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Rope 2016 Auditions
Directed by Matthew Friett
Sunday 13th Dec 2pm
Eynsford Village Hall – Darenth Room
Rope is a play which has been performed as the world's tensest thriller and the darkest comedy, and I'd like to get elements of both. Paying homage to its Hitchcockian history on film and the farcical nonsense it subverts, I will be taking significant influence from the very successful West End production of the 39 Steps to create a slick, fast-moving, laugh-out-loud production.
For audition pieces and more details please refer to the document linked below:
Updates from Committee Meeting Sept and Oct 2015
Outdoor Show – Oh wouldn't it be luvverly!
The next outdoor show which will be in the summer of 2017, will be My Fair Lady directed by Kirstie McMillan. More details to come soon!
Spring Slot
Next year's spring slot will be Rope directed by Matthew Friett. More details to come soon!
House of Dracula
The youth group are working really hard on their next show, House of Dracula. It will be for one night only on the 14th of November so get your tickets from Naomi now! It is the most ambitious show the kids have done for a long time and well worth your support.
Stars in their Eyes
We are still looking for a couple of acts for Stars. It will be on the 5th of December and promises to be a fabulous evening. We need you to come be your idols! Don't worry if you don't look exactly like that person or sound exactly like them, it's the performance that counts! Email email@example.com
My Brilliant Divorce
We have had standing ovations, we have had multiple emails in, we have had people stopped in the street! Every single piece of feedback has been utterly astounded by this show. If you haven't booked your tickets yet, do it now. Here are some of the pieces of feedback shared with us:
I had sat just in front of what turned out to be the actor's daughter and I said to her that her mother was b r i I l i a n t and I/we were "gobsmacked" at the length of the script the actor had to learn with very little prompting. Her daughter asked me to meet her mother afterwards and I was proud to shake her hands and she looked exhausted. Positively first class
It turned out to be one of those special evenings that are truly memorable. The work that went into the production must have been enormous, and the end product brilliant.
If any member of riverside players wishes to view the minutes to the Committee Meetings, they are available upon request by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com
Return to the Forbidden Planet Auditions
The biggest rock 'n' roll show is coming your way soon!
Join Captain Tempest and his crew on an epic voyage along with green monsters, a roller skating robot and insane scientist to boot.
All your favourite rock 'n' roll hits will be featured in this hot feature from Riverside Players coming to you in summer 2016 so buckle up, suit up and get ready for an intergalactic voyage into hyperspace… and beyond!
Be a part of that by auditioning for Return for the Forbidden Planet on October 4th at Anthony Roper School at 2pm.
All assets are available to download at the bottom of this post
The Crew
Captain Tempest – Male 28-40
The Captain of the Albatross, Tempest needs to have the authority to command the crew. He is the all American hero, with a pipe in one hand and apple pie in the other. He is stern but good natured and will always try to do the right thing.
Bosun –Male/Female, any age
The Bosun is Tempest's right hand man, a senior officer but not officer class. Coarser than his Captain, he is nevertheless fiercely loyal – but perhaps a little too eager in some cases.
Science Officer / Gloria – Female, 34+
The "new science officer" who dramatically is revealsed to be the ex-wife of Prospero. She is a cold, calculating, smart and sassy space woman. She's the only woman to get this far in the Space Core – and she didn't sleep her way to the top.
Cookie – Male, 18-25
The youngest (and least respected) member of the crew. He is a young, impressionable and easily led young man. Falls in love with Miranda and then plots revenge when it isn't returned.
Navigation Officer – Male/Female, Any Age
The person driving this damn tub! The Navigation Officer keeps the ship on course, with a few choice lines and some nice solo lines in the songs.
Crew – Any Sex, Any Age
Due to the needs of the show, there will be a few roles for musicians without given names in the script. There are a few lines that are up for grabs, but mainly they'll need to help make the music slick as well as making the ship look busy when necessary. If you're a musician that would rather rock out without too many Shakespearean lines to learn, this is the part for you!
The Outsiders
Doctor Prospero – Male, 39+
The Mad Scientist who is father to Miranda and ex-husband to Gloria. He feels maligned by the world, despite his obvious genius. He is a very protective father, but he is clearly someone who holds a grudge. Knows he is smarter than everyone else.
Miranda – Female, 15 – 21
The sweet, innocent daughter of Prospero and Gloria. She has never met anyone but her father and Ariel – making everything strange and exciting.
Ariel – Any Gender, Any Age
The robot created by Prospero to do his bidding. A wonder to behold – guardian of Miranda and bound to Prospero.
Audition Assets
Jack and the Beanstalk 2016 Auditions
Dear Lords and Ladies of Pantoland,
Yes it's that time again! (Oh no it isn't etc.) As I invite you all to attend auditions for the January 2016 production of Jack and the Beanstalk.
READTHROUGH DATE Monday 21st September, 8pm, EVH
AUDITION DATE Sunday 27th September 1pm, EVH
(Please do let me know at the earliest possible date if you cannot attend and I will arrange another audition with you BEFORE this date).
This story takes you to the once lovely land of Eynsinham (see what I did there). Unfortunately, the land has been over run by the evil Giant Blunderbore who claims taxes and riches off the Eynsigham's residents through his evil henchman Fleshcreep. Surely somebody is brave enough to stop this torment…? Cue Jack Trott, a brave, young, courageous boy who believes he can make a difference.
Of course, Jack is not alone….
Jack and the Beanstalk (J&B), has always been one of my favorite pantomime stories. It's got so much potential for an exciting family story with lots of fun loving characters to be involved.
I'm very excited about this new project, as I embark on directing my very first pantomime. Quite frankly, if the gags aren't funny, I've got nobody to blame but myself, as I also wrote the script!
I've already got an amazing production team working on this already and I now need those darling 'luvvies'.
Any problems or questions please contact me on 07507837931 or email@example.com
It will be fun, it will be cheesy and it will be one big spectacular adventure.
See you there,
|Playing Details
|Spoken Audition Piece
|Singing Audition Piece
|Jack Trott
|Male/Female 18-30
|The hero of the story. Although Jack is technically labeled as, the 'principal boy', I do not see him as a 'Prince Charming' type character, who goes out to seek the girl. He is poor boy (though not common) who wants to bring freedom to those he loves so dear and will do whatever it takes to do so. He loves Tamara. Jack has a fight scene.
|Jack and FleshcreepJack, Billy and Tamara
|I'll be there for you
|Princess Tamara
|Female 16-28
|The princess of the land who captures Jack's heart. She, like Jack, is kind and determined to bring freedom to the land and its people. She is not scared of Fleshcreep and she is one of the only characters brave enough to stand up to him. She loves Jack.
|Jack, Billy and TamaraFleshcreep and Tamara
|Holding Out for a Hero
|Dame Trott
|Male 30+
|Jack and Billy's mother, who provides much of the comedy for this pantomime. The Dame considers herself to be very sexy, much to the audience's disbelief! Uses several pet names for her two sons. She is always on the hunt for a new man.
|Dame TrottDame and Billy
|I'll be there for you
|Silly Billy
|Male any age
|The comic of the story. Partnered with Dame Trott for the majority of his stage time. Billy is probably the character with the most interaction with the audience so a high level energy performance is required. Billy does have a very messy slapstick scene with Dame Trott, which the audience should hopefully find very comical.
|Dame and BillyJack, Billy and Tamara
|I'll be there for you
|Male 30+
|The giant's representative on the land. Fleshcreep is mean and nasty towards everybody with the exception of his master (the Giant). He will go out of his way to make everybody's life a misery, as that is what makes him happy. A very menacing performance is required. Fleshcreep has a fight scene.
|Fleshcreep and TamaraJack and Fleshcreep
|I'll be there for you
|Fairy Flora
|Female any age
|This character is kind and not scary
She is the very lovely vegetable fairy
She is very caring and wants to help Jack
To bring freedom and everyone's happiness back
But one thing you may notice, which she does all the time
Oh yes, indeed, she is forever talking in fancy rhyme
|Fairy Flora
|Let It Go
|King Alan Cremer XXXXIIII
|Male 45+
|Yes that's King Alan Cremer the 44th. I didn't need a lot of inspiration for this character's name!
He is Tamara's father and a very run down king indeed. He is the loveable character that tries to use his status to take charge of the situation, but he is really just as silly as the rest.
|King, Dave and Chas
|I'll be there for you
|Dave and Chas
|Male or Female 25+
|The king's idiotic henchmen. These two characters are very fun loving, full of life and have many gags between them. These roles require a strong comic duo that can work well together and are able to bounce of one another.
|King, Dave and ChasDave and Chas
|I'll be there for you
|Giant Blunderbore
|Male 30+
|The antagonist of the story, even though we actually don't see the Giant until very late into the second half his booming, menacing voice is heard throughout. Must exaggerate gestures, as this character will be in a skin like costume. The giant has a fight scene.
|I'll be there for you
|Daisy The Cow
|Male or Female any age
|Is what she is, a beautiful cow and the darling of the story. I need two (or potentially more) Daisy operators as it were. Even though the cow has no lines (apart from moo) I have no doubt that the audience will fall in love with her and she will steal the show. Must exaggerate gestures, as this character will be in a skin costume. THERE IS NO SPECIFIC AUDITION FOR THIS PART (if you are interested, please state on audition form)…you can show me your best 'mooing' impression if you please!
|All genders, all ages
|Lots of fun cameo parts and lots of cheesy numbers to dance and sing to. There is also a chance to not only be human characters, but ghosts and ghouls too. Like any show like this, I need a fun loving and enthusiastic chorus. Must have the ability to smile and have lots of energy.
|I'll be there for you
Jack and the Beanstalk 2016
Directed and Written by Lawrence Watling
This story takes you to the once lovely land of Eynsinham (see what I did there). Unfortunately, the land has been over run by the evil Giant Blunderbore who claims taxes and riches off the Eynsigham's residents through his evil henchman Fleshcreep. Surely somebody is brave enough to stop this torment…? Cue Jack Trott, a brave, young, courageous boy who believes he can make a difference.
Of course, Jack is not alone….
Jack and the Beanstalk (J&B), has always been one of my favorite pantomime stories. It's got so much potential for an exciting family story with lots of fun loving characters to be involved.
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Moeller tells us that he's confident there are enough votes in the state House of Representatives to pass same-sex marriage today.
The state Senate, however, is another story.
And Moeller, like state Sen. Ed Murray (another openly gay Washington pol), says that getting the bill through the upper chamber will take a "lot of hard work."
"I think we have the votes in the house to get a bill passed," says Murray, before throwing a bit of cold water on when such a bill might be passed. "The New York bill, I think it builds momentum around the nation for the issue, but there's a lot of hard work to do. It's exciting, but it doesn't necessarily make it a done deal."
Moeller sounds decidedly more confident, saying he'd like lawmakers to "start now" in working on getting a marriage-equality bill ready to propose in the next legislative session. He also says that waiting until after the 2012 election to try and get a law passed could be disastrous. "My belief is we ought to move now. As things develop next year, we are going to have to keep in mind that things can change," says Moeller. "It will take a lot of work. It will take raising a lot of money. It will take boots on the ground, lobbyists in Olympia. It has to be coordinated effort from a lot of people."
Moeller says that he feels the state Legislature is still the best place to try and pass a same-sex marriage law (as opposed to using the initiative process to put the law on the 2012 ballot).
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Raising Children of Character in an Indulgent Age
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More and more children are growing up without a clear sense of financial or emotional limits. The number of households with incomes between $100,000 and $200,000 more than doubled in the last ten years. The Washington Post recently reported findings from U.S. Bancorp that even lower-income families are buying and spending more than ever on their children. But whether the cause is over-indulgence due to a new affluence or over-compensation for a lack of time spent with themespecially when both parents are workingmany parents have created a world where their childrens every need and desire is instantly fulfilled. But, as Dr. Kindlon points out, the one thing money cant buy for children is character. Dr. Kindlon shows that many of todays parents are spoiling their children, for many different reasons. Identifying Seven Sins of Indulgence: Disrespectfulness, Goal-lessness, Narcissism, Naivet, Amorality, Inability to Tolerate Boredom, and Underachievement, Dr. Kindlon guides parents toward helping their childrenand themselvesunderstand the consequences of giving too much and expecting too little. Of vital interest, both to families and to all concerned about future consequences to a generation of children surrounded by a sea of new choices and a lack of responsibilities, Too Much of a Good Thing delivers important advice and guidelines that no parent should be without.


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In a span of four hours last night, Courtney Love (and possibly an enslaved staff of 12-fingered eunuchs) sent out 60 Tweets on Love's brand-new Twitter account. The topics ranged from a boyfriend-stealing bitch who is "leathery" and "stupid" to how she wants "jello shots dribbling down to his pot belly," all while using the word "deign" far too often.
But since she shelled out $430,000 to pay off Simorangkir and end the lawsuit, she's seemingly been let back onto the site again.
Gawker confirmed the account as hers last night.
So, fittingly, her first Tweet was directed at someone she now hates--comedian Chelsea Handler, who's now dating her ex, hotelier Andre Balazs.
http://plixi.com/p/65998739 @chelseahandler i think you are a leathery idiot and rude. and beyond stupid.less than a minute ago via Plixicourtney love cobain
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i actaully made a dare with someone not to be on this anymore and the day he stops being in a blackout ill get off o it again, frances rightless than a minute ago via webcourtney love cobain
--to the obviously bitter--
but i dont think hes evil, in fact hes very much not evil, he just has a bourgoise, shallow vapid alchoholic, coke and sex addiction side,less than a minute ago via webcourtney love cobain
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And it keeps going and going and going--though, surprisingly, without any new naked photos of herself.
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The Bozos of Beaufort CountyPublished 9:14pm Thursday, November 7, 2013
To the Editor:
I was a little amused and embarrassed at the last county commissioners meeting. The "Bozos of Beaufort County" continued to play out the joke that they have been playing on the Beaufort County Board of Commissioners for over 16 years. It's an old tired joke, one that most commissioners and others have stopped laughing to, but a few people still believe that the "Bozos" are for real. The ones who have stopped laughing have instead been ignoring the joke, hoping that it would go away, but it hasn't. Not only has the same old joke not gone away, it hasn't changed a bit. Its constant punch line of "look what I've done for you" continues to be told over and over again with the same lack of any real results. That's the amusing part! The embarrassing part is when a commissioner who has always insulted his fellow commissioners and called them childish names, now turns his insults on a citizen and representative of one of Beaufort County's biggest employers and who was addressing the board. It was embarrassing to most of the other commissioners and prompted the chairman to personally apologize.
To some, the "Bozos" seem like a good idea. Their words sound good. Their ideas sound good. Fight for lower taxes and less government spending! "They're fighting for me," some say. To others, the joke is just that, they are a joke! They are inadequate and a sham; because of their methods and tactics, they are laughed at rather than taken seriously. But that's what you do, you laugh at "Bozos."
The "Bozos of Beaufort County" continue to insult and ridicule others because it's the only way they can build themselves up. They can't point to their achievements because they have very few. They talk and make a spectacle of themselves because that's all they've got! You can't take credit for any budget that lowered spending if you have never voted for any budget! But, if you say you're doing something often enough, some people will begin to believe you.
I believe most would stop listening to the joke if they would stop just listening so much to the words and look more closely at the results and motives of the "Bozos of Beaufort County".
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Ted Simons: Coming up next on "Arizona Horizon," health officials warn that the flu is widespread across the state. We'll have the latest. Also, an update on global climate change policy, with a former advisor to two Prime Ministers. And we'll find out where Arizona stands on roadway safety laws. Those stories next on "Arizona Horizon."
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Ted Simons: Good evening and welcome to "Arizona Horizon." I'm Ted Simons. The flu has turned deadly with one adult and one pediatric death reported in Yuma County. To talk about how hard it is hitting Arizona, we have Jessica Rigler, bureau chief for the state bureau of epidemiology and disease control. Good to have you here and thanks for joining us.
Jessica Rigler: Thank you for having me.
Ted Simons: So how hard is Arizona getting hit?
Jessica Rigler: We're reporting widespread at all time levels like you have said. So we're seeing flu all over the state currently.
Ted Simons: And the widespread level, is that like the highest level that you can get?
Jessica Rigler: It is the highest level you can get, yes.
Ted Simons: So compared to last year what are you seeing?
Jessica Rigler: We had more cases at this time last year than we do this year. About 40 percent more cases, actually. And, and the thing this year is that it seems like the flu is more severe. It's hitting people more severely this year.
Ted Simons: Interesting, and is it higher, maybe than -- you look at five-year averages and stuff, higher than the five-year average?
Jessica Rigler: No, we're lower than we typically expect to be at this time.
Ted Simons: So basically, it sounds as though it's there, not as much but hitting harder, is that because of the flu strain?
Jessica Rigler: It could be. It's hard to say before we look back at the season, but right now the strain that's circulating is the same H1N1 strain we saw in 2009, and that strain hits folks in the adult age group 18-49 about to harder than it does in the youngsters, or at the senior population.
Ted Simons: I seem to remember back, with the swine flu we're talking about?
Jessica Rigler: That's correct.
Ted Simons: We talked about this back in the day. They were saying some older folks had been, you know, exposed to this, and that's why that younger generation, that particular age group, was getting hit harder. Does that make sense?
Jessica Rigler: We have seen literature to support that back from an outbreak, in 1976 that may suggest what you are saying is true. We don't know for sure.
Ted Simons: So you, if you were exposed, a better chance to avoid it this time?
Jessica Rigler: That's right.
Ted Simons: Best chance to avoid is still the flu shot?
Jessica Rigler: Getting vaccinated. We want folks to go out and get their flu shot, that's going to be the best protection.
Ted Simons: Is that flu shot, the vaccine, is it, is it addressing H1N1 or something similar?
Jessica Rigler: The H1N1 virus circulating is included in this year's shot. So the shot this year is really a good match for all the strains circulating currently.
Ted Simons: Are you seeing some areas hit harder than others in Arizona?
Jessica Rigler: Right now it's widespread.
Ted Simons: So rural, urban? No real -- is that unusual to not see a differential?
Jessica Rigler: From week to week we might but once you get into a the peak where you see it, it's normal to see it all over.
Ted Simons: And as far as the flu, itself, it just seems as though every year it happens. Ok. And I'm wondering, is it happening earlier? It seems like February, and maybe into March, we're talking about this, we're into February, and obviously, but it's early. Seems kind of early.
Jessica Rigler: You know, the one thing that we like to say is that the only thing predictable about the flu is that it's unpredictable so we expect it to start sometime in late September or early October, and to last into may, but, where that peak happens, and where you are seeing the number of cases, that can vary, January, February, and March, it's really different every year.
Ted Simons: And are you thinking that the peak hasn't happened yet?
Jessica Rigler: It's so hard to say. Some of our reports come in later than they were diagnosed. Right now we're on the upward swing and we could turn that corner and go down. We have seen states in the southeast start, start turning the corner and going down and seeing a decrease in cases. But, it's really too soon to tell.
Ted Simons: As far as Arizona and the rest of the country, do we follow a pattern? Do you see it first in the northeast, southeast, northwest, and then Arizona? How does that work?
Jessica Rigler: Every year is different, and, and so, you cannot look at one year and say the next one will be the same.
Ted Simons: Can you look at the weather? It's been a relatively mild winter. Does that make a difference?
Jessica Rigler: There is theories out there that where it's colder and people are congregated closer together indoors you may get more rapid spread of flu and maybe a higher number of cases. But, we're seeing cases in Arizona, and you know it's beautiful out here now. So, it's, it's tough to say there, as well.
Ted Simons: It's probably an old wives' tale but when the weather is bad and cold, people get colds and the flu.
Jessica Rigler: Not a lot of cold weather, and I don't think that it's really related to the temperature as much as the congregation of folks in an indoor environment.
Ted Simons: As far as the vaccine is concerned, still, you can still get the vaccine, the flu shot, why equity?
Jessica Rigler: That's right.
Ted Simons: Should you still get the flu shot?
Jessica Rigler: We would say yes. From the state Health Department perspective, it is important to get yourself protected if you are not already. I would caution it takes two weeks for the body to build the immunity, so if you get it today, you can't expect to have immunity until two weeks. If you come into contact with the flu between now and two weeks, it is possible you will get it.
Ted Simons: And especially in the age group, that demographic that it is getting hit the hardest by this H1N1 is probably the group that doesn't get flu shots.
Jessica Rigler: Right, it has a lower number of shots than the rest of the population.
Ted Simons: Good information and good to have you here, and thanks for joining us.
Jessica Rigler: Thank you very much.


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October 17, 2006
By Kelli Bland, Fort Campbell Courier
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (Army News Service, Oct. 17, 2006) - Nine Fort Campbell Soldiers had the honor of personally interacting with Vice President Richard Cheney when he visited post Monday.
Eight of them were selected by their units for some one-on-one time with the vice president prior to his speech to a crowd of Soldiers waiting at Sabalauski Air Assault School. Cheney pinned the ninth with the Distinguished Flying Cross for demonstrating heroism during aerial flight in Iraq.
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Lori Hill, a pilot with the 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, was flying an OH-58D Kiowa Warrior March 21 when it came under heavy fire. Hill drew the fire away from the lead aircraft while simultaneously providing suppressive fire for the troops in contact with the enemy.
A rocket propelled grenade damaged the instrumentation of her aircraft, but instead of focusing on herself, Hill quickly established communication with the ground unit and provided them with aerial weapon support until they reached a safe location.
"We still had engine power," Hill said, "but it's kind of like driving without your power steering."
Three rounds of machine gun fire then hit her aircraft, one of which hit Hill's ankle. With a damaged aircraft and an injury, Hill safely landed the aircraft at Forward Operating Base Normandy, saving the aircraft and her crew.
"You always hope you'll be able to respond well, and you never actually know what's going to happen or how you're going to react when you get shot," she said. "I'm very happy that I was able to help the ground guys out and get our helicopter down and safe on the ground."
For her heroism that day in March, Hill was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
"It's a once-in-a-lifetime thing to get the award and then have the vice president come and award it to you," she said. "It's just incredible for any Soldier."
Master Sgt. Christopher Self, 5th Special Forces Group, was also selected by his unit to personally interact with the vice president.
Self was shot in the leg while he was doing physical training in Baghdad Dec. 27. Because of injuries sustained from the enemy engagement, Self's right leg was amputated below the knee July 13. He was appreciative of Cheney's willingness to spend time with the Soldiers at Fort Campbell.
"He's taking his time to come down here and see us," Self said. "It's just awesome."
Self's wife, Dana, is proud of her husband, who has been in the military for 21 years and has deployed five times.
"We're very proud and really honored to be one of the eight chosen to meet the vice president," Dana Self said. "Chris is an amazing Soldier. He's going to do great things."
As for her husband's injury, it hasn't affected his spirit, she said. "A good prosthetic is better than a bad leg. He's three months out and nothing is stopping him. He and I are running the Nashville marathon in the spring."
Along with the support of his wife, Chris has three children who are proud of their dad.
"The kids are so proud of him," Dana Self said. "They write stories about him all the time and share them with their friends; they're just very, very proud of him."
Specialist Matthew Torres, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, also had the opportunity to meet the vice president Monday.
Torres, 21, was in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, Feb. 19 when snipers fired on his combat patrol. One of the rounds went through Torres' back and exited through his stomach.
"I was a little disoriented for a minute (after being shot)," Torres said. "My friends over there were great. They got me, they pulled me to safety, and got me out of there within a minute."
Torres said he is still in the process of recovering from his wound, but he plans to stay in the Army. "You don't just quit a job because you get hurt on it," he said.
Torres said he was grateful for the chance to mingle with the vice president. "(Cheney) asked me how I was and how I was recovering," Torres said. "He told us he was thankful for our service."
Cheney reflected on the Soldiers he met personally and all Fort Campbell Soldiers in his speech to the more than 4,000 troops in attendance.
"We've had to rely on the bravery, the toughness and the skill of some very dedicated Americans. The people of the United States know about the heroism you display every day in this war," Cheney said.
"We stand in total admiration ... Our freedom depends on men and women who live by the ethic of service above self and who place duty and the national interest above any considerations or personal comforts or safety. Those who put their lives on the line for America are the very best among us.""


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University of Dubuque honored undergraduate student research, service learning, and creativity at the fourth annual Apex: Celebration of Student Scholarship and Creativity held April 26-28.
Fifteen University of Dubuque students will conduct research over the summer with the help of a Joseph and Linda Chlapaty Summer Fellowship.
Environmental law expert John Copeland Nagle, professor of law at the University of Notre Dame, will discuss environmental ethics and moral responsibility Thursday, May 5, at 6:30 p.m. in Blades Chapel.
Eighteen cadets and two officers from University of Dubuque's ROTC program participated in the ninth annual Mountain Man Memorial March held April 23 in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
University of Dubuque will honor undergraduate student research, service learning, and creativity at the fourth annual Apex: Celebration of Student Scholarship and Creativity.
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Dr. Marta Abele will be giving the "Last Lecture" this year. This event is open to the public!
John N. Matthews Professor of Law, Notre Dame School of Law, will be speaking on climate change and energy, including choices between fossil fuels and different kinds of renewable energy and how that affects more vulnerable and impoverished populations. This event is free to the public!
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"Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues" (PG-13; an R-rated version is also available): The sequel takes lamebrain newsman Ron Burgundy (played by Will Ferrell) and his gang (Steve Carell, Paul Rudd and David Koechner) to New York, where they've been recruited to work the graveyard shift at a startup cable network. Writes reviewer Soren Andersen: "It's a piñata at which Ferrell & Co. swing away wildly. They often miss their mark, but when they connect, out fall the laughs in great big bunches."
"At Middleton" (R): Gonzaga University and Washington State University star as a college where two parents (Andy Garcia and Vera Farmiga) meet on their children's campus tour.
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Chicken with Red Pepper Cream Sauce
From EatingWell: January/February 2013
In this healthy chicken with red pepper cream sauce recipe, roasted red pepper and chipotle give this creamy sauce a beautiful red hue and give it a slightly sweet and smoky flavor. The sauce can be made ahead, then served with seared chicken, as we do in this recipe, or with grilled fish or ravioli. This recipe makes more Cream Sauce without the Cream than you'll need for the red pepper sauce. Refrigerate or freeze the extra sauce and use it in place of heavy cream in any sauce or soup that calls for cream.
Makes: 6 servings, 3 oz. chicken & 1/3 cup sauce each
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Nutrition Profile
Low calorie | Low carbohydrate | Low saturated fat | Heart healthy | Healthy weight | Diabetes appropriate | Gluten free |View Our Nutrition Guidelines »
Cream Sauce without the Cream
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 cup finely chopped onion
- 2/3 cup long- or medium-grain white rice
- 5 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 1/4 teaspoon salt, or more to taste
- Freshly ground pepper, preferably white
Red Pepper Sauce & Chicken
- 1 large red bell pepper, halved
- 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil plus 2 tablespoons, divided
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon honey or sugar, or to taste
- 1-2 teaspoons minced chipotle pepper in adobo sauce (see Tip)
- 1 cup Cream Sauce without the Cream
- 3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 1 1/2 pounds total), trimmed
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- Chopped fresh cilantro or scallion greens for garnish
- To prepare cream sauce: Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add 1 cup finely chopped onion and cook, stirring, until soft but not browned, about 5 minutes. Add rice and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes more. Add broth and wine and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer until the rice is very soft and the liquid is greatly reduced, about 25 minutes. Cool slightly.
- Transfer the mixture to a blender and puree, in batches if necessary, until smooth. (Alternatively, puree in the pot with an immersion blender.) The consistency should be similar to a pourable sauce; add more broth or water as needed. Season with 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper, preferably white pepper.
- To prepare red pepper sauce & chicken: Position rack in upper third of oven; preheat to 400°F.
- Rub bell pepper halves with 1 teaspoon oil and place cut-side down on a baking sheet. Roast until soft, about 10 minutes. Turn on broiler and, watching carefully, broil until the skin is charred in spots, 2 to 7 minutes, depending on your broiler. Let cool, then peel (it's OK if bits of charred skin remain). Chop the pepper.
- Meanwhile, heat 1 tablespoon oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add 1 cup chopped onion and garlic and cook, stirring, until soft and just beginning to brown, about 5 minutes.
- Place the roasted pepper, onion mixture, honey (or sugar), chipotle to taste and 1 cup of the Cream Sauce in a blender; puree until very smooth. Adjust the consistency with additional Cream Sauce if desired. Return to the pan and warm over low heat.
- Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken, reduce the heat to medium and cook, turning once or twice, until browned on both sides and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part registers 165°F, 12 to 16 minutes total. Transfer to a clean cutting board, tent with foil and let rest for 5 minutes.
- Slice the chicken and serve with the red pepper sauce. Garnish with cilantro (or scallion greens), if desired.
Tips & Notes
- Make Ahead Tip: Cover and refrigerate cream sauce (Steps 1 & 2) or red pepper sauce (Steps 3-6) for up to 1 week or freeze for up to 3 months. Defrost overnight in the refrigerator or using the defrost setting on your microwave.
- Tip: Chipotle chile peppers in adobo sauce are smoked jalapeños packed in a flavorful, spicy sauce. Look for the small cans with Mexican foods at large supermarkets. Once opened, they'll keep up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator or 6 months in the freezer.
- Keep food fresh: If you're storing food in your fridge for a few hours or more, it's best to keep it in an airtight container or in a container covered tightly with foil. Foil is best at creating a barrier that doesn't let unwanted flavors in (or out) while you store your food.
Per serving: 236 calories; 9 g fat (2 g sat, 5 g mono); 63 mg cholesterol; 12 g carbohydrates; 1 g added sugars; 25 g protein; 2 g fiber; 500 mg sodium; 336 mg potassium.
Nutrition Bonus: Vitamin C (80% daily value), Vitamin A (23% dv)
Carbohydrate Servings: 1
Exchanges: 1 1/2 vegetable, 3 1/2 lean meat, 1 fat
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- 1 hour or less
- Type of Dish
- Main dish, poultry
- Servings
- 6
- Ethnic/Regional
- American
- Main Ingredient
- Poultry, other
- Health & Diet Considerations
- Diabetes appropriate
- Low calorie
- Low carbohydrate
- Low saturated fat
- Heart healthy
- Healthy weight
- Gluten free
- Meal/Course
- Dinner
- Ease of Preparation
- Easy
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Even before Occupy Wall Street protestors held up signs with the slogan "make a living, not a killing," family law attorney Carol Bailey adopted the saying as her personal motto. It was about a year ago, and she was charging $330 an hour. With 30 years experience under her belt, she could have charged even more.
Instead, she decided to go in the other direction. A couple weeks ago, Bailey opened a new firm that does away with the so-called "billable hour" and offers clients flat fees that are far cheaper than what they would typically spend for an attorney."We're trying to reach a whole different group of people," Bailey says of her four-person firm, Main Street Law Group. The firm's self-declared target market is "Middle America," or simply those fed up with the current system, including lawyers themselves. Bailey recalls one colleague of hers who spent a million dollars on his divorce. "The guy was so bitter about the bill he got from his lawyer," she says.
And why not? Her colleague, of all people, knows that attorneys are motivated--indeed often required by their firms--to bill as many hours as they can so that they can make as much money as they can. Every time a lawyer asks how you are, shares a funny story or launches into a long-winded explanation, that's all going to cost you.
It's a model, according to Bailey, that breeds distrust, inefficiency and--since lawyers make more when time is spent fighting in court--conflict.
A range of legal industry watchers across the country have started calling for change. (See for instance, an August op-ed in The New York Times entitled "Addressing the Justice Gap.") A smattering of firms across the country, like Washington D.C.'s Clearspire, have started answering that call.
Main Street, which shares space with a more traditional and still ongoing firm Bailey founded, promises to tell clients how much it will charge them in advance. Some of those fees--specifically in cases involving business law and wills and estate planning--can be found online. Others, in more complicated areas of the law, will be determined after the first meeting.
Bailey says Main Street will also encourage clients to do much as work on their cases as they can without an attorney. What most lawyers never tell you, she says, is that clients can do much of the paperwork themselves. Or they could, if going through a divorce, negotiate with soon-to-be exes using a less expensive mediator. "When you get to the point that you don't feel like you know what you're doing, call me," Bailey told a recent client. For her specific part of the case, Bailey might end up charging $3,000 to $5,000-- far less than the $25,000 to $30,000 that is usually the minimum in divorce cases.
Is this pure altruism? Not entirely. What Main Street's lawyers get out of the deal, besides an untapped market, is flexibility. All the other attorneys in the firm, besides Bailey, are young mothers who don't want to be trapped by the standard you-must-bill-so-many-hours mandate. One lawyer wants to work three days a week. Another wants to quit early when her kids come home from school. The third is planning a maternity leave. And Bailey? She's taking a month-long vacation to Greece next summer.


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OU football: OU's new assistant coaches bring in big-time recruits
NORMAN — Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops fired three assistants last February, replacing them with coaches who brought impressive recruiting backgrounds.
This weekend might be a sign that things are turning back around for the Sooners, who have been criticized for a perceived talent shortage the past few years.
New defensive line coach Jerry Montgomery, who was hired away from Michigan, is bringing in two California defensive tackles — Tashon Smallwood from Fresno and Ainuu Taua from Lompoc — for Saturday's home game against TCU.
The Sooners are also hosting five-star athlete Adoree' Jackson (Gardena, Calif.); five-star running back Joe Mixon (Oakley, Calif.); and four-star athlete Michiah Quick (Fresno, Calif.) this weekend.
Josh McCuistion, who covers OU recruiting for the Rivals network site SoonerScoop.com, said the staffing changes haven't just affected recruiting in the new coaches' position groups, but across the board.
"You can tell talking to the (high school) coaches that deal with these guys year in and year out," McCuistion said. "They'll say, 'Man, Oklahoma's more present. They're around. We're hearing from them more.'
"Just little things like that, which, to the kids doesn't mean a whole lot. For the coaches, that's a big part of it. You want to make sure you're welcome in those doors anytime you go in. They used to feel like Oklahoma expected the kids to come there, rather than wanting to work to make sure they came."
Today, though, the entire OU coaching staff seems fully intent on outworking the competition.
Co-offensive coordinator Jay Norvell, who has been widely viewed as Oklahoma's ace recruiter the past few years, said he's been impressed with Montgomery, offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh and special teams coordinator/tight ends coach Jay Boulware so far.
"These guys are all experienced recruiters," Norvell said. "They've all recruited at great programs, and they've all had reputations of really hustling. You've gotta be a hustler. You've gotta get from school to school, stay in contact with your connections, because your connections are the guys who get it done for you."
Bedenbaugh established a strong relationship with Troy, Ohio, offensive guard Alex Dalton while still coaching at West Virginia.
Dalton attended a West Virginia summer camp before his junior season and received a WVU scholarship offer from Bedenbaugh just before he left for Oklahoma.
The three-star prospect — who said he always liked Bedenbaugh but that West Virginia "wasn't at the top of my list" — soon picked up an OU scholarship offer and committed to the Sooners in May.
"I like his level of seriousness," Dalton said. "He was the first coach to ever write me personally in the mail. That said a lot. It's kind of ironic that he was the first one to write me a letter and it turned out that's who I ended up going with."
Norvell said the best is yet to come for the new assistants, because it typically takes a full year on a new job to really get going in recruiting.
"To be fair to any of those guys, or any coach coming in, it takes almost a year to have worked on a kid in your area to really have that connection," Norvell said. "But they've all got great ideas, got great energy.
"You know the old saying about recruiting is that it's like shaving — you've gotta do it every day or pretty soon, you look like a bum."


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'Warriors Come Out' or 'Mean Queens of Halloween'
It's Halloween in LA and Cream Corn convinces BD and the Crew to go to a street party where, let's just say, ain't nobody in the closet. Everything's gay (as in happy) and gay (as in gay) until the Emcee is assassinated in front of everyone! The unseen shooter frames BD and the Crew, and now they're on a run for their lives, trying to clear their name, pursued by every gay gang south of West Hollywood!
'How Honeybee Got Her Groove Back' or 'Sexodus' or 'Night of the Living Dickheads'
A busted-up Whorephanage needs repairs and busted-up whores need a vacation, so Honey Bee takes the harem to Jamaica for R&R. The hoes party to their heart's content, and a disinterested Honey Bee gets her groove back when she meets the one and only Bob Marley! Back at the Whorephanage, all the sex-starved johns turn into horny zombies trying to hump their way into the building, but Honey Bee couldn't care less, she's not coming home! Bob Marley could be her happily ever after if not for all these assassins with machine guns constantly trying to kill them!
'Sweet Bill's Badass Singalong Song' or 'Bill Cosby Ain't Himself'
When BD's old buddy, maverick "Sweet Sweetback" filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles, gears up to shoot his next blaxploitation movie in the Community, everyone's excited to help out except Bill Cosby! Desperate for positive black images, Cos kidnaps the entire all-star cast and tries to brainwash them into besweatered, upstanding representatives of the black race! While Bullhorn, Cream Corn and Honey Bee fill-in for the talent and try to keep the film afloat, BD must track down the pudding-pop-pusher himself and save all of black film history!
'Mister Rogers' Revenge' or 'Please Don't You Be His Neighbor'
On the Orphans' collective birthday, Black Dynamite brings them all to a show taping with their favorite TV white man, Mister Rogers. Now, you'd think that Fred Rogers was never a trained Special Forces killer and that he would definitely not kidnap all the Orphans in a deranged attempt to protect them from evil TV executives and that's exactly what doesn't not happen! With the cops outgunned and the Orphans behind guerrilla defenses, it's up to Black Dynamite to invade that neighborhood and face off with Mister Rogers himself.
'American Band Standoff' or 'The Godfather of Soooul Train' or 'Get On Your Goodfellas'
Cream Corn is excited as hell at getting a chance to dance on Soooooooul Train, the hippest trip in America, but BD knows the truth the music game is a vicious, to-the-death battle between the Godfather Don Cornelius and murderous Dick Clark of American Bandstand. Cream Corn becomes a Soul Train dancer, and Don's old muscle Black Dynamite sees that just when he thought he was out… they pull him back in.
Season 1
'Pilot' or 'Trouble on Puppet Street'
Our ass-kickin-friend-of-the-community Black Dynamite takes on his childhood mentor and surrogate father: That Frog Kurtis, a Puppet TV educator turned super villain!
'Jackson Five Across Yo' Eyes' or 'Just Beat It'
When Cream Corn saves young Michael Jackson from an assassination attempt, the pint-sized pop star finds in Corn a new best friend. But as Black Dynamite soon discovers, Jacko is far from the cute bundle of talent the world adores: he's a merciless alien force who leaves his brothers and father Joe in constant fear of a bitch slapping! And when Cream Corn too has finally had enough, Dynamite and crew step in to slap the black off Mike's face, changing music and Michael forever.
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It started as a mission to infiltrate the world of adult film in order to solve a case. But now Bullhorn may be in over his head... in bitches. Convinced he's found his true purpose (making bitches happy with his "Sweet Throat"), Bullhorn abandons crime fighting to become a celebrity porn star. It's up to Black Dynamite to extract his sidekick from the pornucopia of pleasure and convince him there's more important things in life than f**king on film.
'The Race War' or 'Big Black Cannon, Balls Run!'
Black Dynamite's non-white arch nemesis, Fiendish Dr. Wu. has stolen an experimental supply of Menthol X-a super addictive mind-control additive-and sold it to the Notorious Big Tobacco Company! But even more sinister is his plan to covertly transport it across country in The Race War, a stock car race that pits all the world's races against one another to determine which race is the most superior one of all.
'Seed of Kurtis' AKA 'Father Is Just Another Word For Motherf***er'
The Reverend DADDY DYNAMITE (Clifton Powell) left Black Dynamite when he was just a little 8-year old boy. But now he's back in the Community preaching a new kind of revivalism, and BD... couldn't be happier? Despite protests from the Crew, BD opens up the doors of the Whorephanage to his father and the two enjoy catching up until Daddy D convinces his flock to donate all of their material possessions - to him! "Exploiting the Community's sins is just not Black Dynamite's style."


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EC Number: 188.8.131.52
Enzymes and Genes:
L-aspartate oxidase: nadB
In Pathway: NAD biosynthesis I (from aspartate)
The direction shown, i.e. which substrates are on the left and right sides, is in accordance with the direction in which it was curated.
Most BioCyc compounds have been protonated to a reference pH value of 7.3. Please see the PGDB Concepts Guide for more information.
Mass balance status: Balanced.
Enzyme Commission Primary Name: L-aspartate oxidase
Enzyme Commission Synonyms: NadB, Laspo, AO
First reaction in quinolinate biosynthesis, required for the de novo biosynthesis of NAD.
Enzyme Commission Summary:
A flavoprotein (FAD). L-Aspartate oxidase catalyses the first step in the de novo biosynthesis of NAD+ in some bacteria. oxygen can be replaced by fumarate as electron acceptor, yielding succinate [Bossi02]. The ability of the enzyme to use both O2 and fumarate in cofactor reoxidation enables it to function under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions [Bossi02]. 2-iminosuccinate can either be hydrolysed to form oxaloacetate and ammonia or can be used by EC 22.214.171.124, quinolinate synthase, in the production of quinolinate. The enzyme is a member of the succinate dehydrogenase/fumarate reductase family of enzymes [Bossi02].
Citations: [Nasu82, Mortarino96, Tedeschi96, Mattevi99, Katoh06, Neidhardt96 ]
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Bossi02: Bossi RT, Negri A, Tedeschi G, Mattevi A (2002). "Structure of FAD-bound L-aspartate oxidase: insight into substrate specificity and catalysis." Biochemistry 41(9);3018-24. PMID: 11863440
Katoh06: Katoh A, Uenohara K, Akita M, Hashimoto T (2006). "Early steps in the biosynthesis of NAD in Arabidopsis start with aspartate and occur in the plastid." Plant Physiol 141(3);851-7. PMID: 16698895
Mattevi99: Mattevi A, Tedeschi G, Bacchella L, Coda A, Negri A, Ronchi S (1999). "Structure of L-aspartate oxidase: implications for the succinate dehydrogenase/fumarate reductase oxidoreductase family." Structure Fold Des 7(7);745-56. PMID: 10425677
Mortarino96: Mortarino M, Negri A, Tedeschi G, Simonic T, Duga S, Gassen HG, Ronchi S (1996). "L-aspartate oxidase from Escherichia coli. I. Characterization of coenzyme binding and product inhibition." Eur J Biochem 239(2);418-26. PMID: 8706749
Nasu82: Nasu S, Wicks FD, Gholson RK (1982). "L-Aspartate oxidase, a newly discovered enzyme of Escherichia coli, is the B protein of quinolinate synthetase." J Biol Chem 1982;257(2);626-32. PMID: 7033218
Neidhardt96: Neidhardt FC, Curtiss III R, Ingraham JL, Lin ECC, Low Jr KB, Magasanik B, Reznikoff WS, Riley M, Schaechter M, Umbarger HE "Escherichia coli and Salmonella, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Second Edition." American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D.C., 1996.
Tedeschi96: Tedeschi G, Negri A, Mortarino M, Ceciliani F, Simonic T, Faotto L, Ronchi S (1996). "L-aspartate oxidase from Escherichia coli. II. Interaction with C4 dicarboxylic acids and identification of a novel L-aspartate: fumarate oxidoreductase activity." Eur J Biochem 239(2);427-33. PMID: 8706750
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Nice plugin. I installed it and selected theme 1, then checked the custom CSS box...next I went to plugin editor and copied the theme1 css file and pasted it in the custom CSS box on the settings page....made a modal on a page (using shortcode), clicked it, then used Firebug to inspect it.
A little bit later, I had the modal looking great and matching my site except one little weird issue:
The messages that show up on the top of the login window during authentication and successful login (but NOT when it fails) have a little 4 or 5 pixel wide area on the left edge that is still the original color of the theme. (I changed all the green elements to a different color). But heading looks great, button looks great, mouseovers work, focus colors for the inputs are right...just this last little item I can't figure. I assume it's a div that is styled to have that background color but I can't find it!
Can I get an email to send you the CSS I'm using. My site is still in development so it's got a Private Site plugin....if I can have an email to contact you I can give you the password and the page the modal is on so you can see what it looks like.
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After six long, weary weeks of rain, last night the clouds broke away and today the sun shines from a clear blue sky. It was a sparkling outdoors that smiled back at us as we opened our front door. O-we, our own mountain, stood out in all its glory, clear to its very peak, with all the mists rolled away, so that we could even see the top of the mountain on the Alberses' side of the river.
As though the shining morning itself was not enough to raise our spirits, we heard the sound of horses' hoofs and someone shouting to us from the main trail. This was later in the morning, when we were deeply engaged in sawing wood for our fireplace and had gone up our own little trail to pack some of it in. We had a glimpse of loaded animals through the trees and Mabel said, "Who do you suppose is going up to Happy Camp?" And then we saw that the little pack train had come to a stop, and heard someone shouting at us.
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