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Ivory coasters: Music director Mark
Goodman (right) leads the orchestra, including keyboardist Zach Klein
(left), for Merry-Go-Round's Les Miserables, which continues through
July 18. ALL PHOTOS MICHAEL DAVIS
Each year the company that bills itself
as "Broadway in the Finger Lakes," draws bigger and bigger crowds.
During one opening night an angry patron grumbled to this reviewer that
two precious seats had been allotted to the out-of-town Syracuse New Times. "I've
got friends visiting from Virginia," he growled, "and even though I've
given this company $1,000 I can't get them through the door!"
Somebody's doing something right at the
Merry-Go-Round, and he's Syracuse-born Ed Sayles, the producing
director who always tosses a long-stemmed carnation into the crowd.
"Broadway" at MGR means professional
theater as the company now operates under a COST (Council of Stock
Theaters) with Actors' Equity Association. Local talent is encouraged
to apply, but most lead roles now are taken by nationally ranked
professionals, often with Broadway credits, and the many supporting
roles are filled by more than 3,000 applicants from leading university
theater programs.
"Broadway" at MGR also means fully
staged and costumed musicals. Dominated by blockbusters, the season
kicked off with the new Elvis Presley musical All Shook Up and continues with Les Miserables, Mel Brooks' The Producers and Little Shop of Horrors.
And to end the season with a smaller, savory item, MGR will produce the
new comedy by Jim Stowell, Jessica Zuehlke and Drew Jansen, Church Basement Ladies.
Behind the scenes: Hair pieces and
mutton chops await performers of Les Miserables.
The first incarnation of MGR was the
Auburn Children's Theatre or ACT, founded by Susan Riford in September
1958. Programs for young people preceded the big summer shows and still
comprise a large portion of the company's budget of $3.2 million, the
third largest (after Rochester's Geva Theatre and Syracuse Stage) in
upstate New York. More than 52,000 people paid to see MGR's summer
shows in 2007, of whom 6,000 were season subscribers. The Youth Theatre
Program was fully professionalized in 1974 and this year offered 50
performances a week in 65 school districts, reaching as many as 125,000
students. Along the way the founding ACT was refashioned as Auburn
Civic Theatre. By 1985 the summer musicals were established box-office
and artistic successes, and so the entire enterprise officially became
known as Merry-Go-Round Playhouse.
Theater in the Round
One look at the circular facility in
Emerson Park at the north end of Owasco Lake tells you how the company
came by its name. Built during the Depression, the theater was indeed a
carousel or merry-go-round, still in operation within living memory.
The site of the park has been an entertainment venue under different
names since the 1880s, and was at one time an amusement park with a
figure-8 roller coaster and a miniature steam-driven train. Changing
fortunes and economies had pretty much bypassed the site by 1972 when
the then-Auburn Civic Theatre took over the vacant, decrepit building
and, with thousands of hours of volunteer labor, turned it into
something resembling a theater. In 2004 it was remodeled, enlarged and
renamed the Preston H. Thomas Theatre, after a young, former MGR
employee killed in an auto accident. Up from 350 seats, it now has 501,
or two more than the Geva or Syracuse Stage.
No theater, on stage or backstage, is
without reversals. The first eight years that Auburn Civic Theatre
tried to bring summer stock players up from New York City to Emerson
Park did not go well. By the time Sayles was invited to examine the
enterprise in 1980, collapse looked imminent. He recalls his first
impression: "The theater was bankrupt, the playhouse was a fire trap,
and the office was a dump. It was love at first sight!" He hoped to
turn the place around in two or three years and he'd be back to the
wider world. A steep learning curve lay ahead because at that time he
had seen only one production of a musical in his life, West Side Story.
A returning native, Sayles had grown up
on the West Side of Syracuse and attended Christian Brothers Academy,
class of 1970. After a bachelor's degree from SUNY Cortland, Sayles
moved to Ohio for a master's at Bowling Green State University south of
Toledo. Within a few years he was working in Dayton with the First
Street Theatre, dedicated to works of Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter and
Sayles' favorite, Peter Weiss' Persecution and Assassination of
Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum at Charenton
Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade, usually known as Marat/Sade.
In Dayton Sayles founded a youth theater company called Fantasy
Express, developing innovative ideas he would carry with him to Auburn.
Edgy, even avant-garde, theater might
seem like a peculiar apprenticeship for running a company known for
glossy, broad-market commercial productions. One visible connection is
that Sayles treats popular plays, even All Shook Up or Forever Plaid,
as works of art just as worthy of scrupulous attention as a play by
Edward Albee or David Mamet. In conversation over hits (mostly) and
misses (few) from recent seasons, he speaks first about the way
audiences reacted to the music or performances in a show rather than
what it did at the box office. On Always. . . Patsy Cline, he's
more impressed that audiences were moved to tears than that his company
was the fourth to produce it in country music-loving Central New York.
A rare box-office disappointment was last summer's Miss Saigon,
complete with helicopter. No other regional company would attempt to
produce it, but audiences did not sustain a four-week run, one more
than usual. "Not enough people wanted to see a prostitute blow her
brains out at the end," he shrugs.
In the early years at MGR Sayles
produced shows that sounded like First Street Theatre, such as John M.
Gray and Eric Preston's mordant anti-war musical Billy Bishop Goes to War (1984) and two runs of Shel Silverstein's expressionist The Crate
(1985 and 1987), which Sayles would like to produce a third time. For a
while in 1992 and 1993 it looked as though MGR was about to expand
year-round with niche market shows to appear in a 100-seat theater in
the converted Stevens department store on the Dill Street side of the
State Street Mall. Despite a $4,000 feasibility study, that venture
came to naught, but the impulse behind it is still discernible.
Observing the staying power of the
American musical on the MGR boards for 27 years has taught Sayles other
lessons on the unique appeal of what can and cannot be done on the live
stage. "It may be," he muses, "that the non-musical really finds a
better venue on television and in the movies."
Stage Coached
In person Sayles still retains the upper
bohemian informality of the scruffy little theater, even as he presides
over 35 yearlong employees, a number that swells to 110 in the summer
months. In his battered, maroon Mazda he tools between the three MGR
properties: the Preston H. Thomas Theatre; the green warehouse-like
workshop across the road for building sets; and the executive offices
above the stone, gothic Westminster Presbyterian Church on William
Street in downtown Auburn. Ever youthful in a baseball cap, which he
wears at lunch, Sayles has a relaxed executive style that would make
the Ben & Jerry's people look like martinets.
Yet there is no aspect of the entire
operation that he's not keeping track of. He knows every one of the 65
pins on the map of New York that mark a district where the Youth
Theatre Program will appear. Meeting with set designer Michael Hottois,
he examines paint colors on the set and the angles of the nails. Two
upstairs chapels at Westminster serve as rehearsal halls where he can
observe the dancers and singers, separately.
The relative value of doing hundreds of
different shows is constantly on his mind, their aesthetic worth as
well as the demands of producing them. What does he think about
reviving Leonard Bernstein's little-seen Wonderful Town, a
current attraction at the Shaw Festival of Ontario, Canada's
Niagara-on-the-Lake? "Nah," he mutters. "Wouldn't touch it."
Ever-sensitive to changes in the economy, he must also know which truck
in the fleet used to move scenery gets the best gas mileage.
Perhaps the greatest demand on Sayles' time, and where he really exercises quality
control, is in selecting the entire cast for each summer show. It calls
for at least three months of his labor. Unlike other companies with
generally smaller casts, MGR does not employ a casting agency; Alan
Filderman is the most popular with other companies.
Sayles' task was easier up until 1993 when MGR ran as a repertory, where an actor hired as one of the fey dancers in, say, A Chorus Line, might appear a few weeks later as a macho Washington Senator in Damn Yankees or a Shark in West Side Story.
While comics or singers might have the range to appear in roles in two
or three successive productions, they have to be right for the roles
before them. The King of Siam's courtiers look Asian. Fanny Brice's
fellow vaudevillians sound Jewish.
Wilson as Jean Valjean in a candid moment.
And not just performers. Each production
might call for a completely different artistic staff, especially a
director and choreographer. Some trusted regulars, however, like music
director Corrine Aquilina, costumer Laura Simcox, scenic designer
Michael Hottois, and lighting designers Robert Frame and Solomon
Weisbard, can be on hand much of the season.
Choosing the others is hard work.
Merry-Go-Round now has the advantage of being widely known in the
profession for its high standards and perceived as a good place to
spend the summer. All the same, the hiring cycle has to begin with a
roster of how much talent is needed, followed by national announcements
to Equity in New York City and dozens of universities. From the pool of
Equity players, there are usually 600 submissions, with resumes and
photographs. From the college students, slated for supporting roles and
the chorus, there are 3,000 applicants.
Characteristically frugal with his own
finances, Sayles leaves Auburn at 6:30 a.m., saving the expense of a
Manhattan hotel, and drives to the auditions. In a rigorous day he
might see about 180 performers.
No Place Like Home
Except for the late Thommie Walsh, the Auburn-born star of the original A Chorus Line,
MGR has not yet dealt with recognized stars, although such an
undertaking might lie in the future. Then again, given the current
status of the New York theater vis-a-vis Hollywood, there is some
question what a stage star might be. Soprano Kristin Carbone, who
played Marion the Librarian in The Music Man in July 2006, had appeared in top Broadway musical revivals before she came to Auburn, and joined the ensemble of Mary Poppins as soon as she returned to Gotham. Also that summer, Erik Hayden in Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story had extensive credits in touring companies. Both were audience sensations and won Syracuse New Times Syracuse Area Live Theater (SALT) awards the following year.
For all his work running the company as
a producer, Sayles still directs at least two shows each summer. In
2007 they were back-to-back productions of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan and Thoroughly Modern Millie. The season opener, the megamusical Miss Saigon,
went to New York City-based Brett Smock, a crackerjack choreographer
known for his fearless embrace of risk, who has helmed some of MGR's
most adventuresome productions. Paul David Bryant brought his own
authority to the Fats Waller revue, Ain't Misbehavin'.
The chestnut Peter Pan and the area premiere of Millie were a study in contrasts. As many patrons brought their children and grandchildren to Peter Pan,
expecting an affirmation of the familiar, Sayles could still introduce
some fresh approaches. His Captain Hook/Mr. Darling, played by James
Van Treuren, cast aside the cliched vamping villainy and replaced it
with a lighter, laid-back touch.
Millie, on the other hand, had
been only a marginal hit in New York City and was not a show audiences
had been dying to see. Further, it embraces so many diverse lines of
action, like Chinese novelty songs, a love story, comments on the
rigors of office work and quotations from Victor Herbert: It feels like
a vaudeville with all the acts running simultaneously. To pull all
these together Sayles needed his executive powers managing a $3.2
million operation as much as his unfailing aesthetic sense. The many
dance numbers required the services of Jen Turey, who borrowed plenty
from motifs from the 1920s modern dance company Denishawn. Anyone who
saw the Broadway production and then the MGR version knows that the
Turey arrangements were superior.
After nearly 28 years on the job, Sayles
has become one of the best-known people in Auburn, at once an artist
and also a family man. His wife Kathleen, "Kiki," is a "civilian" who
works as a hospital administrator in Syracuse. Of his three children,
the youngest, Sarah, is still at home. The eldest, Austin, is now a
casting director at Fox Broadcasting, and the middle daughter, Celeste,
recently completed a B.F.A. in theater at Ithaca College. Only Celeste
has appeared on the MGR floorboards, most recently in a supporting role
in Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story; as a child she took on the Margaret O'Brien part in Meet Me in St. Louis (1993).
In the words of Tom Woods, who edits the online Central New York Theatre News & Reviews, "Ed
Sayles is a community treasure." A good way of measuring the depth of
his integration into this community is to note how long it takes him to
get from his parked car to a diner on East Genesee Street in downtown
Auburn. He can barely walk 20 feet without being greeted by smiling
businessmen, matrons or aspiring performers. Trying to get down his
tuna salad and Chardonnay, he faces interruptions at 10- and 15-minute
intervals. Beautiful women invariably greet Sayles with an embrace.
marketing associate Hilary Ford takes guests into a tour of the costume
Sayles' social skills are not just
decorative. The lengthy list of local contributors at the back of the
MGR program testify to the company's financial health. A good reason
for his signature toss of the carnation to the audience is in part
necessary because it takes him so long to thank the generous corporate
sponsors. The custom began haphazardly in the early years of his
tenure, when a charity used to sell carnations before the show as a
fund-raiser. Sayles' thrust can reach more than 15 rows. It's now such
an expected gesture that a long-stemmed carnation appears on the MGR
Web site.
The sweetness of box-office success and
community embrace is hardly the end of the story. Sayles is a believer
in the adage that you cannot stay where you are, even when successful.
The two options are shrinkage and decay, or growth and renewal. The
remodeling of the old carousel in 2004 has proven a good investment,
bread upon the waters.
Now what Sayles, state Sen. Michael
Nozzolio and Angela Daddabbo of the Auburn Public Theatre (unrelated to
MGR) really want is a musical theater festival as "destination
theater." Like Canada's Shaw and Stratford festivals, it would draw
from hundreds of miles around, with visitors staying from one to three
days. The festival would run from spring to fall at a sequence of
venues in Auburn, including MGR, Daddabbo's small Public Theatre and a
remodeled Schine Theater with 1,000 seats. Smaller sites in town would
allow Sayles to experiment with edgy or brand-new shows. In all, Auburn
would have more than 2,000 seats as opposed to the 1,511 of
Niagara-on-the-Lake's Shaw Festival, which annually draws more than
350,000 visitors.
As a Rust Belt town in the Northeast,
Auburn suffers from some of the same image problems that plague other
upstate burgs, made worse by the nickname "Prison City." But Stratford,
Ontario, in the early 1950s was a failed railroad town that would make
contemporary Auburn look like a beauty spot. And then there's the other
half of MGR's motto, not just Broadway, but "in the Finger Lakes." The
increased cost of gasoline means that the tens of millions of people
living within 150 miles of the Finger Lakes should be preferring the
nearby to the interstate long hauls like Branson or Yellowstone.
Time for Ed Sayles to keep a good stock of long-stemmed carnations.
Merry-Go-Round Playhouse's summer schedule continues with Les Miserables (July 9-12, 14-18); the regional premiere of The Producers (July 23-26, 28-31; Aug. 1, 2, 4-9, 11-15); the Roger Corman black-comedy musical Little Shop of Horrors (Aug. 20-23, 25-30; Sept. 1-6); and the new musical comedy Church Basement Ladies (Sept. 10-13, 16-21, 23-27). Performances
are Mondays through Thursdays, 7:30 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays, 8 p.m.
There are also 2 p.m. matinees July 8, 9, 15, 16, 25, 26, 29, 30; Aug.
5, 6, 11-13, 22, 23, 26, 27 and Sept. 3, 4, 12, 13, 17, 21, 23-25, 27.
Adult tickets are $32 to $38; seniors, $29 to $35; under 18, $24 to
$30. Don't forget the $2 parking fee at Emerson Park, located on Route
38A, Auburn. For information, call 255-1785 or (800) 457-8897, or visit


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Let's do a cross reference to screen name and team name. Simple process of elimination should do the trick...........
Cartman's Crappers is ready to get it on....................
I'm the Fumbling Petersons
Im rule 34
Should be rather easy to figure out who I am.
I think it's Nick who hasn't signed up
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The MVC scaffolding that created the Razor template to list breweries also included links to create, show, edit and delete breweries. Using more scaffolding, these CRUD features are easily implemented.
Create and Update methods require a bit of effort to encapsulate.
One decision to make is whether to use the detailed result
method or the
Store method of the Client.
returns an instance of an
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status and error message properties, among others.
Since it is likely important to know whether operations succeeded,
will be used in our
. However, that interface will be
hidden from the application and instead an int will be returned by
each method. The int will be the status code returned by Couchbase
Server for each operation.
public virtual int Create(T value){} public virtual int Update(T value) {} public virtual int Save(T value) {}
There are other implementation details that need to be considered when implementing these methods, namely key creation and JSON serialization.
CRUD operations in Couchbase are performed using a key/value API. The key that is used for these operations may be either meaningful (i.e., human readable) or arbitrary (e.g., a GUID). When made human readable, your application may be able to make use of predictable keys to perform key/value get operations (as opposed to secondary indexes by way of view operations).
A common pattern for creating readable keys is to take a unique
property, such as Brewery.Name
, and replace its
spaces, possibly normalizing to lowercase. So "Thomas Hooker
Brewery" becomes "thomas_hooker_brewery."
Add the following BuildKey
method to the
to allow for default key
creation based on the Id
protected virtual string BuildKey(T model) { if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(model.Id)) { return Guid.NewGuid().ToString(); } return model.Id.InflectTo().Underscored; }
will default to a
string when no Id is provided. It's also
virtual so that subclasses are able to override the default
behavior. The BreweryRepository
needs to
override the default behavior to provide a key based on brewery
protected override string BuildKey(Brewery model) { return model.Name.InflectTo().Underscored; }
When storing a Brewery
instance in Couchbase
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important consideration is how to map the properties of the
to properties of the JSON document.
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properties. However, ModelBase
objects all have
an Id property that shouldn't be serialized into the stored JSON.
That Id is already being used as the document's key (in the
key/value operations), so it would be redundant to store it in the
JSON.NET supports various serialization settings, including which
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method and a private
class as shown
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will prevent the
Id property from being saved into the JSON. It also extends
provide camel-cased properties in the JSON output.
Note that there is a JsonIgnore
attribute that
could be added to properties that should be omitted from the
serialized JSON, however it is less global in its application. For
example, if a class overrides the Id
of ModelBase
, it would have to add the
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methods. Exceptions are caught and wrapped
in the IStoreOperationResult's Exception property. If an exception
is detected, it will be thrown up to the caller. These new methods
also have an optional durability argument, which will block until
a document has been written to disk, or the operation times out.
By default, there is no durability requirement imposed.
public virtual int Create(T value, PersistTo persistTo = PersistTo.Zero) { var result = _Client.ExecuteStore(StoreMode.Add, BuildKey(value), serializeAndIgnoreId(value), persistTo); if (result.Exception != null) throw result.Exception; return result.StatusCode.Value; } public virtual int Update(T value, PersistTo persistTo = PersistTo.Zero) { var result = _Client.ExecuteStore(StoreMode.Replace, value.Id, serializeAndIgnoreId(value), persistTo); if (result.Exception != null) throw result.Exception; return result.StatusCode.Value; } public virtual int Save(T value, PersistTo persistTo = PersistTo.Zero) { var key = string.IsNullOrEmpty(value.Id) ? BuildKey(value) : value.Id; var result = _Client.ExecuteStore(StoreMode.Set, key, serializeAndIgnoreId(value), persistTo); if (result.Exception != null) throw result.Exception; return result.StatusCode.Value; }
The Get
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returns an
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goal of not exposing Couchbase SDK plumbing to the app,
will return the object or null if not
found, while throwing a swallowed exception. Notice also that the
property of the model is set to the value of
the key, since it's not being stored in the JSON.
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Completing the CRUD operations is the Delete
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will also hide its SDK result
data structure (IRemoveOperationResult
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return a status code, while throwing swallowed exceptions. Delete
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This is the best photograph ever taken in the history of photography.
It needs to be on my blog again.
Responses to Romney's NAACP speech, in which he announced, "If you want a president who will make things better in the African-American community, you are looking at him."
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Fitness briefs for Feb. 5
Fitness briefs for Feb. 5.
Small amounts of daily exercise add up for lifelong health
Don't have time to go to the gym? Don't despair. New research from Oregon State University suggests small bursts of activity scattered throughout the day can be as good for your overall health as a gym workout.
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The study drew on a nationally representative sample of more than 6,000 Americans. Forty-three percent of those who engaged in brief physical activity throughout the day met the federally recommended physical activity guidelines of 30 minutes a day, according to a news release. Less than 10 percent of people who favored longer workouts met those guidelines, perhaps because they run out of time to train.
"You hear that less than 10 percent of Americans exercise, and it gives the perception that people are lazy," said Brad Cardinal, an Oregon State professor and co-author of the study, in the release. "Our research showed that more than 40 percent of adults achieved the exercise guidelines by making movement a way of life. … This is a more natural way to exercise, just to walk more and move around a bit more. We are designed by nature as beings who are supposed to move."
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Last week, Netafim launched the "Sustainability in a Snapshot" contest. We have launched this contest on our Facebook page, the same week as the 43rd annual international Earth Day, otherwise known as environmental awareness day, to promote sustainability and environmental awareness. The way the contest works is that participants post photos that depict sustainability. The contestant with the photo that gets the most LIKEs has a chance of becoming the winner of a tablet! Environmental Sustainability is at Netafim's Core … Full article click here >>
Global Compact CEO Water Mandate in Mumbai, India
From March 5-7, I attended the Conference on Corporate Water Stewardship of the UN Global Compact CEO Water Mandate conference in Mumbai, India. The sessions in this multi-stakeholder conference focused on a wide range of water-related challenges facing India and the world in general, as well as the spectrum of actions that companies are taking in India and elsewhere to mitigate water risk and support more sustainable water management. Randhir Chauhan Presents Netafim India's Success Stories in Drip Irrigation Achieving … Full article click here >>
How Netafim can contribute to Unilever's Sustainable Living Plan
I felt very honored to receive an invitation to speak at the annual Unilever Israel Managers Conference held on January 13th, 2013 in Kibbutz Ga'ash, Israel. As one of the world's largest consumer goods company, Unilever strives to introduce sustainability practices throughout their global supply chain, taking responsibility not only for their direct operations, but also for their suppliers' and distributors' operations, and how consumers use their products. In November 2010, they established the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan, a ten … Full article click here >>
German Minister Dirk Niebel Visits Netafim
We were honored to host Dirk Niebel, the German Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development, at the Netafim plant in Kibbutz Hatzerim, soon after he landed in Israel. Netafim representatives present at the meeting included Igal Aisenberg, President and CEO of Netafim, Ervin Leibovici, VP for EMEA, Alon Shimoni, Managing Director of Netafim Germany, and me. Visit Begins at Drip Irrigated Jojoba Fields Minister Niebel and his entourage started their visit in our 400-hectare beautiful jojoba fields in Hatzerim, … Full article click here >>
Global Compact LEAD Symposium in New York
Netafim was one of fifty companies from around the world invited to participate in the Global Compact LEAD symposium that took place in New York from November 27–28, 2012. The United Nations Global Compact is a platform for businesses to proactively network and engage in areas of human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption, and contribute to UN goals in order to achieve the common objectives of building a sustainable and inclusive global economy. Photo Credit: Christina von Messling/UN Global Compact … Full article click here >>
Netafim Legacy website
Netafim recently launched a new website that I'm proud and privileged to tell you about. The Netafim Legacy website showcases the evolving story of Netafim and drip irrigation the "Netafim way." The site is a creative and experiential platform with a little bit of everything – historical and anecdotal information, videos, graphic materials, and interviews with our founders. I was fortunate enough to be involved with the team that developed the site's content, and Netafim Legacy has a particularly special … Full article click here >>
Our first comprehensive sustainability report offers extensive transparency into our global sustainability activities
As Netafim's Chief Sustainability Officer I am constantly involved in our extensive global sustainability activities. Last week we have published our first comprehensive sustainability report. This was a great opportunity to stop and look back at what we have achieved so far, and I must say that my heart is filled with pride as well as encouragement and hope for the future. About the report The report, which is written in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines at … Full article click here >>
Water Action Hub
In my last blog post I have briefly mentioned the announcement that was made during Water Week 2012 regarding the Water Action Hub. I think this is a very important initiative, so I decided to dedicate this post to provide more information about this topic. What is Water Action Hub? The Water Action Hub was developed by the CEO Water Mandate in partnership with the International Business Leaders Forum; Deloitte; GIZ on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic … Full article click here >>
Water and Food Security at World Water Week 2012 in Stockholm
I just came back from the World Water Week 2012 in Stockholm, Sweden. In this event members of the private and public sectors gathered to learn about the world's water problems and discuss solutions that will help improve the water situation around the world. This year's theme was "Water and Food Security". 90% of the world's water is in the hands of the private sector 70% of the world's available water is used for agriculture, 20% for industrial purposes, and … Full article click here >>
Taking sustainability to the next level by reusing wastewater for irrigation
I always talk about how drip irrigation uses less water to grow more, but this is only one side of the story. Since agriculture uses 70% of the world's available fresh water, in order to enhance sustainability even further, we need to not only use less water for irrigation, but reuse the water that was already used – irrigation with recycled wastewater. Challenges of wastewater recycling Wastewater has been recognized as being effective for irrigation. Of course it has to … Full article click here >>


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Yulice Ariga received her Bachelor's degree in Accounting from Central Washington University. She worked for a major commercial airline as a flight attendant and Marketing Liaison, allowing her to explore the world; taking her to Europe, Asia and the Middle East, heavily exposing her to the history of world art; influencing her passion of the arts and its impact around the world. Leading her to work for Walter Wickiser Gallery in New York City whose father was the late Ralph L. Wickiser, a painter and teacher who founded the fine arts graduate program at the Pratt Institute. Her interests include performance and visual art. She looks forward to being part of the dynamic art community bring joy and peace to the world through the arts.Lori Bailey earned her BA from Sonoma State University in California, with a double major in Technical Theater and Anthropology. A perpetual student of ancient cultures, her interest has always been on the methods of traditional storytelling, teaching and lore, and how those elements impact and influence modern arts communities, especially in theater. In 2004 she co-wrote, directed and produced a play at Sonoma State, based on the Greek myth of Cupid and Psyche. Prior to moving to the Seattle area, she worked in the California State University system for two IT Departments and volunteered her time with local theater groups in Stage, House and Box Office Management. Returning to the theater, she seeks more opportunities to leverage her interests and skills into the arts.
David Bander was born and raised in Woodinville, WA. He was involved with Studio East in Kirkland through most of his youth and adolescence as an actor. He moved to Terre Haute, IN to pursue a degree in Applied Biology with the aim of becoming a dentist, thinking that he could always do theatre on the side. After graduation, he realized that dentistry was not a true passion and landed a job at his college's theatre as the assistant technical director and later production manager. He missed the Pacific Northwest and decided to move home and follow his real dream of obtaining an advanced degree and managing in a youth or educational theatre, to help little awkward kids like he was.
Kayti Barnett earned her Bachelors of Arts in Theater from Wllamette University with a minor in English. She completed a semester abroad at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts emphasizing in classical acting. Kayti is a founding member of two theater companies in Washington and has worked as an Associate Artistic Director and in a variety of arts management roles. She currently works in development and administration with a local education non-profit. Her artistic interest lies in theater; specifically in creating viable and sustainable models for performing arts companies that work with artists and artistic goals while maximizing patronage and community impact. Kayti is excited by what new opportunities and projects lie ahead.Libbie Beaudet received her Bachelors of Art at the University of Washington, majoring in Interdisciplinary Visual Arts. Focusing mostly on large scale figural paintings she has shown her work in Minneapolis and Seattle. She has used her talents to work at Nova High School in Seattle with a mentorship through Reel Grrls and in South Minneapolis at the Urban Arts Academy. As a cellist she as worked with Rain City Rock Camp for Girls and believes music and art are a vital part to adolescence. She is determined to continue to paint and play the cello no matter where her career takes her and hopes to inspire others to pursue their passions.Corey Blaustein received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Seattle University majoring in Fine Arts with an emphasis in music. His love and passion for music and the arts has driven him to pursue a life devoted to the promotion of creative expression. A composer and songwriter himself, Corey has been able to score short online films and has worked under Hans Zimmer as well as Nathan Barr where he assisted in scoring a few episodes of HBO's TRUE BLOOD. His strive to help people has pushed him towards a career in the non-profit arts sector where he aims to create a supportive and collaborative environment for young artists to learn and grow both creatively and professionally.
Margo Beaver was born and spent her formative years in West Seattle. She ventured to LA to attend Loyola Marymount University. Dazzled by the palm trees and blue ocean, she excelled and soon found her niche in the art department, perusing her two passions – ceramics and education. She graduated with her LAUSD teaching credential, and was award Art Education scholar of distinction. Post graduation, she dabbled in advertising, working Time INC. Feeling unfilled, she left the advertising world and Los Angeles. Back in her hometown of Seattle, she got back to what mattered to her – art and education. Currently, Margo works for a non-profit studio (Seward Park Clay Studio). There she helps in whatever form imaginable and she enjoys being part of a creative organization. Kellen Braddock studied English at the University of Michigan where she was the recipient of the Rapaport Prize, Cowden Fellowship, and the Hopwood Award for her poetry. She is a founding member of APRIL, "Authors, Publishers, and Readers of Independent Literature," Seattle's week-long independent and small press lit fest (March 26-31, 2013). Kellen also works for Shunpike, a local creative nonprofit which extends fiscal sponsorship, back-office services, and professional consultation to arts groups of all kinds. She is a New York City rat who enjoys rogue kitchen efforts involving good fermentation and pickling salts in the rich company of others.
Lauren Brazell is a multifaceted performance artist, with a BFA in Theater from Cornish College of the Arts. She believes in arts' power to foster self expression, create social change, and vastly impact anyone it touches. Her focus has ranged across the spectrum: from helping female inmates produce a full length production, to booking music talent for a local venue, to teaching art classes for children with disabilities. She has been a coordinator, teacher, and collaborator with Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, Seattle International Film Festival, The Power of Hope, and the Freehold Engaged Theater Program. Her aim is to encourage artful activism through her own expression, and to catalyze the work of other engaged artists.
Valerie Brunetto received a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and a minor in Education from Whitman College. She is a Teaching Artist with the Seattle Children's Theatre after completing their internship and apprenticeship program and strives to create an environment where it is safe for students to explore and share ideas using movement, voice, and imagination as forms of expression. As an actor, Valerie was the title role of Caryl Churchill's The Skriker, Cunningham in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, and is excited to participate in the Seattle Fringe Festival. She is the Marketing Director for Ghost Light Theatricals and manages advertising, communications, and development of audience relations including participating in Theatre Puget Sound's Arts Crush and fostering a relationship with the Ballard community.
Jill Carnine received two Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Washington; one in Dance and one in Romance Linguistics. In her final undergraduate years, she discovered a passion for stage management and, after graduating, stage managed for several arts organizations around the Seattle area before joining the Pacific Northwest Ballet. After six years with that company, she joined Oregon Ballet Theater as their Production Manager. She then decided that she wanted to move away from production and into development with a long-term goal of becoming an Executive Director. While dance has been the focus of her career thus far, she is extremely interested in branching out to other performing arts disciplines. She is very excited to be a part of the MFA program.
Monique Courcy is a lifelong arts participant, who joined Seattle's dance community while at the University of Washington in 2005. Her role in the community expanded in 2009 when she began an internship at On the Boards during her senior year while simultaneously co-founding Quark Contemporary Dance Theater. Monique's dedication led to paid positions at OtB in 2010 as House Manager and then OntheBoards.tv Manager. She currently manages all media and web projects at OtB, in addition to the online platform OntheBoards.tv. Though she has focused much time in arts management the past two years, she is excited to find a balance between performance and strong arts leadership within the Seattle community with the tools gained from the SU program.
Lauren Davis has been manager of ArtXchange Gallery in Pioneer Square since 2006, an intercultural gallery that promotes cultural exchange through art. ArtXchange was named Outstanding Organization of 2011 by the International Examiner Community Voice Awards. She has interned and volunteered in the non-profit sector for groups including National Organization for Women, NARAL, Namaste Children's Fund, literacy services, food banks and international artist residencies. Recent and current projects include exhibitions and events with Seattle City Hall, La Sala Latino/a Artist Network, Bellevue Arts Museum and Columbia City Gallery. During her time in the MFA program, she has interned at SEEDArts and the Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs.
Liz Dawson graduated from the University of Maryland earning Bachelor of Arts degrees in Dance and English Language and Literature. She was a Creative and Performing Arts Scholar as well as a dual recipient of the Dorothy Madden Citizenship Award for Outstanding Artistry and Choreography. Elizabeth believes an education and participation in the arts promotes eccentricity, directness, and sense of purpose. She has had the privilege of working in private studios providing instruction in various dance disciplines for all ages. Her teaching background has beautifully revealed how the arts serve as creative catalyst, initiating dialogues and shifting perspectives. Elizabeth's interests extend beyond dance into writing, music, food, and travel. Moving to Seattle in July 2012, she looks forward to exploring the city's vibrant arts community.
Samantha DeLuna joins the Seattle University MFA Arts Leadership program after receiving a BM in Performance from the University of Montana where she was the recipient of the Missoula Symphony Guild scholarship. Samantha was a cellist with both the Missoula and Helena Symphony Orchestras, and the principal cellist of the University of Montana Symphony Orchestra. As the vice-president, and then president of the UM Symphony Orchestra, she was active in the strategic planning of the orchestra's annual tour, festivals, and concerts. Samantha has completed internships with the Minnesota Orchestra and Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra, and is currently the Special Events and Development intern at the Seattle Symphony.
Snow Dowd founded [theMAKERS], a multimedia design and consulting company with husband and creative partner, Robert Reinhardt, in Los Angeles in 1999. In addition to working on projects for education, art and entertainment clients, Snow and Robert co-wrote the Flash Bible series (Wiley Publishing). [theMAKERS] moved to Portland in 2005, where they continued to work with clients near and far. Snow collaborated with Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker, Irene Taylor Brodsky, on rebranding her studio and on title treatments and design materials for several of her award-winning films. Snow earned her undergraduate degree in New Media from Ryerson University's School of Image Arts in Toronto, Canada. She looks forward to living on Bainbridge Island with her family and taking the ferry to school in a world-class city.
Déous Gennari received his Bachelor of Arts from Evergreen State College, with an emphasis in film and media, directing, editing and script writing. Joshua is very diverse in his talent and experience ranging from the theatrical arts, dance and choreography, technical theater, script and novel writing, business ownership as well as being a military veteran. He attributes much of his success thus far to his variety of experience and military leadership training. In 2009 Joshua founded a film production company with the goal of being a place for students to gain on the job training within the film community. He is looking forward to completing the arts leadership program and becoming a positive influence to help build other leaders in the Northwest.
Sabrina Gomez received her Bachelor of Arts from Eastern Washington University, majoring in Social Work, and a Masters of Social Work from Walla Walla University. She strongly believes that the arts can teach, transform, empower, heal and most definitely play a major role in creating equity in our society. At a young age, Sabrina began studying various forms of dance and music. She has over 18 years of teaching experience with the Walla Walla Dance Company, Cheney Parks and Recreation and most recently she has been the Artistic Director of Day-to-Day Movement and Music Productions. Her Day-to-Day Dance program presents regular story dance productions starring her students, with proceeds benefiting local fine arts non-profits. She also manages the Latin fusion band Sabrina y Los Reyes. She is very enthusiastic about expanding her work in the arts.
Emily Guillen hails from the great Southwest, graduating from the University of Nevada, Reno receiving a Bachelors of Arts in Art history with an emphasis in Feminist art and a minor in Business Administration. Emily has been highly involved in the arts community throughout her native state of Nevada, and before relocating to Seattle for the MFA Arts Leadership program; Emily had the opportunity to co-create a highly reviewed docent program for one of the last remaining fine arts galleries in Las Vegas. She is currently working with the Seattle Art Museum in asset retention and customer relations. Today, Emily continues to focus her interests in institutional critique, including analyses of curatorial practices, work conditions in arts institutions, and larger socio-economic problems facing arts involvement. April Heding received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. As a visual artist, educator and arts advocate, April entered the nonprofit sector through AmeriCorps, where she served as an Arts Advocate to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee. From here, April continued her work in underserved communities with Artists Working in Education, Milwaukee Public Schools, Lissy's Place, a shelter for homeless women, and Guildess, a Contemporary Female Artist Guild. Through her partnerships with Lissy's Place and Guildess, April established a passion for empowering women through art and aims to pursue this interest during her studies at Seattle University.
April Heding received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. As a visual artist, educator and arts advocate, April entered the nonprofit sector through AmeriCorps, where she served as an Arts Advocate to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee. From here, April continued her work in underserved communities with Artists Working in Education, Milwaukee Public Schools, Lissy's Place, a shelter for homeless women, and Guildess, a Contemporary Female Artist Guild. Through her partnerships with Lissy's Place and Guildess, April established a passion for empowering women through art and aims to pursue this interest during her studies at Seattle University.
Stacy Hicks graduated from Western Washington University with concentrations in American History and Criminal Justice. Since high school she has developed her passion for photography and writing, recently displaying her work at her first show and publishing a short story. For 8 years she has volunteered at a Jr. High Girls Camp where she shared her love for the arts by teaching a photography class. She has served as the head of a Downtown Revitalization Committee, working to improve historic recognition and also with a local camera club, developing her photographic skills and collaborating with other artists. She is looking forward to combining her business experience and love of the arts into one singular expression.Joohee Hong majored in piano and became a qualified pianist after graduating the Sunwha art high school and the Sookymyung University in Korea, and achieving a summer music program certification in Mozarteum of Salzburg, Austria. She volunteered at a Catholic church to accompany for their choir and to play organ for their masses. Joohee also taught piano to students and worked at a private music institution. These experiences strengthened her passion in music and led her to be more willing to share the profound power of music with others. Thus, she wanted to study the nonprofit management related to music, based on her experiences as a player, audience member, and educator. Recently, she achieved a Fundamentals of Project Management certification at UW for broadening her knowledge in business.
Lily Hu earned her BFA in 2000 in sculpture from the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. Lei worked as both manager and lead character sculptor in the modeling department of the Institute of Digital Media Technology. While there, she was instrumental in creating the sculptures for the movie, "Thru the Moebius Strip". Lei worked as a business partner with JHW Architectural Design Studio, during which she worked on several major indoor and outdoor sculpting projects for Nanchang University and others. Recently, Lei studied three terms of CG from the Gnomon School of Visual Effects. Lei's passion for fine arts is rooted in her belief that visual communication can be a profound source of positive change for our society. Her greatest joy is in sharing art works with others.
Melody Kadlub-Barr holds a Bachelor of Science in Fashion Merchandising and Management from Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. Though she comes from an artistic family, Melody thrives on the business of art. While receiving her undergraduate degree, she worked as a curator's assistant and gift-shop buyer for the Kent State University Museum. Upon relocating to Seattle, she served as a museum educator at the Museum of History and Industry. Currently Melody is the textbook buyer at the Seattle University Bookstore and manages her husband's photography and writing career. She was instrumental in coordinating volunteers during the inception of the 826 Writing Center in Seattle and has handled logistics for various campus author events. In addition to art, her passions include enology, travel and organization.
Rose Kaser graduated with a degree in Communications and a specialization in Mass Mediafrom UIA Puebla preparing her for her previous work in radio both in New York City and abroad. After years in front of the microphone and in the production room she left the media andmoved to Seattle permanently to focus on family. Currently, Rose works for the Center for Study of Sport and Exercise (CSSP) at Seattle University, is an avid music fan, and a true believer in the power of early education in the arts.
Riley Kimsey received her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre, emphasis in Stage Management, from Ball State University. She has spent the last few years traveling the country working with such companies as Texas Shakespeare Festival, Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, and The Fabulous Palm Spring Follies, either as part of the Stage Management Team or the Front of House Team. She is elated to be continuing her studies in Arts Leadership at Seattle University. She firmly believes that the arts are a wonderful way to express oneself, and that it can also be a great platform to express change through out society. She hopes that her studies will allow her greater opportunities to further bring artistic expressions to the general public.Minnie Li received her Bachelor of Arts from the Foreign Language Department of Changchun University, majoring in English Language and Literature. She is fond of Western culture. She has devoted her time in diverse art and music activities. She volunteered as a Public Relationship Assistant in Midi Music Festival making arrangements for interviewing the journalists and musicians. She makes her contributions in various art and music activities such as live shows and some exhibitions in Changchun, China. She believes art is important for having a pleasant life experience. Her career path is mostly focused on music and fine art. She is also good at traditional Chinese painting. She looks forward to working with the things she loves and serving those who love art.
Cassandra Lea graduated from Central Washington University with a BFA in Graphic Design. After graduation she spent her time working at small branding and communications firm that specialized in non-profits and foundations. It was here she had the pleasure of working on the Zero campaign for UNICEF and the rebranding of St. Martin's University and Berea College. Currently, she is working as the Design and Marketing Assistant at Theo Chocolate, the only organic and fair trade chocolate maker in the US, where she handles donation requests and social media, among other things. With a background in design, Cassandra is looking forward to combining that experience with a degree in Arts Leadership and having the opportunity to work with arts non-profits in the future.
Ana Lester began her career in the arts at the University District Museum without Walls where she served as the Exhibitions and Public Programs Assistant and has since developed a passion for pop-up exhibits that are community driven. She currently manages Teen Programs at Bellevue Arts Museum; this includes Teen Workshops, the Teen Arts Council, the Summer Bash, and the upcoming youth exhibit 20/20. Ana has aspirations of opening her own non-profit art organization that focuses on experimental community art. Ana received a Bachelors of Science in History and Anthropology from the State University of New York College at Brockport and a certification in Museum Studies from the University of Washington. She has volunteered at the Seattle Art Museum as a Gallery Attendant and for Arts Crush as their Visual Arts Launch Party Co-Coordinator.
Pollyanna Manning grew up in rural The Dalles, Oregon on a cherry farm. In 2008, she graduated from the University of Portland, receiving a BBA in Marketing and Management along with minors in Entrepreneurship and Music Performance. Her acceptance into the E-Scholars program at UP provided her the opportunity to develop her business idea for a nonprofit program supplementing arts education in underserved communities. E-Scholars afforded her the chance to visit New York and Vietnam where she researched and met with established arts programs. After three years of working in the agricultural export industry, she is focusing on her passions in arts programming and services. She is seeking a future that allows her to cultivate opportunities for arts involvement for youth as she begins her two-year Master of Fine Arts in Arts Leadership program at Seattle University in August 2011.
Jaimy McCarthy received her BFA in Fine Arts, focused on painting and video art, from Cornish College of the arts in Seattle, Washington. She is also a certified project manager (PMP) through the Project Management Institute. After Cornish, Jaimy entered the commercial art world of video games, rising to the level of Art Director. During this period, as a director, she lived in India for two years, teaching Indian artists fine art practices applicable to games. At the start of 2012, Jaimy retired from the game industry to return to the fine art community and began volunteering at The Henry Art Gallery and the Seattle Art Museum. She is a patron of the visual arts and has also returned to creating her own work on canvas.Ashley Miller attended Pacific Lutheran University where she received her Bachelors in Fine Arts with emphasis in painting and drawing. During her education she spent time in Paris as part of the Urban Sketching School here she worked on a body of drawings and painting inspired by the vibrant French culture. Ashley's most recent endeavors include volunteering at the Tacoma Art Place, a non-profit organization where she has taken on the role of Curator and organized multiple gallery shows. She has also been working at the Bellevue Arts Museum as a Guest Services Representative. She has received valuable training of how a museum functions inside and out. Ashley looks forward to a career where she will be a successful supporter and promoter of the arts.
Geri Morris received her BA in Music with a minor in Administrative Science from Colby College in Waterville, Maine. As a Seattle native, her love of the arts began at a young age and grew during her ten years of involvement with the Northwest Girlchoir. Her experiences with the choir ultimately helped her realize that working with performing arts nonprofits was her desired career path. Her time as an undergraduate afforded her many opportunities, such as successfully fundraising for the Waterville Opera House through a grant writing course, managing the Colby College Chorale, and traveling to India where she taught music classes to children. Currently, Geri works with the Pacific Northwest Ballet, as their Annual Fund Manager.
Kangwon Park has a long history in the recording and live music industry. He founded ONE MUSIC Entertainment in Seoul, Korea and has worked with many renowned or indie local, international artists. He has been also involved in various rock festivals and music business events as a booking agent and a program coordinator. He once worked for MIDEM, one of the biggest international music business trade shows held in France, as the Korean representative. He is a board member of the Korean Live Music Development Association and a research fellow of the Korean Association of Phonogram Producers, both are non-profit organizations based in Seoul. He has been studying in the Seattle area since 2008 and graduated from Pierce College in Puyallup in 2012.
Elisa Pelaia received her Honours Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto in her hometown of Toronto, Canada. Here, she specialized in Fine Art History. Elisa has worked at many artistic institutions in both Canada and the United States, including The Royal Ontario Museum, The City of Toronto's Nuit Blanche, and Bellevue Arts Museum. Her career focus has always been on education; however, she is also interested in large-scale cultural events. Through this Master's program, she hopes to achieve the ability to organize artistic festivals. Her ambition is to work in a museum, focusing on either development or marketing. When Elisa is not bringing culture to the masses, she enjoys fishing and playing vintage board games. Rebecca Pirwitz is a recent graduate of the University of Washington where she majored in Sociology and Ethnomusicology with a minor in Global Health. Her two biggest artistic passions include music and photography. Rebecca is a former tenor saxophonist, current drummer, and has also participated in both Caribbean Steelband and Javanese Gamelan ensembles. It would be an absolute dream of hers to own and operate her own theater/performance venue, meant for both music and live theater, open to both professionals and amateurs alike. She firmly believes in the power of the arts in bringing peace and healing to sociological issues and conflicts. While Rebecca is just beginning her arts leadership endeavors (which began with an internship at the EMP Museum), she is extremely excited about this this program.
Chelsea Sadler received her BA in Theatre from Albion College in Albion, Michigan. Upon graduation, Chelsea began working at Performance Network, a professional Equity theatre in Ann Arbor. What started as a temporary apprenticeship eventually led to the position of Marketing Director, during which time the theatre saw record sales in single tickets and subscriptions. In addition to her administrative duties, Chelsea held a seat on the Program Committee, was an Associate Artist, and could be found acting. Other theatres with which she worked include Trinity House Theatre, Breathe Art Theatre Project, Michigan Theatre Festival, Blackbird Theatre, The New Theatre, and the Once Festival. Chelsea is a big fan of the transformative powers of art, and hopes that they continue to inspire her throughout her career.
Rachel R. Sorrels has received a Bachelor of Arts in both Theater and Political Science from the University of Kansas. She feels theater is a necessary part of the growth and development of all communities. She has spent the last eight years volunteering for a small non-for-profit grassroots theater company doing everything from taking tickets, hanging lights, and preforming to sitting on the board of directors. She has been a strong advocate for community outreach for the theater. Rachel's goals as an arts leader are to help promote local theater, and improve arts advocacy on local, national, and international levels. She feels that now more than every theater is an important part of bring people and ideas together.Elise Sunde is a recent graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Art History with a minor in French. A native of Omaha, Nebraska, Elise had dreamed of moving and living in Seattle for quite awhile. She was honored to present her undergraduate thesis at the University of Nebraska's No Limits Women and Gender Studies Conference and at Baker University's annual Art History Conference. Making art accessible to the community has been a passion of hers. Elise has cultivated this passion through interning at the Nebraska Arts Council and volunteering at Omaha's Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts. Elise looks forward to learning the non-profit management skills to continue to make the arts accessible in the community.
Sarah Tackett received her Bachelor of Arts from Transylvania University in Kentucky, majoring in English Literature, with a minor in Drama. Since graduation, she has played a vital role in reviving one of central Kentucky's most treasured theatre companies: Actors Guild of Lexington. Sarah has been involved with the theatre as an actor, technician, volunteer, and administrative assistant. Much to her surprise, the latter job title has proved to be the most challenging and most rewarding. Acceptance into Seattle University is the first step in Sarah's future as an art leader. She is excited to get back in the classroom and focus her passion for art into a career that builds upon the mission to challenge, educate, and engage through visual and performing arts.
Kimberly Tepe completed her BA in theatre at University of Washington. After graduation she held the position of Costume Shop Assistant at the Seattle Opera, working with award winning artists and dedicated individuals. She spent 6 years costuming at Youth Theatre NW on Mercer Island, where she saw, first hand, how theatre can have a positive effect on a child's self-image. She also spent a spring teaching at Path with Art, working with marginalized adults to build community and create self-confidence through art classes. She is an artist herself working in the medium of fiber and mix media. She wants to continue exploring both visual and performing arts and their impact on individuals and community.
Tamiko Terada is an emerging arts leader in the Seattle area. She was born in Kobe, Japan, and raised in Colorado and Florida. She earned her two undergraduate degrees in Music and Psychology from Lawrence University in Appleton, WI, where she played violin in a variety of ensembles and served as the Head Music Librarian. Her musical training includes participation in many music festivals including Summer Suzuki Institutes in Japan, Festiv Neuvic in France, and Brevard Music Festival in North Carolina. In the summer of 2008, Ms. Terada taught violin at the Dessaix-Baptiste Music School in Jacmel, Haiti. Her professional focus combines her passion for classical music with her interests in business administration. Currently, Tamiko is a development professional working as the Annual Fund Associate at Seattle Opera.
Justine Thayer, a Washington native, completed her Bachelors education at the University of Washington where she double majored in Art History and English Language and Literature. Her experience in the arts includes past internships at the University of Washington's Jacob Lawrence Gallery, the Frye Art Museum in Special Events and Ticketing, and at the Seattle Art Museum in Adult Public Programs. She has had experience aiding with exhibit openings, special events, programming, ticketing, created an events marketing database, and has provided administrative aid. Justine's passion is to assist cultural organizations succeed. Additional time was spent at the Frye as a Front Desk Concierge and volunteering at the Burke Museum and Henry Art Gallery. Her career ambitions include working in administration or programming in arts nonprofits.
Krina Turner is a recent graduate from the University of Wyoming Theatre and Dance Department where she studied Dance Performance. She first became interested in promoting and directing live arts in high school and has since learned how to bridge the gap between her passion for performing arts and her knack for business and communication. Krina lives a vegan lifestyle and is constantly considering impact. Her goal is to demystify dance as an art form while staying true to her values. Krina has interned for several professional companies including Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Jump Rhythm Jazz Project, Oregon Ballet Theatre and Repertory Dance Theatre. In April, Krina married her husband Josh and in July they headed Northwest. Krina is incredibly excited to participate in art and study Arts Leadership in the artistically and culturally rich city of Seattle.
Calley Vandegrift was raised in both Washington and Minnesota. She went to college at Washington State University and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts, emphasis in Sculpture, in 2000 and a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology in 2002. Calley worked as a student at the Washington State University CUB Gallery as an assistant and guard; working closely with other artists as well as the public. She was also a board member for Moscow Idaho's Festival Dance as a student. Ms. Vandegrift has been working for the Washington State Department of Health Public Health Laboratory since 2002 as a Microbiologist. Calley enjoys all forms of expression, especially sculpture. Her preferred medium is bronze. She says "there is nothing like melting metal".
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Brian May Special
2006-PresentMahogany, Ebony
Family-built by Brian May and his father, the Red Special has been reproduced several times by brands like Guild and Burns since the eighties. In 2006, May created 'Brian May Guitars' to market his own take on the 'Old lady'. Loaded with three Burns Tri-sonic pups, it's a great quality instrument for $800.
Fender Voyager
One of Fender's prototype at NAMM 2012 this winter was the Fender Voyager. Designed by former Charvel master builder Josh Hurt, the Voyager has their pickups hidden below the pickguard, just like on the original Fender Marauder
Gibson CS Marc Bolan Les Paul
2011-2012Maple, Mahogany, Ebony
Marc Bolan's Les Paul was a FrankenPaul. It was built out of several LPs from different eras. Its whereabouts are unknown, but Gibson believed its last state to be a 50s Les Paul body with a 70s LP Custom neck. That's on these specs that they built the Custom Shop Marc Bolan signature Les Paul. Of course, its a limited run of 100, on top of which another 350 VOS have been produced.
The aged finish may be called 'Bolan Chablis', its not by licking the maple top that you'll get a proper taste out of this axe.
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Gibson Ripper
1973-1983Maple, Alder, Ebony
Gibson EB bass series was very popular, but getting old. They freshened up in 1973 with the release of two basses that would clash with the Gibson tradition: The Gibson Grabber and the Gibson Ripper.
Instead of the Mahogany body, the Ripper was built with Maple (and alder in 1975), woods usually found on a Fender Production line. The bass was kept at low cost by keeping it cosmetically basic. In 2009, Gibson released a limited edition reissue called the Gibson Ripper II.
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Gibson Byrdland
1955-PresentSpruce, Maple, Ebony
The name Byrdland is a mashup of the names of Billy Bird and Hank Garland the two guitarists who participated in its design. They had requested a short scale archtop that would be less bulky than the traditional hollowbody, and this is basically what they got: A short-scale thinline L5CES.
P90s, PAF pickups, venetian or florentine cutaway, the Gibson Byrdland went through several phases, but was always seen as a remarkable and prized instrument. Some of Gibson's finest. Hear it
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Washburn G-40V
1988Maple, Ebony
Made in Japan as part of the G series, the G-40V uniqueness comes from its triple coil pickup. Push buttons allow to switch each coil on or off. If you're interested in hearing how it sounds, one of these rare birds is currently for sale on ebay.
Casio PG-380
1987- Early 1990sAlder, Maple, Ebony
Before Casio came into play, Roland had no real competiton in the Midi guitar market. A total of five models were made by the japanese brand, all at the famous Fuji-Gen factory were Fender and Ibanez models were also produced.
The Casio PG-380 established Casio's superiority over Roland. Like all the other Casio models, the PG-380 is a superstrat stuffed with loads of electronics; so many in fact the designers had to give up the contoured 'beer gut' typical to the stratocaster body. Hear some bits
Carvin DC 150
1976-1992Maple, Ebony
Jewel of versatility, the the Carvin DC-150 is Gibsonesque only in appearances. Each pickup can be turned to single coils via a mini-switch, and a third mini switch acts as a phase inverter. Combined with stereo output, imagine all possibilities… Hear it.
Both DC-150C (blonde) and DC-150C (black) were exclusively made out of maple. An optional ebony fretboard was eventually offered. In 2002, Carvin reintroduced the DC-150 with a lot of changes that turned it officially into a Gibson clone: New pickups, rounder body shape, mahogany / maple top construction, no mini-switches, 22 frets.
Gretsch Country Club / Electro II Cutaway
1951-1981Maple, Ebony
This sumptuous Gretsch started its long lasting life as the "Electro II cutaway" and was offered in Sunburst (6192) and Natural (6193). It was then renamed "Country Club" in 1954 and a Cadillac Green option was added (6196). DeArmond pickups were replaced by Filtertron in 1958. Let's forgive whoever installed the non-original bigsby on this 1956 model, it looks splendid.
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Gibson Explorer E/2
1979 - 1984Walnut or Mahogany, Maple, Ebony
There's a lot of confusion over the Explorer model of the early eighties. The model went through a chaotic evolution process, changing construction as fast as names. Open any blue book, and you will find those guitars filed alternatively under E/2, CMT, Explorer 2 or The Explorer.
The original E/2 version has a beveled laminated body and, because of its Maple/Walnut pancake construction, turns out as a rather heavy guitar, nearing 12-13lbs. The E/2 CMT (as in Curly Maple Top), more classic in shape and construction, is lighter weight and amazingly good looking. Dirty, Dirty, Dirty Fingers…
Golden Hofner
1959-1962Maple, Spruce, Ebony
Hofner's holy grail. Rather fatty, its 18" body size is the largest body ever made by Hofner. Mother-of-pearl roses inlays florish through a zero-fret 11 piece laminated neck. Came in three versions (acoustic, electric and thinline).
Sold exclusively in the UK by Selmer, about 100 goldens ended in british homes. The rest of the world had to accomodate with the Hofner 470 model, very similar but smaller in size and with different inlays. If you're curious, here is a ton of pictures and more details.
G&L Nighthawk
1983Swamp Ash or Mahogany, Maple, Ebony
G&L Magnetic Field Design (MFD) pickups really shines when combined with Maple. Most nighthawks were made of ash or mahogany, but to this one has a maple body and it sound absolutely fantastic. Despite its heavy weight (10lbs), the killer neck and smoking looks make this Nighthawk bliss to play.
After producing only 269, Leo Fender had to rename the guitar to Skyhawk because of a trademark issue. Hey, Mr. Fender, didn't it feel like deja-vu?


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Mitt Romney should pick his Vice Presidential nominee this week before the Olympics start—and he should choose a woman.
The underlying weakness of the Romney campaign is that women do not like him as much as men.
He leads comfortably with males but is almost ten points behind with females. Even more than with Hispanics, a female pick allows him to pick up several percentage points.
His position is par for the course for Republicans in recent elections, where a huge gender gap has developed.
For Romney to close that gap and put himself in position to win in November he needs to up the ante.
Picking a woman would achieve that goal.
There is one qualified woman by all accounts in the mix—New Hampshire senator Kelly Ayotte.
As the Boston Globe recently wrote: "Now, Ayotte, less than two years into her first Senate term, hailing from one of the smallest states in the nation, is being considered as a serious contender for the vice presidency, aided by a profile potentially helpful to the ticket.
"She has firmly established conservative bona fides but appeals to independents with a biography that her boosters call grounded and "normal"—a mother of two who lives in her hometown and is married to a landscaper who flew combat missions during the Iraq War."
In other words, think Sarah Palin without all the problems, an Italian American who graduated Villanova and who in a scant two years has shown she can operate on a national stage.
Sure, geographically her choice looks skewed with Romney essentially from a neighboring state. But in a year where grey and greyer is the distinguishing mark of Romney's potential running mate, she adds a dash of color and verve to an otherwise boring process.
And if there is one thing Romney knows about it is boring.
Now that Chris Christie, his obvious choice, is out of the running, Ayotte looks the best of the rest.
The question is, will Romney have the gambler's instinct to pick her?
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Both President Barack Obama and his Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney will for the first time in election history participate in television programs directed specifically at an audience of Hispanics. Univision, the Spanish-language network will broadcast the programs to discuss America's education and the Hispanic community's future.
The events are titled Meet the Candidates and will be televised September 19 and 20. The first will have Romney, while the second will have Obama. Both will be telecast in front of live audiences at the BankUnited Center on the campus of the University of Miami, said Univision.
Maria Elena Salinas and Jorge Ramos will moderate both of the events. The two are anchors on the nightly news for Univision. The president of Univision Networks, Cesar Conde said in a prepared statement that Hispanics would play a major role in who is elected president in November. Conde's statement went on to say that the two events will help address a number of critical issues that over 20 million Hispanics, who are expected to vote, want to listen to in order to make a more informed decision on who to vote for.
Conde also said in his statement that having direct contact with the Hispanic voters shows the candidates' desire to get closer to a younger and more active group in the social media scene than the average voter. He said the influence of the group continues to grow in the U.S. political arena.
Univision has been pushing the two candidates to accept their proposal to address the Hispanic voters directly and that will be accomplished on September 19 and 20 through these two events.


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The Ideal 30-496 multipurpose telephone tool is used to prepare and terminate phone cable for RJ-11 or RJ45 modular plugs. This one tool cuts, strips and crimps. The Telemaster crimps primary modular plug strain relief only. Strong and durable tool has a steel frame and is economical.
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