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The holiday season is nearly upon us, signaling one of Central New York's most glowing traditions, now in its 24th consecutive year: the Lights of Love campaign, presented by the Crouse Hospital Auxiliary. Each of the 3,000 lights on the iconic Crouse clock tower will be illuminated, representing gifts — given in honor or in memory of someone — that will support the hospital's ability to provide comprehensive medical services and programs for our community. Proceeds from this year's Lights of Love campaign will be used toward the renovation and expansion of the Breast Health Center at Crouse Hospital, continuing the Auxiliary's long tradition of support for this important program. The Breast Health Center currently performs close to 10,000 mammograms and 600 core biopsies each year. To accommodate growing patient volume and care for patients in optimum surroundings, Crouse has plans to expand the total square footage of the Breast Health Center, adding space to extend the waiting room and registration areas. The expansion will also include more private and comfortable changing rooms, a dedicated room for clinical breast exams and teaching, along with an improved reading room with private consultation space for radiologists and certified nurse navigators, to create a much more comfortable and personal environment. Contributors are invited to attend the lighting ceremony and reception on Monday, Nov. 28 from 4:30 – 6 p.m. in the Marley Education Center's second floor lounge, 765 Irving Ave. This year, Stephen Montgomery, MD, medical director of the Crouse Breast Health Center, will flip the symbolic switch to illuminate the lights on the clock tower. Joining him will be certified breast health navigators from the center — Margaret Bottino, RN,CCBE,CBPN-IC, Mary Butler, RN,CCBE,CBPN-IC and Laura Rose, RN,BSN,CCBE.
► TO PURCHASE A LIGHT, call 315/470-7530 or download the donation form and complete it now.
A listing of Lights of Love donors will be on display in the Memorial lobby of Crouse Hospital, and will be updated as donations are received throughout the holiday season. 2011 Lights of Love Campaign Support
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Mohawk Global Logistics
William G. Pomeroy Foundation.
In-kind design and production of the Lights of Love brochure was contributed by Eric Mower and Associates, with billboard support from Lamar Outdoor.
Campaign co-chairs are Pam Ward of Fayetteville and Audrey Suehs of Jamesville. Committee members are Kimberly Boynton; Carolyn Spalding; Nancy Cahill and Sue Steiner. Since 1888, the Crouse Hospital Auxiliary has raised millions of dollars to help fund hospital equipment, programs and services as well as nursing scholarships. The group, which includes more than 500 community members, generates funds from sources such as the Auxiliary's in-hospital and online gift shop, special events like Lights of Love, various drawings, book sales and membership dues.
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While 18-year-old La Jolla Country Day senior Anthony Paolucci walked stoically about the Torrey Pines North Course on Friday, Principal Rod Jemison texted updates of Paolucci's round back to school.
On the receiving end was Dean of Students Peter Rogue, who relayed the news to students gathered at an outdoor assembly.
"The kids were going crazy," Rogue said. "There was a lot of hooting, hollering and screaming."
Soon, Paolucci joined the celebration from afar. When the amateur tapped in for birdie on 18, wrapping up a round of 71 that enabled him to make the Farmers Insurance Open cut, he turned to his modest gallery, smiled widely, raised his right arm and saluted.
"Pooooooooooch," replied the teenage members of the gallery, most of them male, most too young to shave.
Paolucci, the country's No. 1-ranked junior, shot 70-71 the first two days to land at 3-under par. The cut line was 1-under.
Some perspective: The 156-player field on Thursday included Lee Janzen, Davis Love III, Ben Curtis, Chad Campbell and Rich Beem, all winners of at least one major. None of them made the cut. Paolucci did. It's the fourth time in the past five years an amateur has made the cut at the tournament.
"It's pretty special," Paolucci said. "Both days have just been a blast."
Being pumped up was no problem for the teenager. After his adventurous seven-birdie, five-bogey round Thursday, he stepped to the 519-yard, par-five No. 1 and cranked a 356-yard drive.
"One of my playing partners looked at me and said, 'Dude, calm down. You're making us look bad,' " Paolucci said.
He two-putted for birdie, then dropped to 4-under with a birdie on No. 5.
He would be tested, though. A bad tee shot on the 212-yard sixth landed in deep rough. He needed two shots to get out, then two-putted for double bogey.
Five holes later on 11 came another bogey. On the par-three 12th he landed left of the green in rough and chipped to 15 feet.
"He was leaking some oil," said Paolucci's psychologist/caddie, Jeff Troesch.
On his most important shot of the day, Paolucci sank the 15-footer for par.
"That definitely was the turning point," Paolucci said. "It changed my frame of mind."
Paolucci birdied the two remaining par fives. He's six under for the tournament on the par fives.
The 6-foot-2, 165-pound golfer said his goals entering the tournament weren't "outcome-based."
"Just to focus on every shot. Take something positive from the week," he said. "Learn a lot of things."
What has he learned?
"I feel like I could make the cut at any tournament," he said.
He planned a low-key celebration Friday night.
"Just spend time with the family, play some video games, some ping-pong," he said. "Nothing too exciting."
The thrill had already been delivered.

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Mississippi Business Journal, April 8, 2013
The more uninsured residents Mississippi's health insurance exchange signs up under the Affordable Care Act the bigger the hit the state's hospitals will take on federal reimbursements for treating the uninsured. The consequence is one of many Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant and legislative leaders must weigh in refusing state participation in expanding Medicaid. The state stands to lose hundreds of millions of dollars in coming years in federal Disproportionate Share Hospital, or DSH, reimbursements for uncompensated hospital care, the Mississippi Hospital Association says. The money would be offset by the new federal dollars flowing in to add an estimated 300,000 of the state's working poor to Medicaid rolls.


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Canstruction 2012
Canstruction® Madison brings in over 29 tons of food for area people in need
This unique fundraiser draws over a thousand visitors to view 24 structures made of canned and packaged food.
May 4, 2012, Middleton and Madison. Over a thousand people gathered on the evening of May 3, 2012 at the second annual Canstruction® Madison to not only celebrate the completion of 24 structures made of cans and packaged goods but also to celebrate the completion of months of efforts by hundreds of community members to raise what totaled 29 tons of food for the Middleton Outreach Ministry Food Pantry. This amount is equal to over 4,800 grocery bags, far exceeding the initial goal of 25 tons.
Canstruction® is a competition where local businesses build incredible, highly imaginative structures out of canned goods and packaged food. Participants in Canstruction® Madison 2012, 22 teams competed for 7 awards which were given to teams in a variety of categories. Area design professionals judged the structures based on a set of criteria. The winners were announced at a ceremony to a crowd of hundreds, all who had entered the event by donating a can of food as a part of a community wide drive.
The winners are:
Most Nutritious Meals: Asbury United Methodist Church. Their boat and lighthouse structure, "A Light in the Darkness", included the most complete meals. This is the second year that Asbury United Methodist Church has won this award.
Best Use of Labels: Thinking Outside the Can. Their structure, "Simon", was interactive, and allowed participants to play the game through the use of a game controller that the team made. The team used chili with beans for the black labels, diced tomatoes for the red labels, green beans for the green labels, beans for the yellow labels, chili for the blue labels, and tomato sauce for the white. Most "Cans": CPM HealthGrades. Their structure "Finishing First in the Race to End Hunger" included over 6,500 cans and packaged goods, and was very popular amongst the younger set of visitors as it featured two Mario Cart figures. The back of the structure spelled the words "END HUNGER". This is the second year that CPM HealthGrades, has won this award.
Structural Ingenuity: Capitol Insurance Companies. "Strike Out Hunger" featured three bowling pins and a bowling ball. This trophy was awarded to the Structure that best utilized engineering and architectural principles to overcome design challenges.
"Tooned in Award": Students of Globe University: "Stomping Out Hunger", which depicts a globe made mostly of tuna cans, with a boot made of Ramen Noodles on the top. This award was chosen by celebrity judge Al Toon.
Judge's Choice Award: Zingg Design, Inc.: "Delivering Help for Hunger" depicted a MOM truck, surrounded by bags of food. The Judge's Choice award was given to the structure that most represented MOM's mission to end hunger in the community. This is the second year Zingg Design, Inc., has won this award.
People's Choice: Flad Architects. Their structure, Barnyard Bounty, depicted a barn, with crops growing in the fields. Event attendees picked the winner by voting for their favorite structure.
Madison Area Builders Association built two structures prior to the event, including a Backhoe and a Construction Man that greeted people at the entrance to KEVA Sports Center.
Other teams included Glacier Creek Builders Club, who constructed an enormous grocery bag that poured out food that was collected through a food drive at the middle school. An area architect mentored the team by helping them design their structure. Middleton High School E.L.I.T.E. team also participated by building a CAN Al Arab modeled after the famous hotel in Dubai.
The event addressed the great need for food donations to MOM's pantry. In 2011, Food Pantry usage increased 60% from 2010, and distributed over a ton of food each day the Pantry was open. Use has continued at this rate in 2012. Food pantries also struggle during the summer months. The need for food dramatically increases because children are not receiving free and reduced lunch at school and because our donations decrease as a result of summer travel. "We selected May for our Canstruction® Competition because it allows us to build up a food reserve going into the summer," said Jim Hartlieb, MOM's President of the Board of Directors.
Event goers brought cans of food to enter the event, totaling nearly 800 pounds. Besides viewing and voting for their favorite sculptures, attendees enjoyed children's activities and a photo booth. Amy Carlson, NBC15, emceed the event and Al Toon, successful Entrepreneur and past UW Badger and NY Jet, was the 2012 Celebrity Judge. The former UW Badger and New York Jet also brought his son Nick Toon, who was just drafted by the New Orleans Saints. Together they signed autographs and took pictures with fans.
Free ice cream was generously provided by Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream and was enjoyed by a line of children and adults alike the entire evening. Area boy scouts scooped the ice cream.
The event was presented by the Madison Area Builder's Association and Northwestern Mutual: The Kosnick Financial Group. The site was sponsored by KEVA Sports Center. The "building blocks" of food were also partially sponsored by Capitol Centre Foods, with support from Certco, Inc.
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Presbyterian Rust Medical Center held a ceremony in its healing garden Thursday to kick off construction of a new patient tower that will include a cancer center and expand the care and services the hospital provides to local patients.
"Today we are celebrating an important step in Presbyterian's continuing commitment to Sandoval County and Rio Rancho," said Jeff McBee, administrator at Rust.
The six-story tower will rise over the next 15 months on the northwest side of the existing facility. The $86 million project will employ 50-100 construction workers per day and 100 health care professionals once the tower opens.
"At Presbyterian, we love to share our stories, and the communities and patients we serve make it easy to do this, because your stories are our stories," McBee said. "The story of this hospital is really the story of Rio Rancho, the City of Vision."
Rust opened in October 2011 and has the only neonatal intensive-care unit (NICU) in Sandoval County.
Dr. Randy Nederhoff, director of medical care for newborns at Rust, said the number and acuity of the hospital patients, as well as the number of babies born there, have far exceeded expectations.
Ruby Davis, who was born eight weeks early and spent a month in NICU in 2013, attended the ceremony with her family. When Nederhoff recognized her NICU nurse, Mary, and began sharing Ruby's story, the infant made a small noise, to the delight of the audience.
Jean Davis, Ruby's mother, spoke next. She decided to deliver at Rust, which was 60 seconds from her driveway. While there, she was impressed with the incredible staff and emphasis on communication. The private NICU rooms allowed her to breastfeed while Ruby was attached to the equipment.
Davis said her experience at Rust gave her a lot to think about. After a corporate career in quality assurance, she has decided to become a nurse and, hopefully, work in the new patient tower. McBee quipped he would get her a job application before she left that day.
After the ceremony, Jean said she will take some prerequisites this fall and then apply for the nursing program jointly administered by Central New Mexico Community College and the University of New Mexico at the City Center in Rio Rancho.
Presbyterian administrators and local government officials who spoke at the ceremony shared their excitement about the opportunities and benefits of the new tower, which will bring more patients into the Presbyterian family and boost the local economy.


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Roy Hibbert showed off all his offensive skills Wednesday night.
First, the Indiana Pacers' 7-foot-2 center threw down a vicious and-1 dunk on the Atlanta Hawks' Ivan Johnson late in the first quarter:
Give Johnson credit for hanging in there; it looks as though he got coach Larry Drew's message to the team about playing tougher.
Hibbert then showed off his outside game by sinking a 3-point shot, which, alas, didn't count because it came after the first-quarter buzzer.
In case you're wondering: Hibbert officially is 4-for-15 lifetime from behind the arc in the regular season, 1-for-1 in the playoffs.
The Pacers defeated the Hawks, 113-98, to take a two-games-to-none lead in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference first-round series.


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Say goodbye to skin cancer, scars
HOUSTON, Texas — A topical treatment for certain types of skin cancer means some patients won't have to worry about scarring, say dermatologists at Baylor College of Medicine.
While a topical treatment for precancerous cells has been around for more than 30 years, it was only in the last five to 10 years that a topical cream was developed for cancerous lesions. The cream, called Aldara™, only works for certain types of skin cancer, explained Dr. Ida Orengo, professor of dermatology at BCM and director of the Mohs Surgery Center at the Baylor Clinic.
"You simply rub it on the area, usually at night, and after about four to six weeks, the cancer is gone in about 80 percent of the cases," she said. "This might not work for everyone, but for those who have superficial basal cell carcinoma on visible areas like the face or chest where you don't want scars, it is a good treatment option to talk to your doctor about."


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What chemical dissolves propellant? Its stuck in my hand.
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Just speculating here: At certain depths, anything embedded in your skin is basically a tattoo as noted by Oldgrump and UncleNick. Deeper and it may enter your system and be excreted through your liver/kidney functions. Check with your doctor to see if you should be concerned about toxicity. Shallow embeds will sluff off with your natural skin exfoliation. In between those depths and you have a tattoo that is probably as permanent as any inking done by a professional.
Good luck. Glad you are not badly hurt. Thanks for sharing your experience.
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Making out with Maya
Will the meeting of Maya and 3DS Max be good for 3D? Is Autodesk Maya on the cards? Will Money and 3D marry well?
Will the meeting of Maya and 3DS Max be good for 3D? Is Autodesk Maya on the cards? Will Money and 3D marry well?
An animated short film created using still photography, Dog Tired is the latest from Brit animation pranksters the McLeod Brothers.
For more than a year now, the impending blue-laser disc format wars have been looming. But what's the benefit to consumers for rushing the technology to market?
Replicating the contestants' walk to the studio to face the judges with a CG sequence, the hive's promo for The X Factor piles on the pressure.
yU + co brings futuristic military aircraft to the fore with a tension-packed title sequence for new action film, Stealth.
Addiction's TV commercials for IPN use quirky animated characters to entice novices and pros to the online poker site.
Starting out your own creative studio is fraught with stress, but it could be the most rewarding move you every make.
White Stripes' latest video features seamless visual effects courtesy of Kroma.
A dark fairytale about innocent minds, Hibernation is the latest film from filmmaker John Williams, which combines live-action and CG animation.
You've heard of Podcasting – the act of making a radio show or other audio file available via iTunes. Well, now you can do it with video, and we can show you how.
Life isn't perfect – unless you're a professional image manipulator with the power to alter reality. Digit spoke to the best in the business.
Yoplait's current TV campaign for its Frubes brand called for four spots starring fun characters brought to life by Aardman Animations.
All truly creative endeavour needs a spark that inspires the project and makes sure the results are worth the effort.
Having created work for Coke and Orange, Airside is winning over major clients with the help of smart hairdressing.
George Romero's latest chapter in his zombie film series sees the director embrace the magic of digital effects.
As both the Blu-ray and HD-DVD camps travelling full steam ahead to get their disc format to market, optimism for a single successor to the DVD format is diminishing.
The action-thriller shot on MiniDV, edited in Final Cut Pro and with special effects created in Shake, all for just $8,000.
Surfing's laid-back image conceals a serious design subculture - people who build and paint the boards.
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Who says all Thor needs is his precious hammer to save the day? Whoever said that has never seen the boys at the infamous Asylum production company in action. In the Aslyum's latest mockbuster, "Almighty Thor", the God of Thunder also packs an Uzi. Hopefully he's got some spare clips in his manfur, cause Richard Grieco as the evil Loki looks mighty dangerous, if by "dangerous" you mean hilarious.
"Almighty Thor" will try to cash in on Marvel Studios' "Thor" when it arrives on the SyFy May 7th (yes, just a day after Marvel's "Thor" opens in theaters May 6) and will then be available on DVD and for download via VOD on May 10th.
(Look, I'm sorry, but if you're walking through a video store and you see the box cover for "Almighty Thor" and think it's the same "Thor" as the big-budget one that just opened in theaters the day before, you deserve to lose your hard-earned money. Consider it a tax for being stupid.)
The movie co-stars Cody Deal as Thor, Patricia Velasquez as Jarnsaxa, and wrestler Kevin Nash as Odin.


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میرا نام شاہ رخ جتوئی ہے، میں اس کو چھوڑوں گا نہیں - گولیاں برساتا شاہ رخ نکل گیا
میرا نام شاہ رخ جتوئی ہے، میں اس کو چھوڑوں گا نہیں - گولیاں برساتا شاہ رخ نکل گیا
********!!!! These Jatoee or Jilani, Makhdoom, blah blah blah this has rotten pakistan!!!
کفر کا نظام چل سکتا ہے - ظلم کا نظام نہیں چل سکتا - حضرت علی ر ضی اللہ عنہ
chief justice ko nahi mqm ko thanks boal chief justice tu nawaz sharif ka pitto hai
This whole system needs an overhaul.
Hang them till death otherwise these elite class will keep killing our people.
There is a user on this site who names himself wadera and is defending the murderers of this kid while trying to befriend people because he knows that he can't stand by himself in any context as he is an idiot, bigot, racist and even a rapist and murderer (given that he is a "wadera").
I have taken it upon myself to help the misguided people who are being tricked by this joker who believes that Shahzeb is worthy of death because MQM has a killer that goes by the name of Ajmal Pahari.
Can anyone please explain how does that have anything to do with the murder of Shahzeb Khan?
Is that what this idiot will tell the parents of this only child that MQM has Ajmal Pahari, so, what if your kid was killed?
Based on what logic and reason does the fact that MQM has target killers has anything to do with this kid's murder in cold blood.
That's like saying to the parents of the kids who were killed in Newtown that it was okay your kids were killed, a girl in Delhi was raped and killed in Delhi.
#JusticeForShahzeb #DeathToWaderaShahi #WaderaOnSiasatPkShouldBeJailedNotBanned


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Ok, I don't have a lot of experience with puerh teas. This was the second one that has passed my tonsils. From what I've read, puerh teas tend to be really robust, earthy, smokey, and hearty. This one is definitely robust, but refined; which is the big difference between this one and the first one I tried. I don't think puerhs will ever be my favorite tea but this one has made me much more open to adding them to the cupboard. I plan to experiment with this one some more. Worth drinking.
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By David Clarke, BroadwayWorld.com
October 2013 has been an exciting month for the rock musical LIZZIE. The first large production of the musical was mounted by Theater Under the Stars' newest venture TUTS Undergound, a theatre series promising no revivals, no dead authors, and no boundaries. Likewise, on October 8, 2013, LIZZIE's theatrical concept double album was released, garnering glowing and positive reviews from critics. While they were in Houston performing in LIZZIE, I spoke with two of LIZZIE's hard rocking stars, Carrie Manolakos and Carrie Cimma, about their experiences recording the exceptionally fun and alluring album.
BWW: How did you first get involved with LIZZIE?
Carrie Manolakos: I got involved last year, with the production in Seattle at the Village Theatre. I knew one of the writers just a little bit at the time. We had coffee together, and he asked me if I'd come out and play Lizzie. I had seen the show at NAMT [National Alliance for Musical Theatre], and I thought it was really cool. So, I said, "Yes." I've been with it ever since.
Carrie Cimma: I auditioned for the Off-Broadway production in 2009. I just walked in off the street, basically, based on the breakdown of the character and what my agent saw. He sent me in to audition for Sara Schatz at [Jay] Binder [Casting], whose no longer there. I just went through the audition process and booked it.
BWW: What was it like recording the album in the studio?
Carrie Manolakos: Well, I love being in the studio. For the most part, I've done specific songs or my own music. I haven't done a full musical before, so it was really cool to do that because the show is so rock and there are so many different types of sounds that I get to sing. I just had such a blast with it. It felt very collaborative because we were with each other and playing off each other, so we had a blast.
Carrie Cimma: I love being in the studio anyway, and it was really simple because the girls all had such different schedules that we did most of the recording just ourselves with the band tracks that Alan [Stevens Hewitt] and [Anthony] "Rocky" [Gallo] had already laid out. So, it was just sort of me in a room with a pair of headphones and Tim [Maner], Alan, Steven [Cheslik-deMeyer], and our engineer. Then, that's how I did the vocals. Then, at a studio in Queens in the middle of a blizzard (Laughs), we sort of all got together and did the dialogue and some mixing things that needed to happen with all four girls. It was great. I was already so familiar with the music and the concept that it was pretty easy for me to just have some fun and try things that may or may not have made it onto the album that hadn't appeared in the show before. You know, just different ways of singing things that I hadn't tried out before. It was fun to get in there and play.
BWW: The roles of Lizzie Borden and Bridget "Maggie" Sullivan are vocally demanding, how did you prepare for these roles?
Carrie Manolakos: Well, actually (Pauses) my life journey is sort of in line with (Laughs) the show's journey, I would say. I've been doing a lot more rock and sort of singing stuff much further out than musical theatre and doing my own music, so it actually was ok for me. I've done quite a bit of vocally demanding stuff at this point, so it's just sort of in line, I think, with (Laughs) what I've been singing these days.
Carrie Cimma: Actually, if anyone had ever written a role for me without knowing that they wrote it for me, it was this one. (Laughs) Basically, as far as the vocally challenging stuff goes, my voice sits pretty low anyway and a lot of what I sing is written almost in a male tenor range, so that was fun for me to do.
I get a lot of sleep because, for me, it's more a physically demanding role than it is a vocally demanding role. The trick for me was because the character of Bridget sort of acts as a narrator and connects with the audience for the majority of the show, I sort of had to find my balance between storytelling within the play, relating to the audience, and sort of guiding the audience through how they can react to the action that's happening on stage. There's very rarely a forth wall in the production, so it's sort of my job as an actor to act within the story, tell the story, and then to also tell the audience that they're welcome to sort of participate in the show in a way that they may not be used to with other classically driven and classically formatted sorts of musicals.
BWW: What's your favorite part of the studio album?
Carrie Cimma: I love the new tune that they wrote. It's in Act I, and its "Gotta Get Out Of Here." It sort of sounds like a Metallica/Tool hybrid with the weird 7/4 meter. I just love that track. I think it's great. I think that's sort of what we were missing in the show before, a really sort of hard rock, very un-musical theatre tune. I just think the orchestrations on that number are fantastic. And "Rocky" just did such a strong job with the ins and outs and sort of the whispered choruses that you might not necessarily pick up when it goes past you in 10-seconds on stage. They did a really good job sort of hiding all those subliminal messages (Laughs) on the album.
Carrie Manolakos: I have a lot of favorite parts. I love "Gotta Get Out Of Here." That was sort of a shock to us all, I think, because I'd never sang that song before we did it in the studio. I think it brought a new element to the show and to the album, a different color, and a different type of sound that we didn't have before. So, that was so fun to do. I also love "This Is Not Love." That's another one of my favorites. I really love doing it all. I love this show.
BWW: "Shattercane and Velvet Grass" is probably my favorite part.
Carrie Manolakos: Oh really! Yeah, "Shattercane" is really fun.
Carrie Cimma: Yeah! "Shattercane" is really popular. We actually did an acoustic version with egg shakers and acoustic guitar back when I was doing the 2009 production on Frank [DeCaro]'s Sirius Radio Show, and that was really fun. That song is sort of adaptable. You get the weird psychedelic, Grace Slick, Jefferson Airplane theme kind of going in there, but when we did that acoustic version we sort of realized how that song can play a range of genres.
BWW: It's just such a cool song. It is so intricate.
Carrie Manolakos: Yeah, it's a blast.
BWW: And, I say "Shattercane and Velvet Grass" is my favorite, but it may actually be "Thirteen Days in Taunton." That's another moment I can't get enough of.
Carrie Manolakos: I love that one! That one I love doing live. That's probably my favorite live. (Laughs)
Carrie Cimma: "Taunton" is such a good round up of the whole show. The lyrics are really fun. It's sort of a driving, get you moving, get on the treadmill kind of a tune. (Laughs)
BWW: Why do you think people should be excited about the album?
Carrie Manolakos: Because it's not like anything else out there. It's certainly like nothing I've done or heard. It's not musical theatre. It's much more geared toward the rock show or rock opera, that sort of vibe and planet. I just think that it's so well written, it's very smart, and there's so many different shades, especially to Lizzie. All these characters really take on a life of their own, and the music is just so cool and so killer. I mean, it's really not like anything else out there. It's an experience. (Laughs)
BWW: I agree.
Carrie Cimma: My uncle had ordered a CD. He said he got it because we were related, and that's what relatives do. They buy your stuff whether they want to or not. He listened to it on a drive somewhere, and he was saying how he didn't really like musical theatre show tunes and soundtracks. That really wasn't his thing, but he was just talking about how the band rocked, and how everyone was so rockin' on it. He said it was more like The Who's Tommy, back when they did the original concept album in the 60s. So, he was like, "It's really more a rock concert."
I think, for musical theatre fans, it's much different than what they're used to hearing as far as a soundtrack goes as well. So, I think for people who are used to rock concept albums, they can see that musical theatre is not just for nerds and Disney Princesses (Laughs), and musical theatre people, they can see that there's a different sort of genre of music out there that's pointing toward the goal of storytelling and emotional narrative. I think it's a really great hybrid between two facets in the industry. I think it's a nice meeting ground sort of between the more classical musical theatre show tune soundtracks and rock albums. I think it has a great appeal for both of those subsets. I think it delivers on both ends: narrative and rock music.
BWW: Since you've been involved with both concert performances and the studio recording, what differences exist between doing the show live and doing it for a recording?
Carrie Manolakos: You know, there are challenges to doing them both. Certainly doing two shows in one day is challenge, but until we were in the studio I had never sung Lizzie for six hours straight, so that was sort of a challenge in its own right. I mean, you can take breaks, but I guess Lizzie is so intense that it's hard to do straight. When I'm doing a show, it goes by so quickly because it's a fairly short show, but it's also so fun to do. It feels right. The studio album was very different because I could go back and be like, "I didn't like that." Or, you know, the producer or the writers could go back and say, "Hey, why don't we hit that a few more times." So, there is a little bit more leeway and room for mistakes when you're doing it in the studio, obviously. But, there's nothing like performing it live.
Carrie Cimma: There a lot of things I get to do vocally in the studio that I just can't do on stage. For example, the whole last 10 minutes of Act I is me just running around like a maniac. There are certain things I can't sing the way I'd like to sing them that I got to do on the album because I was standing still with headphones on. I was afforded the opportunity to sings some things on the album that my body will not allow me to do on stage. On the opposite side, there are certain things I do in the show that you don't get to experience on the album. As I was saying, it's much more a physical role for me than it is a vocal role. I get to sort of play up the punkish-ness of the character a bit more that you don't necessarily get form the album.
I think while the album sort of alludes to the design elements that are incorporated into the live show, I think what the album does is say, "Well, now that you've listened to it, you have to come see what it looks like and what it feels like to be in the room while its being done live." It's a great way to promote the show. Then, the show is a great way to promote the album because once you see the show and you get hooked on that music, you have something to sort of take home with you and listen to afterwards. I think it's a way of cross promoting that's done really well. There are secret Easter Eggs in both versions of the work, and that's why people go to see concerts. I could listen to Paul McCartney's new album as much as I like in the privacy of my own home, but that doesn't nearly compare to going to see him play live at Barclays [Center, Brooklyn] or Fenway [Park, Boston]. I think that's why people go and pay money to see recording artists play live. They want to have that sort of connection, and they want to experience what they experience in the privacy of their room or car. They sort of want to see how that's brought to life, and I think that's true with the LIZZIE album too.
LIZZIE, a theatrical concept double album, was released by Broadway Records to iTunes on October 4, 2013 and elsewhere both digitally and physically on October 8, 2013. It can be purchased from iTunes, Amazon, and elsewhere music is sold.
Be sure to catch one of the upcoming concert performances in Philadelphia, PA when the 11TH Hour Theatre Company produces the show as part of their Next Step Concert Series from November 23-25, 2013. For tickets and more information, please visit http://www.11thhourtheatrecompany.org. For a list of other upcoming productions of LIZZIE, please visit http://www.lizziethemusical.com.
For information about other theatrical recording releases, click here.
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Texas stopped Texas Tech, 41-16, on Thanksgiving night by doing the same thing that everyone else had during the Red Raiders' five-game losing streak — run the football.
Junior running back Malcolm Brown finished with 128 yards rushing on 27 carries, and Joe Bergeron added 102 yards on 17 attempts. As team, Texas ran for 281 yards on 61 attempts.
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Brown and Bergeron got help from a senior class that had underperformed by Texas historical standards. The group made their final home game one to savor.
It kept Mack Brown perfect against Tech at Royal-Memorial Stadium. The Nov. 16 loss to Oklahoma State had set off speculation — again — about his job status, with some wondering if Thursday could be his last home game.
Jeffcoat delivered three first-half sacks, part of an assault on Tech freshman quarterback Baker Mayfield. Jeffcoat, a former Plano West standout, had battled flu-like symptoms and missed practice Tuesday.
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Religion has no place in the marriage debate
Contrarius Lebanon, TNMay 1, 2013 9:47 a.m.
@Pops --
"the exception should determine the rule?"
Nope. I'm saying that you can't logically ban gay marriages based on the excuse of childlessness without also banning marriages of straight infertile couples. They are identical in this respect.
"politics can corrupt hard science"
Find some reputable groups that oppose gay marriage -- then we can talk.
These are professionals who work with children every day. They do research and also work with children in their real lives. They include pediatricians, family practitioners, child and adolescent psychiatrists, social workers, and more.
These are the folks down in the trenches with the kids.
"dysfunctional fatherless homes"
We all know that unstable, single-parent homes aren't as good for children as stable, two-parent homes.
Guess what -- gay marriage is GOOD for kids, because it increases the stability of two-parent families that are ALREADY raising hundreds of thousands of kids -- and just happen to be led by gay couples.
"homosexual "marriage" ... offers nothing to the state."
One More Time -- homosexual marriages offer just as much to the state as any infertile marriages. You can continue to ignore that fact if you wish, but it's still a fact.
Pops NORTH SALT LAKE, UTApril 30, 2013 8:14 p.m.
@amazondoc - so are you saying the exception should determine the rule? That's a departure from reason.
And it really isn't surprising that "multiple groups" of "experts" don't find value in gender roles. I've seen up close and personal how politics can corrupt hard science, and it's an order of magnitude easier to corrupt the social sciences. I've also seen how dysfunctional fatherless homes are - look no further than many of our inner-city subcultures. I'll put my money on hundreds of years of human experience, and my own personal experience, on this one.
It is in the state's interest to promote heterosexual marriage by offering exclusive benefits to them because as a rule that's where the vast majority of future citizens come from. The state has no interest in homosexual "marriage" because it offers nothing to the state. If homosexual partners wish to form civil unions, fine, but the legal obligation logically rests with them and not with the state.
amazondoc USA, TNApril 30, 2013 10:24 a.m.
@Pops --
"From the perspective of the state, marriage is about children. Gay unions do not produce children."
Gay couples produce children just as easily as any other infertile couples do. More than 100,000 gay couples are already raising children in this country. It is estimated that roughly 6 MILLION US children are living with at least one gay parent.
"Gay couples cannot provide appropriate gender roles for children."
Multiple groups of professional child-development experts agree that children raised by gay couples have no significant disadvantages compared to children raised by straight couples. They all *support* gay marriage.
Remember, *every* family is different. Educated families are different from uneducated ones; rich families are different from poor ones; Texas families are different from Vermont ones. Each family will provide different types of role models for their kids -- but we don't outlaw marriages among these groups just because they are different.
the old switcharoo mesa, AZApril 30, 2013 7:30 a.m.
The title should read, " the government has no place in marriage since it's a religious practice."
Face it, people only get married because of it's religious influence in our society. It's so ingrained people don't think of it but it's true. Many people choose to live together without the ceremony or the town hall. Why should a person need a license from the government for such a basic thing. May as well be a licence to breath.
Just get government out of the business of charging us to say, "yes you can live together all your lives if you want." [Stamp sound, cha-ching! ]
All I need is my church, not an old corrupt lawyer in a robe to tell me and charge me for giving me "permission".
Pops NORTH SALT LAKE, UTApril 29, 2013 8:30 p.m.
I'm okay with taking religion out of the gay marriage debate, but I'm not okay with taking common sense or reason out of the debate. From the perspective of the state, marriage is about children. Gay unions do not produce children. Gay couples cannot provide appropriate gender roles for children. Thus there is no reason for the state to offer incentives for gay couples to join in (secular) matrimony. To do so only waters down what little incentive there is left for heterosexual couples to make a legally-binding commitment to raise the next generation of citizens.
JoeBlow Far East USA, SCApril 29, 2013 6:34 p.m.
"I think GOVERNMENT should have no role in Marriage."
Are you sure?
Same sex marriage would have been around for a long long time by now if you got your wish.
History has shown that anyone can start a religion. All you have to do is convince a bunch of people to follow you.
Be careful what you wish for..
2 bits Cottonwood Heights, UTApril 29, 2013 4:08 p.m.
I think the exact opposite of your insistance that religion should have no part in Marriage. I think GOVERNMENT should have no role in Marriage.
You bolster your opinion by attacking the Bible. But religious role in "Marriage" pre-dates any written Bible (Adam and Eve were married, and there was no secular government at the time). And marriage is not just a Christian concept (Marriage and religion's role in marriage is part of every religion I know of).
Religion and Marriage have gone hand-in-hand since the begining of human records. So what makes you so important that that connection should now be completely severed... just because you say so?
If anything GOVERNMENT is the new-commer to Marriage. You didn't used to need a government marriage license to marry... you just needed your choice of clergy to perform and record the ceremony. The medling of GOVERNMENT into the Marriage covenant is a relatively recent development (historically speaking). What we refer to as "Marriage" for most Europeans and Americans today has become mostly a Government institution (not a religious one) newly RE-Invented by the government worshipping secularists.
RAB Bountiful, UTApril 29, 2013 2:02 p.m.
The Bible is not a good resource for any debate because, as we see in many posts here, people can twist its words to justify anything they want.
But religious beliefs are just as valid as any other belief. Beliefs are the same as facts to the person who believes them. In a free country, a person can approve of or disapprove of whatever they want. I am not obligated to approve of gay behavior. Others are not obligated to disapprove of gay behavior. Currently, marriage laws support this view and advocate freedom.
Gay marriage advocates however, do not support this view, or advocate freedom. They want everyone to be obligated to approve of gay behavior regardless of their beliefs. They want the government to ignore the beliefs of many religious people and make laws establishing universal support for and approval of gay behavior.
Contrarius Lebanon, TNApril 29, 2013 7:31 a.m.
@Tulip --
"People are not "born" gay."
The LDS leadership acknowledges that homosexuality is not a choice. Specifically: "individuals do not choose to have such attractions".
Additionally, Jesus himself said that some people are born "eunuchs". According to experts that term was used broadly in Biblical times, referring generally to men who had no relations with women. Specifically: "For there are eunuchs who were born that way, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others—and there are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it." (Matthew 19:12)
Eunuchs who are "made" are castrated; those who "live like" eunuchs are celibate priests; and eunuchs who "were born that way" are widely interpreted to be homosexuals.
@HaHaHaHa --
"That way no one else is affected, or is required to adaqpt."
Nobody is "required to adapt" for any gay marriage. Nobody is forcing churches to perform gay marriages.
"it doesn't involve the state at all."
Legal marriage always involves the state. Church marriages that do *not* include a marriage certificate aren't recognized by any legal authorities.
JoeBlow Far East USA, SCApril 29, 2013 6:32 a.m.
"People are not "born" gay. Just because that's the political mantra does not make it true."
And the Religious mantra of "it is a choice" also does not make it true.
Logic tells me that this is not a choice that intelligent people make. Why choose a lifestyle that is ostracized in society and that many hide from the public.
Why would anyone "choose" that path? It defies logic.
I believe that the religious reject the "born that way" argument so they don't have to struggle with the thought that God made them that way.
Furry1993 Ogden, UTApril 29, 2013 5:31 a.m.
@Mountanman 4:19 p.m. April 28, 2013
@ Furry. Can you prove there is no God? Just because you have failed to observe the multitude of evidences for the existence of God, does not mean millions of other people have not. Absence of evidence for you is not evidence of absence for millions of other people. Failure to observe is the common denominator for people who have never seen the evidences for the existence of God.
Read what I said again. I found plenty of things that convinced me of God's existence. I am a strong, obsesrvant Latter-Day Saint. Those things are not, however, the hard, articuable, demonstrable FACTS that win an argument. I'm asking you to provide the FACTS to support your position. If you cannot provide the FACTS, then your statements should say "I believe" instead of stating your position as fact. So, once again, if you have the facts to prove God's existence, provide them. Prove your case.
Christian 24-7 Murray, UTApril 28, 2013 10:30 p.m.
Othello, WA
You are totally correct. I do not propose to tell any religion who they should marry or whose marriages they accept as valid. All that falls under religious freedom.
Nor have I proposed to tell citizens who they can and cannot make a legal contract with. Truly what I propose is freedom for all.
I also promote respectful treatment for those who believe differently than oneself. But I guess that is a Christian value, so I can't really expect that from everyone else.
Tulip West Jordan, UTApril 28, 2013 9:23 p.m.
You have no idea whether I have knowledge to the contrary. As to my opinion, you have every right to reject it as I do yours.
Ranch Here, UTApril 28, 2013 8:53 p.m.
Please give me the date and time you CHOSE to be heterosexual. I am gay and I have always been gay, I've never made the choice to be gay and many years ago would have changed it if I could. Your opinion aside, you have no knowledge to the contrary.
Ranch Here, UTApril 28, 2013 8:54 p.m.
Same sex marriage isn't going to affect churches. Bigotry is also a moral issue, do you think your god is going to approve of bigotry?
Your god didn't "invent" anything. He's nothing more than a myth.
The bible also condemns hypocrisy. It is hypocrisy to deny certain citizens the same privileges you, yourself partake of because you disagree with them.
@George F
If Jesus fulfilled the law, did he fulfill the entire law or only a part of it? How do you know which part was not fulfilled since Jesus never said "I'm here to fulfill part of the law". Paul spoke out of his traditional biases. How do we know he was speaking for Jesus? You don't. And if Jesus didn't fulfill the entire law then he may not have fulfilled the part about eating shellfish either, or the part about punishing the bad child.
Tulip West Jordan, UTApril 28, 2013 8:14 p.m.
People are not "born" gay. Just because that's the political mantra does not make it true.
HaHaHaHa Othello, WAApril 28, 2013 7:49 p.m.
"Quite a few Christian denominations, as well as non-Christian religions, are already quite happy to marry gay people in religious ceremonies. The state hasn't forced anything on them at all."
@ amazon I don't think 24-7 has proposed anything contrary to this. If a church or religion wants to promote gayness within themselves, more power to them. That way no one else is affected, or is required to adaqpt. As 24-7 stated, it doesn't involve the state at all. He has a great proposal! The state doesn't needt to take over these area that are religion based. The state needs to get out, and just apply whatever contracts are enacted between parties. You've proclaimed yourself "Mr Debate", why should this be an issue?
amazondoc USA, TNApril 28, 2013 7:21 p.m.
@George F --
"Neither is the man without the woman...(1 Cor 11:11)"
This chapter actually says it's a sin for a woman to pray with her head uncovered, and that women are inferior to men. Do you therefore expect women to take up the hijab? This says nothing about sexuality.
"Their women did change the natural use.... (Rom 1:26-27)"
1. Paul also forbade women to speak in church and thought they were inferior to men. (1 Cor 14:34)
2. Paul also supported slavery (Col 3:22).
Do you really agree with *everything* Paul said?
If you want to listen to Paul, try this:
"Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.
The commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not covet," and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law."
Romans 13: 8-10
pragmatistferlife salt lake city, utahApril 28, 2013 7:11 p.m.
So just how does God arbitrate a divorce settlement? And tell us mountainman just who created God, or did God just evolve sort of like the ameboeba?
George F Salt Lake , UTApril 28, 2013 6:20 p.m.
Amazon com - to answer the question about the New Testament
Neither is the man without the woman nor the woman without the man in the Lord (1 Cor 11:11)
Their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature; and likewise also the men eaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly (Rom 1:26-27)
amazondoc USA, TNApril 28, 2013 6:03 p.m.
@Christian 24-7 --
"The state has no business defining the religious union between a man and a woman as anything"
Quite a few Christian denominations, as well as non-Christian religions, are already quite happy to marry gay people in religious ceremonies. The state hasn't forced anything on them at all.
Why should your particular religious vision of marriage win over theirs?
"Change the words so you don't spit in the face of citizens who are religious."
I think you mean "citizens who are religious in the very same particular way that I am religious".
Many religious people *support* gay marriage. Your particular religion isn't any more important than theirs is.
This is one of the reasons why religion doesn't belong in this debate. Every religious group, and even every individual within each group, will have their own personal interpretation of religion. Which one gets to win? None of them should.
@Mountanman --
"Can you prove there is no God?"
It's impossible to prove a negative. That's why the person who makes a positive claim -- e.g. "There is a God" -- is the person who bears the burden of proof in any debate.
HaHaHaHa Othello, WAApril 28, 2013 5:43 p.m.
"Religion has no place in the marriage debate."
Of course if I was gay or wanted to push the gay agenda, I would try to say the same thing, or stretch the truth enough to make the same argument!
atl134 Salt Lake City, UTApril 28, 2013 5:17 p.m.
What the letter writer means is that our laws have to be secular otherwise it'd be the establishment of a religion, which is why Sharia law would be unconstitutional for instance. Religious people and churches can argue on behalf of laws but there needs to be a non-religious reason for the law. That's why the Prop 8 supporting lawyers aren't invoking God in their argument.
Christian 24-7 Murray, UTApril 28, 2013 5:04 p.m.
Separation of church and state is exactly what applies here. The state has no business defining the religious union between a man and a woman as anything, including as anything else. The state should return marriage to the religions, where is originated, and define their benefits to whatever unions they decide are for the betterment of society. Call those unions anything suitable, but don't use a religious term, like baptism, communion, ordination, or marriage.
Change the words so you don't spit in the face of citizens who are religious. How hard is that?
However, it is total discrimination to say that anyone religious has no right to speak their values, as members of society decide what the collective values will be. The voices of those who go to church are as valid as those of the atheists.
amazondoc USA, TNApril 28, 2013 4:24 p.m.
@Pat --
"The Bible condemns homosexual behavior."
Religious arguments against homosexuality most often rely on quotes from the Old Testament. But, as someone pointed out to me in another thread, Old Testament laws were basically superseded and replaced by the principles taught in the New Testament (for example, Hebrews 8:6-13).
And guess what? Jesus himself never said a single word against homosexuals. In fact, one statement he *did* make -- Matthew 19:12 -- is often interpreted as indicating that Jesus both recognizes and accepts the fact that homosexuals are born that way.
@DougS --
"why don't we just abolish marriage in favor of social contracts..."
Marriage *is* a social contract -- specifically, a legal one. Atheists (and many other folks) get married just fine every day without the help of any church proceedings.
"Gay marriage is not for the purpose of having children...."
More than 100,000 gay couples are already raising children in this country. Roughly 6 **million** children in this country are apparently living with at least one gay parent.
Marriage helps children. It doesn't matter whether or not children are the specific reason for gays to marry -- the effect is still beneficial for those kids.
Mountanman Hayden, IDApril 28, 2013 4:19 p.m.
@ Furry. Can you prove there is no God? Just because you have failed to observe the multitude of evidences for the existence of God, does not mean millions of other people have not. Absence of evidence for you is not evidence of absence for millions of other people. Failure to observe is the common denominator for people who have never seen the evidences for the existence of God.
Linguist Silver Spring, MDApril 28, 2013 3:12 p.m.
With respect, I do believe that faith and even religious institutions have a role to play in this debate and, indeed, in all social policy. That said, the debate can't simply be, "God said it, and that ends it"-- because if that's the standard, then I can assure you that you'll find LOTS of differences in terms of belief of who God is, what He said and when and where, and even what it meant.
And under our system, no one belief has a lock on the truth when it comes to social policy. For that, you need to make arguments, both legal and social.
I am a gay man. I am a person of faith. My faith (Reform Judaism) informs my belief that social justice should guide us and that excluding good, innocent and moral gay couple from signing legally binding civil contracts denies them equal protection under the law, and is unjust as well, and should be remedied.
Your faith disagrees? That's fine, of course. But you need to make the case in civil terms, not simply based on faith or faith traditions.
KWL Bountiful, UTApril 28, 2013 2:55 p.m.
Oh, I know what you mean! Wow, can you imagine what a different place this country would be today if people like the Quakers had just kept their mouths shut about slavery? So, they had a religious thing against it. What gave them the right to be all judgmental? And, then, a hundred years later, along comes the Reverend Martin Luther King getting all uppity and quoting spirituals in public places.
Sure, I've heard that the biggest proof that one side of debate knows they haven't got a leg to stand on is that they try to silence the opposition rather than refute their arguments. Some people might think that's what this letter is about. But, hey, think how much shorter any public debate becomes once you tell one side they're not allowed to speak up.
JoeBlow Far East USA, SCApril 28, 2013 12:33 p.m.
"why don't we just abolish marriage in favor of social contracts which may or may not be recognized by anyone else"
Isn't that what is required for marriage? Churches are not required. Religion is not required.
But, legal marriage does require a government document.
Try getting married without a marriage license and see how "recognized" that marriage really is.
I think what the writer is saying is that the Govt document should not be affected by religion. Once the government document is obtained, one can more forward with any or no, religious ceremony of their choosing.
Furry1993 Ogden, UTApril 28, 2013 11:39 a.m.
@Mountanman 8:55 a.m. April 28, 2013
Marriage is a completely religious doctrine! God invented it! It may seem quaint and politically correct to try to separate religion and marriage but it can not be done without ignoring either God or the purpose of marriage. Good luck to any society who attempts either!
Okay -- it's "put up or shut up" time. Prove, with hard, articuable and deomonstable facts, the exitence of God.
I strongly believe, to the point of fact for me, that God is real and eternal. BUT I also realize that I won't be able to actually prove His eistence until I get to the other side of the veil and see what's there. Therefore, while I give testimony of my absolute belief, I don't use that belief as proof in an argument -- two different things. If you are going to assert the existence of God as fact in an argument, prove it.
Pat Salt Lake , UTApril 28, 2013 10:42 a.m.
For some of us religion has everything to do with the marriage debate. The Bible is a divine book assembled by inspired people. The Bible condemns homosexual behavior. And if you want to use President Jefferson's quote to the Danbury Baptists, look at it in its entirety and then follow up with Supreme Court decisions on Establishment Clause and Freedom of Religion.
DougS Oakley, UTApril 28, 2013 10:01 a.m.
If marriage is not based on morality, religion, politics, or economics, why don't we just abolish marriage in favor of social contracts which may or may not be recognized by anyone else. Since the number of single parents is increasing, please don't use children as the reason for marriage.. they don't. Gay marriage is not for the purpose of having children since such is impossible without outside help. Please pople, examine your motives before attacking a practice that has existed for thousands of years...
Mountanman Hayden, IDApril 28, 2013 8:55 a.m.
Marriage is a completely religious doctrine! God invented it! It may seem quaint and politically correct to try to separate religion and marriage but it can not be done without ignoring either God or the purpose of marriage. Good luck to any society who attempts either!
Tulip West Jordan, UTApril 28, 2013 8:39 a.m.
By all means then shouldn't the State stay out of "regulating" what churches can and cannot do?
Hutterite American Fork, UTApril 28, 2013 8:37 a.m.
Marriage is a contract between the participants and regulated by the government. Mythology has no more place in it than it does in your mortgage agreement.
Tekakaromatagi Dammam, Saudi ArabiaApril 28, 2013 8:30 a.m.
Yes, I think people who are referring to the Bible to argue in support of traditional marriage are misguided. They could come up with better reasons without having to resort to the Bible. After all, strengthening rather than redefining marriage is a powerful tool to fight poverty. (But I digress.)
Anyhow, here is a question. The Bible says that we need to be kind to strangers ("for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt"). It also says that the laws should the same way to the politically powerful as to the politically weak. For that reason, I have very serious qualms about Israel's treatment of the Palestinians. My position is based on the Bible.
Why is using the Bible to support traditional marriage out of place, but it isn't out of place to condemn Israel or to promote immigration reform?
Perhaps the Bible is a cultural standard which resonates with many people and that is why it belongs in discussions of public policy?
higv Dietrich, IDApril 28, 2013 6:51 a.m.
Churches do have a right to speak out on moral issues. Issues like marriage which effects churches. Do only unbelievers have a right to speak out on issues concerning morality? Use the church agrees to silence churches on issues that effect them.


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The timing couldn't be more intriguing. A legendary coach in the waning years of his career. A young leader who's crammed more success and transition into his first decade than any other coach in history. The legend is in the final year of his contact; the young buck is looking for his next—and hopefully more healthy—tenure.
This is the fascinating predicament of Joe Paterno and Urban Meyer.
Joe's impending retirement isn't news. People have been asking him questions about it since he hit the retirement age for mortals back in the early 90's. But then he had an undefeated season in '94. And a No. 1 ranked team in '99. And a BCS bowl in '05. And a Rose Bowl in '08. He keeps shrugging off the question.
But the questions have gotten louder. In the Rose Bowl season of 2008, Paterno's contract came precariously close to expiring. But then his Nittany Lion team came precariously close to a national title game shot.
Contract, schmontract. A new three-year deal was inked (to shut up reporters, according to Joe).
But here we are again. Another fading contract that, if you ask Joe, means nothing. For the rest of us, however, it seems like the signs are pointing to a different outcome this time.
Assistant coaches seemed to be fleeing last winter. Joe's health has taken noticeable turns for the worse over the past three years. Attendance is down.
What if, just what if, we're in the midst of Paterno's swan song?
Joe has said himself that he wouldn't want a fuss to be made when he retired. If Joe indeed announced a "victory lap" season for himself, every game would be a national television event, every road trip would be a resounding sell-out, every word and deed of Joe's would be cause for nostalgia. For the guy who kept names off of jerseys for a half century, this doesn't seem like the way he'd want to go off into the sunset. Too much limelight.
So, hypothetically speaking, if Joe were to retire, he'd want it to remain secret, right? We then could be in the midst of Joe's final season and not even know it. He wouldn't want us to know if it was.
And if it were his final season, he'd be entitled to have some say—I've been led to believe that Joe has total say around PSU football—of what the next regime looked like. Right?
So then. Is there a name on his staff currently that has enough drawing power to headline at a historic program like Penn State? That's debatable. While no one on offense has the resume currently, defensive coaches Tom Bradley, Larry Johnson, and Ron Vanderlinden all have some national name recognition, but none of them can be considered elite hires.
If the next head coach is outside the current staff, it's unlikely that he's a head coach elsewhere right now. It's possible, but unlikely. Could Al Golden be biding his time at Miami for the year? Might Greg Schiano be serving a lame duck season at Rutgers, all the while knowing that the State College job is his come January? I doubt it.
What I do know is this: Urban Meyer is taking a year off from coaching. In all of the questions he's fielded regarding his future, he has not refuted his interest in returning to coaching. (Not that a flat denial would mean much if he did).
That said, the list of potential matches for a high-profile leader like Meyer is short. He won't return to the SEC. Texas and Oklahoma seem set. Michigan, Florida State, USC, and Notre Dame are starting new eras with their current coaches. The only two with questions right now are Penn State and Ohio State.
Ohio State has thousands of reasons to believe that Meyer would choose them, and one to fear—impending NCAA sanctions. Whether that reason is enough to keep the former Ohio State assistant coach away from Columbus is anybody's guess. But what if Meyer isn't even available once NCAA sanctions are announced? What if he hasn't been available for months? What if Meyer has had a job lined up for the past nine months or so?
Consider. Shortly after Meyer announces his retirement from Florida, Bradley and Vanderlinden are on a short list for the Temple job vacated by Golden. Previously, neither had been in serious contention for any head coaching position in the past decade.
Consider. Immediately after the schmooze-fest between Meyer and Paterno at the Outback Bowl last New Years' Day, in which both coaches gushed over one another exponentially more than Paterno did with Pete Carroll or Les Miles in the previous two bowl experiences, Bradley is inches away from being hired at Pittsburgh. Bradley then is a serious candidate at Connecticut.
Consider. If Urban Meyer were looking for an administration that was loyal-to-a-fault to its coaches, a rabid fan base that dominates a large portion of the Atlantic seaboard, a school ripe for reemergence as a national superpower, or a program that tolerated good-not-great teams if the coach did things "the right way," Penn State would look like a perfect fit. Maybe he'd take his year off and then step into a friendlier, more heart-healthy environment.
Happy Valley's been the fountain of youth for Paterno all these years, after all. Is it so far-fetched to believe that this plan has been a year in the making?
My final question for you: If Joe decided he wanted one more season for himself and one more year for his assistants to get their futures lined up, would he have done anything differently than he did this off-season? No. He would assert stability in the program. He would boast of a desire to coach 4-5 more years (the length of a new recruit's college experience, steadying the team for the future). He may try to be more involved than in the past few years, his last "day in the sun" which he told reporters he'd be reclaiming from his assistants during Big Ten media days in July.
If this were Joe's swan song, I can't imagine him doing it any differently than he is.
But the saddest thing is the way the season has gone so far and may continue to go. While the record is great (6-1 at this point), the manner in which Penn State has won has been unsightly. Joe's health woes have been as much of a topic as its bumbling offense. Fans are clamoring for Joe to go again (and perhaps his progeny Jay too) and are pining for the possibility that Urban could be our future. If the team struggles down the stretch (and with our November schedule, an ugly finish is likely), things could get very bitter for Joe in the media and even within the team.
Which would be a sadly ironic ending to a legend's career.
If we knew today that these were our final Saturdays with Joe, we'd be celebrating these tight victories, regardless of their sloppiness. We'd be appreciating every moment of the present rather than ungratefully gazing into the future. We'd be praising everything he's done and all he's stood for, rather than lamenting how far the program has fallen during Joe's last decade.
How sad would it be if Joe's silence sullied his own swan song?
But none of us know what the future holds. Nobody except Joe. Let's hope that somehow, someway, Joe's swan song—when it comes—can be a time of rejoicing the past and celebrating the future for the Nittany Nation.


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A report today from Pro Football Talk listed all the current cap room for teams that has 20 million or more in cap space. The 49ers were on that list with roughly $30 million in cap room.
The interesting thing is the 49ers are not required to spend another dime this offseason, as long as all 32 teams cut checks this year that equal at least $3.814 billion. So is this Baalke's plan. Not to spend? From the looks of the players they let go it sure is looking that way.
The 49ers are sitting with $30 million in cap room and they let David Baas, Takeo Spikes, Manny Lawson, Nate Clements and others walk. Now I'm not saying that letting those players go is a good or bad thing, but in return the 49ers are signing players like Jack Corcoran, Antwan Applewhite, Larry Grant, and Madieu Williams. We are still waiting on to see what the 49ers do with two of their own in Aubrayo Franklin and Dashon Goldson.
With the signing of Williams it appears that the 49ers may let Goldson leave and early reports that Isaac Sopoaga was the starting NT, seemed to me that Franklin's depature was imminent as well. Of course the Sopoaga announcement came before Franklin realized he wasn't getting interest on the open market. So if Franklin re-signs the 49ers are paying four defense lineman starting money.
So what happens now is anyones guess. The 49ers are still thin at the center, wide receiver, and cornerback position. Will we see them spend some of that $30 million on a few quality players or will we sit and watch them hold onto that money until they are obligated to do so…