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In this engaging and handy book, Gatrell and Swan provide both an insightful introduction and much-needed resource to the understanding of gender and diversity in management. Gender and Diversity in Management accessibly overviews the core issues of gender, race, sexuality, disability and diversity in management. In an area where there is often conflicting scholarship, this concise introduction assesses the key contemporary issues, and takes stock of the debates amongst scholars and practitioners. It will also be of great value to managers from a range of organizations, who seek a practical and up-to-date guide to contemporary thought and practice. Gender and Diversity in Management is designed for students on courses across a range of business and management subjects including Women in Management, Gender in Management, Equal Opportunities and Diversity, and Human Resource Management. It will also be of great value to managers from a range of organizations and sectors who wish to understand better the debates, or who seek a practical and up-to-date guide to contemporary thought and practice.
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Want to flunk your college admissions interview?
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. Still, it appears as if a disturbingly large number of interviewees are getting off on the wrong foot. The last couple of years, Jenn and I have noticed a trend towards poor behavior among the students we have interviewed as part of our local alumni interviewing committee. Talking to other interviewers, it looks like we are not alone with this observation.
The problems have more to do with basic manners and maturity than the actual interview itself. It seems like common sense, but if an interviewer contacts you and leaves a voicemail message or sends an email, don't wait 2 weeks to reply. Try to respond as quickly as you can, preferably within 24 hours. Be courteous and polite, and be flexible about the meeting location and time. Remember, your interviewer wants to help you, but is an unpaid volunteer who is using his or her free time to talk to you. You should therefore be at accommodating as possible and respectful of your interviewer's schedule. You may think you are a busy person, but chances are you aren't nearly as busy as your interviewer!
Keep in mind that you want to communicate to your interviewer that you are mature and responsible. In fact, many colleges specifically tell their alumni interviewers to watch for these traits. So doing something as simple as calling your interviewer back right away and being courteous will go a long way towards making a good impression.
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60 Minutes reports on the New York SAT cheating scandal
I don't know if you caught tonight's
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piece on the recent New York SAT cheating scandal, but it shed some light on the motivations and mindset of Sam Eshaghoff, the hired gun who took the test (as well as his "clients"). If you missed it,
you can watch on
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' website.
60 Minutes
report makes the College Board look like a bunch of bumbling oafs when it comes to test security, and the representative inteviewed offered feeble excuses at best. I suspect security policies will get tighter very quickly, and that's obviously in the best interest of the 99% of students who take the test legitimately.
But by far the most striking aspect of the piece was the interview with Eshaghoff. Remorse? Not even a little bit. He liked the cash, and he liked the thrill of getting away with it, coming across as incredibly narcissistic. For example, check out this
short video
60 Minutes
made of his tips for taking the SAT.
Eshaghoff basically states SAT prep is a waste of time, and if you can't do well on the test you should pay someone to take it for you!
I was most amazed, though, by the rationalizing Eshaghoff did to justify the cheating. He actually states that by taking the SAT for someone, he was "saving his life." My head is still exploding! Granted, this came from the mouth of a sociopath who I'm certain used that sort of language to sell his services. He may or may not actually believe it. But his clients did. And by extension, the parents of his clients did, too. Eshaghoff speculates that his clients had to get the money to pay him from their parents, and he's almost certainly correct. He's just playing on the rampant insanity surrounding the college admissions process, and the utterly inaccurate belief that good SAT scores will guarantee future success and happiness. Sure a great college is a first step, but no one's life follows the script you think it will when you're 16.
I'm sure Eshaghoff is more than willing to blame the competitiveness of college admissions for his bad behavior, but buying into the craziness doesn't give him, or his clients, a pass. Those who cheat their way into colleges that are beyond them academically aren't doing themselves any favors. Work hard. Do your best. And look forward to college as the beginning of the rest of your life rather than the end all, be all!
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The sky had not yet begun to lighten, and Jin-Ha could see hard fingers of frost pressing on her window, outlined by the light from the street lamp. She wanted to stay in her warm bed and never come out. Being cold -- and knowing you were going to be even colder before you got any warmer -- was the worst feeling. Then she remembered her dream. Then she remembered her math test. Now she wanted to jump out of bed and onto the first bus out of town. How else to cope with this terrible thing she had done? She failed a math test and a quiz and she had lied to her parents. Lying to her parents had been ten times worse than telling them the truth: telling the truth would have gotten the unpleasant news over with right away. By lying she was only postponing the agony. Everything only seemed all right; underneath, it was all wrong. All WRONG.
Finding My Voiceby Marie G. Lee
"Books, Tomper, letter jackets, parties, friends. Where do I fit into this mess?" It's Ellen Sung's last year and she is desperate to make it count. This will be the year she finally wins a varsity letter for gymnastics. She'll spend more time with her friends and less time with her books. She'll get into the college of her choice. Maybe she'll even find a boyfriend. Easier said than done, when you've got to deal with super-strict parents, pressure to get good grades, and the prejudice of some classmates because you're the only Korean-American student in a small school. But sometimes things do go right!
If It Hadn't Been For Yoon Junby Marie G. Lee
Seventh grader Alice's life couldn't be better. She has two fabulous best friends, a boy from the football team who seems to like her, and she has just been chosen to be on the junior high cheerleading squad. But then Yoon Jun moves to town, and because he is Korean, like Alice, her father tries to make her be friends with the new boy. But Alice thinks Yoon Jun is kind of a dork and can't figure out why she should have to be friends with him simply because they happen to come from the same country. Alice was a baby when her parents adopted her and brought her to the U.S. so she doesn't remember anything about Korea and considers herself 100% American. But then Alice and Yoon Jun are assigned to work on a project together for their school's International Day, and Alice discovers that spending time with Yoon Jun might not be so terrible after all.
Necessary Roughnessby Marie G. Lee
Sixteen-year-old Korean-American Chan moves from Los Angeles to a small town in Minnesota, where he must cope not only with racism on the football team but also with the tensions in his relationship with his strict father.
Saying Goodbyeby Marie G. Lee
In this sequel to "Finding My Voice," Ellen Sung explores her interest in creative writing and in her Korean heritage during her freshman year at Harvard.
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Actaea pachypoda (doll's-eyes, white baneberry) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Actaea, of the family Ranunculaceae, native to eastern North America.
It is an herbaceous perennial plant growing to 50 cm or more tall (1½ to 2 feet tall and 3 feet wide). It has toothed, bipinnate compound leaves up to 40 cm long and 30 cm broad. The white flowers are produced in spring in a dense raceme about 10 cm long. Its most striking feature is its fruit, a 1 cm diameter white berry, whose size, shape, and black stigma scar give the species its other common name, "doll's eyes". The berries ripen over the summer, turning into a fruit that persists on the plant until frost.
White baneberry prefers clay to coarse loamy upland soils, and is found in hardwood and mixed forest stands. In cultivation it requires part to full shade, rich loamy soil, and regular water with good drainage to reproduce its native habitat.[1]
Both the berries and the entire plant are considered poisonous to humans. The berries contain cardiogenic toxins which can have an immediate sedative effect on human cardiac muscle tissue, and are the most poisonous part of the plant. Ingestion of the berries can lead to cardiac arrest and death. The berries are harmless to birds, the plant's primary seed dispersers.[citation needed]
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- Karen Legasy, Shayna LaBelle-Beadman and Brenda Chambers. Forest Plants of Northeastern Ontario. Lone Pine Publishing / Queen's Printer for Ontario, 1995.[page needed]
- Edible and Medicinal plants of the West, Gregory L. Tilford, ISBN 0-87842-359-1[page needed]
- Ali, Zulfiqar; Khan, Shabana I.; Pawar, Rahul S.; Ferreira, Daneel; Khan, Ikhlas A. (2007). "9,19-Cyclolanostane Derivatives from the Roots of Actaea pachypoda". Journal of Natural Products. 70 (1): 107–10. doi:10.1021/np060152t. PMID 17253859.
- Pellmyr, Olle (1985). "The Pollination Biology of Actaea pachypoda and A. Rubra (Including A. Erythrocarpa) in Northern Michigan and Finland". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 112 (3): 265–273. doi:10.2307/2996542. JSTOR 2996542.
- Nuntanakorn, Paiboon; Jiang, Bei; Yang, Hui; Cervantes-Cervantes, Miguel; Kronenberg, Fredi; Kennelly, Edward J. (2007). "Analysis of polyphenolic compounds and radical scavenging activity of four American Actaea species". Phytochemical Analysis. 18 (3): 219–28. doi:10.1002/pca.975. PMC 2981772. PMID 17500365.
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NEW YORK — The Red Sox offense stole the show in Friday's 12-8 comeback win over the Yankees. In the background was a Red Sox bullpen that, compared to the Yankees relief corps, looked golden.
Koji Uehara has retired 27 straight batters — the equivalent of a perfect game — after setting down the Yankees in order in the ninth inning of a non-save situation. Uehara pitched Thursday, so it was slightly unusual that he would pitch again with the lead greater than four runs, but that apparently came on his own volition.
"That would be a perfect game," Sox manager John Farrell said Friday night. "He was adamant about getting in the game that night. If we scored another run or two runs, the one thing we've been able to do a good job with is not warm him up and not get him in the game. Even if we were up a couple more runs, and he was adamant that he wanted in the game, then you have to respect that want on his part."
Uehara has 18 saves and 24 straight scoreless appearances. The consecutive outs streak spans nine games, from Aug. 17 on. Uehara downplayed the accomplishment.
"It's not really an official record or anything like that, so not really (thinking about it)," he said.
As excellent as Uehara's been, the Sox need a bridge.
Rookie righty Brandon Workman recorded four outs and two by strikeout on a filthy outside curveball, one to Alfonso Soriano and the other to Alex Rodriguez. As Junichi Tazawa struggles with his splitter, it seems Workman has quickly become the go-to right-handed set-up man for the Sox.
"Brandon Workman has been outstanding," Farrell said. "Morales follows him up with a couple of big outs. But after we scored the runs to tie it up, for Workman to go out and put up a zero, obviously that kept the momentum on our side. You looked at the scoreboard, every time we scored a run, they'd come back with two. That, to me, is the most important inning inside a given game, is the unanswered runs."
New York's bullpen allowed nine runs to Boston after Andy Pettitte turned in a six-inning, three-run effort.
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Local Event @ Tyngsboro Smokey Bones, Jan. 30th, 2013
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Backlash War
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Sixpoint Diesel
Finally tackling another Winter seasonal in Sixpoint's Diesel stout. I think it's honestly been a long time coming for someone to name a stout that and I'm glad it's a talented and special brewery like Sixpoint doing just that. This is touted as a stout but knowing SP they will probably do something special and
Oskar Blues G'Knight
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Southern Tier Live
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Officials at a Schuylkill County high school said vandalism forced them to create a policy in which toilet paper has been taken out of the boys' bathrooms.
Boys at Mahanoy Area High School now must go to the school office to request toilet paper and sign it out.
Principal Thomas Smith said the measure has helped solve a major problem of bathroom vandalism that has been going on for two years.
Smith said boys must sign out the toilet paper and then sign it back in. The Republican-Herald of Pottsville reported some parents are protesting the policy.
Parent Karen Yedsena said some students are too embarrassed to go to the office to get toilet paper and are going home sick instead. School officials said they are not aware of any such problems.


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The LVIII legislative body of the H. Congreso de la Uni¾n (the Honorable Union Congress of the Mexican Republic), through the Comisi¾n de Participaci¾n Ciudadana (Citizen Participation Commission) of the Chamber of Representatives, in coordination with the Presidency of the Republic, through the SecretarĒa de Gobernaci¾n (Ministry of the Interior) and the Centro Nacional de Desarrollo
Municipal (National Centre for Municipal Development), and the Universidad de las Amķricas-Puebla invite you to participate in the First International Forum of Social Participation, to be held at the Canc·n Convention Centre, on September 12th and 13th, 2002.
The main objective of this event is to explore concepts, experiences
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propositions for the Mexican State's future reform to encourage a truly
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discussions by important personalities from the political and academic
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public policies related to civic participation.
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promote the mechanisms of citizen participation and recognize local
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national unity and the promotion of public administration efficiency.
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encounter will promote the concept of citizen participation as a factor that strengthens the necessary conditions to sustain democratic governance and accountability in Mexico.
The forum is focused on reaching municipal presidents, local legislators, state government officials, political parties, members of civil and academic organizations, all of whom as a result of their participation in Cancun in September will contribute to the maturity of the democratic process in Mexico. The conference program will be divided into four main work areas: Organized Civil Society, its participation and relation with the State; Civic Participation Structures in Municipalities; Education for Civic Participation; and The State's Reform for Participating Democracy.


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WARREN - Preemptive cancellation of the Harding football game Friday was not a reflection of problems within the school but rather within the community, Superintendent Michael Notar expressed at a press conference Sunday.
"Because of my decision people can say that I am a coward, people can say that I over-reacted to maybe false information or rumors, but no one can say they read the paper on Saturday morning about a tragedy that happened at a football game on Friday night at Mollenkopf Stadium," Notar said.
After receiving a call from police Friday afternoon that there was a "high level of concern" surrounding the game, Notar said he had a short amount of time to make the decision to call off the game.
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"The Lorain-Harding football game was canceled because I was informed there was evidence of a credible threat from adults toward adults. When the police chief says there is evidence of a credible threat, there is no choice, but the choice of caution because children were present."
Violence has been escalating in the city since the Oct. 19 police shooting of Warren resident, 24-year-old Taemarr Walker. Days later Walker's brother Tashawn Walker, 26, was accused by police in a shooting at a Warren Township bar early Oct. 26, followed by the shooting death of Richard Rollison IV, 24, at a West Market Street, Warren, gas station.
Notar said police did not specify that the concern was connected to the specific shootings. Nevertheless, he was not willing to let the violence seep into the school.
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Warren City School officials on Sunday met with media to explain the decision to cancel Friday's Harding varsity football game. From left, are board members Patricia Limperos,
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He faced a similar situation earlier in the week when "Facebook chatter" of adults coming to the school to retaliate for recent shooting in the community, left him questioning whether or not to close school.
Notar said he discussed the threats with police who determined they were not credible. With a phone call to parent's Monday night, he left the decision in the parents' hands as to whether their children would attend or not.
Only 35 percent of students at Harding came to school Tuesday, where extra police were present to search through students' book bags. By Thursday and Friday, attendance was up to 90 percent district-wide, according to Notar.
"This past Friday was one of the most difficult decisions I have had to make. The week went well and I had no anticipation of canceling the football game or even considered moving it to the opposing team's site," he said.
The difference in Notar's two decisions came down to the level of threat and the nature of the arenas.
"Football is not a school event in Warren, it's a community event. If 5,000 people attend, 200 will be student fans, 200 will be in the band, 100 will be on the football team and 4,000 will be from the community."
Despite the reasoning Notar said he knows that the students, seniors in particular, were disappointed not to participate in the last home game of the season. He said his own senior year, teachers went on strike during the last weeks of the year and many graduation parties were delayed or canceled as a result.
Notar said he will meet with the football team, cheerleaders and band members today to discuss his decision with them. He also expressed support of the band director's decision to plan an event to recognize the senior members at a later date.
"All the individuals shocked that the most by the events are the students. They are being affected by the actions of adults outside the school district. Our students are glad to be at school where they feel safe. They have a positive attitude and enjoy being at school," Notar said.
Football coach Steve Arnold echoed Notar's sentiments and is glad to have rumors dispelled that the issues lie with the students.
"The kids are being dragged senselessly into this," he said.
Mayor Doug Franklin also attended the meeting in support of the board of education, but declined to comment on the decision.


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Live the Honor Code
The Honor Code is a set of rules that students commit to follow every year before attending school. It requires that students live by set spiritual standards. With the Honor Code, students from each of the church schools enjoy a high standard of living among peers with shared values.
In addition to the dress and grooming standards of the Honor Code, we encourage you to be an active participant in church services. This means attending church on a regular basis as well as fulfilling your callings, attending mutual and serving those around you.
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Remember to do your very best in all your classes at school. Your grades are not only a reflection of your level of knowledge, but they also show prospective colleges the amount of effort you are willing to put into schoolwork.
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Because AP and IB courses are measured by a standardized instrument, students who take these courses will receive extra consideration in the admissions process.
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Cichlids Fight ConstantlyWell, yes, cichlid fish can be belligerent, and usually this has to do with their normal territorial behavior. With any luck, you've already made an accommodation for this behavior by choosing a larger aquarium with a big footprint so there is room for a group to coexist. Nevertheless, a pecking order will become established, with dominant fish — usually males — running the show. Also, ripe males can spell death for females not yet ready to spawn, so shelter must be offered.
In the wild, subordinate fish (smaller males, females) simply swim away from the belligerent territorial fish. In the confines of the aquarium, particularly smaller aquariums, they may not be able to avoid the dominant fish, so they need some shelter to duck into as needed. This shelter can take many forms. As mentioned, live or plastic plants can be a helpful, as well as an aesthetic, solution. Driftwood or bog wood is also effective — and equally aesthetic by providing a focal-point for the aquarium — and when large or numerous enough, offers hiding space. Bog wood (and driftwood) has the additional advantage of leaching various natural organic chemicals (humic and tannic acids) that slowly turn the aquarium water a tea color, which is actually favorable for "blackwater" species from South America.
Other possibilities include rocks (slate, shale, quartz are all good, but no limestone unless you are keeping Central American or African rift lake cichlid fish), hollowed-out coconut shells, clay flowerpots (either upended or on their sides), commercial ceramic shelters (e.g., hollow "logs," etc.) or plastic PVC piping. The latter is simply lengths (4 to 8 inches) of appropriate diameter (3/4 to 8 inches) cut from the standard pipe lengths available at little cost from your local home improvement store. Strewn throughout the aquarium to create cichlid condos, PVC piping looks horrible, but it gets the job done. And that job is to provide hiding places as needed for subordinate fish.
The use of shelter cuts both ways. On the one hand, it provides subordinate fish hiding places to escape the aggression of dominant fish. On the other hand, it can also encourage such aggression by providing physical markers for territories. In certain circumstances, bare aquariums can be used to rear a group of normally highly aggressive fish together with minimal conflict.
Recommended Specialty Texts to Get You Started
Goldstein, R. 1971. Introduction To Cichlids. T.F.H. Press. Neptune City, NJ. Pp. 128.
Leibel, W. S. 1993. A Fishkeeper's Guide To South American Cichlids. Tetra Press, Blacksburg, Virginia. Pp. 70.
Leibel, W. S. 1995. Cichlids Of The Americas. Bowtie Press, Mission Viejo, CA. Pp. 97. (Beginners Guide)
Loiselle, P. V. 1988. A Fishkeeper's Guide To African Cichlids. Tetra Press, Blacksburg, Virginia. Pp. 118.
Loiselle, P. V. 1985. The Cichlid Aquarium. Tetra Press, Blacksburg, Virginia. Pp. 287. (More advanced but excellent overview; expanded second edition.)
Sands, D. 1985. A Fishkeeper's Guide To Central American Cichlids. Tetra Press, Blacksburg, Virginia. Pp. 77.
Sands, D., P. V. Loiselle and W. S. Leibel. 1994. A Popular Guide To Tropical Cichlids. Tetra Press, Blacksburg, Virginia. Pp. 240. (An edited anthology of the three Fishkeeper's Guides to cichlids.)
Walker, B. 1978. All About Cichlids. T.F.H. Press. Neptune City, NJ. Pp. 96.
Raising groups of similar-size fish in bare aquariums devoid of any territorial markers (i.e., shelter) does curb aggression. The reasoning is — and it works — that in a large crowd of fish, no one fish will suffer the repeated and directed aggression of the most dominant individual. Nor will that individual be able to establish and hold a territory, both because of the crowding and because there are no physical territorial markers over which to fight. The downside of this strategy is that particular care must be taken to make sure that water quality does not deteriorate in a crowded aquarium. However, this can be overcome by strict attention to maintenance.
Cichlids Can't Be Kept in the Community AquariumDespite their reputation for aggression, there are many cichlid fish that can — and sometimes should — be kept in mixed community situations. These include the various dwarf cichlids, medium-size acaras and eartheaters, and some of the smaller cichlasomines, as well as most African rift lake species.
For smaller species, the community aquarium is the antidote to natural shyness. The strategy is known as "dither," and is simple in conception and execution. By providing peaceful, schooling species, such as tetras, that are rarely intimidated, cichlid fish will become less shy. Dither fish species should be selected with an eye to the size of the cichlids they will live with and the conditions being offered.
For South American cichlids, typically kept at high temperatures (78 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit) in soft, acid-neutral water, larger tetras, silver dollars (Metynnis or Myleus species), elongate hatchetfish (Triportheus species) and other peaceful characoids fit the bill. For medium-size Central American or African rift lake cichlid fish kept in harder, more alkaline water, various Australian rainbowfish (Melanotaenia species) work well. All of these suggested dither fish are quick, top- to mid-water swimmers, and can usually dodge the cichlids that occupy the lower level of the aquarium. Obviously, it is important to use dither fish of a size that cannot be swallowed by the resident cichlid fish. This can be a problem for some of the "monsters" that are typically kept only with other cichlids.
Catfish certainly have their place in the cichlid fish aquarium. For South American cichlids, these include armored "cory" cats (Corydoras and Brochis species), their larger relatives (e.g., porthole cats, Dianema species), and the "hoplo" cats (Hoplosternum and Callichthys species). All of these are social fish that live in large schools in the wild — please keep groups rather than single fish! One caveat with respect to Corydoras species is that they are sometimes intolerant of higher temperatures (greater than 80 degrees).
Other choices include various small "talking" catfish like Raphael cats and their relatives (Doradidae) and smaller "pleco"-type suckermouth cats of the family Loricariidae, particularly clown (Peckoltia species) or bristlenose plecos (Ancistrus species). Many of the larger "pleco" species, while beautiful, can become somewhat aggressive and damage the cichlids! Always provide plecos with driftwood, which they require for proper digestion, and feed them directly with romaine lettuce, parboiled zucchini and Spirulina-based sinking pellets or disks. Catfish are "scavengers" in a sense, but they don't live on fish waste! For African rift lake cichlid fish, many of the African Synodontis species (upside-down catfish types) work well, and I have even seen pleco-types prosper in an aquarium of these cichlids.
Of course, there are other possibilities. Experiment, but do so intelligently. For instance, other fish that look like cichlids in body shape and that occupy the bottom of the aquarium will probably run into trouble given the territoriality of cichlid fish. Also, fish from colder water, such as the various minnows (Cyprinidae) like barbs or danios (not really "tropical" species), probably won't do well in the warmer cichlid fish aquarium. Take the time to read about the intended community residents before you buy on impulse. And remember, for the cichlid community the emphasis is on "cichlids" and their requirements — the rest of the community should be selected based on this reference point.
The "All-Cichlids" Community AquariumSome people are attracted to cichlid fish by the sheer majesty of their size, and many species do get big, with an attitude to match! They can be territorial with a vengeance, and spend their days digging and rearranging the aquarium when they are not threatening the fish next door. I must admit that there is a certain charm to these giants, and for them, an "all-cichlids" community is the way to go.
Obviously, if you are going to keep "monster" cichlid fish that grow to a foot or more, you're going to need a large aquarium with both adequate gallonage and bottom area. I'd probably try this in an aquarium of at least 100 gallons, preferably larger, with a footprint of at least 6 feet by 18 inches. The aquarium will probably do better if the occupants are somewhat crowded, and if the aquarium is kept more-or-less bare (so there are not many potential territorial markers available). Also, be prepared to filter it heavily and to do regular, massive water changes — it can be a challenge to maintain water quality for a gaggle of heavy, sloppy eaters!
It also is not a bad idea to keep only single males. You should, of course, choose species with similar requirements and with similar temperament so they can "give" as good as they "get." The idea is not to encourage fighting, but to discourage it — or rather, to limit the interactions to ritualized aggression without causing the scales to fly! If it sounds like an art, it is! It will take some experience to get the right mix of fish species, but a community of "tankbusters" is truly a sight to behold! It is the essence of "cichlid."
For many African rift lake cichlid fish, particular the rock-dwelling mbuna from Lake Malawi, cichlid community aquariums are the preferable way to go! Lots of rocks (shelter) and lots of fish, with attention paid to the eventual adult size of the residents. Other considerations include not stocking with similar species (e.g., various peacock, Aulonocara species, or zebra, Pseudotropheus zebra, types) so as to avoid indiscriminate hybridizations, which will readily occur in the confines of the aquarium.
Also, as is true for New World cichlid fishs, some species are more aggressive than others and should not be added to the rift lake community. Again, reading one or more of the many excellent specialty texts on these fish (see bibliography) should go a long way toward narrowing your selection. This is a learning experience — experiment, but do so carefully.
Cichlids Are Difficult to KeepThis is another myth. In general, cichlid fish need warm, clean, well-oxygenated water. Water chemistry is less of a requirement. Although many beginning "general" aquarium guides and some of the classical texts recommend water temperatures around 75 degrees Fahrenheit, in fact, most cichlids prefer their water to be warmer — 78 to 84 degrees.
Community aquariums usually consist of a mixed bag of geographically unrelated fish species with varying temperature requirements. Most danios, for instance, live in cooler, fast-moving streams and prefer temperatures in the mid to high 60s, whereas tetras, like cichlids, come from more tropical waters with sustained temperatures in the 80s. Put them together and some compromise must be struck! It's better, if you're determined to keep cichlids, to give them what they need and select community tankmates accordingly.
At higher temperatures the amount of dissolved oxygen in the water decreases. This means that fish stocking densities must be lighter as the aquarium water temperature increases. It also means that heavy aeration — bubbling air through the water — is essential. Aeration is most simply provided through airstones or "airwands" driven by air pumps. This can be coupled to aquarium filtration by using submersible box filters instead of, or in addition to, airstones. Cichlids need lots of aeration.
Because cichlids have a wide distribution in nature, it follows that they have wide variation in water chemistry. What do we mean by water "chemistry?" Although there are many parameters of water chemistry, practically speaking for the aquarist, there are only two that matter: pH (acidity) and hardness. Some cichlids come from lakes and streams that are soft and acid, others from hard, alkaline waters.
In general, South American cichlid fish do better in neutral to mildly acid water (pH 6.5 to 7.2) of low to moderate hardness. Central American cichlids prefer neutral to mildly alkaline water (pH 7.0 to 8.2) of moderate hardness, and African rift lake cichlids flourish in decidedly hard, alkaline water (pH 8.0 to 9.0). Many captive-bred species of either provenance are more tolerant of pH than are their wild counterparts and will do well in "average" water (pH 7.0, moderate hardness). Optimally, you should provide water of a pH appropriate to the species you intend to keep.
It is a good idea to invest in pH and hardness test kits and to "know" your water and tailor your species choices accordingly. However, constant tinkering with the chemistry of your water with commercial products sold for that reason is ill-advised and ultimately will stress your fish. Better to simply choose inhabitants based on their particular water chemistry requirements as they match your own personal situation.
More important than water chemistry is water quality. By water quality I mean, principally, the "cleanliness" of the water, and I don't mean optical clarity. I am referring to the amount of dissolved nitrogenous wastes — ammonia and nitrites — in the water. Fish excrete ammonia waste that is highly toxic and can build up to unacceptable levels in your aquarium. In the wild, "dirty" water simply flows downstream. Most water biotopes are open systems in which water is continually replaced. Aquariums are most definitely closed systems, and so it is up to the aquarist to somehow deal with the buildup of poisonous compounds.
There are two ways to deal with them —removal or conversion to less toxic substances — and there are two ways to do this: filtration and water changes. Suffice it to say that cichlids are hearty and messy eaters, and good filtration is a must in the cichlid aquarium. There are innumerable filter systems available, some better than others, but whatever you choose, make sure your water is kept clean.
The best and most effective solution to maintaining water quality is to mimic nature — change that water! Regular partial water changes are a must for cichlids. This involves simply siphoning off 20 to 40 percent of the water from your aquarium and replacing it with fresh water of the same temperature. Use proprietary water conditioners if you are concerned about chloramines in your tap water. Given adequate water hygiene, cichlids are quite hardy.
As for the rest of their husbandry, most cichlid fish are non-finicky, opportunistic feeders. They eat virtually everything, so they are relatively easy to maintain in the aquarium even on a diet that is principally dry, commercial foods. Occasional frozen foods are welcome (e.g., adult brine shrimp, bloodworms), as are live foods (earthworms), particularly if your aim is to breed your cichlid fish. As well it should be — that's why you're keeping them in the first place, remember?
In terms of diseases, again, cichlids are quite hardy. They do experience the occasional bout of "ich" (Ichthyophthirius multifiliis), a protozoan parasite that typically attacks after temperature shock. The best preventive medicine is to avoid any such shock. There are several proprietary drugs on the market for treating this problem, and cichlid fish usually recover quickly. Velvet (Oodinium) is much less of problem, and maladies like "fin rot" or "cloudy eyes" bacterial infections usually result from lax water quality and polluted environments. Usually, water changes — without antibiotics — will reverse the situation. Other cichlid "diseases" like "head-hole" (neuromast erosion) — particularly in oscars or freshwater angelfish — or "bloat" — in African rift lake cichlid fish — will sometimes occur. Beginning cichlid aquarists are advised to consult relevant specialty texts for more information on treatment.
As always, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. The best strategy is to minimize the potential for disease by keeping the water clean with good filtration and water changes. Don't experiment with medications, and certainly don't combine them. Use them knowledgeably and sparingly, if at all. Cichlids usually don't need "doctoring."
Cichlids Are Just Not Right for My AquariumGiven the incredible diversity of cichlid fish in nature and their current availability in the hobby, there are cichlid fish appropriate to virtually every aquarium size, situation, community mix and water chemistry! So, how do you choose which cichlid is right for you? First, evaluate your own situation — aquarium size, your goals with that aquarium (i.e., peaceful planted community), the mix of other fish, available water chemistry and so on. This will dictate which species you should be considering.
If you have hard, alkaline water you should probably stick to African rift lake or possibly Central American cichlids. If you are buying cichlids to round out your planted community aquarium, make sure they stay relatively small and are inoffensive. If you're adding one more specimen to your "battle of the Titans" cichlid fish community, make sure the fish has the "stuff" to make it in that belligerent collection. If you can only feed prepared flake foods, then make sure the fish you are getting do not depend on live or frozen foods. You get the picture. Select cichlid fish species based on what you can and want to provide for that fish. Anything else is just not fair to it.
Having done that, one selects fish based on the "match" between what they need and what you, the aquarist, can offer. Narrow down the hit list and then read about the group of cichlid fish you are considering. Identify some specific species of interest. What are their requirements in the aquarium and can they be provided in your particular setup or situation? What do they eat? How big will they get? What is their reputed temperament? Will they wreck my already happy (cichlid) community?
Probably the best advice I might give a novice cichlidophile (or any aquarist for that matter) is: read before you buy. These days, there is a wealth of information available to hobbyists in the form of books and magazines. Always read first! Any of the sources in the bibliography will give you a good start toward learning about cichlid fish and fill in some of the gaps left in this admittedly short essay.
Breeding CichlidsFinally, we're at the real reason for keeping these interesting fish in the first place: the opportunity to witness, firsthand, the unique parental behaviors of breeding cichlid fish. It is precisely the repertory of behaviors associated with courtship, spawning and fry-rearing that makes cichlids so fascinating and so satisfying as aquarium fishes. And, ultimately, it is one of the things that makes them cichlid fish! So, I encourage you to get all you can out of your fish by breeding them and finding out for yourself why cichlid fish are so unique in the fish world.
Despite any preconceived notions you may have, it is not difficult to spawn cichlid fish in the aquarium. They are among the easiest of aquarium fish to captively propagate. Remember, people don't spawn cichlids, cichlids spawn cichlids. And, if you provide the conditions they need to prosper in your home aquarium they will spawn as a natural matter of course. You can't stop a healthy fish from realizing its biological imperative!
If you've never spawned and reared any fish before in the aquarium, the opportunity to breed cichlids is still open to you. There are several "beginner's" species that are quite easy to handle in the aquarium and provide a wonderful introduction to the joys of cichlid breeding and of fish breeding in general. These include the convict cichlid fish ("Cichlasoma" nigrofasciatum) — either pink or wild barred-form, the Brazilian pearl eartheater ("Geophagus" brasiliensis), and the golden-eye dwarf cichlid (Nannacara anomala ) — all typical biparental substrate spawners, and the red-hump eartheater ("Geophagus" steindachneri) — an "easy" mouthbrooder.
All of these fish have the advantage of being readily and regularly available in the pet trade at relatively modest prices. All are small to medium-size fish (1 to 5 inches in length), with the exception of the pearl eartheater. This latter cichlid fish can grow to a length of 8 inches, but it will spawn at a much smaller size (around 3 to 4 inches).
On the African side of the hobby, any of the more commonly available mbuna (e.g., Pseudotropheus zebra, Labeotropheus fuelleborni and so on) are easily and preferably bred in community aquarium situations. For these fish, courtship and mating is brief, with the females scooping up the eggs immediately upon laying. Usually spawnings are not witnessed, but rather, egg-carrying females become conspicuous for what they do and don't do — they don't eat and their distended jaws indicate that they are "gargling" their eggs.
The female can be easily and carefully removed to another aquarium where the aquarist can witness her wonderful mouthbrooding behavior. When threatened, youngsters will swim into their mother's mouth and stay there until danger is passed and they are released! (See a specialty text for more information on spawning and rearing these wonderful fish.)
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Despite the title, this has not to do with canines, felines, or fashion models. It is about a device called Birdieball that has garnered some top honors by the golfing press.
Birdieball is a device you hit with a golf club. Unlike a Wiffle ball, this thing has substance and will fly about 40 yards when well-struck. And when well-struck, it produces a pleasant humming noise. It appears to be a cylinder of PVC pipe about an inch and a half in diameter and two inches tall. The ends are beveled. If youve ever had a golf lesson and were told, Pretend there is a tee under the ball and hit it, the bevel makes an ideal target.
After buying my first set I attempted to duplicate the device with PVC. It worked for about two smites with an iron before shattering: With a wood, it emulsified on the first swing every time. According to company co-owner Paul Olson, the Birdieball is made of a superpolymer, not PVC. That was all he would divulge.
Olson is a partner with John Breaker, whose father came up with the concept some years ago. Headquartered in Wheat Ridge, Colo., the pair began making the product in 2003, selling them retail along with animal headcovers.
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You can get all the details at www.birdieball.com along with the reviews. The ball is now accompanied, if desired, with a set that contains targets and a Strike Pad, which allows even hitting off concrete. Schools have gotten the sets and set up courses on their football fields. Readers Digest proclaimed the set its Best Gift Under $50.
I see this as a great tool not only for adult golfers, but children as well from toddlers to teens. Games can be invented similar to Having a catch with a baseball or football, hitting the thing back and forth.
For me, with a four-acre private course that is covered with several feet of snow from November to April, I ordered more of the yellow Pro Series balls. These are claimed to be softer, if a little more expensive. I got the yellow because, unlike regular balls, these should not burrow deeply into the snow and be readily retrieved.
And while my buddies are bemoaning the closed golf courses, I will be grooving my swing all winter long.
Bob Spiwak took up golf in 1953 as a respite from the rigors of selling bibles door-to-door in North Dakota. Though suffering a four-year lapse, hes back to being a fanatical golfer. Spiwak has written articles for almost every golf magazine in the Western world. Bobs most treasured golf antiquity is a nod he got from Gerald Ford at the 1990 Golf Summit. Spiwak lives in Mazama, Wash., with his wife and several pets next to his fabled ultraprivate Whispering Rattlesnakes Golf & Flubbers Club.
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Spain's King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia will visit Pensacola, Fla., Feb. 18-19 as part of the city's celebration of the 450th anniversary of its founding as a Spanish settlement.
The royals, who will visit the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, will make a public appearance Feb. 19 at the T.T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum.
Other events in the yearlong celebration include a wine festival, Miguel Zapata art exhibit, Battle of Pensacola re-enactment, Heritage Festival and a visit from the tall ship Juan Sebastin de Elcano. For details go to www.CelebratePensacola.com or call 850.432.1450.
Visitors to Orlando's pricey theme parks, take note of the discounts at Universal's two theme parks. For $95, plus taxes, you can get seven days of unlimited admission to Universal's Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure. (Just one day in both parks is $84.) Tickets must be purchased online at least two days in advance at www.universalorlando.com/tickets.html; click on "2-Park Unlimited." Check other deals on the same page.
Walt Disney World's "Value" hotels are offering rates of $49 on weeknights Feb. 5 and 9-12 and $79 weeknights all through March. Weekends are higher. Check www.disneyworld.disney.go.com.
Through March 29, Orbitz, the online travel agency -- and honestly, just about everyone else -- says you can save up to 50 percent on selected hotels almost everywhere. Orbitz's list includes more than 45 destinations in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. Examples: the Regal Sun Resort in Orlando, Fla., Feb. 20-23, from $79 a night; the Kings Inn in San Diego, Feb. 20-23, from $55 per night; and also in California, Lake Tahoe Vacation Resort, March 5-9, from $141 per night. Visit www.orbitz.com.
Show your airline boarding pass and receive a complimentary same-day lift ticket at any of three Park City, Utah, ski resorts: Deer Valley Resort, Park City Mountain Resort or The Canyons Resort. That is one bit of advice on the new Travel Tips page on the Ski Utah Web site, with 13 resorts participating. Contribute your own tip for a chance to win prizes, including a Utah vacation. Visit www.skiutah.com and click on Trip Planning, then Travel Tips.
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It's a new era for tomato and plant sales in Greeley-Evans School District 6.
After moving the horticulture program from Greeley West to Northridge, the school is having its first FFA plant sale today through Saturday to benefit the program.
The district moved the program this year to save the district money and align career pathway programs more closely.
Chief operations officer Wayne Eads said at a meeting concerning the move last year that it would save the district about $50,000 per year in utilities and from the retirement of a 31-year veteran instructor.
The change also freed up space at West, which was overcrowded, to expand the International Baccalaureate program and add a law enforcement career pathway to the school.
District officials chose to locate the program at Northridge because the school offers the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math magnet program. The move would make the connection with the sciences stronger, said Scott Holcomb , Career Pathways facilitator for the district.
"This would put it in a location where it can be maximized," Holcomb said at the same meeting. "Two, with the resources available at Northridge, we can move into 21st-century programs. The direction the district wants to move horticulture into, this creates a partnership with the Poudre Learning Center with the closer proximity."
The sale features several varieties of tomatoes, geraniums in assorted colors, peppers, cone flowers, petunias, pansies and many other plants.
They are offered in 4.5-inch pots, 1-gallon and 2-gallon buckets, as well as hanging baskets and six-packs.
The sale runs from 3-5 p.m. today through Friday and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday.


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James Randi wasn't surprised when, following the attempted assassination of President Reagan, a self-proclaimed psychic insisted she had predicted the event. Tamara Rand said on the Today show her prediction that a fair-haired radical named "Jack Humley" would try to kill the President in late March was taped at KTNV in Las Vegas last January. Randi was even less surprised when KTNV manager Ed Quinn subsequently said the clip aired on Today was actually taped March 31, the day after the shooting.
NBC's director of network news in L.A., Arthur Lord, gamely admitted, "We've been had." Randi's comment was more direct. "It was too good a prediction, too close to the event."
Randi, 52, best known as "The Amazing Randi," is an accomplished magician and escape artist. His biggest act these days, though, is exposing fraud among the profit-and publicity-seeking ESP-psychic crowd.
He's also a founder of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, whose membership of nearly 5,000 includes Carl Sagan and Isaac Asimov. The group is eager to help the media verify alleged paranormal feats but is rarely consulted, Randi says. Noting that during the last two years ABC paid psychic Beverlee Dean $54,000 to work as a program consultant, he adds that media sympathy with the psychics may not all be heartfelt: "The media are enormously biased by the marketplace that tells them people like to believe in things that go bump in the night. The smarter you are, the easier it is to fool you."
Scientists are often duped, Randi says, because they're not familiar with the tools of the psychics, who use magicians' techniques while claiming supernatural power. "Never has a properly conducted scientific experiment proved paranormal powers of any kind exist," Randi contends.
Randi's 1980 book Flim-Flam! The Truth about Unicorns, Parapsychology and Other Delusions demystifies such performers as Uri Geller, who rose to stardom bending spoons, purportedly with brain waves. Randi, who bends objects and "reads minds" as part of his debunking act, says Geller's tricks are "no more astonishing than pulling a rabbit out of a hat."
Geller replies, "I have to thank him for making me so famous." Geller concedes, though, "Randi apparently can duplicate my feats, using trickery. The difference, however, is like comparing a Picasso to a perfect fake."
Geller even hints the U.S.S.R. may be somehow motivating Randi so it can stay ahead in the ESP race. "The Soviets may be able to damage this country by knocking out our radar systems with their minds or by penetrating the mind of the President," he says. And if you wonder what kind of weirdos believe things like that, the answer is some officials at the Pentagon and CIA. Columnist Jack Anderson says both agencies have multimillion-dollar projects afoot to develop ESP weapons.
The CIA hasn't tried for the $10,000 reward Randi has offered since 1965 to anyone who can demonstrate paranormal powers under mutually agreed terms. Of some 600 applicants, none has succeeded. Astroprojectionists, for instance, claim they can dispatch their consciousness from their bodies to distant places, yet they have consistently failed to name a simple object Randi puts in a locked room. The prize money "was never safer," says Randi.
His personal safety is another matter. He keeps a pile of hate mail from ESP devotees "who write with pink crayon on grocery bags" in his bizarre 12-room house in Rumson, N.J. Upstairs, a built-in bookcase opens with a wave of Randi's hand to reveal a bedroom adorned with Houdini memorabilia. The refrigerator is stocked with human blood, obtained from local hospitals, which Randi uses in demonstrations disproving "psychic surgery." His library contains "sensible" and "bullshit" literature. In the latter category Randi puts Jeane Dixon's books. He contends "her batting average is about zero."
Randi has never married. "I'm an escape artist," he explains. He shares his macabre bachelor pad with a rotating roster of apprentice magicians, a parrot, a macaw and a black cat named Alice—after Alice Cooper, with whom Randi toured in 1975, managing the rock singer's guillotine trick.
Born Randall James Zwinge, son of a Toronto phone company executive, Randi was inspired as a boy by magician Harry Blackstone Sr. and left home at 17 to become an escape artist. His career took off in the 1950s with appearances on U.S. television. In the mid-'60s, as host of a phone-in show on New York's WOR radio, he decided to expose psychic frauds when he discovered how many people believed in the "claptrap." Randi now earns most of his $45,000 a year from lectures discrediting psychic charlatans.
His hobby is choosing recipients for his whimsical Uri Award—a bent spoon mounted on a "flimsy and quite transparent base." This year's winners, announced April Fool's Day:
•"For the most irresponsible statement on the paranormal, occult or supernatural"—Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer, who declared ghosts may exist.
•"For presenting the most irresponsible account of supposedly supernatural events"—ABC's That's Incredible!
•"For taking in the most people with the least talent"—New Jersey housewife Dorothy Allison, who persuaded Atlanta police she could help solve the city's murder wave.
"Uri winners are informed telepathically," Randi kids. "Of course, they're permitted to predict their victory in advance." Needless to say, none of them ever has.
James Randi Has a Word for Uri, Tamara, Jeane and the Psychic Crowd: Frauds
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With the recent rain, the grass has been growing fast.
Jennifer McClintock with Oklahoma City Parks and Recreation says the city is two to three days behind in grass mowing.
Oklahoma City has seen almost 13 inches of rain this summer, allowing for high levels of grass and weed pollens.
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Henry VII's army, under Lords Oxford, Essex, Suffolk and Daubeney, defeated the Cornish rebels under Lord Audley at Blackheath. By the time the battle took place, the Cornish force had dwindled considerably from its high point of 15 000, so that only about 9000-10 000 men remained to face the royal troops.
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Character on Saturday Night Live played by Chris Kattan. Mango is an exotic male stripper who seems to attract every man's attention when he walks in the room. Not to mention the fact he wears tight gold shorts.
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That guy over there is a mango.
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Carlton Cellars
Carlton Cellars and the Carlton Cellars Pinot noirs were established in 2001, and is a joint venture of the Grooters and Russell families.
Carlton Cellars' Dave Grooters has been a part of the Oregon food and wine industry since 1977, when his friend Nick Peirano opened Nick's Cafe in McMinnville. Dave worked for Ken Wright (Ken Wright Cellars) as a vineyard manager, and joined him in developing Carlton Cellars' new vineyard.
Carlton Cellars' Roads End Pinot noir is named for the scenic point on the cool Oregon Coast, just north of Lincoln City. The massive volcanic formation slopes down to a quiet sandy beach of paths, coves, and tide pools. Offshore, remnants of lava form small, striking islands where gulls and cormorants rest above the waves. The point protects a headland of sedimentary rock that stands out in starck relief against the color and texture of the volcanic front.
The Carlton Cellars blend expresses the convergence of these soils and the cool Oregon climate delivered by the Northern Pacific weather. To the winery, the Roads End nam also reflects the feeling one has at the end of a long day, with good friends and a wonderful glass of Pinot noir.
Vineyards and Terroir
Carlton Cellars's Estate Vineyard is outside Carlton' Oregon in the Yamhill-Carlton AVA. Planted in 2001, Russell-Grooters Vineyard, aka RGV is now the source for two of Carlton Cellars' wines. Carlton Cellars makes three wines. Three vineyards are combined in their Roads End Oregon Pinot Noir. Carlton Cellars Cape Lookout Oregon Pinot Noir is made exclusively from the estate vineyard. Carlton Cellars' vineyard of 22 acres shares its location with vineyards owned by Ken Wright Cellars and Tony Soter's Soter Vineyard.
Carlton Cellars' labels are based on oil paintings done by Robert Beckman, a friend of the winery
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It doesn't get much worse - or funnier - than waking up on your 21st birthday, learning your parents sold your soul to the Devil before you were born, and having to waste away your mortal existence in the employ of the dark lord as his bounty hunter of escaped souls.
That's what happened to Sam Oliver (Bret Harrison) in The CW's supernatural-comedy "Reaper" back in 2007. Now, after an extended hiatus, Sam is finally back to continue his plight to capture and return fugitive souls from Hell, or suffer the wrath of Satan (Ray Wise). Careful, mild spoilers are ahead.
In the season two opener (premiering at 7 p.m. on Tuesday on The CW), Sam ditches his life, work and his girlfriend Andi (Missy Peregrym) to go on a month long bender with his buddies Sock (Tyler Labine) and Ben (Rick Gonzalez) to escape the stress of soul hunting, his father's death, and the new-found possibility that he might actually have been sired by the Devil himself.
Realizing he can't hide from his responsibilities forever, Sam heads home and slips back into familiar surroundings quite easily. Andi is of course furious with him for disappearing for so long. The Devil is quick to steer Sam back on hellacious task. And all - Sam, Sock and Ben - have been kicked out of their apartment and fired from their jobs at The Work Bench (a temporary malady remedied by blackmailing their boss).
It seems since Sam was on vacation, souls have been stacking up in the earthly realm. Per the series formula, the Devil gives him a near-impossible mission (this time collecting dozens of souls at once, all built like professional wrestlers) and a vessel in which to house them (as usual, something unique - and amusing - to the situation). And with a little luck, the help of his friends and a little elbow grease at The Work Bench, Sam sets out to prove he can take whatever the Devil dishes out.
At the end of this mission, information surfaces that gives Sam new hope that he may not be reaping forever, despite the Devil's best efforts.
With a new season, comes a fresh face, too. Sock offers his newlywed mom's home as a place the guys can crash until they find their new digs. Gaining entrance to his childhood home proves difficult, however, as his new stepsister Kristen (Eriko Tamura) - who he's inappropriately attracted to - is leery to grant admittance.
The series is, at times, wildly funny thanks mainly to co-stars Labine's hedonistic mischievousness and Wise's deadpan aw-shucks delivery of lines like "Way to go, buddy," (not something you picture the Devil saying to anyone) or tempting a roomful of recovering alcoholics at an AA meeting to head to their old watering hole, order their favorite poison, then simply walk away to display their will for recovery (next meeting, only one guy shows up and he's given a bottle of bourbon by Wise who proudly states, "You're cured!").
"Reaper" remains one of the more entertaining series on TV due largely to its original story and the comical chemistry among its cast. It's unusual, quirky fun is a guilty pleasure - at worst - that should be enjoyed each week in a manner that's, well, devil-may-care. You can bet your soul on it.
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Quality Education in the Benedictine Tradition
June 9, 2014
Saint Vincent Summer Theatre continues its 46th season of professional theatre with a dizzying farce, Boeing Boeing by Marc Camoletti, translated by Beverley Cross and Francis Evans, opening on June 19, directed by veteran director Colleen Reilly Rossmiller.
The preview performance is scheduled at 8:10 p.m. Thursday, June 19. Regular performances are set for 8:10 p.m. June 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, July 1, 2, 3 and 5. Matinees are scheduled at 2:10 p.m. Wednesday, June 25 and Sunday, June 29.
"I'm very excited to be doing Boeing Boeing," Rossmiller commented. "It's one of the great farces. It premiered in the early 1960s and then sort of fell into obscurity, I'm not really sure why. It's one of those good plays that somehow just didn't get done that much. Then a few years ago it had a revival in London and then on Broadway. It was a huge hit with audiences and won awards and that's when I first became aware of it. And when I read it, I was laughing out loud. I knew that as soon as the rights for it became available, I wanted to do this at Saint Vincent."
"It's wonderful summer entertainment," she continued. "We always like to do at least one, sometimes two farces. That type of comedy, that type of pure just-out-to-make-you-laugh comedy, I think is perfect for the dog days of summer."
"First thing you should know about Boeing Boeing is that it is very, very funny," Rossmiller repeated. "Like many farces it has kind of a ridiculous premise but a funny, clever one. It is set in 1961, the fairly early glamorous days of international airline travel. Nowadays we kind of think of airline travel as something a little bit stressful and difficult, but these were the days of glamorous flights, comfortable airplanes and beautiful stewardesses in snazzy uniforms. It was a very, very glamorous way to travel and this play takes this new and exciting mode of transportation as its jumping off point because one of our two heroes, Bernard, has figured out a unique way to take advantage of airline travel. He has figured out that by dating stewardesses he can juggle multiple women at the same time. He actually has three women who are each under the impression that they are his fiancée. And he does this by dating three stewardesses from three different airlines, all of whom have schedules that keep them from ever being on the ground in Paris where Bernard lives at the same time. So if he just knows their timetables, if he just keeps their schedules straight, he can juggle these women with no problem. He thinks he has a foolproof system. But, this being a farce and no system really being foolproof, this play takes place on the day when everything goes wrong, from technical failures to weather problems over the North Atlantic, all kinds of airline difficulties combine to cause all three of Bernard's so-called fiancées to return to Paris simultaneously. And of course they all head for Bernard's apartment with predictably comic results."
"This play also takes place on the day on which an old friend of Bernard's from his school days back in America chooses to visit," Rossmiller explained. "This friend is a really, really charming character. He's naïve, he's gentle, he doesn't have much experience with women unlike Bernard, he's not a Lothario himself. But it's his first trip to Europe and he is just dazzled by Paris and he's dazzled by Bernard's brilliant system for managing all of these women, although he's a little dubious that it's as perfect as Bernard thinks. But then after all of these women return to the flat, Bernard and his friend, Robert, have to do their best to keep them from figuring out that the others are present and who they in fact are. The result is just a delightful madcap farce full of mistaken identities, near misses, confused conversations, all the classic elements of a great farce."
"I think this show is going to be a real crowd pleaser," Rossmiller predicted.
"I'm really looking forward to working with this cast," she added. "Michael Fuller is playing the role of Bernard and I think it's just perfect for him. Michael is a brilliant comic actor, a very handsome man and he has a real gift for making the craziest of situations seem very human and believable. He's been appearing at our theatre for over a decade now, most recently in last summer's Too Many Cooks in a memorable turn as the Mountie who accidentally gets drunk, but he has been in many, many plays for us and is always a delight to work with and to watch perform."
"Playing the role of his friend, Robert, is Kevin Daniel O'Leary, another favorite of our audiences here at Saint Vincent. Kevin is a wonderful performer, engagingly funny, inventive and I think he's going to be absolutely perfect in the role of the naïve friend who finds himself doing all kinds of crazy things he never imagined he'd be doing when he woke up that morning."
"Playing the three fiancées we have three wonderful actresses, one of whom has worked for the Summer Theatre before. Abby Quatro was also seen in last summer's Too Many Cooks, where she played the daughter of the restaurant owner, most memorably with a bowl of fruit on her head pretending to be a Spanish dancer. Abby is a very funny actress, very bold, very daring, and we're looking forward to her playing the role of the Italian fiancée, Gabriella. The two other fiancées are new to our stage, Jenny Malarkey I have never worked with before but her audition was absolutely wonderful and I'm really looking forward to working with her for the first time. Daina Michelle Grififth is new to our theatre but not new to Pittsburgh area audiences since she has worked at most of the major theaters in Pittsburgh. Just this last year she was chosen by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as their Performer of the Year, a very nice honor for any Pittsburgh actor. She is a very talented performer and a delightful person. I'm really looking forward to my first chance to work with her. I think it's going to be a lot of fun."
"And, finally, playing the role of Bertha, Bernard's long-suffering French maid is my mother Patricia Reilly, of course no stranger to Saint Vincent's stage since its founding in 1969. She is my mother so I am of course slightly prejudiced but she is a wonderful actor, she has a really wonderful sense of comic timing and as her daughter I know that she can definitely let you know when she's displeased with your behavior as she does with Bernard. So I think mom will bring a wonderful sensibility to Bertha, the maid who knows everything that's going on and is just doing her best to make sure that her life doesn't explode."
"All in all, it is a rollicking good time," she concluded. "It's just a delightful, fantastic farce in the classical French farce mold and I think audiences will love it. If you want an evening of belly laughs I think Boeing Boeing will fit the bill."
Saint Vincent Summer Theatre patrons are asked to make ticket reservations in advance because seats are reserved at all performances except Thursday evening preview shows, which are general admission. Reservations may be made by calling the theater box office at 724-537-8900. Theatre patrons may also make reservations online by going to www.svst.org. A credit card is required for on-line reservations, and such reservations are transferable, but non-refundable.
Individual tickets are $10 for preview performances, $19 on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday evenings, $22 on Friday and Saturday evenings and $16 for matinees. Special theatre party group rates apply to groups of 20 guests or more. Senior citizens, 62 or older, are eligible for a $2 discount upon request on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings only. Special subscription plans are also available. Four-show and three-show subscription plans are again being offered this season. In addition, student tickets are available for $10 for any seat, any performance.
Saint Vincent Summer Theatre performances are all scheduled in the comfortable, air-conditioned Performing Arts Center of the Robert S. Carey Student Center on the Saint Vincent College campus. Free van shuttle service will continue to be provided to and from the spacious and convenient parking areas adjacent to the Saint Vincent Basilica.
Saint Vincent Summer Theatre will continue to feature its well-known Cabaret, the special after-the-show party to which all theatre patrons are invited. Saint Vincent students serve snacks, hot dogs and beverages after the production and also provide entertainment. The cabaret is open after all performances except Thursday preview shows and all matinees. Theatre officials encourage donations if patrons enjoy themselves at the after-the-show party.
Upcoming productions include Jeeves in Bloom July 10 to 26 and A Grand Night for Singing July 31 to Aug. 17.
The 25th annual Saint Vincent Summer Theatre Gala will be held Friday, July 11. All proceeds benefit the Saint Vincent Summer Theatre. To receive an invitation or further details, phone 724-805-2901.
A free brochure is available by contacting the Saint Vincent Theatre box office at 724 537-8900.
Photos: Michael Fuller, Daina Michelle Griffith, Jenny Malarkey, Kevin Daniel O'Leary, Abby Quatro and Patricia Reilly.
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A card is chosen, signed, and lost in the deck. The deck is returned to the box and placed on the ground. Without hesitation the deck is stomped on - crushing it completely flat.
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This is a great to close a routine. Perform a Card to Pocket then just before you leave perform Crush. It gets great reactions.
This is a pretty cool effect. It will take time to get it all down, but it's not very difficult. This is a great way to end a set of card effects and you can do this over and over again with the same deck. DM teaches you how to make it and how to use it without being seen. The only thing I don't like is destroying cards. I'll do it for this effect because you can use the same box over and over again. I love this effect.
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