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Shay Breonne White of Amarillo and Adam Ryan Seymour of Turkey were married Saturday, Oct. 19, at The Party Barn. Randall County Judge Ernie Houdashell officiated.
The bride is the daughter of Jan and Rick McClain and Clayton and Stephanie White, all of Amarillo. Grandparents of the bride are Margaret and Willis Roberts, who attended the wedding, and the late Marie and Woodford White.
Parents of the groom are Brenda and Mack Seymour of Turkey. Grandparents of the groom are Hazel Fuston, the late T.R. Fuston and the late Lee and Josephine Seymour.
Matron of honor was Danielle Taff, sister of the bride. Bridal attendants were Jan Littlejohn, Alexis Scott and Adrianne Miller. Junior bridesmaid was Madison Meyer.
Best man was Cody Yates. Groom's attendants were Genie Seymour, sister of the groom, Brody Davis and Brandon Stewart.
Flower girls were Haley Taff, niece of the bride, and Sydnee Meyer. Ring bearer was Brett Taff, nephew of the bride.
Special guest was J.W. Redman, great-grandfather of the bride.
The Great Unknown provided music for the reception and dance.
The bride wore a white satin A-line gown with short sleeves and square neckline. White beads and pearls covered the bodice and were scattered throughout the gown. The train was chapel length, and the veil was made by the bride's mother. The bride wore the tiara she received as homecoming queen.
The colors were purple and lilac. The bride chose white roses and a various assortment of purple and lilac flowers.
The wedding reception was at The Party Barn. Reception attendants were Stacy Scholl and Monica Caperton.
The bride graduated in 1998 from Caprock High School. She attended Amarillo College. She is an office clerk for diagnostic imaging at Baptist St. Anthony's Hospital. She is a certified EMT for the Turkey Volunteer Fire Department.
The groom graduated in 1997 from Valley High School in Turkey. He attended Texas Tech University in Lubbock. He is a farmer. He is also a firefighter and certified EMT for the Turkey Volunteer Fire Department.
The couple plan a honeymoon to Las Vegas. They will reside in Turkey.
Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 20, 2002
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Treasury Smacks Spanish Money-Laundering Cell with Sanctions
The U.S. Treasury Department said Tuesday it placed Kingpin Act sanctions on a man, his wife and five entities in Spain and Peru.
Treasury said the five entities, Spanish-Peruvian dual national Luis Santiago Calle Quiros and his wife, Spanish national Maria Paloma Rodriguez Badillo, comprise a Spain-based money laundering cell that moves drug money from Europe to Colombia, operating at the direction of Isaac Perez Guberek Ravinovicz, who was placed under sanctions in July.
"Narcotics traffickers in the Americas continue to expand outside their traditional markets and are increasingly active in places like Europe," said Adam Szubin, director of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, in a statement.
The entities, two in Madrid and three in Lima, were placed under sanctions because they're owned or controlled by Mr. Calle Quiros, Treasury said.
Mr. Calle Quiros and Ms. Rodriguez Badillo collect cash proceeds at their offices in Madrid from drug sales and then funnel the money back to accounts controlled by Mr. Guberek Ravinovicz, who uses the funds to pay traffickers in Colombia, Treasury said.
Mr. Guberek Ravinovicz is among four defendants in a one-count indictment charging money-laundering conspiracy in the Southern District of Florida.
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February 21, 2011
I'm having a Blog Sale!
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Automatically sync tabs with hootsuite web dashboard
Right now you can import your hootsuite web dashboard tabs and settings after setting up the Android app for the first time, but if you change something in your tabs or add new ones it doesn't seem to sync this with the web dashboard and vice versa. It would be great if you guys could sync these settings at any time after changing something.
So we can refresh for sure the scheduled messages and all other data. Thank you
Tried setting/reset did not work. Had to logout and backin and re-import. It should dov this automatically, or at least when teset is selected.
I would like the use the webinterface to set up the tabs and streams and then use the app on my (android) phone to view content. But also when i do make an adjustment, ie add a search stream, i'd like this to be shown in the webinterface too.
The current "solution" to reset data means everything i do on the phone is lost everytime i want to synchronise with new tabs / streams i've set up on the web.
I have a number of networks and streams setup on my desktop. I'd like to sync those with my Android phone and tablet. It's really frustrating that I have to recreate everything on my mobile devices.
The Android App experience is not as satisfying as teh Hootsuite web interface experience. One of the things that would make it better is to sync them both so that the choice of accounts, tabs and columns would be persistent and automatically synced without user intervention, including the accounts to other services like Facebook and Linkedin.
Your new Android app supports importing your tabs and columns from your web dashboard, which is very cool, but it would be even cooler if those would sync updates made afterwards as well. If you add a new tab or something on Android it doesn't show up on the web dashboard and vice versa.
(Same goes for the iPhone app I guess, but personally I don't care about the iPhone, I just want my Android app set up even better ;) There's a similar idea to this one about the iPhone on the forum as well I noticed)
With the launch of Hootsuite v3.0 for Android we've improved Sync between the web dashboard and the Android app.
Now any changes you make on Android are automatically saved to your Hootsuite account and immediately shown on web.
Any changes made on the web are reflected on Android either when you login, when you visit Settings=>Social Networks, and when you visit the 'Manage Tabs & Streams' page.
Hope you enjoy this new functionality. Please tweet to us @HootsuiteMobile if you have any questions or feedback.
You can read more on our blog: http://blog.hootsuite.com/the-redesigned-hootsuite-android-app-helps-you-stay-productive/
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yan commented
Is it implemented by now ? Thks
yan commented
Are u still considering..
Eric commented
This is not fully synchronous, but now there is the option in the newest android app to manually re-sync your tabs to the web app. Good enough for my use! THANKS HOOTSUITE!
Chafic commented
Yikes... the same problem Tweetdeck had...
Fred Schechter commented
Same issue. I updated to pro and I figured the mobile app would contain my dashboards. Is there an import feature, similar to a Google reader OPML file to bring in to synchronize them?
Matt Hirschfelt commented
Why is this still not implemented? Seems like fundamental functionality.
Aaron Lintz commented
So this has never been fixed? No wonder I'm using Seesmic for Android
Eric commented
This seems really obvious! Lets change that status to "Accepted" huh?
Ben commented
Come on hootsuite - this is a basic need. I can't believe you've let it lie for a year
BLueSS commented
What's the point of using Tabs if they don't sync?
This has been open for a year already without being solved?!
Paul M commented
I'm going to have to agree with OP Herman...
Chris commented
Okay I just gave 3 votes for this....hopefully you have enough interest to make it happen. :)
Andy Wooles commented
Tabs/streams are a major product strength so they definitely need to be synced to my phone. Otherwise I may as well use another social client on my phone.
ACR commented
this is one of hte main reasons ot use hootsuite professionally. without the syncing you cant fully use the program.
daveline commented
Under Review??? This is one of the most important items. My tabs are constantly changing depending on my current interests & trends. It makes hootdroid nearly useless, not having my important tabs/columns synced.
Thorsten Matzner commented
of course we need this. In fact, I was sure that this would be implemented from the beginning. What other benefit is there of using the same client on the phone and the desktop than that the settings are the same?
Thomas Costick commented
This request is identical to another. To avoid a split in the votes, why not delete this on and apply the votes to the other? (it currently has more votes) here's the link to the other one http://feedback.hootsuite.com/forums/40828-hootsuite-for-android/suggestions/526433-automatically-sync-tabs-with-hootsuite-web-dashboa?ref=title


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Liberty Free presents 'Hughie'
May 12, 2011 —
LIBERTY, NY — The Liberty Free Theatre at 109 South Main St. will present Nobel Laureate Eugene O'Neill's play, "Hughie," the story of a lonely small-time gambler and his touching, revealing and often humorous attempts to hold on to his life-long delusion of a happy-go-lucky winner. The play features Michael Frizalone and James Heisel. It was directed by Chet Carlin. Performances are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., May 19 to 21 and 26 to 28, and one matinee on Sunday, May 29 at 3:00 p.m.
Admission is free. Seating is limited and reservations are recommended. The audience is invited to gather after the performance for food, drink, and music. Call 845/ 292-3788.


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After the Arkansas Razorbacks finished the 2011 season ranked fifth in the AP Poll with an 11-2 record and victory in the Cotton Bowl, off-the-field issues have left their successors reeling in 2012.
In April of 2012, Bobby Petrino was fired from his position as head coach of the Razorbacks following a motorcycle accident that was shrouded in controversy and speculations of extramarital activity.
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Thinking Like a Fish September 1, 2003
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September 1, 2003 Thinking Like a Fish By Douglas Bernon
Lighthouse Atoll, Belize
17° 12.505 North
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Thinking Like a Fish
By Douglas Bernon
- There are three ways to put fish on your dinner plate. You can buy them. You can hook them, or you can grab your spear gun and head to the reef, that fluid margin between land and sea. There, in an alien universe, you suck in your breath, dive down, and try to out-think creatures that move infinitely more easily than you do in an environment they know like the back of their fins. If you plan to return from the universe of fish to your own aerie triumphant, your only hope is to be more clever than they are, and that's not always simple.
Painting on silk by Annika Oury, cruising with her husband Guy on their 34-foot sailboat Street Legal, currently on the west coast of Panama
While mankind devotes itself to inventing sneakers that light up as you walk, many fish have perfected the ability to change color in the face of danger. When you consider those human-versus-fish priorities, spear-fishing becomes a legitimate challenge for man. In fact, for sheer all-round guy-style fun, I'd rather spend an afternoon hounding fish than do just about anything else.
The other day, here at Lighthouse Atoll, I went hunting with Bernadette. On the way out to the reef in our dink, I launched into my pet theories about particular fish, the way they think, and the differences between them and us. My personal commodore listened politely. Her look said it all: she thought I had gone off the deep end. It's presumptuous to claim I understand fish-reasoning. I can't administer Rorschach tests, quiz them regarding traumas as guppies, or elicit musings about their fish-eat-fish world. Plus, different species behave in opposite ways, and individuals within species can be as idiosyncratic as dogs, some of whom, we all know, are more nimble-minded than others.
Sacagawea (Bernadette) snorkels off, serving as an advance scout for the hunting party
Armed with this data, secondary questions will answer themselves: Do they dart or dither? What, if anything, frightens them? Are they social or solo? What do they eat and when do they eat it? Do they seem more playful or business-like? More sneaky or curious? Bold or timid? Seductive, aggressive or both?
And finally, what's the best way to go about shooting one?
This Nassau grouper, with grand, sweet lips, is one of the fish who, although blending well into dark coral backgrounds, didn't blend in quite well enough today.
Freud always maintained that "biology is destiny," and if he'd done any scuba diving he would have applied that to fish as well. How they're shaped and sized, how they're colored, how thick their skin is, how they like to nosh, and where they fit on the food chain, all influence how they think. For examples, I'm considering two groups of fish that Bernadette and I like for dinner: triggerfish and hogfish.
The triggerfish (family: balistidae) has a sweet, firm flesh that's perfect for ceviche because it doesn't mush out when marinated. Triggers impress me as the prototypical "dumb blonds," dull-witted beauties whose narcissism proves fatal when they over-estimate both their looks and toughness. Although fleet of foot, often when a trigger fish sees you, instead of swimming away to safety, it sashays up before your very eyes, as if taunting — á la Mae West —"Go ahead, big boy. Take a good look. I'm so gorgeous you won't dare. And I'm tough enough to take anything you can dish out."
Triggerfish—underwater seductresses
The trigger's ill-founded self-assuredness is further inflated because it believes that its rhino-like skin — thick, hard-to-penetrate and difficult-to-remove — protects it fully. (This would be like you and me thinking only Kryptonite can get us.) To pierce their leather does require a powerful, accurate shot with a sharp spear point. And some hunters are probably deterred, figuring the laborious cleaning task isn't worth the pay-off, but I disagree. Trigger meat is well worth the extra effort.
Triggerfish often fail to keep a weather eye for danger.
The easiest way to clean a trigger is to take your best-honed filet knife and slit a wide incision under the skin near the tail, exposing enough of a skin-flap to peel it forward and wrap it around a long, wooden spoon handle. Then, like twisting back the lid of a sardine can, you can roll the skin toward the head, uncovering delicious meat that can be cut away easily. One good-sized ocean trigger will provide a dinner plate full of filets.
The gentle hogfish (Lachnolaimus maximus), is the marine version of corn-fed cattle. Hogs hover over the top of reef beds or in sandy, rubble areas near a reef, spending much of their day eating tiny shellfish, mollusks, crabs, sea urchins and chewing on coral, which they grind into little bits, swallowing the sweetness, and spitting out the rocky residue. Rooting away like happy little porkers, they ignore life as it passes by, choosing instead to keep eating. I can relate.
Generally less than six or seven pounds, hogfish can grow to 20 inches or more. You'd think if an individual lived enough years to get that large, it might know better, but they don't seem to learn much about self-preservation. The older, bigger ones are equally glib in the face of peril. Even when they see you and your spear gun, they just can't seem to stop feeding.
"Love me tender, love me true. Never let me go…" -- Elvis Presley
For all life forms (including you and me), it's potentially dangerous to imagine oneself as unseen. For the adult hogfish, this error in self-perception often proves fatal. As for the juvenile, they're like teenagers everywhere—tending toward the flamboyant and imagining themselves immortal. Dressed in gaudy, orange, mottled splashes they might as well be wearing neon spandex to a New York Yacht Club dinner dance.
The hogfish's appetite is its great pleasure in life, but combined with its naiveté about the potential treachery of invaders, it's also his downfall. Insufficiently leery, and with few natural predators, hogfish just don't get that it's a jungle out there. They can't wrap their adorable little heads around the possibility that some creature as oddly shaped and ill-suited for the marine environment as man — who from a reef's eye perspective must look like the Bullwinkle float in the Macy's Day Thanksgiving parade — is there for something other than a walk in the park. Failing to flee or hide in the face of danger, especially if they're eating, hogfish become sitting ducks. Like mafia dons who end up riddled with bullets while supping on manicotti and mussels at their favorite eatery, the hogfish falsely assumes that no-one would have the gall to kill them during dinner.
Along with our friends on Gabrielle, Zia Lucia and Dutchess, we bring all our catch into the Lighthouse beach to clean and filet them, and avoid making an on-boat mess. Clockwise from upper left are a hogfish, red-hind grouper, dog snapper and ocean trigger.
Lest one fasten to the conclusion that mankind is clever and fish not very, it's worth considering a less self-flattering hypothesis. Perhaps we should think of the reef itself as a supernatural force that brings man and fish together, knowing full well that sometimes it will sacrifice a few good soles so that two species can see a bigger world. I floated this theory by Bernadette, as we headed back over the reef to Ithaka with dinner in the dink: a hog fish and a trigger that I'd just speared. Bernadette listened kindly and shook her head in wonder. "Tomorrow," she asked. "Could you think a little more like a lobster?"
This past year, on a street in Cartagena, Colombia, we found this massive two-part mural. Everywhere throughout Central and South America people talk the universal language of fishing.
Marine-Life Identification Books
Paul Humann (a great name for a fish guy) has put together a brilliant three-volume set of books that contain large, gorgeous color photos, terrific identification data, and comprehensible and thorough scientific background for us laymen. Even the physical composition of the books is practical: they have plastic covers and tough paper that stands up to a boat's demanding environment. Titles: 1) Reef Coral Identification Florida, Caribbean and Bahamas; 2) Reef Creatures Identification Florida, Caribbean and Bahamas; 3) Reef Fish Identification Florida, Caribbean and Bahamas.
A first-rate, one-volume guide on fishes is Coral Reef Fishes: Caribbean, Indian and Pacific Ocean Including the Red Sea by Ewald Lieske and Robert Myers. (You can order from Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ. The ISBN number 0-691-00481-1).
The Bible for Cruising and Fishing
With Scott and Wendy Bannerot's The Cruiser's Guide to Fishing on board, you have everything you need except wasabi powder for your sashimi. These two know more about fishing while cruising than anybody else on earth. In clear, witty and sometimes exciting prose, they tell you what you need and don't need, how to be successful in different situations, which fish and invertebrates are edible, how to modify your boat for fishing and how to clean the critters once you land them.
The Bannerots have been cruising and fishing since the seventies, and they bring to this volume practical advice, a wry sense of humor and a rollicking enthusiasm. Fish-o-logically speaking, they are my idols. You can order this book from The McGraw-Hill Companies, Customer Service Department, PO Box 547, Blacklick, Ohio, 43004. 800-262-4729. (ISBN 0-07-134560-4)
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What's For Dinner?
Tonight we're doing a down home, comfort food type meal. We're having meatloaf, mashed potatoes, peas and corn on the cob.
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fish & chips, and maybe a pint.
Posted by: Dar at March 17, 2009 2:58 PM
Well, leftovers as usual...
Chicken stew, consisting of baby carrots, sweet potatoes, green bell peppers, fennel and garlic.
It was pretty good for the first time making it.
Meatloaf and mashed potatoes always sound good to me.
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What happens when you mix coffee with pot? While there's been little research to back it up yet, some experts are warning that drinking cannabis-infused coffee may not give you quite the mellow buzz you're expecting. Since several of the states started legalizing marijuana sales, the list of edible pot goodies has been growing. It READ MORE
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Aims Community College will begin offering Certified Nurse Aide courses on the Loveland campus. Through the five-credit program, students will prepare themselves to sit for the State Board of Nursings CNA exam, which allows them to enter the healthcare field in a variety of positions. Day classes start July 10 and run through Aug. 10 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Evening classes begin July 17 and run through Aug. 21 from 4 to 10 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Aims recently lowered tuition for out-of-district students to just $75 per credit. In district rates are $50 per credit. The college will continue to expand the CNA offerings in the fall, as well.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
She's Got Legs
And it's no surprise, I love Carrie Underwood. Did y'all see her on "American Idol" last night? I think this was the highlight of the show. The girl looks fabulous. She clearly out-dressed (and out-sang) Lauren Alaina.
I want her legs. Well, ok, I'll take her body (and hair) too. If I had to pick one part of my body that I could change about myself, it would be my legs. I've got those "cheerleader" legs. Always have.
I know we should love our bodies and I do, but I would love it more if I had Carrie's legs.
Oh well, a girl can dream. Now pass me a Twinkie (but I did run 2 miles this morning)!
30 comments:
- Jami said...
I so agree about her legs! My husband and I noticed that at some event that was on TV a few months ago. She has perfect legs! (and hair and voice haha)
- May 26, 2011 at 8:59 AM
- Molly said...
Couldn't agree more, her legs are to die for, seriously! She couldn't be more gorgeous. We're all critical of our bodies, it's in our female nature for sure!
- May 26, 2011 at 9:01 AM
- CMae said...
DUDE lol how did I know that after us tweeting about her lol we both posted about this!!! I totally ended my post the same way you did lol love it!!! And where did you find the image from last night? I could only find videos and I felt like scoured the net this morning!!!!
- May 26, 2011 at 9:02 AM
- Jax @ JaxandMarbles said...
Ugh!! I would do anything for her legs!!!! I've got those "cheerleader" legs too. But I call mine "linebacker" legs. Cheerleader sounds better. Haha! :)
- May 26, 2011 at 9:07 AM
- katmcd said...
They are seriously awesome. I don't love my legs either but I definitely think sweets and fried food have a place in our lives.
- May 26, 2011 at 9:09 AM
- Neely said...
If only we could all afford full time trainers and nutritionists :)
- May 26, 2011 at 9:12 AM
- star said...
She has perfect legs! I want mine to look at least just half as good as hers! Love Carrie!!
Congrats on running miles girl!
- May 26, 2011 at 9:16 AM
- JLN said...
Haha...you sound like me! I always look at someone and wish I looked like them. Then I remember that I haven't been to the gym in over a year, so...that may be why I don't look like them :)
Thinking of you!
- May 26, 2011 at 9:18 AM
- Miss Southern Vol said...
Ughhh I was staring at her the entire performance. Her legs, body, hair makeup, shoes, outfit everything- perfect. I dont even know HOW you get legs like that! NOT fair
- May 26, 2011 at 9:31 AM
- Nicole said...
She probably is my most favorite celebm just because she seems so genuine.... and she's so stinkin' cute!
- May 26, 2011 at 9:35 AM
- Lindsey said...
i'm slightly obsessed, okay seriously obsessed, with her body as well! seriously - its kick ass!
the best part is that she doesn't seem to have changed much since the original AI days - which i can appreciate, she just seems geniune!
- May 26, 2011 at 9:41 AM
- B said...
She really does have phenomenal legs! Love her.
- May 26, 2011 at 9:44 AM
- Mateya said...
Yeah she is pretty much flawless...it kinda makes me sick to look at her picture from her Idol audition. Not fair!
What are cheerleader legs, I have never heard that term before ha!
Good for you for running 2 miles...I thought you always said you weren't a runner :)
- May 26, 2011 at 9:50 AM
- Tiffany said...
That is exactly what I said when I saw her last night! I want her legs sooo bad! However, I don't think I want to live in the gym enough to accomplish this goal.
- May 26, 2011 at 9:50 AM
- Krystal said...
What Neely said! Seriously! I actually watched Carrie's Idol audition a few days ago on YouTube. She was great then but is AMAZINGly awesome now!
- May 26, 2011 at 9:52 AM
- Melissa said...
Carrie is absolutely gorgeous!! And, she does have the best legs ever!!
- May 26, 2011 at 9:52 AM
- Candice Pair said...
I said it last night and I'll say it again...I would willingly cut off my left leg if my right one could look like hers! Stunning!
- May 26, 2011 at 9:55 AM
- Jessica said...
I love my carbs too much!! There's no way I'll ever have legs like that but I can dream. Hahaha
- May 26, 2011 at 10:02 AM
- A Wedding Story said...
If I were paid as much as Carrie makes, I might give up sweets too! But until then, pass the pie!
- May 26, 2011 at 10:27 AM
- Chicago Cuisine Critique said...
I couldn't agree with you more. Glad to see Carrie on AI last night. She looked great as usual, but you are correct she has come a long way. We need to find out what she does! I desperately want her legs. :)
- May 26, 2011 at 10:57 AM
- Amber said...
Carrie is gorgeous! I adore her (although I hear she has a not so pleasant personality)...yup, I wouldn't mind her hair, legs or voice either!
- May 26, 2011 at 11:24 AM
- Natalie and Lee said...
Her legs are so beautiful! She has definitely come a long way! Me and hubby were watching last night (he was drooling over her;) and I HAD to throw in there that she DID NOT look that gorgeous when she was a "normal" girl without millions! (I am so lame, I know;)
She is absolutely gorgeous!
Enjoying your fabulous blog!
- May 26, 2011 at 12:19 PM
- Natasha said...
couldn't agree more--i run more than anyone i know and still can't have those kind of gams...it's just not in the cards for me--haha!!!
oh--a twinkie sounds delish! i found a recipe that has twinkies in it to make a cake and i am dying to try it!!
- May 26, 2011 at 12:25 PM
- Jeannie said...
running...squats...calf work outs. thats how I do it. my legs are my favorite part of my body actually haha :) and i think carrie underwood is just fabulous!
- May 26, 2011 at 2:15 PM
- Jamie said...
I agree! She looks great!
- May 26, 2011 at 2:21 PM
- Krystal said...
I knew this post was about Carrie before I even opened it! Love her!! And I know what you mean about "cheerleader" legs, mine will never be skinny!! I want her legs and hair....and makeup artist!! Oh...and her trainer!!
- May 26, 2011 at 8:38 PM
- Lindsay said...
OMG seriously!!! I strive for that ahaha
- May 26, 2011 at 9:17 PM
- Crazy Shenanigans-JMO said...
She is looking awesome!
- May 28, 2011 at 9:59 PM
- Carol {Everyday Delights} said...
I agree, she is just amazing!!
- June 1, 2011 at 12:47 PM
- allie-mac-fallie said...
i couldnt agree more! :)
- June 1, 2011 at 7:40 PM


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Taiwan tilapia farmer turns poor man's fish into gold
- By Rachel Chan
- Publication Date: October 16, 2011
- Source: Taiwan Today
Taiwan tilapia, the most popular farmed fish in Taiwan, has become a national treasure, valuable from head to tail. The species could also play an important role in saving endangered sharks.
Wang Yi-feng, general manager of the Kouhu Fisheries Cooperative in Yunlin County and a Taiwan tilapia expert, recently discovered that the caudal fins of the fish can replace shark dorsal and pectoral fins in shark fin soup, a Chinese delicacy favored by the wealthy and reserved for special occasions.
Sharks are facing extinction as millions are slaughtered globally each year due to burgeoning demand for shark fins as Asia grows in population and wealth. This also means the ocean's equilibrium is being seriously damaged because sharks are the top predator in the ocean and vital to its ecosystem.
Wang told Taiwan Today that just over a year ago, he began studying how to transform tilapia tail fins into a product very similar to processed shark fins, and the tilapia fins are already on the market as a substitute.
"Caudal fins of Taiwan tilapia are a perfect stand-in for shark fins because they have the same appearance and texture," said Wang.
"Most importantly, the fact that Taiwan tilapia is a farmed fish guarantees stable supplies of the delicacy, which could prevent sharks from being wiped out."
Wang, who graduated from Da-Yeh University's Department of Food Science and Technology, said tilapia fins—just like shark fins—are composed mainly of cartilage, which is flavorless but has a chewy consistency favored by diners.
Nutritionally, shark fins are believed by some to boost virility and be good for the heart, but in fact they can be extremely unhealthy because of the high levels of mercury retained in sharks due to ocean pollution, according to Wang. Taiwan tilapia fins, in contrast, cultured and processed in hygienic and scientific ways, contain no threat of heavy metal poisoning.
Established in 1997, the Kouhu Fisheries Cooperative consists of over 200 fish farm operators from three southern Taiwan counties with a combined pond area of 2,300 hectares, representing a quarter of Taiwan's total tilapia farming area.
Taiwan's largest exporter of frozen tilapia fillets, the Kouhu cooperative was the first of its kind in Taiwan to be certified as meeting international requirements of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points regulations, and pass Taiwan's Certified Agriculture Standard, Wang said.
Moreover, it operates in compliance with EU food standards and provides traceable product resumes, he added.
The cooperative's efforts to provide safe and sanitary fish products, and the certification it has received, are pivotal to tapping into international markets such as Canada, Europe, Japan, South Korea and the U.S., according to Wang.
Another good reason to eat tilapia fins is the price, he said, with shredded fins costing around US$120 per kilogram, only one-quarter the cost of shredded shark fins.
Shark fin steaks are much more expensive, but tilapia fins can only be used in shredded form because they are significantly smaller than their shark counterparts, Wang explained.
As his innovative idea to replace shark fins with tilapia tail fins has gradually caught on with domestic and overseas restaurants, orders have come from Hong Kong, Japan and many five-star hotels in Taiwan.
Currently, the monthly output for Taiwan tilapia fins stands at one ton, but Wang said the volume is expected to double, even triple, by next year to meet growing market demand now that the manufacturing process has matured.
"I believe there is great market potential for tilapia fins and I'm confident that consumers will love them."
Wang's ambition for Taiwan tilapia grew out of his responsibility to keep the family business prosperous.
A third-generation tilapia farm operator, Wang saw that the traditional business had become a sunset industry and was determined to make a difference.
In addition to finding a use for tail fins, Wang has shown that all parts of the fish have high economic value, including the once worthless by-products.
A few years ago Wang joined with National Cheng Kung University to successfully extract fish collagen from the scales of Taiwan tilapia. He then worked with a Japanese cosmetic company to apply the fish collagen to making skin care products that became a hit in Japan.
It is no exaggeration to say Wang has turned dirt into gold. When the tilapia fish scales are ground into fish feed, they are worth only US$0.5 per kilogram, but a kilogram of collagen from them is valued at US$13,470, according to Wang. He attributed the cooperative's success to relentless research and development efforts, leading to a diverse range of products.
The renaming of the fish has also helped it reclaim its spot on the dinner tables of domestic consumers, Wang said.
Long viewed as the poor man's fish, Taiwan tilapia was originally called Wuguo fish in commemoration of the two people who introduced the fish to Taiwan in 1946, Wu Zhen-hui and Guo Qi-zhang.
It was a cheap source of protein for many Taiwanese after World War II, and made a significant contribution to Taiwan's economy as an export fish favored for its heft and high proportion of meat.
There was a negative impression associated with its strong earthy taste and humble image, however, due to the old practice of feeding tilapia with livestock excrement.
Today, tilapia farming is carried out in a hygienic and scientific way that not only creates better fish quality, but also results in higher productivity and production value, according to Wang. The fish are now fed pellets made of ingredients such as corn and soy.
Government and private sector experts gave the fish the name Taiwan tilapia in 2002 to distinguish it from the original African species, given that years of hybridization and breeding improvements in Taiwan had made it unique.
Noting that Taiwan tilapia is now considered a national treasure, Wang said the fish is a perfect example of sustainable development, as every part of the fish can be used and no waste is created during the manufacturing process.
In 2009, at the age of 28, Wang became the youngest winner ever of the Council of Agriculture's Shennong Award, in recognition of the new technologies and management models he had introduced into traditional fisheries, and his contributions to increasing the value of tilapia farming.
For his part, Wang said he is always looking to the future, and will continue his efforts to "make what seems impossible possible."
He is currently researching the use of hyaluronic acid extracted from the crystalline lens of the Taiwan tilapia's eye to develop cosmetic products.
"I believe that in the face of global competition, especially from mainland China, innovation and quality improvement are the only way out for Taiwan's fisheries." (THN)
Write to Rachel Chan at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Grace Madrid
1. What is it that makes Quay County uniquely Quay County?
Quay County's uniqueness comes from the people who reside here. The people are warm and friendly with a deep faith in their fellow man. My experience is that they are generous to a fault. We possess a quality of life that I believe is unparralled to any other county I have visited. It's a great place to raise a family and get an education. It's unique to have an accredited community college in a county with a low population such as ours. Our county is unique in that we have several medical clinics to serve those who are uninsured. We are blessed by a wonderful climate. The cost of living is low when compared to other areas across the country. Quay County also has natural resources such as water and the wind energy that generates the wind energy farms that recently began operating."
2. What do you see as the future of Quay County?
"I believe Quay County has the resources and power to achieve the county's full potential for economic growth and development now and in the future."
3. What do you see as the biggest problem facing Quay County at this time?
"As a county commissioner within the commission, my concern is strengthening our economic base. As a commission we have worked with other agencies within the city, county and state to promote and encourage industry to locate in our area and for local citizens to venture into business. This will continue to be a struggle too, as we try to maintain and promote economic development. But I also believe that during my term we have seen significant progress. This commission worked as a team with other entities to see the wind energy farms become operational and provide revenue for the county and our schools. In addition, continuing to provide great schools, medical facilities and business opportunities for county residents is also a challenge."
4. How would you go about solving this problem?
"I would encourage that everyone work together well with other entities. I would maintain a leadership relationship with other regional economic development entities including leadership groups in Tucumcari and other nearby communities. I would enhance marketing programs to assist with promoting a positive image of Tucumcari, Quay County, New Mexico for recruitment efforts. I would assist the City of Tucumcari in identifying growth issues impacting economic development. I would support and encourage improvements to city/state highway infrastructure, explore the possibilities of additional rail service to industrial sites. I would assist firms in attracting, recruiting and retaining candidates to Tucumcari."
5. Why are you better suited for this position than your opponents?
"I am passionate about helping others and being involved in my community. It's who I am. My dream for this county is to see economic development flourish and I'm committed to help make that dream happen. During my term, the county has overcome obstacles, for example, the computer crash of 2000 that confronted the commission when I came into office in 2001. We resolved those issues. I am not a person who dwells on what's wrong but I pursue solutions to make things right.
It's been my mission to not only work for what is best for my district but to so what is best for the entire county. When I last won this commission position for District 1, I dedicated the last four years to accomplishing that mission. The success of my commitment is in the new Quay County Family Health Clinic, the Wind Energy Farms, new computer systems and software for county employees, better wages for county employees, infrastructure improvements to county buildings and the commodities program. I was instrumental in acquiring monies through state appropriations for our county.
This commission also was involved in incorporating the Mesalands Community College Rodeo program into the Quay County Fair Exhibit Center, this entity has generated revenue this past year that was sufficient for infrastructure improvements for the first time in many, many years.
These are just a few reasons why I am the best candidate for this position. I am current on all issues the county is currently involved in. I've developed political relationships throughout the county and state that makes me more effective in Santa Fe for county issues and needs and these are just a few reasons I am better suited for this position. Please look at all the positive things that have occurred during my leadership."


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Gaylor Lakes – Saturday, July 26, 2014
The route we walked in green.
Yesterday David and I went to Yosemite to hike the Gaylor Lakes Trail. The trail head is at the Tioga entrance for Yosemite. It's about a 3 mile hike to the middle lake, up to the upper lake and mine then back to the trail head. We left the house at 4:15. At 6:42 we saw plumes of smoke from the 120. At a bathroom stop there was a sign about the closure of Crane Flat, Bridalveil Creek, and Yosemite Creek camp grounds due to fire. 6:42 am Plumes of smoke seen from the 120. The cool morning air felt refreshing when we began the hike up the trail. It was suppose to be a hot day at home so 70+ degrees sounded like heaven. It didn't take long for me to become winded, weak and have a stabbing pain in the center of my chest. At an elevation of 9950 feet and with a rise of 600 feet in a half mile, I was quickly tired. I plugged along with lots of little breaks to catch my breath. It's amazing how fast your strength is sapped with less oxygen. On one of my many rest stops I took this picture of the peaks and Dana Meadow. 7:21 am View from the trail up to the crest. 8:05 am -I was very happy to reach the top of the trail! The view was a stunning reward. Looking down on middle Gaylor Lake. It's only a 200 food drop to the lake which means I only had to climb 200 feet on the way out. I was happy about that! 8:14am – There were lots of fish in the lake. They were jumping high out of the water to catch bugs. I kept trying to get a shot of a fish in the air but this was the best I could capture. 8:33 am -Looking towards the far end of the lake. The water was very pretty before the winds began. 8:39 am – We walked along the lake to the far end. This is looking back, to the right, where the trail met the lake edge. The trail leading to upper Gaylor Lake is at the edge of the mountain's shadow, left of center. Looking left. 8:54 am -We walked a ways past the end of the lake to see what was out of site. We found a good spot to rest and explore for a while. 9:22 am – We decided to look for Granite Lakes. We knew the general direction they were located so we chose the 'monolith' as a destination and started walking. The monolith was a large 'rock' we could both see and identify. We removed our long sleeve T-shirts since the day was warming up. There was a strong, cool, sometimes gusty breeze/wind that kicked up late morning. 9:36 am – We discover a small lake that's drying up. There were teeny-tiny creatures in the water. This little shrimp like being was maybe a quarter inch long?? I didn't see any reptiles. 10 am – A rest stop. David and I photographed some flowers then I found a nice flat granite to recline on as I ate an apple. I photographed south, the direction from which we came. North. The monolith is closer. To the east, the trail leading down from the crest we crossed and a little speck of the lake on the right. While sitting on the pretty pink granite, enjoying my rest, I noticed the flowers and shadows at the corner of my 'bench'. There were several kinds of cute little rodents everywhere. 10:40 am – We find Granite Lakes. They are very pretty! As we stood admiring the lake a flock of seagull looking birds flew high over the peak. And there's the monolith with trees surrounding it! We hiked up to it, turned right and then continued up to the top of the mountain we were on towards upper Gaylor Lake. Looking back at middle Granite Lake where we began. (left side) 10:52 am – The island on Granite Lake looked so inviting. I'd love to camp here if it were allowed, but it's not. Frown. 11:13 am – We began walking east to find upper Gaylor Lake. When I stopped here I could see middle Gaylor Lake, below, Granite Lake to my right and upper Gaylor lake to my left. Below, Granite Lake center and right. Upper Gaylor Lake. 11:28 am – And then there's David, waiting for me while I photograph wildflowers. The peak to the left is the one above Granite Lakes, Dave's facing upper Gaylor Lake that lies below. 11:48 am – We walked down to upper Gaylor Lake, followed the path along the edge of the lake then decided to hike up the insanely steep, hot trail to the ruins of the Great Sierra Mine that was built in the 1870's. I've hiked half way up and while taking one of my MANY rests, I photograph the trail below and above. Looking up at the remaining half of the trail to get to the mine ruins. 12:00 pm – Made it to the top!! An old stone building sits at the top of the trail. In view are upper and middle Gaylor Lakes. The wind made beautiful patterns on the water. There are a few crumbling stone huts and a mine shaft that isn't fenced off. The poles down in the mine shaft looked like telephone poles. My picture doesn't give the feeling of how big the hole was. 1:04 pm – Lunch! We had lunch at the edge of upper Gaylor Lake. I brought roast beef sandwiches that tasted so good. I'd toasted and buttered the bread and put only the meat on. I put tomato and lettuce in separate baggies so the sandwiches didn't get soggy. We'd stopped to snack and drink along the way but I was starving. Scarves are the most useful and versatile clothing accessory, especially at nap time. The sound of lapping water was like music. And the smell of the high mountains is intoxicating. I couldn't get enough of it. Someone should make a perfume that smells like the high country. 1:32 pm- The aliens are arriving. Lunch time entertainment. 2:11 pm – After lunch and a rest we hike back to the middle lake. We saw two marmots close to the trail. Looking back at the lake as we hike the 200 feet up to the crest. The water was very choppy from the wind. In the distance you can see the smoke from the Yosemite fire. 2:29 pm – The top of the crest. Looking down on Dana Meadows. Our car is 600 feet below and I'm so happy it's all down hill. We saw a beautiful buck with a large antler and several noisy Clarks Nutcrackers. We decided to drop down to Lee Vining for a cup of coffee and to see how the clouds were shaping up. It might turn out to be a great sunset. We sat in one location for a while while I painted a small watercolor and David read his book. We then moved to another location for the second painting. I'm sorry I din't take a reference photo before I began. The tufa were a beautiful grey and then they lit up. I preferred the grey. 6:04 pm – While sitting at Mono Lake I decided to check my phone to see if I had reception. I had reception so I was looking for something on Facebook when I noticed I had a notification from the Mariposa Fire group. They were discussing the fire in El Portal and that the 120 would be closed. That put us into immediate action! We'd just learned the 395 running through Lee Vining was closed just north of us due to a hazmat spill. That meant our other option would be to drive 4.5 hours south to Bakersfield and 3 hours north to Mariposa. I didn't relish the thought of driving for hours since I was a dirt ball from the hike. More importantly I worried about the dogs not getting their dinner. The dogs' dinner is nothing compared to what the people of Foresta and El Portal are dealing with right now. The dogs dinner is a mundane, everyday occurrence that's been yanked away from the people of the fire. And our long drive home is a gift compared to what the people in the path of the fire are dealing with right now. I called the Highway Patrol. The 120/Crane Flat intersection would be closed to southbound traffic, which took us to the 140 for Mariposa. We would be able to turn north, drive through Groveland, drop down the the 49 and head south for home. We weren't at ease until we were on the 120. We feared the entire road might be closed before we got there and we'd have to turn around and drive an hour back to Lee Vining. 7:18 pm – Tuolumne Meadow, smoke and clouds. 7:30 pm – A little ways past Olmstead Point. 7:39 pm – The Yosemite fire we'd seen in the morning. There was much more smoke due to the El Portal Fire. 7:50 pm – Smoke blots out the sun. A short time later the sun lowered and the forest was lit with beautiful golden light. 8:20 pm – Heading north on 120. The smoke filled air made a beautiful sunset that lasted after dark. As we drove through the burned out area from the devastating Rim Fire, the charred, stark black trees and colorful sunset were quite a visual scene. It was a relief to head south on 49, we knew we'd be home in an hour or so.


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Even though the Opening Ceremony for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi still awaits, the competition is already underway. One of the events on Day 1 was pairs short-program figure skating as a part of the new team event.
The host nation of Russia is expecting big things over the next couple weeks, and its figure skating pair certainly got things off to a rousing start with an outstanding run. They were far from the only team to put their best foot forward on the Olympic stage, though.
Let's check out how the 10 pairs stacked up after several well-rounded programs and recap all the action from the Iceberg Skating Palace.
Competition Results
|Team Points
|Tatiana Volosozhar & Maxim Trankov
|Meagan Duhamel & Eric Radford
|Peng Cheng & Zhang Hao
|Stefania Berton & Ondrej Hotarek
|Marissa Castelli & Simon Shnapir
|Maylin Wende & Daniel Wende
|Vanessa James & Morgan Cipres
|Narumi Takahashi & Ryuichi Kihara
|Julia Lavrentieva & Yuri Rudyk
|Stacey Kemp & David King
Japan's Narumi Takahashi and Ryuichi Kihara got the competition started. A very young tandem at just 22 and 21 years old respectively, the pair seemed to lack rhythm throughout. Their lack of experience, both as a team and on the major stage, likely played a major role in that.
They didn't make any crucial mistakes, however, which helped them salvage a decent score. As TSN Skate points out, this discipline of the event was expected to check in as the weakest for Japan:
Takahashi and Kihara score a 46.56 this is the weakest discipline of the Japanese team here— TSN Skate (@SkateTSN) February 6, 2014
Stacey Kemp and David King from Great Britain viewed their tremendous chemistry as an advantage coming into the Olympics. Colin Bateman of the Daily Express passed along comments from King, who said their natural connection creates work for other teams:
We have a connection that a lot of teams strive for. It definitely also helps at times when we can go home and plan what we will be doing and casually talk through things that other teams have to plan to prepare for.
That was evident throughout most of their routine, but a couple mistakes on key throws ended up costing them. Above all else, it seemed like nerves played a role as they couldn't come together at the big moments to vault them up the standings.
Which nation is your pick to win the team event?
Julia Lavrentieva and Yuri Rudyk of Ukraine followed with an average performance. Much like the Japanese pair, there were some hiccups along the way but they avoided any potential disaster in order to salvage a respectable score.
The competition began to heat up starting with the German tandem of Maylin and Daniel Wende. They were the first team to really find a rhythm, stringing their routine together well, and the judges rewarded them with a score that cracked 60.
Despite the nice showing, the German lead didn't last for long as Peng Cheng and Zhang Hao of China shined. They put together a routine that was very good from a technical standpoint. NBC Olympics' Rachel Lutz noted their score was a new high:
Peng Cheng and Zhang Hao put up a score of 71.01 (personal best!) for China in the #figureskating #teamevent #Sochi2014— Rachel Lutz (@rchlltz) February 6, 2014
The United States followed with Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir. They faced some added pressure after the great run by China. Although they weren't able to match it, the pair was able to complete a great routine, highlighted by a seamless death-spiral transition and a great throw.
U.S. Figure Skating provided word the run amounted to a season-best score:
. @MarissaCastelli and @SimonShnapir of #TeamUSA earn 64.25 points, a new season's best and are into second place. #TeamUSA— U.S. Figure Skating (@USFigureSkating) February 6, 2014
At that point, it appeared the pairs were each building off each other's positive momentum. But then there was a break to resurface the ice, and when the competition continued the France pair struggled to find their rhythm.
A couple mistakes ended up getting strung together during the fast-paced routine and it prevented Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres from coming close to their potential.
Canada didn't suffer a similar letdown. Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford hit every key point in their routine with very few flaws along the way. They knew a near perfect run was necessary to take over the lead and delivered.
Skate Canada applauded the effort:
Beautiful and emotional short program performance from Meagan Duhamel & Eric Radford! They score 73.10 points! #CanadaSkates #Sochi2014— Skate Canada (@SkateCanada) February 6, 2014
Stefania Berton and Ondrej Hotarek of Italy followed with a short program that at least forced the Canadians onto the edge of their seat until the scores were revealed. The result was a season high, but not enough to overcome Canada, as TSN Skate noted:
Berton/Hotarek score a 70.31 and a new season best for them and they sit 4th. So Canada assured of at least 9 points.— TSN Skate (@SkateTSN) February 6, 2014
The crowd, which was only moderately involved throughout most of the competition, came alive for the final pair—Russia's own Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov. The immense crowd support is always something special for athletes from the host nation.
It was enough to fuel the Russian pair into first place with a score that left every other team in the dust. They were simply a step above the rest.


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The summer has swiftly been passing us by. I was happy to realize that the Company dancers will be back in Milwaukee in just over a month to start our season. However I'm ecstatic to see one of my favorite annual performances from Milwaukee Ballet School return on July 31--EMERGENCE 2009.
EMERGENCE is a performance from 150 pre-professional dancers from three nations and 20 states participating in Milwaukee Ballet's annual Summer Intensive program. The show is packed with original, classical and contemporary choreography all at the beautiful Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts in Brookfield. Special thanks to Jefferson Wells and Cedar Street Advisors for their support of this performance.
I urge everyone to check out this show because I can guarantee that many of these young dancers will be making a career out of ballet for themselves very soon. And local audiences may even see a few join the Nancy Einhorn Milwaukee Ballet II program for the coming season.
Congratulations to all of our students in Milwaukee Ballet's 2009 Summer Intensive program. Your wise investment will benefit you in so many ways that one would never expect.
Michael Pink, Artistic Director


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An Interview with Eamonn Walker
Eamonn Walker began his career as a dancer, but when a leg operation forced him to give it up, he turned to his second love: acting. In 1983 he played a punk in the working-class musical Labelled with Love. Both television and film work followed, including a stint as a regular on the BBC sitcom In Sickness and In Health (1985-'87) and the theatrical release Shopping (1994).
In 1997 Walker began working with producer Tom Fontana on the HBO prison series Oz. He was also featured in Homicide: The Movie (2000), the television return of Barry Levinson and Fontana's honored NBC series.
He recently appeared in the drug-themed film Once in the Life (2001) with Annabella Sciorra and Laurence Fishburne (who also wrote, produced, and directed).
Walker recently spoke with Helen Barrington, project manager at WGBH/Boston's Culture Desk.
What appealed to you about the role of Othello in this particular film?
What appealed to me was basically the fact that it was Othello, and Othello is such a wonderful part for any actor to play. Throughout my career, even as a very young actor, people have always said to me that they would like to see my Othello. They could see something of him in me, I suppose.
I knew from all the different shows I'd seen -- plays, films -- that there was always an element missing. That came from the iambic pentameter that Shakespeare demands. You need that control. Certain actors and directors get so caught up in getting that rhythm right, they miss out on the great love affair, the love that we all want.
On a human level, I knew I wanted to make that very different. Andrew Davies actually enhanced that. In fact, we go into the bedroom with Othello and Desdemona, which you never see in the play.
So the love story is being handled in the way that Andrew Davies did. Plus, he was dealing with a London problem: the Metropolitan Police and death within custody. This is a big issue for Britain. The fact is that [Davies] fused those two stories together so well you can't even see the seam. He took away the war of Cyprus and Turkey and added that instead.
I thought that this is the one I want to do. This is what would make my Othello very, very different.
Are you saying that you think Shakespeare's language got in the way?
No, it's not Shakespeare's language. Shakespeare was a man of the people. He was right in and of his environment at that time. That's how everybody spoke.
What has happened with theater productions is... with actors being creative and seeing themselves in a particular light, they've gotten caught up in the language thing of, "We work with words" -- that type of thing.
And so they've taken away in actual fact from what Shakespeare actually intended. When Shakespeare wrote, he wrote for the people. I know he got commissioned by kings and queens, but he also actually was writing plays for people to go and see, to take them on a journey of recognition so that they could see themselves within the characters on the stage. We as actors and theater companies and film companies have forgotten that. That's what I'm saying.
Did you have a hope that in doing this role you might in some way help advance racial understanding in Great Britain?
Well, that's how I see myself as an actor. When you look at Eamonn Walker as an actor and the work that he does, one of the key decisions is always how do I affect people with this piece? It's not only on a racial level; it's on a human level.
Now, I don't know if you can hope that something can be changed by this particular production, but what you can hope for is that you plant a seed in somebody's brain -- maybe a person of power who is able to do something about it. You can hope that they can turn around and make a difference in the society that we are living in. That's basically what we do as playwrights, as directors, as actors: We shine a mirror on to society for them to look into. If they see something they don't like, then it's up to them to change it.
So hopefully, yes, something will change or move along a little further from where it already is. I can't tell what's going to happen, but I certainly hope that it does spark something in somebody.
What were the challenges of performing this particular Othello?
Othello is a challenging role anyway, if not this particular version. The emotional journey that Othello goes on in discovering his darker side, the green-eyed monster of jealously rising up within, makes him a completely unreasonable, irrational man. He is consumed by this jealousy.
It was difficult for me to travel to the darker sides of my nature and discover and look at and then put it back into this character of Othello. That's what's great about Shakespeare: He latches on to that part of human nature and shows it in full flight. This particular version of Othello -- every version of Othello, actually -- it's like, "Beware of this story! Don't let this feeling, this thought process go too far, because this is where it can end up."
This is an extreme. Therefore this makes this story a tragedy. It's one of the greatest tragedies Shakespeare ever wrote. That's what I love about Shakespeare's writing. For me he is, as I said, a man of the people. You feel it in your gut. It's an emotional roller coaster of a ride. Hopefully everybody will get something from that.
If you love another person enough, you could actually imagine feeling that level of jealousy.
Oh, yeah, every single person walking this earth. I mean, you've only got to go to the penitentiary and ask the inmates how many of them are there for crimes of passion.... And in that moment, that awful, horrible moment, they do something terrible and end up in jail.
A lot of people don't end up in jail, but it is all around us. It's not that much of an extreme. You don't have to go very far to find it.
The issue of betrayal has played some very important roles throughout human history.
Yes, definitely. I don't know if everybody gets this when they watch it. For me, one of the strongest things about the film is the very first line of the film: "It was about love."
People feel, "Oh, we know the Othello story; it's the love between this Othello guy and this Dessie woman." But in actual fact it's also the love of these two men for each other, their love and respect for each other. It goes awry and takes a bad turn. We give you Iago's -- or Jago's -- thinking in a much clearer fashion. We've cut away some of the prose and poetics in Shakespeare's play and given you a reason of why Iago is on this path.
It's a lot more complicated when you're looking at the play. When you have the language you really do have to think. We give you the story. We don't give you the play, and we don't give you the theatrics. We make it as real as we possibly can so that you can understand the main thread that's going through these people and that they love each other dearly.
As they always say, there's a really thin line between love and hate. Jago and Othello, they love each other that much. It's a strictly platonic relationship, but it goes deep. They've been on battlefields together, they've worked other riots together and policed London, and all of a sudden here they are.
Somebody has a deep desire for something else that his friend doesn't know about. That is a tragedy. Love disappears and enables this man to ruin this other man's life by taking away the thing that he loves most. It's a great tragedy, isn't it?
How does this production of Othello reflect what's going on in Britain today?
It's talking about our society. It's talking about Britain and how we view people within it; how hard it is to be a policeman in this country; how hard it is and how it's unexpected for a young black man in his prime to be offered the most powerful position in the country, as the first black commissioner of police. It's a reality that has not happened yet.
Our police force in Britain is very different from the police force in the States. Very few black people join. They have their reasons, but there's definitely a lack of trust in how things go -- not that you don't have that problem in the States, too; it just manifests itself in a slightly different way.
I'm sure this Othello is going to make a lot of people think about how the political system is run, how the police is run, about people living on the street, about mixed relationships that they see around them.... It's going to hit them on many, many levels. If they've got any kind of heart inside of them, they're going to have to turn around and go, "Oh, my God. These two people loved each other. They didn't see each other's color, they just saw each other, and they were the best for each other and were helping each other move forward, and then along came this man with a horrible nasty idea and ruined it."
Do you think the British public will experience some sort of nervous self-reflection in watching this, as in "Is this who we really are?"
I definitely hope so, because that's my job. Whether they actually get there and see it is another thing, because that's the work. Once you take them on a journey and you pull out the seed, you have to wait, watch, and see if it grows.
I'm sure some of the seeds will fall on stony ground, but hopefully some of them will fall into very nice, soft, fertilized earth and grow, and then those people will have a decision to make about how they live the rest of their lives... whether they just turn around and accept the status quo because that's the way it is. These are dilemmas people face every day.
Is a television play a more palatable way to raise the issues of race in modern-day London?
Yes, this is definitely an easier way in. But because it's a television drama, people will also, hopefully, just get caught up with the love story, and the other messages within the piece will subliminally sneak into their brains. I really do hope that people reflect and think about how they live their lives and the effect that they have on the society they live in. Yes, definitely yes. We can only hope.
Does this kind of role make you cynical or distrustful of relationships, or does it give you a different perspective on your own life?
It doesn't give me a different perspective. I have my perspective. I have done a lot of work internally to find out who I am, what voice Eamonn Walker has and how he wants to put it out there. It doesn't make me more cynical; actually, it makes me very optimistic.
I've started to get reactions from people who have seen the film, and I've found that people are changing or at least taken onboard how it actually ends up. What they do with their everyday decisions about how they walk this world is down to them. You leave it with them to show courage as they breathe each breath.
It's a fine line. Each individual has to deal with that as they move forward. It's like that saying, when you get wise you can't go back, but your life is definitely harder. I know that through working this way, I get an immense amount of satisfaction when I see people's lives change. My life was changed by Sidney Poitier in In the Heat of the Night. That's how powerful the medium is; I know it works. So I'm largely optimistic.
Did you work with Shakespeare's text at all in creating this film?
Yes. There's no way you couldn't, really. Although it's a modern version, we had to know. We've made nips and cuts all over the place in this particular film, but we're still telling the main part of the story. Plus we added this whole new element. I had to know the Shakespeare Othello like the back of my hand, and the emotional journey within it. I studied it, I read it, I listened to it, I went and saw a production of it, and then I divorced myself from it to try to make the film that we were making. That was all part of the research and part of the work.
It's very powerful.
Thank you. I take that as a large compliment. For me, the real praise goes to Andrew Davies for having the courage to put pen to paper and put these thoughts down and look at people in the society that he lives in. There is a clear, honest voice that is hard to script, that is unmistakable, and I thank him for thinking of me. The real praise is to Andrew Davies for writing the script, because it's a great adaptation.
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Staying at home with your child is one of the most important things that God is asking of you right now. Being a wife and stay-at-home mother is not to be looked at as something inferior. You have made the right decision to stay at home, even though there are some sacrifices. The problem nowadays is that we do not hear the word "sacrifice" anymore. Being with your child at such a tender age is what God wishes of you. As many of us with married children and grandchildren will tell you–they grow so fast and it is so important to be with them to nurture them and teach them about Jesus and Mary.
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Nice review Mike. I am still waiting to see what you think of the Audeze LCD-2's compaired with your other high end cans.
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I have played my HD650 through my MCD500 and C46.
Both are very good. However I can't see using headphones unless someone else is doing something very quiet like studying for something important or sleeping or guests are overnight and I feel like listening to music.
I would much rather listen to speakers.
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Mike, The 650's definitely benefit from some break in time. A bit stiff and formal out of the box. Plus some good custom cables can make a big difference in their sound.
Here are my 650's with new cables:
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"They've kind of come and gone over the years, and they'll get shuffled around occasionally," said Judge Thomas Marcelain. "But I don't know who's doing it. I've never added to it, and I've never seen anyone add a penny or take one away."
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Welcome to the University Libraries Physician Assistant research guide. I hope it will bring you and a wide range of resources together, and help you to find and enjoy all that our library has to offer. This guide is a work in progress, and I welcome suggestions for improvement. Please email me if you have comments or suggestions for improvement.
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