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With spring now underway, many ranchers in Summit County will be grazing their livestock on National Forest lands. As grazing on public lands became a controversial topic when Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy made news, one local rancher points to the benefits of grazing on public lands.
Woodland resident Bobbie Williams works with rancher Dan Muskero to run cattle in the Uinta Mountains and said this year's grazing season for them will begin on June 10. She said grazing on public lands has notable benefits.
"It's a benefit to the cattlemen to have them [in the National Forest] cost-wise, instead of having them buy hay, which is really expensive right now," Williams said.
Paul Cowley, forest natural resources staff officer at the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, said grazing occurs across most of the forest, which is split into numerous managed allotments. Livestock owners also rest and rotate their livestock from one allotment to another to allow vegetation to recover.
Grazing fees are paid by ranchers, which go back to the Forest Service to purchase materials and supplies such as fencing and water troughs for rangeland. The price per head of cattle per month is $1.35, while the price per head per month for sheep and goats is 27 cents, Cowley said.
Those prices can be a steal compared to private grazing land, Williams said, whose owners can charge up to $50 per head for a grazing season (about five months).
"It's cost-efficient for the public to have cattle on the mountain. It also helps keep the foliage down for fires," Williams said, who pointed to the fact that cattle keep vegetation from becoming overgrown on trails. "For the benefit of the people, [grazing] is what's keeping a lot of trails open. Without cattle up there, you're not going to have half of the trails that are there."
Without much of the grazing infrastructure that is in place, Cowley said a lot of wildlife in the forest would be concentrated to certain areas. Thus, grazing helps to disperse wildlife throughout the forest.
A good amount of the grazing infrastructure is installed by the ranchers themselves, Cowley said, who added that the Forest Service appreciates its relationships with local livestock grazers.
"We really value the local grazing community -- we work very cooperatively with them," Cowley said. "We value the lifestyle and the challenges that come with it."
Williams said that both ranchers and Forest Service officials are judicious with how they treat public lands -- ranchers make sure that cattle do not overgraze areas and the Forest Service is effective in how it utilizes grazing fees to manage the land and infrastructure.
The grazing season can start as early as May and can run into October. Williams is looking forward to this season, especially since there will be average water table levels. Permits are available for certain areas depending on when the vegetation is ready, Cowley said, meaning grazing begins earlier on lower-elevation environments.
Williams emphasized that there is a long history of grazing cattle in the Uinta Mountains.
"It's part of our heritage," Williams said. "If you take [cattle] off the mountain, you're going to watch a lot of meat prices go up."


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TODAY the Daily Echo can show for the first time the face of the man accused of murdering a Hampshire grandmother in her own home.
The footage shows Matthew Hamlen shopping at Sainsbury's supermarket in Eastleigh, which the prosecution say was just hours after he had battered 77-year-old Georgina Edmonds to death with a rolling pin.
Earlier in the trial at Winchester Crown Court jurors were shown the CCTV captured the same afternoon the grandmother died - exactly four years ago today.
The prosecution claim Hamlen killed Mrs Edmonds then later that afternoon he went to buy some groceries.
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Keith Alan Baker is the Artistic Director for the Studio Theatre's 2ndstage as well as being Studio Theatre's Managing Director. His work as a director is currently represented with the Studio 2ndstage production of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Past Studio 2ndstage credits include POP!, Passing Strange, Jerry Springer: The Opera, Reefer Madness: The Musical!, Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, Terrorism, The Who's Tommy, Polaroid Stories, Nocturne, Wonderland Alice, The Wild Party, Kerouac and Hair. He is the recipient of a 2008 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Director on Reefer Madness. Originally from Texas, Keith has been associated with The Studio Theatre since 1986. 2012-2013 marks the 25th Anniversary Season of The Studio Theatre's 2ndstage! This is quite an accomplishment.
Before working at The Studio Theatre what other theatres had you worked for?
I am originally from Texas. From Livingston, a small town near Houston. After graduation in 1983 from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, I moved to Dallas where I worked full-time at Theatre 3 and part-time at Dallas Theatre Center. I moved to Washington DC in the fall of 1984 to attend graduate school in directing at American University. I worked full-time at Arena Stage and part-time at the original Source Theater.
What brought you to The Studio Theatre?
I first came to the Studio in January 1986 to study Directing with Joy Zinoman at The Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory. I then started working part-time as House Manager. I have since worked in almost every department of the Theatre and I am currently the Managing Director.
What drew you to the material in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson?
Its irreverent spirit, its topical themes and subject matter, its unique style, and its emo-rock music!!! And, it was a BIG hit at The Public Theatre in NYC.
The Studio Theatre's 2nd Stage tends to do musicals that have a pop rock feel to them (Pop!, Jerry Springer The Opera and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson) Is this a conscious choice just a coincidence?
Most definitely, a conscious choice! In 2ndStage, we want to appeal to a young audience. Especially with the Summer FUN Musical.
What do you like the most about working in the DC theatre community?
The talent pool of actors, directors and designers here in DC is GREAT! In 2ndStage, we want to provide opportunities for these emerging artists.
Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson is playing at Studio Theatre, 1501 Fourteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005 and runs through August 26, 2012. For more information and to buy tickets, please call the Box Office at 202-332-3300 or go online.


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That's right. I'm a matchmaker. I've been an old-fashioned, face-to-face, matchmaker for the past eight years and I love it. Before pursuing a career in professional matchmaking, I worked with people in a very different arena: I was a social worker. During my twelve years in social work, including my three-year tenure at Bellevue Hospital in New York, I worked primarily with children and families under extreme emotional duress. Naturally, the job began to take its toll on me, and I found myself more and more emotionally drained, and less and less professionally effectual in my position. I wanted to continue working with people in a supportive, helping capacity, but was having an increasingly difficult time handling these very sensitive cases. So, I turned my love of counseling, working with people, and helping others into something more upbeat: a career as a professional matchmaker.
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Will Ex-Inmates Who Get Jobs Commit Fewer Crimes?
February 29, 2012 10:22:12 pm
The poor national economy has thwarted the notion that most of the 700,000 people released from prison each year can find employment, but criminologists believe it's still important to track who finds work and who doesn't.
In a briefing this week for congressional staff members and others in Washington, D.C., Robert Apel of New Jersey's Rutgers University suggested that success in getting jobs could serve as a "signal to identify people who will desist from crime."
Apel and fellow criminologist Shawn Bushway of the University at Albany wrote the lead article in the new issue of the American Society of Criminology's Journal Criminology & Public Policy.
Bushway, who also spoke at the briefing in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center, said that employment of former inmates, even if it is not always successful, can serve an important function as a "risk predictor."
The same offender who is motivated enough to find a job may also be one who will stop committing crimes, Bushway explained.
In their paper, Apel and Bushway write that their review of studies done on the subject suggests that employers should not automatically reject all offenders for jobs.
Some employers, they said, "may already be using completion of employment training programs (either pre-release or post-release) to identify 'good employees' from the pool of low-skill labor."
The criminologists questioned state laws that ban offenders from entire categories of work.
"Such a decision framework throws away any and all information that can be learned from the actions of the individual since the time of the last offense," they say.
Government may have information about which offenders have taken part in work training programs in prison or under probation or parole supervision.
"It needs to be organized in such a way that employers can use it," Apel and Bushway contend.
Another speaker at the Capitol Hill program was criminologist Edward Latessa of the University of Cincinnati, who wrote in the policy journal that research "clearly demonstrates that well-implemented correctional programs that target the right offenders, target criminogenic needs, and teach offenders new skills and behaviors can have an appreciable effect on recidivism."
Asked to comment on the criminologists' findings, Dora Schriro, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Correction, told the congressional briefing that job-training programs in prisons and jails would be more successful if they "operate like the real world" as much as possible.
This means giving inmates fewer orders and more of a role in deciding what kinds of work they can do while in custody and how they can best spend the leisure time they have, on things like family concerns and self-improvement.
One reason that work behind prison and jail walls has not been very successful in reducing crime, she said, is that inmates tend to be ordered how to spend their days, and cannot cope with making decisions on their own once they are released.
Schriro noted that many offenders are naturally entrepreneurial.
"We should shift responsibility from us to the inmates" in encouraging them to formulate responsible business plans, and "capture their interest in earning money," she said.
The briefing was sponsored by the American Society of Criminology and the Consortium of Social Science Associations.
Ted Gest is president of Criminal Justice Journalists and Washington-based contributing editor of The Crime Report. He welcomes comments from readers.


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On last night's Tru-TV episode of "The Carbonaro Effect," titled "The Lizard Law," comedian and magician Michael Carbonaro, astounds everyone with his tricks and has spectators shaking their heads in amazement.
In the first segment, with the caption, "This is getting too fancy." Michael is posing as a bartender. He tells a woman at the bar named Melissa that he is going to make her corn chips. He gives her a choice of three different bowls of corn, and when she chooses the one she wants, he pours it into the bag, then lights the bottom of the bag in a flash and voila, pours out corn chips for the lady.
As a couple are dining, Michael is going to make tableside guacamole for them. When he takes the pit out of one avocado, the pit continues to jump around on the cart. The man asks if there is something in there, and Michael cuts it open and a small snake is inside. Both guy and girl jump up and watch, as Michael tells them it is very lucky to have a snake in the avocado, just like the worm in the tequila. Then Michael bagged up the snake to give to the couple.
When Michael is making salsa, he asks a man if it is spicy enough. He tells him it is spicy, but not too spicy. Michael then tells him he will make it real spicy using a tiny bit of a ghost pepper. He takes a small bit on a spoon and proceeds to mix it into the salsa. When he is done mixing it, half of the spoon has melted. As he continues to mix the salsa, the rest of the spoon disintegrates right before their eyes. When Michael walks away to wash his hands, the guy is tempted to try it, but thinks better.
Michael then tells a woman at the bar that the restaurant is switching its menu to vegan and hydroponic. He takes a petal off a rose and tells the woman it is an egg. As he puts the petal in a glass, he whirls it around until it forms the shape of an egg, then finally cracks it as the inside is like a real egg, and the woman cannot believe her eyes.
In a lunchroom, Michael asks a woman how long he should cook his frozen fish? She has no clue, but when he takes it out of the microwave, the fish is alive. He then puts it in a tub of water and leaves her there with the fish.
Later when he asks a woman if she wants sparkling water with lime, but his lime is gross and deteriorated. He then takes out "Rejuva-Foil" wraps it up and uses a hair dryer for a few seconds and takes out a perfect lime. He told her they do that in restaurants all the time. He then takes a few raisins and does the same thing, and out pop a bunch of grapes. The woman is rubbing her eyes in astonishment.
While another man is sitting at another table, Michael starts talking to him, and continues to pull food out of a brown bag, that seems to have no bottom to it. When he walked away, the guy was still looking at the humongous amount of food that fit in that small lunch bag.
In the next segment, with the caption, "Did that really work?" He introduced himself to a woman whose first day on job was a realtor's assistant. He asked her if she picked up flowers for him, but nobody told her to do this. He told her they had an open house the prior week, and to take the flowers out of the trash can. She did so, but the flowers were dead, but he told her they could spruce them up at bit. He stated that the flowers were probably hungry, so they put food in the vase and to her amazement, they were like new.
When another woman came by to help him out, he told her he was having a problem with the sink, as she stood by to help him plunge the sink, a baby lizard climbed out, so he put a huge pot over the drain and next thing, it was twice the size. The poor woman was in shock until he told her it was called "The Carbonaro Effect," a magic hidden-camera television show that she is on right now. Michael then introduced himself to her as she was still shocked at the strange happenings.


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One of the oldest theatres in Poland, this institution has mounted numerous renowned, highly innovative stagings since the 1950s. In 1991 it became a "national stage."
Created in 1781 on the initiative of Mateusz Witkowski, an actor who came to Krakow from Warsaw, the Stary Teatr did not initially have a home and performances were held in a space at the Spiski Palace adapted for this purpose.
In 1799 Jacek Kluszewski became the institution's new promoter and found a permanent venue for the theatre in a building located at the convergence of Szczepanski Square and Jagiellonska Street that remains the theatre's home to this day. Apart from German-language productions supported by the local authorities (Krakow was at this time within the Austro-Hungarian partition of Poland), Kluszewski also staged Polish productions. His theatre quickly acquired the aura of being a national stage and in the 1820s began touring its productions, performing in Poznan and Wroclaw among other cities.
In 1843 Hilary Meciszewski became the theatre's manager. A critic with a very good knowledge of European drama, Meciszewski invested much effort in shaping a good repertoire. He introduced Romantic drama onto the Krakow stage and attempted to modernize acting methods.
In the years 1866-1885, the theatre had its most famous management of the 19th century. It was headed at this time by Stanislaw Kozmian, who carefully structured its balanced repertoire. He staged both the Polish classics and Polish dramas of the day. He staged all the plays of Slowacki, a majority of Fredro's works for the stage, but of Mickiewicz's dramas only KONFEDERACI BARSCY / THE CONFEDERATES OF BAR. Kochanowski's ODPRAWA POSLOW GRECKICH / THE DISMISSAL OF THE GREEK ENVOYS was one of the most important productions of this time, and Krakow audiences also had an opportunity to see the comedies of Zablocki and Boguslawski. Balucki and Anczyc both made their playwriting debuts at the theatre, and room was reserved in the repertoire for both classic and contemporary European drama. Kozmian staged eighteen of Shakespeare's plays, mounting what were the first-ever Polish-language productions of a number of comedies, including A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, TWELFTH NIGHT and AS YOU LIKE IT. He also produced the works of German authors, staging Goethe's FAUST and Schiller's THE VIRGIN OF ORLEANS and THE ROBBERS among others.
"In the history of Polish theatre, [Kozmian] is known as the creator of the so-called 'Krakow School.' This term describes a creative method that did indeed involve offering premieres on a weekly basis, but in the case of more extensive productions called for analytical rehearsals, careful development of staging and acting styles. Artists who resorted to this method sought out the opinions of university professors and studied the costumes of various eras at the Jagiellonian Library. The most noticeable sign of Kozmian's application of Krakow School methods was the acting in his productions. This was characterized by moderation, elements of ensemble acting, avoidance of easy choices and a general effort toward achieving truth - in movement, gesture and speech" (E. Orzechowski, "Stary Teatr w Krakowie" / "The Old Theatre in Krakow").
The Theatre's troupe at this time included a number of exceptional actors, among them Helena Modrzejewska (Modjeska), Antonina Hoffmann, Feliks Benda, Boleslaw Ladnowski, Boleslaw Leszczynski and Wincenty Rapacki.
The theatre effectively ceased to exist in 1893. A new theatre opened in Krakow that year in a building on Sw. Ducha (Holy Spirit) Square (today's Teatr im. Slowackiego / Slowacki Theatre). The edifice on St. Stephen's Square only occasionally hosted guest productions and special events, and at the turn of the 1920s and 1930s was home of the Miejska Szkola Dramatyczna (Municipal School of Drama). The building was twice remodeled - in the early 1900s and once again in the 1940s, during World War II, when the German occupying authorities modernized it to serve their own purposes.
The Old Theatre / Stary Teatr was finally reborn in 1945, with Jerzy Ronard Bujanski appointed its first post-war managing director and Andrzej Pronaszko serving as artistic director. The theatre reopened with the world premiere production of Zawieyski's MAZ DOSKONALY / THE IDEAL HUSBAND, directed by Jerzy Ronard Bujanski. A top-quality acting troupe, many of its members having trained at Juliusz Osterwa's "Reduta" (Fort) school, was assembled in the building on St. Stephen's Square. The troupe then expanded to include a number of new members, among them Helena Chaniecka, Halina Gallowa, Jan Ciecierski, Janusz Warnecki, Zofia Malynicz, Maria Duleba, Eugeniusz Fulde, Mieczyslawa Cwiklinska and Igor Smialowski, as well as a number of young actors, including Danuta Szaflarska and Gustaw Holoubek. Tadeusz Lomnicki, perhaps Poland's most famous actor of the post-war era, also debuted there. The level of acting remained very high and an effort was made to build a collective sense of responsibility for the theatre's artistic achievements, something that would later become a trademark of the Stary Teatr. The theatre's collaborators included Tadeusz Kantor, who presented his production of Wyspianski's POWROT ODYSA / THE RETURN OF ODYSSEUS, which was in fact created during the German occupation of Poland. Kantor also designed the scenery for the Stary Teatr / Old Theatre's production of Corneille's EL CID (1945), which was directed by Jerzy Ronard Bujanski and staged in the courtyard of the Jagiellonian Library.
During the 1946/1947 season, all of Krakow's theatres were assembled into a n umbrella organization that operated under the name of the Miejske Teatry Dramatyczne / Municipal Dramatic Theatres (later the Panstwowe Teatry Dramatyczne / State Dramatic Theatres). This 'combine' was controlled by the management of the Slowacki Theatre and headed in turn by Juliusz Osterwa, Bronislaw Dabrowski and Henryk Szletynski. The Stary Teatr was ordered to adopt a contemporary repertoire, while the classics were reserved for the Slowacki Theatre. This artificial division was maintained until 1954 and was rather unfortunate for the Stary Teatr. Following the official, countrywide adoption of the doctrine of Socialist Realism, the Stary Teatr mounted rote productions that met official requirements. The sole exception was perhaps the world premiere production of Kruczkowski's NIEMCY / THE GERMANS (1949), directed by Bronislaw Dabrowski. The contemporary repertoire having been largely exhausted, the theatre was forced to stage the classics. Thus, subsequent productions covered the works of Kleist, Lesage, Goldoni and Musset. Moliere's extensive oeuvre was also tapped, with the theatre mounting productions of his THE VERSAILLE IMPROMPTU, THE LEARNED LADIES and GEORGE DANDIN. Clearly, censors limited the range of repertoire choices. In 1950 Wladyslaw Krzeminski directed a production of Lope de Vega's THE GARDENER'S DOG, and Gabriela Zapolska's MORALNOSC PANI DULSKIEJ / THE MORALITY OF MADAME DULSKA (1949), directed by Roman Niewiarowicz, was performed more than two hundred times.
The vast Krakow theatre enterprise created in 1946 disintegrated in 1954. The Stary Teatr regained its independence and Wladyslaw Krzeminski became its director. That same year the helm passed from Krzeminski to Roman Zawistowski, who remained director until 1957, when Krzeminski returned to his former post. In 1954 the theatre acquired a second stage located on Starowislna Street in a venue that had been home to the Teatr Poezji (Theatre of Poetry) and that in 1957 was renamed the Teatr Kameralny (Chamber Theatre). In 1956 the theatre was named after prominent actress Helena Modrzejewska and slowly began to abandon the realistic repertoire. Productions in 1954 included Anton Chekhov's THE CHERRY ORCHARD, directed by Krzeminski, and Brandstaetter's NOCE NARODOWE / NATIONAL NIGHTS, directed by Roman Niewiarowicz. Krzeminski was quoted as saying that he wished to have "a Polish and foreign repertoire. The Stary Teatr should show the most interesting theatre from around the world, as well as the classics, though the latter should avoid traditional staging schemes and be reinterpreted by the artists staging it" (E. Orzechowski, "The Stary Teatr in Krakow"). Krzeminski staged Shaw and Ibsen, new American dramas by Williams, Miller and O'Neil. He directed contemporary European works of such authors as Camus, Brecht, Frisch, Lorca, Ionesco and Pirandello, and the plays of Polish playwrights Mrozek, Kruczkowski and Broszkiewicz. During the post-Stalinist 'thaw,' Zawistowski directed a memorable production of HAMLET (1956) featuring Leszek Herdegen in the title role. Alongside Shakespeare, the program included works by other classical authors like Euripides and Corneille. One of the Stary Teatr / Old Theatre's best and boldest directors at this time was Lidia Zamkow-Slomczynska, who staged Dostoyevsky's THE DREAM (1963) and Camus's CALIGULA (1963). She also directed works by Chekhov, Gorky, Brecht and Mrozek. Krzeminski also retained the services of Jerzy Jarocki, who directed a number of exceptional productions, including Williams's ORPHEUS DESCENDING (1962), Dürrenmatt's THE PHYSICISTS (1963) and Lenz's NINE GUILTLESS PEOPLE (1963). There was room at the Stary Teatr for some of the old masters directing like Jerzy Kreczmar and Bohdan Korzeniewski. Prominent designers like Tadeusz Kantor, Andrzej Pronaszko, Wojciech Krakowski, Andrzej Majewski, Jerzy Skarzynski, as well as composer Zygmunt Konieczny also contributed to the ensemble's artistic successes.
In 1963 Wladyslaw Krzeminski was dismissed from his position as director. The theatre's helm was assumed by Zygmunt Hübner, who continued developing the institution as a venue for theatre of the highest artistic merit. The principles informing the shaping of the repertoire went unchanged. Productions included contemporary dramas and reinterpreted classics. An effort was also made to stage the great Polish national dramas. Hübner's tenure as director began with three important premieres: Wyspianski's WESELE / THE WEDDING (1963), directed by Andrzeja Wajdy, Witkacy's MATKA / MOTHER (1964), directed by Jerzy Jarocki and Brandys's SPOSOB BYCIA / A WAY OF BEING (1964), directed by Hübner and Jerzy Nowak. In 1964 Hübner welcomed director Konrad Swinarski into the Stary Teatr, making him a permanent collaborator alongside Jerzy Jarocki, Jozef Szajna and Bogdan Hussakowski.
"Working with the Stary Teatr allowed Swinarski to create his version of Romantic theatre, to attempt national drama in a manner that was sharply opposed to both literary and staging traditions" (E. Wysinska, "Stary Teatr im. Modrzejewskiej 1963-1973" / "The Modrzejewska Old Theatre 1963-1973").
While there, the director staged Krasinski's NIE-BOSKA KOMEDIA / UN-DIVINE COMEDY (1965), Büchner's WOYZECK (1966), Slowacki's FANTAZY (1967) and Wyspianski's SEDZIOWIE / THE JUDGES and KLATWA / THE CURSE (1968).
Jarocki also continued working at the Stary Teatr, creating exceptional stagings of Rozewicz's WYSZEDL Z DOMU / HE WALKED OUT OF HIS HOUSE (1965), Mrozek's TANGO (1965), Babel's ZMIERZCH / DUSK (1966) and Rozewicz's MOJA CORECZKA / MY LITTLE DAUGHTER (1968). Moliere's THE MISANTHROPE (1966), directed by Hübner, was another outstanding achievement. Jozef Szajna presented his original, highly visual interpretation of Witkacy in mounting a production composed of two of the artist and playwright's dramas - ONI / THEM and NOWE WYZWOLENIE / A NEW LIBERATION (1967). Bogdan Hussakowski primarily showed interest in contemporary tragedy, staging Euripides' THE TROJAN WOMEN as adapted by Sartre (1967) and Lorca's YERMA (1967). As managing director, Hübner created a theatrical institution that worked with an array of exceptional stage directors who utilized various means of theatrical expression to create a brand of theatre apart but shared similar attitudes and a similar stance nevertheless. The director was quoted as saying:
"I would like to note one fact that might seem like it means very little - Swinarski, Jarocki and myself were, for all practical purposes, born at the same time. There is nothing strange then in the fact that we represent the views of a given generation. We remember the war, but we matured in the Polish People's Republic. This is not without its influence on the conceptual and artistic profile of the Stary Teatr" ("Zygmunt Hübner o Starym Teatrze w Krakowie" / "Zygmunt Hübner on the Old Theatre in Krakow," "Trybuna Ludu" daily, April 23, 1967).
In 1969 censors banned the theatre's production of Bryll's KURDESZ. Simultaneously, it was prevented from premiering its production of Kajzar's PATERNOSTER. In response, Hübner resigned his management position.
In 1970 Jan Pawel Gawlik became director of what was by this time an excellent, stable theatre with a finely tuned troupe. Gawlik granted Jarocki and Swinarski the maximum possible freedom. Jarocki continued to work on Witkacy's plays. He staged SZEWCY / THE SHOEMAKERS (1971) and another version of MATKA / MOTHER (1972). He also directed productions of Kafka's THE TRIAL (1973) and Anton Chekhov's THE CHERRY ORCHARD (1975). Swinarski tackled social issues in his productions, directing Mickiewicz's DZIADY / FOREFATHERS' EVE (1973) and Wyspianski's WYZWOLENIE / LIBERATION (1974). He also staged a number of Shakespeare's plays, including A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (1970) and ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (1971). He was working on a production of HAMLET when he died tragically in an airline catastrophe in 1975. Andrzej Wajda continued to work with the theatre regularly, staging Dostoyevsky's THE DEVILS as adapted for the stage by Camus (1971) and Wyspianski's NOC LISTOPADOWA / A NOVEMBER NIGHT (1974). Wajda returned once more to Dostoyevsky in 1977 with a production based on this author's THE IDIOT titled NASTAZJA FILIPOWNA / NASTASIA FILIPOVNA. This Krakow theatre also premiered the works of a number of new Polish authors, including Rymkiewicz, Lubienski, Iredynski, Grochowiak and produced the new plays of Slawomir Mrozek.
The 1970s were also a time of international success for the theatre, which participated three times in the World Trade Season Festival in London. The Stary Teatr / Old Theatre's production of LIBERATION brought it a BITEF Award in Belgrade, and the theatre toured its production of THE DEVILS to London, Zurich and Berlin. A number of new directors appeared on its roster. Among them were Maciej Prus as well as Jerzy Grzegorzewski, who directed Wyspianski's WESELE / THE WEDDING (1977) and DZIESIEC PORTRETOW Z CZAJKA W TLE / TEN PORTRAITS WITH A LAPWING IN THE BACKGROUND based on the writings of Chekhov (1979). Another new name was Krystian Lupa, who staged his rendition of Gombrowicz's IWONA, KSIEZNICZKA BURGUNDA / YVONNE, PRINCESS OF BURGUNDY (1978). Two of the Stary Teatr / Old Theatre's regular directors created productions lasting several hours: Wajda directed Z BIEGIEM LAT Z BIEGIEM DNI / AS THE YEARS AND DAYS GO BY (1978, written by Joanna Olczak-Ronikier), while Jarocki did Zeromski's SEN O BEZGRZESZNEJ / THE DREAM OF A GUILTLESS ONE (1979). The trademarks of the Stary Teatr at this time included not only a closely-knit acting ensemble that worked well as a team, but also a group of scenery designers and musicians who contributed significantly to the theatre's achievements. Zygmunt Konieczny and Stanisław Radwan composed music, while scenery was designed by Lidia Minticz, Wojciech Krakowski, Kazimierz Wisniak, Krystyna Zachwatowicz and Lidia and Jerzy Skarzynski. The theatre's actors also enjoyed growing renown. The troupe at this time included Ewa Lassek, Zofia Niwinska, Miroslawa Dubrawska, Izabela Olszewska, Jerzy Binczycki, Jerzy Nowak, Wojciech Pszoniak, Wiktor Sadecki, Anna Polony, Anna Seniuk, Jan Nowicki, Franciszek Pieczka, Marek Walczewski, Kazimierz Kaczor, Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska, Tadeusz Huk, Elzbieta Karkoszka, Edward Lubaszenko, Jerzy Trela, Anna Dymna, Mieczyslaw Grabka, Leszek Piskorz, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Jerzy Stuhr and Joanna Zolkowska.
In 1980 Jan Pawel Gawlik was pressured by the ensemble to resign as director. The acting troupe elected Stanislaw Radwan to this post, and it was during his tenure that the institution opened the Muzeum Starego Teatru / Museum of the Old Theatre (1985). During Martial Law, theatre artists were relatively free to express what they wished. At this time, Jarocki staged Eliot's MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL in the Cathedral in Wawel Castle (1982), and Calderon's LIFE IS A DREAM (1983). The theatre's directing ensemble expanded to include Tadeusz Bradecki, who debuted on the newly opened stage on Slawkowska Street with a production titled BIEDNI LUDZI / POOR PEOPLE based on the writings of Dostoyevsky (1983). Andrzej Wajda once again tackled Dostoyevsky in staging CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (1984). This same novel had been adapted for the stage at the Krakow theatre somewhat earlier by Maciej Prus (1977). Wajda also directed a number of the classics, including Shakespeare's HAMLET (1981) and Sophocles' ANTIGONE (1984). Krystian Lupa mounted a number of excellent productions that featured uniquely complex performances by the actors. These included Wyspianski's POWROT ODYSA / THE RETURN OF ODYSSEUS (1981), Musil's THE DREAMERS (1988) and Dostoyevsky's THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV (1990). Rudolf Ziolo, a stage director of the younger generation, staged REPUBLIKA MARZEN / REPUBLIC OF DREAMS, a production based on the prose of Bruno Schulz (1987), and Gozzi's TURANDOT (1990) in a production that countered established theatrical conventions. In 1985 prominent actor Jerzy Stuhr directed himself in Süskind's one-man play THE DOUBLE BASS. In the 1980s the Stary Teatr also saw renowned foreign directors staging productions there. This group included Giovanni Pampiglione who did Goldoni's THE LIAR (1981).
In 1990 Tadeusz Bradecki assumed the directorship of the Stary Teatr. That same year the theatre premiered its model production of Gombrowicz's SLUB / THE MARRIAGE, directed by Jarocki with scenery designed by Jerzy Juk-Kowarski. Wajda staged Wyspianski's WESELE / THE WEDDING (1991), while Jerzy Grzegorzewski directed SMIERC IWANA ILJICZA / THE DEATH OF IVAN ILYICH based Tolstoy's novel. Lupa expanded his studies of the works of Austrian authors. He staged MALTE ALBO TRYPTYK MARNOTRAWNEGO SYNA / MALTE, OR THE TRIPTYCH OF THE PRODIGAL SON based on the writings of Rilke (1991), Bernhard's KALKWERK (1992) and Broch's LUNATYCY - ESCH CZYLI ANARCHIA / THE SLEEPWALKERS - ESCH, OR ANARCHY (1996). Grzegorzewski made far-reaching changes in the texts he staged, creating some very interesting and highly original productions, among them TAK ZWANA LUDZKOSC W OBLEDZIE / SO-CALLED HUMANITY GONE MAD based on Witkacy (1992) and DZIADY - DWANASCIE IMPROWIZACJI / FOREFATHERS' EVE - TWELVE IMPROVISATIONS based on the classic play by Mickiewicz (1995). Jarocki also devised and staged an original script based on the writings of Witkiewicz titled GRZEBANIE / EXHUMATION (1995).
Since 1992 the Stary Teatr has hosted public meetings with outstanding cultural figures in its Goscie Starego Teatru (Guests of the Old Theatre) series. To date, appearances at the theatre have been made by Peter Brook, Robert Ciulli, Czeslaw Milosz, Luca Ronconi, Giorgio Strehler, Robert Wilson and Georges Lavaudant.
In 1994 the Stary Teatr was accepted into the prestigious Union of European Theatres. In 1996 the 5th UET Festival was held in Krakow with the Stary Teatr as its patron.
Krystyna Meissner served as the Stary Teatr / Old Theatre's director in the years 1997-1998. She was replaced by Jerzy Binczycki, however, this outstanding actor's tenure was interrupted by his unexpected death. Ryszard Skrzypczak has served as managing director since 1998. Jerzy Koenig served as its artistic director from 1998 to 2002, when he was replaced by Mikolaj Grabowski.
The second half of the 1990s saw the theatre mounting a number of important productions. Jerzy Jarocki directed Goethe's FAUST (1997) based on a new translation by Jacek Buras. More recently Jarocki staged TRZECI AKT / ACT THREE based on Witkacy's SZEWCY / THE SHOEMAKERS (2002). Krystian Lupa presented Bernhard's THE SIBLINGS (1996), part two of his LUNATYCY / THE SLEEPWALKERS series, i.e. Broch's HUGUENAU, CZYLI RZECZOWOSC / HUGUENAU, OR REALISM (1998), and Bulgakov's THE MASTER AND MARGARITA (2002). The Stary Teatr has also played host to directors of the young generation. Horst Leszczuk (Grzegorz Jarzyna) staged IWONA, KSIEZNICZKA BURGUNDA / YVONNE, PRINCESS OF BURGUNDY by Gombrowicz here (1997), while Remigiusz Brzyk directed Chekhov's THE CHERRY ORCHARD (2001) and, more recently, Tadeusz Slobodzianek's CAR MIKOLAJ / TSAR NICHOLAS (2002).
Monika Mokrzycka-Pokora
January 2003
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Media Release
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Philadelphia Futures is looking for a few good geeks, in the form of new mentors! From board games to card games, and maybe a few made up games, (Werewolf anyone?) G2: Geeks Who Game will be all about old school fun for some new school altruism. Tmom's is raising the stakes with some amazing specials for this event:
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This highly developed park offers a range of outdoor recreation opportunities. The most popular activities include camping, boating, fishing, water skiing, swimming, picnicking, viewing historic sites and exhibits, viewing wildlife, bird watching, attending interpretive programs, cabin stays and covered wagon stays.
Historic markers and interpretive displays provide visitors with information on Farewell Bend's significance on the Oregon Trail. The RV and tent campgrounds make excellent base camps as you explore the region. The campground offers 91 electrical sites, 45 primitive sites and four walk-in tent sites. Three covered camper wagons and two log cabins are also available for overnight stays. Oregon Trail wagon ruts are visible just up the road. The National Oregon Trail Interpretive Center is less than an hour away in Baker City.
If history isn't your game, come for the sports! The park's lighted boat ramp offers boater, water skiers and anglers access to Brownlee Reservoir. There are horseshoe pits, basketball hoops and a sand volleyball court for you land lovers. Best of all, while resting from the day's activities, you can enjoy the scenery and amenities. Picnic on the cool grass, swim in Brownlee Reservoir, spend the night in an authentic covered wagon, roast marshmallows over your campfire or attend an evening interpretive program at the amphitheater.
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Skip to comments.Alfredo Moser: Bottle light inventor proud to be poor
Posted on 09/05/2013 9:11:08 AM PDT by PrayAndVoteConservesInLibsOut
Alfredo Moser's invention is lighting up the world. In 2002, the Brazilian mechanic had a light-bulb moment and came up with a way of illuminating his house during the day without electricity - using nothing more than plastic bottles filled with water and a tiny bit of bleach.
In the last two years his innovation has spread throughout the world. It is expected to be in one million homes by early next year.
So how does it work? Simple refraction of sunlight, explains Moser, as he fills an empty two-litre plastic bottle.
"Add two capfuls of bleach to protect the water so it doesn't turn green [with algae]. The cleaner the bottle, the better," he adds.
Wrapping his face in a cloth he makes a hole in a roof tile with a drill. Then, from the bottom upwards, he pushes the bottle into the newly-made hole.
"You fix the bottle in with polyester resin. Even when it rains, the roof never leaks - not one drop."
The lamps work best with a black cap - a film case can also be used "An engineer came and measured the light," he says. "It depends on how strong the sun is but it's more or less 40 to 60 watts," he says.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
Diaz says you can find Moser lamps in some remote island communities. "They say, 'Well, we just saw it from our neighbour and it looked like a good idea.'" People in poor areas are also able to grow food on small hydroponic farms, using the light provided by the bottle lamps, he says.
Overall, Diaz estimates, one million people will have benefited from the lamps by the start of next year.
"Alfredo Moser has changed the lives of a tremendous number of people, I think forever," he says.
"Whether or not he gets the Nobel Prize, we want him to know that there are a great number of people who admire what he is doing."
Did Moser himself imagine that his invention would have such an impact?
"I'd have never imagined it, No," says Moser, shaking with emotion.
"It gives you goose-bumps to think about it."
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Most homes and businesses in the slums of Dhaka have no power and no windows, so 80-90% of them hook up to electricity lines illegally - and fall back on candles or kerosene lamps during regular blackouts.
A voluntary organisation called Change began distributing the bottle light, or botul bati, earlier this year. It's helped hundreds of people - including sari makers and rickshaw repairers - whose livelihoods depend on having sufficient light.
There were teething problems. "Some people said they felt poorer after installing a bottle light," says Change founder Sajid Iqbal. The group counters this by stressing that each one helps tackle climate change.
Unlike some other charities, Change charges a small amount for the lights - roughly the price of 2-3kg of rice. "If you give the light for nothing, people don't maintain them," Iqbal says. "They don't understand their value."
Great story, but these envirof***ers ruin everything.
Skylights BFD
Can you turn them off when you want to go to sleep???
True to my nature, I got totally wrong visual reading this.
More than a sky light, more like a deck prism. Much better illumination than a mere hole in the roof.
It's not a BFD to the likes of you and me who have ready access to cheap and reliable electricity, but for most of the world it really is a BFD.
you nailed it !!! hahhh!!! there's the rub..
Wait, where's the government in this? Mr. Moser needs their help.
What an awesome idea. And the part about a small charge is also critical. Teaching a man to fish does not mean giving him an unlimited supply of line and hooks.
Eventually they will leak. Guaranteed
That was my question too. Also, how well does this work in the winter when they freeze? How well does it insulate? And I doubt they last very long before leaking starts considering the degradation of plastic from UV and the constant expansion and contraction associated with the warming and cooling.
Also, what if you don't have cathedral ceilings for the "water filled skylight"? Who thought this was a good idea again?
Or turn them on when you need to go get up to take leak in the middle of the night.
They probably have to wear an eye mask!
And if it bursts, there is the boiling water rain to experience.
Sailing ships had glass prisms in the deck to distribute light to lower decks.
That this is made out of what is essentially garbage is new, but it replaced 'going outside' for most users.
Expect more insanity as less sociable poor people stay in their homes rather than being in a social situation getting feedback.
You're right. There are just too many problems. Better to sit in the dark.
Manila is famous for its cold winters!
Thanks OP for posting this. This invention is amazing!
Seriously low chance of freezing in Brazil, along the equator. The temperature is quite constant, like in Hawaii, limiting the expansion and contraction issue. And less tramatic than having to bury your kid when your jerry-rigged stolen electricity short-circuits.
That has to be the most loser, whiner post that I have seen in a long time.
Iqbal for POTUS!!!
Then I suggest VERY STRONGLY that you do not use this invention.
Fair enough. My perspective was the practicality of me being able to use this technology. With respect to poor Brazilians, this is brilliant.
Does this clarification post get me out of the "loser whiner post" stable? :o)
Thank you for forcing me to reconsider the context of the story.
Actually, If I understand it right, it is refracted light, which takes the light from inside the bottle and then illuminates the surrounding area as would a 40 watt bulb. So at night unless the moon is bright, there probably still is darkness. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
i was thinking a ship's deck prism.
I can't speak for Ansel12, but it does for me.
combo of that and the solartube idea.
it will be when the shtf.
The thing is you have extended the 'light-catching area' above the roof. So you have increased the amount of light coming through the roof at all times of day except noon.
Anything that stupid he deserves to be poor!!
My brother bought a condo that has 2 solartubes installed. One is in the kitchen right over the prep area and the other is over the entryway. It is amazing how much light they put out. We haven't checked how but they also put out light at night, like a very bright nightlight.
They actually are super cool but I checked and they are kind of expensive.
This is great for 3rd world countries, not like he'd get rich with something like this though.
tin roof shanties in 3rd world countries don't generally have attics
Now this is what my old Engineering Professor would call, "elegant". Very simple, yet very effective.
Obviously not for houses like ours, but a tremendous advance for third world folks who can't get/afford electricity but need light during the day.
(P.S. I'm often a pretty cynical guy. If I shake MY head at your cynicism, you have a problem, in my opinion. This guy is not a politician, he's not trying to be famous or rich, and he's not claiming he's found the solution to the world's energy problems. He's also not trying to sell you on it. HE'S JUST OFFERING HELP TO PEOPLE WHO NEED IT. So all you "so what" guys out there, please just take a deep breath, and realize, not everything deserves to be reviled.)
Nicely posted.
Also, how well does this work in the winter when they freeze? How well does it insulate?
.........Probably not an issue in the slums of India, African huts or tin shacks of Haiti.
And I doubt they last very long before leaking starts
.........Their shacks probably already leak.
Also, what if you don't have cathedral ceilings for the "water filled skylight"?
........Most shacks in these areas do have "cathedral ceilings".
Probably not the best idea for 90% of Americans, although I just might try this out in my shed, which I never did get around to wiring for electric.
I agree with you ansel12.
Thanks for this info. Also, to those interested, the article explains it this way:
"Refraction is the bending of light, which is caused by a change in its speed.
The speed of light is determined by the density of the substance through which it passes.
So refraction occurs when light passes from one substance to another with a different density - eg from air to water
In the case of the "Moser lamp", sunlight is bent by the bottle of water and spread around the room.
Thanks for posting everyone.
No worries on that score.
Please reference post #26 for my contextual opinion recantation. I capitulate that I missed the point of the innovation with respect to the potential benefactors.
(I will wear this douche bag on my head for the rest of the day as punishment)
settlers did this in the USA west.
everything old is new again.
glad i'm not the only one to make that connection...but i bet the bottles run low on water after a while... what then? do you have to go up[ on the roof periodically to refill them?
NOT if you look at the pictures in post 10.
This sounds to me like it work a lot like those little, round skylights that they sell. A lot more light enters the room than just the diameter of the hole because there are reflectors inside the shaft that enhance the light.
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