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Campus ID Policy
January 2010
Employee Identification Policy
Campus Picture Identification
In accordance with the requirements of the Amherst College Environmental Health & Safety Policy, the Amherst College Campus Police Department, and the OSHA General Duty Clause, section 5 (a) 1, the following guidelines have been established to reduce the risk of incident and injury to our faculty, staff, and students when employees of the Physical Plant are working in or around campus buildings. The goal of this particular program is to provide the campus community with a way to recognize our staff immediately, to differentiate Amherst College employees from outside contractors, and to prevent misrepresentation of an outsider as a Physical Plant employee.
Because Amherst College is an "open campus," the picture identification is the only way to differentiate our employees from the general public. Therefore, effective Monday, February 29, 1999, it shall be required that each Physical Plant employee who works outside the Service Building obtain and wear a campus picture identification. The College ID should be conspicuously displayed to allow the campus community ease of recognition. As long as it is visible, the ID may be placed in any of the following locations:
1) on a chain or other holder placed around the neck*
2) clipped, magnetized, or pinned to the upper left or right breast pocket area of a shirt or jacket
3) attached to a belt
4) attached to the front of a baseball cap, hat, or helmet
*If working around equipment or machinery a chain or other holder around the neck should not be used.
The campus picture identifications can be obtained from Theresa Laizer at Dining Services, Valentine Hall, without having an additional picture taken.
It is strongly recommended that the picture ID's not have the bar code or social security numbers (used for making purchases) placed on them in case they are lost or stolen. The ID's will have a picture and name on an Amherst College purple and white identification card.
The College ID should be worn at all times when the Physical Plant employee is on campus, including off-hour callbacks.
It is the responsibility of each supervisor to oversee the implementation and enforcement of this guideline. The Director of Facilities Planning and Management, the Assistant Director for Operations, the Environmental Health and Safety Committee, and the Amherst College Campus Police Department have implemented this program for reasons of personal safety.


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CFN Analysis
Ohio State at Nebraska
Pete Fiutak
One ankle turn later, and all of a sudden, Ohio State's defense took the rest of the night off.
The Buckeyes were rolling along, looking as strong and as good as they have all year thanks to freshman quarterback Braxton Miller's running – taking off for 91 yards on ten carries – while the Nebraska offense was being slowed down to a crawl. Up 27-6 in the third quarter, and with a supposedly good defense built to eat one-dimensional attacks for breakfast, Ohio State had things in hand. After all, in Nebraska's long and glorious history it had never come back from 21 down to win a game, mostly because it rarely got down by three touchdowns.
Miller turned an ankle, Joe Bauserman came in, and Nebraska's offense suddenly worked.
Bauserman was awful, completing just 1-of-10 passes for 13 yards with a pick, but it's not like he got any help whatsoever. The running game went bye-bye, the coaching staff inexplicably decided to try taking shots down the field rather than bleed the clock, and the defense flat-out stopped. It stopped tackling, it stopped swarming around the ball, and it stopped taking the right angles.
Nebraska isn't built to make comebacks of any kind. Taylor Martinez had a terrific game throwing the ball, connecting on 16-of-22 passes for 191 yards and two scores - including 36-yard touchdown pass to Quincy Enunwa that eerily resembled the Russell Wilson-to-Nick Toon scoring play Wisconsin hit the Huskers with last week - but the offense inexplicably made its come back with the running game and a little dump-off pass to Rex Burkhead for a 30-yard score.
Nebraska started to block like it knew what it was doing. It got big hits on Buckeye defenders that weren't there in the first half, and Martinez and Burkhead ran decisively rather than wait for something to happen. In just over 22 minutes, Ohio State gave up 28 unanswered points, and that's the team's biggest issue going forward; the defense wasn't supposed to be a problem.
The offense didn't help the cause in any way when Bauserman was in, but it shouldn't have mattered. Ohio State's defense is full of talent and full of four and five star recruits, and not having DeVier Posey, Dan Herron, and late in the game, Braxton Miller, shouldn't have mattered.
With at trip to Illinois and a date against Wisconsin up next, it could be a long few weeks for the Buckeyes after giving away a big road game in a blink of an eye.
Richard Cirminiello
In the words of Moe Tilden, "You blew it!"
To take nothing away from Nebraska, which never quit on this game, that was an epic gag on the part of Ohio State. In a much-needed stem-the-tide type effort in Lincoln, the Buckeyes were in complete control of the Huskers, building a comfortable three-touchdown margin early in the second half. And then the wheels came off. The offense did a disappearing act, with QB Joe Bauserman becoming the face of the collapse, and the defense, so stout in the first 30 minutes, just ran out of gas. Big Red capitalized on its fading visitor, scoring four unanswered touchdowns in an outcome that could go down as a crossroads moment for both participants.
Obviously, after getting roughed up by Wisconsin a week ago, it was a game that Nebraska had to have, especially with fellow Legends Division members Michigan and Michigan State playing so well. For Ohio State, this is the kind of game that could get the program and the administration thinking with one foot in 2011 and the other in 2012 over the next couple of months. The Buckeyes are spinning their wheels this fall, dropping three of the last four, so why not start building toward the future around some of the school's younger kids? Poor Luke Fickell. This was the type of setting that could have boosted the stock of the interim head coach. Now, as his Buckeyes are rapidly fading, it's looking more and more likely that the school will go big-game hunting to locate a long-term successor to Jim Tressel.
By Matt Zemek
Yes, Joe Bauserman is a low-quality Football Bowl Subdivision quarterback, with a completion percentage buried well under 20 percent and a baffling penchant for gunning every throw eight yards out of bounds. Yes, college football is fueled by emotions, meaning that the loss of an important player – Braxton Miller – will affect a team's state of mind. Yes, the other team has to participate in a reversal of fortune; the Nebraska Cornhuskers were resilient enough and skilled enough to maximize a turning-point moment, to seize an opening with supreme resourcefulness.
Yet, with all of that having been said, there's precious little excuse for Ohio State's collapse on Saturday night in Lincoln, Nebraska.
The weather was miserable, conducive to a run-first offense and not a quick-hitting aerial attack. Nebraska never established a particularly formidable vertical passing game; the Huskers rarely pushed the ball more than 12 to 15 yards downfield throughout their second-half surge. These were not the kinds of conditions – in the sky or in the Nebraska playbook – which should have led to a spectacular implosion, a 28-point collapse that made Texas A&M take notice. Yet, it happened. The strong leg, the pillar, of the Buckeye program was the unit that fell apart as the second half unfolded. Against Michigan State, the burden of defeat fell entirely on the OSU offense; this past night in Cornhusker Country, the defense bore most of the blame for a disastrous 180-degree turn.
It's true that Ohio State's sideline took great confidence from Miller, an exciting freshman who affirmed his identity as the future of the Buckeye program, but that's no reason to completely fold the tent after one man went down with an injury. Miller didn't play defense. Miller didn't hound Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez into multiple turnovers. Miller didn't smother the Nebraska offense or create the notion that the Buckeyes' 27-6 lead felt more like a 42-point bulge. It was Ohio State's defense which set the tone in the first half; it was the Buckeyes' old standby, the linchpin of their TresselBall successes, which silenced a Memorial Stadium crowd and put Nebraska on the precipice of a ruinous loss, the kind of loss that would have deepened a crisis of confidence throughout the Husker Nation.
Yes, Ohio State did nothing on offense after scoring 27 points. However, 27 points should have been more than enough to beat Nebraska. A 21-point lead against a run-first opponent in inclement weather? For Ohio State, that should be a layup. Full credit for Nebraska to get off the deck, especially in the case of Martinez, who easily could have given up on this game; however, Ohio State should not give up 21-point leads to running teams. The Buckeyes are full of holes and deficiencies on offense; they're not supposed to give away the store on the defensive side of the ball.
Nebraska was about to lose hold of its season, while Ohio State was about to regain belief in itself. Now, the trajectories of these two teams' journeys will prove to be different. This game didn't have a BCS bowl bid or a conference lead hanging in the balance, but it will still cast a long and interesting shadow over the first year of divisional Big Ten football.

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Medivation and Astellas Announce Publication in The Lancet of Positive Efficacy Data From Phase 1-2 Trial of MDV3100 in Advanced Prostate Cancer Patients
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Medivation and Astellas Announce Publication in The Lancet of Positive Efficacy Data From Phase 1-2 Trial of MDV3100 in Advanced Prostate Cancer Patients18:31 EDT Wednesday, April 14, 2010-- Novel, Triple-Acting Oral Androgen Receptor Antagonist Currently in Phase 3 Development for Advanced Prostate Cancer --SAN FRANCISCO and TOKYO, April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medivation, Inc. (Nasdaq: MDVN) and Astellas Pharma Inc. today announced publication of positive results from their previously reported Phase 1-2 trial of the novel triple-acting oral androgen receptor antagonist MDV3100 in men with progressive, metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer in the April 15 online version of The Lancet. �According to the published results, MDV3100 demonstrated anti-tumor activity in patients with late-stage prostate cancer as evaluated by reductions in prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels, radiographic findings and circulating tumor cell (CTC) counts. Anti-tumor effects were observed in patients who were resistant to standard anti-androgen treatments, as well as in patients who had progressed following chemotherapy. MDV3100 is currently in Phase 3 development for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer. �"MDV3100, with its unique mechanism of action, could offer an important new treatment option to men with prostate cancer that is resistant to currently available anti-androgens," said Howard Scher, M.D., lead author of The Lancet article and chief of the Genitourinary Oncology Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. �"It is particularly encouraging that antitumor activity was seen on all outcomes assessed in patients who had failed chemotherapy because their survival times are one year or less, on average, and their treatment options are limited."Phase 1-2 Trial Design and ResultsAll patients in the open-label, dose-escalation, U.S. Phase 1-2 clinical trial had progressive disease upon enrollment and were heavily pretreated, with 77 percent having failed at least two lines of prior hormonal therapy and 54 percent having failed one or more chemotherapy regimens. A total of 140 men were enrolled in the trial, which evaluated MDV3100 doses between 30 and 600 mg/day. Patients could remain on treatment for as long as they continued to tolerate the drug and their disease did not progress. Efficacy endpoints included CTC counts, serum PSA levels, soft tissue and bony metastases, and time on treatment.Results showed that MDV3100 was associated with anti-tumor activity across a variety of endpoints in patients who had become resistant to bicalutamide (Casodex�)(1) or other standard anti-androgen treatments, including patients who had failed prior chemotherapy (n=75) and those who were chemotherapy-naive (n=65). �Anti-tumor activity was demonstrated by:Substantial reductions in PSA levels, including declines in serum PSA of 50 percent or more in 56 percent of patients. The PSA responses lasted for a median of 41 weeks for chemotherapy-naive patients, 32 weeks for all patients and 21 weeks for post-chemotherapy patients.Improvement or stabilization in tumors that had spread to soft tissue or bone. Treatment with MDV3100 was associated with tumor regressions (22 percent of all patients -- both chemotherapy-naive and post-chemotherapy patients) and stable disease in soft tissue (49 percent of all patients) and stable disease in bone (56 percent of all patients). �The median time to radiographic progression was not reached for chemotherapy- naive patients; it was 47 weeks in all patients combined and 29 weeks for post-chemotherapy patients.A conversion from unfavorable to favorable CTCs in 49 percent of patients (75 percent of the chemotherapy-naive and 37 percent of the post-chemotherapy groups). �Of patients who initiated therapy with favorable counts, 91 percent retained favorable counts during treatment. �MDV3100 was generally well tolerated in the trial at doses up to and including 240 mg/day. �Fatigue was the most frequently reported adverse event. "Based on the favorable benefit-risk ratio for MDV3100 observed in the Phase 1-2 trial, we initiated the randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 3 AFFIRM trial in men with progressive advanced prostate cancer following chemotherapy, as new treatments are urgently needed for this patient group," said Lynn Seely, M.D., chief medical officer of Medivation. "We also plan to evaluate MDV3100 in earlier stages of prostate cancer, as those patients also are in need of new treatment options." Phase 3 Trial of MDV3100 UnderwayMedivation and Astellas are enrolling patients in a Phase 3 clinical trial of MDV3100 in men with progressive disease following docetaxel treatment. �Known as AFFIRM, the randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, multi-national trial is evaluating MDV3100 at a dose of 160 mg taken orally once daily in men with metastatic prostate cancer who were previously treated with docetaxel-based chemotherapy. �The primary endpoint of the trial is overall survival; secondary endpoints include progression-free survival, safety and tolerability. The AFFIRM study is being conducted at sites in Argentina, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, Spain, UK and U.S. �Information about patient eligibility and enrollment can be obtained by visiting www.affirmtrial.com or calling the AFFIRM study hotline toll-free in the U.S. and Canada at 1-888-782-3256. About the Medivation/Astellas CollaborationIn October 2009, Medivation, Inc. entered into a global agreement with Astellas Pharma Inc. to develop and commercialize MDV3100. The companies will collaborate on a comprehensive development program that will include additional studies to develop MDV3100 for both early- and late-stage prostate cancer. �Astellas is a recognized global category leader in the field of urology, focusing its R&D and marketing resources in areas where there are unmet medical needs. �The company has developed pioneering treatments for prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia and overactive bladder. Through its commitment to research, support and understanding, the company continues working to identify and develop innovative solutions for better patient outcomes across the field of urology with a particular focus on broadening its expertise and product delivery in oncology.About MDV3100 MDV3100 is an investigational therapy in clinical development for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer. The first triple-acting, oral androgen receptor antagonist, MDV3100 has been shown in preclinical studies to provide more compIete suppression of the androgen receptor pathway than bicalutamide, the most commonly used anti-androgen. MDV3100 slows growth and induces cell death in bicalutamide-resistant cancers via three complementary actions - MDV3100 blocks testosterone binding to the androgen receptor, impedes movement of the androgen receptor to the nucleus of prostate cancer cells (nuclear translocation), and inhibits binding to DNA. Preclinical data published in Science in April 2009 demonstrated that MDV3100 is superior to bicalutamide in each of these three actions. About Prostate Cancer Prostate cancer is the second most common non-skin cancer among men in the world and it is the sixth leading cause of cancer death among men worldwide. Prostate tumors that have stopped responding to, or are growing despite the use of, active hormone treatment strategies are characterized as castrate-resistant. Patients with castrate-resistant prostate cancer have a poor prognosis and few treatment options. About Astellas Pharma Inc. Astellas Pharma Inc., located in Tokyo, Japan, is a pharmaceutical company dedicated to improving the health of people around the world through provision of innovative and reliable pharmaceuticals. �Astellas has approximately 15,000 employees worldwide. �The organization is committed to becoming a global category leader in Urology, Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Neuroscience, DM complications & Metabolic Diseases and Oncology. �For more information on Astellas Pharma Inc., please visit our website at www.astellas.com. In Europe, Astellas is responsible for 20 affiliate offices located across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, an R&D site and three manufacturing plants. The company employs approximately 3,400 staff across these regions. Headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois, Astellas Pharma US, Inc. employs more than 2,000 people in the U.S., Canada and Brazil.About Medivation Medivation, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the rapid development of novel small molecule drugs to treat serious diseases for which there are limited treatment options. Medivation aims to transform the treatment of these diseases and offer hope to critically ill patients and their caregivers. In September 2008, Medivation announced a global agreement with Pfizer, Inc to develop and commercialize dimebon (latrepirdine) for the treatment of Alzheimer's and Huntington diseases. With Pfizer, Medivation is conducting a broad dimebon clinical development program that includes several Phase 3 trials assessing the efficacy and safety of dimebon taken alone or in combination with other Alzheimer's medications in patients with mild, moderate and severe Alzheimer's disease. The companies are also conducting a Phase 3 trial of dimebon in Huntington disease. In October 2009, Medivation entered a global agreement with Astellas Pharma Inc. to develop and commercialize MDV3100 for both early- and late-stage prostate cancer. The first Phase 3 clinical trial in the MDV3100 development program, known as the AFFIRM trial, is under way in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer who have previously been treated with docetaxel-based chemotherapy. For more information, please visit us at www.medivation.com. This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the continued clinical development of Medivation's product candidates, the therapeutic and commercial potential of Medivation's product candidates, and the continued effectiveness of, and continuing collaborative activities under, Medivation's collaboration agreements with Pfizer and Astellas, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any statements contained in this press release that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause Medivation's actual results to differ significantly from those projected, including, without limitation, risks related to progress, timing and results of Medivation's clinical trials, including the risk that adverse clinical trial results could alone or together with other factors result in the delay or discontinuation of some or all of Medivation's product development activities, enrollment of patients in Medivation's clinical trials, partnering of Medivation's product candidates, including Medivation's dependence on the efforts of and funding by Pfizer and Astellas for the development of dimebon and MDV3100, respectively, including the risk that Pfizer could elect to unilaterally terminate the dimebon collaboration agreement with Medivation at its election at any time, the achievement of development, regulatory and commercial milestones under Medivation's collaboration agreements, manufacturing of Medivation's product candidates, including Medivation's dependence on Pfizer for the manufacture of all clinical requirements of dimebon, the adequacy of Medivation's financial resources, unanticipated expenditures or liabilities, intellectual property matters, and other risks detailed in Medivation's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, filed on March 15,2010 with the SEC. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. Medivation disclaims any obligation or undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking statements contained in this press release. (1) Casodex is a registered trademark of the AstraZeneca group of companies.SOURCE Medivation, Inc.; Astellas Pharma Inc.For further information: Patrick Machado, Chief Business Officer of Medivation, Inc., +1-415-829-4101; or Nicole Foderaro of WCG, +1-415-946-1058, for Medivation, Inc. and Astellas Pharma Inc.


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New Year's Eve on the S.S. Poseidon will begin tonight, December 31 at 11pm. Admission is $23 in advance and tickets are available the Music Box Theatre box office or online at www.musicboxtheatre.com/events/poseidon-adventure-2012-12-31-1100-pm. Tickets are $28 at the door. Price includes a complimentary champagne toast, drink ticket and party favors. '70s cruisewear is encouraged! The Music Box Theatre will remain open until 2am for post-show festivities!
For nearly 30 years the Music Box Theatre has been the premier venue in Chicago for independent and foreign films, festivals and some of the greatest cinematic events in Chicago. It currently has the largest cinema space operated full time in the city. The Music Box Theatre is independently owned and operated by the Southport Music Box Corporation. SMBC, through its Music Box Films division, also distributes foreign and independent films in the theatrical, DVD and television markets throughout the United States. For additional information please visit www.musicboxtheatre.com.
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HSBC "lift" by Grey London
Agency: Grey London
Rating: 5.0
By Maisie McCabe, mediaweek.co.uk, Monday, 06 June 2011 03:15PM
From today the two-for-one deal will be offered to Sun readers who collect the vouchers printed in the paper. From July the promotion will also become available through the Dave website (www.joindave.co.uk).
A digital campaign is running across the Dave website, email and social media platforms, and PR and promotional material at participating venues from 11 July to 30 December 2011.
The activity was devised by promotional marketing agency Mediator to build on 'Dave's Comedy Society: Live' – the series of Dave themed comedy events headlined by comedians such as Ardal O'Hanlan and Richard Herring.
Suzanne Cook, marketing manager for Dave, said: "'Dave's Comedy Society' is the perfect way to engage with comedy lovers. The two for one element allows Dave to give something back to the comedy community and offer an inexpensive night out when disposable income is limited."
Venues involved in the deal include Funhouse Comedy, Jongleurs and Highlight. A spokesman for Dave said comedy fans will benefit from an average saving of £10 on performances from high-profile comedians and new talent.
Caroline Brosnan, senior account director at Mediator, said: "'Dave's Comedy Society' helps position Dave at the heart of grassroots comedy by supporting and celebrating the great nights Britain has to offer."
UKTV positions Dave as the "home of witty banter" and increasingly commissions new comedy shows, such as 'Dave's One Night Stand' and 'Jo Brand's Big Splash,' to accompany programmes from the BBC archive.
Steve North, Dave channel head at UKTV, said: "Alongside our high-profile comedy commissions, this fantastic marketing initiative reinforces Dave's stand-up credentials at a grass roots level. It perfectly compliments our first foray into live gigs, while driving new talkability and a deeper engagement with the Dave brand itself."
UKTV is jointly owned by BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, and telecoms and TV provider Virgin Media.
This article was first published on mediaweek.co.uk
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Ive not dealt withh logcats before so if anyone else can give these chaps one.could be good.
Alright Guys.
My build is up. The link for my build is in my sig. I will give credit to the original ROM creator once the build gets booting.
I am NOT responsible if something goes wrong with your device. Like I said, this is for TEST purposes only. The ROM is based on a Sensation port, and the Sensation ROM had aroma installer with it, so you'll see aroma installer if it works.
Please, Please, PLEASE flash this at your OWN risk. And if You CAN, give me a logcat. Don't flame me, or anyone, if this does not boot. I don't expect very much from this build. Any input is helpful, and I hope we can get Sense 4 soon.
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Is Google Becoming Useless?
Posted by OS GIKEN in YouTube , Twitter updates , Twitter , SEO , Search Results , Google Search , Google , Facebook , Adverts
I've been on Twitter for a minute now, and I'm following a diverse group of people, from sports stars to Hip Hop heads to IT crowd guys...and @StaffordMassie posted something very intriguing. He posted an article that peered into the uselessness of Google...It read's something like this:
Google is also a synonym for 666.
Google is taking over everyone's lives.
Google only gives SEO'd searches, which can sometimes be useless.
in Google's defense, it's a business, the US of A has a bad habbit of expecting companies that rake in billions to all of a sudden ad a sympathy clause to its mandate! They say Google has become useless because of the search results that it feeds...these results are 90% of the time results that have nothing to do with the topic or it has added advertisments that really just take up your time and your money...in data...
Google has helped me through varsity and for that alone I will happily be a Google fiend till the end of time, which is next year if we go by the Mayan calander and folklore-galore! SEOing has nothing to do with Google...you put a couple good words in your opperation (search "Top 10 SEO words") and you'll be on the top 5 search results in no time...ok its not that easy but you get the jist (another word I've learnt while being on my sebatical, also another new word I've learnt).
In short, no, or a resounding, hell no Stafford, Google will and cannot be useless, never, everyone who's everyone in this world uses Google on the daily subconciously, everyone, when wanting information, uses Google, the people wanting and the people feeding information, all of them use Google to interact and exchange this information!
FaceBook and Twitter are social mediums for people to keep tabs on one another's doings, Twitter has evolved to a on the go news channel...but it will never really out-do Google...Its just one of those, say something bad about Google topics that just got alot of people thinking, thinking and thinking and then all of them or us or we made our minds up and said, heck no, we need Google, even with its adverts, we still need it!
On the otherhand, what the hell is going on with YouTube and its involuntary adverts playing in your screen?
OS over and out...Google, love it or hate it, you all know you need it!


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Setting up your own mail merge template using Word and Excel is fairly easy and you can save you a lot of money at the print shop by doing it yourself.
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Microsoft Outlook usually does a decent job of maintaining it's email folders, but if your computer ever crashes or accidentally gets a power cord yanked out then there's a chance these folders will get corrupted.
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Employment training – progress report – January 2013
Hospitality We are in the midst of another cohort of trainees for the Hospitality course, which started 22nd October. We had 9 out of 10 students completed the months classroom training. One dropped out due to a health issue. The course leaders were very impressed with the dedication and effort of the trainees who learnt quickly and showed real interest in what they were doing.
The trainees are now on placements at various Hotels, all have been offered work. Although for some this is on a ''daily rate'' of Rs800 plus food (which actually isn't that bad) , never the less this work would not have been available to them before the training so we are thrilled that they have improved their skills and now have the confidence to seek employment.
Two of the trainees, Sanjeevan and Budeema, have been working at the Shappire Hotel in Colombo for four months, they stated that they were happy in their roles and had learnt a lot. This is the first time that either have worked full-time. Sanjeevan, aged 23, has not had a job since finishing his O levels at 16. Budeema, aged 22, had only ever worker temporarily before in a shop that sells plastic items. Both appeared confident in their surroundings and proud of their achievements. They were a delight to meet!
Hair and Beauty
There is also another group of 15 young women engaged in the Hair and Beauty course, which started in November. Two dropped out early on but have been replaced with others who were keen to start. All the students appeared committed and confident, and the training team have remained extremely dedicated to the programme and the students.
The trainees have completed the first month of the course at the centre in Athidiya prior to Christmas break. They came to the training salon in Colombo for the first time in December where a Christmas party was held for them by Cheryl, the proprietor of the training academy. The trainees will start attending training sessions in the academy from January. The training team are pleased with the trainees progress and commitment. They are enthusiastic and keen to learn and have developed good relationships amongst themselves and with the trainers.
Nishanthi completed the course in September she has now set up a salon in her home. She has signs up the local area which look very professional and has dressed several people for weddings. She even buys in extra help employing a fellow trainee when necessary. Her plan is to build a proper salon on land near her house once she gets approval from the local government. Prior to the course she was a housewife and had never worked.
Learning Lessons and Assessing Impact
We continue to monitor the progress of trainees and offer support where we can, although a high number of students initially got work a number have dropped out. For many regular work is a new phenomenon and rather a culture shock. Travelling into the city, the long hours, having to wait to the end of the month to receive a salary, are just some of the aspects which have taken some of the trainees by surprise.
However it is clear from having monitored the progress of those who have completed or currently undergoing employment training that although some are not in full-time work or working in other industries not directly related to the course they took, the training has had multiple benefits to those involved. For example, there has been a dramatic transformation in the hair and beauty trainees who were part of the fist cohort. The training is of course not a 'magic solution' to finding permanent work but has given them all a new found confidence and pride that they were able to develop a skill. In addition it has opened their eyes to a world outside their immediate community and helped them develop their own aspirations and hope for the future. This is highlighted by one of the young women who took part in the course who gave an impromptu thank you speech at the graduation ceremony. Not only would she never have dreamed of being able to speak in front of a room full of people but she was able to articulate well about how the course had opened her eyes to a life beyond what she had been living up to them. She had also felt supported by the trainers and this has clearly done wonders for her self esteem and confidence. We continue to monitor those who have taken part in the training course to look at the long-term impact of the training and how we can learn lessons for the future.
To All Our Supporters.
Lastly, Thanks to you for your donations and support. Without ordinary people like you joining in, none of this would have been possible. You really did make a difference!!
Katherine de Kretser & Stephen Bynon
January 2013
Over the past 3 months the trainees to the Hair and Beauty Training have been eagerly attending and picking up new skills. The course led by the CG Hairdressing Academy started in the Asha Centre in Athidiya, as we were aware that many of the 14 trainees were not confident about travelling into Colombo. After a few weeks they were encouraged to attend the CG Academy one day a week. The Academy has much better facilities and are able to offer a wider curriculum. Within a short time the had grown in confidence and they were happy to attend the academy every day.
One of the exciting things for the young women was the filming of the hair and beauty trainees in the Academy for a television show which was aired in Sri Lanka on 'Derana TV'.
The trainees have now completed the course and there was an event to celebrate their success. Katherine, Asha trust local worker says "It was a lovely occasion at the centre in Athidiya with a welcome speech by Sister Concepta followed by the certificate giving and of course a piece or two of celebratory cake! Two of the 'graduates' also made an impromptu thank you speech and what they said really highlights how successful the training has been. They talked of how the training had changed their lives for the better and that the support and love that was given to them by the trainers made their confidence increase and realise their self-worth. They also talked of how they can now see a bright future and realise that there is another way to how they have been living up to now".
With the help of Cheryl., the Director of the CG Hairdressing, 7 have already got jobs in good hair salons in Colombo, all have a good starting salary and excellent prospects. The remaining women are working from home with their new skills. All have already had paying customers! It will be interesting to speak to the students in the next few months and see how their plans have developed. Cheryl is also keen to keep in contact with the trainees and support them in the future if they wish.
Katherine says "I think it is no exaggeration when I say that I can see the change in these young people myself. They are brimming with confidence, have plans for the future and realistic aspirations. So on behalf of all the women who graduated, thank you to all those who supported this project – you have made a real difference to these women's lives!"
There is already a group of young women interested in taking part in the next Hair and Beauty course, which we hope will start in October.
The restaurant and hotel trainees have finished their course! All the young people passed the exam and received a certificate at a graduation ceremony on 21st May this was attended by parents and friends, the local mayor and the course leaders. One of the restaurants in the partnership provided a meal for all the guests and there was pride in the young peoples achievement. They have all been given job offers - some have even had multiple offers!
Inour last report we mentioned that Cheryl Goonaratne was keen to offer a further training course for the young people in this challenging community. Cheryl runs a well established Hair and Beauty Academy in Colombo and she and her team have recently started a programme for 14 young women from Athidiya. Learning from our experience with the hotel school where some young women were initially uneasy about leaving their immediate community, the first weeks of thisnew course will be delivered from the new Asha Centre in Athidiya itself. Once relationships have been established, we anticipate that the families will be more confident about allowing the young women to take the bus to the training salon in Colombo. Cheryll is confident that all the trainees will be offered work in reputable salons.
The Hair and Beauty course will last 3 months. For those who choose it, there will be an opportunity to secure work in successful salons in the smartest district in Colombo. Others have childcare and other caring commitments, and may prefer to set up their own micro-enterprise, working from home. The course will enable them to choose either path. All the young women on the course have been unemployed for some time; some have never worked since leaving school. Many of these young people have been very keen on learning a trade, but up to now have had little opportunity.
Thank you so much for all your support - it is making a huge difference to these young women.
Athidiya is a challenging community close to Colombo. Its a place filled with multiple and complex needs. Job prospects for young people in Athidiya are poor. Employment is the most effective route out of poverty: a good job will provide these young people a stable income and the potential for career progression, which could help to lift their whole family out of poverty.
We have been looking for ways of providing vocational training, for those who may not succeed at school Thanks to the Girl Effect who has provided funding and Harpo Goonaratna a successful entrepreneur with several up-market restaurants, we have embarked on this exciting initiative which has the potential to transform the lives of these young people and they families.
Harpo has recently set up a Hotel and Hospitality school, we have worked with him and his team to develop a project offering training in hospitality and tourism for youngsters from Athidiya. The programme consists of 4 weeks classroom training and 8 weeks placement at a hotel or restaurant.. At the end they will be offered an interview, either in Harpo's business, or with another reputable employer.
In January Shyla traveled to Sri Lanka and met the trainers form Harpos & Harvard School of Hospitality & Tourism Management. She joined them at one of the two registration days within Athidiya. As a result there were 18 young people on the first course, 8 of which are young women.
The trainees have now completed their classroom phase, and are on their placements at hotels. Things are going well, most of the young people have settled into their placements and within two weeks, one young woman was offered a permanent job by her hotel. Lalitha, a young woman who we've known for years, is working at a 5* restaurant in Mount Lavinia. She has been snapped up by the hotel, who has offered her a permanent job even before she completes her training. Her father is a vegetable seller and her mother works only occasionally, and she tells me they are very pleased at her securing a good job. She now wants to train to become a manager within the hotel!. Harpo and the team who run the programme were confident that all who complete the programme will be offered good jobs.
Unfortunately a few young people's attendance has been sporadic since the group separated after the initial classroom training and they were placed in separate hotels. We did know the level of commitment required on this programme would be challenging for these young people, who have little experience of regular work in their families. Many of their parents and neighbours have casual work – they earn by the day, very few have long term ''permanent '' work. The team feel that the biggest issue for a number of these young people is that their parents are not able to offer them the kind of support they need to persevere when the going gets tough.
The poor attenders have been visited, and encouraged. They have all promised to be more regular and the local team will continue to motivate the few that are struggling .
However, most are doing well, and want to complete the programme successfully. Pilla is at the Concorde Hotel in Colombo, and his manager insists he is learning fast, but needs to trim his hair! It's all very strict. Pilla's father used to work as a tailor, but became ill and is no longer able to work. His mother is a carer and the family only manage because his older sister has gone to the Middle East as a domestic worker, and remits money to support the family.
We have realised that our training programme for employment in the hotel and restaurant business is not always appealing to young women (and less so to some of their parents) One of the suggestions for addressing this problem is to explore another industry, perhaps hair and beauty. We are a little hesitant to embrace a stereotype, but also are aware that many schools and colleges in the UK have found that hair and beauty courses enthuse some of the most disengaged young women . One of the team was introduced to the woman who runs one of the most successful hair and beauty schools in the country. She trains about 75 young women a year, and everyone has secured a good job with one of the large, reputable salons in Colombo. There appears to be a real shortage of well-trained staff for the industry. This entrepreneur states she has been looking for a way to "give back", to do something meaningful with her business. Having achieved commercial success, she now longs to ''make a real difference''. She is keen to take on a cohort of our young women. Its early days, but very exciting.
None of this would have been possible if not for the Girl Effect and the support of ordinary people - it's making an extra-ordinary difference to some young lives.
The Job-Training Project for young people from Athidiya, a highly deprived community outside Colombo, has the potential to transform life-chances for young women like 18 year old Shamila. Shamila is bright, energetic and displays great leadership – even when she was 12 and 13, she was the one who organized the younger children, helped put on the Christmas Show, spoke up when visitors came and helped with translation. Her single-parent mother had been young when Shamila was born, but did later get married and Shamila helped to look after her younger sisters while her mother sought occasional work as a cleaner. But her relationship with her stepfather has always been difficult. He works as a day-labourer, hoping each day to secure some work on a building site.
As part Asha Trust's support for the community, we have provided Shamila's school with classroom resources and a breakfast club which has meant she was making good progress. Yet life in deprived communities is often challenging, and when she was 16, a crisis in the family meant Shamila had to leave school. She did not sit her O levels and had to get a job. Since jobs are rarely advertised in Sri Lanka, she was dependent on the contacts her family and neighbours had to get her first job. They did their best and helped her to get a job in a small factory, doing a menial job and earning less than $50 per month with no prospects for training or advancement.
It is this cycle that our Job-Training Project seeks to break.
Thanks to your generous support, we are able to offer Shamila and others like her the chance to apply for a vocational training course in the hospitality and tourism sector, which is one of Sri Lanka's major employers but remains closed to young people who don't know anyone who can help to get them that crucial introduction. Trainees will gain a recognized qualification, practical experience and an introduction to potential employers in high quality hotels and restaurants. We anticipate that young people like Shamila will be able to earn a regular salary, bringing some financial security to her family. By securing a job with a reputable employer outside her immediate community, she will also be able to introduce others to the hospitality industry.
On 18 January the Asha Trust team and the course leaders will interview young people who have expressed an interest in this programme. More than qualifications or skills, the panel are looking for young people who are determined and hard-working, willing to travel the 5 miles to the capital city to work in unfamiliar surroundings. We will limit this first cohort to 15, so that we can monitor each trainee's progress carefully and keep you updated. Once the first group complete the three month course, we will evaluate the programme and make any changes needed before rolling it out further.
Many thanks for your donation. We will update you once the selection process is complete and the trainees begin the programme.
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Release DateDecember 25, 2003
MPAA RatingG
Duration45 min.
StudioWalt Disney Pictures
Official Siteclick here
REVIEWS RATE: Critics Readers Be the 1st!
Cast and Crew
DirectorSimon Wincer
ProducerKathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Fred Roos
ScreenwriterJeanne Rosenberg
- Biana Tamimi
- Patrick Elyas
- Richard Romanus
- Gerard Rudolf
Set in Northern Africa at the conclusion of World War II, this extraordinary film follows the adventures of a young girl named Neera, who becomes separated from her family and finds herself alone in the desert. When a wild stallion (whom Neera names Shetan) comes to her aid, the two form a special bond and the horse helps Neera to return home to her grandfather. As their friendship and trust grows, the girl devises a daring plan to race the wild Shetan (whose name means "the devil") in the annual horse race and help restore her grandfather's reputation.
Staking everything on the race, Neera's iron will and courage combined with Shetan's unlamed power and determination culminates in some of the most breathtaking and triumphant scenes ever visualized on the giant screen.


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Leafs GM Brian Burke hopes to package picks to earn a higher 2011 first rounder
Jun 4, 2011, 11:48 AM EDT
The NHL's 2011 Draft Combine completed this week, providing enjoyable speculation for fans of the 28 franchises that aren't playing NHL games anymore. We already took a look at some of the workout warriors from the Combine's tests, but it's likely that a few other stories might filter through.
You don't usually have to pry and prod to get a story out of Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke. His law school background and robust sense of self-worth make him one of the most fascinating figures in the sport, let alone one of the most interesting general managers.
Unfortunately, for all his one-liners and amusing scowls, Burke hasn't had much success rebuilding the Maple Leafs into a playoff team. One of his most criticized moves involved trading a handful of picks – including one that ended up being Tyler Seguin's No. 2 pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft – for mercurial scorer Phil Kessel.
That move robbed Leafs fans of a big-time prospect to shower with excessive praise and scrutiny, so the fan base is probably hungry for a new savior. Burke is in a better position in 2011 than 2010 with two first round draft picks and a second rounder to boot, but he might want to swing for a home run rather than three hits. In fact, he said basically that much, indicating that he will try to package one of his first round picks with his second round pick to move up in the first round.
It might be a tough sell because the Leafs' picks are in the lower end of the first round. They'll get the 25th pick from the Philadelphia Flyers thanks to the Kris Versteeg trade and either the 29th or 30th pick depending upon the Boston Bruins' results in the 2011 Stanley Cup finals. That pick came from the Tomas Kaberle trade and might slightly heal the wounds of that Kessel trade, although the Kessel deal will rear its ugly head again when the Bruins receive the ninth pick in '11.
In other words, Burke will try to move up in the first round by combining either the 25th or 29/30th pick with the team's 39th pick. It's quite possible that it might come down to making a trade on the draft floor, especially if a team in the teens doesn't like what they're seeing as the events transpire.
Either way, there's an excellent chance that Burke will entertain us around June 24. Then again, there wouldn't be anything unusual about that.
- finodelfino - Jun 4, 2011 at 1:35 PM
You must give up picks in order to acquire a proven 3 year consecutive 30 goal scorer. Kessel is in a select few except he plays will ahlers on his line (bozak/crab) we saw what he was capable of once lupul joined the mix. Burke is building from goalie out. We have a ton of prospects in net and the marlies as it is no longer a team of career nhlers and is now a youth player development system. Frattin/kadri/mckegg/colborne are dangerous. One May even be traded in a deal for Jeff Carter.
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Archaeologists discover Byzantine-era church in Jerusalem hills
The ancient church, paved with mosaics, was discovered during ordinary construction work.
A church that dates back to the Byzantine period was recently unearthed during construction work at Nes Harim in the Jerusalem hills.
The church is paved with mosaics and decorated with an inscription. It was exposed in an archaeological excavation by the Israel Antiquities Authority, after local residents reported unearthing a site that was covered in pine trees and agricultural terraces.
In November, during the first excavation in the site, archaeologists exposed the church's narthex - the broad entrance at the front of the church's nave. It was filled with a carpet of polychrome mosaics that was adorned with geometric patterns of intertwined rhomboids separated by flower bud motifs. Unfortunately, at the conclusion of that excavation, the mosaic was defaced and almost completely destroyed by unknown vandals.
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Don's Book Haul
When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.
We at The American Catholic like to keep an eye, frequently jaundiced, on popular culture. One recent development that I enthusiastically endorse are videos posted by individuals on Youtube discussing "book hauls", books that they have recently purchased. I find this heartening. I have always regarded myself as a hopeless book addict, and now I learn that my addiction is socially acceptable, perhaps even cutting edge! This post will therefore tell you about a book haul I made yesterday, but first a bit of background information.
When I was growing up in Paris, Illinois, my mother and father used to give me and my brother a dollar each as our allowance. (Considering that between them my parents brought home about a $100.00 a week, I thought the allowance was rather generous. ) My parents expected us to clean the house each day before school, to do the dishes and to run to the grocery store to pick up items during the week. It was emphasized to us that the allowances were not payment for our work. We worked at our chores because we were members of the family, and our parents gave us our allowances because we were members of the family.
You could do a lot with a dollar when you were a kid in the sixties. Comic books cost 12 cents, cokes were a dime, candy could be purchased for a nickel to a dime. However, I spent a fair part of my money at the local Goodwill. Paris did not have a bookstore, but the Goodwill had a bookcase with used paperbacks and hardbacks. The paperbacks were a nickel and the hardbacks were a dime. New used books came in fairly frequently. Most Saturday mornings I would go into the Goodwill and search through the books. It was there I first made the acquaintance of Plato, Aristotle and Aristophanes. On one memorable day, the divine Dante came my way for the first time with a paperback copy of Purgatorio, and a "new life" began for me. History books were plentiful, especially on the Civil War and World War II and I gobbled them up. Thus I began my personal library, and I have some of those books to this day. And so my
shameful addiction devotion to purchasing mass quantities of books as cheaply as I can began. Continue reading
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For all of my childhood, James Arness, and the show he starred in, Gunsmoke, were a constant presence. The television show, a sequel to the radio show of the same name, came on the air in 1955 and ran for 20 years. I was born in 57 and graduated from high school in 75. Each week my family would watch the show, even the reruns. We had a slight personal connection to the show, my grandfather, a shoemaker, making a pair of boots for James Arness to wear in his role of Matt Dillon. Continue reading
Goodbye Oprah
I have to admit that were it not for the Conan O'Brien Show, I would not have realized until now that this was the final week of the Oprah Winfrey Show. Today National Review Online ran a symposium about her. My response would have been simply: "Good Riddance." Alas other writers offered more detailed thoughts about her. It was an interesting mix of reviews, some of them positive and others more critical. While I appreciate some of the good that Oprah has done in promoting literacy, I am squarely in the camp of people who think Oprah's net influence on the culture has been abysmal.
Several of her critics in this symposium discussed her left-wing politics. The most succinct summary was Ben Shapiro's towards the end of the symposium. While she did indeed shill endlessly for the Chosen One in 2008, her politics never really bothered me. The popular culture is littered with leftist clown acts. Instead, her baleful influence on the culture runs much deeper.
Danielle Bean has one of the more insightful commentaries. She discusses Oprah's "spiritual" rather than religious side.
When we weren't looking, Oprah transformed her image into something close to a spiritual icon. Her book recommendations included not only chick-lit fiction titles, but New Age spiritual resources. Her show's tagline became "Live Your Best Life Now," a directive that included a spirituality based on the works of New Age notables Marriane Williamson, Betty Eadie, and Sophy Burnham, among others.
In every human heart there is a void — a longing for emotional happiness, personal fulfillment, and spiritual wholeness. Our empty, aching hearts are made for communion with our Creator. Jesus Christ, who alone is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, can make us whole.
Oprah is a funny, smart, charismatic, and real American woman who has found commercial success by tapping into a human need for "soul food." When popular culture feeds us New Age mumbo-jumbo, feel-good speak, and words of affirmation, we might be temporarily satiated, but in the end we come away empty again.
Oprah fills our hearts and minds with fleeting feelings. Only Christ can feed our souls.
Oprah is just the most notable representation of our culture's affinity for new-age spirituality. We see it everywhere. Generic mumbo jumbo about getting in touch with our inner feelings has replaced the meatier aspects of religious formation. Sadly this mentality is not just limited to popular culture. It's infected many of our parishes – just look at some of the offerings of our faith formation committees and the bland nonsense which they pass of as religious instruction. Oprah has fed this beast better than anyone, and that is much more harmful than any of the good she may have accomplished.
Lisa Schiffren gets to the heart of why I've always found Oprah so odious.
Enter Oprah. Her personal confessions, tears, and overflowing emotions (delivered articulately enough to suggest preparation), changed the style of casual discourse — and, ultimately, political speech too.
Of course, the feminization of American culture had been underway for a century, episodically, before she showed up. Historian Ann Douglas had ascribed it (partly) to an alliance between victimized women and preachers, attempting to sissify a rugged pioneer culture (e.g. Prohibition or the peace movement).
On her show, Oprah got to be the hurt woman and the preacher. She talked about depression, weight, and sexual abuse, in a manner familiar to women from the intense, intimate confidences of deep female friendship. Those agonies and confessions won the love and allegiance of millions of American women, who were a little lost at whatever point in their lives they were home, watching. It worked because, in the same show, she'd go from victim to healer, offering a female version of the deeply American boot-strapper archetype.
The triumph of her style has helped de-stigmatize real victimization — which is a clear good. Alas, it has made life that much harder for conservatives and others who prefer the rational to the emotional, who don't think that understanding necessarily equals forgiveness, and who think that there are constraints to material reality, even if there aren't with love and forgiveness.
There are positive elements of the feminization of the American culture, as Lisa points, but the overall effect of the Oprah-ization of America has been completely destructive. Weepy sentimentality has become prevalent. Yeah, it's good to deal with your emotions, but there is much more to life than perpetual group therapy.
Mollie Ziegler Hemmingway offers the most succinct summary:
If you support the widespread practice of pseudo-confessional but ultimately self-justifying defensiveness, the unleashing of hayseed morons such as Dr. Phil and trust-fund prevaricators such as James Frey, the spreading the New Age teachings of "The Secret" and normalization of a generic spirituality that views all religions as equally truthful, and encouraging grab-bag materialism over time-honored virtue, there is no question that Oprah Winfrey has had a net positive on American culture.
Amen sister.
Some will defend Oprah by saying she is a marked improvement over Jerry Springer and that brand of trash daytime television. But a clear majority of people looked upon shows of its ilk for the trash that it was and is. Oprah's version of the daytime format is more nefarious because so many people actually buy into it. In other words, almost all of America recognized that Jerry Springer was a clown. Not so many recognize the same in Oprah.
Rumpole of the Bailey
I have sometimes been known to say, especially after a fairly crazy day in the law mines, yesterday was such a day, that I practice law mainly because of the amusement that it affords me. As long as courts, judges, attorneys, and innocent and not so innocent clients exist, vaudeville will never be dead. I rarely have found entertainment on television to match it in dramas or comedies regarding attorneys. Most of them tend to be bloated soap operas, a la that wretched piece of tripe from the eighties, L.A. Law, but every now and then I do find a show that is a cut above, entertaining while relaying some truth about the legal system.
Perhaps the best I have come upon is the British show Rumpole of the Bailey, which ran from 1975-1992. Written by John Mortimer, a playwright and noted Queen's Counsel, (a rank given to British Barristers who are considered the top of their profession), it follows the legal misadventures of Horace Rumpole. Rumpole is a barrister, a British attorney who represents clients in court. A self-described "Old Bailey Hack" (The "Old Bailey" being the London criminal court.), both fame and fortune have eluded Horace. No judgeship for him, not even the rank of Queen's Counsel. (Horace refers to them dismissively as Queer Customers.) However, Horace is a happy man. He realizes that he is a gifted trial attorney, and that knowledge is good enough for him. The episodes usually revolve around one case, as we see Rumpole mostly prevailing, while illustrating both his own absurdities and those of the British legal system, his clients and society at large. John Mortimer, at least in his younger days, was a political left winger, but there are no sacred cows in Rumpole land, no matter if they moo to the left or the right. Continue reading
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Hattip to Bookworm Room. The Queen of the tap-dancers, Eleanor Powell, filmed this sequence with her dog Buttons, in the film Lady Be Good in 1941. Powell trained the dog herself, and the filming occurred in her living room in order to make it more comfortable for Buttons as the dog was used to performing there. Both Powell and her dog give energetic performances and they both seem to be having a good time. Continue reading
Johnny Depp has always been high on my list of very irritating actors, so it was against my better instincts that I truly enjoyed the above trailer. It looks like the film Rango will be a grand spoof of some of the spaghetti westerns of my mis-spent youth and should be a lot of fun. Besides, I have always been a sucker for owl mariachi bands.
Captain America vs. The Tea Partiers!
In my mispent youth back in the Sixties I read a lot of comics. My parents would give me and my brother a dollar each as our weekly allowance and at 12 cents a comic we could buy quite a few, even more if we purchased them for a nickel each used at an antiques\junk store in downtown Paris, Illinois. The most sacrificial Lent I have ever made was in 1965 at the age of 8 when I gave up my beloved comic books for Lent! Back then comics were quite safe for kids. On the whole I'd say they were beneficial for me, extending my vocabulary, introducing me to literary genres such as westerns and science fiction and the writing sometimes was of an unexpectedly high level. Some of the artists who drew the comics were of high calibre. Steve Ditko for example, the original artist who drew Spider-Man, had a very effective and memorable style of drawing. I stopped reading comics back around 1972, although I do buy silver age comic compilations for nostalgia and I keep half an eye on the industry as an aspect of popular culture.
I was not surprised to learn that a current story arc in Captain America has the Captain taking on the tea party movement. Comic book artists and writers have skewed heavily to the Left since the Sixties. My first protest letter, my first pre-computer attempt at a blog post, was a letter I wrote to Marvel Comics in pencil in 1969 protesting a story line in which Captain America was turning against US involvement in Vietnam.
In issue 602 of Captain America, the Captain and the Falcon, a black super-hero, see a tea party rally and decide that it poses a danger to, well that is not precisely clear, although I assume it is dangerous to the government. Captain America hits upon the brilliant plan to have the Falcon pose as a black IRS agent and go to a red neck bar and stir things up. (Hmmm, apparently plots and story lines have gone into steep decline since my day!) The hoot about this is that as long as the Republicans had the White House, the comics were filled with paranoid story lines involving evil government plots. With Obama in the White House, it is now evil to protest the government.
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Editorial Staff • West End • 30 Jan 2006
A transatlantic luxury liner heads towards England with an unlikely mix of characters; stowaway Billy Crocker, the apple of his eye, Hope Harcourt, master of disguise, Moonface Martin, and the raunchy Reno Sweeney. Add an eccentric rich American mother seeking love and some slow-witted FBI agents and you have all the ingredients of a high farce. Like Thoroughly Modern Millie, this show has an irresistible quality as it revels in absurd plot twists.
Of the performers, Chris Ellis-Stanton manages to hit all the high notes and display considerable comic prowess making Billy's antics a treat to watch. Angela Rippon is over the top but it suits her Evangeline Harcourt as she is a hysterical character. Michael Starke is excellent as Moonface Martin; his singing voice is not the best but his songs require comedy and he achieves that wonderfully.
The ensemble and swings are all brilliant as they offer much more than mere support. Many of the musical numbers including "Anything Goes" come to life as they tap dance their way across the stage with real flair.
I have saved the best until last, Ria Jones as Reno Sweeney. This enigmatic actress has considerable stage presence - so much so that you can see the entire cast raising their game alongside her. "Blow Gabriel Blow", the title song, and "I Get a Kick Out of You" are sung with such passion and show-stopping brilliance that jaws hit the floor. Jones was impressive in High Society but here she owns the stage.
Director Ian Talbot brings real verve to the material, even though at times the pacing is slow in Act One. Bill Deamer's dance sequences are toe-tappingly brilliant, complemented by Bob Bailey's static but multi-level set.
Hop aboard as there is much to enjoy here, Bon Voyage.
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Jesse learned how to juggle 3 beanbags from his friend Tim when he was 11 years old. He loved the challenge so much that he got every book he could from the library about juggling. Then one day in high school, some classmates found out Jesse could juggle and they convinced him to perform in the variety show – and Jesse was thrilled that people actually clapped for machete juggling and ladder balancing. One thing led to the next, and soon Jesse found himself street performing in Jerusalem, sharing a stage line-up with comedian Sinbad, and being employed as an entertainer for Paramount Parks. His credits have included television, radio, a halftime show for the Washington Mystics, and some gold and silver medals at the World Joggling Championships (running and juggling at the same time).
Jesse went to college (Taylor University, Indiana) and seminary (Asbury Theological Seminary, Kentucky), studying the Bible and pastoral ministry. During that time, he realized he could teach kids and families about the Bible using the juggling routines he had developed. So in 1999, Jesse started a "juggling ministry" that taught the message of the Gospel in this creative way. He later served a term as the President of the Christian Jugglers' Association and has also held memberships with the International Jugglers Association and the Fellowship of Christian Magicians. He has had the privilege of performing for audiences in over 30 states and on 3 continents. Jesse continues to perform both church-themed shows as well as "purely entertainment" shows, which do not have a religious message of any sort.
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