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"repeat" loop
This functionality does not run in MATLAB.
conditionend_repeat _repeat(
repeat - end_repeat is a loop that evaluates
its body until a specified stopping criterion is satisfied.
In a
repeat loop, first
body and
condition are evaluated until
condition evaluates
In contrast to the
while loop, the body of
repeat loop is always evaluated at least once.
The body may consist of any number of statements which must
be separated either by a colon
: or a semicolon
Only the last evaluated result inside the body (the return value of
the loop) is printed on the screen. Use
The Boolean expression
condition must be
reducible to either
TRUE or
FALSE. Internally, the
condition is evaluated in the lazy evaluation context of the functions
_lazy_and and
The statements
next and
break can be used in
repeat loops
in the same way as in
for loops.
The keyword
end_repeat may be replaced by
the keyword
The imperative form
repeat - end_repeat is
equivalent to corresponding call of the function
In most cases, the imperative form should be preferred because it
leads to simpler code.
is often a more elegant notation for loops.
_repeat is a function of the system kernel.
Intermediate results of statements within a
repeat and
while loop
are not printed to the screen:
i := 1: s := 0: while i < 3 do s := s + i; i := i + 1; end_while
Above, only the return value of the loop is displayed. Use
i := 1: s := 0: while i < 3 do print("intermediate sum" = s); s := s + i; i := i + 1; s end_while
delete i, s:
A simple example is given, how a
repeat loop
can be expressed via an equivalent
while loop.
For other examples, this may be more complicated and additional initializations
of variables may be needed:
i := 1: repeat print(i); i := i + 1; until i = 3 end:
i := 1: while i < 3 do print(i); i := i + 1; end:
delete i:
The Boolean expression
condition must evaluate
TRUE or
condition := UNKNOWN: while not condition do print(Condition = condition); condition := TRUE; end_while:
Error: The Boolean 'TRUE' or 'FALSE' is expected. [while]
To avoid this error, change the stopping criterion to
condition := UNKNOWN: while condition <> TRUE do print(Condition = condition); condition := TRUE; end_while:
delete condition:
We demonstrate the correspondence between the functional and
the imperative form of the
repeat and
while loop,
hold(_repeat((statement1; statement2), condition))
repeat statement1; statement2 until condition end_repeat
hold(_while(condition, (statement1; statement2)))
while condition do statement1; statement2 end_while
The body of the loop: an arbitrary sequence of statements
Value of the last command executed in the body of the loop.
If no command was executed, the value
NIL is returned. If the body of a
while loop
is not evaluated due to a false condition, the void object of type
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I had tried on other mid length coats to find that they all fit me quite wrong so I was a bit leery about this one. However, when I got it I was thrilled. The somewhat fitted waist is actually at my waist and not half way up my rib cage. The length is good on me at 5'3" being long enough to keep me warm but not so long as to end up with snow ans slush splatter all over the bottom of it. Unbelievably it has been too warm in upstate NY to wear the coat so I can't speak to its actual use out of doors. As to fit it is just slightly smaller than my Marmot Whitestone jacket but I think that makes for a better fit to keep me warmer in the Chelsea. I am a bigger extra small and smaller small with wide shoulders and no chest. If I went by the measurements I should be a medium-but that would have been too big. I got the Moonstruck and to my eye it is a nice shade of deep off white or perhaps a very, very pale taupe, but not white.
Finally had a chance to wear the coat in the cold. It was wonderful. Kept me warm with only a summer weight sweater underneath. The length of the coat and the fact that the zipper stops before my knees is perfect for walking in town as it keeps my legs warm warm but doesn't trip me up.
how cold? I am considering purchasing this coat, and live in Northern Canada. Need a rating of -15C to -35C
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Activist Post
Under new law, archetypal of any oppressive regime with a plan to keep the society under its thumb, Saudi royalty declared that peaceful opposition to whatever they do is 'terrorism', and can be punishable by locking the agitator of 'public order' in a cage indefinitely. The 'counter terrorism bill' declares that the Saudi government can use force on individuals who commit 'actions that threaten Saudi Arabia's unity, disturb public order, or defame the reputation of the state or the king.'
With our modern understanding of history brought to us via the World Wide Web, not the history taught in public school, but the real history you must dig deep into for real facts, it is overwhelmingly obvious what this bill is about. It is the same archetype, the same playbook of past greedy, dull tyranny brought into the modern era.
King Abdullah was the face of approval for this law, as he signed it into law Sunday.
The bill defines terrorism as things that have nothing necessarily to do with violence, criminalizing- "any act carried out by an offender … intended to disturb the public order…to shake the security of society… stability of the state… expose its national unity to danger… suspend the basic law of governance or some of its articles," as cited by Human Rights Watch (HRW).
Of course, the security of the society ruled by the state is defined by the people oppressing, taxing, and imprisoning the citizens of the land that the royal Saudis claim ownership of. The stability of the state is directly at the expense of the citizens.
Civil disobedience is explicitly forbidden in this bill, which punishes those who inhibit "governmental authority to carry out or prevent it [the government] from carrying out an action, or to threaten to carry out acts that lead to the named purposes or incite [these acts]".
This bill also functions as a declaration of war of sorts against the citizens of Saudi Arabia, similar perhaps to the US' NDAA and other similar moves taken by Britain, Canada, Ukraine, and Thailand to name just a few. In Saudi Arabia, it gives the ruling class the ability to do intense Internet surveillance, phone tracking, and even the ability to 'lawfully' raid homes of suspected 'terrorists', often people voicing a peaceful opinion that doesn't sit well with the ruling class of Saudi Arabia.
After the 'security forces' lock a dissident in a cage, they can be detained for up to six months with a seemingly flexible possibility of extending the asylum for another 6 months at the will of the ruling class.
The world is watching as governments unify against us with similar anti-dissent laws. People want the simple right to self-ownership, and every day the unity between citizens grows globally. Perhaps this is the Saudi ruling class' reaction to the global paradigm shift.
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Come on now. I take cabs constantly in New Orleans. It's not awesome. We can improve this, and it takes radical change. We'll all get used to it eventually, and it will be much more convenient for customers. I imagine it can change the way we all get around this town for the better, and not to mention the tourists who are used to systems like this around the country.
This would be a great move. Eric Gordon is going to be a star player in the near future. Guarantee it!
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hell, would be so cool to see an astronaut movie with rick perry and bobby jindal. I love books.
Cowbell is the best burger in New Orleans.
That's a whole lotta thirsty Thursday!
This is my favorite reoccurring column on NOLA.com, kudos to the Times Pic team for making this a reality.
spirit crushing!!
Correction: Givers are on Glass Note Records, and Park The Van started in 2004 in New Orleans.
This is fantastic. It's nice to see such original & in-depth baseball coverage on NOLA.com!
And Reagan lied over 150 times under oath! All great men with great faults, but the real question... who was the ugliest? You'd have to go with Reagan on that one. He was also known to defecate on himself the most, another bad mark in my book.
Well Lincoln's BURIED there, that has to count for something.
If Abe Lincoln doesn't win this I'm moving to China.
Local band Generationals playing on the last Sunday! So nice to see, easily one of the best young talents in the city.
AMC's "The Walking Dead" is also a big deal, and unlike anything else on Television: http://www.amctv.com/originals/The-Walking-Dead/
is that an actual Sean Payton quote?
and we should round up 'jourdan' and throw him a "go back to school you cancer of society" party.
Give the man what he wants! I'd like to see some Avery Johnson style basketball in New Orleans, this crap we've been playing for the last few years ain't going to cut it. Shake up the team from the top to the bottom. Bring Avery to New Orleans and put us back in a position for a championship win!
It was really good. Not great yet, but let it build... the first episode was all about character introductions. This isn't typical television. I thought there were at least 3 moments that were some of the best television I had ever seen. The intro scene, the moment Clarke Peters characters walks out in his Indian dress, and the closing scene were all superb. The Wire took some time too... slow down New Orleans! This is going to be fun. The live music is insanely great, love the fact there are no overdubs. Looks really pretty too.


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A three-car crash Friday night sent four people to the hospital, but police say everyone is expected to be okay.
The crash happened around 9:50 p.m. on Chili Avenue, just east of Route 390.
Police say a Dodge Neon driven by a 23-year-old man rear-ended a Chevrolet Equinox driven by a 61-year-old woman. Officers say the impact of that collision sent the Equinox into an unoccupied, parked car.
Four people were injured in the crash. Two people from the Neon were taken to Strong Memorial Hospital and two people from the Equinox went to Rochester General Hospital.
Police say all the injuries are considered minor and non-life threatening. Officers believe driver fatigue may have been a factor in the crash. No tickets were issued at this point.
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Resource Guide
Legal Rights of Students with Disabilities
Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was the first legislation protecting individuals with disabilities by ensuring access to and non-discrimination in any programs/activities that receive federal assistance. "Section 504" dictates that reasonable accommodations, including academic adjustments, be provided to all persons with disabilities who participate in federally funded programs.
The Americans with Disabilities Amendment Act of 2008 (ADA, P.L. 101-336) extends protection to all persons with disabilities. The ADAA requires organizations to make reasonable accommodations for individuals who have known physical or mental disabilities and who are "otherwise qualified."
Legal Definition of a "Disability"
A "disability" is defined as a mental or physical impairment that "substantially limits one or more major life activities.". "Major life activities" include caring for oneself, performing manual tasks, seeing, hearing, eating, sleeping, walking, standing, lifting, bending, speaking, breathing, learning, reading, concentrating, thinking, communicating and working. Impairments that substantially limit one major life activity do not need to limit other major life activities to be considered disabilities. Furthermore, the term includes the operation of major bodily functions, including functions of the immune system, normal cell growth, and digestive, bowel, bladder, neurological, brain, respiratory, circulatory, endocrine and reproductive functions.
The implications for persons who are seeking a college education are as follows:
- No quotas may be placed on the number of students with disabilities accepted into a program.
- No tests or other measures may be required for admission that have a disproportionate adverse impact on individuals unless they have been validated as a predictor of academic success in the education program or activity in question.
- Students with disabilities must be afforded equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from all post-secondary education programs, including education programs and activities not operated wholly by the participant.
- Programs and activities involving students with disabilities must be provided in the most integrated setting possible.
Academic Adjustments
- In certain circumstances, modifications to academic requirements must be made to ensure that they do not discriminate against students with disabilities . This does not mean that standard fundamentals to a given program must be altered.
- Rules that limit a student's ability to complete a course of study may not be unreasonably imposed.
- Schools must ensure that students with disabilities are not denied the benefits of, excluded from participation in, or otherwise discriminated against with regard to educational program or activity due to the absence of auxiliary aids.*
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One of the big winners of the rise of Alibaba, GGV Capital, has closed its fifth fund for $620 million to invest in China and the United States.
The fourteen-year-old firm's had some major wins lately, including past IPOs of companies like Nimble Storage, Pandora Media and Chinese company YY, and stands to win more money for its limited partners with the imminent public offerings of Zendesk and Alibaba Group.
But while some venture firms have struggled to balance investments in the U.S. and China–Sequoia being a notable exception–GGV's partnership splits its focus, with about three-quarters of its portfolio featuring a lead partner and secondary partner who each focus on a different one of the two regions, says managing partner Jeff Richards.
GGV aims to invest between $5-25 million in its companies, and the new fund will be roughly split between Chinese and U.S. companies. But GGV's fourth fund that it began investing in 2011 ended up skewed toward China at about a 60%-40% split given the opportunities there in mobile.
"The market in mobile is twice as big in China than the U.S. right now, and that's a trend we've tried to be at the forefront of," says Richards.
GGV's fund size is steady with its previous two, despite several other firms raising billion-dollar funds in recent weeks, such as Norwest Venture Partners, which announced a $1.2 billion fund just yesterday. Richards says that the firm considered its fund size and determined that sticking to a smaller total would make it easier to get bigger returns.
"It's the $64,000 dollar question, to date myself a bit. We believe that you make money in up and down markets by being consistent and sticking to your strategy. We think with $300 million for each region we can back category winners without chasing the market."
As part of the new fund, founding partner Thomas Ng is retiring from the firm, leaving the managing partners at Richards, Jixun Foo, founding partner Hany Nada, and Midas Listers Jenny Lee, Glenn Solomon, and Hans Tung, who joined the firm from Qiming Venture Partners last year. Richards says that Ng's retirement is consistent with a plan set out by the firm's founders at its inception. Joel Kellman retired at the firm's third fund and Scott Bonham for its fourth, leaving just Nada, one of the leads of the firm's initial Alibaba investment.
GGV's unloaded most of its stake in the massive Chinese tech company since its first investment in 2003, but still stands to see a return of about 30x on its money into Alibaba.
Other investments for the firm include Domo, HotelTonight, Houzz, and Square, as well as Qunar, Tudou and 21Vianet in China.
Richards says GGV is looking for startups who are willing to take on the opportunity of entering China's massive and growing market.
"If you're in the mobile or enterprise space and thinking of expansion globally, we want to be your first call. Fifteen years ago, the first question was, 'Hey, when will we go to Europe?' Now it's, 'Can you help with China? Can you help with policy, should we buy data centers, what's our plan?' That's what we are building the GGV brand around."
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Ted Lilly met with general manager Jim Hendry to discuss his future before Thursday night's game with the Phillies.
Lilly is on the block and is considered the Cub with the most trade value. Lilly has said he would like to stay in Chicago and has a limited no-trade clause. Hendry would like to keep Lilly, but he doesn't know if the Cubs can meet his free agent demands in November so he has to consider getting something in return.


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"NANTMEL (NANT-MAEL), a parish in the hundred of RHAIADR, county of RADNOR, SOUTH WALES, 3 1/2 miles (E. S. E.) from Rhaiadr, containing 1294 inhabitants. This parish is pleasantly situated on the small river Dulas, and the turnpike road from Rhaiadr to New Radnor passes through it. It extends for nearly eight miles in length and five in breadth, .......................... The living is a vicarage, with Llanyre annexed, in the archdeaconry of Brecknock, and diocese of St. David's, rated in the king's books at £ 11. 17. 6., and in the patronage of the Bishop of St. David's. The church, dedicated to St. Cynllo, .............. There are places of worship for Baptists at Dolau, and for Independents at Cwrtgwyn. .................Two of the largest carneddau in the county are situated in this parish, one occupying the summit of Gwastedyn, and the other that of Camlo hill. The average annual expenditure for the maintenance of the poor amounts to £ 626. 9............" ( A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, Samuel Lewis, 1833)
Browne, David M. A probable Roman marching camp near Nantmel, Radnorshire. Archaeology in Wales 27 (1987), p. 23
Morris, S T. Four generations of a dirty-boot farming family : the Morrises of Nantmel, 1830-1992. Radnorshire Society Transactions, vol. 63 1993 Welsh Journals Online
Nantmel tithe Radnorshire Society Transactions Vol 3 1933 Welsh Journals Online
Oliver, R C B The Diary of Captain Frederick Jones Radnorshire Society Transactions Vol 56 1986 Welsh Journals Online
Victorian Powys for schools site - Census figures for Nantmel parish 1841-1901
See Welsh Chapels and Churches for a photograph of Church of St Cynllo , Nantmel
NANTMEL, St. Cynllo 1869-1881 - on the Church plans online site
Church of St Cynllo, Nantmel on the Radnorshire Churches Survey site
Rees, Thomas & John Thomas Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). The Carmel section (in Welsh) has been extracted - with translation by Maureen Saycell (July 2009)
Nantmel Parish consisting of the Townships of Gwastedin, Maesgwyn, Coedlasson and Vainor; Statistics; Area 16387 acres; Population 749 males, 666 females, total 1415
Detailed information on deposited registers and transcripts for this parish is given on the Powys Archives page Radnorshire parish registers
As a guide only, the principal extant parochial church records for this parish span the dates shown below (as detailed in Parish Registers of Wales, NLW 2000) but exact current holdings should be confirmed with the individual Archives;
Nantmel Community Council
Aerial photograph of Nantmel Roman Marching Camp - on the People's Collection Wales site
Nantmel War Memorial - on the Roll of Honour site
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
Kain, R.J.P., Oliver, R.R., Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: History Data Service, UK Data Archive [distributor], 17 May 2001. SN: 4348. Here is a gazetteer/finding aid plus a set of overview maps to accurately identify the position of parishes within the county
View maps covering the area of this parish and places within its boundaries
Victorian Powys for schools - Map of Nantmel in 1904, and 1840
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For her new flick "Earthbound," Kate Hudson is playing a woman about to die from cancer who falls in love with her hottie doctor. To whittle off 20 pounds, Kate has given up booze and she's sorely missing the sauce. "I love my glass of wine. I love tequila. To be in New York for two weeks and not have one beverage, I'm not sure I've ever done that," she said. Let's hope she's gone slightly longer than two weeks considering she's got a kid. But, uh, who knew Kate was a tequila hound? [NY Post] This got us thinking—what are other celebrities' drinks of choice?


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The Sephardic Community
To the Editor:
Mr. Leonard Plotnik's article on the "Sephardim of New Lots," in your January number, is disturbing reading—he places the Sephardim in a much too unfavorable light. No doubt he himself did not receive the right information in response to his inquiries, hence the many inaccuracies. . . .
He stresses too strongly the "isolationism" of the Sephardim of New Lots. He forgets to look at the other side of the picture, and ignores some important facts which brought about circumstances beyond their control that tended to keep them separate. Nor does he consistently restrict himself to the particular group of Sephardim (those of New Lots) which he is supposedly describing: he often goes into generalizations about the Sephardim, but his statements apply only to the New Lots group.
The settlement of the Sephardim followed the same general pattern as that of the Ashkenazim and, for that matter, the pattern of any immigrant group in the United States. In addition, the Sephardim were a minority within a minority. The first Sephardi settlers, from the Balkans, arriving about 1900, also settled on the Lower East Side, in Broome, Allen, Rivington Streets, etc., where their Ashkenazi brethren were already duly established. But there was little contact and no absorption, because of the language barrier. These Sephardim spoke mostly Ladino, Greek, or Arabic. They did not understand Yiddish. . . .
In the existing Ashkenazi synagogues they found a pronunciation strange to their ears, a service unfamiliar to them, and if there were any sermons in those days, they were not understood. So they were driven into isolation. They established their own synagogues which they called "Sephardic," not from a feeling of pride or superiority, but to indicate to any future arrivals that here the Sephardi minhag was followed. . . .
The synagogues were their rallying points (just as with the Ashkenazim). They were well attended (not "rarely used") and there were many of them, as the writer admits. The pattern was the same as that of the Landsmannschaften of the Ashkenazim: each group of people from one locality formed a synagogue of their own, and also societies for benevolent and burial purposes. . . .
The Ashkenazim, especially the social workers of HIAS, etc., found it, in their turn, difficult to deal with the Sephardim, and they often did not accept them as Jews because "they could not speak Yiddish." . . .
Contrary to Mr. Plotnik's statement that there were "no Sephardi intellectuals to serve as mediators," two groups did yeoman work: first, the leaders of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue headed by Dr. David De Sola Pool and assisted by men and women in the congregation who were able to speak Spanish; and second, the intellectuals among the immigrants, for they were not all illiterate. Some had had an excellent education in the schools of the Alliance Israélite Universelle, both men and women. They had not sunk to the level of the "ignorant labor classes in Turkey." There were good schools and prominent rabbis, especially in Constantinople (Istanbul). Pupils of the Alliance organized the Oriental Hebrew Educational Association.
These Sephardim could then not take full advantage of the assistance offered by the existing agencies, which were geared to the Ashkenazi, Yiddish-speaking immigrants. To a great extent, they had to help themselves. Already in 1912 different groups "united" in a Federation of Oriental Jews in America, and they formed their own Relief Society in 1913. In 1910 they had started their own newspaper, a weekly in Ladino. They also had their own literary and dramatic societies, where plays were presented in Ladino. I myself saw an interesting performance of Racine's Athalie shortly before the Second World War.
A good many Sephardim had settled in Harlem, between 110th and 125th Streets, and this number grew steadily. After the First World War a serious attempt was made to create a Center in Harlem, and soon there was a beehive of activities in a Sephardic Center, including a large school, all directed by Sephardim. However, circumstances beyond their control called a stop to this development when the mass movement of Negroes to Harlem began, and when the capable (Sephardi) director of the Center died a sudden death. The Center closed and the Sephardim dispersed. It was then that many moved to the Bronx. Again in the Bronx a "United" Synagogue was established when a number of people hailing from different localities built the Sephardic Jewish Center of the Bronx in 1948.
Due credit should be given to Rabbi Nissim Ovadia, who was the real founder of the Central Sephardic Jewish Community of America. Rabbi Ovadia arrived in New York at the beginning of the Second World War. He had to flee from Paris, where he had an important Sephardi congregation. He united eighteen different Sephardi groups and their leaders into one Community. This organization was developing well under his capable and accepted leadership up to the time of his death in 1942. In 1943 Dr. Isaac Alcalay was chosen spiritual head of the Community. The Community has a number of successes to its credit, especially the founding of a beautiful Sephardic Home for the Aged in Coney Island. . . .
It is not my intention to correct all the inaccuracies in Mr. Plotnik's article. But I cannot allow to pass unchallenged his statement that the music in the Sephardi service originated in Spanish hymns, or is of Turkish origin. The Sephardim have preserved a number of Spanish ballads and secular songs, and occasionally such a melody has crept into the synagogue (just as Mo-oz Tsur among the Ashkenazim), but this happened before 1492, in Spain, and was severely criticized by the rabbis of the time. Most of the Sephardi melodies have a long Jewish tradition. . . .
(Rabbi) David A. Jessurun Cardozo
Mount Holly, N. J.
Mr. Plotnik writes:
It is apparent from David Politi's letter, in last month's issue ("Letters from Readers," March), that members of the Central Sephardic Jewish Community are disturbed by my article and have misinterpreted my motive in writing it. It was not written to censure or praise the community of New Lots, nor to amuse the readers of COMMENTARY with a piece of exotica.
When I first came to New Lots, six years ago, eager to mobilize the Sephardic community for the support of Israel, I found it fraught with clannish dissension and insulated from the main stream of American Jewish life. I arrived well informed by Sephardic leaders about the obstacles I should have to face. In the course of these six years I have witnessed a development in the Sephardic community that, I venture to say, rivals that of any other Jewish community in New York. During the past five years the sisterhood of the United Sephardim has not only been able to overcome traditional obstacles in obtaining a voice in community affairs, but has become one of the most vigorous adjuncts in the National Jewish Women's League and has injected a youthful enthusiasm into the United Synagogue movement. Within this same period I also saw the Sephardic Victory Club develop from a coffeehouse type of club into a progressive men's social and center for communal participation in the philanthropic campaigns of the greater Jewish community. I have already discussed the phenomenon of the United Sephardim of Brooklyn in my original article. Certainly my gratification over these achievements would not predispose me to cynical criticism of the community.
The points of information in my article with which Mr. Politi disagrees are easily verified by historic reference and personal observation. Coffeehouses, cut from Old World patterns, still exist in Brooklyn as well as along Allen Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. However, I did not insinuate that these former centers of the community retained their initial importance to this day.
Clannish feuds between sectional societies, such as the Castoralis and Monastirlis, etc., still exist, although they are gradually disappearing. The recent attempt in the New Lots community to bring both of these bodies under one religious head is encouraging.
Despite the growing trend to subscribe to the "packaged" services offered by funeral establishments, many Sephardim continue to honor orthodox burial traditions. Cemetery directors have also recently imposed restrictions against catering on the grounds, but orthodox Sephardim and Ashkenazim alike continue to serve food at the conclusion of services.
I am not quibbling about what constitutes a cheder type of Hebrew school in contrast to Talmud Torahs duly recognized by the J.E.C. What was implied in my article was the vast difference in educational standards between the present Talmud Torah and the Hebrew school of the past.
As for the Turkish-Moslem influences in Sephardic services, this information was originally brought to my attention by the officers of the synagogue and elucidated for me by a scholarly Sephardic cantor who has extensive archives on modal forms and their origins. In this connection, let me quote a passage from the Jewish Encyclopedia (Vol. VI, p. 290): ". . . It is these chants and in rather later synagogal forms such as the Kerabot, based on similar material, that the musical figuration not infrequently presents points of contact, on the one hand, with the Gregorian music of Catholic tradition . . . or, on the other hand, with the traditional intonations of the Moslems. . . ."
Abraham Galanté, professor at the University of Istanbul and Sephardic historian, in his papers Documents officiels turcs concernant les Juifs de Turquie and Contributions à l'histoire des Juifs de Turquie discusses the great influence of the Jews on Turkish life as scholars, professionals, and officials in the Ottoman Empire. He also mentions the fact that Jewish officials were guests at Moslem services just as Jews and Christians visit each others' places of worship in this country.
In regard to the decadence of Sephardic cultural life after the 16th century, I refer Mr. Politi to Professor Mair Jose Bernadete's Hispanic Culture and Character of the Sephardic Jews: "Thereafter the stages of loss, degradation and decay took place, processes of depletion set in, and there were no counter movements to reinvigorate the disintegrating organism." The exceptions of Joseph Caro, Rabbi Habib, and Joseph Bira, all prominent theologians and scholars, do not alter the general picture which Graetz, Dubnow, and Roth also paint.
Mr. Politi challenges my data on the state of affairs among the early Sephardic immigrants to America; these data come from records in the possession of the Central Sephardic Jewish Community.
As for the status of the Sephardic rabbinate and seminaries in modern times, I refer Mr. Politi to an official statement by Rabbi Hayim Nahum, former Chief Rabbi of Turkey and for many years spiritual leader of the Sephardic community in Cairo. Rabbi Nahum not only deplores the absence of seminaries but the lack of qualified rabbis as well: ". . . comme aussi les aspirants du Rabbinat se font des plus rares. Les études juives qui remissaient un grand nombres d'adeptes du XIXe siècle sont aujourd'hui délaisées et l'intérêt pour notre patrimoine religieux et spirituel risque de disparaître dans quelques années. . . ." I quote Rabbi Nahum with all due respect to the eminent Dr. Isaac Alcalay and other Sephardic rabbis throughout the country, including, of course, the noted American scholar, Dr. David De Sola Pool.
I must also remind Mr. Politi that since the first wave of "mass" Sephardic immigration to this country from the Ottoman Empire began about fifty years ago two adult generations of American-born Sephardim have come into being. Certainly the files of the Central Sephardic Jewish Community can verify this, too.
Mr. Politi further accuses me of crediting HIAS with the sole responsibility for bringing the Sephardic immigrants to this country at the turn of the century. I merely stated that: ". . . The poorer laborers, who could not pay for their own passage, were brought to the United States under the auspices of shipping agencies and philanthropic organizations like HIAS" (my present emphasis).
Referring to the use of "Yudak" and other such terms by Sephardim for Ashkenazic Jews, Mr. Politi insists that they are completely outmoded or "quite unknown." Again I must disagree with him. They must still be in use since I learned them on the streets of New Lots.
I could continue at length to show that Mr. Politi's case against my article is based on misunderstanding. In writing objectively about the Sephardic community, I believe that I have served the cause of Jewish unity better than if I had chosen to idealize the reality.
In answer to Rabbi Cardozo, I would simply say that my article was written to prove that being a minority group was not the sole cause of the dilemma of the Sephardic community in American Jewish life. This dilemma was a result of the conflict between clans who persisted in their proud sectionalism until quite recently. Only in New Lots, through the United Sephardim movement of the younger generation, has progress been made toward mobilizing the community into a constructive force in Jewish life.
As to the Harlem group, it may be said that the original settlement of Monastirlis Jews in Rochester, N. Y., or the settlement of Sephardim in Cincinnati, must have carried far more importance for New Lots, which counts among its prominent members former residents of these two cities.
Rabbi Cardozo challenges the Turkish origin of the music in the Sephardic services. I can refer him to S. Duran's Magen Abot, S. Consolo's Libro dei Conti d'Israele (Florence, 1892), A. Z. Idelsohn's Jewish Music, and the article on Jewish music in the Jewish Encyclopedia. One of several examples given in these works is the prayer "Mar li Mar Mar Mar," which comes from the Turkish "Krodas Yar Yar Yar." The Turkish word dost ("friend") ending each line in the modal is translated into the Hebrew dodi. The achot Ketanah ("little sister"), which was composed on the lines of the popular Levantine song "The Little Maid," is another example.


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According to Hazelwood police, the young woman -- Brooke Maynard -- is originally from Florida, but has been staying at the Extended Stay of America Hotel at 6065 North Lindbergh Boulevard for the last few months.
Yesterday, the Hazelwood cops say, she put her nine-month-old son, Roman Bell, in the bathtub and started the water. Then she left.
When she came back, she found him in the full tub, not breathing.
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Who's who
Asia Regional Director - Mark T. Pierce
Mark joined Plan Asia Regional Office in April 2011 as the Regional Director after almost 3 years working with Plan in Vietnam as the Country Director.
Before joining Plan in Vietnam in June 2008, Mark had worked for over 25 years with a non-governmental organisation in the United States. Previously, he spent over 18 years working in Asia, most notably in Thailand, the Philippines, Cambodia, India as well as serving as the Regional Director for Plan Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
Mark has vast experience working in development programmes, particularly in the areas of livelihood, maternal and child health, emergency relief and rehabilitation, peace building and sustainable agriculture.
He has technical expertise in the area of microfinance and has served on the boards or governing bodies of 6 microfinance institutions in the region.
"I am extremely passionate about having a positive impact on the lives of poor families," says Mark. "In Plan that translates into a particular focus on children who are poor or come from marginalised groups. I think that is why all of us have joined Plan."
As the Asia Regional Director Mark now leads 14 Plan programme countries in the region.
Asia Deputy Regional Director (Programmes) - Haider Yaqub
Haider Yaqub joined the Asia Regional Office in October 2011 as the Deputy Regional Director (Programmes) after an illustrious 13 years with Plan, most recently with Plan Pakistan where he served as country director since July 2008. Haider has also worked with Plan in Bangladesh as Programme Support Manager and Acting Country Director.
Haider is a seasoned development professional with 27 years' experience in planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating integrated rights-based poverty-alleviation programmes in developing countries focusing on children.
He comes with a veritable arsenal of strengths, including working with children, strategic planning, institutional development, policy and financial analysis, budgeting, working in partnerships and alliance building, scaling up of innovative programs, as well as managing teams of multi-sectoral experts in a variety of areas.
At the operational level Haider has been extensively involved in providing programmatic support, as well as monitoring, researching and evaluating programmes such as primary health care, water and sanitation, adolescent reproductive health, early childcare and primary education, flexible microfinance, sustainable livelihood interventions, child protection, national park management, human settlement planning, and land use management.
"I am passionate about working with Plan Asia to develop quality programmes with their monitoring and evaluation frameworks, enabling us to record their impact for undertaking policy advocacy. This helps to bring a broader change for making the excluded become part of mainstream development."
Asia Deputy Regional Director (Operations) - Lorna Burce
Philippines native Lorna Burce joined the Asia Regional Office in May 2012. She arrived with more than 30 years of progressively managerial and professional experience in both the development and private sectors in the areas of finance, accounting, audit, human resources, commodity management, risk management and administration.
Lorna has ample hands-on and field experience in both direct management and advisory roles in the management of support functions of development and emergency programmes. With experience working all over the world – from Thailand and Indonesia to DR Congo and Haiti – Lorna is a self-described mature professional, at ease in mentoring and guiding staff, providing advice to management, as well as running workshops and leading meetings.
Before joining Plan, Lorna spent almost 20 years working in a variety of positions around the world with Catholic Relief Services (CRS), most recently serving in headquarters in the USA on a financial policy development special assignment. Before that she was deputy regional director in the CRS regional offices in Central Africa, Southern Africa and Southeast Asia.
Other members of Plan's Asia Regional Office
- Hilda Winartasaputra, Regional Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Specialist
- Helen-Louise Taylor, Regional Maternal, Newborn, Child Health and Nutrition Advisor
- Olle Castell, Regional Disaster Risk Manager
- Noshaba Zafar, Regional Gender Specialist
- John Trew, Regional Youth Employment SpecialistCaroline Borchard, Regional Climate Change Specialist
- Vanda Lengkong, Disaster Risk Management Specialist for South East Asia
- Peuvchenda Bun, Project Manager for Safe Schools
- Ashish Damle, Regional Missing Child Alert Coordinator
- Matthew Riley, Head of Monitoring & Evaluation
- Sanchai Lertcharoenchoke, Programe & Project Module and Data Coordinator
- Alessandra Tranquilli, Regional Gender Project Manager
- Rasa Sekulovic, Regional Child Rights Advisor
- Shashike Gamage, Civil Society Organization Program Coordinator
- Samina Sardar, Community Based Child Protection Mechanism specialist
- Sandy Fortuna, Regional Child Centred Community Development (CCCD) Program Specialist
- Imali Jayawardena, Imali, Regional Learning Services Coordinator
- Divya Lata, Divya, Regional Early Learning & Education Advisor
- Ming Viado, Regional Building Relations Advisor
- Cheryl Dugan, Regional Child Data and Sponsorship Coordinator
Resource Mobilisation
- Brian Beckett, Head of Regional Resource Mobilisation
- Mike Bruce, Regional Media & Advocacy Specialist
- Jessica Lomelin, Regional Online Communications Specialist
- Ludemer Guevara, Regional ICT Manager
- Jonas Lumasag, Regional ICT Specialist
- Clare Condillac, Regional HR & Organisational Development Partner
- Sumarin Intharak, Regional HR Manager
- Pattrabhorn Billamas, Regional HR Officer
- Jimmy Lacson, Regional Finance Manager
- Jitty Aquino, Regional Finance Controller
- Charlene Pulmano, Regional Grants Analyst
- Marilou Muega, Regional Finance Analyst
- Malou Cajot, Regional HR and Admin Officer
- Patrick Kirwan, Regional Risk Management Advisor
- Terry Sherwood, Regional Security Specialist
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Archive for the 'TV' Category
I'm a late adopter when it comes to Scandal. I tried to watch the very first episode earlier this year but I found it boring that I couldn't even finish the Pilot. And then a few months ago, I was listening to one of my podcasts and the hosts were all giddy about Scandal and that was when I decided to give it a second shot.
Scandal revolves around Olivia Pope who heads a crisis managemt firm in Washington DC handling different scandals in the US Capital. Olivia also is a political player who has strong connections within the current administration of Republican President Fitzgerald GranT III.
I can describe this show as The West Wing meets Melrose Place meets Law and Order meets Homeland – I know TWW fans will balk at the idea because Shonda Rhimes is so NOT Aaron Sorkin but Scandal fairly is inspired by the pace and fervor of the supposed activities in the White House… yah, just consider Scandal as the Paris Hilton version of The West Wing. LOL!
I had gone through the first "mini" season fairly quickly and got hooked. But I do have to admit, after watching shows in more "progressive"(read: better writing/production) cable networks for the most part, Scandal's less thought out storyline got me a little annoyed.
The plot twists can be shallow and side stories a little too "WTF", and just like daytime soap operas, without the proper build up or editing. It ticked me off so much that as I went through the second season, I can only watch an episode at a time as opposed to binge-viewing it for the weekend. I went through the same phase when I first started watching Grey's Anatomy, another Shonda Rhimes show which I quit on after the third season
That and I could only stand Kerry Washington's one-face acting for a short period of time.
Yes, Kerry is one of the hottest actresses right now and she has such a pretty face – but what irks me the most is Kerry/Olivia Pope has that lip-twitch in almost every scene of the damn show!
Olivia works her gladiators? Lip-twitch. Olivia tries a political maneuver, lip-twitch. Olivia hears shocking news, lip-twitch. Olivia has wild sex, lip-twitch. Yes, Kerry Washington lip-twitch is this year's Claire Danes cry-face!
I youtube-d the lip-twitch and found this hilarious parody/make-up tutorial. LOLOL!
I know, I sound like I'm hate-watching Scandal – but seriously, it is addictive to a certain degree and it more than makes up for the "emptiness" I feel during the hiatus in between some of my favorite series like Mad Men, Breaking Bad and Homeland.
AND SPEAKING OF HOMELAND – Carrie and Brody in Vogue!
Ugh. September 29th can't get here fast enough(click the link for a season 3 sneak peek).
Tony Soprano is Dead
Yes, James Gandolfini, the actor who played Tony, is dead.
I am a HUGE fan of The Sopranos. A few months before I started watching the show, my father passed away unexpectedly. I, like most young adults, never really could deal with grief properly and one of the ways I recovered from my loss was to watch the series. And boy, did I love that show.
James Gandolfini played Tony Soprano, this larger than life mob boss who is physically intimidating yet with all his bravado and his tough exterior, James played Tony with so much heart and vulnerability. Tony was like this big teddy bear who loved his family, first and foremost, and despite having "whacked" a character or two in every episode, he was just endearing and you can't help but root for him.
And honestly? I really thought Tony Soprano reminded me of my own father.
Take out the mob/crazy parts and all that "whacking", my dad was a larger-than-life person in my life who was a big man with an even bigger heart very much like Tony. And this was why whenever I missed my dad during those first few years without him, I put on the Sopranos DVDs and I would feel like he was right there in front of me.
I know James Gandolfini is not Tony Soprano but for us crazy fans? He was and we loved him for that.
RIP James Gandolfini. You shall be missed.
The Fighter 2013: The Battle vs. Human Trafficking in the Philippines
I met my friend Andrew a few years ago when he was living in Manila for a few months to work for an anti- human trafficking organization named Visayan Forum and I am glad to hear lots of things about the group and what they've been doing to stop modern-day slavery here in the Philippines.
Visayan Forum's good work with the leadership of Cecilia Flores-Oebanda has made major strides to protect children from the sex trade and convince the country's biggest star, Manny Pacquiao, to join Cecilia as a fighter in the battle against modern-day slavery. Since 1991, she has helped more than 70,000 victims or potential victims of human trafficking.
CNN has taken notice of their efforts and has produced "The Fighter", a film that represents the very core of the CNN Freedom Project. Here is a preview of this remarkable project:
Airing on CNN International on two consecutive nights beginning in May 17th(part 1) and 18th(part 2), The Fighters provides a unique glimpse into the world of combating human trafficking through the eyes of those risking their lives so that others may live theirs in freedom. It explores themes of social justice and globalization, as well as offering insight into both the benefits and drawbacks inherent in governmental-charity-celebrity partnerships.
Here are the times of the airing:
Friday 5/17/2013
US: 7am ET, 4pm ET, 10pm ET
Hong Kong: 7pm, 4am, 10am
London: 12pm, 9pm, 3am
Abu Dhabi: 3pm, 12am, 6am
Johannesburg: 1pm, 10pm, 4am
Saturday 5/18/13
US: 7am ET, 4pm ET, 10pm ET
Hong Kong: 7pm, 4am, 10am
London: 12pm, 9pm, 3am
Abu Dhabi: 3pm, 12am, 6am
Johannesburg: 1pm, 10pm, 4am
The "Homeland" support group
I need a support group every time I finish watching an episode of Homeland.
I've been a fan of Homeland for almost a year now. I'd like to believe I started the whole Claire Danes' cry face phenomenon(LOLOL!!) – yup, there's already a tumblr and a mash-up because of my first Homeland post in December 2011(wink wink). In fact, I even received an email from the production staff of the show as they found the cry face photos quite amusing. 😀
None of my close friends are into the show as much as I am and I find myself kind of gasping for air every episode! I need to have a gaggle of fellow Homeland fans to virtually hold each other's hands and to discuss the crazy mindf*ck going on!
Season 1 was a nailbiter but season 2? We're only on episode 3 and seriously?!?! WTF. S02E02 kept me jittery, S02E03 made me uneasy and tense. Yes, I get a little too emotionally attached to shows I love(don't get me started with Mad Men..heck, even Gossip Girl during their first few seasons!)
Sure, for fellow CIA geeks, there might be some questionable things (SPOILER ALERT) like:
1. Who freaking sends texts in the middle of a ssession with the joint chief of staff?
2. How can you even bring a cellphone to that session?!?
3. In fact, how can you even send a text inside the pentagon?!?!? I heard walls are 8 meters thick or something.
4. I highly doubt the CIA uses skype as their form of communication overseas. HELLO SATELLITE PHONE.
I can go on and on about these inconsistencies but I will suspend my disbelief further because the show is AMAZING.
Supremely well-written and IMHO, well-paced. And like I said before, I know a lot of people including myself dislike Claire Danes..but guys, we cannot take this from her – her acting is mindblowingly good. No matter what you say, she brings it every episode and she deserved that Emmy.
yes, no Homeland entry is complete without some of this season's early "Claire Danes Cry Face"
Although I would love to see my Jon Hamm win the Best Actor award for Mad Men, Damien Lewis is also something else.
BUT the emmys totally missed Mandy Patinkin. HOLLA MANDY! You are the Best Supporting Actor in our hearts.
And yah, as I type this entry, we have approximately 48 hours until Episode 4. CAN'T WAIT.
An Open Letter to Lena Dunham
dear lena,
i'm a sucker for girl friend shows and new york city. yes, i was a fan of sex and the city and i was quite intrigued..nay…excited when i heard that you were going to launch a show on hbo. i've seen your movie tiny furniture, i've heard your fresh air interview, i've read all these new yorker and NYT articles on your work. i also heard judd apatow was executive producing your show. yadda yadda yadda. needless to say, i was pretty much psyched.
after seeing the first episode, i really liked the earnestness of the voice you were trying to portray. i lived in the city when i was your age and although i'm a little bit older than the "girls" now, i thought the characters were authentic and found a lot of familiarity as some of my friends lived that lifestyle back in the day.
that said, i have to tell you something – i know, who am i to tell you anything- but from one jaded person to another here it goes: i'm really sick of seeing naked bodies all the time. some say i maybe just too programmed to seeing perfect naked bodies and can't take "real" women and men. whatever. i'm also not a nun but i feel like the stories you're trying to tell do not need copious amounts of naked bodies and bad sex EVERY single episode.
i've heard people say that you either love or hate "girls", i'm right smack dab in the middle. i love the story and characters but i don't know how long i can last watching flailing bodies going at it with so much awkwardness and discomfort. and seriously, it's pretty painful to watch. sadly, these take away from the core of such an honest portrayal of love, lust and life in the big city.
i hope you'll take this with a grain of salt and affection.


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The Lions will spend spring break road-tripping across Texas, traveling to four schools as they continue their tough nonconference schedule. Coming off a series split against Kennesaw State, Columbia (4-4) will first face the University of Texas at San Antonio (12-5) in a four-game series this weekend.
San Antonio's high-powered offense should test the Light Blue's strong rotation. On the mound for the Lions, senior lefty David Speer has been dominant. In his two starts, he has struck out 13 batters and given up just two runs in 16 innings of work. Senior righty Joey Donino has also been successful with a 3.00 ERA, while sophomores Kevin Roy and Thomas Crispi have struggled on the mound. Sophomore righty Adam Cline had trouble in his first start of the season, but gave up no runs to Kennesaw in three innings of work in relief.
"The big positive with Adam [Cline] is he's good at starting and coming out of the pen," Columbia head coach Brett Boretti said. "With him, he throws strikes, gets a lot of ground balls, he gets a lot of contact, so he's been good at both, and that's a decision we're mulling over right now, as far as where we feel he helps us the most."
In addition to wanting to solidify the rotation, Boretti is looking at multiple pitchers who can close out games. Senior righty Zack Tax has a lot of experience in relief, sophomore righty Matt Robinson is an option after not getting playing time in 2013, and sophomore righty George Thanopoulos can strike out opponents.
San Antonio's potent offense was on display this week as it defeated Sam Houston State on Tuesday, recording 15 hits and nine runs. Catcher John Bormann hit two homers and collected five RBIs. Seventeen games into the season, five everyday Roadrunners are batting over .300. Outfielder and leadoff hitter John Welborn already has two triples on the season and is batting .400, while fellow outfielder Jesse Baker has a .338 average and three homers. Rounding out the offense, Mitchell Matulia, Mike Warren, and Horacio Correa III boast batting averages of .327, .309, and .301, respectively.
The Lions are looking to break out offensively, but doing so against San Antonio's pitching staff, which has a team ERA of 2.32, will be a challenge. San Antonio pitchers Nolan Trabanino and Brock Hartson lead the rotation with ERAs of 1.07 and 1.59, respectively, after four starts, while reliever Jeremy Filipek has yet to give up a run in over 10 innings of work.
"I think as a whole, as our team, our hitting hasn't been as consistent as where we want it to be just yet—I think that's kind of the norm at this time of the year," Boretti said.
Most notably, 2013 second-team All-Ivy outfielder Joey Falcone has struggled at the plate, with just one hit in 24 at-bats.
"I think with Joe—I feel like his strike zone awareness is better than it was a year ago, and I don't feel like he's striking out a ton," Boretti said. "At this time of the year, for some guys, they start to overthink some things, instead of just sticking with what got them there and continuing to work through it. He's a big part of our lineup—he's a fixture in the middle and he'll be there when it's all said and done."
The upcoming week will continue to let the team see which players work best in different situations, in preparation for the Ivy season, which starts in a little over two weeks.
"I think it's a positive—playing as much as we can during spring break," Boretti said. "The guys are together 24/7, which is great—it's a good bonding experience, a good team experience. And with all the games, we use a lot of pitching, we use a lot of different lineups—it's a good opportunity to get everybody involved."
The first game of the series is Friday at 7 p.m., followed by a doubleheader on Saturday, and a 2 p.m. game on Sunday.
A previous version of this article stated Columbia pitcher Thomas Crispi is a righty. He is a lefty. Spectator regrets the error.


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Dick Cheney's daughter Liz Cheney asked if she could stay on longer on MSNBC this morning to ambush Eugene Robinson about torture.
I know it's desperate non-sense spouted by a daughter who is trying to save her father's life and reputation, it's still difficult to believe Liz Cheney keeps going on the air to say that waterboarding cannot, by definition, be torture since we do it to our own people to prepare them for the experience of being tortured.
Beyond the obvious fact we're doing it to prepare for them for the experience of being tortured (Hello! Hello!) it is obvious that being waterboarded by your fellow soldiers, knowing that you won't be injured and that the whole experience will be very short, is nothing at all like being waterboarded by captors dozens of times with no reason to believe it will ever end or that they won't kill you?
I honestly wish I was there and I would have asked her if we should abolish rape as a crime because men and women, in fact, do enjoy having sex. And since men and women enjoy sex so much, what's the difference, Liz? Why the crime?
Oh yeah... Because rape is nothing like consensual sex... And until the wing-nuts are brought to task, they're getting away with the rape of someone's humanity, self-respect and psyche.
Because, fundamentally, torture is rape of the entire human -- body and spirit.
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Thanks for your kind words. They are appreciated!
In my "Methods and Mechanics" dvd I go through a section on a practice pad that covers various rudiments, hybrid rudiments, compound stickings that have served me well over the years. Then there's a section with those expamples orchestrated on the kit. It shows musical applications with various different orchestrations and note rates. Then there is a double bass/hand/foot section that does the same. These to me are the building blocks to express different ideas on the drum set. There are PDF files of the hand stuff only---but that covers a lot. I hope it illustrates how these work in tandem with the feet and how to apply these to the kit in a musical way.
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Editorial Staff • West End • 4 Jan 1999
Despite ongoing redevelopment that has left behind the murky steel town image of old, the South Yorkshire city of Sheffield is as far removed from a South Pacific exotic island as you're likely to get. The weather outside the Crucible consists of a freezing, dense fog that is only likely to subside with the forecasted rain. So there we were, an audience wanting to escape to Bali Hai for two and a half hours of cock eyed optimism.
Geraldine Pilgrim's designs for this Rodgers & Hammerstein revival are pleasantly warming to look at, with a hefty amount of fake rockery hanging above the sand and sea stage and sliding jetties. Pilgrim's work combines with Chahine Yavroyan's mood affecting lighting to leave one in no doubt as to the tropical location.
As the musical progressed, I got steadily annoyed at the amount of prop shifting that the performers were undertaking - to the point were I was about to offer my services if another oil barrel needed to be carted across stage. This does, of course, keep the play chugging along non-stop and I can see the point - its all supposed to add to Peter Darling's choreography. Unfortunately, it s just too noticeable that people are dancing around with ammo boxes because a scene change is coming up.
Another rather distracting element is the decision to position the band on stage. Now I realise that musicians are integral to the workings of a musical but seeing them in my eye corner while I'm trying to indulge in an evening of escapism is infuriating. Happily, Dai Watts musical direction is highly satisfactory and the eight piece band is of just the right size for the material.
Anyway, enough negative criticism - you'll be thinking the evening failed to entertain. Despite my aforementioned gripes, this Deborah Paige directed production is an extremely enjoyable production. Both Janie Dee as Nellie Forbush and Mark Adams as Emile de Becque possess wonderful voices and had the audience gorping with admiration. Nicola Blackman as Bloody Mary was a bundle of joy to watch and packed a punch during her numbers. As did the widely grinning Cornell John, who offered an infectiously cheerful portrayal of the Arthur Daley of the South Pacific, Luther Billis.
Rodgers and Hammerstein's songs are unforgettable, and it's difficult not to start singing along with the cast. Adams' 'Some Enchanted Evening' sent most of us weak at the knees and Dee's 'I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair' was terrific fun, complete with the requisite on stage shower routine. And then there's the hardy perennial 'There Is Nothing Like A Dame', which allows Darling's choreography to shine and the troupe of military types to let rip.
A show that warms the spirits if not necessarily the surrounding city air - which, as I headed for the car, was full of whistling renditions of the show-stopping tunes we'd all just seen performed with aplomb.
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Toledo recorded just four hits as it lost its fifth consecutive game on April 6 in a 7-2 loss in Mount Pleasant to Central Michigan in the weekend series opener.
The Rockets evened their record at 12-12 before the five straight losses dropped them to 12-17 with a 3-4 record in Mid-American Conference play. The Chippewas moved to 13-17 with the win with a 4-3 league record.
Toledo scored the first two runs of the contest before CMU responded with seven unanswered runs to secure the victory.
Sophomore Ryan Wilkinson (3-2, 2.34 ERA) was the hard-luck loser getting tagged for six runs in 5.1 innings, although just one run was earned after UT committed a season-high four errors.
Senior Lincoln Rassi pitched 0.2 innings of scoreless relief before giving way to classmate Alex Radon, who gave up one run in two frames.
Matt Delewski continued his recent hot streak, recording one hit in three at bats with one run and one RBI. The senior designated hitter has 10 hits in his last 21 at bats, raising his batting average from .231 to .301 over that six-game span.
Senior catcher James Miglin (1 for 4) and senior first baseman Mark Lapikas (1 for 2) each recorded hits while junior second baseman Wes White had a ninth-inning single after entering the game in the sixth as a pinch runner.
The Rockets return to action at 2 p.m. April 7 for the second game of the series against Central Michigan. Senior starter Matt Kuna (3-0, 3.33 ERA) is slated for his fourth start of the year and will try to remain unbeaten.
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Healthy Skin and Coat: Contains a combination of superfoods like avocado, sunflower and flaxseed that are rich in essential fatty acids for a healthy skin and a shiny, soft coat — one of the best indicators of your dog's vitality.
Lean Muscle Mass: Three animal proteins from chicken, lamb and salmon provide essential Amino Acids that help promote lean muscle mass.
Strong Immune System: Antioxidant-rich superfoods like blueberries, pomegranate, tomatoes and cranberries help build and maintain a healthy immune system so your adult dog will have the best protection possible.
Heart Health: Contains nutrient-rich superfoods like salmon, oatmeal and tomato, which help maintain a healthy heart.
Sharp Vision: Vitamin-rich superfoods like carrots and spinach help promote healthy eyes and proper vision, so your dog will enjoy playing hide n' seek with his favorite toys.
Chicken Broth, Chicken, Chicken Liver, Potato Starch, Lamb, Salmon, Lamb Liver, Turkey, Wheat Gluten, Egg Product, Peas, Carrots, Salt, Ground Flaxseed, Whole Brown Rice, Sunflower Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Herring Meal, Potassium Chloride, Guar Gum, Sodium Phosphate, Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Ground Rice, Rolled Oats, Natural Flavors, Tomato Pomace, Alfalfa Meal, Calcium Carbonate, Cranberry Meal, Blueberry Pomace, Sodium Alginate, Tricalcium Phosphate, Pomegranate Powder, Avocado Powder, Iron Proteinate, Xanthan Gum, Zinc Proteinate, Pumpkin Powder, Vitamin E Supplement, Spinach Flakes, Sodium Ascorbate, Choline Chloride, Zinc Oxide, Taurine, L-Carnitine, Beta Carotene, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Cobalt Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Thiamine Mononitrate, Potassium Iodide, Vitamin A Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement.