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MENTAL health is a tricky one. Because sufferers rarely display telltale visual signs, as one would with a physical illness, the issue is considered much more difficult to understand and even harder to tackle.
But one Winchester girl is trying to do just that and is using creative arts as a means to help mentally-ill patients.
She's not yet 20 and yet Olivia Dunlop has travelled the world with the student-led Act 4 Change which aims to research the stigma around mental health issues through theatre and film.
Following a string of successful trips to India and Cameroon, they're now about to launch workshops in Winchester and Oxford working with the Centre for Community Dialogue and Change – a forum theatre company.
"At any one time one in six of us will suffer from a mental illness, and yet there is still incredible difficulty in talking about the subject without reticence," she says.
"Only in the last few weeks has the BBC quoted a leading professor as saying local services are 'in crisis'. Forum theatre has a long history of propelling social change and the potential of this project is not only to explore the incredible difficulties there are in India in accessing such services, but the increasing difficulties one may have here, especially for young people."
The 19-year-old, who lives with her parents, brother and sister, at Shelley Close in Itchen Abbas, co-founded a student Shakespeare company called A Company of Fools and later trained as a member of the National Youth Theatre.
But she said it was while reading theatre studies at Peter Symonds College she realised how she wanted to utilise her newly-found artistic skill.
"The main aspect of the project that drew me in was the aim, and how relevant it was to personal experience," she says.
"Watching people close to you struggling with an invisible, eroding, and isolating illness is an agonising experience for all involved, and there is no quick cure, no way to 'shake it off'.
"The level of understanding is rising, especially amongst young people, but the scale is underestimated, and there are certain images of what someone who has a mental illness should look or act like.
"Additionally, there is not necessarily a cause, and I think this needs to be emphasised. Anyone, even if they live in a stable, happy and loving environment, can get a mental illness; it is not something to be ashamed of, and there is a tendency to not seek help through saying, 'oh, but others have it worse than me'.
"These are preconceptions that need to be tackled.
"Moreover, I believe that theatre can be an incredible tool for change and discussion. Participating in drama gave me a confidence of expression I did not possess before, being a fairly introverted and insecure child, and has helped me through so many personal struggles."
The project has become so popular the group are regularly communicating with health workers in Delhi, Goa and Varanasi and aim to create a professional documentary which will be broadcast in India.
It will involve forum theatre – in which members of the public are invited to take part in improvised plays – which will be put together to form the film as part of a longer-term programme currently being forged by health professionals in UK and India.
The 'kickstarter' programme was launched in a bid to raise £25,090 by August 13 which will include costs for workshops, transport, accommodation and production costs.
Olivia says: "I do not want to slip into cliché, but I would not be the person I am without theatre, and it is something I love sharing with others. For a girl unable to paint and verging on tone-deaf, it gave me a chance to be creative!
"A piece of theatre provides an escape, and more importantly for this project, a degree of separation, enabling a problem to be discussed more objectively, and in a non-judgemental, safe environment.
"To work with such passionate, creative people is a privilege and a pleasure, and I only hope we can raise enough funds so that the whole team may go out to India, and the full project can go ahead."
To find out more visit kickstarter.com/projects/1846622442/act-for-change-healing-minds.


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Grossman slotted in as Astros' No. 2 hitter
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- The one certainty manager Bo Porter had entering Spring Training has changed, thanks to Robbie Grossman.
Porter, who proclaimed in the winter that Dexter Fowler would hit leadoff, Jose Altuve would bat second and Jason Castro would hit third, said Wednesday that Grossman has played his way into the No. 2 spot in the order behind Fowler. Altuve and Castro would hit third and fourth against left-handers, and flip those spots against right-handers.
"That combination will be our top four," Porter said.
Grossman, a switch-hitter, said he doesn't care where he hits in the lineup.
"I put in a lot of work in the offseason and came down here to play and have good success," he said. "It really doesn't mean anything. I'm just excited for the season to start."
Grossman has been a high-on-base player throughout the Minor Leagues (.381 OBP in Minor League career), and last season he posted a .332 on-base percentage in his Major League debut, including .351 after he was called up for his second stint.
"That thinking has changed a little bit, just looking at Fowler and Grossman as two guys that get on base at a high percentage and, again, just trying to get as many guys on base in front of arguably our best two hitters, Jason and Altuve," Porter said. "It's about lineup construction and putting yourself in the best position to score runs, given the opponent and the pitcher we're facing that night."
Porter also said Chris Carter would hit fifth when Altuve hits fourth with hopes he'll get more fastballs.
"When we have that right-hander going and you have Altuve in the four hole, it kind of puts one of our best basestealers in front of Chris Carter, which we believe will also help the pitch sequence he will receive, having a basestealer in front of him," Porter said.
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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Punto delivers the game-winner in 12th inning
Starter Milone and six relievers combine to shut out Jays
OAKLAND -- For 11 scoreless innings at the Coliseum on Friday, neither team blinked. The A's and Blue Jays went tit for tat, trading zeroes, both bullpens pitching their hearts out. And yet, somehow, it felt almost inevitable that the A's would make Toronto pay for failing to push a run across.
That's exactly what happened in the 12th. Oakland won, 1-0, on a double by Nick Punto, with help from an error by Melky Cabrera.
After Derek Norris walked to lead off the inning against Chad Jenkins, Punto poked a one-out hit down the left field line. It slipped under Cabrera's glove, allowing Norris to dash home and score without a throw.
"Just hoping that D-No could get to third base there," said Punto, who was 0-for-4 prior to that at-bat. "Second and third with one out would have put us in a good position to win that game. Fortunately for us, it got by him."
The A's earned their sixth walk-off win of 2014 and their first 1-0 shutout, improving to 10-5 in extra-inning contests. They returned to 20 games over .500 at 53-33, a record that speaks volumes about their ability to perform in tight ballgames.
"I don't know one guy that thinks we're going to lose a game when we're going to extra innings," said Tommy Milone, who tossed six shutout innings. "We have that confidence, we have the track record, we've been able to get it done in the past, and I think that's what helps us when we do get into extras."
Oakland took a 2-0 lead in the four-game series, in which the A's have held Toronto to one run in 21 innings.
Twelve pitchers toed the rubber Friday, including six A's relievers who put forth a heroic effort. Eric O'Flaherty, Luke Gregerson, Sean Doolittle, Fernando Abad, Ryan Cook and Dan Otero each threw a scoreless inning.
Milone was steady as ever, giving up four hits and striking out six in six innings of shutout work. It was the third time this season that he has held an opponent scoreless, and he has now gone 11 starts without taking a loss.
The left-hander had pinpoint control, fanning four batters on called third strikes, and he did especially well to keep the heart of Toronto's order in check. The Jays' 2-3-4 hitters -- Cabrera, Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion -- went 1-for-8 with three strikeouts against him.
"I felt really good," Milone said. "Really from the beginning I was able to work the counts, go in and out, up and down when I needed to."
"All of the pitching today was fantastic," said Oakland manager Bob Melvin. "Once the starter comes out of the game, it's a 0-0 game, you know you have to shut them down. They came in and did their job for the inning, passed the baton to the next guy."
First in line was lefty O'Flaherty, who made his A's debut in the seventh. O'Flaherty recovered from Tommy John surgery and had not pitched in the Majors since May 17, 2013, with the Braves, but he needed just 11 pitches to get through a scoreless frame.
"He had no reservations coming into that game, looked like he had been pitching a while, was very comfortable out on the mound," Melvin said.
Jays rookie right-hander Marcus Stroman was just as sharp as Milone, keeping the A's off balance all afternoon as he tossed seven innings and allowed just three hits. Oakland put a runner at second or third base in the first, third, fourth and sixth, but went hitless in seven at-bats with runners in scoring position.
The Jays' bullpen was stellar in its own right, combining for 3 1/3 solid innings before Jenkins gave up the game's lone run in the 12th.
"With two offensive clubs, you don't expect a game like that, but once it gets to about the eighth or ninth inning, it's just a feeling like you're trying to do too much," said Melvin. "Somebody wants to be the guy. It just kind of becomes part of what the game's all about -- everybody's got some anxiety about scoring a run -- and we finally did."
Punto was not credited with an RBI for his walk-off double, since Norris scored on Cabrera's error, but the second baseman was simply happy to send everyone home with a July 4th victory.
"The crowd was outstanding today," Punto said. "I'm sure they were ready to go home and get the barbecues started."
Aaron Leibowitz is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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San Diego's first waterfront hotel in years is expected to rise on Harbor Drive by 2015, thanks to the California Coastal Commission's unanimous approval Wednesday of the $120 million project.
Seven years in the making, the development was widely praised at the hearing by commissioners and public speakers as a welcome addition to the waterfront that will complement the ongoing redevelopment of the North Embarcadero.
The site of the hotel is Lane Field, where the Padres played from 1936 to 1957, but it has since been a parking lot for more than 50 years awaiting a project for what is considered a key gateway location.
Located at the northeast corner of Broadway and Harbor Drive, the project's first phase consists of a two-wing building containing two mid-scale hotels of 150 and 250 rooms and served by a four-level, above-ground parking structure. The plans include a rooftop restaurant or bar, terrace level swimming pool and second-floor outdoor deck facing the bay.
Project manager Jerry Trammer said the hotels would be akin to a Hilton Garden Inn or Homewood Suites. He expects an announcement soon on a national chain that will operate the hotels. Once financing for the project is complete, Trammer expects construction to begin in August, with the hotel expected to open 20 months later.
Developing the hotel are Rob Lankford, architect John Portman & Associates and contractor Hensel Phelps.
The last waterfront hotel to open in San Diego was the 1,190-room San Diego Bayfront Hilton, which debuted in December of 2008.
"We do believe there will be a need for more supply," said Trammer, "and since this is a more mid-scale hotel, it's therefore more affordable, and there's a need for that."
A key part of the project is a required 1.7- acre park, to be developed as a 150-foot wide setback from Harbor Drive. It will be a combination of a paved plaza and large areas of open lawn, with pedestrian paths, lighting, trees, an interactive sculpture area, a small food pavilion, and recreation spaces. It will also be designed to include multiple event spaces to accommodate both small groups and larger civic gatherings and festivals of up to 3,000 people.
The developers were required to redesign the project in response to environmentalists' demands for a 150-foot-wide setback park that would link to the $28 million North Embarcadero Visionary Plan first phase now under construction. Developers were also able to avoid opposition from labor groups by agreeing to require union construction labor and to welcome unionized workers at the finished hotels.
"This is how all of the hotel projects should come forward," said San Diego labor leader Brigette Browning, who heads the local Unite Here hotel workers union. "I've never seen a developer work so hard to accommodate different constituency groups. You probably recognize we're not normally here supporting projects."
Also required of the developer was a $6 million fee that is to go toward the development of affordable lodging on port tidelands.
A second phase is planned by the developer for the southern part of the 5.7-acre site and is expected to be a taller, more upscale 400-room hotel of about 22 to 23 stories, not unlike an InterContinental. It would share the motor court entering off Pacific Highway.
The developer's hope is to start construction of the project's second phase about a year after the first hotels get underway, but that will depend on financing, which may be more difficult to secure than for the first phase, Trammer acknowledged. The pricetag, he said, could be as high as $250 million.


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Friday Lazy Linking
Electoral Race. Roderick, Austro-Athenian Empire (2010-05-19).
Just saw Rand Paul on Rachel Maddow's show doing a not very good job of explaining his opposition to anti-discrimination laws. Paul did make a few good points – like the one about how the liberal case for forcibly desegregating private restaurants backfires by bolstering the conservative policy of forbidding...(Linked Thursday 2010-05-20.)
Defensive Driving. Daily Brickbats (2010-05-20). Cops are here to keep you safe. (Cont'd.) (Linked Thursday 2010-05-20.)


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Tzatziki is one of the classic sauces in Greek cuisine, with as many versions as there are cooks who make it. Homemade Tzatziki is so much better than the kind you buy, and this recipe has a lot of fans! I can get away with calling it the World's Best Tzatziki Sauce because it was made by my friend Georgette, who's not only 100% Greek, but also one of the best cooks I know. In the archives I also have Georgette's Really Lemony Greek Pilafi and Georgette's Greek Zucchini.
If you want to skip the photos below and see a video instead, watch the steps of how to make this recipe. See more recipe videos on My You Tube Channel.
(The World's Best Tzatziki Sauce was first posted in 2007; it was updated with step-by-step photos August 2009.)
Tzatziki Sauce (Greek Yogurt and Cucumber Sauce)
3 cups Greek Yogurt (or regular plain yogurt, strained as described above)
juice of one lemon (about 3 T)
1 garlic clove, chopped
2 medium cucumbers, seeded and diced
about 1 T kosher salt for salting cucumbers
1 T finely chopped fresh dill (can substitute mint leaves for a slightly different version)
Kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
If you don't have Greek yogurt, strain plain yogurt as described above. Peel cucumbers, then cut in half lengthwise and take a small spoon and scrape out seeds. Discard seeds. (If you use the small seedless or European cucumbers with few seeds, you can skip this step.) Slice cucumbers, then put in a colander, sprinkle on 1 T salt, and let stand for 30 minutes to draw out water. Drain well and wipe dry with paper towel.
In food processor with steel blade, add cucumbers, garlic, lemon juice, dill, and a few grinds of black pepper. Process until well blended, then stir this mixture into the yogurt. Taste before adding any extra salt, then salt if needed. Place in refrigerator for at least two hours before serving so flavors can blend. (This resting time is very important.)
This will keep for a few days or more in the refrigerator, but you will need to drain off any water and stir each time you use it.
Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
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GDB 4: Revenge of the Nerds
October 18 2008 08:15PM
Come on Wanye. Get with the program. It's already 1-0!!1
I thought it wasnt happening...
October 18 2008, 08:25PM
OK Ok its all going now
Whats wrong with Gagner?
October 18 2008, 08:31PM
himm okay.... the ouilers will win sans gagner and souray
October 18 2008, 08:32PM
suck it e-town 1-0
October 18 2008, 08:32PM
Figures, the only oilers in my pool are out with injury.
October 18 2008, 08:33PM
CBC commentary sucks!!!!! and what the heck is a flames fan posting here...... iys on
October 18 2008, 08:33PM
CBC commentary sucks!!!!! and what the heck is a flames fan posting here...... iys on
October 18 2008, 08:34PM
For heavens sakes!!
October 18 2008, 08:36PM
What a greasy goal
October 18 2008, 08:38PM
It appears the CBC commentators have given up on the OIl....NERDS
October 18 2008, 08:39PM
I am so sick of those Subway ads
October 18 2008, 08:44PM
I am sorry CBC but who is Sam Cogliano??????? Read the roster dunb A$$$?
October 18 2008, 08:52PM
Sam Cogliano...I heard that too...old Mark Lee also thought our kid line was out for a minute and a half to start the period, but I guess he missed the line change where L1 came on after 30 seconds into the game, and then went of for L2 about 30 seconds after that...You'd think calling the names of the players you'd notice some new names on the ice. Mark Lee is a loser...worst commentator ever.
October 18 2008, 08:53PM
...ok, "loser" was a bit strong...
I shoulda said no talent ass clown.
October 18 2008, 08:59PM
Watching Milbury, Hrudey and Mclean reminds me of a terrible episode of the view....which would be all episodes.
PS guys...SAW is lame
I miss Sheldon
October 18 2008, 09:05PM
Yeah, remember when we had Sam and Sheldon? That was awesome.
October 18 2008, 09:15PM
That Hurt!!!
October 18 2008, 09:19PM
Best part of that goal was when Moreau knocked down Pisani after.
October 18 2008, 09:23PM
There we go gentleman, our Captain is pitching in!!
P.S. McIntyre s n alien version of Apollo Creed
October 18 2008, 09:24PM
Garon is stepping it up
October 18 2008, 09:30PM
I hated it on paper, but I'm really starting to like the Moreau-Pisani–Penner line. Maybe its time Wayne give them a cute nickname.
And Cogs just scored. I love this team.
October 18 2008, 09:35PM
Another bad penalty for Bertuzzi. Keenan has to straighten this guy out.
October 18 2008, 09:45PM
Well, that was a better period. The Moreau-Pisani-Pouliot combo looked good.
I would prefer if he did not change
I got so excited after the Cogliano goal I kicked my dog in the face
Oh, and it's 3-2 now. Suck it flamesfan.
Great second period.
But what do I know? I play squash...
October 18 2008, 10:02PM
I don't know why I referred it as the Moreau-Pisani–Penner line. I'm a fool.
Nothing from SmackIntyre? (not watching the game, relying on you, the Oil faithful and nhl.com for updates).
Stevie: Time to aquaint your fists with the face of Bertuzzi and/or Vandermeer, or, HEY, Phaneuf that rat bastard!
I was going to say something.. but i respect you NoPantsTuesday.
Brodziak is bringing it.
Lets go powerplay.
Cocaine is a hell of a drug- Rick James
October 18 2008, 10:19PM
Lets hold down oil, we need this.
I need this
the nation needs this
October 18 2008, 10:30PM
I hate dives, especially when we do it. This isn't soccer.
October 18 2008, 10:34PM
We did it Brooklyn
I am going to light whyte ave on fire....no no I am kidding. But I am definitrly racing shopping carts tdown connors hill ,,,
McIntyre was the catalyst of tonights outcome
October 18 2008, 10:38PM
I am not worried about this. We are just spoting you a few and then as the season ends we are going to just going embarass you and burst your 4 and 0 bubble
October 18 2008, 10:49PM
Souray and Gagner will be back soonish according to MacT.
Sorry, what was that FlamesFan? It seemed a lot like english, but all I heard was
October 18 2008, 11:06PM
Take what you can out of this loss. At least Kiprusoft's improving. First game this year he didn't give up 4 goals! How much he makin?
Isn't Kiprusof the Finnish word for sieve?
October 18 2008, 11:44PM
now now guys...let's not get ahead of ourselves...if I recall...didn't we go like 6 and 1 to start the infamous 2-20 finale of the 06/07 season? I'll be less cautious in my optimism if we make it thru the perennial pre-xmas slide without a 6 game losing streak...and then muddle thru jan/feb with mediocre play, only to realise in early march that they have to win 18 of the last 22 to make the playoffs. In fact...the second we are in sole posession of 1st place in the NW and stay there for a good couple weeks....in march...I'll lower my guard. Burn me once!
October 19 2008, 03:09AM
MacTavish says the news is good for Gagner and Souray - they should be back soon.
Great goals by great character guys. Especially Cogliano's goal - that was a doozey.
October 19 2008, 04:53AM
flamesfan = mike keenan.
Gary Johnston, when are you going to make the sequel to Team America World Police? Step into the limo Gary, and, you know the rest (Google it if you haven't seen the movie). Derka Derka Mohammed Jihad on Cowgary.
That was a great game, well, at least the 2nd and 3rd. Was it just me, or is crawford in love with the flames??? Ya know, the kinda love a guy shows when he's hoping that the caoch is gonna get sacked and hoping he might get to coach in the NHL again??? I mean he was making me sick, kept talking about how the lames where gonna come back.....
What a hit by big mac!!!
Is it me, or was that colour guy last night in love with the flames? He had an orgasm every time the Flames had the puck and couldn't shut up about the Oilers turning the puck over.
"If the Oilers want to be successful, they have to stop taking penalties because this is one SCARY Flames powerplay". Ugh... stab yourself in the eye.


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Daphne Sweeten left Paris - and a job she loved - to marry the man of her dreams in the U.S. But when he stands her up on their wedding day, she's left reeling and senseless. Literally. She's been trained as a perfume creator and now her sense of smell has disappeared along with her fiancé!
She has to figure out why her nose isn't working, fix it, and get back to Paris. Meanwhile, she'll rely on her chemistry skills and just hope her new boss at Gibraltar Products, Jesse, doesn't notice her failing senses. They'll be working together on household fragrances, not posh perfumes. How hard can it be?
As Daphne and Jesse work on a signature scent for their new line, she feels God at work as never before. And the promise of what's possible is as fresh as the scent of rain.
©2012 Kristin Billerbeck (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
"annoying narrator"
The voice of the narrator was so annoying that I could not enjoy the book.
"Best of the three I've read by this author"
This is the first of three I've read by this author, and this was my favorite. I've read other reviews indicating that this was a switch from the authors romance roots, and if that's the case, then it was a good call. The narrator's voice grated on my nerves a bit with some of the characters, but that is likely a personal preference.
"Billerbeck never lets me down"
I'm a big fan of KB's for a long time and she never disappoints. This is an excellent book about getting through when life gives you lemons. There's also more to the character Kenzie than meets the eye.
She does an excellent job voicing the different characters and brings them to life.
"Love, mystery, and perfume come together..."
Love, mystery, and perfume come together in this book about a woman who has to find her way after a series of life-altering events. Her fiancée dumps her at the alter for mysterious reasons, she loses her ability to smell, which, for a perfume industry "nose," is devastating, and she develops an unnerving attraction for someone she is deceiving. All of this is interwoven with Christian concepts and themes.
I would have liked more information about the perfume industry, and I thought the book moved a bit slowly at times, but it was an enjoyable read. The author did a good job, but I felt like the cadence became too sing-songy. Overall, this is a great book for someone interested in perfume, love, and mystery.
"good story, poor ending."
Overall this was a good story, beautifully written in the beginning. I connected with the main character until about the middle of the story, when it got a little dry. The ending felt rushed and sloppy, and left me wanting more. It felt very incomplete.
"Don't judge a book by its cover!"
I bought this title following Angela Dawe, who did a BRILLIANT job in MAYBE THIS TIME by J. Cruise. And also because I'm a sucker for nice covers and nice titles and the summary had potential.
Let me tell you what i found inside.
JUDGMENTAL AND CLICHE does not cover it.
It is so badly written, that even if you agree with the author's postulates you will agree that they are terribly expressed. There is no plot, there is some kind of weak story that comes and goes without much sense ( if any at all) to be a platform for Christian preaching. The many holes in said story are filled with quotations from the Bible. The metaphors seems to be written by a not very bright Sunday School teacher.
The characters are unreal, not comics but caricatures.
The preaching is everywhere, in almost every paragraph and to top it all the characters as dialogs sometimes say prayers! And oh, the dialogs, repetitive, plain, and sometimes are as if the author forgot to finish it or more probably did not know how so just left it.
The thing is I'm a believer, but I also believe in respect for the belief or not belief of others and when i encounter something like this i feel "verguenza ajena" which in spanish means to feel ashamed for someone else's actions.
The performance, i've learned with this audio that even a very good narrator can only do an average minus job if the material is no good.
Finally, to the Publishers I would say PLEASE DO WARN THAT THE BOOK IS CHRISTIAN OR CATHOLIC OR MUSLIM OR WITH STRONG RELIGIOUS OR POLITICAL BELIEFS, SO THE PEOPLE CAN DECIDE TO READ IT OR NOT.
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Georgia Twin
2210 North Druid Hills Road NE,
2 people favorited this theater
The Georgia Cinerama was the last Cinerama to be built in the Metro Atlanta area although there was some controversy as to if it was a "true" Cinerama, since it used single, as opposed to triple projection. Really great theatre just the same with a giant curved screen, 70mm projection and a quadrasonic sound system that just blew you away.
Unfortunately in the mid-1970s it was carved up into two flat screen auditoriums. Since the theatre was built for Cinerama, it did not transition very well into a twin. The seating would cause a crick in either the left or right of the neck (depending on which of the two auditorium you were in) due to the screens not being in alignment with the seats.
The Cinema & Drafthouse group made a go with the theatre after Martin left and returned it back to a one screener albeit not Cinerama. Within year it was twinned again then went dark a short time thereafter.
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Michael, Be careful assuming this role as it can be a full time job as you found out during the Stonemont Dolby episode. I was not living in Atlanta during the time of HTWWW and had always assumed that it and the other 3 strips played at the Martin. A few years ago at one of our lunches I was talking to the long time projectionist of the Roxy and he told me that the Roxy was the Atlanta home of 3 strip until the Martin was converted. I thought that he said that he ran all of the three strip through HTWWW, but he probably meant UNTIL. I am happy to hear this news as it means that the beautiful 3 strip set up at the Martin did get some first run use.
I never saw 3 strip at the Martin and my only connection to it there was to make use of the A and C booths which had been converted to storage rooms by the time I worked there during its days as the Atlanta. One of the managers I worked for during those days was Bob Carr, who I think you know, or know of.
I saw HTWWW in 1963 at the Ritz Theatre in Birmingham. If you care to check that page on this site /theaters/9396/ you will find my write up on that and some others I saw there. You will also find a link to an excellent website on Birmingham theatre history which has pictures of the Ritz during its conversion to Cinerama.
As for the Martin Cinerama, the first movie I saw there was 2001. I greatly enjoyed your write up on that one from your Script To DVD website. http://www.in70mm.com/news/2004/2001/release.htm Anyone who has not seen this should take the time to read it and enjoy its picture of the opening day ad from the AJC with the Martin Cinerama logo at the bottom.
Thanks for taking the time to make this correction. Anyone who can wade through all of the CT comments to root out these mistakes has my respect and sympathy.
I'm not sure from StanMalone's lengthy May 15, 2007 article which movie played where, but here's what I remember:
GEORGIA Cinerama: Mediterranean Holiday, Hallelujah Trail, Battle of the Bulge, Russian Adventure, Grand Prix, Krakatoa.
MARTIN'S Cinerama: 2001, Patton, This Is Cinerama (reissue). After it became the Atlanta, they presented a two-week sequence of 2001 & 2010, both projected on the Cinerama screen. Although 2010 was a 35mm print, it looked OK on the big screen.
A complete rundown of the Cinerama presentations in Atlanta can be found here.
I remember this when it was a SINGLE large theater. I also remember seeing the 1973 re-release of THE SOUND OF MUSIC there. It was a MOB scene. Totally sold out. Incredible experience. I also remember seeing the re-release of THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE at the Georgia Cinerama. Another film I saw there was BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS.
In later years it became a draft house and was never the same. Last film I saw there was John Water's HAIRSPRAY. Not the best movie going experience I ever had but an interesting one. I was on a first date and ended up having great sex afterwards.
This theatre was not too far from the TOCO HILLS movie theatre. Someone once wrote that growing up in Atlanta was like watching your past being hauled away in a dump truck.
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Here is a rendering from an aerial perspective of Martin's Georgia Theatre, published with a brief article in Boxoffice of July 27, 1964, about the time construction began.
I've been unable to find an article devoted to the opening of the house, but Boxoffice of March 29, 1965, said that the Georgia Theatre was scheduled to open with the roadshow of "The Greatest Story Ever Told" on April 14. July 19, 1965, Boxoffice item said that the Georgia Theatre had opened during Holy Week, following a four-week delay caused by weather-related construction problems. The same item said that "Hallelujah Trail" was set to open at the house on July 29.
Saw my first "big girl" film there…The Sting.
Linkrot repair: The July 27, 1964, Boxoffice article wit the aerial rendering is now at this link.
The J. Evan Miller collection of Cinerama Theater Plans lists the Georgia Theatre as a 1964-65 project designed by the architectural firm of Brookbank & Murphy, in collaboration with the Cinerama Company. The architectural firm later became Brookbank, Murphy & Shields.
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In its 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook, forecasters with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) report a near- or below-normal hurricane season.
In particular, there is a 50 percent chance of a below-normal season and a 40 percent chance of a near-normal season. The hurricane season begins on June 1 and could bring between 8 and 13 named storms, with up to 6 of them becoming hurricanes.
El Niño is considered a main driver of this year's forecast and is expected to develop later this summer.
This outlook doesn't not guarantee that tropical systems will or will not impact the United States, nor does it imply those along the Gulf and Atlantic shorelines should not be prepared.
"It only takes one hurricane or tropical storm making landfall to have disastrous impacts on our communities," said Joe Nimmich, FEMA associate administrator for Response and Recovery. "Just last month, Pensacola, Florida saw five inches of rain in 45 minutes – without a tropical storm or hurricane. We need you to be ready."
AccuWeather and The Weather Channel have also predicted a relatively quiet hurricane season.
Time will tell if these forecasts are correct. USA Today shows that since 2000, federal tropical storm and hurricane forecasts have been hit or miss. These predictions have been accurate in seven of the last 14 years.
NOAA's prediction was too low in five years and too high in two years: 2006 and 2013.


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AFI Fest
What: The American Film Institute's annual celebration of international cinema from modern masters and emerging filmmakers.
When: Nov. 7-14.
Where: TCL Chinese Theatre, 6925 Hollywood Blvd.; Chinese 6 Theatres, 6801 Hollywood Blvd.; Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd.; The Roosevelt Hotel, 7000 Hollywood Blvd.
Information: www.afifest.afi.com
"12 Years a Slave" star Chiwetel Ejiofor digs into another historic atrocity in "Half of a Yellow Sun." The English actor plays a revolutionary in post-colonial Nigeria — the land of Ejiofor's parents — coping with a complex set of conflicting loyalties and interests as the Biafran War grows increasingly horrific.
Check back for updates from AFI Fest and more reviews by Los Angeles News Group reporter Bob Strauss.


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What we read last summer…
Here's a quote from the last chapter of Anatole Broyard's Kafka Was the Rage: "When Virginia stopped the car, the dog jumped out and sat on the cobblestones, waiting for a signal. Then, as we headed south, he loped easily alongside. The car was so low that his head was on a level with mine. He grinned as he ran and I noticed that he had high cheekbones, too." Wonderful, right? The whole book is delightful and surprising in that way. Also honest. Also funny. Also sad. A portrait of the artist as a young man in New York in the late 1940s, and full of startling reflection about art, music, friendship, love, sex, and books, too, of course. Speaking of which, what else did I read this summer? Two more off the top of my head: Light Years by James Salter—beautiful and sad. And A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki. Hopeful, but sad. Say, why do we love sad stories? How is it they actually comfort us? Or do they? Feel free to weigh in about that, and about your own summer reading—in the meantime, I've polled MPW troops (troupers, that is)—herewith, more recommendations from Summer, 2013:
From Sandra Tsing Loh: "I've been rereading Camille Paglia's Break, Blow, Burn. Love it!!!"
Tim Kirkman read The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach. A page turner and a heartkicker, he says, and he adds, "I also enjoyed
Dan Savage's brilliant Savage American and Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint. I laughed. I cried. After the last page, I wanted more."
Johanna Blakley read Teju Cole's Open City, which she describes as "an oddly compelling meditation on New York City by a brilliant immigrant who is even more lost and lonely than he thinks he is."
Howard Ho says, "After a strong recommendation from Sandra Tsing Loh, I picked up Cheryl Strayed's Wild and fell for her resonant prose and how she was able to place her crazy life in perspective. After getting through it, I loved it so much that rather than merely recommending it to a friend, I gave it away to pay forward the pleasure I had had."
Kenny Turan "read one of the pleasantly oddest books I've come across in awhile, with a self-explanatory title: Blue Mauritius. The Search for the World's Rarest Stamp."
Dana Gioia recommends Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann. "A couple of my best friends had recommended this book to me for years," he writes, "but having pushed my way through Magic Mountain and Doctor Faustus, I hesitated to plunge into 700 more pages of Mann. Finally, I gave it a try, and the novel is irresistible—the chronicle of a rich merchant family in decline over three generations, full of romances, marriages, deaths, swindles, and bankruptcies. I hated putting it down each night to get some sleep. I now understand that Mann's Nobel Prize was given specifically for this one novel."
From Janet Fitch: I'm voting for Luminarium by Alex Shakar. I love a big book that just unfolds and unfolds until lose myself in it. Luminarium is one of those books. A mind-altering sparkle-shelled football helmet descends on an ex-dotcom golden boy whose twin brother (the true genius) lies in a NYC hospital in a coma… the plot is a rocket, but it's not so much a straight ascent as it is a shimmering blast addressing familial relations, 9/11, post-employment America, consciousness, altered realities. I'd done a panel with Alex Shakar at the LA Times book fest a couple of years ago, bought his book but had not cracked it until now. Holy @#$ this guy can write. On the shelf, I'd put it between Gary Shteingardt's Super True Sad Love Story and something by Vonnegut. Especially liked the parents, an elderly ex-dancer with a new calling as a Reiki practitioner, and an ex or sometimes actor now doing birthday party magic acts with his unemployed ex-millionaire son. Poignant in so many places, funny, insightful, appreciative of this weird and vulnerable condition of being human.
Michael Price responds: "This summer my favorite read was The Skies Belong To Us by Brendan I. Koerner. Incredible true story of the Hijack-happy 70s."
Caley O'Dwyer writes, "Roberto Bolano's The Savage Detectives pretty well consumed my summer, and it was a dazzling, blissful, and haunting experience I can only hope to find again.
Syd says, "I stuck with what I know and love —Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen— bizarre, delightful, and totally outrageous. Spent a long time on Gone Girl and peering into the structure of story telling, quite informative and then, back to one of my favorites, R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton. Just a delightful reading experience.
Prince reread Saved by Edward Bond. He explains: "The play shocked authorities and audiences back in 1965—and Bond's displays of violence and cruelty in working-class London are no less potent today."
From Brighde: "I just read Someone by Alice McDermott—this is her latest novel. I loved it partially because I share the cultural landscape—I come from a huge Irish Catholic family—and there are descriptions that remind me of the well-said phrases that come out of the Irish American Nostalgia for Eire. For example: "…the eternal dampness of that bleak country's bitter air. There's a burned taste to the air at home….. A taste of wet ashes and doused fire. It can make you believe, she said, that you live in the permanent aftermath of some nearby sorrow. Somewhere in the vicinity, you're always thinking, Someone's house has recently burned to the ground." As always, as ever with McDermott there is the sensuous fabric of the sentences as they accumulate, and there is also the revelation of character and the ongoing subtext of LOSS. And then as a chaser I read some shorts by Robert Walser, himself a jeweler of the phrase: "What they call former beauty is extraordinarily attractive to some people. Ruins are rather touching."
And MG Lord's response: "What a great summer this was for nonfiction! I can't narrow just to one book. I loved Lawrence Wright's Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief (with marvelous details, such as the child slaves imprisoned on a cruise ship serving Tom Cruise at his birthday party).
"I also loved a small, exquisite memoir about growing up with a dad in the CIA.
The book is The Wolf and the Watchman by Scott C. Johnson.
"And this fall–because I have had the pleasure of reading galleys–there are two more great books on the way: In October, Hitler's Furies by Wendy Lower. It has new, jaw-droppingly grim material about Nazi women who actively participated in the Holocaust on the Eastern Front.
"And in November, something cheerier: Anything that Moves: Renegade Chefs, Fearless Eaters, and the Making of a New American Food Culture by our own extraordinary Dana Goodyear."
From extraordinary Dana: "I finally read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and was astonished by the display of journalistic patience and story sense. Rebecca Skloot followed the spark of an idea she had as a teenager through more than a decade of research to deliver an astonishing tale of a medical breakthrough that changed history, and made victims of the family that enabled it. The book restores Henrietta Lacks—a descendant of slaves whose cells were taken without her or her family's knowledge and used to develop the first "immortal" cell line—-to her rightful place, and explores the scandalous history of race and medicine in America."
Gina Nahai read The Leaving of Things, by Jay Antani.
Trinie Dalton says: "My two recommendations are: Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks and Sunstone by Octavio Paz. They're in-progress reads and I'm not sure what to say about either yet except that I adore both.
Bernard Cooper's choice is Phillip Lopate's Portrait Inside My Head.
From Richard Rayner: "The book I've been reading over the summer: a new Penguin edition, introduced by Daniel Klein, of The Art of Happiness by Epicurus—I'm hoping to learn something, like… how-to!"
And Mark Richard recommends Glenn Frankel's The Searchers:The Making of an American Legend. "The story behind the myth behind the legend of John Ford's classic (and maybe best) film, not only does Frankel give us the 'how it was made' of the movie, but more importantly traces its narrative origins. In 1836 a nine-year-old white girl, Cynthia Ann Parker, was kidnapped by the Comanche from her homestead in Texas and made part of their tribe, bearing three sons to her warrior husband, one of whom would become the last great chief of the Comanche. About twenty-five years after her capture, she was 'rescued' by Texas rangers and returned to her white family from which she repeatedly tried to escape. A tragic story, retold and reshaped by white narrators to accommodate sexual anxieties, justify racial violence, and make palatable westward expansion at all costs. Ford tapped into the human core of the matter, at times shocking and reassuring, and Glenn Frankel tells us why. Couldn't put it down."
And that's all for now, from us to you. Your turn…


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Translated by Jerrold Landau Many years have passed since I moved away from my forlorn town, and many experiences still remain with me in their full brightness, even with their negativity and faults. These are experiences that warmed my soul during the days of my youth. Their shadow always accompanies me, and their shadow lies deep in the depths of my spirit. It is appropriate to bring them to paper as a memorial candle for what was and is no more.
In the wake of the national antagonism between the Ukrainians and the Poles in our region, anti-Semitism spread with greater force among the gentile population, both the city dwellers and country dwellers. As a result, they began to organize themselves, and they began a bitter struggle against the Jewish merchants, doctors, lawyers and other professionals. They set up cooperatives (Kolko Rolnici). From that time, there were Polish or Ukrainian stores who utilized anti-Semitic mottoes. This situation began to cause a downturn in the Jewish livelihood. The economic foundation of many families was weakened or destroyed. On the other hand, the anti-Semitism caused a national Jewish awakening among the youth and the adults, who began to understand that the foundations of our existence in the Diaspora were weakening and disappearing, and that the only way for them was to turn to Zionism, pioneering, and aliya to the Land of Israel. This Zionist awakening returned many assimilationists to the bosom of Judaism, and caused a decisive change in their lives.
The Zionists in the city conducted strong activity, particularly in light of the aspirations and expectations to get to a Jewish state that were aroused at the time of the Balfour Declaration and the San Remo proclamation. The influence of anti-Semitism was felt in various professions of the Jews. It was known that the Jewish practitioners of the free professions and the crafts were among the best, and they had earned the trust of their customers who depended upon them for everything. Nevertheless the worm of anti-Semitism destroyed the human feelings that existed earlier in relations between the peoples of the region. In Podhajce as well, the Zionist camp was enriched with good and fresh spirits. Ordinary residents who were not organized in the Zionist organizations also drew close to Zionism, including people who in general were distant from Zionist politics and factionalism. This gave a strong push to Zionist and factional activity in the city.
Dr. Landau, the elder of the physicians of the city, who was accepted by all of the residents of the city and the region, would visit the synagogue only once a year, on Kol Nidre night. Nevertheless, he had a warm Jewish heart, and his wife was known in the city as a dedicated activist for the benefit of the orphans and poor, and to all acts of charity and benevolence. A second doctor from among the most popular in the city was Dr. Dik, a veteran Zionist, the chairman of the Keren Kayemet LeYisrael (Jewish National Fund) committee and other national organizations. After them came Dr. Heller, who weighed more than 100 kilo. The farmers of the region related to him with trust, as a paradigm of good health. However, his obesity also caused his sudden death as a result of a heart attack. The personality of Dr. Reichman also stood out. He was the scion of a well-connected family (his mother was the sister of Rabbi David Lilienfeld and the daughter of the renowned Rabbi Shalom Lilienfeld), and also a communal activist. Dr. (Mrs.) Chaia Kressel-Torten, Dr. Chaim Walger, Dr. Rafael Freud, the younger Dr. Heller, Dr. Baruch Milch and others were among the excellent doctors. From among the lawyers, it is appropriate to mention the Zionists Dr. Notik, Dr. Salpeter, Dr. Morgan, Dr. Rotenberg, and the three lawyer brothers Dr. Pomeranz, Dr. Marbech and Dr. Yaakov Horowitz. The later was a Zionist and communal activist who was particularly dedicated to the affairs of the youth. From among the engineers, the most active in he community and Zionism were Engineer David Lila, Engineer Hirshberg and others. From among the judges, teachers and government or municipal officials, there were some Jews at the time of the birth of the State of Poland, but they were gradually dismissed from their jobs. There were a few Jewish farmers in Podhajce. As well, there were a few Jewish farming families in each village of the region. However, almost all of them were also occupied in some sort of labor or business.
At this opportunity, I should note that most of the Jewish parents sent their children to high school and encouraged them to take the matriculation exam in order to gain the degree of Matura, that added glory and prestige to its holders. However, the hell for the Jewish youth only began after receiving the matriculation certificate, when the gates of the higher Polish schools were locked before them because of the numerus clausus (quotas), particularly in the professions of medicine, engineering, and the like. Some of these youth began to spread through the lands of Europe, to live the life of wanderers in the large cities of Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, Switzerland, Germany or Italy, in order to study the professions that were forbidden to them in their native country. This was no easy matter
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from an economic, technical or financial perspective, as well as with respect to the knowledge of foreign languages, etc. I was also among these youths, and I set out for Prague, Czechoslovakia in order to study medicine. I concluded my studies there. The measure of suffering was not complete even after all the wanderings, for after the conclusion of the studies, when some of them returned to Poland with their diplomas in medicine, pharmacy, engineering, etc. they were forbidden to work in their professions. The nosterificia protocols began again, and not everyone succeeded in obtaining one. There were those who did not return at all to Poland, for they set themselves up in a variety of countries throughout the world, or they made aliya to the Land of Israel. Such people included Dr. Marbech of blessed memory, Dr. Yisrael Liblich, the engineer Shulwolf, and others. Furthermore, entire families made aliya to the Land before the war of destruction and the Holocaust, such as Ticher, Mosberg and others.
Shortly after this incident, the student left Poland and made aliya. He established a fine family, and to this day, he works in a responsible position and lives a life of happiness and peace. Thanks to this incident, he was saved from the Nazi talons, whereas most of his family who remained in Podhajce perished in the Holocaust.
A group of Admorim from the region of Podhajce at a spa
I recall one of the stories of Father of blessed memory that took place in Podhajce during his childhood at the end of the 19th century, when a large fire broke out in the city, in which about one third of the houses of the city burnt down. The fire spread extremely rapidly and transferred from street to street in a large-scale fashion, wreaking havoc upon the homes. It is interesting to note that the vast majority of the burnt homes belonged to Jews. The fire began in the center of the city, in the home of a Jewish family named Milsztok. This house was rebuilt after the fire. It burned down once again during the First World War and was once gain rebuilt by someone named Leib Weiss (nicknamed Leibele Trask).
This story that I want to tell relates to this house and its burning. Some time before the fire, one Rebbe, a great Tzadik, came to the city accompanied by his Gabbai in order to remain for a while in the city amidst his Hassidim and those close with him, as was usual during those days. The Hassidim received him well and put him up in one of the homes of the wealthy people of the city next to the Milsztok home. One Sabbath morning
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the Rebbe got up and wished to worship in the synagogue that was near his house. To get there, he had to pass through the yard of the Milsztok house, which had a wide, long corridor. Suddenly, two girls of the Milsztok family came out of the house and stood on both sides of the path through which the Rebbe was to cross. The Rebbe did not want to pass between two women, and the Gabbai requested that they vacate the place to let the Rebbe pass. However, they refused to move. The Rebbe was forced to return to the home in which he was staying, feeling hurt. It is unfortunate that I cannot worship in the synagogue this Sabbath, he said. On account of the insolence of the mischievous girls, he let a curse slip through his lips, saying: A place with girls such as these will eventually be burnt. Indeed, so it was. A few weeks later (the Rebbe had already left the city some time ago), a large fire broke out in Podhajce that started precisely in the home of the Milsztok family. Even though the fire broke out by chance, all the people of the city believed that the fire came as a punishment from Heaven because of their disparaging treatment of the Rebbe.
A more or less similar incident affected the Rotner family in Podhajce (the father of the head of the community, Tobiasz Rotner), who were considered to be one of the most honorable families of the city. During a dispute, he greatly embarrassed one of the great Tzadikim of Galicia (The Rebbe of Kopyczynce or the Rebbe of Czortkow). After this, he became the father of several children who were lame or deaf from birth. All of the people of the city saw this as a punishment from Heaven.
I will tell here another story that is connected with the faith of the people of our city. In its time, it was our custom to conduct most of the weddings in the city in the wide open space next to the Great Synagogue (Shil Gasse). In connection to this, they would relate in the city that once, a wedding took place there of a young couple whose moral character was suspect. Suddenly, the earth opened up its mouth, and the groom, bride, and many of those present were swallowed alive. Immediately thereafter the earth closed its mouth, and it was impossible to save even one of those who had been swallowed After this terrifying incident, a tall stone monument was erected n the place where this took place, next to the back wall of the Great Synagogue. The people of the city would come there during the month of Elul, conduct a memorial service, and throw garlic, as if in a cemetery. I witnessed this custom with my own eyes, and I was never able to find anyone present who was able to tell me additional details about this incident. The fear of the place rested upon the adults who visited there, and the children were afraid to go close to the place, especially during the evenings. Apparently the fear of the place hovered over those who knew something about what had taken place there, but they were reluctant to talk about it.
The author of the book Masaat Binyamin, who served as a rabbi in Podhajce, became known as a Gaon in Torah and good deeds. A wreath of legends was woven around his popular personality. These legends were transmitted from generation to generation, but most of them have been forgotten with the passage of time. I know one legend that is connected to this old-time rabbi and Tzadik, whose name is mentioned with awe and reverence by natives of our city to this day.
This was the story: This old-time rabbi preached to the congregation in the Beis Midrash on designated Sabbaths. His words included topics of morality, as he preached about good behavior between man and G-d as well as between man and man. The rabbi would deliver a sermon especially on Shabbat Hagadol (the Sabbath prior to Passover) and Shabbat Shuva (the Sabbath between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur), and he would arouse the audience to Torah and repentance. Prior to his death he said that the people of the city are not worthy of reciting the verses of the Yigdal prayer in the Shacharit service [1] on account of the many Apikorsim (heretics) who are found in the city. As a sign that his words are correct, he said that after his death, a certain tree would grow overnight over his grave. Several people of the city told me that indeed, the words of the rabbi came true. When I visited the cemetery in the city, I saw with my own eyes the old, tall tree that was hovering atop the grave of the rabbi and Tzadik
The Rebbe himself was a man of middle stature, stout of body, having a serious face, splendid in his attire and modest in his mannerisms. He did not have
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a unique income for his livelihood and the sustaining of his court. He lived from gifts from people of the city, which his Gabbai collected weekly from steady donors. However, the Rebbe's court was always bustling with the poor and hungry, who were provided with bread and various food. On Sabbaths, Purim feasts and Passover Seders, the court was always filled with people who were not members of the Rebbe's family, despite the fact that his own family was large enough: two daughters, a son, and their families. The wedding celebrations of the Rebbe's children were important and impressive events in the city.
Rabbi Yitzchak Izak Menachem Eichenstein
of blessed memory, The Admor of Bursztyn
The degree of influence that the Rebbe had in Podhajce can be discerned from the following incidents. In the years 1915-1916, during the time of the First World War, the Austro-Hungarian armies retreated from the city to the west, and in their place came the armies of the Russian Czar, which included people of a mixture of various Asiatic origins such as Circassians, Uzbeks, Kyrgyzes, and others who brought with them the germs of the dangerous illness of cholera from their countries. This illness was accompanied by an atmosphere of hunger, filth and dirt that pervaded with the change of armies. A shortage of medicine and cleaning materials was felt in all places. All of this made itself quickly felt by the population. The situation was quite bad in our city as well, and people fell like flies in the Jewish community. This serious illness often attacked people suddenly with diarrhea and severe stomach pains that continued incessantly until their life was snuffed out. A relative of mine Dr. Wilhelm Neuman, in his position as regional physician, made a great effort to fight the dangerous illness and enable the population to cope. He arranged sanitary assistance on each street with groups composed of Jewish and non-Jewish citizens of the city, who ensured cleanliness, distributed some food to the hungry, buried the dead, etc. On account of the shortage of medicine, everyone was instructed to eat more garlic, and the children always walked with a necklace of garlic around their necks. At the time, my late father was the head of the sanitary division in our area, and it was easy for him to obtain the garlic. As a result, the entire house was filled with the aroma of garlic, and we were not able to look at garlic for many years after that on account of this. In truth, the danger of communicable disease was greater in our home, for father would often make the rounds in the houses of the sick and dead. The pleas of our dear mother not to endanger us were to no avail, and he continued fulfilling his role faithfully. To our good fortune, no tragedy happened to us. Half of the street we lived on was emptied of people who had passed away. At that time during the time of danger that was hanging over every person in the city the lot fell upon the Admor of Bursztyn to act in accordance with his righteousness.
First of all, he advised us to construct a life sized mannequin and to arrange a burial ceremony for it as is done for any Jew in an honorable place in the cemetery. The advice of the Rebbe was carried out. A large crowd of Podhajce natives participated in the funeral. However, the results were the opposite, for as a result of the massive crowding in one place, the epidemic strengthened. Then the Rebbe offered a second piece of advice to arrange a black wedding. He advised to arrange a communal wedding of a poor boy and girl on the accounts of the city, and that the entire population should participate in it. A groom was speedily found his Gabbai, Reb Yitzchakl , and the bride was the maid of his household Sarale, who had worked as a maid for many years with a variety of people. Both of them were between the ages of 30-40. The wedding was arranged in the Great Synagogue, and a large group participated. Nevertheless, this means also did not serve as a protection against the plague. The new couple themselves were not a source of contentment for those who arranged their marriage, for they separated after a short time.
The epidemic continued to take its toll. During those days, the well known teacher in our city, Rabbi Davidl, died at over the age of 80. He was a modest scholar, by whose hand several generations of our townsfolk, I among them, were educated in the study of Torah, Bible and Talmud. He was a faithful and dedicated teacher, who spread Torah in our city at all times of the day and night. Then, the Rebbe of Bursztyn offered a new piece of advice; to prepare a large brass key and place it in the hands of the departed Reb Davidl. His students sat all day and night on the floor of his house around his body, and studied Mishna for the elevation of his soul. A large funeral took place the day after his death, and the pallbearers carried him along with the key to the gate of the cemetery. This deceased man had been chosen to permanently lock the gate of the earth in the face of the plague. The matter took place. Indeed, the epidemic ended after some time, either because of the locking of the ground before the plague by the key in the hands of the departed Reb Davidl, or because of the sudden departure of the Russian army who fled for their lives, and the appearance of the Austo-Hungarians with all types of medicine. However, the Jewish population believed with a full heart that the salvation came through the power of the Rebbe
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The fact that Yom Kippur is listed among the rest of the festivals of Israel is proper evidence that this day is not a day of agony and mourning, but rather a holiday and festival. How great was the influence of the Eve of Yom Kippur and Kol Nidre night. In the afternoon, all business and stores were closed quickly. Everyone finished their work and prepared for the festive meal that preceded the fast. Family and acquaintances met with their elders to wish them that may be sealed for a good life. Then they went to the synagogue for Kol Nidre after lighting the traditional large candles. The custom of wearing white clothing on the Days of Awe was particularly impressive particularly for the prayer leader who wore a white cloak (Kittel) under his tallis, as a symbol for the forgiveness of sins. The atmosphere that pervaded prior to the recitation of Kol Nidre elicited unusual attention. Not infrequently, Christians would show up in the synagogue for Kol Nidre, as well as Jews who were distant from religion and had not visited a synagogue all year. The atmosphere seemed like that of angels and seraphim, and an unseen eye hovered atop the city and atop all of us. How great were the preparations in my father's house on the Eve of Yom Kippur. In the morning, everyone would arise early for the Kapparot ceremony. Breakfast was eaten very early. When father returned from the first Minyan at the synagogue, he would run his store to conduct a bit of business. From there he would hasten to the bathhouse, and return home for a simpler than usual lunch. On his way, he would arrange a few more purchases. He would grab the hands of anyone he met along the way and give them heartfelt greetings for the upcoming year and for the approaching Day of Judgement. In the afternoon, he shut his store and hurried to the synagogue for Mincha. When he returned, the entire family was already waiting: my brother Yossi, his wife Mintzia of the Hecht family, and their daughters Libchia and Malchia; my sister Dvora, her husband Yehoshua Walfish and their four children; my youngest sister Bronchia, her husband Marcus Hauring and their two children; my youngest brother Nathan (all of them perished in the Holocaust during the war with the accursed Nazis). All of them came to wish our father Zelig and mother Rosa (nee Lippa) a good year and a Chatima Tova (being sealed in the book of life), to drink a cup of wine together with wishes for a good life, and to taste an apple dipped in honey. On occasion, some of them stayed with us for the meal preceding the fast. This meal was always ample and festive, but was concluded in haste, so that the cup of tea after the meal was emptied while standing already. Mother lit the candles, and then the entire family went to the synagogue for Kol Nidre. Father hastened to be one of the first in the synagogue, for as Gabbai, he was responsible for arranging various matters with the cantor, arranging the seats, making sure that the candles would be lit in a specific place by the gentile, collecting and counting the money from the plates that were set out for the Keren Kayemet and various charitable institutions, giving instructions to the Shamash, etc. Similar customs and arrangements were common among most other Jewish families in our city. The light of the many tall candles sparkled out through the windows. Everyone hurried to the synagogue with excitement for Kol Nidre.
The material relating to the Jewish holidays and festivals is great and rich. Every city and town had a unique atmosphere for the festivals. In general, the Jewish holidays were festivals of joy in every place. The gladness was great during the holidays. I have already mentioned briefly the holidays of Purim and Passover. There were also numerous customs for the festival of Shavuot. The houses, the synagogues, and the streets in the Jewish quarter were adorned with flowers and decorations. This imbued the entire city with a festive atmosphere. No small amount of attention was also given to the food for this festival, upon which it was customary to eat a special dairy meal in addition to the meat meals. The women would cook three cornered pastries stuffed with potatoes mixed with butter and cheese. Should we not mention the festival of Simchat Torah and its customs in the synagogue, about which it is said that anyone who did not witness the festivities on Simchat Torah has never witnessed joy in his life? Simchat Torah was primarily celebrated with the Torah processions (hakafot) that took place evening and morning in the synagogue. The hakafot were conducted with a sublime spirit accompanied by singing and dancing. Even the children would participate in the festivities, joining in the hakafot by following behind the adults with colored paper flags. All of the ceremonies in the synagogue on Simchat Torah included songs and hymns. The joy was especially great with the with the Chatan Torah and Chatan Breishit [2], who arranged kiddushes in their homes with drinks, wine and liquor poured out as water. I recall that many Jews would get drunk and shout out mockingly Cursed be Mordechai and blessed be Haman. The day of Simchat Torah turned into a first class national holiday that encompassed the entire nation, from young to old, women and children, and instilled upon them all a spirit of
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joy and mirth, a spirit of hope, comfort and encouragement for good days to come
In Podhajce, there was a traditional annual performance on Purim by the Joseph Players. The performance was put on by the local Jewish water drawer of the town, the father of eighteen children, short in stature with a small beard and a smile that never departed from his lips. His nickname was Yosele the water carrier. Some time before Purim, he would arrange rehearsals for the play, in which most of his children participated. If one or two would be missing from the ten sons of Jacob our father, he would invite children from the poor neighborhood to make up the number. His troupe would appear every Purim in the homes of all of the honorable Jews, with special costumes befitting the Bible. They would portray the sale of Joseph to Egypt by his brothers, how he lived as a prince in Egypt, how the elderly father (our forefather Jacob was played by himself) arrived in Egypt to ask Joseph to free his sons who were imprisoned as suspects of espionage [3], and how finally the identity of Joseph was revealed, etc. It is interesting to note that these plays always served as a source of decent income for several poor families in the city, so that they would be able to purchase matzos, fats and potatoes for the upcoming holiday of Passover. In the latter years, this Purim play turned into a source of income for the Keren Kayemet LeYisrael and the Keren Hayesod.
Similarly, the anniversary of the death of Dr. Herzl, the 20th of Tammuz, was marked by every Jewish community with a public gathering at which they reminisced about the memory and activities of Herzl, whose name had become one of the most revered, precious and famous among the Jewish people of the Diaspora. His name was a symbol of the longing for national pride, independence, and the renewal of the glory of the nation. From the day of the death of our national poet Chaim Nachman Bialik on the 21st of Tammuz 5694, the two memorial days were observed simultaneously that of the political leader and the poet. On these memorial days, despite their festive character, it was permitted to do all work, and the stores were open. However, many Zionists closed their stores and places of work, and paused from work on those days. The Hebrew school was closed, and some Jewish children did not attend the public school. Each year, parades of the members of the various parties took place on the streets of the city. The members of the youth groups and the children of the Hebrew school would gather next to the Hebrew school, and from there they would march through the main streets, arranged neatly in rows, to the Great Synagogue, where a large crowd of people from our city, Zionists and others who were curious, were gathered. The chief spokesman was always Mr. Moshe Liblich of blessed memory, a veteran Zionist in our city. Following him, representatives of the various youth groups and teachers of the Hebrew school would address the gathering. At times, special representatives of the headquarters of the movements would come to speak that day about Dr. Herzl, the Zionist movement, and the Land of Israel. The majority of the Jewish houses were decorated on those days with pictures of Dr. Herzl and blue and white flags. Of course everything was done with permission, in accordance with the permits received from the Polish authorities. Obtaining the permits was not among the simplest of matters. They were only received after difficulties and struggles.
Despite the attitude of the Polish authorities to the Jews, even to those who were born in Poland, we should not skip over the national Polish holiday of May 3rd, which was celebrated in Poland in memory of the national charter, the constitution of May 3rd. On that holiday, all of the businesses, work places, offices, schools, etc. were closed. There were also Jews who saw it fitting
Moshe Liblich of blessed memory
one of the first Zionists in our city
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A group of members of Gordonia
Sitting from right to left: Yisrael Glazer,
Nathan Brecher, Uri Milsztok, Izak Gotstein
Members of Hechalutz in Podhajce, 1930
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Caps and gowns at CWCMay 12, 2013 By Christina George, Staff Writer
A few months ago at a Central Wyoming College input session, student senate president Garret VonKrosigk told faculty members that graduation, although is an accomplishment and does matter, wasn't as significant to him as what would follow.
For VonKrosigk, the decision to attend CWC was to be a stepping stone before transitioning to a university.
He told the other 300 graduates assembled on the stage Friday night at the Robert A. Peck Arts Center Theatre and the family and friends gathered in the audience that earning a degree has different meanings for people.
"We're all here for our own individual goals and aspirations," he said.
For VonKrosigk, his associate's degree in engineering will help him continue his education.
"Behind me sit nurses, mechanics, technical majors and many more who are about to walk across this stage and be handed keys to their careers, and that's truly exciting," VonKrosigk said. "For the rest of us who have decided to endure the pain and continue on for a few more years at different schools, one thing is true for all of us, this graduation undoubtedly marks a turning point in our lives."
He said while it's unlikely a graduate will change the world in any measurable way, he believes he or she can and should work to change their own world.
"What I mean is, use those unique ambitions and motivations that have got you to this point to achieve your goals.
"More importantly, have a positive impact on those around you on a daily basis," he said. "Who knows, you may end up influencing them in a profound way. And even though you did not change the world, I can promise you that all of us working together to be a positive influence will have a real and genuine impact on our society."
At the start of the commencement, CWC President Jo Anne McFarland talked about the "tank" of a podium she stood at to give her speech.
"It's holding a lot of hardware that we're going to be giving out tonight," she said, referring to the degree certificates.
At every graduation, McFarland, who was recognized earlier in the day for her 40 years of service to the college, gives a rundown about the graduating class.
The Class of 2013, McFarland said, includes the college's first three film production program graduates and the first two graduates of the outdoor education program.
She noted how graduation this year was a family affair, including one woman who "was so organized" she had her baby during spring break, never missing a class. The woman attended college with two sisters, and they formed a study group and support system to get through the year.
Some graduates attended school with their children, or even their parents. Others attended while also having responsibilities that come with being a single parent. For some families, McFarland said, Friday's graduation was a first.
Several graduates, McFarland continued, are CWC employees -- including a woman who began taking courses in 1989.
In total, 301 students received degrees, certificates or credentials. Students were represented from 31 states and four foreign countries. Seventy-three percent are Wyoming residents, and 55 percent reside in Fremont County.
McFarland said 11 percent of the class earned a GED through CWC's adult basic education program. Twenty-five percent started their college education with dual-enrollment credits while still in high school. Together, such students earned 979 college credits before high school graduation, which is 16 percent more than last year's class.
Nearly 18 percent of the graduates are Hathaway Scholarship recipients.
This year's graduates range from ages 18 to 61. The average age is 29.
McFarland said those with a college degree will earn 35 percent more than those who only hold a high school diploma.
"College really does give you a leg up, even in a lagging job market," she said.
She recalled that when she started at CWC four decades ago, high school graduates could compete for three out of four jobs. By 2018, that ratio falls to one out of four jobs.
"College is no longer a nice thing to have," McFarland said. "It's absolutely essential."
Executive vice president of academic and student services Jason Wood introduced the nine valedictorians: Abigail Ehlers, Macey Fegler, Craig Haslam, Kali Howe, Tetiana Hutchison, Rachel Lamb, Jonathan Rasbach, Jordan Stapley and Kaitlyn Tracy.
"These students have varied interests and backgrounds ... but they all worked hard," Wood said.
Lamb said her associate degree will not be her last.
"One degree down and five more to go," she said to a cheering crowd.
Haslam, who also is the Fremont County Fire District chief, said he was thankful for the daily reminder from the younger students to live with enthusiasm.
"I like to live my life where I learn something every day," he said.
Hutchison, who was among the 40 graduates from a foreign country, said she liked the small class sizes at CWC.
"Tetiana was in the Ukraine," Wood said. "She just picked a place, and it was Riverton."
Stapley's journey to CWC also was rather random. She grew tired of feeling like a "number" at a larger Montana school. Some of her friends had also referenced the Wind River Mountains.
"Jordan said choosing CWC was an accident," Wood said. "After driving by CWC on a random summer afternoon, she decided to apply. It was the best coincidence she has ever had in her life."


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LAKE COUNTY -- Unemployment in the county rose by half a percent last month, according to preliminary data released by the California Employment Development Department.
Lake County joblessness was 15.1 percent in December -- the highest it's been since reaching 15.6 percent in April.
Despite increasing during the month, the December rate was still nearly 1 percent lower than December 2011, when county unemployment was 16 percent.
Wage and salary employment in the county decreased by 30 jobs between November and December, primarily a result of seasonal cutbacks in construction and tourism.
Lake County managed to improve its spot on the statewide ranking, moving up one position to 50th out of 58 California counties.
Rates for neighboring counties included Colusa at 23.7 percent, Mendocino at 9.5 percent, Napa at 7.9 percent and Sonoma at 7.7 percent.
Marin County retained its No. 1 spot in the state with a 5.5-percent rate while Imperial County remained the worst at 25.5 percent.
Lake County's rate came in well above the state and national totals, which were 9.8 percent and 7.8 percent, respectively, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Awesome Stuff: Sometimes It's The Simple Stuff
from the perhaps-too-simple dept
- First up, we have the project that inspired this post: the Bergaffe tube. The subhed here really undersells it: "a simple tube with lots of possibilities." Actually, I've noticed that most of these "overly simple" projects all talk about how many "possibilities" there are concerning their offerings. And, in this case, they may actually have a point. I didn't check out this project for weeks, because, really, what good is a tube? But, there's much more to the idea. The tube is basically a platform off of which they're building a bunch of tools that become modular and interchangeable. It's actually pretty neat:
- Next up... we've got The Puck -- another simple plastic thing that asks you to imagine the possibilities. In this case, it's a simple wall mount for PVC pipe, so that you can build a towel rack or some other kind of rack out of PVC pipe. Now, if you were to ask me why you might want to build such a thing out of PVC pipe, you might have a very good point.
- And then we've got Bigmouth Funnels, which are basically what the name says: little strips of plastic that fold into funnels. I've seen something similar for years, so I was a bit surprised to see it on Kickstarter, and it seems odd that they're pitching it as some amazing bit of product design. It actually looks nearly identical to a little "sports cone" that I've seen on the fields near where I live. Just inverted. Also, whenever I've needed something like this, usually... a piece of paper has done the trick.


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SWINDON-BASED powerlifter Charlie Shotton-Gale claimed her first-ever international medal at the EPF European Powerlifting Championships in Bulgaria.
Shotton-Gale, who has competed internationally for three years, has slowly climbed up the ranks on the European and world stage, and achieved her highest ranking in Europe this year of fourth overall.
She claimed the bronze medal in the individual deadlift competition in Bulgaria, much to her surprise.
Shotton-Gale competed in the under 84kg ladies category, achieving 202.5kg in her squat, a personal best at international level. Due to an ongoing shoulder problem she only managed to achieve one lift in her bench press, 120kg, but was happy to complete her final deadlift of 192.5kg for the bronze medal.
"I am so pleased to have finally achieved my first international medal, and am aiming high for the coming competitions," she said.
"This competition was tough, but over the next few months I have World Classic Powerlifting Championships and the World Equipped Powerlifting Championships to contend with, so I have a lot of work still to do.
"If it wasn't for Danny from DC Injury Clinic I am not sure I would have made it through the competition, as my shoulder has been very painful for a number of weeks now."
Shotton-Gale will be competing in South Africa at the World Classic Powerlifting Championships from June 2-9 then on to America in November.
"Powerlifting is still an amateur sport and is not funded by UK Sport as of yet, so I have to find sponsorship for all these trips," she said.
"I will be holding a fundraising event in the summer to help fund my trip to America, as I cannot afford to fund all these trips."
If you would like to support Shotton-Gale you can get in touch with her by visiting her website: www.sg-fitness.co.uk.
"Once I complete the World Classic Championships I have the British Equipped Championships in July," she said. "I am hoping for big numbers there.
"My aim for that competition is to break at least two out of the four British records. My best lifts at present are Squat 210k, bench 130k, deadlift 197.5k and total 522.5k. The records are squat 212.5k, bench 132.5k, deadlift 200k and total 530k."


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I've been trying to practice a straight arm putt using the methods found in this video. [youtube]http://youtu.be/FtO3pwFesZ0[/youtube]
Whenever I do it my puts mostly come out of my hand without much rotation on them and end up looking like a pizza being tossed in the wind. Is there another good putting video that might explain it differntly or some drills I can try to develop the right timing and release?


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Two Views of a Tax Cut
as part of its collaboration with the SERC Pedagogic Service.
This assignment is based on two graphs that appeared in the New York Times on April 7, 1995. The graphs provide "Republican" and "Democratic" views of a proposed tax cut. The graphs each measure the percent of "something" and in the assignment, students will compare the two graphs and determine whether both graphs are valid representations of the proposed tax cut.
Learning Goals
- To become a more "savvy" reader of graphs/visuals that appear in print.
- To understand the power and complexities of working with percentages.
- To improve multi-step problem solving skills.
- To understand that two different graphs can represent the same data.
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Description and Teaching Materials
Excel file to discuss in class (Acrobat (PDF) 15kB May14 08)
Course Syllabus (Microsoft Word 44kB May16 08)
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Teaching Notes and Tips
We spent half of a class period (roughly 30 minutes) discussing the graphs in this news article and understanding what they represent. Students were given one week to complete the writing assignment.
I have found that the most difficult part of this assignment for students is to come to grips with what each of the graphs is measuring. As I read the papers that students submitted, it was clear that even though we discussed this in class (at some length), the majority of students did not understand that the two graphs are measuring two different values. The Republican view considers "How much taxes would fall for families in each group" and the Democratic view considers the "Share of tax cuts assigned to each income group." Each graph includes a percent scale on the vertical axis and students need to wrestle with and understand that the percents given for each income group are different because they are percents of different "wholes" and are not contradictory.
Instructors who use this case study must think carefully about how much "scaffolding" they wish to provide for students and this will depend on the abilities and sophistication of the students in the class. My ultimate goal is for students to read an article of this sort and be able to question the given information and determine whether the numbers (percents) are valid. In my class, I explained how to set up a spreadsheet that will give both the amount per income group that taxes will fall and the share of the entire tax cut for each income group, based on a particular (and artificially created) total tax cut amount of $1 million. (You may download this Excel file to discuss in class (Acrobat (PDF) 15kB May14 08)this excel spreadsheet.) I was hoping that students would be able to follow similar procedures and answer question #5 using the $245 billion figure. I will rethink how I approach this when I next use this case study.
This assignment was the fifth of six "Quantitative Reasoning in the News" writing assignments that students completed in this course (April 21 on my schedule). As such, it came toward the end of the semester and students had some experience with knowing what I expected them to do. Most students submitted a one or two page paper that included calculations. Several students submitted an electronic excel file to support their work.
Students are given the opportunity to revise each of these six papers and submit a final QR portfolio at the end of the semester. As soon as I grade these final portfolios, I'll add some comments here comparing the students' first draft with their final paper for this assignment.
I also taught this course in the fall of 2008 and using this assignment again. I want to create grading rubrics for these "Quantitative Reasoning in the News" assignments and also hope to incorporate a peer review process to make the assignments more accessible to students and easier for the instructor to grade.


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ALAMEDA — Cornerback DJ Hayden and linebacker Kevin Burnett were among the players unable to practice for the Raiders on Monday, though coach Dennis Allen managed to get all 90 of his players to attend the voluntary session.
Hayden and Burnett are nursing ankle injuries, Allen said. Both were on the field Monday, but neither participated in any of the full-team drills. Hayden's right foot is in a protective boot.
Second-year running back Latavius Murray, guard Lucas Nix and defensive lineman Anthony Smith were the only other players unable to practice.
Burnett is a returning starter and a well-experienced veteran, so his absence from practice isn't viewed as a big concern.
Hayden, however, is competing for a starting spot this season for the first time, so he can't afford to miss much time.
Hayden missed almost all of the offseason workouts last season, and he was limited for part of training camp, while he recovered from a surgery to repair a ruptured vein that he suffered in his final collegiate season.
Hayden talked last week about how much stronger he feels and how his confidence is much higher this year as a result of being healthy enough to practice on a regular basis.
Allen said Hayden rolled his ankle during practice last week. The injury doesn't appear serious enough to keep Hayden out of practice for very long.
For more on the Raiders, visit the Inside the Oakland Raiders blog at ibabuzz.com/oaklandraiders. Follow Jerry McDonald on Twitter at twitter.com/Jerrymcd.


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October 08, 2012 — Coral Gables, FL — The University of Miami Frost School of Music is pleased to present Festival Miami 2012—Florida's premier live music festival. Now in its 29th season, Festival Miami features a diverse blend of exciting performers showcasing their talents alongside brilliant students and faculty artists.
The dynamic program includes 20 concerts organized into four themes: Great Performances, featuring legendary artists and captivating repertoire; Creative American Music, a mélange of contemporary music, from Broadways stars to talented young composers; Jazz and Beyond, guaranteed to open your ears and engage your senses; and Music of the Americas, a musical immersion encompassing two hemispheres. In addition, visiting artists conduct free lectures and master classes to share their insight with audiences. Festival Miami begins October 2 and concludes November 4.
"Jazz and Beyond" concerts feature some of the world's finest jazz musicians. On October 9, saxophonist Dave Liebman plays with the high-intensity Frost Concert Jazz Band. Triple-crown winner in DownBeat's 59th Annual Critics Poll, pianist Jason Moran brings his unique blend of traditional jazz and modern elements on October 24 with his award winning group, Jason Moran & The Bandwagon. On October 25, Roseanna Vitro performs songs from her Grammy nominated CD The Music of Randy Newman with the Frost School's DownBeat award winning JV1 ensemble. The series is rounded out by a tribute to Nat "King" Cole on November 2, featuring vocal stylist and guitarist George Benson, with his band and the Frost School's stellar Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra. The concert will also include many of the songs from Cole's classic albums interpreted by his younger brother Freddy Cole – an international jazz favorite.
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Not Again!Letter Equations are well known phrases or facts where the key words have been replaced with the first letter of that word. These are often in the form of an equation, which contain a number, an = sign and the rest of the obscured phrase or fact.
3 = M against C W B
HintThink of sailing ships
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Monday's game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Detroit Lions came down to the kicker. NPR's Rachel Martin and sports reporter Mike Pesca discuss the role of the NFL kicker and whether that job is getting more respect from fans and players.
Are NFL Kickers Getting Better?
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Saturday, September 23, 2017
Oral Cancer
Sudden Swelling of Neck Under Jaw
sudden swelling of neck under front of jaw area,after 6 weeks of radiation and 6 mos of extensive chemotherapy for throat cancer,looks like a goiter,feels squishy,showed my oncologist and he said it appeared to be redundant, can you explain what this could be?
It should be evaluated by a head and neck surgeon. It could be just radiation effect, infection or recurrent disease. It needs to be evaluated to be sure.
Enver Ozer, MD
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College of Medicine
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I was given this childs sleigh when I was pregnant with our first child. She is now 40. I used it for both of our kids when we lived in town to go to the post office, grocery store etc. I have no history on it and would love to know something about it. There are no names or labels on it.


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The No. 1 Rule for Couples Marrying Late
GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS: What financial considerations should people getting married later in life be mindful of?
First, I sure hope they took the time to draft a prenuptial agreement, which is even more important now as their affairs are not as simple as they were back in their 20s or 30s. I have never had a client regret doing two things: paying off the mortgage early and having a prenuptial agreement done in case a divorce happens later on. Having said that, several issues should be addressed:
- Do any alimony or support orders need to be addressed? Alimony payments usually stop at remarriage but support orders for children usually continue.
- Social Security benefits may be affected. By getting remarried, you generally cannot collect on any benefits from the former spouse until the remarriage ends.
- Please talk to family members so everyone is on the same page about the new relationship and the change in the family status quo.
- There are many other areas to address, such as estate planning, retirement plans, employer benefits, insurance coverage, proper titling of assets (separate versus joint property), filing taxes jointly, and others.
Having a qualified financial planner who will take a truly comprehensive view of their situation and goals will go a long way toward providing peace of mind and will help them to greatly increase the probability of achieving their goals.
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