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[Spelling Reform Anthology §7.1 pp109-111]
[Spelling Progress Bulletin, Fall 1980, pp10-12]
[Valerie Yule: see Book, Journals, Newsletters, Media, Personal View 10, Anthology, Bulletins, Web links.]
Anthology Section 7.
Ways of implementing Spelling Reform.Since it is equally as important to find out how simplified spelling may or should be put into use, this section is devoted to such planning.
How to Implement Spelling Reform,
by Valerie Yule.Presented at the Second International SSS Conference on Reading and Spelling held July 1979 at Nene College, Northampton.
Spelling reformers must consider the needs, attitudes, and abilities of the people who are to use reformed spelling. A theoretically perfect phonemic spelling might prove impractical for general and technological use even if public resistance to its introduction were overcome.
This paper looks at aspects of 'the psychology of spelling' - practical criteria to consider in designing a more efficient orthografy and planning its introduction, with techniques of consumer education and marketing.
Most of the ideas in this paper are not my own - they have come from meny colleagues in spelling reform - Kingsley Read, William Reed, Sir James Pitman, Axel Wijk, Newell Tune, Helen Bisgard, Arnold Rupert, Reg. Deans, Vic Paulsen, Harry Lindgren - and none of them may agree with all of it. It also brings in concepts from my own discipline of psychology and its concern for human communication.
The time for spelling reform is now riper than it has been for hundreds of years. The old snob arguments are ridiculed and empty, while the mass illiteracy problem is increasingly serious. The audiovisual media which threten to supplant print have their own advantages but cannot supply the dimension that reading and writing contribute to civilisation. The sacred cow of English spelling stands wobbling while all around the rest of the world is changing dramatically, faster and faster, and nowhere faster than in the field of communications. How can the drive for change, efficiency, economy, and logic be directed to spelling - this vital tool, - or idol?
How can the remaining impediments to spelling reform be tackled? The old arguments keep reappearing despite their continuing refutation, and reappear dressed in new words too, so that it would be worth while to devise one-page sheets that could be patiently, silently, handed out whenever someone glibly recites "Homophones!" or "Etymology" or "Dialects" or "Our English Heritage!" or "the beauty of funny spelling!" or "Chomsky!" or "Multi-Systematic Information Processing!" or "Finance!" or "Impossible!"
The basic argument behind these excuses is the vested interests agenst change of those who have learnt present spelling and imagine enything new would be just as tortuous agen as their original learning experiences. As people become less cultured, they either hang on to English spelling as the empty shell of their culture, or 'couldn't care less' for either maintenance or improvement of spelling. Yet the varying motives that impede reform could also in varying degrees be turned to its support, and the insights and techniques even if not the money, of commercial marketing can be directed towards the changing public's attitudes.
Public rejection of spelling reform has been helped by the public image for which spelling reformers have been responsible - a multitude of schemes which almost completely change the appearance of 'the word as we know it,' some seeming almost perverse in their determination to use the familiar in contrary ways. The immediate 'Ugh!' reaction prevents eny further enquiry or attention. While the neat new script of i.t.a. probably attracted as well as repelled support, its special type has prevented i.t.a. spelling from percolating into the word beyond school.
Spelling reform can only be achieved by looking at what is practicable, not at dogmatic idealism about what would be perfect; arguments must deal in evidence rather than in opinion. Public participation is crucial for reform - unless we become so generally illiterate that literacy has to be brought in agen like a new thing in the Dark Ages after the fall of the Roman Empire, or we are so socially disrupted that a dictatorship takes over, or big business discovers a spelling tecnology for its machines that will save millions. The latter is quite possible, in which case a sweeping change in the whole orthography could occur irrespective of human needs. Certainly no change in the alfabet itself has a chance unless it meets the needs of international electronic tecnology, and all spelling reformers interested in this area should develop communications expertise and the right contacts.
The need for facts and evidence.I think Harry Lindgren is right in saying, "Let's get on with Spelling Reform 1, short e spelt e as in bet, and not get bogged down with excuses for research." But while we are getting on with it, concurrently we should be finding out facts and promoting experiments to ensure that the next steps are not based on armchair philosophising so that time is wasted on doctrinaire argument or in finding out too late that what is ideal in theory is bugged in practice.
It has been assumed that an essential criterion for English spelling reform is accurate sound-symbol correspondence. Experiments in initial teaching media prove that this makes English easier to learn to read and to write. But what makes one system eny better than another system? You can invent yourself in an afternoon a script that would be easier to learn to read and write than present spelling, e.g., Tolkien's Middle Earth script, which teenagers pick up quickly for their private communication. But what is a basis for comparison?
We need to find the reformed spelling that is the 'best fit' for a number of possibly competing requirements. We need re-analysis of the vast volumes on spelling research which have mostly focused on the problems of 'bad spellers' rather than the problems of 'bad spelling.' We should devise and publicise a list of 'research on spelling that needs to be done' not only in laboratories but in schools and the market-place, by teachers and the general public as well as by linguists, psychologists and educators. Every dogmatic statement by every expert needs to be tested, not quoted. To make English spelling an effective tool for human beings to use, we need to collate the evidence on the essential requirements for the following:
1. Easily mastered by the present literate population, and presented so well that they quickly discover how easy and beneficial it is. Without this, nothing can happen. This includes immediate 'face validity' and comprehension, rapid development of superior reading fluency, and easy stages to learn to write if necessary.
2. Easy to learn to read and write (not identical demands) by learners who are bright, dull, handicapped, adult failures, second language learners (agen, not identical demands).
3. Useful for modern tecnology - for machines, their human operators and human users, easy, efficient and economical for machine-processing, typing, and handwriting.
4. Easy and cheap to get started, "saving millions and costing next to nothing," and demonstrably saving millions.
5. For the present at least, resembling present spelling as sufficiently closely, to keep books currently in print accessible as Medieval English in the future, with its greater changes.
6. A composite standard English spelling that crosses dialects, and enables children and foreigners to pronounce the new vocabulary learnt thru reading. Action research can teach and can change attitudes and provide feedback for further change, in the very process of testing and experimentation on how and what changes can be made.
Psychological research on human abilities may prove more relevant than linguistic research. The human capacity to switch set is a crucial area to resolve arguments about spelling transition - whether co-existing alternatives would confuse, about homografs in context, and dialectal variations in vowel representation, and the possibility of 'bi-literate' books in learning, and spelling conventions that can represent a common 'speech' across wide dialectal variations. We alredy know how we adapt without conscious effort to reading regardless of typeface, handwriting or letter-case, and how practised spelling reformers can switch from their own to conventional spelling, reading both with equal ease, and how children and adults can switch the languages they speak according to the situation.
We need to be well-informed on the 'natural trends' of spelling today, as shown in common spelling mistakes, experiments in free choice of spelling, and commercial and tecnological trends. Can this 'organic' change be accelerated constructively? (See Appendix 3 for some of the questions that require answers from practically-oriented research.')
I would like to see the proposals of spelling reformers set out in a standard form for easier comparability and investigation (See the previous paper, Bulletin Fall 1980 p.8).
Some ideas that have been popular with individual reformers may fail on the practicability account, however ingenious. It would be better to develop 'better' new letters than to divert existing letters to other strange purposes, which would make it fiendishly impossible even for scholars to read old books. Schemes start off handicapped if they require new keyboards or complicate writing and typing, and diacritics, etc. need research about what happens to visual scanning fluency.
Experience shows that you cannot assume that a thoroly reformed system adopted in schools will spred to the community around them as the children grow up. The children have to adapt to the world of print around them, not vice versa.
Stages in spelling reform.We are left with the example of other countries that have successfully reformed their spelling in stages. In the previous paper I describe the stages of a possible scheme and how it could operate from two directions - learning with a basically phonemic initial learning spelling in schools, and a first stage of reform that could be begun by enyone, everyone, enywhere at eny time, consistently or more likely, inconsistently, causing no more disruption to the appearance of print than the usual misprints in your favorite daily newspaper. I have taken Harry Lindgren's SR-1 as the starting point: spell short e with as in bet - because it is a reform that has alredy made a start, it operates as a logical principle, not a slippery list; it acclimatises the public gently to the idea of change as a good thing and how easily it could operate, and it is likely to be a part of almost eny eventual full reform. Even if it were not, switching the single spelling e would be easier with the cleaning up of the present tangle of ai, ea, ei, ie, oe, e, ay, and eu, ue.
My own hypothesis is that it is likely that learners will prove to have different needs than fluent users, as occurs in all fields of skill, from flying and motor-racing to sewing, and Learner Spelling will need to include steps that can be omitted and elided for greater fluency in skilled reading and writing.
Stages of spelling reform (e.g., the 4 stages I suggest) will inevitably be adopted unevenly thru the community, as even the government-sponsored switch to metrication has to percolate, with some areas changing faster than others and the few intransigents who will never take to it. For every group there are different incentives for change as well as resistance, and this is the encouraging thing to guide present action in attitude-changing and starting actual change. These stages could be:
1. Good for you if you can get the support of politicians, big business, millionaires, publishers and public figures who can promote Stage 1 as house-rules on a large scale, and promote research and initial learning media.
2. Educators who do not actually teach children (or are such superb teachers it doesn't matter what they teach) are often vested interests agenst change, just as the horse trade opposed motorcars. Teachers who are nearer the nits and grits, faced with educationally disadvantaged children or even their own spelling or teaching problems, commonly sigh for rescue in a hopeless sort of way. If they could be shown how to teach the underlying structure of English, so that they and the children could distinguish it from the ded wood and brambles, both teachers and children will become aware of how easy spelling reform could be, and how spelling could be changed. (Most adults today have had present spelling conditioned into them, without understanding it, and have an unspoken fear, "Don't touch it, it might explode.") There would be the spin-off and incentive too, that children would be more confident in successful criticising of conventional spelling. "That word is sensible, that word is silly, but I'm not silly," is far better than so meny children's present hopelessness, "I can't understand it, so I must be silly."
3. Marketing spelling reform to the public.
On initial presentation of an innovation, habit strength operate agenst it, but the more people are able to actually try it out, i.e., act positively, the more chance that negative habit strength is reduced and alien feelings change to personal identification, particularly if a band-wagon effect can develop.
Other aims of marketing are to strengthen the mental reach and change the set idea that there is only one proper way to spell, while the freedom of choice prevents the trigger-reaction to eny schemes with 'compulsion' whatever the public good may be. Public and expert contribution of ideas could be valuable when spelling reform is a fashionable subject for public discussion, play and even private experiment, insted of a sacred cow, paper tiger or tabu too horrible to touch. 'Bugs' in proposals can be weeded out. 'Democratic' spelling reform could become a painless fait accompli, that could be tidied up and ratified on an official basis or an improved system then introduced to a now more open-minded public.
Some marketing proposals.a. Promote books for libraries, e.g., Godfrey Dewey, Pitman & St. John, Harry Lindgren. Light-hearted books of 'Spelling Games' and Penguin-type books for the general on the Psychology of Spelling, and Spelling and Society, are also desirable. A set of one-page Answers to Everything. A set of research topics for investigation, for tertiary institutions and students seeking useful topics.
b. Articles across as wide a spectrum of the media as possible, inviting public participation and comment-stimulating, amusing and informative, e.g.:
c. TV documentary on Spelling. Includes colorful history, scenes of past and present teaching, audience participation in demonstration of some of the astonishing facts about how we read and spell, a procession of current reading-teaching equipment, interviews with boffins, children, social workers, remedial readers, adult illiterates, delinquents, in flash-scenes from all over the country.
"Permissive spelling, how far would you go?"
"Your child and That Spelling"
"Your spellingscope".
"Shocking or Fascinating? Try your hand at spelling reform."
"Britain's Industrial Fossil." "Do you remember ... ? Readers recall spelling incidents in their childhood.
"How YOU can help in bringing about spelling reform."
d. Panel games for radio and TV. A weekly five minutes on radio could also follow the progress of children and foreners learning to read conventional spelling and a consistent spelling.
e. Radio playlets, comic and satirical, in which one character speaks exactly what he reads, e.g., "Onky upon a timmy," "The miggrant whoe spelt likky an angle," "The miggrant's traggedye,"
f. Word games and other party games, including ways to use spelling reform in games alredy on the market, e.g., Scrabl; A book of Party and Family Games.
g. Pop lyrics for pop groups, e.g., "Break the Spell," "As difficult as ABC," "Reading turns you on." Comic verses, e.g., "I get my kicks when I try to spell."
h. Cartoons and catchy cards for sale.
i. Materials, gifts, gajets and gimiks for Christmas, birthdays and Spelling Day. An angle for "the person who has everything." New items appear to keep up interest. Souvenirs of Spelling Reform. A Spelender Calender. Magic Spell wrapping paper, Weirdo writing kits, T-shirts, badges, stickers, spelling kits, the conservation and energy-saving angle, contributions to Small Planet and Responsible Living groups. A mascot doll, a logo for spelling reform with a catchy title, how-to-do-it pocket cards, posters and friezes, desk-stuff.
j. Stamps and stickers for correspondence, letterheds, envelopes, etc.
k. Try to get bi-literate reading books on trial, and 'spelling cribs' for learners' reading books. Trial runs of modified spelling for social services information, regulations, parent education, etc. for semi-literate groups.
l. Support by word and action every sign you see of improved spelling, e.g., SR-1 in journals, mor sensible spelling in ads, trademarks, work-manuals, etc. Whatever your profession, encourage your trade journal and local media to try SR-1 (with or without publicity, to see if enyone notices/objects). Write letters to newspapers. Be a lobbyist. Encourage organizations working for related issues, e.g., Better English, International Communication, etc. to make their English and communication better still. Bring spelling and spelling reform as a live issue into professional journals and conferences. Keep a supply of relevant literature yourself so you are 'always prepared,' with a handy publicity package and background facts. Keep your eyes open, in personal observation and personal experiments, and contribute your own findings to your spelling reform group records.
m. Obtain sponsorship for whatever you can.
n. Spelling Day, September 30. The idea of Australian Dr. Doug. Everingham, M.H.R., former Labor Government Minister for Helth (sic) was for SR-1 Day, so that every year there can be another wave of publicity and promotion, with the ideas alredy suggested. Press releases can be sent out and notices put up on the lines of "Appendix 2."
(The ideas in this paper follow from previous articles in Spelling Progress Bulletin:
The third article contains some further essential detail not included here.)
"Some causes of illiteracy and recommendations for action," v. xv, n. 4, 3-10, 1975.
"Spelling reform: arguments pro and con," v. xvi, n. 1, 11- 20, 1976.
"Let us be practical about spelling reform," v. xix, n. 1, 7-9, 1979.
Appendix 3: Some recommendations for research.So meny researchers take trivial topics that at least we could publicise needed ones - experiments, surveys, questionnaires, observational analyses, for every relevant discipline in universities, teachers' colleges, etc. Background courses on orthografies at secondary level can enlighten Anglo-Saxons on what the rest of the world can do, and how it is done. Surveys can put ideas into the heds of participants, and make them think, if they did not before. (One such questionnaire by Barrie Smith appears in Spelling Progress Bulletin, v. xvi, n. 1, 19, 1976.)
The field is not just for linguists and reading academics, but requires working with communications engineers, teachers, publishers, psychologists, media boffins, learners, foreners.
What actual value in using spelling are semantic, morphemic, syntactic, lexical, etc. factors, above and beyond phonemic correspondences? Should English spelling be reformed to make at least consistent the benefits that linguistic supporters claim are reasons to maintain it as it is?
How meny of the complex factors in 'the reading process' would be superflous in a reliable, predictable spelling system? Are these factors those which most handicap poor learners at present? Are we handicapping the alredy handicapped for the sake of the verbally proficient who need additional help least?
How efficient a spelling would the trends of 'natural spelling change' develop enyway if custom slackend so that dictionaries caught up with current practices? Are people just a bit mystical about 'organic language change' when they call upon 'instinctive forces' rather than rational endevour?
(And see the complementary paper preceding this which puts forward specific details which require more objective evaluation than personal judgements, e.g., re: accuracy of phonemic representation, usefulness of phonics in conventional spelling, the value of economy of space, etc.)
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Editor's note: The above video and more from the 2013 Elkhart County 4-H Fair can be found at The Goshen News' YouTube channel.
GOSHEN — One day, Brittany Wise and one of her sisters were looking through a list of 4-H clubs offered in Elkhart County. They spotted the Media Club, and thought it sounded like fun and that they could do it.
"It was kind of a whim, but it worked," Wise recalled earlier this week at the Elkhart County 4-H Fair.
Wise graduated from Northridge High School in June. She's been in the Media Club for eight years, and is a 10-year 4-H member.
"My whole family's been involved" in the 4-H program, she said. "My sisters were 10-year members."
Through the Media Club, Wise is on the staff of the Clover Chronicles, published throughout fair week and available at the fairgrounds. She was the editor of the Monday issue, and was set to be a co-editor of the edition to be published today.
"I do a lot of writing," Wise said Tuesday night of fair week. "I've done probably five articles so far (this fair), but I work during the day, so it cuts down on my articles."
Wise indicated the most fun/interesting piece she'd worked on during the 2013 fair was about Fair Queen Sierra Walter.
"I was a fair queen contestant, last year and the year before," she said. "And I knew Sierra the three years that she was in it, and we met each other really well and got along.
"...It's so much fun meeting everyone that you get to interview and just getting to know who they are and what they do," she continued.
Wise has a zest for photography, and hopes to attend the New York Institute of Photography in the fall. She said she would love to photograph children and senior pictures, and do wedding photography.
"Most of the time, if I'm co-writer with someone (on Clover Chronicles), I'll write a little bit of the article but I'll take all the pictures," Wise said with a laugh.

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"Bob Stanton has been a leader in promoting diversity throughout his career," said Deborah Stearns, managing director of Advantis Real Estate Services.
"Bob admires everyone and talks about their great qualities in the most inspiring manner. Add to this fact, that without regard to background, position, race, or gender -- he seems to always be in the business of bringing talented people together," said Elizabeth Rountree, founder, Graydon, L.L.C., a Legacy Architecture Company.
"The lunch on November 10 is a wonderful opportunity to recognize his substantial contribution to our community, and we could think of no better way than to support the Robert M. Stanton Chair for Real Estate and Economic Development," continued Stearns.
Proceeds from the luncheon and gift contributions will be donated to the Robert M. Stanton Chaired Professorship in Real Estate and Economic Development at Old Dominion. Stanton's recent planned gift of $1.5 million kicked off the campaign to create a $4.5 million endowment for the chair, which will be jointly housed in ODU's Department of Finance and Center for Real Estate and Economic Development (CREED).
Tickets for the noon luncheon in the Big Blue Room of the Ted Constant Convocation Center are $100. Gift contributions begin at $1,000.
The $4.5 million endowment will provide funding for both the chair and for CREED, which provides information and resources for the Hampton Roads real estate and economic development communities in their quest to improve the regional economy through job creation and investment. The college offers a bachelor's degree in finance with a real estate track. The funds will also support increasing enrollment in the real estate major through curricular changes, scholarships and internships.
Stanton was a founding member of ODU's Real Estate Foundation board when it formed in 1994 and served as its first chair until 2003. He earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Old Dominion in 1961 and began his real estate career at Goodman Segar Hogan Inc. in 1966, rising through the ranks to become president in 1975. He retired from GSH and organized Stanton Partners in 1993, specializing in commercial real estate investments. He has been involved with some of the region's most significant developments, including Lynnhaven Mall, Greenbrier Mall and a number of neighborhood shopping centers. He also led the development of the World Trade Center, Riverside Corporate Center and, most recently, 150 Main.
Nancy Bagranoff, dean of the College of Business and Public Administration; Stearns; Rountree; Sandy Canada, president, Canada Consulting Group, Joan Gifford, chair, Gifford Management Group; and Kay Kemper, founder, Kemper Consulting served on the steering committee that planned the event.
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on May 24, 2013 at 12:05 am
Shot at the ground? Why have guns if you're not gonna use them on these scumbags, they have guns they pistol whipped you, they can turnaround and fire on any moment and you wanna waste pecrious rounds on the asphalt? I say take them out their misery.
on May 24, 2013 at 1:06 am
Got lucky.
Yet again: a gun in the home is far more likely to be used on the owner or a loved one than in self defense.
Stay lucky. The alternative sucks.
on May 24, 2013 at 12:14 pm
He probably shot at the ground because they were retreating and when the police came if he had shot the criminals ( like maybe he should have ) the police would be taking him into custody. As it is, EPA is so lawless I would not be surprised if the crooks don't come back and try again for revenge. This is sickening and sad.
This gentleman should get the support of all the surrounding city for trying his best to fight crime as a member of his community while following the law.


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*The right tempo boosts our motivation and insures that we have increased exertion.
*Studies show treadmill walkers had greater stamina and require less oxygen when listening to the perfect tune. Studies showed that oxygen intake was reduced by 7-percent.
*Swimmers who listened to music during races finished faster than those who didn't (No wonder Michael Phelps always had earbuds in his ears)
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ARLINGTON — Country music mega-legend George Strait and Cowboys owner Jerry Jones announced Monday that AT&T Stadium will host the final show of Strait's farewell tour.
"Every time I come in here it blows my mind," Strait said at a news conference above the field. He said just a few words before backing away from the microphone.
"I guess that's about it for me, unless you guys have something," he said with his famous smile.
George Strait pretty much lets his singing do the talking, but he did share his feelings about playing his final show of the last leg of his "Cowboy Rides Away" tour in the home of the Dallas Cowboys.
"It's going to be bittersweet for me," Strait said about ending three decades of performing. But he made it clear that this massive venue is special to him.
Strait opened the stadium in 2009, and kept on cranking out hits. Since 1981, he's had 60 No. 1 tunes and sold nearly 70 million records.
He's had more Top 50 songs than any artist of any genre.
Strait recalled that when he did his sound check to christen what was then called Cowboys Stadium, construction workers were still scrambling to get it ready.
"But Jerry had a hard hat for me I wore during the sound check," he laughed.
Strait's final show will be a record-breaking event, according to the performer, his promoter, and Jerry Jones.
Each week of his final 26-show tour will feature a different star as the opening act. So fans might see Merle Haggard, Vince Gill, Miranda Lambert or Ronnie Dunn.
"It was a good beginning here," Strait said of his 2009 show. "And it's going to be a hell of an ending — whenever we do our last show here."
That's what reporters wanted to know... when?
The promoter said the date isn't set yet, and that they still want to keep some things secret as they pull together a superstar evening.
George Strait made no secret of his desire to keep playing and singing, but with a focus on writing his own songs like he did when he started out. And just last week, he signed a five-album deal with his label.
Jerry Jones tried to absorb some of that extraordinary mojo by letting the King of Country try on Jones' Super Bowl ring.
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- January 10, 2014 Frank Erwin Center│Austin, Texas
- January 17, 2014 CenturyLink Center│Omaha, Neb.
- January 18, 2014 Sprint Center│Kansas City, Mo.
- January 30, 2014 SAP Center│San Jose, Calif.
- January 31, 2014 Valley View Casino Center│San Diego, Calif.
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- February 7, 2014 US Airways Center│Phoenix, Ariz.
- February 8, 2014 Staples Center│Los Angeles, Calif.
- February 14, 2014 The Palace of Auburn Hills │Auburn Hills, Mich.
- February 15, 2014 Nationwide Arena│Columbus, Ohio
- February 28, 2014 Wells Fargo Arena│Philadelphia, Pa.
- March 1, 2014 Prudential Center│Newark, N.J.
- March 7, 2014 KFC Yum! Arena│Louisville, Ky.
- March 8, 2014 Allstate Arena│Chicago, Ill.
- March 21, 2014 Bridgestone Arena│Nashville, Tenn.
- March 22, 2014 Philips Arena│Atlanta, Ga.
- April 4, 2014 Intrust Bank Arena│ Wichita, Kan.
- April 5, 2014 Pepsi Center│Denver, Colo.
- April 11, 2014 The Moda Center│Portland, Ore.
- April 12, 2014 Tacoma Dome│Tacoma, Wash.
- April 18, 2014 Wells Fargo Arena│Des Moines, Iowa
- April 19, 2014 BOK Arena│Tulsa, Okla.
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Ric Lipson of London's Stufish Entertainment Architects studio, collaborated with principal Mark Fisher on the scenic design for the Queen Extravaganza Tribute Tour. "The set had to fit into many different sized venues," Lipson explains, noting that there is a 40' x 30'stage footprint, with 20' height. "The back wall is the largest element, with a video wall flanked by two side screens that can be left off if need be."
Yet video was always a big element for the show, and defined the design concept, thus the need for the video wall. "But they decided to start the show in a more humble environment, so we needed some kind of a reveal," Lipson notes. "The idea is sense of place but not really a specific location, with a wall with posters, and lighting towers in front of the wall. These had meant to wheel around, but it was decided they were better stationary."
Lispon points out the mercurial star of Queen, the late Freddie Mercury (1946-1991) historically played with piano facing offstage, so that took care of stage right in terms of scenic elements. "We gave the band a good terrain to work on, with risers and fake amp boxes stage left that the musicians can stand on." Upstaging Scenic did the scenery.
At the top of the show, there is a show curtain with the beautiful Queen crest. This is made of transparent silvery scrim cloth, hand painted in white and silver. "Back light seeps through in the gray areas of the cloth, which is a Kabuki drop so it falls down to reveal the set… the crew come and take it off stage, it's a very lightweight drop," says Lipson.
Behind this first drop is the set with a "brick wall" covered with posters. "We do not reveal that we have video right away," explains Lipson. "The brick wall is also a Kabuki drop, which stays in during the first act, for more a more intimate club feel. It drops at the end of the first act, reveals the F-LED video wall." The audience can at some points see faces and other video images through the brick scrim, as a hint of what's to come in the second act, which is played with just the video screens and lighting, the scrims are gone." There is a lot of archival material from the band on the video wall, which evolved during the rehearsal process. And there are cameras on the set for I-Mag used occasionally during the show.
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Hearing called for on sudden closure of elder care facility
It's been several weeks since we reported on the pending closure of San Francisco's University Mound Ladies Home, a nonprofit elder care facility that has been in operation for 130 years, serving seniors of modest means.
In May, residents – mostly in their 80s or 90s – received eviction notices informing them that they would need to leave by July 10, an announcement that blindsided the elders and their families and caused great concern throughout the broader community. The timeline has since been extended to July 31.
The facility's administrators, who hired a crisis consultant shortly before announcing the closure, have indicated in meetings with family members and residents that the move was triggered by financial woes.
Sup. David Campos has been working behind the scenes to intervene on residents' behalf since the announcement, but he's now called for a public hearing that should finally bring some answers to light. Scheduled for Thu/10, the hearing will take place at the Board of Supervisors' Neighborhood Services and Safety Committee meeting at 10am.
On July 1, University Mound announced it had reached an agreement with Alta Vista School to sell its facility.
Campos hopes to address the University Mound board regarding plans for residents' continued care, and on how it envisions helping residents transition out of the facility.
"Closure of this facility places the lives of these residents in jeopardy," Campos said. "I am gravely concerned with the access to care for these individuals. The closure of the University Mound Ladies Home is endemic of the economic crisis and widening affordability gap that is eroding the values of San Francisco."
Anna Stratton, whose mother resides at University Mound and will turn 87 on July 10, is one of many concerned family members affected by the sudden closure.
"I'm concerned that my mother may be one of the residents that does not survive the change from one residence to another," Stratton said.
She added that when her mother began living in the assisted-care home, they were never given a reason to doubt that University Mound would stay in operation. Stratton's mother, who has lived in San Francisco since 1957 and volunteered there for 35 years, wanted to live the rest of her life in the city – but won't be able to do so due to the home's sudden closure.
"We were not informed of anything," Stratton said. "It's very upsetting, not only for my mother, but for all the elders. We have been kept in the dark."
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They have financial woes, but one of them is not rent. They own their building. Perhaps they want to cash out by selling their property
"We just assumed that the free stuff would go on forever, and that nothing would ever change. I'm a liberal, so I don't like change," Stratton said.
If these residents are so poor, like Stratton's mum, can't they apply for Medi-Cal services and be taken care of in a nursing facility in the city? Or is she just trying to save her inheritance?
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Oswald The Octopus Format : Children's television series, Animated television series Created by : Dan Yaccarino Developed by: Lisa Eve Hubman, Dan Yaccarino Directed by : Fredrick Stroppell, Debra Bronzon, Henry Lenardin- Starring : Fred Savage Debi Derryberry David Lander Crystal Scales Gianna Bruzesse Country of origin : United States, United Kingdom Original language(s) : English Oswald is an American children's cartoon series on Nick Jr. about a blue octopus and his friends, that first aired August 20, 2001 and officially ended in early 2004. The show was created by Dan Yaccarino and was co-produced by HiT Entertainment. It was also shown on Noggin in reruns. The show aired on Nick Jr. on CBS on September 22, 2001, to September 7, 2002. Nick Jr. aired the original episodes until the network lineup changes on March 1, 2012 took effect. It also airs on the British channel "JimJam" which is shown in numerous countries including Israel. In addition, the Indian channel Zee TV currently airs a Hindi dubbed version. It is also telecast on Indian channel Pogo as a Hindi dubbed version. Main characters Oswald (voiced by Fred Savage) - Oswald is a large, round, blue octopus (four arms, four legs making a total of eight limbs) who lives in an apartment complex with Henry the Penguin and several other animals including a turtle named Buster. A very gentle, polite and big-hearted octopus, Oswald is always willing to go out of his way to help his friends. His favorite hobby is playing the piano and singing (usually to comfort himself or to encourage a friend). He sometimes says "Oh, my gosh!". Oswald always wears a life preserver when he is around water and loves Swizzleberry Swirl ice cream. Weenie (voiced by Debi Derryberry) - Weenie (sometimes referred to by Oswald as "Weenie-girl" or just "girl") is Oswald's pet; a "wiener-dog", very similar to a Dachshund. Weenie bears a strong resemblance to a hot dog and only communicates in "bark-speak" (similar to Blue in Blue's Clues). Weenie accompanies Oswald everywhere he goes, and her favorite food is vanilla dog biscuits. Henry the Penguin (voiced by David Lander) - Oswald's downstairs neighbor and best friend. A persnickety penguin, Henry is a creature of habit in every way and usually shuns the idea of trying different things, though he can sometimes be persuaded otherwise. He does his best to maintain a rigid schedule, which includes taking care of his extensive spoon collection, ending every evening watching "Penguin Patrol", his favorite TV show, and doing the Penguin Polka before bedtime. Most of Henry's favorite foods are fish-flavored and he is a proven expert on snow. He has an identical cousin from the North named Louie (voiced by Michael McKean), and on occasion speaks of an Aunt Arctica. His motto is "slow and steady". He always takes two (used to be three) marshmallows in his hot cocoa, saying "No more, no less". He also hates getting wet. Daisy (voiced by Crystal Scales) - Daisy is a tall orange/yellow/green daisy. Free-spirited and energetic, Daisy participates in sports and other activities. She is a close friend of both Oswald and Henry; the three of them often go on sojourns together. Daisy loves sunflower sundaes, riding her unicycle, has a large leaf collection and loves peppermint tea. Daisy is very excitable, often needing to be hushed by Oswald when she speaks too loudly. She also has an Aunt Marigold and her pet expression is "Golly Tamale!". Thanks For Watching Please SUBSCRIBE This Channel Google Page : https://plus.google.com/u/0/106514717652428835423/posts Oswald The Octopus : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH9xxThF2b1S-h8vrcnHfcg


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Eshoo votes to defund NSA phone program
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Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, July 25, 2013, 10:18 AM
on Jul 25, 2013 at 12:06 pm
Good job but too bad it did not pass.
on Jul 25, 2013 at 12:57 pm
It's interesting to see who voted in favor and against this bill.
Of course the President was never going to sign it. I think some of those who voted against it knew that and cast a safe vote. But that's the skeptic in me typing.
What's really amazing is for all the complaining Democrats did when George Bush was President they sure haven't done much to undo any of the programs Bush started that we all thought were so evil.
In fact some of those programs have been augmented under Obama's watch.
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I am pleased that Congresswoman Eshoo voted correctly.


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While there were a number of controversial decisions at UFC on FUEL TV 8: "Silva vs. Stann" last night (March 2, 2013) in Japan, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight Diego Sanchez's split decision win over Takanori Gomi on the main card may have been the worst of all.
According to MMADecision.com, a website that tracks media scores for UFC events, Gomi was unanimously considered to be the victor; however, two of the three judges sitting cageside for the catchweight contest felt differently.
"The Dream", who came in to the bout two-pounds overweight and was fined 20 percent of his purse, was awarded the win; and while a majority of the mixed martial arts (MMA) community felt he wasn't deserving of it, Sanchez feels he did enough damage in the fight to justify the nod.
"I don't feel this victory was given to me I feel I earned it," Sanchez told Gareth A. Davies on the UFC on FUEL TV 8 post-fight show. "I went out there, I did more damage, got the first round and Takanori Gomi - don't take nothing away from that guy man,"
Gomi looked as sharp as ever in his seventh UFC appearance, connecting with strikes on the feet and controlling the center of the Octagon for the majority of the 15-minute contest. "The Fireball Kid" looked like the man who ruled the Pride lightweight division for so long and Sanchez agrees, telling Davies the version of Gomi who showed up at the Saitama Super Arena was the same one who struck fear in the heart of fighters worldwide years ago.
"He is a legend for a reason and it was a legend version, this is the Japan version of Takanori Gomi," Sanchez said. "This is Gomi from five years ago, in Japan, in front of his crowd and that's the legend that was the Pride champion and that's who I fought tonight, so very rewarding that I was able to go out there and get the victory."
After a nearly 13-month layoff due to injury, The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) season one winner was happy with a win any way he could get it in his return to the Octagon. At 31 years old, Sanchez knows he doesn't have much time left in the sport, and while he doesn't have a retirement plan mapped out, one of the UFC longest tenured fighters wants to accomplish as much as possible in whatever time remains in his career.
"I just feel fortunate to be back in the cage, off the injury list and doing what I love," Sanchez said. "I know I only have so much time left in this sport so I want to make the most of it."
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