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Part Two:
Then said Jesus, "Father, forgive them;
for they know not what they do..."
-Luke 23:34
Her name exploded in my head, and although my mouth dropped open, I was sure no sound escaped. My mind was screaming at me to run to her side, comfort her, anything besides stand there on the sidewalk like an idiot, but my body was frozen in place as I watched her crumpled form collapse to the pavement below.
I was brought out of my trance instantly when some random bystander shouted out, "Somebody, call an ambulance!"
I was at her side in a second, dropping to my knees and taking her limp body up in my arms. The rusty smell of blood- her blood- filled my nostrils.
"Arielle," I whispered desperately, pushing her dark hair, sticky with blood, back away from her face. "Arielle."
Her eyelids fluttered open half-way and she looked up at me through glassy eyes.
"Griffin," she breathed out in a voice so quiet I was sure that I had imagined it. Conjured it up from memory, perhaps.
"Shh," I murmured, pressing her head into my chest harder. I was completely drenched in her blood by now; where was the ambulance? "Stay awake, Arielle."
I found it to be impossible, no matter how I tried, to stop the racing thoughts from rushing into my mind. Her eyes dropped closed. And just like that, I felt that last flicker of hope, the last string I'd been grasping so tightly, snap.
I heard the voice, coming form directly beside me, but I would not tear my gaze away from her cold body in my arms.
"Sir, we need you to step away."
My body went completely numb as another person came up and gently took her from my arms. Don't you touch her! I wanted to shout at them. Don't you dare lay a finger on her! But the words wouldn't come. No words would come.
"Sir?" It was the same voice from before. "I'm going to need to know what happened."
I kept my eyes on Arielle the entire time they were strapping her to a gurney and loading her into the ambulance. I somehow managed to withhold the rage, anger, sorrow, and countless other emotions coursing through me as I did this, and, in doing so, I vacated myself of emotion completely. I felt myself being removed from this dimension, into my own little universe within my mind, where there was no pain, no loss.
But as soon as the ambulance burst into life and the sirens began to flash and wail, they all came rushing back into me at once, a massive whirlwind of feeling that brought tears to my eyes and literally brought me to my knees. Pounding my fists onto the concrete, I let out a scream of anguish.
"Alright," the man said. "Let's get him out of here."
A third officer came up and took my by the arm, helping me as I staggered to my feet and forced my body to stumble over to the cop car.
"Go ahead and sit in here," the man told me. I shut the door in a sad attempt to block out the rest of the world.
This wasn't real. This was simply another dream. If I closed my eyes, this would all go away.
I told myself this over and over. However, the images that lay behind my closed eyes were ten times worse than the flashing blue and red lights of the half-dozen cop cars.
When I opened my eyes again, I saw the same annoying cop approaching the car. I took several deep breaths in attempt to calm myself, running a shaking hand through my hair. Seconds later, he pulled open the door.
"Are you ready to explain the scenario?" Obviously cops weren't trained in the sympathy department. Exhaling through my mouth, I nodded slowly. "Can you start with a name?"
"Arielle," I mumbled. "Arielle Kemp."
The officer pulled out a notepad and pen, quickly jotting it down.
"She was running…"
For the next ten minutes, I recapped on the events of the last hour and answered each and every of the cop's questions. He thanked me and then returned to the others.
I remained in the dark cab of the car for several more minutes before finally deciding to get out. I slid out the side opposite the scene of the accident and slowly began the long walk home.
The first thing I became aware of was the fact that I was blisteringly hot. Hot to the point that it was impossible to think of anything else. I longed to look around, to make sense of my location, but all I saw was an endless black sea surrounding me.
The second thing I knew for sure was that I wasn't alone in this blackness. In fact, after a moment, I made out three individual voices. None of them triggered any memory, but I listened to them nonetheless.
"Head trauma," the first one- a male- said. "By way of car crash."
"We've got her on life support," a woman added.
I gave up on listening, for listening to them hurt. Instead, I returned to the dream-like state of the shadows I'd been in before. Only did I tune back in when a certain word caught my attention- my own name.
"Was Arielle's mother notified?"
It was the third voice, another man, who asked this question. For some reason, this inquiry bothered me. For some reason, I had a feeling that there was something that my mother wasn't supposed to know. Was this what they were notifying her on?
I tried to voice my concerns, but found that I physically could not bring myself to do so. My mouth would not obey, would not open up. The words were nothing more than thoughts in my mind.
It surprised even me that I did not break out into a panic over this discovery. After all, I'd always been the panicky type, stressing over every last detail until there was nothing left to stress about. And yet, I remained calm as ever; my breathing did not falter, my heart did not race. I simply stayed in the blissful state of my very own darkness.
Cordelia greeted me the second I walked in the door with a huge, relieved hug. She held me there longer than she would have under normal circumstances, and I embraced her right back.
"Oh, Griffin, it's all over the news," she whispered. "It was..."
I was thankful that she decided to drop the matter immediately, also dropping her arms to her side. "Are you alright?"
"I didn't bother to answer her question. Because really, did she even need to ask? Arielle was-
No. I would not let myself even consider that possibility.
"You must be exhausted," she said, taking a step back. "Why don't you go get some sleep?"
The words were out before I could stop them. "Do you honestly think I'll be able to sleep? To even close my eyes without reliving that? I need to be with her!"
Cordelia's warm expression did not falter. "Griffin, I promise-"
I did not give her a chance to finish.
"You can't be sure of anything, Cordelia!" I shouted. "Don't you dare tell me she'll be alright."
Before either of us could get out another word, I turned and vanished up the stairs. I shut my bedroom door tightly and then crumpled right there on the floor, breaking out into hysterical sobs.
I did not sleep that night. I managed to make it to my desk, and I sat there, holding my charcoal with a shaking hand but not really ever touching it to the paper in front of me.
When the sunlight began to peek in through the crack in my curtains, I forced myself across the room to pull them tighter. It didn't seem fair that the world should be able to go on.
I crossed the hall to the bathroom and took a long look at myself in the mirror. Honestly, I looked awful. My eyes were all red and puffy, stained around the edges with the last remains of my eyeliner. My clothes were rumpled from being worn for twenty-six hours straight.
But that was the farthest thing from my mind. Quickly pulling a washcloth from the shelf and dampening it in the sink, I scrubbed at my face and brushed through my hair and teeth. What I looked like wasn't exactly important to me, although I was sure Cordelia would never let me out of the house unless I was semi-presentable.
Hurrying back to my room, I changed my clothes and grabbed a thick black sweatshirt that I found crumpled on the floor- most likely the one I'd been wearing on Friday night. As I slid into it, a faint trace of Arielle's perfume reached up and tickled my nostrils. I suppressed a sob as I slammed the door hard behind me.
"Griffin, where do you think you're going, dear?"
Cordelia's gentle voice came to me from within the kitchen as I silently made my way past the archway. Cursing silently to myself, I paused in the doorframe.
"Out," I answered simply, keeping my tone as light as possible.
Cordelia set down the paper she was fingering through, looking up to meet my green eyes with her own. Her face was expressionless, the perfect poker face.
"Do you really think that's in your best interest? Perhaps you should stay here with me." I could tell by her tone that she was daring me to defy her. It was a dare I was going to take.
Turning on my heel and walking away without a second glance, I called back, "I don't stay hidden from my fears."


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How I'm Honouring My Grandmother On Mother's Day
When my grandmother was in her early 70s, her children and grandchildren quickly learned that something wasn't quite right. My grandfather had recently passed away and my grandmother was living alone in her house in Charlottetown. There were moments where she would forget where she lived, where she had left her car and she would frequently make dinner for herself and my grandfather, not remembering he was gone. When we went to visit her, we were never sure if she would recognize us.
Charlottetown in the 1950s was not a big city. It wasn't difficult for my grandmother, Audrey, to quickly make her mark in the community as the friendly, quick-witted wife of the local shopkeeper, Campbell Mitchell McLean, my grandfather. Audrey was a strong, intelligent woman when she was in her prime. She was always sweet to us grandkids, but wasn't afraid to put us in our place if necessary -- just as any parent should.
Mother's Day is an opportunity to thank our mothers and grandmothers for caring for, nurturing and comforting us when we're in need, and for putting us back in the right direction when we go astray. This Mother's Day, I am taking an additional step to honour Audrey. From May 13th to 15th, I will be competing in the 11th Annual Scotiabank Pro-Am for Alzheimer's in Support of Baycrest. It also just happens to be the largest charity hockey tournament in North America.
Alzheimer's is a devastating disease that can come up quickly and unexpectedly, as was the case with my grandmother.
I try to do something to benefit a charity once each year, so when my friend told me about a hockey tournament that benefits Alzheimer's research and care, I didn't have to think twice before signing up. I played hockey for 20 years when I was younger and absolutely loved it, and got back into it a few years ago.
Staying active and giving back to the community has always been important to me. Events like the Scotiabank Pro-Am for Alzheimer's give participants like myself the opportunity to get out of the house, get on the ice, stay active and support a great cause. Not to mention the chance to play with my childhood hockey hero Wendel Clark and other NHL alumni.
According to the Alzheimer's Society of Canada, in 2011, 14.9 per cent of Canadians ages 65 and older were living with Alzheimer's disease and other dementia and within a generation, the number of Canadians living with the disease will increase to roughly 1.4 million if nothing changes. Alzheimer's is a devastating disease that can come up quickly and unexpectedly, as was the case with my grandmother.
This Mother's Day, let's honour of our grandmothers, let's honour Audrey. Please consider contributing to get us one step closer to a world free from Alzheimer's and dementia. Every little bit helps, click here to donate.
Funds raised through the Scotiabank Pro-Am for Alzheimer's support research, innovation, education and care for Alzheimer's disease at Baycrest Health Sciences in Toronto.
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The Alzheimer's Association says that people who have the illness will find it difficult to complete daily tasks - this could range from cleaning to forgetting the rules of a game played regularly.
The Alzheimer's Association claim that people may find it hard to read or understand certain images if suffering from the disease. They also may find it difficult to determine colour or contrast, which may stop them from driving.
People with Alzheimer's may put things in unusual places. They may lose things and also accuse others of stealing. This may become more and more frequent.
The Alzheimer's Association says that people who have the condition can lose track of time, dates and seasons. Sufferers may have trouble understanding things if they are not happening promptly. They may also lose track of where they are and how they got there.
According to the Alzheimer's Association, people suffering from this type of dementia may find it difficult joining a conversation - they may also stop in the middle of conversations and don't know how to start again Writing coherently can also be a problem.
Sufferers may feel changes in their ability to follow a plan or work with numbers. They'll probably have trouble following a basic recipe, or keeping track of monthly bills. They might find it difficult to concentrate and take much longer to do things than they did before. Source: Alzheimer's Association
Someone with Alzheimer's may remove themselves from certain hobbies/interests and social activities.
According to the Alzheimer's Association, one of the most seen symptoms is memory loss (especially recently processed info). For example: forgetting important dates or events; asking for the same information over and over again and needing memory aides( electronic reminders).
The mood and personalities of people with Alzheimer's disease can change, they can become confused, suspicious, depressed, fearful or anxious. They may be easily upset at home, at work, with friends or in places where they are out of their comfort zone. Source: Alzheimer's Association
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The Senegal striker came off the bench to hit a decisive double against Jose Mourinho's men, with the away side's loss marking their first league defeat of 2014-15
The Senegal international fired home four minutes after coming on in the second half before adding what proved to be a decisive second goal with 12 minutes to play, ensuring Jose Mourinho has still never masterminded a Premier League win at St James' Park.
|By Graeme Bailey
Jose Mourinho must truly hate the North East - last season Sunderland ended his glorious home run, now Newcastle have ended this season's unbeaten record and any hope that his side could go down in history is invisible.
Mourinho has never won at St James' Park but for much of the game they looked the most likely.
Then Papiss Cisse came off the bench and helped himself to two goals. Didier Drogba pulled one back with Steven Taylor also sent-off for Newcastle, and although they had chances to level the home side held on for a famous win.
They were made to pay after 57 minutes, as Cisse netted his sixth league goal of the season by tapping home Sammy Ameobi's cross.
Cisse then doubled Newcastle's advantage, and although Didier Drogba pulled a goal back after Steven Taylor had been sent off for a second bookable offence, for the second time in the space of a week Chelsea dropped points in the North East.
Defeat enables Manchester City to close the gap to just three points at the top of the table if they beat Everton on Saturday.
Alan Pardew rang the changes after Newcastle's draw at Burnley on Tuesday, with Fabricio Coloccini and Remy Cabella two of five players coming in.
Chelsea welcomed back leading scorer Diego Costa from suspension at the expense of Drogba, while John Obi Mikel replaced the banned Nemanja Matic in midfield.
The visitors dominated possession in the first half and had their first sight of goal after 10 minutes, when Willian fired narrowly wide of Rob Elliot's goal after good work from Costa and Eden Hazard.
Chances continued to come for Chelsea but Willian was again guilty of missing a great opening 18 minutes with a curling effort 18 minutes in, before Cesc Fabregas saw a low shot deflected wide.
Having soaked up plenty of pressure, Newcastle eventually began to pose more of an attacking threat and Thibaut Courtois had be alert to deny Jack Colback in the 31st minute, the midfielder collecting an Ayoze Perez pass inside the penalty area only to be denied by the Belgium goalkeeper.
Newcastle's goalkeeping problems worsened at half-time as Elliot, in for the injured Tim Krul, limped off and was replaced by 21-year-old Jak Alnwick.
The debutant commanded his area well and, having weathered another spell of Chelsea pressure, Newcastle opened the scoring.
Sammy Ameobi made good ground down the left, Cahill failed to deal with his low cross and Cisse had the simple job of tapping home from close range.
Mourinho introduced Andre Schurrle and Drogba from the bench and Chelsea began to lay siege to the Newcastle goal.
Valiant defending from Coloccini and Taylor denied Costa on the turn, and Hazard saw a low shot hit the post.
Newcastle then punished the leaders on the counter attack as Colback found Moussa Sissoko, who then rolled the ball to Cisse and the striker made no mistake.
Taylor was then dismissed a second bookable offence for a foul on Schurrle, which led to Drogba heading home a Fabregas free-kick in the 83rd minute, setting up a tense finale.
But Alnwick came to Newcastle's rescue in the closing minutes with saves to deny Costa and Filipe Luis as Newcastle held on for all three points.


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Out of total 107 seats, Shiv Sena-BJP combine won 40 seats, Congress-NCP got 30 seats, Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) bagged 26 seats and others claimed 11 seats.
MNS, contesting for the first time in KDMC polls, became crucial to decide the Mayor as the parties need magic mark of 54-seats to claim power. Many media named MNS chief Raj Thackeray as the 'King Maker' to form the government.
It is not sure that whether MNS supports Shiv Sena-BJP or the Congress-NCP combine to form the government in return for Mayor's post.
After the results, Raj Thackeray told the reporters that the next Mayor will be from his party. Some of the MNS MLAs also have the same opinion.
"Of course, we have the cards in our hands. If you want to call us kingmaker, I have no objection at all. It is too early to decide who the mayor will be, but whoever it is, our vote will be vital," said MNS MLA Nitin Sardesai.
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Meh. Going around in circles. Well, at least I explored some options...
1. Invite-Only Access
This was my first resort, but I overlooked the following initially:
Apparently, admin/authors also count as "readers". So there are only 99 possible invites. Assuming I reserve some invites for my clan, I will still have to share the remaining invites between Sword 2 and sGE readers. After one day, my IAH forum inbox is already almost full. Too many innocent people will get screwed over with this.
2. Move To Other Hosts
Exporting the blog is possible, but problematic due to broken links within the posts. Going through 600+ posts to fix them? I think not. Also, while Wordpress has a nice built-in content control (see Page Visibility), it doesn't allow the user to edit/save CSS stylesheet without paying. I can't even adjust the width of the post column, so my existing pictures will get cropped off. This is way too much work. No time to do this properly.
I suppose there just isn't a perfect solution. Anyway, I'm still not too comfortable with restricting a large group of people over a few individuals. So I'm going to reopen the blog to public access despite all the nonsense, and maybe limit selected future posts with text encryption. (Too lazy to edit old posts for now.) The latter will help a bit with self-censorship issues.
The question of how to circulate the passwords remain though. I thought of using forum private message, but IAH forums only allow a message to be sent to a maximum of 2 recipients. Maybe I will use the e-mail addresses I received so far for a mailing list instead. I will think about it some more before deciding. In any case, the passwords are not to be circulated without my permission. Otherwise, I won't send them to you anymore.
I hope this will be okay for most people. Sorry for the inconvenience caused over the past few days.


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It has been a torrid time for social workers and others who give their professional lives to assisting families and caring for children. They have been vilified by the vitriol of the tabloid press, subsequently harassed and threatened by media-motivated vengeful public vigilantes, and then deserted by national politicians who cave in to the tabloid bullies.
But the consequence of the negative reporting should be of concern beyond social workers. The government-initiated Social Work Task Force noted the "the damaging consequence for recruitment, morale and public perceptions", while the Munro review of child protection's interim report recently concluded that "it undermines public confidence and puts children at greater risk". We should all take note.
So what might we learn from the past few years of professional threat and turmoil? One lesson is that it takes time to build wisdom, competence and confidence, but little time to undermine and destroy good practice. The UK has been more successful than most countries in protecting children, building its experience and expertise since the 1970s. But when a terrible child death becomes the focus of media scandal there is the danger that what has been learned is forgotten, what has been built is undermined, and what should be treasured is discarded.
Such was the then government's response in 2003 and 2004 following the terrible death of Victoria Climbié. More bureaucracy, more procedures, and more big bang organisational change squeezed out the space for workers to concentrate on their professional practice. It also distracted managers from staying in touch with what was happening at the frontline, and introduced a new cadre of top managers many of whose experience was not grounded in children's social work and child protection. There has also been a move to more defensive practice and decision-making with the numbers of children with child protection plans increasing, a surge in the number of court proceedings to remove children from families and more children in local authority care.
And there are new clouds on the horizon – cuts in those services that assist families, helping them to parent better and easing the stresses they may experience, thereby increasing workloads for social workers. Many councils with less government funding are also reducing the number of social workers.
But all is not doom and gloom. More people, young and older, are aspiring to be social workers. The number of applicants for social work degree courses has increased, as has their entry qualifications. One of the consequences of the coverage of social work has been an increasing awareness of its importance and of its role, and those who care about children are motivated to take on this challenging work.
Social workers themselves and their employers have taken up the challenge of describing to the public what they do and how it is important but also often contentious and complex. From TV's Panorama to Newsnight and elsewhere, social workers have been allowing their work to be observed and portrayed.
Social work is taking action to strengthen itself as a profession, with government backing for a social work reform programme and the Munro review of child protection. There is the prospect of more space for child and family focused reflective practice, for less bureaucracy, which has gobbled up time and clogged up organisations, and for social work as a profession to create a stronger voice for itself and on behalf of those it assists.
The changes being generated within children's social work also promise positive change for social workers working with disabled adults and older people. As the tabloid generated storm subsides, shafts of light for social work are emerging even among the clouds of cuts.
Ray Jones is professor of social work at Kingston University and St George's, University of London and was previously director of social services in Wiltshire.


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She didn't stop me so I started to suck on it and she moaned which only fueled my passion more. I left my love mark on her neck and kissed my way down to her breast but she stopped me and pulled my head back up to her lips. She laid down while I got on top of her still kissing those soft ass lips of hers and rubbing all on her body. I rubbed her nipples through her shirt until they got hard and then I bent down to take them in my mouth but she stopped me and pushed me off her. I was disappointed cause I really wanted to finish what we had going but I could tell she didn't.
"Whoa Tonii wow um this is way more than kissing and I think we better stop. I'm sorry that I got carried away I wasn't really thinking about who was doing that stuff to me and I let it get out of hand."
"No it wasn't your fault honey babes it was all me and I'm sorry, I was caught up in all that was going on and I didn't even stop to realize I was doing this to my best friend and not some other girl. I'm really sorry my mind was on something else."
"Um okay it's okay I guess. Oh and um thanks for that lesson you were a great teacher."
She said that with a smile and I knew it was to lighten the mood so I smiled right back at her and started laughing so did she.
"Your more than welcome bestie you've been an osome student."
"Aha your crazy lmao, well come on let's go eat I'm starved."
"Yea me too."
But I wasn't starved for food I was starved for her but I didn't let her know that. We went downstairs and reheated the pork chops, macaroni and corn and we got down. I must say I did damn good. She liked it cause she was moaning mm mm and all that. Man the way she ate her food was so seductive, she took a bite of that mac and cheese and took the fork out real slowly saying mm mm the whole time. Damn that shit turned me on and you don't know how bad I wanted her, damn I wished I was that fork!! Shit man everything she does now turns me the fuck on I mean just her washing the dishes turned me on. Cause her ass was shaking while she was scrubbing the pots. Ugh I just left her down there to do that while I went in the room and into her bathroom to relieve myself.
I wanted to do what comes natural if you know what I mean but I didn't want her to walk in on me while I was doing it that would've been hella embarrassing!! So I just took a cold shower. When I got out I lotioned my body and threw on some boxers with a wife beater. I didn't feel like putting anything else on cause it was too hot for all that. I go into the bedroom and I walk in on Nevaeh changing her shirt because she had got it wet cleaning. I seen a glimpse of her breast but I hurried up and closed the door back. I yelled through it.
"Nev are you decent girl?!"
"Yeah, yeah I'm done you can come out and my bad i thought I'd be able to change my shirt before you got out but I guess i was to slow aha."
"Aha wow next time warn somebody when you frena do that girl."
She just half smiled and then she went and laid down and I laid down next to her. It felt good and right to lie next to her like that. I wrapped my arms around her and closed my eyes and I was out that fast. I woke up to her staring at me and I jumped. She started laughing.
"Aha I didn't mean to scare you Tonii lmao."


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The fears about women in combat have been unfounded. While some studies have linked PTSD susceptibility to gender, a new study has brought that into question. Women in our armed forces have performed remarkably well in hostile combat situations overseas, although they are not "officially" serving in combat. But for all intents and purposes they are.
When women are assumed to be "less" of a veteran because of their gender and couldn't have possibly have served in combat or as dutifully in another role, it degrades the service of all veterans. The mark of honorable service is based on dedication to the task and to the fellow servicemembers. To think women have done anything less is nothing short of bigoted. Women have endured the perils of war along with high rates of harassment, sexual assault, and prejudice. Those ideas should have no quarter in our military. The Armed Forces have been slow to realize the reality of service: gender, like sexual orientation, does not determine the quality nor should it define how command sees and supports our troops.
Huffington Post - Until the white-bearded Afghan man on a bike showed up, the joint patrol with Afghan national police and paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne had gone without incident. It was hot and tense, boots kicking up dust, men and boys squatting in shopfronts watching with indifference or hostility. One of the GIs was a young female soldier, an MP, and she was carrying an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), a so-called "light" machine gun which weighs more than 20 pounds, with ammo.
I don't know how the guy on the bike identified this trooper as a woman, but apparently he did, and coming fast from behind he jolted her elbow with his handlebar before veering off cackling madly -- and she swung that weapon with a snarl and took a bead on his flapping robe ... and then spit into the dust and resumed walking. There was no justification for opening fire and she knew it. But her jaw was clenched tight.
I thought of that incident, which I witnessed in Kapisa Province several years ago, as the debate about women at war has heated up with the Pentagon's decision to allow women to compete for combat jobs. Not because women are targets, or more vulnerable than men. But because all those who serve in war zones, whether they are machine gunners or truck drivers or military police, face constant, persistent stress that can build over the course of three or six or 12 months at war.
It's long been an argument of opponents of opening combat jobs to women that they can't deal with this kind of stress as well as men; that women are more vulnerable to emotional damage.
"Women are just as resilient to the effects of combat stress [as] men."
But that appears not to be the case, at least in the short run. A detailed study by a senior researcher for the National Center for PTSD and the Boston VA Medical Center suggests that women have about the same reaction to wartime stress as men do.
"We were surprised," said VA psychologist Dawne Vogt, who authored the 2011 study of almost 600 men and women recently returned from deployment in Iraq or Afghanistan. Her team calculated the "combat stressors" that each veteran had been exposed to, including participating in firefights, seeing dead bodies, not getting enough sleep, lack of privacy and fear. Then they looked at how the troops were reacting to these stresses, measuring their alcohol use, depression and general mental health functioning. Men reported only slightly higher exposure to direct combat than women. But their reactions were about the same.
"We didn't see any meaningful differences" between men and women, Vogt told me. The data suggested "that the women are just as resilient to the effects of combat stress than men." Previous research on civilian men and women had suggested that women are more vulnerable to a short-term spike in stress -- say, a car wreck -- than men. But the persistence of stress in a war zone may level out gender differences, Vogt said.
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"However did we get here?
Asked Jimmy of the Blart.
"We did not come by plane or car,
By boat, or horse and cart."
The Blart gave a loud snirtle,
One finger to his nose,
And said, "Jimmy don't worry.
We just followed our toes!"
Young Jimmy shrugged and pondered,
And looked down at his feet
"Well, that makes sense, but hang on...
What happened to the street?"
For in the ground were sparkly bits
of red and green and blue,
And plants which sprouted feathers
(Which was odd, our Jimmy knew.)
Then came a squawk, a shriek, a cry
(A mixture of those things)
Upon a silver branch he saw
A bird with leafy wings.
The Blart touched Jimmy's shoulder
For he saw he was alarmed
"Fear not," he laughed "It's just a Flink,
By him you'll not be harmed."
The Flink fluttered his leaves and lifted
From the silver tree.
"Now come along," the Blart said,
"We have many things to see."


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My arms were pulled high above my head. Wherever I was, it stank of Neonians. Their vile stench filled my nostrils. I opened my eyes. My vision was shrouded by a cloth. But I saw light so I kept my eyes open.
Someone pulled down the cloth and yelped. They hadn't expected me to be awake, with my eyes open. It was a man. He looked abut twenty or so. His eyes were pale green and he wore the ring that all Neonians wore. I hissed at him.
"There, there, kitty," mocked another man, the same one that had spoken to me in town. I hissed again.
"She's a feisty one," said the younger man.
"It's not a she. It's dead and therefore has no gender."
He left the room and the younger werewolf looked around.
"My name's Will," he whispered.
He frowned. "As in 'V-E-I-N'?"
I sighed and nodded.
"So you're a vampire."
"What's that like?"
"I've only been fully-fledged for a few hours."
"Your eyes go red, you lose your reflection, the sun kills you and salt and some plants become poisonous. Why am I telling all this to a werewolf?" I asked myself.
"I'm not a full werewolf," he admitted.
"It's your first full moon tomorrow. If I kill you, no hard feelings; I'm just following orders."
"Every full moon, the covens go on a werewolf hunt. It's not hard apparently; werewolves have no rational thoughts at full moon. How many are in your pack?"
"How many are in your Coven?"
"49," said Will.
"We win. You'd have been better off becoming a vampire."
"Says the one tied up."
"Fair point."
"I hear you were out alone. Why?"
"Doesn't matter."
"Okay. I shouldn't be talking to you."
"I'm not a person, I'm an it, remember?"
"That was Lobo. He's been a werewolf since he was five. He studies the laws extensively."
"You have laws?"
"Don't you?"
"Only one: don't leave victims alive."
"Otherwise we're screwed. People would know."
"I guess. How often do you... You know..."
"Yeah," said Will.
"Every night."
"Every night?"
"If we feed every night, it keeps us strong. But we can go up to a week without feeding."
"'Feeding' makes you sound like animals preying on a flock."
"Technically we are. Plundering God's flocks and taking his sheep is our job description."
"You're religious?" asked Will.
I shook my head. "My parents."
"Oh, that'd be weird. A religious vampire."
I looked up at the ropes around my wrists. "You going to let me down?"
"That depends."
"On what?"
"Whether you're going to behave," he said with a mischievous smile.
I smiled back. "Depends what you class as behaving," I said cheekily.
I wiped the smile off my face, not believing I was flirting with a werewolf. He reached up and untied the ropes. I fell forward slightly, into his arms. I looked up at him. His pale green eyes looked down at me. He ran his fingers through my hair absent-mindedly.
He looked down at my lips and smiled slightly. He bent down and pressed his lips on mine. His lips were warm, which felt odd; I hadn't kissed a technically-living person in three weeks.
I realised the danger. We were spreading our scents all over each other. That would be noticed by others, but I was hurt, I needed to be held, to be kissed. My arms slipped around his neck anyway and I stood on my tiptoes. He pulled me closer to him.
I shouldn't have done it. But I felt like we were meant to be together. He pulled back and smiled at me.
"Just realised something. If your parents are religious, why did they call you 'Vein'?" he whispered.
I smiled. "My real name's Vanessa. But I'm more commonly known as Vein. It's sort of what I was christened by my Coven."
"I momentarily forgot you were a vampire."
"How, I'm not sure."
Will looked over my head and his eyes widened. I felt something sharp slip into my back and I fell from Will's slack arms, to the floor.
My legs went numb and my arms and I couldn't feel myself, or the hard ceramic floor I was lying on. My eyes slid shut.


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The 30-year-old, chosen as a wildcard along with Paula Creamer by U.S. Solheim Cup captain Juli Inkster, fired a superb seven-under-par 65 in ideal scoring conditions on the Senator Course at Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.
Lang, who tied for second at the 2009 Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic, birdied five of her first seven holes before ending the day two ahead of fellow Americans Ryann O'Toole, Tiffany Joh and Sydnee Michaels.
American world number three Stacy Lewis, tournament champion in 2012 and a runner-up last year, launched her bid for a first LPGA victory in 14 months with an opening 70.
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A special group of Irish men and women have been responsible for preservation of the tradition of Irish ballad singing over the past 50 years. Derek Warfield is a distinguished name among them. Derek Warfield and They Young Wolfe Tones are bringing that musical tradition forward with a reverence for Ireland's past and the energy and optimism of a new generation of Irish musicians.
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DEREK WARFIELD & THE YOUNG WOLFE TONES (Official performers for '2015 The Friends Of Ireland St Patrick's Day Luncheon in Capitol Hill) for President Obama, Vice President Biden & many other distinguished friends of Irish America.
After spending nearly 40 years as founder, leader and front man of the legendary Wolfe Tones (named after the 18th century Irish Revolutionary Theobald Wolfe Tone), Derek Warfield is revered as a singer, songwriter, historian and entertainer in all parts of the world where Irish roots have been put down. The Wolfe Tones enjoyed phenomenal success with 13 best-selling albums, 3 number one hits, many television appearances and shows in esteemed venues such as New York's Carnegie Hall and The Royal Albert Hall in London.
Derek has been proudly presented with the keys to San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles for his contributions to Irish Song & Music over the years and was honoured as "Dublin Gael of The Year 2013" by the New York Dublin Society.
Since breaking away from the Wolfe Tones in 2001, Derek's solo career has yielded 11 albums to date, the most successful of them being "A Nation once again" "On the One Road", "Sons of Erin" 'The Bonnie Blue Flag" "Washington's Irish" and "Let Ye All be Irish Tonight". With the formation and ongoing success of The Young Wolfe Tones, the legend of Derek Warfield continues.
In this very important year of 2016 many bands will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of 1916.
In 2001, after nearly 40 years performing, the legendary Wolfe Tones parted with their founder and leader – Derek Warfield. No other Irish folk group, before or since, told the story of Ireland so completely and unapologetically. But for Derek's hunger and desire to continue to further the story of Ireland through song, an ancient tradition might have lost perhaps its most iconic figure. In 2005 Derek put together a band containing some of the finest musicians and singers in Irish music – The Young Wolfe Tones.
Damaris Woods – Banjo
Damaris Woods from Co. Meath and is recognized as one of the foremost banjo players in Irish music. She has made a major contribution in popularizing the banjo within Irish traditional music. Damaris has performed an extremely hectic touring schedule over the last decade across the world. She has appeared on the Irish Spring Tour in Germany and been part of performing groups in North America, Australia and the prestigious Celtic Colours Festival in Cape Briton, Canada.
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Peadarspends a lot of his time in New York City, where he performs on the Irish American circuit, teaming up with notable musicians such as Pio Ryan (banjo), Matt Mancuso (fiddle) and Vonnie Quinn (fiddle).
On St Patrick's Day 2013, Peadar was invited to join All-Ireland winning accordion player Martin O'Connell in a performance at the New York Mayor's residence – Gracie Mansion.
Peadar is currently an instructor of guitar for traditional Irish accompaniment at the Irish Arts Center in Manhattan.
Daniel O'Sullivan – Uileann Pipes and Vocals
Daniel is from Kilcullen in Co Kildare. He has been playing music from a very young age. His mother was a music teacher who taught classical music and taught him various instruments since the age of 5. At the age of 13 Daniel picked up the tin whistle which gave him a love of traditional music. Very soon afterwards he took up the Uilleann Pipes under the tutelage of legendary Uilleann Piper, Ronan Browne. Such was his enthusiasm for the instrument that only 4 years later at the age of 17 he won the All Ireland Fleadh Ceol for his 'air' playing in Ballina. He also won the all-Ireland Slogadh competition as part of a band. Daniel also performed as a piper with 'Riverdance' in Norway in 1998. He also enjoys writing his own instrumental music which he performs on the pipes.
Daniel is a Civil Engineering graduate and worked on Oil Rigs in India and Turkmenistan for 2 years. In 2007 he left this work to embark on a more musical career. Since then he has played at popular music venues all around Dublin, Europe and the USA as both a singer and an instrumentalist.
Daniel has a great passion for all aspects of Irish culture and in 2007 he founded an Irish Music and Dance Show which includes Irish Dance lessons called 'The Irish Dance Party'. This show which operates in Templebar, Dublin now attracts thousands of visitors every year and is rated highly on 'Tripadvisor'.
Daniel has recently joined 'Derek Warfield and the Young Wolfe Tones' and is very excited at the prospect of singing and playing instrumental music with such a diverse and eclectic group that has such a passion for Irish culture and history, as well as performing to a wider audience.
Derek Warfield's 50 years of experience coupled with the talent and energy of The Young Wolfe Tones brings the old tradition of Irish balladry into a new age. The story of Ireland is transmitted in their music and song and illuminated by the outstanding musicianship of three wonderful ambassadors of a new generation of traditional players. Derek Warfield and The Young Wolfe Tones deliver Ireland's traditional music and folk songs with an energy and skill that shows the quality of contemporaries within that tradition. The patriotic spirit of Irish music carried through the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s by the Wolfe Tones now marches on in the dynamic sound of The Young Wolfe Tones.


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Although info is scant prior to the bike's official unveiling on September 20, it looks to be a similar machine to the one Suter created six years ago. That bike used a chassis and styling derived from the short-lived Ilmor MotoGP project combined with a 500cc two-stroke V4 making something in the region of 180-200bhp. Or 'plenty' to take a less scientific approach, particularly when combined with a sub-130kg weight.
Last time around, the bike was intended to be sold as a Paton, with green paint and the 'Paton Gran Premio' name. It re-emerged in 2012, looking much the same, as the Suter SRT 500. It's not clear if any were actually sold, but they were theoretically on offer at around £90,000 a pop.
Now it's got a web-page where it's teased – with restyled bodywork, by the look of it – as the Suter MMX 500, although the organisers of the World GP Bike Legends event refer to it as the 'Legends 500' and say it will race at the as-yet-unannounced events that they'll run next year in the mould of this June's inaugural event at Jerez.
In short, it's all a bit unclear right now, but World GP Bike Legends claims:
"The legendary riders are lined up and ready to race, and with the Suter machinery in evocative period livery, World GP Bike Legends events in 2016 will be louder and more spectacular than any other race meeting on the planet."
"The added safety and reliability of the new machines will allow for unbelievable elbow to elbow battling the like of which has never been seen in the classic racing world, and it's sure to wow fans and provide incredible TV too."
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tea·cup /ˈtiˌkʌp/ tee-kuhp
1. a cup in which tea is served, usually of small or moderate size.
2. a teacupful.
3. tempest in a teacup or teapot, a disturbance or uproar about little or nothing.
"Owen, I can't believe it."
"Shut up."
"But Owen-"
"Shut up, Gwen."
"Owen, how are you feeling?"
"Shut up, Ianto."
"Tosh, please don't side with them, Tosh, please."
"Well, Owen, it was quite funny."
"For you lot, maybe!"
"Not for me, I'm sending you the dry cleaning bill"
"Don't be ridiculous, Ianto, Torchwood pays for our dry cleaning."
"Well, you have to pick it up."
"Why me? This is all PC bloody Cooper's fault!"
"Why is it my fault?"
"Who was it that wanted a team-building day out?"
"And who was it that chose Barry Island?"
"Tosh? How could you?"
"I'm sorry, Owen, it's the slot machines, they call to me."
"Don't worry, Owen, something tells me we won't be welcome here again."
"What's that, Ianto?"
"Well it could be something to do with that massive puddle of vomit, or that very hairy man who kept shouting at us."
"Woah, mate, not my fault, I told you, I get sick on the waltzers."
"Yes, Owen, you did, which is why we opted to go on the teacups."
"Despite us being the only adults there and being surrounded by six year old children."
"Come on, Ianto, give him a break. He's buying us all candy-floss to apologise for getting vomit all over us."
"Am I indeed, Tosh?"
"Either that, or I'm getting the CCTV tape and making copies, and we'll show it to Jack when he gets back."
"Fine, candy-floss it is."
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CHICAGO — The Chicago Sky play host to the Atlanta Dream in a single elimination playoff contest at 12 p.m. EST on Sunday, Sept. 22, on ESPN 2 as the WNBA postseason heads down the stretch.
Chicago will likely be the shorthanded team on Sunday as Elena Delle Donne was ruled out indefinitely following thumb surgery last week. Despite not having the reigning league MVP in the lineup for the final five games of the regular season, the Sky were able to go 3-2 down the stretch to secure the No. 4 seed and a first round bye in the playoffs.
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Henry Martyn Blossom (May 10, 1866 – March 23, 1919) was a playwright and lyricist. He was the lyricist for several Victor Herbert musicals, including The Yankee Consul (1904), Mlle. Modiste (1905), The Red Mill (1906), Eileen (1917), and Kiss Me Again (film version of Mlle. Modeste, 1931).
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he teamed with Victor Herbert on several popular operettas.
Blossom died from pneumonia in New York City at the age of 53.
- Mlle. Modiste - libretto (1905)
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6730 Brad Avenue, Grand Rapids 49548
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05/16/2016 at $116,000
Charming Culterville Bungalow home!! Situated on a quiet street in a convenient location, this home has been meticulously maintained and is ready for new owners to enjoy! Large living room with tons of natural light, two good-sized main floor bedrooms, updated full bathroom. Galley kitchen features new backsplash, countertops, and flooring. Formal dining area off the kitchen is the perfect place to entertain! Upstairs you will find a large dormer bedroom with plenty of storage! The lower level features a family room and 3/4 bath plus laundry and plenty of storage. The two-stall garage features a workshop area. Enjoy the view of the park-like backyard from the covered porch. Newer roof, water heater, and fresh paint throughout. Come see this this beautiful home today!
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- Address
- 6730 Brad Avenue
- City
- Grand Rapids
- Zip
- 49548
- County
- Kent
- Township
- Gaines Twp
- Possession
- Zoning
- Residential
- Total Finished SqFt
- 1,789
- Above Grade SqFt
- 1,389
- Garage Desc.
- 2, Detached
- Water
- Public
- Sewer
- Public
- Year Built
- 1951
- Taxes
- $1,118
Rooms and Land
- MasterBedroom
- 1st Floor
- Bedroom2
- 1st Floor
- Bedroom3
- 2nd Floor
- Bath
- 1st Floor
- Family
- Lower Floor
- FormalDining
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- Kitchen
- 1st Floor
- Laundry
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- Living
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- Basement
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- Heating
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- Lot Dimensions
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text: A high school English teacher who was suspended from her job after she blogged that her students were "rude, disengaged, lazy whiners," said on Wednesday that she did nothing wrong. "Some of the students, parents and administrators don't want to hear the truth," said Natalie Munroe, 30, a teacher at Central Bucks East High School north of Philadelphia. In a blog that she said was intended to be seen only by a handful of her friends but was shared on Facebook by a student who discovered it, Munroe was highly critical of some students and school administrators. "My students are out of control," she wrote. "They are rude, disengaged, lazy whiners. They curse, discuss drugs, talk back, argue for grades, complain about everything, fancy themselves entitled to whatever they desire and are just generally annoying." Munroe, who is nearly nine months pregnant, was suspended with pay pending an investigation into her blog, said Carol Counihan, spokeswoman for the school district. Steven Rovner, Munroe's lawyer, described her as a "working class hero for teachers" and said if she is fired he may file a lawsuit charging violation of her First Amendment right to free speech. Munroe said she still wants to be a teacher. More Suspended teacher defends critical blog


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Information Management: What are the most common themes that you are heard at the conference?
Stephanie McReynolds: Re-defining data governance in the context of Hadoop and big data use cases was a key theme of Strata San Jose.
Sessions highlighted how the maturation of Hadoop implementations in the market requires some tooling to support governed self-service. Sessions included our customer eBay, who spoke about tooling for 1,000s of analysts to more effectively find, understand and trust their data stored in Hadoop and Teradata.
Trifacta, Navigator and Waterline presented a demonstration of how a realistic data governance workflow could look like in Hadoop. And Joe Hellerstein shared an open source metadata management project called Ground. Discussions around data stewardship, governed self-service analytics, and metadata were very topical for the community of attendees.
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SM: One, that machine learning delivers the true business value of big data. Machine learning has emerged as the most likely way that every organization will derive value from data stored in HDFS. No matter which processing engine is used to prepare the data and execute queries, machine learning algorithms are where big data value is derived. Two, that broad-based analyst interaction with big data is important. Big data analysis should be a collaborative endeavor. Detailed knowledge about what the data means, how it was derived and the appropriate business uses sit in the heads of lots of different individuals in the organization.
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Babcock New Jefferson Coach 5-14-12
Monday they introduced former Stillman Valley standout Patrick Babcock as the head coach of the Jefferson J-Hawks.
"Rockford Public Schools continue to work tirelessly to provide the best opportunities for our students, and this is yet another example of how we are accomplishing these goals," said District 205 Director of Athletics Mat Parker.
Babcock led Stillman Valley to its first State Football Championship in 1999 as a mammouth lineman. He later went on to play guard and tackle for the Fighting llini. He made 48 starts for them. Babcock was part of a Big Ten Championship team.
Most recently he was an assistant coach and for one year the interim head coach at Rockford College. He's glad now to be back at his high school roots.
"I'm extremely excited to get a chance to be in this position," said Babcock. "I understand I'm kind of a younger guy, but I've put myself through a little bit of the wares and worked a lot of long hours and learned a lot about football throughout my time with the game."
Babcock was not only big, he was physical at Stillman, a trademark that Stillman Valley is known for. And that's an identity Babcock wants to carry over to Jefferson.
"A smash-mouth, hard-nosed football program that's going to be physical. That's going to be able to run the football, and that's going to be able to do a lot of the things that we want to do, not necessarily waiting for somebody to allow us to do the things that we want to do," said Babcock.
Another thing Babcock learned at Stillman...
"How extremely important the off-season is. Getting in the weight room. Getting the chance to be around your teammates."
Jefferson was beginning to turn the corner the last two years under former Coach Rick Schmitz who resigned recently. The J-Hawks won four games last year and three in 2010. But the 15 years prior to that they won only 23 games total. The last time Jefferson had a winning season was 1993. The head coach then was Joe Blume, one of Babcock's former coaches at Stillman Valley.
"If he doesn't think he's going to get a phone call (for advice) he's wrong," smiled Babcock.
Several Jefferson players were at Monday's press conference. They're intrigued by having a former State Champion and a former Big Ten Champion lead them.
"I think he's really going to help a lot with us," said quarterback Kelly Ferguson. "I think he'll slip in. We've got good players. He's just ready to go."
"It makes me really excited," said Jefferson lineman Scott Fausett. "I just can't wait to get out there and get going."
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text: MECHANICSBURG, Pa., April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Vibra Healthcare, LLC ("Vibra") today announced that through an affiliate it has signed a definitive asset purchase agreement to acquire the operations of 17 facilities from Kindred Healthcare, Inc. ("Kindred") including 15 Long Term Acute Care (LTAC) hospitals containing 1,052 licensed hospital beds, one Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital (IRF) containing 44 beds and one Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) containing 135 skilled nursing center beds. Vibra and Kindred expect to complete the transaction in the third and fourth quarters of 2013, pending regulatory and other approvals. Five of the LTAC hospitals will be operated by Post Acute Medical, LLC (Post Acute Medical) located in Camp Hill, PA. Post Acute Medical owns and operates 8 LTAC hospitals and 3 IRF hospitals in an existing joint venture arrangement with Vibra. "This transaction will expand our specialty hospital and post acute continuum of care operations in several new markets while creating expanded services in markets that Vibra already serves. The scope of this acquisition furthers our strategic plan of positioning Vibra for the evolving integrated delivery model and creating scale to better address the dynamic changes in regulatory and reimbursement policy," said Brad Hollinger, Vibra's Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "We are confident this acquisition will enhance our long term objectives while adding value immediately upon close of the transaction. The Facilities generated revenues of approximately $289 million and earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization of approximately $20 million (including the allocation of approximately $9 million of overhead costs) for the year ended December 31, 2012. The transaction is subject to several regulatory approvals and other conditions to closing, including but not limited to, Vibra finalizing its financing for the transaction and the expiration of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act of 1976, as amended. Vibra and Kindred expects to complete the transaction through multiple closings occurring during the third and fourth quarters of 2013.


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Theater for live music and film.
The main theatre space is excellent for dance. No obstructions, nice seats, good leg room, and not huge. Only one negative: the lobby and amenities are less than perfect. This...
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The main theatre space is excellent for dance. No obstructions, nice seats, good leg room, and not huge. Only one negative: the lobby and amenities are less than perfect. This building has gone through several iterations. It seems to have now found its groove. Cabaret, films and other offerings are starting to fill up the space. The Prince is centrally...
Fortuitously, the lovely Ms. Michelle Lee happened to be performing her Cabaret tribute to the music of Cy Coleman at the RRazz Room this past Saturday. The room is very comfortable, the sound was excellent and the dessert platter very tasty. Most importantly, Ms. Lee was wonderful, and we had the pleasure of sharing a table with another lovely couple....
Went to a fantastic performance by string artists called "Well Strung", four handsome young guys playing cello, violin etc classics morphing into pop tunes. Looks like the venue is bringing in some great talent to this comfortable setting, where we were able to enjoy good live entertainment with affordable drinks. Super enjoyable evening for our whole party of five. Will...
We went for a dance performance. It is a lovely space with the seats not being too crowded together and fairly intimate as far as size goes. The temperature was good as was the sound. But the bathrooms were a problem. Before the performance, half of the stalls were without toilet paper and it was not attended to during the...
As exemplified by enchanting Andrea Marcovici, Cabaret is alive & well in Philadelphia. An intimate setting upstairs at the Prince Theater, the RRaze Room is an opportunity to sip some wine or bubbly, while listening to oldies but goodies at little round tables nestled close the stage.
Yes this is a music theater, but they happened had a showing of a new movie that I wanted to see. Inside was there was a small concession stand. Either is they've kept it very nice or it is newly renovated. Whichever, it is really nice!
The theater is very spacious, and it was practically a private showing since there...
Saw a cabaret performer in the Black Box upstairs. Nice, intimate venue. Table service was friendly and quick. Would return!
We had our first music experience at the Prince Music Theater and it was Awesome!! We saw Glen Phillips...the lead singer for Toad the Wet Sprocket and it was Amazing!! The seating was very comfortable. The price for the tickets were very reasonable for this concert. The acoustics were fantastic and we felt like Glen was giving us a private...
Watching a re-broadcast of the Royal Opera Company's stunning production of Tosca, my favorite opera, while sipping beer, munching chips & holding hands with my fella was the best date I've had in a long time!
Thankfully preserved, the grand Prince Theatre has been put to good use by offering live performance broadcasts, quality films & interesting musical events. An...
The theater hasgood sight lines and comfortable chairs. It may for a excellent setting for viewing a play or live act.
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