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Is my wife a lesbian?
Posted in the Gay/Lesbian Forum
#1 Dec 12, 2008
I'm not here to judge. I support gay rights, okay? But my marriage has been on life support for 10 years and it's time to pull the plug after 30 years. We have not had sex in ages. My wife has developed this relationship over the past several years with "Jill." They spend 30 to 60 hours a month on the phone, call each other 10 times a day and spend about 40 hours a week together. They write love letters to each other with words like "remember the day we fell in love? "In love" was double underlined. Discovering you, discovering me, then discovering us. You are my whole life and you have my whole heart." Among text messages I saw to/from her girlfriend:
"I love holding you, kissing you"
"I want to take time tonight to touch you"
"Can't sleep without you"
"Tomorrow is a big day for us - our first event as a couple"
"You'll always be my girl"
Still my wife is in full denial that it's nothing more than a deep friendship - that she's just bored with me and also has a long list of my faults which "made her lesbian" as she blurted out one night - today she said she never said that. My wife dresses like her girlfriend now and even though my wife is very sexy, slim and attractive, she always used to dress boring and wore "granny panties" and boring bras and lingerie. Suddenly, she wears leopard print skimpy panties (I know - I do the laundry), shaves 'down there' and wears push-up bras - as if she needed them. We sleep in separate rooms and she always closes the door when she changes clothes and sleeps. She turns on this soft sexy voice on the phone with her when she thinks I can't hear her. She says this is how it will be until I accept that it's only a friendship and I re-join them (her, her girlfriend and husband). The three of them think I'm crazy.
So tell me - am I being played like a flute or what? She wants it both ways - the security of our home and finances AND her lover. My youngest son found the first text message above and went nuts for a month before he finally told my older son who told me.
Since: Aug 08
#2 Dec 12, 2008
Merry Meet confused,
Run quickly
Years ago when I was younger and not so wise, I met a woman who was married and had 3 kids. She reminded me of a close friend who had just passed away and I had started to fall in love with. Well this strange relationship started between me and her. Nothing really serious, but kissing, touching and that sort of stuff.
Her husband was in the Navy and gone 6 months out of the year on deployment.
While he was gone, we played house. I cooked, cleaned and took care of the kids and got to play a little with her, the problem was that she wanted husband and social acceptance, me and all that I would do for her and then....get this.......she wanted more outside of what we gave her
Get the Hell out before you lose your sanity and mind
I don't know you, but I know of your situation per say
I am truly sorry for your loss and believe me when I say, IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
Your wife has either always been bi-sexual or a closeted lesbian
Blessed Be
#3 Dec 15, 2008
Thanks, Rose.... but could she really live this double life forever? I'm hoping she'd just crash and burn one day, face the facts and deal with it and choose one of us. It would be such a relief.
"Marriage=Love+Co mmitment....."
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#4 Dec 15, 2008
Confused, it is entirely possible that she won't say she's a lesbian because she's not. She may still love you. That would make her a bisexual. She may be going to this friend for the kind of close relationship she wishes she had with you but lost long ago. Obviosly your marriage is not a good one. The question is, why are you still in it? Does it satisfy your needs reguardless of her sexuality?
Unlike Rose, I do not believe divorce is always the only solution.
#6 Dec 15, 2008
I refuse to believe that I "made her bi/gay" by my actions or inaction - whatever. Both my daughters-in-law have observed that I am the most caring, attentive and loving husband and they have expressed that they hope my boys are the same long into their marriages. They live close by and see us many times a week and vacation with us, so they know. Our marriage has been "all about her" since day one and it seems only another woman can give her the attention she needs. She had a sexual affair with a woman 28 years ago and I don;t think she ever got over it. Between then and now we raised 2 kids. Her desire for a woman has re-surfaced just when retirement is near. Now all our life plans have evaporated.
So, why am I still in it? I just don't know what else to do. This is my home and she refuses to split amicably. I'm just not ready for war with the mother of my children.
"Marriage=Love+Co mmitment....."
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#8 Dec 15, 2008
No one can make anyone bi/gay and no one said you had. If you thought she was going to, "get over," her attraction to women, you were deceiving yourself. I am not blaming you for the break down of your marriage. It always takes two for that and it usually is a slow process.
With this new information, it is obvious that she is bi and you knew that if you knew about her relationship with a woman 28 years ago. Why did you stay then?
On one hand you say your marriage has been all about her and on the other hand you say she has raised two children. Which is it? Raising children takes a great deal of selflessness. Was she doing the majority of the parenting or were you?
Many women do come out after they have raised their children. They feel like now it's time for them to focus more on themselves instead of the husband, kids, home, job, etc.
It sounds to me like you feel like you do not get enough attention. Is that really what it is about? Reguardless of whether she is having a sexual relationship with this woman, would you stay if you felt like you were getting enough of her attention too?
You said, "This is my home and she refuses to split amicably." Keep in mind that it is HER home too.
"Marriage=Love+Co mmitment....."
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#9 Dec 15, 2008
You're an idiot. Real life is not like the porns. Threesums always end up being a bad idea!
#10 Dec 15, 2008
She did not confess the previous affair until about a year ago.
And I did the majority of the parenting (2/3 minimum). I was nearly always the one at the dentist, the orthodontist, the doctor, the school, the scouts....the laundry do-er, grocery shopper, the bill payer, cook etc. I took my vows seriously... or foolishly as it is turning out. I just thought this was the way it was with 2 careers and all. So many divorce these days, I didn't want to be one of them.
And I need very little attention to be happy. As of today, it's zero. If she would do something as insignificant as bringing me a cup of coffee I'm elated for the day.
Now if you don't mind, I have Christmas cookies to bake...
#11 Dec 15, 2008
Listen, it has nothing to do with you. Sometimes women get bored--i mean ive been with my bf for 4 years, yes along the way i did have an affair with a guy, and then got with another,. and whatever, not the wisest choices but im grown up now so i know that the only man i really want is him, but truthfully im just bored with my life, not only am i bored but not too long ago, ive really taken an interest in my sexuality and whether im really straight or bisexual. He told me he doesnt mind me being with a female but if we ever get married, then i guess i have to stop so i want to start now before i tie the knot but i dont think its so bad for a married woman to be with another woman. That woman gives her something you cant, only because you are a man.
"Marriage=Love+Co mmitment....."
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#12 Dec 15, 2008
You're not grown up yet. Keep working on it!
"Marriage=Love+Co mmitment....."
Since: Oct 07
Location hidden
#13 Dec 15, 2008
Ok, so let's try a simpler question: She is who she is and it sounds like she always has been, so do you want to stay or do you want to go?
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#14 Dec 15, 2008
yes, she can go on a long time with getting the cake and eating it too
there's no reason why you can't make a decision that this is not the life you want and leave or ask her to leave.
you are not happy with the status quo and she has no interest to change it.
I don't think the decision is hers to make
this is not the life you want and it's not fair to you to hang around and hope she'll change back or decide to leave.
Ottawa, Canada
#15 Dec 15, 2008
not as long as there's discussion and boundaries set before hand and they are adhered to
#16 Dec 16, 2008
I can't live this life, that's for sure. You're right, I was hoping she'd change - it's not happening. But she cheated, not me, so I want her to leave. She refuses and, by the way and still fully denies that she's bi or lesbian. I would gladly split the assets with her 50/50 but I want to buy her half of the house. Then I can spend the year fixing it up to sell while I live there, then downsize and start over. But the scary part is from here on, all holidays, birthdays of kids and grandchildren will be difficult. She will seek revenge for my "making her a lesbian" - yes, she blurted that out one night and has now retracted it. Do you really think I could be such a monster as to have made her change her sexual orientation? She should have told me up-front, separated, then entered her relationship afterward. I don't know how the other husband is dealing with this. He's in denial, too, I suppose. I'm pretty sure he's banging another soccer mom, though. What a mess.
"Marriage=Love+Co mmitment....."
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#17 Dec 16, 2008
You sound more bitter than confused. It may not be just a house to her, it is her home. If you decide to take action instead of talking about it, move out.
#18 Dec 16, 2008
i carefully re-read my post and nothing in it had any reason to trigger your response. So basically you're calling me immature for no reason. Thats always good to know.
#19 Dec 16, 2008
I highly doubt you made her a lesbian. Like i said, it has nothing to do with you. These are desires shes had for i dont know how long, and when a women becomes jaded, well these "feelings" so to speak come out, and theres no stopping them. I do think shes at a point where if her children are old enough, she should go live her life with her gf and divorce you, if she cant even sleep with you. Talk to her about this.
#20 Dec 17, 2008
Of course I am bitter. I put my heart and soul into this relationship just to watch it crumble in front of me. I had no idea these deep rooted feelings of hers even existed. She sure was good at faking sex for nearly 20 years - we always had to change the sheets afterward. What a fool I am. And to be sure, I am the "Susie Homemaker" of us - not by choice, though I admit I love to cook. It's all I have been able to do for 25 years to care for the kids and home and hold my career. She openly admits that cooking, cleaning and such "just isn't who she is" yet her GF is exactly all those things. But she has these hissy weekends where she does nothing but hyper clean for 48 hours. I hate those weekends. I'm the one who made it a home, not her. And last night she melted down wondering why the kids are doting on me for gifts for Christmas and not her. Talk about bitter.... hey I was just doing my job as Dad (and Mr. Mom) for 27 years. I don't blame them - nearly every gift anyone buys her (except her GF's of course) gets returned. How insulting.
So YES - I want the house.
#21 Dec 17, 2008
Jaded? Please explain. I practically worshiped her and got very little in return. Of course, now she says that all my loving acts for nearly 30 years (little things every day like cards, flowers, fueling her car, running to the store for tampons, taking her coffee, making her lunch, fetching a heating pad for her awful monthly cramps etc etc) did NOTHING because it does not show her that I KNOW her. Well HELL! What is that about?? And the only reason I don't want war is because she did give me kids. I could NEVER hate her nor want the same from the kids. I really tried and I guess it never mattered how good of a man or husband I was because she detests men.
Ottawa, Canada
#22 Dec 17, 2008
nope, absolutely not.
there is no level of being a shit-heel that any guy can be that would make a straight woman a lesbian
if there was, there would be more lesbians than straight women
same for dominante mothers can't turn their sons gay
no person can make you something that you are not
if you suspected your wife cheating on you with another man - would you also hang in there, hoping things would change?
if not, why do you feel compelled to act differently just because the other person is a woman?
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The QCA recommends electricity prices that reflect the costs of delivering electricity to customers. The increases recommended in the recent draft determination capture two factors: increases in the cost of generating and delivering electricity to customers; and a catch-up component for tariffs that are not currently covering costs but are to be increased gradually to cost-reflective levels.
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Works great for me, never a complaint.
ive been contemplating this supliment...the b6 vitamin content is 2000 daily value...and the B-12 is 8333%....damn....plus the niacin intake can make a dark man blush with the heightened blood flow....i myself take them to kickstart a weekend when i drink...i know i know...bad, but thats not my topic here...lets hear it...we all know that too much of anything is a bad thing.
i think something negative will come from it... cant be all that great..
Can't drink it, makes My butthole tingle.
black label is amazing
hehe...just a pun ..thats all...my bad
When it first came out they use to claim NO CAFFINE..... now guess what... it says it contains caffine...... theres your energy.
99% of the Niacin on the market no longer gives you the flush or hightened blood pressure. Besides if they did use that kind of Niacin it would make them liable if someone with high blood pressure took it and had a heart attack or stroke.
Fortunately, I am not a caffeine addict. Every now and then I will down 4 or 5 mountain dews when I am playing a good game or something, but not very often. I have a few friends who can't function without caffeine.
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In Friday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches VCs advise their startup companies to hunker down for a bad recession. Not to mention how to write a bad book review...
Om Malik reports:
Sequoia Capital, arguably the smartest venture capital investor in business, is sounding the alarm and asking its portfolio companies to buckle down for what could be the worst economic downturn of their relatively short lives.
The fund organized a meeting yesterday where it invited entreprenuers/CEOs from its portfolio companies. The attendees were greeted by a cute image of a Grave Stone, with a message: R.I.P.: Good Times.
...The message delivered to those in attendance was that things could get a lot worse than people think, and it will be a more protracted downturn. To give a historical perspective, Sequoia had a similar meeting back before the last bubble
unraveledburst. We know how that turned out.
Eric Eldon adds:
Many Silicon Valley companies have been wondering how or if the larger economic crisis may affect them. This is perhaps the surest sign yet that theres no if. It comes at a time when Ron Conway, Silicon Valleys most prominent angel investors, sent a similar warning to his own companies. Conway was burned badly by the last downturn, and it took him years to claw out of it.
...Startups are being told to cut expenses, and somehow survive a downturn that the firm thinks may last years. This wasnt just general advice presenting partners went through various components of company operations and specified how to cut.
Duncan Riley ponders:
Theres opportunities and risks in this marketplace, as weve covered previously, and this could be a case of Sequoia being overly cautious, after all, its better to make these calls now and prepare for the worst, rather than waiting for it to happen. However, who am I to argue with a team like Sequoia. The sky is falling. Start panicking.
But Owen Thomas waves his paw:
I would be more impressed if Sequoia hadn't pulled this act before when the last bubble burst. True, they called the movement of the market. But it's conventional wisdom today that the economy is tanking. But what does the economy have to do with the startups Sequoia funds? The whole point of venture capital is to nurture companies that need capital. Part of the art of investing in startups is knowing when to push them out of the nest. Templated cost-cutting advice, applied across Sequoia's portfolio, is hardly a value-add.
...I'm just guessing at [Michael] Moritz's game, but ... How convenient that this scare-tactics summit was held just a month after Sequoia raised $1.7 billion in new funds. While everyone else is hunkering down, Sequoia will cull the weaklings from its portfolio, double down on the winners and profit before anyone realizes the good times are back. Well played, Michael, well played.
Howard Lindzon, too:
Get over yourselves. If you have a good business, [this is] ridiculous in the timing ... at this point, it reeks of panic and fear.
I have been telling any of the CEOs that will listen to me, to THINK about how we turn this panic into an opportunity. We all have weak investments and weak CEOs ... Anyways, I am poor and they are rich, so thats that. So while the rest of the world panics, you can panic too, or you can take a few steps back and remember how fortunate you are to be reading this blog.
...I am not here to hold your hand and say everything will be hunkeedoree ... You need to gut up, and know what your risk tolerance is. If you dont, the market will bust you up.
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Queen Ida retired in 2010, but the 84-year-old grande dame of zydeco will take the stage at a Saturday concert in Lake Charles. (Special to the American Press)
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Queen Ida is looking forward to coming "home."
Though the 84-year-old grande dame of zydeco on the West Coast and around the world left Southwest Louisiana as a child, she still considers it home.
"It's been a while," she said in a telephone interview with the American Press last week. Though she was here about two years ago to visit family, it has been "quite a while" since she has come as a musician. Queen Ida occasionally comes to Lake Charles to visit relatives, particularly cousins in the Sims and Paul families.
Ida Lewis Guillory will appear with Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience at the Central School Arts and Humanities Center at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 27. She plans to sing with the band but will not shoulder her famous accordion.
"I had both my rotator cuffs operated on," she said. "And I don't want to go through another surgery." She said the worst part was the physical therapy afterward.
"But you work at it and then one day you raise your arm, and (your range of motion) has come back."
A manager once told her he would build her a table at the right height to hold her accordion so she could play.
"I told him that would never work, because with accordion, you have to move," she said.
She retired in 2010 at age 81.
The concert will also feature an on-stage discussion of her life and career.
She was born Ida Lewis in 1929 and lived on her father's rented rice farm about 10 miles outside Lake Charles. When she was a girl, her family moved to Beaumont, Texas, where her dad's farming operation continued to prosper. Then, when she was 18, the family moved to the Bay Area.
She played the 31-key diatonic accordion that Germans, the Irish and Acadians all claim credit for bringing to the United States. It is also prominent in Mexican music. It was only after she was married and living in the San Francisco area that she picked up the Hohner accordion left by her father. She started playing for family gatherings and later private parties within the Louisiana Creole community in the Bay Area. Only then did she think of a career in music.
And what a career it was. In the years up to her retirement, she recorded eight albums and received awarded several awards, including a Grammy and six Blues Music Awards. In 2009 she was named a National Heritage Fellow by the National Endowment for the Arts.
With the title came a formal awards ceremony in the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. After the presentation, everyone walked to the Library of Congress for dinner.
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Barrymore Theatre
|Eastwood Theater, Cinema Theater
Barrymore Theatre in 2010
|2090 Atwood Avenue
Madison, Wisconsin
United States
|Schenk Atwood Revitalization Association (SARA)
|Current use
|live concert venue
|December 27, 1929
|Years active
|Frederic J. Klein and H.C. Alford
The Barrymore Theatre is a 971-capacity live music venue on the east side of Madison, Wisconsin. Originally built as the Eastwood Theater in 1929, the Barrymore was founded by Richard "Sich" Slone and Tom Peterson in 1987 in an attempt to revive Madison's declining Schenk-Atwood neighborhood. The theater has held over 2,000 shows and events including rock concerts, films, plays, dance recitals, broadcasts, political rallies, children's programming, and community events. Today the Barrymore is owned by the Schenk-Atwood Revitalization Association with Steve Sperling as general manager.
Eastwood Theater (1929-1967)[edit]
The building of a large east side theater was first announced in January 1924 after the purchase of the Gottlieb Maisch property at 2090 Atwood Avenue. The site had been the location of eastside fall festivals since 1922.[1] The project was initiated in part by E. M. Michalson, who owned the Palace Theater on nearby Winnebago St.[2] Promising a stage for local groups to use,[3] the theater gained the support of members of the East Side Business Men's Association, who later formed the Eastwood Theater Company in October 1928. Capitalized at $50,000, the corporation had 125 stockholders with banker Herman J. Loftsgordon as president. Ground was broken by Loftsgordon on April 30, 1929.[4]
Designed by architects Frederic J. Klein and H. C. Alford,[5] the exterior octagonal dome was done in an Italian Renaissance style while the auditorium was designed in a Spanish colonial style with tile-roofed balconies running along the walls. Twinkling star lights were put in the ceiling and a lighting effect projected clouds passing overhead. The theater had a capacity of 980, with 225 of those seats being in the balcony.[6] Using local contractors, Vogel Brothers Construction saw to the installation of modern innovations in acoustics[7] and fireproofing.[8] The first theater in Wisconsin designed specifically for sound motion pictures, the Eastwood featured a $15,000 Western Electric Vitaphone system. The cost of the entire project neared $250,000. The first manager was A. P. Desormeaux, formerly of the downtown Strand Theater.
The Eastwood opened on Friday, December 27, 1929. At the theater's dedication Madison Mayor Albert G. Schmedeman said "This building is absolutely essential to the progress of the east side." WIBA radio organist Dave Welton performed on a Kilgen theatre organ "opus 4420," size 2/8, before the program, which featured the all-talking Mack Sennett comedy Midnight Daddies.[9] Two nights later the Eastwood held a midnight screening on New Year's Eve. A month later they were hosting a county play competition to a packed house.
Despite the Eastwood's initial success in the wake of the stock market crash of 1929, the theater building corporation struggled with debt after the project had gone $40,000 over budget. In 1930 local builders Vogel Brothers took out a $55,000 lien against the theater,[10] taking over the building April 1931.[11] After the resignation of Desormeaux, the Eastwood was leased to a succession of managers over the next 15 years. Desormeaux later said matinees were out of the question for a neighborhood theater like the Eastwood, and that rent was "impossible."[12]
The Eastwood primarily screened double features of second-run films in addition to special features and live events. In the early 1930s organ recitals were broadcast live daily over WIBA,[13] and the appearances by country music stars popularized on Chicago's WLS radio drew crowds. There were also occasional vaudeville performances, including an appearance by the conjoined Godino Brothers in 1932. Air conditioning was installed in 1938.[14] As World War II loomed, "four-minute men" gave short speeches between features in favor of war preparedness.[15] In December 1943 defense workers from the nearby Ray-O-Vac and Gisholt Machinery Company plants were the first in the country to see a "War Department Report" propaganda film designed to tamp down optimism by taking a candid view of the war.[16]
The Eastwood was sold in 1946 to Carl Lunenschloss and Walter Brucken, who owned the Avalon Theater in Platteville, WI.[17] In 1948 the theater was remodeled and added to Standard Theaters, a Milwaukee chain that owned 25 other theaters in nine Wisconsin cities.[18] At the same time the Eastwood became the temporary home of Trinity Lutheran Church as their Winnebago Street home was being rebuilt.[19] Sunday, Christmas and Easter services were delivered from the Eastwood stage for over three years. The theater also experienced episodes of juvenile deliquency, with an Eastwood parking attendant being awarded "special police powers" to deal with "difficulties" in the theater's rear parking lot.[20] Gisholt Machinery workers held union votes at the theater,[21] and the Madison PTA sponsored many children's film series and cartoons.
In 1965 the Madison Theater Guild doubted that a civic auditorium planned downtown would be sufficient for their needs, and urged the city to buy the Eastwood Theater for $160,000 and remodel it for $100,000.[22] The Guild later reconsidered.
Cinema Theater (1967-1987)[edit]
In 1966 Milwaukee theater chain 20th Century Theaters opened the Hilldale Theater on Madison's west side. The Hilldale was quite successful with its screenings of art house and foreign films, and the next year 20th Century sought to repeat that formula with the purchase of the Eastwood Theater in 1967, having leased it previously. Beginning in October 1967 the interior was extensively remodeled, with the octagonal tower sealed off with a drop ceiling and the auditorium gutted of its Spanish tiled porticos. The number of seats was reduced by 200 to 825. The lobby was paneled and carpeted, mod lighting fixtures were installed plus a modern vending stand. Renamed the Cinema Theater, it opened on December 20, 1967 with Madison Mayor Otto Festge in attendance. The theater debuted with an extended run of director John Huston's The Bible. The Cinema showed art house fare like 2001: A Space Odyssey and Midnight Cowboy while also trying to retain special features for children. The theater began to show more mainstream movies in the 1970s, along with second-run films cast off from 20th Century's downtown theaters. The theater also began to show pornographic movies in the early 1970s. Frequently alternating with children's features, the theater later showed X-rated movies exclusively in the early 1980s.
Barrymore Theatre (1987 - present)[edit]
By the 1980s, the Schenk-Atwood area had declined since its heyday as one of Madison's first suburban shopping areas. In the 1970s a commuter bypass was installed and shopping malls opened on the outskirts of the city. Many Schenk's Corners stores had closed, and crime was on the upswing.[23] The Cinema Theater itself was held up in 1982.[24]
In 1986, Richard Slone and Tom Petersen began fundraising in the community with the goal of purchasing the theater, refurbishing it, and converting it to an arthouse movie theater that would also host live music, theater productions and community events.[25] The X-rated movie titles on the Cinema marquee had hindered any neighborhood redevelopment,[26] and Slone and Petersen were able to find many backers who wanted to revive the area,[27] including Trinity Lutheran Church and the CEO of Madison Kipp Corporation, Reed Coleman.[28] Another early investor was future (now current) general manager of the Barrymore, Steve Sperling. Once the theater (plus its three attached storefronts) was bought for $150,000 and renovated for $100,000 more, the Barrymore Theatre (named after the famous acting family) opened on July 10, 1987.
As a one-screen moviehouse that competed with other theaters for Madison's sophisticated film-goers, the Barrymore began losing money immediately, and soon converted to a $2 budget cinema.[29] As a music venue, however, it began to find its audience with a lineup of diverse acts, including rock, folk, world beat and women's music acts. In 1988 the theater acquired a license to sell beer and wine,[30] and a new restaurant tenant opened in the theater's corner storefront the next year. Petersen having left the enterprise, Slone struggled to pay the bills while running a money-losing business. In order to meet a crucial bank payment, the theater launched a successful "Give a Buck" campaign in 1990,[31] but the debt still remained. Yet the goal of reviving the neighborhood was starting to succeed with the opening of new restaurants and bars.[32]
In 1992 the theater was bought by the nonprofit Schenk Atwood Revitalization Association, a group formed in 1979 as an offshoot of the East Side Businessman's Association. The new Barrymore board adopted a practice of no longer screening feature films. The theater also stopped bidding against local promoters for touring acts and instead concentrated on renting the house to others. They also hired a new general manager, Sherri Wilder, who had previously been house manager. With the 800-seat auditorium being the right size for many of the bands touring at the time, the Barrymore began to turn a profit for the first time. With the departure of Wilder in 1996, Steve Sperling was hired as general manager.[33]
External links[edit]
- Official Barrymore Theatre Website
- Performances from 1987 to 2007 - The first twenty years at the Barrymore Theatre in Madison - Isthmus - website
- ^ "East Side Bids City Welcome to Fall Festival" Wisconsin State Journal, September 4, 1935
- ^ "Plan Modern Show Palace for East Side" Wisconsin State Journal, January 9, 1924
- ^ "Theater Will Be Loaned to Local Talent" Wisconsin State Journal, January 9, 1924
- ^ "East Side Dream Now a Reality" Madison Capital Times, December 26, 1929
- ^ "East Side's Playhouse is Most Unique" Madison Capital Times, December 26, 1929
- ^ "Eastwood Theater Realization of East Side Dream of Years" Madison Capital Times, December 31, 1929
- ^ "Acoustic in New Eastwood The Best" Madison Capital Times, December 26, 1929
- ^ "Fire in Eastwood is Not Probable" Madison Capital Times, December 26, 1929
- ^ "Thousands at Dedication of Beautiful Eastwood Theater" Madison Capital Times, December 28, 1929
- ^ "East Side Theater in $55,000 Suit" Wisconsin State Journal, February 11, 1931
- ^ "Vogel Bros. Take Over Eastwood Theater Bldg." Madison Capital Times April 14, 1931
- ^ "Suggests New Beecroft Plan" Wisconsin State Journal, September 18, 1935
- ^ "WIBA Offers Two Organ Programs" Madison Capital Times, November 23, 1930
- ^ "Eastwood Air-Cooled" Wisconsin State Journal, July 31, 1938
- ^ "Officers to Start 4-Minute Talks in City Theaters" Wisconsin State Journal, September 5, 1940
- ^ "1,000 Went in Smiling, Emerged Sombre, Silent" Wisconsin State Journal, December 19, 1943
- ^ "Eastwood Sold to 2 Area Men" Wisconsin State Journal, January 2, 1946
- ^ "Eastwood Theater to Join Chain Apr. 1, Remodel" Wisconsin State Journal, March 25, 1948
- ^ "Church to Hold Its Services in Eastwood Theater Sunday" Wisconsin State Journal, December 11, 1947
- ^ "Theater Parking Man Given Police Power" Wisconsin State Journal, September 11, 1948
- ^ "Union Takes Gisholt Offer, Ending Strike" Wisconsin State Journal, August 13, 1956
- ^ "Theater Guild Spurns Any Auditorium Space" Wisconsin State Journal, April 28, 1965
- ^ "Youth, 16, shot by police officer, reported 'serious'" Wisconsin State Journal, September 27, 1979
- ^ "Man holds up Cinema Theater" Wisconsin State Journal, December 1, 1982
- ^ "Madison investors planning to refurbish Cinema Theater" Wisconsin State Journal, April 26, 1986
- ^ "Old theater has shorn its showings of porn" by David Callender, Capital Times, July 11, 1987
- ^ "Theater drive gets $115,500" Wisconsin State Journal, February 19, 1987
- ^ "Still rockin': Barrymore Theatre turns 20" by David Medaris, Isthmus, July 12, 2007
- ^ "Barrymore would like to draw more" by Kris Kodrich, Wisconsin State Journal, February 13, 1988
- ^ "Barrymore gets booze license — but city imposes restrictions" Wisconsin State Journal, January 20, 1988
- ^ "Barrymore gets relief" by John Kovalic, Wisconsin State Journal, December 28, 1990
- ^ "Barrymore comes to life: Theater gets credit for neighborhood resurrection" by Bill Moore, Wisconsin State Journal, March 12, 1989
- ^ Still rockin', Isthmus - website


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Liverpool, UK (rushPRnews) 12/02/09 — m62 visualcommunications, the global leader in presentation effectiveness, has today urged presenters to ensure that they interact with the audience in presentations, so that they are fully engaged with the presentation.
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One of the practices m62 teaches in its PowerPoint training is how to ensure that the audience is fully engaged with the presentation. In order to do this, it is good practice to make them feel involved and included. Methods for doing this include adapting figures in your presentation to the pitch audience; using 'you' to make sure that everything said is targeted specifically at them; and inviting them to help solve a problem, or answer a question.
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Auckland's Alexandra Park could be the scene of more than $110 million of commercial and residential developments over the next decade.
Members of the Auckland Trotting Club have voted by a huge majority to support their board in the first $41 million development of a joint purpose building at 223 Green Lane West.
The building is proposed to have four floors of apartments, ground floor commercial space and an underground carpark.
If that venture is successful the trotting club has the option of similar developments on two further Green Lane West sections.
Club president Kerry Hoggard said the developments were crucial to ensuring the long-term viability of harness racing in Auckland, which is based at Alexandra Park.
"Racing faces its challenges, as do many industries, but a move like this is aimed at providing revenue away from the club's racing activities," said Mr Hoggard.
"And we can use some of that revenue to secure our future racing activities and that money will filter back into the entire harness racing industry."
The club has gained resource consent for a development along Green Lane West, but it hopes to slightly alter that, and believes the new proposal fits Government and local government plans for more inner suburb dwellings in Auckland.
"We have not undertaken the club investing this level of money lightly and have employed expert property consultants," Mr Hoggard said.
The second and third developments would go ahead only if the first was a success and would be almost identical to the first, with lower costs estimated at $38 million and $37 million each. The projects could add more than 150 apartments to the area.


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The Euro's dramatic slump slowed down last night, with some commentators fearing that the currency may be oversold, however data suggests that we could be in for a rocky period. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange showed that net short positions against the Euro rose from 39,500 contracts to 43,700. The Greek Prime Minister has denounced speculators.
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- Goldman Sachs have cut their view on Greek and Italian banks to Sell
- In the UK, traders await the Bank of England's Inflation report, scheduled for release on Wednesday
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When it comes to buying a new home, there's always a lot of talk about being preapproved or prequalified for a mortgage. And while both terms seem interchangeable, in a competitive housing market, being preapproved for your mortgage can be much more advantageous as a homebuyer.
To clarify, you become prequalified when you provide a lender with your financial information (i.e. income, debt, assets, etc.) in order to determine the mortgage amount for which you qualify. Because the information you provide doesn't need to be verified yet, the procedure is quick, but provides you with more of an educated guess than an accurate appraisal.
On the other hand, to become preapproved, the process is a little more in-depth. Like becoming prequalified, the first step to becoming preapproved involves providing a lender with all of the necessary financial information, including your credit rating this time. Then, after completing an extensive check to verify your information, your lender will provide you with an exact loan amount for you to use to search for homes at or below that price range. From here, feel free to place a bid with confidence, as your mortgage is all but guaranteed to be approved upon the purchase of the house (barring any unusual circumstances).
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March 12, 2013
The North Tahoe baseball team opened its season on a high note as it swept through the Yerington Tournament in convincing fashion this past weekend.
The Lakers routed all three opponents they faced, beating Lee Vining 11-0, Virginia City 10-2 and Eureka 8-1.
Junior starter Wildon DesLauriers threw five shutout innings while recording 10 strikeouts against Lee Vining on Friday. The right-hander did not allow a walk and limited his pitches to 60.
The Lakers had 10 hits in the game, led by Baird Bishop's 3-for-4 performance with a double and four RBIs. Lucas Early had a hit and two RBIs, and DesLauriers had two hits. Mitchell Myers and Drew Austin each contributed an RBI, and Miles Johanson had a double.
Against Virginia City on Saturday, Alex Bourriague had two hits and an RBI, while Tyler Olk had a hit and an RBI and Bishop had two hits. DesLauriers, Early, Johanson and Colin Spencer each had an RBI.
Spencer started and earned the win, striking out seven in three innings while walking two and allowing one earned run.
Stats were not available against Eureka.
The Lakers are scheduled to face Silver Stage, Yerington and Pershing County in a crossover tournament against the Lahontan League on Friday and Saturday.


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A lot of friendly faces, those you usually see staring out from under a familiar baseball cap, will get their final walking papers.
These are the free agents who won't be offered salary arbitration by their former teams. In a not-so-nice way, teams are telling them to take a hike, we cannot afford your services.
Sunday's deadline is going to be one of the most interesting in years, considering the superstars who're involved.
The Atlanta Braves, for example, are expected to say so long to four-time Cy Award winner Greg Maddux. He's a free agent for the second consecutive year, and I'll be shocked if the Braves offer him arbitration. Same is true for All-Star catcher Javy Lopez, even though he hit .328 with 43 homers and 109 RBI.
This offseason, however, has been unusual in that the premier free agents are taking a back seat to the good old-fashioned trade.
Since the season ended, the Philadelphia Phillies have traded for Houston's Billy Wagner, one of the best relievers in the majors, and Wednesday landed starter Eric Milton from Minnesota.
The free-spending New York Yankees, whose payroll may crack $200 million, dealt for Montreal flamethrower Javier Vazquez on Thursday. The Florida Marlins sent first baseman Derrek Lee to the Chicago Cubs. And in one of the biggest deals of the winter, the Boston Red Sox obtained pitcher Curt Schilling from the Arizona Diamondbacks, who turned around and got Richie Sexson from the Milwaukee Brewers. Other deals have involved San Francisco and Oakland.
"We're not usually that active in the free-agent market," Oakland general manager Billy Beane says. "Our biggest challenge is retaining our own players, and that's how we approach it. We're more active in the trade market."
Oakland has five free agents, including relief ace Keith Foulke, left-hander Ricardo Rincon and All-Star shortstop Miguel Tejada. Beane says there will be some arbitration offers but wouldn't be specific.
"It's unrealistic to think we're going to keep all those guys — it's not only unrealistic, it's not going to happen," he says. "We're not in a position to afford all of them."
Trades have been more attractive as cash-strapped teams are willing to deal premium players to reduce payroll. It's all about money.
"The free-agent arbitration deadline has become increasingly important as teams evaluate their options," says agent Jeffrey Moorad, who represents free agent Shannon Stewart. "As a result, we've seen a market that's been slow in developing, and my guess is it will continue that way until we get through Dec. 7."
Maddux was in the middle of bizarre circumstances a year ago. He was testing the free-agent market when the Dec. 7 deadline arrived. The Braves offered arbitration, and the pitcher surprisingly accepted.
Maddux received $14.75 million, a jump in the Atlanta payroll that forced the Braves to trade Kevin Millwood to the Phillies. The day the trade was announced, Braves GM John Schuerholz screamed, "Baseball economics stink."
And that brings us back to Millwood.
He was the Phillies' ace last season. He pitched a no-hitter early in the year but slumped in the second half.
When the Phillies traded for Milton, negotiations with Millwood ended. His agent, Scott Boras, has been looking for a five-year deal worth about $15 million per.
And what about Pudge Rodriguez, the All-Star catcher, who was as responsible as anyone for the Florida Marlins' unbelievable season?
Even if the Marlins want to offer arbitration, they cannot. Rodriguez has a clause in his contract that prohibits them from doing that. So to keep him a deal must be reached by Sunday's deadline.
When teams refuse to offer salary arbitration to their former players rules state they cannot be re-signed by that team until May 1. By then these free agents almost always have found a new home.
Of course, teams can offer arbitration as a backup plan to reaching an agreement, but if the player accepts, he's considered signed. Players have until Dec. 19 to accept offers, but even if they reject they can continue negotiations until Jan. 8.
The key, however, is Sunday.
For most GMs it's a tough decision, especially with superstars. A one-year deal can be very costly. Even if a player loses his case, his credentials will have driven his salary for one year extremely high. In the past, players seldom accepted arbitration, confident they could get a better deal elsewhere.
With 186 free agents available, some might jump at the chance to get a contract if offered arbitration.
There's another subplot to the system: If teams don't offer arbitration they lose draft-pick compensation from the player's new team.
Maybe that's why the Yankees are dragging negotiations with Gary Sheffield. If the deadline passes and the Braves don't offer him arbitration, New York won't have to give up a draft pick in June.
Teams also have been reluctant to jump on the free-agent bandwagon because of another deadline: Teams have until Dec. 20 to tender contracts to their unsigned players. Those who are non-tendered will flood an already crowded market.
This is supposed to be all about free agents, wheeling and dealing.
It's really about money, isn't it? Lots and lots of money.


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Rural go-ahead for Fairfax merger
THE man soon to become the largest shareholder of an expanded Fairfax Media has warned its looming $9 billion merger with Rural Press does not guarantee its future prosperity.
The merger between the publishers could be completed in three weeks, after Rural shareholders emphatically endorsed the proposal at a shareholder meeting.
But John B. Fairfax, who will relinquish the chairmanship of Rural to become a director of Fairfax, said it would be difficult to integrate the assets and management of the companies.
"It will be necessary to put egos aside we have competitors ready to take advantage of any weaknesses," he said.
More than 96 per cent of Rural's ordinary shareholders endorsed the merger with Fairfax owner of The Age at a meeting in Sydney, just below the 98 per cent acceptance rate achieved for the scheme of arrangement at a meeting of Rural's preferred shareholders a fortnight earlier.
Rural shareholders were offered the option of either two Fairfax shares and $3.30 in cash for each of their shares, or 2.3 Fairfax shares and $1.80 in cash per share.
If the companies are successful in receiving Federal Court approval for the merger next week, all Rural shares will be exchanged for cash and up to 464.7 million new Fairfax shares on May 9.
Fairfax chairman Ron Walker said he was confident the company's chief executive, David Kirk, and his Rural counterpart, Brian McCarthy, who will become Fairfax's deputy chief executive and control its metropolitan newspapers, will ensure a prompt integration of the companies' operations.
"Because of the expertise of the likes of David Kirk and Brian McCarthy, who are working together hand in glove, I think that the merging of the two identities even though there are some cultural differences to overcome will be seamless in its execution," he said.
BBY Ltd media analyst Mark McDonnell expected Mr McCarthy would have a positive influence on the company because "he has got the depth of experience (in newspapers) that David Kirk lacks".
"The combination of the assets and human resources at the senior management level is a very, very good combination," he said.
Mr Fairfax is a member of the family that owned the Fairfax publishing business until its ill-fated takeover by Warwick Fairfax in 1987, and is seen as a post-merger successor to Mr Walker.
But when asked by BusinessDay about the possibility of an imminent change of chairman, Mr Walker said he had no intention of relinquishing "a gift of the board". "I liken (my situation) to what John Howard continually advises the media: there's no vacancy," he said.
Rural ordinary shares rose 6¢ to $14.04 and its preferred shares were unchanged at $14.05 but Fairfax shares slipped 6¢ to $5.12. With AAP
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CONSTITUTION BIDS SPED BY COURIERS; Horsemen in Buff and Blue Leave Philadelphia for 13 State Capitals MAYOR IS THEIR PRINTER Governors' Invitations to Anniversary Are Run Off on Press From Franklin's Shop
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Attired in buff and blue Colonial uniforms, wigs and tri-cornered hats, thirteen mounted policemen, representing the thirteen original States, galloped north, south and west today to deliver to Governors of those States invitations
May 16, 1937
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Students were given a glimpse to the future at a careers expo tailored specifically for Pacific students yesterday.
More than 350 students from Taikura Rudolf Steiner, Hastings Boys' High School, Karamu High School, Hastings Girls' High School, Flaxmere College and Kimi Ora School attended the expo at Flaxmere College.
Stallholders included a DJ, EIT, Police, Youth Transitions, and the Maori Land Court, and there were a number of interactive presentations, entertainment acts and guest speakers.
Year 13 student Harmony Risati, 17, said she got vital information about working in the travel and tourism industry.
"I already knew what I wanted to do but I didn't know how to get the information," she said.
The expo was part of the Spacifically Pacific Festival running this week in conjunction with 25 local schools to celebrate Pacific students and the wider Pacific community.
Organiser Geraldine Maere said participation had exceeded expectation.
"The engagement of the community and the engagement of the students has been overwhelming," she said. "The amount of supporters we have had thus far - our crowds have reached over and beyond what we have imagined.
"Just by having the numbers here has given us a really solid indication that Pacific education is on the tips of peoples' tongues and we are working to support that."


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Popular path to knowledge
The United States continues to be the world's most popular destination for studying abroad, and the numbers keep growing.
Despite setbacks following the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington DC, international enrolment at US colleges and universities registered a 6.4 per cent increase in the 2001-2002 academic year, the last year for which statistics are available, reaching a record high of 582,996, the Institute of International Education (IIE) reports.
International students account for 4 per cent of the enrolment at US institutions of higher learning, with students from Asia accounting for 56 per cent of that figure. With 63,211 students from China based in the United States, the mainland is the second most important source of students in the US, after India, which saw a leap of 22 per cent last year to assume first place. That year, there were also 28,930 students from Taiwan and 7,757 from Hong Kong studying at US tertiary institutions.
'International students continue to see the US as the study destination,' says IIE president Allan Goodman. 'Our campuses continue to welcome them in record numbers, knowing their presence in our classrooms strengthens our own understanding of global issues, and improves the chances for peace and development around the globe.'
What is the attraction of studying in the United States?
The US has by far the world's largest and most diverse post-secondary educational system. According to the US Network for Education Information, there are more than 190 separate educational systems in the world operating more than 12,000 institutions of higher learning, plus thousands more technical and other types of post-secondary institutions.
The United States alone, with about 5 per cent of the world's population, accounts for nearly one-third of the world's colleges and universities, with 4,000 degree-granting institutions of higher education, including everything from two-year community colleges, which accept all comers, to the exclusive Ivy League schools, such as Columbia, Princeton and Yale.
There are also numerous other technical and professional training bodies at post-secondary level. When it comes to furthering one's studies, students taking the American option are spoiled for choice.
US institutions can be divided into two broad categories: public and private.
Public institutions, such as the massive University of California system, with several campuses, are generally run by one of the 50 state governments. Private institutions are usually run by religious bodies or foundations, sometimes by businesses. Most, but not all, are operated on a not-for-profit basis. Scholarships are generally available for deserving students.
Some of the more prestigious institutions, such as Harvard, accept students purely on merit. Financial aid packages are devised so that all students who qualify can attend, regardless of their ability to pay.
With international enrolment up 30 per cent since 1993, one area of particular growth has been community colleges, which have experienced an increase of 61 per cent over the same period. International students account for one-fifth of community college enrolment.
Community colleges reflect one of the strengths of the US educational model, giving all students - even those not doing well in secondary school or on standardised tests - a second chance.
Generally speaking, community colleges offer two streams: two-year professional or vocational programmes, leading to an associate degree, or the first two years of a four-year degree. Students who successfully complete their first two years at a community college can usually transfer directly into Year Three of a four-year institution.
Katherine Fung-Surya, director, IIE - China/Hong Kong, says most students who complete Form Six in local secondary schools qualify to apply directly to a four-year tertiary institution in the United States. Ideally, however, they should start the application process nine months to one year in advance.
'Community colleges would be good for students wanting to leave as soon as possible since they are not as strict about application deadlines,' Ms Fung-Surya says.
'They usually have rolling deadlines, considering you any time you apply.'
Community colleges tend to be smaller than four-year institutions, with a lower student-teacher ratio, more support services, and a greater number of remedial courses for underachievers. They are also well suited for overseas students who are leaving home for the first time, especially those weak in English.
'For students whose English proficiency is not so good, they can be a stepping stone to a four-year college or university,' Ms Fung-Surya says.
'Most community colleges have an articulation agreement with four-year institutions. They will usually accept credits earned at community colleges, assuming the student's grades are acceptable.'
But if community colleges are easier to get into, they are anything but an easy ride. Standards can be as high as they are at four-year institutions, and many students quit after two years.
For those who do transfer to universities, however, success rates are every bit as high in their last two years as for those entering four-year institutions in their freshman year. An equal number, meanwhile, move on to graduate school.
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Nomura Downgrades NetEase on Uncertain 2014 Games Pipeline
Analysts agree NetEase (NTES) had a strong second-quarter and will continue to do well the rest of the year. The debate is on whether the company's games pipeline can deliver next year and beyond.
Nomura Securities analyst Jim Yoon played against the street yesterday, downgrading NetEase from Neutral to Reduce (price target $50), when rest has either a Buy or a Hold:
We admit that growth prospects in 2H will be solid - as we estimate 20.6% revenue growth for 2013. However, we downgrade the stock as we question the growth prospects for the company in 2014 and beyond. We believe the bulk of the growth in 2013 will be largely driven by pricing increases in the legacy games. We estimate that legacy games represent 50% of total revenues and enjoying a 50% price increase will provide an incremental 25% of revenue growth - assuming no deceleration in traffic. However, with no new games of magnitude in the pipeline for 2014 and with pricing normalizing in 2014, we believe that incremental growth will be harder to come by. We estimate that 2014 revenue growth will decelerate to 13.2%, from 20.6% in 2013.
Citi analysts Muzhi Li, Ravi Sarathy, and Gregory Zhao (Buy, price target $73) second the view on 2H2013 but are more benign on 2014:
We think the pressure on the top-line would not manifest till early 2014 if key games do not get updated or upgraded in 2013. We expect to see the company take advantage of this stable year as a buffer period to 1) expand into new online game products, 2) further diversify revenue concentrations in these old games, and 3) avoid a massive gamer "exodus" in 2014.
We believe that investor community would presume Netease's game operations to be strong and healthy after observing stable sequential revenue trends. NTES does not disclose any operational data or revenue splits of its key games. Therefore, investors usually reverse engineer the company's business fundamentals from its revenues. We expect the market to maintain confidence toward Netease's game operations for the rest of 2013 and going forward.
As always, with Internet stocks, the biggest disagreement is with the multiples. Nomura's price target of $50 implies 8.6x 2014 earnings, whereas Citi's implies a ratio of 12.


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After 39 years as the director of the Menlo-Atherton High School Jazz Band and a music teacher, Frank Moura will retire in June, a legend in the eyes of many of his students, colleagues and fans.
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Farewell to longtime M-A Jazz Band leader Frank Moura
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I went to the Frank Moura farewell concert tonight at the Menlo-Atherton High School performing arts center, and it was amazing. Full house. They're naming the music facility after Frank Moura. All the bands performed. Lots of standing ovations. Thank you, Frank!
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Frank was/is the best. Certainly we were a bunch of misfits, but he truly made us into something greater than the sum of its parts. We all love you Frank. Thank you for everything.


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Fire weather conditions approaching critical values Friday
Fire conditions are expected to be approaching critical values Friday afternoon across much of northern Minnesota, the National Weather Service in Duluth reported.
Friday's high temperature is expected to flirt with the 90 degree mark. The weather service is calling for a high of 88 degrees with a southern breeze gusting as high as 30 mph.
Gusty winds settled across the area Thursday afternoon as rain skirted north of Brainerd, leaving dry conditions in the lakes area.
A few storms possible overnight were not expected to be severe. But thunderstorms remain a possibility Friday through Saturday night.
In the Brainerd lakes area, the National Weather Service reported showers and thunderstorms are likely, mainly before 1 p.m. The high may reach 77. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent, rising to 80 percent by Saturday night.
By Sunday, temperatures are expected to change in a big way with a high predicted to climb no higher than 64 degrees.
Thunderstorms return to the forecast by Wednesday, although the weather service reported it's too early to determine if next week's storms will be severe.