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Frequently Asked Questions
How do I register my child?
Rita Kay Driggers Elementary School is located at 6901 Shadow Mist (View Map).
Our phone number is 397-5900.
Please bring the following documentation for your child:
· Birth Certificate (original only)
· Proof of Residence (current CPS bill, water bill, lease, or mortgage only)
· Immunization Records (Details)
· Social Security Card
· Photo Identification of Parent / Guardian registering the child
· Last report card from previous campus
What is the procedure for applying for free and reduced lunch?
Information on the free and reduced lunch program is available online.
Please see: NISD Child Nutrition Department
Meal Assistance Info: http://www.nisd.net/child-nutrition/free-reduced-lunch-applications
FAQ's: http://www.nisd.net/child-nutrition/free-reduced-lunch-applications/faq
How will I find out about bus transportation?
School bus service is made available to students who live two miles or more from school, or students who live where they must walk in hazardous traffic areas. More information is available on the Boundaries and Buses page. You may view more FAQ's about Transportation here. We will also have information in the office when we open.
We welcome, encourage and value parental involvement. Individuals will be given an array of opportunities to support the school. We encourage you to join the Rita Kay Driggers PTA. More information will be forthcoming soon. Be sure to complete the online background check for volunteers.
Will the school have a fee-based after school care provider?
Northside Learning Tree After School Enrichment Program will be at Driggers Elementary beginning the 2011-2012 school year.
For more information, or to enroll your child,
click the detailed brochure here,
call 398-1016,
email email@example.com
visit their website at http://www.nisd.net/learning-tree/
What are the policies for absences and tardies?
Please see page A-1 of NISD's Student-Parent Handbook.
How do I find out about school events?
· Check out the Rita Kay Driggers website for current information.
· Check your child's backpack daily for notes and flyers.
· Communicate with your child's teacher.
How many children will be in my child's class?
Northside ISD follows the state mandate of
· 22 students in Pre-K, Kinder, & 1st
· 24 students in 2nd-4th
· 26 students in 5th
· A note will be sent home if we have to ask for a waiver in PK-4th to go over 22 per class.
Please check Northside's website for any changes.


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Top 10 drinks world records
The most expensive bar bill
There have been some candidates for taking this record recently ater Tamara Ecclestone splashed out on a big night as did media personality Daniel Koh. But the record for the UK's biggest bar bill goes to young financier Alex Hope who splashed out £200,000 on drinks at a Liverpool nightclub.
The bill included £125,000 on a Midas bottle of Armand de Brignac, plus 40 more 75cl bottles of the Champagne, which he handed out to single girls in the club.

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1425 East Fort Avenue
Locust Point, Baltimore, 21230
Commute to Downtown Baltimore
Most errands can be accomplished on foot.
A few nearby public transportation options.
Flat as a pancake, some bike lanes.
About your score
1425 East Fort Avenue has a Walk Score of 73 out of 100. This location is Very Walkable so most errands can be accomplished on foot.
This location is in the Locust Point neighborhood in Baltimore. Nearby parks include Latrobe Park, Riverside Park and Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine.
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XNA Game Studio 2.0
XNA Game Studio 2.0
Microsoft XNA Game Studio 2.0 is a set of tools based on supported versions of Microsoft Visual Studio tools that allow students and hobbyists to build games for both Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360. XNA Game Studio also includes the XNA Framework, which is a set of managed libraries based on the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 that are designed for game development. This documentation collection contains technology overviews, tutorials, and reference material related to XNA Game Studio.
In This Section
- Frequently Asked Questions and Known Issues
- This topic answers some of the most commonly asked questions about using XNA Game Studio 2.0.
- What's New in This Release
- This topic describes new features and changes in XNA Game Studio.
- XNA Framework Changes in XNA Game Studio 2.0
- A summary of API changes in the XNA Framework from XNA Game Studio Express to XNA Game Studio.
- Getting Started with XNA Game Studio
- Introductory documentation for XNA Game Studio.
- Using XNA Game Studio
- XNA Game Studio is seamlessly integrated with supported versions of Microsoft Visual Studio tools, exposing a wide set of new and updated features for developing 2D and 3D games.
- Programming Guide
- When developing games in XNA Game Studio, you use the XNA Framework, a set of managed libraries for Windows and the Xbox 360. These libraries enable you to be more productive developing C# games using a set of unified class libraries.
- XNA Framework Class Library
- The XNA Framework class library is a library of classes, interfaces, and value types that are included in XNA Game Studio. This library provides access to XNA Framework functionality and is designed to be the foundation on which XNA Game Studio applications, components, and controls are built.
- Content Pipeline Class Library
- The Content Pipeline class library is a library of classes, interfaces, and value types that are included in XNA Game Studio. This library provides access to XNA Framework Content Pipeline functionality and is designed to be the foundation on which Content Pipeline–related applications, components, and controls are built.
- White Papers
- Technical articles and white papers on XNA Game Studio programming topics.
- XNA Creators Club Online Web Site
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Brunt of winter storm to miss Brainerd
■ Brunt of winter storm to miss Brainerd
The bulk of the winter storm that slammed most of the Midwest Thursday will probably miss the Brainerd area.
Snow is still expected, according to the National Weather Service in Duluth, but only up to 2 inches on Friday. On Saturday it will be mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of precipitation high temperatures of 27 to 32 degrees and 5 mph winds.
A chance of precipitation returns Sunday night, with a 20 percent chance of light snow, followed by a 30 percent chance Monday and Tuesday and a 20 percent chance Wednesday.


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Date of Stay: April, 2016
The park was good, but we weren't there much. Nice hosts, quiet neighbors, good walking paths nearby. Most of our time was spent driving and hiking in the mountains. Perfect location for seeing beautiful things! We will try to stay here again the next time we are in the area!
Date of Stay: May, 2015
Great park and great location. The staff was very friendly and accommodating. The sites vary in size and some are quite large: 65' to 95' pull-throughs. Wide streets are easy to navigate. Numerous walking trails in the state park right across the street or in the National Monument a short drive away. We will definitely stay here again.
Date of Stay: May, 2015
This campground suited our basic needs while in Phoenix. It is not a resort, but convenient to many local attractions. They say they have 50 AMP, but we couldn't find one empty site that had it. We stayed in in early Spring, so AC wasn't vital. If we needed 50 AMP, we would find another place. The main downside was the check-in. The hotel guests get priority, so be prepared to wait a while if you check in at a busy time.
Date of Stay: April, 2015
This is a great park and the owners are very helpful. The whole park was very clean and well-kept. Some sites are a little tight for larger rigs so let them know your size when you make a reservation. We will stay here again when we return to the area. The nightly cost reflects a monthly rate.
Date of Stay: July, 2014
This was a very clean, neat park. Site are large and all are paved but not quite level which we found a bit funny. There was extra paved parking for tow vehicles which was very nice. Office staff was very accommodating. It was a great place to watch the 4th of July fireworks in Redmond.
Date of Stay: July, 2014
Very family oriented park. RV sites are not by the ocean, but they are a short walk away. Sites are mostly level and many are long - 70'. It is not a quiet park, but the noises are happy family noises. We enjoyed evening walks to see the sunset. WiFi was an extra $4 per day.
Date of Stay: July, 2014
This park has large, maneuverable sites. The staff was very friendly and accommodating. Excellent WiFi. There is no TV signal or cable, but they have movies you can check out at the office - worked for us. The perfect location to access eastern Mt. St. Helen.
Date of Stay: July, 2014
This is a wonderful, quiet campground. The owner is friendly and accommodating and we felt very much at home. The park is beautiful and meticulously maintained - very clean. Very thoughtfully laid out. We hope to stay here again!
Date of Stay: July, 2014
Nice, quiet park. The sites were large and level. Owner was friendly and very accommodating. Golf course looked great, but we didn't have a chance to play.
Date of Stay: April, 2014
We loved staying at Buck Creek Campground! The owner is friendly and very knowledgeable about the surrounding area. He gave us wonderful advice on things to see! We are in our fourth year of full-timing and this park is in our top five parks we've stayed in. We stayed here a month and wished we could have stayed longer.


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"Agger Feriehuse" is a small, local holiday house rental agency which has existed for more than 35 years, and lets a majority of the holiday homes in Agger, at very reasonable prices. Prices from 2,460DKK for a week, in the peak season, in an 8 pers cottage!
Agger is a small seaside town at the southern end of the "National Park Thy" and the holiday cottages are all within walking distance to the North Sea, Agger Tange, the Limfjord and the lake "Flade Sø". Here you and your family can enjoy a holiday in a tranquil environment with stunning scenery.
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There is a high possibility that Nathalie won't be able to skate at worlds, let alone skate for a medal, and you already jumped at the conclusion they will get an undeserving medal. Jeez, it's a lifetime opportunity to have the world championships in your home country, can anyone blame them for trying so hard to be there? Medal or not, the ice dance competition won't be the same without them at worlds.
You could show your sympathy for this sad incident and save the complains for later if necessary(after the competition)


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Dr. Mary Sue Coleman
Thank you for joining us for this important update on the two admissions lawsuits that the University of Michigan is now defending.
From the moment I arrived on campus this summer, I've been responding to the same kinds of questions that I'm sure you must have on your minds today. At campus meetings, media interviews, alumni gatherings, and community events, people have been asking: What is the status of Michigan's cases? What is happening around the country? What will happen next? So I am pleased this afternoon to join in presenting an overview of where we stand as campus leaders and legal experts bring everyone up to date with the most current information available.
One advantage to being a newcomer is that I can tell you, at first hand, that the whole country has a stake in our cases. As you know, university presidents across the country look to the University of Michigan as a model of what a great public university can be. At Iowa, whenever I talked about how we might foster an intense, demanding environment for study and research, I pointed to the University of Michigan where a deep, unwavering commitment to diversity goes hand in hand with a deep, unwavering commitment to excellence. And now I am proud to be leading a university that all of higher education is watching as we defend actions that have contributed to our success.
We know that the kind of educational environment we enjoy here does not "just happen." It is carefully cultivated. It develops, in part, from well-considered admissions practices, designed to foster an atmosphere in which, for students and teachers alike, old habits of thought are challenged, and new questions continually come at us from left field, forcing us to re-examine what we thought we knew well and sometimes even the foundations of our disciplines.
More than fifty years of changes in higher education have taught us that the more diverse an academic community becomes through every form of "diversity" you can name the more vigorous its debates and discussions. Our parents' generation learned this from the GI Bill in the 1940s and '50s, when thousands of young men became the first in their families to go to college, and a fresh breeze blew through our campuses. My own generation witnessed a similar transformation in the 1960s, when thousands of African Americans and other minorities gained new opportunities, and brought with them new questions, new concerns, new energies closely followed by the women's movement and its wave of new opportunities, new aspirations, and new challenges.
I remember vividly what a difference all this made at the University of North Carolina, where I had been a graduate student in the 1960s. When I entered graduate school, there were perhaps 60 African Americans enrolled, out of a student body of 12,000, and at most two or three African Americans on the entire faculty. There were virtually no women faculty members and none at all in the sciences, the area in which I was studying.
But when I returned to U.N.C. as an administrator in 1990, I found a different and a far better institution. The enrollment had doubled, attracting better qualified students, at least ten percent of whom were African Americans, from a much wider geographical area. The faculty had become more varied and more distinguished, offering a broader curriculum, and venturing into new areas of research. The university had become much stronger academically, not in spite of its increased diversity, but because of it.
As Justice Powell recognized a generation ago in the 1978 Bakke case, a diverse student body offers compelling educational benefits to all students. Justice Powell quoted William Bowen, former president of Princeton University, who emphasized how much is learned through informal "interactions among students of both sexes; of different races, religions, and backgrounds; who come from cities and rural areas; from various states and countries; who have a wide variety of interests, talents, and perspectives; and who are able, directly or indirectly, to stimulate one another to reexamine even their most deeply held assumptions about themselves and their world." Bowen, echoing one of Princeton's graduates, pointed out that "People do not learn very much when they are surrounded only by the likes of themselves."
Recognizing the educational benefits of diversity does not mean that we equate a person's race with a particular point of view. It reflects the fact that race still matters in American society, as it influences our perceptions about the world and the people around us. To understand the impact on perception, there is no substitute for face-to-face interaction among students. It is the most powerful educational tool we know to break down stereotypes and overcome assumptions. It helps students see commonalities across racial lines and acknowledge differences within racial groups. No book or lecture, no computer simulation or exercise, could convey the message as eloquently. The experience of studying in a diverse community prepares students all students to participate in an increasingly diverse democracy and to compete in a global economy. And that is really why the Sixth Circuit in the Law School case and the district court in the undergraduate case have reaffirmed that the University's admissions policies are constitutional and fair.
Now, through rigorous, multidisciplinary social science research, investigators at the University of Michigan have demonstrated with empirical evidence what we as educators have long understood to be true: a diverse learning environment is a better learning environment for every student. In this month's Harvard Education Review, Professors Patricia Gurin, Eric Dey, Sylvia Hurtado and Gerald Gurin have published a compilation of their seminal research findings that link diversity with positive student educational outcomes. In addition, researchers at Harvard, Stanford, UCLA and the University of Maryland among others have studied and reported on some of these positive outcomes including richer classroom environments, improved critical thinking abilities, higher self-confidence, and improved interpersonal and leadership skills.
I know some skeptics argue that, even though diversity might make a difference in the study of certain subjects like sociology or law, it has no bearing on the sciences, where we work in sterile labs, following a pure, objective, dispassionate process, to arrive at a truth beyond question. On the contrary, diversity makes a huge difference in science. Having spent more than half of my professional life in biochemistry, working on cancer research, I can tell you that science is not value-free. A richly diverse scientific community affects both how we teach science and how we do science. It affects science policy, determining who does what science with what resources. That research, in turn, affects science curricula, shaping what is taught and how it is taught.
Just think of what a difference diversity has made in our understanding of disease. For years the National Institutes of Health ignored women in clinical trials of new drugs and in large population studies of heart disease and cancer. Only as the scientific leadership ranks included more women did we turn our attention to some of the serious health problems facing women, including heart disease and breast cancer. Only as the scientific leadership became more racially and ethnically diverse did we study differences in hypertension, diabetes, or cancer survival rates across a diverse population.
There are serious tensions in science research today, areas where diverse groups of scientists, social scientists and ethicists will be especially important. On which diseases will we focus our attention? For what health conditions will pharmaceutical companies target drug development? What are the biological and societal causes behind and the consequences of health disparities in different populations? Those questions are even more compelling as we learn from the sequencing of the human genome that our genetic code is 99.9 percent the same for all of humankind. A more diverse pool of researchers will help us better understand the full array of health issues and questions facing us, and will ensure greater fairness and equity in public policy decisions and research funding.
As scientific discovery accelerates at lightning speed, we know we are on the threshold of advances beyond the imagination of previous generations but although we might be capable, does it mean we should be willing? In curricula here at the University of Michigan and in universities across the country, students are considering the ethical and societal implications of science for example, in our new undergraduate life sciences curriculum and in the lectures and workshops sponsored by the Life Sciences Values and Society Program. Many of the most important scientific questions of our lifetime involve deep cultural, racial, gender, and ethnic considerations; and, in great measure the richer the diversity of those considering the issues, the greater our ultimate understanding will be.
I am proud to add my voice to all those who recognize the importance of diversity on campus and in our classrooms, here at the University of Michigan and around the country. I am proud of Michigan's leadership in developing admissions policies that are fair, legal, and inclusive, helping to ensure that all Michigan students will have the benefit of a rich educational experience, and be better prepared to answer their generation's most challenging questions.
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How could a mere mortal create such works as the Pietà , the David, and the Sistine Chapel ceiling? Dr. William E. Wallace, an internationally recognized expert on Michelangelo, will offer a new view of the artist during a lecture Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the Meeman Journalism Building Auditorium at the University of Memphis. The event is free and open to the public.
In "Michelangelo: The Hammer of God," Wallace will discuss the life and times of the great Renaissance artist, a deeply religious man who became a legend and remains a figure of mythic proportions. Not only a great sculptor, painter, architect, and poet, Michelangelo was also a wealthy aristocrat who preferred the company of common workers.
Wallace received his Ph.D. in art history from Columbia University in 1983. He joined the faculty of Washington University in St. Louis that same year as an assistant professor. Wallace now is the Barbara Murphy Bryant Distinguished Professor and chairman of the Department of Art History and Archaeology.
He has published extensively on Renaissance art, writing more than 60 articles and essays and four books, including Michelangelo: The Complete Sculpture, Painting and Architecture and Michelangelo at San Lorenzo: The Genius as Entrepreneur. Wallace was one of a select group of scholars, curators, and conservators invited to confer with the Vatican on the restoration of Michelangelo's frescos in the Sistine Chapel.
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Eight foreign troops killed in Kabul airport shooting
By Hamid Shalizi
KABUL (Reuters) - Eight troops from the NATO-led force in Afghanistan were killed in a shooting involving an Afghan Air Force pilot at Kabul's airport on Wednesday, NATO said, in one of the deadliest incidents of "rogue" Afghans turning their weapons on foreign soldiers.
A contractor, whose identity was not known, was also killed in the shooting, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a statement.
The shooting follows a string of attacks by Afghan forces against their NATO-led mentors carried out either by "rogue" soldiers or by insurgents in uniform who have managed to infiltrate their ranks.
Such incidents highlight the challenge for U.S. and NATO forces as they try to prepare for a gradual handover of security responsibilities that is scheduled to begin in July and end with the withdrawal of all foreign combat troops by the end of 2014.
The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) released a brief statement saying eight troops and the contractor had been killed in the airport shooting. It gave no further details about the incident or about the nationality of those killed. The death toll had earlier been put at six.
An ISAF spokesman said: "We can confirm an incident took place in the Afghan Air Force compound within the airport involving small-arms fire. We do not know what started the incident."
The Afghan Defence Ministry issued a statement shortly after the incident saying several people had been killed and wounded after a shooting involving one of its Air Force pilots.
It gave no further details except that the shooting had followed a dispute. Afghan media said a veteran Air Force pilot had opened fire on the ISAF troops. Continued...


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Overall build quality on Samsung's R530 is decent enough. There's just a hint of creak and unwanted flex, but certainly nothing to cause alarm. It should stand up well to daily use.
Though it feels slightly slippery and a tad cheap, the recessed keyboard is mostly a pleasure to type on. The tile-style keys offer crisp feedback with a decent amount of travel, and the layout is truly excellent, with everything where you'd expect it to be. There's a full number pad, too, which is a useful addition for day-to-day use.
One feature that distinguishes Samsung laptop keyboards over the competition is that they include a secondary Fn key near the volume and brightness controls on its directional pad, uniquely allowing for one-handed adjustments. It might be a small detail, but the added convenience can be significant.
Below this, the touchpad is outlined by a thin blue LED frame, allowing for visibility in a dark environment and adding a nice style touch. Though again, while this blue lighting matches the power button's tiny blue LED, it's rather inconsistent with the R530's red lid.
Much like the keyboard, there's little to dislike about the multi-touch touchpad. In general use it is responsive and its smooth surface quite pleasant, while the well-placed buttons below it offer good, if noisy, feedback. The pad is perhaps a little on the small side to get the full benefits of multi-touch and doesn't always respond to more complex gestures like image-rotate, but it's certainly adequate for things like pinch-to-zoom.
Getting onto audio, we're back to average. Despite their SRS Surround processing, the 1.5W speakers don't hold up to close scrutiny: their maximum volume level isn't impressive yet still prone to distortion, while mid-tones lack clarity and bass is conspicuous only by its absence. They're not bad as such but you're better off using respectable headphones.
Unfortunately the R530's 15.6in, 1,366 x 768 (HD Ready) screen features the same glossy finish that adorns most laptop displays, causing occasionally distracting reflections in well-lit environments. Also like most competitors, colours aren't particularly accurate and greyscale performance is poor, and due to strong vertical contrast shift will depend very much on the extent to which you tilt the screen.
When tilted at the right angle, though, you'll be able to see quite a bit of detail in dark films - especially since the horizontal viewing angles are good by budget laptop standards, further aided by a lack of backlight bleed. We had no problems reading even small text thanks to its excellent sharpness, which was also borne out by plenty of detail in HD video.
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Boxing Result
Medzhid Bektemirov defeats Randy Griffin
By Jeff Zimmerman at ringside
Medzhid Bektemirov (12-0, 9KO) put in a workmanlike performance to win a fairly easy unanimous decision against former middleweight contender Randy Griffin (25-4, 13KO) for the vacant WBC United States (USNBC) light heavyweight title a the Anatole in Dallas, Texas. The card was promoted by the Real Estate Council in Dallas. Bektemirov hurt Griffin in the 1st round with an upper cut and tried to finish him off banging him all over the ring, but could not put him away. Griffin was also hurt in the 3rd, 6th and 7th round by Bektemirov solid left hooks but was able to remain on his feet and finish the fight. The scores read 117-111 and 118-110 twice for Bektemirov who remains undefeated with the win.


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What is the real-time equivalent for Agile – what would that look like?
A different interface than Tweetedeck but the concept is the same. A service on top that gives a view of different applications that are available real-time via a REST API.
That's the idea behind what Tasktop Technologies is developing these days. Their goal is to offer the developer with tools that give real-time views on the status of a task and the manager with ways to look across the any number of tools that are used in application development across the enterprise.
Their perspectives give a view into the often byzantine world of the enterprise stack and a forward look at how APIs are transforming traditional applications.
Tasktop Sync
In the enterprise, there may be as many 60 different application lifecycle management (ALM) solutions. Tasktop had to find a way to integrate with all of these ALM solutions. Syncing is has been largely solved for email, calendar and contacts with protocols and synchronizers working seamlessly across Microsoft Exchange, IMAP, Google Apps and iOS. But ALM is a world of silos.
Tasktop Sync uses APIs to connect to these ALM and open-source tools used for application development, said Mik Kersten, CEO of Tasktop Technologies and creator of the open source Eclipse Mylyn project.
Tasktop Sync connects the task requirements. It's s designed to provide a universal view into an Agile process, which can be difficult when teams are spread across different continents.
You can mitigate that with Skype, internal real-time tools like Yammer for communication on a topical level. But to manage the code itself? The complexity is of a different scope. And it's primarily due to the any number of application lifecycle management tools that the enterprise developer uses.
Tasktop Sync is the counterpart to Tasktop Dev, which provides the developer with that real-time view. It's again a service similar to Tweetedeck.
Here's a good overview of the new offering with James Governor of RedMonk.
Services Angle
I talked with Mik last month at an HP blogger event. Smart, smart guy. Tasktop is working closely with HP. In fact, Tasktop Sync was built in large part with the HP R&D group.
HP is getting it. The REST API is that new middle layer that connects new services with traditional tools.
That's going to be an ongoing story.


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Made with love especially for my bestest cake buddy for her 40th Birthday. Jane @ The Stripy Bear Cake Co.
All hand made.
Flowers are made using flower paste and took approx 15 hours to make ready for the cake.
Cake itself took 3 hrs – ish
All tiers piped using cornelli lace royal icing
Tags: birthday white pink green cake vanilla chocolate vintage roses sweet peas hydrangeas flowers
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Only Melbourne's thriving fringe theatre scene could mount a project such as the forthcoming production of Anton Chekhov's Ivanov.
The cast list reads like a who's who of theatre, including Paul English in the title role, Helen Morse, Dan Spielman, Chloe Armstrong, Lewis Fiander and Melbourne Theatre Company regulars Bob Hornery, Monica Maughan and Margaret Mills.
They are doing it for free. According to director Ariette Taylor, "It shows how desperate things can get on the fringe. There is no funding available and it is a miracle that we can do it."
Taylor has wanted to mount the show for the past four years. She says the actors are making a political statement by giving their time for the prospect of nothing more than a few drinks bought from the box-office returns.
"They are emphasising that as artists they need to do a range of work, even though the policy of funding bodies today is only to provide grants for new Australian work."
The spirit of the production is close to that of early Chekhov, revered for a century as one of the world's greatest playwrights. But his theatrical beginnings were so rocky that at times he considered turning his back on drama. One of his greatest plays, The Seagull, was a flop at its 1896 premiere in St Petersburg, with the audience booing and cheering any mishap.
His first play, Ivanov, had a successful season nine years before, even though on its opening night only two of the leading actors knew their lines and the rest of the cast were drunk. It remained a rarity in the repertoire until recently, after Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov adapted the play for his prize-winning 1977 film Unfinished Piece For Player Piano.
British playwright David Hare did a new translation that premiered in London's Almeida Theatre in 1997, starring Ralph Fiennes, which led to productions in New York.
Now Taylor has added to the drama surrounding the play's history with her production at 45 Downstairs, using a cast of 14 professional actors and the help of Melbourne's mainstage companies.
The MTC and Malthouse provided rehearsal space, and the MTC also helped with costumes. Other support came from Monash University's arts centre.
She was still with the Keene-Taylor company when, in 2001, a veteran of Melbourne's theatre scene, Malcolm Robertson, emailed her from New York alerting her to the potential of Ivanov.
Although playwright Daniel Keene decided to concentrate on working in Europe in 2003, Taylor could not get the project out of her mind. In the pursuit of funding, she had the script translated by Natalia Axenova, a Russian-trained actor who migrated to Melbourne.
"We needed a new version anyway because the Hare script was frightfully English," she says.
She then contacted the actors of the Keene-Taylor company to see if they were interested. "It is extraordinary how well-suited the Keene-Taylor actors are to this work," Taylor says.
The cast was able to discuss the script with Axenova, who provided a rare insight into Chekhov. "His writing is much more robust than people are used to in English - funny and tough at the same time."
Taylor rejects the notion that the play is inferior because it is seldom produced.
"It's true that it is early Chekhov, but this means we get more of an insight into the author than we do in his four later and better-known plays, when he pulled back the authorial voice."
The play is about a Russian landowner's half-farcical, half-serious personal crisis as he plummets into domestic and philosophical chaos. The central scene concerns a debate about honesty between the landowner and a young doctor.
"Chekhov was known as a comic short-story author when he wrote the play, and it constantly switches between high drama and total farce," she says. "It is not easy to direct because of the changes between laughter and some of the most serious monologues in all his work."
She finds that Chekhov still sounds like a contemporary writer. "Actors and some directors like to find a logic in their lines. But of course people are not logical, and Chekhov, more than anyone else, knows this.
"Ivanov says in the play that we cannot judge other people because we do not even understand ourselves. This is just what Chekhov wrote in a letter to his family."
Taylor has no definite plans after this project. "This is all I have been able to think of," she says.
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Abby, like many other children, love reading books. It was lovely that Maverick Arts Publishing has offered her an opportunity to review 2 of their books - The Cautionary Tale of Childe of Hale and Tabitha Posy was ever so nosy! .
Childe of Hale is based on a true story about the giant John Middleton or Childe who lived in Hale near Liverpool back in the 16th century. In the book, he was poor and lived in a very small house. One day the King visited him and invited him to live in the castle in London and provided him with riches, although soon enough, Childe realised that luxury is not as valuable as friends and kindness.
Although this is the author Rachel Lyon's first published book (illustrated by Vanina Starkoff), her poem was beautifully written. As it is a poem, Abby who's 5 did go quiet every so often to try to understand what the poem was telling her, but she loved the story nonetheless and asked me whether we can go to Hale and visit the giant. It was lovely that the ending of the story encourage children to discuss what it would be, and it also provide parents a chance to tell the children that money and materials is not everything.
The Cautionary Tale of Childe of Hale is retailed at £6.99 and are available in book stores and online.
Tabitha Posy was ever so Nosy! tells the tale of a little girl Tabitha Posy who wanted to know everything. She had learned the hard way that sometimes it is best to acquire knowledge through reading. The poem was easy for Abby to understand, and it is written in a really funny way. Abby decided that she would take the book to school to share the story with all her friends!
The concept about reading books to learn is a debatable topic, I think. An old Chinese saying goes: "Reading 10 thousand books is not as good as walking 10 thousand miles (it's best to see for yourself than reading from the books)". There is a reason why schools provide field trips, and working experience is as (if not more than) important as academic studies. I do agree one thing though, that children should read more books than constantly asking "Why?", especially for questions that adults can't answer... I still remember Abby asking me: "Why are people called people?" when she was 3, and the number of questions has only increased ever since! I'll be looking into buying a children's encyclopedia soon!
Back to the book. This is the second book in the Ever So series by author Julie Fulton and illustrator Jona Jung, with each book introducing a character from the same neighbourhood. The first book was Mrs. MacCready was ever so Greedy, and the third book Miss Dorothy-Jane was ever so Vain is due for publication in September 2013. I love the idea of having a series of books that are related, even though each of them act as a stand alone story. Looking at the sample pages for the first book, it's even more funny than Tabitha Posy!
Tabitha Posy was ever so Nosy! is retailed at £6.99 and is available in book stores and online.
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She goes by the Name of Bina Fink and her profession is to scam people.
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It's not a big surprise considering he missed most of the final three weeks of training camp after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery, but the Dolphins released quarterback David Garrard on Tuesday. FOX Sports' Jay Glazer broke the news after receiving a text from Garrard stating that he would be cut. Garrard practiced Monday for the first time since having his scope on Aug. 11. But the Dolphins will presumably move forward with Ryan Tannehill , Matt Moore and Pat Devlin at quarterback.
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Never too busy to help
Philanthropy takes different forms, according to Kevin Thesing of rural Brainerd, and using one's time and talents is every bit as important as using one's treasures.
The winner of Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation's (BLACF) 2012 Award in Philanthropy, Thesing said he's constantly impressed and amazed at the financial contributions community members have made to various projects. And while he respects those contributions, he said there's much more that can be done by people who are willing to get involved.
"Take what you have (to contribute)," the co-owner of Lakes Printing said. "It's not one or the other."
Now in its eighth year, the award was established to honor those who work to build a better community and inspire the next generation of philanthropic leaders. Thesing will be honored at the foundation's annual dinner on July 12.
Thesing and his life and business partner, Dode Pohlkamp, both grew up on dairy farms. He was the fifth of 10 children and she was the youngest of four. His family farmed in the South Long Lake area and hers farmed in the Pierz area. When neighbors needed a hand or a machinery part both dairy families were glad to pitch in. He said they credit their parents for modeling their own style of philanthropy. Thesing is the son of George and Gert Thesing. Pohlkamp is the daughter of the late Emil and Marie Banach,
"It's the way we were raised," Thesing said.
Their parents worked long hours and also helped others and they were rarely asked by anyone why they worked so hard.
"My dad got up at sunrise and worked until after dark," Thesing said. "Nobody asked him (why he worked so hard)."
Thesing's own roots in the area go back decades to when his German immigrant grandfather took the train to Staples and then traveled by horseback to the Fort Ripley area to search for suitable farm land.
Together, Thesing and Pohlkamp own Lakes Printing on Oak Street in Brainerd. The business started in 1988 with five partners but the other three have since retired. Thesing credits the exposure their business gives them to a wide variety of people, service clubs and nonprofits as the reason for their involvement in so many community causes.
"The community comes through our doors every day," he said.
Many of those people come with an idea of how to better the community or looking for contributions for a good cause. The business, he said, is approached by such requests on a constant basis. Sometimes he has to say no — a decision based on an appraisal of his resources, energy and available time.
"You can't do everything for everybody," Thesing said. "But that should never stop you from doing what you can for somebody."
While a printing business differs from the dairy farms of their younger days, Thesing and Pohlkamp used the work ethic they were raised with at Lakes Printing. Thesing joked that the beauty of owning your own business is that you can work half-days.
"They just have to be 12 hours, seven days a week," he said.
All five of the initial business partners shared a philosophy that put a premium on community involvement, he said.
"If we wanted the community to be good to us, we had to be good to the community," he said.
Thesing, 55, said there are many people similar to he and Pohlkamp who go to work every day and still manage to contribute in some way to a variety of worthwhile causes.
"If we can represent them, that's an honor," he said.
Pohlkamp and Thesing raised five children. They lost one child in a traffic accident involving a drunken driver. He admits to being a bit of a risk-taking entrepreneur and credits Pohlkamp with keeping him grounded.
Even during the busy years when their children were all at home, Thesing said community involvement was always part of the home/work/charity equation.
"The kids did stuff with us," he said, which led to them being involved in various worthwhile pursuits.
Thesing attended one year of college, at the University of Minnesota-Morris, with the thought of becoming an agriculture educator. A part-time job at Bang Printing, however, exposed him to the printing business. He spent 1 1/2 years working in Duluth but was glad to return to the Brainerd community where his family lived.
The chance that he will be ribbed about his latest honor — he previously was named 1999 Brainerd Citizen of the Year, 2011 Brainerd Rotary Rotarian of the Year and 2006 Sunrise Sertoma Service to Mankind Award winner — doesn't faze Thesing. He said he grew up in a family that was loud and raucous and he's used to the give and take.
"The dinner's going to be fun," he said. "I know I'm going to be roasted a little bit, and I enjoy that."
The BLACF is a public charity that attracts and administers charitable funds for the benefit of the local community. Since 1998, BLACF has grown to more than $5 million in assets and awarded more than $2 million in grants to area nonprofits. The foundation is affiliated with the Central Minnesota Community Foundation, which administers more than 550 funds totaling more than $74 million. More information is available at CommunityGiving.org/Brainerd.
Past recipients of the Award in Philanthropy are Kevin Close and Rod Converse, 2011; the Cote family, 2010; Jo Ann and Arnie Johnson, 2009; Kathy and Bruce Buxton, 2008; Linda and Bernie Roberts, 2007; Fran and Clarence Holden, 2006; and John Sullivan, 2005.
The people he has met along the way are among the benefits of his own philanthropy, Thesing said. Not only has he made friends but he's learned life lessons by listening to other community leaders and philanthropists.
"You couldn't buy an education like that," he said.
Influenced by his upbringing and by Mother Teresa's admonition that charity starts with actions at home, Thesing said he tries to maintain a positive outlook on life.
"You get to choose your attitude," he said. "I've chosen a positive one. I've chosen a happy one."
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WHERE: Littlejohn Coliseum (10,000) - Clemson, S.C.
WHEN: Wednesday, January 12 (9 PM)
SPREAD: Clemson by 3.5
You might miss something when No. 12 North Carolina visits No. 19 Clemson Wednesday night.
The high-energy pace employed by both the Tigers and Tar Heels will play out before a national television audience, and a sold-out crowd in Littlejohn.
"What you'll find out when you go against a style like North Carolina's, you'll get them some, and they're going to get you some, because they're an up tempo team" said head coach Oliver Purnell. "They thrive on the quick end and the long pass for the layup."
An announced sell-out prior to the start of this season, tickets for Wednesday night's ACC battle will be tough to come by. What's been the norm for big home games of late, tents of students lined the front lawn days before tipoff.
"It's so exciting. That's something you see on TV at Duke and Carolina," said Tanner Smith, who couldn't help but crack a smile when asked about seeing his fellow students brave the cold weather.
"It just gives the team a certain edge. We want to do well for the guys out there camping in freezing, cold weather."
Of course, anytime North Carolina comes to town it's a big deal, maybe even more so now since the Tar Heels are defending National Champions. Trevor Booker wouldn't classify a Clemson win as an upset.
He's been in regular touch over the phone with senior forward Deon Thompson. The former Team USA teammates at the 2009 World University Games have maintained an ongoing trash-talk session for quite some time.
"I'm just saying to him how bad we're going to beat them (Wednesday)," Booker said. "We talk probably twice a week…he just brings up the past, saying we won't win."
Trevor Booker must deal with two future NBA players in the post in Ed Davis and Deon Thompson tonight against No. 12 North Carolina. (Roy Philpott)
Last season, North Carolina handed Clemson a 94-70 loss at the Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill. If the Tigers are to avenge last year's loss--and the nine defeats before that, coach Oliver Purnell said defensive rebounding must improve.
"We need to have that going for us from start to finish against Carolina's big front line," he said. "Their guards are also long. They've got really good size."
Through 16 games, the Tar Heels are outrebounding their opponents by 8.4 boards a game. Four players who are 6-9 or taller average more than 10 minutes a game. At seven blocks, North Carolina is on pace to break the team's record for blocked shots in a season (219 in 1993-94).
Against a Duke team with similar size, Clemson struggled on the offensive end at times. For Purnell, it's a matter of sticking to the game plan and utilizing their speed when the opportunity presents itself against a team that he said has played "one of the toughest schedules in the country".
"You've got to move those guys. You can't just make one pass and drive in among the trees and expect to shoot a high percentage," he said. "They're going to block some. They're going to change some. You've got to move big people around. If you are smaller and quicker, obviously the more you move, the more advantage you have.
"The less you move, the more advantage they have."
The bulk of the Tar Heels work on offense comes in the low-block, shooting nearly 50 percent from the field as a team. Forwards Ed Davis and Deon Thompson average 31 of the team's 84 points per game. Neither has made a shot from behind the 3-point line.
"(Davis) likes that left hand. He's so long. It's hard to block his shot. We'll probably just try to take his left hand away and use his right hand some," Booker said. "Deon is their leading scorer and he can score off either shoulder. I think it will be tougher stopping Deon than it is Ed."
When compared to Clemson, who's hoisted 296 3-point attempts, North Carolina is quite a ways behind, having attempted just 203. The Tigers are hitting 37 percent from behind the arc and the Tar Heels are at 38 percent.
"You're going to see a horse race out there (Wednesday) night," Purnell said.
North Carolina averages 16.3 turnovers per game this season. Clemson's high pressure style could push that number closer to 20. Look for that to be the key determining whether Clemson ends the 10-game skid.
The Tar Heels are 0-2 on the road, with a recent loss at College of Charleston, a team Clemson handled relatively painlessly at home. The other road loss was to Kentucky, the No. 4 team in the country.
"Anytime you're on the road, or you're at home. Home court means something in college basketball," Purnell said. "There is that potential (for the crowd to play a big factor)."
PREDICTION: Clemson 85 North Carolina 80
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G #2 Demontez Stitt (6-2,175) - 10.9 PPG, 3.8 APG
G #5 Tanner Smith (6-5, 220) - 10.4 PPG, 4.1 RPG
C #45 Jerai Grant (6-8,220) - 6.1 PPG, 3.8 RPG
F #15 David Potter (6-6,205) - 7.3 PPG, 3 RPG
F #35 Trevor Booker (6-7,240) - 14.8 PPG, 8.4 RPG
No. 12 North Carolina (12-4)
G #11 Larry Drew II (6-2, 180) - 8.8 PPG, 6.3 APG
G #5 Dexter Strickland (6-5, 180) - 5.4 PPG, 2.5 APG
C #32 Ed Davis (6-10,225) - 15.5 PPG, 10.3 RPG
F #21 Deon Thompson (6-9,245) - 15.8 PPG, 7.1 RPG
F #13 Will Graves (6-6,240) - 8.1 PPG, 4 RPG


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Arlington Park: Marketing Mix goes into Beverly D. dogged by one poor outing
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – If not for one untimely clunker, there seems little doubt that Marketing Mix would be a standout favorite Saturday in the Beverly D. at Arlington Park. But a head-scratching fourth-place finish in the Churchill Downs Distaff Turf Mile on the May 5 Kentucky Derby undercard stands out on her past performances, and not in a good way. Otherwise, the 4-year-old Ontario-bred filly has been a whirlwind of success, winning six times and finishing second in a Grade 1 race in her other seven turf tries.
"I think the ground was a little too soft for her Derby Day," said Julien Leparoux, perhaps ignoring the fact the filly came back to win over soft ground at Woodbine in her next start. "They got the jump on us that day, too. That's it, really."
Tom Proctor, who trains Marketing Mix for the Glen Hill Farm, had expressed trepidation the filly would bounce in the Churchill race off a terrific comeback win in a Keeneland allowance 24 days beforehand, and those fears were confirmed. Proctor is more assured this time around that the six weeks since Marketing Mix won the Grade 2 Dance Smartly at Woodbine will make for a smoother turnaround.
"The filly's doing awful well," said Proctor.
Still, the Churchill misstep remains food for cautious thought among handicappers, and it's why Marketing Mix figures as only a lukewarm choice at best when Leparoux, in from Saratoga, climbs aboard her for the sixth straight race. Marketing Mix was assigned post 8 as the 3-1 morning-line favorite for the Grade 1, $750,000 Beverly D., for which entries were drawn Wednesday at the WGN Studios on the near northwest side of Chicago.
The two horses who figure closest to Marketing Mix in the wagering, Aruna and Joviality, got posts 7 and 10, respectively.
From the rail, this is the field of 10 fillies and mares for the 1 3/16-mile Beverly D.: Kapitale, I'm a Dreamer, Romacaca, Upperline, Mystical Star, Up, Aruna, Marketing Mix, Stars to Shine, and Joviality.
Tom and Niki have this filly going great right now and nobody is better with a turf filly than TP. If frenchy can hang on nobody is going to beat her saturday. Derby day was a muddy bog and she hated it. Turf firm here and she airs sat.
mystical star is up and coming and if the ground is soft even better. she showed in her last that the race she blew the start was no fluke.watch that replay she was giant in finishing 3rd and she wound up being dq'd for an unfair advantage,only in new york.8/1 on this horse will be a steal. she beat aruna in her last and would have beaten her 2 back with a clean start see you all in hawaii after hte beverly d
If Aruna is in shape and ready to roll she crushes this field with the favorite 2nd or 3rd. Is Dominguez riding Aruna???