which is at the time very few BPA-free bottle in the market then). We specifically looked for special bottle for our child then due to colic.
That was when I first came across the word BPA-free.
Then,when I am pregnant with my second child, Shone, Bfree bottle happened to be out of stock..then I stumbled upon another brand called MAM which is also BPA-free. I kind of like the design which allows the bottom to be unscrewed and clean. So I got that for my second one and it's been GREAT so far!
When we talk about how to safely feed our baby using a BOTTLE, I feel that we should watch them even as they started to be able to hold and feed on their own. Plus, we are told or read somewhere that we should never let the kids drink the bottle to sleep or have their juice in bottle to avoid tooth decay. So I actually have another special juice bottle(yes by Nuby and it is also BPA free) for my son, Shone who loves juices!
Another tips I like to share with parents out there,when you first get your sets of milk bottles, do remember to get the extra teats as backup. If your bottle has different flow speed (like MAM has 1,2,3 speed for different flow and baby's age, get them as well to avoid the hassle of ordering or scouting for one later).
For my two kids, they prefer fast flow in the second month as they are so used to the fast flow during breastfeeding when we have "letdown reflex" as most women tend to have more milk supply during the confinement maybe because of the nutritious food and drinks we have and the good rest?
So folks what do you think about bottles and what bottle safety measures you practices for your child? Care to share? Hear from you all too! And if you wanna win some cool prizes from AliceWonders and PhotoBookMalaysia, don't forget to send your entry for the contest by MomBloggersPlanet!


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My Friend,
This morning, the Congressional Budget Office released their final numbers on the Democrats' health care bill. They estimate this unprecedented takeover of our health care system will cost taxpayers $940 billion. This bill is full of kickbacks and back room deals, and exceeds the $900 billion ceiling President Obama set last September.
We must do everything in our power to defeat this bill from becoming law. The work we do in the final hours before the vote will make all the difference. Speaker Pelosi wants the House to vote for this bill on Sunday - less than 72 hours from the time I write this email. We have very little time to act.
I urge you to immediately call your Member of Congress to tell him or her to vote "No" on this disastrous piece of legislation. You can find your representative's office phone number at House.gov or by calling the House of Representatives main switchboard at (202) 224-3121.
The telephone lines in many Washington, DC offices are being flooded with calls from people like you who oppose this bill. If you are unable to get through to the Washington office, please call your representative's district office or contact them through the email contact form on their website.
Each poll that has been conducted shows an overwhelming majority of Americans are against the Obama Administration's attempt to impose government-run health care. Yet the Obama Administration and Congressional Democrats are doing everything trying to ram this bill through Congress this weekend.
Your representative in Congress needs to know you oppose this bill, so once again, I ask that you take a few minutes right now to call your representative and ask them to vote "No" on government-run health care.
After making the call, I ask that you consider making a donation to my reelection campaign. As you may have heard, I am facing a tough reelection battle and your support is needed so that I may continue my service on your behalf and fight for the things that you and I believe in.
I thank you for your time and generosity. Your involvement will make all the difference.
John McCain
McCain Urges People to Contact Their Representatives To Oppose Health Care


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If you're going to read former Dartmouth frat boy Andrew Lohse's upcoming book on Greek life at his alma mater, you've got to know what whalesh*t is.
At least, that's probably why it's in the glossary for his book proposal. The 69 page pitch was posted by Goldman Snacks, and outlines how Lohse will tell the story of how became so frustrated with frat life that he wrote the scathing editorial of Dartmouth's Greek system that got him a ton of attention and prompted a cringe-inducing Rolling Stone piece.
(Check out the grossest moments from the Rolling Stone piece here)
We're going through the proposal with a fine toothed comb, and thought we should share some of the terms with you.
From the proposal:
Sounds fun, right?


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With his team at SENSEable City Lab, MIT's Carlo Ratti makes cool things by sensing the data we create. He pulls from passive data sets -- like the calls we make, the garbage we throw away -- to create surprising visualizations of city life. And he and his team create dazzling interactive environments from moving water and flying light, powered by simple gestures caught through sensors.
Carlo Ratti is a civil engineer and architect who teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he directs the SENSEable City Laboratory.
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Home Improvements That Yield The Biggest ROI
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One of the most important issues with a basement is that they are a haven for mildew, which might be both detrimental to your well being and the foundations of your home. Having a wet basement is usually a nightmare, regardless of if it is caused by the weather or a leaking pipe. The survey results again this up. Of all the interior dwelling upgrades, a kitchen transform topped the checklist for best Better Home purchaser enchantment. A whopping 90% of householders stated they loved spending extra time at home after their kitchen renovation, and ninety three% mentioned they felt a sense of accomplishment when excited about the kitchen transform. Home Improvement Industry returned in 4 Q 2017 35.39 % on shareholder's fairness, above Industry average return on fairness.
Once the appliance course of is in motion, the following step is approval, however Ballou says you can be denied if the lender sees you as a credit score risk. Having a bad credit score, a short credit history, unreliable revenue or unsteady employment could all work against you. Adding a full bath prices a mean of $22,977 nationally. You'll average $19,850 again when you promote, a recoup rate of 86.four%. Return charges go above a hundred% in massive cities like NY, San Francisco, Orlando, Seattle and Washington, D.C.
While a contractor's bid is required for many (if not all) of the work, If you are going to do things yourself, the one program that permits that is the FHA 203(okay), and it will only be allowed for minor repairs — small-dollar-dimension repairs where the customer Furniture Outlet can provide evidence that they've the time, instruments, and the belongings to do the renovations," says Bill Trees. While a Chapter 7 bankruptcy eliminates your eligible debts solely, a Chapter 13 bankruptcy requires a reorganization of your debts and funds.


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Candidate Barbara Ferris wants answer on omission
Candidate Barbara Ferris wants answer on omission
Candidate wants answer on omission
Sunday, October 31, 2004
Barbara Anne Ferris, who is running as an Independent in the 10th Congressional District, said Cuyahoga County Board of Elections officials will not tell her why her name was omitted as a certified candidate to the secretary of state when they reported other candidates.
Ferris said board officials last spring reported U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich and Republican Edward Herman to the secretary of state as certified candidates for the district. Ferris said that after she contacted the board, her name was added to the board's Web site in September, but the delay meant she lost valuable time attracting endorsements.
Deputy Director Gwen Dillingham of the elections board said she told Ferris when she first raised the issue that the problem may have been a procedural lapse.
© 2004 The Plain Dealer. Used with permission.
When this story was posted in November 2004, this was on the front page of PCOL:
Your vote makes a difference
Make a difference on November 2 - Vote. Then take our RPCV exit poll. See how RPCV's are voting and take a look at the RPCV voter demographic. Finally leave a message on why you voted for John Kerry or for George Bush. Previous poll results here.
Kerry reaches out to Returned Volunteers
The Kerry campaign wants the RPCV vote. Read our interview with Dave Magnani, Massachusetts State Senator and Founder of "RPCVs for Kerry," and his answers to our questions about Kerry's plan to triple the size of the Peace Corps, should the next PC Director be an RPCV, and Safety and Security issues. Then read the "RPCVs for Kerry" statement of support and statements by Dr. Robert Pastor, Ambassador Parker Borg, and Paul Oostburg Sanz made at the "RPCVs for Kerry" Press Conference.
RPCV Carl Pope says the key to winning this election is not swaying undecided voters, but persuading those already willing to vote for your candidate to actually go to the polls.
Take our poll and tell us what you are doing to support your candidate.
Finally read our wrap-up of the eight RPCVs in Senate and House races around the country and where the candidates are in their races.
Director Gaddi Vasquez: The PCOL Interview
PCOL sits down for an extended interview with Peace Corps Director Gaddi Vasquez. Read the entire interview from start to finish and we promise you will learn something about the Peace Corps you didn't know before.
Plus the debate continues over Safety and Security.
Schwarzenegger praises PC at Convention
Governor Schwarzenegger praised the Peace Corps at the Republican National Convention: "We're the America that sends out Peace Corps volunteers to teach village children." Schwarzenegger has previously acknowledged his debt to his father-in-law, Peace Corps Founding Director Sargent Shriver, for teaching him "the joy of public service" and Arnold is encouraging volunteerism by creating California Service Corps and tapping his wife, Maria Shriver, to lead it. Leave your comments and who can come up with the best Current Events Funny?
Peace Corps: One of the Best Faces of America
Teresa Heinz Kerry celebrates the Peace Corps Volunteer as one of the best faces America has ever projected in a speech to the Democratic Convention. The National Review disagreed and said that Heinz's celebration of the PCV was "truly offensive." What's your opinion and can you come up with a Political Funny?
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Nocturne Number Eight, Opus Twenty Seven.
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Back from the Western Front James is slowly trying to re-build his shattered life.
The trauma of his experience is still very raw and his mental afflictions far worse than any physical injuries.
He meets Celia Hammond under tragic circumstances, and begins to think that life might take on some form of normality.
But how did Celia's brother die? What really happened the night he first heard the strains of Chopin, Nocturne Number Eight, Opus Twenty Seven?


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Today Republican House Whip Eric Cantor introduced a program called YouCut. When I first heard of it, I thought it was very clever. It gives the public a chance to vote on what federal programs they want to see cut from the budget. However, when I went to the website, I discovered it wasn't clever at all - just the same ole crap we always see.
The website lists 5 programs for voters to choose. The choices are all typical programs that Republicans hate. So this is just a typical hypocritcal attempt to get email addresses - sort of like political phishing. It pretends to be seriously interested in your opinion, hoping to fool voters into providing personal information. It's the techy version of the old mailers that asked for your opinions on a survey. When you opened it, it asked typical partisan questions - and then said if you wanted anything to happen, you had to send money - right now.
The only question to be answered now is just how gullible are Republican voters? Will they fall for this scam? Probably.
If there was any integrity in Congress, someone could become an immediate hero to millions of voters by asking real questions. If we are going to really deal with a serious deficit, some very tough choices are going to have to be made. It's obvious no one in Congress has the courage to make these choices - they're too afraid of losing their next election. Wouldn't it be nice if one brave soul would step forward and present the public with the real choices and ask for their response?
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Carrying Papers
I was thinking about those poor souls in Arizona that will always have to be carrying papers to identify themselves as legal. Then I remembered living somewhere overseas as a child where I had to always have my papers. I wasn't sure where it was, but I assumed it was Spain, because I lived there when Franco was dictator - and he was a pretty scary character. All I remembered was that it was thoroughly drummed into my head that I was never to leave home without my papers. I could also remember exactly what it looked like, and how terribly awkward it was to carry. I had a vague memory that I had saved this thing. I'm a pretty organized person, and I knew where it would be if I had it. And I found it! To my surprise, this was for when I lived in France, of all places.
As you can see, it was very long. But it did fold into a more manageable size - 3.5" X 5". But I was always having trouble finding places to carry it, since it didn't fit into any of my pockets. You can also see that it got a lot of abuse - it's torn and full of water marks and spots.
Shortly after I found this, I ran across an article in The Atlantic about French ID cards, which they apparently still have, although they rarely ask for them. The only people who are asked to show them are youngish, African or Arabic looking males.
"As far as I understand, such identity checks have been a long staple of police work in France going back to the Revolutionary/Napoleonic era wherein the State underwent a reinforcement of its prerogatives over the citizenry."
Wait until the conservatives in Arizona hear about this. They'll be horrified to be compared to the French!
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Hey everyone, I'm Daryl Koopersmith fr…
Hey everyone,
I'm Daryl Koopersmith from New York, NY (GMT -04) and I'm going to be working on creating a theme framework/editor with Beau Lebens as my mentor.
I'm currently a sophomore computer science major at Washington University in St. Louis. I'll be in France (GMT +02) for about two weeks at the start of the summer, but will still be accessible (and working, at that). You'll find me on IRC as koopersmith (creative, I know) and gtalk as daryl.koopersmith at gmail. This is my first GSoC, and I'm excited to start working with all of you!


text: Think all service journalism is useless? Read my new tennis racquet buying guide and please tell me otherwise. I've got to admit that this was one of my most fun and worthwhile assignments (right up there, ahem, with covering Bush v. Gore at the Supreme Court in 2000), and I don't mind that all I had to do in the course of it is test products. I adore tennis and take my racquet-buying very seriously. Which is why it's interesting that after messing around with all these new sticks, I like my old Head iRadical (see above) just fine. It's not that new racquet technology doesn't matter; it's just that I made the right choice for me two years ago and am not ready for a change. Make the decision for yourself and feel free to write with questions my FAQ may not answer. I'm high on racquet lingo these days and excited to babble about it as I sit out this Wimbledon on the DL. (What's next in my tennis journalism hopper? A far less service-y piece about a unique tennis travel experience. Stay tuned.)


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Johan Botha cited by Cricket Australia for a suspect bowling action
Former South Africa all-rounder Johan Botha cited for a suspect bowling action.
Last Updated: 07/10/13 2:21pm
The South Australia skipper will still be eligible to play and bowl but may be handed a suspension if the Cricket Australia (CA) analysis proves his action is illegal.
CA did not say which game Botha had been reported for but South Australia have played only one domestic one-day cup match this season, a six-wicket defeat to Victoria on Friday.
Off-spinner Botha, who finished with figured of 0- 39 off nine overs in that match, must now undergo assessment in the next two weeks.
"Under CA's Doubtful Bowling Action Procedure, a bowler must undergo testing after a single mention for a suspected illegal bowling action in an interstate season," CA said in a statement.
"CA's policy requires cited bowlers to undergo testing within 14 days of being notified."
Botha was reported for a suspect action after making his Test debut for South Africa against Australia in Sydney in January 2006 and was subsequently banned from bowling by the International Cricket Council.
He was cleared later that year but the 31-year-old was reported once again following an ODI against Australia in Port Elizabeth in 2009.
His action while bowling the 'doosra' was deemed to be illegal and he was banned from bowling it.
Botha has made five Test appearances for the Proteas and has also featured in 78 ODIs and 40 Twenty20s for South Africa.
The South Australia Cricket Association (SACA) said in a statement it would back Botha.
"We acknowledge that there is a process to be undertaken and the SACA will support Johan and work with him through this process," SACA's director of cricket Jamie Cox told their official website.
"Johan will continue to lead our team in this week's one-day cup fixtures."


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The Collegiate Chorale Presents the World Premiere Two Act Concert Version of The Grapes of Wrath
An all-star cast from Broadway and the classical world comes together to present a rare mingling of opera and theatre in The Grapes of Wrath. Originally commissioned and produced by the Minnesota Opera and called "The great American opera" by Musical America, Gordon and Korie's new work melds popular musical styles of the '20s and '30s (song-and-dance, soaring love songs, banjo ballads, jazz choruses, and a barbershop quartet) with the classic drama of grand opera, all to a heart-wrenching yet uplifting effect. The composer (Gordon) and librettist (Korie) have crafted a special concert version of their original opera with narration written especially for this presentation. The starry cast includes Jane Fonda (narrator), Victoria Clark, Christine Ebersole, Nathan Gunn, Elizabeth Futral, Anthony Dean Griffey, Peter Halverson, Steven Pasquale, Stephen Powell, Andrew Wilkowske and Matthew Worth and the role of Tom Joad's young sister, Ruthie, will be sung by Nathan Gunn's daughter Madelyn Gunn. Music by Ricky Ian Gordon and libretto by Michael Korie. Featuring the American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ted Sperling. Directed by Eric Simonson with lighting design by Frances Aronson and projection design by Wendall Harrington.
"In this concert version, we convey the story of the Joad family's journey across America in approximately two hours. We have retained many of the big musical set pieces, arias and choral ensembles, and we have eliminated much of the recitative, replacing it with a narrator who reads sections from the novel, allowing segues from those powerful passages seamlessly into music that continues the drama without loss of suspense or momentum. In addition, this version will feature music never heard in the original full staging of the opera. This is not only a concert version of the full opera, but a different version," said Michael Korie.
"We are honored to be presenting this richly textured work of soaring passion and devastating beauty. Inherent in its mission is The Chorale's commitment to premiering or showcasing exceptional American works such as Ricky Ian Gordon's The Grapes of Wrath. Gordon and librettist Michael Korie have given a musical voice to this quintessentially American novel in a lyrical language which draws from opera and American musical theater idioms. The choral writing and casting of soloists reflect this cross-over nature. I think both opera and Broadway lovers alike will be moved by this remarkable work," said James Bagwell, music director of The Collegiate Chorale.
The Collegiate Chorale, among New York's foremost vocal ensembles, has added to the richness of the city's cultural fabric for more than 65 years. Founded in 1941 by the legendary conductor Robert Shaw, The Chorale achieved national and international prominence under the leadership of Robert Bass. The Chorale has established a preeminent reputation for its interpretations of the traditional choral repertoire, vocal works by American composers, and rarely heard operas-in-concert, as well as commissions and premieres of new works by today's most exciting creative artists. In the summer of 2009, The Chorale performed for the fourth season at Switzerland's Verbier Music Festival. In July 2008, The Chorale toured with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under Zubin Mehta in Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Jerusalem.
The mission of The Collegiate Chorale is to enrich its audiences through innovative programming and exceptional performances of a broad range of vocal music featuring a premier choral ensemble. Inherent in its mission is The Chorale's belief that choral music is a compelling collaboration that creates a powerful, shared experience unifying listeners and musicians of all backgrounds, beliefs and ages.
Music Director James Bagwell maintains an active schedule throughout the United States as a conductor of choral, operatic, and orchestral music. He has recently been named Principal Guest Conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra in New York. Since 2003, he has been Director of Choruses for the Bard Music Festival, conducting and preparing choral works during the summer festival at the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College. He has also prepared The Concert Chorale of New York for performances with the American Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Mostly Mozart Festival (broadcast nationally in 2006 on Live from Lincoln Center), all in Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. He was Music Director of The Dessoff Choirs for the past five season, and in 2009 he prepared the Dessoff Symphonic Choir for the New York Philharmonic performances of both Mahler's Eighth Symphony and Britten's War Requiem for Lorin Maazel's final concerts as Music Director.
James Bagwell has trained choruses for a number of major American and International orchestras, including the San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, NHK Symphony (Japan), St. Petersburg Symphony, The American Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. He has worked with noted conductors such as Lorin Maazel, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Michael Tilson Thomas, Louis Langrée, Leon Botstein, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Raymond Leppard, James Conlon, Jesús López-Cobos, Erich Kunzel, Leon Fleischer, and Robert Shaw.
For eleven seasons, he has been Music Director for the May Festival Youth Choir in Cincinnati, which was recently featured on the radio program From the Top. He has conducted some 25 productions as Music Director of Light Opera Oklahoma, including Candide, Sweeney Todd, and The Merry Widow, among others. At Bard SummerScape he has led numerous theatrical works, most notably Copland's The Tender Land, which received unanimous praise from The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Opera News. He frequently appears as guest conductor for orchestras around the country and abroad, including the Jerusalem Symphony, Tulsa Symphony, and the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. For three seasons he was Artistic Director of The Indianapolis Symphonic Choir. He holds degrees from Birmingham-Southern College, Florida State University, and Indiana University. He has taught since 2000 at Bard College, where he is Director of the Music Program.
For more information, visit www.collegiatechorale.org.
Ricky Ian Gordon's (Music) credits include Dream True; States of Independence; and Stonewall/Night Variations with Tina Landau; The Tibetan Book of the Dead with Jean Claude Van Itallie; Only Heaven with Langston Hughes and Nancy Rhodes; Autumn Valentine; Sweet Song; and Morning Star with William Hoffman. He was part of the American Songbook Series in Bright Eyed Joy/The Music of Ricky Ian Gordon at Lincoln Center and at The Guggenheim. Recordings include Audra McDonald's Way Back to Paradise, Bright-Eyed Joy, Of Eternal Light (Water Music), Only Heaven and Genius Child (a song cycle for Harolyn Blackwell). Awards: The National Institute for Music Theater Award, The Stephen Sondheim Award, The Gilman and Gonzalez-Falla Music Theatre Foundation Award, The Jonathan Larson Foundation Award, The Constance Klinsky Award, The Richard Rodgers Award.
Michael Korie (Libretto) was nominated for Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for Grey Gardens. He and composer Scott Frankel received the ASCAP Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award. Also with Frankel are two musicals in development, Doll and Meet Mister Future. With composer Ricky Ian Gordon, his libretto to The Grapes of Wrath premiered to acclaim at Minnesota Opera, with upcoming productions at Utah Opera, Houston Grand Opera and Pittsburgh Opera. His librettos for operas composed by Stewart Wallace include Harvey Milk (San Francisco Opera) and Hopper's Wife (Long Beach Opera), both directed by Christopher Alden; Kabbalah (Next Wave Festival); and Where's Dick?, directed by Richard Foreman (Houston Grand Opera). He co-wrote lyrics with Amy Powers to composer Lucy Simon's Zhivago, book by Michael Weller, directed by Des McAnuff (La Jolla Playhouse).
Jane Fonda's (Narrator) work on stage and screen has earned her numerous nominations and awards, including Oscar Awards (Best Actress in 1971 for Klute and in 1978 for Coming Home) and an Emmy Award for her performance in "The Dollmaker." Her credits include Monster-in-Law, Georgia Rule, Coming Home, The China Syndrome, Julia, Barefoot in the Park, Nine to Five, On Golden Pond, "The Dollmaker" and four Broadway plays including Invitation to a March and There Was a Little Girl (Theatre World Award). In May 2005, Random House published Fonda's memoirs, My Life So Far. She has long been known for activism and advocacy on environmental issues, human rights and the empowerment of women and girls.
Victoria Clark (Ma Joad) received the 2005 Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards, as well as a Drama League honor for her luminous portrayal of protective but domineering mother Margaret Johnson in the critically-acclaimed Craig Lucas-Adam Guettel musical The Light in the Piazza directed by Bartlett Sher at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater. Her virtuoso performance in the Tony Award-winning musical has made her a favorite among audiences and critics, including The New York Times' Ben Brantley, who called Clark's work in Piazza "the best musical performance by an actress this season." She garnered equally enthusiastic reviews for her performance at Chicago's Goodman Theater in 2004, earning the prestigious Joseph Jefferson Award. Last season, Clark was reunited with her colleagues Craig Lucas and Bartlett Sher for the Playwrights Horizons production of A Prayer for My Enemy.
Christine Ebersole (Mae / Waitress) received the Tony Award, Obie Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Special Citation from NY Drama Critics and the Drama League Award for Performance of the Year for her dual roles as Edith and Edie Beale in Grey Gardens. Her Broadway credits include Steel Magnolias, Dinner at Eight (Tony and Outer Critics Circle noms.), 42nd Street (2001 Tony and Outer Critics Circle awards), The Best Man, Getting Away With Murder, Harrigan 'n Hart, Camelot (opposite Richard Burton and Richard Harris), Oklahoma!, On the Twentieth Century, I Love My Wife and Angel Street. Off-Broadway credits include Alan Bennett's Talking Heads (2003 Obie and Outer Critics Circle awards, Drama Desk nom.), Three Sisters, Geniuses and four Encores! concerts. Regional credits include Much Ado About Nothing (Old Globe), Mame, Evita, My Fair Lady, The Marriage of Bette and Boo and Laughing Wild. Films include Tootsie, Amadeus, Dead Again, Richie Rich, Black Sheep, Folks!, True Crime, Till There Was You, My Favorite Martian, Thief of Hearts and My Girl 2.
Elizabeth Futral (Rosasharn) has established herself as one of the major coloratura sopranos in the world today, with a diverse repertoire that includes Vivaldi, Handel, Mozart, Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, Glass, and Previn. Ms. Futral has garnered raves at the world's greatest opera houses in such roles as Gilda, Juliette, Lakmé, Lucia, Nanetta, Mélisande, Romilda, and Violetta. She dazzled audiences and critics with her debut at the Los Angeles Opera as Cleopatra in Francisco Negrin's acclaimed production of Handel's Giulio Cesare. This was followed by her highly anticipated return to the New York City Opera, where she starred in the title role of the company's new production of Douglas Moore's classic American opera, The Ballad of Baby Doe.
Two-time Grammy Award-winning American tenor Anthony Dean Griffey (Jim Casy) has captured critical and popular acclaim on opera, concert and recital stages around the world. He has performed leading roles at the great international opera houses including The Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Glyndebourne, the Opera National de Paris, and the Teatro Comunale di Firenze. A regular guest of the world's orchestras, Mr. Griffey has collaborated with many of today's pre-eminent conductors, including James Levine, Seiji Ozawa, André Previn, Michael Tilson Thomas, Sir Andrew Davis, Esa Pekka Salonen, Alan Gilbert, Kurt Masur, Donald Runnicles, Sir Colin Davis, Christoph Eschenbach, Valery Gergiev, James Conlon, and Charles Dutoit.
Baritone Peter Halverson (Pa Joad) has performed throughout the United States, distinguishing himself on the dramatic stage and in concert. A versatile performer, he has more than fifty roles to his credit including the title roles in Pelléas et Mélisande, Eugene Onegin, Don Giovanni, The Barber of Seville, Gianni Schicchi, The Man of La Mancha and Phantom. He has been a frequent guest artist with the Minnesota Opera, Minnesota Orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, North Star Opera, and has appeared at the Kennedy Center Mozart Festival, Oregon Bach Festival and San Luis Osbispo Mozart Festival. In addition, he has sung with the Florentine Opera, Berkshire Opera, Madison Opera, Tacoma Opera, Chattanooga Opera, National Symphony, Dallas Symphony, San Antonio Symphony and New Mexico Symphony.American baritone Stephen Powell (Uncle John) brings his handsome voice, elegant musicianship, and robust stage presence to a wide range of music, from Monteverdi and Handel through Verdi and Puccini to Sondheim and John Adams. In 2009-10, Stephen Powell appears as Ford in Verdi's Falstaff with Pittsburgh Opera; sings as soloist in Szymanowski's Stabat Mater with Rome's Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Christoph Eschenbach conducting; in Messiah with the Huddersfield Choral Society in England; in the Brahms Requiem with Baltimore Symphony, as well as the Dutch Radio Orchestra at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Holland, both with Marin Alsop conducting; in Carmina Burana with Cincinnati Symphony, Paavo Jarvi conducting; appears in recital with wife Barbara Shirvis in Dallas, Texas; and sings 2 gala concerts with the North Carolina Symphony, Grant Llewellyn conducting. He also makes his Asian debut in La Traviata at the Beijing National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing, China, Lorin Maazel conducting.
Andrew Wilkowske (Noah) whose voice has been described as "nimble," with an "impressively open top," is one of the most versatile performers on the stage today. A gifted actor as well as singer, Wilkowske's Papageno in The Magic Flute "stole the show" according to the Washington Post, and was a "lusty-voiced fellow," according to Opera News. Engagements this season include a series of Figaros, making his debut as Rossini's Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia with the Skylight Opera. He returns to Skylight later this season in the title role of Le Nozze di Figaro to complete Skylight's Figaro Cycle. In addition, Wilkowske reprises Mozart's Figaro with the Green Mountain Opera Festival (under the baton of Maestro Jacques Lacombe), Ashlawn Opera, and the Acadiana Symphony. Wilkowske's experiences are documented in his award-winning 'a year of figaro' blog.
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Hailed by the Dallas Morning News for his "dashing, fine bright baritone" and the New York Times for a voice that is "fully powered and persuasively expressive," Matthew Worth (Ragged Man / Connie Rivers / Truck Driver) was recently the featured "Sound Bites" artist in Opera News, and is enjoying successes on both the operatic and concert stages, in all styles from the Renaissance to new repertoire. Matthew Worth's engagements in 2009-10 include a return to Chicago Opera Theater as Charlie in Jake Heggie's Three Decembers, Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette with New Orleans Opera, the title role in Don Giovanni with Virginia Opera, Jupiter in Orpheus in the Underworld with Central City Opera, Messiah at University of Richmond, in concert performances of The Grapes of Wrath with New York's Collegiate Chorale, as soloist in a holiday concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and in Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra conducted by Donald Runnicles.
Ted Sperling (Conductor) won the 2005 Tony and Drama Desk Awards for his orchestrations of The Light in the Piazza, for which he was also music director. Broadway credits as music director/conductor/pianist: Di
rty Rotten Scoundrels, The Full Monty, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Angels in America, My Favorite Year, Falsettos, Drood, Les Miserables, Roza and Sunday In the Park With George. Mr. Sperling was also an original cast member of the Broadway musical Titanic. Off-Broadway credits as music director: A Man of No Importance, Wise Guys, A New Brain, Saturn Returns, Floyd Collins, Falsettoland, and Romance in Hard Times. As a stage director Charlotte: Life? Or Theater? and Striking 12, as well as a revival of Lady in the Dark starring Andrea Marcovicci. Mr. Sperling conducted the musical scores for the films The Manchurian Candidate, Everything Is Illuminated, and directed the short musical film Love, Mom, starring Tonya Pinkins.
Eric Simonson's (Director)plays and adaptations at Steppenwolf, where he is a member of the ensemble, include Nomathemba (written with Ntozake Shange and Joseph Shabalala), Carter's Way and, most recently, Honest (for First Look). Other plays include The Last Hurrah, Work Song: Three Views of Frank Lloyd Wright (with Jeffrey Hatcher), Edge of the World, Lombardi: The Only Thing and Speak American. His work has been produced in Japan and throughout the United States at theaters including The Huntington Theatre Company, L.A. Theatre Works, City Theatre of Pittsburgh, The Kennedy Center, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Arizona Theatre Company, Madison Repertory Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theatre and Crossroads Theatre Company. His adaptation of Moby Dick at Milwaukee Repertory was chosen as one of Time Magazine's top ten productions of 2002. Eric is also an accomplished theatre, film and opera director. His production of Steppenwolf's The Song of Jacob Zulu received six Tony® Award nominations, including one for best direction. He received the 2006 Academy Award for his documentary short A Note of Triumph, as well as the 2005 Princess Grace Statue Award for sustained artistic achievement. His adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five (originally produced at Steppenwolf) recently received its Off-Broadway premiere at New York's 59E59 Theater.
For season subscriptions please contact The Chorale office at 646.202.9623 or visit www.collegiatechorale.org.
Israel in Egypt at Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York University
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 8pm
Music by George F. Handel
Sari Gruber, soprano
Brian Asawa, alto
Rufus Muller, tenor
The American Symphony Orchestra
James Bagwell, Conductor
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Hotels in Biarritz, France
Book accommodation in Biarritz
The French town of Biarritz is located on the Atlantic coast in the Bay of Biscay, and is an extremely popular destination for tourists and surfers. In history, and still today, it is the sea and ocean air that proves to be the town's main attraction. While locals may have made their money from industries like whaling in the past, today, we can see a flourishing tourism industry and plenty of top class hotels in Biarritz always welcoming new guests. The accommodation in Biarritz ranges from single star hotels at a very reasonable rate to luxurious apartments on the beach.
Top Biarritz activities
No matter where you decide to stay in Biarritz, the beach will always be a prominent feature during your trip. You could specifically look for beach resorts in Biarritz but, if your budget does not allow for such accommodation, there are plenty of open beaches. Of which, Cote des Basques is by far the number one choice for locals and tourists alike.
A trip up to Phare De Biarritz will get you a close up look at the lighthouse and you will be able to enjoy some of the most amazing ocean views. The walk up the stairs will require some effort and, if you get tired easily, then you should definitely make this an early morning or late afternoon trip to avoid the midday sun.
If the heat gets too much for you or there is a sudden downpour that forces you to remain indoors, then a trip to the Musee de la Mer de Biarritz is just what you need to pass the time while still having fun and getting out of your hotel. Not only is this aquarium great for kids but adults can get just as much out of the experience too.
Interesting Biarritz sights
The Virgin on the Rock monument is probably one of the most prominent statues in the area. The promenade walk and getting to see this amazing statue is always a memorable experience.
There are a number of museums to visit as well. No matter what your preferences and interests are, you are sure to find at least one museum in Biarritz that will leave you feeling captivated and inspired. It's also a great way to pass the time if the weather doesn't allow for outdoor activities. Some of the most popular museums include Asiatica Musee d'Art Oriental, the Musee Historique de Biarritz and the Planete Musee du Chocolat Biarritz.
Apart from all of these fun and educational attractions in Biarritz, there are also a number of sites of religious importance. These include the Russian Orthodox Church – Eglise Alexandre Newsky and the St Martin's Church. Not only are these sites of religious significance but they also give visitors a greater insight into the local history and culture.


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It's the 21st century, and technology is now bigger, better and more powerful than ever before. In this day and age, there is rarely an individual walking around without their own cellphone. The advancement of the device has made the cell phone a personal assistant to its owner… setting alarms and reminders, sending out calls and texts, playing music videos and looking up any information at the touch of a button.
As the power of the cellphone continues to grow, so does the number of non-brand manufacturers that try to pass off their knock-off products as a brand named original one.
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It has become a cliche to bring up George Orwell's book penned in 1948 when talking about the ever-increasing pervasiveness of government monitoring of the activities of their citizens in the name of security. But Orwell's apocalyptic picture, in the book 1984 of a quiet dehumanization missed entirely the most important threat to our privacy and sense of being.
Orwell painted a picture of a world where government has the ability to monitor everyone, everywhere: individuals never know when they are under surveillance, so tend always to act as if they are.
The most recent reason to invoke Orwell was presented by Harold Hurtt, chief of police in Houston, Texas, who suggested that police-run surveillance cameras in public places did not go far enough and said that owners of malls and large apartment complexes should be required to install such cameras as well. If that was not enough to set off us civil-liberties types, he also said that in some cases surveillance cameras should be set up to monitor private residences.
Hurtt proposed expanding the number of police-run surveillance cameras to help deal with a shortage of police officers. It is hard to argue that it would not make things easier for the police if they could record everything everyone did and could track robbers back to when they took the gun used in a robbery out from under the bedroom pillow in the morning. Not the kind of world I'd like to live in, but more convenient for the police.
As one might expect, the chief dismissed any privacy concern by saying, "If you are not doing anything wrong, why should you worry about it?"
Most places are already under watch. It is hard to walk more than a few feet inside a mall or large office building without being recorded by a security camera.
More pervasive are corporate databases that record everything you buy, read or do.
Orwell missed the fact that much of the privacy threat would come from the private sector, where there are few meaningful, legally mandated controls.
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A friend, sound asleep in an economy class seat while crossing the Atlantic on an American airline, was jolted from his rest by the pilot's booming announcement. No, there was no emergency fire or failed engine...not even turbulence for that matter. The pilot had some breaking news for his passengers. George Bush dead? Troops being withdrawn from Iraq? Life on Mars? Heck no! "Ladies and gentlemen, Michael Phelps has just won his eighth gold medal."
The Phelps mania sweeping the US during the Olympics not only overshadowed The Dark Knight and Russia's invasion of Georgia, it also relegated practically every other Olympic sport and sportsperson to the broadcasting backwaters of television. Do Americans appreciate sports or do they just love gold? The NBC (Nothing But Crap) channel's almost exclusive coverage of events in which Americans were expected to win big, the biased and jingoistic tone of television journalists reporting the Games, and Michael Phelps being hysterically hailed as the greatest Olympian ever - all these would have anyone begging the question.
Here's the perfect example of how frustrating the Olympics were for genuine sports lovers in the US. The 100 metre track and field is widely considered to be one of the most if not the most significant event at the Games...it establishes who the 'fastest' man and woman in the world are and is also watched closely for its world records. NBC, the official broadcaster of the Olympics in the US, connived with other international broadcasters to block access to live coverage of this event in the US - both on the airwaves as well as the internet. In this age of high technology, the Jamaican diaspora (a large number in the US) were reduced to asking relatives back in Kingston to hold their telephones close to television sets so that they would at least be able to 'hear' Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser make history in Beijing.
In the US, NBC either completely ignored several events in which Americans were not participating (or not expected to win) or ran short recaps of some important events 13-15 hours after they had already taken place. In the meantime, besides repeating videos of Phelps winning his golds and interviewing American winners of small-time sports, the channel showed live coverage of events that can hardly be considered great Olympic sport - beach volleyball, baseball and handball!
Another interesting aspect of watching the televised coverage of the Games in the US was how, given American criticism of China's state-run sports programme that pressurises athletes to deliver medals, the channel and anchors almost completely ignored and even ridiculed silver and bronze medallists in favour of the golden boys and girls who were hailed as heroes. Everyone loves a winner but American adoration appears to be reserved only for those who stand on the tallest spots on the podium. Well-known American basketball player LeBrons James knows too well the ignominy of returning home without the shiniest medal of them all from the Athens Olympics...he spent his time in Beijing trying to live down the derogatory name that has followed him since - LeBronze!
As for Lopes Lomong, the immigrant from Sudan the US selected to march with the American flag at the Opening Ceremonies (in part to protest China's silence on Darfur), he is definitely history. NBC had hyped his participation in the 1500 metres, hailing him as the poor athlete who walked five miles in Sudan to watch Michael Johnson on a small black and white television set, eventually making his way to the US. Unfortunately, after Lomong came in last during the semis of his event and failed to make it to the finals, the anchors seemed almost embarrassed, saying little to acknowledge that a youngster from such an impecunious background had dared to live a dream and even make it as far as the Olympics.
But the most shameful video about how America treats those who do not bring home the gold has to be of the coach of American silver medallist in pole vaulting - Jenn Stuczynski. The girl with only four years of experience put up a great show before losing the gold to a far more experienced vaulter - Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva, who broke the world record. As Stuczynski walked up to her coach in the stands, any joy she may have felt drained from her face as he berated her in an accusatory tone for her performance. Stuczynski returned with her head hanging in shame and probably received her silver without a smile...a ceremony NBC did not show. In fact, NBC hardly covered any medal ceremonies in which USA did not win gold.
So given their love for 'excellence' and gold medals, one would think the US media would cheer every great athlete at the Games. Unfortunately that did not happen. Gymnastics was a prime example of prime-time sour grapes. When the US team lost to the Chinese, NBC did not hesitate to start pointing fingers at the underage-looking Chinese gymnasts. Agreed that the gymnasts looked younger than the official age and the IOC is investigating the matter. But until the fact is established, and even if the fact is established, is there any doubt that He Kexin, Yang Yilin and Jiang Yuyuan gave fine performances? Are they not worthy of praise from those who claim to be connoisseurs of gymnastics?
There was some respite from the griping by NBC when the US girls took the number one and two spots in the individual all-round gymnastics medals. But the incredulous complaining returned in full force during the individual events. Nastia Lukin, US winner of the individual all-round, lost the gold medal to China's He Kexin in a close tie-breaker in her best event - the uneven bars. The NBC commentators immediately went ballistic - first suggesting that the judges were inexperienced, then complaining about the IOC's tie-breaking procedure, and finally, after the American coach herself told them that the procedure was applied accurately, saying outright that Nastia deserved to be standing at the top of the podium because she was better (according to the anchor who was presumably more experienced than the judges) than He Kexin.
Given that this internationally renowned television channel did not once mention the other controversy doing worldwide rounds on the internet - about the new swimming costumes and the nature of the swimming track at Beijing helping Phelps win his golds - it seems fair to say that the Americans are good at sports but not at sportsmanship. Their coverage of the Olympics certainly seems to indicate this.


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Game 7 of the 1958 World Series pitted Don Larsen against Lew Burdette. Larsen would be pitching on four days of rest; Burdette only two. In the 1957 Series, Burdette had pulled the same "shift†– Games 2, 5, and 7 – and in Game 7 had shut-out the Yanks. Moreover, Fred Haney didn't have any compelling alternatives to Burdette. Spahn had pitched nine plus innings just the day before; Buhl was unavailable due to injury. That left Rush, Willey, and Pizarro – all pretty good pitchers, but none of Burdette's caliber. Thus, even though the Yankees had "solved†Burdette in Game 5, it was reasonable for Haney to have him start Game 7, provided he was prepared to pull Burdette as soon as he showed signs of tiring.
Like Game 6, the seventh game got off to an eventful start. In the first inning, Milwaukee loaded the bases with one out on a Schoendienst single, and walks to Burton and Aaron. Covington then drove in the first run on a groundball out. With runners on second and third, the Yankees walked the slumping Mathews (dropped to sixth in the line-up). Larsen was then able to strike out Crandall.
The Yankees responded with two runs in the top of the second, both unearned. A walk to Berra was followed by back-to-back errors by Frank Torre. Lumpe drove in Berra with a ground-out and Kubek hit a sacrifice fly.
The score was 2-1 Yankees in the bottom of the third when Bruton led off with a single. After Torre popped out, Aaron singled Bruton to second.
At this point, Stengel removed Larsen and brought in Turley. It wasn't a move every manager would make. Larsen had only given up one run, though he allowed three hits and walked two (plus the intentional pass). Moreover, Turley had pitched nine innings in Game 5 and had worked in relief in Game 6, just the day before. But Turley had been outstanding all year and had the hot hand now. Like Haney, if Stengel were to lose he would go down with his best.
Turley retired Covington on a grounder, with the runners advancing to second and third. The Yankees walked Mathews intentionally again and retired Crandall on a ground ball that deflected off of Turley's glove and was handled by McDougald.
Crandall had now left six runners stranded in the game. But in the sixth inning, with the Braves still trailing 2-1, Crandall tied the game with a two-out home run.
The score remained 2-2 going into the top of the eighth. Burdette had not given up an earned run and had allowed but three hits. Since coming on with one out in the third, Turley had given up one run on one hit (Crandall's homer).
Burdette retired McDougald and Mantle to start the eighth, but Berra doubled to right and Howard singled him home. After Carey singled Howard to third, if not before, one would have expected Haney to conclude that Burdette was out of gas. Haney, though, kept his ace in to face Skowron. The "Moose†homered to make it 6-2 New York.
Turley breezed through the eighth in one-two-three fashion. In the ninth, the Braves put two runners on (Mathews with another walk and pinch-hitter Adcock with a two-out single). But Turley got Schoendienst on a liner to Mantle to end the Series.
Burdette and Turley both had given their teams around seven innings of great work despite their lack of rest. The difference was that this was all Stengel asked of Turley.
For only the second time in World Series history a team had rallied to victory after being down three games to one. The Yankees had avenged their 1957 defeat. For the seventh time in ten years (and eighth in twelve), they were the champions.
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We make films about Vermont, its land and its people. Our main interest is in the arts. Along with larger film projects, the independent production company shoots footage for a variety of local sponsors, including the Middlesex Historical Society, Rumney Elementary School in Middlesex, ORCA Media in Montpelier, Freedom and Unity: The Vermont Movie, the Bread and Puppet Theater, and private individuals.
Catalog of films
In Production (2015/2016): A Fleeting Animal: An Opera from Judevine
September 2015 saw the revival of A Fleeting Animal: An Opera from Judevine, an important work by two of Vermont's outstanding artists, composer Erik Nielsen and poet David Budbill. The opera was performed at six venues across Vermont, to enthusiastic audience response. https://vimeo.com/130355622
2014–Birdcatcher in Hell 57 Minutes
The 2014 remounting of Bread and Puppets's original all red performance. https://vimeo.com/125090475
2013–Bread, 40 minutes
This is a documentary of Peter Schumann baking the sourdough rye bread that the Bread and Puppet Theater famously offers its audiences after performances. https://vimeo.com/125604843
2004–Beyond 88 Keys, the Music of Michael Arnowitt.
This 76-minute documentary portrait of Montpelier's concert pianist is the skillfully told, moving story of how the qualities of musicianship, compassion and commitment come together in the life and career of Michael Arnowitt. Winner of the Vermont Film Commission's 2004 Goldstone Award for Best Vermont Film. https://vimeo.com/125088577
2006–The Singers, 18 minutes.
Narrative film based on Turgenev's short story, Singers, the story of two men competing in a singing contest in a country tavern.
2010–Four Friends, 20 minutes.
Bread bakers, political activists, theater-makers, and long-time friends, two couples, Jules and Helen Rabin, and Peter and Elka Schumann, talk about their lives, their philosophies, politics, and life in rural Vermont.
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