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'The Minutes,' Too Close For Comfort, a WOW!
The beauty of Tracy Letts' The Minutes, directed by Anna D. Shapiro is that there is no hearty mention of political parties in Steppenwolf's "very American" production whose patriotic music blares as the audience takes their seats at Studio 54. The music (Andre Pluess), and the City Council's meeting room set design (David Zinn), remind us that it is in the small towns and cities of our democratic government that the American Dream comes to fruition, as it moves toward the hope that in our country, all men and women are created equal and are guaranteed their inalienable rights stated in the Declaration of Independence as under-girded by the constitution.
During The Minutes, the veil is lifted so we may watch democracy in action, vaguely referenced by Big Cherry's Mayor Superba (Tracey Letts). What occurs on this momentous rainy night, when the city council gathers in a quorum to conduct its business, is a bludgeoning reminder of our blind hypocrisy regarding our pretensions to democratic self- government. When uncontrollable atavistic compulsions in our natures arise and dominate the best of us, is it even possible to govern with equanimity, Lett's and the creative team ask?
This question appears to be at the heart of Letts' rich and profound exploration of an Everyman/Everywoman city council, one of whose members we discover toward the last twenty minutes of the play is a whistleblower. What happens to him reveals the power of what America can and should mean vs. what America is revealed to be, in its local governments which often usurp our nation's lofty principles and subvert them into governance by raw, destructive emotions born out of traditions of fear and hatred.
The point is made that the elected officials that govern Big Cherry, the central focus of this fascinating production, are neither Republican or Democratic. Nor at first do we anticipate that this council is anything but a representative democratic institution that functions as a proper governmental council should, with an emphasis on doing what is "the best" for the constituents who elected these men and women. In addition to Mayor Superba the board members include a bi-racial, gender appropriate, non-ageist group who look to be inclusive and bring inclusive issues to the fore as presented during the meeting.
The officials include Ms. Innes (Blair Brown), Mr. Breeding (Cliff Chamberlain), Mr. Blake (K. Todd Freeman), Mr. Hanratty (Danny McCarthy), Ms. Johnson (Jessie Mueller), Ms. Matz (Sally Murphy), Mr. (Austin Pendleton), Mr. Peel (Noah Reid) and Mr. Assalone (Jeff Still). Note Letts' clues of character with the particular, irony weighted selection of names. The names push the envelope of belief to convey the play's sardonic tone at the beginning.
Vitally, the tone and humor increasingly morph toward revelation of the mystery of the previous week's minutes that end in the shocking banality of evil at the play's conclusion. As the production devolves into atavistic horror, we understand the city council's cultural appropriation of the Sioux's tribal dance. Incredibly open to interpretation, it symbolizes how they approach their concept of city council government. They attempt to empower themselves as warriors of their mission which they take to a radical extreme, defying the national, constitutional mandate while wickedly, hypocritically posing to uplift it.
The play drives to the heart of the dangerous atavism in this nation on both political divides without stating "Democrats" or "Republicans;" the party is not the point. Human nature is the point. Whether its book bannings, "don't say gay," Southern botch job of COVID as politicians and QAnon representatives scream "my body my choice," then turn around and reverse "my body my choice" women's rights with abortion bans, or the smear job screamed out by rabid #metoo pretense, pushing the ouster of former Governor Cuomo, equanimity and rationalism aren't to be found.
Letts' drives this home…revealing how the mundane often cloaks the dark, emotional abyss underneath. If only Satan sported horns, chains of diabolism and wore a name tag hailing his identity. Too often the sweetest people are the most malevolent, especially if they are working for your best interests in government. Ah, "something wicked this way comes and it's the human heart." BEWARE!
Without going into the specific plot points because there is no spoiler alert, at the top of the play, Letts introduces us to the EVERYMEN AND EVERYWOMEN city council members who are "average" individuals of a cross range of the "middle class." At the outset, as they arrive, they move into their friendship groups, to elicit support from each other for their proposals that they intend to present at this evening's meeting.
Throughout the play Mr. Peel questions what happened at the previous week's meeting which he missed because his mother passed away. Mayor Superba and Mr. Hanratty casually dismiss Mr. Peel's questions at the outset. However, Mr. Blake suggests that he will be rebuffed roundly and warns him that Mr. Assalone will lead the others against him so he won't get anywhere with finding out what occurred.
Lett's cleverly sets up the conflict focusing on what happened, why no one wants to discuss the previous meeting and what happened to Mr. Carp (Ian Barford in a profound dramatic performance) who is absent and apparently is no longer on the council. With a weird dismissal of Mr. Peel's questions which under the law must be answered, we and Mr. Peel are set to wondering whether this is a cover-up and who and why the previous meeting cannot be easily discussed. We also wonder, along with Mr. Peel, what happened to Mr. Carp and why the duly elected official is no longer on the council. Was it Mr. Carp's choice, Mayor Superba's choice or the council's choice that he left?
This relatively new council member Mr. Peel, who we discover a bit later had become friendly with Mr. Carp and supported his cause is no wiser about the circumstances as the meeting comes to order with the typical prayer and pledge of allegiance as all governmental meetings follow with sleepy, traditional protocol. Thus, we forget Mr. Peel's questions and concern and with the demonstrated banality of what we're familiar with, settle into regularity until Mr. Oldfield presents his case for an important consideration, an empty parking space.
Oldfield portrayed by the esteemed and wonderfully LOL, on-point Austin Pendleton conveys much of the humor in Lett's The Minutes. In whatever he does Pendleton is a standout of authenticity and moment. Once Mr. Oldfield and his subtle request about the parking space is dismissed, the business at hand is presented.
Mr. Hanratty and Mr. Blake have their pet projects which eventually are objected to and voted down. Interestingly, the figure on the fountain that Hanratty wants to renovate gives rise to how the figure represents the foundation of the city. The members who are in the know provide the dramatic re-enactment of the mythic Battle of Mackie Creek that the figure's heroism is dedicated to in the fountain. Only Mr. Peel is not familiar with the history of Big Cherry because it is his wife's birthplace, not his. Thus, he does not take part and watches as Big Cherry's history rises up from its past in a re-enactment.
All take part, even Mr. Oldfield, who provides the horse hoofs' sounds. Their "theatrics" are humorous and the actors, as their council counterparts really ham it up appropriately to audience applause. Thus, we are reminded of such mythic re-enactments that traditionally dot the nation as harmless fun. However, the Civil War re-enactments are perhaps more than that for those who take part yearly (before COVID). Letts and the creative team call into question their significance and symbolism. To what end do those go to the trouble to show up and fight with accurate replicas of guns, cannons, outfits, and some even living on the fields for a week or more to "remember." Curious.
Letts opens one's eyes to conceptual meaning made physical. With regard to the Civil War, the devastation and destruction…one questions why re-enact it yearly? How can bloodshed (the greatest number of casualties in a war before COVID) and violence be fun? (Interestingly, COVID will have killed twice as many in the same time period. Thus far, there are a recorded number of US deaths at over one million twenty thousand on Worldometer in a two-year period.) However, the re-enactment is relished by the council members because it manifests glory in their history. It binds them in community and makes their lives as council members meaningful. Of course, the further symbolism and importance of this act blossoms by the conclusion.
Mr. Peel, with knowledge of what the previous meeting was about but with an inability to attend it and give support to Mr. Carp who was making a presentation, wants to discover the resolution of Mr. Carp's petition. It is revealed in the minutes of the meeting which Mayor Superba has refused to release. However, a way is made. Eventually, in a flashback, we get to see why Mr. Peel wants to know what happened. And we also discover why Mr. Carp is no longer on the city council. The question remains with this revelation and the solving of the mystery of the minutes Mr. Peel has sought, will he stay on the council which his deceased mother never wanted him to be on in the first place?
Criticism has been made of Letts' leaps in plot, sometimes illogical notions, etc. I would put it to those critics. This is not a play about linear logic, refined judgments and profound political moment. It is about us. and what we have to fear in ourselves. In that the play should make you weep. It won't. It is not only about this nation, it is about human nature. In that it is timeless. Like most theater that attempts to get some of who we are down, it is irreparably flawed. Thus, it should be left as is.
Kudos to all the actors for their strong performances in this ensemble piece as well as the director who aptly shepherded them so you could hear a pin drop from the audience the last "minutes" of the play. Kudos to Ana Kuzmanic (costume design) Brian MacDevitt (lighting design), Ty Defoe (choreographer), Tom Watson (hair & wig design) and see above for the other designers mentioned.
You need to see this a couple of times to let it sift your soul, or not if you hate that kind of thing. For tickets and times go to their website: https://www.studio54theatre.com/events/the-minutes-25/#.YnLPLNPMJPY
'Caroline or Change' the Roundabout Theatre Company Revival, Starring Sharon D Clarke
"Sixteen feet below sea level, torn tween the Devil and the muddy brown sea," Caroline (the terrific Sharon D Clarke) characterizes her existence to herself in the musical revival Caroline, or Change at Studio 54. At the outset Caroline is in the basement doing the laundry for the Gellmans accompanied by the rhythms of The Washing Machine (Arica Jackson) and The Radio singers #1, #2, #3 (Nasia Thomas, NYA, Harper Miles). They are anthropomorphic representations of Caroline, along with The Dryer (Kevin S. McAllister) who makes the atmosphere as "hot as hell."
Tony Kushner's book and lyrics and Jeanine Tesori's music bring to life a portrait of a black maid's inner hell. She has no prospects of betterment to uplift herself out of the symbolic, oppressive swamps of white supremacist Lake Charles, Louisiana, 1963. Embittered, miserable, impoverished, on a minimum wage to support herself and three kids, she has lost hope waiting for goodness to come. She resents everyone, most of all "Caroline" who has created the situation she finds herself in, abandoned by her husband, single, a drudge at thirty-nine-years old.
While other blacks in the South become involved with the Civil Rights Movement and march against the brutality of Jim Crow, led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, or seek an education, the exhausted Caroline can barely suffer herself through the next day's labors cleaning and watching over the Gellman's son, eight-year-old Noah (Jaden Myles Waldman the evening I saw it) who mourns his recently deceased mother. Her employers, Stuart Gellman (John Cariani) and Rose, his second wife (Caissie Levy) who attempts to be nice to Caroline, only make the situation worse.
Victims themselves of institutional racism, caught up in the discriminatory animus of the South, they can't afford to raise Caroline's wages. Nor do they relate to her on a personal level to uplift her, not that she would accept their attempts.
Indeed, throughout the play Caroline's soul is metaphorically buried alive and/or drowning underwater as she struggles to pay for rent and food for herself and her children, one of whom is in Viet Nam. It is clear no one is coming to dig her out or rescue her, least of all herself. Unless a catalyst stirs her to resurrection, she will continue until the anger breaks out in violence against others; or she turns to self-destruction (acutely represented in a scene with Rose at the show's turning point).
Interestingly, this horror of racism and its witting/unwitting adherents to a system that destroys is only made watchable through Tesori's music, and Kushner's poetic lyrics. Caroline's anger and self-hatred projected out onto everyone, including friend Dotty Moffett (Tamike Lawrence) could have been a one-note agony of oppression and bondage. Key themes would have been undermined and occluded without the symbolism and majesty of the music and the fabulous voices that weave out Caroline's story, of her inability to hope in an era when hope was the watchword of the Black South.
Tesori's vibrant mix of 1950s-60s R & B/pop/soul/jazz/klezmer with a Diana Ross and The Supreme's number at the finale and Kushner's lyrics throughout measure like a soaring opera. They elevate the character of Caroline into an epic hero with her attendants, The Moon (the lovely voiced N'Kenge) and her children, especially Emmie (Samantha Williams) who has the spunk and courage to envision more for herself. Without our learning about Caroline's emotional devastation embodied by the sonorous, operatic voices, Caroline or Change would have lost its vitality, currency and great moment, all of which are timeless and relatable to America 2021.
The superb cast is up for the challenge, singing beautifully, powerfully. Initially, it took me a while to understand the lyrics; the performers' articulation wasn't as acute as needed. However, like getting used to Shakespearean language, the heightened bond between the cast and the audience conveyed the centrality of Caroline's conflicts. These become "a matter of ethics," pride and dignity for her as a black woman who must carve out her identity in a bludgeoning, challenging racist society. What Kushner fashions as an issue of nickels and dimes evolves into the crux of black economic experience in the U.S, then and now.
Caroline's dilemma is whether or not to take the change left in Noah's pants pockets that he forgets to remove before Caroline does the laundry. Rose tells her to take it as a lesson for Noah to learn to "mind his money." Caroline desperately needs the small bit of change, but also needs her soul to be intact. The minuscule handout becomes a symbolic gesture of Noah's grandiose charity (in his view he believes Caroline and family appreciate his "largesse"). From Caroline's perspective it symbolizes belittling crumbs of corruption taken from a "child," making her an indigent, a beggar who cannot "rise above." When she submits to temptation out of want for her children, she drains her dignity and faith in herself to "make it on her own,"
Of course, there would be no problem if the emotionally challenged Gellmans just provided a living wage instead of using money as a perverse lure for Caroline to damn herself. Caroline's conflict symbolically parallels the perniciousness of economic inequality in America. It recalls demeaning public assistance handouts. Instead, if corporations paid the proportionate taxation rates, and with employers provided a decent, living wage, poverty, misery and an unequal justice system could be eradicated. However, the the US with its notorious history of enslavement (both white, black and colored) needs to demean souls to feed its own psychic sickness and keep the washing machine laboring by the underclasses to cleanse itself from its deranged filth.
This is just one of the themes Kushner reveals in a production luxurious with ironies and messages. Another controversy to look for is the dynamic between the Gellman's situation and Caroline's. The Gellmans are Jews who, too, experience discrimination and abuse as outsiders from the white supremacists that dominate the surrounding culture not only in the South but indeed, everywhere. Yet, there is little real empathy or understanding between Caroline and the Gellmans.
This humorously comes to the fore during the Chanukah celebration. Rose's father, Mr. Stopnick (Chip Zien masterfully steals the moment) a Jew from New York City rails against Southern racism and hypocrisy. He uplifts the blacks' position to foment violent revolution, which he suggests should have happened with the US Communist Party in the 1930s. Of course he is shushed up.
Meanwhile, his attitude about money which he delivers in a Marxist speech to Noah as he gives him Chanukah gelt is ironic. The twenty dollars ends up in Caroline's "change cup." Noah and she argue and afterward, Caroline realizes the fullness of the compromised, hateful individual she's allowed herself to become. Sharon D. Clarke's aria 'Lot's Wife' is a showstopper. In the song Caroline's conflict spills out in an epiphany. She concludes with a prayer to God, "Set me free; don't let my sorrow make evil of me."
Michael Longhurst's direction of the ensemble is excellently dotted with interesting choices. The revolving platform is used symbolically. For example, during the Chanukah Party, Caroline, Dotty and daughter Emmie go in circles to please the Gellmans. Kudos enlightened staging by Fly Davis (set and costume design). Yet Caroline, et. al control; their servitude defines their strength. Without them, the Gellmans would be "on their own," incapable, unable, weak. We are reminded of the South's "need" of slavery rather than building a strong foundation from their own or paid labor which would have stultified their laziness and greed and encouraged a more prosperous economy and no need for a Civil War to end slavery, that peculiar "Christian" institution.
Kudos to the creative team: Jack Knowles (lighting) Paul Arditti (sound) Amanda Miller (hair and wigs) Sarah Cimino (make-up) Joseph Joubert (music direction) Nigel Lilley (music supervision) Ann Lee (choreography) who express Kushner's themes roundly and provide a glistening backdrop (the swampland surrounding the house is wonderful) for the cast to play upon.
Caroline or Change opened in 2003 at The Public Theatre to mixed reviews, though it garnered awards. Sharon D Clarke starred as Caroline and won an Olivier for it in the London production in 2017. In the Roundabout production she reaffirms her grandeur, infusing her portrayal with substance, hitting her emotional peaks and turns with a resonant, anointed voice. This is one to see for the cast's performances. If you missed it in 2003, don't miss it in 2021. It is a reminder of what was and what is and a hope of what might be if we leave off divisive hatreds and rebirth ourselves to a better way. For tickets and times go to their website https://www.roundabouttheatre.org/get-tickets/2021-2022-season/caroline-or-change/
'The Sound Inside,' by Adam Rapp, Starring Mary-Louise Parker
How well do we know ourselves? If we don't, then how can we truly discern others to help them, and get them to help us? Of course, that is if we indeed admit we need help! Adam Rapp (Pultizer Prize finalist for Red Light Winter 2006) touches upon themes of self-knowing, being, consciousness and the perception of others in The Sound Inside. Commissioned by Lincoln Center Theatre the play premiered at the Williamston Theatre Festival and now is at Studio 54 until 12th January.
Directed by David Cromer (Tony Award Winner for The Band's Visit) and starring Tony® and Emmy® Award winner Mary-Louise Parker, with Will Hochman in his Broadway debut, the 90-minute production is spare and ironically humorous. Opaque, wisps of the mysterious slip into the arc of the play's development. By the conclusion uncertainty is king; we must admit circumstances of character are unknowable as our understanding intrudes with imprecise interpretations about what the events may mean. Rapp strikes unusual timbers in this work and suggests the sounds we listen to inside of our minds and hearts remain elusive.
Rapp's characterizations are drawn to entice. They loop around us and double in on themselves pinging our empathy. Despite their austere headiness and sometimes aloof demeanor, Rapp does allow Bella's (Parker) and Christopher's (Hochman) sensibilities to shine and soften as their relationship appears to deepen. With their responses to each other's questions they attempt to connect and dissolve their gritty isolation. Parker and Hochman effect intriguing encounters with stirring, nuanced authenticity and exceptional feeling
The play begins and ends as a one-person narration, specifically with Bella's direct address to the audience, a matter-of-fact revelation of her life up to and including her experience with a prodigy, a freshman in her writing class. Yale professor and writer, she initially elicits our attention speaking in complete darkness then gradually emerging from the shade as the spotlight grows brighter to finally make her visible. When she steps down front toward the audience, director David Cromer leaves the rest of the stage in darkness and shadow. It is as if she begins speaking from a vacuum, or a dark space somewhere in her own being and then seeks an audience of readers/listeners who will appreciate her story and remain with her while she tells her tale of self-discovery, healing and the uncertain apprehension of an individual who brings meaning into her life.
Cromer's direction is pointed, symbolic and acute. With a minimalism of sets, he suggests Bella's apartment, office and a local bar without distracting us from the most curious of relationships and events which occur between Bella and Christopher. The spareness and the directed lighting help to reinforce the dynamic tension between the teacher and her student.
Throughout, the director uses light and surrounding darkness interpretively. The symbolism of light and darkness assisted by Heather Gilbert's excellent design suggests the intimacy of their conversation and undergirds the theme about never really knowing/ understanding the thoughts, consciousness and souls of others. Indeed, the lighting implies a possible theme, that we see others "through a glass darkly," if they allow us to "see." And if they do, it is merely bits and pieces of their larger unseen whole.
The lighting prepares us to be receptive to the personal stories that Bella and Christopher tell us as we watch their relationship move in a direction we cannot anticipate. We only know what they relate; we have no outside knowledge of the accuracy of what they express. Thus we must trust Bella and Christopher as narrators. However, Rapp twits us. We must also doubt them as he characterizes with vast indefiniteness, almost with a dream-like quality, though Bella appears more solid than Christopher.
Therein lies the rub! To what extent are Bella and Christopher reliable narrators? Both of them address the audience and discuss their perceptions of each other without particular effusion of feeling. Actually, we receive more from their interactions and the stories they have written.
However, that too ends in an opaque blind because their stories which have autobiographical and symbolic components, are indeed, fiction. Yet, they are metaphorical and may even parallel their real lives and their portentous deaths.
Christopher details a synopsis of Bella's novel whose character's last name is the same as hers and who dies proving a point about the culture and human nature. Christopher relates the synopsis of his novel in which one of his protagonists (Shane) dies. The other character whose name is the same as Christopher's takes Shane's place and cares for his son whose name is the same as Bella's protagonist who dies (Billy). In both Bella's and Christopher's novels, deaths occur and these complicate our understanding of Bella and Christopher because they are related to Bella's narration of events about Christopher and her interactions with him.
In a further complication and twist, Christopher's novel contains allusions to particular novels he's read in Bella's class: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, etc., as well as a references to Christopher's favorite book, Old Yeller by Fred Gipson. The reference to Wild Palms by William Faulkner a favorite of Bella's and Christopher's, Rapp uses as an allusion to The Sound Inside. In Rapp's play the lives of Bella and Christopher are narratives of isolated individuals. These individuals are momentarily arrested from their aloneness on the venerable college campus where they connect, energize, impact one another then move on having made an indelible and irrevocable exchange which Rapp alludes to at the conclusion. You will just have to see The Sound Inside to find out what that is; no spoiler alert is coming to reveal the final impact of this play, shimmering with the ineffable, the uncertain, the intangible.
Rapp teases us with the references to celebrated novels and their tie-ins as well as the mystery of the final events of Bella's narration about her relationship with Christopher: the help she needs from him and the help her gives her. All are under the penumbra of Bella's story-telling which spins outward into a cloudy firmament. Indeed, as she importunes Christopher toward the end, she has "reached into a dark room for something." Christopher helps her with her fateful request with an even more fateful response.
Parker's Bella concludes with us emerging from her flashback into the present in her last address to the audience. She stands in the spotlight, the darkness of the park behind her. This is where she solicited us and sparked our curiosity at the top of the play, so we are back at a beginning. Throughout we remained rapt, engaged and constantly questioning. However, at the last in the park with Bella, we finally must accept what she has told us is both a reflection of her own consciousness and meaning and ours, in a meld of fiction, imagination and faith.
Parker and Hochman take us on this incredible journey toward connection reminding us of the impact we do have on others despite our assumptions to the contrary. Ironically, however, we cannot always state with certainty what that impact is or might be. In Rapp's thrilling play, opacity and its companion uncertainty about human nature, knowing and consciousness are paramount.
That Rapp breaks the third wall to tell Bella's then conjointly Christopher's stories is vital. As we tell our own stories or write them, we constantly intrude to watch ourselves in the telling. Objectivity is a canard as is connection. Our consciousness is ours alone, a key theme of Rapp's work. We can move parallel with others, but we move alone. After we come to the end of ourselves, the journey may be great fun. But along the way, as it is for Bella (until after she meets Christopher) and for Christopher, the pain of discovering identity, and settling comfortably into our consciousness tears us like a cancer which must be healed.
Kudos to Alexander Woodward (scenic design) David Hyman (costume design) Heather Gilbert (lighting design) Daniel Kluger (music and sound). The Sound Inside runs with no intermission at Studio 54 (West 54th Street between 7th and 8th). For tickets and times CLICK HERE.
'The Lifespan of a Fact,' Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Cherry Jones, Bobby Cannavale
What are facts? What is truth? Can you state truth without a factual basis? These questions debated for centuries have been redefined in every age. Playwrights Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell and Gordon Farrell refine the debate in an intriguing and humorous go-around between a fact-checker and his essayist in The Lifespan of a Fact. The play incisively directed by Leigh Silverman is comically paced for its light side. And its darker side leads to questions about how information, "facts" may be misused in the wrong hands. The production suits in our time of "alternative facts," and truths skewed to make a larger point about the human condition.
Based on the titular book/essay written by John D'Agata and Jim Fingal, the "true" story tells what happened when Jim Fingal fact-checked John D'Agata's poignant essay about a teen's suicide at a Las Vegas resort. The play explores their individual perspectives about the importance of writing for impact despite the inaccuracy of ancillary background details. But more importantly, it explores personality types and the very funny heightened alerts that sound when an obsessive compulsive, detail-driven nerdy researcher clashes with a loosey-goosey, poetic, symbolic, "going meta" writer with panache.
The conflict generates when Emily Penrose accomplished, saavy editor of a magazine chooses John D'Agata's piece because of its social import. In hoping to get the article turned around for publication in less than five days, Emily appoints Jim Fingal. As the fact-checker he will ground the details of D'Agata's piece for consonance and coherence to reality.
Cherry Jones portrays editor Emily Penrose with humor, good will, yet stern determination. Strong-willed and no nonsense, yet measured, she selects her new hire, Jim, quickly assessing him and asking all the right questions. Happy with his reasonable answers, she sets him spinning off on his journey. Indeed, her expectation rides on Jim's assurances that he will make the deadline. Ironically, the opposite occurs. Not because the fact-checker is incompetent. But because his magnificent competence strains the credulity of time and patience.
As Jim, Daniel Radliffe reveals his gifts for timing. He employs the right amount of deadpan edginess. And his ironic delivery isn't quite over the top, but appears organic with his researcher ethos. Though he exasperates Emily, he does so out of ego pride of meticulousness. Indeed, she does not fault him for doing a fine job. And despite Radcliffe's history with owls and wands, we appreciate his portrayal of Jim's excellence, however a tad outrageous. When you see this too good to miss production, consider the traffic map which Jim uses to prove John's inaccuracy on the day of the teen's suicide.
Bobby Cannavale stands on the opposite continuum of Radcliffe's Jim and pushes back with parries, jibes and wordy counter punches. Cannavale's portrayal has John D'Agata's indignation finely tuned. And we respond with riotous laughter. His initial attitude toward the fact-checking assaulter of his exquisite prose reveals a huge ego. Despite all the word talk, these male egos can barely be in the room together. What a pleasure to watch Radcliffe and Cannavale go head to head.
Indeed, after the two meet, we note their reactions pair beautifully with their physical types. Jim, fits the researcher twerp type, diminutive in stature and voice but a giant in intellect and research skills. By comparison John D'Agata's muscular presence and bruising confident carriage signals macho. The irony that he is a romantic and goes for the meta sources the humor between them. However, the fact-checker holds sway. And D'Agata becomes affronted by the miscalculations Jim tells Emily that John has made. How dare this guy attempt to restrain and retrain his ineffable, high-minded prose?
Of course the humor explodes every time Jim attempts to toggle John. And the exceptional Bobby Cannavale's bite challenges worse than his roar. Indeed, only Emily can straighten out the warfare between the two. How this evolves and resolves remains as the meat of the play. Indeed, she exquisitely maneuvers the two male egos, forces them to recede and calls upon "their better angels" to emerge.
This ensemble piece moves quickly. It arrives at its non resolution resolution with delectable, sometimes rolling in the aisles comedy. The philosophical arguments hold worthwhile import. Emily as the arbiter explains why responsibility for accuracy must be taken with extreme seriousness for publications. And yet, the vitality of striking the readers' emotions with well-written prose that sings also must be taken seriously. Thus, the two perspectives must combine with equanimity. One must not submerge the other. Indeed, John's intimation at truth is not enough. Facts secure it and make our feelings about an essay indelible and irrevocable.
Silverman's direction and staging works well. The emails written among Emily, John and Jim provide the opening salvos of humor. Through screen projections we get to read and appreciate the writing styles of both the researcher and the essayist. Of course, the humor and explosions escalate during their live interactions as the notorious Jim investigates the scene of the suicide and visits the uber frustrated John. How Emily arrives at the scene to stem these two embattled paces with LMAO humor.
You will enjoy the superb cast who Silverman has brimming with fast-paced quips that slide down easily. Their finest scenes take place in John's Las Vegas home when each faces off against the other. How they negotiate their own ire, frustration, and need to harangue mentors us with the silence of their inner thoughts and the power of their words. With intellect, logic and rationality they persuade. How refreshing!
Kudos go to Mimi Lien for Scenic Design, Linda Cho for Costume Design and Jen Schriever for Lighting Design. For Original Music and Sound Design we have Palmer Hefferan and for Projection Design, Lucy MacKinnon. For Hair and Wig Design, kudos to Charles G. Lapointe.
The Lifespan of a Fact currently runs at Studio 54 (254 W 54th) with no intermission until 13 January. You can purchase tickets at their website.


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Love On High Steel Bridge (Love On The Pacific Shores #6) by Rebecca Rohman
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Captain Dorian Rae is a wounded soul who gets his greatest pleasures from being in the great outdoors and soaring the skies. When he has a life-changing encounter with a beauty on Washington State's High Steel Bridge, he never anticipates that one meeting would have an enduring effect on him and change their worlds forever. But fate seems determined to throw them together when she repeatedly shows up not only in his dreams but also in reality…and in his past when he finds out that she played a role in the death of his best friend. When a seemingly impossible friendship develops between the two, the lines between friendship and romantic relationship become blurred and Dorian's efforts to stay out of a relationship—especially with a woman with such a tattered past―comes into question. While her past catches up with their present, and disapproving family and friends enter the mix, the already deep-seated conflict that at first kept these two people apart, now threatens to break them up forever. Love On High Steel Bridge will take you through high altitudes and to some devastating lows. If you like suspense, steamy love scenes and unexpected plot twists, come with Captain Rae as he flies the skies on this riveting journey.
"Don't jump," I plead with the woman teetering on the edge of the rail of High Steel Bridge, Washington. She's close to falling three hundred plus feet to her death.
She swiftly turns to me, a blackened stream of tears leaks from her beautiful, emerald eyes.
An explosion erupts in my chest as I get near her. "Whatever it is, you'll get through it, but it's not worth your life."
I take a step closer, hoping to get nearer in case she ignores my appeal.
"I have nothing left," she cries. "I've hurt and lost my family and everyone I care about. My kids hate me. All I've done is cause everyone heartache and pain. I have nothing to live for…I have nothing to offer them…they'd all be better off without me."
"I doubt that's true."
She looks down and for a second, I think she's going to jump.
"Please don't!" I step closer to her and stretch out my hand. "Please. My name is Dorian—Dorian Rae. Please, let me help you."
"You don't know me…you don't want to know me," she sobs. "I'm a horrible person. I've done horrendous things and I've hurt innocent people, and no matter what I do, I could never, ever fix it. I could never give back what I took from them. No matter what I do, I will never make it right. Everyone would be better off if I weren't here."
Sweat trickles down my brow as I try to figure out what to say to this woman to stop her from taking her life.
I make another attempt. "I'm here. And if you'd like someone to talk to, I'd be willing to listen." I slowly step closer to her. If I lunged forward, I could probably grab her wrist, but I don't want to startle her with sudden movements and cause her to fall over.
I stretch my palm toward her. "Take my hand. Let's give this another try. I'll listen. I'm here to help you. Or maybe there's someone else you'd prefer I call?"
"No. I'd be doing them all a favor if I were out of their lives. Thanks for trying to help…but this would be best for everyone. If I'm gone, I can't hurt anyone—I can't cause any more pain."
"Look, I understand things are rough but please…"
She looks me in the eye. "I'm sorry."
The gushing waterfall below fills the air accompanied by her sobs. She slightly lifts one of her feet as if to step to her death when I leap toward her, grab her wrist and pull her off the railing and into my arms where we both crash onto the road.
I breathe.
I sit with this woman in my arms where for minutes her sobs echo through the clean air as she clutches onto me tightly and bawls. My shoulders relax as I hold her.
It then occurs to me that I've never seen someone in such intense pain although I can relate to it.
My chest clenches as I hold her in my arms and in some way, though I know nothing of her troubles, I feel this inexplicable connection to her and find myself relating to her pain.
"It's going to be okay," I whisper, gently stroking her long, jet-black hair. "You'll make it through this. I've been there. I know it's hard but give it some time."
As I comfort her, a black and pink backpack catches my attention on the sidewalk. It matches her shoes so it must be hers. It looks like she'd been hiking. However, would she be hiking alone in such a secluded area? If she came up here for the sole purpose of killing herself, why bring camping gear?
"I'm sorry." She backs away from my hold. "Thanks for your help."
She rises to her feet, picks up her bag and walks toward the other side of the bridge where cars are parked.
"Wait." I run to catch up with her. "Let me get you some help or take you to a hospital."
"I'll be fine. Thanks," she responds still in tears.
My fear that she'll try this again prompts me to hold her wrist. "You shouldn't be alone. Let me help you. If you like, I'll stay with you while you call a friend or a family member, or I can take you to the nearest hospital myself."
"I don't know you—"
"My name is Dorian Rae." I slip my hands into my pocket, pull out my wallet, retrieve my driver's license and my airline ID and show it to her.
Through her tears, she looks at it, then me in silence but does not respond.
"Look, I will not leave you here alone. Either we call someone you're close to or you let me take you to the hospital. Otherwise, I'll call the police. And I doubt I'll get a signal up here so that leaves you with only one option. Come on, you shouldn't be alone."
I take her backpack from her hand and extend my open palm toward her. "Let me help you. Please."
Hesitantly, she stretches out her hand to meet mine while soft sobs leave her lips.
"Did you drive up here?"
She nods.
"Well, I'll take you to the hospital and we'll worry about getting your car after."
She murmurs a soft okay when we arrive at the parking area.
"May I ask your name? If you're uncomfortable, you don't have to tell me."
She looks down and shakes her head as silent tears continue down her cheeks.
There are three vehicles here including mine. I open the door on the passenger side to allow her into my car, slip our backpacks into the backseats and take pictures of the remaining two vehicles before I get into the seat beside her. If she's not comfortable telling me her name, I doubt she would want to tell me which of the two vehicles she owns.
I start the ignition and turn to her. "It's okay. I'm going to take you to the nearest hospital. If there is anything else I can do for you, let me know, okay?"
Looking down, she nods in acknowledgment.
We drive along the wooded and sometimes barren road mostly in silence. The occasional sniffling from her tears are the only sounds invading the quiet air.
The late afternoon sun is leaving for the day. Fifteen minutes later, when I get to US Highway 101, a signal comes through on my cell phone and I find out the nearest hospital is fifteen minutes away.
She stays in the car when I pull up to the emergency room.
Is she scared?
After the last hour, I could only imagine that she might be. I tell the first nurse I see why she's here. However, when I explain that I don't know her, not even her name, they tell me they'll take it from there.
The nurse walks out with a wheelchair to my vehicle and helps her out.
"Would you like me to stay with you?" I ask.
"No, thank you," she whispers. "You've done enough."
"We'll handle it," the nurse says to me.
I grab her bag from the back seat and hand it to her along with my business card. "If you ever need anyone to talk to, please call me."
She whispers a soft, "Thank you."
I watch the nurse wheel her away until she disappears from my view.
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Well after getting into this book I was blown away I can believe how much can happen in this book.
The twist the turns I loved it.
When a man meets a woman usually it's at a bar or on a bench not a bridge where the woman is at her lowest blaming herself for the last 7 years but the man that saves her cannot stop thinking about her after he drops her at the hospital.
Theses characters all blend into each other all with a bit of there own little story to tell there is so much to this book but I really don't want to spoil this for anyone that is going to read it there is love angry tears shouting matches stubbornness but in the end do they come together?
Read this amazing book I am giving this book 5/5
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Captain Dorian Rae, gorgeous pilot.....Robin Drake, beautiful ex-doctor with a devastating past.
This gripped me right away, with amazing highs and lows that kept me turning pages well into the night.
We meet Robin whilst at the lowest point in her life and Dorian whilst, perhaps, coasting/on autopilot. And it's definitely mixed emotions that hit you, from sadness and sympathy to hope and love.
It's been a pleasure working through this with these brilliantly written characters. I can empathise with Robin's feelings at the start. It's very easy for things to spiral out of control quickly and leave you feeling the way Robin does.
The writing is sympathetic to the issues involved, which I love. It helps me to connect quickly and easily with Dorian and Robin. I fell in love from page one, I cried, I was kept in suspense and broke my heart.
There's some steamy sex, which adds to the emotional roundness of the story as it's used to enhance the love, closeness and openness.
Dorian and Robin come joint as my favourite characters - open and honest throughout, they are both relatable.
I disliked Jackie. She's vindictive and manipulative......the kind of person that makes you clench your jaw and sets your teeth on edge.
I think the level of detail was perfect. Enough to picture what's happening and to create places but not too much that you get bogged down in unnecessary information.
Although written as a stand-alone this can also be read as part of a series as there are character crossovers. I'm sure, like me, once you've read this that you'll be looking to read the other books.
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Evaluating Copenhagen: What it Means for Ecology, Economy, and Equity
February 16, 2010 @ 10:00 pm - February 17, 2010 @ 12:00 am
Given the continuing confusion within the climate policy community, the media, and even among governments themselves, there is an urgent need to set the record straight on the actual results of the Copenhagen summit, to reinforce the reasons why a UN climate process is so critical, and to point to some possible ways forward to a successful conclusion at Cancun in December 2010.
Contrary to news reports of a victorious American initiative, much of the world does not view President Obama's forging the Copenhagen Accord as the "rescue of a collapsing UN process" but rather as a move jeopardizing two years of good faith negotiations. In fact, many multilateralists view it as defying the UN¹s established principles of equity in a way that shifts new obligations onto developing countries at a time when the U.S. has yet to deliver on its own legal commitments assumed almost two decades ago.
Copenhagen saw China blamed for lack of "transparency: and poor countries for "blackmailing" industrialized nations. This trend has serious implications for the prospects of creating effective constituencies in the US for global climate justice, a precondition to getting a truly effective domestic as well as global deal for limiting greenhouse gas emissions.
Panelists include:
- Martin Khor, Director of the South Centre, a think tank for developing countries
- Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Chair of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issue
- Maude Barlow, Senior Advisor on Water to the President of the UN¹s General Assembly
- Gopal Dayaneni, Movement Generation, delegate with US grassroots leaders from urban, racial, economic and environmental justice groups to Copenhagen
- Victor Menotti, Executive Director, International Forum on Globalization
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Schur proved the infinitude of primes in arithmetic progressions of the form $\equiv l\mod m$, such that $l^{2}\equiv1\mod m$, with non-analytic methods by ideas inspired from the famous proof Euclid gave for the infinitude of primes. Ram Murty showed that Schur's method has its limits given by the assumption Schur made. We will discuss analogous for the primes in the ring $\mathbb{F}_{q}[T]$.
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/ Why not?] - Do you ever take a gift when you visit someone in their home? However, they love to give gifts or presents, even more, when people are celebrating any ceremonies like birthdays or wedding. What problems can people have when they try new activities for the first time? What problems do people sometimes have with their neighbours?4. Do you think it's best to do new things on your own or with other people? Answer: In my country, people give gifts or presents on a number of different occasions, such as marriage ceremonies, wedding anniversaries, birthdays, mother's day, father's day and valentine's day. ... people) and when from father's side family is smaller (some spend in other towns etc). Part 1When do people give gifts or presents in your country? [What was it?] Expect that your host may politely decline your gift several times before finally relenting. - Do you ever take a gift when you visit someone in their home? How often do you see them?3. [Why? Answer: People in my country like to exchange gifts whether there is an occasion for it not. Part 1:1. Check your company's policies regarding gift giving. Giving gifts - When do people give gifts or presents in your country? Submitted by essayE-rater on Wed, 10/22/2014 - 21:02. - Do you enjoy looking for gifts for people? Sending a gift to someone in another culture takes some extra consideration; you want to pay attention to any cultural disconnects, taboos, or expectations. If not nicely packed, the present should at least be handed over in a bag, preferably a bag by the shop the present was purchased at. [Why? - Do you ever take a gift when you visit someone in their home? Muslims should not be given gifts made of pigskin or any alcoholic products. - Do you think reading a newspaper in a foreign language is a good way of learning the language. How well do you know the people who live next-door to you?2. Part 1 People also love to give gifts when they are celebrating the Chinese New Year. Seems to be some good luck thing. A priceless present. In my country there are many occasions to give gifts, such as weddings, birthdays, one really interesting occasion is the "Name Day". - Do you enjoy looking for gifts for people? Do you think children and adults learn to do new things in the same way? IELTS Speaking Test Part 1 Questions Giving Gifts When do people give gifts or presents in your country? / Why not?] [Why? / Why not?] Is laughing the same as feeling happy?Part 2:Describe an idea you had for improving something at work or collegeYou, Part 1:1. Many companies in countries such as Singapore and the United States, for example, have policies restricting the giving or accepting of gifts in an attempt to avoid any appearance of bribery. Do you like making other people laugh?3. - When did you last receive a gift? When do you open your christmas-presents in your countries? / Why not?] Some hesitations or overlapping speeches. What problems do people sometimes have with their neighbours?4. The "Name Day" is the day of your saint, the saint that you carry the name of. Part 2 Remove 'ehn' in the speaking. Q. IELTS Speaking Test | Part 2 Describe something you did that was new or exciting. [What was it?] - Do you enjoy looking for gifts for people? This is simply custom and does not mean that they aren't happy about your gesture. Express gratitude that your gift was accepted. An Interesting Tradition, Customs & Traditional Lifestyles, Describe a Person in the News You Would Like to Meet, Describe an Interesting Trip You Have Taken, An article that you read in a magazine about healthy lifestyles, Talk about a person you know who travels a lot by plane, A Popular Traditional Product in Your Country That You Bought, Cambridge IELTS 9 Sample Answers | Doing / Learning New Things | Speaking Test 2 Part 3, Describe a Large Company in Your Country that You Are Interested In. A smile and a laugh is priceless. Gift giving is a common part of Japanese culture. I think like in most countries we give gifts on special occasions; the main ones would be birthdays, weddings, graduation from college or university, maybe when people buy their first apartment or home; really anything that people think is an event to celebrate. If you won't see your Estonian friend during the holidays, give them a virtual gift by video chatting with the world-famous program Skype, invented in Estonia. Q. What kinds of things do children learn to do when they are very young? / Why not? For a list of the TOP 10 gift ideas from Estonia, click here. Why? Part 1:which newspapers and magazines do you read?
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Acquired August 17, 2012, this image shows Typhoon Kai-tak passing over the Leizhou Peninsula of southern China.
Acquired August 16, 2012, this image shows Typhoon Kai-tak approaching China, the fourth storm to make landfall on the China coast in a little over two weeks.
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I want to take my life as soon as possible – how I can do so? (As asked by somebody). Also, delve on on its causes.
There are very alarming, sordid incidents, heartbreaking incidents which impel us to take the ultimate step of taking our lives without realizing its consequences which this disgusting and horrifying step could entail on your nears and dears? You have the choice to take your lives, because it is your life, but what about the people who would be adversely affected when you will no longer be this world.
Of all the things in the world, I can suggest how best to preserve life and not how to FINISH it and play with the Laws of Nature.
I shall cite you an example. A few days back, while on a morning walk, a lady with her little child came to me and showed me the picture of her husband in shroud ready for cremation. She wanted some help. I asked the cause of the death of her husband. She told me that he was alright till yesterday evening but during night, something happened. He was taken to the hospital where he declared brought dead. She was not able to tell how his husband died. He was hale and hearty just in his thirties. May be he died of heart attack or committed suicide; just to escape from shouldering the responsibilities of the family? Reason may be any – God knows the best. But the deceased left behind his family (consisting of his wife and three children) in lurch with dark future writ/steering large at their faces even without a shelter for the family
It is pertinent to mention that in your case too, you may be having your close relations not wanting you to end your life because of some odd incident in your life. No incident is 'be all and end all' – when problems are there, there are the solutions too hidden in the problem itself. This should never be forgotten.
It is your life, I have got nothing to say why you want to take your own life given to you by our Creator. But one thing is sure, if you commit suicide or end your own lifespan, you will get the rebirth (if you believe in reincarnation, I do) then you will have the same sort of life or worse still – may be you may not take birth as humans at all. Then what? If as a human, then with the same sort of unethical thoughts, then again you'll finish that life too. Then again and again; till how many births? I am sanguine, you will not like this to happen to you now or ever after this.
Only option is to introspect why you want to die; jot the points and think question yourself: is it worth living more productive or death and reach to a firm conclusion? Also, think about the condition of your dear ones after you have left the earth for good. Work your way out; you have reached to a BIG ZERO, there is no lower limit left than thinking about taking your own life, hence, just start working harder; even if you die working harder. I have not heard of anybody working hard. Only timid and weakling think about taking their own lives. It is both criminal and sinful to take your own life should also be taken into cognizance. It is the precious gift of God, not for taking your life but to reserve it as a gift of our Creator.
Causes of suicide:-
Financial Stringency due to failure in business: There are many cases when a person fails in business even after investing huge amounts of money, sometimes, taken as loan from the banks etc. with no way out, the concerned person may opt for finishing his/her life.
Not getting employment despite necessary qualifications. There are some persons who do not get meaningful employment even after acquiring necessary qualifications. In some cases, there may be loan taken from the banks and in the absence of any employment, such people are in pressure as to how to pay back the loan.
Farmers committing suicide. It has been observed that the farmers commit suicide when they do not get the yield they were expecting partly for paying the loan due to failure of monsoon and resultant drought condition and finally failure of crops. The pressure of not paying the loan and not able to meet the expenditure of the family, they think of finishing their lives.
Failure in examination. Sometimes the students despite working hard fail in the examinations. This may be a trigger for committing suicide. Or the students may not be able to get the high grades in the final examination.
Failure in love. This also is cause for committing suicide for some persons for not being successful in the love lives. Or maybe, the couples when they are not able to continue their conjugal harmony may think of taking their lives.
Reasons may be any, but finishing off our lives before our natural death is not the solution of our pestering problems. Everybody has problems of their own, the degree and extent may be different but it hardly means that we think of taking our own lives. This life of ours has been a beautiful gift of our God and we have no right to take it. It is sin.


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- Designer
- Elinor S. McGuire
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- McGuire co., American
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- Research in Progress
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- This double caned armchair was inspired by the classic French upholstered Bergére. The chair's legs taper inwards and are supported by a rounded front stretcher. Brownish-red velvet upholstery covers the seat. The caned seat back and sides are contigious with the crest rail and arm rests.
- 1965
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- 1971-14-1-a,b
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- furniture
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- Armchair
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- rattan with rawhide bindings, double caning, velvet upholstery
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- 64 x 71.5 x 51 cm (25 3/16 x 28 1/8 x 20 1/16 in. )
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Therefore, Consume The Fruit Will Help The People To Get Better Memory And Cognitive.
This, as an article shared in the journal of ethnopharmacology explains, indicates that it provides a protective effect against stress caused by a wide variety of factors. Schisandra (schisandra chinensis) holds a special place in history since it was used along with other ancient herbs like ginseng, goji berry and reishi by taoist masters, chinese emperors and elitists. Health benefits of schisandra 1) improves liver function.
Schisandra (Schisandra Chinensis) Is A Plant Native To Northern China.
In traditional chinese medicine, schisandra is considered to benefit qi, or life force energy, and support liver function, which in turn has positive impacts on the skin, aging, and inflammation. Schizandra isn't a hip new movie, but it is a superhero. It has also been used in skin tonics.
Schisandra Has A Uniquely Complex But Predominantly Sour Taste.
Schisandra is an adaptogenic plant that has been used for its various health benefits. Below are a few ways you can consume schisandra berries and enjoy its health benefits. Schisandra chinensis berry is an adaptogenic herb traditionally used to support the body's capacity to sustain energy and handle stress.
Capsules Will Help You Experience The Berry's Benefits Effortlessly And Tastelessly.
Uses and benefits of schisandra berries. Shop health courses & more $ 0.00 cart 0.00 cart. Also called schisandra or schisandra chinensis, this potent berry comes from a vine native to china and parts of russia.the schizandra fruit is used in traditional chinese medicine and boasts many health benefits.
In Chinese Medicine, Schisandra Is Used To Alleviate Symptoms Of Menopause, Fight The Symptoms Of Aging, Detoxify The Body, And Restore Vitality.
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Grassi Lakes Hike – Family Fun Near Canmore
When faced with two divergent paths on the Grassi Lakes hike in the Canadian Rockies, follow Robert Frost's advice and take the road less traveled. You won't regret it.
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BANGOR: Planners study how to fight terrorism
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* The coordinated effort may discourage terrorists from attacking Kitsap County and its constellation of military bases.
Area civilian and military planners, already accustomed to working together in times of crisis, now are focusing on the new weapons of terror.
About 30 people representing various organizations gathered Friday at Naval Submarine Base Bangor for the first planning session in dealing with nuclear, chemical and biological terrorism, identified by federal officials as a growing threat to communities.
The domestic terrorism danger across America has become so great in part because the tools are so readily available, said Phyllis Mann, Kitsap County's emergency management coordinator.
"All they have to do is turn on the Internet, and they can get information for anthrax, they can get information for how to make a bomb, they can do all these things," she said.
Many agencies already are planning, but this brings the groups together to pool and coordinate resources and effort, officials said.
Friday's meeting was an extension of a relationship already in place locally to prepare for and respond to emergencies ranging from major storms and fires to hazardous material spills to earthquakes, said Capt. Carl Albury, commander of the Bangor base.
"Today, we pool our experiences, ideas and resources to build a plan that will enable us to hopefully prevent a terrorist attack," he told the group, "and ensure that if such an attack takes place we minimize its impact and recover from its damage."
That process will involve learning as much as possible about the threat, identifying possible targets, developing plans and then exercising them "with enough regularity to be proficient and enough visibility to keep the terrorist off-guard," he said.
Among those involved in the planning at this point are representatives from Kitsap County sheriff's and emergency management departments, several units from Navy Region Northwest, the city of Bremerton, Naval Hospital Bremerton and Harrison Hospital, Washington State Patrol and county fire districts.
"This is a critical issue for a lot of hospitals," said Donald Thornton, director of general services at Harrison Hospital.
Bombings in Oklahoma City and New York and the planting of sarin nerve gas in a Tokyo subway were wake-up calls, said Special Agent Barry Tobin, the weapons of mass destruction coordinator for Seattle's FBI office.
The federal government has set up a National Domestic Preparedness Office to coordinate training and dispense grant money, he said. Seattle is one of 120 cities to have already received some first-responder training and equipment.
And some of the nationwide training, ironically, has been provided from an unusual source. There have been a couple of hundred anthrax hoaxes around America in recent years, and they've turned into good opportunities for honing responses to the threat, he said.
"We've found out what's necessary and what's not," he said. "It's been a great learning experience."
Money, as usual, is a principal concern and it's one of the advantages for agencies that combine their resources, said Mann, who serves on a national panel working to prepare against such attacks.
"There is no money singularly - we have to do it together," she said, adding that when it comes to applying for grant money "we don't want to compete against each other."
"Today is the day we have to take down the barriers," she said.
How big is the risk to Kitsap County? It can happen anywhere, and some believe the number of military installations here makes Kitsap a target.
Mann, however, said terrorists want to wreak maximum havoc with minimum risk to themselves, and large cities make welcome targets. The military presence could also discourage attacks.
"I don't feel the threat is any more than if I lived in Seattle, in fact just the opposite," she said. "And the military does a very good job of watching their threats."
Albury said solid preparation can, in fact, be a disincentive to a terrorist.
"If he finds a place that looks like they're ready for him and they've got their eyes open looking for him and they're prepared for him, he'll go someplace else in most cases," he said.
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NEET PG – for specialized medical degrees
The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test- Post Graduate or NEET PG for medical doctors is opened now up to February 4th, for application for MD, MS and PG Diploma courses. Completing these MD, MS or PG Diploma courses are considered as getting professional excellence in medical practicing.
The test will be conducted on March 12th, 2022, from 09.00 am onwards, in different test centers. The test centers, which are already confirmed includes- Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangaluru, Kasargode, Kozhikode, Kannur, Malappuram, Thrissur, Idukki, Eranakulam, Kottayam, Pathanamthitta, Kollam, Alappuzha and Trivandrum. The test centers will be allotted on the basis of first come first.
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|National Eligibility cum Entrance Test- Post Graduate (NEET– PG)
|Conducting body
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|Last date of application
|February 4th 2022
|Exam date
|March 12th, from 09.00 am
|Duration of exam
|210 minutes (3 and ½ hours)
|Method of exam
|MCQ (4 marks for correct and -1 for wrong)
|Exam application fee (online payment )
|Application fee = 4250/-
For SC, ST, PwD = 3250/-
The NBE also provides options for editing the application form, from 24 to 27 in February. If any corrections are there in the application, candidates can modify it in this period. The test will be conducted according to the MBBS Syllabus, recognized by old Indian Medical Council. Candidates who apply must have completed their internship, after clearing MBBS, before May 31, 2022. They will be demanded to submit medical council registration document, during the time of exam. Also, MBBS graduates from abroad are requested to clear Foreign Medical Graduates Screening Test, along with this.
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Document management, also known as document lifecycle management (DLM), is a procedure of collecting, organizing, and going files through their lifecycle. Whether originating from paper or perhaps electronic codecs, the DMS allows you to control where and how documents happen to be stored, and how they are shared and destroyed outsourcing services for the promotion of websites of any business when no longer needed. In addition to these basic functions, DLMS systems give advanced features such as indexing, secureness rules, and embedding guidance for robotizing the lifecycle of documents.
Most organizations still preserve physical submitting systems, although most docs are now created digitally and printed on paper only when they can be needed. While physical processing systems have various advantages, digital files are much easier to manage, retail outlet, and access, and offer added security. Digital files also make it possible to work on multiple files at the same time, track alterations, and maintain version control. In addition , DLMS devices can be used on the go, allowing you to view and update data files from virtually any location.
A DMS as well protects paperwork from malevolent intent by centralizing storage area. This allows one to securely transfer, route, and promote documents based on a departments, and enables you to track all of the changes made to each document. Finally, DLMS systems make it readily available, manage, and promote documents around your organization. The 2nd most important feature of DLMS systems is certainly document indexing, which allows you to access any document easily and quickly. A central database of documents is also a great profit for speedy searches.


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Kevin Burwick of MovieWeb manages to give us the rundown of this particular parody as we can see what might have become of Din Djarin, aka Mando, and Baby Yoda, now Teen Yoda. As much as the little guy has been compared to Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy there are a few notable differences even though the creator of this parody had to have taken some kind of inspiration from Teen Groot at some point. Thankfully though Teen Groot didn't have the Force to work with, as an angst-ridden and angry Teen Yoda would likely be a handful to deal with considering the fact that with a gesture he could do almost anything he wanted by dint of being able to disarm or dismantle those that opposed him. Teen Groot at least has some kind of a heart as we did see him help out Thor in Infinity War despite his continual attitude the rest of the time, but Teen Yoda just appears to be all anger, but won't take it out on Din at least since perhaps there's still a soft spot there that won't allow the little guy to vent his anger fully on the only father figure he's ever known. Or maybe the animator just didn't want to go that dark, it's hard to know really. In any case he did choke out a neighbor, so it's fair to say that he gives Din a lot of contempt and attitude but won't go as far with him as he does with others.
If anyone was noticing there is a part in the clip that kind of hearkens back to Stranger Things when Eleven used her powers to slam the door in Hopper's face, but then again that could have just been seen as a natural reaction to someone that can use telekinesis and has a serious attitude problem, so it could be my overactive imagination drawing a comparison between the two. Jamie Jirak of Comic Book has something to say about the matter as well. Still, on can't help but think that there is a connection of sorts that's kind of funny since any show or movie with teenage characters in it would appear prone this kind of behavior at some point given that those stuck in this time of their life with hormones raging and their identity changing every so often knows what it feels like to be uncertain about one thing and then dead certain about something else in the next instant. Come on, a lot of us should be able to remember back when we were teenagers. Some of us thought we knew everything and were irritated by anyone treating us like children, while others thought they knew it all and somehow managed to get along. Then there were those that just wanted to get along and obviously didn't know it all.
A Teen Yoda though does sound like a dangerous proposition since trying to get such an individual to do anything or stop doing anything doesn't sound like it would be particularly easy. Mira Jacobs of CBR has something else to add to this topic. What's to stop such a teenager from just picking up their parent with the Force and dropping them to show them who's in charge? That's why the familial bond between Din and Teen Yoda is so important since it would indicate that while this phase is definitely less than pleasant there's still a line that the green teen won't cross, at least until he figures out just how powerful he is and how far he can really go with his Force abilities. At that point it might be wise to start thinking of ways to dampen Teen Yoda's Force abilities just a bit since it could save a lot of headaches down the road. There are way to counter Force users after all since they are living, breathing beings that need certain things to survive, though it'd be interesting to see if Din would ever take that step and try to dampen Teen Yoda's abilities or if he would just play the game and do what he could to keep the kid on the straight and narrow. After all it's kind of obvious that Teen Yoda hasn't gone full dark side yet, but choking out the neighbor is a good indication that he might be able to cross that line and not look back. Plus, the idea of the storm troopers showing up at the end of the clips makes it clear that Teen Yoda wouldn't have much of a chance to be peaceful since what remains of the Empire would still be trying to acquire him, and the fact that Din put on a few pounds and might not be quite as quick would be an issue.
All in all, dealing with a Teen Yoda might be something of an ordeal since dealing with a Baby Yoda was almost enough to get Din killed on more than one occasion.
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Workbook 1 reviews the 17 consonants covered in the Consonant Book and then introduces short vowels in two- and three-letter words. Using a patterned series of exercises, it also introduces the sight words is, a, the, on, in, yes, no, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, and black. Exercises involve simple yes or no questions, coloring, copying words below illustrations, filling in missing words in short sentences, and unscrambling words.
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Trump Fantasizes About Primarying Senate's No. 2 Republican
President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to primary the second ranking Republican in the Senate after that Republican—Sen. John Thune of South Dakota—said efforts to stop Joe Biden's election in Congress were hopelessly doomed. Taking to Twitter, Trump called the reliably conservative Thune a Republican In Name Only (RINO) and a puppet for Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader. "South Dakota doesn't like weakness," he added. "He will be primaried in 2022, political career over!!!" Trump has fantasized about primarying Republicans before. He helped doom a Senate comeback bid for his former Attorney General Jeff Sessions and has been contemplating supporting a challenger to Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia. Thune's transgression, in this case, appears to be acknowledging reality. The senator said efforts to get Congress to stop the certification of Biden's win were "going down like a shot dog." They are. And now, so may Thune's career.