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Two North County teens with Broadway dreams will compete next week at the 2014 National High School Music Theater Awards in New York City.
Jonathan Norwood, 16, of Escondido and Aubree Bouche, 18, of Encinitas are among 56 U.S. students who will participate in the annual "Jimmy" Awards, the nation's most prestigious youth theater honors. On Tuesday, the teens flew with their moms to New York, where they'll take part in a five-day theater workshop that culminates with the awards contest on Monday at Broadway's Minskoff Theatre. The top male and female performers could win scholarships valued at up to $10,000.
In separate interviews Monday, Norwood and Bouche said they're thrilled to be visiting New York for the first time and this trip is just the first step of what they hope will be a long performing career.
"I can't wait to walk around the city and soak in all the theater scene," said Bouche, who graduated this month from La Costa Canyon High School in Carlsbad. "I really want a future in anything performancewise, but my heart has always been in musical theater."
The Jimmys, named for Broadway producer and theater owner James Nederlander, draws its finalists from students at more than 1,500 high schools nationwide. Regional judges attend school shows and handpick the best performers for city and regional contests. Norwood and Bouche were among 10 San Diego County semifinalists who competed at Broadway/San Diego's first Ben Vereen Awards on June 7 at the Spreckels Theater. From there, Norwood and Bouche moved on to the Southwest regionals on June 14, besting all the finalists from San Diego and Tucson, earning them each a $1,000 check and a berth at the Jimmys. The legendary stage and film star, Vereen, hosted both events.
Bouche, a soprano, wowed the judges with her comic solo as Princess Winifred in "Once Upon a Mattress." Norwood, a tenor who's entering his senior year at The Classical Academy in Escondido, stole the show with his shiver-inducing performance of "Bring Him Home" from "Les Miserables." Bouche said she's never heard any boy at La Costa Canyon sing as well as Norwood.
"Oh my goodness, his voice is so amazing," she said. "He hasn't been singing very long but his voice is so mature and he's very mature, too."
Norwood is also a big fan of Bouche, who he met for the first time at this month's competition.
"She's really talented and a lot of fun," he said. "She's really sweet and such a pleasure to work with."
The daughter of Larry and Suzie Bouche was 8 years old when she followed her older sister into youth theater. Her sister, now 23, lost interest but Bouche's passion for performing only grew. At La Costa Canyon, she was president of the drama club and her lead roles included Sandy in "Grease" and Judy in "9 to 5: The Musical." For the past three years, she has played princesses and other characters at Legoland California, she writes and records songs for her YouTube channel and she made it all the way to the Hollywood auditions round for seasons 11 and 12 of Fox's "American Idol." In the fall, she'll start at Chapman College in Orange, where she plans to study screen acting.
Because La Costa Canyon isn't known for its theater program, Bouche said she was stunned to have made it as far as she has in this month's competition. Win or lose, she said her heart is set on a career that allows her to sing and act for an audience.
"There's something about being on stage and being able to portray whatever character is thrown at you and make it your own," she said.
Compared to Bouche, the Georgia-raised Norwood is a relative newbie to musical theater. He has always had a passion for singing, but for many years it was a trial for his parents, Eric and Nancy, and his five older siblings.
"I always loved to sing but when I was 12, my mom decided she couldn't let a son of hers go through life sounding so bad … like Kermit the frog. So she took me to my older brother's vocal coach," he said, referring to his 22-year-old brother, Stephen, an Atlanta pop singer who performs under only his surname.
After moving to Escondido two years ago, Norwood enrolled at Classical Academy and auditioned for his first musical, "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers." He landed the role of Gideon and since then has played Rolf in "The Sound of Music" and Prince Eric in "The Little Mermaid." The role of Jean Valjean in "Les Miserables" was demanding vocally and emotionally, but Norwood said it helped cement his desire for a career onstage.
"Musical theater is what I believe God's purpose is for my life," he said. "What I love about musical theater is there's nothing that can be fake about it. It's live and it has to be truthful on stage or the audience won't believe you."
Norwood said he's looking at studying musical theater at Carnegie-Mellon or Oklahoma City universities. But first there's his senior year and the Jimmys.
"I don't know what to expect in New York. It will be really fun to meet all these people and go through what I've heard is a grueling boot camp," he said. "I'm nervous but I'm also excited. I can't wait."


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My sister and a friend of her stayed at Luís appartement. They really enjoyed their stay and had a great time!
La casa se encuentra muy bien situada y con el metro llegas enseguida al centro de la ciudad.
La habitación es muy tranquila, limpia y acogedora. Además, tiene un balcón enorme que a mi particularmente me ha encantado.
Los anfitriones Luis e Isabel son muy atentos y harán que no te falte de nada.
La recomendaría a cualquiera que quisiera viajar a Lisboa!!
Super gelegene Wohnung zwischen zwei Haltestellen von der Straßenbahn 28. Optimal für unsere Stadttouren. Nette, hilfsbereite Gasgeberin.
We spent a lovely holidays and Luis & family was fantastic. Thank you for all and hope to see you again in Lisboa. Martino family
Luis and Isabela are very nice, open-minded and always helpful!
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It was realy nice in the lovely flat. Luiz and lsabel are very nice people. I Hand a good time.
In winter it is very necessary to habe warm clothes because the flat has no heating. But a warm athmosphere.
Quiet place near Rossio. Metro-station not far away. Isabela and Luis are very helpful.
This was my first stay in a Wimdu type accommodation. I think it was mostly as advertised. Hosts were friendly, room was clean, wifi was reliable. I met great fellow guests and we felt we had our own space to relax. Luis responded to my late night request to stay the next day and though I had trouble finding the address, his wife saw me from my profile picture as I entered the cafe next door and knew who I was. It was a nice welcome to Portugal. There wasn´t breakfast per se but the kitchen was well stocked with cooking necessities. I would return.
Luis and Isabelle gave us a very warm welcome in their cosy appartment. They gave us very nice inside tips about sights in Lisbon. The appartment is well located and we enjoyed the view!
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With the MLB trade deadline fast approaching, there's a lot of uncertainty hovering over the majors and its players.
But make no mistake about this: Zach Greinke, the most desirable pitcher currently on the market, will be traded by Tuesday's non-waiver deadline, according to Brewers general manager Doug Melvin.
The decision to trade him came after the team's most recent road stint, during which Milwaukee went winless through six games. Grienke indicated to the Brewers that he wanted to test free agency but has not named any specific teams to play the role of his potential new suitor.
Now in his ninth year in the majors, Greinke arrived in Milwaukee after seven years in Kansas City, where he has been the bright spot of a struggling Brewers team that currently ranks fourth in the NL Central. His ERA is 3.44 with a 9-3 record through 21 starts. He is on pace for his third season of winning at least 16 games with 200 or more K's.
As of right now, the Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves, Chicago White Sox and Los Angeles Angels have shown interest in adding Greinke, according to USA Today.
After spending years in small market towns like Kansas City and Milwaukee, it could be time for Greinke to move to a large stage where his talents could be better served. At 28 years old, there is still plenty of time for this young righty to make a handful of postseason appearances.
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The motive for the shooting remains a mystery.
Ed Winter, spokesman for the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, didn't release the man's name Monday because the next of kin hasn't been notified yet. He described the victim as a Latino in his 40s. The autopsy is pending, he added.
A Metro bus driver discovered the body in an industrial area in the 14300 block of Alondra Boulevard and called authorities about 6:10 p.m. Sunday.
"A driver of a Metro bus was traveling westbound on Alondra Boulevard before slowing at a bus stop," sheriff's spokeswoman Deputy Kim Manatt in a statement. "The driver noticed a man lying in a pool of blood in the gutter of the roadway near the bus stop."
The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Four associations that represent college leaders are urging the Colorado Supreme Court to declare that the University of Colorado's Board of Regents is a quasi-judicial body and thus immune from a lawsuit in which Ward Churchill, the controversial ethnic-studies scholar, challenges his dismissal from the university system's Boulder campus. In a brief submitted on Wednesday, the groups argue that the reversal of a lower-court ruling granting the board immunity "would not only infringe on the institutional autonomy that is the cornerstone of academic freedom, but would chill universities' incentive to provide robust internal processes for faculty misconduct proceedings." The American Council on Education, an umbrella group, took the lead in drafting the friend-of-the-court brief, which was also signed by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, the Association of American Universities, and the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. The American Association of University Professors and various civil-liberties groups have accused the university of violating the academic freedom and free-speech rights of Mr. Churchill, who was investigated and dismissed in the wake of controversy over remarks he had made about the September 11 terrorist attacks.Return to Top


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Baking soda – 1/2 tsp
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Woodrow "Woody" Lee Davis, 62, Seymour, passed away at 8:35 a.m., Wednesday, December 31, 2008, at Schneck Medical Center.
Mr. Davis was a member of Roellen Baptist Church and attended Seymour Christian Church. With an impeccable work ethic, he retired in 2003 after 38 years, from Valeo-Sylvania, Seymour. He was a southern gentleman who took friendships very seriously; he was a friend to all whom he came in contact with. He loved his family and will be greatly missed by them. He enjoyed fishing and being outdoors. He had a special gift of finding fun in everyday adventures. The love of his family was his greatest treasure.
Born in Roellen, Tenn., on January 18, 1946, he was the son of Woodrow Lee, who preceded him in death and Sammie Mai Holland Davis, who survives in Newbern, Tenn. On August 14, 1993, in Columbus, he married Rose Marie Galloway, who survives.
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There are a lot
of similarities between Mario Cauley ('99)
and his comic contribution to Ghostwerks #1, Darius Davidson. Dare
for short.
For the Ghostwerks
company, Cauley is the accountant, the businessman and the pragmatist — he doesn't
really seem like the creative sort. But he wrote the comic Dare.
The Darius character
has no super powers, special gadgets or even a cool costume — he's
not a superhero. But he does heroic things.
"More than anything I'm just a fan of comics," Cauley
says. "Samax, Khalid and the rest of the guys are the really
eccentric, creative ones."
Like Cauley, Dare
isn't one to seek out the limelight, but
he is the one to count on when things get bad. Darius is a young
teen-age boy with a few smarts and whole lot of fearlessness. The
closest thing he has to a superpower is an uncanny ability to attract
trouble. When we first meet him, he is trying to catch a cab to
the museum for class. He ends up strapped between the city district
attorney, his wife and a bomb.
He's just an average person thrust into extraordinary situations — not
too different from Cauley. When the Ghostwerks crew is together,
Cauley isn't the one who stands out. But without his role,
there'd be no Ghostwerks. He also finds himself in the extraordinary
situation of getting to go from fan to comic writer.
Much like his creation,
Cauley sees what he does as just part of the job. Darius is heroic
only because it's necessary — no
glitz, no fame, no glamour.
You can
put aside the intense characterizations, the cool plot concepts
and the clever lines — all Corance Davis ('99) wants
to do in his comic Champion of Children is blow stuff up.
a must," he says. Davis is the central writer for the series.
"I love
anime and manga (Japanese cartoons and comics), and the one consistent
theme is an undefeatable bad guy and blowing
up a lot of stuff."
It sounds a little strange, but Japanese comics and cartoons have
had an immense influence on American entertainment. For instance,
the Matrix movies are based on Japanese comic concepts and have
their own manga-based series. Even major comic companies like Marvel
have manga series and versions of their characters.
Davis says the characters in these series risk and lose more than
those in traditional American comics.
"These writers get the idea that their characters have to
risk something in order to be interesting," he adds.
And all this is coming from a man who, prior to working on the
Champion comic, spent most of his time reading literature classics.
"Before reading things like The
Killing Joke (a Batman classic)
by Alan Moore, I always thought comics were badly written," Davis
says. "But then I learned that comics can be cool, using
literary devices and complex characters — plus they blow
stuff up."
Michael Lagocki
a world of pacifist bears and avenging rabbits, and maybe you'll
get a small glance into Michael Lagocki's ('99) mind.
Of all the Ghostwerks
characters, Lagocki's represent some
of the most unique: Toho the Pacifist and Test Subject A. These
characters are featured in Ghostwerks #1, a collection of stories
from everyone on the team.
Toho is a gigantic polar bear who looks as if he should be plastered
on the side of a red Coke can. By some unexplained twist, Toho
ends up on another planet in an arena forced to do battle with
Unfortunately, as you can guess by his name, Toho the Pacifist
practices strict non-violence. He often conjures up images of Ghandi,
John Lennon and Martin Luther King Jr. in the face of conflict.
Test Subject A, who is unhindered by any notions of pacifism,
is a lab rabbit who willed himself to be human. He takes a very
direct, heroic approach to life by rescuing fellow test subjects
everywhere by any means necessary. As if he were an avenging icon
for PETA, he burns down every test lab he can find.
"Like a lot of the guys, I've been drawing comics
since I was a kid," Lagocki says. "I've got dozens
and dozens of scrapbooks full of ideas — but this has been
a chance to put out the ideas that may not be so easily received."
For Samax
Randolph ('99), the most important element of his art is
authenticity — being yourself and most of all being human.
However, when it
comes to black characters in comic books, he says they're
anything but authentic.
"So often when I pick up a comic with a black character
in it I wonder, 'Do these writers know anyone who is black?'" says
Randolph, who is one of three artists behind Champion of Children.
He says high-top haircuts from the '80s, misused slang and
stereotypical caricatures point to characters created as a cursory
nod at minorities.
"And most companies are satisfied with that," Randolph
says. "In a lot of cases companies are afraid to try something
different or new."
He says black readers of comic books are conditioned not to expect
to see characters like themselves.
"Part of the whole premise of Ghostwerks is that we're
catering to an underserved market," he says. "The indie
comics are bringing fresh new ideas and authentic characters, black
or otherwise, to the comic industry."
Robertson ('97) is quiet and thoughtful. He'd say
he was just brooding, but that kind of melancholy doesn't
match the heart of the characters he creates as an artist of
the comic Champion of Children.
Nor does it fit
the attitude of someone who cites his artistic inspirations as
the Powerpuff Girls show and the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip. As he puts it, "I never got over that cartoon
"I got into comics after reading the Dark
Knight Returns (a Batman classic in the comic book industry)," he says. "Batman
as a dark and brooding character resonated with me, because I was
dark and brooding.
"Later on I realized you don't
have to be moody to be good."
In fact, Robertson sees the humor of the comic as its best selling
point. In his eyes, Champion of Children is more about him and
his brother. Like Little Mad Skillz, the hero of this comic, and
her brother, Jr. Raw, Robertson has spent a lot of time fighting
with his sibling.
"The problem with siblings is that they know you well enough
to know just what rubs you the wrong way," he says. "They
bring out the worst in you, but then your family will always be
the first to defend you — a lot of that comes out in the
In between saving
the world and fending off supervillains, he says, the brother
and sister superheroes spend a lot of time "getting
on each other's nerves."


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Thirty-one horses, including Grade III Sam F. Davis winner General Quarters, were nominated for the Grade III $300,000 Tampa Bay Derby on March 14 at Tampa Bay Downs in Oldsmar. The 11/16-mile race for 3-year-olds is the featured event on Festival Day.
The Grade III $200,000 Florida Oaks for 3-year-old fillies going 11/16 miles attracted 22 nominations, led by Grade III winner C.S. Silk.
The Grade III $175,000 Hillsborough Stakes for fillies and mares 4 years and older on the 11/8-mile turf course has 32 nominations, including Grade I winners Backseat Rhythm and Rutherienne. Entries will be drawn March 12.
Leading trainer Jamie Ness tied a Downs record Sunday, saddling four winners: Regwell, Old City Bar, Muddy Gator and Madonna Blue. Kathleen O'Connell is the only other trainer with four wins on a card.
More thoroughbreds: Justwhistledixie won her fourth straight race and third successive stakes, running 1 mile in 1:37.67 in the $150,000 Grade II Davona Dale for 3-year-old fillies at Gulfstream in Hallandale Beach. Longshot Casanova Move was second and favored Frolic's Dream faded to third.
Greyhounds: Craigie Mr Venus of Lester Raines and Flyin Home Depot of McAllister share the lead with 42 points apiece after three rounds of the $85,000 Sprint Classic at Derby Lane in St. Petersburg. Tmc's Trail Boss has 38, followed by Flying Mancini (32), Flying Regent, Lamorge Red Fish and Born To Dream (28) and Julia Ww Garland (25). The top eight dogs Wednesday advance to Saturday night's 550-yard final.
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The wisdom of the Jewish calendar lies in its cycles of rejoicing and reflection. It wisely bridges the gap between the frightening narrative of sorrow and near destruction that animates so much of the Jewish past with the impulse to kick loose and enjoy ourselves. Hence, the absolute necessity for Purim.
On Purim, we do not merely remember a narrow escape from catastrophe at the hands of an ancient hater by the name of Haman. The holiday's merrymaking is not only a necessary opportunity to let off steam. It is also a constructive reminder of the fact that despite the seemingly gloomy outlook of the present which echoes the horrors of the past, salvation and even victory are possible.
Unlike in other sacred commemorations where the direct intervention of our Creator is the determining factor, Purim's happy ending relies on the quick wits and courage of the Jews themselves. As scary as the plots of the Hamas, Iran and their supporters around the world truly are, the tale of Purim should give us confidence not only in divine justice but in our own capacity to defeat those whose evil plots threaten our future just as Haman's did long ago.
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Cherie Blair made a CBE for charity work in New Year Honours
Cherie Blair has been made a CBE in the New Year Honours for her services to women's issues and charity.
The wife of former prime minister Tony Blair has worked to raise both funds and awareness for a wide range of charities at home and overseas.
Among others, Mrs Blair, 58, is a patron of Breast Cancer Care, Refuge, Scope and the Community Foundation for Merseyside.
Her spokesman said she was "very honoured" to receive the award.
Mrs Blair, a barrister, is honorary vice-president, formerly president, of Barnardo's, and president of the Loomba Foundation, which campaigns to alleviate the plight of widows around the world.
In 2008, she founded the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, which runs programmes in many parts of the developing world, including Africa, India and the Middle East.
It aims to help women set up and expand businesses, in order to gain financial independence.
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Mrs Blair was appointed vice-chair of the International Council on Women's Business Leadership in 2011 by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, advising the US government on how its foreign policy can support the economic empowerment of women.
Richard Hawkes, chief executive of disability charity Scope, of which Mrs Blair has been a patron for 10 years, said it was "fantastic" that her work had been recognised with an honour.
"Cherie's background as a human rights barrister, combined with her strong interest and understanding of our work, makes her one of our most committed supporters," he said.
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Breast Cancer Care said it was "delighted" to hear of the award for Mrs Blair, who has been a patron since 1997.
"Her intense level of support has had an enormous impact on us. Away from the glare of publicity it is Cherie's human touch that makes her so loved and appreciated by our supporters.
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Here's my problem: the downtown hopper. Allow me to explain to readers who are unfamiliar.
If you park downtown, the meters allow you to either purchase time by increments or get what is called a "downtown hopper." For $7, you get to park your car anywhere downtown until the meters stop working at 6 p.m., after which parking is free. It's a pretty good deal if you need to park downtown, because lots can be expensive.
But it's called a "hopper" for a reason. You have to move your car every three hours or you get a ticket...as I did during All-Star weekend.
Now, city, back to you. Here's my issue with your so-called "hopper": Nowhere on any of the signs or on the machine does it say parking is limited to three hours. I have read stories dating back to 2009 about people suffering the same fate for the same reason. My poor 311 operator was overly apologetic when I called to ask the question, because apparently it's a very common one.
How tough would it be to put up signs that say "Cars must be moved every three hours" or to put text on the machine's screen saying something similar?
Yes, it does say "3hr time limit until 6pm" in TINY letters on the parking receipt, but that's it. Hell, even the plastic bags toys are wrapped in come with bigger warnings, and they are just plastic bags! For my violation, I got a $30 ticket, meaning I paid $37 to park by Phoenicia on a Friday afternoon. I should have just paid a lot across from Toyota Center $40 to shorten my walk.
I'm not saying you need to change the policy, but it sure does look shady that the only mention is in the fine print, particularly given the fact that others have similar complaints. And it's made worse by the fact that the law only requires me to move one space over to avoid a penalty. How ridiculous is that, and how exactly does that make parking in downtown more convenient or free up space for other cars? It doesn't.
Listen, City of Houston, you do a lot right and a lot of things around here are getting better. We're even getting good publicity from New York. Who would have believed that the same place that called us a "HELLHOLE" in the early '90s would suddenly consider us cool? Sure, not Brooklyn/bicycle/farmer's market/skinny jeans/microbrew cool, but it's something.
So don't ruin it with stupid fine print on your parking meter receipts! We're still trying to live down the whole suburban sprawl/what to do with the Astrodome/strip mall/humidity stuff.
I'm not doing this for me. I'll pay my fine. I'm doing this for all the poor unsuspecting saps who think they can park for hours on end with impunity.
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Ex-Dr. Brown's courtroom flub.
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As if the clusterfuck of multi-jurisdictional litigation involving wife-beater and alleged flight-attendant-choker Michael "I Did Not Give That Woman Anal Herpes" Brown is not crazy enough, the former TV-ad icon is seeking to dismiss his bankruptcy filing in a Miami federal court.
Avid Brown-watchers will remember that a few weeks after federal prosecutors accused him of choking flight attendants and threatening to demonstrate the Patented Brown Dick-Dangle, and a month after he shattered local real-estate records by buying an $8 million beachfront palace with a fucking movie theater, Brown filed for Chapter 11 protection.
Because that's what people do. But Brown then filed a last-minute motion claiming that his filing was a mistake, his estranged wife's a gold-digging beyatch and all he's trying to do is amicably settle his Harris County divorce proceedings.
Meanwhile, lawyers for a group of doctors working for a Brown-controlled company have filed a motion accusing Brown of bleeding so much money from one of his Houston-based companies that it won't be able to pay its bills in six months.
Here's the deal: The doctors in that case, which was filed in a Texas federal court, were looking forward to the possibility of the Miami bankruptcy judge putting Brown's companies into receivership, just so everyone can figure out, once and for all, what kind of financial shell game the ex-surgeon has been playing.
According to the doctors' filing opposing the withdrawal of bankruptcy, the chief financial officer of Brown's company, Surgeon's Management Inc., stated in a deposition that "given the immense amount of cash that [Brown] has pulled out of his business in the past year, SMI has no more than six months left until it can no longer pay its bills."
Hair Balls must say that Charles Cave's candor is a refreshing about-face from his robot-like non-testimony in Brown's divorce case, in which he repeatedly took the Fifth Amendment under intense grilling by Rachel Brown's attorney. (The attorney, David Brown — no relation — was trying to figure out whether Brown was siphoning $17,000 in cash a day from SMI.)
The doctors' motion also states that, according to Cave, although SMI owes $10 million in unpaid bills, Brown "purchased $20 million worth of real estate on South Beach, incurred at least $10 million in debt doing so and then purchased two yachts for which he also incurred significant debt." (In Michael Brown's defense, it's much easier to get hot twentysomething stripper ass when you own yachts.)
The doctors' motion also claims that not even Michael Brown can keep track of all the money he moves around. He allegedly made a $166,500 wire transfer in January to something called Pomegranate Development (or Developers) that he had no explanation for and a $136,000 January payment to American Express, even though Brown stated in a deposition "that he does not have an American Express card."
Brown similarly had no explanation for a $10,377.55 payment this month to Ray Von Proctor, SMI's chief of staff, according to the doctors' motion.
The motion also states, "In the year prior to bankruptcy, [Brown] drained approximately $6 million out of his tax account; most of those monies were transferred to [his] personal account, but he does not know what happened to them, other than to state over and over again that he has paid a significant amount in attorney's fees."
But according to Brown's motion to withdraw his bankruptcy filing, his companies have suffered financial losses because of "the highly publicized nature" of his divorce proceedings. He then points out that he has paid "$300,000 a month to his wife and his wife's counsel for the past two years. This amount does not include Dr. Brown's payments of the mortgages and upkeep for at least three separate properties where she presently resides, plus a lakefront property."
Brown claims he filed for Chapter 11 reorganization out of his "complete frustration with his inability to resolve his divorce," and that he "was under the mistaken impression that filing for reorganization would somehow assist him in resolving and moving forward his various divorce-related issues. In fact, the opposite is true."
Those are fitting words. It's the hitch in the image Michael Glyn Brown has devoted his life to cultivating: The opposite is true.
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Welcome to the American Occupational Therapy Association's Checking the Pulse blog. Written by Stephanie Yamkovenko, AOTA's digital editor.
Here you will find news about occupational therapy, current health news, and more. I regularly blog about apps that clinicians can use in practice, autism issues, managing chronic conditions, wounded warriors, and more.
AOTA members receive the biweekly OT Practice Pulse e-newsletter where we share resources and news from AOTA and other sources that directly affect occupational therapy practice—curated just for members! Here on the Checking the Pulse blog, I will share even more relevant and interesting news, videos, blogs, and more.
I read hundreds of articles about health, wellness, and policy every week to find the most engaging and enlightening content for you. Blog readers can stay in the know, go beyond the news, and find out how the latest health news affect occupational therapy.
Found a story worth sharing? Send it to us today! Or send me a tweet @AOTAInc.
Back in March we shared an article on CNN that talked about the health benefits of crafting that mentioned occupational therapy. The Washington Post recently ran a similar article about knitting and occupational therapy.
The article describes how crafters have long known the therapeutic benefits of activities such as knitting and crocheting. They interviewed AOTA member Sharon Gutman who says, "mind-stimulating activities such as these have been used by occupational therapists to alleviate symptoms of depression and to help improve motor functions in people with illnesses such as Parkinson's disease."
Read the article here.
Of course you understand the important of occupation—it's a fundamental principle of occupational therapy.
AOTA Press recently published the 4th edition of The Texture of Life: Occupations and Related Activities. The book includes case examples and exercises to help you think through the clinical reasoning process.
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Today ABC News announced it is launching a new division-wide series of reports, "Hidden America," to shine a light on the people, places and stories of struggle and hope that are not well known or apparent to many Americans. The reports will also spotlight the creative and innovative things some extraordinary Americans are doing to help people in their communities. This long-term commitment grows from Diane Sawyer's remarkable and award-winning "Hidden America" documentaries on Camden, Appalachia and Pine Ridge. Reports from ABC News anchors and correspondents will air across all broadcasts and platforms, including "World News with Diane Sawyer, "Nightline" and "20/20."
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Organizing Business Women To Serve The Church
By Margarita Berzonsky
The Orthodox Church is rooted in the family. Every woman takes the Holy Theotokos as a model for herself, so that in some little way she may be in the home what the blessed Mother of God is to the Church.
Today, however, it is simply a fact that. Single and married women are working outside the home. That reality creates a bond among them - secretaries, teachers, office workers, professionals in nearly as many areas as males, working women are brought together because of common experiences arising from their employment in a world dominated by men. The Orthodox Church can either judge and ignore those felt needs, or it can provide a haven where those needs might be expressed and resolved.
It may well be that the expression of the Church as a family, with each family an extended "church," in fact causes problems for those who, for whatever reason, live on their own. The widowed, divorced, or never married ought to feel not only welcome, but nurtured spiritually in the warmth of the spiritual community. Young unmarried women who decide to move out of the family home and take an apartment have a tendency to cut themselves off from the life of the parish as well. This need not be the case if they can relate to the parish as adults who have taken responsibility for their own lives.
Experience in Common
From conversations at the coffee hour following Divine Liturgy in our parish we realized that the women in the work force had so many experiences in common that they felt it appropriate to organize a group to deal with the realities of their workaday lives. "Holy Trinity Business Women" was chosen as the body's name, since it was endorsed by the parish, included women, and related to the problems and aspirations of those women specifically in the business world.
Surprisingly, the group crossed several generations, including women already retired from the work field, as well as the younger set, not far beyond twenty years of age. Within that age periphery are mothers and grandmothers, those once married, and those who never have been wed.
In the beginning, the activities revolved around nurturingbasically, sharing experiences in the offices and schools so that those who have been hurt in some way are taught to deal with conflict, as well as to be reassured that negative experiences happen to everybody. For example, it is not uncommon to hold the same position as a male, or at least do an equal task, and be paid much less, only because one is a woman. Secretaries frequently feel put upon to perform services that are of a personal nature: ordering flowers or choosing gifts for the boss's wife; attending functions merely as window-dressing. At times one's Christian values are put to the test. One may be asked to tell an outright lie ("I'm sorry, he's not in just now"), and then there are the quite common sexual harassments that women are subjected to in every occupation.
Problems Studied
Subsequently the organization members studied human behavior, so that they might learn why persons behave as they do. It was fascinating to hear that history has a decided role in formulating the basis for our attitudes and the ways we come to understand a problem. Those near the age of my parents, for example, who lived through the Great Depression, are always concerned with the price of things. Money is always a matter of grave importance for them, just as children who are teenagers in the sixties and seventies when material goods were plentiful never imagine that funds will or possibly can be depleted.
Our group, then, evolved from self-concentration and dealing with the members' immediate problems to discovering the causes of those problems, a process that involved self-awareness, study of the community, man - woman relations, society in general and our place in history. Of course it would be pretentious to presume we accomplished all of that, or even did the subjects justice; yet, we are learning, growing, and helping one another in the process.
It is a tribute to Christian maturity and spiritual development among our communion of believers here at Holy Trinity, that no hint of conflict or over-lapping of purposes arose between the established groups, such as the Women's Club, and the Business Women; on the contrary, many ladies are members of both organizations, and the cooperation is sterling. From the men as well, support and encouragement manifested itself. Not a trace, at least openly, of any Archie Bunker mentality, insisting that women have no place in the work force. Truly, the spirit of understanding for our purposes among our communicants is a great blessing.
The Benefits of Organizing
What we have noticed, thank the Lord, is that women in a position to help others do so. One of our ladies in a position of authority in the local public school system has found ways to intercede on behalf of our younger persons in the teaching field. The loan for our parish's expansion program was facilitated by another woman in the banking field. Quietly, effectively, we do aid one another.
Our mission has benefited by our organization. Not only are we keeping the young adults from drifting away and searching for more compatible settings to their life situations, but in a few instances our young ladies have involved their non-Orthodox friends in the life of the parish. Vital to our well-attended meetings is an array of topics men and women can utilize and apply to themselves. Past speakers have addressed the following subjects: How and When to Make Your Will; New Rules for Income Tax; How to Invest Wisely; Attaining Financial Independence; How Orthodox Is the Moral Majority. One of our own gifted young members spoke to the themes of Maintaining Self-composure; Ways and Values of Time Management; Nutrition and Exercise.
Suggestions For Organizing a Similar Group
If another parish is considering an organization such as ours, it would be in order to take into account these suggestions, based on our own experience:
A. Be sure a need for such an organization exists, that it is not being addressed by an already functioning group within the church, and that its purposes will not overlap or impinge upon any such body.
B. The organization has to be positive in its orientation, which means it is not apart from or against any person or class. Christians cannot be "against" men, for example, or the purported evils of society; rather, they are people helping people in specific ways. We serve one another by utilizing whatever we have experienced and learned. Especially in the church, no group will last long if it is perceived as a threat to others.
C. Obviously, it must have more than tacit approval from the pastor and church council if it is to achieve its purposes. The leaders must be convinced that the Gospel will be enhanced through the activities of a business women's fellowship.
D. Strive always for inclusiveness. If a project can be done in cooperation with other groups, by all means do it that way. If the topic of the evening applies to men, invite them warmly. Love overcomes fear, as Christ reminds us, and all that we do must be seasoned with love and compassion.
E. Have a part in all that the parish attempts, without asking whether it serves the specific needs of most of the women. Expand your boundary at each opportunity.
F. Strive to serve the church in ways that your members in their secular capacities are able to. Can you help the unemployed find work, console those in depression, reach out to those who have been hurtrape victims, battered children, the abused or neglected?
The greatest satisfaction these past two years has been in providing a means of serving the Lord to many women who felt themselves on the fringe of the parish's life. Rather than feeling excluded from an extended church comprised of self-contained family units who come in groups to pray, the working women who feel apart from a conventional family atmosphere now are realizing they are wanted, needed, and loved. They, too, have a purpose in the extended life of the parish. They are of value to others, not despite the fact that they live alone, but because of it. This gives meaning to their souls.
Editor's Note: A similar group for "businessmen" might be equally fruitful. The already popular "Businessmen's Breakfast or Lunch" might easily be adapted to take up concerns that Orthodox men find they have in common as they try to cope with the stresses and complexities of today's society.


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Coming off a season-high hitting performance in its last outing, Utah Valley University was held without a hit against crosstown rival Brigham Young University on Tuesday, falling 9-0 in five innings at Wolverine Field.
"BYU is a strong team, but ultimately we just didn't come to play today," UVU head coach Nikki Palmer said. "We've got a lot of stuff to work on, but we're not going to let this define any part about us. We're just going to move forward, work hard at practice tomorrow and get ready for Santa Clara on Thursday."
The Cougars (17-20) jumped out to a quick 5-0 lead in the first inning, capitalizing on two Wolverine (11-23) errors in the frame. Starter Josi Summers retired the first two batters, but a pair of walks followed by three consecutive singles helped BYU tally all five of its runs with two outs.
Only four of BYU's nine runs were earned as UVU ended the game with a season-high five errors.
Utah Valley never recovered from the early deficit, suffering its second no-hitter of the season as the Cougars used three pitchers to complete the feat. The no-hitter comes on the heels of the Wolverines' best hitting performance of the season when it scored 13 runs on 17 hits in Saturday's WAC victory over Seattle U.
This is the third no-hitter UVU has seen in this season. The Wolverines were held without a hit by Big Ten member Ohio State in February, and UVU senior pitcher Summers also twirled a no-no of her own for the Wolverines in a 3-0 victory over Albany last month.
Kelsey Lawton pitched 4.1 innings for UVU, giving up one earned run on six hits while striking out one. Summers (6-12) was tagged with the loss after surrendering three earned runs in only two-thirds innings pitched.
Tuesday's contest marked the first of three games for the Wolverines against BYU. The two teams meet again in the season finale for UVU in a May 8 doubleheader in Provo.
Utah Valley looks to its next game coming up on Thursday as Santa Clara comes into town. First pitch is set for 3 p.m. That ballgame leads the Wolverines to their home, WAC opener when Grand Canyon comes to Orem on Friday.
Kellen Hiser is an assistant sports information director at Utah Valley University. For more information on Wolverine athletics, visit WolverineGreen.com.


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Effects of tutor-related behaviours on the process of problem-based learning
Tutors in a Problem-Based Learning (PBL) curriculum are thought to play active roles in guiding students to develop frameworks for use in the construction of knowledge. This implies that both subject-matter expertise and the ability of tutors to facilitate the learning process must be important in helping students learn. This study examines the behavioural effects of tutors in terms of subject-matter expertise, social congruence and cognitive congruence on students' learning process and on their final achievement. The extent of students' learning at each PBL phase was estimated by tracking the number of relevant concepts recalled at the end of each learning phase, while student achievement was based on students' ability to describe and elaborate upon the relationship between relevant concepts learned. By using Analysis of Covariance, social congruence of the tutor was found to have a significant influence on learning in each PBL phase while all of the tutor-related behaviours had a significant impact on student achievement. The results suggest that the ability of tutors to communicate informally with students and hence create a less threatening learning environment that promotes a free flow exchange of ideas, has a greater impact on learning at each of the PBL phases as compared to tutors' subject-matter expertise and their ability to explain concepts in a way that is easily understood by students. The data presented indicates that these tutor-related behaviours are determinants of learning in a PBL curriculum, with social congruence having a greater influence on learning in the different PBL phases.
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|Cognitive congruence, Problem-based learning, Social congruence, Subject-matter expertise, Tutor behaviour
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|dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10459-011-9282-7, hdl.handle.net/1765/30962
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Chng, E, Yew, E.H.J, & Schmidt, H.G. (2011). Effects of tutor-related behaviours on the process of problem-based learning. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 16(4), 491–503. doi:10.1007/s10459-011-9282-7


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Rich and delicious, a properly made bone broth is packed with nutrition and flavor. This winter I've been using a fantastic addition to supercharge the nutritional value of our stock so that it has even more immune boosting power than a regular broth, and I've never seen anyone share about this great ingredient!
It's an ingredient that is so inexpensive, so easy to add – no prepping – and so effective, that you're going to want to add this to your pantry right away! What is it? Astragalus root. Are you scratching your head?
Astragalus has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for generations and is a real food that builds immunity. It looks kind of like a small wooden tongue depressor when you buy the slices. You can find it at your local health food store or buy it online (I got mine here – scroll down page to see it). In the pound of astragalus root slices that I bought for $10 there are probably a couple hundred slices.
To use it, you simply pop a few slices into your pot along with the onions, garlic, and any other vegetables you're adding to your stock. Since it's a woody root and doesn't become soft and delicious with cooking, you'll simply remove it along with the bones before you serve it. So simple!
Since I use our bone broths as the basis for any stew or soup I make, cook grains with it, and drink it, it's a foundation of my cooking. Using astragalus is an easy way to supercharge your broth to help keep you healthy this winter!
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For 2016 we've gone back to the huge, now carpeted, Jubilee Pavilion at the show grounds. This means all the great attractions will be under one roof & the lawns in front of the pavilion will be full of cool cars as you walk into the show.
The Show N Shine will be on the Saturday to the north of the pavilion & on Saturday night the Zippel Cruise will be assembling on the lawns in front as per usual. New for 2015 is the Extreme Aussie Muscle Car Cruise.
For years people with Monaros, GT Falcons & Mopars have missed out on being part of the cruise as it's been only for US cars/Hot Rods. Well this year on the Friday night from 5pm owners of these cars can assemble in front of the Jubilee Pavilion & then go on their own cruise.
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The Texas State Capital Building
Thursday, October 30th, 2014 at 9:09pm. 10,280 Views, 0 Comments.
The People's House and Senate
by Celia Hayes
So – after a two-hour long stint in the Texas Author's Association booth at the Texas Book Festival this last weekend, my daughter and I decided that we should explore the grounds of the state capitol building, which reared up at the top of the hill just outside the tent where the booth was. No kidding – the tent was at the intersection of North Congress and 11th, just in front of the gate to the grounds ... which looked cool, green and inviting, after two hours in the hubble-bubble of commerce.
We put the two tubs of books in the car, and walked back from the public parking structure on San Jacinto, past the state archives and the statue-topped obelisk monument to Hood's brigade ... that unit which…
Kitchen Pantry Shelf Redo
Monday, June 16th, 2014 at 9:17am. 4,325 Views, 0 Comments.
A Spot of Home Reorganization
By Celia Hayes
The kitchen pantry in my house is a misnomer. It a small kitchen closet, 25 ¼ inches wide by 27 ½ deep, extending all the way up to the ceiling-level. The builders installed shelves roughly fifteen inches apart. When I first moved in, I attached a pair of narrow wire shelf units to the inside of the door, seven shelves, each one just deep enough to hold a single can, small box or bottle. Later, I put in three wire shelves above the existing shelves. These needed a step-ladder to access. I put the little-used items on them ... and then pretty much dropped doing anything more, except for when it was necessary to go spelunking to the back of the deep shelves looking for a box of lasagna noodles. A couple of…
Tomato Ketchup Chronicles
Friday, June 6th, 2014 at 11:28am. 2,302 Views, 0 Comments.
Tomato Ketchup Chronicles
by Celia Hayes
I was inspired by an old blog and Facebook friend, Katie Barry, to have a go at making home-made ketchup this weekend. I had often intended to try it before, as this condiment is one that we (as Katie points out in her own housekeeping blog) all have in our condiment collection. I was put off some of the recipes for it in my own collection of canning books, because they called for simply awesome quantities of fresh tomatoes, and unless and until my garden starts producing tomatoes by the ton ... well, I like fresh home-grown tomatoes too much to condiment them. But Katie's recipe started with canned diced tomatoes, and I thought ... oh, that is doable. One six-pound can of diced tomatoes from Sam's Club, and…
The Big Fight-Sisterdale
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014 at 8:24pm. 3,404 Views, 0 Comments.
Jack Hays' Big Fight at Walker's Creek
In Sisterdale, on Sunday June 8th, historical enthusiasts from across Kendall County and beyond are observing the 170th anniversary of the battle of Walker's Creek – Jack Hays' Big fight at the Sisterdale Dance Hall.
Jack Hays came to Texas late in 1836, worked as a surveyor, and commanded a roving Ranger company based in San Antonio in the 1840s. The Big Fight on Walker Creek made his name; one of the many brush-fire fights between Hays' Rangers and Comanche raiders, who came down from the Southern Plains to make free with any horses, captives and portable loot they could carry away. In the summer of 1844, Captain Hays took a patrol of fourteen volunteers into the hills, looking for Indian raiding parties. One…
Gotta Have Heart
Wednesday, April 16th, 2014 at 10:02pm. 1,870 Views, 0 Comments.
You Gotta Have Heart!
Ah, yes – Fiesta Time is here once again; San Antonio's very own Mardi Gras but with more couth. Or at least we like to think so. Around here, when the floats with the Fiesta female nobility pass, the crowd shouts, "Show us your shoes!" and not anything more revealing than that. Of all the scheduled events during a nearly-two-week-long city-wide block party, one of the most well-attended (to judge by the crowds every evening) is NIOSA, or Night In Old San Antonio, which features every kind of food booth imaginable in the little squares and streets of La Villita. One of the long-time favorites of NIOSA is a South American version of meat-onna-stick called 'antichucios', which a long-ago volunteer discovered while on an assignment
San Antonio Book Festival
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In the Shade of the Big Enchilada
By Celia Hayes
Well, that is the fond nickname given to the Central Library building in downtown San Antonio – a hulking cube with geometric cut-outs, painted in a shade of dark orange which always reminded me of paprika. This last weekend, the Central Library and the campus of the Southwest School for Art and Craft across the street from it was the site for the second annual San Antonio Book Festival. This is the kind of book bash which is a small brother of the Texas Book Festival, which is huge, as far as local writers are concerned. Alas, the Texas Book Festival is so huge, that I couldn't even begin to afford an exhibitor table there, either as a writer for my own books, or as the owner of Watercress Press and…
Lets Rodeo San Antonio
Monday, February 17th, 2014 at 9:29pm. 3,649 Views, 0 Comments.
At the Stock Show and Rodeo
by Celia Hayes
This wasn't something that we had thought about for ourselves – going to the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo at the AT&T Center – but a friend of ours had two tickets for Sunday, couldn't use them, and offered them to us. In spite of having grown up riding horses, and with neighbors who kept horses and the occasional cow, and chickens, et center – we had never been to a rodeo. In spite of writing extensively about cowboys, cattle drives and livestock ranching in South Texas, I had never been to the San Antonio Stock Show, either. So – it was about time. A particularly handy bit of advice came from another neighbor; don't drive down to the AT&T Center/Freeman Coliseum, he said; go to Randolph Park and…
The Guadalupe River Texas Parks and Wildlife
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The Guadalupe River
This story traces the Guadalupe River from its headwaters all the way down to the Gulf, highlighting some of the things you see and can do along the way. For more on Texas rivers, see http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/landwater/
Christmas Message
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Christmas Message for The Blog
There are as many kinds of Christmas observances as there are people who celebrate it – the turn of the old year to the the new one, observance of the winter solstice, a celebration of the birth of Jesus, a chance for families and friends to reconnect in person or with Christmas cards, for retail sales to have a final fling as far as profits are concerned, to celebrate the comforts of home, to share a lavish meal, to sing in Handel's Messiah, dance in The Nutcracker, follow the progression of the Posada, be generous to the kinfolk – or those you don't know at all.
The customs that we observe all came from different places, some of them accretions which have little or nothing to do with the miraculous birth of a baby in…
Tis the Season
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Tis the Season
by Celia Hayes
I'm afraid that I have let a lot of traditional Christmas practices go, over the years. Like Christmas cards; just one of those things I got out of the habit of doing. And Christmas Eve Midnight Mass ... that's gone bye-bye as well, just like staying up until midnight to watch the New Year arrive. Decorating the Christmas tree itself is kind of hit or miss as well – what with the way that the cats have of treating it like one big feline amusement park, which is rough on the ornaments.
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I wondered also how large state universities, screaming for funds to educate the masses, could justify spending eight million dollars on a football coach. It turns out,the University doesn't pay that amount.
These state schools have an approved amount set aside for coaches salaries, say $2 million. The rest is paid by the booster clubs who agree to come up with the money to get the coach they want. At least that is the way it works down south but I assume that is what the "M Club" does at Michigan. This way, the administrators in the ivory towers can say that they aren't using desperately needed school money to fund football. And the boosters retain a lot of control over the program.
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The Cornell Cooperative Extension of Sullivan County office in Liberty, NY, was the location for an interesting and in-depth class on cattle breeding one chilly January day. Sponsored by Dr. Joseph D'Abbraccio and Dr. Kimberley Crowe of the Catskill Veterinary Services, PLLC, the class was well attended and well received.
Dr. Kim began her seminar on cattle breeding with a discussion focusing on reproductive anatomy of the cow; as she explained that many people are handling the breeding of their own animals today and may or may not be using synchronization protocols. Today's research shows that knowing what specifically is happening with the animal makes a big difference in the success of breeding and the delivery of a healthy offspring, and learning and knowing reproductive anatomy is very important. [Read more…]