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United States of America market snapshot
- GDP: US$16.98 trillion (2013)
- GDP per capita: US$53,097 (2013)
- GDP growth: 1.8 per cent (2013)
- Population: 316.4 million (2013)
- Trade with Australia: AU$54.8 billion (2013)
- Australia's investment in the United States 2013 (AU$m):
- Total: 471,672
- United States' investment in Australia 2013 (AU$m):
- Total: 657,888
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New York
A global centre for financial and banking services.
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The busiest container port in the USA, gateway for Australian exports and one of the busiest in the world.
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A major IT and services hub, and includes Silicon Valley.
Twenty percent of Hawaii's total exports are destined for Australia.
Leading business, manufacturing and corporate headquarters centre.
The US Capital and administrative centre.
A significant business centre.
About AUSFTA
The Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA) is a long-term commitment and framework to strengthen trade relations and economic integration with the United States across all sectors of the economic relationship.
This Agreement significantly improves Australia's attractiveness as a destination for US investment, important for our efforts to maintain Australia at the leading edge of growth and competitiveness.
At the same time, the Agreement secures important Australian interests in areas such as health, in particular the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, foreign investment screening, the audio-visual sector and our quarantine and food safety regimes.
Key interests and benefits
- Two thirds of all agricultural tariffs — including in important commodities such as lamb, sheep meat and horticultural products — were eliminated immediately, with a further 9 per cent of tariffs cut to zero in 2008, and almost all agricultural tariffs removed on full implementation in 2022 (all but sugar and out-of-quota dairy).
- Duties on more than 97 per cent of US non-agricultural tariff lines became duty free from day one of the Agreement, with all trade in goods free of duty by 2015.
- Access to US markets has been locked in for Australian service suppliers such as providers of professional, business, education, environmental, financial and transport services and a framework to promote mutual recognition of professional services has been developed.
- The US federal government procurement market, worth at least US$535 billion annually (2011), and that of 31 state governments are now open to Australia.
- The Agreement provides a strong framework to promote high levels of two-way investment between Australia and the US.
The Department's latest statistical analysis and information on Australia's trade with the Americas.
Tenth anniversary of AUSFTA brings further benefits
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- the remaining US tariffs on wine have been removed;
- the remaining US tariffs on textiles and apparel have been removed;
- there has been an increase in the duty free tariff rate quotas for Australian exports of beef, dairy, tobacco, cotton, peanuts and avocados;
- there has been a reduction in the over-quota tariffs for Australian exports of beef, goya cheese, tobacco, cotton, peanuts and avocados;
- the remaining Australian tariffs on textiles and apparel have been removed;
- the remaining Australian tariffs on articles of bedding and similar furnishing have been removed;
- the remaining Australian tariffs on surgical materials have been removed.
Here you can locate the full text of the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement.
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Lord Coe receives BBC Lifetime Achievement award
London 2012 chief Lord Coe has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BBC Sports Personality show.
He led the successful bid to host the Olympics and oversaw a memorable Games as chairman of organisers Locog.
"I am so flattered and honoured to be the recipient of this trophy," he said.
"You only have to tip-toe through the names of previous winners to know just how flattered I am. For the larger part of my life I woke up knowing that sport was going to shape that day."
He added: "I am somebody who has competed, trained, supported and, in the last few years, delivered."
Coe, a 1500m Olympic gold medallist in 1980 and 1984, was the event's "head and heart", according to UK Prime Minister David Cameron.
The 56-year-old joins previous Lifetime award recipients such as Pele, Bjorn Borg and Sir Steve Redgrave.
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Sporting achievements:
- Olympic gold medals 1500m - Moscow (1980) Los Angeles (1984)
- Silver medals 800m - Moscow Los Angeles Olympics (1984)
Other achievements:
- Life peer (2000) KBE (2006)
Coe is the first winner of the prize from an athletics background since the award became a regular honour in 2001.
In November, he was elected unopposed as new chairman of the British Olympic Association.
Coe added: "There are a few thanks due tonight - the thanks to the extraordinary athletes we have celebrated this evening who made this year what it has been.
"Thanks to the public and the many volunteers and Games Makers. I am indebted to teachers at every level who have worked with me throughout my career. I am also indebted to the people I have worked alongside on this incredible journey. Nobody could have done this alone.
"It is with all of you this evening I share this trophy. It has been an extraordinary night for me. Thank you so much, I will never forget it."
When known simply as Sebastian Coe, he won the main Sports Personality award in 1979 after setting three world records in the space of 41 days.
Coe was born in London but spent his teenage years in Sheffield, where his father Peter was his running coach.
His athletics career, which also yielded two 800m Olympic silver medals, was part of a golden era for British middle-distance running as he shared engaging battles with rivals Steve Ovett and Steve Cram.
Following retirement from the track, Coe was a Conservative MP from 1992 to 1997.
Recent Lifetime Achievement Award winners
- 2011: Sir Steve Redgrave - Rowing
- 2010: David Beckham - Football
- 2009: Seve Ballesteros - Golf
- 2008: Sir Bobby Charlton - Football
- 2007: Sir Bobby Robson - Football
- 2006: Bjorn Borg - Tennis
- 2005: Pele - Football
He then led London's bid for the Olympics and Paralympics, helping the outsiders to win the race in 2005 ahead of favourites Paris.
Coe spoke of legacy and wanted to deliver an event which would help transform east London, leaving a sporting imprint for Britain to build on.
While there were complaints over ticketing and empty seats at some venues, the promises were largely delivered.
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge declared himself "relieved and happy", and praised his hosts after the Games.
"These were athletes' Games, the village was fantastic, the venues were state-of-the-art and well run, you had a fantastic public, and the volunteers are marvellous," he said.
Coe took great pride in the way Britain embraced the Games, as evidenced by his Paralympics closing speech.
"There are some famous words you can find stamped on the bottom of a product. Words, that when you read them, you know mean high quality, mean skill, mean creativity," he said.
"We have stamped those words on the Olympic and Paralympic Games of London 2012.
"London 2012. Made in Britain."
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Comment number 586.
typhoid mary
18th December 2012 - 20:02How come, if I can't afford, can't receive or don't want Sky telly then they can't force me to pay for it.
However, if I can't afford, can't receive or don't want BBC programmes I am forced to pay for them under the threat of fines or imprisonment.
Bit like the Mafia really. -
Comment number 585.
18th December 2012 - 16:45Coe was a great athlete, for which I'm sure he was amply paid. Even before the Olympics he was awarded a peerage, goodness knows for what, unless it was for the usual reason; making himself rich. So,for doing a job, which was I'm sure, lucrative, he is now, and it seems for the forseeable future, going to get ' honoured' every every time these things are dished out. Am I missing something?
Comment number 584.
Peter Edwards
18th December 2012 - 8:08So, who should win the Liftetime Achievement Award next year? On 22nd November 2013, Billie Jean King will celebrate 70 years of a lifetime dedicated to tennis, sport and equal rights transcending her own great sporting career and changing people's lives forever. It is hard to think of anyone in sport who has championed change and achieved so much beyond the narrow confines of their own discipline
Comment number 583.
17th December 2012 - 22:54Coe scooped a £12M windfall from selling his CLG business to an advertising company that raked in more than £30M from contracts during the Olympic Games.
The last time CLG submitted a full set of accounts it reported losing almost £50K before tax. This was despite turning over more than £470K.
In 2006 CLG had 7 staff, but had wage costs of £651K - an average salary of more than £93K each. -
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17th December 2012 - 22:53Well deserved Seb!
Some of the narrow minded comments are utterly appalling, this is about celebrating and rewarding people for 5 years of hard work not only by Lord Coe but by all the athletes within the UK that made this such a successful event.
This is about sport, not politics. Pick the correct forum to air your views please....
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As far as we know Leonardo Da Vinci's flying machines never left the page, but surely when he closed his eyes they took flight. Happy 350th derby Woot! This shirt is 5 inks on brown, thanks for looking. - Spiritgreen
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Here was my inspiration - from ancient maps with sea monsters in the unknown and/or dangerous regions of the sea
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Leonardo's younger brother didn't have the same talent... Fact: Bartolomeo Da Vinci was his real half brother.
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Leonardowl DaVinci - Self-Portrait of the Owltist
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I bet this is all they ate. I know it's all I'd eat.
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One for writing plays, one for sketching. EDIT: I should add for those who don't draw, pencils come in a variety of hardnesses. 2B is softer and darker than a #2 so usually more appropriate for sketching while a #2 would be used for writing.
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Roman Polanski will direct the forthcoming French-language film adaptation of David Ives' Tony Award-nominated play Venus in Fur, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Former UO tight end Dante Rosario will host a youth football camp Friday and Saturday at McMinnville High School, near his hometown of Dayton.
Called Dante's Inferno, the free camp teaches "football skills, encouragement and inspirational life skills" to 200 kids in third through eighth grades. A staff of volunteer coaches including former UO quarterback Brady Leaf will help run the camp, and former UO running back Jonathan Stewart—now Rosario's teammate with the Carolina Panthers of the NFL—will participate in Saturday's session.
The camp runs from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday and 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday. It benefits the "See Ya Later" Foundation.
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USC is apologizing for accusations made by running back Dillon Baxter that he was contacted by a number of teams in the wake of NCAA sanctions announced against the Trojans. Oregon was among the teams expecting an apology, according to reports.
The Trojans have released offensive line recruit Seantrel Henderson from his letter of intent, and Henderson now appears headed for Miami or Ohio State. Also, defensive end Malik Jackson is leaving USC for Tennessee and will be immediately eligible due to the NCAA sanctions against the Trojans. Jackson played but didn't register a statistic against Oregon last fall, and gets another crack at the Ducks with the Vols on Sept. 11.
The participant list has been announced for the Champion Gridiron Kings 7-on-7 football camp, and it includes receiver Devon Blackmon, who is said to like the Ducks.
Duck Sports Authority catches up with quarterback recruit Johnny Manziel.
Ted Miller wrapped up his top 25 players in the Pac-10, and hedged his bets with six more who just missed the cut, including UO linebacker Spencer Paysinger. He also included six who might make the list following this season, and includes John Boyett and Jeff Maehl, with Kenjon Barner earning honorable mention. Interesting that Casey Matthews and Paysinger made Miller's list of nearly 50 candidates for the Pac-10's top 25 when a lot of people think Michael Clay may already by the Ducks' best linebacker.


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I have been changing my cars' oil for a lot of years, some have reached 200,000 miles without me ever replacing the oil drain plug gaskest. Now, my 2004 Subaru Forester 2.5L with 15,000 miles on it requires an extra tight twist on the oil drain plug to stop a very small leak. It looks like I'll have to find plug gaskets and replace it every couple of oil changes. Any comment. Does NAPA or other after-market parts houses carry such gaskets? I did note on the Forester that it has a drain plug gasket (washer) that does compress. I don't recall there being anything like that on other cars. I'll check on the next oil change on my other cars. |
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On some engines, the oil drain plug has a molded-in gasket in a pocket under the head, while others may use an add-on gasket. Replacement plugs are available in auto parts stores such as NAPA. I replaced my plug last year because the soft head was getting chewed up. (It's a metric size head, but one of the SAE fractional inch wrenches is close in size and that may account for the chewing.) Also, there was a tendancy for oil change shops to over-tighten. Be leery of the all-plastic plug. The hex corners are easily chewed and the head is easily cracked off from heavy handed wrenching. |
Never changed one of my own. But had 2 Honda Accords that had to have a new gasket after every oil change. It started out as a drip now and then. The customer would noticed it in their driveway. And bring it back in. We would tighten the drain plug a little more. And the more you tighten it the worse it got. So with those 2 cars we changed the gasket every time we changed the oil. No problems with a new gasket. But use it twice and they would leak. |
Thanks to both. Yes that's my memory, the other cars/trucks I've owned/own must have the gasket built in somehow. In the case of the Forester it easily comes off, and when the plug drops in the oil catch pan I have to remember to fish out both the plug and the gasket. This never happens on other cars. I shouldn't need to replace the whole plug, I'll check with Subaru parts to see if they sell the gasket, I bet they replace it ever time they change oil, and I now think I read something in the owner's manual about replacing the gasket and just sluffed it off as nonsense. |
On Subaru's I replace the oil drain plug seal every time. For many others it's usually an inspect and replace as required. The large diameter Subrau drain plug poses a special problem that if you change oil enough times and never change that seal you will eventually have a plug that you know you tightened come loose, and fall out. The seal acts as a lockwasher, but only one time. Most Subaru parts departments are so familliar with this, they will give you the seal with the oil filter. I buy the seals by the ten pack..... |
John, Thanks, good to "hear" from you again. I had no idea that there was a possibility of the plug falling out due to a failure of the "lock" function of the seal. Jerry |
Maybe once with the Saabs and VWs, going back 40 years now, but then no doubt, I have left a few drops here and there.. "Mechanics" and customers can be taught a lot better - when a plug "leaks" do NOT just over-tighten it, but tolerate a few oil drops and make it a point to change the plug washer.. The only oil drain plugs I have known to "fall out" were the ones never properly tightened in the first place ! And, what is this with the plastic drain plug ??? |
Back again. Doing a little web surfing I see advertised oil drain plug valves. For example I see a "FRAM Sure Drain" for $12.95 that puts an end to taking out and reinstalling drain plugs. The ad goes on to say the valve keeps the hot oil off of your hands, a nice extra. I haven't checked the price of gaskets, but if they cost a dollar each the valve would pay for itself in about 6 years, and I will keep the car at leat that long. |
Before trying something like that valve ask yourself a few questions. 1. If it's such a great idea, why don't they do it from the factory? 2. How well does it seal? 3. How does it get locked in the closed position, so that it does not accidently become open, or be opened by a saboture? 4. How susceptable is it to getting damaged and causing a leak on the road? JMHO, drain valves are a bad idea especially on an engine that does not have an oil level float, has a rather exposed oil pan, and only holds about 4qts of oil. Just remember too, while you'll spend $30.00 more for 100,000 miles of oil changes by replacing that seal (at your $1.00 a piece). One major oops could cost you $4000.00+ |
I have a few new oil drain plug gaskets, the local Subaru dealer gave me five, should have asked for more: >) at no charge. Now, I notice that the gasket has a flat side and a rounded side, the side that crushes. Which side goes toward the oil pan? I'd guess the rounded side. That way as the plug is screwed in it will work agains the flat side, not tearing at the crushable side. That's the only logic I can come up with to make my guess. |
The Austin Allegro had plastic washers on the wheel studs to prevent overtightening (which would cause the wheel to fall off). Would this be a reason for plastic washers on the oil drain plug ? |
Before trying something like that valve ask yourself a few questions. 1. If it's such a great idea, why don't they do it from the factory? Answer: Probably because they don't want to spend $5 on a part when they can use a $.05 part instead. They won't be involved with changing the oil so they don't care. Why do they often bury the heater core so it requires $500 - $1000 labor to replace a $40 part, when installing an access panel would turn it into a 1/2 hr job? Because an access panel isn't a good idea? Nope. It's because it would cost them a few bucks per vehicle, won't sell any more vehicles, and they won't be the one paying for the repair down the road anyway. I've replaced spark plugs in vehicles where I had to remove motor mounts and jack up the engine to get to some of them. The factory is full of great ideas. 2. How well does it seal? Answer: The ones I've seen seal the same as a stock plug. They are available in stock thread sizes as well as self tapping. 3. How does it get locked in the closed position, so that it does not accidently become open, or be opened by a saboture? Answer: The valve is a spring loaded affair that requires it to be pushed in to drain. The valve is covered with a screw on metal cap sealed by a rubber o-ring to prevent it from leaking and from being bumped by accident. 4. How susceptable is it to getting damaged and causing a leak on the road? Answer: They do stick out about 1/2" further than a stock plug. A vehicle with low ground clearance where the pan plug is the closest thing to the ground wouldn't be a good place to use such a thing. I've known a couple of guys who have these and say it's great for them. Remove the cap covering the valve, screw on the gizmo that comes with the kit that also includes a length of hose. As you screw on the gizmo, the valve is depressed and the oil drains out the hose to your container. It's a great idea on vehicles where the drain plug is located above a cross member or exhaust pipe where the oil typically splashes all over the place when you remove a stock plug. Not much of an advantage when the drain plug is unobstructed. jmo |
I tried the Fram Sure drain and didn't like it. My plug was at the bottom of the pan and unobstructed. I spent more time unscrewing the cap. screwing in the other cap with the hose (which was hard to turn in all the way until the spring was pushed in - had to use a vise grip to turn). Then reverse it all when done. If done right, you will avoid some oil on your hands vs. removing the standard plug. But the hose was kind of curving up one time and the oil shot up over the edge of the drip pan. Is there a good way to get the plug out without oil gushing on you hand? Anyway, after a couple of changes, I went back to the standard plug. |
Latex gloves? |
I try to change the oil hot, and find latex gloves an absolute necessity. They are enough heat protection if you let the plug drop in the oil pan and get you hand out of the way with only a second or two of exposure to the hot oil pouring out. Here's one for you. I noticed that the was oil under my oil pan while there hot oil was draining. I raised the pan and saw it had a small hole. I quickly, luckly I had one, put a larger oil pan under the one that was leaking. Lesson, check the pan for leaks before using. |
- Posted by tacomaniac(firstname.lastname@example.com) onSat, Apr 18, 09 at 16:23
I just isntalled Qwik Oil Drain Valve and after that, I never replace the oil drain plug gasket because you don't have to take the plug off. Check the site: www.qwikvalve.com That's awesome. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Qwik Valve
Caveat Emptor |
"Caveat Emptor" john g, Do you not like the concept in general, or this product in particular? Looks ok to me as long as it's not located in a place where it could be knocked off while driving down the road. I would have liked to have an option like that at the last garage job I had. Often times the plug was located above a cross member or steering linkages. Upon removing the drain plug, oil was going to splash out a couple feet in 6 different directions no matter what you did. Would have been nice to have some kind of valve with a nipple to attach a hose so that mess could be avoided in those cases. |
I agree with tacomaniac, the Fumotovalves are awesome. I've used them on every car i've owned starting with my 68 F-100. Then there was my 80 Corolla My 87 Ranger which i'm still driving with 240,000 miles on it. It's like the energizer bunny & just wont quit. My wifes 92 Corolla Her 95 Taurus. And now her 2002 Sonata. About 900,000 miles total & not a single problem with any of these Fumotovalves. |
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New Jimmy Orion Ellis CD in stock!
In mid september a new cd with Jimmy "Orion" Ellis is being released. Jimmy Ellis best known for being the masked man with a voice that made a lot of people believe that Elvis wasn't dead.
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The Blackburn VIP Zip Wallet features a generous 5.5" x 3.5" x 1.5" size that is still small enough to fit in a jersey pocket. It has several storage options including a water resistant ID and currency sleeve and phone/MP3 player pocket with a clear cover. A special, water resistant zipper helps to keep the contents dry.
I chose the Zip wallet as an alternative to the Beaker Concepts wallet because of the poor reviews(potential scratching from zipper) of the Beaker model. While the Iphone is certainty protected in the Zip wallet, the Zip wallet is just too big to feel comfortable in a jersey pocket. The size of the "wallet" feels more like a small saddle bag. Also, like many people I know, I have my Iphone enclosed in case. I found it difficult to fit the encased Iphone in the wallet sleeve designed to hold it.


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Qualifying Event: Destination America's "BBQ Pitmasters" Grand Champion
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Hometown: Alvarado, TX
Biography: Since competing in his first barbecue competition in 1990, Johnny Trigg of Smokin' Triggers has won sixty-three Grand Championships and earned countless category wins. Accompanied by Trish, his wife and teammate, the duo have competed in more than 600 barbecue competitions and cooked barbecue in nearly every state. Johnny and Trish even traveled to Kuwait in 2010 to cook for our Armed Forces. With victories in 2000 and 2003, Johnny is the only two-time Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue Champion. Johnny's biggest trophy of all, physically, is the full dress Harley Davidson Ultra Classic motorcycle awarded to him for winning the 2007 L-P Que Barbecue Championship in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. And his most cherished prize is the $50,000 purse won on national television during Kingsford's BBQ Pitmasters Season 3 – the competition Johnny won to earn an invite to the Kingsford Invitational. Feared most by fellow competitors for his award-winning ribs and brisket, Johnny remains the oldest active competitor in barbecue, and he has no intention of slowing down anytime soon.


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Burials in Old Cemeteries of Chicago Notes & Comments on Various Locations Cook County, Illinois ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Helen Sclair ("The Cemetery Lady") with the Chicago Genealogical Society "The Chicago City Cemetery opened at the southern end of what is now Lincoln Park in 1843. As the result of a lawsuit filed against the city, the cemetery was closed to further burials in 1866. Bodies and monuments were being removed as late as 1899. Across the street, the Roman Catholic Church opened the Catholic Cemetery, south of North Avenue at Dearborn, in 1843. The burials there were affected by the same lawsuit in 1866. Removals from the Catholic Cemetery ceased ca. 1881. The land for the first Jewish burial ground in the state of Illinois, was purchased in the city cemetery in 1846. Many of the removals from the City Cemetery went to Graceland, Oakwoods, and Rosehill cemeteries in Chicago. Bodies from the Catholic Cemetery were moved to Calvary Cemetery in Evanston, and St. Boniface Cemetery in Chicago. Bodies from the Jewish burial ground are now located in Mt. Mayriv Cemetery in Chicago. A question often posed is, 'Were all of the bodies removed?' -- Not likely..." Further note from misc. sources: The lawsuit that forced the closing of these cemeteries was filed because people felt that these cemeteries were too close to Lake Michigan and would spoil the drinking water for the city. File contributed for use in Cook County ILGenWeb by ©1999, Helen Sclair ("The Cemetery Lady") with the Chicago Genealogical Society ------------------------------------------------------------------------- COPYRIGHT NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the submitter or their legal representative, and must contact the listed Cook County ILGenWeb Coordinator(s) with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Established more than a century ago, this sweet shop is the namesake of founder Giovanni Galli, who learned his trade at the Felice Squarciafico candy factory in the late 1800's. Now run by Galli's family, the company operates two stores in Milan—this flagship on Corso di Porta Romana, and a newer branch on Via Victor Hugo. Behind a small glass façade, the Porta Romana shop contains wooden display cases filled with the company's signature sweets, which include classic pralines, marrons glacés (candied chestnuts), and alchechengis (winter cherries) soaked in liquor and coated in chocolate.
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Arctic animals are at risk from storms in the Sahara Desert, soot from cooking fires of India and Africa, and chemical fumes from third-world industries. Why? Because they rise in the sky, travel around the world, and settle on arctic snow and ice.
Likewise, contaminants from agricultural run-off, untreated sewage, and chemical-laden discharge from ships and factories flow into ocean currents and eventually pollute places far from their source—places like the Arctic.
Modern synthetic chemicals are especially threatening. The best-studied example is PCB, or Polychlorinated Biphenyl. Manufacture of PCB was finally banned when scientists learned that it persists in the environment and injures wildlife.
- Trace amounts of PCB make their way to the Arctic and concentrate as they rise up the food chain. Polar bears ingest these higher levels when they eat seals.
- PCB in the blubber of polar bears appears to weaken their immune systems leading to greater threat from parasites and disease. PCB has also been linked to reproduction failure and malformed organs.
Studies show that all polar bears carry significant pollution loads, but we don't know at what levels they cause biological problems. What's more, multiple pollutants sometimes have synergistic effects.
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The Kid Who Would Be Pope
Billy's the new kid at Our Lady Of Perpetual Motion and he has a lot to learn about parochial school. When he meets his drama teacher Sister Katherine, a beguiling novice who jogs and sings like Julie Andrews, he falls hopelessly in love, resolving to become Pope and change the rules of the church so that they can one day marry. A charming musical about first loves, youthful obsession, and the search for miracles.
Eric Anderson (Sister Rudy, Billy's Dad, Doorman, Ang...)
Eric recently joined the NYMF team in South Korea when 2010's I Got Fired was presented and awarded at DIMF (Daego International Musical Festival). He made his Broadway debut as Stewpot in South Pacific at Lincoln Center. Other theatrical highlights include: Burrs in both versions of The Wild Party, Tateh in Ragtime, and Pisthetaerus in The Birds at the Getty Villa. As a member of the Troubadour TheaterCompany, his roles have ranged from the title character in OthE.L.O. to Ophelia inHamlet: The Artist Formerly Known As Prince Of Denmark. Film and television credits include: "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," "Alias," and the upcoming Garry Marshall movie, "New Year's Eve." He is the singing voice of Shaggy in an upcoming Scooby Doo animated feature, and the lead singer of the greatest Shel Silverstein tributeband ever; The Freakers Ball. Visit: www.eanderson.com.
Kyle Brenn (Billy McPherson)
Broadway credit in the recent revival of West Side Story as Kiddo, who sings "Somewhere." Recent readings of Whisper House as Christopher, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as Charlie and Pan as Peter Pan. Other credits include Green Eggs and Hamadeus and Go Diego Go. Kyle is the author and composer of two musicals. His second, Silent Knight will be performed again at Crystal Theatre in March 2012.
Leah Greenhaus (Mary-Louise McPaulson)
is thrilled to be part of this year's New York Musical Theatre Festival! She made her Broadway debut as Young Fiona in the original cast of "Shrek The Musical," and can be heard on the Original Broadway Cast recording. She also appeared in "Meet Me In St. Louis" at the Paper Mill Playhouse, in "The Pillowman" with the Attic Ensemble, and played JoJo in "Seussical" with The Theater Company in Hoboken. She was most recently seen in the new musical "Helen on 86th Street" at the American Theater of Actors. Thanks to RKS Management and Barry Kolker.
Matthew Gumley (Kenny McBride)
Matthew just returned from performing The Artful Dodger in Oliver! at the Sacramento Music Circus. Broadway: Elf (Original Michael Hobbs), Addams Family(Original Broadway Cast), Mary Poppins (Original Michael Banks), Beauty and the Beast (Chip). Off-Broadway: Distracted (Roundabout, starring alongside Cynthia Nixon) Regional: A Thousand Clowns (Nick Burns, Two River Theater Co). Film: Artie Lang's "Beer League" and upcoming "Teresa Is A Mother." TV: "Psych" season 6, "Law & Order: SVU," "Drake and Josh" "Dora The Explorer" (voice of Benny the Bull, regular), "Wonder Pets" (recurring), "All My Children". TV performances: "The Late Show with David Letterman," "The View," "The Daily Show," "Live with Regis and Kelly" Proud member of AEA, AFTRA, and SAG.
Alison Jaye Horowitz (Elizabeth McPetty)
is thrilled to be a part of this heavenly production! Broadway credits include Mary Poppins (Jane Banks) and Sunday in the Park with George (Louise/Bather). Recently, Alison has worked in a number of short films for Columbia University graduate students. A special thanks to Michael Cassara for always believing in me!
James Judy (Father Burns, Pope, Angel 2, Frankie)
Broadway- The Scarlet Pimpernel, Into The Woods, A Christmas Carol. Off Broadway -Tin Pan Alley Rag (Roundabout), Fiorello (City Center Encores!), La Boheme (NYSF), Catch Me If I Fall (Promenade),1,2,3,4,5 and The Gig (Manhattan Theatre Club), Only A Kingdom (The York) . National Tours- Deaf West's Big River and South Pacific. Regional- Ace (The Old Globe, St Louis Rep., Cincinnati Playhouse), A Christmas Story (Kansas City Rep.), Bus Stop (The Olney), Kingdom Of The Shore (Capital Repertory). Most recently appeared in the world premier of Fly By Night at Theatreworks of Palo Alto.
Jillian Louis (Sister Katherine, Margaret, Monk)
Previous NYMF: PopArt, The Piper. Off-Broadway: Soul Doctor; The York: Getting My Act Together…; Walnut Street Theatre (The Glass Menagerie, Crazy for You), Northern Stage (I Hate Hamlet, Laughter on the 23rd,), North Shore MT, Prince Music Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre, NYGASP, Musicals Tonight; UK: Buxton Opera House. Film: Mount Joy. Many thanks to the team!!
Ben and Noah Radcliffe (The McJohnson Twins)
are excited to be making their New York stage debut with NYMF in The Kid Who Would Be Pope. Prior to being "discovered" recently, the boys performed primarily as an on-stage contemporary duo, both headlining as well as opening for bands at venues across CT. Pianists and vocalists, they've honed their talents through classical competitions, orchestral accompaniment, and the CT Regional Choir program. Now bitten by the theatre bug, they are looking forward to further developing their musical act while simultaneously continuing to dive in to the fascinating world of acting. Much thanks to Steve Irlen of Inspired Artist Management for truly believing is us and getting the ball rolling!
Rachel Resheff (Alison McNally)
Age 11, is thrilled to be a part of the NYMF production of The Kid Who Would Be Pope. Broadway: The People in The Picture (Jenny, original cast, lead, cast album),Mary Poppins (Jane Banks), Billy Elliot (Julie Hope, Debbie u/s), Shrek the Musical(Young Fiona, original cast). Off-Broadway/Staged Readings/Workshops: The Eugene O'Neill Center National Music Theater Conference/Summer 2011 (invited actor),Laughing Matters (Jenny, Roundabout), Freckleface Strawberry (title role, MMAC),Suprema (Olive Ann, New Dramatists) The Big Meal (Maddie, Jacqueline, Playwrights Horizons), The Family (Emily). Feature Film: 3 Backyards (Christina, lead, Sundance 2010 winner Best Direction), Tick Tock Time Emporium (Max, lead). TV: "The Electric Company," "Wonder Pets", "Chuggington" "Pinky Dinky Doo." Appearances/Recordings: Macy's Day Parade (with Billy Elliot), Beaches Demo (Little Cee Cee), Carols For A Cure (Volumes 11 and 12), Evening of original works with Steven Lutvak (West Bank Café). Thanks/Love to: my family, teachers: Janine, Steve, Joan, Marc, and the creative team of The Kid Who Would Be Pope. Proud member: AEA, SAG.
Sarah Safer (Mary McDoyle)
is thrilled to be part of "The Kid Who Would Be Pope"! Credits include: National tour:Irving Berlin's White Christmas, Whistle Down the Wind. Regional: Irving Berlin's White Christmas (Fox Theatre/Detroit), Gypsy (NSMT), Staged Reading: That's Andy. Special Appearances include: You Made This Tour (Kerrigan-Lowdermilk), andPhiladelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade. Recordings: Jr Jams "Wake Up". Sarah has also performed with The Broadway Kids, Broadway Kids Care, and Broadway Youth Ensemble. Thanks to RKS Management, Nancy Carson, Michael Cassara, Janine Molinari and Julia Mendelsohn for your support!!!. Special thanks to Ann Gray for being a great dialect coach!!!www.sarahsafer.com AEA
Tina Stafford (Sister Delmonico, Billy's Mom, Cardina...)
originally hails from Northern California, and is devoted to creating new works. Favorite recent appearances include I Married Wyatt Earp, Illyria (Prospect Theatre Company), Richard III (New York Classical), Cagney! (Florida Stage, Riverside Theatre). Other credits: Into the Woods, Moises Kaufman, dir., (Kansas City Rep),Zhivago Des McAnuff, dir., (La Jolla Playhouse), Little Shop (Utah Shakes), Carnival(Shakespeare Theatre NJ), Sweeney Todd, Lizzie Borden, Dorian, (Goodspeed Musicals), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Papermill, North Shore, TUTS, TOTS),countless Christmas Carol's, and the National Tour of Jolson, the Musical. TV: "All My Children". Proud member, Actor's Equity.
Creative Team
Gabriel Barre (Director)
Gabriel Barre directed the off-Broadway production of The Wild Party by Andrew Lippa at the Manhattan Theatre Club in New York city which was nominated for numerous awards, including five Outer Critics Circle Awards and thirteen Drama Desk Awards, both including Best Direction of a Musical and for which he won the Calloway Award for Best Direction. He also directed the national tours of the recent revival of Stephen Schwartz's Pippin, which began with a three month run at the Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut last summer, as well as Rodger's and Hammerstein's, Cinderella, starring Eartha Kitt, which toured the country for three years. Other New York off-Broadway credits include: Almost, Maine at the Daryl Roth Theatre, Summer of '42 at the Variety Arts Theatre, Honky Tonk Highway at Don't Tell Mama (winner of a MAC Award and Bistro Award for Best Review) Stars in Your Eyes at the Cherry Lane Theatre and john & jen at the Lamb's Theatre, as well as the staging for the 25th anniversary of Jacques Brel at the Village Gate, three concerts at Lincoln Center as part of the American Songbook Series and a number of the Broadway by the Year concerts at Town Hall.
Michael Cassara (Casting Director)
Michael Cassara, CSA is a Casting Director and Producer based in New York City and dedicated to developing and fostering the growth of new musicals, plays, and film projects. Since the formation of Michael Cassara Casting in 2003, Michael has worked with many of the nation's top theatres including The Old Globe, Great Lakes Theater Festival, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Gulfshore Playhouse, The White Plains Performing Arts Center, and more. Recent projects have included Fat Camp (pre-Broadway, dir. Casey Hushion), Kingdom (The Old Globe, dir. Ron Daniels), Falling For Eve (book by Joe DiPietro, York Theatre Company), A Little Night Music (starring Penny Fuller and Mark Jacoby), Cheer Wars (winner, 2009 Richard Rodgers Award, dir. Dan Knechtges), The Molly Maguires (dir. Sheryl Kaller, mus. dir John McDaniel), Stephen Schwartz's Captain Louie (National Tour), If This Hat Could Talk (National Tour, directed by Tony®-Award winner George Faison), The Gig (York Theatre Concert/Cast Recording on JAY Records), Barnstormer (by Douglas J. Cohen and Cheryl L. Davis, dir. Jerry Dixon), The Unauthorized Autobiography Of Samantha Brown (Makor, w/ Michael Arden and Celia Keenan-Bolger), Joy (off-Broadway and workshops), and countless readings and workshops. For New York's renowned Peccadillo Theatre Company, Michael was the casting director for the critically-acclaimed revival of Lillian Hellman's rarely-seen masterpiece, Another Part Of The Forest. Michael is the resident casting director of the New York Musical Theatre Festival, where he has cast over 45 individual projects since the festival's inception in 2004. Some favorite NYMF casting credits include The Yellow Wood (dir. Tony-Award Winner B. D. Wong), All Fall Down (dir. Lonny Price), The Woman Upstairs (by Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk), The Last Smoker In America (dir. Sheryl Kaller),Fat Camp (dir. Alex Timbers), Max Understood (dir. David Schweizer), The Tenth Floor (dir. Igor Goldin), and Twilight In Manchego (dir. Billy Porter). Originally a performer, Michael is a native Clevelander and a graduate of the musical theatre program at Otterbein College. He regularly teaches and lectures on musical theatre and the entertainment industry, in New York City and throughout the world. For more information please visit his website at http://www.michaelcassara.net. Member, Casting Society of America.
Mike Cohen (Dramaturg)
is a proud graduate of UCLA, the BMI and ASCAP Workshops and the NYU Tisch Graduate Musical Theatre Program. He spent two action-packed years working atThe Public Theater's Music-Theater Initiative, won an Emmy and a half for writing,was grateful to be the Literary Manager at The York Theatre and has achieved true bliss as the current Director of Programming for NYMF. He believes Happiness Is...dramaturging musicals. Thanks to Lily Hung, Alastair and Perry, The Megan Brothers and, most of all, Brett and Bryson.
R Erin Craig (Producer)
David Esler (Set Designer)
designs for Gabriel Barre include tick, tick… BOOM! and Love Song (both at ATF), …Forum (Surflight) and the world-premiere musical Battlecry. Recent: Sweeney Todd(Gateway Playhouse), Hairspray (Eldorado Showroom). NYC: Theatre Row, PS122, HERE, Chelsea Playhouse, the Ohio, Westbeth, Algonquin and Greenwich St. Theatres, Personal Space Theatrics (resident designer), International WOW. Regional & stock: Maltz Jupiter, Cape Playhouse, Stamford Theatre Works, Princeton Rep, Stage One Wichita, Augusta Opera, and the Hangar, Bickford and Muhlenberg Summer theatres. More than a hundred credits include designs for directors Lynn Taylor-Corbett, Stafford Arima, Dan Knechtges, Scott Schwartz, Raúl Esparza, and choreographer Doug Varone. David holds an MFA from NYU/Tisch and is a proud member of USA Local 829.
Marcie A. Friedman (Production Stage Manager)
National Tour: Kennedy Center's Nobody's Perfect, a musical for children that was simultaneously sung, in American Sign Language and open captioned. Select New York credits: Saving Aimee (5th Avenue Theatre Workshop), The Germ Project (New Georges) Born Bad (Soho Rep), Lincoln Center Out of Doors, 50 Words (MCC Theater), Honor, The Blue Flower, Museum Pieces (Prospect Theater Company), The Great Unknown and The Family Fiorelli (NYMF). Regional: Media Theatre, Vermont Shakespeare Company, Human Race Theatre Company, two seasons with the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, and four seasons with the People's Light & Theatre Company. Proud member Actors' Equity.
Sarah Hall (Production Manager)
Sarah is thrilled to be back with La Vie for another exciting production. Sarah works as a freelance Stage and Production Manager for companies such as Primary Stages, The York Theater, Disney Event Productions & Disney Cruise Line, Opera Colorado, The Nashville Opera, International Radio Festival with David Ossman, Music Theater Louisville, Seattle Children's Theatre, Stage One and AXXIS Corporate Events Inc. She would like to thank her Mom and Dad for showing her the stage door.
Heller Highwater (Publicist)
is a communications company for a new era. Founded in December 2010 by publicist and entrepreneur Dale Heller, Heller Highwater handles public and media relations, social media management, video editing, and events planning and management. Our clients have included the Off-Broadway theatre company The Playwrights Realm; the musical revue "The Greenwich Village Follies," Sharyn Rothstein's "The Invested," Vicki Vodrey's "Hanky Panky," the new musical "The Kid Who Would be Pope," "Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, a musical," the new musical "Time Between Us," the Off-Broadway revival of the play "Barriers," and many others. At Heller Highwater, we believe that good, thorough, healthy communications is the key to success. We believe that the only way to see your business thrive is by integrating new communications techniques and tools with traditional communication practices. We believe that our communications are expressed equally through our words, our correspondence and our actions. And we believe that through good communications we can make a difference. Heller Highwater makes good communications! For more information, please visit www.HellerHighwaterPR.com, and follow us on Twitter @HellerHiWaterPR.
La Vie Productions LLC (General Manager)
La Vie Productions is dedicated to developing, producing and managing new works, fostering new talent and attracting new audiences. Current projects include: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Edinburgh International Festival); LIBERTY A Monumental New Musical (opening in NYC this year); Academy (a new musical); How We Got Away With It (independent film); Taking Step Three13 (rock-musical adaptation of Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment"). Recent credits: The Sphinx Winx (Off-Broadway musical); The Love Project Journey (award winning film); Vinilo (NYC Latin rock band); Above Hell's Kitchen; Cool Papa's Party; Fat Camp; GM & PM for NYMF 2008 & 2009; Irena's Vow (Assoc. Producer, Broadway); Love, Inc.; Einstein's Dreams; Capture Now; In The Heights; High Fidelity; Shockheaded Peter; De La Guarda . Upcoming: a new Korean musical in development with Open the Door Musical Company; In The Summer of '68 (an original musical), Capture Now (film based on the play) and 100 Years Into The Heart (a new musical). www.LaVieProductions.com
Jeffrey Lodin (Music Director/Arranger)
Jeffrey Lodin's recent Music Direction credits include the world premieres of GLIMMERGLASS (Cohen/Drachman/Bolt), Love, Inc. (Marc Castle). Jeff is currently Music Director and Arranger of LIBERTY, A MONUMENTAL MUSICAL, slated for a Fall Off-Broadway run in 2011. He has conducted for Chita Rivera and Greg Burge, and played piano for Andy Gibb and Mongo Santamaria, amongst others. Jeff scores include: Young Abe Lincoln (Theatreworks USA, book/lyrics: John Allen-Promenade Theatre and U.S. Tour in (1994 –1995)), Disney's Doug Live! (Walt Disney World, lyrics: William Squier), Top of the Heap (Gallery Players Production, Oct. 2009, NMTN "Director's Choice" 07, Global Search for New Musicals 06, book/lyrics: W. Squier) About Face (NAMT 08, book/lyrics: David Arthur), 100 Years into the Heart (Village Theater 07 Festival of New Musicals, Spirit of Broadway, NYMF 04, book: Richard Vetere, Lyrics: W. Squier), Rebels 1775 (Starlight Theatre, Spirit of Broadway, book: J. Allen, Mana Allen, W. Squier lyrics: W. Squier, J. Allen),Nice People (book/lyrics: Tony Tanner), Naughty Girl (CAP21, book/lyrics: Scott Hayes, co-music: Christopher Seppe). Currently working on Blindsided By A Diaper (Curtain Call Theatre '11 Production; book/lyrics: W. Squier). His songs appear on television: P.B.&J. Otter; film: Doug's First Movie; the International Children's Festival (lyrics: W. Squier); cd: A Celebration of Life (lyrics: D. Arthur; vocals: Randy Graff & Judy Kuhn). Jeff is a proud member of the Dramatist's Guild.
Taylor A. Marun (Assistant Stage Manager)
Stage Management credits: SM: Oh, What A Lovely War! (Kansas City Actors Theatre, performed at Liberty Memorial, the National World War I Museum), Premortem(World Premier, Fishtank Performance Studio, Kansas City), Nine, 42nd Street, Les Miserables (Stagedoor Manor); ASM: Killer Joe, A Midsummer Night's Dream (UMKC Theatre); PA: Farragut North (Unicorn Theatre, Kansas City), Around the World in 80 Days (Kansas City Repertory Theatre). Recently served as Production Stage Manager at Stagedoor Manor. M.F.A. in Stage Management from the University of Missouri - Kansas City. Graduate of Hollins University. Thanks to my family for all their love and support.
Tom Megan (Composer/Lyricist/Librettist)
Tom Megan is an award-winning composer, lyricist, librettist. His musical theatre work has been seen at the Eugene O'Neill National Music Theater Conference in Connecticut, Playwrights Horizon in NYC, Boston Music Theatre Projects, New Tuner's Theatre in Chicago, and at Sacred Fools Theatre in West Hollywood, California. Several of his musicals have been presented in Boston including SURVIVING OPHELIA, A TOWN CALLED CIVILITY, and SEA CHANGE which was commissioned by the North Shore Music Theater. Tom holds an MFA from the NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Program. He is the recipient of several ASCAP awards, the Yip Harburg Award from The Musical Theatre Project in New York City, grants from the National Institute for Musical Theatre and a CBS Fellowship. Musical excerpts from his work A VISION, about W. B. Yeats in the afterlife, were featured in the Yeats Festival at Irish Repertory Theatre in New York City this past Spring. (2009) Tom also performs on accordion, piano and guitar with Tin Can Caravan, The Billy Walsh Band and in a solo setting. www.tommegan.com
Jack Megan (Composer/Lyricist/Librettist)
Jack Megan is the Director of The Office for The Arts at Harvard University, having held that position since 2001. Previously, he served as director of development of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and Executive Director of the Longy School of Music in Cambridge. In June 1999, Jack received Longy's Distinguished Service Award, and a scholarship fund was endowed in his name. He holds a MFA in arts administration from Columbia University. Jack has co-written and composed several musicals over the past twenty years, several of which have been published by The Freelance Press.
Maddie O'Hara (Assistant Director)
Julio Hugo Penagos (Choreography Assistant)
Guatemalan choreographer, actor and dancer. He as participated in several dance companies in Guatemala, Mexico, and USA. He obtained his BFA in Media and Performing Arts from the Savannah College of Art and Design. He has most recently performed in various dance concerts choreographed by the French choreographer Vincent Brosseau. He recently participated in "Gameshow," "Meatshake" and "Silence: Dancing through Fear." Julio currently resides in New York City.
Isabel Rubio (Costume Designer)
Gabriel Barre shows: Love Song; Tick, Tick, Boom. Theatre: 13 NYCC Encores;Hamlet director John Gould Ruben; Peer Gynt director Andrei Serban; Billy The Kiddirector Jim Simpson; Clarice Taylor's Moms Maibley director Walter Dallas. Dance:Beauty in Motion: Diana Vishneva; Vishneva Mariisnky Gala, White Knights Festival;Kings of the Dance Russian Tours '08, '09 ; Kirov Ballet USA Tour. Film / Television Costume Design: "Late Night With David Letterman"; "Law and Order"; "Nomadas" starring Lucy Liu; "Mattie Fresno" starring Carol Alt. Honors: juried exhibitor at thePrague Scenofest Quadrennial USA Exhibit 2007; Virginia Museum Costume Design Fellowship Dedicated to Michael Moody.
Shannon Slaton (Sound Designer)
designed the tours Aeros, Kiss Me Kate, Noise/Funk, The Full Monty, Contact, Tap Dogs, Hairspray, The Producers, Sweeney Todd, The Wizard of Oz, The Drowsy Chaperone, and The Wedding Singer. Broadway mixing includes: Man of La Mancha,Bombay Dreams, A Christmas Carol, Sweet Charity, Jersey Boys, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Drowsy Chaperone, Spring Awakening, Fela!, Anything Goes, andLegally Blonde. Off Broadway he assisted on Hurly Burly and on Broadway he assisted on Steel Magnolias and Barefoot in the Park and was the Advance Contract onWicked. Regional designs include shows at George Street Playhouse, Casa Manana, and NCT. He was also the Production Sound for The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway and the US National tour of Phantom.


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22 Apr 2012 | #21 |
I'm very sorry but my internet connection just dropped (unreliable ISP) so i had to post this with my smartphone. I'll try continuing the process tomorrow and post updates here. Thank you all so much for your help. -funk7997
EDIT: Okay I'm back online. I followed all the steps and I can confirm that partition 1 (the only partition) of my Windows 7 Hard Drive is active. I think the biggest problem is that it says BOOTMGR not detected. From what I've learned through Google, it means corruption of system files. I found this link http://cyberst0rm.blogspot.com/2007/...issing-in.html Do you think it's credible? -Funk7997 |
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23 Apr 2012 | #22 |
No method I've tried so far will fix my problem. I've decided to just format both drives and reinstall Windows 7 on one of them. Thanks for trying to help me anyway. Hopefully this will work.
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23 Apr 2012 | #23 |
You can copy out your files externally from unbootable Win7 using DVD with Copy & Paste - in Windows Recovery Console. Or use free Paragon rescue disk to recover data.
If you still want to try to repair Win7 so it will boot then we need to see a camera snap of free Partition Wizard bootable CD drive map. Did you follow the steps using PW CD? Here are steps to Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7 |
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14 Jun 2012 | #24 |
I finally brought this to a computer shop and they charged me twenty bucks for telling me that the hard drives were fine. So I took it back and decided that it was too old to deal with anyway.
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14 Jun 2012 | #25 |
It's a shame we never got the requested Disk Management screenshot or confirmation that Win7 partition had been marked Active with Startup REpair run 3 separate times. We could have helped you fix this as we have countless others over the years.
When you kept reporting back that you were receiving BootManager Is Missing error, I kept asking you if you'd marked Win7 partition Active and run 3 startup repairs with the XP HD unplugged. You'd never clarify if you'd done this. Why ignore repeated requests and then take it to a shop? This is one of the easiest things we help to fix here. If you don't want to do the work to repair it correctly, then don't just write off a perfectly good machine. Unplug one HD, wipe the other to Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7. Since you apparently didn't read these before, I'll put them here one last time so you can see exactly what was needed to get Win7 started: 1) unplug all other HD's. 2) Boot Win7 DVD or System Repair Disk to Mark Win7 Partition Active. 3) then run Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times. Yes, that says 3 separate times - not to run it once and ask back if you should run it two more times, then just ignore the reply. |
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30 Jun 2012 | #26 |
I fixed it. After I used Fedora 17 on it for a while, I tried reinstalling Windows 7 and it worked! However, the second hard drive shows up in device manager and disk management, but it doesn't show up in Windows Explorer. Any help with this? -funk7997
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01 Jul 2012 | #27 |
Post a screenshot of Disk Management. Maximize the Window and adjust columns/panes to show max info. It's likely that all you have to do is right click on the second drive and select the action that needs to be taken (partition, assign drive letter, etc.).
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01 Jul 2012 | #28 |
Prepare to wait another two months. This guy is one of the most uncooperative ever.
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Clinton, Obama's go-to Democrat, fires up Florida crowd
Former President Bill Clinton speaks at a campaign stop on behalf of President Obama at Florida International University's US Century Bank Arena in Miami, Florida, on Tuesday, September 11, 2012. (Charles Trainor Jr./Miami Herald/MCT) |
MIAMI — The Secretary of Explaining Stuff came to Miami on Tuesday - and he lived up to the new nickname given him by President Barack Obama.
From Medicare to education policy to the national debt, former President Bill Clinton held forth at Florida International University for a 40-minute speech that showered praise on Obama and condemned Republican policy.
"The test is not whether you think everything's hunky-dory - if that were the test, the president would vote against himself," Clinton said. "He knows everything's not hunky-dory. He knows how bad some people are hurting . The test is whether he's taking us in the right direction - and the answer then is yes."
In many ways, the speech was a repeat - though less rousing - than the remarks Clinton delivered last week at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., in which he presented a point-by-point rebuttal to the case Republicans had made at their own convention in Tampa, Fla., a week earlier.
"I believe with all my heart that a society that basically says, 'You're on your own' is never going to be as successful in a highly competitive and interdependent world as a society that says, 'We don't have a person to waste,' " he said. "We're all in this together."
Obama nicknamed Clinton the "Secretary of Explaining Stuff" during a Saturday event in St. Petersburg.
"Somebody sent out a tweet, 'He needs to be made Secretary of Explaining Stuff.' I like that!" Obama said, "I have to admit, it didn't say 'stuff.' "
At FIU, Clinton performed like a professor, explaining the campaign's most complex issues, while Republican Mitt Romney's campaign remained largely silent, saying the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks shouldn't be about politics.
Both Obama and Romney pulled negative ads during a one-day 9/11 truce.
Still, the Romney campaign did point out that Clinton and Obama have misrepresented the effectiveness of the president's proposed debt-reduction plan.
"President Obama has run up more debt in just four years than any president in American history," Romney spokesman Jeff Bechdel said in a statement. "It's a debt that will lead to higher taxes on the middle class, prolonged unemployment, and a diminished standing for our country. The only thing worse than President Obama's record of reckless debt is the fact he doesn't have a credible plan to correct it."
Clinton indirectly took on the criticism over the debt and the president's stimulus bill. He pointed to Europe, saying austerity measures have slowed its economy down - a challenge to Romney's longstanding criticism of Obama having a European-style perspective when it comes to government. More government spending in down times is actually needed, Clinton said.
"There's not enough private economic activity to grow the economy fast enough to allow us to effectively bring down the debt," he said.
Clinton began his speech to the crowd of about 2,300 by remembering 9/11. His wife was a U.S. senator from New York, his daughter worked in lower Manhattan and he was in Australia, Clinton said, before President George W. Bush arranged for him to return. "This day is about citizenship," he said.
Clinton was introduced by Lt. Ignatius "Iggy" Carroll, whose day job is spokesman for the Miami Fire Department. Others in attendance included former Miami Mayor Manny Diaz, former Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez and U.S. congressional candidate Joe Garcia, who addressed the crowd shortly before Clinton took the stage.
It took a while for the crowd to get warmed up - literally - before Clinton's remarks. Most had been caught in a torrential downpour before entering the U.S. Century Bank Arena on FIU's Modesto Maidique Campus in West Miami-Dade.
Still, judging by how the crowd hung on to his every word, Clinton is a potent political weapon for Obama for which Romney doesn't have much of an equal. Clinton plans to stump Wednesday in Orlando, a battleground region in the nation's biggest battleground state, without which Romney probably can't win the White House.
The Pew Research Center found that, among those who watched the convention, about twice as many viewers believed Clinton's speech was the highlight compared to Obama's address.
At Tuesday's rally, 31-year-old Jessica Fernandez couldn't choose between which of the two men she'd rather hear speak.
"Together would be great," she said. Of Clinton, she added: "He's got charisma, the likeability factor." After the speech, Clinton stayed behind a few minutes, working the cheering crowd.
Though Clinton got the most applause when he mentioned Pell grants and other federal funding for college students, he didn't let the younger crowd keep him from launching into a lengthy defense of Obama's health care plan that trims future Medicare expenses. Romney said he'd reverse those cuts.
"The Medicare trust fund, instead of running out of money in 2024, will now go broke in 2016" under the Republicans' plan, Clinton said. "Which means they'll have to change Medicare as we know it . or take money away from education."
In suggesting that Medicare itself would go bankrupt, Clinton is probably exaggerating because, government officials say, Congress has never allowed the program to run out of money.
And though the trust fund could start running out of money, people will still be paying taxes into the system. So it's not as if Medicare's entire revenue stream would be eliminated by reversing Obamacare's cuts.
Clinton's claim that Romney will take money from education can't be proved - or disproved. Romney refuses to say just how he'll balance the budget or make up for the loss of projected Medicare savings by reversing Obamacare.
Clinton spoke with notes but without a prepared speech. Sometimes, when discussing trade, he sounded like an economist. Other times, he struck a more blunt tone, referring to the GOP's attacks as "a mangy old dog."
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Many organizations contract with DCS to serve the Tennessee Valley region of which Bradley and Polk counties are a part. Whether for profit or not-for-profit, these organizations must meet DCS guidelines.
DCS groups children into different levels of care. DCS resource parents can serve children with Level 1 needs. Organizations and companies place children with Level 2 and 3 needs. This is considered therapeutic foster care.
The goal in every instance is to work toward a permanent home for the child, either through being reunited with their birth parents with better circumstances, living with a relative or in some cases adoption.
"In foster care, you're given a permanency plan (developed with in the court system), where basically it is pretty set in stone of what everyone has to accomplish in order to go home. The foster parents, the child and the birth parents all have a good idea of what they have to do," said Kristen Stucker, foster parent recruiter and trainer. "Youth Villages focuses on children that have had some trauma, usually some sort of abuse, abandonment or neglect."
"They (DCS) usually place in their homes first, and then they will call an outside agency if they need to place a child," said Jennifer Davis, Chambliss Center for Children resource parent recruiter and trainer.
Davis said sibling groups and teenagers are the most common children DCS uses contract organizations to place. Chambliss Center for Children, a nonprofit, usually serves children ages 10 to 17. Younger children are easier to find foster care homes for, because these are the children most people feel like they can handle, Davis said.
There is currently one Chambliss resource parent in Bradley County.
Stucker said potential parents' preferences play a lot in the choice of type of child they parent.
"Ultimately, it's the parents' decision if they are going to accept a child or not, but we do try to match them up the best we can," Stucker said.
Although DCS requires parents to be at least 21 years old, therapeutic foster care organizations require that they be 25 or older.
"One of the most important things when you are training a foster parent is for them to understand the impact of trauma, really understand behavior; positive and negative really isn't just a behavior with these children, you have to look behind the behavior," Davis said.
Parents as Tender Healers training is required for each therapeutic foster parent. Chris Gates, licensure and recruitment administrator of Camelot Care Centers (a for-profit organization), said during this training is when potential resource parents make their final decision about becoming foster parents.
Stucker said the training serves as a way to prepare parents for anything that could happen. After the classes a home study is conducted to ensure that the home is a safe place and a good fit for the children. Stucker said the home study includes creating a mini-biography of the potential parents to see who they would best fit with. During home studies the resource parent recruiter will get to know potential parents, including their background and how they were disciplined as children.
Children with treatment needs may spend time in a group home before coming to a foster care family.
"There are probably a 100 kids in our residential homes that are from East Tennessee," Stucker said.
She said there are about 15 from the Southeast Tennessee in the residential facilities that could be moved to a foster care resource parent setting if there were families available. Sometimes the child's birth family is not ready to take them back when they are ready to leave the group home, so the child will go to a resource family.
Stucker said when a child is coming into foster care from a residential facility they can sometimes schedules a time for the child to visit with the parents for a weekend before being placed in the home. Stucker said sometimes resource parents will serve as weekend relief parents for current resource parents before becoming resource parents themselves.
When placing a child with a foster care, organizations try to keep a child in the same area, so he or she can attend the same school.
"That is not always possible," Stucker said.
Currently, there is only one Youth Villages resource parent in Bradley County.
When the plans for reuniting the family become impossible or a parent surrenders the right to the child, a permanent home is looked for among the child's relatives. Stucker said if a permanent home cannot be found, the child becomes adoptable.
"Fifty-eight percent usually go home to their parents," Stucker said. "Then another 10 percent are placed with a relative."
The child's current foster parents are asked first if they would like to adopt the child. A foster parent must have a child for six months before the adoption process can begin. Stucker said this is to ensure the adoption will be successful. However, there are some children in foster care who are eligible for adoption right from the start.
DCS provides funding to pay for the adoption fees, according to Lisa Terrell, licensure and recruitment administrator for Camelot Care Centers. Terrell said some children qualify for additional state assistance after being adopted.
If the parental rights are terminated by the state, then the biological parent has 10 days to appeal the termination, according to Davis.
Not every child in the Foster Care system is eligible for adoption.
However, this can change.
"There are a lot of kids that are never going to be adoptable, is what the permanency plan says, and then one day it just happens (that they become adoptable)," Stucker said.
Stable income and transportation are important for resource parents.
"Have more coming in than going out," Stucker said.
Davis said the potential foster parents cannot be receiving government assistance, such as Food Stamps.
Stucker and Davis said diversity is needed.
"The kids are all different, so we need different people who are going to fit in with different kids," Stucker said.
Davis said children are more comfortable in a foster care environment where they are the same ethnicity as the foster parents. This is not always possible.
"Our children may need some more intensive counseling," Stucker said.
At the moment however there is only one Youth Villages family in Bradley County.
Stucker said the organization does not have a preference of whether a potential resource parents is single or married.
"We have quite a few single parents and we have a lot of couples," Gates said.
"It's very rewarding but it's a big decision," Stucker said.
How long a child stays in foster care is largely determined by the court system. Davis said the average stay in Tennessee is 13 months.
No matter how long a child is in their home, foster parents can continue to have contact with them.
"We would love for that relationship to be ongoing for forever," Stucker said.
Davis said an ongoing relationship with the foster parent is something that would be "encouraged." She said this relationship could provide ongoing support for the child even after the child leaves their care.
If the child is reunited with the birth parents, then the birth parents would make the decision, Terrell said. For those who age out, the decision is theirs. Stucker said there are some families that have good ongoing relationships with their child's former resource parents.
Gates said sometimes additional information is found out about a child after care begins. In-home therapist Natalie Hood helps children in Camelot foster care work through behavioral issues. Each Youth Villages family has a counselor who works with the foster families.
The age of children in foster care varies.
"We get 2-day-old babies and we get referrals for 17-year-olds right before they age out of the system," Gates said.
Camelot has four resource families in Bradley County.
Those interested in becoming therapeutic resource parents can visit an organization website to begin the process. Any organization serving the DCS Tennessee Valley Region would also be serving Bradley County. Those highlighted here are only a few examples.
Youth Villages: http://www.youthvillages.org/
Chambliss: http://www.ch-cs.org/
Camelot Care Centers: http://www.thecamelotdifference.com/