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Murder and Merriment prepping for three weekends of mystery parties
HUNTINGTON — Murder and Merriment is up to its usual bag of tricks this October - producing Murder! On slate is a trick-or-treat bag full of interactive murder mystery parties.
Beginning Friday and Saturday, Oct. 12-13, The Greenhouse of Teays Valley presents "The Murdered Mistress!" at 7pm nightly. Political scandal amidst a Presidential Election finds Senator Joe Jackson scrambling to save his crumbling campaign. The mystery features actors: George Scott Black, Megan Murphy Mace, Josh Taylor, Kendra Egnor, Ashley Taylor, Kat Bryant, Kathy Waugh, Allan Stern, and George R. Snider III as Detective Columbus. Reservations for this dinner theatre can be made by calling 304-397-6316.
Next, the Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society presents "Another Fistful of Bullets!" at 7 p.m. Oct 19-20 and 26-27 at Heritage Station in Huntington.
For the second year in a row, CPHRHS will host a murder mystery designed to entertain both local citizens and out of town guests who plan to travel on the New River Train the following morning.
President, Don Maxwell, was thrilled to offer this opportunity to his passengers after he witnessed capacity crowds at last year's Heritage Station mystery. The story is set in a train station and follows a movie production crew filming a B-Western movie, "Another Fistful of Bullets!" The film is way behind schedule and way over budget. Tempers flare, personalities clash, and murder is ripe! Appearing in the mystery are: Barry Dailey, George Scott Black, Ashley Taylor, George R. Snider III, Megan Murphy Mace, Allan Stern, Bill Tussey, Dianna Ayers, Nicole Grey, and Brian Cook. A catered buffet dinner will be provided by Suzcatering.
For reservations, call 1-866-639-7487. Tickets are still available for the Saturday mysteries only. Both Friday shows are SOLD OUT. Guests are encouraged to come dressed in their Western wear as they will be "extras" in the movie!
Finally, on Halloween night, Wednesday, Oct. 31, Huntington High School seniors, Zoey Stull and Elizabeth Schmitz present "Murder at the Opera!" - a special benefit for the Marshall Artists Series at the St. Clair home, 1805 McCoy Road in Huntington.
Ms. Stull and Ms. Schmitz selected this idea as their Senior Project and plan to participate in the mystery as minor characters. Intrigue revolves around the murder of famed operatic tenor, Luciano Manicotti. His wife, Carla and daughter, Anna, host some of Luciano's closest friends and business associates for a reading of the Will and a Séance in hopes of discovering who killed Luciano. The cast is excited to perform in this home which is on the National Register of Historic Places. The old Freeman Estate, also known as Park Hill Farm, was built in 1914. This massive 11,000 square foot home sits on 42 acres of land and overlooks Ritter Park.
The estate's original owner, Mr. Charles Hughes Freeman, was a leading pioneer in oil and gas development in Southern West Virginia.
Reservations for this murder party can be made by calling 304-412-4071 or 304-654-0040. Heavy hors d'oeuvres and beverages will be served at this elegant party which starts promptly at 7pm. Come dressed for the Opera and compete to win one of several prizes which will be offered to those who can correctly solve "who dunnit!" Tickets are limited.
Find out about more exciting local and regional theater productions from "Macbeth" to "Alice in Wonderland" in Thursday's Herald-Dispatch Weekend section.


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with regard to his work on the upcoming "reconstruction" of THE NUTCRACKER for the Berlin State Opera, for October, 2013, Yuri Burlaka is quoted by a colleague in Moscow as follows:
Yuri underlines that Nutcracker in Berlin won't be reconstruction so he kindly asks do not anticipate it. But as always this production will have ancient imperial look))
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Historical reconstruction of THE NUTCRACKERplanned for Berlin (Update: Not a reconstruction :()
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has been a practitioner in the Holistic field for
over 35 years and has assisted tens of thousands
through his lifestyle consultation services.
extensive write-up on Viktoras can be found in The
Heart of Greatness - Ordinary People Creating
Extraordinary Success(1997) and Wheatgrass Nature's
Finest Medicine: The Complete Guide to Using Grass
Foods & Juices to Revitalize Your
Health(1998) by Steve
Meyorowitz. Raw Knowledge:
Enhance The Powers of Your Mind, Body, and
Soul by Paul Nison
(5/2002). Articles featuring Viktoras have appeared
in recent issues of SPIN, Magical
Blend, New
Life Magazine, Living
Nutrition Magazine (now VIBRANCE) and other
has received 'The Lifetime of
Achievement Award' at the 2000 Raw
Food Culinary Showcase (held in Jamaica), from the
Vitalities, Inc., where he was the keynote speaker.
He was awarded a 'Certificate of Accomplishment as
a Live Food Culinary Chef and Instructor' by the
Light Culinary Institute.
has appeared many times as the keynote speaker at
the: Cell Tech August Celebration, Raw Expo,
National Gathering, and the
Health Institute Health Educator
Intensive. He has also trained the medical and
professional staff in Enzymatic Nutrition and Live
Food Therapies for Degenerative Disease at the
Health Resort of Asia. Viktoras has
appeared as a keynote speaker at the World
Congress on Incurable Diseases, the Raw
World: International Festival of Raw Food
Enthusiasts (Montezuma, Costa
Rica), as well as many other workshops.
Viktoras Kulvinskas
in Lithuania, during World War
II, under a Piscean sky, he
received his M.S. Degree in pure
mathematics from the University
of Connecticut, where he later
taught mathematics. For six years
he was computer consultant for
Harvard University, the
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, the Smithsonian
Astrophysical Observatory, the
Apollo Project, etc. He is a
member of the Physics honor
society Sigma Pi Sigma. He also
co-founded, with Dr. Ann Wigmore,
the Hippocrates Health Institute
in Boston, where he was the
Director of Research. As a
nutritionist, he was the personal
health consultant to
comedian/activist Dick Gregory
during his 900 mile run for
travels extensively, and has given seminars for the
World Symposium on Humanity in Canada and
Australia. He has lectured for over 10,000 hours at
such events as the New Earth Exposition, the Whole
Earth Festival, the World
Vegetarian Congress, the Cancer
Victims and Friends Convention, the National
Health Federation Convention, and
Viktoras Contributions to the
Living Food Movement
Eliot Rosen
Kulvinskas entered in the natural health movement
in 1967 shortly after, he became part of Dr. Ann
Wigmore's Boston-based Rising Sun Christianity.
Within two years, jointly they started the
Hippocrates Health Institute. Before Viktoras came
to Rising Sun Christianity, cooked foods was still
served and the center did not offer any coherent
program organized around a set of guiding health
principles. There was no living foods program to
speak of. However, divine guidance played a role,
and the old system had some degree of success.
The crux
of Viktoras greatness at this juncture was that
through his diamond sharp intellect and intuitive
genius he saw the tremendous potential in living
foods. He saw something others did not fully see,
and asked the kind of questions others had never
before asked. Viktoras' contribution as founding
visionary has never sufficiently been recognized,
in part because of Viktoras' unassuming humility.
Nevertheless, in
profound and subtle ways he brought to bear
ingenious solutions to perplexing theoretical and
practical problems in the development of the living
food protocol. His contributions include advances
in food-growing systems, the creation of entirely
new foods (baby greens - such as buckwheat and
sunflower 7 day greens) and food preparation
methods (especially, as related to fermentation of
seed milks, predigestion of seeds by soaking,
dehydration research), as well as his highly
original seminal literary works. In the final
analysis, he was the key player in transforming
what was mere latent potential into the innovative
directions that the living food movement has taken.
Below are but a few of his
pioneering contributions.
conclude, let it be said that Viktoras'
contribution to the design and operationalization
of the present Health Center is undoutably of
inestimable value in increasing the speed at which
investors get a return on their investment.
is extremely dynamic as he shares his vast insights
and delicious recipes in those rare videos."
..- Gabriel Cousens
(Author, researcher, activist)
"I am
forever grateful for your companionship, assistance
and contribution during the seven years we spend
together in popularizing the wheatgrass therapy and
going from vision to reality ... the live food and
enzymatic nutrition"
.. - Rev. Ann
Wigmore (Author,
co-founder of Hippocrates Health Institute)
inspired book."
.. - Peter Max
before trends began Viktoras pioneered the
progressive health movement. With Ann Wigmore he
co-founded the Hippocrates Health Institute..
Viktoras will give you the information you need to
move forward.
.. - Brian Clement
(Author, director
of Hippocrates Health Institute)
contribution to humanity, with Rev. Ann Wigmore,
will be forever remembered."
.. - Norman Walker
"I got no
problems, cause I got Brothers like Viktoras who
balance out all the negativity on the planet. There
is not another mind on the planet when it comes to
nutrition that knows as much about the body with
such integrity as Brother Viktoras."
.. - Dick Gregory
(Author, lecturer,
human rights activist)
is an encyclopedia of knowledge. Seeing and
listening to him speak is like reading a
fascinating book."
.. - David Wolfe
(Author, lecturer
and raw food activist)
the audience with his ideas for healthier diet...I
tasted 'sunflower lettuce'...delicious."
.. - Jeff Cox
(Organic Gardening
"The Raw
Culinary & Lifestyle FUNdamental Workshop and
Lecture that Viktoras taught in Fayettevile (AR) on
April 2/3 was FANTASTIC!!!. I have attended the
following raw events/seminars in the past:
seminar has been the BEST most informative raw
event I have attended. The food Viktoras prepared
was delicious. This is the second time I drove for
four hours to see Viktoras, and I will come to see
him and attend his events as many times as
possible. I thank God for Viktoras."
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November 20, 2006
Lipscomb University, in Nashville, is creating a college of pharmacy, scheduled to admit its first class to enroll in the fall of 2008.The University of California at Irvine is starting a law school, which will enroll its first students in the fall of 2009.
November 17, 2006
Facing a budget shortfall, university decides academics should come first.
November 17, 2006
Milton Friedman, a leading champion of free market economics and a foe of government intervention, died Thursday at the age of 94. He was a leader of the Chicago School of economics, based in the economics department at the University of Chicago, and he won the Nobel for economic science in 1976.
November 17, 2006
A new book says foundations and educational institutions don't always see each other in the best light -- but both sides want better cooperation.
November 17, 2006
When a student in library didn't have ID, police used Taser on him -- and when video of incident turns up online and on TV, campus debate heats up.
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Wednesday, January 8, 2014
MOLSON The annual ice fishing festival is on.
"Fishing is looking better at Sidley Lake this year and reports are folks are ice fishing and catching fish and the water quality is better," Oroville Chamber of Commerce President Clyde Andrews said Wednesday."
Registration for the fishing derby opens at 7 a.m. and the ice opens at 8 a.m.
"Fishing is looking better at Sidley Lake this year..."
- Clyde Andrews
Andrews email announcement about the festival, which takes place Feb. 15, follows rumors of the event's demise.
Those rumors stem from unsuccessful fishing the past three years - no fish were caught.
"Seems rumors abound and it is time to dispel some of them," he said.
According to Andrews, Fletcher Mountain fisherman James Iler has fished the lake four times this winter and "limited" each time.
The Oroville Chamber of Commerce is organiziing the event and is being assisted by Robin Stice of Eden Valley Guest Ranch and Larry Smith of Oroville Senior Center.
Proceeds from the event help pay for the cost of maintenance and operation of the lake's aerator and the Oroville Visitor Center.
In addition to the fishing tournament, Mary Lou Kriner of Mary Lou's Gifts is organizing an arts and crafts fair inside Molson Grange.
Rev. Gary Forgey is also organizing a dog sled demonstration, snow permitting.
A pancake breakfast is planned in the grange hall from 7-10 a.m.


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After 88th Game, M's Rest
A week ago, the Mariners reached the halfway point of the season in Boston. Sunday, they arrived at a more important juncture: the final game before the All-Star break.
As joyous as this season has been for everybody on this team, it's hard to find anyone who's not looking forward to three days off before the real fun begins.
Closer David Aardsma flew home to Scottsdale, Ariz., where he and his wife will spend three days looking for a new house with a bigger yard for themselves and their year-old boxer, Scooby.
Jarrod Washburn will go home to Wisconsin, where he'll check on the herd of deer that he manages on his property, and spend quality time with family and fishing.
Reliever Roy Corcoran and his wife will unwind at a cabin on the Snohomish River.
Ken Griffey Jr. flew to Cincinnati, where his daughter is playing in a basketball tournament, and will meet the Mariners on Thursday when they begin a series at Cleveland.
And manager Don Wakamatsu, pitcher Felix Hernandez and right fielder Ichiro Suzuki left after Sunday's game for St. Louis, where they'll represent the Mariners at the All-Star Game.
What Wakamatsu wants most is for everyone to enjoy the break and that Ichiro, especially, gets some good rest. He needs it badly.
"Ichiro is at the point right now where I hope he's able to relax over the All-Star break," Wakamatsu said. "He's running a little low on energy.
"What we all forget is that this guy is 35 years old and he's still performing at this level. That's what's so amazing."
He's not the only one who is getting a break at the right time.
Griffey's left knee has bugged him most of the season, and so has center fielder Franklin Gutierrez's left knee.
"It's nothing structural," Wakamatsu said. "But he's been playing hurt."
Silva May Throw by Late July
Carlos Silva may seem like a forgotten pitcher, having not worked a game since May 6 because of inflammation in his right shoulder. While there's no indication that he'll pitch anytime soon, or even this season, he is getting better, Wakamatsu said.
"He'll probably start to at least play catch at the end of the month," Wakamatsu said. "The rest will be determined by how fast he progresses. He's almost at a point where he's pain-free in his shoulder."
The Mariners also hope to see right-hander Chad Cordero on the mound soon in minor league games.
Cordero, the Washington Nationals' former closer, had labrum surgery last year and the Mariners signed him during spring training on a minor league contract. The hope then was that Cordero could pitch by mid-June, and he was even targeting mid-May.
Despite constant work at the Mariners' facility in Arizona, his velocity hasn't come around and it looks like they're at a make-or-break point with Cordero.
"We want to get him pitching in a game and see where we're at with him," Wakamatsu said. "The thought process is to see if the velocity picks up a little bit more in a game situation."
Jack Hannahan, obtained Saturday in a trade with the A's because of his stellar defense, hardly lived up to his slick-fielding-third-baseman label Sunday. He made two errors in a game for the first time in his career, and his double-clutch after catching a grounder in the fifth wiped out any chance of a double play. However, he started a double play in the second inning and fielded a hard grounder by Marlon Byrd to get the first out in the ninth. The Mariners are 25-15 when Rob Johnson is the starting catcher. DH Mike Sweeney, on the DL with back spasms, began hitting off a tee Sunday and the Mariners continue to hope he'll be able to play at Detroit in the second series after the All-Star break. Third baseman Adrian Beltre, who had surgery to remove a bone spur in his left shoulder, is progressing well and could be back with the team in about five weeks, Wakamatsu said.
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Ima Cut you - 4yr old Buckskin stalling, Cutting horse
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There should always be room to seek answers from political officials and bring "sunlight" to government proceedings. We, the people, have the right to know what our elected officials are doing with our tax dollars and how they are leading our towns, counties, states and country.
Disagreement can occur, as people have differing opinions, leadership styles, backgrounds and trains of thought. When disputes arise, leaders should then come together and solve the problems with debate and compromise, one not being effective without the other.
Look no further than the recently signed contract between the Essex County employees union, CSEA, and the county, where both sides openly admitted that they did not get everything they wanted, but came to a compromise with the best interest of all involved.
In this case, however, the battle lines that have been drawn have seldom been solely about only the issues. The tone of letters and statements from both camps has increasingly turned personal, sarcastic and even a little hateful toward one another. The monthly call-and-response that is playing out on local editorial pages has devolved into a "are too, are not," name-calling, playground war of words. While some of the participants in this dance have maintained the high road, others exited that path and the time has come for this senseless squabble to end.
What is playing out is the type of politics that we find unacceptable in Washington and in Albany, with people unwilling to lose themselves in the greater good and instead placing more emphasis on the letter that follows their last names. People engaged in government need to be less concerned with party politics and more concerned with the politics of the people. That's when work gets done, when people work together and set aside their personal agenda for the common good. That doesn't happen under a Hatfield vs. McCoy clash for power.
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Witness to China's Qin Terracotta Warrior Army>> Emperor Qin's Tomb/Mausoleum
Emperor Qin's Tomb/ Mausoleum
Archeologists prove that the mausoleum mound was once 115 meters high though it reduces to 76 meters after 2200 years of weathering.
According to historical record, the First Emperor' subterranean chambers were protected by huge underground ramparts. There were rivers of mercury and a jewel-encrusted domed ceiling representing the universe. And the tomb candles, made from whale oil, were designed to burn for eternity. Booby traps were designed to trigger mechanically firing a volley of arrows toward any unsuspecting grave-robber...
It is rumored hundred of favorite concubines had to be staying with their master to start a new imperial family in the next world. It had also long been decided that hundreds more were sealed inside the mausoleum-The emperor took the designers, architects, engineers and builders of the mausoleum – anyone who knew the way in would be forced to stay.
The First Emperor's mausoleum has been kept sealing though numerous wonderful objects are discovering around. It promises to yield even greater treasures but excavators are sensitive to the site's great cultural significance and continue their methodical work, in no hurry to disturb the Emperor's final resting place.
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Cross Country Competes At NCAA Pre-National Invitational
Howell, Ohlman Top Finishers For Xavier
2010-11: Ran in four events as a junior ... Highest finish was 24th at the junior varsity race of the National Catholic Championships where she posted a 24th place finish with a time of 20:23 ... Turned in a 6K time of 25:37 at the Princeton Invitational
2009-10: Saw action in six of XU's fall events ...Ran a personal-best 5K at the National Catholic Championships where she posted a time of 19:36 ...Her highest finish of the season was 17th at the Queen City Invitational ...Her finish at the Queen City Invitational served as the tie breaker to give Xavier the win over the University of Cincinnati ...Ran a 4K time of 16:31 at the Big River Early Run
2008-09: Competed in six of Xavier's fall events as a freshman ...Turned in a season-best and career-best 5K of 20:06 at the Notre Dame Invitational.
High School: Sectional champion in the high jump in 2007 and in the 800-meter event in 2006... Set a Sectional record of 5'4"... Qualified for the 2007 NYS Meet, earning fifth place in 800-meter event... Two-time team MVP... Personal record of 2:18.3 in the 800... Top 4x400-meter relay split of 59 seconds... Was a team captain.
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12-thousand Ohio children live in foster homes, 40 percent below the number of a decade ago.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine says too many face lives of uncertainty, and too many are returned to their birth parents, where they face danger and neglect. DeWine has created a Foster Care Advisory Board to make recommendations for changing state law. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports.


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EXCITED new recruits at Cheltenham's new Whole Foods Market cannot wait to get started at the store.
Greengrocers, butchers, bakers, chefs, cheesemongers and other food and drink specialists are finishing off their training before the supermarket, in Gallagher Retail Park, opens on Wednesday.
It follows a recruitment drive in the Gloucestershire Echo to find people with the aptitude to take on new skills.
Many of the successful applicants went through Job Centre Plus, with courses at Gloucestershire College, in a pioneering three-pronged partnership with the natural food firm. There are more than 150 new staff from Cheltenham – 33 of them were previously unemployed.
Among them is Stacey Turton, from Leckhampton, who had been applying for jobs since last June when the chance to go on a two week course at Gloucestershire College came up.
She now has now landed a job in the store's bakery department making anything from bread and pizza to biscuits, cakes and other treats.
"It has been a brilliant experience so far," said the 26-year-old. "It is tough out there for young people getting a job at the moment and I had been applying for things without having much luck.
"But then I got on the two- week course at Gloucestershire College and did certificates in food and hygiene, customer service, and basic knife skills.
"It has opened all sorts of doors for me.
"Now I've got the job I feel like I'm learning all the time.
"I'm working in the bakery section at the moment, but there will be chances to move around and pick up new skills within the business."
The company, which prides itself on only stocking products which are natural, has more than 310 stores – mainly in North America.
Its Cheltenham branch will be only its second UK store outside of London, where it has five outlets.
Final touches are being put on the premises before the grand opening. A giant loaf of bread, cooked in-store, will be broken at 9am on Wednesday.
"It's our way of cutting the ribbon," said Whole Foods Market spokesman Ben Woodgate. "Everyone here is feeling really positive about this project and Cheltenham is a great place for us to be because people here care deeply about local produce and what they eat."


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World junior hopeful Ho-Sang not bothered by public perception
Josh Ho-Sang caught himself in mid-sentence.
Hockey Canada has that golden feeling
A few hours into Canada's summer development camp and already Scott Salmond could sense a difference.
Travis Sanheim and Jake Virtanen at world junior development camp
Summer vacation has ended early for a pair of Calgary Hitmen.
Johansson agrees to one-year contract with Capitals
Forward Marcus Johansson avoided arbitration by agreeing to a $3.75 million, one-year contract with the Washington Capitals.
Canada's world junior camp first look for Lowry and staff
Seven months after Canada's world junior team won a gold medal on home ice, the process of trying to do it again in Helsinki is just getting underway.
Galchenyuk wanted two-year 'bridge' deal with Habs, looks to take next step
It took a while, but Alex Galchenyuk is glad to have his contract settled with the Montreal Canadiens.
NHL notebook: Canadiens sign Alex Galchenyuk
The Montreal Canadiens have agreed to terms on a two-year deal with forward Alex Galchenyuk.
Jakub Voracek agrees to contract extension with Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers and right wing Jakub Voracek have agreed to a multiyear contract extension.
Sabres owner Terry Pegula says losing seasons were successful for rebuilding process
Buffalo Sabres owner Terry Pegula says the last two losing seasons were big successes for the team.
How the Ottawa Senators stack up
During the hottest days of the summer, it's natural to be concerned about ice -- mostly that there's enough in the freezer for drinks.
Leafs offer Bernier minimum in arbitration
The big money the Maple Leafs have laid out for an expanded front office does not apply to their restricted free agent goaltender.
Ex-Leaf Berezin arrested for alleged food stamp fraud
A former NHL player is among four Russian immigrants arrested in Florida this week after being charged with defrauding Medicaid, according to multiple reports.
Old rivals Bruins, Canadiens will meet in Winter Classic
The Winter Classic is coming to the home of the New England Patriots.
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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is not ruling out Toronto's BMO Field as a possible host site for a Winter Classic outdoor game a year from January.
Devils put Zubrus on waivers, will buy out contract
New Jersey Devils forward Dainius Zubrus was placed on unconditional waivers by the team Wednesday with the intention of ending his contract.
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The American flag that goalie Jim Craig wrapped around his shoulders after the U.S. Miracle on Ice victory at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics is on the auction block.
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Forward additions make Penguins deeper and better
Forget about the March of the Penguins. This is the July of the Penguins.
NHL notebook: Flyers sign Couturier to six-year extension
The Philadelphia Flyers locked up one of their promising young forwards on Tuesday.
Senators' Hoffman asking for $3.4M
The Senators' top goal scorer is looking to become the team's ninth player to make at least $3-million.
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When Mitch Marner arrived at the Air Canada Centre on Tuesday to sign his three-year NHL entry-level contract, new Maple Leafs general manager Lou Lamoriello was waiting.
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Steve Hochstadt: These opportunist birthers don't believe in anything, except that they can promote conservative causes and their own public profile by doubting the facts.
Health Care Reform: Compassion versus Freedom?
John Delloro: State rights and individual freedom have an important place in our society but so does the values and beliefs informing the lives of Ella Mae, my father and I. Our narrative of community and compassion yearns and demands to be included in the larger story of America. Although the health care reform bill is imperfect, it communicates to us—"we are beginning to be heard."


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Sufism and Islamic Mysticism Subject of Religion Lecture Series at Pomona College
The annual Pomona College Clark-Horowitz Lectures in Religion will be delivered by Ahmet T. Karamustafa and Fatemeh Keshavarz, world-renowned authorities on the study of Islamic mysticism.
The topic was selected because "Sufism or Islamic mysticism offers a rich trove of ideas, literary masterpieces, views on the spiritual development and nurturing of the self, and the master-disciple relationship," said Pomona College Professor of Religious Studies Zayn Kassam.
Karamustafa, the author of Sufism: The Formative Period (2007), will explore the master-disciple relationship in Sufism. Keshavarz will talk about her book Jasmine and Stars, which explores the Iran that is left out of Azar Naficy's popular work, Reading Lolita in Tehran, and will also discuss the medieval Persian poet Sa'di (1184-1283 CE), whose works Bustan (Garden) and Gulistan (Rose Garden) contain themes related to human existence in its spiritual and mundane aspects. Both Karamustafa and Keshavarz are professors at Washington University in St. Louis.
The lecture schedule is as follows:
- Tues., Oct. 25 — Ahmet T. Karamustafa: "Sufis and Popular Saints in Early Islam" — 11 a.m., Pomona College Rose Hills Theatre (170 E. 6th St., Claremont).
- Wed., Oct. 26 — Fatemeh Keshavarz: "Why I Wrote Jasmine and Stars" — 7 p.m., Scripps College Hampton Room (Malott Commons, 345 E. Ninth St., Claremont).
- Thurs., Oct. 27 — Fatemeh Keshavarz "Cosmopolitan Kinship and Care of the Self: The Legacy of Sa'di of Shiraz" — 11 a.m., Pomona College Rose Hills Theatre (170 E. 6th St., Claremont).
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The Clark Horowitz Lectures in Religion are a time-honored tradition at Pomona College, dating back to 1924 when a gift by Arthur O. and Laura Clark of Covina, California, made possible an annual series of Clark Lectures in Religion, the first of which was held in 1926. Mr. David Horowitz, class of 1973, has enabled this tradition to continue, with a more recent gift in 1999. Distinguished speakers in this series have included Jonathan Z. Smith, Wendy Doniger, James Barr, Anne-Marie Schimmel, Robert Gibbs and Vincent Cornell, among others.


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Lit Bit: Pat Valdata—Entertaining and Thought-Provoking
Today's Tracks endorsement comes from poet and novelist Pat Valdata.
"Who doesn't love a train ride? And what a ride you'll get with Eric D. Goodman's Tracks. Hand your ticket to the conductor, join the other passengers in the lounge car, and listen to their stories as the landscape speeds by. You'll enjoy meeting each of these characters, sharing their fears, their desires and their dreams, in this entertaining and thought-provoking novel-in-stories.â€
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Eric's column, Lit Bit, is published every week to Gather Essentials: Books. Featuring bits on writing, writers, books, and literature, Lit Bit will fulfill your literary longings.
Eric's novel in stories, Tracks, is being published by Atticus Books June 30, 2011. www.TracksNovel.com You can pre-order it now.
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Below is the poem entitled On loving the literary soup,, which was written by poet
Maverick. Please feel free to comment on this poem. However, please remember, PoetrySoup is a place of encouragement and growth.
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When my spirit was fogged in gloom
After i impacted concrete; like a lead balloon
It lifted my strength as i started to write
Of a beautiful girls toy; on its maiden flight
Intended for a contest by souper trouper P D
But i wrote it wrong in "form" if you look you'll see...)
Yet on its immersion in "the soup" i felt satisfied
It seemed to numb the pain; i had been feeling inside
Its not winning or losing while on "the soup"
Though neither string bean; or minestrone (i feel) in "the loop"
There are many places to spend a while,
But the "draw" for me is "the soups" unique flavor & style
It has content..) that's peaceful, stimulating," its fine"
Yet words versus" its essence is exercising my mind,
Let its writers and their themes be the answer to why
I extol "the soups" virtue; that's my definitely my very best try..!
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This morning streets in Ashland were filled for the third annual Southern Oregon Pride Parade, which supports legalizing gay marriage. It's a hot button issue a handful of states will face this November.
The organizers of the pride parade touted love and acceptance, even Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown showed up.
But with the general election only a few weeks away, it was hard for folks not to talk about the the subject of gay marriage.
Nataionwide it's a controversial topic with several states, including Washington, voting on legalizing marriage for all.
While there is no gay marriage measure on the ballot in Oregon, it's something some local and state politicians say they're working toward.
"I'm very committed to making sure that same sex couples can marry and hope to have that opportunity sometime in the next couple of years."
And today -- streets were packed in Ashland for Southern Oregon's third annual pride parade. organizers say thousands of people attended.
The festival invites members of the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender and queer community to celebrate diversity and individuality.
"It is a celebration of diversity, it's the LGBTQ community, where we all come together and celebrate our difference."
The overall message today from everyone we spoke with was acceptance and being a true individual.
"It's, like, we're all human, and i just want everyone to be accepting of everyone else"
Organizers of today's event say things went smoothly.
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Elsie Yvonne Myers, age 68, of Hennis Care Center of Bolivar passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2011, following a sudden illness.
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She was an area resident of East Sparta and worked as a nursing assistant and homemaker her entire life. She enjoyed reading, playing cards and watching baseball.
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She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl M. Myers, Jr. on Feb. 14, 2011, and a son, Skip Myers in 2010.
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COLUMBIA — South Carolina has seven games remaining, and it will win exactly zero of them if it performs as brutally on offense as it did Thursday.
The Gamecocks lost 64-46 to LSU, their fifth consecutive defeat. They took 32 shots in both halves. They made nine in both halves. They scored 22 points in the second period. To begin the period, they made just four of their first 20 shots.
In that same time, LSU made 11 of 18, after hitting 11 of 31 in the first half. Following that surge and USC's lull to begin the second half, the Tigers led 52-35 with 8:20 remaining, and their two-point halftime lead was suddenly a blowout.
All that remained was the formality of seeing if LSU forward Johnny O'Bryant reached 30 points for the first time in his career. He hit the number on the nose, and shot 13 of 19.
USC (12-12, 2-9 Southeastern Conference) had been above .500 all season until Thursday. The Gamecocks now must close 4-3 to avoid their fourth straight losing regular season. They have no chance of doing it if they continue the habits that are infuriating first-year coach Frank Martin.
Perhaps hoping to deliver a jolt, he opened his press conference Thursday by shredding his team.
"If you take (point guard) Bruce Ellington off our team, you'd probably have the 12 leading candidates for the starring roles in 'The Return of the Living Dead,' the zombie movie," he said. "If you took Bruce off our team, our guys would probably win an Academy (Award) for their performance in that movie.
"I've been doing this for 28 years, nine of which as a junior varsity high school coach. That means I've dealt with 14-year-olds. I've never been more embarrassed to call myself a basketball coach than I am today."
USC played solid defense in the first half Thursday, as LSU shot 35.5. Then the Tigers shot 53.6 in the second half and finished at 44.1. In USC's previous four losses, its opponents shot 52.8, 58.1, 61.4 and 43.9. The Gamecocks' shooting percentages in its five-game losing streak: 31.1, 35.8, 28.8, 39.2 and 28.1 on Thursday, their second lowest of the season.
"I thought we shot good shots," Martin said. "We lead the country in air-ball layups. If guys can't make layups, it's hard to win. You've got to invest yourself to be good. In life, you get what you deserve. If you don't put in the time, that ball ain't going to go in the basket. We've got guys that don't comprehend that. They put in the time when I make them put in the time. They don't put in the time for the love of the game. Until that doesn't change, it ain't going to get any better."
It's a bad sign for the Gamecocks that Martin questioned their effort Thursday and wondered aloud just how they could turn things around in time for Saturday's game at Alabama.
"Ever since the Florida game (to start the losing streak), we've been fighting a losing battle, because the desire to play is not there," Martin said. "I've always taken pride to get guys to do what I ask them to do, and right now, that's not happening. If this was the NBA, we'd fine them, we'd take their money, we'd release them and say, 'Good luck with ever finding another job.' I shouldn't coach basketball ever again if this is how my team plays."
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Any faculty member who retires from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is automatically a member of the Retired Faculty Council, which meets several times throughout the year. They are also eligible for discounts through the VCU Bookstore, VCU computer accounts, and discounted rates are offered on Internet access, theatre, musical and athletic events on campus, and for the VCU Work-Life program. In addition, they are eligible to audit up to three courses a semester tuition-free.
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Examples of in-house courses offered to employees that are made available during work hours for free or at a minimal cost include "Exploring and Appreciating Diversity at VCU," "Managing Personal and Professional Change,", and the VCU Investment Education Series, which includes "Woman's Money and Woman's Future," "How to Develop an Investment Strategy," "Managing Investments" and "Achieving a Sound Retirement."
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So I signed up for a Kickstarter (something I never do by the way) for a program called Fiction Unboxed and if you're a writer or you're just curious about how writers do their jobs or you're one of those assholes who say "I could totally write a book if I wanted to I just have too busy of a life"—let's hope you're really not one of those assholes—then you should consider signing up too.
What is Fiction Unboxed?
Fiction Unboxed is this really cool program being ran by two great authors from Austin Texas – Johnny B. Truant and Sean Platt. If you sign up and contribute what you get to do is watch these two guys write a novel from the ground floor up. Depending on your level of contribution depends on how much you see and how much you get out of it. At the level I donated at I get to watch these two authors go through their process (which is probably much different from my process) and see how they make their magic happen.
Why do I want to do that? Because no one, NO ONE, except maybe J.K. Rowling and Nora Roberts is an absolute Jedi Master Yoda when it comes to writing. There are still tricks and techniques that we can learn—and teach—to each other as writers. Seeing how someone else does their process and does their work will help me evaluate what they're doing, compare it to what I'm doing and then see how their process can help me make mine better. And what comes from an improved process? Better stories.
How I explained Fiction Unboxed to my husband (who is not a writer): It's like I'm Volkswagen and Toyota just invited my engineering and design team in to see how they make cars. When my time at Toyota is over am I going to stop making Volkswagens and start making Toyotas? No, but what I'm hoping is that I can learn about how they move their Prius down the line so that the next time I'm designing and building a new Beetle I can take what I've learned from them and use what applies in my work to build a better Beetle.
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[K]alpana, made in 1948, literally means imagination; however, in its tone it is closer to a dream or even a nightmare. At times, these dreams are clearly marked while mostly they seamlessly merge into the narrative of a dancer who wants to set up his academy.
The plot is autobiographical. Uday Shankar ran his famous dance academy in the Himalayas. He closed the academy in late forties and started work on this film that took four years to complete. His assistants included Guru Dutt and sitar maestro Ravi Shankar while famous writer Amritlal Nagar wrote the Hindi dialogues.
Uday Shankar plays the lead named Udayan while his wife Amala plays the leading lady Uma in the film.
The film has a very complex narrative structure held together by many stories within it – Udayan and Uma's love story, Udayan's dream to set up his dance academy. This narrative structure is quintessentially Indian where the story has other stories within it and flow of the narrative is deliberately broken to introduce characters and their stories.
The tone of the story keeps changing as it moves from one part to another each driven by a key emotion.
The film also captures the political climate of newly independent India of 1948. A major theme of the film is the director's quest for the Indian national identity.
A section where through a dance rendition the director brings forth the heartlessness of capitalistic system of production is remarkable in its portrayal reminiscent of German expressionistic films. The film uses shadows, camera angles and set designs in a way that is rich in cinema.
The central plot of the film is driven by Udayan's love for Uma and Kamini's efforts to steal him from her. However, this story is potent with political and spiritual sub text. Both women want to help Udayan set up his dance academy; however, their ways are different. Kamini takes him to the socialites of Bombay, while Uma wants him to invite everybody to the academy for a national dance festival.
The film captures in all its intensity the eternal conflict between art and commerce. Uday Shankar's Kalpana is highly individualistic expression of an artist's angst that has a timeless quality.
One of the imaginative tools used in the film is a mechanical device that captures the interest level of kings and princes in dance performances.
Shankar likes to poke fun at Indian elites, princes and capitalists alike. To ridicule their taste in art, he constructs a scene where their faces light up suddenly to see bare legs of female dancers swirling in their skirts while their faces are veiled. The meter shows "sex appeal". Much to the disappointment of the elite audience, the dancer reveals their mustachioed faces later.
A digitally restored version of Kalpana was screened in Cannes Classics section of the 65th Cannes Film Festival.