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Christina Hendricks Keeps It Demure At Vanity Fair's Oscar Party
Usually Christina Hendricks uses scaffolding, two tire jacks and five rolls of duct tape to hike her magnificent chichis all the way past her face until they're touching her eyebrows. But at Vanity Fair's Oscar party last night, her Mount Everest titty balls weren't suffocating and they weren't touching God's feet and hos probably said to her, "So that's what your face looks like, bitch!"
Christina Hendricks' chichi domes look magnificent when they're squeezed up to the roof of heaven or when they look like two extra large mounds of uncooked sourdough cooling on a rack (see: above), but what in Mrs. Roper's cleaning dress HELL is that on her body?! When I was in the 4th grade, I had a friend whose mom didn't have money to buy her a Halloween costume, so I helped her make a witch costume using a nun's gown I wore the year before (yes, I was a nun for Halloween in the 3rd grade, don't ask how much shit I got for that), a black curtain panel from Ikea and black construction paper. My friend's costume cost zero dollars, was busted as fuck and was made by two brats whose hands were shaking from eating too much candy and it still looked more luxurious and fashion forward than that shit Christina wore. That dress looks like something Endora would wear to the funeral of a whore she hated. It looks like something from the American Horror Story: Coven collection at Dress Barn.
With all that being said, Christina Hendricks, hausfrau in mourning dress and all, was still the hottest look at that VF party (no, it wasn't), because mostly everybody else (just Kate Beckinsale) looked like the last place loser at the Miss Bolivia 1993 pageant.
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Jason Momoa And His Ex-Piece Are Real Friendly With Each Other
While hanging outside of a house party in Beverly Hills on Saturday, human mountain of muscles and wolf hair, Jason Momoa, "canoodled" and touched lips with a piece who was not his wife Lisa Bonet. I think this is the best place for me to put the ClairHuxtableSideEyeAndFingerOnChin.GIF.
The NYDN news says that the ginger trick (who sort of gives me shades of Big Brother Rachel) is Jason's ex-fiancee Simmone MacKinnon. Some source says that this is just a St. Angie and James Haven-style friendly kiss of love and they're not bumping wet parts. They're just friends, so Jaleesa doesn't need to hold Denise's bag while she whips a whore with her dreads. (Not that Lisa Bonet would give three shits about this.)
You know, those pictures are actually pretty tame and G-rated and not that big of a deal. You can tell that Simmone really does only see his hot ass as a friend. Because every human behavioral scientist will tell you that when greeting Jason Momoa, any peen-loving chick who feels things in her loins would grab her grappling hooks, climb his body, wrap her legs around his neck and say "hello" by kissing him on the mouth with her other lips, and she'd slip him the tongue. So there's nothing to see here. Moving on!
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Why, Hello There, Jason Momoa
Here's Jason Momoa with a side of Zoe Kravitz and a side of Lisa Bonet at the L.A. premiere of Conan the Barbarian, which is a shit show I'll wait to see in the comfort of my own private space so I can watch his King's Hawaiian sweet bread pecs bounce in slow motion. But this isn't about Jason Momoa's King's Hawaiian sweet bread pecs, surprisingly. This is about THOSE BROWS!
I've given several sermons about Jason's hairy eye triangles, but I'm still torn. There's the cholita lover in me that wants to wax them off with one swipe and throw them toward the Klingon homeland of Qo'noS where they belong. But then there's a part of me that think they look like the gentle waves that carried Jason Momoa to the shores of Hawaii after Neptune made him by mating with a black pearl oyster during a falling star storm. TORN!
While I continue to tear myself apart over this very important eyebrow issue, here's some more pictures from the premiere of this generation's He-Man movie including some pictures of Rose McGowan and Rachel Nichols. I'm guessing it rained Crisco in L.A. last night, because everybody looks greasy as all hell. Like they were in the wrong place when Tommy Girl sprayed out a lube fart. Well, everybody but Rose McGowan was greasy. But that's only because her skin is made of blotting papers. Rose is totally what it would look like if a sculptor with arthritis made a baby powder figure of Dixie Carter.

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Cranmore Hill Climb
The 2014 Cranmore Hill Climb, presented by Northeast Delta Dental
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Host of the 2009, 2011 & 2013 USA Mountain Running Championships and the 2013 NACAC Mountain Championships
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Sunday July 20th
9 AM Start for Men and Women. 2 Laps, about 10K total (the course changes every year)
Registration will be from 7:30-8:30 at the resort.
Cranmore Mountain Resort
1 Skimobile Road
North Conway, New Hampshire 03860
Registration at the Eating House at Cranmore
Course Information
It will be a 2 lap course, starting at the base of the mountain. Course Maps below.
There will be water & Heed Sports Drink available at the bottom and water at the top of the course.
Is this a change from the 2013 Course?
Why, yes it is. The course has had some change to it every year since 2004. That's what makes it fun! What other race do you always set a new PR at every year?
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Cost: $17. Online Reg closes the Wednesday before the race. Day of Registration is $25. Cranmore Hill Climb travel mugs available to the first 200 participants. There will be no t-shirts this year, we thought we would lower the entry fee a little and do something different.
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Okay, I don't really know what you're thinking, but I have a pretty good idea what you want to know. That's because of a cool little WordPress plug-in I've installed on this blog called Psychic Search.
The Psychic Search plug-in is great because it quickly and easily allows me to see what people searched for when they found this website, what search engine they came from, and what they are searching for once they get here.
I know, you can already figure out that with Google Analytics or some other analytics software. However, this plug-in puts that information right into the admin area of your WordPress blog and formats it so it is so much quicker and easier to read.
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July 30th, 2010 at 1:54 pm Dave B said:
This sounds like a great little tool. For anyone who is using Joomla, there is a similar module called Joomlawatch.
I´ll be trying this one out on a couple of my wordpress blogs asap!
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I'll have to check it out. i would with several WordPress blogs and it should be very helpful.
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This month has been a crazy month for me when it comes to work. My work schedule has kept me from doing almost every time in life (seeing friends, sleeping, showering, etc) so I knew that when it came time to sit down and write this months resolution review that it would be rough.
Read a book every month:
I started reading Bethenny Frankel's Place of Yes which I'm borderline embarrassed to admit but I have admitted that I love Bethenny in the past soooooooo.......
Not sure if I'll continue reading the book but it seems interesting enough.
Learn a new art form/technique:
I barely had enough time to shower properly this month.....so this resolution mos def fell to the way side
If I must eat a pizza, only one a month:
Let's just call his a "Fail" by questionable doubt.
I honestly can't remember if I ate enough to equal a whole medium size pizza but I have a feeling a did..... and may have even gone over.
We constantly have pizza delivered to set as "2nd meal" (this normally happens about 12-13 hours into the work day) and it's fairly hard to resist.
Also, we wrapped one of the lead actors for the movie and had some AMAZING pizza....and champagne. Oh yeah, film crews are classy people.
Eat more leafy greens:
I'm just gonna give myself a "C+" and call it a day with this one. I know I ate a good deal of salads this month but not as much as I think I should.
Cook/bake 2-3 new recipes a month:
FAILED! I think the only times I entered my kitchen this month was to open wine bottles and eat way to much cheese.
Keep in better contact with my Mother's friends:
I don't want to give myself to much credit for keeping up with this one as it's to similiar to what I did last month. I didn't want to "fail" at this resolution so last minute I sent my mother's friend flowers.
Travel to at least 2-3 new (to me) cities in the US by the end of the year:
Next month is going to be the month where I complete this one, I swear!
Ok, so this month wasn't the best of the months. In fact, it could be said it's been my worst yet but honestly this month has been crazy with my work schedule and I have literally only had 5 days off.....so I'm not going to beat myself up over it when I barely have enough time to sleep.
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as expected pandey wont be a part of RCB anymore…
We are amazed that the King of good times was so tight with his wallet when it came to paying one of RCB's start performer in Manish Pandey. poor chap! he must be feeling gutted. old semi retired players like Kaif are picked up for thousands of dollars / uncapped players across globe are being auctioned in an INDIAN premier league and not Indian uncapped payers / and the owner of the team to which he has given his heart out is publicly asking the board to punish him.
If one were to be in the shoes of Manish Pandey, you cant help thinking that the entire system is against you. why couldn't BCCI auction all IPL payers / or atleast uncapped players who had won atleast one MOM award something like that… why couldnt it be fair..how do you feel when Manish and Robin Utappa are in the same dressing room in Pune and one guy earns mega bucks and the other earns peanuts and yet contribute better!
Hope Manish scores so brilliantly this time around and show the system the right finger!
Thats sad :(
He shouldnt have done that negotiation
wont effect us….. he will not play good whn in pune team ahahahahaha


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An Evening in Bishop Arts
The weeks are just flying by! I can't believe next weekend is Labor Day and then summer is over:( Although, I must admit, I'm looking forward to cooler temps in Dallas, so we can actually sit on all the awesome outdoor patios. I took it easy this weekend because I planned a little trip to the Texas hill country tomorrow. I know as soon as Matt starts work, days off will be a rarity, so I figured we should check out another area of Texas while we have the time off.
Anyway, we stayed in on Friday night and had pasta with friends, and then planned a pizza date night for Saturday in a different neighborhood. I was super excited to check out the Bishop Arts District outside of downtown because I've heard it's charming and has great good. The rumors are correct!
We arrived early and attempted to walk around, but it was too hot and we didn't make it far. We gave up and grabbed a beer in the cute Whitehall Exchange to kill some time before dinner. I was a tad disappointed that they didn't have beer on tap, but found one of my favorite bottles.
For dinner, we walked over to Eno's Pizza Tavern. The space was adorable and much nicer than your typical pizza place. They had tons of great local beer on tap, although it was pricey at $6 for just a 10oz pour. I understand the high prices when the beer is high ABV, but I didn't get why a small pour of a 5% wheat beer would be so expensive. I loved my saison though!
There were a lot of good salads on the menu and the large was enough for two big plates. We ordered one with fresh jalapeno, roasted pork belly, and a local tarragon honey vinaigrette. I think I was imagining chunks of crispy pork belly (aka bacon), so I was a bit disappointed when it was more like cubed white pork chop. Everything else about the salad was lovely.
There were lots of fun seasonal ingredients available on the pizzas and it was nice that they allow half-n-half on the specialty pizzas. We ordered half with spicy sausage, American calabrese, and Benton's ham with a honey drizzle, and half with basil, garlic, mushroom, charred tomato, and ricotta.
Both kinds were great, especially the honey and with the spicy sausage meat! The crust was super thin and almost like a cracker. While I liked the crunchy crust, I think the lack of doughy edges on a 14 inch pie and the $16 price tag make the pizza seem like kind of a rip off. I loved every bite though.
The highlight of the entire weekend was this cookie tower. I saw it on the Tillman's Roadhouse menu and pretty much knew I had to have it. And then it exceeded expectations! There were four cookies that were gooey inside with peanut butter icing in between each. The stack was served with banana ice cream and a warm ganache that Matt kindly drizzled over everything.
Since Matt and I can be competitive when eating dessert, we cut the stack in half to define the portions:) This smushed everything a bit, but I think you can imagine how delicious this was even from the messy picture.
I WILL be back for the stack again. I'm officially obsessed.
Lovely – Ecto ate another post. AHHHHHHHH.
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I went to a holiday party and ate pizza.
I tried to run with the pizza in my stomach and it jiggled around too much.
I organized all the Christmas gifts I've purchased with bags and tissue.
I enjoy the challenge of shopping for gifts even when I'm baffled about what to buy. I know a lot of people are moving towards not exchanging gifts to save time and money, but I think It's worth it in the end.
Does your family still exchange gifts?
Read MoreSadness & The Rest of the Weekend
Friday was such a sad day. The news was heart breaking and I just can't stop thinking about it. My coping mechanism thus far has just been to ignore the media and continue on with the weekend. But each time I learn another detail, it's sickening and so horrible. Honestly, I didn't even want to write a blog post because I'm at a loss for what to say about the tragedy. But I know it's important to talk about what happened, especially as a nation. My thoughts were with the families of those lost at Sandy Hook all weekend and will continue to be over the holidays.
Nothing Better
There's really nothing better than pizza and wine.
Actually, there is – gourmet pizza and wine with friends…
These lovely ladies (and the men) and I went to the new Pizzeria Toro for a late birthday celebration. The restaurant is a adorable, but small, and we were told there would be over an hour wait for a table. Luckily, we were seated after only 30 minutes! Our table shared pizzas topped with…
A Bit of Everything
It was one of those fabulous weekends. The sun was shining, the temps were perfect, and I had the whole weekend free to play. I did a bit of everything – relaxing, cleaning, organizing, exercising, eating, drinking, friending. Friday started with drinks and dinner at Fuqua Friday, and then Matt and I came home for a movie night. We watched Reality Bites, a movie that I've actually never seen, despite having listened to the soundtrack a million times. I really enjoyed it, and could definitely relate with the whole post-graduation blues thing. Although, I'm feeling that this year might be a turning point….
And we also enjoyed this wonderful Octoberfest, which was a nice prelude to Saturday's festivities.
I accidentally slept until 9 on Saturday and it felt glorious. A lot of times I feel zombie-like if I sleep too much (and when I sleep too little), but I felt great, so my body must have needed it. I went to spinning, and then worked hard to get my life in order – laundry, grocery shopping, a good shower scrub, cold-brewing new coffee for the upcoming week, dishwasher unloading, sheet changing – ya know, all the things that take over your weekend when you are supposed to be having fun:) In the afternoon, we dashed out to Fullsteam Brewery for a birthday party and then made our way over to the Bull City Burger Octoberfest.
We met lots of friends and enjoyed 20oz plastic mugs of Octoberfest with live music. It's funny how good beer and conversation with friends can make hours just fly by.
Around 8, we decided non-alcoholic nourishment was needed, so we walked to the Federal. I always order the veggie sliders because they are soo good, but I forced myself to branch out this time. I've been to the Fed three times before and always had the same thing, so I went for the burger this time (well, I really wanted the pimento cheese and fried green tomato sandwich, but they were out of tomatoes!). The burger was great – thick and juicy and topped with gruyere.
Of course when we saw Pumking on tap, Matt and I had to share a glass. Oh, and we also had the nachos, which were some of the best I've ever had! It was one of those nights where it just felt so great to be relaxing with friends with nothing else on my mind.
Sunday has involved pancakes and coffee and a glorious run around Duke's East campus. It's rare that I would describe a run with that adjective, but it just felt good today. I've started leaving my watch at home and just running, and I've noticed it's made running more enjoyable because I'm not worried about time goal. I'm still only running once or twice a week at most, but after having to quit because of stomach issues over the past two years and then deciding I hated running, I'm still trying to rekindle the relationship I used to have with it in college.
Back to Sunday – I spent the afternoon baking cupcakes for a cookout I'm going to tomorrow. I'm such a messy baker, but I do enjoy it! I used a double chocolate cake mix that I've been trying to use up forever, but made my favorite strawberry buttercream icing to go on top. Though I haven't tried a cupcake yet, I think this batch of icing is my best ever – the perfect balance of butter, sugar, and strawberry.
I also made pizza! And I've got leftovers to pep up my Monday!


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Israelis Can't Stop Taking 'Bomb Shelter Selfies'
As the violent conflict between Israel and Gaza continues, Israelis are passing time in the most 2014 way possible: They're taking selfies.
The new phenomenon, dubbed "bomb shelter selfies" as reported by the Jerusalem Post, is a group picture of smiling people waiting out their time until the missile warning sirens stop emitting their terrifying noise. A Facebook group dedicated to the trend has amassed more than 1,500 likes in the past few days. Read More


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I live in Brisbane, work full time and study partime. I don't have much time to cook, which is a shame as I love it. I live with my wonderful husband and our cat. My husband is an awesome cook! He makes sure I never go hungry :)
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AN inspired bowling performance from Pigeon Ponds' Joel Staude paved the way for a comfortable Ponds first innings victory over Wando Vale on the second day of round eight of the Casterton and District Cricket Association last Saturday.
In a major batting collapse, Wando Vale slumped from 4-86 to be all out for 94 in an innings of 40 overs. Staude took 5-28 and then followed this up with a valuable 37 in the Ponds second innings of 227.
Pigeon Ponds has jumped over Casterton on the points table and now sits in second position, four points behind Edenhope. While the composition of the final four seems set, the fight for the top two ladder places between Edenhope, Pigeon Ponds and Casterton promises to be interesting in the final two rounds of the competition.
Wando Vale resumed on 1-17 and its target was 175 for victory. Overnight batsmen Toby Murrell and Lionel Balzan took the score to 46 before Balzan was bowled by Mark Staude for 18.
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Boeing finishes strong in 2012
Boeing booked 1,203 commercial airplane orders in 2012, the second largest number in company history. The company also delivered 601 airplanes, the most since 1999. Boeing's unfilled commercial airplane orders at the end of the year stood at 4,373, the most in company history.
Boeing said there were 31 deliveries in 2012 of the 747-8 Intercontinental and Freighter and that both have received positive reviews from customers and are performing as expected in service.
"Our employees rose to the challenge of executing several production rate increases in 2012—a truly remarkable performance," said Ray Conner, president and CEO, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "Increasing our deliveries by 26 percent allowed us to put more airplanes into the hands of our customers and grow our customer base by offering the best products and services."
The 737 program broke the record for orders for any Boeing model in a single year, accumulating 1,124 net orders. The 737 MAX – the new engine variant of the best-selling 737 – recorded 914 of those orders, bringing total orders to date to 1,064. In addition, the Next-Generation 737 set a new single-year record with 415 deliveries to customers worldwide.
"As we look ahead to 2013, we're focused on meeting our customer commitments by increasing production rates and delivering high-quality, reliable products and services," Connor said.
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Young's Literal Translation (YLT) | New International Version (NIV) |
1 And Jacob dwelleth in the land of his father's sojournings -- in the land of Canaan. | 1 Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan. |
2 These [are] births of Jacob: Joseph, a son of seventeen years, hath been enjoying himself with his brethren among the flock, (and he [is] a youth,) with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives, and Joseph bringeth in an account of their evil unto their father. | 2 This is the account of Jacob. Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives, and he brought their father a bad report about them. |
3 And Israel hath loved Joseph more than any of his sons, for he [is] a son of his old age, and hath made for him a long coat; | 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made a richly ornamented robe for him. |
4 and his brethren see that their father hath loved him more than any of his brethren, and they hate him, and have not been able to speak [to] him peaceably. | 4 When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him. |
5 And Joseph dreameth a dream, and declareth to his brethren, and they add still more to hate him. | 5 Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more. |
6 And he saith unto them, `Hear ye, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: | 6 He said to them, "Listen to this dream I had: |
7 that, lo, we are binding bundles in the midst of the field, and lo, my bundle hath arisen, and hath also stood up, and lo, your bundles are round about, and bow themselves to my bundle.' | 7 We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it." |
8 And his brethren say to him, `Dost thou certainly reign over us? dost thou certainly rule over us?' and they add still more to hate him, for his dreams, and for his words. | 8 His brothers said to him, "Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?" And they hated him all the more because of his dream and what he had said. |
9 And he dreameth yet another dream, and recounteth it to his brethren, and saith, `Lo, I have dreamed a dream again, and lo, the sun and the moon, and eleven stars, are bowing themselves to me.' | 9 Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. "Listen," he said, "I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me." |
10 And he recounteth unto his father, and unto his brethren; and his father pusheth against him, and saith to him, `What [is] this dream which thou hast dreamt? do we certainly come -- I, and thy mother, and thy brethren -- to bow ourselves to thee, to the earth?' | 10 When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, "What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?" |
11 and his brethren are zealous against him, and his father hath watched the matter. | 11 His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind. |
12 And his brethren go to feed the flock of their father in Shechem, | 12 Now his brothers had gone to graze their father's flocks near Shechem, |
13 and Israel saith unto Joseph, `Are not thy brethren feeding in Shechem? come, and I send thee unto them;' and he saith to him, `Here [am] I;' | 13 and Israel said to Joseph, "As you know, your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I am going to send you to them." "Very well," he replied. |
14 and he saith to him, `Go, I pray thee, see the peace of thy brethren, and the peace of the flock, and bring me back word;' and he sendeth him from the valley of Hebron, and he cometh to Shechem. | 14 So he said to him, "Go and see if all is well with your brothers and with the flocks, and bring word back to me." Then he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. When Joseph arrived at Shechem, |
15 And a man findeth him, and lo, he is wandering in the field, and the man asketh him, saying, `What seekest thou?' | 15 a man found him wandering around in the fields and asked him, "What are you looking for?" |
16 and he saith, `My brethren I am seeking, declare to me, I pray thee, where they are feeding?' | 16 He replied, "I'm looking for my brothers. Can you tell me where they are grazing their flocks?" |
17 And the man saith, `They have journeyed from this, for I have heard some saying, Let us go to Dothan,' and Joseph goeth after his brethren, and findeth them in Dothan. | 17 "They have moved on from here," the man answered. "I heard them say, 'Let's go to Dothan.' " So Joseph went after his brothers and found them near Dothan. |
18 And they see him from afar, even before he draweth near unto them, and they conspire against him to put him to death. | 18 But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him. |
19 And they say one unto another, `Lo, this man of the dreams cometh; | 19 "Here comes that dreamer!" they said to each other. |
20 and now, come, and we slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and have said, An evil beast hath devoured him; and we see what his dreams are.' | 20 "Come now, let's kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we'll see what comes of his dreams." |
21 And Reuben heareth, and delivereth him out of their hand, and saith, `Let us not smite the life;' | 21 When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. "Let's not take his life," he said. |
22 and Reuben saith unto them, `Shed no blood; cast him into this pit which [is] in the wilderness, and put not forth a hand upon him,' -- in order to deliver him out of their hand, to bring him back unto his father. | 22 "Don't shed any blood. Throw him into this cistern here in the desert, but don't lay a hand on him." Reuben said this to rescue him from them and take him back to his father. |
23 And it cometh to pass, when Joseph hath come unto his brethren, that they strip Joseph of his coat, the long coat which [is] upon him, | 23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe--the richly ornamented robe he was wearing-- |
24 and take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit [is] empty, there is no water in it. | 24 and they took him and threw him into the cistern. Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it. |
25 And they sit down to eat bread, and they lift up their eyes, and look, and lo, a company of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, and their camels bearing spices, and balm, and myrrh, going to take [them] down to Egypt. | 25 As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with spices, balm and myrrh, and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt. |
26 And Judah saith unto his brethren, `What gain when we slay our brother, and have concealed his blood? | 26 Judah said to his brothers, "What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood? |
27 Come, and we sell him to the Ishmaelites, and our hands are not on him, for he [is] our brother -- our flesh;' and his brethren hearken. | 27 Come, let's sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood." His brothers agreed. |
28 And Midianite merchantmen pass by and they draw out and bring up Joseph out of the pit, and sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silverlings, and they bring Joseph into Egypt. | 28 So when the Midianite merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt. |
29 And Reuben returneth unto the pit, and lo, Joseph is not in the pit, and he rendeth his garments, | 29 When Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes. |
30 and he returneth unto his brethren, and saith, `The lad is not, and I -- whither am I going?' | 30 He went back to his brothers and said, "The boy isn't there! Where can I turn now?" |
31 And they take the coat of Joseph, and slaughter a kid of the goats, and dip the coat in the blood, | 31 Then they got Joseph's robe, slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood. |
32 and send the long coat, and they bring [it] in unto their father, and say, `This have we found; discern, we pray thee, whether it [is] thy son's coat or not?' | 32 They took the ornamented robe back to their father and said, "We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son's robe." |
33 And he discerneth it, and saith, `My son's coat! an evil beast hath devoured him; torn -- torn is Joseph!' | 33 He recognized it and said, "It is my son's robe! Some ferocious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces." |
34 And Jacob rendeth his raiment, and putteth sackcloth on his loins, and becometh a mourner for his son many days, | 34 Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days. |
35 and all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort him, and he refuseth to comfort himself, and saith, `For -- I go down mourning unto my son, to Sheol,' and his father weepeth for him. | 35 All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. "No," he said, "in mourning will I go down to the grave to my son." So his father wept for him. |
36 And the Medanites have sold him unto Egypt, to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners. | 36 Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh's officials, the captain of the guard. |
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Ragtime Meet The Cast – Brittney Johnson
Brittney is thrilled to be a part of this beautiful production. Brittney was recently seen in the National Tour of Les Miserables where she understudied Eponine. She also understudied the role in the Mirvish Production of Les Miserables in Toronto. Favorite credits include: Hair, Two Gentleman of Verona, and The Who's Tommy. Brittney is a graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts and a proud Member of Actor's Equity.
A beautiful and inspiring production lights up the stage at the WBT.
Ragtime' at Westchester Broadway Theatre – My Review
A beautiful and inspiring production lights up the stage at the WBT.
Standing Ovation Studios of Armonk is staging its largest production at the Westchester Broadway Theatre in Elmsford NY with Ragtime. The Tony Award winning epic musical happens to be set in Westchester's own New Rochelle, as well as Harlem, Tin Pan Alley, and the lower East Side. It is based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow. The intricate musical portrait of three seemingly unconnected families in early 20th century America is directed by John Fanelli with musical direction by Dan Kazemi.
"Between its powerful and varied musical score, large cast across three ethnic groups, set designs that include a working Model-T automobile, and intricate story anchored to historical events and figures of its time, we are raising the bar for our local audiences. It is both exciting and challenging," observes Mr. Fanelli.
Ragtime features a cast of 40 including NYC, national and local talent, yet there is not one performer that doesn't rise to the challenge. The sweeping bigger than life choruses, including "Till We Reach That Day" that closes the first act and the title song that is the prologue, are beautifully done. The large ensemble is made up of very strong singers and dancers that support the lead characters with precision in an impressive number of subgroups. The ever-changing set designed by Steve Loftus sets the scene without overpowering the incredibly appropriate and charming costumes by Gail Baldoni and hair designed by Shannon Harrington. The color palette for each family was clear. Lighting by John Flangan was superb, but at the official opening night there were some sound issues that still need to be worked out. For the most part, the sound worked well enough so that the singers didn't have to strain.
Three young men, Grant Albright, Jeremy Michael Lanuti and Chase O'Brien, share the role of the Little Boy and I think it was Mr. Albright that did a fine job at the official opening night performance. Three young ladies, Julia Grace Gold, Ellie Leibner, and Molly Perrine, share the role of the Little Girl and Ms. Leibner is my guess of which actress we got to see. There was a cameo appearance by the adorable almost three year old Elijah Winston McKenzie as Coalhouse Walker III; he covered his ear as the company singing the rousing epilogue proved a little loud for him.
There are historical personalities woven into the tale, including Booker T. Washington (Antoine L. Smith,) Harry Houdini (Joey Barreiro,) and Stanford White (Evan Mayer.) Nadine Zahr was strong in the role of Emma Goldman. Cali LaSpina (Bet in Oliver!)of Scarsdale played Evelyn Nesbit while Todd Ritch (The Artful Dodger in Oliver!) returns to the WBT stage as Mother's Younger Brother. Michael Douglass was a wry Grandfather. Victoria Lauzun was a shining Mother and Craig Waletzko commanded the role of Father.
The immigrant Tateh was played by Joey Sanzaro of Pleasantville; his beautiful tenor voice filled this large space. Brittney Johnson was amazing as Sarah and Fatye of Dobbs Ferry matched her talent as Coalhouse Walker Jr. Another fine singer was ensemble and Equity member Raena White as Sarah's friend.
I had seen the touring company of Ragtime at the Shubert in New Haven many, many years ago, and I must admit that the only thing I remember of the show was the three distinct groups moving together around the stage during the prologue. As a result, it was as if this was a new show for me. The music by Stephen Flaherty with lyrics by Lyn Ahrens is inspiring and the book by Terrence McNally is riveting. My companion fell in love with the ragtime music and absolutely loved the show.
The excellent three course dinners on the menu included two fish choices as well as eggplant parmigiana. I enjoyed broiled fillet of sole and my teen in the tux loved his roasted pork with sage and pearl onions. The show special entrees added especially for this show included jerk chicken and parmesan encrusted tilapia.
Ragtime runs through May 4th, Thursday through Sunday evenings and Thursday and Sunday matinees. A special ticket price of $67 plus tax is offered for all performances with additional discounts for seniors, children and groups on some performances. Tickets include the show, a three-course meal and parking. Students with a student ID may also purchase a student rush ticket 15 minutes prior to curtain time for $20, if seats are available. Student rush tickets are for the performance only, do not include lunch/dinner, and calling the theater for availability is advised.
Located at One Broadway Plaza in Elmsford, the Westchester Broadway Theatre is minutes from I-287, the Saw Mill Parkway and the Sprain Brook Parkway. It takes about 90 minutes to get there via I-84 from the Waterbury area. WBT is the longest running year-round professional equity theatre in the state of New York. For more information about Ragtime, visitwww.RagtimeWestchester.com or call 914-592-2222.
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Read the latest review for Ragtime The Musical at The Westchester Broadway Theatre.
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I have been reviewing shows at the Westchester Broadway Theatre for 14 years.
The Standing Ovations Studios rambunctious, irreverent, in-your-face overwhelmer of a revival of the 1998 musical Ragtime , that officially opened Friday night in Elmsford is the best production WBT has ever presented that I have seen. Easily it is the most involving and emotionally connecting.
Ragtime gives theatre goers all this top-of-the-line 40-member cast has—right from the anthemRagtime . The anthem I quite above introduces the colors of America at the turn of the 19thcentury from white New Rochelle residents lofting tennis balls to immigrants from Latvia, Ireland,and Blacks up from the south from the Robber Barons and architects of America's success to all seeking success in America.
It never lets up on the audience from its hour and 20 minute first act to its 55 minute second act at rolls like an express train of emotions…it overwhelms with 32 songs—by the second time Broadway composing team of Composer Stephen Flaherty and lyricist Lynn Ahrens who executed a 4-song audition score for original producer Harold Prince and beat out 7 other 4-song writing teams to win the task of writing this score. The score won a TONY as Best Original Musical Score in 1998. Their first hit was Once On an Island in 1990, then the musical score for the Disney movie Anastasia, followed by their winning the competition to compose Ragtime. Their latest work, Rocky, The Musical premiers next Friday in New York City.


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HALIFAX - A fissure within Nova Scotia's Opposition was exposed Friday after a prominent member of the Progressive Conservative caucus quit to sit as an Independent.
Chuck Porter said tension with party leader Jamie Baillie was bubbling for some time.
"This started back a long time ago and I have tried to work through that," said Porter, who was the Tory health critic and represents the riding of Hants West.
"I just have not been able to be happy with being part of his team."
Porter accused Baillie of micro-managing, saying the leader became too involved in his affairs and Baillie did not appear to value the opinions of the people he represents.
"I'm not going to be told by my leader to speak when he wants me to speak or on what topics, or meet with whom I want," he said.
Porter said there were many conversations he has had with Baillie since last fall that "did not end well," though he would not be more specific on what those discussions were about.
Baillie agreed he had a difference of opinion with Porter, but said it was centred on Porter's performance and neglect of duty.
Porter missed five public accounts committee meetings and a dozen caucus meetings since the Oct. 8 election, Baillie said.
"When I see an MLA that's only doing half the job, I call them on it," Baillie said.
Baillie said he travelled to Windsor on Thursday to air things out with Porter.
"We had a serious discussion about the expectations I have and that I believe taxpayers have and that's the difference of opinion," he said.
Porter acknowledged that he missed those meetings.
"I couldn't sit there knowing something wasn't right and being hypocritical, if you will," said Porter, a former paramedic who was first elected June 13, 2006.
Baillie said his split with Porter is an isolated case and that he's on the same page with the rest of his caucus, now down to 10 members in the 51-seat, Liberal-dominated legislature.
Porter's departure will cost the Tories in the operating allotment they get for each member.
The legislature's chief clerk said the Progressive Conservatives receive $43,405 per member, a financial hit they would take next year under house rules.
The Tories later notified the Speaker's Office that the party would immediately decline the funding for Porter.
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Hi everyone, hope you've all had an enjoyable Christmas. The garden catalogues have started arriving here and my kind is on next years garden. I will be graduating in May and do don't know if we will be moving during the summer. So this year I'm planning to concentrate on a spring garden rather than summer crops. Should save me some space by forgoing tomatoes and peppers! After looking through the forum, I think I will try growing onions this year since well have space and (I think?) will he harvested by July. I see that Dixondale comes highly recommended. Does anyone know if these are sold anywhere locally? I checked their website but it pricey to order just one or two bunches. One other question, can garlic and onions handle partial shade? Before I decide just where to put them. Also thanks for all the advice over last year. I totaled up today and we harvested 28 lbs of cukes and 24 lb of (mostly hot) peppers and 14 lb if eggplant. I was so pleased! Especially as it was out first full year of gardening! Thanks, |
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Charlotte, I am not sure of any local places to purchase onions or potatoes (someone will surely jump in that knows though!) but I thought I might point out that in the last few years we have done a group onion order from dixondale- you might just keep an eye on the forum to see if one is organized again. With all of us ordering it makes the onions much more reasonably priced and Seedmama does such a wonderful job of organizing the order (You are TREMENDOUS!). Hope this helps! Christina |
If I lived in Norman, I'd do the Dixondale group order with others here. If you can't do the group order, Atwoods (I don't know if there's one in Norman) always has Dixondale onions. They carry seed potatoes as well, but so does Wal-mart, Lowe's, Home Depot, etc. Leslie |
I am so ready to garden also. If you make it to Tulsa around February Southwood Nursery in Jenks sells Dixondale. I am still eating on this years crop. Boy they are yummy. Mike |
Charlotte, Congrats on your successful first full year of gardening and on your impending graduation from college. In the past, I know that some people found Dixondale onions at K & K Nursery on Sooner Road, but I am not sure if they still carry them. You can find seed potatoes just about anywhere at the right planting time for your area. I see them in places like Tractor Supply Company, Wal-Mart, Lowe's, Home Depot, and just about any and every nursery I venture into. Some Feed Stores/Farm Stores and even some garden nurseries sell the most common types out of bulk containers, selling them at a set price per pound. The big box stores tend to have them prepackaged in paper or plastic packaging. I am in southern OK and the potatoes usually hit the store shelves here any time between the week after Christmas and mid-January. It just depends on how long it takes the stores to clear out the holiday merchandise and start filling up the shelves with the first arriving gardening supplies. We don't plant that early here, but I like to buy them when the stores receive them so I can control the conditions they are exposed to while awaiting planting time. I'll try to remember to come back here and post when I start seeing seed potatoes in the stores here. Usually y'all start seeing them in central OK just a couple of weeks after I start seeing them down here. Garlic and onions will tolerate some shade, but they do better in full sun. There's lots of variables involved and not all onions behave the same way. I grow green onions (scallions) in a spot that gets afternoon shade and it isn't a problem since I am not trying to get them to bulb up. With regular onions, too much shade may give you smaller bulbs, but you'll still get onions. I haven't tried to deliberately grow garlic in shade,but sometimes taller plants nearby will shade my garlic some and I still get decently-sized cloves, though they sometimes are smaller than the ones grown in full sun. It kinda varies depending on how much shade they are getting and what the weather conditions are like in a given year. Y'all, I am not sure if SeedMama will be coordinating the group order for Dixondale as she has in the past. The last time I heard from her, she was starting a new job that was going to be very demanding, time-wise. Maybe Paula knows. Paula? Are you here? If SeedMama is too busy, maybe another one of you there in central OK could take on that task? You really do get a terrific price break when you place a large order with Dixondale. Mike, We are still eating on this year's crop too. I planted too many last year and need to plant fewer this year so I may switch to their Short-day and Intermediate-Day samplers so we still can have a nice variety of onions without planting a bundle of each kind they sell for our climate. We can only eat so many onions in a given year, no matter how yummy they are. I've been ordering Dixondale onions via the internet since 2007, and before that I could occasionally (though not consistently every year) find them at stores in Texas. I am so spoiled by their freshness and great quality that I don't think I'll ever plant onions from anyone but Dixondale. My onion-planting date is mid-February and some years I request an even earlier shipping date so I can get them in the ground earlier than usual if the weather is on the warm side. It doesn't seem like 2014 will be one of those "weather on the warm side" winters unless our weather pattern changes pretty drastically, but tomorrow I'm going to clean out the raised bed where I'll be planting onions this year so it is ready early just in case. Tomorrow's my last day to get some work done outdoors before the weather turns colder again and slaps some sense into all of us who are thinking thoughts of spring planting and such. I've spent a couple of hours a day outside in the garden this week and it was mostly wonderful, except when I found a tiny (3/8" long) grasshopper sitting there beside me. I have no idea why he hasn't frozen to death on these cold nights. It isn't often we still have grasshoppers out and about in December. |
There is a great price break to ordering on the group order (if someone does coordinate it this year) and the freshness can't be beat. When I couldn't get myself together to be in the group order last year, I bought my Dixondale onions at TLC on Memorial Rd in OKC. They were a little dry and scraggly when I got mine in Feb, I think, but I still got a good crop. If I go that route again, I'll go earlier, in January, probably. They are pretty inexpensive at TLC. |
Thank you for the info, everyone! I will keep a look out for a group order, and if not, then I can look at Atwoods or K&K. I dug out the beds ready for the onions on Friday. Now to wait impatiently for the weather to cooperate to get some more done! |
When you find some cooperative weather, be sure to come back and let us know. The weather lately just isn't being very cooperative. I'm already over winter and ready for spring, but the weather insists upon being cold and cruel. |
Hi you guys!!!! Yes, I'm still around.....been lurking again for months now. Been crazy, crazy, crazy at my house BUT....the seed catalogs have brought me back to my senses....if I ever had any to begin with. ha! As far as a group order, I can confirm that Seedmama is up to her ears in her new job and to say it's time consuming is an understatement. I'm lucky if she calls once a month and it's usually on her drive home from Dallas or Tulsa or the airport. She hasn't told me this, but it's safe to say she won't have time to chair the group order. Charlotte - I'm in Norman too!!!! I will be happy to call K&K to see if we could perhaps tack on to their order, but last time Seedmama talked to them about that - they were less than helpful. I will be happy to give it another try if there's enough interest. As an alternative - and we'll have to get busy really fast - I'd be happy to help someone. Right now, I don't have the time to gather and place the order but I'd be happy to receive, sort and arrange a meeting spot to deliver. (I've got a new grand-daughter due ANY day now!!!) I do know that Atwoods Norman and K&K usually have dixondale's but I too have experienced those being dried out and not quite as hardy as the ones we receive when we place a group order. Think about it and someone let me know if you want to carry the first half, I'll get the back side of the work. Paula |
Hi Folks! Saw my name but didn't read the posts. I'll be posting the group order shortly. Seedmama |
HaHa!! Guess you haven't turned in your Wonder Woman cape yet, Seedmama? Let me know if I can help! Paula |
Oh heavens! That cape mythology is just a figment of my friends' imaginations! I will acknowledge that in the last few months I have flown out of my high heels running through an airport more than once! P-mac, if the onions arrive late like they did last year, I may be calling you on to help me get people notified that group delivery has been rescheduled to Saturday. I wanted to add that K&K was very helpful when we tried to use them for the group order. It's just that they weren't able to provide what we needed. Their price was great, but we were limited by the varieties provided by their wholesaler, and there was no control over timing. K&K is the kind of place where service is king, and I do wish things were different so we could utilize them for the group order. See my post on the ordering thread for why I do the group order. |
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In the woods where he lived, Henry David Thoreau would have found wild onions and wild strawberries that he could eat. Nowadays few of us have wild berries or vegetables we can find near our family homes to eat.
Today we will begin to grow some food right here in our meeting space.
Guide participants to place an inch or so of gravel across the bottom of the pot. Explain that the gravel and the hole at the bottom of the pot allow the extra water to drain away, so the soil does not get moldy.
Invite one or two children to help you fill the pot(s) three-quarters full with potting soil. Allow the children to take turns planting the strawberry plants and then adding more potting soil. Leave an inch or two between the top of the potting soil and the rim of the pot.
To plant the onions, push an onion bulb into the potting soil, until the onion is just covered with dirt.
Each time you meet, invite children to observe the growth of the plants. They may want to draw the plants in their journals. When the strawberries or onions are ready to harvest, have a plan for sharing them with the group or with others.
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Joseph Stowell knows ministry, pastoring, preaching, and the times and the culture. So Joseph Stowell is qualified to write Shepherding the Church into the 21st Century, a book on effective spiritual leadership in a changing culture. Here is a pastoral ministries manual in a conversational style for a contemporary Christian leader.
Stowell is president of Moody Bible Institute, has pastored churches in Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan, and is a writer and gifted communicator. The book reflects the experiences, personality, and passion of the author. It reads like a well-written sermon, artistically arranged, and uplifting intellectually as well as emotionally.
The author covers four major areas of pastoral work and life. The first is entitled "Perspective" where he discusses the philosophy of pastoral ministry and seeks to lay out the priorities of ministry. The second section is "Personhood," where he stresses the importance of a minister's character as the basis for ministry. The third section is "Proclamation" and serves as a contemporary primer on preaching. The preacher will find some timely hints on transformational preaching. He calls the last section "Proficiency." It is a short but potent appeal to run the race with endurance so as to end well.
The author summarizes his work by writing,
Shepherding the church into the twenty-first century requires a fixed focus on creating a ministry worthy of respect through paying close attention to ourselves, and demonstrating observable progress in our personhood, the effectiveness of our preaching, and the proficiency of our work through the exercise and maximizing of our gifts (272).
This reviewer read the work with great delight, and as a pastor, found the book extremely helpful and encouraging. Joseph Stowell is a pastor's friend and mentor. His book should adorn the shelf of every minister of the gospel!


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Samuel L. Jackson's famous Ezekiel 25:17 speech from 'Pulp Fiction' would send chills down the spines of even the toughest of specimens.
Samuel L. Jackson's famous Ezekiel 25:17 speech from 'Pulp Fiction' would send chills down the spines of even the toughest of specimens.
The 'Between Two Ferns' web series is one of the most consistently hilarious on the internet; the only downside being that Zach Galifianakis and crew make so few of them (the last one was back in September with guest Justin Bieber). Well, to make up for their absence, 'Between Two Ferns' is back with a jam-packed holiday special with Tobey Maguire, Samuel L. Jackson and even a musical guest, Arcade Fire.
Samuel L. Jackson is one of my favorite actors to see on the silver screen. He says everything with such gusto and intent that it gives me goose bumps from time to time. What if what he does and says on screen actually influenced our youth? The folks at Funny or Die explored this idea and it turns out, Jackson would be blamed for a lot of bad stuff our kids do.
'Captain America 2' has begun filming and you won't have to wait until Comic-Con to get your first look at Cap back in action. We've got your first 'Captain America 2' photo below! And what's better? How about confirmation that Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L. Jackson will be co-starring in 'The Winter Soldier?' Yup, we've got that too!
There's never a day when we don't love Samuel L. Jackson. And he once again let his awesome flag fly during a recent interview on UK radio station Capital FM.
Samuel L. Jackson is by far one of our favorite tweeters, thanks to Jimmy Fallon who taught the celeb how to use the social media site. For one, he made the 2012 Olympics that much more entertaining with statements like, "Did that Russian just do the 'whoa Gurl Whut wuz in That Drank, dat Sh*t wuz Skrong' Vault landing?!" However, his most recent sentiments regarding Hurricane Isaac threw people into a bit of a tizzy.
Here's a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:
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Age: 63
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Known For: Appearing in more than 100 movies, most notably 'Pulp Fiction,' the 'Star Wars' prequel trilogy, and 'Snakes on a Plane,' being an avid golfer, and his hilariously and famously foul mouth


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Having students act out scenes or portions of scenes is a powerful tool in persuading them to look closely at Shakespeare's words. The following lesson plan begins with this assumption, but then moves on to ensure that students both understand the underlying motivations of the characters and make connections between the text they are performing and the larger context of the play. In this lesson, students will first act out scenes in small groups; then the students will participate in panel discussions about the character they portrayed.
This lesson will take two class periods.
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1. Divide students into groups of four. Distribute the handouts, scripts of A Midsummer Night's Dream 3.2.227-295. Direct the students to spend the class period casting, rehearsing, and preparing to present their scene in class the next day. In the process of preparing the scene, the students need to make specific choices about how the characters act and dress, how they feel about themselves and the other characters, and how they will behave towards those other characters.
2. The next day have the student groups perform their scenes while the audience takes notes. The audience should focus their questions and comments on choices and interpretation.
3. Arrange a set of desks in the front of the room. Ask all of the Lysanders to come forward and sit in these desks. The Lysanders should then be "interviewed" by both the teacher and the students as to why they chose to play the character in the way that they did.
4. Repeat step 3 with all the Helenas, all the Hermias and all the Demetrii.
5. Finally, ask all students to choose a character other than the one they portrayed, and write an essay in which they argue how the character should be played in this scene. Remind the students to provide specific lines from the play to support their ideas.
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Quoted from Lloyd And to address your comments from another perspective:No matter how healthy someone is, excesses of "avoids" will ultimately lead to degradation of the system and reduced health. It's just back to the same thing from a different view. Some people can handle more excesses than others.
Quoted from ruthiegirl The guidelines quoted from Dr D were for the express purpose of designing a study.
Quoted from Lloyd (1)There will always be some who need higher compliance and some who don't need as much. (2) A basically healthy person might "get away with" little to no compliance for a very long time. (3)Those in excellent health have far less to gain by using the diet.(4)Saying in any way, shape, or form that someone does not need a level of compliance is no better than saying someone must follow a level of compliance.
Quoted from Dr. D'Adamo I'm not a big fan of slapping kilometer markers on what constitutes doing the diet. What works for you constitutes 'doing the diet'.
Quoted from san j Hi, Lloyd.I agree with (1) - Bingo! - and said as much.
Quoted Text To take it one step further, the study was theoretically designed to show improvements in health over a pre-specified period of time.Someone who is starting the diet can look at those proposed guidelines to get an idea of just what the commitment is to expect some kind of return for the effort. Naturally, individual results will vary, but it does suggest that higher levels of compliance result in much faster improvement than lower levels (which may not result in improvement at all).Once someone is on the diet they should have an idea whether it is working for them and if they may want to adjust their own compliance levels.However, for someone starting the diet, it is important to know that in general a higher level of compliance will see much faster results.
Quoted from san j Lloyd: Perhaps what you're saying is that people on a result-quest via a diet are likely to be more compliance-minded than others, and that certainly stands to reason. Their expectations are exact and high, and their willingness to place this work at the center of their daily consciousness is likewise. On the other hand, folks simply in the market for guidelines and who find Peter D'Adamo's work compelling and interesting and helpful in maintaining good health are less likely to be so.
Quoted from Dr. D 1. 'Deal Breaker': this category cannot be used in the study. Examples would be type A's on pork or some other red meat avoid or type O's on wheat. These people cannot be said to be doing the BTD at all; neither in action or spirit.


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Photo bloggers are boosting Plumas County tourism
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The promotion of Plumas County's fall foliage has attracted unprecedented numbers of visitors and inquiries this year, but there's been an additional benefit, thanks to technology. The changing leaves have been attracting more and more photographers and photo clubs who post their pictures online via websites, blogs and Facebook, thereby adding to the viral marketing effort.
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- Age: Adult
- Size: Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg)
- Sex: Female
Maybelline's Info...
I am already spayed, housetrained, up to date with shots, good with kids, good with dogs, and good with cats.
With a rich layer of eyeliner circling both eyes, it is easy to see how Maybelline got her name. This gorgeous girl has those big brown hound dog eyes that just make your heart melt. When she looks up at you with those eyes and that big smile (yes...she really does smile!) it is simply irresistable. For some reason, this lovely lady ended up on death row at a kill shelter and was literally pulled off the euthanasia list. She was brought in as a stray, and we simply don't know how she didn't have anyone come and claim her.
On top of having looks, this girl has got brains and charm too! She doesn't jump on you, instead she sits patiently for love and attention. She also gets along great with other dogs, as well as cats and children. She walks very well on a leash, and is crate-trained. We are pretty sure she is housebroken, but we haven't had her in foster care long enough to say with 100% certainty.
The perfect day for Maybelline, or "Miss Maybel" as she is affectionately known, involves getting up and going for a nice stroll around the block. Then, she is perfectly content to snoozing on the couch all day. Throw in frequent belly rubs and she is in heaven! Her calm and laid-back temperament makes her a great addition to just about any household.
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Health checked
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Maybe you are worried about the vet expenses that come with a new dog or puppy? Maybe you want to "try out" a few different dogs to see who works for your family? Maybe you just want to help homeless animals in our community? Fostering might be for you! We pay for all the veterinary bills and give you supplies, you just provide the food and love! We have dogs of all different shapes, ages, and sizes - from tiny newborn puppies to big, loveable adults. If you're interested in fostering, please fill out a foster application on our website - www.TampaPetsAlive.com
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- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Tampa already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
- On average adoption fees are much less than you'd pay a Tampa breeder, or pet store. Plus most often rescue pets have already been to the veterinarian for a check-up, had a round of vaccinations, and are spayed or neutered. That is a lot of savings!
- You will become a hero, and give a needy dog or cat a loving home. In fact, there are even Rhodesian Ridgeback/Black Mouth Cur breeders who help with Rhodesian Ridgeback/Black Mouth Cur rescue. One puppy or kitten adopted in Tampa paves the way for another one to be saved.


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Research highlights opportunities for improved and targeted support
January 19, 2011
ALEXANDRIA, VA January 19, 2011— Months of wartime deployments are taking their toll on the spouses and children of military service members. A year-long study sponsored by the National Military Family Association and conducted by the RAND Corporation, finds military youth are experiencing higher than average emotional difficulties and anxiety symptoms compared to the national average. Additionally, the study revealed that youth whose parents had more cumulative months of deployment reported more difficulties. This reinforces the need for continued support services, even for the seasoned military families, that are specifically designed to address the strain of repeat separations.
Study youth and spouses cited the greatest stress on the military family is the absence of the service member at home. Nearly 70% of military teens and tweens who participated in the study report the greatest difficulties of deployment are dealing with life without their deployed parent and helping their nondeployed caregiver (in most instances, mom or dad) cope with life without the deployed parent. Many spouses (62%) in the study and more than half (54%) of the youth also cited that fitting the service member back into their lives at the end of the deployment was equally difficult.
Baseline findings of the study were published in the January 2010 journal, Pediatrics, and hold true over the course of the study. However, follow-up interviews found the spouses of service members in the National Guard and Reserves reported poorer emotional well-being and greater household challenges than their full-time active duty peers. It was also clear that good family communication was associated with fewer household challenges. In this context, good communication refers to the perception of empathy and understanding between parent and child.
Many military families are faring well given the additional household responsibilities and negotiation of family member roles in the home. It is important to help these families remain strong. The findings will help us to better identify families with the following characteristics who have a chance of experiencing greater challenges:
"After nine years at war, this is a strong reminder that a one-size-fits-all approach to family support does not work," stated Joyce Raezer, Executive Director for the National Military Family Association. "These findings will help all of us serving military families to evaluate the effectiveness of existing support programs and better target our work in the future."
The initial findings served as a catalyst for discussion by a panel of experts from the fields of military family support, childhood development, women's issues, and behavioral health. The National Military Family Association brought these experts together for a two-day summit to find pragmatic means to address the impact of deployments on military families. The discussions from that summit, the findings from this research, and input from dozens of additional interviews is packed into a new resource to be released in February. Finding Common Ground: A Toolkit for Communities Supporting Military Families outlines practical approaches to reducing the challenges many families may experience.
This new toolkit is a timely resource. As more and more evidence reveals the needs of military families and budget concerns demand careful evaluation of priorities, community organizations and our Nation's leaders will now have a road map to best strengthen service members and their families at home.
The study is the first evaluation over time of military families of all ranks and Service branches to assess the impact of deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan on military spouses and children. Military families who applied to have their child(ren) attend one of the National Military Family Association's Operation Purple® Camps were invited to participate in the study. A sample of 1,127 military children between the ages of 11 and 17 and their nondeployed caregiver, in most cases their mother or father, participated in the study. Effort was made to ensure the sample population reflected the Service and component composition of deploying personnel at the time. The study included three phone interviews with each child and three interviews with their nondeployed parent conducted between the summers of 2008 and 2009. To access the research brief or full report click here.
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Audio in the End Zone at Texas Christian University, Part 1
Jan 10, 2012 2:20 PM
Editor's note: For your convenience, this transcription of the podcast includes timestamps. If you are listening to the podcast and reading its accompanying transcription, you can use the timestamps to jump to any part of the audio podcast by simply dragging the slider on the podcast to the time indicated in the transcription.
Designing a total sound system upgrade for Amon G. Carter Stadium at Texas Christian University was a big job and Acoustic Dimensions pulled it off successfully. Casey Sherred and Brian Elwell of Acoustic Dimensions are here to tell us how they did the complete sound system upgrade with JBL speakers and Crown amps, coming right up on the SVC Podcast.
SVC: Casey and Brian from Acoustic Dimensions, thanks for being with us on the SVC Podcast and we're talking about a big installation out in Texas Christian University's Amon G. Carter Stadium. All JBL line arrays and a lot more of their things involved in this. You also used a lot of Crown amps and we'll talk about those, but first tell me a little about Acoustic Dimensions.
Elwell: Well this is Brian and Acoustic Dimensions has been around since, I think, 1992. I joined the company in January of '97. Casey joined the company in…
Sherred: January of 2001
Elwell: …2001, so I've been there it'll be 15 years, and Casey's been here going on ten years now. So in that time we started off, I think, I was the sixth employee in the Dallas office and now we've got over 26 employees here in Dallas and we also have a San Diego office. At the time I joined, there was a New York office and we've got an office in the U.K. [Timestamp: 1:55]
And from the looks of this, you've got more than enough to keep all of those people busy.
Elwell: Well, that's the hope. Yes, we're able to keep these people busy, and I think that we really like the kind of projects that we work on. They're high profile; they're exciting, they involve high-level technology, and they're a lot of fun to work on. [Timestamp: 2:18]
And you can't get much more high profile than a university football stadium and this one was in for a major overhaul, particularly the sound system. And you guys were called in so at what point did Acoustic Dimensions get into this project?
Elwell: Well, you know, I think I want to say that it actually was not that the sound system that they had previously was bad; it was a fairly recent upgrade. The problem was that they were tearing the entire stadium down and along with that came the demolition of the existing speaker system. So it was an entirely new stadium design, which required the new speakers. And we came on the project, it was just before schematic design was being wrapped up, so in essence, it was fairly early on in the project. [Timestamp: 3:09]
Well, that sure helps.
Elwell: Yes it does. [Timestamp: 3:11]
When you get in on the ground floor and maybe have some influence over some things that you can see coming that might be a problem later and sing out about it at the beginning.
Elwell: Yeah, there were some times where you are able to make some adjustments being there early on. There were some other things that tend to drive the look of the stadium that you can't change no matter what point that you come into the project. [Timestamp: 3:34]
So you started with the idea of the distributed system and then went with the end zone system.
Elwell: Actually what we did, we came into the stadium with an open mind in terms of what is the best system we could design. And as we evaluated the distributed versus the end zone, we ran into concerns about the distances from where the distributed speakers could be located versus how far they needed to throw, and the ratios were too great. It was going to be too loud underneath the speakers and not loud enough at the far end. So based on that, our original concept was an end-zone system. From there, the university was thinking that they have heard distributed systems; they really liked it; they wanted us to take another hard look to see if there was any way that we could get a distributed system in there. So we then scrapped the end-zone design and started looking at a distributed system, and we still were faced with the same distance problems, but what we ended up doing was we were looking at using line arrays and high cue boxes—things that would throw a lot of energy down to the farthest seats and not be too loud for people underneath, and we felt that we came up with a decent design that would have worked. About that time, TCU got a new athletic director who for the reason that he did not like these big speakers on the precast spaces wanted us to go back and look at the end-zone design, and there are actually some things that helped the end-zone design to make it a little more cost effective and a little better in that the scoreboard was raised in elevation. It got pushed further back. There were just things that started to happen that made it a little more appealing at that time. So really felt that the design, it started off with an end zone went to distributed and then got switched back to an end zone, and that's what's in there now. [Timestamp: 5:57]
Well, that can happen quite a bit when you get more people and more influences coming from different directions into the mix. But on a big project like a stadium, depending on what point it comes along, that could really make a substantial difference in the time and cost of the whole thing. But you seemed to have handled it pretty well. From what I've seen here, the stadium sound system seems to have gotten good reviews. Now, how far is it from the amps to the speaker arrays on this? What sort of cable runs do you have there?
Sherred: Well, the speakers—the main clusters, main arrays—flank the video scoreboard, and the amp rooms for each of those arrays on the left and right are directly below in the support of the scoreboard structure, so all these runs are less than 100ft. for the main speakers. There's some delay speakers that get a little further than that—maybe 200ft. run, but were not dealing with really, really long runs on the main speaker system. [Timestamp: 6:54]
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