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A Tauranga company specialising in high-end office fit-outs is so confident in the commercial future of the city's central business district it is moving its showroom downtown.
Modern Office started in a small Willow St office in 2007 before moving out to a showroom in Judea in 2010.
In two weeks' time, the company will move back into the CBD - into a showroom three times the size of its current one - to showcase a new range of architecturally-specified furniture and a new way of working.
Modern Office was awarded sole New Zealand agency of Turkish furniture range Nurus three months ago - prompting the company to seek more customer exposure in Tauranga and beyond.
Director David Littlewood said the company would be seeking to secure a showroom in Auckland in the first half of next year, and expansion into Hamilton and Christchurch might follow.
He said the company had traded strongly through the recession with year-on-year growth of about 20 per cent since 2007 and a number of high-profile office fit-outs in the new ANZ and Sharp Tudhope buildings.
"It's starting to pick up even more and so we're predicting strong growth for the next 12 months."
Despite the CBD's struggling retail sector, the central city had a strong commercial future, Mr Littlewood said.
"I think we're entering a growth phase, not just our business but in the city. There's some really good projects coming up."
Modern Office fitted out a number of new offices in Tauranga's CBD - such as KPMG, Bayleys, Powerco, Sharp Tudhope - and the new style of offices the company had been installing were in stark contrast to the "good old tawa slab-end corner work-station that Tauranga is renowned for".
"One thing that's going to be big in the future is activity-based working and that's having a lot more soft seating areas and hot desks.
"With technology these days, why sit at a desk and do emails when you can sit in some nice soft seating and have a coffee.
"You can be just as productive in that scenario."
Mr Littlewood and co-director Adam Hazlett intended to demonstrate the new style of working by moving their own offices into the new showroom.
"We want to showcase the products we're putting forward and show how they actually work in a real working environment."
The pair, and their two sales staff, will move into the new showroom on the corner of Devonport Rd and First Ave on September 20, but will not show their new office to the public until the middle of next month.


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Arsène Wenger spoke exclusively to Arsenal TV Online shortly after the final whistle blew at St. James' Park on Saturday.
Subscribers can now watch our post-match interview with the Arsenal manager. He discussed:
- that crazy first half
- the unbeaten record
- the importance of draws at the start
- Almunia's crucial stop
- the effect of Roma on his game
- Bendtner getting a morale-boosting goal
- the strange weekend in the Premier League
- Theo Walcott's injury update
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Judgement: The Messenger
Irving reached into his pocket. He removed the card, slowly, checking the piece of cardboard it was attached to.
1604, Sheol Building, Mas Strip.
He removed the card and eyed the door in front of him carefully. Room 04, Floor 16. He swiped the card and heard the electronic lock give a mechanical beep of approval. He nudged it forward and braced himself, stepping carefully into the room.
He took small steps down the corridor, keeping a constant eye on his surroundings. The dark kept him on his toes, something had no reason not to be. His eyes began to dart as he passed a room. Pitch black but with noticeable edges resulting from the dim glow of electronics. He carried on further, entering what seemed to be the main room. He began to trace it's edge, slowly gaining his bearings. A small chuckle arose as he turned to face what appeared to be a couch.
"Are you always like this?"
Sepia's hands lit up like Christmas trees as he adopted a fighting stance. "Give me one reason why I shouldn't blow you through the outside wall."
The intruder's face had the soft red glow of Sepia's magic as it laughed once more.
"That's a neat trick." He could see the silhouette of a head tilt to one side. It's hair fell just below the shoulders as it moved.
"I'm going to count to five..."
"I'm not here to fight. Or kill. You'd know it if I was."
"How do I know you're telling the truth?"
"Turn on the lights." The figure's arm extended to the left. "Put your keycard into the slot by the door. It'll turn everything on."
Sepia hesitated a moment before slowly edging backwards towards the corridor.
"That's it."
He took a few steps back and felt the wall. There was a small indentation made of plastic that he could feel was just large enough for the keycard. He slipped it in and winced slightly as the lights came on. He regained his composure and resumed his aggressive stance, keeping his eyes on the intruder.
"I come bearing housewarming gifts." The intruder said, lifting up a bottle of wine and two glasses. "I thought you might appreciate it."
Sepia relaxed his stance. He was still alert, but knew that diplomacy was more likely the preferred route here. "Who are you?"
"Call me Addy." The visitor stood up for a second and walked over to the kitchen. "This is a nice apartment, Irving. A girl could get used to living in a place like this." She removed a bottle-opener from a drawer and unstopped her wine. As she moved, Sepia took full stock of her. She was a young woman, seemingly in her mid-twenties, with blonde hair that fell to just below her chin on the left side of her head, and further down to below her shoulder on the right.
"You get in an accident?" Sepia asked, turning his gaze away for a second to inspect the apartment. The room he had passed in the corridor was a bedroom, the corridor itself between the bedroom and the kitchen, opening up into the living room. He saw more doors on the far side of the room, and the kitchen itself opened up into the room as part of it, rather than a separate entity. Few expenses appeared to have been spared – Sepia's new television, for instance, was easily mistakable for a wall.
"Oh, the hair?" Addy patted her hair down. "I like it. They say uniqueness is everything these days."
"That doesn't explain the clothing."
In contrast to her hairstyle, Addy's clothing was dark and form-fitting, like gym clothes that she'd forgotten to change.
"You've got to admit, they move your attention to my hair." Addy offered him a glass of wine. "A toast?"
Sepia took the glass and smirked. "So, what brings you here 'Addy'?" He clasped the wine glass with two hands, patiently waiting.
"I'm a meddler. You've gained a fair bit of interest since you showed up here, you know."
"That was a couple of days ago."
Addy laughed and waved him away. "That's nothing compared to the people you're dealing with."
"Like who?"
"Even I don't know all the players."
"So, you're small leagues, then?" Sepia set the wine glass down on his new coffee table and sat down on the couch. "No surprise there, I suppose."
"Oh, I'm not small-fry. I promise you that." She sipped her wine delicately. "You're just in a whole new league, sunshine."
She placed her wine down on the kitchen counter and smiled. "I'm just giving you a friendly warning. I know you know what I am, I've heard all about your magical intuition. From what I hear, it actually is magical. Just like those glowing fists of yours. You learned that from the Monks of Racursis, didn't you? No matter, that's all irrelevant now."
"Then why did you come here?" Sepia scratched his head. "I'm kinda missing the reason."
"Just to make sure you knew exactly what you're getting yourself into."
"And what would that be?"
Addy laughed. "That would be telling." Her image toppled into itself with a loud CRACK and, for a moment, Sepia had to regain his composure.
"She calls herself Addy." Sepia placed her picture on Red's board. "She invaded my new apartment last night."
"What do you think of it, by the way?" Red asked, turning from the board to face Sepia. "It's nice, right?"
"Yeah. I like the skirting boards."
"Hand-crafted by a blind craftsman."
"Ladies..." Blackwood interjected briefly. "If you're quite finished gossiping, I believe we'd better start investigating just what it was that found it's way into the apartment. Discussion of the finer points of decorating can wait, surely?"
"Yes, well..." Red refocussed himself. "Two murders and an intruder of unknown, likely supernatural origin. Time to get to work."
Blackwood set a text down on Melee's desk.
"Do you think you could help me translate this? I think it might be a lead."
"Sure thing." She said, smiling. "Lucy, would you mind popping down to MacCreedy's and picking me up some Mordrake root? I need it for a spell I'm working on."
"... So I'm your errand girl now?" Lucy asked, placing her hands on her hips.
"Oh... I thought you were going out, is all." Melee's face dropped somewhat.
"What gave you that impression?"
"It's just... I thought because..." She gulped. "Because you're not doing anything."
Lucy sighed and walked out the door, slamming it behind her.
"Not a defining moment in modern diplomacy..." Blackwood removed his glasses, wiping them slightly.
"Damage control?" Sepia asked, nodding towards the door.
"Nah," Red waved it off casually. "She's having a mid-life crisis or something. It doesn't do any good to help."
Sepia frowned somewhat, staring at the door. Red stepped into his office, waving to Sepia, urging him to follow him inside. He slipped in, shutting the door behind him. Red sat, putting his feet up on his desk. Sepia simply stood, staring down at him.
"You should come back to mine tonight." Red said, smiling. "I figure you need something relaxing after last night's debacle. You can meet the family, have a nice meal, some pleasant company..." He rubbed his neck a little. "Call me old fashioned, but I believe company may be the one thing that keeps us all from going insane."
Sepia eyed him warily. He noticed the scuff-marks on his shoes were relatively new, likely the last few days. It was now January, and Christmas was about the right time for them to have been given to him. Shoes are a personal gift. You need to be close – immediate family. Likely someone who gre up clothing him to know where his shoe size would have ended up. He was wearing a tie that had a similar sheen of store-bought freshness to it. It was plain black with a single silver band running across what was approximately the middle. It had been bought by someone acutely aware of social situations, with Red's line of work it had to be professional. A single silver band was extreme, though. It was more of a line, really. Excessively thin but just wide enough to require more than one piece of thread. It was a silly manifestation of workplace hangups. It was someone's idea of a joke.
"I'll come visit your mother and your daughter sometime. I think we have work to do at the moment."
"How did you know I had a daughter? Or that my mother lives with me?" Red was amazed.
"I'll tell you later."
"Riiight." Red slowly stood from his desk. "Well, I'm going to Hra with Lucy. Wanna come?"
"No thanks." Sepia opened the door. Red nodded and slipped out, with Sepia following behind. He closed it softly behind him. "I'm waiting on some results."
"You don't have to wait much longer." Blackwood pulled out a cellphone. "Hello? Yes. Mmhmm." Pause. "Okay, that is exciting. We'll be there soon."
"Body sixteen isn't dead." Blackwood moved towards the door and grabbed his coat. Melee seemed to be processing the information.
"But how's that possible?" Melee asked, finally rising from her seat. "We saw the bodies."
"Ah, now that is the exciting possibility."
"I don't like this place." Lucy grumbled. Their car was traversing the gravelled road steadily, a sleek black vehicle that Red had thought looked inconspicuous enough. Hra was an hour's drive from Mas. Aeter was closer, and in possession of a teleporter, but by the time they'd walked, it would have taken just as long.
"You've been here before?" Red asked, winding down the windscreen.
"Only once. I never got inside." She sighed, putting on her sunglasses. They were large, but not oversized. She turned to face a man standing on the side of the road. Red stuck his head out of the window a little to speak to him. "Hey there. I'm Red. We spoke on the phone."
"Yes, of course." The man seemed to be in his twenties. He was wearing a suit and eyeing the pair of them very suspiciously. Lucy sneered a little at him. He stepped backwards and smiled weakly. "You know the rules, of course?"
"Nothing we see inside gets mentioned outside. Total secrecy." Red cocked his head a little. "You sure you're not a cult?"
The man laughed a flat, forced laugh and walked ahead. "We'll have to ask you to leave your car outside."
Red unbuckled from his seat and opened the door. As it shut behind him, he heard the telltale whirr of it's locks. If there was nothing inside, it locked automatically. A nice feature, but sometimes it was just a nuisance. He and Lucy walked side by side towards the large gate standing before them. It was ornately crafted, although it was only a simple wooden door attached to a wall, the wall itself was the product of what looked to be decades of labour. It was one of Towan's many historical sites, and like many of them, no one was allowed in. Except, of course, for Red.
"Right this way." The man turned his back to them as he opened the gate. Red could see a misshapen mass around his leg, and he smiled.
"I think I know why they're so secretive." He whispered to Lucy as the gate opened.
"I think you wouldn't have taken so long to find out, anyway." She said, pointing. There was the noticeable hum of life in the monastery as it's inhabitants carried out their daily tasks. Gardening, cleaning, the washing of clothes, preparation of food. All happening oblivious to the world around them.
"Are they all... children?" Lucy asked, stunned. The man hurried back over and hushed her.
"We ask that you keep your observations to yourself." He turned to face the monastery again. "This children are all static Were."
"Static Were..." Red sighed. "Oh man." Lucy looked confused. "A Were is someone who, given a trigger, will shapeshift. Maybe into a horse, a bat, a mammoth, whatever, right?" Lucy nodded, and Red discretely pointed to a young girl walking past. She had wings sticking out of her back. For all intents and purposes, she appeared angelic. "Sometimes, very rarely, it goes wrong. Your body doesn't know what to change back to. Something gets stuck. That's how a static Were gets made. Scholars believe they're the source of the entire concept of demons."
"But why kids?"
The man sneered a little. "When someone becomes a static Were, their DNA changes at a basic level. The body loses it's ability to grow correctly. It assume that it's current state is it's prime state."
"You're saying... they're permanently children?"
"Precisely." The man sighed. "Marianne!" He called for the angel girl. She jogged over, briskly, smiling.
"Yes? What's the matter?"
"Marianne here could turn into a dove before it went wrong. She turned thirty a month ago."
Red stared into her face. It had the appearance of being no more than eight years old. He had to turn away, partially out of shame.
"Did you want something Talbot, or are you just showing me off?"
"Yes, of course." The man, Talbot, pointed to a building on the east wall. "Marianne here runs our archive. You called about a shipment, didn't you? She'll be able to help you track it down."
"Right this way, gentlemen." A young woman, in her twenties, showed Sepia, Melee and Blackwood through the morgue. "We moved the bodies here from Aollo because the morgue was too small. It could have handled it, but anyone else would have been turned away. Besides, we have better facilities here."
"How's someone like you old enough to be running a morgue?" Sepia asked, suspiciously.
"I'm something of a genius, they say." She turned, smiling. She had jet black hair that she cut short, wearing the longest part just below her ears. "Left med-school at nineteen. And I don't run the morgue. I'm normally in the ER. I was just filling in when they asked me to look over your bodies." They turned a corner to see a man sitting on a plastic chair a pair of black pants and a surgical smock. "We weren't sure what to do, and you were coming straight away, so we thought we might as well let him stay here."
The man was clutching a drink, breathing heavily. He seemed more than shaken by the experience.
"Thank you... Sorry, I didn't catch your name."
"Emmy. Emmy Kamoguchi."
"Short for Emily, I assume?"
"Emeria, actually." She smiled and walked towards the exit. "I'll be in the office. Let me know when you're done."
Blackwood stepped forward, approaching the man. He pulled up a chair and pulled out a notebook. "Richmond Fielding, right? Age 42, living in an apartment in the Orpheus building, the same building that Crisis Solutions, the company you own, operates out of."
"That... that's correct." The man appeared to be breathing heavily, but Sepia could tell it was just a reaction. His body wasn't moving correctly.
"You're Cainish, I assume?" Sepia asked bluntly. The man seemed shocked for a moment, but he soon readjusted.
"Yes. You don't hear many people call it that anymore."
"You're a vampire..." Blackwood smirked a little. "That explains why you survived. Now, the obvious question: why would anyone do this?"
"Why does anyone massacre an entire business-worth of people?" The man chuckled slightly. "I have no idea."
"No enemies, then?"
"I work all day, and sleep at night. I can't go out when I'm awake, and when I can, I sleep. I don't make many friends – or enemies."
"Not even through the business?"
"None that I can think of."
"We found a symbol..." Melee stepped forward, handing him a piece of paper. "Any idea what it means?"
"No, sorry. Where did you find this?"
"Carved into one of your desks." Blackwood stated, suspicion rising. "Why do you ask?"
"Just wanting to know what the damage is." He sighed. "I'm not sure I can start business up again, though. Who'd want to work for me now?"
"Thank you for your time." Sepia turned to Blackwood and Melee. "I think we should let this man find his way home."
"Of course. Thank you for your time." Blackwood stood and followed Sepia towards the door. He waved at Emmy as they passed the office, and as they left he could see her rising to deal with Richmond.
"So, what do we know?"
"Richmond Fielding had nothing to do with any of this. Well, nothing more than anyone else. He genuinely cared about restarting business. That means he wouldn't intentionally sink it, means he didn't start it. He didn't come forward with who was behind it, because he really doesn't know. If he did, he would have told us from the get go."
"Then we're back to square one?"
"Not quite." Sepia continued marching down the hall. Mas City Hospital was a large, sprawling thing, but the exits were marked clearly enough for him to find his way. "This was about power. They knew Richmond was the boss, that much is clear. This wasn't about debts, or rituals or anything. This was a show of power. Establishing dominance." Sepia stopped in his tracks, turning to face the others. "Melee, get me a list of every single person who works or lives in the Orpheus building. Blackwood, find me any cults or related groups whose method involves displays of power on a wide scale. It's a broad lense, but it's all we've got."
"So, square two then."
"Oh yes."


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Re: Fox Pocket
"Fox Pocket"
omarfeliciano wrote:Great minds think alike They are just different styles, I really like the photorealism style in yours. +1
I was gonna do a tentacley one, but this makes any sub I might make extraneous. Excellent work, looks amazing.
Re: Calculator Fun!
I see what you did there.
Re: Pocket monster
He looks hungry too!!! :D
Re: Ravens Nest
I tried to add a little more into this scene than a pocket. Hope you like the design. Thanks for checking it out.
Re: Elven pocket: I'll hold it for safe keeping.
Beautiful job!
fablefire wrote:"Fox Pocket"
Silly Falling-Fox, that's not how you use the hole Scissors-Fox made for you! You're supposed to use it like Watcher-Fox and Rump-Fox!
What? You say he made it too low? On purpose? Nah, he wouldn't do that! His buddy Waving-Fox totally vouches for him on this. Maybe you are just clumsy.
No, no no. He's not out to get you! That thing with the star costumes? That wasn't Scissors-Fox! The line broke on its own. It wasn't cut. Just look at it closely and you'll ...
... Oh my god maybe you're right. Maybe he just likes seeing you fall. I mean, you give such a great reaction from it. That's why you're Falling-Fox!
Re: DRAGONS
Hope you like DRAGONSSSS!!
Re: Pocket Darkness
I like to think of this as a little dark entity slinking its way out of a pocket.
Love it!!
Re: Hot Pocket
Love it!
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albertoarni wrote:... But, as a Mexican, I have to say it... That is not a real taco! ...
I have to say the same thing. Hard shell = NOT A TACO! Granted, living in SoCal and regularly eating at taquerias or off lunch trucks kind of skews one's view too ...
Beautiful, but isn't this pop culture?
Re: One step closer
These chibi zombies are super creepy! Nice touch with the map. :D
Totally adorable and funny design! I'd so wear this!
It was only a matter of time.
Re: Hide me! Quick!
Great design,but I'd never buy a shirt with that language on it.Pity.
collinvh wrote:I tried to add a little more into this scene than a pocket. Hope you like the design. Thanks for checking it out.
Looks great.Too many simple"something sticking out of a pocket"designs so far.Kudos for "thinking outside the pocket"!
dave17 wrote:Great design,but I'd never buy a shirt with that language on it.Pity.
I'm sorry you feel that way, but thank you.
Re: Taco for the Road
Honestly, I absolutely love traditional tacos. For reasons beyond my comprehension, I've got a few good lunch trucks and taquerias near me that serve the real deal (as my FB friends will attest).
But I'm not sure how I could represent a traditional taco on this shirt in a manner that a) the majority of voters would identify as a taco, and b) is physically possible for this design.
In conclusion, I like tacos.
Re: Pocket Full Of Zen
I like it
Very different from the usual entries.
Re: Wet pocket
This design is my favorite so far, I demand it be in the fog.
Re: Pocket Of Holding
Nice stuff, turned out great.
orabbit wrote:Beautiful, but isn't this pop culture?
Yes my precious, it is... Gollum... Gollum
Great design BTW
Do they get infernally hot on the inside if you put them on the microwave?
Ohh, "Fox pocket". I thought you said "hot pocket"
rglee129 wrote:Excellent work!
Thank you !
Caddywompus wrote:This design needs more love, it turned out great.
Re: Perfectly Upside-Down
I'm always up for a clever bat design. Love the smile.
Lisabeybi wrote:Love it!
Thank you!
Re: Poch Ness Elephant
Thanks for the kind words everyone!
Re: Epic Pocket Rescue
Ha! I just gave up on a very similar idea because THIS IS PERFECT. well done ace.
Re: Designers Magical Mystery Toolbox
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Designers Magical Mystery Toolbox is a long-running British television programme produced by the BBC that ran from 1974-2007. The programme depicts the adventures of a Designer of a large company who inherits from an old mysterious artist a toolbox filled with magical and mysterious tools. The Designer uses these tools not only to solve artistic problems but also to help ordinary people and right wrongs.
Six artists have headlined the series as the Designer, representing such diverse fields as advertising, marketing, professional art, media consulting, commercial art, and tee shirt design. The transition from one artist to another is written into the plot of the show using plot devices like promotion, retirement, alien abduction, involuntary confinement in a mental institution, and suicide. In each case, the passing along of the Designers Magical Mystery Toolbox--and, equally importantly, an explanation of how the tools work--occurs immediately before the change.
In addition, the tools themselves--which come to life using a mixture of traditional animation, puppetry, costumed little people, stop-action photography, and computer animation--changed over the course of the show's run, with some tools being introduced to reflect changes in the design world. For example, in the late 1970s Basil the Brush was replaced by Marvin the Magic Marker, and in the early 1980s Sloane the Slide Rule was phased out and replaced with Colin the Calculator, a character who holds the distinction for being the most short-lived. When the show was finally cancelled in 2007, there were five Magical Tools left in the Toolbox:
Pete the Pencil
Timmy the Technical Pen
Simon the Stylus Pen
Phyllis the Photoshop Toolbar
Polly the Pad...
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Re: Venus Firefly Trap
A Collab with Collinvh! Thanks Collin the color palette looks great!
paxdomino wrote:Very cool, I love your color choices!
Thanks man. I really fell in love with the color pallet,
sonofafish wrote:I was gonna do a tentacley one, but this makes any sub I might make extraneous. Excellent work, looks amazing.
Thanks buddy.
BTW, I've been wanting to let you know that I really like the way you use your logo on each shirt comp every week, applying the colors used on the design to different parts of the fish
Wow, excellent lightning effects.
omarfeliciano wrote:Wow, excellent lightning effects.
Thanks Omar! Seems like an easy target for those plants
Now this is the epitome of a woot shirt.
Props to you Papageorgio
This is one of the BEST pocket designs! Why no pop culture allowed? Please print this sometime in the future anyway; it's amazingly gorgeous.
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La Santa Cecilia – Treinta Dias (Thirty Days)
By KARLA ESCOBAR
April 30, 2013
Los Angeles based quartet La Santa Cecilia have gone from performing on the streets of Los Angeles to being called The Best Latin Alternative Band of 2012, and now releasing their latest album Treinta Dias (Thirty Days). Using their Latin roots and infusing it with a modern alternative sound, La Santa Cecilia have really captured audiences and famous artists like Elvis Costello who is featured on their track Losing Game.
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March 29, 2006
From: Adrian Bryan-Brown/Susanne Tighe/Heath Schwartz
The hit Broadway musical, JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, which has taken Broadway by storm, will launch a National Tour in San Francisco beginning in December, 2006. JERSEY BOYS, which opened to rave reviews on November 6, 2005, continues to set new weekly box office records at the August Wilson Theatre and has been among the top grossing shows on Broadway ever since.
JERSEY BOYS will be presented in San Francisco as part of the Shorenstein Hays Nederlander (SHN) theatre series. "Jersey Boys is simply the greatest musical on Broadway this season", said Carole Shorenstein Hays, owner and president of SHN. "The music is infectious and like the rest of the audience, I was on my feet cheering. I just knew Jersey Boys had to open in San Francisco!"
The JERSEY BOYS is written by Academy Award winner Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe, directed by two-time Tony Award® winner Des McAnuff and choreographed by Sergio Trujillo.
The JERSEY BOYS design and production team comprises Klara Zieglerova (Scenic Design), Jess Goldstein (Costume Design), Howell Binkley (Lighting Design), Steve Canyon Kennedy (Sound Design), Michael Clark (Projections Design), Charles LaPointe (Wig and Hair Design), Steve Orich (Orchestrations) and Ron Melrose (Music Direction, Vocal Arrangements & Incidental Music).
JERSEY BOYS is produced on Broadway by Dodger Theatricals, Joseph J. Grano, Pelican Group, Tamara and Kevin Kinsella, in association with Latitude Link and Rick Steiner/Oshen/Staton/Bell/Mayerson Group.
"Too good to be true. The book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice is as tight and absorbing as an Arthur Miller play. The cast is just plain wonderful. The glitzy, sleight-of-hand staging by Des McAnuff doesn't hurt either. With its vibrant choreography by Sergio Trujillo, imaginative settings by Klara Zieglerova, spot-on costumes by Jess Goldstein, and arena-style lighting by Howell Binkley, JERSEY BOYS is terrific – a show dynamically alive in music, while as a drama, it catches the very texture, almost the actual smell of its time."
"The most exciting musical Broadway has seen in years. A dazzling piece of conceptual direction by Des McAnuff, shrewdly penned by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, this endlessly savvy production works the audience up into such high stakes lather that the on-stage performances of boffo songs become catharses. You don't ever want to look away."
""The crowd goes wild. I'm talking about the real crowd at the August Wilson Theatre, who seem to have forgotten what year it is or how old they are or, most important, that John Lloyd Young is not Frankie Valli. And everything that leads up to the curtain call feels as real and vivid as the sting of your hands clapping together."
"It all starts and ends with the book, and this one by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice is a winner. It's the funny, original and moving way this story is told that makes it stand out. The versatile ensemble is first-rate. JERSEY BOYS works because its collaborators –those both on and offstage – found themselves in perfect harmony."
"A can't-stop-the-music tidal wave. Enjoy juicy behind-the-scenes true stories? Then, without a doubt, this is the hot new Broadway show for you. A fast-moving script electrified by most of the group's greatest hits. Energetically weaving story, songs, visuals and performances, Des McAnuff stages a compelling rush of events that pauses only occasionally to savor the beauty of the songs."
"I entered a skeptic, but promptly turned believer. Smart dialogue, devastating direction and overwhelming emotional impact."
MARSHALL BRICKMAN (Book). Films: (author or co-author) Sleeper, Annie Hall (AA), Manhattan, Manhattan Murder Mystery; (writer/director) Simon, Lovesick, The Manhattan Project, Sister Mary Explains it All. Television: The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (head writer), The Dick Cavett ABC late night show (head writer/co-producer). Mr. Brickman entered show business as a musician, first as a member of the folk group the Tarriers and then, along with John and Michelle Phillips, as one of the New Journeymen, which re-emerged a year later (Brickman having moved onto saner pursuits) as The Mommas and the Papas. Brickman's recording (with Eric Weissberg) of the soundtrack of Deliverance, recorded in 1963, achieved gold status twice and remains a healthy seller around the world forty years later. Mr. Brickman has published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Playboy, and other periodicals. Jersey Boys is his first venture into the musical theater.
RICK ELICE (Book) wrote a popular thriller, Double Double (translated in 16 languages), Leonardo's Ring (London Fringe, 2003) and Dog and Pony (New York Stage & Film, 2003). From 1982-2000, as creative director at Serino Coyne Inc., he produced ad campaigns for some 300 Broadway shows, from A Chorus Line to Lion King. Since 2000, he has served as creative consultant for The Walt Disney Studio. BA, Cornell University; MFA, Yale Drama School; Teaching Fellow, Harvard University; charter member, American Repertory Theater. In 2003, he appeared off-Broadway in Elaine May's comedy, Adult Entertainment. With Marshall Brickman, he is currently writing another Broadway musical, to be directed by Tommy Tune. End of credits. Rick saw his first Broadway show when he was three. His mother said he was very well-behaved. From that day, he dreamed of working in the theater. From the age of nineteen, he has. Heartfelt thanks to those he's been lucky enough to know, whose work makes him grateful for the day he was born: Sondheim, Stoppard, Bennett, Prince, Fosse, Robbins, Nichols, Tune, Nunn, Laurents, Stone, Kushner, Taymor, Papp, Schumacher, Schneider, Coyne, Brickman and Rees. Rick thinks about them a lot. He never thought about Jersey much. He does now.
BOB GAUDIO (Music) wrote his first hit, "Who Wears Short Shorts," at 15, for the Royal Teens, a group he started, then went on to become a founding member of the Four Seasons and the band's principal songwriter. He also produced the hit "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" for Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand (Grammy nomination, Record of the Year), as well as six albums for Diamond, including The Jazz Singer. Other producing credits include albums for Frank Sinatra, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, and the soundtrack for Little Shop of Horrors. Several songs co-written with Bob Crewe have been cover hits for such artists as the Tremeloes ("Silence Is Golden") and the Walker Brothers ("The Sun Ain`t Gonna Shine Anymore") Lauren Hill ("Can't Take My Eyes Off You"). With his wife, Judy Parker, Gaudio produced and co-wrote the Who Loves You album for the Four Seasons, and one of Billboard's longest-charted singles (54 weeks), "Oh, What A Night." A highpoint in his career came in 1990, when, as a member of the original Four Seasons, Gaudio was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, which hailed him as "a quintessential music-maker." In 1995, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. To this day, Bob Gaudio and Frankie Valli still maintain their partnership…on a handshake.
BOB CREWE (Lyrics). "New York was pregnant in the fifties," says Bob Crewe, "gestating with possibilities." Crewe and music partner Frank Slay became independent writer-producers when the category hadn't yet been invented. In 1957 they wrote and produced "Silhouettes" for The Rays, skyrocketing to #1. Suddenly, producers in demand, they launched Freddie Cannon's "Tallahassee Lassie" and Billy & Lillie's "Lah Dee Da." Crewe's 1960's solo unprecedented producing success with The Four Seasons birthed a new sound, striking a major chord in American Pop. "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Walk Like a Man," "Candy Girl," "Ronnie" – all smashes! When lead Frankie Valli demanded a solo turn, Crewe & Bob Gaudio wrote and Crewe produced "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You," eventually becoming the century's fifth most played song. Crewe ran hot with artists from Vicki Carr, Oliver, Lesley Gore to Mitch Ryder, co-writing with Charles Fox the soundtrack for Jane Fonda's film, "Barbarella". Then his own Bob Crewe Generation exploded with Music To Watch Girls By. 1972 Bob L.A., where he revived Frankie Valli with "My Eyes Adored You" by Crewe & Kenny Nolan. They also co-wrote Patti LaBelle's "Lady Marmalade" (#1, July '75) – to re-hit again from the soundtrack of Moulin Rouge (#1, June '01). Credit: David Ritz.
SERGIO TRUJILLO (Choreographer) most recently choreographed the Broadway musical All Shook Up. Other NYC credits: The Great American Trailer Park Musical (Off-Broadway), Bare (Off-Broadway), A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Encores!), and Salome (NYC Opera). Int'l credits: Peggy Sue Got Married (West End, London); West Side Story and The Sound of Music (Stratford Festival); Kiss Me, Kate and Twelfth Night (Tokyo, Japan). Other Theatre credits: The Mambo Kings (Golden Gate Theatre), Jersey Boys (La Jolla Playhouse), The Wedding Banquet (Village Theatre), Kiss Of The Spiderwoman (North Shore Music Theatre), Le Nozze Di Figaro (LA Opera), Hoy Come Ayer (Ballet Hispanico) and segments of Chita Rivera's Chita and All that Jazz. Mr. Trujillo has choreographed various TV specials including: "Broadway: The American Musical" (PBS), and "The 14 American Comedy Awards" starring Nathan Lane, Martin Short and Jane Krakowski. Recipient of a 2003 Ovation Award in LA and three Dora Mavor Moore Award Nominations for outstanding choreography in Canada.
DES McANUFF (Director) is a Tony Award-winning director and writer and the Artistic Director of La Jolla Playhouse. Under his leadership, La Jolla Playhouse has won more than 200 theatre awards including the 1993 Tony Award as America's Outstanding Regional Theatre. Recent productions directed at the Playhouse include Zhivago (2005); Palm Beach, The Screwball Musical (2005); Private Fittings (2005); Tom Donaghy's Eden Lane (2003); Molière's Tartuffe (2002); and The Collected Works of Billy the Kid (2001). Playhouse to Broadway Credits: Jersey Boys; Billy Crystal's 700 Sundays (Playhouse 2004; Broadway 2004, Tony Award for Special Theatrical Event); How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Playhouse 1994, Broadway 1995), The Who's Tommy (director/co-author with Pete Townshend; Playhouse 1992, Broadway 1993, Tony Award Best Director of a Musical, London Olivier Award Best Director 1994), A Walk in the Woods (Playhouse 1987, Broadway 1988, Moscow and Lithuania 1989-90) and Big River (Playhouse 1984, Broadway 1985, seven Tony Awards including Best Director of a Musical and Best Musical). Film credits include Cousin Bette (director), Iron Giant (Producer), The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (director), Quills (Executive Producer).
JERSEY BOYS premiered at LaJolla Playhouse, October 17, 2004.
The national tour of JERSEY BOYS will be coordinated by AWA Touring Services.
JERSEY BOYS cast recording available now on Rhino Records.


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Death, Grief and Facebook
When someone dies, do you learn about it from a phone call in the night, an obituary in a local paper - or from logging onto Twitter or Facebook?
And just what happens when grief meets social media?
In "Virtual Mourning and Memory Construction on Facebook: Here Are the Terms of Use," researchers at the University of Toronto explore the online information practices of people grieving, commemorating and mourning a loved one.
The study, by U of T's Faculty of Information (iSchool) Librarian Kathleen Scheaffer and Professor Rhonda McEwen, also of University of Toronto Mississauga, was published recently in the Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society. In it, McEwen and Scheaffer examine the implications of Facebook's terms of use policies for the bereaved - and for the dead.
"This particular study of grief and mourning online is an example of the ways in which traditional structures such as use policies can have unintended consequences for how people communicate," said McEwen, "and raises concerns for how those exchanges may contribute to a lasting impression of the deceased."
McEwen and Scheaffer examined traditional methods of grieving such as print obituaries or radio announcements and compared them with Facebook features such as pages, messages, profiles. They analyzed documents, carried out one-on-one interviews and conducted surveys with Facebook users who had a loved one die after 2008. (Since 2007, Facebook has had a "memorializing procedure" in place, leaving the dead person's estate options in the hands of friends and relatives.)
When coping with the loss of another, Facebook is a familiar tool that gives instant access for users to share their emotions, and a large user base, researchers said, making it a natural place for mourners to gather virtually for group support via comments, "likes" and photos.
"Loved ones can continue an online relationship with the deceased for personal and collective expression," the study found.
However, users could also inadvertently erode or negatively affect the memory of the dead person, altering an image he or she intentionally created. Additionally, the research found that contributions of the bereaved on the profile of someone who died can, in some cases, foster an environment of competition among mourners (e.g., who loved her the most).
"The immediacy of being able to publish grieving and memorializing comments, messages, wall posts, photos and so on has direct consequences for the deceased's curation of self - the intentional online content creation and content editing to represent an intentional persona," the paper says.
Through several examples, McEwen and Scheaffer show how the profile of a person who has died may no longer reflect his or her image, but rather the remembered life of the user's Facebook friends.
"The individual's memory archive becomes a social archive," the study finds. "The online self-curation of the deceased is overridden."
To avoid this practice, the researchers give three recommendations in their article:
- Facebook should offer "digital estate options" to users at sign up, and allow current users this option now. Everyone should have the ability to amend their decision.
- Shut off the ability to modify a deceased's Facebook account and leave the work as it is. Facebook should delete everything after 50 years.
- The Facebook profile of deceased members should be frozen, but remain accessible to Facebook friends with the same privacy filters enabled, but the direct message function disabled. The profile would not be searchable online. Instead, loved ones could create memorial pages, thereby owning the digital content and curation.
By Kathleen O'Brien
Eternal rest, grant unto him (her) O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon him (her). May he (she) rest in peace (Amen) May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
Exalted and hallowed be His great Name. (Cong: "Amen.") Throughout the world which He has created according to His Will. May He establish His kingship, bring forth His redemption and hasten the coming of His Moshiach. (Cong: "Amen.") In your lifetime and in your days and in the lifetime of the entire House of Israel, speedily and soon, and say, Amen. (Cong: "Amen. May His great Name be blessed forever and to all eternity, blessed.") May His great Name be blessed forever and to all eternity. Blessed and praised, glorified, exalted and extolled, honored, adored and lauded be the Name of the Holy One, blessed be He. (Cong: "Amen.") Beyond all the blessings, hymns, praises and consolations that are uttered in the world; and say, Amen. (Cong: "Amen.") May there be abundant peace from heaven, and a good life for us and for all Israel; and say, Amen. (Cong: "Amen.") He Who makes peace in His heavens, may He make peace for us and for all Israel; and say, Amen. (Cong: "Amen.")
O my God! This is Thy servant and the son of Thy servant who hath believed in Thee and in Thy signs, and set his face towards Thee, wholly detached from all except Thee. Thou art, verily, of those who show mercy the most merciful. Deal with him, O Thou Who forgivest the sins of men and concealest their faults, as beseemeth the heaven of Thy bounty and the ocean of Thy grace. Grant him admission within the precincts of Thy transcendent mercy that was before the foundation of earth and heaven. There is no God but Thee, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Generous.
"In the name of God, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. All praise and thanks is for to God, [The] Creator, Owner, Sustainer of the Worlds. The Entirely Merciful, The Especially Merciful. Owner of the Day of Recompense. You alone do we worship and You alone we seek for help. Guide us to the Straight Path. The path of those whom Your blessings are upon, Not of those who You have cursed nor of those who have gone astray."
The wise have said that Atman is immortal: And that the phenomenon of death is merely the separation of the astral body from the physical body. The five elements of which the body is composed return to their source. Our scriptures teach us that as pilgrims unite and separate at a public inn, so also fathers, mothers, sons, brothers, wives, relations unite and separate in this world. He who thus understands the nature of the body and all human relationships based upon it will derive strength to bear the loss of our dear ones. In Divine plan, one day each union must end with separation.
O God, whose mercies cannot be numbered: Accept our prayers on behalf of thy servant N., and grant him an entrance into the land of light and joy, in the fellowship of thy saints; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, on God, now and for ever. Amen.
He is made one with Nature; there is heard His voice in all her music, from the moan Of thunder, to the song of night's sweet bird; He is a presence to be felt and known In darkness and in light, from herb and stone... He is a portion of the loveliness Which once he made more lovely. Words for Parting: 2 The courage of the early morning's dawning, And the strength of the eternal hill, And the peace of the evening's ending, And the love of God, be in our hearts. Words for Parting: 3 Farewell! The world is better for your having lived, We are better for having known you. We loved you living- we love you now. Farewell! Words for Parting: 4 Farewell, traveler. We do not know your destination but our love and gratitude go with you. Rest now- in peace- and in the love we bear you.
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The nice thing about all the recipes is that you can feel good about eating them. With the great nutrition of almonds, and other nutrient dense foods used in each recipe you know you are getting a complete and very nutritious meal. Each recipe is easy to follow and uses ingredients that most are familiar with to make using this cookbook in your own home very simple.
The Elana's Pantry website is also full of great, easy to follow recipes for anyone and everyone. The website is informational while also being very interesting.
Here is a little more from Elana's Pantry website about this great cookbook.
With recipes ranging from breakfast favorites to comfort entrées to baked goods, The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook offers delicious, nutritious, and whole-food recipes that will benefit anyone, with or without dietary restrictions.
Elana Amsterdam has been profiled in Fortune Magazine and the Wall Street Journal for her business ventures. When she and her son were both diagnosed with celiac disease, she was inspired to develop gluten-free recipes. She lives in Boulder, Colorado.
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Get an overview of this hotelHotel in Lake Havasu City with free breakfast and indoor pool
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Located in the heart of Lake Havasu City, this hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Lake Havasu Museum of History, London Bridge, and Havasu Regional Medical Center. Windsor Beach and Aquatic Center are also within 2 mi (3 km).
Along with an indoor pool, this smoke-free hotel has a spa tub and a 24-hour business center. Free continental breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include coffee/tea in a common area, laundry facilities, and a 24-hour front desk.
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Rodeway Inn and Suites features an indoor pool and a spa tub. A computer station is located on site and wireless Internet access is complimentary. This hotel offers access to a 24-hour business center. A complimentary breakfast is offered. This Lake Havasu City hotel also offers multilingual staff, coffee/tea in a common area, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Rodeway Inn and Suites is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Number of floors - 2
- Total number of rooms - 44
- Free breakfast
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Guests are offered a complimentary continental breakfast.
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An indoor pool and a spa tub are on site.
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- Golfing nearby
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Check-in time ends at 5 AM
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- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 15.00 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
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Only service animals are allowed
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A Mountain of Gratitude: Thanksgiving on the North Shore
Thanksgiving is close. You can always tell the nearness of this holiday by the cold weather, the flurries of snow, the grocery store ads for cranberries, and by the endless Facebook posts about thankfulness.
Yeah, you know who I'm talking about. It's probably you! And, in all honesty, it should probably be me too. Sure, some of these posts make you roll your eyes, but it can't really hurt to make an extra effort to give thanks. While I'm a little late to the gratitude party, I decided to compile a list of my own.
What I discovered was that a lot of the things I'm thankful for correlate with the North Shore.
For starters, I'm thankful for family. Holidays are particularly tough for me since my mom passed away. Our family had the smallest house, but for some reason we were always the hosts for get-togethers. That tradition dissolved with my mother's health unfortunately. But the simple fact that it is Thanksgiving reminds me of family I haven't seen in a long while, and seems to bring them closer even though (with the exception of my cousin, Wally, and his family) are all at least 5 hours away. Seeing Wally was always my personal favorite part of Thanksgiving, and now I'm practically his neighbor. I wish I could see the rest of the fam as much as I see him now, but I'm grateful for their understanding. When I moved to the North Shore there was a lot of people that thought I was nuts, and have lost touch with me over the years. But not my dad and grandma. They understood how good of an opportunity this was for me. And adventure. And though they miss me (and are missed dearly in return) I'm thankful for their trust. And the occasional baked good via the US Postal Service.
I'm also very thankful to be able to say I'm a published author. No matter what happens to me tomorrow, next week, or 50 years from now, I can say that I fulfilled one of my major goals in life. I suppose a certain amount of thanks is due to North Star Press for trusting in a quirky wizard story set in the 80s, but a lot of thanks is due to this area as well. As I said in an interview, I instantly fell in love with the North Shore when I moved here. I suddenly wanted everything I ever wrote to be set in this surreal, magical place. Inspiring? Yes. But also serene. Peaceful. QUIET. I started and failed many projects living down in the Cities. In the five years after college, I had nothing to show for it, book-wise. Yet my first full summer on the Shore, I was able to hash out the skeleton of Coming of Mage, and spent the following year fleshing it out for publication. Proof's in the pudding, as they say.
And, as hectic as it can be sometimes, I'm thankful to have a job. A job that allows flexibility to write, a job that has given me the chance to prove my skills in many areas outside of just bringing food to someone's table, a job that allows me to mingle with people on vacation–and maybe help me feel like I'm a little on vacation myself, even when I'm on the clock. I'm thankful for my shift on Thanksgiving, where I'll get to recapture some of that feeling of get-togetherness with many families. I'm thankful that my shift ends when most retail folks' shifts begin. I'm thankful the trend of "Black Thursday" hasn't bled to the North Shore, and that folk up here have no problem hanging "Closed" signs to spend a day with family.
Speaking of my shift, I'm thankful that I'll get to take part in the epic feast at Moguls–and that Wild Game Meatloaf is going to be included in the spread. I love ya, Turkey, but you ain't got nothin' on buffalo, elk, and beef wrapped in bacon and smothered with mushroom gravy. (Okay, easy, everybody–of course there's going to be turkey too.)
I'm thankful I won't be stuck in traffic this holiday season. Or any season. For me, traffic is a thing of the past. Do you know what it's like to go to work and rarely see a car on your commute? I only have one stoplight to worry about…and miles and miles of mountainside views and lakeside vistas. Now that's something to be grateful for.
And lastly, I'm thankful for snow. Yes, I said it. I'm shocked enough to hear myself say it. But snow in Lutsen means skiing and snowboarding. To be honest, I've never once been on a slope, but even I realize skiing and 'boarding is the lifeblood of this area. People will flock to this area this winter and I will serve them drinks, make them happy, and they'll fill my pockets with their gratitude. It's a long draught between summer and ski seasons and all of my friends up here rely on the dutiful adrenaline junkies that we see this time of year. So, thank you, Snow, for cresting those runs with fresh powder and breathing some life into my little world up here. Maybe I'll even strap on a snowboard this winter to show my appreciation.
I could go on and on and will for the rest of the day….to myself. I'll spare you all the nostalgic niceties I've kept bottled up all year. But, long story short, Thanksgiving is more than Turkey (or Meatloaf) and stuffing. It's more than how close you live to your loved ones, or how far. It's more than the sweet deal you're going to get on that flatscreen TV at 3 in the morning.
Thanksgiving is remembering why you get to have these things, and who–or where–to thank for it all.
What are your Thanksgiving plans? Got some wild traditions to share?
- Mikel


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Fully coupled fatigue damage analysis of welded steel bridge member under traffic loading
Zhou, Taiquan, Hua, Yuan, & Chan, Tommy H.T. (2007) Fully coupled fatigue damage analysis of welded steel bridge member under traffic loading. Key Engineering Materials, 348-349, pp. 761-764.
The finite element analysis fully coupled fatigue damage evolution is implemented on the user subroutine UMAT of the finite element software ABAQUS. The fully coupled method developed with damage mechanics and the finite element analysis is performed on calculation of fatigue damage accumulation of the critical welded member in the Tsing Ma Bridge. The calculated result shows that the fatigue damage in the critical welded member is accumulated in the region of toe of welding. The value of faitgue life calculated by the fully coupled method is smaller than that by the uncoupled method, which suggests that there exists interaction between the fatigue damage evolution and the structural response. The linear Miner's Law is widely used however conservative for the evaluation of fatigue life of bridge on service. The above results provide feasible method for accurate evaluation of fatigue damage in bridge components based on the hot spot stress analysis and the damage mechanics theory.
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|Arrive at Gravelly Point -- meetup point for 5 mi walk to rally
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|Depart Gravelly Point for Jefferson Memorial (1.3 mi away)
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|Arrive at Jefferson Memorial - meetup point for 3.7 mi walk to rally
|8:20 am
|Depart Jefferson Memorial for MLK Memorial (0.7 mi away)
|8:40 am
|Arrive at MLK Memorial -- meetup point for 3 mi walk to rally
|8:50 am
|Depart for Lincoln Memorial (0.5 mi away)
|9:05 am
|Arrive at Lincoln Memorial -- meetup point for 2.6 mi walk to rally
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|Leave for Washington Monument (1 mi away)
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|Arrive at Washington Monument -- meetup point for 1.6 mi walk to rally
|9:55 am
|Depart Washington Monument for Air & Space Museum (0.8 mi away)
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|Depart for Grant Memorial/front of Capitol (0.5 mi away)
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|Depart for Upper Senate Park/Rally Site (0.3 mi away)
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|Rally/Press Conference - at US Capitol Upper Senate Park
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- The use of family businesses and investment entities as estate planning tools;
- The use of non-charitable actuarial techniques (e.g., qualified personal residence trusts and private annuities) in estate planning;
- Valuation planning and estate freezing techniques;
- Post mortem issues and providing liquidity in the estate; and
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- Estate Planning and Wealth Preservation: Strategies and Solutions - Henkel
- Part I Fundamentals
- Chapter 1: Overview of the Transfer Taxes
- Chapter 2: Taxable Gifts and the Taxable Estate
- Chapter 3: Powers of Appointment
- Chapter 4: Optimizing the Tax Attributes of Married Couples
- Chapter 5: Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax
- Chapter 6: Income Taxation of Trusts and Beneficiaries
- Chapter 7: Nontestamentary Transfers
- Part II The Power of Lifetime Gifts
- Chapter 8: Tax Economics of Lifetime Gifts
- Chapter 9: Donor's Retention of Control and Interests
- Chapter 10: Tax-Free Gifts
- Chapter 11: Split-Interest Gifts—Understanding the Actuarial Tables
- Part III Assets Providing Death Benefits
- Chapter 12: Life Insurance
- Chapter 13: Commercial Annuities
- Chapter 14: Qualified Plan and IRA Benefits
- Part IV Family Business and Investment Entities
- Chapter 15: Family Business and Investment Entities
- Chapter 16: Partnerships
- Chapter 17: Limited Liability Companies
- Chapter 18: S Corporations
- Chapter 19: C Corporations
- Chapter 20: Choice of Entity
- Part V Noncharitable Actuarial Techniques
- Chapter 21: Qualified Personal Residence Trusts
- Chapter 22: Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts
- Chapter 23: Private Annuities
- Chapter 24: Other Actuarial Techniques
- Part VI Valuation Planning
- Chapter 25: Valuation Issues
- Chapter 26: Section 2704: Rights That Lapse and Restrictions on Liquidation
- Chapter 27: Section 2703: Buy-Sell Agreements, Options, and Noncommercial Restrictions
- Part VII Estate Freezing Techniques
- Chapter 28: Loans
- Chapter 29: Leases and Leasebacks
- Chapter 30: Deferred Payment Sales
- Chapter 31: Preferred Equity Interests
- A.. General
- B.. Technical Explanation
- Part VIII Charitable Planning
- Chapter 32: Outright Charitable Gifts
- Chapter 33: Charitable Remainder Trusts
- Chapter 34: Charitable Gift Annuities
- Chapter 35: Charitable Lead Trusts
- Chapter 36: Other Charitable Split-Interest Gifts
- Chapter 37: Private Foundations
- Chapter 38: Designer Charities
- Part IX Planning for Marriage and Other Family Arrangements
- Chapter 39: Marital Property Agreements
- Chapter 40: Special Issues for Blended Families
- Chapter 41: Special Issues for Unmarried Couples
- Part X Advanced Maturity, Disability and Serious Illness
- Chapter 42: Special Issues of the Elderly
- Chapter 43: Disability Planning
- Chapter 44: Pre-Mortem Planning
- Part XI Planning for Post-Mortem Choices
- Chapter 45: Providing Liquidity for the Estate
- Chapter 46: Deferred Payout of Estate Taxes
- Chapter 47: Disclaimers
- Chapter 48: Special Use Valuation of Farms and Ranches
- Chapter 49: Wills With Marital Deduction Provisions—Drafting, Funding, and Apportionment
- Chapter 50: Other Post-Mortem Elections
- Part XII Other Issues
- Chapter 51: Planning Considerations Associated with Publicly Held Securities
- Chapter 52: International Issues
- Chapter 53: Asset Protection Aspects of Estate Planning
- A.. General Considerations
- B.. Techniques Involving Gifts
- C.. Techniques Involving Rearrangement of Asset Ownership
- D.. Techniques Permitting One Person to Protect Assets Passing to Another
- E.. Other Techniques
- Appendix A. Table of Indexed Amounts
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Brad Pitt has praised his partner Angelina Jolie, describing her decision to have a double mastectomy to prevent the chances of developing breast cancer as "absolutely heroic".
The Hollywood actress made the decision after genetic tests revealed she had an 87 per cent chance of developing breast cancer and a 50 per cent chance of ovarian cancer.
She only revealed her surgeries recently in an op-ed in the New York Times, where she detailed how her mother Marcheline Bertrand died, aged 56, in 2007 after battling ovarian cancer.
In a statement, Pitt, 49, said Jolie's decision was a brave one.
"Having witnessed this decision firsthand, I find Angie's choice, as well as so many others like her, absolutely heroic," he told British newspaper The London Evening Standard.
"I thank our medical team for their care and focus. All I want for is for her to have a long and healthy life, with myself and our children. This is a happy day for our family."
Jolie, 37, said she made the difficult decision so she could tell her children "they don't need to fear they will lose me". Pitt and Jolie raise six children together and are expected to wed this year.
In her op-ed piece, Jolie paid tribute to Pitt for his support through the three-month process of medical procedures, which included reconstructive surgery.
"I am fortunate to have a partner, Brad Pitt, who is so loving and supportive," she wrote.
"So to anyone who has a wife or girlfriend going through this, know that you are a very important part of the transition. Brad was at the Pink Lotus Breast Center [in Beverly Hills], where I was treated, for every minute of the surgeries. We managed to find moments to laugh together. We knew this was the right thing to do for our family and that it would bring us closer. And it has."
Jolie finished her treatment in April.
Celebrities including breast cancer survivor, Kylie Minogue, and Hunger Games actress Elizabeth Banks, took to Twitter to share their support for Jolie.
''Thank you for sharing your story and helping women around the world #inspirational," Minogue wrote.
Banks said she had ''much respect'' for Jolie sharing her story in a ''classy way''.
Singer Sheryl Crow wrote: ''I commend Angelina Jolie for her courage and thoughtfulness in sharing her story today regarding her mastectomy. So brave!''
And host of the celebrity gossip show E!, Giuliana Rancic said she was; ''Proud of her for using her incredible platform to educate women.''
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Fran Drescher: "Wow. I must say @AngelinaJolie is a warrior goddess!"
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As well as prompting a flood of celebrity report, Jolie's article also raised the stock price of the company that owns the BRCA test, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Myriad's stock price shot up nearly 4 per cent following the publication of the New York Times op-ed, they reported.
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Niall Horan and Selena Gomez were seen together at Katy Perry's 'Prismatic' concert in London — are they dating again?
Katy Perry's Prismatic concert in London was the place to be on May 27 — first, Robert Pattinson was spotted with a mystery girl, and then, Selena Gomez and Niall Horan were also seen together! Could the two be dating again after dating briefly in Feb. 2013?
Selena Gomez & Niall Horan: In A Relationship Again?
OK — we know that that pic is super blurry, we hear you. However, several eyewitnesses and fans have been reporting that they saw One Direction member Niall at the concert, along with Selena, and it wouldn't be outside the realm of possibility that they were there, nor that they're dating again.
After all, they had a London date on Feb. 16, and while sources close to Selena told HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY that they "made out a bit," Selena was more interested at the time in "a guy who plays hard-to-get" or who is "unattainable, which is basically not Niall and is Justin [Bieber]."
However, a lot of time has passed between then and now — Justin and Selena have made up and broken up once again, and it seems like it might be for good. Hey, maybe she's looking for a nice guy that will devote all of his love and attention to her! Well, as much love and attention as a member of One Direction — who seem to tour constantly — can give.
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Justin, for his part, is off hooking up with models, such as Adriana Lima, and flirting with them publicly over social media, as he did with fitness model Yovanna Ventura. Sorry, kids, but it looks like Jelena are over — forever.
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INDUSTRY - Toys R Us is preparing to move its Gale Avenue store in Industry to a newly expanded site at Puente Hills Mall that will also include a Babies R Us store.
The move is part of the company's plan to create more integrated locations that include both store concepts, Toys R Us spokeswoman Katelyn DeRogatis said.
"We already have about 100 side-by-side locations in the country," she said. "We're trying to bring both brands under one roof to meet all of our customers' children's needs."
A grand opening for the new 45,000-square-foot store at Puente Hills Mall will be held the weekend of June 10, DeRogatis said.
Toys R Us and Babies R Us are moving into space once occupied by Circuit City, which filed for bankruptcy and has since closed all of its stores.
"This is great," said Ken Mason, the mall's general manager. "We're really excited about them moving over here. They are already established in the market, so this is more of a relocation for them to the central hub of retail in this area."
The Circuit City space has been largely vacant for the past two years, although a furniture outlet store was recently using it on a temporary basis.
"We had to tell them to vacate," Mason said.
With 1.2 million square feet of retail space and about 150 stores, Puente Hills Mall has held its own during the economic downturn, according to Mason.
"The mall is over 90 percent occupied," he said. "There are always adjustments and changes going on, and some bankruptcies (of retail chains) have taken place. That's part of why we had this opportunity here. Circuit City left a big hole, and we're excited that Toy R Us has one of their newer build-outs coming here."
Toys R Us is currently holding a moving sale at the company's Gale Avenue location, with prices slashed by as much as 40 percent.
DeRogatis noted that the new Toys R Us/Babies R Us store will have a number of sustainable features that are designed to conserve energy and reduce the store's overall impact to the environment.
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We are staying here a couple more nights today we are drying out everything feels a little damp after all the rain. I accosted a passing Brit to take the picture to prove I am here it's not just Suz. We got into conversation and he told us of a few places we should try so we will have a planning session later. I just read yesterday's blog sorry folks it was written after 1 or maybe several glasses of the local fermented grape juice. I am off to discover ...
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... rejoin us and we head inside the Jumbo supermarket to get dinner supplies.
We jump back in the car and arrive in Faro around 1800 and check in. The exhaust fan in our room is buzzing away despite being turned off so Leesh and Dad go down to reception and get a new room and we head in. Meanwhile, I got elevator blocked by a group of rude old people who despite seeing me waiting at the elevator (didn't fit in the same one with the other three and ...
Monday more rain
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How can two days be so different yesterday was glorious, sunshine blue sky. We drove here stopping at macdonalds for lunch and to post the blog. When we arrived we discovered a lovely Aire organised clean free WIFI and washing machines, we put a load of washing in got out the chairs and bikes and went for a nosy round. In the middle of the night the rain began along ...
Friday San Antonio
... here as am I because there is much more English spoken and written without loosing the feel of it being Portugal. We are so British, we did not have egg and chips for lunch though we had sardines and tuna and they were good. Look at the picture of the boat below its for those of you that like to hide in your garden shed bet you wish yours looked like ...


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My 730d has been giving me a few problems lately and today I got in the car went to turn the music up and nothing. In fact no music....? The I-Drive had frozen on the Entertainment screen. So I parked up turned off and back on, nothing. Ended up taking out the battery cable to the fusebox and it made the menu's work again. I can use everything apart from the audio as I have no sound and it doesn't even switch on, the trip computer has no numbers and the sat nav is a blank screen.
Somebody has told me that it could be the Sat-Nav unit but it appears to be ejecting the disc fine and has power going to it. I think it could be the AMP as I've read a few post's where they do go but that is the Logic 7. This is the standard Harman Becker one.
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A spring storm has started to lash the country with heavy rain and gale force winds.
MetService has issued severe weather warnings for the lower half of the country, as an active front is set to approach the South Island before moving over the lower North Island tomorrow.
The storm is forecast to bring wet weather to the west, and strong winds gusting up to 140km/h in the east.
MetService metrologist Daniel Corbett said the heaviest rain would move into the deep south and west of the South Island.
"In Fiordland the rain is starting to pick up in intensity, [we're] already seeing a bit of thunder down there too.
"Winds are picking up too, because it's a very tight pressure gradient ... there's a big high sitting to the north of New Zealand combined with a low to the south and the squeeze between the two is creating this area of very strong north-west winds."
Winds were already gusting at over 100km/h and were heading north, Mr Corbett said.
"The whole front - because it's slow moving - it's pretty much parallel to the upper level wind flows, it's going to feed in a good dump of rain to the West Coast from Fiordland to Westland."
The active front is preceded by a very strong northwest flow, with heavy rain and thunderstorms on the West Coast from Fiordland to Nelson, spreading east over the Otago and Canterbury headwaters. Rainfall of around 300mm is expected on the Westland ranges and the Divide.
Peak rainfall intensities of 20 to 30mm per hour is expected about the southern Alps and northern Fiordland ranges.
"This is a significant amount of rain, and people in the affected areas are advised that rivers are likely to rise rapidly with the risk of flash flooding," MetService warned.
Tomorrow, the front would move up central New Zealand into Taranaki and the Central Plateau bringing a risk of heavy rain on Thursday, Mr Corbett said.
Northwesterlies are expected to rise to severe gale for most eastern parts of the South Island, and also Fiordland, Wellington and Wairarapa with gusts of 120km/h. Damaging gusts of 140km/h around inland Canterbury and the Canterbury Plains north of the Rangitata River are also expected in the next 24 hours.
The strong winds are likely to bring down trees and powerlines, making driving dangerous - especially for motorcycles and high sided vehicles.
By mid-week, the strong winds and wet weather would focus on the North Island.
A severe weather watch for heavy rain has been issued for Mt Taranaki, the Tararua Range, the central North Island high country and eastern Bay of Plenty.
MetService also warned there was a chance of very strong winds in Hawkes Bay.
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2002 - Games/Started 9/6 ... Expected to red-shirt this season but injuries forced him into action in the season's fourth game ... Started six games at left guard ... Hard-nosed blocker.
2001 - Games/Started: 10/2 ... Planning to redshirt prior to the season but was forced into action because of injuries along the offensive line ... Responded well and was a solid contributor on the offensive front for the Vols ... Moved into the regular tackle rotation and continued to make progress throughout the season ... Part of an offen- sive line unit that enabled Travis Stephens to set a season rushing record and lead the SEC in rushing ...
2000 - Games/Started: 3/0 ... Made first appearance in fourth period of Louisiana-Monroe game ... Listed as offensive tackle, he was tagged for duty on extra point and field goal teams ... Also played in Georgia and Alabama games ... Elbow injury prematurely ended his frosh campaign ...
HIGH SCHOOL - Selected to PrepStar's Dream Team ... Named first-team All-America by USA Today, ESPN and Reebok ... Did not allow a sack during three years at offensive tackle ... Had two games with 12 pancake blocks during senior year ... Helped team to its first-ever regional championship in 1999 ... Graded out at 87 percent on the offensive line for his career, 89 percent as senior ... Selected to play in the Florida-Georgia All-Star Game ... A two-time All-State performer at Northwest Whitfield ... Holds school record in the shot put (58-4) and the discus (162-0) ... Coach at Northwest Whitfield High School: Ron Wheeler.