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Celtics-Kings Game Blog: Third QuarterWednesday, January 28th, 2009
And we're back. What can the Celtics do for an encore after dropping 40 points on the Kings in the second quarter? Let's find out…
THIRD QUARTER WRAP: Sacramento cut into the lead ever so slightly and are now down 16 points, 92-76. Rajon Rondo and Kevin Garnett took care of the bulk of the scoring for the C's as they ran the same post-up, give-and-go over and over again.
The first few minutes of the fourth will tell us whether we'll have a game or extended garbage time.
Third Quarter Observations
— The bench scored 34 points in the first half. Remember when they couldn't do anything right?
— Have to say that I like Jason Thompson. He's got a nice touch and he's quick off the floor. For a small-school player he seems fairly unintimidated as well. Geoff Petrie has made some questionable trades over the last few years but he has drafted well.
— KG and Rondo are running the give-and-go like Larry and Walton tonight.
— Between them Garnett and Rondo have scored 32 points and handed out 14 assists. Now, a good number of those assists have led to points by the other so this isn't entirely apt, but together they have generated 60 points. The Kings have scored 62.
— Here's another odd one. The Celtics have scored 86 points and Pierce does not have a made field goal and Perkins has not even attempted a shot.
— Awesome offensive performance by the Celtics tonight, but I don't think they're going to be too happy about their defense. Sure it's nit-picking in a blowout, but the Kings are shooting 49 percent and are 7-for-16 from 3-point range.
— So, the Kings have this one down to a dozen. What's the point when a team is officially back in a game? Ten points is the standard measure but that's just because it's a nice round number. I think the number is actually closer to 12 because a couple of 3-pointers can slice that lead in half.

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text: I have been trying to check my hive every two weeks, but I'm wondering if it would be okay to not check it at all unless I think something is wrong. My bees always attach the comb to the side of the hive, and to get the bar out I have to cut it away. This REALLY upsets them, honey flows everywhere, and it makes me a nervous wreck! I feel like I'm destroying their home and wasting their honey just to have a look. They have built out about 14 bars, about four of solid honey and then the beginning of the brood nest, and that's about as far as I got on the last check. I saw the queen, didn't see any small hive beetles or mites, saw larvae in different stages, so I stopped and put it back together without ever getting into the main part of the brood nest at the front of the hive. The bees are so upset by this point that it's hard to put the bars back together without squishing a few, and then they have to spend the day cleaning up all the spilled honey. I'm also worried that, since it's over 100 just about every day here in Texas the last few weeks, that they are attaching to the sides to give the comb more support, and then I come along and cut it off! I really enjoy my bees and am perfectly content to watch them every day and not open the hive up very often at all, but I don't want to be neglectful. Any advice would be helpful!


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I can't WAIT until Nina is home too!!!!
oh no what did kellsey get into that her face broke out in the last pic.
We don't know... we're trying to make it go away. It's a trial and error process at this point.
Pretty much everything is new for her, right? Give her time! Her poor tummy has a lot of adjusting to do! Did they say anything about watching her diet for a while?
Nope... we know nothing about what she ate there unfortunately. Our translator was sick the day Kellsey left her baby home so Frank wasn't able to ask any questions.
Renee do you have a glass door as well as a wood door? Looks like there is a reflection behind Kellsey
Yes, we have a glass storm door and then our actual front door is metal... which is odd, but the kids love it because they can put magnets on it! LOL
Does Frank report for work on Monday? I just can't imagine all the transitions ahead for you all.
Frank is off until Friday :o).
I'm always kind of curious about this when I hear about adoptions, so I'll just go ahead and ask.. are you planning to ever tell Kellsey that she was adopted?
Yes, when she's older we will tell her her story and show her pictures from Ukraine. We see no point in keeping it a secret, there's no shame in being adopted, and I'm sure Kass and Kam will tell her all about it anyway! :)
We are praying for a little one to find her forever family, but I don't think adoption is for us - did you ever feel this way?
At first, yes, I felt like there was NO way we could handle another child, but we prayed about it a lot and God clearly spoke to our hearts. That being said, adoption is not for everyone, but there are SO many ways you can help! You can read my post here about that.
How is she doing with the kids at school today?
Today went well! Kellsey and Keeghan had a lot of fun playing together! :)
They are so cute together! Do you have moderately matching outfits for all three girls?
LOL Not really... the outfits they had on this morning were actually both Kennedy's. She has 3 of the same outfit in different colors. I haven't really bought Kellsey ANY clothes yet except for the outfit she's going to wear for our family pictures... and Kassidy's will coordinate then :).
Do you have her in a crib or a bed? She probably learned early on that crying doesn't do much good. Jet lag and a new house though definitely makes it difficult too I'm sure. So are you getting Keeghan and Kellsey on the same nap time? Or trying to at least. Are you still pinching yourself making sure this is all real? Everytime I see you post I just can't believe it's real ;).
She is in a toddler bed. And yes they are on the same nap time which is nice! Still can't believe she's actually here!!! It's awesome! Even if I AM tired! LOL
Don't you wonder what's going on inside her sweet little head, what she's thinking? Although I imagine it's something along the lines of "I am the luckiest girl in the world!!!"
LOL Either that or, "These people are ALL nuts! They don't even speak my language!" hahaha
How is Frank doing? I bet he is glad to be back home. He was gone a long time!!
Yes he is very glad to be home! He spent the day catching up on his TV shows :).
Has Kellsey started saying any english words yet?
Only "bye bye", but she's understanding more and more, which is good! We're using lots of visual cues along with our words, so that's helping, I'm sure.
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- ♥Lisa♥ @ FinalScore:Boys3Girls2 said...
Our door is metal too. (its only weird to us Cali's,;) lol) we put magnets on it too. haha
- Monday, December 7, 2009 at 5:40:00 PM MST
- Ande said...
You could tell her that she was "hand picked"
P.S. I just got my first iPod :)
- Monday, December 7, 2009 at 5:43:00 PM MST
- Ande said...
You could tell her that she was "hand picked"
P.S. I just got my first iPod :)
- Monday, December 7, 2009 at 5:43:00 PM MST
- gillian said...
Let me know if you need any more food ideas. We got Evie's schedule with what she ate.
Funny, we can't imagine her eating half of what they wrote. Stuff like a hamburger pattie, etc... Evie is a very picky eater. Ugh.
Oh I forget to mention apple sauce earlier. Evie loves apple sauce.
- Monday, December 7, 2009 at 6:29:00 PM MST
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- Monday, December 7, 2009 at 8:09:00 PM MST
- The Roberts' said...
Hi Renee! Man, I can't express to you HAPPY I am to see Kellsey home! It feels like it isn't even real! Everytime I read your blog, I just HAVE to read back a few posts, JUST to make sure that she really is home! =]
I was wondering though, do they celebrate Christmas in the Ukraine? If so, Kellsey's orphanage probably didn't do a whole lot about, huh? Does she know anything about Christmas? I bet your probably VERY happy to have her home for Christmas!
- Monday, December 7, 2009 at 8:09:00 PM MST
- Kelly said...
Hi Renee
I don't know if this will help you but the standard Ukraine/East European diet is a lot of soup(with root vegetables), potato and bread, some meat- mostly cheaper cuts of poultry and pork. There is not usually too many fruits, especially in the winter months. Breakfast,even in homes, is usually a type of cereal- kind of like cream of wheat, and kefir which is an unsweetened yogurt drink.Oh and for drinking its usually water or tea(hot or lukewarm) and sometimes milk for children. Hope this helps :) And Welcome Home Kellsey!! <3
- Monday, December 7, 2009 at 8:32:00 PM MST
- mom2natnkatncj said...
Are you still calling her Vika to get her attention? Or now that she's home are you saying Kellsey more. It's too bad once you committed to her you couldn't have gotten her care givers to start using the name you would give her. But then again it's all a new beginning for her, right?
I'm waiting on my friend from Poland to give me some recipes ;).
- Monday, December 7, 2009 at 9:30:00 PM MST
- Stephanie Cerqua said...
Yay! Kellsey is home! She is super cute and I'm glad she's doing so well with her new brothers and sisters.
Anyway, I also wanted to comment so you could have my marathon/training blog. I will try and update it more than I have been and I plan on doing my next update here soon with information on my Honored Heroes (Kennedy!) I will add you to my "followed" blogs (if that's what it is called...I'm new at this whole blogging thing!)
Talk to you soon! :)
- Monday, December 7, 2009 at 11:48:00 PM MST
- Lynn said...
Know that the Lord is always with you whatever happens! Praying!
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- Monday, December 7, 2009 at 11:56:00 PM MST
Hi Renee,
I have a question - how's Kellsey going with the change of name? Are you still calling her Vika or does she understand that she is now known as Kellsey? :)
I'm so touched by the story of your adoption - thank you so much for sharing it with us.
- Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 8:58:00 AM MST


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I left for Maha Sarakham on 26th August from Khon Kaen. All went well in the beginning. I managed to find a cheap place to stay and it seemed a nice little town. Then things started to go wrong. The previous day (which was my last day in Khon Kaen) i felt fatigued, which i thought was from the previous day's long riding and trekking at Phu Wiang National park, however, in actual fact, it was the beginning of a really bad cold with flu like symptoms which came out in full effect the day i arrived in Maha Sarakham. Excuse the crude analagy, but i felt rougher than a rhino's cock. So, i spent a couple of days here layed up in bed most of the time, overdosing on Vitiman C tablets, nurofen and other medicins. Though i could have forced myself to have done a few day trips if i'd wanted to, been a small town, bike hire was non-existant. So the 2 Khmer ruins (Ku Mahathat and Ku Santarat) as well as 2 forest parks (Chi Long forest park and Dun Lam Phan forest) i'd wanted to visit in this area, i wasn't able to do anyway
It's the first time i've been ill since my time here in Thailand. Still, i got to see part of the town of Maha Sarakham, it's just a shame it had no bikes for hire, otherwise i'd have hung around longer to see the places i wanted to see. Anyway, on the 28th Aug i left for Roi-Et which is east of here.
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Upon arriving in Roi Et, i was feeling 90% better, so convinced nothing else could go wrong, what happens?... munching away on an apple, a back tooth that's been playing up recently decides to break. Hopefuly it can wait until i return home to sort out as i don't really want to spend a lot of money and consequently, loose a week out here for a tooth. We'll see how it goes.
Anyway, i got a cheap room here, but again, motorbike hire is a big no-no
Another place i visited was Wat Buraphaphiram. As well as the main temple, it hosts a 60metre high buddha statue depicted in the pose of "giving blessing" and is actually the largest buddha statue in Thailand in this particular pose.
So after seeing the above and having no bike to go farther afield, i left Roi-Et earlier than planned and headed north to Kalasin.


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Brooks: Hey, Obama told me shovel-ready jobs didn't exist last year
posted at 5:15 pm on October 16, 2010 by Ed Morrissey
And of course, this wouldn't have been news all the time while Barack Obama kept claiming that these "shovel ready jobs" had prosperity just around the corner, right? Brooks says that the admission came in an off-the-record session with the President, which kept him from reporting it. I wonder if Brooks or anyone else would have been that particular had George Bush admitted "off the record" that he knew Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction in 2003 or 2004, while continuing to make the argument that the war was necessary because of them. What happened to sourcing as "a senior administration official"? Did it not occur to Brooks that Obama was lying about these jobs over the past year to defend his economic policies, and that Brooks might have had a responsibility to make that known? Good to know that the New York Times prints all the news that fits — its agenda.
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DAVID BROOKS, NYT: Yes. Well, I shouldn't have confessed this. He said this to me off the record about a year ago. But it hasn't…
JIM LEHRER: Off the record? So, then you can't talk about it.
DAVID BROOKS: Yes, because Peter Baker is a better journalist than I am, because I couldn't get him to go on the record with that thing.
JIM LEHRER: He said this to you a year ago?
DAVID BROOKS: It was obvious. I mean, you are trying to build a stimulus package. And when they were trying to build it, believe me, they would have loved to have filled it with infrastructure jobs. But the projects just didn't exist. They couldn't do it. They couldn't find them.
When can we expect the media to run with "Obama lied and the economy died"? The Boss Emeritus has more thoughts on this as well.
By the way, here's the administration still claiming progress through shovel-ready jobs on June 17, 2010, and on the first anniversary of Porkulus. In December 2009, Obama insisted that he was ensuring that shovel-ready jobs were actually shovel-ready:
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. Thank you. Please be seated. We want to make sure we get in as much discussion as possible in the remaining time that we have.
I hope everybody enjoyed the breakout sessions. I had the opportunity to attend two of them for quite some time and enjoyed some terrific conversation and some great ideas.
I heard a great deal of challenges this afternoon about — or a great deal this afternoon about the challenges that we're all facing, for businesses large and small, when it comes to trying to create jobs. There's no question that it is difficult out there right now. But we also heard some exciting ideas and proposals for how we can spur hiring today and lay the groundwork for sustainable economic growth in the future. In other words, ideas that help us in the short term but also point us in the direction of rebuilding the country.
I attended two of the sessions — one on infrastructure, where there was broad agreement that the infrastructure in America is not where it needs to be and we've got enormous investments to make. We got some good, hardheaded feedback from people like Doug Holtz-Eakin and others about how we have to do this more effectively — how can we measure the costs and benefits of infrastructure investment; how can we make sure that shovel ready actually means shovel ready; how can there be more effective coordination between federal, state, and local governments in order to maximize the benefits of our infrastructure spending. And there was considerable amount of discussion about how we can leverage the private sector to boost our infrastructure spending.
Sounds as though Brooks' information shows that the administration has lied all along. But at the Times, that's not news.
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why r u guys so mean to her yu dont know the first thing about u guys r so immature she is famous not like u guys so stop saying those stuff about people it might make you feel happy but u dont know how she feels when she reads your guys stupid coments and that is coming from a adult.
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Please spare those of us who have lost all respect for Miley. She is nasty, vulgar and I don't know why she just does not go on and do what she obviously seems to want be doing anyway and just become a porn star? I am wondering where the censors are and how she is getting away with the vulgarity that goes beyond anything we ever dreamed her capable of as a human begin. Thank you God that some of the truly intelligent and REAL talents out there like Carrie Underwood who is beautiful on the outside and inside and have stayed true to the values their fans deserve. Sadly, it is too late to go back now, so porn is probably the only future she has in the business. The tattoos?! Why would a beautiful woman want to permanently scar and ruin her looks? The people and audience who made her famous in the first place did not deserve this behavior.
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Frequently there is discussion about upper/top hive entrances and their benefits on this forum (and now detailed in Michael Bushs book on page 329). Last summer I converted my nine hives to upper entrances and finally had a decent honey harvest from my older hives.
I built upper entrances with a landing board that can quickly be placed between the hive bodies and the supers -- I do not use queen excluders. During the process of coming up with a design I looked at several of Joe Clemens designs (boy do I appreciate his CAD expertise!), the Imirie shim, and in the bee supply catalogs for options. My design is different than most that I have seen. It is constructed from 5 pieces of wood per the attached graphic. I make the opening about 20 in length, slightly longer than the standard 19 7/8 hive box, so that it fits easily on the hive box and there is a crack for a rain gutter on the front edge. As long as the two long shims are cut from good wood the frame is very sturdy.
Contact me if you have questions or need additional information.
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The absolute classic surf film. A must see for all surfers. When surfing is thought of, the endless summer should come to mind, and when the endless summer is thought of bliss. Director, narrator, and surfer Bruce Brown captures the sport in its greatest glory. Following the summer around the world, finding the best surf spots with the warm waters of and endless paradise.
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I have a quick question about my hive if you could help. I have read that the bees like enclosed places, and that one of the biggest risks to a top bar hive is them abandoning it (people speculate because it is because of the big open space of a top bar). So, I've divided mine into thirds, with a 3/4 inch hole going from each section. Should I drill move holes than this for them to traverse the hive, or is this enough?
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Police investigating homicide in Columbia
23-year-old man died at the hospital after he was shot
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Columbia police are investigating a homicide in which the victim was shot. They were called to a home in the 2000 block of Newton Drive at around 11:30 p.m. Thursday.
Their investigation revealed that a woman had arrived at the home and found a man lying on the floor with a gunshot wound.
Dontay Tolston, 23, was taken to a hospital and later pronounced dead. Police said they have contacted his next of kin. There has been no other information released at this time.
Police said they are interviewing a lot of people in the area and looking at surveillance video from nearby businesses. They said they have a lot of questions themselves. Police hope some of those are answered soon. An autopsy was performed Friday morning.
Police are still wanting any piece of information they can get. They ask if you have information about this incident, call CrimeStoppers at (573) 874-8477.
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Constable depicted a scene on the outskirts of Hampstead, with sheep grazing on the hill on the left, and with the sun shining through clouds that promise summer rain. He adopted a high viewpoint looking across a great stretch of country towards Kilburn windmill. Reynolds has suggested that it is a sketch and dated around 1830 because Constable painted it in a similar fashion to Hampstead Heath with London in the distance c.1827–30 .
However, Leslie Parris and Ian Fleming-Williams maintain that this is a finished cabinet picture from Constable's early years at Hampstead, around 1820–21, when he stayed at nearby Lower Terrace (Tate 1991, p. 218). They suggest that 'with prominent tree, the shepherd with his dog and flock, and the view to the fields below with its minutely observed figures and cattle, this is one of Constable's more Suffolk-looking Hampstead works' (ibid.). They particularly draw attention to Constable's achievement in painting the sunlit windmill and the way he masterfully integrated the sky into the landscape.
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Osage County Sheriff under investigation for harassment, stalking
OSAGE COUNTY, Mo. - The Missouri State Highway Patrol is conducting a preliminary investigation into allegations against Osage County Sheriff Michael Dixon.
Sheriff Dixon is accused of harassing a Maries County woman. Courtney Duncan Mahaney claims Dixon stalked and harassed her.
Dixon appeared in court Wednesday for the case, but sources close to the sheriff say the allegations are false and unfounded. The sheriff will also continue to go about his duties in Osage County.
Maries County Sheriff Chris Heitman says his office received the complaint from the Belle Police Department last week.
Heitman investigated the complaint then turned it over to the Highway Patrol Wednesday.
Highway Patrol Sgt. Paul Reinsch told ABC 17 News that the Maries County Sheriff asked the patrol to begin the investigation.
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text: Article | Journal of Public Economics | June 2014 Charitable Giving When Altruism and Similarity Are Linked Julio J. Rotemberg This paper presents a model in which anonymous charitable donations are rationalized by two human tendencies drawn from the psychology literature. The first is people's disproportionate disposition to help those they agree with, while the second is the dependence of peoples' self-esteem on the extent to which they perceive that others agree with them. Government spending crowds out the charity that ensues from these forces only modestly. Moreover, people's donations tend to rise when others donate. In some equilibria of the model, poor people give little because they expect donations to come mainly from richer individuals. In others, donations by poor individuals constitute a large fraction of donations, and this raises the incentive for poor people to donate. The model predicts that under some circumstances, charities with identical objectives can differ by obtaining funds from distinct donor groups. The model then provides an interpretation for situations in which the number of charities rises while total donations are stagnant. Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Behavior; Attitudes; Giving and Philanthropy; Citation:Rotemberg, Julio J. "Charitable Giving When Altruism and Similarity Are Linked." Journal of Public Economics 114 (June 2014): 36–49. View Details CiteView DetailsFind at Harvard Related


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Two hives I have in a melon patch are getting rich. They have the melons for pollen and clover and alfalfa all around the perimeter of the field for nectar.
I decided to move a TBH there, but it is a long hive, too heavy for me. It is a Crowder design.
I decided to transfer the bees to a short, l8-bar hive that I could handle. I grunted and wrestled the long hive to the ground and set my short box on the stand. So far so good. Field bees clustering at the entrance already.
Then I started transferring comb. Beautiful, perfect comb with just a bee space around the perimeter. ---Oops, there is a bit of attachment, oops, a bit more on this next comb. First Mistake: I started at the front of the hive so that I have no place to easily insert a knife to cut, to I carefully TEAR the combs loose.
Having got the combs loose I put them in the new hive in the order they came out. Another OOOOps. There is a fractional difference in the width of the two hives and the combs have less bee space than before. Never mind; they will either attach or cut.
All done; now to close the hive. Another OOpsie. The combs from the original hive have propolis on their edges. The top bars do not close as tightly as before and I cannot place the spacer stick that tightens and closes the top bars.
Moral: Standardize your hives to close tolerances.
When manipulating, work from back to front.
You tell me what to do about the propolis-induced changes in bar spacing. You surely cannot do much scraping on a top bar with young comb on it in 95 degree weather. My intent is to cut a new spacer, pry the bars tightly together and put in the new, smaller spacer. I am going to make several very thin ones that I can use as shims for the main spacer.


text: Back in the days when we still had professional "competitions," I realized that not all skaters were equally good in putting together a good exhibition skate. Achieving that goal requires some combination of interesting choreography, inspired interpretation, and a varied and nuanced use of elements. Out of the three performances below, which came closest to achieving that goal? (The choices here are restricted to so-called "professional" female skaters that stopped competing after the 2006 Olympics and primarily skate in exhibitions. Also, in this poll, you are not asked to choose the greatest exhibition skate of all time, but just the best out of the three listed.) Shizuka Arakawa - It's A Beautiful Day (Sarah Brightman) Sasha Cohen - Note to God (Charice) Michelle Kwan -Winter Song (Sara Bareilles/Ingrid Michaelson)


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Beyonce and her husband are sin laden heathens, She is a sad role model "If you like it put a ring on it" was the worse thing she ever did to women & Girls in America. No, God says, put a ring on it before you do the sex thing! I don't care if Michelle O is her friend, heathens are not good role models and never will be. Beyonce needs to bow down to God & repent especially for her Satanic alter ego Sasha Fierce.
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Shut Up. Do you even know Beyonce? Not just knowing her because she's famous but on a personal level? No. I didn't think so. All people ever do is judges others because they're successful and you're not. Let her do her thing. You never know what goes on in people lives, so before you judge others you should take a look at yourself first.
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n. The immediate and ridiculously enormous boner that magically appears when it becomes obvious that you are about to engage in sex in a place or with a person (or both) that you shouldn't.
My roommates girlfriend just whispered in my ear that she wants to fuck me now, in the laundry room, while the party is going on. You can't imagine the Danger Wood I got when she said that!
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The past few years we have had a number of large California beekeeping operation set bees all over our country, mostly with no regard to our locations. In that time we have entertaint a number of calls from land owners complaining about the bees on their property. We explain that they are not our bees, that they are from California, and that the land owner should get in contact with the owner of the bees. The Land owner usually tells us that the beekeeper didn't leave a name of number and that they assumed that the bees were ours.
At any rate, we have been getting quite tired of being "sat on" by these guys but really haven't had any legal recoarse as our state has no apiary registry ect. But charma is so entertaining.
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REAL WAR is being developed by Rival Interactive (www.rivalinteractive.com),
a newly formed sister company to OC Inc. Rival's primary focus has been
developing state-of-the-art military games, and working with both commercial
development teams and government contractors. Rival has formed a new
breed of gaming company mixing the military's over 100 years of war-gaming
experience with cutting edge gaming technology.
About Real War
Featuring all new levels, graphics and A.I. (Artificial Intelligence),
REAL WAR is a Real Time Strategy (RTS) game set in the politically volatile
Eastern Hemisphere. A U.S. military base is bombed by a group of terrorists
resulting in a number of deaths. The U.S. searches for the culprits
and locates their compound in the Sudan. A missile strike is launched,
but an unexpected catastrophic event occurs. These actions lead the
U.S. into a war with the ILA and the countries that back them.
Gamers can choose to be either the U.S. or the I.L.A. (Independent Liberation Army). Each side will contain 12 scenarios which will take an average gamer approximately 40 hours to finish. Dynamic in-game briefings and news reports gives the gamer a current state of affairs.
REAL WAR is played from an isometric perspective (top down). Gamers control all aspects of their military campaigns ñ air, sea and land troops. There is no phony resource gathering in REAL WAR, rather gamers must establish and protect land, air and sea supply lines. These build up the player's supply points and allows them to order more units and weaponry.
REAL WAR will contain over 40 (for both U.S. and ILA) different units types ñ from infantry and armored vehicles, to nuclear subs and attack bombers. Gamers can attack their enemy with M1A1s or T80s or go with Special Forces and Airborne troops. Each type of unit has their own tab in REAL WAR's interface so gamers can easily click and see what each unit is doing.
Gamers can build Air Force bases so planes can land and provide a facility for them. In addition to F16s and B52s, games will also be able to use psychological warfare on the enemy via a special Psyops plane which will drop propaganda on the enemy. Converted troops and citizens will join your side to aid in the battle.
And yes, gamers can use tactical nuclear weapons (enough to destroy a city) or retaliate and be a "Scud Stud" and bomb away with SCUD missiles.
REAL WAR will be available in August 2001 for the PC (Windows(R) ME/2000/98/95)
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A type of English sandwich, concocted subsequent to the time of Lord Sandwich, made from pickles and dillos found near Piccadilly Square in London.
A got off the Tube at Piccadilly Square to grab the piccadillo sandwich on plain bread, then headed on to Cockfosters at the end of the line.
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Adventure games have pretty much fallen into obscurity lately. A genre that pretty much made the PC as a gaming medium, that often has excellent story telling and fantastic gameplay designs has somewhat been all but left alone. Fortunately for Capcom, it means it's time to make something of it, and by doing that it made one of the more innovative games for the Nintendo Wii, Zack And Wiki: The Quest for Barbaros Treasure.
A Wii exclusive, Zack And Wiki chronicles the exploits of a young sky pirate named Zack and his monkey, a Navi knockoff named Wiki, as they go on a quest to become the number one treasure seeking pirates in the world. While the style of the game screams "kids", it is anything but, thanks to innovative gameplay that do something the Nintendo Wii sorely lacks, use the Wiimote functions in a GOOD way.
The game is basically an adventure game through and through, broken into chunks. Instead of an overall narrative where you collect a billion tools and rub them all together at a specific hotspot, you have numerous broken down scenarios with specific tools used for that scenario as deemed fit by your flying monkey. The trick is finding out which tool should be used with what interactive hotspot, and that is the fun of the gameplay. And since turning animals into not so random knickknacks magically creates all your tools, it means the lack of clutter will certainly be appreciated.
With the Wiimote, you are often asked to mimic the motions of the tool your carrying. So, for example, if you have a centipede that was turned into a saw, you can use the saw to cut down a tree by holding the Wiimote and making the necessary motion. It truly is innovative, because instead of flailing away like a spastic lunatic, you can calmly saw, turn, smash or otherwise search the environment to get to your goal, a giant treasure chest filled with some lovely booty. In fact, it really is on the list of few games that the Wiimote enhances the gameplay, rather than detracting from it. That alone is an impressive feat, because games like The Force Unleashed and Call of Duty have suffered from poor gameplay on the Wii, at the very least moreso than their HD counterparts.
While the gameplay is really well done, some parts I can't help raise the Jolly Roger too. For one, there are a lot of deathtraps, and by deathtraps I mean one-click kills that will happen thanks to the games innate system of trial and error. You can click on a rock, and all of a sudden a man-eating beetle pops out and bites you till your raw. Or, you can click on a rope and watch your character fall a thousand feet below after wobbling for a few minutes. It really breaks the flow of the game, and adds unnecessary longevity at first.
I also didn't like some of the side stuff the game has, as it really was not needed. The hints system, where you can buy hints for any gold you find, is useless, the scoring system for each level kind of makes me feel inadequate, because it bases it's score on the speed of your completion and how you completed the levels, and anything short of perfect would be a failure in my eyes.
Lastly, the storyline in the game is not really detailed in the grand scheme that most adventure games are, i.e. really long and sometimes well written. Here, it is more straightforward and subdued, kind of like a background device to keep the puzzle-solving goodness going. While this is an a-typical adventure game, it still would have been nice to see some degree of story that was both deep and engrossing, and not the bare bones treatment as a mere excuse to go from one puzzle to another. One thing the story does get is a healthy dose of humor though. It is a fairly witty game, one with a lot of in-jokes and slapstick humor, and really helps move things along easily.
The game is also well done graphically. Everything is colorful and bold, and it attacks the senses in a good way, so to speak. The characters are distinct, vibrant and offensively Japanese. Hell, put Zack in an orange gi and he looks like Goku from Dragonball. The character designs are pretty cool though, and the level designs are really fun to take in aesthetically. Vibrant jungles, sandy beaches, dark caverns, even the native population is interesting in their Technicolor masks. If nothing else, it's a welcome change from the more typical dullness of brown wastelands and gray backdrops that are in most games.
The games music is also pretty vibrant, but slightly over the top. The songs in the background are all catchy and soft, the sound effects are over the top and hilarious, and the voice acting, while annoying at times, reminds me of Banjo-Kazooie's distinct voice overs, all scratchy and inaudible but different for each character to distinct their voice. It really helps with the games somewhat campy mood, and the music doesn't detract from the puzzle solving aspects, which is a major plus.
Zack and Wiki's charm is that it's on the Nintendo Wii. If this were released on a PC or a 360 as is, the game would lose so much because the control scheme with the Wiimote is what makes it so fun. Without it would be another point and click adventure, here it's an interactive adventure game. While the game has been relatively unsung, probably due to its kiddish looks and the fact that it's on the one console where people buy crap like Game Party by the truckloads, it is still a real good game, and at the very least an archetype of what kind of games should be made for the system. Adventure games are probably not going to be revived anytime soon, but at the very least, Zack and Wiki shows that there is a market for them in some form, and with the right control scheme it could be a major hit for anyone looking to avoid crap on that system.


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MWB wrote:Troy Loney wrote:to clarify. he's not someone mwb investigated and was blue.
plus i'm still curious as to why shaf felt the need to deflect a thg bandwagon. could be nothing, but not sure why he would care enough to make a point to nip a thg vote in the bud.
Troy, you were dead on all game. My strategy this game was to throw out votes right at the start of each day and see if anyone came up suspicious and then investigate. I checked redwill the first night, then thg. After the thg vote didn't take off I was trying to decide between shaf (for his deflection) and kraftster (for his long-winded answers) who to investigate and went with shaf.
Turned out to be a dumb strategy on my part because I put too much heat on myself by voting for guys that ended up being bad.
i guess i was trying to play a pretty simple strategy this game. that post i made to kraftster about why i was voting shaf kind of explains it. I was blue this game, my goal is to try and find a way to indicate to the village that i'm blue so they know that, so then i become only a target of the reds, and at that point that prevents an rp from getting killed if they choose to kill me. On the first day, one doesnt have any incentive to not just bandwagon the first name that is thrown out there...if several names are thrown out you really have no reason not to jump back and forth because you don't know any identiites and can only hope a red is pointed out.
while shad didn't have the implied incentive to deflect a thg bandwagon, he still did. at that point he exhibited a preference for killing one person over another. i think thats a tell because if i'm a villager i'm not posing a defense for someone that i have no clue about, but a red has two motives to potentially do that, 1. the person could be red and they just want to try and start a different bandwagon, or they just know this person is not bad so they're feel maybe they can point back at that and say they didnt take part in the killing of a villager.
either way, that indicates a stance of knowing more than the other players and the only people that know whos bad and whos good are the bad people.


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Hey Guys,
I recently got permission to hunt a new corn field, except when I went out for the first time the farmer must have just tilled it. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on how to blind up. I have a layout blind, but feel like it would stick out like a sore thumb in what is mainly a dirt field at this point ( I did see geese in there still). I don't think I would have permission to dig either. Thanks.


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Mountain Lion Sightings On The Rise
A mountain lion cub killed on Highway 154
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. - Several mountain lions have been spotted in recent days. Wildlife experts believe the drought conditions are forcing the big cats out of the back country to look for water.
A female mountain lion cub was killed by a car on Highway 154 and the Cold Springs Bridge early Monday morning. CHP officers and the Animal Rescue Team responded to the scene.
Experts said the cub weighed about 25 pounds and was only 4-5 months old. They also believe the cub was traveling with her mother and other cubs.
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's office said a mountain lion was spotted near the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History on Saturday night. It was headed up Mission Canyon near Rocky Nook Park. Authorities don't know if it's the same mountain lion that was spotted in the La Cumbre area a week earlier.


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Pittsburgh Musical Theater
Today's Featured Artist
Francesca Tortorello
Francesca Tortorello (DMA) regularly performs recitals in the Northeast and Midwest and collaborates with a wide
variety of instrumentalists and singers. She has worked with members of the Cleveland Orchestra and the Saint Paul
Chamber Orchestra and has been heard on Minnesota Public Radio performing on Talking Volumes. She collaborated with
renowned soprano Susanna Phillips at Twickenhamfest in 2011, and gave the Midwest premier of Samuel Barber's lost
violin sonata with violinist Dr. John Gilbert in July 2014.
Francesca began piano lessons at the age of four in her hometown of Mount Kisco, NY. She holds a Bachelors degree in Piano Performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music where she studied with Antonio Pompa-Baldi. Her true passion, however, has always been chamber music and she received a Masters degree and Professional Studies certificate in Collaborative Piano from CIM, studying with Virginia Weckstrom. She recently obtained a Doctorate in Collaborative Piano and Coaching at the University of Minnesota and studied with Timothy Lovelace.
A dedicated teacher and coach, Francesca served as staff accompanist at the Sato Center for Suzuki Studies at CIM for four years and, most recently, held the position of staff accompanist at the MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis. She has maintained an active teaching studio for the past decade.
Francesca and her husband, Pittsburgh Symphony cellist Michael DeBruyn, have been performing as a professional duo since 2004.
Larissa Overholt
Larissa Overholt believes that with hard work and motivation, anything is possible. As a resident artist of PMT, Larissa seeks to provide the necessary tools for each student to develop a sturdy foundation upon which to build their own s pecific talents, strengths and dreams and the knowledge of how to further apply them. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Larissa was involved in over 20 productions as a student of the Richard E. Rauh Conservatory where she studied for 8 years before graduating from the Pre-College Program and moving on to continue her training in Theatre Arts at Point Park University where she graduated in 2007. Since 2000, Larissa has appeared in 17 mainstage productions downtown at the Byham Theater as a part of PMT's Professional Company including Disney's The Little Mermaid as Ariel in January 2015. Larissa works and plays all around Pittsburgh and can often be found singing with the award-winning Elite Show Band or brightening a child's day at Fairytale Princess Visits. Larissa can think of no better way to share her passion of theatre, music and dance, than by passing it on to her students.
Adria Streitman
Adria Streitman is from the neighboring country of Butler. She started dancing at the age of five at She'Lor School of Dance where she studied ballet, point, tap, jazz, modern, and lyrical. Throughout the years she tested in Royal Academy of Dance, was a competitor, and traveled often on the High School Dance team. Attending Robert Morris University, Adria graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education and a Minor in Theatre. Passionate about Education and Dance she gets the best of both worlds! Currently, she gets to share her love for dance through teaching theater, grades K-8, at the Propel Charter Schools of Pittsburgh as a visiting artist. It's a Big Bright Beautiful world and Adria is so lucky to work as a actress, dancer, performer, educator, and choreographer with students of all ages 4-18. The time she spends with every show here at PMT is held close to her heart! She knows no matter where she goes on her journey, she can always come back. There's no place like home!
Brady Sanders
Brady Sanders, originally from Oswego Illinois, began his dance training at the School of DanceWest Ballet in Naperville. He attended Illinois State University, where he performed with the Illinois State Dance Theater and Point Park University, where he performed with the university's Conservatory Dance Company. While living in Chicago, Brady performed with Dansz Loop Chicago, Inaside Chicago Dance and Thodos Dance Chicago. Brady has toured nationally and internationally with Thodos Dance Chicago and The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps. Currently residing in Pittsburgh, he has had the pleasure to perform with Attack Theatre in the Pittsburgh Opera as well as the Murphy/Smith Dance Collective. Most recently Brady acted as Artistic Director for the Pride of Cincinnati Dance Ensemble. He has had the privilege to teach many successful and artistically innovative groups including but not limited to - The Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps, the Pride of Cincinnati Winter Guard, The Pride of Cincinnati Dance Ensemble, Norwin High School, Marian Catholic High School, and Mt Prospect High School. He is currently teaching and choreographing extensively throughout the Pittsburgh area and across the Midwest. Brady is thrilled to be a Resident Artist at PMT.
Brent Alexander
Dr. Brent Alexander is a progressive in the areas of musical direction, vocal coaching, choral and instrumental conducting, arranging, composing, keyboard instruments and music technology. He has been music directing and on faculty at PMT for eight years. He is also on faculty at Robert Morris University where he directs the choral activities, teaches music and music theater courses, has an applied voice studio, and serves as musical director for university shows. <www.musicbrent.com>
Gemma Leigh Williamson
Gemma Leigh was born in beautiful Arizona, and grew up just outside of Pittsburgh in Beaver County. She danced her way through school at Louise
School of Dance, where she studied tap, jazz, and ballet. After school, she attended Robert Morris University where she graduated with honors,
and was named in "Whose Who in American Colleges and Universities." Gemma joined PMT's production team during her performing years at RMU.
Since 2007, Gemma has been a part of PMT's family. She started as Assistant Stage Manager and performer (Fiddler on the Roof, West Side Story,
Beauty and the Beast '09-10) and quickly grew with the company to become Resident Stage Manager (and proud Actors Equity member) in 2011.
Gemma teaches at the Richard E. Rauh Conservatory as the director of the Broadway Jrs.; "PMT's Tiniest Stars". She is happy to begin the journey of musical theater with the youth in Pittsburgh's community. Gemma is now the Creative Learning Division Chair at PMT. Gemma believes that the Richard E. Rauh Conervatory provides the most excellent arts education in the city, and is a proud Resident Artist.
Throughout her career at PMT, Gemma has brought her knowledge and love for dance and theater to the Propel Charter Schools as a visiting artist. She taught dance, acting, theater history, and performance etiquette to grades K-8 around the Pittsburgh area.
In 2015 Gemma was named one of Whirl! Magazine's Women in Business, became a proud member of the Pittsburgh Social Exchange, and the Pittsburgh Professional Women's association.
She is happy to continue to the next chapter of Pittsburgh Musical Theater alongside her friend and mentor, Colleen Doyno, and the entire group of Resident Artists. Stand By. Keep Calm. Go.
Nicole Uram
Nicole Uram is a proud graduate of Pittsburgh Musical Theater's Richard E. Rauh Conservatory and a recent graduate of Elon University with a BFA in Music Theatre. She has been training in dance since the age of 3 in the fields of jazz, ballet, tap, hip hop, Cechetti, pointe, modern, Theatre dance, and Gymnastics. She started training at PMT at the age of 10. From the age of 8 to the age of 18 she was privileged to be a part of many shows with both the conservatory and professional companies of PMT. While at Elon she was lucky enough to have been a part of many productions both on stage and behind the scenes. She was given the chance to Assistant Choreograph the main stage productions of Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party and Ragtime along side her college mentor. She is currently working as a Creative Arts teacher at the Propel Charter School's of Pittsburgh. She is thrilled to be back home working with those who helped shape her into the artist she is today.
Brady D. Patsy
Brady D. Patsy is a professional performer from the greater Pittsburgh area. He has performed with company's such as Pittsburgh Musical Theater, West Virginia Public Theater, Boston's North Shore Music Theater Company, and many others. In 2008, Brady spent a year working for the Walt Disney World Company. There, he had the opportunity to work with Regis and Kelly, Billy Ray and Miley Cyrus, Fantasia Burrino, David Cook, Jon and Kate Gosselin, and many others! Upon returning to PA, he jumped right back on the stage and has been performing non-stop. During 2010-2012 he served as Production Administrator for Grayfin Arts Entertainment Events. He also served as an theater instructor for The Butler Center for the Performing Arts! Brady is currently an acting/voice instructor for Pittsburgh Musical Theater's Richard E. Rauh Conservatory for the Performing Arts! Throughout his eight years on the professional stage he has had the opportunity to play extraordinary roles in shows such as Sister Act (Curtis), Grease (Miss Lynch), Disney's The Little Mermaid (Grimsby), Children of Eden (Father), Hairspray (Edna Turnblad), Jesus Christ Superstar (Peter), Spring Awakening (Male Authority Figure), Beauty and the Beast (Cogsworth), Seussical (General Schmitz), RENT (Tom Collins), Les Miserables (Javert), Cats (Bustopher Jones/Gus) Legally Blonde, West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Tarzan, and many others!
Nina Danchenko
Nina Danchenko is honored to 'come home' to teach at PMT! Nina is a recent graduate of Robert Morris University, where she earned a BS in Early Childhood and Special Education with a minor in Theater. Nina is a proud graduate of PMT's Richard E. Rauh Conservatory. Later, she went on to work with PMT's Professional Company. Her favorite on-stage moments with PMT are: Tracy Turnblad (Hairspray) and Sister Mary Patrick (Sister Act). Nina is elated to be able to have the best of both worlds- teaching theater- with the Broadway Juniors. There's no place like home!
Evan Neely
Evan Neely is a Music Composition major at Carnegie Mellon University, Class of 2019. He is a Pittsburgh native who graduated from Pittsburgh CAPA as a Trombone major and has played in multiple PMT pits with the CAPA orchestra. During the summer of 2015, he worked as the Music and Artistic Administrative Intern at Opera Theater of Pittsburgh. This last summer he orchestrated their production of Die Schweigsame Frau (the Silent Woman) by Richard Strauss. He is the Assistant Music Director and Accompanist for CMU's student theater company, Scotch'n'Soda where he has worked on the production of Legally Blonde and is presently working on The Addams Family for the fall season. He is currently writing a 22-minute opera with the School of Drama for CMU's Co-Opera production that will be performed on April 1, 2017 with the CMU School of Music Graduate Vocal department at Pittsburgh Opera.
Jonathan Visser
Jonathan is a proud graduate of the Masters program at the University of Tennessee, 2010 and Bachelors program of Southern
Methodist University '01.
He has taught Acting, Audition Technique, Movement and Stage Combat at The University of Tennessee, The CLO Academy, and is currently teaching at Point Park University. Jonathan has performed in well over 85 productions. Local Theatre Credits: The City Theater, Pittsburgh Musical Theatre, The Rep, PICT, Bricolage, and the The Civic Light Opera. Regional Credits: Dallas Theater Center, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, Casa Manana, Clarence Brown Theater, Hope summer Rep, and PCPA.
Film Credits: The Last Witch Hunter 2015, Into the Dark 2014, 5th Dimension 2012. Television Credits: Banshee 4th season.
Jonathan Sage
Jon was born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. While studying at Michigan State University, Jon discovered his passion for the theater when he worked on the Merchant of Venice with the Theater Department. This passion lead Jon to earn his BFA in Theater from Michigan State University. Jon worked with The Ohio Light Opera for four summer seasons on such productions as Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, Offenbach's Bluebeard, and The Sound of Music. In 2007, Jon joined the Pittsburgh Musical Theater as Technical Director. Jon has showcased his experience as a Technical Director in Tarzan; as a Lighting Designer for A Lyrical Christmas Carol; and as a Scene Design Specialist for Shrek the Musical. In 2011, Jon received a glowing review for his scene design in Skylight at The Appetite Theater in Chicago. Jon enjoys working with the students at the Pittsburgh Musical Theater and is looking forward to what the future will bring.
LaTrea Rembert
LaTrea Rembert is thrilled to be joining the staff here at Pittsburgh Musical Theater. A native of Cincinnati, Oh, LaTrea moved to Pittsburgh in the fall of 2010 to study at Point Park University. He graduated in 2014 with his B.A. in Theater Arts with a Dance minor. While at Point Park, he had the opportunity to perform in their productions of A Chorus Line and The Raymond Laine Memorial One Act Festival. He has also performed in Pittsburgh with Pittsburgh Playwrights, Carrnival Theatrics and, of course, Pittsburgh Musical Theater. LaTrea has also recently completed a year long residency with the Staycee Pearl dance project. In addition to performing, he is also a fun loving barista at Starbucks. LaTrea is extremely blessed for this opportunity and gives many thanks to God for simply being awesome, and to Colleen, Gemma and the entire PMT staff for believing in him and accepting him with open arms. Much love to you all. Jeremiah 29:11
Todd Nonn
Todd Nonn is the Resident Lighting Designer for PMT. This will be his 8th season working on productions with the company. He will also occasionally design a set for one of the shows too. Todd also is the Technical Director for all of Squonk Opera's shows touring around the world, the Assistant Lighting Designer for all of Pittsburgh Opera's performances at the Benedum, a stagehand with IATSE Local#3, a Lighting Designer at RMU, and works on many other productions to fill in the gaps. In his free time he enjoys the outdoors, camping and backpacking.
Jennifer Birnie
Jennifer Birnie received her B.A. in Theater from Indiana University - Bloomington. Jennifer returns 'home' as a Resident Artist to Pittsburgh Musical Theater as the Development & Fundraising Officer / Accessibility Coordinator after working as the Individual Support Manager with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Jennifer is a proud and active member of AFP (Association of Fundraising Professionals) and PEO- Chapter BW (Philanthropic Education Organization). Jennifer resides in Sewickley with her loving and supportive husband Andrew, where they are devoted parents to their daughter Carley. Live to Outgive.
Cassidy Adkins
Cassidy Adkins is a proud PMT RERC alumni! After PMT, Cassidy attended Point Park for Acting with a Musical Theatre minor. She has been fortunate enough to perform, choreograph, produce, and direct many production across the city. Performance credits include: Macbeth with PICT Classic Theatre (Pittsburgh Post Gazette Best Lead Actress of 2014), Les Miserables and Young Frankenstein with PMT, The Crucible and M33 with Point Park, and The Full Monty and Chicago in Westmoreland County. She also assisted director Alan Stanford with The School for Scandal, and choreographed Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, both for Point Park. She also produced, assistant directed, and performed in an independent production of HAIR with several fellow PMT alums. She currently works as the Company Manager at PICT Classic Theatre, resident choreographer at Avonworth High School, and a Professional Princess with Lovely Day Events. www.cassidyadkins.com
Jennifer Lybarger
Jenn was born and raised in Pittsburgh PA, where she studied Musical Theater at the Pittsburgh
Playhouse Conservatory, the Richard E Rauh Conservatory and Graduated from Point Park
University with a BA in Acting.
Post Graduation she moved to New York City where she lived for the better part of the next decade. In this time, she toured North America in the companies of Crazy for You, Funny Girl and Barry Mannilow's Copacabana. Jenn also played Rose Alvarez in an off-Broadway production of Bye Bye Birdie.
While in New York, she began working in arts education as a team member for Ballet Tech ( the New York City Public School for Dance), as well as through workshops and talk backs while performing Bye Bye Birdie.
She returned to my hometown of Pittsburgh in 2006 to begin teaching at Pittsburgh Musical Theater's Richard E Rauh Conservatory. She has also been fortunate to perform and direct with PMT over the past seven years.
Jenn became an adjunct faculty member at Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 in 2009 and has been teaching acting, musical theater, voice and speech, movement and theater history to students in grades 6- 12 for the past 5 years. She is also the director of the 6-8 all school musical every fall, as well as musicals and plays for the high school theater department.
While building her teaching and directing career, she continues to work as an actress for such local companies as PMT, Pittsburgh CLO, PICT, Stage Right!, and 10 years of summer stock at West Virginia Public Theater.
Kristiann Menotiades
Kristiann Menotiades is ecstatic and honored to be part of the Pittsburgh Musical Theater family . She has worked
at many theaters across the Tri-state area as a director/choreographer and performer. Some of her favorite credits
include (Woman 2) in Jaques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris(PICT), (Coach/Mama) SCARRIE at (Bricolage),
(Barbara) Shear Madness, (Woman 1) I Love You, You're Perfect Now Change, (Woman 1) My Way, (Annabelle) You say
Tomato, I say Shut Up and (Miss. Thorn) in Ruthless at The Pittsburgh CLO Cabaret. Finally, she appeared as
FLO in Saturday Night Fever with PMT.
She is currently the choreographer for the Spring Musical at Riverview High School and Plum High School, the director of Fox Chapel's Fall Drama and Director/Choreographer for the Pittsburgh CLO Academy's All Academy Musical. Kristiann also had the wonderful opportunity of being the Associate Director/Choreographer for "21: The Musical" at Point Park University and the director for Pgh. CLO's Gallery of Hero's production of We the People.
All of her love goes to her mom and dad, hubby Jardanian and two beautiful kiddos.
Grace Lazos
Grace Lazos is a Senior Vocal Performance Major at Carnegie Mellon University. She is currently the Vice President of CMU's student run theatre troupe, Scotch'n'Soda Theatre. She is currently directing their 9th Annual Charity Cabaret, and also associate directed their 2015 Carnival Production of Merrily We Roll Along. Within the School of Music, she has performed a number of roles in the opera program, such as: Natura in La Calisto in 2016, and upcoming: Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus and Grace Ansley in Roman Fever. She is also assistant directing the Fall Opera Production of Acis and Galatea with Gregory Lehane.
Myah Davis
Myah Davis was born and raised in Greensburg Pennsylvania right outside of Pittsburgh. She started her acting career at Westmoreland Academy of Performing Arts at age 7. Myah will soon have a B.A. in Communication/Theater from Robert Morris University. She has had the great pleasure of producing and appearing in several productions with Pittsburgh Musical Theater since 2012. Some of her favorite productions from over the years include Sweet Charity, West Side Story, Children of Eden, The Who's Tommy and Bare: A Pop Opera. Myah has had the opportunity to work with an array of amazing educators over the years and is very excited to not only be able to pass on her knowledge to future students but to also learn from them. She is thrilled to be a resident artist at PMT and as always is excited to see what the future holds for her and future students!!
Colleen Doyno
Colleen Doyno proudly serves as the Executive Artistic Director of Pittsburgh Musical Theater. She came to PMT in 1997 as a
performer and faculty member. She was promoted to Conservatory Director in 2001 and added the additional title and
responsibilities of General Manager in 2003. During her tenure as Conservatory Director and General Manager, Ms. Doyno has
directed and choreographed countless shows for both the Professional and Conservatory theater companies. Several of these
shows have been counted as the "Best of Pittsburgh" in the annual Pittsburgh Post Gazette year in review-including the
Conservatory Theater Company's 2013 production of "Miss Saigon", the first student show to be so honored.
In 2013 Colleen's achievements were recognized with the prestigious "Woman of Integrity" award, and her commitment to mentoring young women into future leaders was honored as a finalist for the 2013 "Athena" award.
Ms. Doyno is a strong advocate for the development of the West End Community, which serves as PMT's forever home. She has worked with the West Pittsburgh Partnership, The West End Alliance, City Council and the Mayor's office to advance growth in the area. She also organized the West End's efforts for the Pittsburgh Marathon that led it to be named "best in neighborhood entertainment" along the route. Ms. Doyno is also proud to produce affordable high quality Broadway style shows through PMT's Byham Series. She has a deeply held belief in developing our children into healthy, self-assured, well-rounded individuals through the arts. This belief is at the heart of her educational philosophy and has guided the success of the conservatory under her direction.
Betsy Lawrence
Betsy Lawrence holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University in both voice and music theater & a Masters of Music from the Manhattan
School of Music. She has many national television credits including the currently running "Red White and Rock", "The American Sound
Track", "More Rock at 50", "My Music", "The Roots of Rock and Roll", "The British Invasion", & "Roots in Country". Betsy has backed
up major recording such as Frankie Valli, Frankie Avalon, BJ Thomas, Glen Cambell, Lulu, Connie Francis and many more. Betsy most
recently returned from Nashville TN where she appeared as a featured soloist for two PBS television shows, singing country classics
and 70's classic rock. She's featured on national radio and television commercials as well including one for Highmark Blue Cross
Blue Shield, Captain Morgan's Rum, & the "Silver Microphone" award winning Dad's Dog food. Betsy was invited to sing at the United
Nations for the "Nuclear Disarmament Worldwide" convention headed by Ted Turner & Mikhail Gorbachev as well as being invited to sing
at the French embassy in Washington D.C. on numerous occasions. She has appeared as a soloist with The Pittsburgh Symphony under
the late Marvin Hamlisch, the Manhattan Philharmonic, and the River City Brass Band. A few of her operatic credits include New York
City Opera Touring Company, Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Opera Center, and the American Opera Project in New York City.
Betsy is active in the Pittsburgh musical theater scene, doing roles most recently with Civic Light Opera & Pittsburgh Music Theater. Internationally she appeared with Stella productions in Hamburg Germany.
Betsy has one of the most in demand vocal studios in Pittsburgh and has an active master class schedule. She is a founding member of RESONANZ , a 501 c3 non-profit concert series. Betsy is the director of the Carnegie Mellon University Jazz choir as well as an artist lecturer in operatic studies and jazz voice. She also holds a studio at the Richard E Rauh Conservatory for Pittsburgh Musical Theater.
Kate Queen
Kate Queen has a B.A. in Communication/Theater, a B.S.B.A in Accounting, and an M.S. in Instructional Leadership from Robert Morris University. She has had the distinct pleasure of appearing in so many wonderful PMT productions since moving to Pittsburgh in 2007. Some of her favorite moments onstage with PMT include Maria in West Side Story, Wendla in Spring Awakening, and Jane in Tarzan. She is thrilled to be working with the students of PMT as an educator and resident artist. Kate values the mentorship and education she received from the many brilliant teachers and performers she's had the opportunity to study under throughout her life; she is thrilled to join the ranks of PMT's staff and become an active part of the development of many more brilliantly talented performers!
Kathy Wayne
Kathy is proud and honored to be teaching dance and musical theater at PMT. She is pleased to share
her professional and academic experiences for the benefit of the conservatory's students.
Her professional work includes: Tokyo Disneyland, Caesar's Palace, Pittsburgh Playhouse, the Kenley Players, the Extension Dance Company and the American Dance Ensemble. She has also directed and choreographed musicals for numerous productions in the region.
Kathy is a member of Dance Masters of Pennsylvania and America and has been a dance educator for many years. She holds a BA in Dance from Point Park University.
Sarah Everhart
Sarah Everhart received her B.A. in dance with a concentration in ballet from Point Park University, where she graduated magna cum laude. While at Point Park she received the Pittsburgh Ballet Guild Scholarship and performed many prominent roles. In addition to Pittsburgh Musical Theater, Sarah also teaches at Point Park University and the Dance Conservatory of Pittsburgh. Each summer, Sarah also joins the faculty of Carnegie Mellon's Pre College Drama Program. She has previously been on faculty at La Roche College, the Sarah Heinz House, and was guest faculty at Carnegie Mellon University. Sarah has staged several classical variations, and her original choreography has been seen throughout the area. Sarah's favorite roles include the title role in Cinderella and Pas de Trois in Sleeping Beauty. Sarah lives in Pittsburgh with her husband, daughter, and son.
Shannon Riley
Shannon Riley is happy to be "back at home" at Pittsburgh Musical Theater! Shannon is a recent graduate of Point Park University with a degree in jazz dance performance. While in school, Shannon has opportunities to work under Ron Tassone, Jim Cooney, and Eileen Grace, as well as performing with PMT's professional company. Dancing is a passion, a fantastic way of expression, and Shannon cannot wait to explore the joy of dance with the artists at PMT. Onward and upward!
Kenneth Gargaro, Ph.D. (Founder)
Dr. Gargaro's career in the performing arts in Pittsburgh spans over four decades. His dedication to the arts and to education continues to transform the local musical theater scene. Disciplined training leading to immediate testing on the public stage forms the foundation of his artistic/educational philosophy. The outcome of this artistic vision can be seen across the nation in the Broadway, Touring, TV, Film and Entrepreneurial work of those whose educational pursuits and performing careers intersected with Dr. Gargaro's career as a producer, director and educator. He continues to supply the youngest performers, local professionals and college students' access to the professional stage on a regular basis by giving master classes and occasionally directing for Pittsburgh Musical Theater. He is as well a Professor of Communication at Robert Morris University where he heads the theater and choral activites.
James Rushin
James Rushin is a pianist, composer, and music director with an extra degree in creative writing. He started in the theater at the young age of 13, when he played piano for community theater productions of Cabaret and Nunsense. Since then he has worked on over 40 musicals at theaters around the country. As composer he has collaborated with EA Games writer and designer Amy Claussen (Off with Her Maidenhead), "Pinkolandia" playwright Andrea Thome (Carnivale), Kennedy Center Fellow Frank Gagliano (The Moscow McDonald's Miracle of Love, The Endgame Cabaret, The Private Eye of Hiram Bodoni, et al.), and recently made his debut at Bricolage Production company as composer and music director with acclaimed writer Tami Dixon. In the improv world James has accompanied and taught workshops with The LuPones, Baby Grand, and toured internationally with Baby Wants Candy. As keyboardist, he has shared the stage with jazz legends Tim Price, Ken Karsh, Joe Negri, Spider Rondinelli, Duke Ellington drummer Ronnie Burrage, and currently plays for the neo-soul group Lyndsey Smith and Soul Distribution. His high energy stage presence and teaching have earned him nicknames like "Muppet" and "The capslock of all human beings."
Quinn Patrick Shannon
Quinn Patrick Shannon started his acting career with PMT in 1991 as the very first Tiny Tim in A Lyrical Christmas Carol. Most recently, Quinn played Smee in Peter Pan, and Igor in Young Frankenstein for PMT this past Spring, and also appeared as Seth/Shem in Children of Eden during PMT's 2013 season. Other recent credits include My Fair Lady with the Pittsburgh Public, Scarrie: The Musical with Bricolage, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Funny Money with the Mountain Playhouse, Plaid Tidings, Judge Jackie Justice, and A Grand Night for Singing with Pittsburgh CLO, and Our Class with PICT Classic Theatre. Quinn will also be starring as Nicely Nicely Johnson in the Pittsburgh Public Theater's upcoming production of Guys and Dolls.
Amber Kocher
Amber Kocher hails from Pittsburgh, PA with her husband, Kevin and son, Brody. She is a graduate of Clarion University and is the Props Master, Set Dresser, Jack-of-all-Trades Resident Artist at Pittsburgh Musical Theater. Her most recent credits with PMT include Peter Pan, Disney's The Little Mermaid, Young Frankenstein, Shrek the Musical, Les Miserables, and many more. She has also designed for Front Porch Theatricals, and South Park Theater among many more. Amber has been with the company since 2012, and looks forward to many more sensational seasons with Pittsburgh Musical Theater.


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B&B in the south of Paris 100 m2 terrace
Maximální počet hostů2
Počet místností1
Velikost66 m²
Floor No.7(with elevator)
- Televize
- Bezbariérový přístup
- Snídaně
- Výtah v budově
- Vhodné pro rodiny s dětmi
- Uzamykatelný pokoj
- Balkón/terasa
- Internet/WiFi
Accommodation summary
|avenue saint exupery, 92320 Chatillon Montrouge, Francie
|Typ nemovitosti
|Soukromý pokoj
|Ident. objektu
The room(chamber) of 21m2 refreshed of a double bed with a window giving onto a sunny terrace of 100 m2 and a lounge(show) of 45 m2.
Privative bathroom with TOILETS, hairdryers and towels(briefcases) are supplied with shampoo and soap for your biggest comfort.
Separated TOILETS Free access: WIFI, Lounge(Show), room has food and cook
Washing machine (for long stay)
Oven, microphone(microcomputing) waves, refrigerator
The district Châtillon is in the South of ideal and very quiet Paris it is in 5 minutes walk of Paris, it is very well harmed(served) on the line Montparnasse, Disabled persons, Champs-Elysées, and saint Lazare for Galleries Baby cloth and the Spring has Haussmann
The apartment is situated at the end of the line 13. Subway Stade de France direct (saint Denis) in 20 minutes
The apartment is situated at the end of the line 13. Subway Stade de France direct (saint Denis) in 20 minutes
Streetcar T6: 15 minutes for the very big shopping mall of Vélizy 2 with 300 shops for your shopping. 2 shopping malls in front of the building. Free outside parking lot
I would be happy to share with you our Parisian good addresses(places) (restaurants, bars, etc.) and to advise(recommend) to you in your tourist route(course).
Domovní řádPlease contact me BEFORE booking
Please take off your shoes before coming in.
Smoking only outside.
It is forbidden to eat in the room. The terrace and a large dining room are available for meals.
Allergic careful there is a cat and a dog in this apartment.
|Weekly rate for up to 2 guests
|510 €
|Maximální délka pobytu
|2 měsíc
|Příjezd po
|Check-in before
|Odjezd před
|Stornovací podmínky
One lives directly with Catherine and her family. The guest room is right behind the living room, so there's no real separation between family and guest life. It was very clean. Catherine made a wonderful breakfast and was very helpful and interested to make her guest to feel at home.
Our stay in Paris was very pleasant.Catherine was very friendly,cheerful and helpful.We enjoyed views from terrace,and ate fruits of big fig tree that grows just on this terrace.It is the best choice of flat if you want to practice your French.
Valentina from Ukraine
Very sad ! Had to cancel at the last minute, due to trip postponement ......otherwise quick and acurate response from Catherine,however a little awkward in communication as only possible in French............
I stayed 3 nights with Catherine, her husband, daughter, 2 cats & a dog & thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Although Catherine does not speak English, we managed perfectly well to get our ideas across through sign-reading. The breakfast was more than adequate & the room very comfortable. The bathroom, kitchen & dining facilities are very close-by & you are made to feel one of the family. (See if you can get Catherine & family to give you a game of Wii 10-pin bowling. You will be most rewarded).
I had a great experience staying here! The room was very comfortable and clean, the breakfast was delicious, and Catherine and her family were very welcoming and friendly. The apartment is a very relaxing space after sightseeing in Paris all day. It is about a 5 minute walk from the metro station, which is at the end of the number 13 metro line. It is a little outside of the city center, but the metro line is a very direct and fast route into the main attractions. I found it be very convenient. The neighborhood has a really nice grocery store, pharmecy, patisserie, and other shops. I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a place to stay in Paris.
Catherine was delightful and was only too eager to help us... even rustling up a quick pasta dish for my hungry 8 year old when I arrived which was well appreciated. We were immersed in french conversation so this is a great option for anyone wanting to brush up their French conversation skills .. even my daughter was speaking French by the time she left. However, there were a couple of things that i had not expected. Here, you are living with a family with strict house rules (and a bathroom the other side of the house) which although gives you the local touch and local support does come at the price of your own intimacy and flexibility. Showers were not allowed after 11 and at night we were expected to use another toilet. I also read on the instructions inside the door that we could not use the fridge ... we didn-t need too .... but i did come with the idea that the kitchen (and use of kitchen) was included. Maybe I misread something. The main question i did raise was how the B & B could possibly be 15 mins from the Champs Elysees? We were 5 minutes from the metro (very easy) but the metro took over 20 minutes to the Champs Elysees station ... the quickest we seemed to be able to do it in was half an hour. The area around the house doesn't have much to offer so everything really has to be done in town. However, the house has the most wonderful roof garden and terrace and would be a lovely place to relax (with kids) in the summer (the question is would one be able to put a cold bottle of wine to chill in the fridge?). Catherine and her family were delightful though ... great for those wanting to practice their French!
Wimdu and Catherine look just great, unfortunatly I have to cancel at last minute for personal reasons, but for sure, I will contact them, again in the future, thanks a lot!
Margarita Blanco
It was a real pleasure to stay at Catheine's B&B. The room was very comfortable, organized and clean. The apartment is really nice and well located very close to a metro station, from which you can go anywhere in Paris.
Catherine and her family are amazing hosts. They are welcoming, very nice and educated. They always try their best to help you have the best possible experience in Paris by sharing their knowledge and experience with you. I strongly recommend Catherine's B&B as a place to stay while traveling to Paris.
Catherine and her family are welcoming, and the room, balcony and view is nice. If you have problems with the smell of cats though, you will not be enjoying your stay, that's the only negative thing. But if you don't mind, you will feel welcomed and comfortable.
I had the pleasure of staying with Catherine and her wonderful family during July of this year. Catherine is more than just just a helpful host and will go the extra mile to make you feel at home. She met me at the metro station (along with her lovely little dog!) to ensure that I got to the apartment okay. The room and bathroom were kept clean and every effort was made to make sure that I was comfortable and happy. Waking up to views of the Eiffel Tower, whilst eating the delicious breakfast that Catherine prepared every morning was just one of the highlights of my stay. Staying here you have just the right amount of privacy, but never do you feel alone (if you are a lone traveller like I was) I feel very lucky to have stayed here and will return again when I next visit Paris. Thankyou!
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I was talking to Slip about the Giants DE's we both are thinking theres a chance that Tuck,Osi and Kiwi could all be gone in the next 2 years. I dont know what U think but Justin Tuck doesnt look like a great player anymore and im not sure he will ever be consistently good again. I think he could retire after next season. Osi probably wont be brought back because of money. I think we have to get another DE in here now. We need another edge rusher bad. Giants ends are good at playing the run but we need another guy that can line up wide and take the corner. If Osi cant do that Giants will have trouble winning another Super Bowl this year


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