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Events include Evergreen Park native Kristen Clifford performing at Lifeline Theatre's Fillet of Solo Festival in Chicago.
Fillet of Solo Festival
Lifeline Theatre's 16th annual Fillet of Solo Festival will feature soloist storyteller Kristen Clifford, who grew up in Evergreen Park.
She has performed in TBS Just for Laughs Chicago festival and the Chicago Women's Funny Festival, both of which occurred in 2012.
The festival will run from Jan. 3-20 at Lifeline Theatre, 6912 N. Glenwood Ave., and Heartland Studio Theatre, 7016 N. Glenwood Ave., both in Chicago.
Performance times are 7 and 8:30 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 4 p.m. Sundays at 4 p.m.
"As part of its 30th anniversary season, Lifeline Theatre is thrilled to partner with a host of local performance groups in a vibrant celebration of Chicago's long-lived storytelling and Live Lit scene," officials said.
The festival also will feature the work of 2nd Story, enSOLO, GayCo, the kates, the Lifeline Storytelling Project, Stir Friday Night, Story Club, Sweat Girls, Tellin' Tales Theatre (featuring Tekki Lomnicki), Write Club and You're Being Ridiculous.
Amanda Rountree, Kim Morris and Eric Warner are among the solo performers booked for this event.
Tickets are $10 for single tickets and $30 for a festival pass (allows admission to any performance). Free parking is available with a shuttle.
Information: (773) 761-4477, lifelinetheatre.com.
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Due to the holiday season, one should call to check on availability of the following events and possible changes to regular schedules.
THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: 111 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, (312) 443-3600: The Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art recently opened. Exhibits include "Rarely Seen Contemporary Works on Paper" through Jan. 13. *** Admission is free to Illinois residents on the first and second Wednesdays of the month.
RIDDLES COMEDY CLUB: 5055 W. 111th St., Alsip, (708) 422-5055: Uncle Rail will perform on Dec. 28-29. A party package is available for Kent Radar's Dec. 31 performance for New Year's Eve.
ADLER PLANETARIUM: 1300 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, (312) 922-7827: Exhibits include "The Universe: A Walk Through Space and Time," "Our Solar System," "Collecting Memories: The Webster Story," "Planet Explorers" for families with ages 3-8, "Telescopes: Through the Looking Glass," and "Shoot for the Moon."
THE FIELD MUSEUM: 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, (312) 922-9410: Exhibits include "Extreme Mammals" through Jan. 6; "Maharaja: The Splendor of India's Royal Courts" through Feb. 3; "Images of the Afterlife" through June 9 and "Fashion and the Field Museum Collection: Maria Pinto" through June 16.
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: 57th Street and Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, (773) 684-1414: Exhibits include "Charlie Brown and the Great Exhibit," "Smart Home: Green + Wired" through Jan. 6, "Science Storms," "YOU! The Experience," "The Great Train Story" and the Baby Chick Hatchery. There also are daily live science demonstrations like the chemistry show "Bangs, Flashes and Fire." *** The Omnimax Theater is showing "Born To Be Wild" through March 1.
1950S PARK FOREST HOUSE MUSEUM: 141 Forest Blvd., parkforesthistory.org: "Step Back into a 1950s Christmas" is on display throughout December from 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Saturdays and Wednesdays or by appointment.
SHEDD AQUARIUM: 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, (312) 939-2438: Visitors can stop by and see the baby beluga whale and the newest otter, Cayucos, a rescued pup from California. Cayucos joined five adult otters that are native to Alaskan waters. *** Exhibits include "Jellies," which has been extended through 2013, "Waters of the World," "Caribbean Reef," "Amazon Rising," "Wild Reef" and the Polar Play Zone. Attractions include the Shedd's aquatic show.
"A CHRISTMAS CAROL": Goodman Theatre's Albert Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St. Chicago, (312) 443-3800: Hazel Crest resident Melanie Brezill, who most recently starred in Regina Taylor's award-winning production of "Crowns" in summer at the Goodman, has returned to the theater for the 35th anniversary production of "A Christmas Carol" as Martha Cratchit.
Brezill also has been seen in "The Book of Mormon" on Broadway.
"A Christmas Carol" is a holiday tradition enjoyed by more than 1 million Chicagoans and has been dubbed "a joyous present for the entire family" by SouthtownStar sister newspaper the Chicago Sun-Times.
Goodman associate producer Steve Scott directs the anniversary production starring Chicago actor Larry Yando in his fifth turn as Ebenezer Scrooge.
"A Christmas Carol" runs through Dec. 29. Tickets are $25-$82.
BMO Harris Bank is the major corporate sponsor, and Aon and KPMG LLP are corporate sponsor partners. FTD Group Inc. is the lead corporate sponsor of Community Day (Dec. 29).
"A Christmas Carol has become my favorite holiday event over the years, and I am thrilled to direct this 35th anniversary production," Scott said.
"We've assembled a cast of some of Chicago's best actors to bring this story to life including the redoubtable Larry Yando as Scrooge.
"I hope that we can make this year's edition even scarier, funnier and more emotionally powerful than it's been in the past."
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"ANNIE": Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora, (630) 896-6666:It's the rags to riches story everyone loves. It has the songs everyone loves. It has little girls, little girls, little girls, everywhere one turns, plus one very talented dog. It's the musical everyone's been waiting for: "Annie," directed by Rachel Rockwell.
"Bring the entire family and join Annie, her canine companion Sandy, and her pint-sized cohorts for the musical adventure of a lifetime," officials said.
The show features Frankfort resident Kayla Rea as Duffy.
Don't let the red curls, freckles and dress fool you. Little Orphan Annie is a true adventurer.
This adorable little girl was abandoned as a baby, raised in an orphanage, ran away and lived with the homeless, befriended a U.S. president, and found a new home with one of the wealthiest people in America.
That's all in just 11 years. Leapin' Lizards! No wonder Annie was nominated for 11 Tony Awards and won seven including best musical.
"From 'Hard Knock Life' to 'Tomorrow,' the music, dancing and heartwarming story make 'Annie' the perfect way for families to spend the holiday season," officials said.
"Just wait until director-choreographer Rachel Rockwell (named best director by Chicago magazine), music director Evan Rea, an A-list cast and design team and the Paramount Theatre Orchestra combine forces to do what Paramount does best: inject fresh, new ideas into beloved American musicals like 'Annie' to create a sensational live theatrical experience like you've never seen before."
Performances run through Dec. 30 at 8 p.m. Fridays, 4 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, 1 and 5 p.m. Sundays, 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays and 7:30 p.m. Thursdays except there is no evening show on Dec. 19 or performances on Dec. 20, 26 and 27.
Tickets are $34.90-$46.90 at the box office from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays and two hours prior to evening performances or at (630) 896-6666.
Note: Rea is among two sets of six girls — the red cast and the green cast – who rotate performances for "Annie."
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More events can be found at the website for the Chicago Southland Convention & Visitors Bureau, cscvb.com.


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Don't smoke 'em if you got 'em | Coming ban in England stadia another blow to terrace nostalgia
Recto and verso of the early 1920s cigarette card of goalkeeper Jerry Dawson, who played more than 700 games for Burnley FC. Cigarette companies worldwide "issued card sets in an encyclopedic range of subjects," according to the website of the New York Public Library digital collection, from which this image comes. (Humanities and Social Sciences Library | George Arents Collection)
London | Commercial marketing of cigarettes has a brief history relative to thousands of years of tobacco use. Yet within 10 years of the first machine-rolled tobacco sticks dropping from the production line on 30 Apr 1884 at W. Duke and Sons in Durham, North Carolina, the first image of a footballer had appeared on a cigarette card, a mid-18th-century promotional tool that also acted as a pack stiffener. Writes Hunter Davies in his material history of the sport, Boots, Balls, and Haircuts:
The earliest cigarette cards in the UK featured actresses, soldiers, ships and sportsmen—topics deliberately chosen because most smokers at the time were men. It was in fact small boys who did most of the collecting, swapping the cards or sticking them in albums which the cigarette companies were soon providing. (120)
Such began the long cultural fusion between athletes and smoking, progressing from the cigarette card to tobacco companies' sponsorship of athletic competition through advertising, then, when this became illegal in the United States and elsewhere, through underwriting of motor racing, women's tennis, women's golf, cricket and so on.
Connections between smoking and football likewise have been persistent, with the relationship only in the past 10 years or so, influenced by anti-smoking lobbies, having moved to one of antipathy rather than bonhomie. Any traces of the UK terrace culture after which nostalgists now pine may be snuffed out permanently as of Jul 1, at 6 a.m., when a nationwide public smoking ban comes into force. (The ban is being phased in throughout the home countries and is already in force in Scotland. Northern Ireland and Wales come on board in April.) Ambiguity about whether the Health Act 2006 applies to football stadia was erased following consultation with football supporters; just 10 percent opposed extending the ban.
Naturally, a bastion of satirists and advocates for civil liberties within the UK has been offended, few more so than acerbic Sunday Times columnist Rod Liddle. The one-time BBC producer turned fiction writer, a Church of England attender and champion of a human's right to vice, he once authored an essay that carried the headline "Resist the Tobacco Taliban" (Sunday Times, 25 Jun 06). His earlier Guardian column referred to a "sententious medical clergy" emphasizing to the public the dangers of passive smoking: "The British Medical Association recently voted by an overwhelming majority to press for a ban of smoking in public places, as if it were smoking, rather than themselves, which posed the greater threat to mankind" ("Health Warning: Doctors Kill," 16 July 03).
Regarding the Jul 1 ban, Liddle calls on his credentials as a Millwall supporter to champion the working-class pastime of smoking at football. He is, he boasts, good at smoking, "far, far better at smoking than the current Millwall team is at playing football." Smokers will not be able to vent their frustration outside the ground or in the car park. Millwall management says smoking is banned there, too. So, instead of calling it the Health Act 2006, Liddle renames this Act of Parliament the Vindictive Curtailment of Working Class Pleasures Act.
Bolton supporters at Burnden Park, in this image by Humphrey Spender (see 12 Sept 06), circa 1937, demonstrate the simple pleasures of standing and smoking at football. Now both practices will be prohibited with anti-smoking legislation taking force in England on Jul 1. (Bolton Museums Art Gallery and Aquarium; see www.cottontown.org)
[S]uccessive administrations have sought to make football more middle class by stripping it of all those things that once made it vital and compelling. It is the passion and fervour and partisan loyalty—dangerous things!—that the middle class find most threatening about football, and so, gradually over these past 20 years, they have been eradicated from the game almost entirely. Football is a congenial entertainment best viewed through the medium of some kind of box (the directors' box, for the chosen few, or the box in the corner of your living room for the rest), seems to be the attitude. ("Our Simple Pleasures Go Up in Smoke," Jan 28)
Liddle taps into a yearning for authenticity, calling up the image of the terrace dweller of literary fantasy, the northerner seeking brief delight in a Saturday afternoon, a respite from miserable routine. A standard evocation might be that of Alan Sillitoe—author of The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner, the "English 101″ staple—in his short story "The Match." The protagonist, Lennox, punctuates world-weary commentary about the home side, Notts County—"They'd even lose at blow football"—with tugs at a cig. "Hardly knowing what he was doing Lennox pulled out a cigarette, lit it." "He threw his cigarette end to the floor and, with a grimace of disappointment and disgust, made his way up the steps."
Such were the audiences coveted by the tobacco brands of yore, with names like Ogden's (see above), Churchman's, Player's and Gallaher's. Davies reckons that several billion cigarette cards depicting footballers ultimately were produced, with more than 10,000 separate football-themed designs having been distributed between 1900 and 1939. The cards, ingeniously, came in series to prompt brand loyalty. Academics Michelle McQuistan and Christopher Squier, in a 2001 study, mention a 50-card set that Ogden's issued in 1908, "Pugilists and Wrestlers."
Tobacco companies in the United States developed a similar affinity for athletes. Piedmont Tobacco in 1910 issued a card of Pittsburgh Pirates star Honus Wagner, "famous for his love of cigars and chewing tobacco," write McQuistan and Squier. Wagner, however, insisted that the card be withdrawn in order not to entice children to purchase tobacco products. U.S. tobacco advertising extended its pitch to growing crowds of spectators, men and women, with a 1929 Camel ad focusing on a female American football supporter, standing and cheering. The caption, according to McQuistan and Squier, reads:
More genuine pleasure … more hearty cheer … Camel gains on every play, Go into a huddle with yourself and a pack of Camels … and you're all set! (105)
Before the links between smoking and lung cancer, before the elimination, in the United States, on 1 Jan 1971 of cigarette ads on TV and radio, smoking by athletes themselves was not a shocking sight. Arsenal players puff away in the 1940 feature The Arsenal Stadium Mystery. UK poet Simon Armitage crafts verse in heroic terms of the goalkeeper who smokes in seeming defiance of mainstream images of professional fitness and discipline. "Goalkeeper with a Cigarette"—published in The Shout: Selected Poems (Harcourt, 2005)—lauds the man "who stubs his reefers on the post / and kicks his heels in the stud-marks and butts, / lighting the next from the last, in one breath / making the save of the year with his legs …" This goalkeeper of the imagination seems allied with those who take a "sideways view" of life. He has "no neat message for the nation" and lacks in histrionics, unlike captains and coaches
effing and jeffing at backs and forwards,
talking steam, screaming exhausting orders,
that's not breath coming from my bloke, it's smoke.
Pro-smoking group Forest, according to the Guardian's Simon Hattenstone, has compiled an all-smoking fantasy team, including Brazilian legend Sócrates with Paul Gascoigne on the bench ("He Shoots, He Scores, He Lights Another Fag …," 7 Jul 06). Forest might also have included France midfield artiste and new UEFA president Michel Platini, an "enthusiastic smoker" sometimes seen puffing at Juventus training sessions at the height of his playing career. Hattenstone alludes as well to Zinédine Zidane's surreptitious tokes at the 2006 World Cup finals, captured via telephoto lens before the semifinal with Portugal: "Eyes closed, cheeks squeezed in tight, index finger stroking his upper lip, he seemed to be in heaven."
Fir Park, home to Motherwell in the Scottish Premier League, includes anti-smoking messages such as the one above. The full text reads, "Keep Cigarettes Away from the Match." Another sign, according to "Tartan Red on Tour," asks, "Is this the closest you have got to exercise all week?" On 16 Apr 06, Tartan Red "perused these health-conscious signs as I polished off my scotch pie." (tartanredontour.blogspot.com)
Such earthy pleasures likely will not be able to counteract the turns in attitude toward smoking, especially in public. France, too, has passed legislation banning smoking in schools and offices; in 2008, the ban broadens to bars, restaurants, cafés. Turkey, home to the cliché "smokes like a Turk," in 2006 strengthened hodgepodge anti-smoking laws, causing writers at "The Round Ball in Ankara" to mourn loss of the blissful trifecta of "Efes beer, Tekel 2000 cigarettes and football" ("Civilization Going to Pot," 5 Mar 06).
At least in the UK, stadium authorities are not playing around. Glasgow Rangers has tossed more than 100 fans since the Scotland ban came in force in Mar 06 ("Sneak Smokers Face Football Ban," BBC News, Mar 14). Nationwide, smokers caught flaunting the law in banned areas face fines of £50 per infraction.
Tobacco's influence has even been challenged in emerging markets such as China and India. Newscasters in China as of 1999 no longer could refer to football's top division in that country as the Marlboro Chinese Premier League. Sponsorship was acquired by Pepsi.
Hunter Davies, Boots, Balls, and Haircuts: An Illustrated History of Football from Then to Now (London: Cassell, 2003), 119–21; Robert McElroy and Grant MacDougall, Football Memorabilia: Evocative Artefacts of the Beautiful Game (London: Carlton, 1999); Michelle McQuistan and Christopher Squier, "Tobacco, Health, and the Sports Metaphor," Culture, Sport, Society (summer 2001): 101–20; Joyce Woolridge, "Mapping the Stars: Stardom in English Professional Football, 1890–1946," Soccer and Society 3 (summer 2002): 51–69. We were not able to locate another volume, cited by Woolridge: D. Thompson, Football and the Cigarette Card, 1890–1940 (London: Murray Cards International, 1987).
Wikipedia maintains a lengthy list of smoking bans worldwide. Allan Brandt in The Cigarette Century (Basic, 2007) writes about the American habit—up to 350 billion cigarettes per year—as a "drama of consumer desire."
For more on the situation in Turkey, see our post of 9 Mar 06.


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Visitation was held from 6-8 p.m. Friday, November 15, 2013, at Ray Funeral Home in Cleveland. Celebration of Life services was held at 2 p.m. Saturday, November 16, 2013, at Ray Funeral Home with Rev. Ed Hall officiating. Interment will follow in New Cleveland Cemetery.
Mrs. Arbuckle was born in Charleston, MS, on June 17, 1923, to Bertha Deese. She married Brook Arbuckle on August 10, 1943. She enjoyed going to Pace Pentecostal Church and was a lifelong member of over 50 years. She loved spending time with her family and sitting and watching birds and squirrels.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Brook Arbuckle; and son, John Arbuckle.
Mrs. Arbuckle is survived by her three sons, Floyd Arbuckle (Gwen) of Cleveland, Ike Arbuckle (Barbara) of Boyle, and Spencer Arbuckle of Cleveland; four daughters, Jeraldine McDonald (James) of Linn, Bertha Utz (Freddie) of Cleveland, Linda Foster (Bobby) of Boyle, and Lucille Braxton (Johnny) of Amory, MS; 16 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be grandsons: John Arbuckle Jr., Floyd Arbuckle, Jr., Todd Arbuckle, Bobby Foster, Jr., J.C. Braxton, Spencer Arbuckle, Jr., Ike Arbuckle, Jr., and Ian Hughes.
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He was born Sept. 14, 1991, a son of the late John Hadden and Rhonda Creasman Baker.
He was a lifelong resident of Cleveland, and attended Heritage Fellowship Church of God.
He enjoyed racing BMX bikes, boxing, and meeting new people. He never met a stranger. He had a good heart, was a very sincere person, and loved everyone.
In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by one grandfather, Bud Hadden; and a great-grandfather, Aurther Creasman.
He is survived by his mother, Rhonda Creasman Baker and stepfather Dan Baker; brother, Austin Hadden; grandmothers: Teresa Creasman and Terry Hadden; grandfather, David Creasman (Nancy); great-grandmother, Francis Creasman; aunt and uncle, Robert "Scooter" and Joni Creasman; cousins: Hunter, Fisher and Dylan Creasman; and numerous other extended family members and friends.
The family will receive friends at Heritage Fellowship Church of God, 4635 South Lee Highway, McDonald, TN 37353 on Saturday night, Jan. 12, from 5 to 9 and Sunday afternoon from 2 to 3 p.m.
The service will be Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, at 3 p.m. with the Rev. Steve Gilbert officiating.
Interment will follow the service at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens in Cleveland, with Nate Emerson, Kenny Shank, Jody Elliott, Keith Lee, Hunter Green, Andrew Carden, David Jolley serving as pallbearers.
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Can Britain afford a cold war-era nuclear deterrent? New aircraft carriers? Typhoon fighter aircraft?
In the debate below and in the comment pages of the FT, some of the leading experts on the military put forward their views on Britain's role in a world of constrained defence budgets. What do you think? Click the "comment" button to take part.
Unreliable friends weigh on the west in Afghanistan
Max Hastings, a military historian and FT contributing editor, argues that the greatest problem facing the allies in Afghanistan is not military but civil: the absence of Afghan administrators to exploit tactical successes by bringing visible benefits to local communities.
Where Britain should cut to defend the realm
Charles Guthrie, a former chief of the defence staff, says if we do not make strategic plans, we may find ourselves not only unable to fulfil our current missions but also incapable of defending our interests 30 years from now.
Trident can live to deter another day
David Davis, Conservative MP, argues that in this era of tight budgets it is evident that we should save the £20bn on an upgrade and make the Trident system last.
Britain must work with Europe on defence
Menzies Campbell, former Liberal Democrat leader, argues that the only way for Britain to maintain an expeditionary capability while also defending the country is to work with European nations, particularly France.
The defence industry is good for the country
Ian Godden, head of the Society of British Aerospace Companies, argues that the UK benefits financially and through job creation from investment in defence, even as defence budgets have slipped relative to other public spending goals
Defence cuts reduce Britain's value as an ally
Gary Schmitt, director of the Program on Advanced Strategic Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, argues that the tough choices facing the UK on defence spending mean that there will be a fundamental change in the "special relationship" . Ties between US and UK will remain, but will they be special?
Logic in Europe's military could check spending
Tomas Valasek, defence director at the Centre for European Reform, argues that the financial problems facing the defence budget could be eased by a more sensible approach by EU nations to foreign missions and to big weapons systems
Look to Anglo-French co-operation for savings
Alexander Nicoll, editorial director at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, argues Britain should focus on what it needs for today's wars, try to work with the French and maintain military research
Britain must work with Europeans on defence
Malcolm Rifkind, MP and formerly both defence and foreign secretary, argues that co-operation, and sharing the nuclear deterrent with France, is the best way to ensure the UK retains the ability to project force around the world
Britain needs to increase defence spending
James Blitz, the FT's defence and diplomatic editor, argues that rather than cutting big programmes, voters need to accept the need to spend more to ensure troops are properly resourced.
What Britain must give up for the soldiers it needs
Max Hastings, a military historian and FT contributing editor, argues that the politicians and civil servants are dodging the hard decisions about military hardware. Trident nuclear missiles do not deter terrorists, sailors are ready to surrender F-35 jets to avoid cuts elsewhere and the Eurofighter jet is an expensive embarrassment. What really matters is boots on the ground, so the money should be going into the army.


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With the enormously successful feature film still playing in some theaters, Men in Black: The Series debuted in the fall of 1997 on the Kids' WB. In the cartoon version, Agent Kay (the Tommy Lee Jones character in the film) was back as a member of MiB, still partnered with Agent Jay (the Will Smith character).
A little background: In 1961, the INS discovered that the planet earth had become a hot vacation destination for alien species. The earthlings negotiated an agreement with the Intergalactic Travel Commision (ITC), with four key points: First, the aliens gave the humans advanced technology. Second, no criminals would be allowed to travel to earth. Third, while on earth, all aliens must disguise themselves as human beings, animals, or other native creatures or objects. Fourth, the ITC would commission a team of agents to enforce these regulations and put down all alien threats. These agents became known as the Men in Black.
Led by Agent Zed, the MiB were distinguished by their dark suits and sunglasses. They had to leave behind their former lives and even their names, taking a single letter of the alphabet as an agent name. In addition to hard-nosed Kay, cocky young Jay, and crusty old Zed, the show gave a bigger role to agent Elle (officially enrolled at the end of the movie), an ambitious female operative who worked as chief field scientist. Also hanging out at MiB headquarters were a few more carryovers from the film?The Fellas (little alien gossips who hung out at the coffee machine) and The Twins (Bob and the one with the unpronounceable name). Out in the field, the MiB relied on informants like Frank the Pug and Jeebs, the disguised alien pawnshop owner.
In the series, the MiB's chief nemesis was Alpha, the original head of MiB who had since gone evil. Other threats to the planet included the tiny, mean-tempered Fmecks, dual-mouthed Auduzi, evil alien plants The Nrak, and the burly, revenge-minded Drekk, who commanded a cadre of Yeti Thugs. Not all aliens were evil, however. Aside from The Fellas and The Twins, the MiB were friendly with blobbish Troy the Symbiote and the Arquillans, the tiny aliens from the film who operated "human suits" from inside the suit's head. Somewhere in between good and evil were the Astro Tots, the oh-so cute hosts of a preschool-age Saturday morning cartoon show (people just assumed they were big puppets).
Men in Black: The Animated Series continued the success of its feature film predecessor, becoming one of the most popular shows in the WB's Saturday morning lineup. The series is still going strong on the Kids WB, bringing "New Episodes, New Aliens, New Agents!"
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More refined than Outback and less price intimidating than Ruth's Chris, Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar is upscale, but not haute extreme.
Wine is important at Fleming's; it's used as part of the decor at the bar and displayed in racks in the upper and lounge-level dining rooms. Look for an open kitchen (notice the classy quilted copper awning) and a design scheme that's lighter and more polished than in traditional man-land steakhouses. Relaxed but definitely sophisticated, Fleming's gives chain restaurants a very good name indeed. The place seats about 200 in several sections, some more private and cozy than others, but the noise level is high, well beyond a convivial buzz when the dining rooms are full.
Entrées average $26, and that doesn't include side dishes. Vegetables and other accompaniments are ordered separately and served family style, which means a dish to pass around easily serves three. Sides average $6 and include four kinds of potato dishes, creamed spinach or corn, broccoli, asparagus, sautéed button mushrooms in garlic butter, and onion rings spiced with a chipotle chili mayonnaise. Definitely worth trying. Six different salads are offered, including an iceberg lettuce wedge with tomatoes, red onions and crumbled blue cheese in a creamy blue cheese dressing. It's like something out of the '50s. The restaurant's signature salad is a more modern mélange of seasonal greens, candied walnuts with tomatoes and croutons. Salads average $6.50 and are generous enough to share.
Chief among the entrées, of course, is steak, which is USDA Prime, corn-fed and aged up to a month. It's hand-cut daily and broiled at 1600-degrees. Choose an eight-ounce filet mignon or one that weighs in at 12. There's a 16-ounce and a 22-ounce rib-eye, as well as a 16-ounce and 20-ounce New York strip. Peppercorn sauce and Bernaise are served with all the steaks upon request. Additionally, the kitchen serves a half-dozen seafood specialties (the tuna mignon is especially pleasant, with its poppyseed au poivre and sherry vinaigrette) and a mixed grill as well as veal, pork and lamb chops and a chicken breast baked in white wine. Desserts include a rich and creamy-fudgy chocolate torte and a superior, individually prepared berry cobbler crowned by vanilla ice cream. Served warm, this is also plenty generous enough to share, if you can bear to. Everything we sampled at Fleming's was first rate. The steaks are as fine as those prepared in the finest establishments in town.
But a successful steakhouse can't succeed on elegant beef alone-the meat is too expensive to begin with. So a fabulous money-making bar is essential; and Fleming's has one. Besides mixed drinks served from a handsome polished wood oasis, the wine list is a standout; and it's so brilliantly organized that a novice can navigate it. It's divided into sparklings, whites and reds, with the offerings listed progressively from light to full-bodied.
Corporate wine director Marian Jansen op de Haar is the mastermind of the Fleming's wine list nationally; and she personally trains all the servers in all the Fleming's restaurants to ensure a basic level of knowledge. There is no sommelier. The wine bar serves special two-ounce tastings (in flights of three), and there are 100 wines by the glass, averaging $8, with many heading far north of that. A single glass of Duckhorn, sauvignon blanc, 2001, is $15.25; and a pour of Freemark Abbey, Bosche Estate Napa Valley, 1998 will set you back $23.95. It's tempting to allow your spirits bill at Fleming's to outstrip your New York strip steak dinner. But whatever the final balance, the total experience at this upmarket chain delivers satisfaction and value.
Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar
2001 Siesta Drive, Sarasota
(941) 358-9463
Dinner: daily, Monday-Thursday, 5-10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 5-11 p.m.; Sunday, 5-9 p.m.
Credit cards: All major
Reservations welcome
Parking: off-street in restaurant lot
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Net Zero Montpelier: Addressing Climate Change at the Local Level John Hollar Mayor As the reality of climate change becomes more evident each year, so too does the impact it will have on future generations. While meaningful change needs to happen on a national and global scale, we have an obligation to act at the individual and community levels.
I am proud that our city council has taken a leadership role by adopting Net Zero Montpelier. Net Zero Montpelier is a commitment that all of the energy consumed in Montpelier by 2030 will be generated from or offset by renewable sources. It is a major initiative that will require a commitment from most of our residents.
The Montpelier Energy Advisory Committee is laying the foundation to meet the goals of NZM. Chaired by Tim Shea, the MEAC has begun to establish the goals and benchmarks that will guide our net zero work.* We are also receiving major support from Energy Action Network, the Vermont Energy Investment Corporation and Green Mountain Power.
MEAC's first task will be to create a dashboard that will enable households and businesses to evaluate their energy usage in each of these areas. This dashboard will allow the city to create benchmarks that will be used to measure progress towards NZM.
Each of us consumes energy in three major areas: electric, thermal and transportation. Although electric usage often receives the most attention, electricity consumption may be the easiest sector in which to achieve net zero. It is already possible for homeowners and businesses to purchase all of their electric energy from renewable sources. The city is facilitating significant new solar generation in Montpelier. GMP's smart meter initiative will help consumers use electricity more efficiently.
Thermal energy (heating and cooling of homes and businesses) will be more challenging as it will require most buildings to switch from fossil fuel to renewable sources of energy. The completion of the Montpelier's District Heat system was a major step in converting most of our large downtown buildings to convert to renewable biomass energy. GMP has created a pilot project to make energy-efficient cold climate heat pumps available, which are an affordable alternative to traditional fossil fuel heating.
Transportation will pose the greatest challenge. Montpelier's new transit center will enable greater use of bus transportation. We are working to make Montpelier more bike-friendly. Ultimately, we will be dependent on the development of affordable electric vehicles to transition away from traditional automobiles.
Finally, energy efficiency will be a major component of the Net Zero initiative. Using energy more efficiently for lighting, heating and driving will help us reach our net zero goal.
* The other members of MEAC are Becky Wigg, Dan Jones, Anne Watson, Barry McPhee, Johanna Miller, Ken Jones, Andrew Stein, Dan Costin, Alison Hollingsworth, Bill Neuburger, Barbara Conrey, Geoffrey Fitzgerald and Scott Muller.
Parking issues have has dominated many city discussions lately. Planning for parking might seem to be inconsistent with Net Zero Montpelier, but cars are likely to be with us for a long time. We need to create sensible policies that provide adequate downtown parking, while at the same time encourage the use of bikes, buses and automobiles that don't rely on fossil fuels. I thought it would be useful to outline some of the ways we are addressing Montpelier's parking challenges:
The city council has authorized planning director Mike Miller to explore the feasibility of building a parking garage downtown. A garage would alleviate pressures on short-term parking, create additional development opportunities, increase housing in our downtown area, and allow us to make better use of prime downtown spaces. Once we identify a potential site and determine whether it can be acquired, we will initiate a public process to discuss design and funding issues.
Community members who participated in the Taylor Street Development charrette process expressed a strong preference that a portion of the development be devoted to green space. That desire, unfortunately, has bumped up against the reality of parking demands associated with the thirty housing units that will be built on the site. Those units will require up to 45 parking spaces, which will leave only a small segment for green space. The city will create incentives to encourage tenants at the site to forego parking, which may enable us to reclaim some of that space for public use.
The city council recently reversed a decision that would have created diagonal parking in front of the Statehouse and added 16 new spaces. Many bicyclists objected to that plan, saying that it would make bicycling on State Street more dangerous.
I joined with three others on the city council to reverse the decision to add angled parking. The city council is pursuing a goal of becoming a bike-friendly community, and this would have been inconsistent with that policy. I believe we need to think differently about how we use our public spaces. The area in front of the Statehouse is one of the most scenic in Montpelier. Adding two bike lanes, rather than parking spaces, will better enhance our community. A parking garage located largely out of public view is a better place to add new parking.
Our zoning ordinance requires developers in some areas to provide for tenant parking or pay a parking replacement fee of $5,000 per space. I believe this policy is anachronistic and should be reconsidered. First, it is unfair to new developers. Most existing commercial owners aren't required to provide parking or to pay a parking replacement fee. Second, the ordinance discourages investment in our downtown. Third, it doesn't address our parking needs. Many developers simply end up paying the fee, which goes into a fund and doesn't do anything to alleviate any parking pressures created by the development. I have asked the planning commission to consider repealing or revising this ordinance.
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Let's talk ravioli - something that I love. Of the frozen dinner type meals I've tried, Lean Cuisine Cheese Ravioli is fantastic, Weight Watchers SmartOnes Ravioli Florentine is pretty good too, and Healthy Choice Pumpkin Squash Ravioli is just okay. One that I hadn't tried before was Healthy Choice Ravioli Florentine Marinara, so when I saw it on sale for $1.89, I was all about it.
I put my standard bag of frozen broccoli to good use when I realized that there was not much in the way of veggies going on in this little black tray. Other than that, it looked like it could be a winner. The sauce was a well-developed marinara sauce, differing from a spaghetti sauce with a lighter texture and a more prominent tomato flavor. The little round pasta pockets were al dente and filled with a creamy, ricotta-like spinach mixture that was quite enjoyable. The only thing that was a bit overbearing was the cheese, which was a bit chewy, and a few bites were full of solely cheese. I also had about 2 tablespoons of the plentiful serving of cheese leftover when I threw the otherwise empty tray into the trash. If Healthy Choice would simply cut back on the cheese, a lot, I would add this dish to my favorites list. Then again, if I just remove some of the cheese on my own and add some frozen veggies for a little extra crunch factor and boost of vitamins, it's not too far off.
Each Healthy Choice Ravioli Florentine Marinara dish provides 240 calories, 4 grams of total fat, which includes 2 grams of saturated fat (6% & 10% of the the daily value), 540mg of sodium (23% of the DV), 6 grams of fiber (24% of the DV), 11 grams of sugars and protein.
The excess cheese really drags down what would be an otherwise delightful dish. Plus, Healthy Choice should take the initiative and add some frozen broccoli, so I don't have to do it myself. Have you tried this before - what did you think?
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(05-21-2012 06:18 PM)aarhart1985 Wrote: nice haul man..but not feeling the OSU stuff (Michigan fan!) haha
(05-22-2012 08:35 AM)xstreaminsanity Wrote: Not feeling the Michigan fan (Michigan State fan!!!). Nice cards buck.
(05-22-2012 11:25 AM)buckunteer Wrote: haha you know what they say about the enemy of my enemy Michigan State might be my favorite big ten team other than Ohio State of course for that very fact! (And their fans are largely NOT stupid. I hate Wisconsin and Penn State fans in particular, but that's a story for another day )
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Dairies allegedly divided up territories illegally as a way to eliminate competition and rig milk bids. DES MOINES-- The Attorney General's Office said Thursday that 31 school districts in Northwest Iowa are receiving payments totaling $141,480 from Wells Dairy Inc. of Le Mars, Iowa, in settlement of allegations that Wells conspired with other dairies to fix the prices of milk sold to the schools. Settlement documents were filed today in Polk County District Court. Wells is making the payments to thirteen public school districts and eighteen private schools in Lyon, Sioux, O'Brien and Osceola counties. Wells also is paying $20,000 to the State of Iowa for enforcement of Iowa competition laws. Last year, Land O' Lakes Inc. of Arden Hills, Minnesota, made payments totaling $43,000 to 33 Northwest Iowa school districts in the same matter. Consumer Protection Division Director Bill Brauch said the payments are equivalent to the estimated amount the schools paid above what they would have paid for the milk products if there had been no illegal pricing activity. Wells did not admit to violations but did cooperate in settling the matter. The settlement is related to an investigation initiated by Federal officials of alleged school milk price-fixing by dairies from 1980 to 1992 in Minnesota, South Dakota, and Northwest Iowa. Wells previously paid a penalty as a result of the Federal action. Miller's office focused on the issue of repayment to the schools affected in Iowa. The investigation focused on allegations that the dairies illegally rigged school milk bids by dividing up markets, so that one dairy would win the bid in one area, while other dairies would win the bids in other areas.


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It's difficult to summarize Cambodian Grrrl: Self-Publishing in Phnom Penh. Part travel diary, part cultural study, part biography, Anne Elizabeth Moore's new book covers her time spent in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, teaching self-publishing to 32 teenage girls at The Euglossa Dormitory for University Women. As she convinces the girls that their own stories are worth telling, they transform from a group that looks to their teacher to provide them with topics, to individuals who eagerly write and draw and express, distributing their "zines" around their community. It's not an insignficant thing, this self-expression of young women in a country that has traditionally oppressed their voices in every way. (Though, as Ms. Moore notes, most of the nation's youth don't believe the Khmer Rouge existed.) And in the end, Ms. Moore notes, they learn "how to make media that is outside of government, that isn't associated with a business. If you want to, you can start to change what people know."
Ms. Moore, an author and artist who resides in Chicago, will be holding a release event on Tuesday, September 13, at the Chicago Cultural Center from 6-8pm, in partnership with the the Cambodian Association of Illinois. In the meantime, we chatted with her about making zines in Cambodia and what future prospects await these impressive girls.
What about the zines made them so popular amongst the people to whom you distributed them?
We distributed the zines—which we created in English—in tourist and ex-pat centers and, as I write, they were gobbled up pretty quickly. I think that foreigners in Cambodia we so eager to read the zines was because they were just plain old curious about this tightly guarded culture. Women in Cambodia—and all over Southeast Asia, to varying degrees—are discouraged from participating in public life, and taught to care primarily for men and children not only in the home, but in most social interactions. They're often kept out of school after the third grade, even today, to work the family farm—and if they're not, they're generally sent to work in the factories in the city center. Garment factory workers represent the third largest industry in the country (textiles) and financially support the second largest industry (agriculture) with their earnings. The downside of garment factory work, the masses of young women with few to no options on their own in the city center, makes up the sex industry, which pretty healthily supports the country's first largest industry: tourism. So young Cambodian women are largely invisible to visitors, and yet support all the development the country's been able to undertake in the last 35 years. Invisible but unbelievably influential. I think that makes people curious.
Later on in their work, you write of them exploring their cultural history through the zine. But what other topics were addressed in the zines?
Oh, great stuff. Fun games they play together, things you can do with rice, their favorite water buffalo, the unique Cambodian landscape, boys. This book looks at the first batch of work I did with young Cambodian women in 2007, which was really mostly zine-making. It's the first in a series of four books that will each track a different development area among different cultures of young women in Cambodia. In 2007, there wasn't any internet to speak of in the country. There was often no electricity. Zines made an enormous amount of sense, and took advantage of the plentiful if undermaintained photocopiers around Phnom Penh.
You came in contact with these girls at an early point in their adult lives. What are your hopes for them as they leave the community at Euglossa and navigate their lives and careers in Cambodia?
Well, interestingly enough, the next book will start to explore a little bit more about their futures. One of the problems with the current mode of economic development in Cambodia is that it's so U.S. (and Australian and European) supported. The end goal of many youth programs there is "economic opportunity," which basically means leaving the country and working in the U.S., Australia or Europe, for at least awhile. So at this moment, individuals are given the possibility to financially uplift themselves and their families, but there are few structures that actually support the long-term development of Cambodian industry and social justice. The country—and foreign aid programs—are essentially pushing young people toward entrepreneurship, which is sort of the capitalist ideal. Every man for himself, right? Bootstraps and all that? So the self-publishing project, and some of the other cultural, social and media justice projects I've been involved in since starting to spend time there, are about ensuring that the young women I work with retain a healthy skepticism about selling themselves and their stories to get by. I'm all for travel of course—obviously. And international networks, for sure. But Cambodia will require a lot of care and attention, and that shouldn't emanate from international sources, intent on culling the place for business opportunities. It should come from young people who care about their own history and want to improve their own futures.
You spoke often about the tension between students, teachers, parents and government. What was the response or reaction of the girls' families to the media they created under your supervision?
I actually didn't get much of a chance to see what their families said about the zines—their families live in the provinces, so I didn't get to meet them more than a few times. But the next book, which I think will be called New Girl Law and come out in the spring, will start to talk about some difficulties we faced with making that work public. At one point, one project the young women and I worked on together—a book we co-wrote—was actually censored, both in Cambodia by one of the young women's mentors and in the U.S. So it was one thing to develop this space to explore freedom of expression and really set down on paper what that might entail, but eventually it became clear that allowing young women to speak plainly about political desire was seen as threatening in some surprising circles. The silencing of this work was really, truly painful.
Can you share with us a memorable story written by one of the girls?
One of my favorite zines was a really beautiful retelling of the folktale, The Tortoise and The Hare, that one of the young women drew, called The Rabbit Want to Compete With a Turtle!! I liked it because it told a familiar story but from a totally different cultural context, narrated mostly through interior monologues by the two main characters, who were charmingly drawn by the artist, Raksmey. She's really smart and clever, so the rabbit and the turtle developed these distinct personalities: The rabbit starts off the tale by thinking to itself "La la! I am so smart! And handsome! It's perfect." He spends most of the rest of the zine thinking great things about himself, and napping of course, and meanwhile the turtle, who we know already will win the race, is thinking things like "I'll show you my best trying!!" and "Start." A turtle is asked to enter a race and of course, what else is the turtle going to think about? The turtle is going to think: "Start." I've worked in comics for a really long time now, and this piece—a lot of their pieces, actually—just display this raw, unfiltered desire to communicate some basic things about the way young Cambodian women see the world, and how they construct its problems and solutions. Another thing I love about this piece is how the turtle ends up being a pretty obvious self-portrait of Raksmey: she's a steady, dedicated, well-paced young woman with almost no ego to speak of.
What are you working on now?
Often when I give lectures at universities or among Cambodian communities here in the States, people come away with a really insightful understanding of what Cambodia feels like from a young educated woman's point of view. Increased cultural understanding, particularly between nations with histories as complicated as the U.S. and Cambodia's, is an important component of media justice. It was really gratifying over the winter to have the opportunity to implement this zine-making business into my work with the U.S. State Department as a Fulbright scholar. I was able to pass off several of the zines as well as the how-to documents to the Peace Corps, who I was told would use them to teach zinemaking around the country. If that works, and genuinely offers more people the chance to state their own interests in their own futures more clearly, then I am happy. Zines are only interesting in as far as they allow others to communicate something about themselves to me and whoever else reads them.


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