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Why would 30 people work 14-hour days for three weeks either for free or for the Screen Actors Guild minimum daily pay rate of $100? The answer is passion.
The passions fueling the independent film "Angel's Perch" are ones for family love, community involvement and the state of West Virginia. This combination of emotions brought professionals from all corners of the country to Pocahontas County. These talented, vibrant individuals are creating a feature film that will bless generations of families living with the challenges of Alzheimer's disease.
"Angel's Perch" is set almost entirely in the historic logging town of Cass. The film "examines the delicate relationship between past and present, memory and loss," and the choices that must be made when a family member suffers from Alzheimer's, according to promotional material by Scrappy Cat Productions.
The film's creators are "committed to enhancing public awareness of the disease and the support services available to families through the Alzheimer's Association."
J.T. Arbogast, producer, author and lead actor, is continuing the legacy of his grandmother, Odessa "Dess" L. Kane (1924-2008), by "sharing Cass, West Virginia and Nana's involvement here," he said. "Her battle with Alzheimer's is rooted both in where she came from and where she wanted to return to, her home in Cass.
"All of her struggles in her last days were in her passion to go home, to go home to Cass. Even when she could look out her own window in town, and see the trains, she would not understand or realize that actually, she was home. She was always searching, searching for home."
This film is Arbogast's personal story of his relationship with his grandmother as the walls of disease Alzheimer's closed in.
"She was so proud of Cass, the place that she had helped to save so many years before. She was so proud of the place and the people. She struggled to hang on to her memories while living in a place that is a preserved memory, which also passes in time."
Although this might sought sad, Joyce Van Patten, who portays "Polly" Kane, said the film isn't depressing.
"This is not a somber, tearful film. It is as hopeful as it can be!" Van Patten said.
Her co-star, J. T. Arbogast, who portrays himself, agreed.
"Don't think for a moment that 'Angel's Perch' is a soapy melodrama. There is much humor amidst the daily trials of constant care," Arbogast said. "The balance of humor and levity with anger and confusion blend together daily."
Many West Virginians volunteered their time for "Angel's Perch."
"I love any opportunity to work in West Virginia and be a part of putting West Virginia on the map as an intelligent and beautiful place. It is a wise place, yet has a different reputation," said Michaela Sulka, of Cheat Lake, who volunteered her expertise on makeup and hair for the production. "This film relates to all of us in some way, and I am no different. My grandfather had Parkinson's and severe dementia."
Susie Sayre, who owns costume businesses called Briar Rose Studios in Beckley and Martinsburg, responded to the film's plea for volunteers.
"This is an extremely important story to tell; society is forced to deal with this more today because we are all living longer," Sayre said.
A Hillsboro resident said she was "proud to be involved in a film focused on the core morals that encompass what we have here in West Virginia. Family comes first ... in a loving way. These small communities in West Virginia, they are all this way - they care about each other."
"Angel's Perch is a true passion project," said Ashley Jones, co-star of HBO's series "True Blood," speaking from the heart. "I read the script and cried. I am proud to be in a project like this."
The paid crew was half from Los Angeles, Calif., and half from Morgantown. Housed at dormitories at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Green Bank, they all enjoyed their three weeks in the heart of the Appalachians this fall. Outdoors they biked and canoed, and indoors they listened to bluegrass by the Homer Hunter's Stony Bottom Blue Grass Band, which is featured throughout the film.
Cast members enjoyed mountaintop accommodations provided by the Snowshoe Foundation. Three weeks of old-fashioned hospitality and activities were organized by the Pocahontas County Visitors Bureau, area churches, community groups and businesses. Transportation was organized to airports, pharmacies and shooting locations at Cass, Green Banks, Marlinton and Snowshoe Resort.
Endorsed through a partnership with the West Virginia Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, the film project was made possible with special funding opportunities.
The producers said, "This a community-funded film with a projected budget of $475,000, much of it raised through donations, volunteer support and a successful Kickstarter campaign. Contributions are sill needed as the post-production phase begins."
Anyone interested in donating can visit www.angelsperch.com for details. Donors can gain access to behind-the-scene action, videos and updates.
The filmmakers plan to submit the film to major U.S. and international film festivals. But the opening, of course, will be here in West Virginia.


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One axiom of the pharmaceutical industry is to "fail fast and fail early," thereby minimizing investment in toxic or ineffective compounds. A primary hurdle to realizing this adage is the use of cell models, primarily cell cultures derived from nonhuman animals or immortal cell lines derived from tumors, which do not fully recapitulate principal in vivo functions.
The identification and isolation of human embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), along with techniques for guiding their subsequent differentiation into terminal cell types, allows the use of human cells as a more relevant cell model to efficiently drive discovery and toxicity assessments. Additionally, because iPSCs can be derived from individuals with identifiable phenotypes and genotypes, targeted human subpopulation models can be employed early in the discovery and toxicity screening processes.
The pharmaceutical industry requires large numbers of purified cell types for screening candidate molecules for efficacy and unintentional toxicity, and the industrialized use of terminal cell types derived from iPSCs has been severely hampered, if not prohibited, by the difficulties of culturing stem cells.
iPSCs, while highly proliferative, are sensitive to manipulation; improper handling can severely restrict their pluripotency and drastically reduce the numbers of subsequently differentiated healthy cells.
Furthermore, while producing terminally differentiated cell types from stem cells using embryoid body (EB) and directed differentiation techniques are well known, the efficiency with which these methods produce terminally differentiated cells is highly variable; a common theme to both techniques is difficulty in producing highly pure (>90%) populations of terminally differentiated cells.
Therefore, the key to utilizing stem cell technology on an industrial scale is to develop processes that are both scalable and standardizable for both iPSC maintenance and differentiation.
Cellular Dynamics International's (CDI) iCell™ Cardiomyocytes are human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes that possess expected cardiac characteristics, form electrically connected syncytial layers, and exhibit expected electrophysiological and biochemical responses upon exposure to exogenous agents.
CDI's new technology overcomes barriers in both iPSC maintenance, terminal cell type differentiation, and purification by generating standardized and scalable protocols. The primary production constraint of iPSC husbandry was eliminated by developing a culture system that uses standard single-cell splitting techniques and small molecules to minimize operator-specific effects.
iPSC culture scalability was incorporated into the process by building the cell culture system in a parallel fashion to enable the production of billions of iPSCs through the use of CellSTACK® culture chambers (Corning).
Differentiation of iPSCs into iCell Cardiomyocytes is built on CDI's platform that utilizes recombinant genetic engineering and antibiotic selection. Prior to iPSC clonal expansion, genes encoding antibiotic resistance and an optional marker under control of a cell-type specific promoter (pan-cardiac for iCell Cardiomyocytes) are introduced into the iPSCs through homologous recombination.
After curation and quality control (QC), the iPSC clone carrying the selectable marker is expanded using iPSC maintenance procedures, harvested, and placed into the directed differentiation protocol of choice. Subsequent to differentiation initiation, the cultures are exposed to the selection agent to leave a pure, targeted cell population.
In the case of iCell Cardiomyocytes, the directed differentiation method produces cardiomyocyte purities greater than 50%, while antibiotic selection subsequently increases this purity to approximately 100%, a level that is necessary to ensure that the observed experimental outcome is due to an effect on cardiomyocytes rather than noncardiac "contaminating" cells.
This process, as currently practiced at CDI, is capable of meeting the foreseeable demand for purified iPSC-derived human cardiomyocytes and is scalable by more than two orders of magnitude, without difficulty, if necessary.
Blake Anson, Ph.D. ([email protected]), is cardiomyocyte product manager at Cellular Dynamics International.
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A common thread wove through the diverse scientific presentations and new product launches at the recent American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) annual conference in Salt Lake City.
Researchers want to be able to acquire qualitative and quantitative information in one experiment performed on a single instrument platform with high resolution and high mass accuracy. Mass spec manufacturers are meeting that demand with an array of new systems that offer increased throughputs, innovative ion transfer technologies, and high resolving power.
An emphasis on time of flight (ToF) methodologies highlighted the growing interest in applying advanced ToF systems that offer high sensitivity and mass accuracy to do quantitative MS analysis. Another factor driving development in the MS arena is the new human metabolites in safety testing (MIST) guidelines that call for characterization and quantification of a parent compound and its metabolites. To save time and resources, drug developers want to be able to obtain this information in one MS run.
Several presentations at the conference focused on sample-prep strategies that can increase the throughput, cost-effectiveness, and overall efficiency of MS analysis. Panos Hatsis, an investigator at Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, described a typical 34.5-hour workflow for ADME sample analysis, beginning with the receipt of samples, batch creation, use of triple quadrupole MS for analyte tuning, 24 hours for sample analysis, followed by data analysis and data reporting.
"We need to make a positive impact on this time line," said Hatsis. He identified the 24-hour sample-analysis time frame as the biggest bottleneck in the process and described the use of Biocius' RapidFire® Mass Spectrometry System to perform solid-phase extraction (SPE), with "an ultrafast autosampler" that allows for completion of a method cycle in about seven seconds. Hatsis and colleagues evaluated about 200 compounds, comparing SPE and triple quadrupole MS/MS to conventional LC-MS/MS for generating data on the total ion concentration of an analyte and an internal standard.
This approach reduced the 24-hour sample-analysis time to 2 hours and the total 34.5-hour workflow to 12.5 hours. As a result, the process bottleneck shifted to the analyte-tuning process. To determine the need for compound tuning, the researchers replaced MS analysis on a triple quadrupole system with ToF MS, which provided higher resolution, increased sensitivity, and greater mass accuracy. Hatsis proposed that switching to a quadrupole ToF or orbital-trap MS system could eliminate the need for analyte tuning, further shortening the workflow.
Jon Williams, investigator at GlaxoSmithKline, spoke on the "Development of a Novel Sample Preparation Strategy for LC/MS/MS Quantitation of Serum Binding Domain Antibodies for PK Studies" at the meeting.
The use of LC-MS/MS to quantify biotherapeutic agents provides increased sensitivity and specificity and a wide linear range, with slightly less sensitivity compared to traditional antibody-based methods.
In contrast to pharmacokinetic (PK) studies to evaluate small molecule drugs, quantification of therapeutic proteins in plasma samples requires more demanding method development and multistep sample preparation, typically including an enzymatic proteolysis step to break down large proteins, sample clean-up and protein depletion using either SPE or electrophoretic methods, followed by a detection step.
Williams emphasized that method development for peptide multiple reaction monitoring experiments should focus on achieving high peptide recovery from the digestion and extraction process, selection of a peptide that is unique and not present endogenously at high levels, the formation of an intense fragment ion with a mass-to-charge ration (m/z) greater than the precursor ion, and it should not contain easily oxidized amino acids. Process development should also aim to identify putative cleavage sites in the peptide sequence.
He described pharmacokinetic (PK) studies performed on Exendin-4 (a peptide found in the saliva of the Gila monster that is homologous to mammalian glucagon-like peptide-1) chemically coupled to AlbudAb™, an antibody engineered to bind to albumin for the purpose of extending the half-life of the therapeutic agent.
Williams' group devised a process stream in which proteolysis is performed before sample clean-up. One of the challenges in protein digestion is not to produce too many interfering peptides that can mask the signal of the target peptide.
Proteolysis can be controlled through enzyme selection, amount of enzyme, and reaction temperature and duration. The group used SPE for sample clean-up, optimizing the stationary phase, bed volume, and loading/elution buffers to enhance recovery. Their initial method yielded only 9% recovery efficiency.
By adjusting the digestion protocol they were able to reduce the proteolysis step from a 24-hour to a 70-minute digest that produced no background ion, and by increasing the SPE bed volume from 10 mg to 30 mg, they were able to trap more peptide, resulting in improved recovery efficiency to about 70%, Williams said.
"LC-MS/MS is a viable technology for PK analysis of biotherapeutics," concluded Williams, but improved overall throughput is needed to compete with ELISA-based methods. In the future, ultrahigh pressure LC and multiplexed LC systems will help to achieve this.
Whereas ELISA is a better alternative for determining the concentration of free protein in biological samples, LC-MS/MS is preferable for measuring total biotherapeutic concentration. However, LC-MS/MS based methods may be used to differentiate between PK results obtained on the intact biotherapeutic and the metabolized portions of a biotherapeutic, which may not contain an epitope recognized by an antibody.
Erasmus Cudjoe, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Waterloo, Canada, spoke about "Automated Solid-Phase Microextraction in 96-well Plate Format: High Throughput Analysis and Ligand-Receptor Binding Studies."
Solid-phase microextraction (SPME) yields "good sample clean-up that is compatible with MS," said Cudjoe, and "is applicable to sampling of biofluids" such as plasma or whole blood. Additionally, it yields "information on free and total concentration in one experiment." This technique also enables simultaneous analysis of multiple samples in parallel in a 96-well plate format, with a reuseable extraction phase.
Cudjoe described an open-bed, multi-fiber SPME sampling system that simultaneously performs multiple extractions on an automated platform that carries out all of the steps necessary for sample extraction, desorption, washing, and fiber preconditioning. Based on experiments using a benzodiazepine drug as a model to study system optimization and performance, Cudjoe reported "excellent reproducibility" and a sample prep time of about 75 minutes for 96 samples, without the need for extraction phase preconditioning.
An underlying principle of SPME is that the amount of analyte that can be extracted is directly proportional to the volume of the extraction phase. To minimize the process volume, Cudjoe and colleagues explored the use of thin-film technology in which the surface area to volume ratio of the extraction phase is increased, leading to an acceleration of the extraction rate (by about twofold) and shortening of the extraction time. The result has been greater sensitivity and higher absolute recovery.
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Candied Lemon or Orange Slices
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1 cup granulated sugar
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Prepare an ice-water bath and set aside.
Using a mandoline or sharp knife, cut the fruit into 1⁄8-inch-thick slices. Discard the seeds and ends of the rind.
Bring a 2-quart saucepan of water to a rolling boil. Remove from the heat and add citrus slices. Stir until softened. Remove the slices with a slotted spoon or skimmer and immediately place in the ice bath prepared earlier. Drain the slices when cool.
Heat sugar and water in a medium 7- to 8-inchskillet until sugar is dissolved and the liquid is translucent. Bring to a boil, and when clear and bubbling, reduce heat to low. Add citrus slices, arranging them so they are not lying on top of one another. Simmer until rinds are translucent, about 1 hour. Remove the slices with a slotted spoon. Transfer to a rimmed baking sheet lined with parchment. Let stand several hours, or layer, separated by plastic wrap, in a tight container.
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Today was the annual "World Food Day" sponsored by the United Nations. This short list is a bit late, but the resources will be useful for any study of hunger issues and will be around for next year, too.
Here are my choices for The Best Sites To Learn About World Food Day:
Here's the North American site for World Food Day.
ESL Holiday Lessons has a good series of activities about the day.
The UN has a number of other accessible graphics on hunger issues.
Global hunger worsening, warns UN is from the BBC and includes maps and graphics.
Here are some simple questions and answers from the UN on hunger issues.
The Associated Press has an interactive on The Struggle Against Global Hunger.
World Hunger is a good infographic.
Seat At The Table is an online video game from Oxfam about hunger issues.
The UN Food Programme has a simple quiz on world hunger on its website. What makes it stand-out, though, is what happens if you take it: "For every person who takes this short hunger quiz, a child will receive a warm meal thanks to an anonymous donor to WFP."
Starved For Attention is an impressive site sponsored by Doctors Without Borders. With video stories and other multimedia, it brings attention to malnutrition around the world.
Global food crisis – interactive is from The Guardian.
The "Food price volatility map" is an excellent interactive infographic from Oxfam. This is how it describes itself:
Oxfam's new interactive map shows how poor communities across the world are being hurt by high and volatile food prices. This 'food price pressure points map' provides a global snapshot of the impacts of the global food price crisis.
World Food Day: Addressing Hunger Around the Globe is from The New York Times Learning Network.
Global Hunger Index is an interactive map
Feeding Asia is a Wall Street Journal interactive.
World Food Day USA has a number of resources.
In Pictures: World Food Day comes from Al Jazeera.
The World Food Programme has many resources.
The Right To Food is an interactive about hunger in different countries around the world.
The Food Index comes from Oxfam. Here's how they describe it:
Explore our interactive snapshot of 125 countries showing the best and worst places in the world to eat, and the challenges people face getting enough of the right food.
You can also read an article about it in The New York Times.
Here are some great resources (be sure to also look at the comments):
The PBS News Hour has collaborated with the U.N. World Food Programme to create some terrific resources for World Food Day on October 16th. I'm very impressed with what they come up with, including all their multimedia resources.
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Picturing hunger in America is from the PBS News Hour.
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No way! You guys are getting more snow?ReplyDelete
Hey at least we'll look hot wearing capris, snow boots and a rain coat!ReplyDelete
I know - I thought the same thing. When oh when is it going to end?!?!? I'm so ready for summer. We don't usually have but a couple of days of spring, and then it's instantly hot! Remind me, why do we live here again?!:)ReplyDelete
Yep, us too tomorrow, apparently.ReplyDelete
UGH!!! I feel your pain. It was 77 degrees last week and now 33.ReplyDelete
I KNOW! At least it didn't stick. At least here it didn't....ReplyDelete
Wow - we were totally on the same wave length - even 14 seconds of video!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
Steve announced last night, "Lori, you're going to hate me saying this..."ReplyDelete
"It's snowing."
Crazy weather indeed! There were tornadoes here in VA...so wild.ReplyDelete
Snow ? It's almost May!!ReplyDelete
It's been the oddest year in weather! I hope that isn't us next weekend... you just never know!!!ReplyDelete
that's just wrong! of course it's in the 40s here after weeks of 70-80...ReplyDelete
We're scheduled for snow on Thursday - May Day and that's not unusual. I don't even live in the mountains. However we are also scheduled for 70's today & tomorrow. As we often say in the midst of "weather", 'tis a privilege to live in Colorado.ReplyDelete
YUCK!! It's cold here today but no snow. We had hail last week thoughReplyDelete
HA! That sucks! lol We had some snow not long ago but with it being nearly May that is plain crazy.ReplyDelete
Wow! That's crazy! And I thought it was rough b/c it was in the low 60s yesterday.ReplyDelete
it snowed here a week and a half ago. Two times in two days it snowed. Ooooh I wasn't happy! Now they are saying it might snow AGAIN this weekend. What the heck?ReplyDelete
I agree, I've had enough.
we were in the mid to high 70's on friday and they are calling for snow tonight.. today is only a high in the low to mid 40's and I'm freezing.ReplyDelete
You're kidding! Yuck!ReplyDelete
lol. I'm waiting for that to happen again tomorrow, it's so nice out today too, I hate the crazy weatherReplyDelete
I'm saying! What is up with this weather?ReplyDelete
Wow, I'm so sorry! Maybe you need another vacation?ReplyDelete
This has just been the longest winter ever. I'm so tired of the cold.ReplyDelete
What a bummer...um, isn't the season called summer just 10 or 11 weeks away?ReplyDelete
I think everyone has forgotten that there was a snow STORM last year about this time. I remember that because my parents were flying out of Chicago to visit us. :)ReplyDelete
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Where are you Spring?????
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A selfie "down under" AKA a picture of your junk.
I accidentally tweeted my Australian selfie and it ruined my political career!
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quote: Historical records from antiquity, as well as tribal legends from all over the planet do actually mention one such event like that, but of course I doubt they'd be interested in knowing this, especially as these leaves were almost certainly buried in that event
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Jodi Benson is probably one of the most anonymous incredibly famous people in the world.
Her voice is heard by countless millions all over the world. Her films have grossed billions of dollars. She is a former Tony Award and Helen Hayes Award nominee. She has performed around the world. One of the world's most famous companies has been her home for more than a quarter century, and last year it honored her as a "legend."
But you probably wouldn't recognize her if she walked right past you.
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Actress Jodi Benson has been the voice of Ariel, 'The Little Mermaid,' since 1989.
You - and your children, and your grandchildren, and your great-grandchildren - know Benson as the voice of Ariel, the adventurous but naive title character in Disney's 1989 animated classic "The Little Mermaid."
The actress, who also does the voice of Barbie in the "Toy Story" film series, will perform two shows, at 3 and 7 p.m., this Sunday at The State Theatre in State College. The performances will each feature a first act of Broadway favorites, followed by a second act of classic Disney songs.
Benson, who turned 51 on Wednesday, spoke with the Mirror recently in a phone interview and said she has no problems being known as "Ariel" to generations of fans.
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Who: Jodi Benson
When: 3 and 7 p.m. Sunday
Where: The State Theatre, State College
Tickets: $28 and $38, with VIP tickets available for $48 which include a reception with Benson. Tickets available at the theater box office, online at thestatetheatre.org or by calling 272-0606
"It's wonderful," she said. "It's a huge, wonderful, miracle. It's a gift that God has given me to be able to work with kids and do entertainment for all ages. It's a huge honor and it's a big responsibility to be such a role model."
And, even more than 20 years later, she never gets tired of singing the iconic songs from "The Little Mermaid," especially her character's signature song, "Part of Your World."
"I sing [those songs] for every concert and I tell my audience every time that 'Part of Your World' is a great story song that I never get tired of singing," she said. "And if I love it, then the audience is going to enjoy it."
Since "The Little Mermaid" revitalized Disney animation with huge box office grosses and Oscar and Golden Globe wins for Best Score and Best Song "Under the Sea," Benson has continued to give life to Ariel in sequels, on TV and in countless Disney products. In addition to Ariel and Barbie, she also does assorted voices for Disney cartoons and TV movies.
She made her only live-action film appearance during a cameo in the 2007 Disney movie "Enchanted."
"I've been with Disney for 28 years," she said. "What I do now is I do symphony concerts on the weekends and then I do my recording stuff, the studio work, during the week.
"We still have a lot of Princess products. We do [the voice work for] all the ancillary products like video games and TV shows."
In 2011, Benson and the voice actresses for other modern Disney Princess characters like Belle and Jasmine were named Disney Legends - the award is given "to acknowledge and honor the many individuals whose imagination, talents and dreams have created the Disney magic," according to the Disney website.
"I was inducted as a Disney Legend and it was unbelievable," Benson said of the honor. "I thought that was something they just gave to people after they passed away. I was like, 'You mean I get this and I'm still alive? Awesome!'"
Benson's State Theatre performance was organized by her longtime friend Richard Biever, the executive director of the theater since January.
"We've known Jodi and her husband for 25 years, probably," Biever said. "My wife, Heidi, worked with her one summer many moons ago. So we knew her before the whole 'Little Mermaid' thing and we kept in touch over the years."
Coincidentally, Biever has a "Little Mermaid" connection completely separate from Benson. Biever was attending Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind., during the late 1980s when "Little Mermaid" co-writer and lyricist Howard Ashman, an IU alum, came to the school to direct the first licensed production of his Broadway hit "Little Shop of Horrors." Biever was to be the show's musical director.
According to Biever, Ashman got the "Little Mermaid" job and had to drop out of the Indiana production. But he spent a good deal of time working with the show's cast when he could before the musical opened. During one visit, Ashman auditioned one of the "Little Shop" actresses for the role of Ariel.
Biever played the piano for the audition.
"[Ashman] got out this crumbled piece of paper that he had jotted down this song from the movie on - it turned out to be 'Part of Your World,'" he said. "I was actually one of the first people to play 'Part of Your World.' I got through playing it and said, 'Wow, that's beautiful.'"
Biever and Benson had talked about collaborating on a performance even before he got the State Theatre job. But once the show was scheduled, he got the idea to add a choir of local children to the performance.
"Because my wife and I have a studio in town called Singing On Stage and we work with a lot of kids ... 'The Little Mermaid' is so beloved by children, that we thought it would be a good tie-in," Biever said.
Auditions were held and 120 kids, ages 6 to 18, were selected to perform. Each show will feature 60 of the children performing one song as a group and two songs with Benson. The shows will also feature performances from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Arts dance school in Spring Mills and Benson dueting with a pair of Penn State musical theater students.
Biever said the children's choir auditions increased awareness for the show and drove ticket sales.
"When we announced the auditions, that's when [the show] really caught fire," he said. "Obviously, people don't know her name as much as they know what she's done. It's interesting, especially with the younger kids who've just heard her voice [for the first time]."
The shock at Ariel's voice coming from a live person even affected Benson's own children, who are now 11 and 13.
"They each had their own moment of time at about 2 1/2 and 3 and they were watching 'The Little Mermaid,'" she said. "And if I was standing beside the TV singing at the same time, it was a little bizarre [to the kids].
"They both started crying and I was like, 'No, that wasn't supposed to happen!'"
Mirror Staff Writer Keith Frederick is at 946-7466.


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Thank you for stopping by the Weather Watch 12 Blog! The official start of winter is this Friday, December 21 -- and just in time to greet the start of winter is the potential for rain, a mix, and snow. In today's blog we discuss various tracks that winter storms can take that impact southeast Wisconsin, and then focus on the potential track of the winter storm for this Thursday.
A Winter Storm Watch is in effect for Dodge and Fond du Lac counties Wednesday evening through Tuesday afternoon.
Let's start with the two different storm tracks that impact southern Wisconsin most often during the winter season.
Northern Track
A northern track generally takes low pressure areas anywhere north of Chicago through central Wisconsin. This storm track favors more rain in the Milwaukee metro area and less snow. A northern track favors a heavy band of snow to the northwest of the center of low pressure. The image below shows where several of the computer models we use have the forecast track of low pressure by Thursday.
Southern Track
A southern track generally takes low pressure south of Chicago, but north of either Cincinnati or Indianapolis. When this track occurs with a low pressure area that slides south of Chicago and into lower Michigan it generally delivers southeast Wisconsin its heaviest snows. This is the path of the 2011 Groundhog Blizzard.
The map below is ONE model forecast for Thursday. This model keeps the low a little closer to Chicago, so some rain/mix would still be possible in the metro, with better chances of snow in northern or western counties.
Now we will look at three different computer model forecasts for the Thursday winter storm. The first is the 12z NAM(North American Model). This computer model forecast below is valid at noon Thursday. This shows low pressure near Kenosha...think northern track.
If this forecast is correct rain would be the primary precipitation type in Milwaukee, with an eventual change to snow.
Recent runs of the GFS(Global Forecast System) have started to trend a little more in the direction of the NAM. The 12z GFS shown below has a low pressure center pretty close to the NAM. The GFS is slightly colder, but would still produce a mix or rain for a majority of the storm in Milwaukee before changing to snow. Inland areas would see more snow in both the NAM and GFS solutions.
Finally, our high resolution computer model the RPM moves low pressure over southeast Wisconsin by 3am Thursday. This keeps the precipitation as rain in almost all parts of our viewing area, until a changeover later Thursday morning. This scenario would bring the least amount of snow to our area.
With the storm still over 48 hours away it's too early to pinpoint snow totals. It does appear that a band of 6"+ will set-up somewhere in Wisconsin depending on the final storm track and strength. With that said, some locations may end up with very little snow if the northern track occurs.
Right now for southeast Wisconsin it appears that a quick mix or snow showers may develop Wednesday evening with a change to all rain especially the closer you get to Lake Michigan. Any mix/rain should eventually change to snow Thursday as colder air wraps into the system. Western and northern counties have a better chance of staying or changing to snow sooner.
With the rain/snow line likely in our area or very close, make sure to stay up-to-date with the latest forecast from Weather Watch 12.
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Laurie Schoen's life of service has been consistent with Lesley University's social justice mission.
A Lesley alumna, Laurie Schoen, earned
a Bachelor's in Early Childhood Education in 1986. For more than the two decades
since her graduation she has been a compassionate, fierce, and effective
advocate for homeless children. Emblematic of her advocacy for children was the
founding of Great Beginnings: A Newton Kindergarten Readiness Program. She
served as school director, curriculum developer and educator for many years. Her
leadership on the Board of Directors of Horizons for Homeless Children has
expanded her advocacy and increased her understanding of the challenges
vulnerable children face and the role of citizens, foundations, public policy,
and teachers in ameliorating homelessness and vulnerability to homelessness.
Laurie's life of service has been consistent with Lesley University's social
justice mission and with her sense of citizenship, justice, and opportunity for
homeless and vulnerable children. Currently, Laurie volunteers weekly in a
toddler classroom for homeless children at the Schoen Family Community
Children's Center in Dorchester. She serves as an advisor to the Weston Teacher
Travelship Fund; she serves on the Advisory Board of the Massachusetts General
Hospital Center for Regenerative Medicine. She co-chaired the United Way of
Massachusetts Bay's Millennium Fund, a 30 million endowment fund, as well as the
Allocations Committee to that fund.
Laurie is the founder of United
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Share Our Strength, and Horizons for Homeless Children. With more than 20,000
Massachusetts children experiencing homelessness this year, half are under the
age of six. The Schoen family's generosity has helped provide homeless children
with safe, fun, and stimulating Playspace in Brighton. The space is
equipped with books, art supplies, safe toys and equipment designed to help
homeless children enjoy play in ways that allow them to develop educational,
physical, social and emotional and pre-academic skills. Established by Lesley
University in May 2011 with support from the Schoen Family Foundation, the
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Learn professional tips every step of the way, from planning your bag's unique shape and fabrics to adding finishing snaps and straps. Brett provides you with a basic handbag shape that can be adapted into an endless variety of styles, including her tote bag, slouchy hobo bag, and curved top bag. Pick up more advanced skills such as constructing zipper pockets, creating pleats, and attaching hardware. Choose your own process and create a chic, custom bag today!
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Choose your bags's basic elements, including the shape, fabric, color and stabilizers you prefer. Then make the challenging decision of which fabulous additional details to include, and how you'll infuse personal touches.
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Monsters in the Dark: Supermassive Black Holes and Their Destructive HabitsOctober 29, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Manoa Campus, Art Building Auditorium (room 132)
Supermassive black holes are among the strangest and most powerful objects in the Universe. During short but violent growth spurts, they can profoundly alter the galaxies in which they reside. But which black hole horror stories are myths, and which are true? This talk will describe how astronomers hunt for black holes, and the messy aftermath when they gobble and feast.
Nicholas McConnell is the Beatrice Watson Parrent Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hawai'i Institute for Astronomy. His research focuses on stars and black holes in the Universe's largest galaxies. Using telescopes on Mauna Kea, he has measured some of the largest black holes ever discovered.
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Hawaii Campus, Hawaii Community College Manono Campus
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They're back!
December 28, 2012 - John Mehno
Other matters precluded a previous mention of this happy development:
The McRib is back.
The legendary menu item showed up at my local McDonald's about three weeks ago. (It always seems to return on a Friday). Insider gossip says it's back for a six-week limited engagement, so take advantage.
For those who don't know, McRib is a recurring offering at McDonald's. It's a processed pork pattie, slathered in barbecue sauce, put on a rectangular bun and topped with pickle slices and slivered onions. It's messy, so be sure to grab a handful of napkins. They're selling it for $2.99 at my McDonald's, so I assume that's the price throughout the region. Like other items, you can get it in a combo with fries and a drink.
The last time McRib appeared, thoughtful people sent me links to stories that detailed some potentially dubious ingredients. Much as I appreciate the concern for my well-being, that isn't going to stop me from savoring McRibs. Those of us who like hot dogs have made our peace with issues like that.
Official disclaimer: I have no connection to McDonald's and receive no compensation or other considerations for promoting the McRib. I pay full price every time I buy one, and it takes something special to get me off the Dollar Menu and/or coupon deals.
If you've enjoyed the McRib in the past, clean the snow off the car and get to the Golden Arches. The clock is ticking.
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I'd like to say I was clever and did all the right research when I bought a home in the Charleston region in 2004, but in one respect I just got lucky.
It hadn't occurred to me to look at a flood zone map before I signed the papers, as it isn't adjacent to a river or marsh, and it's sure not at the beach.
Turns out I happened to buy a house on high ground, outside the 500-year flood plain, so I'm not required to have flood insurance (although flood insurance can be a good idea even when it's not required).
Within dog-walking distance of my house, there are homes in my neighborhood that are in flood zones, on streets that can become impassable when there's a heavy storm at high tide.
All of them can expect to see much higher bills for flood insurance.
These days, I wouldn't consider putting an offer on a home without first checking the flood zone maps. The federal government is remaking the National Flood Insurance Program, and premiums are poised to soar for some properties.
The changes followed a rare moment of bipartisan agreement on Capitol Hill that came in 2012, when the flood program had accrued a $20 billion deficit due to subsidized premiums and high claims.
The real estate industry is pushing hard to get the increases postponed, maybe for four years, but at some point people are going to be paying a lot more than they might expect if they live in a flood zone. Considering that about half the development in the Charleston region in recent years took place in the flood plain, that's a lot of properties locally.
Of course, if someone buys a home on a barrier island, or at the water's edge on a marsh or river, they should know they're almost certainly going to need flood insurance. But in other cases, you might find similar homes with similar prices, in a community where some areas are flood-prone and others are not.
As flood insurance premiums rise, homeowners who are required to have flood coverage are going to face higher expenses, and at some point that's going to be reflected in the value of their homes.
It's reasonable to assume that if one house requires flood insurance that substantially increases the cost of ownership, while a comparable house does not, the prices of those homes will eventually reflect that disparity.
The Post and Courier already has reported on some home sales that fell through, or nearly did, when the buyers learned what the repriced flood insurance would cost. One buyer on the Isle of Palms learned the insurance would cost $9,500 yearly, rather than the $2,500 the seller had been paying.
If you're a buyer, you should be anticipating this sort of rate shock if you buy a home in a higher risk area. Ideally, you would want to know the property's flood risk before making an offer.
That's not quite as easy as it sounds, because flood maps are also being redrawn, but the existing maps can at least tell you the historic risk. You can look them up online at floodsmart.gov.
Flood insurance rates are going to rise to represent the true cost of insurance, with phased-in rate hikes for some properties, such as older homes that don't change ownership, and immediate and potentially large hikes for properties that are sold.
Of course, this comes at a time when wind-and-hail rates for hurricane coverage also have been rising fast. If home buyers don't know what they're getting into, they might learn after making an offer that insurance costs would make their monthly mortgage payments much higher than expected.
Unlike homeowners' insurance, which all mortgage lenders require, flood insurance is an additional policy backed by the federal government, which lenders will require only if you live in a flood zone.
You can choose to buy flood insurance if you don't live in a flood zone, and in those cases it's not very costly.
So, add flood zones to the list when you're shopping for a home. It's one more reason why, as they say, the three most important things in real estate are location, location and location.
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Chemotherapy failed? Get a gun and go to the woods, FW cancer doc Mary Milam tells patient
Dr. Mary Milam tells her patient, a middle-aged man, that chemotherapy has failed. The colon cancer has spread to his liver.
And the man asks the prominent Fort Worth physician: What would you do?
Answer: "If it were me, I would get a bottle, a gun and go into the woods."
All this emerges from the latest round of Texas Medical Board discipline orders. This link has a summary of actions against several dozen doctors. To read the full orders on them, click here, use the search function and follow the links.
Dr. Milam's punishment: a $1,000 fine, eight hours of continuing medical education "in patient-physician communication" and eight hours in "risk management."
Mitigating factors cited by the board: The doc admitted her comment was "insensitive, at the very least," and she maintained that she "has never made such a statement either before or since."
However, a recent Fort Worth Star-Telegram story quoted Milam as saying, "I've told that same thing to other patients. And they've appreciated my honesty."


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Melissa "Missy" Trahan was just 16 months old when she was rescued from the rubble of Pan Am Flight 759 in Kenner, Louisiana, on July 9, 1982.
The crash killed all 146 other people aboard the plane, as well as eight Kenner residents, including Trahan's mother and 4-year-old sister. Trahan, dubbed the "Miracle Baby of Pan Am Flight 759," was the sole survivor of the crash, sustaining no serious injuries.
Thirty-two years later, Trahan, now 33, is a wife and mother who has learned to cope with unbelievable loss.
"I was so fortunate to be surrounded by a loving family, including my grandparents from both sides," she told the New Orleans Times-Picayune in an interview highlighting the anniversary of the tragedy.
After the crash, Trahan and her father, who was working when the plane hit, moved away from Kenner to be closer to family.
Trahan graduated from Louisiana State University with a major in theater production and moved to Orlando, Florida, where she worked at Disney Studios. Eventually, she moved back to New Orleans and married Joe Ferrara, whom she called the "boy next door" in the Times-Picayune story.
In 2010, the couple welcomed a daughter, Melanie – naming their baby girl after Trahan's late mother.
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EAST PALESTINE - A former councilman and mayor wants to see a five-year plan in place that addresses how more revenue could be generated for the town.
Mark Rhodes asked City Council at its recent meeting if the village has a plan in place, and while they responded there isn't an actual document, generating more revenue is something they are "constantly thinking about."
During a development committee meeting prior to the regular council meeting, councilman Don Elzer touched on the matter by suggesting more money could be earned through the park.
Rhodes was not at the committee meeting and did not hear the discussion, but Elzer briefed him during the council meeting.
Elzer said the concession stand at the park should be used more than it has been. The stand is only open during the summer months when the pool is available to the public.
During those months last year the stand generated a total of $24,085. Total park revenue for the year was at $89,866 in December.
Elzer believes the concession stand would be used by people attending sporting events at the park throughout the year.
Council member Endia Wisser suggested the village could also earn revenue through the new electric sign at the entrance of the park. She said personalized messages could be sold to be displayed on the sign, such as "Happy Birthday" or "Happy Anniversary."
Rhodes then asked of the new businesses started in town, how many stay open?
Elzer said the village's retention rate is at about 50 percent, which isn't higher or lower than other comparable areas across the country.
Another question Rhodes had was if the police department was spending money for the K9 unit to be used in other cities.
Police Chief Kevin Dickey said the department reimburses Sgt. Don Johnson for mileage traveled to neighboring cities for use of the K9 but he is not paid for his time by the East Palestine department or department making the request.
In other business, council approved:
- Establishing a fund for donations from EP Playground Inc. The donations are exclusively used for playground and bandstand maintenance.
- Filling two part-time meter reading positions at $8.50 an hour.
- A $150 annual clothing allowance for auxiliary police officers, $100 for part-time dispatchers, and $500 for the fire chief and police chief.


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The past two Olys have had REALLY deep fields. For example, I just saw that Wagner's Sochi point total (7th) would have been enough to WIN Worlds 2 years ago!
I think what excites me about Polina, and makes me optimistic that she won't fail as she grows, is the size, height, and air position of her jumps. They are already enormous, airy, and she looks like she has all the time in the world to land them. It's a great technique that should stand up to the body changes in her future.
Polina reads to children for Read Across America. (Sunday is Dr. Seuss Day.)
What bothers me about this is the lack of consistency. USFS would always go with Nationals results until they got 'the wrong result.' Pick a clear and transparent rule and stick to it. But then, this is a discussion that has been done to death already in 324353 different threads.
I remember she performed very similarly at 4CCs that year and won that, beating Mao Asada. Too bad she couldn't replicate it at Worlds. Definitely a case of peaking too soon there. She really did squander an excellent chance at a world medal there and who knows if she'll ever get another shot like that again. Perhaps this year, but I don't see clean Wagner performances winning at all...or even medaling unless it is a "splatfest" (post-Oly worlds tend to be like that, though). Actually, I even have my doubts as to whether she can skate as well as she did at the Olympics, but that's another topic.


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If Will is so smart, why did he back Bush?
I confess to usually letting George Will's pompous and preachy "know it all" pronouncements get under my skin, and his column, "Some questions for Hagel," in the Jan. 17 paper did it again. Well, I have only one question for Will: With all your omniscience, how could you have unwaveringly supported the previous president, George W. Bush – arguably going to be remembered as one of the worst in our history – for almost his entire term before finally realizing he might not have deserved that strong support? Your response, please.
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Friday's home-opening series for the Sacramento State baseball team, vs. UC Riverside, was interrupted by a bench-clearing brawl.
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The First Transcontinental Railroad is completed, "Rock Around the Clock" is released, The Incredible Hulk makes his debut, Wilt Chamberlain plays his last game, and Nelson Mandela is inaugurated, all on this day.
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ATLANTA — Next time you go for a checkup, don't be surprised if your doctor gets on your case about your weight.
The medical profession has issued new guidelines for fighting the nation's obesity epidemic, and they urge physicians to be a lot more aggressive about helping patients drop those extra pounds.
Doctors should calculate your body mass index, a weight-to-height ratio. And if you need to lose weight, they should come up with a plan and send you for counseling. "We recognize that telling patients to lose weight is not enough," said Dr. Donna Ryan, co-chair of the guidelines committee.
The good news? By next year, most insurance companies are expected to cover counseling and other obesity treatments, following in the steps of the Medicare program, which began paying for one-on-one help last year. More than a third of U.S. adults are obese. Officials define someone with a BMI of 30 or higher as obese. A 5-foot-9 person would be obese at 203 pounds.
Doctors are well aware that excess weight can trigger diabetes and lead to heart disease and other health problems. Yet surveys have shown that only about a third of obese patients recall their doctor talking to them about their BMI or counseling them about weight loss.
The guidelines were released this week by a group of medical organizations that include the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology and the Obesity Society.
Last year, the Food and Drug Administration approved two more obesity-fighting drugs. And this year, the AMA labeled obesity a disease, a measure intended to get doctors to pay more attention to the problem and prod more insurers to pay for treatments.
Yet many people have been on their own when it comes to slimming down, left to sift through the myriad diets and exercise schemes. The guidelines advise doctors to:
At least once year, calculate patients' BMI, measure their waists and tell them if they are overweight or obese.
Develop a weight-loss plan that includes exercise and moderate calorie-cutting.
Consider recommending weight-loss surgery for patients with a BMI of 40 or for those with a BMI of 35 who also have two other risk factors for heart disease such as diabetes or high blood pressure.
Refer overweight and obese patients who are headed for heart problems to weight-loss programs. Specifically, discuss enrolling them in at least 14 counseling sessions over six months with a registered dietitian, psychologist or other professional with training in weight management.
Diane LeBlanc said the new guidelines are overdue. More than year ago, the Baton Rouge, La., woman sat down with her longtime family doctor to talk about her weight and get a referral for some kind of help. She said the doctor smiled and told her: "There's a lot of programs out there. But really, you just have to eat less."
"It just devastated me," Le- Blanc recalled. "He was saying, 'It's all in your mind.' I was thinking, 'If I could do that, don't you think I would have done it by now?' "
She changed doctors and has lost 40 pounds from her 5-foot-4 frame since May after getting into an intensive Pennington weight-loss program that includes counseling.


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There's an unspoken, sometimes spoken, pressure on a preacher's son, especially the eldest: He, too, will stand in a pulpit and deliver God's word.
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Jason Gourdine felt that pressure.
His father, Sam Gourdine, is pastor of Abiding Word Family Ministries, a growing church in Moncks Corner.
Everyone in the family plays a role there: Gourdine's mother is co-pastor, his sister a minister and his brother a drummer and creative mastermind.
Gourdine was music minister, and he, too, felt called to serve. Just not in the pulpit.
His ministry is in film.
Gourdine's first full-length film, produced by the company he created, Crown Vision Media, aims to inspire but not alienate audiences turned off by heavy doses of Christian evangelization.
It's the difference between Christian films and films made by Christians, he says.
"My generation, we don't like being preached to," says the 29-year-old Gourdine about faith-based media. "So we're not being overt at all in this film."
The Berkeley High School graduate paid for the film himself with support from an all-volunteer cast and crew that supported its message.
The film, "Dominion: Media Matters" is in final editing stages. Gourdine is eyeing an Oct. 19 release date. That's his 30th birthday. And the film is his ultimate birthday gift: to himself, his church, his community and anyone else inspired by it.
"This is my pulpit," he says.
From idea to film
The project began as an Easter play that Gourdine directed in 2011 with a group at Abiding Word, a church his father built from their Pinopolis home in 1996 to a growing church of 300 worshippers each Sunday today.
Gourdine and the group redid the Easter play the following year.
But he felt frustrated working all year on something seen only by those on hand for one day.
What if they put it on film? Then, people could watch it in theaters, on DVD and online whenever it suited them.
"I want to reach people who are never going to set foot in a church," Gourdine says.
He also noticed a trend.
In Hollywood, film production companies were partnering with faith groups to make films, ones that have surprised industry watchers. Turns out, audiences will flock to inspirational movies, including Christian ones.
For instance, mega-church pastor and media giant T.D. Jakes and his company teamed up with Our Stories Film to produce "Jumping the Broom" in 2011. The film starred Angela Bassett and was picked up by Sony Pictures.
Why not try that locally?
The idea sparked Gourdine's passions both to uplift people and to work in film.
He had attended Morris College as a broadcast major but switched to business administration for practical reasons. After college, he worked for a car company, using his extra money to invest in real estate and save profits.
The money was good. But he wasn't happy.
His love was film and broadcast.
So, he moved to a radio station where he could learn about the industry and sales and also take classes. He graduated last year with a master's in business entertainment.
In the meantime, he was writing. He created a script about a man named Jonathan Zander, a media giant known for his cut-throat approach to business.
After a shady deal draws unwanted attention, Zander lures in Sheldon Marcus, a socially inept yet talented man who leaves a life of mediocrity to find fortune under Zander's tutelage.
Success and wealth working on Zander's social media site leaves Marcus facing an age-old choice when he realizes his boss is corrupt: Challenge a man who could destroy him in the name of what is right? Or, feed his ego and wallet and live with the moral failure the choice demands?
"You can relate to the characters and see yourself. It draws us to look at ourselves and ask, 'How can we do better?' " Pastor Sam Gourdine says.
Words into action
Once the script was complete, Gourdine didn't need to leave home to cast the inspirational thriller or to find sets and scenery.
He began with an open casting call in North Charleston, expecting a dozen or so people. Instead, about 60 actors auditioned and another 50 or so sent in tapes.
Meanwhile, Gourdine searched all over for a cinema photographer, and found his top choice living right across the street from him. Geno Dimaria had moved to town from Arizona.
They started filming in November.
The cast and crew, dedicated to the concept, weren't paid. They shot 14-to 16-hour days at times through the end of May.
"We told them what we were trying to do here," Gourdine recalls. "They liked the message and loved the art of acting."
Gourdine's family and church members also pitched in time and talents. His brother, Nicholas, plays main character Sheldon Marcus. His father even makes an appearance.
Local up-and-coming makeup and costume students hopped on board.
Then, in the middle of shooting, the actor who played the main character called to say he was leaving the project. He was the star, the most experienced actor involved.
Gourdine spent several days in despair.
Then, the team regrouped.
And Dylan Christian came on board, a move that changed much about the film. A younger actor who also models, Christian became the new face — and tone — of the project.
Gourdine realized the change would better attract the younger audiences he wanted to reach.
"It worked out perfectly. The whole feeling of the film changed," Gourdine recalls. "It was one of those providential things."
Gourdine feverishly rebuilt the script. First, he switched the film's setting from an office to a club. Then, he reworked dialogue and other foundations.
"That was an intense time," he recalls. "I didn't want to lose the momentum."
They returned to filming a month later.
Awakening greatness
This summer has been nonstop for Gourdine and promises to remain so.
Gourdine married his new wife, Dontrell, last month. They traveled to Paris and returned to their home in Pinopolis this month to put final touches on editing while Dontrell started a nonprofit called Push 4 Change to raise funds for a school in Ghana.
The couple's wedding registry included school supplies to send to the school.
In early August, the "Dominion" cast will shoot a promotional trailer and public service announcements about the film and its theme of "awakening your greatness."
They hope to air them on local TV and radio in mid-September.
Then, on to the premiere.
Gourdine wants "Dominion" to open in Charleston, hopefully at a local theater. Then, he'll hit the festival circuit and try to find a distributor.
"It will all be worth it if our film can inspire the lives of our audience and bring more attention to Charleston's film community," cast member Eric Lee Galloway says.
Reach Jennifer Hawes at 937-5563, follow her on Twitter at @JenBerryHawes or subscribe to her at facebook.com/jennifer.b.hawes.
The film slate from "Dominion: Media Matters."×
Nicholas Gourdine stars in "Dominion: Media Matters," an upcoming film about difficult moral choices.×
Jason Gourdine of Pinopolis created his own film company and partnered with a Moncks Corner church to create the new film, "Dominion: Media Matters" due to premiere in October.×
A scene from the inspirational thriller "Dominion: Media Matters," which is set to premiere in October.×
Actor Dylan Christian plays media giant Jonathan Zander, a shady but powerful media mogul in the film "Dominion: Media Matters."×
Jason Gourdine has created his own film company and partnered with a Moncks Corner church to produce a new inspirational film, "Dominion: Media Matters."×
Jason Gourdine has created his own film company and partnered with a Moncks Corner church to produce a new inspirational film, "Dominion."×


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New On Location Photos Show A Regenerated Doctor
Photographs taken on location shooting Doctor Who posted to Alun Vega's Flickr account reveals a newly regenerated 11th Doctor played by Matt Smith. Still wearing the torn and tattered outfit of the 10th Doctor (David Tennant), he is seen with Karen Gilan (Amy Pond) shooting a scene by an ice cream truck.
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When former Beverly Hills 90210 star AnnaLynne McCord accepted her award for her anti-human trafficking efforts at the Unlikely Heroes Award Gala in Hollywood over the weekend, there was someone missing by her side – actor boyfriend Dominic Purcell.
"My darling," McCord told PEOPLE at the event. "He's in Australia with his darlings. With the kids."
Although the couple have been a serious item since 2011, McCord admits she is in no rush to walk down the aisle.
"Everybody else is doing it. I got to go against the grain. So I'm holding off," she said.
McCord, 26, who recently joined the cast of Dallas, also said that although there are no wedding plans, she knows that U.K-born, Australian-raised Purcell loves her.
"I was listening to Bryan Adams's 'Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman' on the way over here," she said. "And I thought, 'Oh my God, I think he listened to this song and that's how I know he loves me!' "
And while the pair are often in different places of the world due to their conflicting schedules, McCord acknowledged that absence can indeed make the heart grow fonder.
"We have the excitement of being away from each other then coming back together. So when we're together, we're literally on the couch watching Pawn Stars or Counting Cars."
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If you are an American child on January 20th, 2001 when the next president of the United States is sworn in, what can you expect the new government to do on your behalf?
The answer, based on the two platforms unveiled this month at the Republican and Democratic conventions:
If Republicans are elected, according to the Republican National Committee platform, expect computers in your classroom and your library to be secured against pornography. Your school will enact a zero-tolerance policy toward disruptive kids, and will reinstate voluntary school prayer. You will be protected from offensive and intrusive questionnaires. When you go to sex ed, you will be protected from talk about sex; you will be offered lessons on abstinence instead. Do not expect any new supplies, library books or building improvements if the Republican platform prevails.
If the Democrats get in, you can look forward to a reading exam in fourth grade and a math exam in eighth grade to check your progress. Not to worry: your teachers will also be taking a new test. They'll have to pass a "rigorous and fair" exam before stepping foot in your classroom. If you're a four-year-old, you may be one of the lucky ones to benefit from new federal funding for preschools, and if you're an elementary school student, you may find yourself in one of the reduced class-size schoolrooms funded with federal money. Whatever your age, if the Democrat's platform prevails, your folks will be entitled to take family leave from work to go to parent-teacher conferences.
The GOP planks on education, it should be noted, have just about nothing in common with proposals coming out of Bush headquarters. Governor George W. Bush's proposals focus attention on the achievement gap between black and white students, a topic that is never mentioned in the GOP platform (or the Democratic platform, for that matter). You can see the Republican platform and the Bush proposals on-line. The Democratic platform will go on-line later this month.
Standardized tests are going to dominate your school days from now on, no matter who wins. Both Democrats and Republicans will use federal money to reward states that improve test scores and punish those that don't. Bush is more explicit than Vice President Al Gore in tying the sanctions to closing the gap between minority and white students' scores. If Bush is elected and your state fails to reduce the gap, he'll transfer money that would have gone to state bureaucrats directly to your folks. If Gore wins, he'll punish state bureaucrats by giving the money directly to schools.
It will come as no surprise that both parties want parents to create stable, prosperous homes. The Republicans will give parents, no matter what their income, a new $500-a-year child tax credit. The Democrats will raise the minimum wage and increase the amount of money parents can earn and still be eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit.
The Republicans say they will toughen the juvenile justice system, even though there are now twice as many children serving time in adult prisons than a decade ago and every state has passed laws making it possible to try youngsters in adult courts. The Democrats are mostly silent on juvenile crime except to call for expanded drug-treatment programs for kids.
Twelve million kids -- one in six -- do not have health insurance. Both parties tried to fix this with the creation in 1997 of CHIP, the Child Health Insurance Program, which covers children from families with too much income for Medicaid and not enough for private insurance. The bottleneck seems to be at state capitals, where legislatures have been slow to draft state versions and welfare officials have been wrongfully steering working families away from benefits. The platforms of both the Democrats and Republicans pledge to do more to get children signed up.
Whether they will do what they promise is a different lesson.
Peggy J. Farber is freelance journalist specializing in children's issues. Her reporting on conditions of NYC children has appeared in City Limits Magazine as well as on National Public Radio.