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Lindsey Schroth, a student at Marywood University, has earned a placement at a Fulbright Summer Institute in the U.K. She will study for six weeks at Cardiff, Bangor, and Aberystwyth Universities in one of the most prestigious and selective summer scholarship programs operating worldwide.
"Upon learning I received a place in the Wales summer institute program, I was overjoyed at the opportunity ahead of me with the Fulbright summer program," Ms. Schroth said. "I hope to gain knowledge of a new geography and people during my time in Wales. I also hope to academically immerse myself in the intellectually stimulating program that the Fulbright Summer Institute offers. I hope this work enables me to further learning in all aspects of my life."
Each year, the Fulbright Commission supports approximately 50 U.K. and U.S. undergraduate students to undertake demanding academic and cultural summer programs at leading institutions in the U.S. and U.K. respectively. Nearly 300,000 women and men from all over the world have participated in the global Fulbright Program. Of these alumni, approximately 15,000 U.K. nationals have studied in the U.S. and nearly 12,000 U.S. nationals have pursued educational exchanges in the U.K.


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This is a guest post from Sandy Clingan Smith, who has been a CFCA sponsor since 2008.
She traveled to Guatemala this summer with the high school youth from her church, Woodmont Christian Church in Nashville, where she was thrilled to meet her sponsored child, Jacoba.
Sandy, center, is a marketing professional and lives with her husband and children Kasey, right, and Alex, left, in Brentwood, Tenn. Her refrigerator is filled with pictures of the four additional CFCA children they sponsored during the trip!
She will lead the church's next trip to the CFCA Center in San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala, in 2014. Sandy blogs at http://calledeabrazos.wordpress.com.
I've been back home just over a week now, and normal life creeps in with its own force.
Can I remember to eat simply, as the Mayans do? Can I remember the value of money ñ and how much hope that can provide in Guatemala? Can I remember to savor every moment and every encounter with another human being?
Today's devotional reading focused on slowing down to actually be part of life! The crux is captured in this quote from Mark Nepo's The Book of Awakening (which I heartily recommend):
"… simply slow your thoughts to the pace of cracks widening, slow your heart to the pace of the earth soaking up rain, and wait for the freshness of the beginning to greet you …"
While that may feel very Zen, it spoke to my soul. This "sabbatical summer" has taught me the value of the tiny moments in life.
I find great joy from watching the hummingbird approach the feeder. I love being in the garden in the morning or late afternoon ñ to see the finches battle over their feeder or to the tomatoes beginning to ripen.
And the chance to spend quiet, little moments with Steve, Kasey and Alex.
That is the way I approached Guatemala ñ by accident. We were blessed with three great guides from CFCA who managed all the details. And the country around me was so foreign that I could give up my "need to be in charge."
So I didn't worry about our schedule. Instead I relaxed and opened myself to the experience. I reached out in love. I tried to speak my fractured Spanish, but truly communicated best with a smile.
I remember intentionally trying to look in the eyes of the people I met to connect as deeply as I could in a brief moment.
In doing so, I found myself in a very thin place. In the Celtic tradition, thin places are where the boundary between heaven and earth is very thin.
As a very intuitive person, that feels like a deep feeling of the presence of the Holy Spirit. As I was surrounded by those lovely Guatemalans, I deeply felt the presence of God in this place.
Now, back home, it's so easy to get caught up in the pressures of life.
My morning had not started auspiciously, but rather with the tedium of cleaning up after a dog and a coffeemaker that decided to overflow.
But the reminder to "live slow enough" was just what I needed to turn my day back around so I could focus on the small moments of grace.
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"I think it is sad the employees have to work," said Jeni Hapner of Fort Wayne, who arrived about 6 p.m. "But in today's economic climate, you can't pass up the amount of savings."
Walmart never closed but had "doorbuster" specials stacked on pallets and shrink-wrapped, earmarked for sale after 8 p.m. By 7:30 p.m., shoppers had clustered around coveted electronics and toys, poised to snap them up when they were unwrapped. Some shoppers were more poised than others. One group tore the wrapping off a pallet of goods at about 7:45 and started packing them in their carts. Store managers then opened other pallets early, too.
Outside Walmart shortly after 8 p.m., Christina Milledge of Fort Wayne said she didn't have any trouble getting the PlayStation she'd been aiming for, and she liked the early sales times. Having sales staggered through Thanksgiving evening and early Friday morning helps her family catch more deals.
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I long gave up the idea that I might pass for an undergrad (yep, I've reached the age where if a bartender cards me, it's a compliment rather than a hassle), though my bank balance sadly remains closer to that of a college kid than a mortgage-paying adult. In Princeton, where Ivy League tastes meet student-loan budgets, the pizzas at Teresa Caffe in Palmer Square fit the bill.
At dinner, I'm too frequently tempted by the linguini vongole, but at lunch, my heart and stomach belong to pies from the wood-fired oven. Pizza toppings come and go with the seasons, but the Perfetta ($14) rarely, if ever, leaves the menu. Draped with prosciutto, sprinkled lavishly with grana padano, the white pizza would be a salt bomb if not for the healthy handfuls of arugula under the meat and cheese, trapping bits of cracked black pepper and lemon zest in the leaves' nooks and crannies.
(Princeton is smack dab in the middle of Jersey farmland, by the way, so if the arugula's not coming from Teresa Caffe's own farm up the road, it's likely sourced from one of the other local heavy hitters like Terhune Orchards.)
After tearing through four chewy-crusted slices, it's just too convenient to walk across Palmer Square to The Bent Spoon and wash down all that salt with a scoop of coconut or lemon ricotta ice cream. Did they put the two spots next to each other for me? How thoughtful.
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Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has clashed with the nation's human rights watchdog as he defended keeping asylum-seeker children in detention despite the "moral burden" he feels.
The highly-anticipated match between the two heavy hitters in the asylum-seeker debate produced tense and, sometimes, heated exchanges between the minister and Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs.
Professor Triggs accused the minister of accepting as collateral damage the mental and physical damage of children in long-term detention.
Mr Morrison accused her of putting words in his mouth.
"Let me reverse the question to you, would you have me abandon the policies that are working?" he asked.
"The government is not going to allow a set of policies to be weakened that would see an Australian staring into the face of a child corpse again."
Mr Morrison prefaced questioning of him with a rare admission about the moral burden of his job and as a parent of two young children.
"The emotional challenges of working in this policy portfolio are just as real and just as great as they would be for any other parent in my position," he said.
But sentiment could not be a priority over effective policy that was stopping the boats.
The government this week announced about 150 asylum-seeker children in mainland detention centres will be released into the community on bridging visas by the end of the year.
About 700 children will remain in detention centres, including those in Nauru and on Christmas Island.
Prof Triggs pressed Mr Morrison for any evidence that detaining children for long periods of time had a deterrence effect.
"There appears to be no connection between these two," she said.
But Mr Morrison said detention of young children was a consequence of the government's policy not to allow refugees to be processed in Australia.
That policy, in conjunction with other measures, had stopped the boats.
In a heated exchange over whether detention facilities employed armed guards and resembled prisons, Prof Triggs said there was no way into the centres except through armed guards.
Immigration department secretary Martin Bowles took issue, categorically denying armed guards work at the centres and calling on Prof Triggs to retract her statement.
Mr Morrison blamed Labor and the Greens for the tens of thousands of refugee applications yet to be processed, citing the Senate's decision to block the reintroduction of temporary protection visas.
The government's policy is to no longer grant permanent visas to refugees.
The commission presented evidence, including from the minister's own advisory council, about unacceptable conditions at the Christmas Island centre.
Mr Morrison warned Prof Triggs to carefully consider all the evidence presented to the inquiry - which has visited Christmas Island and mainland centres - and assess its validity in her report.
"As a distinguished lawyer you will know that an allegation or assertion made does not amount to clear evidence simply by stating it," he said.
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LIFETIME: 1732-1799, of English ancestry
PRIMARY HOME: Mount Vernon , Mount Vernon VA - the original 1½ story modest-sized structure was expanded to a 2½ story Georgian Colonial mansion.
HAND-PAINTED ENGRAVING, "The Washington Family" depicts Washington leaving Mount Vernon for his presidential inauguration in New York City , engraved 1800
MOUNT VERNON IN MINIATURE, scale replica of the mansion as it appeared in 1799
Born to wealthy planters in the Tidewater region of Virginia, George Washington's first three years were spent at Pope's Creek Plantation . (The original house was destroyed by fire in 1779, but a replica has been built .) Over the next few years, the family moved to Hunting Creek Plantation (later named Mount Vernon ) and also Ferry Farm near Fredericksburg . After his father died in 1743, George lived alternately with one half-brother at Pope's Creek and with the other at Mount Vernon .
In 1752, George inherited the Mount Vernon estate, enlarging and redecorating the main house into a stately mansion in preparation for his marriage to Martha Custis in 1759. An excellent example of colonial architecture, Washington 's original design featured Palladian windows and a unique piazza that extended the full length of the house facing the Potomac River .
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The Effect of Phytosterol Esters of Omega-3 (Vayarol) Versus Omega-3 Acids Ethyl Esters in Reducing Triglyceride Levels
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified September 2012 by Enzymotec.
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
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The primary objective is to determine the efficacy of phytosterol esters of omega-3 (Vayarol) versus Omega-3 acids ethyl esters in reducing triglyceride levels in hypertriglyceridemia patients with fasting triglyceride levels ≥ 200 and < 500 mg/dL.
|Patients With Hypertriglyceridemia
|Other: Omega-3 acid ethyl esters Other: Phytosterol esters of omega-3
|Phase 4
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|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
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|The Effect of Phytosterol Esters of Omega-3 (Vayarol) Versus Omega-3 Acids Ethyl Esters in Reducing Triglyceride Levels in Hypertriglyceridemia Patients: A Double-blind, Randomized, Noninferiority Trial
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Drug Information available for: Omega-3-acid ethyl esters Lovaza Omega-3 Fatty AcidsU.S. FDA Resources
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- fasting triglycerides levels [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]Noninferiority of phytosterol esters of omega-3 in affecting plasma fasting triglyceride levels in comparison with Omega-3 acids ethyl esters.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Difference between phytosterol esters of omega-3 and Omega-3 acids ethyl esters treatment groups in other lipid and biomarker levels [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]Difference between phytosterol esters of omega-3 and Omega-3 acids ethyl esters treatment groups in other lipid and biomarker levels
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4 capsules/day for 12 weeks
Other: Phytosterol esters of omega-3
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Active Comparator: Omega-3 acid ethyl esters
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Other: Omega-3 acid ethyl esters
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
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- Male or female, age > 18 years
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- Ability to give written informed consent
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- Female patient who are pregnant or breastfeeding or planning to become pregnant
- Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) levels > 110 mg/dL
- Type 2 diabetes mellitus that is poorly controlled (glycosylated hemoglobin [HbAlc ] >8.0%
- Patients who are under use of lipid altering drugs excluding use of Simvastatin, Atorvastatin, and Rosovastatin for 6 weeks or more
- Patients who are under use of products containing omega-3 fatty acids or other dietary supplements with potential lipid altering effects
- History of bariatric surgery or currently on weight loss drugs.
- Uncontrolled hypertension (BP>140/90)
- Subjects with secondary causes of hypertriglyceridemia: alcoholism, dysglobulinemia, thyroid disease that is poorly controlled (TSH<0.35 or TSH>5.5)
- Subjects with an abnormal level of liver enzymes (twice the normal level)
- Suffered from ischemic event such as myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident and angina pectoris in the last 6 months
- Uncontrolled endocrine or metabolic disease known to influence serum lipids or lipoproteins such as cushing syndrome
- Gastrointestinal disease that may influence lipid metabolism such as celiac, crohn, colitis or other malabsorption problem
- Subjects who have had any malignancy. Subjects who have had basal cell carcinoma that have been disease free for at least 3 years are eligible for the study.
- Consumption of one fish serving (200 grams) or sea food x2 a week or more.
- HIV infection by history
- History of hypersensitivity or allergy to fish, fish oil or soy
- Weight change > 3 kg during the run-in period
- Any other reason that, in the opinion of the investigator, prevents the subject from participating in the study or compromise the patient
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01712867
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|Maccabi Healthcare Services
|Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Daewon Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
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|Maccabi Healthcare Services, Israel
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|August 6, 2014
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Understanding the Dangers of Cesarean Birth
by Nicette Jukelevics
[2008, Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers, 262 pages, hardcover.]
[Review first published in Midwifery Today Issue 88, Winter 2008, © 2008, Midwifery Today, Inc. Review by Cheryl K. Smith.]
This book could not be more timely, in light of the fact that the broken health care system in the US is on the radar screen of citizens and politicians alike. The cesarean rate in the US is fast approaching one-third of all births and is currently the most common major surgery performed. The financial costs (both present and future) of this surgery far outweigh those of midwife-assisted childbirth, yet it carries a mortality rate of two times that of vaginal birth, is a major cause of increasing preterm births that require more resources, and is used by obstetricians to justify future costly interventions. None of these bodes well for getting health care costs under control.
In addition to these adverse effects on the nation as a whole are the effects on individuals, including death, disability, posttraumatic stress disorder and problems with future pregnancies, among others. Understanding the Dangers of Cesarean Birth methodically lays out the case for slowing this epidemic, which will help to heal mothers, babies, health care providers and the system that is being so damaged.
This book should be read not only by people who plan to have babies, but by policymakers and providers as well, so that we can all work to change the system to one that values human beings and their informed choices, is humane and is cost-effective.
Reviewer Cheryl K. Smith is an editor and a writer who gave up lawyering to raise miniature dairy goats in the coast range of Oregon. She is currently working on a book on goat health care (www.goathealthcare.com).


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Discovering the secrets beneath - 18th century paintings under the microscope
30 April 2007
Over the past few years, the Museum has been examining a number of paintings in the collections by Richard Wilson. Modern scientific equipment can reveal hidden details about the structure and materials used in these paintings. The results provide a fascinating insight into the artist's working methods and have led to discovering the origin of some of the more doubtful paintings from Wilson's work.
Infra-Red Light
Infra-red light has been used to see whether the paintings have subsequently been altered or painted over by the artist. Infra-red light can penetrate all but the deepest blue pigments to reveal any dark tones overlying a light coloured ground. It has been discovered that there are underdrawings in both the oil sketch of Dolbadarn Castle (NMW A 5203) and the large finished painting of the same subject (NMW A 72). In the oil sketch, the underdrawing includes a bridge across the river in the distance and a fence in the right foreground. Neither of these features were used in the final sketch. Furthermore in the large painted version Mount Snowdon is included in the background and the distant riverside buildings are moved further to the left. His ability to rework his designs brings variety to the many versions he painted of the same subjects and helps explain how he gives his English and Welsh views a grand classical appearance.
Paint Structure and Materials
Subjecting Wilson's work to X-rays has enabled the structure of Wilson's paintings to be examined. X-rays easily penetrate some materials, but are reflected by others. Some pigments traditionally used in oil painting come from heavy metals such as mercury, cadmium and lead. Lead white being one of the most commonly used. X-rays show up the structure of the painting and any changes that may have been made using lead white. Wilson usually painted his skies in a mixture of lead white and a blue pigment only down as far as the horizon, skirting around any trees and foliage silhouetted against the sky. The foreground and trees are painted largely with earth colours, which X-rays easily penetrate. A typical X-ray of a painting by Wilson should show a strong contrast between sky and foreground areas. This is best illustrated by Caernarfon Castle (NMW A 73). Any landscape not showing this characteristic contrast therefore can be assumed to have been produced by someone other than Wilson.
A few of the paintings examined so far show that Wilson sometimes completely reworked a composition. Dinas Bran (NMW A 3277) was originally started as a View of Tivoli (see NMW A 495). The town on the slopes of the hill is clearly visible in X-ray together with a wayside shrine, which occurs in other versions of that subject. He also occasionally reused a canvas. Dolbadarn Castle (NMW A 72) has been painted over a portrait of a woman, and Landscape with Banditti around a Tent (NMW A 69) is painted over a Venetian-style reclining nude.
Powerful microscopes
Tiny paint samples have been taken and looked at under incredibly powerful microscopes.
The pigments found in the paint layers almost exactly match the palette Wilson used. Prussian blue and indigo mixed with lead white are the chief pigments found in his skies, and ochre, Naples yellow, red and yellow lakes, Prussian blue and indigo in his foliage and foregrounds. Ultramarine blue however, which, according to contemporary accounts, Wilson used in finishing his skies, has not yet been found.
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To me Peyton is not out of the woods yet. I think he has to win this game for his playoff legacy to be secure. If he makes a timely turnover or pick in the 4th quarter or something that costs Denver the game you know what the story line will be again. Just win Peyton and shut all the critics up.
San Diego and New England both completely failed to hit Peyton. If you don't lay a finger on Peyton, you're dead. The Colts were able to beat the Broncos in October because they got to Peyton and Mathis hit him. Obviously it's easier said than done, but I think that Seattle will certainly make things much more difficult for Peyton than San Diego and New England. Peyton could wear the same 18 uni that he wore against the Pats on Sunday. I don't think there was a spec of dirt on it.
Well he never was out of the woods to begin with it only appears that way because Sherman has taken the spotlight from Manning for the postgame.
Again? This narrative was never over to begin with and he's already won an SB go figure. And even if the Broncos win they will find something else he has to do in order to prove to the world he's a good QB.
Because apparently the past decade and a half wasn't proof enough.
As ridiculous as it sounds, I think one more SB win will be enough for much of the media to proclaim him the GOAT. Without another SB win and I don't think he's in the discussion from most analysts. That's how big this game is for his legacy. They were just talking about this on ESPN and they pretty much said what I just said.
I agree. There is a big difference between one Super Bowl title and two Super Bowl titles. A lot of quarterbacks have won one Super Bowl, but only a handful have won multiple rings. Peyton will be in an elite class if he seals the deal in the Meadowlands. Most importantly, he will have unquestionably pulled off the greatest quarterback season in NFL history. Add that to the fact that he is coming back from an extremely severe injury that left even him in doubt about his future, and it will make one hell of a story.
The ring seven years ago means that he will always be a champion and you can never take that away from him. But to win another one at his age in a season where he put up these beyond obscene numbers, and it will be enough for quite a few people to consider him the GOAT.
Well ESPN is ridiculous so that makes sense. This "can he win the big one" narrative has been outdated for years or should've been but not for Manning apparently. That's what I don't get I mean he's going to play in his 3rd SB there are great QBs who never even played in one let alone win but apparently he can't get it done in big games go figure.
And winning this game won't proclaim him the fabled GOAT discussion because he would only have 2 rings... they'll make up some other narrative of how he has to win 3 to even breathe the same air as the other possible "GOAT" QBs.
The only thing they can't dispel if he wins on Super Bowl Sunday is that he would be the first QB to lead two different teams to win an SB.
Winning two also removes the whole Eli has more argument. I wonder where he'd fall on the oldest list.
It's just really impressive to think the debate on whether or not he's the GOAT has been going on for 10 years with Peyton adding arguments to each side throughout.
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A win would also set two other records for Peyton that will most likely stand the test of time. He would be the first QB to start and win a Super Bowl with two different teams, and he will have gone the longest time between Super Bowl wins.
No that would be Ray Lewis 12 years 2000 and 2012
I think it will very much depend on who is talking. There are quite a few media types who still hold a generally negative world view of everything Manning. They will still point to his .500ish playoff record, one & dones etc. and say that Brady, Montana and their additional SB wins and general clutchness trumps any edge Manning has established statitically or in the regular season.
If pressed I would probably call Manning the GOAT simply because most of those Colt teams he led were pretty flawed. He elevated them above their actual station in a way the Brady's & Montana's rarely had to do.
The one glaring exception to this logic and in my mind Manning's one great failure is the 2005 team that lost at home in the divisional round to the Steelers. That team was very well balanced and easily the best in the league.
GOAT-ITRS. (In the regular season). His post season performances were usually quite disappointing. Even the year the Colts won the SB, his numbers were average. Lots of reasons / theories on why, but facts are facts. 11-11 in the playoffs is average, mediocre, bleh.
Ray Lewis would be the starting QB with the longest time between wins? News to me...
I was thinking of players overall.
Reggie Miller stands up for Richard Sherman on @dpshow. Says Erin Andrews a factor. "Would people say same thing if it had been Pam Oliver?"— Andrew Perloff (@andrewperloff) January 22, 2014
^^ Really ?? C'mon Reg.
I think he raises a valid point I mean remember Bart Scott's interview after the Jets upset the Pats in Foxboro a few years back talking about how he can't wait, how the Pats D couldn't stop a nosebleed.
I don't recall a lot of outrage there and Sal Pal was there handling it effectively at least compared to Erin Andrews.
Or how about when Namath was drunk wanting to kiss Suzy Kolber but she handled that like a pro as well.
Richard Sherman does this with Erin Andrews and some people are quick to label him a thug(despite having no off the field issues) and using the n-word.
I mean its one thing to think he's a jerk but the racist remarks towards him said more about them than they did about Sherman.
So - what does Andrews being the 'reporter' have to do with it ??
(Quotes used because - well - she ain't one, but I digress ...............)
Well I agree I don't find Sideline Barbie impressive from a reporting standpoint and how she handled it played a role into how it was perceived.
Big black scary dude yellin at the TV with a white woman who looked taken aback by the whole thing standing next to him.
That's what Reggie is stating here.
Pam Oliver wouldn't have reacted that way and if she did it wouldn't have mattered because well she's black and there's not going to be anyone that will act "overprotective" with her.
Richard Sherman was an aggressive, loud mouth, egotistic idiot and Erin Andrews was the bad guy for being caught off-guard? Really? I think most reporters would have been caught off guard there. I thought he was going to start swearing on air. They were smart to cut away immediately.
I don't think anyone believes Erin is the bad guy here I do think she was out of her element but I thought that about her before this took place.
Lack of class does not have a skin color associated with it.
I understand that some used the word "thug" and it has, for some who say it, some racist connections.
I also understand the issues of the heat-of-the-moment on-field interview. But he was still a classless turd 45 minutes later.
Some have made way too much of it, but I still think it was pretty embarrassing, the screaming, the self-promotion, the disrespect, the me-first attitude in a team sport.
Sure he may be intelligent, but it's not too much to expect players to not act like that until PR people give them a talking to, days later
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PEORIA, Ariz. -- Making his Padres debut Thursday against the Rangers, left-hander Alex Torres battled through some rust and command issues but showed glimpses of how electric his stuff can be when he's right.
Torres, acquired from the Rays in January, allowed three hits, walked two batters and struck out a pair in 2/3 of an inning. He left the game with the bases loaded and Dennis O'Grady served up a grand slam moments later to leave Torres charged with five earned runs.
"We saw the live arm," Padres manager Bud Black said of Torres. "I think he was a little bit out of sorts, it has been a sped up process for him but you can tell this guy has a good arm. You can see where he's had the success with Tampa the last couple years."
The 26-year-old arrived to Padres camp last week after missing the first 12 days of workouts with visa issues in his native Venezuela stemming from a change of employers. He appeared in 39 games for the Rays in 2013, striking out 62 batters and compiling a miniscule 1.71 ERA in 58 innings.
On Thursday, Torres threw 34 pitches, 18 for strikes. He struck out J.P. Arencibia swinging on a disappearing 83-mph changeup in the dirt and Leonys Martin looking with a 92-mph fastball at the knees.
The Rangers did their damage off him courtesy of a Prince Fielder double followed by consecutive singles from Michael Choice and Kevin Kouzmanoff before he walked the final two batters he faced later in the frame.
"I feel OK but it was a tough day, just a bad outing," Torres said. "You have to continue to work it out. I haven't seen a hitter in months so I just felt a little bit tight. Didn't throw the ball for strikes and that's what happens."
Expected to handle a late-inning role in the bullpen this season for the Padres, Torres will return to Cactus League action in the next two or three days.
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My annual head-shaking over ridiculous free-agent contracts usually doesn't begin until the winter meetings. But this offseason has been different.
There already have been so many questionable signings that, if this keeps up, my neck will be damaged from so much head-shaking by the time the baseball world departs Nashville next Thursday.
Some examples of the fiscal insanity:
• The Boston Red Sox gave David Ross a two-year, $6.2 million deal. That money seems reasonable in the baseball world, but here is what I don't understand: Boston already has two catchers, and Ross is 35 and is a career backup. Yet the Red Sox nearly doubled his salary.
• Boston gave another backup, outfielder/DH Jonny Gomes, an even bigger raise with a two-year, $10 million deal. Again, that is pocket change for a financial behemoth like the Red Sox. I understand and agree with them paying a premium for a great clubhouse guy like Gomes, but he made $1 million in 2012 and wasn't overpaid considering he played 99 games. Good guys don't always finish last.
• Melky Cabrera, the disgraced outfielder who slunk out of San Francisco after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs, was awarded a two-year, $16 million deal from the Toronto Blue Jays. Giving him a $2 million raise over his 2012 salary is questionable enough. Giving him two years seems downright foolish.
There is no way the Blue Jays can know how much Cabrera was helped by testosterone, or how long he had been using it. What I know is that he was viewed as an out-of-shape, below-average outfielder for the Atlanta Braves just two years ago.
• The mid-market Cincinnati Reds doled out $21 million for a three-year deal for reliever Jonathan Broxton. This would be easier to understand if Broxton were certain to close, but he figures to end up as a setup man if (more likely when) the Reds move Aroldis Chapman back to the bullpen.
More befuddling than Broxton's average salary is the length of his deal. Three years for a reliever is a year too much, but it has become the going rate after the recent Brandon League and Jeremy Affeldt deals.
• B.J. Upton scored a five-year, $75.25 million deal from the Braves. Upton has been given a bad rap for sometimes loafing; he is one of those ultra-smooth players who doesn't always appear to be expending full energy even when he is.
Still, the center fielder isn't anywhere near as valuable as St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina, who was content to take a five-year, $75 million extension in March.
• Russell Martin agreed to a two-year, $17 million deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates. What makes this a head-shaker isn't the terms, even though $8.5 million a year might seem excessive for a guy who hit .211. The durable Martin provided 21 homers (albeit in homer-happy Yankee Stadium), and his work behind the plate was well regarded.
What makes this deal so difficult to understand is that the small-revenue Pirates outbid the mighty-moneyed New York Yankees for Martin's services. That isn't supposed to happen, especially not when the Yankees badly needed Martin and he wanted to stay (give him credit for not saying this move wasn't about the money).
But that's how crazy this offseason has become. While many clubs are spending like their coffers are stuffed, the Yankees have begun to show financial restraint. They seem determined to reach their goal to reduce payroll to less than $189 million by 2014.
While $189 million is twice as much as what 18 teams spent on player salaries in 2012, the fact is the Yankees are cutting back. Granted, they are doing so to prevent from being slammed by the luxury tax — something most teams don't have to worry about — but you still would think other clubs might take notice. If the Yankees realize that spending the most money doesn't guarantee success, so should everyone else.
Don't count on it, not with local TV deals resulting in Powerball-like payoffs for many teams. The Los Angeles Dodgers soon will be generating as much as $280 million per year from local TV. The Los Angeles Angels, Texas Rangers, Houston Astros and San Diego Padres also have seen or will be seeing their local TV revenue climb to previously unthinkable levels.
Such an incredible rise in revenue helps to explain how some teams can pay for these contracts. The dollar amounts are certain to climb to even crazier levels when the likes of Josh Hamilton, Zack Greinke and Nick Swisher decide to sign.
I guess I better get my neck in shape. A whole of head-shaking is still to come.
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Although the periodic table might seem stale, scientists have discovered about one-hundred new elements in the last 250 years. However, the last naturally-occurring element on the periodic table is element 92, Uranium. The rest, beginning with Neptunium's discovery in 1940, are artificially-created elements produced by scientists in high-energy particle accelerators. So it is with the newest additions, Elements 114 and 116.
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AN ART student has built a 20 foot 'Angel of Blackburn' with recycling materials.
The impressive structure was reveald as designer Wayne Hemingway launched a showcase of creative talent of the future at Blackburn College's Art and Design show.
The Blackburn-raised former Red or Dead owner officially opened the flamboyant show where degree and college students showed off their artistic style on Wednesday.
There were students from textiles, photography, fine art and more displaying their final works for the public.
On show at the exhibition was an 20 foot sculpture created by Fine Art student Fred Flint, a selection of paintings by Bobby Tait and photographs by Shauna Robinson who highlighted mental health.
Recycling enthusiast Fred saved up hundreds of bottles for his final project to create a suspended winged figure which has inspired comparisons with the Angel of the North.
The 21-year-old, who is originally from Leicestershire, said: "My lecturer Steve Baldwin volunteers at Blackburn Rovers and they let me take the disused bottles after games.
"The idea was to represent rising out of a body into a new life, reusing plastic is about new life and new uses.
"I have had offers from PR companies so I am just waiting for something concrete as I don't want to take it apart – I want it to be used in a productive way."
Wayne, who was a former Blackburn College student, said: "It's always good to come back to Blackburn as it's where I grew up and I like to see Blackburn people doing well."
John Harrison, head of School for Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the College, said: "We invited a selection of employers, including Graham and Brown and TWP Graphic and Design company, to show off the entrepreneurial attitudes of our students.
"We are trying to regenerate and re-commercialise Blackburn and these young people are full of business ideas to do that."
The students artwork can be purchased via Blackburn College's student run art shop on the fourth floor of the Beacon Centre until Friday. The shop is open 9am to 4pm. For more information on Blackburn College and UCBC courses go to www.blackburn.ac.uk.


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Two people charged with murder in the deaths of two Pontiac women have been found guilty, but one of them was convicted of a lesser charge of second-degree murder.
Semaj Moran, 16, was found guilty of all eight charges against him, including two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of felony murder and four counts of possession of a firearm in commission of a felony.
Arnold Howard, 23, was found guilty of a lesser offense of second-degree murder. He had initially been charged with first-degree felony murder.
Howard was also found guilty of home invasion. He was found not guilty of unarmed robbery.
Moran and Howard were charged in the deaths of Loretta Culpepper Fournier, 52, and Luann Robinson. The women -- best friends who lived in separate quarters of a duplex on Pingree Avenue in Pontiac -- were found shot to death at their home on Feb. 17, 2012.
Authorities said a marijuana sale in which Moran and Howard received counterfeit money was the impetus for the shootings.
Little emotion was shown during the reading of Howard's verdict, which came first, but Moran's verdict brought wails of emotion from attendees.
Moran hung his head at the defense table and appeared to be wiping away tears after the verdict on the first murder charge was read, while his mother, Estrella, sobbed throughout the remainder of the reading of the verdict.
One Moran supporter refused to stand as the jury was led out of the courtroom. She shouted expletives and maintained that Moran was innocent as she walked away.
The verdicts were read separately in front of Oakland County Circuit Judge Wendy Potts, who filled in for Oakland County Circuit Judge Denise Langford Morris.
Though Howard was found guilty on some counts, his attorney, Richard Taylor, said "justice prevails."
"There's a lot of families that are hurt, regardless of what the outcome is," Taylor said.
"The system worked for whoever it decided to work for. I think the jurors were attentive through the entire trial. The time they were out (shows) they actually took their time and looked at the evidence and looked at the law and the instructions and did what they thought was the appropriate thing to do, which is all we can ask them to do."
Jurors deliberated for five days before reaching a verdict Tuesday morning.
"I think (the lengthy deliberation period) speaks to their apprehension," Taylor said.
"If you don't think (Howard) was the one that actually pulled the trigger� ... and to what extent his conduct was as it related to Ms. Robinson, to what extent his conduct caused her death, I think that was probably the larger issue."
Bill Mitchell, who represented Moran, said the case was sad all around.
"There's no reason I know of that (Robinson and Fournier) should have lost their lives in this manner," he said.
"A 15-year-old kid ... is going to serve a number of years in prison, whether it's life or not, we don't know. But there will always be a question in those jurors' minds, and in everybody's mind, whether the confession that he gave was a true confession."
An audio recording of Moran's initial interview with police, in which he admitted to shooting Robinson and Fournier, was played for jurors.
Mitchell compared Moran's statement to an underage girl's ability to consent to sex.
"A 15-year-old girl, as promiscuous as she might be, can't give permission, can't give consent to have sex, but a 15-year-old boy can waive his rights in a murder case? Waive his rights to have a lawyer present? Where the only evidence that inculpates him at all is his own statement? In this society, that's incredible.
"A place like Oakland County -- one of the richest counties in the world -- can't find a place where this kid could be questioned with his mother present? With a video and audio tape that tracks the time and the activity involved in taking the statement?
"He's in the custody of two experienced detectives who are skillful in the techniques of interrogation. We don't know what time the statement started. We don't know if there are breaks in it. We don't know if it stopped and started again ... we don't know. We have what they say."
Mitchell also contends that racism may have played a role in the interrogation tactics.
"It's sad to see things in a racist manner, but I maintain if this was a white kid, it never would have happened like this.
"The system was bastardized by the police department, and hopefully somebody will take a look at this, because how they did this makes me sad. It makes me sad from a legal standpoint. It opens the door for a great deal of abuse."
Moran was charged as an adult, and any of his four murder convictions would generally come with a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole.
However, the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that mandatory life sentences for juveniles were cruel and unusual punishment.
Moran's sentencing guidelines are "very unclear, because Michigan law ... is in conflict with the federal findings of the U.S. Supreme Court," Mitchell said.
"It's kind of in limbo. I imagine we'll have some appellate lawyers involved in determining what the appropriate sentence is."
Sentencing is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. March 7.
Assistant Oakland County Prosecutor Kelli Megyesi tried the case.
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The auxiliary bishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, confirmed that a bullet fragment was found on Oct. 11 in an office belonging to Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga but said the Tegucigalpa prelate was never in danger. Auxiliary Bishop Darwin Andino Ramírez said that Cardinal Rodríguez was not working in the office, which is part of the archdiocesan headquarters in the Honduran capital. Bishop Andino said on Oct. 15 that it was unknown who was responsible, but that a gunshot shattered a window in the office. The discovery underscores the lingering political tensions in Honduras and the controversial role of the Catholic Church in the aftermath of a coup on June 28, 2009, that removed President Manuel Zelaya from office. The coup badly divided Honduran society and the church.
Shots Fired at Honduran Cardinal
This article also appeared in print, under the headline "Shots Fired at Honduran Cardinal," in the November 1, 2010 issue.


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It is a pleasure to join you this morning and meet some of your nation's strongest civil society voices and brightest scholars.
Your studies are actually very close to my heart.
I received my Master's in Health Economics at the same time I was studying to be a doctor, because I wanted to understand not only modern medicine, but also the economic system that underpins it.
But I hope you all received better grades in econometrics than I did.
In many ways, no degree could have better prepared me for the job I do today.
I represent America's development and humanitarian agency, which builds partnerships in more than 80 countries around the world to end extreme poverty and promote resilient, democratic societies.
Today, we know that transparent, accountable governance is the foundation of these societies and a powerful engine of poverty reduction.
At its most basic, good governance extends opportunity for all citizens, not just those who can buy it.
For nearly 20 years, we have worked shoulder-to-shoulder with the people of Ukraine to realize these goals, and we're proud of our long-standing partnership.
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to visit Odesa, where I spoke to business leaders eager to reinvigorate the grain sector, and doctors and health specialists at a TB center working to ensure that every patient receives the care and treatment they need—regardless of their station in life.
Throughout my visit, I've seen the inspiring resilience of the Ukrainian people and their determination to write their own destiny—grounded in the rule of law and a respect for human dignity.
As President Obama has said, the interests of the United States align squarely with the desires of the Ukrainian people—and we remain a committed partner as you weather this crisis and build a new future.
It will take ingenuity. It will take focus.
But most importantly, it will take the courage to confront a deeply corrosive system that has embedded corruption into the fabric of Ukrainian society.
From the massive impunity of the nation's previous regime to the kind of petty bribery that supplements a civil servant's meager salary, corruption has become a way of life.
It has not just infected government. It has threatened to replace government.
You know this far better than most.
Just across town, in the depths of the winter, cries for an end to corruption—an end to the abuse of power—echoed around the world.
From the Maidan, students, business leaders, pensioners, and civil society activists took up a call that has fueled protests and demonstrations from Marrakesh to Delhi.
When a young Tunisian fruit seller set himself on fire in 2010 and sparked the Arab Spring, his act represented the pain and despair of people everywhere whose livelihoods are picked clean by dishonest police and landlords.
And when the anti-graft Aam Aadmi Party won a stunning 28 seats in India's Parliamentary elections last year, its platform represented the frustration and shame felt by people everywhere who find their dreams crushed by a culture of kick-backs, fraud, and off-the-book deals.
On his second visit to this region in two months, Vice President Biden recently made this point explicit.
"Corruption is a cancer," he said. "It wastes the talent of entire generations. It scares away investments and jobs. And most importantly, it denies people their dignity."
It corrodes our faith not only in government—but in each other.
And many of you have seen exactly that.
You have seen the shocking images of Mezhyhiry—the menagerie, the vintage cars, the multi-million dollar chandeliers.
You've seen your nation's former leaders—and not just its former president—line their pockets with impunity.
When prosecutors searched firms connected with the ex-energy and coal industry minister, they found safes stuffed with $5 million in cash and 50 kilograms of gold bars.
You have seen how price inflation and collusion has raised the cost of basic medications beyond the reach of those who need it most. Two years ago, pricing for AIDS and TB drugs purchased by the Ukrainian Ministry of Health was found to be 150-300 percent higher than comparable drugs purchased by a local partner in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria.
And you have seen how your fellow students once had to pay for the grades they earned. Today, those of you attending this prestigious university are here based on merit. But that was not always the case.
Overtime, as these dramatically varying cases and consequences of corruption have emerged, our understanding of how to classify and fight them has evolved.
Today, what we call "Grand Corruption" is driven by a network of elite operators funneling money to companies that their families own or taking very large bribes in exchange for huge sales of natural resources.
"Petty—or administrative—corruption" refers to everyday bribes for basic services, including health care and protection from the police. It is often facilitated by grand corruption—and neither can be addressed independently of the other.
Both are devastating to our economy and our dignity.
That's why I am so honored to be here today with many of the leaders who have met this challenge with real courage.
…journalists who have risked their lives to uncover corruption…
…students who have protested in the streets…
…and civil society leaders who have ushered in new laws like the Reanimation Reform Package.
As many of you know, when journalists arrived at Mezhyhiry, they found 25,000 documents floating in the lake—an attempt by the fleeing oligarch to drown evidence of his regime's rampant criminality.
The journalists knew they had only a matter of days to painstakingly dry and photograph the thousands of pages before prosecutors seized them.
They put out a call to their family and friends to help them upload the documents to a public website.
Nearly 60 volunteers arrived with their iphones and children in tow to work around the clock for days.
When the team began posting the documents to a website, nearly 2 million people visited on its first day.
The story of this quick and courageous action is being told and retold around the world—and our Agency is proud to have been a small part of supporting and training the journalists who led it.
Together, we are embedding the principles of accountability and transparency into our partnerships across society.
In health, we are not only reaching at-risk communities with essential medicines, but also ensuring those drugs don't go missing along the way.
In 2013, investigations into corrupt procurement practices helped reduce the prices of anti-retroviral drugs by more than half—a cost-saving that is allowing more people living with HIV/AIDS to access life-saving treatment.
In education, we're not only bringing cutting-edge technologies into classrooms, but also ensuring those classrooms are accessed equally.
In the past, each university held its own entrance exam on a different day—a chaotic approach that enabled professors to sell admission into university.
Over the course of a six-year partnership, we helped institute external standardized testing to ensure all students have equal access and receive honest results. All results are now available electronically from a central location.
The truth is that sometimes corruption can feel so ubiquitous and intractable that we begin to think there's nothing we can do about it.
Working together, however, we've found that we can.
That is why, I am proud to announce $10 million in additional support for anti-corruption efforts and constitutional reforms—part of approximately $194 million that the United States has provided in assistance to Ukraine this year alone—in addition to USAID's $1 billion sovereign loan guarantee agreement with the National Bank of Ukraine.
Our investments, however, are not enough. Real change must be led by Ukrainians—and right now, while a rare window of opportunity is open.
It starts with top-level engagement from political leaders who are not only willing to listen, but ready to act.
In 2011, President Obama launched the Open Government Partnership—a global initiative that works with these reformers to make their governments more accountable and responsive to their citizens.
In three years, it has grown to include 64 countries—including Ukraine—and 1,000 commitments.
Brazil, Croatia, and Sierra Leone all passed Access to Information Laws—some of which were stalled for years—in order to join the Partnership.
We have also focused on helping countries from Ghana to Ukraine work to join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.
By insisting that all players live up to laws of the land, the global initiative has become the gold standard for ensuring that local wealth actually advances—instead of undermines—development.
Here in Ukraine, the newly adopted Law on Public Procurement must be properly implemented and monitored. Energy policies, tariffs, and transactions must be carefully reviewed, and Ukraine must keep up its progress in meeting its Open Government Partnership commitments and in joining the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.
This window of opportunity will not stay open for long. Now is the time to act.
Like the nation's political representatives, financial and business leaders have a fundamental choice to make between embracing a model that legitimizes corruption and one that rejects it.
Today, both economic systems are fully on display across the world.
At one end of the spectrum, the U.K. Anti-Bribery Act of 2010, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, and the commitments of the G7/G20 to fight corruption have all established a robustly competitive, open, and accountable international business environment.
At the other end of the spectrum, countries like Russia have different norms and standards. Companies profit openly from illegal land grabs; public resources disappear into private hands; inept cronies complete shoddy work; and kleptocrats continue to feed from it all.
Across the border, oligarchy is sinking the Russian economy. Their credit now rates just above junk status. And the IMF has downgraded Russia's growth outlook from 2.0 percent to 0.2 percent this year.
Russia is an extreme case—but hardly a unique one.
In our own history, the United States has wrestled with corruption. Over a hundred years ago, public servants like myself bought their positions in government and corporate trusts dominated the economy with abusive practices.
But over several decades, our leaders made the conscientious choice to bust up trusts, root out judicial corruption, and ground our economic and political system in the rule of law.
As a result, constant innovation and open competition in America now fuel the most dynamic economy in the world.
We are not perfect. In fact, four of the last seven governors of the State of Illinois went to prison.
But the point is: they went to prison.
And we remain committed to upholding this model—and supporting international frameworks like the G20 Seoul Anti-Corruption Action Plan that enable countries and their institutions to chose accountability over corruption.
On July 27, President Poroshenko will sign the EU Accession Agreement. The window for Ukraine's business leaders to stand up for transparency will not be open forever. The time to act is now.
But as the citizens on the Maidan knew, it takes more than high-level political and economic commitment to dislodge a culture of profound predation and mundane indignities.
It requires a global movement of passionate, engaged citizens.
Two years ago, USAID co-launched Making All Voices Count A Grand Challenge for Development to seed game-changing: technologies that help communities prevent and expose corruption.
Out of a pool of more than 500 proposals, 34 winning innovations are being tested and scaled in 12 countries.
They're building the world's first global search engine for public data…
…constructing a pharmaceutical pricing guide in Kenya…
…and mapping community assets in Indonesia.
We've seen these technologies deliver results even in the midst of difficult circumstances.
In 2011, when the Kabul Bank collapsed after insiders stole nearly $1 billion in savings, we took a tough approach—demanding the bank go after those responsible.
But we also started designing a new system that would be far less prone to corruption.
We built a network called the Better Than Cash Alliance with more than a dozen partners to accelerate the adoption of electronic payments around the world.
In fact, when the government of Afghanistan started paying its police officers through mobile phones, it immediately cut out so much graft that some employees thought they were getting a 30 percent raise.
The window of opportunity to realize the vision of the Reanimation Reform Package will not be open forever. The time to act is now.
Ultimately, the political and economic system you chose to build in Ukraine is up to you—but this is the moment for you to write it.
As you do, you'll discover that your voices—regardless of your field—represent a force more powerful than bribery; more powerful than predation; more powerful than corruption.
It is a force that will unlock the aspirations of your generation and the potential of your nation. The time is now, and what's at stake is your future.
Thank you.
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Griffin Theatre to Stage MEN SHOULD WEEP, 7/5-8/10
Griffin Theatre Company will present the Chicago premiere of Ena Lamont Stewart's landmark Scottish drama MEN SHOULD WEEP, directed by ensemble member Robin Witt, playing July 5 - August 10, 2014 on the East Stage of the Raven Theatre Complex, 6157 N. Clark St. in Chicago. Tickets are available at www.griffintheatre.com or by calling (866) 811-4111. The press opening is Sunday, July 13 at 7 pm. Griffin Theatre is the recipient of the 2014 Special Jeff Award, marking 25 years of presenting provocative and transformational theatre that bridges the generations.
MEN SHOULD WEEP features Katherine Banks, Maggie Cain, Christina Gorman, Ada Gray, Curtis Jackson, Jodi Kingsley, Tim Martin, Lori Myers, Ashley Neal, Amanda Powell, Ellie Reed, Michael Saguto, Roxanne Saylor, Isaac Sherman and Scot West.
Set in Glasgow's tenements during the 1930s depression, MEN SHOULD WEEP follows the misfortunes of the Morrison family. Care-worn matriarch Maggie finds herself supported and challenged by a network of neighbors and family from whom it is impossible to keep any secrets. She does her very best in the worst of circumstances - always putting herself last in this searing and often funny depiction of the working class.
MEN SHOULD WEEP has not received an American production in 30 years. The Griffin Theatre is thrilled to bring this classic Scottish drama to Chicago and American audiences for the first time since 1984. Stewart's play fits perfectly with Griffin's mission of exploring inter-generational themes as it did with past productions like Time and the Conways, Flare Path and Ah, Wilderness!
A seminal work in the UK's contemporary play canon, MEN SHOULD WEEP was named one of the "Top 100 Plays of the Century" National Theatre of London's millennium poll. The play made its hit debut at Glasgow Unity in 1947 followed by critically-acclaimed revivals at the Edinburgh Festival in 1982 and more recently at National Theatre of Scotland in 2010. In his four-star review, Michael Billington of The Guardian wrote, "This remains a landmark play in British drama; and, if men should weep, it is because Lamont Stewart was discouraged from ever writing a successor to a work that blends such indignation with theatrical exuberance."
The production team for MEN SHOULD WEEP includes: Courtney O'Neill (set design), Kate Murphy (costume design), Brandon Wardell (lighting design), Victoria (toy) Deiorio (sound design), Adam Goldstein (dialect coach), Mary O'Connor (assistant director) and Ellie Reed (casting director).


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In a game that will be remembered for the inclement conditions it was played in, North Platte St. Pat's opened the 2013 season on Friday with a 37-0 win over Kimball at Knights of Columbus Field.
The Irish then got great field position for its next possession after their defense stopped A.J. Spicer on fourth down and inches at the Kimball 39 yard line.
On the following play, quarterback Alex Harms threw to Mark Mayfield for a touchdown that was nullified by offsetting penalties. Then Harms fumbled and the Longhorns recovered at its own 47.
But St. Pat's stopped Kimball again and it finally reached the end zone when it got the ball back.
Two minutes into the second quarter, Harms dropped back and hit McClellen for a 57-yard touchdown.
After catching a pass from Harms, McClellen then caught another one from Kimball quarterback Michael Ferguson and he returned the interception to the Longhorn 39.
With the outstanding field position, the Irish grinded it out on the ground and they went up 17-0 after Colin Pieper punched it into the end zone from one yard out with just five minutes left in the first half.
It was still 17-0 at halftime, which was extended 30 minutes longer because of a thunderstorm.
After the delay, St. Pat's added to the lead when Pieper scored on a nine-yard touchdown run.
In the fourth quarter, the game was delayed a second time because of the lightning in the area. The second delay lasted about 45 minutes before the game was finally finished.
The Irish capped the contest with two more touchdowns. McClellen got another touchdown with a little less than seven minutes left and then backup quarterback Bryce Byrn closed the scoring out with a 35 yard touchdown run.
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Fourth Quarter: SP-McClellen 5 run (conversion failed), 6:39. SP-Bryce Byrn 35 run (McClellen kick), 2:39.
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